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).
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Publication number: 20190372272Abstract: In a connector, tabs (18) of male terminal fittings (16) are inserted into a female housing (30) and connected to female terminal fittings (34) by bringing a male housing (10) and the female housing (30) closer to each other in a facing positioning relationship. The male housing (10) is provided with a movable member (20) movable with the tabs (18) relatively displaceably passed therethrough, and a surface of the movable member (20) facing the female housing (30) is formed with a positioning projection (26), and a surface of the female housing (30) facing the movable member (20) is formed with a positioning recess (31) to be fit to the positioning projection (26) with front end parts of the tabs (18) passed through the movable member (20) and held out of contact with the female housing (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime MATSUI, Yasuo OMORI, Tetsuya MIYAMURA
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Patent number: 10498084Abstract: An electrical connection device reliably detects a connected state of connectors and includes first and second connectors (C1, C2) first and second housings (10, 20) and a connection detector (30). The first housing (10) includes a detector restraining portion (14b). The second housing (20) includes a restraint releasing portion (26) for restraining the connection detector (30) until the first housing (10) reaches a connection position and releasing the restraint when the connection position is reached. The first housing (10) includes a connection allowance switch having a connection preventing portion (19). The connection allowance switch is deformable to displace the connection preventing portion (19) from a connection preventing position to a connection allowing position.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10490928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori, Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio, Kimiyasu Okumura, Masaaki Tabata, Ryutaro Yamazaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Motoya Hara
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Patent number: 10476193Abstract: It is aimed to detect a mounted state of a second terminal fitting in a terminal unit in which the second terminal fitting is mounted in a terminal holding member. A connector includes an interfering projection (25) formed on a retainer (21). When a second terminal fitting (50) of a terminal unit (30) is properly mounted in a terminal holding member (31), the retainer (21) is displaceable from a partial locking position to a full locking position without the interfering projection (25) interfering with the second terminal fitting (50). When the second terminal fitting (50) is improperly mounted in the terminal holding member (31), the interfering projection (25) interferes with the second terminal fitting (50), thereby restricting a displacement of the retainer (21) to a full locking position.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Publication number: 20190341716Abstract: It is aimed to simplify the shape of a short-circuit means. A joint connector (A) includes a housing (10), a plurality of terminal fittings (35F, 35S, 35T) provided in the housing (10) and each formed such that a plurality of tabs (37F, 37D, 7R) are coupled by a terminal base portion (36), and a short-circuit module (40) provided in the housing (10) and formed by arranging a plurality of short-circuit plates (42) side by side in a length direction of the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R). The short-circuit plate (42) is formed with a plurality of conduction holes (45) for allowing the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R) to pass therethrough in a contact state and non-contact holes (44) for allowing the tabs (37F, 37D, 37R) to pass therethrough in a non-contact state, and an arrangement of the plurality of conduction holes (45) differs among the plurality of short-circuit plates (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori
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Publication number: 20190334301Abstract: It is aimed to enable conductive paths in a narrow and bent space. A connector (A) includes a terminal fitting (37F, 37S, 37T) having a terminal base portion (38) and three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R) extending from the terminal base portion (38) in mutually different directions, and a housing (10) having a body portion (11) for accommodating the terminal base portion (38) and three receptacles (12F, 12D, 12R) for individually surrounding the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R). If end parts of three conductive paths (61F, 61D, 61R) are connected to the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R), a main line (52M) is constituted by two tabs (39F, 39R) and two conductive paths (61F, 61R) and a branch line (52S) is constituted by one tab (39D) and one conductive path (61D).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori
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Publication number: 20190305461Abstract: It is aimed to detect a mounted state of a second terminal fitting in a terminal unit in which the second terminal fitting is mounted in a terminal holding member. A connector includes an interfering projection (25) formed on a retainer (21). When a second terminal fitting (50) of a terminal unit (30) is properly mounted in a terminal holding member (31), the retainer (21) is displaceable from a partial locking position to a full locking position without the interfering projection (25) interfering with the second terminal fitting (50). When the second terminal fitting (50) is improperly mounted in the terminal holding member (31), the interfering projection (25) interferes with the second terminal fitting (50), thereby restricting a displacement of the retainer (21) to a full locking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10411366Abstract: A connector (A) includes a barrel (23) formed in a terminal fitting (15) and crimped to surround a front end part of a coated wire (11). The barrel (23) has a base plate (24) connected to a bottom portion (22) of a terminal body (16) and two crimping pieces (27) extending from both widthwise sides of the base plate (24). A molded portion (30) surrounds the barrel (23) over an entire periphery and is configured to cover the front end part of the coated wire (11) in a liquid-tight manner. A housing (35) is formed with a terminal accommodation chamber (36) for accommodating the entire terminal fitting (15). The base plate (24) is raised with respect to the bottom portion (22) of the terminal body (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Takehiro Nakata, Yoshiaki Yamano, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 10389044Abstract: A connector includes barrels (19) formed in rear end parts of terminal fittings (15) and crimped to surround front end parts of coated wires (11). First to third molds (23A, 23B, 23C) each covering the front end part of the coated wire (11) including a crimped part to the barrel (19) in a liquid-tight manner. A housing (30) is formed with terminal accommodation chambers (31) each for accommodating the entire terminal fitting (15) and a front end area of the mold (23A, 23B, 23C), and first to third contacts (26A, 26B, 26C) each formed on a projection (25) of the mold (23A, 23B, 23C) projecting out from the housing (30) and configured to suppress deformation of the projection (25) of the mold (23A, 23B, 23C) by coming into contact with the housing (30).Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Takehiro Nakata
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Publication number: 20190252803Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui, Masahide Hio, Hideki Matsunaga, Yoshihiro Mizutani, Takamaru Amano, Takeshi Misaiji, Hiroshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10367319Abstract: It is aimed to build a trunk line of an in-vehicle network having low connection resistance. The in-vehicle network is composed of a trunk line (1) and branch lines (2) branched from branch points (3) arranged at a plurality of intermediate positions of the trunk line (19 via connectors (CO) and to be connected to electronic control units (U). A bypass bypassed toward the connector (CO) from the trunk line (1) is formed at each branch point (3) of the branch line (1), and an exposed part of a core (7) is formed in this bypass and connected to a trunk line terminal (6). A branch line terminal (8) connected to an end of the branch line (2) and the trunk line terminal (6) are connected inside the connector (CO).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori
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Publication number: 20190229448Abstract: A board connector includes a housing (10) mounted on a mounting surface (S) of a circuit board (P) and includes a terminal holding portion (11). Two types of long narrow terminal fittings (13, 20) are provided and each includes a board connecting portion (14, 21) extending in a front-rear direction and to be fixed to the mounting surface (S) behind the terminal holding portion (11). Each terminal connecting portion (15, 22) penetrates the terminal holding portion (11) in the front-rear direction. The terminal connecting portions (15, 22) have different heights from the mounting surface (S). The two types of terminal fittings (13, 20) include extra length links (16, 23) longer than heights of the terminal connecting portions (15, 22) from the mounting surface (S) and linking front ends (14F, 21F) of the board connecting portions (14, 21) and rear ends (15R, 22R) of the terminal connecting portions (15, 22).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10349073Abstract: A decoding device according to an embodiment includes: a reception memory for storing received image; a frame buffer for storing a reference image; a decoding unit for decoding the received image based on the reference image stored in the frame buffer; a reference image storage for storing the decoded image, decoded by the decoding unit, in the frame buffer as the reference image; and an output image selection unit for selecting the reference image stored in the frame buffer as an output image when the reception memory underflows and selecting the decoded image as the output image when the reception memory does not underflow.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hajime Matsui, Shuou Nomura, Akira Moriya
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Patent number: 10320116Abstract: A terminal unit includes inner conductors (35) fixed to front ends of wires (38). A dielectric (10) has a holding member (11) and a cover (27) united in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the wires (38) and accommodates the inner conductors (35). Guide recesses (17) are formed on the holding member (11) and extend in a front-rear direction. Guide ribs (33) are formed on the cover (27) and can slide in contact with the guide recesses (17) to allow relative displacement of the holding member (11) and the cover (27) in the front-rear direction while keeping the holding member (11) and the cover (27) united. Guides (19) bring the holding member (11) and the cover (27) closer together in a uniting direction while displacing the cover (27) from a temporary assembled position to a proper assembled position in the front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui, Takuma Hibino
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Publication number: 20190157792Abstract: It is aimed to simplify the shape of a terminal unit in a structure for mounting the terminal unit into a housing. A connector includes a housing (10) formed with an accommodating portion (11) inside, a guide groove (13) formed in the accommodating portion (11), a terminal unit (30) configured by accommodating a plurality of terminal fittings (49) into a terminal holding member (31) and to be inserted into the accommodating portion (11), a guide rib (46) formed on the terminal unit (30) and configured to guide the terminal unit (30) by sliding in contact with the guide groove (13), and a retainer (20) configured to restrict outward detachment of the terminal unit (30) from the accommodating portion (11) by being mounted into the housing (10) and locking the guide rib (46).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Publication number: 20190115695Abstract: An electrical connection device reliably detects a connected state of connectors and includes first and second connectors (C1, C2) first and second housings (10, 20) and a connection detector (30). The first housing (10) includes a detector restraining portion (14b). The second housing (20) includes a restraint releasing portion (26) for restraining the connection detector (30) until the first housing (10) reaches a connection position and releasing the restraint when the connection position is reached. The first housing (10) includes a connection allowance switch having a connection preventing portion (19). The connection allowance switch is deformable to displace the connection preventing portion (19) from a connection preventing position to a connection allowing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10256558Abstract: A movable member (30) provided in a housing (10) is formed with a cover (32) configured to cover inserting edges (45) on a tip of a circuit board (41) in an inserting direction into a board accommodation space (15) when the circuit board (41) is inserted into the board accommodation space (15) and a receiving surface (34) configured to move the movable member (30) integrally with the circuit board (41) to a back side of the board accommodation space (15) by being pushed by the circuit board (41). The movable member (30) and the circuit board (41) are formed with locks (38, 46) configured to move the movable member (30) integrally with the circuit board (41) in a withdrawing direction from the board accommodation space (15) by locking each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Moriyasu, Masaaki Tabata, Hidetoshi Ishida, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10249986Abstract: It is aimed to prevent connectors in a connected state from being easily separated. A connector (A) includes a male housing (10) including a receptacle (12), a female housing (30) to be connected to the male housing (10) by being inserted into the receptacle (12), and a retainer (36) (movable locking member, locking means) and a lock receiving portion (19) (locking means) provided on the male housing (10) and the female housing (30) and configured to lock the male housing (10) and the female housing (30) in a connected state by being locked inside the receptacle (12). The locking of the retainer (36) and the lock receiving portion (19) is released by an unlocking tool (40) inserted into the receptacle (12).Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Publication number: 20190074605Abstract: A connector (A) includes a barrel (23) formed in a terminal fitting (15) and crimped to surround a front end part of a coated wire (11). The barrel (23) has a base plate (24) connected to a bottom portion (22) of a terminal body (16) and two crimping pieces (27) extending from both widthwise sides of the base plate (24). A molded portion (30) surrounds the barrel (23) over an entire periphery and is configured to cover the front end part of the coated wire (11) in a liquid-tight manner. A housing (35) is formed with a terminal accommodation chamber (36) for accommodating the entire terminal fitting (15). The base plate (24) is raised with respect to the bottom portion (22) of the terminal body (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Takehiro Nakata, Yoshiaki Yamano, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190074629Abstract: A wire with terminal, (10) includes a barrel (23) formed in a rear end part of a terminal fitting (15) such that two crimping pieces (27) extend from both widthwise side edges of a base plate (24) and crimped to surround an exposed area (14) of a core (12) with extending end parts (27E) of the crimping pieces (27) held close to each other, and a mold (30) covering the entire exposed area of the core (12) including a crimped part to the barrel (23) in a liquid-tight manner. A front end of the core (12) is disposed behind those of the crimping pieces (27). The barrel (23) is formed with a communicating portion (29) for causing a crimping space (28) of the barrel (23) to be open in an outer peripheral surface of the barrel (23) on a side before the front end of the core (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Takehiro Nakata, Yoshiaki Yamano, Tetsuya Nakamura