Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Tsutsui

Kazuhiro Tsutsui 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: 20240128450
    Abstract: A battery includes: an electrode layer; a counter electrode layer, which is a counter electrode for the electrode layer; a solid electrolyte layer between the electrode layer and the counter electrode layer; and an electrode current collector electrically coupled to the electrode layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a first region containing a first solid electrolyte material and a second region containing a second solid electrolyte material. The first region is positioned within a region where the electrode layer and the counter electrode layer face each other. Moreover, a second density, which is of the second solid electrolyte material in the second region, is higher than a first density, which is of the first solid electrolyte material in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi KOGA, Kazuhiro MORIOKA, Yasutaka TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20230274901
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a base, a fixed contact, a movable contact, a movable contact piece, and a movable terminal. The base supports the fixed terminal. The fixed contact is connected to the fixed terminal. The movable contact faces the fixed contact. The movable contact is connected to the movable contact piece. The movable terminal is provided separately from the movable contact piece and supported by the base. The movable terminal includes a support portion. The support portion is connected to the movable contact piece below the movable contact and supports the movable contact piece. The support portion includes an upper edge and a recess. The recess has a shape recessed downward from the upper edge at a position overlapping the movable contact piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ayaka MIYAKE, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI, Hiroyuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230253172
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a base, a fixed contact, a movable contact, a movable contact piece, a movable terminal, a card, and a contact protrusion. The base supports the fixed terminal. The fixed contact is connected to the fixed terminal. The movable contact faces the fixed contact. The movable contact is connected to the movable contact piece. The movable terminal is fixed to the base. The movable terminal is connected to the movable contact piece. The card pushes the movable contact piece to move the movable contact. The contact protrusion is provided on the movable contact piece. The contact protrusion contacts the card to allow the card to press the movable contact piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ayaka MIYAKE, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 11699864
    Abstract: A relay includes a housing, a fixed terminal, a screw receiving member, and at least one female screw member. The fixed terminal has a plate shape. The fixed terminal includes a fastening portion having at least one screw insertion hole. The fastening portion is exposed from the housing to an outside and is screwed to an external terminal. The screw receiving member overlaps with the fastening portion in a penetrating direction of the at least one screw insertion hole and is provided in proximity to the fastening portion. The at least one female screw member is provided integrally with or separately from the screw receiving member and is prevented from rotating by the screw receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harimochi, Ryota Minowa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Shinichi Ogawa, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11450496
    Abstract: A relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a holder, a drive shaft, a contact case, a magnetic field generation member, and an inner member. The drive shaft is connected to the holder on a side close to the first end of the drive shaft. The magnetic field generation member is arranged around the contact case and is configured to generate a magnetic field in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact extends in a lateral direction of the movable contact piece. The inner member includes a rotation preventing portion for restricting rotation of the holder around the drive shaft. The rotation preventing portion is arranged so as to contact the holder at a position closer to a second end of the drive shaft than the movable contact piece and closer to the drive shaft than the movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harimochi, Ryota Minowa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Shinichi Ogawa, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11309153
    Abstract: The contact switching device includes a first terminal, a first contact, a second terminal, and a base. The first contact is attached to the first terminal. The base includes a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and a groove portion. The first terminal is attached to the first attachment portion. The second terminal is attached to the second attachment portion. The groove portion is arranged between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The groove portion has a shape in which the inside is larger than the entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Kazuhiro Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Harimochi, Shintaro Wada, Yuki Muto, Kazuhiro Ikemoto, Keisuke Kihara
  • Patent number: 11276537
    Abstract: A housing includes a first mounting portion having a first through hole penetrating in a first direction and a second mounting portion having a second through hole penetrating in the first direction. The second mounting portion is disposed separately from the first mounting portion to one side in a second direction and is disposed closer to one side in a third direction than the first mounting portion. The first fixed terminal includes a first fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to one side in the third direction than the first mounting portion. The second fixed terminal includes a second fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to an opposite side in the third direction than the second mounting portion and that is disposed closer to the opposite side in the third direction than the first fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harimochi, Ryota Minowa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Shinichi Ogawa, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20220037102
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an internal component, an inner case, and an outer case. The inner case is hermetically sealed and houses the internal component. The outer case is arranged outside the inner case with a gap between the outer case and the inner case. The outer case includes an opening. The opening communicates the gap with an outside of the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kasumi HORIUCHI, Yoshiaki MIMURA, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20210082648
    Abstract: A housing includes a first mounting portion having a first through hole penetrating in a first direction and a second mounting portion having a second through hole penetrating in the first direction. The second mounting portion is disposed separately from the first mounting portion to one side in a second direction and is disposed closer to one side in a third direction than the first mounting portion. The first fixed terminal includes a first fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to one side in the third direction than the first mounting portion. The second fixed terminal includes a second fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to an opposite side in the third direction than the second mounting portion and that is disposed closer to the opposite side in the third direction than the first fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARIMOCHI, Ryota MINOWA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Shinichi OGAWA, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20210083404
    Abstract: A relay includes a housing, a fixed terminal, a screw receiving member, and at least one female screw member. The fixed terminal has a plate shape. The fixed terminal includes a fastening portion having at least one screw insertion hole. The fastening portion is exposed from the housing to an outside and is screwed to an external terminal. The screw receiving member overlaps with the fastening portion in a penetrating direction of the at least one screw insertion hole and is provided in proximity to the fastening portion. The at least one female screw member is provided integrally with or separately from the screw receiving member and is prevented from rotating by the screw receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARIMOCHI, Ryota MINOWA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Shinichi OGAWA, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20210082647
    Abstract: A relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a holder, a drive shaft, a contact case, a magnetic field generation member, and an inner member. The drive shaft is connected to the holder on a side close to the first end of the drive shaft. The magnetic field generation member is arranged around the contact case and is configured to generate a magnetic field in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact extends in a lateral direction of the movable contact piece. The inner member includes a rotation preventing portion for restricting rotation of the holder around the drive shaft. The rotation preventing portion is arranged so as to contact the holder at a position closer to a second end of the drive shaft than the movable contact piece and closer to the drive shaft than the movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARIMOCHI, Ryota MINOWA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Shinichi OGAWA, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20210043404
    Abstract: The contact switching device includes a first terminal, a first contact, a second terminal, and a base. The first contact is attached to the first terminal. The base includes a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and a groove portion. The first terminal is attached to the first attachment portion. The second terminal is attached to the second attachment portion. The groove portion is arranged between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The groove portion has a shape in which the inside is larger than the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jun SASAKI, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI, Hiroyuki HARIMOCHI, Shintaro WADA, Yuki MUTO, Kazuhiro IKEMOTO, Keisuke KIHARA
  • Patent number: 10665406
    Abstract: A contact mechanism includes: a movable touch piece that includes a caulking portion, a pair of arms forked from the caulking portion and respectively having free ends, first and second movable contacts provided at the respective free ends of the pair of arms, and a coupler configured to couple the free ends of the pair of arms; and first and second fixed contacts disposed respectively facing the first and second movable contacts contactably to or separably from the first and second movable contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10290745
    Abstract: A transistor with stable electrical characteristics is provided. The transistor includes a first insulator over a substrate; first to third oxide insulators over the first insulator; a second insulator over the third oxide insulator; a first conductor over the second insulator; and a third insulator over the first conductor. An energy level of a conduction band minimum of each of the first and second oxide insulators is closer to a vacuum level than that of the oxide semiconductor is. An energy level of a conduction band minimum of the third oxide insulator is closer to the vacuum level than that of the second oxide insulator is. The first insulator contains oxygen. The number of oxygen molecules released from the first insulator measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy is greater than or equal to 1E14 molecules/cm2 and less than or equal to 1E16 molecules/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Akihisa Shimomura, Yasumasa Yamane, Ryo Tokumaru, Yuhei Sato, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10204756
    Abstract: A coil terminal includes: first to third terminal portions configured to supply a current to a coil; a coupler configured to couple these first to third terminal portions; and connectors provided in the coupler and connected with a lead wire of the coil. The coupler is formed by a resistive material, and includes a resistance regulator formed by bending at least part of the coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10153114
    Abstract: An electronic-device seal structure includes a base, a case which covers an upper surface of the base and has an opening at a surface thereof, and a pair of terminals attached to the base. A first clearance sealed with a sealing material is provided between the base and the case, and a second clearance is provided between the pair of terminals attached to an end surface of the base to face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsutsui, Masahiro Kinoshita, Ayaka Miyake, Jun Sasaki, Keisuke Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9966213
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of reducing costs for equipment is shown. Of a plurality of housings each having an electromagnetic relay body incorporated therein, the adjacent housings are unified with a disconnectable connector provided on facing outer surfaces of the housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsutsui, Ayaka Miyake, Jun Sasaki, Franco Vernaroli, Fabio Mangiapelo, Francesco Greco
  • Publication number: 20180047537
    Abstract: A coil terminal includes: first to third terminal portions configured to supply a current to a coil; a coupler configured to couple these first to third terminal portions; and connectors provided in the coupler and connected with a lead wire of the coil. The coupler is formed by a resistive material, and includes a resistance regulator formed by bending at least part of the coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jun SASAKI, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20170345596
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes: a coil; a spool having a body, around which the coil is wound, and first and second guard portions provided at both ends of the body, the spool being provided with a through hole in the body, which is opened in the first and second guard portions; an iron core inserted in the through hole; and a yoke being in contact with the second guard portion and fixed with a coupler of the iron core which protrudes from a second-guard-portion-side opening. At least one movement regulator configured to regulate movement of the coil is provided in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jun SASAKI, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20170345597
    Abstract: A contact mechanism includes: a movable touch piece that includes a caulking portion, a pair of arms forked from the caulking portion and respectively having free ends, first and second movable contacts provided at the respective free ends of the pair of arms, and a coupler configured to couple the free ends of the pair of arms; and first and second fixed contacts disposed respectively facing the first and second movable contacts contactably to or separably from the first and second movable contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jun SASAKI, Kazuhiro TSUTSUI