Patents by Inventor NOZOMU SAKURAI

NOZOMU SAKURAI 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).

  • Proximity sensor
    Patent number: 9671256
    Abstract: A proximity sensor includes a body, a coil, a cap being cylindrical and having a bottom, a hollow housing, and a ring-shaped sealing member. The body includes the coil bobbin at a first end. The coil is wound around the coil bobbin. The cap is to be placed to a body so as to cover a coil bobbin. The housing includes, at a fist end, a circular-cylinder portion having an opening. The housing is to be placed to the body in such a manner that the cap protrudes from the opening. The sealing member is disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the cap and the inner peripheral surface of the circular-cylinder portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Suma, Yukinori Fujikawa, Nozomu Sakurai
  • PROXIMITY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20160290836
    Abstract: A proximity sensor includes a body, a coil, a cap being cylindrical and having a bottom, a hollow housing, and a ring-shaped sealing member. The body includes the coil bobbin at a first end. The coil is wound around the coil bobbin. The cap is to be placed to a body so as to cover a coil bobbin. The housing includes, at a fist end, a circular-cylinder portion having an opening. The housing is to be placed to the body in such a manner that the cap protrudes from the opening. The sealing member is disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the cap and the inner peripheral surface of the circular-cylinder portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: TAKASHI SUMA, YUKINORI FUJIKAWA, NOZOMU SAKURAI