Patents by Inventor Harumichi KITAGUCHI

Harumichi KITAGUCHI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9437382
    Abstract: An electromagnet device has a spool having a guard portion at at least one end thereof, a coil wound around a body portion of the spool, and a coil terminal press-fitted in the guard portion. A lead wire of the coil is tied up to a tying-up portion of the coil terminal projected from the guard portion. The tying-up portion is folded toward the guard portion of the spool after the lead wire of the coil is tied up to the tying-up portion of the coil terminal extending in a direction receding from the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Kato, Masaaki Yamamoto, Kazuya Murakami, Kazuki Tsujikawa, Daisuke Narimatsu, Shinya Matsuo, Harumichi Kitaguchi, Toshifumi Sumino
  • Patent number: 9070501
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnet device which can obtain a desirable attraction force (retention force) between an iron core and a movable iron piece, a method of assembling the electromagnet device and an electromagnetic relay using the electromagnet device, the electromagnet device including an electromagnet block having the iron core being wound by a coil and an auxiliary yoke fixed to one end portion of the iron core, a yoke connected to the one end portion of the iron core via a permanent magnet, the movable iron piece pivotably supported on a pivoting shaft center (serving as a fulcrum) located in an end face edge portion of the yoke so that the movable iron piece pivots on a basis of magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet block, where the permanent magnet is located on an extension line of an axial center of the iron core and is interposed between the auxiliary yoke and the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Sumino, Masaaki Yamamoto, Tatsuro Kato, Kazuya Murakami, Harumichi Kitaguchi, Shinichi Furusho
  • Publication number: 20150054603
    Abstract: An electromagnet device has a spool having a guard portion at at least one end thereof, a coil wound around a body portion of the spool, and a coil terminal press-fitted in the guard portion. A lead wire of the coil is tied up to a tying-up portion of the coil terminal projected from the guard portion. The tying-up portion is folded toward the guard portion of the spool after the lead wire of the coil is tied up to the tying-up portion of the coil terminal extending in a direction receding from the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuro Kato, Masaaki Yamamoto, Kazuya Murakami, Kazuki Tsujikawa, Daisuke Narimatsu, Shinya Matsuo, Harumichi Kitaguchi, Toshifumi Sumino
  • Publication number: 20150042425
    Abstract: A contact mechanism with long contact lifetime comprises a base; a movable touch piece that comprises a movable contact and stands in the base; and a fixed touch piece that comprises a fixed contact and stands in the base, wherein the movable contact is opposed to the fixed contact and configured to come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact, an operation member configured to move reciprocally in a horizontal direction is configured to press and release an upper end edge of the movable touch piece, and the movable touch piece is configured to turn to cause the movable contact to come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact, and the movable contact is fixed to a turning tongue piece that is formed cut out by providing a curved cutout groove in the movable touch piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Sumino, Masaaki Yamamoto, Tatsuro Kato, Kazuki Tsujikawa, Kazuya Murakami, Harumichi Kitaguchi, Shinya Matsuo, Daisuke Narimatsu
  • Publication number: 20140055223
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnet device which can obtain a desirable attraction force (retention force) between an iron core and a movable iron piece, a method of assembling the electromagnet device and an electromagnetic relay using the electromagnet device, the electromagnet device including an electromagnet block having the iron core being wound by a coil and an auxiliary yoke fixed to one end portion of the iron core, a yoke connected to the one end portion of the iron core via a permanent magnet, the movable iron piece pivotably supported on a pivoting shaft center (serving as a fulcrum) located in an end face edge portion of the yoke so that the movable iron piece pivots on a basis of magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet block, where the permanent magnet is located on an extension line of an axial center of the iron core and is interposed between the auxiliary yoke and the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUMINO, Masaaki YAMAMOTO, Tatsuro KATO, Kazuya MURAKAMI, Harumichi KITAGUCHI, Shinichi FURUSHO