Patents by Inventor Ichiro Okino

Ichiro Okino 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: 4414529
    Abstract: A thermal switch comprising a plurality of outer terminals respectively having a fixed contact, a movable contact spring divided into a plurality of mutually parallel contact spring parts each having a movable contact for contacting with and separating from the fixed contact and a plurality of bimetals respectively operating at differently set temperatures and provided so as to independently actuate the respective contact spring parts, whereby resetting-type contacts are reliably opened and closed in response to fluctuations in the atmospheric temperature through one of the bimetals which has a relatively lower first set-temperature and, when the particular bimetal of the relatively lower first set-temperature fails to operate and the atmospheric temperature further rises, non-resetting-type contacts are reliably opened through the other bimetal having a relatively higher second set-temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideoki Yoshioka, Ichiro Okino, Toshiaki Toda