Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kotaka

Kenichi Kotaka 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).

  • Patent number: 8708744
    Abstract: A shell of a modular jack includes soldered terminal portions connected to a substrate. The soldered terminal portions include first soldered terminal portions and second soldered terminal portions. The first soldered terminal portions are formed to extend toward the substrate from first side wall portions folded from a front surface of the housing toward a right-side surface and a left-side surface. The second soldered terminal portions are formed to extend toward the substrate from second side wall portions folded from an upper wall portion toward the right-side surface and the left-side surface of the housing, the upper wall portion being folded from the front surface of the housing toward a top surface. The first side wall portions and the second side wall portions cover the right-side surface and the left-side surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
  • Publication number: 20130017734
    Abstract: A shell of a modular jack includes soldered terminal portions connected to a substrate. The soldered terminal portions include first soldered terminal portions and second soldered terminal portions. The first soldered terminal portions are formed to extend toward the substrate from first side wall portions folded from a front surface of the housing toward a right-side surface and a left-side surface. The second soldered terminal portions are formed to extend toward the substrate from second side wall portions folded from an upper wall portion toward the right-side surface and the left-side surface of the housing, the upper wall portion being folded from the front surface of the housing toward a top surface. The first side wall portions and the second side wall portions cover the right-side surface and the left-side surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
  • Patent number: 7901226
    Abstract: A transceiver connector adapted to be connected to a mating connector having a fitting hole and a latch. A metal hood serving as a housing is configured to be insertable into the fitting hole in an inserting direction. The transceiver connector includes a lever formed from a single metal plate and slidable with respect to the housing in the inserting direction and a detaching direction opposite to the inserting direction. The housing has a locking stepped portion adapted to engage the latch in the detaching direction. The lever has an inclined surface and a latch driving convex portion serving as an engagement releasing portion adapted to release engagement between the latch and the locking stepped portion by sliding of the lever, and a support piece continuous from the latch driving convex portion, folded back, and supported by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Kenichi Kotaka
  • Patent number: 7824234
    Abstract: A connector which makes it possible to prevent contacts from being removed without increasing press-in force of the contacts. A crank-shaped portion or protruding portion is formed, as a retaining portion, on an linking portion which links a contact portion and a connection portion of each contact. A housing for holding a plurality of the contacts is comprised of a front housing in which contact-side portions of the contacts are disposed, and a rear housing in which connection-side portions of the same are disposed. When the front housing and the rear housing are assembled, the crank-shaped portion and the protruding portions are brought into abutment with the rear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Kenichi Kotaka, Kan Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7785149
    Abstract: The connector for on-board mounting includes a housing body having multiple contacts, metal locking engagement members each having a locking portion to be engaged with a locked engagement member provided to a cable-side connector for a purpose of locking a connection between connectors and being fixed to the housing body and a metal outer shell member covering a side wall of a front portion of the housing body and provided with opening portions through which the locking engagement members pass. The opening portion of the outer shell member is provided such that an edge thereof which faces the opening portion and the locking engagement member are brought into contact with each other and the locking engagement members and the outer shell member are provided with board-connecting posts on rear portions to be disposed on a board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Jae Taiwan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Koji Kawase, Kan Ozawa, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20100112846
    Abstract: A transceiver connector adapted to be connected to a mating connector having a fitting hole and a latch. A metal hood serving as a housing is configured to be insertable into the fitting hole in an inserting direction. The transceiver connector includes a lever formed from a single metal plate and slidable with respect to the housing in the inserting direction and a detaching direction opposite to the inserting direction. The housing has a locking stepped portion adapted to engage the latch in the detaching direction. The lever has an inclined surface and a latch driving convex portion serving as an engagement releasing portion adapted to release engagement between the latch and the locking stepped portion by sliding of the lever, and a support piece continuous from the latch driving convex portion, folded back, and supported by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Kenichi Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20090258529
    Abstract: A connector which makes it possible to prevent contacts from being removed without increasing press-in force of the contacts. A crank-shaped portion or protruding portion is formed, as a retaining portion, on an linking portion which links a contact portion and a connection portion of each contact. A housing for holding a plurality of the contacts is comprised of a front housing in which contact-side portions of the contacts are disposed, and a rear housing in which connection-side portions of the same are disposed. When the front housing and the rear housing are assembled, the crank-shaped portion and the protruding portions are brought into abutment with the rear housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kazushi KAMATA, Kenichi Kotaka, Kan Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20090253297
    Abstract: The connector for on-board mounting includes a housing body having multiple contacts, metal locking engagement members each having a locking portion to be engaged with a locked engagement member provided to a cable-side connector for a purpose of locking a connection between connectors and being fixed to the housing body and a metal outer shell member covering a side wall of a front portion of the housing body and provided with opening portions through which the locking engagement members pass. The opening portion of the outer shell member is provided such that an edge thereof which faces the opening portion and the locking engagement member are brought into contact with each other and the locking engagement members and the outer shell member are provided with board-connecting posts on rear portions to be disposed on a board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, JAE Taiwan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Koji Kawase, Kan Ozawa, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Patent number: 7077696
    Abstract: In a connector including a connector element to be connected to a mating connector in a predetermined direction, a ring-shaped guide member is engaged with the connector element in the predetermined direction to receive the mating connector. The guide member has a spring portion which is formed on its inner surface and is adapted to be pressed by the mating connector in a radially outward direction. The spring portion serves to stabilize the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Haga, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Patent number: 6978685
    Abstract: In a detecting apparatus for detecting a steering state at a steering member (1) by respectively providing targets (34 and 35) in the shape of a spur gear having teeth portions (34a and 35a) to an input shaft (32) connected to the steering member and an output shaft (33) connected to the input shaft (32) by interposing a torsion bar (31), when an allowable maximum value of rotational torque applied to the steering member is designated by notation T, a number of teeth Z of the teeth portions (34a and 35a) and a spring constant K of the torsion bar (31) are determined to satisfy the following inequality, 360(deg)/Z>T(Nm)/K(Nm/deg).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Patent number: 6973991
    Abstract: A driving control unit (21b) of a controller (21) determines which of an input shaft (32) and an output shaft (33) in a steering shaft (3) is dynamically superior and when the output shaft (33) is dynamically superior to the input shaft (32), a motor (6) is driven so that torque resulting in a time integral value smaller than a time integral value of relative torque between the input shaft (32) and the output shaft (33) is generated in a backward assist direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050221656
    Abstract: In a connector including a connector element to be connected to a mating connector in a predetermined direction, a ring-shaped guide member is engaged with the connector element in the predetermined direction to receive the mating connector. The guide member has a spring portion which is formed on its inner surface and is adapted to be pressed by the mating connector in a radially outward direction. The spring portion serves to stabilize the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Goro Haga, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Patent number: 6948385
    Abstract: One or plural rotors are coaxially provided on a first shaft and a second shaft connected with each other by a connection shaft. Plural targets are provided at each rotor. Two detecting means disposed opposite to the targets output detection signals having phases different from each other as the rotor rotates. The steering apparatus assists steering according to a steering torque applied to the first shaft detected based on the detection signals and a steering angle of the first shaft. The steering apparatus has comparing means for comparing the detection signals with each other; malfunction judging means for judging whether any one of the detecting means is malfunctioning or not on the basis of a comparison result; and notifying means for notifying a malfunction when the malfunction judging means judges that there is a malfunction and can notify the driver of a malfunction in a torque sensor when it occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20040117145
    Abstract: In a detecting apparatus for detecting a steering state at a steering member (1) by respectively providing targets (34 and 35) in the shape of a spur gear having teeth portions (34a and 35a) to an input shaft (32) connected to the steering member and an output shaft (33) connected to the input shaft (32) by interposing a torsion bar (31), when an allowable maximum value of rotational torque applied to the steering member is designated by notation T, a number of teeth Z of the teeth portions (34a and 35a) and a spring constant K of the torsion bar (31) are determined to satisfy the following inequality, 360(deg)/Z>T(Nm)/K(Nm/deg).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20040007419
    Abstract: A driving control unit (21b) of a controller (21) determines which of an input shaft (32) and an output shaft (33) in a steering shaft (3) is dynamically superior and when the output shaft (33) is dynamically superior to the input shaft (32), a motor (6) is driven so that torque resulting in a time integral value smaller than a time integral value of relative torque between the input shaft (32) and the output shaft (33) is generated in a backward assist direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20030217607
    Abstract: One or plural rotors are coaxially provided on a first shaft and a second shaft connected with each other by a connection shaft. Plural targets are provided at each rotor. Two detecting means disposed opposite to the targets output detection signals having phases different from each other as the rotor rotates. The steering apparatus assists steering according to a steering torque applied to the first shaft detected based on the detection signals and a steering angle of the first shaft. The steering apparatus has comparing means for comparing the detection signals with each other; malfunction judging means for judging whether any one of the detecting means is malfunctioning or not on the basis of a comparison result; and notifying means for notifying a malfunction when the malfunction judging means judges that there is a malfunction and can notify the driver of a malfunction in a torque sensor when it occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: KOYO SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Kenichi Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20020124663
    Abstract: A rotational angle detecting device included in a steering apparatus or a torque detecting device includes a rotor having a portion which is magnetically discontinuous in an axial and a circumferential directions of the rotor; and a magnetic sensor for detecting the position where magnetic change occurs in an axial direction of the rotating shaft when the rotor rotates, wherein a rotational angle of the rotor from the magnetic sensor as the base point is detected in accordance with the position detected by the magnetic sensor. Therefore, the device does not comprise any contact and sliding member so that excellent durability is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Yoshiaki Nakano, Koji Kanda, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda, Mahito Shiba
  • Patent number: D637558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
    Inventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
  • Patent number: D637559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
    Inventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
  • Patent number: D639245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
    Inventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota