Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Hemmi
Yoshinobu Hemmi 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: 20140213125Abstract: A terminal, including an insertion groove for pressing a conductor thereinto disposed between a pair of conductive arm parts, where, when t represents a distance from a center of a contact part between the conductive arm part and the conductor to an end of the conductive arm part at a time of pressing-in of the conductor; h represents a width of the conductive arm part at the end thereof; and Y represents a width between an arbitrary position of the insertion groove and an outer edge of the conductive arm s art the followin relation holds: at a point of (½)×t, Y=(h/?2)×(0.8 to 1.2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Publication number: 20140038435Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a brush in which positional accuracy of elastic contact pieces is enhanced while production cost is reduced by simplifying production, whereby the brush includes a support that is connected to a base and a conductive portion that is integral with the support, such that the conductive portion includes plural elastic contact pieces extending in parallel from a side edge of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu HEMMI, Hideaki OZAKI, Hirotada TERANISHI
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Patent number: 8613631Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole made on the same straight line in both side faces facing each other in a base, a support contact piece of a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal laterally inserted into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole respectively, and an operation lever rotatably attached to a side face on one side of the base while a front end portion of an FPC is inserted from an opening formed in a side face on the other side of the base. An inspection hole communicated with the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole is made in a bottom surface of the base such that a front end portion of the inserted first connecting terminal and a latch portion of the inserted second connecting terminal can visually be observed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Naoyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 8337261Abstract: A contact formed by electroforming and extended in a direction roughly perpendicular to a voltage application direction in the electroforming has a contact portion disposed at one end of the contact, which is brought into sliding contact with a conductive member along the voltage application direction in the electroforming.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Kazumasa Seki, Shogo Nagasaka, Toshio Yamashita
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Patent number: 8241073Abstract: A terminal support structure has a housing that is of a resin molding product having a terminal inserting hole, a connecting terminal that is inserted into the terminal inserting hole and supported by the housing, and a retaining projection including a press-in groove parallel to a direction of insertion of the connecting terminal that is provided in an opening edge portion of the terminal inserting hole. A press-in portion is integrally formed in a side portion of the connecting terminal. Upper and lower end portions of the press-in portion are latched and retained in upper and lower surfaces opposite to each other in the press-in groove, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Publication number: 20110212655Abstract: A terminal support structure has a housing that is of a resin molding product having a terminal inserting hole, a connecting terminal that is inserted into the terminal inserting hole and supported by the housing, and a retaining projection including a press-in groove parallel to a direction of insertion of the connecting terminal that is provided in an opening edge portion of the terminal inserting hole. A press-in portion is integrally formed in a side portion of the connecting terminal. Upper and lower end portions of the press-in portion are latched and retained in upper and lower surfaces opposite to each other in the press-in groove, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Patent number: 7905739Abstract: A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. An aspect ratio of a cross-sectional area of the coupling portion is greater than or equal to 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Patent number: 7896675Abstract: A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. At least one of the fixed piece and the movable piece includes at least one pointed portion. The connector connection terminal is formed through electroforming.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Patent number: 7871281Abstract: A connector has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole alternately juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch at the front surface and a rear surface, respectively, a first connection terminal to be inserted to the first insertion hole from a side, and having a first movable contact that comes into pressure contact with a first joint juxtaposed at a lower surface of the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, a second connection terminal to be inserted to the second insertion hole from a side, and having a second movable contact that comes into pressure contact with a second joint juxtaposed at an upper surface of the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, and an operating lever turnably supported by a pair of elastic arms extending in parallel from both side surfaces of the base, and having a first operating portion and a second operating portion for operatType: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Patent number: 7789688Abstract: The present invention provides a connector that has high contact reliability and versatility enabling the reliable electric connection of flexible printed boards with a spread in thickness and flexible printed boards with different thicknesses. In this connector, a wider portion of a connection terminal fixed to a base is lifted with a control lever in which rotatable shafts extending coaxially from end surfaces on both sides are rotatably supported on the base. In particular, bearing grooves extending in the vertical direction are provided at a pair of support clasps that are attached to respective end surfaces on both sides of the base. The rotary shafts of the control lever are mated with, and supported by, the bearing grooves rotatably and slidably in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Patent number: 7762826Abstract: An ultrathin connector that is easy to assemble has a base in which a plurality of positioning concavities are provided side by side in a lower surface thereof, connection terminals having a shape obtained by bending a needle-like metal material in two and joining it under pressure, these connection terminals being positioned in the positioning concavities so that two free end portion project from the base, a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that is pasted on, and integrated with, the lower surface of the base and fixes the connection terminals to the base, and a control lever in which a pair of rotary shafts that protrude coaxially from the end surfaces on both sides are rotatably supported on the base and which lifts wider portions of the connection terminals.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Publication number: 20100087078Abstract: A connector has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole alternately juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch at the front surface and a rear surface, respectively, a first connection terminal to be inserted to the first insertion hole from a side, and having a first movable contact that comes into pressure contact with a first joint juxtaposed at a lower surface of the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, a second connection terminal to be inserted to the second insertion hole from a side, and having a second movable contact that comes into pressure contact with a second joint juxtaposed at an upper surface of the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, and an operating lever turnably supported by a pair of elastic arms extending in parallel from both side surfaces of the base, and having a first operating portion and a second operating portion for operatType: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Publication number: 20100081310Abstract: A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. An aspect ratio of a cross-sectional area of the coupling portion is greater than or equal to 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Publication number: 20100081336Abstract: A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted and fixed to a base of a connector, a coupling portion projecting out from an upper side of the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending along the fixed piece from an upper end of the coupling portion and having one end as an upper contact and another end acting as an operation receiving portion. A lower contact is arranged at a position facing the upper contact of the upper side of the fixed piece. The operation receiving portion of the movable piece is operated with an operation lever rotatably supported by the base. An elastic arm is cut out with a slit formed along the upper side of the fixed piece to define a free end of the elastic arm as a lower contact. An aspect ratio of a cross-sectional area of the elastic arm is greater than or equal to 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Publication number: 20100081299Abstract: A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being operated by an operation lever rotatably assembled to the base. At least one of the fixed piece and the movable piece includes at least one pointed end portion. The connector connection terminal is formed through electroforming.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Publication number: 20100065430Abstract: A contact formed by electroforming and extended in a direction roughly perpendicular to a voltage application direction in the electroforming has a contact portion disposed at one end of the contact, which is brought into sliding contact with a conductive member along the voltage application direction in the electroforming.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Kazumasa Seki, Shogo Nagasaka, Toshio Yamashita
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Patent number: 7677917Abstract: A connector in which a connection terminal is not pushed out from a housing even if an operation lever is mistakenly and excessively rotated is provided. When an operation lever is rotated for opening, a contact portion of the operation lever rides on a position regulating surface of a base before an upper surface of the operation lever contacts an edge of an upper surface on a rear surface side of the base, so that the operation lever is lifted upward.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi
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Patent number: D614581Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Tadayuki Sakase, Jiro Koyama
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Patent number: D616373Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Naoyuki Kimura
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Patent number: D635522Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Masahiro Ono