Patents by Inventor Daisuke Yamanashi
Daisuke Yamanashi 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).
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Publication number: 20240088613Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing that houses the terminal fitting and allows a protruded part to protrude from a wall face of a metallic mating wall body; a shield shell that includes a shield main body that is placed over the protruded part, and a fixing part that has a bolt insertion hole formed coaxially with a female screw part of the mating wall body; a metallic bolt that is inserted into the bolt insertion hole to screw-fix the fixing part; and a bolt cap. The bolt cap includes: a cap main body that is placed over a head part to hide the head part; a holding body that is inserted into a holding hole of the fixing part to be closely fitted and held to the holding hole; and a connector body that connects the cap main body and the holding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Patent number: 11646508Abstract: A connector includes: a plate-shaped conductor having a through hole through which a fastening member is inserted; a housing holding the conductor and having an abutment surface; a nut having a screw hole into which the fastening member is screwed, and fixed to the housing along a first direction that is a direction in which the conductor extends; a support member fixed to the housing and restricting the nut from escaping from the housing; and a holding structure holding the nut, wherein the abutment surface is a surface against which a side surface of the nut abuts, such that the screw hole is positioned to be concentric with the through hole, and the holding structure holds the nut in a state where the side surface of the nut abuts against the abutment surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Publication number: 20230117463Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting that includes a terminal connection section, and a housing that includes a terminal accommodating section in which the terminal fitting is inserted into a terminal accommodating chamber in the terminal accommodating section in a terminal insertion direction and accommodated at an accommodation completion position, wherein the terminal connection section is a tubular section bent in a tubular shape with end surfaces of two end portions facing each other, and includes a recess that is recessed from a distal end of the terminal connection section on a terminal insertion direction side, in a terminal removal direction opposite to the terminal insertion direction, the terminal insertion direction being a tube axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Publication number: 20230122368Abstract: A shield connector includes: a housing that includes a first engaging portion and a first facing wall; an annular sealing member; a holder that includes a second engaging portion and a second facing wall, and supports the sealing member; a tubular shell that includes a first insertion opening that the housing is inserted into, a first end face that surrounds the first insertion opening, a second insertion opening that the holder is inserted into, and a second end face that surrounds the second insertion opening, and a braid. The housing and the holder cause the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion to be engaged with each other inside the shell, cause the first facing wall to face the first end face, and cause the second facing wall to face the second end face, and the housing and the holder are coupled to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Publication number: 20230110487Abstract: A shield connector includes: a housing that holds a terminal; a seal member; a holder coupled to the housing along an axial direction of the housing to support the seal member; and a shell, in which the shell has a protruding portion protruding inward from an inner wall surface of the shell, the holder has an engagement piece extending along the axial direction, and is locked by the shell by engaging the engagement piece with the protruding portion, the protruding portion has a locking surface that locks the engagement piece, and the locking surface is a surface facing an insertion direction in which the holder is inserted into the shell, and is an inclined surface toward the insertion direction as the locking surface extends toward a tip of the protruding portion in a protruding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Publication number: 20230115291Abstract: A shield connector includes: a cylindrical housing that accommodates a terminal and holds the terminal; an annular seal member that seals between an outer peripheral surface of an electric wire connected to the terminal and an inner wall surface of the housing; a holder coupled to the housingalong an axial direction of the housing to support the seal member; and a conductive shell that accommodates and holds the housing and the holder coupled to each other therein, in which an outer wall portion of the housing has a protruding portion protruding outward, the holder has an engagement piece extending along the axial direction and is coupled to the housing by engaging the engagement piece with the protruding portion from an outside, and the shell has a facing surface facing the engagement piece from an outside, and regulates outward deformation of the engagement piece by the facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Patent number: 11588280Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, and a temperature sensor. The terminal includes a terminal connection portion that is electrically connected to a counterpart terminal, a wire connection portion that is electrically connected to a wire, and a tubular portion that is located between the terminal connection portion and the wire connection portion and is formed in a tubular shape having a space portion (accommodation space portion). The temperature sensor is disposed in the space portion of the terminal. The tubular portion is accommodated inside the housing in a state where the terminal is held by the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 11557871Abstract: A connector manufacturing method includes: a first insertion process of inserting a conductor held by a housing through an annular seal member; a second insertion process of inserting the conductor through an annular portion of a support member; a pushing-in process of pushing the seal member into a gap between an inner circumferential surface of a recess in the housing and the conductor by pressing the seal member using the annular portion; and an engagement process of making the annular portion support the seal member at a predetermined position by engaging the support member and the housing, wherein the predetermined position is a position before a bottom portion of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 11539174Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, a temperature sensor, and a holding structure. The holding structure holds the temperature sensor so as to be movable in at least a first orthogonal direction in a space portion (housing formation space portion). The housing has the base portion and the pressing arm portion extending from the base portion in the contact direction and elastically deformable with respect to the first orthogonal direction orthogonal to the contact direction. The pressing arm portion has a protrusion portion that protrudes into the space portion and comes into contact with the temperature sensor. When the protrusion portion comes into contact with the temperature sensor, the pressing arm portion is elastically deformed to press the temperature sensor located in the space portion with respect to the first orthogonal direction, and the pressed temperature sensor is brought into contact with the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 11296451Abstract: A connection terminal includes: a terminal fitting; an insulating covering member attachable and detachable from one end in a virtual axis direction of the terminal fitting along the virtual axis direction; and a locking structure undetachably locking the covering member to the terminal fitting. The covering member includes two covering portions sandwiching and covering, in a direction orthogonal to the virtual axis direction, covering target portions at opposite ends of the terminal fitting, the covering target portions are areas capable of being finger-touch prevention targets, the locking structure includes, for each of combinations of the covering target portions and the covering portions, a locking protrusion provided in one of the covering target portion and the covering portion, and a locking groove provided in the other of the covering target portion and the covering portion and configured to lock the locking protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Mori, Takashi Sone, Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 11296452Abstract: A connector includes a housing that has an opening fitting with a mating connector, a plate-shaped terminal that is housed and held in the housing with a first side surface of the terminal facing the opening, an insulating cover member that is mounted on the terminal and covers the first side surface, and a holder that has through-holes into which mating terminals as terminals of the mating connector are inserted, is attached to the housing from the opening side, and locks the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Publication number: 20210399511Abstract: A connector manufacturing method includes: a first insertion process of inserting a conductor held by a housing through an annular seal member; a second insertion process of inserting the conductor through an annular portion of a support member; a pushing-in process of pushing the seal member into a gap between an inner circumferential surface of a recess in the housing and the conductor by pressing the seal member using the annular portion; and an engagement process of making the annular portion support the seal member at a predetermined position by engaging the support member and the housing, wherein the predetermined position is a position before a bottom portion of the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Publication number: 20210399442Abstract: A connector includes: a plate-shaped conductor having a through hole through which a fastening member is inserted; a housing holding the conductor and having an abutment surface; a nut having a screw hole into which the fastening member is screwed, and fixed to the housing along a first direction that is a direction in which the conductor extends; a support member fixed to the housing and restricting the nut from escaping from the housing; and a holding structure holding the nut, wherein the abutment surface is a surface against which a side surface of the nut abuts, such that the screw hole is positioned to be concentric with the through hole, and the holding structure holds the nut in a state where the side surface of the nut abuts against the abutment surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Daisuke YAMANASHI, Takashi SONE
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Publication number: 20210384681Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, and a temperature sensor. The terminal includes a terminal connection portion that is electrically connected to a counterpart terminal, a wire connection portion that is electrically connected to a wire, and a tubular portion that is located between the terminal connection portion and the wire connection portion and is formed in a tubular shape having a space portion (accommodation space portion). The temperature sensor is disposed in the space portion of the terminal. The tubular portion is accommodated inside the housing in a state where the terminal is held by the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Daisuke YAMANASHI
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Publication number: 20210384682Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, a temperature sensor, and a holding structure. The holding structure holds the temperature sensor so as to be movable in at least a first orthogonal direction in a space portion (housing formation space portion). The housing has the base portion and the pressing arm portion extending from the base portion in the contact direction and elastically deformable with respect to the first orthogonal direction orthogonal to the contact direction. The pressing arm portion has a protrusion portion that protrudes into the space portion and comes into contact with the temperature sensor. When the protrusion portion comes into contact with the temperature sensor, the pressing arm portion is elastically deformed to press the temperature sensor located in the space portion with respect to the first orthogonal direction, and the pressed temperature sensor is brought into contact with the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Publication number: 20210091503Abstract: A connection terminal includes: a terminal fitting; an insulating covering member attachable and detachable from one end in a virtual axis direction of the terminal fitting along the virtual axis direction; and a locking structure undetachably locking the covering member to the terminal fitting. The covering member includes two covering portions sandwiching and covering, in a direction orthogonal to the virtual axis direction, covering target portions at opposite ends of the terminal fitting, the covering target portions are areas capable of being finger-touch prevention targets, the locking structure includes, for each of combinations of the covering target portions and the covering portions, a locking protrusion provided in one of the covering target portion and the covering portion, and a locking groove provided in the other of the covering target portion and the covering portion and configured to lock the locking protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yuki MORI, Takashi SONE, Daisuke YAMANASHI
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Publication number: 20200259288Abstract: A connector includes a housing that has an opening fitting with a mating connector, a plate-shaped terminal that is housed and held in the housing with a first side surface of the terminal facing the opening, an insulating cover member that is mounted on the terminal and covers the first side surface, and a holder that has through-holes into which mating terminals as terminals of the mating connector are inserted, is attached to the housing from the opening side, and locks the cover member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 10734750Abstract: An electric wire with a connector includes: an opening portion that is provided to a connector housing, and that allows an electric wire to be pulled out of the connector housing; a closing body that has an electric wire insertion hole for inserting and passing the electric wire pulled out of a wire outlet of the opening portion, and that closes the wire outlet by being attached to the opening portion; and a protecting member that is tubular and into and through which the electric wire pulled out of the wire outlet via the electric wire insertion hole is inserted and passed. The closing body includes: a housing chamber that houses one end of the protecting member; and an inserted portion that includes the housing chamber and that is inserted into the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 10720736Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting, an insulating housing, and a conductive shield shell. The terminal fitting includes an electrical connecting part electrically connected to a mating terminal of a mating connector and an electric wire connecting part electrically connected to a terminal of an electric wire. The housing accommodates the electrical connecting part in an inward accommodation space and causes the electric wire connecting part to protrude outward. The shield shell accommodates a space from the housing to the terminal of the electric wire inward and covers the space from outside. The shield shell includes a main shield that covers the housing from outside and a tubular sub-shield that covers the electric wire connecting part and the terminal of the electric wire from outside and is provided for each of the terminal fitting.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
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Patent number: 10553996Abstract: A female connector includes a female terminal and a female side insulation member. The female terminal includes a tubular-shaped female side connection body having a female side space portion therein into which the male side connection body is fitted in an inserting manner on a same cylinder axis. The female side insulation member includes a finger touch prevention body inserted into a first space portion of the outer tubular body and a male side space portion of the male side connection body. The finger touch prevention body is projected more than a tip end surface of the female side connection body. An insulating annular body projected more than the tip end surface of the female side connection body on a same cylinder axis is provided outside the female side space portion in a direction orthogonal to a cylinder axis direction of the female side connection body.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yamanashi