Patents by Inventor Masayuki Aizawa
Masayuki Aizawa 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: 20240140150Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body rear structure, which can reduce damage to the vehicle during a collision from the rear. The vehicle body rear structure includes a chassis rear, a hook reinforcement part fixed to a lower surface of the chassis rear; and a hook fixed on a back side of the chassis rear through the hook reinforcement part, in which the hook reinforcement part includes a plurality of part members independent from each other, the plurality of part members are connected in series and joined in a front-back direction of the vehicle to form a joint boundary part, and the joint boundary part is disposed with a weakened part on a side close to the chassis rear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyosuke YAMAKITA, Keisakuro YAMAGUCHI, Yusuke MIURA, Masayuki Yoshida, Hiroki Kashimoto, Haruki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11935846Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first insulating film on the substrate, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, first and second coils respectively in the first and second insulating films, first and second terminals, and first and second connection conductors. The first and second insulating films contact each other so that the first and second coils are magnetically coupled. The first insulating film includes a first non-contact portion not contacting the second insulating film. One of the first and second insulating films includes a second non-contact portion not contacting the first or second insulating film. The first terminal is provided on the first non-contact portion and electrically connected to the first coil. The second terminal is provided on the second non-contact portion and electrically connected to the second coil. The first and second connection conductors are connected to the first and second terminals, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Kurita, Takanobu Kamakura, Masayuki Sugiura, Yoshiaki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20230307860Abstract: A contact includes a base portion having a first end and a second end, a first extending portion extending from first end of the base portion and having a first contact portion, and a second extending portion extending from the second end of the base portion and having a second contact portion. The base portion extends between the first end and the second end. The base portion has a pair of base portion beams having a first space therebetween. Each of the base portion beams has a press-fit portion protruding from one of the base portion beams toward the other of the base portion beams; the press-fit portions are press-fittable into a housing and supportable by the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11664619Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20230102245Abstract: A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a bottom plate with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other. Contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face. The housing has a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge. The contacts are disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face. The contacts include a first contact having a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes, a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, and a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Masayuki Aizawa, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20220037823Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11183784Abstract: An interposer includes a housing and a contact disposed in the housing. The housing has a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and a passageway penetrating the first face and the second face. The contact has a base portion press-fitted in the passageway, a first contact beam extending obliquely with respect to the first face from the base portion, and a second contact beam extending obliquely with respect to the second face from the base portion. The first contact beam extends outward beyond the first face and has a first contact point portion. The second contact beam extends outward beyond the second face and has a second contact point portion. The first contact point portion and the second contact point portion both extend beyond a penetrated region of the passageway in a direction perpendicular to an insertion direction in which the contact is inserted into the passageway.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11177603Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. A first minimum spacing between the first contact beams of the pair of signal contacts is narrower than a second minimum spacing between the base portions of the pair of signal contacts. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11018456Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 10978820Abstract: An integrated circuit socket includes a housing having a flat plate portion and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing. The contacts each have a contact beam projecting outwardly from a first surface of the housing and a retained portion disposed in a passageway in the flat plate portion. The contact beam extends from the retained portion. The retained portion has a base portion with a flat-plate shape and a pair of side portions extending at an angle with respect to the base portion on a pair of opposite sides of the base portion. A cross-section of the retained portion parallel to the first surface has a U-shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Masayuki Aizawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20210028582Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20210028569Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. A first minimum spacing between the first contact beams of the pair of signal contacts is narrower than a second minimum spacing between the base portions of the pair of signal contacts. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20200203866Abstract: An interposer includes a housing and a contact disposed in the housing. The housing has a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and a passageway penetrating the first face and the second face. The contact has a base portion press-fitted in the passageway, a first contact beam extending obliquely with respect to the first face from the base portion, and a second contact beam extending obliquely with respect to the second face from the base portion. The first contact beam extends outward beyond the first face and has a first contact point portion. The second contact beam extends outward beyond the second face and has a second contact point portion. The first contact point portion and the second contact point portion both extend beyond a penetrated region of the passageway in a direction perpendicular to an insertion direction in which the contact is inserted into the passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20200153140Abstract: An integrated circuit socket includes a housing having a flat plate portion and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing. The contacts each have a contact beam projecting outwardly from a first surface of the housing and a retained portion disposed in a passageway in the flat plate portion. The contact beam extends from the retained portion. The retained portion has a base portion with a flat-plate shape and a pair of side portions extending at an angle with respect to the base portion on a pair of opposite sides of the base portion. A cross-section of the retained portion parallel to the first surface has a U-shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Masayuki Aizawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Naoki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10498100Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a cavity receiving a stack of contact modules each having a dielectric holder having first and second sides extending between a front and a rear and extending between a top and a bottom. Each contact module includes signal contacts having mating portions and mounting portions extending from the bottom for termination to a circuit board. The dielectric holder includes a press tab extending from the first side proximate to the bottom having press surface pressed downward by a seating tool to press the electrical connector assembly on the circuit board proximate to the bottom of the dielectric holder to seat the mounting portions in vias in the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Masaaki Iwasaki, Yoshihiko Kodaira, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 10476210Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder having first and second sides extending between a mating end and a mounting end. The contact module includes signal contacts held by the dielectric holder along a contact plane. The contact module includes a first ground shield coupled to the first side of the dielectric holder and providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts and a second ground shield coupled to the second side of the dielectric holder and providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts, the ground shield having skewer openings. The contact module includes ground skewers having posts extending from the first ground shield through the dielectric holder. The posts are electrically connected to the first ground shield and extend into corresponding skewer openings of the second ground shield to electrically connect the first ground shield to the second ground shield.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: David Allison Trout, Jeffrey Byron McClinton, Justin Dennis Pickel, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa, Masaaki Iwasaki, Teruhiko Matsudaira
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Patent number: 10186810Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder having right and left sides holding signal contacts. A shield structure is coupled to the dielectric holder providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The shield structure has a first ground shield provided at the right side of the dielectric holder and a second ground shield provided at the left side of the dielectric holder. The first and second ground shields are electrically connected together between corresponding pairs of the signal contacts and providing electrical shielding between corresponding signal contacts along a majority of a length of the transition portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Yoshihiko Kodaira, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Patent number: 10128619Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder holding signal contacts and guard traces. The guard traces are electrically commoned and provide electrical shielding between the corresponding signal contacts. A ground shield is coupled to a first side of the dielectric holder and provides electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The ground shield is electrically connected to each guard trace and has a plurality of rails. Each rail has side strips aligned with the signal contacts and connecting strips extending inward from a first edge of the side strip into the dielectric holder to directly engage the corresponding guard traces. The rails are generally L-shaped defined by the side strips and corresponding connecting strips.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Masaaki Iwasaki, Justin Dennis Pickel, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20180219330Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder having right and left sides holding signal contacts. A shield structure is coupled to the dielectric holder providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The shield structure has a first ground shield provided at the right side of the dielectric holder and a second ground shield provided at the left side of the dielectric holder. The first and second ground shields are electrically connected together between corresponding pairs of the signal contacts and providing electrical shielding between corresponding signal contacts along a majority of a length of the transition portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Yoshihiko Kodaira, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20180219329Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder holding signal contacts and guard traces. The guard traces are electrically commoned and provide electrical shielding between the corresponding signal contacts. A ground shield is coupled to a first side of the dielectric holder and provides electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The ground shield is electrically connected to each guard trace and has a plurality of rails. Each rail has side strips aligned with the signal contacts and connecting strips extending inward from a first edge of the side strip into the dielectric holder to directly engage the corresponding guard traces. The rails are generally L-shaped defined by the side strips and corresponding connecting strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Masaaki Iwasaki, Justin Dennis Pickel, Masayuki Aizawa