Patents by Inventor Atsushi Somura

Atsushi Somura 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).

  • Receptacle
    Patent number: 6869311
    Abstract: There is provided a receptacle, which comprises: a housing placed on a printed circuit board and having an insertion hole for receiving an optical signal transmission plug; a photoelectric converter housed in the housing for transferring and receiving an optical signal to/from the received optical signal transmission plug; and an elongate metal member covering the housing for fixing the housing onto the printed circuit board; the housing having a positioning recess formed in a peripheral surface portion thereof not opposed to the printed circuit board as having a shape complementary to that of the elongate member, and a flange overhanging the positioning recess; wherein the elongate member is fixedly fitted in the positioning recess in engagement with the flange; wherein the elongate member has projections respectively projecting from opposed portions thereof with the housing held between the opposed portions, and the projections respectively extend through through-holes formed in the printed circuit board an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Somura
  • Receptacle
    Publication number: 20040127096
    Abstract: There is provided a receptacle, which comprises: a housing placed on a printed circuit board and having an insertion hole for receiving an optical signal transmission plug; a photoelectric converter housed in the housing for transferring and receiving an optical signal to/from the received optical signal transmission plug; and an elongate metal member covering the housing for fixing the housing onto the printed circuit board; the housing having a positioning recess formed in a peripheral surface portion thereof not opposed to the printed circuit board as having a shape complementary to that of the elongate member, and a flange overhanging the positioning recess; wherein the elongate member is fixedly fitted in the positioning recess in engagement with the flange; wherein the elongate member has projections respectively projecting from opposed portions thereof with the housing held between the opposed portions, and the projections respectively extend through through-holes formed in the printed circuit board an
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Atsushi Somura