Patents by Inventor Hiroto YONEHARA

Hiroto YONEHARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105402
    Abstract: A lead frame 10 includes first and second frames 13, 14 and a fixed contact piece 15. The fixed contact piece 15 is integrally formed with the first frame via a conductive connection part 16. The first frame and the fixed contact piece 15 and the second frame have installation parts 13a, 14a, 14b, 15b to which resistance elements are able to install. The first frame 13 and the fixed contact piece have installation parts 13b, 15a to which resistance elements are able to install. Electrical circuits of different types are formed through combinations of whether the resistance elements are installed to the respective installation parts and whether the conductive connection part 16 is cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJITA, Kenji SHINOHARA, Hiroto YONEHARA
  • Patent number: 11942284
    Abstract: A switch device may include a pressing member, an urging member, fixed contacts, at least one movable contact swingable in a direction intersecting with a movement direction of the pressing member and connecting and disconnecting between the fixed contacts. The pressing member may include a slider portion extending in a direction oblique to the movement direction and slidable along the movable contact. The movable contact may be pressed by the slider portion in the pressing member sliding to swing and come in contact with and separate from at least one of the fixed contacts in response to the pressing member moving from a reference position to a pressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Kenji Shinohara, Hiroto Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20220328264
    Abstract: A switch device according to one or more embodiments is disclosed that may include a pressing member, an urging member, fixed contacts, at least one movable contact swingable in a direction intersecting with a movement direction of the pressing member and connecting and disconnecting between the fixed contacts. The pressing member includes a slider portion extending in a direction oblique to the movement direction and slidable along the movable contact. The movable contact is pressed by the slider portion in the pressing member sliding to swing and come in contact with and separate from at least one of the fixed contacts in response to the pressing member moving from a reference position to a pressed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJITA, Kenji SHINOHARA, Hiroto YONEHARA
  • Patent number: 9153891
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal capable of being reduced in size and a connecting holder of the same. The terminals protrude from a housing, and include a branch portion, a terminal section cut out from the branch portion toward a tip end of the terminal section in a longitudinal direction, and a bent portion adjacent to the tip end. By decreasing a distance from the bent portion to a tip end of the terminal, variations in length size to the tip end due to bending can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Hiroto Yonehara
  • Patent number: 9093231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch having a small longitudinal size of movable contacts and reduced size. The switch includes a base, a pair of fixing terminals standing on an upper surface of the base, an insulating wall section integrated with at least one of the fixing terminals, a push button arranged to be upward and downward movable in the axial direction, and a slider movable upward and downward with the push button. The slider has elastic arm sections in both ends thereof, the elastic arm sections being provided with movable contact portions to be brought into sliding contact with the fixing terminals or the insulating wall section while pressing the fixing terminals or the insulating wall section from one side The switch is configured to enable the movable contact portions to connect to and separate from the fixing terminals based on operation of the push button upward and downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Hiroto Yonehara, Kenichi Ando
  • Publication number: 20130273788
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal capable of being reduced in size and a connecting holder of the same. The terminals protrude from a housing, and include a branch portion, a terminal section cut out from the branch portion toward a tip end of the terminal section in a longitudinal direction, and a bent portion adjacent to the tip end. By decreasing a distance from the bent portion to a tip end of the terminal, variations in length size to the tip end due to bending can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJITA, Hiroto YONEHARA
  • Publication number: 20130256104
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch having a small longitudinal size of movable contacts and reduced size. The switch includes a base, a pair of fixing terminals standing on an upper surface of the base, an insulating wall section integrated with at least one of the fixing terminals, a push button arranged to be upward and downward movable in the axial direction, and a slider movable upward and downward with the push button. The slider has elastic arm sections in both ends thereof, the elastic arm sections being provided with movable contact portions to be brought into sliding contact with the fixing terminals or the insulating wall section while pressing the fixing terminals or the insulating wall section from one side The switch is configured to enable the movable contact portions to connect to and separate from the fixing terminals based on operation of the push button upward and downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJITA, Hiroto YONEHARA, Kenichi ANDO
  • Patent number: D980171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Kenji Shinohara, Hiroto Yonehara
  • Patent number: D980172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Kenji Shinohara, Hiroto Yonehara