Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Honmatsu

Yoshifumi Honmatsu 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: 6734382
    Abstract: A method for forming an indicator portion on a push switch such as a pushbutton switch or a membrane switch, the indicator portion being excellent in terms of design property and image quality and allowing fine picture patterns, designs, etc. that are difficult to be reproduced with conventional printing systems to be represented with high resolution, and to provide a push switch having the indicator portion. In order to form the indicator portion, in which a color design image such as a letter, a pattern, design etc is indicated, on the push switch, there are performed the following steps of: forming a colorant layer by printing a color design image on a base sheet by a printer; transferring the colorant layer to a transfer resin through an adhesive, the transfer resin constituting a surface of the push switch; and forming the indicator layer on the transfer resin by peeling off the base sheet and using the colorant layer as the indicator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Polymatech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arai, Yoshifumi Honmatsu
  • Publication number: 20030221944
    Abstract: A method for forming an indicator portion on a push switch such as a pushbutton switch or a membrane switch, the indicator portion being excellent in terms of design property and image quality and allowing fine picture patterns, designs, etc. that are difficult to be reproduced with conventional printing systems to be represented with high resolution, and to provide a push switch having the indicator portion. In order to form the indicator portion, in which a color design image such as a letter, a pattern, design etc is indicated, on the push switch, there are performed the following steps of: forming a colorant layer by printing a color design image on a base sheet by a printer; transferring the colorant layer to a transfer resin through an adhesive, the transfer resin constituting a surface of the push switch; and forming the indicator layer on the transfer resin by peeling off the base sheet and using the colorant layer as the indicator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arai, Yoshifumi Honmatsu