Patents by Inventor Yoshihide Sakano

Yoshihide Sakano 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: 7915547
    Abstract: A key switch comprises: a plurality of conductive portions which are respectively positioned in dispersed directions from a center of a key top; and contact patterns provided on a print substrate, which respectively face the conductive portions. The contact patterns each have, in a conductive portion facing area thereof, at least four separate lands, and the at least four lands include: a first land and a second land which are separated by a first gap provided on a first reference line which extends from a position facing the center of the key top in the direction of the center of the conductive portion facing area; a third land which is separated from the first land by a second gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in one direction; and a fourth land which is separated from the second land by a third gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in another direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Otani, Yoshihide Sakano, Kazuo Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20090050464
    Abstract: A key switch comprises: a plurality of conductive portions which are respectively positioned in dispersed directions from a center of a key top; and contact patterns provided on a print substrate, which respectively face the conductive portions. The contact patterns each have, in a conductive portion facing area thereof, at least four separate lands, and the at least four lands include: a first land and a second land which are separated by a first gap provided on a first reference line which extends from a position facing the center of the key top in the direction of the center of the conductive portion facing area; a third land which is separated from the first land by a second gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in one direction; and a fourth land which is separated from the second land by a third gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in another direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Yoshihide Sakano, Kazuo Yoneyama