Patents Assigned to Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10164384
    Abstract: A coaxial connector mounted to a board, wherein a center conductor is provided with a contact portion in contact with the terminal of a counterpart connector. A first coupling portion couples to the contact portion and extends in the axial direction of an outer conductor. A bend portion couples to the first coupling portion and is bent in the radial direction of the outer conductor. A second coupling portion couples to the bend portion and extends in the radial direction of the outer conductor. A connecting portion couples to the second coupling portion and connects said center conductor to on-board circuitry. A first and second expanded portion produced by an expansion of a portion of the outer peripheral surface of said first and second coupling portions, is formed in the first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Maruyama, Takashi Sawai
  • Patent number: 10158200
    Abstract: A coaxial electrical connector connected to a circuit board having a metal outer conductor having a tubular portion and a metal center conductor equipped with a contact portion extending in the axial direction of said tubular portion within the interior space of said tubular portion, and in which said center conductor is secured in place by the outer conductor, with a dielectric interposed therebetween, the center conductor has a radial portion with a plate-shaped configuration extending radially outward from the base portion side of the contact portion, and a connecting portion placed in contact with a circuit board is formed on the bottom face of said radial portion, wherein the radial portion has grain flow lines formed by a flow of metallographic structure oriented parallel to two major surfaces opposing each other in the axial direction, and the contact portion has grain flow lines oriented, in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Miyazaki, Masahiro Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10148027
    Abstract: A structure that includes a board and a connector secured to an end portion of the board. The board has a first dielectric layer, a signal pattern that is provided on the top face of the first dielectric layer, a first ground layer that is provided under the first dielectric layer and forms part of a signal transmission circuit in conjunction with the signal pattern, and a plating film formed on an end face of the end portion of the board in an area located directly under the signal pattern and includes an end face of the first ground layer. The connector has a center conductor, an outer conductor, and securing portions that secure the connector to an end portion of the board. When the connector is secured, the center conductor comes in contact with the signal pattern and the plating film comes in contact with the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teppei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10141689
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing including a receiving portion for inserting a flat conductive member; a plurality of terminals arranged in a terminal arrangement direction; and a movable member. The movable member is supported on the housing so that the movable member is movable between an insertion allowing position and a pulling out preventing position relative to the housing. The movable member includes an operation portion and a display portion. The display portion is configured to be able to protrude and retract relative to an outer surface of the housing different from a surface where the operation portion is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichiro Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10128589
    Abstract: A terminal, wherein the lower and upper arms have a plurality of integral lower flexible arms and integral upper flexible arms respectively, which include at least a first lower and upper flexible arm and a second lower and upper flexible arm that are elastically displaceable independently of each other, the lower striking portions each have a first and second lower striking portion formed on a first and second lower flexible arm respectively, the second lower striking portion at a position that is offset in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first lower striking portion, and the upper striking portions each have a first and second upper striking portion formed on a first and second upper flexible arm respectively, the second upper striking portion at a position that is offset in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first upper striking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10122134
    Abstract: The electrical connector terminals are made of sheet metal and have two arm portions that have their major surfaces opposed to each other and separated from each other in a terminal array direction and extend in a direction of connection to counterpart connector bodies; the two arm portions are coupled to each other at their base portions and can come into contact with the counterpart connector bodies by independently undergoing resilient displacement; the contact portions of the two arm portions contacting the corresponding contact portions of the counterpart connector bodies are respectively formed at the distal end sides, i.e. at the sides opposite the base portions, in the direction of connection; and the contact portions of the two arm portions, along with being located in different positions in the direction of connection, are located in overlapping positions in the terminal array direction when connected to the counterpart connector bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunari Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10103485
    Abstract: Coaxial connector including a center conductor provided inside an outer conductor with a tubular outer conductor main body. A mating portion on one side in the axial direction of the outer conductor main body detachably mates with a counterpart connector. A supporting portion on the other side in the axial direction of the outer conductor main body supports the center conductor through the insulating member medium. Securing portions projecting from the end face on the other side in the axial direction or from the outer peripheral surface on the other side in the axial direction of the outer conductor main body towards the other side in the axial direction securing the outer conductor by soldering to a conductor pattern on the board surface. A first barrier portion on the outer peripheral surface on the other side in the axial direction of the outer conductor main body blocks solder flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ikeda, Koyo Shimizu, Takumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10062995
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal having a connecting portion to be connected to an electrical circuit board and a contact portion to be contacted with a mating connector; and a housing for holding the terminal. The housing includes a fixed housing and a movable housing arranged to be movable relative to the fixed housing. The terminal includes a fixed side held portion held with the fixed housing, a movable side held portion held with the movable housing, and an elastic portion situated between the fixed side held portion and the movable side held portion. The housing includes an accommodating space for accommodating the elastic portion. The elastic portion includes a first wave shape portion having a first bent portion and a pair of first extending portions. The first extending portions are configured to extend away from each other with a distance in between decreasing toward the first bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Doi
  • Patent number: 10056714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector device having a structure in which a protruding or a recessed fitting portion is provided at a surface of a columnar terminal of a cable-side connector (first connector) and a recessed or a protruding fit portion is provided at a fixed contact piece of a U-shaped terminal of a substrate-side connector (second connector). In the connector device, when the connectors are connected to each other, the fitting portion that is provided at the surface of the terminal of the cable-side connector is fitted to the fit portion that is provided at the fixed contact piece of the terminal of the substrate-side connector, so that a force that prevents the connectors from coming off from each other (coming-off force) is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hayato Sato
  • Patent number: 10003162
    Abstract: The device is provided with an inner conductor electrically connected to a counterpart central terminal in a counterpart coaxial device, a tubular outer conductor having the inner conductor disposed in the center thereof, said outer conductor being electrically connected to a counterpart outer conductor in the counterpart coaxial device, a grounding conductor electrically connected to the outer conductor, a resistance element provided in the axial direction between the inner conductor and the grounding conductor, and an annular dielectric member provided between the inner conductor and the outer conductor such that the member has the inner conductor passing therethrough and, at the same time, the inner conductor and the outer conductor are spaced apart from each other in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10003146
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal; a housing for holding the terminal; and a regulating metal member. The terminal includes a connecting portion to be connected to an electrical circuit board and a contact portion for contacting with a mating connecting member. The housing includes a fixed housing to be fixed to the electrical circuit board and a movable housing configured to be movable relative to the fixed housing. The regulating metal member is attached to the fixed housing, and includes a regulating portion for preventing the movable housing from abutting against the electrical circuit board. The terminal further includes an elastic portion configured to be capable of elastically deforming. The regulating portion is disposed to face or abut against a lower surface of the fixed housing. The movable housing includes a recessed portion in the lower surface thereof for accommodating the regulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Doi
  • Patent number: 9997858
    Abstract: A connector including: a plurality of connecting terminals whose types are different from each other; and a housing including at least one terminal accommodating part accommodating any one of the plurality of connecting terminals therein, wherein the terminal accommodating part includes a first lock part, each of the plurality of connecting terminals includes a second lock part formed such that the second lock part and the first lock part are detachably locked to each other, and when any one of the plurality of connecting terminals is accommodated in the terminal accommodating part, the second lock part of the accommodated connecting terminal is locked by the first lock part so that the accommodated connecting terminal is detachably fastened in the terminal accommodating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mogi, Koichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9977196
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a sleeve that positions a front end portion of a first ferrule and a front end portion of a second ferrule so as to face each other on the same axis, a first connection retaining member and a second connection retaining member that maintain a state in which the front end portions of the first and second ferrules contact each other and press against each other, and a coil spring that generates a force with which the front end portions of the first and second ferrules press against each other. Optical fiber cables can be connected to each other by containing the first ferrule and the second ferrule, which are attached to the sleeve, respectively in the first connection retaining member and the second connection retaining member and by coupling the first connection retaining member and the second connection retaining member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsumoto, Yoshiyuki Hiyama
  • Patent number: 9960511
    Abstract: The connector has multiple connection elements arranged on a circuit board and supports which support the connection elements. The connection elements have terminals connected to counterpart terminals in a counterpart connector, as well as stationary retainers and movable retainers that secure the terminals in place. The terminals have connecting portions at one end of the terminals, and contact portions at the other end, and the contact portions are secured in place on one side of the movable retainers. Flexible portions are formed between the movable retainers and the stationary retainers. The movable retainers are provided with biasing members on the other side opposite to the side on which the contact portions are positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Tamai
  • Patent number: 9948031
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing including a receiving portion for inserting a flat conductive member; a plurality of terminals arranged in a terminal arrangement direction; a movable member; and a fixing metal member. The movable member includes a supported portion and an engaging portion. The supported portion is supported on the housing to be movable between an open position and a closed position. The engaging portion engages with the flat conductive member when the movable member is situated at the closed position. The fixing metal member includes a fixing portion to be fixed to an electrical circuit board; a regulating portion for restricting the movable member; and an engaging section for engaging with the movable member. The fixing metal member includes leg portions extending toward the electrical circuit board. The fixing portion, the regulating portion, and the engaging portion are disposed on the leg portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichiro Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9941607
    Abstract: There is provided a coaxial cable connector, etc., configured such that the outer conductor shell and the connector carrier are linked by a carrier linkage part provided to part of the edge portion between the distal end and the portion of the outer conductor shell of a coaxial cable connector excluding the crimper, and the connector carrier is disposed on the distal end side of the outer conductor shell (the opposite side from the housing carrier), which simplifies the configuration of the apparatus used to manufacture the coaxial cable connector, and allows the coaxial cable connector to be assembled with the fixing position of the outer conductor shell stabilized while still linked to the connector carrier in the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Miyazaki, Ikuo Denpouya, Yoshihito Hirose, Kazuhiko Kimura
  • Patent number: 9941630
    Abstract: A power source connector device includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first housing and first terminals. The second connector includes second terminals. The second terminals face each other at least partially with a space in between. When the first connector and the second connector fit to each other, a portion of the first housing is disposed in the space. At the same time, a portion of an outer wall of one of the first connector and the second connector abuts an inner wall of the other of the second connector or the first connector. An engaging portion is disposed on the outer wall, and a corresponding engaging portion for engaging with the engaging portion is disposed on the inner wall. The engaging portion is supported using the first housing disposed in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seitaro Sato
  • Patent number: 9917378
    Abstract: A terminal attaching/detaching device includes a housing, an engaging member, and a movable member. The engaging member is configured to move in a first direction toward a terminal inserted in the housing to engage with the terminal, and is configured to move from the terminal inserted in the housing in a second direction to disengage from the terminal. The movable member is configured to move in concert with the engaging member in the moving process thereof in the first direction, and is configured to move the engaging member from the terminal inserted in the housing in the second direction, so that the engaging member is disengaged from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 9917403
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing formed of a fixed housing and a movable housing movable relative to the fixed housing. The connector further includes a terminal. The terminal includes a connecting portion to be connected to the electrical circuit board and a contact portion to be contacted with the mating connecting member. The terminal further includes a fixed side held portion, a movable side held portion, and an elastic portion. The connecting structure further includes a regulating portion for regulating the elastic portion from elastically deforming within a specific elastic deformation range. The elastic portion is configured to have a specific elastic deformation range. When the electrical connector is connected to the mating connecting member, the spring force is smaller than a holding force between the contact portion of the terminal and the mating connecting member in a direction that the electrical connector is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Doi
  • Patent number: D838673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Hayato Sato