Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Mano

Tomohiro Mano 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).

  • Switching apparatus
    Patent number: 7220926
    Abstract: A movable contact holder includes a rod-shaped portion which is formed in such a manner as to extend in a direction which is at substantially right angles to a traveling direction of a movable unit and is substantially parallel to a sliding plane of a movable contact, and the movable contact includes a folded-back piece portion which is folded back in such a manner as to extend along a circumferential side surface of the rod-shaped portion and is formed in such a manner as to be elastically deformable, whereby when a folded-back side surface of the folded-back piece portion turns around the circumferential side surface of the rod-shaped portion, the movable contact is assembled to the movable contact holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mano
  • Switching apparatus
    Publication number: 20070017788
    Abstract: A movable contact holder includes a rod-shaped portion which is formed in such a manner as to extend in a direction which is at substantially right angles to a traveling direction of a movable unit and is substantially parallel to a sliding plane of a movable contact, and the movable contact includes a folded-back piece portion which is folded back in such a manner as to extend along a circumferential side surface of the rod-shaped portion and is formed in such a manner as to be elastically deformable, whereby when a folded-back side surface of the folded-back piece portion turns around the circumferential side surface of the rod-shaped portion, the movable contact is assembled to the movable contact holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mano