Patents by Inventor Hisanori Kusunoki

Hisanori Kusunoki 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: 8339238
    Abstract: A resistive sheet includes a flexible cover sheet, a wiring part provided on the bottom face of the cover sheet, and ring, circular-arc, or spiral resistive layer connected to the wiring part. This resistive layer has an uneven bottom face. The resistive sheet also includes a spacer layer whose bottom face is disposed at a position lower than the resistive layer. The wiring part is sandwiched between the bottom face of the cover sheet and the spacer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshihara, Masaki Sawada, Hisanori Kusunoki, Hiroto Inoue
  • Patent number: 8228162
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure sensitive switch including: a cover; a slide portion that is stored in the cover and is slidable by being pressed in a horizontal direction; a pressing unit including a pressure portion that has an inner side face brought into contact with the slide portion and can be moved by being pressed by the slide potion; a sheet resistive body that has an upper face brought into contact with the pressing unit; and a conductive plate that is disposed on the lower side of the sheet resistive body with a predetermined gap arranged therebetween. The slide portion is slidable within a horizontal plane, and the pressing portion presses the sheet resistive body by sliding the slide portion, and a resistance value between the sheet resistive body and the conductive plate changes in accordance with a change in a slide operation force for sliding the slide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshihara, Masaki Sawada, Hisanori Kusunoki, Hiroto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20110102060
    Abstract: A resistive sheet includes a flexible cover sheet, a wiring part provided on the bottom face of the cover sheet, and ring, circular-arc, or spiral resistive layer connected to the wiring part. This resistive layer has uneven bottom face. The resistive sheet also includes a spacer layer whose bottom face is disposed at a position lower than the resistive layer. The wiring part is sandwiched between the bottom face of the cover sheet and the spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIHARA, Masaki Sawada, Hisanori Kusunoki, Hiroto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100301925
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure sensitive switch including: a cover; a slide portion that is stored in the cover and is slidable by being pressed in a horizontal direction; a pressing unit including a pressure portion that has an inner side face brought into contact with the slide portion and can be moved by being pressed by the slide potion; a sheet resistive body that has an upper face brought into contact with the pressing unit; and a conductive plate that is disposed on the lower side of the sheet resistive body with a predetermined gap arranged therebetween. The slide portion is slidable within a horizontal plane, and the pressing portion presses the sheet resistive body by sliding the slide portion, and a resistance value between the sheet resistive body and the conductive plate changes in accordance with a change in a slide operation force for sliding the slide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIHARA, Masaki Sawada, Hisanori Kusunoki, Hiroto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20060017708
    Abstract: An input device is provided by piling up a plurality of touch panels in which an upper conductive layer of an upper substrate and a lower conductive layer of a lower substrate are disposed to oppose each other with a predetermined distance therebetween. Thus, inputting operations such as selection of a menu item or drawing of a character and determination of the item or character can be performed without tilting the input device downward but keeping it stationary and, hence, reliable actuation free from operating error can be attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiharu Fukui, Hisanori Kusunoki, Akira Nakanishi, Tetsuo Murakami