Patents by Inventor Hiroki Sadatoku

Hiroki Sadatoku 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).

  • Card connector
    Patent number: 7309245
    Abstract: A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to the card insertion direction, when the removable card is inserted and ejected into and from the housing, respectively; a first coil spring which biases the slider in the card insertion direction; and a second coil spring which biases the slider in the card ejection direction. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring remains in contact with the slider and the housing, respectively, regardless of the position of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Elco Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Sadatoku
  • CARD CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20070178733
    Abstract: A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to the card insertion direction, when the removable card is inserted and ejected into and from the housing, respectively; a first coil spring which biases the slider in the card insertion direction; and a second coil spring which biases the slider in the card ejection direction. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring remains in contact with the slider and the housing, respectively, regardless of the position of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIROKI SADATOKU