Patents by Inventor Takeshi Shimomoto

Takeshi Shimomoto 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).

  • Touch control apparatus for electric appliances
    Patent number: 4665324
    Abstract: A touch control apparatus for an electric appliance has a plurality of conductive electrodes formed on a glass plate by heating a layer formed of a mixture of conductive powder and glass powder on a surface of the glass plate, the glass plate being used as a glass plate of an operation input section of the electric appliance. The heating produces an integral bonding of the layer and glass plate so that the control apparatus has a high mechanical strength and a long life and provides an electric appliance with a water-tight structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Shimomoto Technical Engineering Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Ogino, Takeshi Shimomoto, Osamu Hiraoka
  • Paste for forming a thick conductive film
    Patent number: 4603007
    Abstract: A paste for forming a thick electrically conductive film, which may, for example, be used to produce a touch panel for an electric appliance, contains 40 to 55% by weight of lead borosilicate glass powder containing 1 to 5% by weight of titanium oxide, a total of 15 to 35% by weight of ruthenium oxide powder and silver and/or palladium powder, 1 to 5% by weight of bismuth oxide powder and 1 to 5% by weight of alumina powder in an organic vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited, Shimomoto Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koushiro Shibata, Tohru Miyoshi, Isamu Hiraoka, Takeshi Shimomoto