Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kutsuna

Masahiro Kutsuna 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: 5886601
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay assembly includes an actuator unit and at least one switch unit detachably connected with the actuator unit. The actuator unit includes an actuator casing accommodating therein an electromagnetic assembly and a movable actuator frame magnetically attracted by the electromagnetic assembly to move between first and second positions. The switch unit Includes a switch casing accommodating therein a switch assembly capable of selectively assuming one of an ON state in response to movement of the movable actuator frame from the first position to the second position and an OFF position in response to movement of the movable actuator frame from the second position to the first position. The actuator casing and the switch casing have mating engagement members by which the actuator unit and the switch unit can be separably connected together while the movable actuator frame in the actuator unit can be drivingly coupled with the switch assembly In the switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kitamura, Hiroaki Hamaguchi, Naoki Kanemoto, Masahiro Kutsuna, Tetsuyasu Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 5359305
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of contacts of high fusion-bonding resistance and a further pair of contacts of low contact resistance, which pairs being connected mutually in parallel relationship, with an actuator of an electromagnet unit interposed between them and respectively having a movable contactor carrying a movable contact of the pair and provided for contact opening and closing with respect to a stationary contact of the pair by means of the actuator of the electromagnet unit, whereby the pair of contacts of low contact resistance can be prevented from causing any fusion-bonding and any temperature rise around the pair can be effectively restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kitamura, Naoki Kanemoto, Yoichi Yokoyama, Kiwamu Shibata, Tetsuyasu Kawamoto, Masahiro Kutsuna