Patents by Inventor Shinichi Umemura

Shinichi Umemura 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).

  • Switch apparatus for use in vehicles
    Patent number: 7217894
    Abstract: A vehicle switch apparatus for increasing space for other switches and ensuring operation of a switch when the switch must be felt for in order to be operated. The vehicle switch apparatus includes a paddle that has a front surface facing the driver and a rear surface opposite to the front surface. A push switch is arranged near the rear surface of the paddle and includes an operation portion operated by the driver. The paddle has a window for enabling the driver to visually check operation of the operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Mamoru Miyako, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Takayuki Washino, Shinichi Umemura
  • Switch apparatus for use in vehicles
    Publication number: 20050098417
    Abstract: A vehicle switch apparatus for increasing space for other switches and ensuring operation of a switch when the switch must be felt for in order to be operated. The vehicle switch apparatus includes a paddle that has a front surface facing the driver and a rear surface opposite to the front surface. A push switch is arranged near the rear surface of the paddle and includes an operation portion operated by the driver. The paddle has a window for enabling the driver to visually check operation of the operation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Mamoru Miyako, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Takayuki Washino, Shinichi Umemura
  • Rotary electric machine having reinforcing ring on armature
    Patent number: 6566780
    Abstract: In an armature, a slot insulation paper provided in a slot of an armature core protrudes from an insulation plate in the axial direction. A part of the slot insulation paper that faces an outer peripheral surface of a coil end is cut out to expose the outer peripheral surface of the coil end. A reinforcing ring is fitted at the axial outside of the armature core to surround the exposed outer peripheral surface of the coil end. Accordingly, the reinforcing ring is disposed close to the armature core in the axial direction. Therefore, a straight portion of the coil end is shortened by an amount of cut of the slot insulation paper, and as a result, the axial length of the armature is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Niimi, Shinichi Umemura
  • Rotary electric machine having reinforcing ring on armature
    Publication number: 20020079776
    Abstract: In an armature, a slot insulation paper provided in a slot of an armature core protrudes from an insulation plate in the axial direction. A part of the slot insulation paper that faces an outer peripheral surface of a coil end is cut out to expose the outer peripheral surface of the coil end. A reinforcing ring is fitted at the axial outside of the armature core to surround the exposed outer peripheral surface of the coil end. Accordingly, the reinforcing ring is disposed close to the armature core in the axial direction. Therefore, a straight portion of the coil end is shortened by an amount of cut of the slot insulation paper, and as a result, the axial length of the armature is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Niimi, Shinichi Umemura