Patents by Inventor Naoki Kanemoto

Naoki Kanemoto 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: 7315229
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic relay which does not require a braided wire for securing a current capacity of a main contact unit. The electromagnetic relay includes a main contact unit inserted into a power supply path to a load and an arc contact unit connected in parallel to the main contact unit. An auxiliary contact unit is electrically independent of the main contact unit and the arc contact unit. The main contact unit includes a main fixed contact fixed to a frame body and a main contact spring made of a leaf spring and fitted with a main mobile contact which is attached to and detached from the main fixed contact. The arc contact unit and the auxiliary contact unit are arranged adjacent to each other. The main contact spring extends in a direction in which the arc contact unit and the auxiliary contact unit are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai
  • Publication number: 20060134955
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic relay which does not require a braided wire for securing a current capacity of a main contact unit. The electromagnetic relay includes a main contact unit 2 A inserted into a power supply path to a load and an arc contact unit 3 A connected in parallel to the main contact unit 2A. An auxiliary contact unit 4 is electrically independent of the main contact unit 2 A and the arc contact unit 3A. The main contact unit 2 A includes a main fixed contact 27 fixed to a frame body 1 and a main contact spring 23 made of a leaf spring and fitted with a main mobile contact 25 which is attached to and detached from the main fixed contact 27. The arc contact unit 3 A and the auxiliary contact unit 4 are arranged adjacent to each other. The main contact spring 23 extends in a direction in which the arc contact unit 3 A and the auxiliary contact unit 4 are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai
  • 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: 5389905
    Abstract: A damper is provided by a plurality of chambers defined between stacked thin sheet members and containing a fluid for flowing therein through a communicating section, the chambers being made to be of a small height in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the sheet members and to form a buffer section with at least one of the chambers. With such damper employed in electromagnet assemblies and eventually relays including the assemblies, they can be sufficiently minimized in size, and their manufacture can be also made extremely easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Shibata, Yoichi Yokoyama, Manabu Yano, Nobuhiro Kitamura, Naoki Kanemoto, 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
  • Patent number: D537794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai, Noriaki Iwao
  • Patent number: D538754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai
  • Patent number: D539756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai, Noriaki Iwao
  • Patent number: D541754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sasaki, Naoki Kanemoto, Takafumi Imai