Patents by Inventor Toshiro Shinoto

Toshiro Shinoto 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).

  • Electrical system for electrically interconnecting a parent switch device to a child switch device
    Patent number: 5818123
    Abstract: A system for distributing power from a detection switch parent device to detection switch child, or slave, devices. The system includes a power supply source for supplying an electric power; the detection switch parent device including, a body portion, an output wire for outputting a detection signal connected to the body portion, and power supply wires connectable to the power supply source, for receiving the electric power; at least one detection switch child device each including, a body portion, and an output wire for outputting a detection signal connected to the body portion; and electrical connection means for electrically connecting the body portions of the detection switch parent device to detection switch child device to one another to transmits the electric power being supplied to the body portion of the detection switch parent device to the body portion of the detection switch child device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Koumei Iwasaki, Toshiro Shinoto, Kazuhiro Makino