Patents by Inventor Osamu OSHITA

Osamu OSHITA 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: 9263823
    Abstract: A lever connector includes a first connector housing, a second connector housing that includes a distal fitting portion intended for a distal end of the first connector housing to be fittedly connected thereto, and is adapted to be attached to a connector attaching plate in a state of inserting the second connector housing through a connector attaching hole of the connector attaching plate, a lever adapted to fit the first connector housing into the second connector housing by a pivoting operation, and a grommet for ensuring a waterproofing property of an inside of the first connector housing. The lever includes a lever body, a pivoting connection portion, and a lever locking piece. The grommet is fitted and mounted on the lever and includes a lever covering portion, and a tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Oshita
  • Patent number: 9083116
    Abstract: A connector of the present invention includes a first connector housing (11) and a second connector housing (101) which are fitted to each other, a fitting operation member (20) which makes the first connector housing 11 and the second connector housing, which are initially fitted, to be completely fitted, a grommet (40) which urges the fitting operation member to move from a standby position to an operational position, and temporary locking arms (16) which, while the fitting operation member is temporarily locked at the standby position and the first connector housing and the second connector housing are initially fitted, cancel the temporary locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Oshita
  • Patent number: 9039447
    Abstract: A lance which protrudes from the outside surface of a terminal body to prevent falling out of a cavity of a connector housing includes a lance body of an inclined plate shape whose protruding length from the outer surface of the terminal body towards the outside gradually increases from the front end side of the terminal body to the back end side, and a shielding plate which extends from the back end edge of the lance body towards the outer surface of the terminal body so that an opening which opens towards a terminal back end is not formed between the back end edge of the lance body and the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita
  • Patent number: 9028265
    Abstract: A lever mechanism for connector fitting 1 includes a hold part 2 for holding a connector housing 4, and a handle part 3. When the handle part 3 is rotated and the connector housing 4 is thereby inserted into the connector housing 5, an engaging projection 24 is caused to retreat from the inner surface of a side plate 21 toward the connector housing 4, thereby removing the holding of the connector housing 4 by the hold part 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita, Naoki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masao Nagano, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tetsuya Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9017085
    Abstract: An auxiliary fitting jig used to fit connectors with each other includes displacement movement members movable to be displaced according to a rotational angle of a lever with respect to both side surfaces of a jig body having a connector reception chamber and connector engagement lock portions. The displacement movement members have deformation preventing portions configured to prevent bending deformation of the connector engagement lock portions and deformation allowing portions configure to allow the bending deformation of the connector engagement lock portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Oshita, Naoki Kobayashi, Akihiro Tsuruta, Toshiya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8978242
    Abstract: A connector device includes a pair of connectors and a lever jig. The lever jig includes: an opening/closing door configured to be displaced between an open position where the opening/closing door allows a connector to be attached to the lever jig and a close position where the opening/closing door prevents the connector positioned at an attachment position from being detached from the lever jig; a door holding portion configured to hold the opening/closing door at the close position; and an automatic door opening portion configured to move the opening/closing door at the close position to the open position against a holding force of the door holding portion at a point in time when a manipulation from a fitting manipulation start position to a fitting manipulation completion position is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita, Akihiro Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 8900020
    Abstract: The upper surface panel 15 and the lower surface 14 of the electric wire connection portion of the crimping terminal 10 are formed in such a cross-sectional shape that when placed and joined together an internal space is formed therein to house the end portion of an electric wire W and also such that when the interior is compressed and sealed by receiving crimping force from an vertical direction the end portion of the electrical connection is crimped thereby. Further, an electric wire insertion aperture 17 is provided in the junction 16 between the lower surface panel 14 and the upper surface panel 15 to allow the end portion of the electric wire W to be inserted therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8900003
    Abstract: A connector includes a pair of male and female connector housings to be fitted and connected with each other, and one of the pair of male and female connector housings includes a protrusion protruding in the fitting direction such that a distal end thereof is protruded more toward a rear side of other of the pair of male and female connector housings than a rear end of the other connector housing when the one connector housing is positioned at a fitting start position with the other connector housing, and a rod supporting hole as defined herein; the other connector housing includes a raised portion as defined herein and an inclined surface as defined herein; and after the connector housings are positioned at the fitting start positions, the rod-shaped member is pressed from the rod supporting hole onto the inclined surface, thereby fitting and connecting the connector housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita
  • Patent number: 8845352
    Abstract: A male connector housing has a first projection whose leading end projects backward beyond a rear end of a female connector housing when the male connector housing is placed at a location where the male connector housing starts to fit into the female connector housing, and a first recess that is formed in a leading end of the first projection so that a tip of another rod-shaped member can be inserted; wherein the female connector housing has a second projection that is provided so as to oppose the leading end of the first projection, and a first contact surface that an exterior surface of the middle portion of the rod-shaped member whose tip is inserted into the first recess can contact. The rod-shaped member is utilized as a lever for bringing the male connector housing and the female connector housing into a fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita
  • Patent number: 8776362
    Abstract: An auxiliary fitting jig includes first and second jig bodies configured to hold a connector from both sides of the connector, a first interval adjustment mechanism configured to interval-adjustably connect the first and second jig bodies, first and second lever bodies pivotally supported by the first and second jig bodies respectively, a second interval adjustment mechanism configured to interval-adjustably connect the first and second lever bodies in accordance with an interval between the first and second jig bodies adjusted by the first interval adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Oshita, Naoki Kobayashi, Akihiro Tsuruta, Toshiya Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140113480
    Abstract: A lever mechanism for connector fitting 1 includes a hold part 2 for holding a connector housing 4, and a handle part 3. When the handle part 3 is rotated and the connector housing 4 is thereby inserted into the connector housing 5, an engaging projection 24 is caused to retreat from the inner surface of a side plate 21 toward the connector housing 4, thereby removing the holding of the connector housing 4 by the hold part 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita, Naoki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masao Nagano, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tetsuya Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8678850
    Abstract: A connector is provided which is lightened and has a simplified structure. A connector 7 includes a first connector 3 having a first connector main body part 41, a plurality of first terminals protruding from an upper surface of the first connector main body part, a tubular part 29 protruding from the upper surface of the first connector main body part so as to surround the first terminals and first protrusions 43 provided to protrude outside the tubular part, and a second connector 5 having a second connector main body part 35, a plurality of second terminals 11 which are provided on a bottom surface of the second connector main body part and into which the plurality of first terminals are respectively inserted and a second protrusion 47 protruding from an upper surface of the second connector main body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Osamu Oshita, Akihiro Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20140051307
    Abstract: In a terminal fitting, a lance engaged in a retaining recess in a cavity of a connector housing is arranged to protrude from the outside surface of a terminal body, and the lance is prevented from falling out of the cavity by the engagement of the lance and the retaining recess. The lance is a free end of a belt-form piece which is overlapped on the inner surface of a first outside wall of the terminal body which is raised up along an elastic displacement direction when the lance is engaged in the retaining recess, and which has a predetermined width in the elastic displacement direction and extends in parallel to an insertion direction in which the terminal fitting is inserted into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOKI, Osamu OSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140051289
    Abstract: A lance which protrudes from the outside surface of a terminal body to prevent falling out of a cavity of a connector housing includes a lance body of an inclined plate shape whose protruding length from the outer surface of the terminal body towards the outside gradually increases from the front end side of the terminal body to the back end side, and a shielding plate which extends from the back end edge of the lance body towards the outer surface of the terminal body so that an opening which opens towards a terminal back end is not formed between the back end edge of the lance body and the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOKI, Osamu OSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140045358
    Abstract: An auxiliary fitting jig used to fit connectors with each other includes displacement movement members movable to be displaced according to a rotational angle of a lever with respect to both side surfaces of a jig body having a connector reception chamber and connector engagement lock portions. The displacement movement members have deformation preventing portions configured to prevent bending deformation of the connector engagement lock portions and deformation allowing portions configure to allow the bending deformation of the connector engagement lock portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu OSHITA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Akihiro TSURUTA, Toshiya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140026406
    Abstract: A lever jig and a connector device includes: an opening/closing door configured to be displaced between an open position where the opening/closing door allows a connector to be attached to the lever jig and a close position where the opening/closing door prevents the connector positioned at an attachment position from being detached from the lever jig; a door holding portion configured to hold the opening/closing door at the close position; and an automatic door opening portion configured to move the opening/closing door at the close position to the open position against a holding force of the door holding portion at a point in time when a manipulation from a fitting manipulation start position to a fitting manipulation completion position is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOKI, Osamu OSHITA, Akihiro TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20140026405
    Abstract: An auxiliary fitting jig includes first and second jig bodies configured to hold a connector from both sides of the connector, a first interval adjustment mechanism configured to interval-adjustably connect the first and second jig bodies, first and second lever bodies pivotally supported by the first and second jig bodies respectively, a second interval adjustment mechanism configured to interval-adjustably connect the first and second lever bodies in accordance with an interval between the first and second jig bodies adjusted by the first interval adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu OSHITA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Akihiro TSURUTA, Toshiya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130336706
    Abstract: A connector fitting jig for attaching and detaching a first housing and a second housing to and from each other by a low insertion and separation force, includes a jig body, a first support shaft that includes a base end rotatably supported by a first rotation support shaft provided on the jig body and a catching portion formed on a free end thereof, the catching portion being catchable in a pulling-up direction to a caught portion of a first engagement portion or a second engagement portion respectively formed in the first housing and the second housing, and a second support shaft that includes a base end rotatably supported by a second rotation support shaft provided on the jig body and a pressing portion formed on a free end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Osamu Oshita
  • Publication number: 20130330125
    Abstract: A connector fitting jig for attaching and detaching a first housing and a second housing to and from each other by a low insertion and separation force, includes a cylindrical-shaped jig body, an inner cylinder member and a screw shaft. The inner cylinder member is inserted in the jig body and is held to be relatively movable only in an axial direction. The screw shaft is screwed with a threaded portion formed on an inner cylinder inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder member, and is held to be rotatable relative to a body other end of the jig body, but not to be relatively movable in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita
  • Publication number: 20130330984
    Abstract: A connector of the present invention includes a first connector housing (11) and a second connector housing (101) which are fitted to each other, a fitting operation member (20) which makes the first connector housing 11 and the second connector housing, which are initially fitted, to be completely fitted, a grommet (40) which urges the fitting operation member to move from a standby position to an operational position, and temporary locking arms (16) which, while the fitting operation member is temporarily locked at the standby position and the first connector housing and the second connector housing are initially fitted, cancel the temporary locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Oshita