Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Sugimura
Kazuhiko Sugimura 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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Patent number: 8286346Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal insertion apparatus and method to insert a terminal into a terminal-receiving chamber without hitting an inner surface of the terminal-receiving chamber. A terminal insertion apparatus includes a housing holder unit, an insertion unit, and a control device. The housing holder unit holds a connector housing and is movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The insertion unit inserts a terminal attached with an electrical wire into a terminal-receiving chamber of the connector housing. The control device controls a move unit support portion to reciprocate a housing holder by a move distance after an end portion of the terminal is inserted into the terminal-receiving chamber so that the terminal can be inserted without hitting an inner surface of the terminal-receiving chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 8261440Abstract: A terminal insertion apparatus having a connector housing holding unit, a terminal insertion unit, and a control unit. The connector housing holding unit holds a connector housing movably in horizontal and vertical directions. The terminal insertion unit inserts a terminal attached to an electric wire into a terminal accommodating chamber of the connector housing. After the terminal insertion unit has inserted an end of the terminal into the terminal accommodating chamber, the control unit controls a movable supporting unit of the connector housing holding unit so as to move a holding jig by amounts of movement in horizontal and vertical directions so that the terminal is not caught on an inner surface of the terminal accommodating chamber, and then the terminal is completely inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20120036713Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal insertion apparatus and method to insert a terminal into a terminal receiving chamber without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber. A terminal insertion apparatus includes a housing holder unit, an insertion unit, and a control device. The housing holder unit holds a connector housing and is movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The insertion unit inserts a terminal attached with an electrical wire into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing. The control device controls a move unit support portion to reciprocate a housing holder by a move distance after an end portion of the terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber so that the terminal can be inserted without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 8065791Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal insertion apparatus to insert a terminal into a terminal receiving chamber without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber. A terminal insertion apparatus includes a housing holder unit, an insertion unit, and a control device. The housing holder unit holds a connector housing and is movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The insertion unit inserts a terminal attached with an electrical wire into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing. The control device controls a move unit support portion to reciprocate a housing holder by a move distance after an end portion of the terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber so that the terminal can be inserted without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 7650689Abstract: A terminal inserting device is provided, by which pulling force to pull a terminal fitting can be changed after the terminal fitting is inserted. The terminal inserting device includes an inserting unit and a control device. The inserting unit includes a front chuck unit and electric wire chuck unit, by which an electric wire is chucked and a terminal fitting attached to the electric wire is inserted into a terminal-receiving chamber of a connector housing. The electric wire chuck unit includes a pair of electric wire chucks, an insertion motor and an air cylinder. The electric wire chucks chuck the electric wire therebetween. The insertion motor pulls the terminal fitting after the terminal fitting is inserted in the terminal-receiving chamber. The air cylinder changes force which brings the pair of the electric wire chucks close to the connector housing so that pulling force to pull the terminal fitting can be changed. The control device controls the air cylinder to change the pulling force.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 7516541Abstract: Providing a terminal inserting apparatus which does not give a limitation to an assembled wiring harness thereby, the terminal inserting apparatus includes a jig mounting unit, a housing holding unit, an inserting unit and a jig transporting unit. The jig mounting unit has a plurality of holding jigs. The holding jig has a connector housing. The housing holding unit has one holding jig including the connector housing. The inserting unit inserts the terminal 6 connected with the electric wire into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing. The jig transporting unit transports the holding jig from the jig mounting unit to the housing holding unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20090064491Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal insertion apparatus to insert a terminal into a terminal receiving chamber without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber. A terminal insertion apparatus includes a housing holder unit, an insertion unit, and a control device. The housing holder unit holds a connector housing and is movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The insertion unit inserts a terminal attached with an electrical wire into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing. The control device controls a move unit support portion to reciprocate a housing holder by a move distance after an end portion of the terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber so that the terminal can be inserted without hitting an inner surface of the terminal receiving chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20080276457Abstract: A terminal insertion apparatus has a connector housing holding unit, a terminal insertion unit, and a control unit. The connector housing holding unit holds a connector housing movably in horizontal and vertical directions. The terminal insertion unit inserts a terminal attached to an electric wire into a terminal accommodating chamber of the connector housing. After the terminal insertion unit has inserted an end of the terminal into the terminal accommodating chamber, the control unit controls a movable supporting unit of the connector housing holding unit so as to move a holding jig by amounts of movement in horizontal and vertical directions so that the terminal is not caught on an inner surface of the terminal accommodating chamber, and then the terminal is completely inserted in the terminal-accommodating chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 7441327Abstract: A terminal insertion apparatus includes a wire-holding unit, a housing-holding unit, and an terminal-inserting unit. The wire-holding unit holds electric wires connected to terminal fittings. The housing-holding unit holds a connector housing. The terminal-inserting unit inserts the terminal fittings connected to the electric wires held by the wire-holding unit into the connector housing. The terminal-inserting unit keeps holding the electric wire connected to the lastly inserted terminal fitting and moves the electric wire to the wire-holding unit. Then, the wire-holding unit holds the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20070022600Abstract: A terminal inserting device is provided, by which pulling force to pull a terminal fitting can be changed after the terminal fitting is inserted. The terminal inserting device includes an inserting unit and a control device. The inserting unit includes a front chuck unit and electric wire chuck unit, by which an electric wire is chucked and a terminal fitting attached to the electric wire is inserted into a terminal-receiving chamber of a connector housing. The electric wire chuck unit includes a pair of electric wire chucks, an insertion motor and an air cylinder. The electric wire chucks chuck the electric wire therebetween. The insertion motor pulls the terminal fitting after the terminal fitting is inserted in the terminal-receiving chamber. The air cylinder changes force which brings the pair of the electric wire chucks close to the connector housing so that pulling force to pull the terminal fitting can be changed. The control device controls the air cylinder to change the pulling force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20060064870Abstract: Providing a terminal inserting apparatus which does not give a limitation to an assembled wiring harness thereby, the terminal inserting apparatus includes a jig mounting unit, a housing holding unit, an inserting unit and a jig transporting unit. The jig mounting unit has a plurality of holding jigs. The holding jig has a connector housing. The housing holding unit has one holding jig including the connector housing. The inserting unit inserts the terminal 6 connected with the electric wire into a terminal receiving chamber of the connector housing. The jig transporting unit transports the holding jig from the jig mounting unit to the housing holding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20060063430Abstract: A terminal insertion apparatus includes a wire-holding unit, a housing-holding unit, and an terminal-inserting unit. The wire-holding unit holds electric wires connected to terminal fittings. The housing-holding unit holds a connector housing. The terminal-inserting unit inserts the terminal fittings connected to the electric wires held by the wire-holding unit into the connector housing. The terminal-inserting unit keeps holding the electric wire connected to the lastly inserted terminal fitting and moves the electric wire to the wire-holding unit. Then, the wire-holding unit holds the electric wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Furuya, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 6883840Abstract: A vehicle outer handle system includes a handle main body formed from a synthetic resin and having a hollow grip part, and an electrode for detecting a change in capacitance. One end of the handle main body is swingably supported in a door outer panel, and the electrode is housed within the grip part. A grounded electrostatic shield plate is disposed with the grip part outwardly of the electrode, thereby preventing an erroneous determination of a user's intention of opening the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Sueyoshi, Shigeru Kamei, Kazuo Yuhi, Suguru Asakura, Akira Kamikura, Kentaro Yoshimura, Kiyomitsu Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Publication number: 20020152582Abstract: A vehicle outer handle system includes a handle main body formed from a synthetic resin and having a hollow grip part, and an electrode for detecting a change in capacitance. One end of the handle main body is swingably supported in a door outer panel, and the electrode is housed within the grip part. A grounded electrostatic shield plate is disposed with the grip part outwardly of the electrode, thereby preventing an erroneous determination of a user's intention of opening the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventors: Masahiko Sueyoshi, Shigeru Kamei, Kazuo Yuhi, Suguru Asakura, Akira Kamikura, Kentaro Yoshimura, Kiyomitsu Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Sugimura
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Patent number: 5317375Abstract: An optical distance measuring apparatus operable in accordance with an optical intensity modulating process to optically measure a distance between a driver's vehicle and a vehicle running ahead of his vehicle includes a light emitting portion serving as a light source to emit a distance measuring light beam, an optical lens system, a light receiving portion for receiving a reflected light reflected from the vehicle running ahead of the driver's vehicle through the optical lens system, and a processing system for correcting phase delay between the distance measuring light beam and the reflected light beam utilizing reference light beams emitted from a plurality of reference light sources to determine the distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1992Date of Patent: May 31, 1994Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Omamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo
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Patent number: 5260682Abstract: A light-wave distance measuring apparatus has an intermittent controller for continuously changing periods of time during which a light intensity modulator 1 transmits and interrupts transmitting a light intensity modulated signal so as to avoid a synchronization of the light intensity modulated signal of the a first tranmitting apparatus with a light intensity modulated signal transmitted from a second light-wave distance measuring apparatus. The operation of the intermittent controller prevents a misfunction of the apparatus. Provisions of a self-speed detector, a time marker and a light transmission interval measuring circuit enables the apparatus to detect the speed of a target object. Thus, the apparatus is suitable for mounting on a vehicle. The apparatus operates accurately even when both the vehicle and the target object are moving. The apparatus also accurately operates without interference even when other similar light-wave distance measuring apparatus for vehicles are used in a small area.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Omamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo
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Patent number: 5260710Abstract: A vehicular optical radar apparatus comprising a light emitting portion for irradiating a signal light on an object ahead and a light receiving portion for receiving a reflected light from the object. At least one of a light emitting lens and a light receiving lens are deformation-worked so that a distance between optical centers of the light emitting and receiving portions can be moved closer together, and an angle formed between an incident axis of incoming light and so that an outgoing light becomes small.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Omamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo
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Patent number: 5257173Abstract: A light source is constituted by a plurality of light emitting units which are arranged opposite to a light irradiating lens such that light emission from a part of the light source is changed to light emission from the whole surface of the light source and vice versa. In addition, a light irradiating apparatus having a light emitting diode used therefor as a light source comprises optical fiber(s) arranged between the light emitting diode and a light emitting lens such that a light emitted from the light emitting diode can be conducted to the light irradiating lens is disclosed. One end of each optical fiber is located at the position in the vicinity of the light emitting diode and other end of the same is located at the position substantially coincident with the focus of the light irradiating lens. In another embodiment, an optical fiber employable for an optical radar system has an outlet end of the optical fiber which is formed by two inclined surfaces in a wedge-shaped configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1991Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ohmamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo
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Patent number: 5239353Abstract: A two-eyed type optical distance measuring apparatus operable in accordance with a phase difference detecting process to optically measure a distance between the apparatus and an object to be measured is disclosed. To determine the distance between the apparatus and the object to be measured, a phase difference between the phase of a reflected light beam reflected from the object to be measured and the optical phase of a reference light beam derived from partial division of a distance measuring light beam emitted from a light source is detected and calculated.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1992Date of Patent: August 24, 1993Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ohmamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo
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Patent number: 5210587Abstract: An optical distance measuring apparatus operable in accordance with a phase difference detecting process, comprises a processing system including a central processing unit and first and second local oscillating circuits which serve to detect and calculate a phase difference between the electrical phase of a modulated signal outputted from a reference oscillator electrically connected to a light source via a modulating circuit and the electrical phase of a demodulated signal outputted from a demodulating circuit electrically connected to a light receiving portion so as to determine a distance between the apparatus and an object to be measured based on the detected phase difference with reference to the electrical phase of a reference signal outputted from the reference oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ohmamyuda, Shigeru Kimura, Toru Tanabe, Kazuhisa Iwasaki, Takao Seto, Hideki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Yasushi Senoo