Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Aoki

Shigemitsu Aoki 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: 8279028
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a body, a plurality of first surface-mount terminals projecting from the body, and at least one second terminal projecting from the body. Each first terminal includes a distal end portion adapted to be mounted on a surface of a circuit board. The second terminal includes a distal end portion adapted to be inserted into a through-hole of a circuit board. The distal end portion of the second terminal is positioned farther away from the body than the distal end portion of the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Yokoyama, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20100039196
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a body, a plurality of first surface-mount terminals projecting from the body, and at least one second terminal projecting from the body. Each first terminal includes a distal end portion adapted to be mounted on a surface of a circuit board. The second terminal includes a distal end portion adapted to be inserted into a through-hole of a circuit board. The distal end portion of the second terminal is positioned farther away from the body than the distal end portion of the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi YOKOYAMA, Shigemitsu AOKI
  • Patent number: 7283026
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base, an electromagnet fitted to the base, and a contact section operable to open or close with an operation of the electromagnet. The base includes a retaining face firstly contacting with the yoke of the electromagnet, in an action of fitting the electromagnet to the base, and retaining the electromagnet at a predetermined height on the base as seen in a direction of the coil center axis of the electromagnet. The base also includes a guide face slidably engaged with the yoke, by shifting the yoke along the retaining face, and guiding the electromagnet in a fitting direction intersecting with the coil center axis. The retaining face and the guide face cooperate with each other to fixedly support the electromagnet at a predetermined fitting position on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, Hirofumi Saso
  • Patent number: 7106154
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base having a first receptacle, a second receptacle and a partition wall defining the first and second receptacles on mutually opposite sides of the partition wall. The partition wall includes a major part and an auxiliary part, the major part being provided with a local opening. An electromagnet assembly is received in the first receptacle of the base and includes an electromagnet and an armature. The armature includes an extending portion extending in a direction toward the second receptacle of the base through the local opening of the partition wall. The auxiliary part of the partition wall is disposed between the electromagnet and the extending portion of the armature. A contact section is received in the second receptacle of the base. An actuating member is arranged between the electromagnet assembly and the contact section, and includes an envelope part for enclosing at least a part of the extending portion of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Takano, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060181380
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base, an electromagnet fitted to the base, and a contact section operable to open or close with an operation of the electromagnet. The base includes a retaining face firstly contacting with the yoke of the electromagnet, in an action of fitting the electromagnet to the base, and retaining the electromagnet at a predetermined height on the base as seen in a direction of the coil center axis of the electromagnet. The base also includes a guide face slidably engaged with the yoke, by shifting the yoke along the retaining face, and guiding the electromagnet in a fitting direction intersecting with the coil center axis. The retaining face and the guide face cooperate with each other to fixedly support the electromagnet at a predetermined fitting position on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, Hirofumi Saso
  • Patent number: 6972651
    Abstract: A switch operable under a predetermined condition includes a plurality of switch parts each including a pair of reed pieces and a connecting member of an electrically conductive non-magnetic material via which the plurality of switch parts are serially connected. The switch operates only under a condition where all of the plurality of switch parts are operated by external magnetic fields individually and simultaneously acting on the plurality of switch parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Takamisawa Electric Co., LTD
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Aoki, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Hirofumi Saso, Yoshio Okamoto, Chiaki Maeno, Noboru Fujii, Yasushi Saito
  • Patent number: 6903638
    Abstract: A complex electromagnetic relay including a plurality of relay structures configured respectively as relays independent of each other, each relay structure including an electromagnet assembly and a contact section acting to open or close in accordance with an operation of the electromagnet assembly; and a housing accommodating the relay structures in a mutually inverted orientation with contact sections of the relay structures being located alternately at opposing sides. The electromagnet assemblies in the relay structures are provided individually with bobbins supporting coils. The housing includes an enclosing wall enclosing the relay structures in an envelope-like manner and a partition wall arranged between the relay structures disposed side-by-side to separate the relay structures from each other. The bobbins of the electromagnet assemblies are fixedly attached to the enclosing wall as well as to the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, Hirofumi Saso
  • Publication number: 20050057332
    Abstract: A complex electromagnetic relay including a plurality of relay structures configured respectively as relays independent of each other, each relay structure including an electromagnet assembly and a contact section acting to open or close in accordance with an operation of the electromagnet assembly; and a housing accommodating the relay structures in a mutually inverted orientation with contact sections of the relay structures being located alternately at opposing sides. The electromagnet assemblies in the relay structures are provided individually with bobbins supporting coils. The housing includes an enclosing wall enclosing the relay structures in an envelope-like manner and a partition wall arranged between the relay structures disposed side-by-side to separate the relay structures from each other. The bobbins of the electromagnet assemblies are fixedly attached to the enclosing wall as well as to the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, Hirofumi Saso
  • Publication number: 20050040920
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base having a first receptacle, a second receptacle and a partition wall defining the first and second receptacles on mutually opposite sides of the partition wall. The partition wall includes a major part and an auxiliary part, the major part being provided with a local opening. An electromagnet assembly is received in the first receptacle of the base and includes an electromagnet and an armature. The armature includes an extending portion extending in a direction toward the second receptacle of the base through the local opening of the partition wall. The auxiliary part of the partition wall is disposed between the electromagnet and the extending portion of the armature. A contact section is received in the second receptacle of the base. An actuating member is arranged between the electromagnet assembly and the contact section, and includes an envelope part for enclosing at least a part of the extending portion of the armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Takano, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Patent number: 6853275
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic relay that has a long service life, even when being used for interrupting high voltage, and that can be miniaturized. In this electromagnetic relay, the circuit interruption is cut-off by two or more keying circuits, which are operated by a single coil and connected in series. Thus, an amount of generated arc per keying circuit is suppressed. Consequently, the service life of the electromagnetic relay is lengthened. Moreover, the space between the contracts thereof is reduced, so that the electromagnetic relay is miniaturized. Additionally, a magnetic field for extinguishing arc is formed by a back or counter electromotive force generated when the circuit is cut-off. Thus, the generated arc is extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yoshio Okamoto, Shigemitsu Aoki, Keiji Ikeda, Masato Morimuta
  • Patent number: 6831533
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic relay that has a long service life, even when being used for interrupting high voltage, and that can be miniaturized. In this electromagnetic relay, the circuit interruption is cut-off by two or more keying circuits, which are operated by a single coil and connected in series. Thus, an amount of generated arc per keying circuit is suppressed. Consequently, the service life of the electromagnetic relay is lengthened. Moreover, the space between the contracts thereof is reduced, so that the electromagnetic relay is miniaturized. Additionally, a magnetic field for extinguishing arc is formed by a back or counter electromotive force generated when the circuit is cut-off. Thus, the generated arc is extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yoshio Okamoto, Shigemitsu Aoki, Keiji Ikeda, Masato Morimuta
  • Patent number: 6756868
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic relay that has a long service life, even when being used for interrupting high voltage, and that can be miniaturized. In this electromagnetic relay, the circuit interruption is cut-off by two or more keying circuits, which are operated by a single coil and connected in series. Thus, an amount of generated arc per keying circuit is suppressed. Consequently, the service life of the electromagnetic relay is lengthened. Moreover, the space between the contracts thereof is reduced, so that the electromagnetic relay is miniaturized. Additionally, a magnetic field for extinguishing arc is formed by a back or counter electromotive force generated when the circuit is cut-off. Thus, the generated arc is extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yoshio Okamoto, Shigemitsu Aoki, Keiji Ikeda, Masato Morimuta
  • Patent number: 6731190
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base, an electromagnet incorporated to the base, an armature movably arranged relative to the electromagnet, and a contact section incorporated to the base to be actuated by the armature. The electromagnet includes a bobbin, a coil having a center axis and carried on the bobbin, and a pair of coil terminals mounted to the bobbin. Each of the coil terminals is provided with a first end region and a second end region, extending in respective directions transverse to each other. The coil terminals are disposed in such a manner that respective first end regions extend in a direction transverse to the center axis of the coil to project outward from the bobbin and are arranged side-by-side in a row extending substantially parallel to the center axis, and that respective second end regions extend in a direction parallel to the center axis of the coil to project outward from the bobbin and are arranged side-by-side in a row extending substantially transverse to the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Takamisawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamashita, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Patent number: 6677840
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay of a simple structure for reliably making and breaking a high load voltage. First and second fixed contact terminals are mounted on an insulating base block. First and second branched moving pieces are attached to the lower side of a hanging portion of a spring member. When a relay coil is not excited, the first and second moving pieces are resiliently urged into contact with a back-stop plate, displaced from the first and second fixed contact elements. When the relay coil is excited, contact elements attached to the first and second moving pieces are resiliently urged into contact with respective contact elements attached to the first and second fixed contact elements, electrically connecting the respective first and second fixed contact terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Shigemitsu Aoki, Yoshio Okamoto, Tomohisa Endoh
  • Patent number: 6606018
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a base including a receptacle, an electromagnet assembly incorporated in the base, and a contact section incorporated in the base to be actuated by the electromagnet assembly. The contact section includes a fixed contact member located away from the electromagnet assembly at at least a predetermined insulating distance, and a movable contact member located opposite to the fixed contact member at a position further away from the electromagnet assembly than the fixed contact member. The fixed contact member is provided with a fixed contact portion, a first terminal portion, a fitting portion arranged between the fixed contact portion and the first terminal portion, the fitting portion being fitted and inserted in a lateral direction into the receptacle of the base, and an extending portion arranged between the fitting portion and the first terminal portion, the extending portion extending to be exposed outside from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Takamisawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takano, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20030020573
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic relay that has a long service life, even when being used for interrupting high voltage, and that can be miniaturized. In this electromagnetic relay, the circuit interruption is cut-off by two or more keying circuits, which are operated by a single coil and connected in series. Thus, an amount of generated arc per keying circuit is suppressed. Consequently, the service life of the electromagnetic relay is lengthened. Moreover, the space between the contracts thereof is reduced, so that the electromagnetic relay is miniaturized. Additionally, a magnetic field for extinguishing arc is formed by a back or counter electromotive force generated when the circuit is cut-off. Thus, the generated arc is extinguished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU TAKAMISAWA COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yoshio Okamoto, Shigemitsu Aoki, Keiji Ikeda, Masato Morimuta
  • Patent number: D555016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Masashi Yamaoka, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Patent number: D840847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Futoshi Doi, Toshihiko Kajihara, Yu Sugai, Shigeru Ohtani, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Patent number: D1012740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Yamada, Kazuki Fujita, Takayuki Yonezawa, Shigemitsu Aoki
  • Patent number: D1013539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Yamada, Kazuki Fujita, Takayuki Yonezawa, Shigemitsu Aoki