Patents by Inventor Makoto Kashiwa

Makoto Kashiwa 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: 12068102
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft, and a flange part provided on an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, which has an exterior face on the opposite side of the winding shaft, first and second side faces, and first and second groove parts provided on the exterior face and having a cut-out part on each the first and second side faces; a coil part including: a winding part of a conductor wound around the winding shaft, and two lead parts of the conductor led out from the winding part; and two terminal parts formed on the exterior face of the flange part; wherein the two lead parts are led in from the cut-out parts on the first and second side faces and fitted inside the groove parts, respectively, on the exterior face, and included in the pair of terminal parts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Shimizu, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Patent number: 8141690
    Abstract: In a current collecting contact member 7 that is arranged on the side surface of a vehicle 1 so as to face a train wire 35 laid near a track 30 of the vehicle 1, and is configured so as to collect electric power from the train wire 35 by means of sliding contact with the train wire 35, a groove 10 extending upward from a lower end part 8d of the contact member body 8 is formed in a contact-side surface 8a of a contact member body 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kashiwa
  • Publication number: 20090205915
    Abstract: In a current collecting contact member 7 that is arranged on the side surface of a vehicle 1 so as to face a train wire 35 laid near a track 30 of the vehicle 1, and is configured so as to collect electric power from the train wire 35 by means of sliding contact with the train wire 35, a groove 10 extending upward from a lower end part 8d of the contact member body 8 is formed in a contact-side surface 8a of a contact member body 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto KASHIWA