Patents Assigned to Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 7311557Abstract: A receptacle electrical connector (30) for receiving an electrical connector (10) having a resilient arm (14), includes a receptacle housing (31) having at least one peripheral wall (34); and at least one first cut-off portion (38) provided in the peripheral wall (34) at a position corresponding to that of the resilient arm (14) to permit an insertion of the resilient arm of the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Oma, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirokazu Umehara
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Patent number: 7306485Abstract: A waterproof device includes a first housing member for covering a front portion of a connector from which a cable extends rearwardly; an elastic member for covering at least a portion of the cable; a cylindrical second housing member attached to the first housing member such that it covers and presses the elastic member against the cable; and a third housing member detachably attached to the first housing member so as to press the second housing member against the first housing member such that the second housing member covers a rear portion of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhiro Masuzaki
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Patent number: 7303444Abstract: A electrical connector includes a housing (11) with a peripheral wall and a front projection (17) that extends from said peripheral wall in the plugging direction so as to plug in a dent portion (43) of a mating connector (30) thereby providing a large plugging length without increasing the connector size.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ikuo Denpouya
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Patent number: 7300304Abstract: A flat circuit board electrical connector includes a housing (20); a plurality of flat terminals supported having a pair of support sections (14, 16), a movable member (40) having a cam shaft (44), wherein when said movable member (40) is at said open position, said cam shaft (44) is inserted into a space between said support sections (14, 16); an engaging edge (16B) is provided at least one of said support sections (16) to engage with said cam shaft (44); a regulation metal fittings (30) provided in parallel with said terminals; a regulated island (45) provided on said movable member (40); a regulation arm (33) provided on said regulation metal fittings (30) to regulate said regulated island (45) of said movable member (40) such that said cam shaft (44) is engaged with said engaging edge (16B).Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinori Takashita
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Patent number: 7268539Abstract: A pulse signal generator using a magnetic device that can cause a large Barkhausen effect, comprises means having a number of pits and projections and generates pulses according to the behavior of these, the means being capable of moving the pits and projections in a first or second direction, the pits and projections being disposed in the moving direction with some of the projections missing or some of the pits filled. The value of the ratio between the time interval of pulses generated by portions other than a projection-missing portion and the time interval of pulses generated by the projection-missing portion or the value of the ratio between the time interval of pulses generated by portions other than a pit-filled portion and the time interval of pulses generated by the pit-filled portion differs between when the pits and projections move in the first or second direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensaku Sato, Masami Tanaka, Tadashi Kubota, Hideki Sakamoto, Makoto Kobayashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Mamoru Hasegawa, Yuichi Shimasaki
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Patent number: 7261471Abstract: There is provided an optical connector device which prevents leakage of light until right before connectors are connected to each other and is small-sized by a reduction in space for housing shutters. The optical connector device is an optical connector device comprising a first optical connector and a second optical connector. When shutters for shutting out light from the optical connectors are collided with each other, the shutters move to positions where they do not shut out the light. Therefore, the first optical connector and the second optical connector are connected to each other. After moving, the shutter of the first optical connector and the shutter of the second optical connector are inserted into the second optical connector while remaining contacting each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NTT Electronics Corporation, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry LimitedInventors: Masahiro Tsuchida, Yoshiteru Abe, Masaru Kobayashi, Ryo Nagase, Koichi Arishima, Yuichi Koreeda, Akihiro Onogawa
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Patent number: 7261576Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. In the card connector, the ejection unit includes an inclining member for inclining downwardly a portion of the ejection unit to be pulled out toward the direction that the card is pulled out when the spring member urges the ejection unit in the direction that the card is pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7255584Abstract: The latching metallic piece (12) has a lever-like arm (20) that extends in the direction of receiving the flat-type cable C. The lever-like arm (20) has a latching claw (20A) at one end, a fulcrum section (22) at the middle point, and an extending section at the other end. A pressuring member (14) has a restricting section that does not contact with the extending section (20B) of the latching metallic piece (12) at the open position, and that prevents the displacement of the extending section at the closed position. When the pressuring member is at the open position, the lever-like arm (20) is in the state that it can be freely displaced so as to allow insertion/removal of the flat-type cable. When the pressuring member is at the closed position, the displacement of the lever-like arm relative to the latching section in the direction that increases the latching of the latching claw (20A) is prevented, and the displacement of the lever-like arm in the direction that reduces the latching is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinori Takashita
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Patent number: 7247057Abstract: A transmission board (10) comprises a frame body (30) and a surface board (20) supported by the frame body (30) and having a transmission circuit. The frame body (30) has plugging edges (33, 34) that project from the edges of the surface board (20) for guiding the terminals of mating connectors to connection pads on the surface board (20). The plugging edges have guiding slopes 33A and 33B, and 34A and 34B. At least the plugging edges of the frame body (30) are made of a metal or resin molding.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Matsuo, Masakazu Nagata
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Patent number: 7244130Abstract: A card connector is provided with an ejection mechanism using a cycle cam. It is configured that a pin slides in a groove of the cycle cam along a direction that a card moves according to a movement of the card when the card is inserted into the card connector or pulled out from the card connector. A plurality of elastic members is provided along the direction that the card moves for pressing a specific portion of the pin against the groove of the cycle cam.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7226311Abstract: A socket assembly comprises a plurality of sockets (1 and 2) piled up in multiple tiers in the order of length of the sockets (1 and 2). Each of the sockets (1 and 2) has an opening (11 and 21), an accommodation space to receive a card (C1 or C2), and a closing member (12). A plurality of terminals are provided in the closing member (12) and have connection portions (4 and 5) on rear sides thereof extending rearwardly into the outside of the accommodation space and bent downwardly at right angles. At least part of the connection portion (4) of the lower-tier socket (1) is accommodated in a stepped space (3) defined by the rear end face of the lower-tier socket (1) and the rear lower face of the upper-tier socket (2).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuhiro Sugita
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Publication number: 20070122088Abstract: A photoelectric composite connector comprises a first connector unit which is connected to optical transmission means and a second connector unit which can be attached to and detached from a first connector unit freely. The first connector unit comprises a photoelectric conversion module and an electrical connector section having a first conductor which is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module. The second connector unit is formed as an electrical connector unit corresponding to the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and having a second conductor. The first conductor of the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second conductor of the second connector unit are electrically connected to each other when the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second connector unit are connected to each other by use of their electrical connector structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicants: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takumi Yoshida, Shuji Suzuki, Hiroaki Okano, Seiki Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 7220138Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. The card has an inclined surface at a middle of a side surface thereof in a width direction thereof. In the card connector, the ejection unit includes a plate portion and a pair of sidewalls extending from the plate portion. The sidewalls sandwich the card placed on the plate portion from both sides in the width direction of the card. At least one of the sidewalls includes an inclined surface corresponding to the inclined surface of the card.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7217158Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals (1) having contact sections (4) extending in the plugging direction and arranged in the arranging sections at a predetermined intervals for contact with the contact sections (32A) of a mating connector (30). The arranging section is made in the inside surface of a single wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinji Shimizu
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Patent number: 7217137Abstract: The coaxial connector having a switch, which is mounted on a board, according to the invention includes an insulated housing having a hole that can receive a center conductor of a coaxial plug from the upper side, an outer conductor that is provided outside of the insulated housing and can be attached to/detached from an outer conductor of the coaxial plug, and a stationary terminal and a movable terminal, which are provided below the hole and can contact to/be away from each other. The stationary terminal has a contact section and the movable terminal has a securing section secured in the insulated housing and an elastic section that is arranged in the insulated housing through a insert hole provided in the insulated housing, extends like a cantilever from the securing section, can touch the center conductor of the coaxial plug and can contact with the contact section. In addition, the coaxial connector further includes a covering section to cover the insert hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 7207842Abstract: An electric connector to be attached to a circuit board, includes: a housing having a sidewall portion, a first outer side surface, and a second outer side surface; a fitting protruding portion formed in the housing for receiving a mating connector, and including an opening portion and extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing; a terminal including a first contact portion for connecting with a mating terminal of the mating connector and a connecting portion arranged on the sidewall portion for connecting to the circuit board; and a ground plate attached to the housing and extending in the longitudinal direction. The ground plate includes a first ground main portion facing the first outer side surface and a second ground main portion facing the second outer side surface. The first ground main portion is arranged to form a space between the first ground main portion and the first outer side surface so that the connecting portion can be connected to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsunori Kenjo
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Publication number: 20070075704Abstract: A pulse signal generator using a magnetic device that can cause a large Barkhausen effect, comprises means having a number of pits and projections and generates pulses according to the behavior of these, the means being capable of moving the pits and projections in a first or second direction, the pits and projections being disposed in the moving direction with some of the projections missing or some of the pits filled. The value of the ratio between the time interval of pulses generated by portions other than a projection-missing portion and the time interval of pulses generated by the projection-missing portion or the value of the ratio between the time interval of pulses generated by portions other than a pit-filled portion and the time interval of pulses generated by the pit-filled portion differs between when the pits and projections move in the first or second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicants: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensaku Sato, Masami Tanaka, Tadashi Kubota, Hideki Sakamoto, Makoto Kobayashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Mamoru Hasegawa, Yuichi Shimasaki
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Patent number: 7198498Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. An elastic member is disposed in one of the ejection unit and the housing, and an escape space is formed in the other of the ejection unit and the housing for escaping a deformation of the elastic member. When the card contacts with the terminal, the escape space releases at least a part of the deformation of the elastic member. When the card is disconnected from the terminal, the elastic member deforms to push the ejection unit upwardly.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: D544444Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshihisa Yamada
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Patent number: D546290Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshihisa Yamada