Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Egawa

Toshihiko Egawa 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: 7745751
    Abstract: A member for a push-button switch has key top members positioned close to each other through a distance of 1.5 mm or shorter at low cost and with high yield. The member has multiple key top members having resin key top cores and thermoplastic films covering the key top cores other than the lower surfaces thereof. The key top members are formed so that an interval between at least one set of adjacent key top members is 1.5 mm or shorter. In the key top members adjacent to each other through a distance of 1.5 mm or shorter, the maximum thickness of the thermoplastic films covering the key top cores is within the range of 75 to 350 ?, and the ratio of the minimum thickness of the thermoplastic films covering the key top cores to the maximum thickness is within the range of 0.4 to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masahide Takahashi, Tomohiko Kuwabara, Tsutomu Nagasawa, Toshihiko Egawa
  • Publication number: 20090057116
    Abstract: A member for a push-button switch has key top members positioned close to each other through a distance of 1.5 mm or shorter at low cost and with high yield. The member has multiple key top members having resin key top cores and thermoplastic films covering the key top cores other than the lower surfaces thereof. The key top members are formed so that an interval between at least one set of adjacent key top members is 1.5 mm or shorter. In the key top members adjacent to each other through a distance of 1.5 mm or shorter, the maximum thickness of the thermoplastic films covering the key top cores is within the range of 75 to 350?, and the ratio of the minimum thickness of the thermoplastic films covering the key top cores to the maximum thickness is within the range of 0.4 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Masahide Takahashi, Tomohiko Kuwabara, Tsutomu Nagasawa, Toshihiko Egawa
  • Patent number: 5005949
    Abstract: The anti-glare covering for illuminate switch or indicator of the invention is formed of a covering member shaped from a transparent synthetic resin and a microlouver-type anti-glare sheet melt-bonded to the lower surface of the covering member. This structure is different from conventional anti-glare coverings for illuminate switch or indicator in which the covering member has a top opening and the microlouver-type anti-glare sheet covers the opening. Thus, the anti-glare covering of the invention is provided with improved visiblity and rigidity and is easy to maintain beautiful appearance. The visibility of the illuminate switch or indicator is further improved by providing a thin light-transmitting metallizing layer on the upper surface of the covering member at the top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Shin Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Egawa, Satoshi Odashima
  • Patent number: 4874671
    Abstract: The anti-glare screen of the invention is composed of an anti-glaring base sheet which is a striped silicone rubber sheet formed of alternately disposed narrow sections of a transparent silicone rubber and a colored, e.g. black, and opaque silicone rubber, each section having a specified width, a transparent lining sheet bonded to one surface of the anti-glaring base sheet and a layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the other surface of the anti-glaring base sheet. By virtue of the high heat resistance of the silicone rubbers, the anti-glare screen can be used to increase the visibility of any displays even when it is heated at an elevated temperature of up to 200.degree. C. as in traffic signals illuminated with an incandescent lamp or as an anti-glare covering in front of a metering panels of automobile dashboards sometimes subject to extreme temperature elevation when the car is prolongedly parked under direct sun shine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoki Tahara, Toshihiko Egawa