Patents by Inventor Isao Nozoe

Isao Nozoe 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: 8212708
    Abstract: The remote controller includes: a casing with a battery holder provided to house a battery; a lid to cover the battery holder of the casing and provided with a latch-hook extending downward at its end; a switch-contact to carry out electrical switching conducted by the operation panel; a controller to send remote signals from transmitter in response to the electrical switching of the switch-contact; a plurality of protrusions provided symmetrically on the front and rear surfaces of the latch-hook on the lid; and latch-pawls provided on the casing internally to engage with the protrusions. The remote controller can hold the lid reliably and additionally can open/shut the lid easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nozoe, Taisaku Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090243910
    Abstract: The remote controller includes: a casing with a battery holder provided to house a battery; a lid to cover the battery holder of the casing and provided with a latch-hook extending downward at its end; a switch-contact to carry out electrical switching conducted by the operation panel; a controller to send remote signals from transmitter in response to the electrical switching of the switch-contact; a plurality of protrusions provided symmetrically on the front and rear surfaces of the latch-hook on the lid; and latch-pawls provided on the casing internally to engage with the protrusions. The remote controller can hold the lid reliably and additionally can open/shut the lid easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nozoe, Taisaku Maeda
  • Patent number: 6919524
    Abstract: A movable contact assembly includes a base having a sheet shape having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an operation portion projecting from the first surface of the base, an elastic portion having a domical shape and a elasticity for connecting the second surface of the base to the operation portion, and a contact on the operation portion. The operation portion has a surface facing in a facing direction identical to a facing direction of the second surface of the base. The surface of the operation portion is positioned in a direction with reference to the second surface of the base, and the direction is directed from the second surface of the base towards the first surface of the base. The operation portion projects from the first surface of the base. The elastic portion connects the second surface of the base to the operation portion. The elastic portion is thinner than the base. A remote controller including the movable contact assembly is thin and is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Imamura, Isao Nozoe
  • Publication number: 20050061650
    Abstract: A movable contact assembly includes a base having a sheet shape having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an operation portion projecting from the first surface of the base, an elastic portion having a domical shape and a elasticity for connecting the second surface of the base to the operation portion, and a contact on the operation portion. The operation portion has a surface facing in a facing direction identical to a facing direction of the second surface of the base. The surface of the operation portion is positioned in a direction with reference to the second surface of the base, and the direction is directed from the second surface of the base towards the first surface of the base. The operation portion projects from the first surface of the base. The elastic portion connects the second surface of the base to the operation portion. The elastic portion is thinner than the base. A remote controller including the movable contact assembly is thin and is manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Imamura, Isao Nozoe
  • Patent number: 6162999
    Abstract: A multi-directional operating switch for use in various kinds of electronic equipment, and the switch comprises: an insulation substrate employing a plurality of stationary contacts on an upper surface thereof; an elastic contactor body disposed on the insulation substrate and having a plurality of domed portions, which is provided with movable contacts each confronting with the stationary contacts, on a lower surface at a center and outer periphery, and one of the domed portions at the center further having a hole in an upper surface; a manipulation body of which a tip of protuberant part at a lower center surface is press-fitted into the hole in the upper surface of the domed portion at the center of the elastic contactor body, and having a plurality of depressing limbs around the lower peripheral surface for depressing the domed portions at the outer periphery of the elastic contactor body when being tilted; and a case having an opening for a center area of the manipulation body to pass through, and for co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishikawa, Isao Nozoe
  • Patent number: D387061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Nozoe