Patents by Inventor Yasuo Hayashida

Yasuo Hayashida 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: 12040149
    Abstract: A first yoke is arranged in a contact direction with respect to a movable contact piece. A second yoke is arranged in an opening direction with respect to the movable contact piece. The first yoke and the second yoke are configured to generate a magnetic force that attracts the first yoke and the second yoke to each other when the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and is energized. The first yoke and the second yoke are arranged not to contact each other so that the movable contact piece can contact the fixed terminal in a state where the movable contact and the fixed contact are lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Hayashida, Ryota Minowa, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11955302
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a first contact, and a second contact. The fixed terminal includes a first surface. The movable contact piece includes a second surface disposed to face the first surface. The first contact is embedded in one of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece to be flush with one of the first surface or the second surface. The second contact is disposed on the other of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece to face the first contact. The second contact protrudes from the other of the first surface or the second surface toward the first contact and include a contact surface smaller than the first contact when viewed from a direction facing the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Otsuka, Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11942297
    Abstract: A relay includes a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a fixed contact, a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece, a magnet to apply a Lorentz force to an arc in a first extension direction, a fixed terminal having an intermediate portion to apply a Lorentz force to the arc in a second extension direction, and a wall portion. The wall portion includes first and second wall surfaces. The first wall surface is disposed to face an arc-extinguishing space, and is disposed opposite to the movable contact and the fixed contact in the first extension direction. The second wall surface is disposed to face the arc-extinguishing space and is disposed downstream in the second extension direction with respect to the first wall surface. A distance from the movable contact piece to the second wall surface differs from a distance to the first wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kawaguchi, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11935716
    Abstract: A relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece including a movable contact, a movable portion, a coil, a return spring, and a contact spring. The movable portion includes a drive shaft and a movable iron core. The drive shaft is fixed to the movable contact piece in a contact case and extends from an inside of the contact case to an outside of the contact case. The movable iron core is connected to the drive shaft outside the contact case. The return spring urges the movable portion in an open direction in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The contact spring urges the drive shaft in a contact direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact. The contact spring is arranged outside the contact case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11784017
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of fixed terminals including a fixed contact, a movable contact piece, a housing portion, and a magnet portion. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact disposed facing the fixed contact. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and a second direction in which the movable contact separates from the fixed contact. The housing portion includes a housing space housing the fixed contact and movable contact piece. The magnet portion includes a pair of magnets disposed around the housing portion so as to face each other in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece and extending in the second direction beyond the housing space. The magnet portion generates a magnetic flux flowing in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction between the fixed contact and the movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kawaguchi, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11756759
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a drive shaft, an electromagnetic drive device, and a positioning portion. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction contacting the fixed contact and in a second direction separating from the fixed contact. The electromagnetic drive device includes a movable iron core integrally movably connected to the drive shaft. The electromagnetic drive device switches between a contact state in which the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and a separate state in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact by moving the drive shaft with the movable iron core. The positioning portion positions the drive shaft or the movable iron core in the separate state. The drive shaft or the movable iron core includes a first inclined portion that contacts the positioning portion in the separate state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11636992
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of fixed terminals, a movable contact piece, and a magnet portion. The pair of fixed terminals includes fixed contact. The movable contact piece that includes a movable contact disposed facing the fixed contact and that is movable in a first direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and in a second direction in which the movable contact separates from fixed contact. The magnet portion generating a magnetic field for extending an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact. At least one of a corner portion in the first direction side of the fixed terminal located in an arc extension direction in which the arc is extended or a corner portion in the second direction side of the movable contact piece located in the arc extension direction has a chamfered shape in a range where the arc passes through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Otsuka, Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11621136
    Abstract: A relay includes a movable contact piece having a first movable contact and a second movable contact, a first fixed terminal having a first fixed contact, a second fixed terminal having a second fixed contact, a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece, and the wall portion disposed inside the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact in a longitudinal direction. At least a part of the wall portion is disposed at a position beyond the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact toward the movable contact piece in a moving direction of the movable contact piece. The movable contact piece has a shape so as to avoid the wall portion in a contact state where the first movable contact is in contact with the first fixed contact and the second movable contact is in contact with the second fixed contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11562870
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece, a drive shaft, and a movable iron core. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction and in a second direction. The drive shaft that extends in the first direction and the second direction and that is coupled to the movable contact piece. The movable iron core is coupled to the drive shaft so as to be integrally movable at a position beyond the movable contact piece in the first direction or at a position beyond the movable contact piece in the second direction. The drive shaft includes a first contact portion configured to contact the movable contact piece, a second contact portion configured to contact the movable iron core, and an insulating portion made from an insulating material and configured to insulate the movable contact piece and the movable iron core from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Hayashida, Ryota Minowa, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11476068
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a housing, and a heat dissipation structure. The fixed terminal includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a fixed contact disposed on the first surface. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact that is configured to contact the fixed contact. The housing includes an accommodation space accommodating a portion of the fixed terminal, the fixed contact, and the movable contact piece. The heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation space that is provided on the second surface of the fixed terminal for dissipating the heat of the fixed terminal to an outside of the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11450498
    Abstract: A relay, including a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece having first and second movable contacts, a contact piece holding unit configured to hold the movable contact piece, a magnet for arc extinguishing, and a debris suction unit configured to exert a magnetic force to suck debris, is disclosed. A first contact position between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact is located between the magnet for arc extinguishing and the contact piece holding unit in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece. The debris suction unit is disposed so that the first contact position does not overlap a region between the debris suction unit and the contact piece holding unit. A magnet force exerted by the debris suction unit in the contact piece holding unit is larger than a magnetic force exerted by the magnet in the contact piece holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Otsuka, Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11348750
    Abstract: A relay includes a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece having first and second movable contacts, a contact piece holding unit configured to hold the movable contact piece, and first to fourth magnets. The first magnet and the second magnet are disposed so that same poles thereof face each other. The movable contact piece is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet in a width direction of the movable contact piece. The third magnet is disposed so as to increase a magnetic flux in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece at a position between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact. The fourth magnet is disposed so as to increase a magnetic flux in the longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece at a position between the second fixed contact and the second movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kawaguchi, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Kohei Otsuka, Shingo Mori, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Publication number: 20220102102
    Abstract: A relay includes first and second fixed contacts, first and second fixed terminals, first and second movable contacts, a movable contact piece, a drive shaft, a stopper, and a housing. The drive shaft supports the movable contact piece to be movable relative to the drive shaft. The stopper is connected to the drive shaft above the movable contact piece. The stopper restricts an upward movement of the movable contact piece with respect to the drive shaft. The drive shaft is configured to move to an open position and a closed position. The closed position is located above the open position. The first fixed terminal includes a first uppermost portion in the housing. The second fixed terminal includes a second uppermost portion in the housing. In a state where the drive shaft is at the closed position, the stopper is located below the first uppermost portion and the second uppermost portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Ryota MINOWA, Shingo MORI, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220093355
    Abstract: A first yoke is arranged in a contact direction with respect to a movable contact piece. A second yoke is arranged in an opening direction with respect to the movable contact piece. The first yoke and the second yoke are configured to generate a magnetic force that attracts the first yoke and the second yoke to each other when the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and is energized. The first yoke and the second yoke are arranged not to contact each other so that the movable contact piece can contact the fixed terminal in a state where the movable contact and the fixed contact are lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Ryota MINOWA, Shingo MORI, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220051863
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of fixed terminals, a movable contact piece, and a magnet portion. The pair of fixed terminals includes fixed contact. The movable contact piece that includes a movable contact disposed facing the fixed contact and that is movable in a first direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and in a second direction in which the movable contact separates from fixed contact. The magnet portion generating a magnetic field for extending an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact. At least one of a corner portion in the first direction side of the fixed terminal located in an arc extension direction in which the arc is extended or a corner portion in the second direction side of the movable contact piece located in the arc extension direction has a chamfered shape in a range where the arc passes through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei OTSUKA, Ryota MINOWA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA, Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Shingo MORI, Naoki KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210398763
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of fixed terminals including a fixed contact, a movable contact piece, a housing portion, and a magnet portion. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact disposed facing the fixed contact. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction in which the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and a second direction in which the movable contact separates from the fixed contact. The housing portion includes a housing space housing the fixed contact and movable contact piece. The magnet portion includes a pair of magnets disposed around the housing portion so as to face each other in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece and extending in the second direction beyond the housing space. The magnet portion generates a magnetic flux flowing in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction between the fixed contact and the movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Ryota MINOWA, Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Shingo MORI, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA
  • Patent number: 11170961
    Abstract: A relay has a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable touch piece including a first movable contact that is disposed facing the first fixed contact, and a second movable contact that is disposed facing the second fixed contact, the movable touch piece being disposed so as to be movable in a contact direction in which the first movable contact and the second movable contact come into contact with the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact and a separation direction in which the first movable contact and the second movable contact separate from the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact, and a drive device disposed in the contact direction with respect to the movable touch piece and configured to generate a driving force for moving the movable touch piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori
  • Publication number: 20210343493
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a housing, and a heat dissipation structure. The fixed terminal includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a fixed contact disposed on the first surface. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact that is configured to contact the fixed contact. The housing includes an accommodation space accommodating a portion of the fixed terminal, the fixed contact, and the movable contact piece. The heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation space that is provided on the second surface of the fixed terminal for dissipating the heat of the fixed terminal to an outside of the accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo MORI, Ryota MINOWA, Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210335565
    Abstract: A relay includes a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece having first and second movable contacts, a contact piece holding unit configured to hold the movable contact piece, and first to fourth magnets. The first magnet and the second magnet are disposed so that same poles thereof face each other. The movable contact piece is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet in a width direction of the movable contact piece. The third magnet is disposed so as to increase a magnetic flux in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece at a position between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact. The fourth magnet is disposed so as to increase a magnetic flux in the longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece at a position between the second fixed contact and the second movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Ryota MINOWA, Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Kohei OTSUKA, Shingo MORI, Hiroyuki IWASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210327671
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a drive shaft, an electromagnetic drive device, and a positioning portion. The movable contact piece is movable in a first direction contacting the fixed contact and in a second direction separating from the fixed contact. The electromagnetic drive device includes a movable iron core integrally movably connected to the drive shaft. The electromagnetic drive device switches between a contact state in which the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and a separate state in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact by moving the drive shaft with the movable iron core. The positioning portion positions the drive shaft or the movable iron core in the separate state. The drive shaft or the movable iron core includes a first inclined portion that contacts the positioning portion in the separate state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo MORI, Ryota MINOWA, Yasuo HAYASHIDA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Kohei OTSUKA, Hiroyuki IWASAKA