Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Niitsu
Toshihiro Niitsu 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: 9368895Abstract: The terminal has a base portion held by a terminal holding member, and a contact arm portion extending from the base portion and contacting the contact portion of another terminal. In this terminal, the contact arm portion includes a cantilevered first frame portion and second frame portion extending from the base portion, a connecting frame portion connecting a free end of the first frame portion and a free end of the second frame portion, a contact protruding portion formed in the first frame portion, and a contact face formed in the contact protruding portion; and the contact face moves in a parallel direction and maintains contact with a contact face of a contact portion of another terminal when the contact arm portion is elastically deformed by contact with the contact portion of the other terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hiroshi Ueno, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hirokazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 9318820Abstract: A connector for a multilayered board to connect a flat cable to a middle layer of a multilayered board while minimizing the impact due to variations in the dimensional precision and strength of multilayered boards and/or preventing deformation of the multilayered board and improving contact stability. The connector includes a board-side connecting portion and a cable-side connecting portion. The board-side connecting portion includes a column-shaped terminal, and the cable-side connecting portion includes flat terminals. The column-shaped terminal protrudes from the middle layer of the multilayered board in the thickness direction. The flat terminals include resilient contact portions, contacting a side surface portion of the column-shaped terminal from the width direction of the insertion slot in response to insertion of the cable-side connecting portion into the insertion slot.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Toshihiro Niitsu, Motohisa Haga
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Patent number: 9219338Abstract: A connector characterized in that it: is a connector that has a plurality of plate-shaped terminals that include openings able to enclose protruding terminals of the other half of the connector, and that mates with the other half of the connector. The openings comprise a wide portion, a narrow portion and a transitional portion that transitions from the wide portion to the narrow portion, and, in a top view, are provided with a first shape that is left-right asymmetric with respect to the centerline of the plate-shaped terminals, or a second shape whereby the first shape is inverted about the centerline. The plate-shaped terminals are arrayed lined up in the width direction of the connector, and arrayed such that the plate-shaped terminals comprising an opening having the first shape and the plate-shaped terminals comprising an opening having the second shape alternate.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Akira Sagayama, Toshihiro Niitsu
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Patent number: 9153915Abstract: Provided is a connector including a first connector having a first terminal and a first mating guide portion, and a second connector having a second terminal engaging the first terminal and a second mating guide portion fitted with the first mating guide portion, in which the first mating guide portion includes a fixed terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, the second mating guide portion includes a resilient terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, and the fixed terminal or the resilient terminal has a piezoelectric electric element.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hirokazu Suzuki, Toshihiro Niitsu, Osamu Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Ueno
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Publication number: 20150255907Abstract: The terminal has a base portion held by a terminal holding member, and a contact arm portion extending from the base portion and contacting the contact portion of another terminal. In this terminal, the contact arm portion includes a cantilevered first frame portion and second frame portion extending from the base portion, a connecting frame portion connecting a free end of the first frame portion and a free end of the second frame portion, a contact protruding portion formed in the first frame portion, and a contact face formed in the contact protruding portion; and the contact face moves in a parallel direction and maintains contact with a contact face of a contact portion of another terminal when the contact arm portion is elastically deformed by contact with the contact portion of the other terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Ueno, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hirokazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 9106006Abstract: A connector, the connector comprises a tabulate main body and a plurality of tabulate conductors provided on the main body, nested with a pairing connector. Each conductor includes a tabulate terminal located in the main body and engaged with a pairing terminal of the pairing connector, and a rear end outwardly extended to the main body and connected to a terminal connecting part provided on the surface of a mounting part. A face of the rear end on the side of the mounting part is more distant to the surface of the mounting part than a face of the main body on the side of the mounting part. The rear end is connected to the terminal connecting part through an anisotropic conductive film provided between its face on the side of the mounting part and the terminal connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Keiko Fukui, Hideo Nagasawa, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hirokazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 9004925Abstract: A connector assembly utilizes improved capacitive coupling for connecting together electrical circuits on two substrates (7, 8). The connector assembly includes first (2) and second (3) connectors respectively attached to first and second circuit substrates. The first connector includes a plurality of first conductors (25) connected to circuits (75) on the first circuit substrate and these conductors have exposed contact surfaces with a dielectric material (4) disposed thereon. The first conductors and associated dielectric material confront second, opposing conductors (35) supported by the second connector frame when the connector frames are engaged together. A liquid dielectric material (45) is interposed between the terminals and the dielectric portions that fills minute gaps which may occur in the dielectric portions to improve the capacitive coupling ability of the connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Toshihiro Niitsu, Masako Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8894421Abstract: The sheet-like connector comprises a plurality of conductive members formed on one side of sheet. Each of the conductive members comprises elastically deformable spring member wherein edge thereof moves in the thickness direction of sheet, middle member which is formed on edge of spring member, and contacting protrusion which is formed on middle member and which protrudes in the thickness direction of sheet. Middle member and contacting protrusion are formed with materials which are mutually different and thus enable selective etching.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Masako Nishikawa, Toshihiro Niitsu
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Publication number: 20140295697Abstract: A connector for a multilayered board to connect a flat cable to a middle layer of a multilayered board while minimizing the impact due to variations in the dimensional precision and strength of multilayered boards and/or preventing deformation of the multilayered board and improving contact stability. The connector includes a board-side connecting portion and a cable-side connecting portion. The board-side connecting portion includes a column-shaped terminal, and the cable-side connecting portion includes flat terminals. The column-shaped terminal protrudes from the middle layer of the multilayered board in the thickness direction. The flat terminals include resilient contact portions, contacting a side surface portion of the column-shaped terminal from the width direction of the insertion slot in response to insertion of the cable-side connecting portion into the insertion slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Toshihiro NIITSU, Motohisa Haga
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Patent number: 8821178Abstract: A connector, in which each conductive pattern includes a plate-like terminal engaging a protruding terminal on the other connector. The plate-like terminal includes a protruding terminal receiving opening for receiving the protruding terminal, a beam-like first terminal member positioned to the side of the protruding terminal receiving opening, and a first contact portion formed in the first terminal member. The first terminal member generates spring force towards the center of the connector in the lateral direction when the protruding terminal received inside the protruding terminal receiving opening moves relative to the first contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Keiko Fukui, Toshihiro Niitsu
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Patent number: 8801439Abstract: The Present Disclosure is a module socket for mounting a module on a mounting member, in which the module socket has a first connector including a flat housing, a first conductive pattern arranged on the mating side surface of the housing, and a male terminal protruding from a surface of the first conductive pattern, and a flat second connector formed from plate-shaped metal and including a female terminal elastically interposing the male terminal, and in which either the first conductor or the second conductor is attached to the module and the other is attached to the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Eriko Sato, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hirokazu Suzuki, Akihiro Tezuka, Hideo Nagasawa
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Patent number: 8790134Abstract: The connector includes an enclosure including insertion holes formed therein, into which tip end portions of coaxial cables provided with signal terminals and with ground terminals arranged at parts of peripheries of the signal terminals are inserted, and auxiliary ground conductors, which are retained by the enclosure, are electrically connected to the ground terminals, and are arranged at other parts of the peripheries of the signal terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Molex Japan Co., Ltd., Advantest CorporationInventors: Nobumasa Motohashi, Akinori Mizumura, Toshihiro Niitsu, Teruhito Suzuki, Shin Sakiyama
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Patent number: 8708714Abstract: An electrical connector is provided that includes a plug portion having an upper surface on which one electronic device is disposed, and a receptacle which is disposed on another electronic device. The plug portion has plug side contact conductors which are positioned separately from each other on a lower surface side of the plug portion. Between the plug side contact conductors which are positioned separately from each other, a capacitive coupling conductor is provided. The receptacle has a receptacle side contact conductors which are in contact with the plug side contact conductors. The plug side contact conductors and the receptacle side contact conductors have shapes corresponding to each other, and the receptacle side contact conductors retain the plug side contact conductors while the dielectric isinterposed between the capacitive coupling.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventor: Toshihiro Niitsu
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Patent number: 8632345Abstract: Accordingly, the board-to-board connector of the Present Disclosure comprises a first connector mounted on a surface of a first board and a second connector mounted on a surface of a second board and mating with the first connector. The first connector includes a flat-shaped main body part, a first conductive body placed on the mating surface of the main body part, and a plurality of male terminals protruding from the surface of the first conductive body. The second connector is a flat-shaped material formed from flat-shaped metal, and includes a plurality of female terminals flexibly retaining the male terminals. Positioning of the male and female terminals is accomplished by the male terminals being retained by the female terminals.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Yusuke Shibata, Toshihiro Niitsu
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Publication number: 20140004752Abstract: A connector characterized in that it: is a connector that has a plurality of plate-shaped terminals that include openings able to enclose protruding terminals of the other half of the connector, and that mates with the other half of the connector. The openings comprise a wide portion, a narrow portion and a transitional portion that transitions from the wide portion to the narrow portion, and, in a top view, are provided with a first shape that is left-right asymmetric with respect to the centerline of the plate-shaped terminals, or a second shape whereby the first shape is inverted about the centerline. The plate-shaped terminals are arrayed lined up in the width direction of the connector, and arrayed such that the plate-shaped terminals comprising an opening having the first shape and the plate-shaped terminals comprising an opening having the second shape alternate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Akira SAGAYAMA, Toshihiro NIITSU
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Publication number: 20130344719Abstract: A connector, the connector comprises a tabulate main body and a plurality of tabulate conductors provided on the main body, nested with a pairing connector. Each conductor includes a tabulate terminal located in the main body and engaged with a pairing terminal of the pairing connector, and a rear end outwardly extended to the main body and connected to a terminal connecting part provided on the surface of a mounting part. A face of the rear end on the side of the mounting part is more distant to the surface of the mounting part than a face of the main body on the side of the mounting part. The rear end is connected to the terminal connecting part through an anisotropic conductive film provided between its face on the side of the mounting part and the terminal connecting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Keiko FUKUI, Hideo NAGASAWA, Toshihiro NIITSU, Hirokazu SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8500459Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with a plug portion having an upper surface on which electronic components can be disposed, and a receptacle portion for mounting on a circuit board. In the plug portion, a central recess is formed, which extends downwardly within the body of the receptacle portion so that the electronic components are disposed at least partially within the central recess. The plug portion has, on its lower surface side, plug side contacts that serve as electrical contacts with a terminal of the receptacle portion, and has a protruding portion for engaging the connector receptacle portion. The plug side contacts and the protruding portion are positioned outside of the central recess higher than a bottom plate portion which forms a bottom of the central recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventor: Toshihiro Niitsu
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Patent number: D751041Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Satoshi Ebisawa, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hitomi Inukai
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Patent number: D751042Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Satoshi Ebisawa, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hitomi Inukai
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Patent number: D762587Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Satoshi Ebisawa, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hitomi Inukai