Patents by Inventor Hajime MATSUI

Hajime MATSUI 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).

  • Publication number: 20220247109
    Abstract: A female terminal includes a terminal body and a slider displaced relative to the terminal body. The terminal body includes a connecting tab deformable in a pressing direction crossing an inserting direction in which an electric wire is inserted and contactable with the electric wire. The slider is slidable between separated and overlapping positions. The slider includes a narrow portion that protrudes inward and has a less inner dimension in the pressing direction, and a wide portion in front of the narrow portion with respect to the inserting direction and has a greater inner dimension in the pressing direction than the narrow portion. The connecting tab contacts the electric wire when the narrow portion overlaps the connecting tab at the overlapping position. The slider includes a sloped guide surface that is angled at in front of the wide portion to spread further than the wide portion toward the front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220239019
    Abstract: A terminal coupled to an electric wire includes a terminal body and a shell. The shell includes a tubular portion and pressing portions 25A and 25B that protrudes from an inner wall of the tubular portion. The tubular portion includes a bottom wall, a first sidewall that projects upward from a first side edge of the bottom wall, a second sidewall that projects upward from a second side edge of the bottom wall, a ceiling that extends from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and is opposite the bottom wall, and a restricting portion that extends from the second sidewall to the first sidewall and overlaps an outer surface of the ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220231434
    Abstract: A terminal coupled to an end of an electric wire on a front side with respect to an extending direction in which the electric wire extends. The terminal includes a terminal body including a holding section holding the electric wire and a slider slidable relative to the terminal body in the extending direction. The slider includes a pressing portion that presses the holding section toward the electric wire. The terminal body is formed from a folded metal sheet. The holding section includes a holding protrusion that protrudes toward the electric wire and contacts the electric wire. The holding protrusion is formed from a folded metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Masaaki TABATA, Nungna WI, Hajime MATSUI, Teruo HARA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220224044
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal connected to a front end portion of an electric wire and a housing in which the terminal is arranged. The housing includes a base portion and cover members. The electric wire extending rearward from a portion of the housing that has the terminal therein is disposed on the base portion. The cover members that are movable between a position in which the cover members cover the base portion and a position in which the cover members are away from the base portion. The cover members include a wire pressing portion that presses the electric wire disposed on the base portion toward the base portion when the cover members are in the position in which the cover members cover the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime KAWASE, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Kenji MAKINO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220224024
    Abstract: A terminal to be connected to a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a tubular slide portion for accommodating the terminal body inside, the slide portion being slidable with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a wide portion located on a front side in a sliding direction of the slide portion and a narrow portion located behind the wide portion in the sliding direction, an inner shape of the slide portion being narrower in the narrow portion than in the wide portion. The narrow portion is provided with a pressurizing portion projecting inwardly of the slide portion. The pressurizing portion presses the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the slide portion 16 slid in the sliding direction with respect to the terminal body and the narrow portion located outside the sandwiching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime MATSUI, Nungna WI
  • Publication number: 20220190534
    Abstract: A joint connector 10 for connecting a plurality of electric wires 11 is provided with: a lower housing 30; an upper cover 60 assembled onto the lower housing 30; a plurality of terminals 12 respectively connected to front ends of the plurality of electric wires 11 in an extending direction thereof; and a busbar 50 connected to the plurality of terminals 12. The busbar 50 disposed on the lower housing 30 has a plurality of tabs 52. Each of the plurality of terminals 12 disposed on the lower housing 30 includes: a tube portion 17 into which a corresponding one of the plurality of tabs 52 is inserted; pinching portions 18A, 18B extending in the extending direction and pinching one of the plurality of electric wires 11; and a slide portion 16 disposed on the outside of the pinching portions 18A, 18B and moveable along the extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220190533
    Abstract: A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, a busbar to be connected to the plurality of terminals, and a housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals and the busbar inside. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs and a coupling portion coupling the plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being insertable into the tube portion, a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich the wire, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portion and movable along the extending direction. The sliding portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the wire sandwiched by the sandwiching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220181822
    Abstract: A joint connector includes the plurality of wires extending in an extending direction, a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts of the plurality of wires in the extending direction, a lower housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals, a busbar to be disposed in the lower housing, and an upper cover to be assembled with the lower housing. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, into which each of the plurality of tabs is inserted, and a wire connecting portion to be connected to each of the plurality of wires. The plurality of wires drawn out rearward in the extending direction from the lower housing include bent portions folded forward in the extending direction. The upper cover includes wire pressing portions for holding the plurality of wires folded forward in the extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220166159
    Abstract: A joint connector 10 to be connected to wires 11 includes a lower housing 30 and an upper cover 60. The lower housing 30 accommodates terminals 12 to be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the wires 11. The upper cover 60 is assembled to close an upper surface of the lower housing 30. The lower housing 30 or the upper cover 60 includes a lower guide portion 36 or an upper guide portion 69 for bending the wires 11 by contacting the wires 11 with the lower housing 30 and the upper cover 60 assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220107738
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a read controller reads data and metadata from a nonvolatile memory. The read controller includes a reader, a read mode changer and a first data processor. The reader reads first data and first metadata from the nonvolatile memory. The read mode changer determines whether to execute sequential processing for the first data based on the first metadata. When the read mode changer determines that the sequential processing is to be executed, the first data processor stores information necessary for the sequential processing, executes the sequential processing for the first data, and generates second metadata including a result of the sequential processing. The read controller outputs the first data, and the first metadata or the second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohba, Takeshi Ishihara, Takaya Ogawa, Hajime Matsui
  • Publication number: 20220083624
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an inverse element arithmetic apparatus, a word unit processing unit, as approximate calculation loop for extended binary GCD process, iterates a first loop in a case where a value of |r?s| is a subtraction threshold or more, and is capable of iterating a second loop instead of the first loop in a case where the value of |r?s| is smaller than the subtraction threshold. In the first loop, values of r, s, a, b, m, and n is updated and an update matrix M is generated or updated. In the second loop, the values of m and n are updated without updating the values of r, s, a, b and the update matrix M. The control unit terminates the loop of the inverse element arithmetic process in a case where a loop number of times of the inverse element arithmetic process reaches a number-of-times threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220029349
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the damage of sealing holes. A connector includes terminal fittings (30) to be connected to front end parts of wires (39), a housing (10), and a one-piece rubber plug (40) mounted in a rear end part of the housing (10). Accommodation chambers (15) for allowing insertion of the terminal fittings (30) from front of the housing (10) are formed in the housing (10). The one-piece rubber plug (40) includes sealing holes (41). The wires (39) not connected to the terminal fittings (30) are passable through the accommodation chambers (15) and the sealing holes (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Yasuo OMORI, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI
  • Patent number: 11196201
    Abstract: A male terminal includes a terminal body having a tab extending forward, and a cover slidable between a protection position where the tab is accommodated inside a sheath portion and a retracted position where a front end part of the tab is exposed from the front end of the sheath portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Hajime Kawase, Hajime Matsui
  • Publication number: 20210347620
    Abstract: A capping machine includes a gripper having a pair of gripping arms provided on an outer peripheral portion of a rotating body and configured to grip a cylindrical portion of a vessel, an opening and closing device configured to open and close the gripping arms, and a capping head liftably and rotatably provided on the rotating body. The gripping arms are arranged symmetrically with respect to a radius of the rotating body. The gripper has a protrusion for preventing the vessel from rotating on a vessel gripping surface of the gripping arms. The gripping arms have outer and inner gripping surfaces which are connected in a V shape. The protrusion is formed only on the inner gripping surface of a right gripping arm. A cap held by the capping head is screwed onto the vessel while sticking the protrusion into the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi MASUMOTO, Hajime MATSUI, Yasuto NISHIDE, Hiroyoshi YAMADA, Hiroaki KITAMOTO, Masatoshi NOZAKI
  • Patent number: 11165172
    Abstract: A female terminal (12) to be connected to an end of a wire (11) is provided with a wire connecting portion (19) including a base (22) and first and second pinching portions (14, 15) extending along an extending direction from the base (22) and configured to pinch the wire (11), and a sliding portion (18) movable along the extending direction and including first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and second pressing portions (17A, 17B) for pressing the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) toward the wire (11) by coming into contact with the first and second pinching portions (14, 15). The first pressing portions (16A, 16B) and the second pressing portions (17A, 17B) project toward the first and second pinching portions (14, 15) and are side by side at an interval in a direction intersecting the extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 11114795
    Abstract: A male terminal 10 is provided with a terminal body 15 including a tab 40 extending forward, and a cover 16 slidable between a protection position for accommodating the tab 14 inside a sheath portion 24 and a retracted position for exposing a front end part of the tab 14 from a front end of the sheath portion 24, and the cover 16 is made of a magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Hajime Kawase, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 11031720
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a terminal supporting body (30) and a terminal covering body (50) slidable relative to each other. Male terminal fittings (20) are supported in the terminal supporting body (30), and each has a male tab (21). A housing (70) has an accommodating portion (71) to accommodate the terminal supporting body (30) and the terminal covering body (50), and a receptacle (72) surrounds the male tabs (21). The terminal covering body (50) slides between a protection position and an exposed position relative to the male tabs (21). The accommodating portion (71) has a contact stop (75) that stops the terminal covering body (50). The terminal supporting body (30) slides to displace the terminal covering body (50) from the protection position to the exposed position when a sufficient force is applied with the terminal covering body (50) stopped in contact with the contact stop (75).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 10971851
    Abstract: The present invention aims to miniaturize a housing. Disclosed is a connector including a female housing (10) having a terminal accommodating chamber (11) formed therein, a first terminal fitting (24) inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber (11), an elastically displaceable lock arm (12) formed in the female housing (10), an accommodating recess (14) formed in the female housing (10) and communicating with a deflection space (13) of the lock arm (12), a terminal holding member (41) mounted in the accommodating recess (14), and a pair of second terminal fittings (58) connected to a twisted pair wire (59) and attached to the terminal holding member (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Motoya Hara, Ryutaro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10944187
    Abstract: A female terminal 12 is a female terminal including a terminal body 15 including a deformable upper connection piece 18A and a deformable lower connection piece 18B, the upper and lower connection pieces 18A and 18B having contact surfaces 21A and 21B that come in contact with a core 13 of a wire 11, respectively, and extending in an extension direction, and a slide 16 configured to move along the extension direction. The slide 16 has an upper contact portion 25A and a lower contact portion 25B that press the upper connection piece 18A and the lower connection piece 18B, respectively, to the core 13 while the core 13 is disposed in contact with the contact surfaces 21A and 21B of the upper and lower connection pieces 18A and 18B along the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui, Masahide Hio, Hideki Matsunaga, Yoshihiro Mizutani, Takamaru Amano, Takeshi Misaiji, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10931056
    Abstract: A connector has parts that can be used in common as much as possible in different specifications to reduce cost and to facilitate parts management. In a first specification having a high shielding function, a terminal fitting (20) connected to a shielded electric wire (15) is accommodated in a dielectric (23). The dielectric (23) is surrounded by an outer conductor (40) that is connected to a braided wire (18). The second specification requires no shielding function, and thus the outer conductor (40) is not used. Rather, a sub-housing (70) having the same shape and size as the outer conductor (40) of the first specification is used. The sub-housing (70) is configured to accommodate and retain the terminal fitting (20) and is locked in a same retained state as in the first specification when accommodated in a common housing (10) used in both specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori, Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio, Kimiyasu Okumura, Masaaki Tabata, Ryutaro Yamazaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Motoya Hara