Patents by Inventor Masaji Komuro

Masaji Komuro 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: 9503083
    Abstract: A force feedback-type touch panel device is provided which can provide an operator with clearer feedback than that of conventional art by presenting the operator with vibration having a larger vibration amplitude than that of conventional art and can prevent any breakage or damage of a touch panel when an external impact is applied to the touch panel. The touch panel device includes a base member, a touch panel retained by the base member, a cover member formed in a shape covering the touch panel with a hard synthetic resin, and an actuator that causes the cover member to be displaced along the perpendicular direction with respect to a flat surface of the touch panel. The cover member is urged in the direction toward the base member using an attraction force generated between a first magnet fixed on the base member and a second magnet fixed on the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Masaji Komuro
  • Publication number: 20140202843
    Abstract: A force feedback-type touch panel device is provided which can provide an operator with clearer feedback than that of conventional art by presenting the operator with vibration having a larger vibration amplitude than that of conventional art and can prevent any breakage or damage of a touch panel when an external impact is applied to the touch panel. The touch panel device includes a base member, a touch panel retained by the base member, a cover member formed in a shape covering the touch panel with a hard synthetic resin, and an actuator that causes the cover member to be displaced along the perpendicular direction with respect to a flat surface of the touch panel. The cover member is urged in the direction toward the base member using an attraction force generated between a first magnet fixed on the base member and a second magnet fixed on the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUDA, Masaji KOMURO
  • Patent number: 7997939
    Abstract: A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are to be in contact with the contacts of a mating jack, the connection electrode group including connection electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are connected to the electrodes of a connection member. The mating electrode sections are disposed coaxially with an axis P of the plug, and at least two of the connection electrode sections are disposed around the axis P so as to surround the axis P side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Akaiwa, Susumu Shinozaki, Takeshi Matsuda, Tatsuo Kato, Masaji Komuro, Kenji Nakazawa, Kenji Hatano, Yoshitaka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110136392
    Abstract: A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are to be in contact with the contacts of a mating jack, the connection electrode group including connection electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are connected to the electrodes of a connection member. The mating electrode sections are disposed coaxially with an axis P of the plug, and at least two of the connection electrode sections are disposed around the axis P so as to surround the axis P side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku AKAIWA, Susumu SHINOZAKI, Takeshi MATSUDA, Tatsuo KATO, Masaji KOMURO, Kenji NAKAZAWA, Kenji HATANO, Yoshitaka KIMURA
  • Patent number: 7628628
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a floating structure includes a connector moveably mounted in a cradle housing. A part of this connector connects to and detaches from another connector facing, through a spacing, a connector-mounting window of the cradle housing. The connector on the moveable side is moveable freely within the range of the spacing. An elastic member of flexible material is provided on the exterior of the moveable-side connector and closely contacts and is housed in a housing part formed in the cradle housing. An elastic member restoring force, acting when coupling between the moveable-side connector and the other connector is released, causes the moveable-side connector to return its original position in the cradle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Masaji Komuro
  • Publication number: 20090264008
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a floating structure includes a connector moveably mounted in a cradle housing. A part of this connector connects to and detaches from another connector facing, through a spacing, a connector-mounting window of the cradle housing. The connector on the moveable side is moveable freely within the range of the spacing. An elastic member of flexible material is provided on the exterior of the moveable-side connector and closely contacts and is housed in a housing part formed in the cradle housing. An elastic member restoring force, acting when coupling between the moveable-side connector and the other connector is released, causes the moveable-side connector to return its original position in the cradle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Masaji Komuro
  • Patent number: 6843682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug for the connection of wires, which provides sufficient retaining force for lead-in wires (5, 7) to prevent the lead-in wires (5, 7) from breaking, and provides contact resistance of predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Masaji Komuro
  • Publication number: 20040072461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug for the connection of wires, which provides sufficient retaining force for lead-in wires (5, 7) to prevent the lead-in wires (5, 7) from breaking, and provides contact resistance of predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Masaji Komuro
  • Patent number: D598010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Kenji Hatano, Masaji Komuro, Kenji Murata
  • Patent number: D599785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Kenji Hatano, Masaji Komuro, Kenji Murata
  • Patent number: D606049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda, Kenji Hatano, Masaji Komuro, Kenji Murata