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).
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Patent number: 8708744Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
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Publication number: 20130017734Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
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Patent number: 7901226Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventor: Kenichi Kotaka
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Patent number: 7824234Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventors: Kazushi Kamata, Kenichi Kotaka, Kan Ozawa
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Patent number: 7785149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Jae Taiwan, Ltd.Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Koji Kawase, Kan Ozawa, Kenichi Kotaka
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Publication number: 20100112846Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Kenichi Kotaka
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Publication number: 20090258529Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventors: Kazushi KAMATA, Kenichi Kotaka, Kan Ozawa
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Publication number: 20090253297Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, JAE Taiwan, Ltd.Inventors: Kazushi Kamata, Koji Kawase, Kan Ozawa, Kenichi Kotaka
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Patent number: 7077696Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Goro Haga, Kenichi Kotaka
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Patent number: 6978685Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Kenichi Kotaka
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Patent number: 6973991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda
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Publication number: 20050221656Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventors: Goro Haga, Kenichi Kotaka
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Patent number: 6948385Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Kenichi Kotaka
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Publication number: 20040117145Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Kenichi Kotaka
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Publication number: 20040007419Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda
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Publication number: 20030217607Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: KOYO SEIKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Mahito Shiba, Naoki Maeda, Kenichi Kotaka
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Publication number: 20020124663Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Yoshiaki Nakano, Koji Kanda, Kenichi Kotaka, Naoki Maeda, Mahito Shiba
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Patent number: D637558Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry LimitedInventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
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Patent number: D637559Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry LimitedInventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota
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Patent number: D639245Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry LimitedInventors: Takamitsu Wada, Kenichi Kotaka, Tadahiro Ota