Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kondo

Takahiro Kondo 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: 9711880
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contacts each including a contacting portion, provided at one end, that contacts a counterpart connector, a lead portion, provided at another end, that contacts a substrate, and a spring portion, provided between the contacting portion and the lead portion, that elastically deforms; a floating housing, fixed to the contacting portions of the plurality of contacts that are aligned in two columns of contacts, that fits with the counterpart connector; a first fixed housing, provided between the two columns of contacts, that is fixed to the substrate, and a second fixed housing, fixed to the first fixed housing, that sandwiches a portion adjacent to the lead portion of each of the plurality of contacts with the first fixed housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Kiryu, Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170187153
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing attached to a board; a ground terminal including a ground base disposed in the housing, and a first ground connection part extending from the ground base toward a first end of the housing and to be connected to a ground line of a coaxial cable; and a signal terminal including a signal base that is held in the housing and surrounded by the ground base while being insulated from the ground base, and a first signal connection part extending from the signal base toward the first end of the housing and to be connected to a signal line of the coaxial cable. The ground terminal and the signal terminal are configured to elastically bend at a second end of the housing when the housing is attached to the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9663408
    Abstract: In a cross section of a honeycomb structure body, shape of the cells is polygonal, and the honeycomb structure body is constituted so that thickness of partition walls in circumferential region is larger than in central region. In the cross section, when among the cells arranged on a first line segment passing the center of gravity and extending in a direction perpendicular to the partition walls each constituting one side of the cells, cell pitch of the respective five or less cells each arranged on the first line segment toward each of the central region side and the circumferential region side from boundary between the central region and the circumferential region has a size of 70% or more and 95% or less to cell pitch in the extending direction of the first line segment of the cells in the central region of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kato, Takahiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20170141496
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contacts each including a contacting portion, provided at one end, that contacts a counterpart connector, a lead portion, provided at another end, that contacts a substrate, and a spring portion, provided between the contacting portion and the lead portion, that elastically deforms; a floating housing, fixed to the contacting portions of the plurality of contacts that are aligned in two columns of contacts, that fits with the counterpart connector; a first fixed housing, provided between the two columns of contacts, that is fixed to the substrate, and a second fixed housing, fixed to the first fixed housing, that sandwiches a portion adjacent to the lead portion of each of the plurality of contacts with the first fixed housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Koichi KIRYU, Takahiro KONDO, Koki SATO, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9634443
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing attached to a board; a ground terminal including a ground base disposed in the housing, and a first ground connection part extending from the ground base toward a first end of the housing and to be connected to a ground line of a coaxial cable; and a signal terminal including a signal base that is held in the housing and surrounded by the ground base while being insulated from the ground base, and a first signal connection part extending from the signal base toward the first end of the housing and to be connected to a signal line of the coaxial cable. The ground terminal and the signal terminal are configured to elastically bend at a second end of the housing when the housing is attached to the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9608388
    Abstract: A connector includes a contact that has a first end provided with a contact point for connecting to a coaxial cable, and a second end provided with a terminal for connecting to a substrate, a body that includes a contact mount to which the contact is mounted and a substrate mount to which the substrate is mounted, and a bracket attached to the substrate mount, that holds the substrate and includes a slot into which the terminal is inserted. The bracket is detachably attached to the body, and the terminal applies pressure to the substrate and contacts the substrate by mounting the bracket to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170005426
    Abstract: A contact includes a first terminal including a plurality of arms; a second terminal; a spring connecting the arms to the second terminal; and a casing covering the spring, wherein the arms outwardly protrude from one end of the casing, wherein an interval between the arms increases from a side of the casing to front edges of the arms, wherein when the arms are pushed toward the casing the arms are retracted into the casing and contact an inner side of the casing so that the interval between the arms decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9463407
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure body that includes porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells each to function as a through channel for fluid extending from a first end face to a second end face, in which, in a cross-section perpendicular a direction in which cells of the honeycomb structure body extend, portions at which the partition walls intersect to each other are intersecting portions, and in sets of the intersecting portions corresponding to 10% or more of the total number of sets of two adjacent intersecting portions, a ratio of a thickness X2 of the partition wall in the intersecting portion to a maximum thickness X1 of the partition wall between the two adjacent intersecting portions is 0.1 to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koji Nagata, Yasushi Kato
  • Publication number: 20160261080
    Abstract: A connector includes a contact that has a first end provided with a contact point for connecting to a coaxial cable, and a second end provided with a terminal for connecting to a substrate, a body that includes a contact mount to which the contact is mounted and a substrate mount to which the substrate is mounted, and a bracket attached to the substrate mount, that holds the substrate and includes a slot into which the terminal is inserted. The bracket is detachably attached to the body, and the terminal applies pressure to the substrate and contacts the substrate by mounting the bracket to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160258292
    Abstract: Provided is a nut (12) configured to engage with an end portion on a first side of each of bolts (11) that pass through a plurality of rotary members in an axial direction at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction having an axis (A) as the center thereof, the plurality of rotary members being stacked along the axial direction in which the axis (A) extends, the nut (12) comprising a first cover surface (35), which is the surface opposite a surface that faces a second side opposite the first side of the bolts (11), wherein, among all surfaces of the nut, at least the first cover surface (35) cooperates with the first cover surface (35) of another nut (12) to form a continuous annular surface with the axis (A) as the center thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Shinya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9431729
    Abstract: A contact includes: a cable connection portion that is connected to a signal line in an exterior cable; a fixed portion that is extended toward a front edge of the contact from the cable connection portion, and fixed to an exterior connector cover; and a connector connection portion that is extended toward the front edge of the contact from the fixed portion, and connected to a conductor of an exterior connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20160243786
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb body having a partition wall defining a plurality of cells that extend from an inflow-end face as one end face to an outflow-end face as the other end face, the honeycomb body having a circumferential shape at a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells that is a rectangular shape with four corners being chamfered and having a long diameter and a short diameter, wherein the plurality of cells are hexagon cells having a hexagonal shape at the cross section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cells, and the hexagon cells are configured so that a longest diagonal line of each hexagon cell and the long diameter L of the honeycomb body form an angle that is 0 to 6°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Yasushi KATO
  • Publication number: 20160243785
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb body having a partition wall defining a plurality of cells that extend from an inflow-end face as one end face to an outflow-end face as the other end face, the honeycomb body having a circumferential shape at a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells that is a rectangular shape with four corners being chamfered and having a long diameter and a short diameter, wherein the plurality of cells are hexagon cells having a hexagonal shape at the cross section orthogonal to the extending direction of the cells, and the hexagon cells are configured so that a longest diagonal line of each hexagon cell and the short diameter S of the honeycomb body form an angle that is 0 to 6°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Yasushi KATO
  • Publication number: 20160233601
    Abstract: A disclosed header connectable to a receptacle includes a first contact including a pair of first plate portions, which are electrically conductive and are separated by an interval, and a plate-like conductive member which is conductive and is accommodated between the pair of first plate portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yayoi Tokuhara, Takahiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9373920
    Abstract: A connector includes a module and a housing that accommodates the module. The module includes multiple contacts each including a first contact part to contact a board, a second contact part to contact a connection object, and a body extending at angle from the first contact part to the second contact part; and a molded part insert-molded with the contacts arranged as inserts. The molded part covers a portion of the body part through a surface of the first contact part of each of the contacts facing toward the board. In each contact, a width of the portion of the body covered with the molded part is smaller than a width of a spring portion of the body. The spring portion is exposed from the molded part and supports the second contact part in such a manner as to allow its displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Takahiro Kondo, Takatoshi Yagisawa
  • Patent number: 9368892
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9343834
    Abstract: A disclosed header connectable to a receptacle includes a first contact including a pair of first plate portions, which are electrically conductive and are separated by an interval, and a plate-like conductive member which is conductive and is accommodated between the pair of first plate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yayoi Tokuhara, Takahiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9281640
    Abstract: A connector includes a ground pin and a signal pin. The ground pin includes a first cylindrical part, a first cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the first cylindrical part, and a first elastic member compressible in a first central axis direction. The signal pin includes a second cylindrical part, a second cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the second cylindrical part, and a second elastic member compressible in a second central axis direction. The signal pin is provided concentrically with the first elastic member and the first cylindrical part, and has a one-piece structure of a single metal plate. The first and the second cylindrical parts are connected to a ground line and a signal line of a board with the first and second cylindrical terminals being in contact with the board and compressed in the first and second central axis directions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160053687
    Abstract: A rotating shaft support structure and a rotary machine which can suppress the influence of lubricating oil on other devices. A rotating shaft support structure (journal bearing mechanism) and a rotary machine having the same includes: a bearing (journal bearing) which supports a rotating shaft, of which the surface facing the rotating shaft is supplied with lubricating oil by a direct lubrication method, and which is disposed inside a cavity holding a suction mechanism for recovering mist of the lubricating oil L leaking from the clearance between the rotating shaft and side plates; and at least one scattering prevention plate which is disposed on the side of an end surface of the bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, on the vertically upper side of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Eiichi TSUTSUMI, Takahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20160032963
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a rotary shaft supporting structure which is capable of supporting a rotary shaft for a longer period. This rotary shaft supporting structure, which supports a rotary shaft on which a thrust collar that protrudes outwards in the radial direction is formed, has: thrust bearings which face the thrust collar, and support, using support surfaces, the thrust collar surfaces that are orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotary shaft; and support mechanisms which support the thrust bearings in the axial direction from the surface side of support surfaces at the opposite side to the thrust collar. The sides of the support mechanisms that face the end surfaces of the thrust bearings are inclined in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the rotary shaft tilts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Eiichi TSUTSUMI, Takahiro KONDO