Patents by Inventor Kotaroh Tsutsui

Kotaroh 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).

  • Interlocking gang push-button switch
    Patent number: 4297540
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly of ganged push-button switches each movable between a first position and a latching position. The assembly is comprised of a first switch block and a second switch block connected thereto. The operation rod of each push-button switch is formed with a symmetrical cam portion engaging a single latch member common to both blocks of switches so that any switch previously locked into its latched position will be unlatched by the latch member upon actuation of any one of the switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaroh Tsutsui, Ryoji Kinugawa
  • Remote operation device
    Patent number: 4260866
    Abstract: A remote operation device for interconnecting moving portions of spaced electric components by means of a resilient interconnection member which enables remote operation of one the electric components by actuation of the other. The device includes blocks connected removably to respective ends of the interconnection member and each adapted to be connected removably to respective ones of the spaced electric components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujino, Kotaroh Tsutsui
  • Push button switch
    Patent number: 4249053
    Abstract: A push-button switch of the non-locking type includes a tactile feedback mechanism, the mechanism being so constructed that a cam follower supported in a cantilever fashion is held in sliding contact with a cam provided in a slider carrying movable contacts, whereby when a plunger of the slider is depressed or released, the cam and the cam follower cooperate to give the operator a tactile feedback of operation of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kotaroh Tsutsui