Patents by Inventor Tatsuo ARATANI

Tatsuo ARATANI 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: 11257646
    Abstract: A contact device includes a moving contactor, a pair of moving contacts arranged in one direction, a pair of fixed terminals, and a pair of fixed contacts. At least one fixed terminal, selected from the pair of fixed terminals, includes a contact holder. The contact holder includes a first fixed extension and a second fixed extension. As for either a current component flowing in the one direction into the fixed contact or a current component flowing in the one direction out of the fixed contact, the current component flowing through the first fixed extension has a larger amount of current than a current component flowing through the second fixed extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Harano, Tatsuo Aratani
  • Publication number: 20200161067
    Abstract: A contact device includes a moving contactor, a pair of moving contacts arranged in one direction, a pair of fixed terminals, and a pair of fixed contacts. At least one fixed terminal, selected from the pair of fixed terminals, includes a contact holder. The contact holder includes a first fixed extension and a second fixed extension. As for either a current component flowing in the one direction into the fixed contact or a current component flowing in the one direction out of the fixed contact, the current component flowing through the first fixed extension has a larger amount of current than a current component flowing through the second fixed extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tomokazu HARANO, Tatsuo ARATANI
  • Patent number: 10269516
    Abstract: The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary fixed terminal that has a configuration different from that of a fixed terminal and includes an auxiliary external input/output terminal and an auxiliary external output/input terminal that can be electrically connected to the auxiliary external input/output terminal. The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary movable terminal that has a configuration different from that of a movable terminal and can electrically connect the auxiliary external input/output terminal and the auxiliary external output/input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Aratani
  • Patent number: 9741517
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes plural pairs of fixed terminals each including an external input/output terminal and an external output/input terminal that can be electrically connected to the external input/output terminal the external input/output terminal and the external output/input terminal being paired with and separated from each other. A tip portion of the external input/output terminal and a tip portion of the external output/input terminal paired with each other are aligned along a straight line extending in a direction substantially parallel to a virtual straight line in a plan view, and the straight lines on which the respective pairs of the tip portions are aligned are offset from each other in a direction vertical to the virtual straight lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Aratani
  • Publication number: 20160314920
    Abstract: The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary fixed terminal that has a configuration different from that of a fixed terminal and includes an auxiliary external input/output terminal and an auxiliary external output/input terminal that can be electrically connected to the auxiliary external input/output terminal. The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary movable terminal that has a configuration different from that of a movable terminal and can electrically connect the auxiliary external input/output terminal and the auxiliary external output/input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Tatsuo ARATANI
  • Publication number: 20160314921
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes plural pairs of fixed terminals each including an external input/output terminal and an external output/input terminal that can be electrically connected to the external input/output terminal the external input/output terminal and the external output/input terminal being paired with and separated from each other. A tip portion of the external input/output terminal and a tip portion of the external output/input terminal paired with each other are aligned along a straight line extending in a direction substantially parallel to a virtual straight line in a plan view, and the straight lines on which the respective pairs of the tip portions are aligned are offset from each other in a direction vertical to the virtual straight lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Tatsuo ARATANI
  • Patent number: RE49318
    Abstract: The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary fixed terminal that has a configuration different from that of a fixed terminal and includes an auxiliary external input/output terminal and an auxiliary external output/input terminal that can be electrically connected to the auxiliary external input/output terminal. The electromagnetic relay comprises an auxiliary movable terminal that has a configuration different from that of a movable terminal and can electrically connect the auxiliary external input/output terminal and the auxiliary external output/input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Aratani