Patents by Inventor Takashi Futatsugi

Takashi Futatsugi 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: 6818242
    Abstract: A production method of Chinese fried meat dumplings includes loading meat dumplings on a conveyer, steaming the meat dumplings on the conveyer, and frying the meat dumplings by increasing a temperature of the conveyer from 50° C. to 200-280° C. in 1-8 minutes as the conveyer moves the meat dumplings toward downstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Morihiro Sada, Sachiyo Yoshida, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Shundo Harada, Chiaki Nosaka, Takeshi Nishinomiya, Hirofumi Terazaki, Masata Mitsuiki, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Patent number: 6629859
    Abstract: A shielded connector assembly having an insulating housing having front and rear parts, and female connector parts. Contacts are disposed in the female connector parts. A metal shell is attached to the insulating housing. The metal shell has a specified plate thickness and has grounding tongues that elastically contact mating male connectors that are connected to the female connector parts. A front shell made of metal is externally mounted on the front part of the insulating housing. The front shell has a plate thickness thicker than the metal shell and is fastened to the insulating housing by crimping such that it contacts the metal shell. A metal rear shell is externally mounted on the insulating housing from the rear part of the insulating housing such that the front shell and the rear shell are mechanically and electrically engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi, Ken Takaki
  • Patent number: 6604964
    Abstract: A board mount type shielded connector assembly comprising an insulating housing having integral tine holding parts. First contacts having first contact parts and first tine parts. Second contacts having second contact parts having a length greater than the first contact parts and disposed alternately in a row with the first contact parts in the insulating housing. The second contacts have second tine parts offset from the first tine parts and positioned substantially adjacent to the first tine parts in a direction perpendicular to the row. A shielding plate having a shielding surface extends in a direction perpendicular to the row and is attached to the insulating housing so that the shielding surface is disposed between the first and second tine parts as a result of the offset of the second tine parts. A metal shell is externally mounted on the insulating housing and positioned to make electrical contact with the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20030031770
    Abstract: A production method of Chinese fried meat dumplings includes loading meat dumplings on a conveyer, steaming the meat dumplings on the conveyer, and frying the meat dumplings by increasing a temperature of the conveyer from 50° C. to 200-280° C. in 1-8 minutes as the conveyer moves the meat dumplings toward downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Morihiro Sada, Yukiyo Yoshida, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Shundo Harada, Chiaki Nosaka, Takeshi Nishinomiya, Hirofumi Terazaki, Masata Mitsuiki, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20020102880
    Abstract: A board mount type shielded connector assembly comprising an insulating housing having integral tine holding parts. First contacts having first contact parts and first tine parts. Second contacts having second contact parts having a length greater than the first contact parts and disposed alternately in a row with the first contact parts in the insulating housing. The second contacts have second tine parts offset from the first tine parts and positioned substantially adjacent to the first tine parts in a direction perpendicular to the row. A shielding plate having a shielding surface extends in a direction perpendicular to the row and is attached to the insulating housing so that the shielding surface is disposed between the first and second tine parts as a result of the offset of the second tine parts. A metal shell is externally mounted on the insulating housing and positioned to make electrical contact with the shielding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20020102879
    Abstract: A shielded connector assembly having an insulating housing having front and rear parts, and female connector parts. Contacts are disposed in the female connector parts. A metal shell is attached to the insulating housing. The metal shell has a specified plate thickness and has grounding tongues that elastically contact mating male connectors that are connected to the female connector parts. A front shell made of metal is externally mounted on the front part of the insulating housing. The front shell has a plate thickness thicker than the metal shell and is fastened to the insulating housing by crimping such that it contacts the metal shell. A metal rear shell is externally mounted on the insulating housing from the rear part of the insulating housing such that the front shell and the rear shell are mechanically and electrically engaged with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi, Ken Takaki
  • Patent number: 6390850
    Abstract: A card connector provides for reliable grounding and, at the same time, makes it possible to simplify the mounting, maintenance and servicing operations. Card connector (10) comprises a main body (11) including a dielectric housing (13) accommodating multiple electrical contacts (12) and a grounding member (14) that is fabricated separately from the main body (11) and is secured thereto. The grounding member (14) has tabs (17) that electrically connect with an outer surface of a card inserted in the card connector (10) and connecting sections (16), the purpose of which is to electrically connect with electrical circuitry of a circuit board. The grounding member (14) can be latchably attached to the main body (11) that is mounted to the circuit board (100), and if necessary, it can be removed, thus providing access to connecting sections (12a) of electrical contacts (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Yoshimura, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20010041475
    Abstract: An electrical connector 1 for circuit board installation is provided using solder pegs 60 to reduce the mounting area. Mounting holes 40 for insertion of solder pegs 60 are provided, along the side walls 36, on both sides of the housing 2 of the electrical connector 1 to be installed on a circuit board 30. The mounting holes 40 are formed perpendicular to the circuit board 30, from the top wall 18 of the housing 2 toward the bottom wall 34. The mounting holes 40 are connected to the mating aperture 6 of the connector 1, and are opened to the outside via the bottom part of the side walls 36. When the solder pegs 60 are inserted into the mounting holes 40 and the connectors are mated, a mating connector is guided by a solder peg face 61 of the solder pegs 60. The mounting holes 40 are connected by solder to the circuit board 30 at the tip 62a, and the tips 62a of the solder pegs 60 serve as solder connection parts which can be visually inspected from the outside via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Patent number: 6305976
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for circuit board installation is provided using solder pegs (60) to reduce the mounting area. Mounting holes (40) for insertion of solder pegs (60) are provided, along the side walls (36), on both sides of the housing (2) of the electrical connector (1) to be installed on a circuit board (30). The mounting holes (40) are formed perpendicular to the circuit board (30), from the top wall (18) of the housing (2) toward the bottom wall (34). The mounting holes (40) are connected to the mating aperture (6) of the connector (1), and are opened to the outside via the bottom part of the side walls (36). When the solder pegs (60) are inserted into the mounting holes (40) and the connectors are mated, a mating connector is guided by a solder peg face (61) of the solder pegs (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: AMP (Japan), Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20010014554
    Abstract: A card connector provides for reliable grounding and, at the same time, makes it possible to simplify the mounting, maintenance and servicing operations. Card connector (10) comprises a main body (11) including a dielectric housing (13) accommodating multiple electrical contacts (12) and a grounding member (14) that is fabricated separately from the main body (11) and is secured thereto. The grounding member (14) has tabs (17) that electrically connect with an outer surface of a card inserted in the card connector (10) and connecting sections (16), the purpose of which is to electrically connect with electrical circuitry of a circuit board. The grounding member (14) can be latchably attached to the main body (11) that is mounted to the circuit board (100), and if necessary, it can be removed, thus providing access to connecting sections (12a) of electrical contacts (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: YOJI YOSHIMURA, YOSHIHISA YAMAMOTO, TAKASHI FUTATSUGI
  • Patent number: 6234809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector assembly for connecting cards such as PC cards including memory cards to circuit boards, which makes it possible to obtain highly reliable electrical connections, and which has a low height. The card connector assembly (1) is equipped with a card connector (10), pin contacts (30) of which have card contact sections (33, 34) that electrically connect with the card, and substantially horizontal sections (35, 36) that protrude from a first housing (20) substantially parallel to a circuit board (80), and a mating connector (50) electrical contacts (70) of which have termination portions (72) that are electrically connected to the circuit board (80), and contact portions (74) which are exposed at an upper surface of a second housing (60) and which electrically engage the pin contacts (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Futatsugi
  • Patent number: 6186823
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical connector (1) which has a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and slider, in which the manufacturing cost is low, and the assembly work is simple. The electrical connector (1) is equipped with an insulating housing (10) having a plurality of electrical terminals (21, 22), an FPC (30) has a plurality of conductive pads formed on its surface and both sections (31, 32) of which are electrically connected to the terminals (21, 22), and a slider (50) is clamped within the FPC (30). A lower surface of second section (32) of the FPC (30) is folded back and fastened to a lower surface of the first section (31) of the FPC (30). Prescribed terminals (21) are electrically connected to conductive pads (35a) on an upper surface of the first section (31) of the FPC (30), while prescribed terminals (22) of the other terminals (22) are electrically connected to conductive pads (35b) on an upper surface of the second section (32) of the FPC (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Obata, Tsukasa Ito, Takashi Futatsugi, Yoshinori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6171122
    Abstract: A compact card connector is equipped with an efficient stop means for an ejection member and that affords easy mounting of the ejection member which serves as a card-ejecting means. The card connector has an ejection member (90) that is capable of pivoting within a connector (21) in order to eject a card. The pivoting of the ejection member (90) is stopped by a supporting member (50) that is fixedly mounted to the connector (21). Supporting members (50, 50a), along with a plate member (40), constitutes a support means for an FPC (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Futatsugi, Hidenori Muramatsu, Katsumi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6077120
    Abstract: A shielded connector (10,110) having a pair of substantially C-shaped shield members (40,70;140,170) mounted on the outside surfaces of a substantially box-shaped insulating housing (20,120). Shield members (40,140;70,170) are disposed so that each shield member is superimposed on three of the six outside surfaces of the insulating housing (20,120). A shroud (49) that includes a mating opening (48) used for engagement with the mating connector is formed in the forward shield member (40,140). A contact extension opening (74) is formed on the rearward shield member (70), and the contacts (30) include tines (32) extending rearward through contact extension opening (74). After the shield member (70) has been mounted, the tines (32) are bent to form throughhole-mountable or surface mountable type tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Futatsugi, Kikuo Gotoh
  • Patent number: 6074226
    Abstract: An assembly for connecting an IC card to a printed circuit board includes a surface mounted connector and an ejector unit. The surface mounted connector has contacts arranged in an upper and a lower row at a narrow pitch to achieve a high degree of density of electronic components while maintaining high accuracy of contact positioning. Contacts are made by punching out from a metal sheet and have round contact sections for electrical connection with an IC card, termination sections with a portion for soldering connection to the printed circuit board, U-shaped retaining sections for insertion into contact holding openings of housing and supporting legs fitted in locking sections of the housing. The ejector unit is small but sufficiently strong and is simple to manufacture. It comprises a frame with left and right edges bent to form a guiding section wrapping around the side edges of the inserted IC card. Retaining members and a grounding contact for the card are also made by the same stamping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Futatsugi, Ikuo Enomoto
  • Patent number: 5827075
    Abstract: An assembly for connecting an IC card to a printed circuit board includes a surface mounted connector and an ejector unit. The surface mounted connector has contacts arranged in an upper and a lower row at a narrow pitch to achieve a high degree of density of electronic components while maintaining high accuracy of contact positioning. Contacts are made by punching out from a metal sheet and have round contact sections for electrical connection with an IC card, termination sections with a portion for soldering connection to the printed circuit board, U-shaped retaining sections for insertion into contact holding openings of housing and supporting legs fitted in locking sections of the housing. The ejector unit is small but sufficiently strong and is simple to manufacture. It comprises a frame with left and right edges bent to form a guiding section wrapping around the side edges of the inserted IC card. Retaining members and a grounding contact for the card are also made by the same stamping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Futatsugi, Ikuo Enomoto
  • Patent number: 5820390
    Abstract: A first connector 30 mounted on an upper surface of a substrate 10 has a first contact 38 which contacts with a card 32 inserted from one end and extends through a through hole 22 of the substrate 10 at the other end. The first contact 38 is supported by the first connector 30 in a distant position from the substrate 10, and a connecting portion 38c thereof and the through hole 22 are spaced apart. A second connector 60 has a second contact 66 which contacts with an external connector 90 inserted from one end and the connecting portion 38c of the first contact 38 inserted from the other end. The substrate 10, the first and second connectors 30 and 60 are connected each other by connection between the connecting portion 38c and a spring 66c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Takamoto, Takashi Futatsugi, Shinichi Hashimoto, Ikuo Enomoto
  • Patent number: 5503564
    Abstract: An assembly for connecting an IC card to a printed circuit board includes a surface mounted connector and an ejector unit. The surface mounted connector has contacts arranged in an upper and a lower row at a narrow pitch to achieve a high degree of density of electronic components while maintaining high accuracy of contact positioning. Contacts are made by punching out from a metal sheet and have round contact sections for electrical connection with an IC card, termination sections with a portion for soldering connection to the printed circuit board, U-shaped retaining sections for insertion into contact holding openings of housing and supporting legs fitted in locking sections of the housing. The ejector unit is small but sufficiently strong and is simple to manufacture. It comprises a frame with left and right edges bent to form a guiding section wrapping around the side edges of the inserted IC card. Retaining members and a grounding contact for the card are also made by the same stamping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Futatsugi, Ikuo Enomoto