Patents by Inventor Hironobu Hasebe

Hironobu Hasebe 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: 5933070
    Abstract: A high-voltage variable resistor capable of significantly small-sizing a circuit board as compared with the prior art. A terminal fitment is provided so as to act as an electrical connector for establishing electrical connection between a slide element fixed on an operation shaft member and slid on a variable resistance pattern formed on a circuit board and an output portion thereof. The terminal fitment includes a contact holding portion which is provided at a distal end thereof with a contact portion. A contact point between the contact portion of the terminal fitment and a contact portion of the slide element is defined on a side of the operation shaft member while being spaced from a front surface of the circuit board. Such construction prevents the contact point from being defined at a central portion of the variable resistance pattern, resulting in a radius of curvature of the variable resistance pattern being reduced as compared with that in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Hasebe, Kazufumi Daimon
  • Patent number: 5726625
    Abstract: A high-voltage variable resistor capable of significantly small-sizing a circuit board as compared with the prior art. A terminal fitment is provided so as to act as an electrical connector for establishing electrical connection between a slide element fixed on an operation shaft member and slid on a variable resistance pattern formed on a circuit board and an output portion thereof. The terminal fitment includes a contact holding portion which is provided at a distal end thereof with a contact portion. A contact point between the contact portion of the terminal fitment and a contact portion of the slide element is defined on a side of the operation shaft member while being spaced from a front surface of the circuit board. Such construction prevents the contact point from being defined at a central portion of the variable resistance pattern, resulting in a radius of curvature of the variable resistance pattern being reduced as compared with that in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Hasebe, Kazufumi Daimon
  • Patent number: 5579213
    Abstract: A high-voltage variable resistor capable of electrically connecting a connection electrode on a circuit board and a terminal fitment to each other without using any conductive rubber or soldering. A terminal fitment which is electrically connected to a connection electrode on a circuit board without soldering is arranged between a front surface of the circuit board and an inner surface of an insulating casing. The terminal fitment is provided with a connection conductor holding section including a plurality of edges biting into an end of a connection conductor inserted into the insulating casing via each of through-holes of the insulating casing when a force in a direction of drawing the connection conductor out of the connection conductor holding section is applied to the connection conductor. The terminal fitment is integrally provided with a contact terminal section exhibiting elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Hasebe, Takashi Kanayama, Shinichi Kamata
  • Patent number: 5546280
    Abstract: A high-voltage variable resistor capable of electrically connecting a connection electrode on a circuit board and a terminal fitment to each other without using any conductive rubber or soldering. A terminal fitment which is electrically connected to a connection electrode on a circuit board without soldering is arranged between a front surface of the circuit board and an inner surface of an insulating casing. The terminal fitment is provided with a connection conductor holding section including a plurality of edges biting into an end of a connection conductor inserted into the insulating casing via each of through-holes of the insulating casing when a force in a direction of drawing the connection conductor out of the connection conductor holding section is applied to the connection conductor. The terminal fitment is integrally provided with a contact terminal section exhibiting elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Hasebe, Takashi Kanayama, Shinichi Kamata