Patents Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industries Ltd.
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Publication number: 20160372855Abstract: A plug contact includes a plate-shaped contact portion. The plate-shaped contact portion includes an upper contact surface where a receptacle contact is contactable. A plug housing includes: a base; a pair of side end cover portions that projects in a mating direction from the base and covers both side ends of the plate-shaped contact portion; a leading end cover portion which couples leading ends of the pair of side end cover portions in the mating direction and covers a leading end of the plate-shaped contact portion; a pair of beams that couples the base with a middle portion of the leading end cover portion in a longitudinal direction; and an outside cover. The receptacle contact includes a pair of upper elastic spring pieces disposed so as to sandwich one of the beams. The receptacle contact is formed by bending a single metallic plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Yasukazu ITOU
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Publication number: 20160315031Abstract: A lead bonding structure includes: a plurality of leads extending outward from a package; and a plurality of electrode pads formed on a circuit board. The plurality of leads are soldered to the electrode pads, respectively. Each of the leads includes a lower wide portion having a width dimension greater than a width dimension of each of the electrode pads. The lower wide portion of each of the leads is soldered to the corresponding electrode pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi AKIMOTO, Takushi YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9478902Abstract: A receptacle used to be mounted on a receptacle-side substrate includes: a frame body; a plurality of cantilevers formed to extend from the frame body and including a substrate separating portion extending in a direction away from the receptacle-side substrate; a contact cover disposed on an opposite side of the receptacle-side substrate with the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers interposed therebetween, and covering the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers; and a plurality of conductive patterns formed above the plurality of cantilevers with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. The frame body forms a plug accommodating space for accommodating a plug. The plug accommodating space is formed so as to surround the substrate separating portion of the plurality of cantilevers.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Komoto, Osamu Hashiguchi, Yu Tatebe, Ryuzo Shimeno
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Patent number: 9472875Abstract: Provided is a wire-to-board connector including a plug attached to a wire, and a receptacle mounted on a circuit board. The plug and the receptacle are formed of metal. The plug is fitted into the receptacle to electrically connect the wire to the circuit board. The receptacle has an accommodating portion formed in a tubular shape. The plug has an inserted portion to be inserted into the accommodating portion of the receptacle. The inserted portion includes a body plate and an elastic piece elastically supported in a cantilevered manner by the body plate. The elastic piece of the inserted portion has a free end. The accommodating portion has an engaged portion. When the inserted portion is inserted into the accommodating portion, the free end engages with the engaged portion along with an elastic deformation of the elastic piece, thereby allowing the plug to be fitted into the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Shimoji
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Patent number: 9437942Abstract: A battery assembly includes: a receptacle connector including a receptacle contact with a bolt hole for bolting formed therein, a receptacle housing attached to the receptacle contact; a battery having an upper surface on which the receptacle contact of the receptacle connector is attached by the bolting, and a right side surface roughly perpendicular to the upper surface. The receptacle housing of the receptacle connector is formed so as to extend in an elongated shape along the tangent direction of an imaginary circle C centered on the central axis of the bolt hole of the receptacle contact of the receptacle connector as viewed in the central axis direction of the bolt hole, and is capable of coming into contact with the right side surface of the battery at the time of the bolting.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventors: Yasukazu Itou, Akira Kuwahara
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Patent number: 9435632Abstract: A stator of a resolver includes a stator body including multiple magnetic pole portions; multiple stator windings respectively wound around the magnetic pole portions; multiple terminal pins each including a stator winding connecting portion around which the corresponding stator winding is wound; and an external cable connecting portion to be connected with an external cable; and a terminal pin holding portion that holds the terminal pins. The stator winding connecting portion of each terminal pin is formed in a double layer by folding a metal piece and has a fold formed when the metal piece is folded. The fold of the stator winding connecting portion of each terminal pin is formed along a longitudinal direction of the stator winding connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Ozaki
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Patent number: 9437950Abstract: A plurality of upper plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding lower receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. A plurality of lower plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding upper receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in a state where an upper connector and a lower connector are mated, a direction of the elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece of each upper receptacle contact is different from a direction of the elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece of each lower receptacle contact.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Koguchi, Yu Tatebe
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Patent number: 9431760Abstract: A pin connector includes a pin contact and a pin housing. The pin contact includes: an upper contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with an upper socket connector; a lower contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with a lower socket connector; and an electrode contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with a battery. A thickness direction of the upper contact portion and a thickness direction of the lower contact portion are substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the electrode contact portion. A direction in which the upper socket connector is mated with the pin connector is different from a direction in which the lower socket connector is mated with the pin connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Yasukazu Itou
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Publication number: 20160240953Abstract: The contact includes a contact protrusion that is inserted into the contact insertion hole protrudes from the optical axis direction partition wall into the camera lens module side, and functions as an electric contact for the camera lens module, a fixing part fixed to the housing, and a connection part that elastically connects the contact protrusion with the fixing part. The connection part includes a connection main body extending in the radial direction so as to recede from the fixing part, and a folding part disposed on the opposite side to the fixing part across the connection main body. The fixing part is disposed on the opposite side to the folding part across the connection protrusion in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Kazuya Mikawa
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Patent number: 9419357Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle mounted on a first connector mounting surface of a first substrate; a receptacle mounted on a second connector mounting surface of a second substrate; and a relay connector. The relay connector includes a plug to be mated with the receptacle in a direction parallel to the first connector mounting surface; a plug to be mated with the receptacle in a direction parallel to the second connector mounting surface; and a handle that couples the plug and the plug to each other. The relay connector is structured such that a first mating direction in which the plug is mated to the receptacle is substantially the same as a second mating direction (Q) in which the plug is mated to the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Tetsu Urano
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Patent number: 9362649Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receptacle contact capable of coming into contact with a receptacle contact of a plug connector, and a receptacle housing having a contact insertion hole into which the receptacle contact is inserted. The receptacle contact includes a held portion that is accommodated in the contact insertion hole and is held by the receptacle housing, and an orthogonal portion projecting in a direction substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction. The orthogonal portion has a bolt hole formed therein. The receptacle connector further includes a displacement regulating mechanism that regulates displacement of a proximal end portion relative to the receptacle housing in a width center direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventor: Yasukazu Itou
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Publication number: 20160126663Abstract: A receptacle is a connector that is attached to a casing and allows electric wires within the casing to be attached to the connector and includes a receptacle shell. The receptacle shell includes a rectangular tubular portion projecting toward an inside of the casing and covering the electric wires within the casing. The rectangular tubular portion has four outer surfaces respectively provided with drain grooves that are made of metal formed by casting and are continuous with each other. A cross-section of each drain groove has an asymmetrical shape in which a deepest portion of each drain groove is farther from a tip of the rectangular tubular portion than a groove width center of each drain groove. The deepest portion is raised at a center of each drain groove in a longitudinal direction so that a water droplet within each drain groove moves toward ends of each drain groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Ebihara
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Publication number: 20160126671Abstract: A technique to reduce workload on an operator during mating of a lever connector is provided. A plug and a receptacle are pulled together by rotation of a lever in a locking direction. The lever has a pinion first driven surface facing in an unlocking direction. A receptacle housing has a rack first driving surface facing in a separating direction. In a state where the plug confronts the receptacle so as to mate the plug with the receptacle, a clearance between the pinion first driven surface and the rack first driving surface is smaller than a clearance between a contact piece and a pin portion. When the plug is moved toward the receptacle, the pinion first driven surface first comes into contact with the rack first driving surface and the lever rotates in the locking direction, and then the contact piece comes into contact with the pin portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Ebihara
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Patent number: 9306301Abstract: A wire-to-board connector includes a plug which is attached to a wire, and a receptacle which is mounted on a connector mounting surface of a board. The plug and the receptacle are each formed of metal, and the plug is mated with the receptacle to thereby connect the wire to the board. The wire-to-board connector has the following structure. A wire direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the wire in the vicinity of the plug when the plug is mated with the receptacle is parallel to the connector mounting surface of the board. A mating direction in which the plug is mated with the receptacle is a direction approaching the connector mounting surface of the board.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Shimoji
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Publication number: 20160056556Abstract: A connector assembly (1) includes a receptacle (4) mounted on a first connector mounting surface (2a) of a first substrate (2); a receptacle (5) mounted on a second connector mounting surface (3a) of a second substrate (3); and a relay connector (6). The relay connector (6) includes a plug (7) to be mated with the receptacle (4) in a direction parallel to the first connector mounting surface (2a); a plug (8) to be mated with the receptacle (5) in a direction parallel to the second connector mounting surface (3a); and a handle (9) that couples the plug (7) and the plug (8) to each other. The relay connector (6) is structured such that a first mating direction (P) in which the plug (7) is mated to the receptacle (4) is substantially the same as a second mating direction (Q) in which the plug (8) is mated to the receptacle (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventor: Tetsu URANO
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Publication number: 20160036148Abstract: A plurality of upper plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding lower receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. A plurality of lower plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding upper receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in a state where an upper connector and a lower connector are mated, a direction of the elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece of each upper receptacle contact is different from a direction of the elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece of each lower receptacle contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo KOGUCHI, Yu TATEBE
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Patent number: 9240653Abstract: A plug side surface of a plug housing is provided with a claw portion. The claw portion includes a plug lock surface facing in a direction away from a connector mounting surface. Each assistant fitting of a receptacle connector includes a receptacle lock surface that faces in a direction approaching the connector mounting surface and is opposed to the plug lock surface in a mated state. The plug lock surface includes a lock maintaining surface and an unlocking surface. Further an angle formed between a reference plane and the lock maintaining surface is a lock maintaining angle and an angle formed between the reference plane and the unlocking surface is an unlocking angle, the lock maintaining angle is smaller than the unlocking angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.Inventors: Tetsu Urano, Takaaki Kudo
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Patent number: 9225113Abstract: To satisfy the demand for a reduction in height, provided is a technique for reducing a gap between a motherboard and a daughterboard in the state where the daughterboard is connected to the motherboard. A card edge connector is used to be mounted on a connector mounting surface of a mainboard to connect a memory module to the mainboard. The card edge connector includes a latch portion for pressing the memory module to be displaced in a direction away from the connector mounting surface, toward the connector mounting surface. The latch portion is configured to be elastically displaceable in the direction away from the connector mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventors: Rintaro Kato, Takeshi Shindo
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Patent number: 9160089Abstract: Provided is a wire-to-board connector including a plug attached to a wire, and a receptacle mounted on a circuit board. The plug and the receptacle are formed of metal. The plug is fitted into the receptacle to electrically connect the wire to the circuit board. The receptacle has an accommodating portion formed in a tubular shape. The plug has an inserted portion to be inserted into the accommodating portion of the receptacle. The inserted portion includes a body plate and an elastic piece elastically supported in a cantilevered manner by the body plate. The elastic piece of the inserted portion has a free end. The accommodating portion has an engaged portion. When the inserted portion is inserted into the accommodating portion, the free end engages with the engaged portion along with an elastic deformation of the elastic piece, thereby allowing the plug to be fitted into the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Shimoji
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Publication number: 20150280361Abstract: A pin connector includes a pin contact and a pin housing. The pin contact includes: an upper contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with an upper socket connector; a lower contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with a lower socket connector; and an electrode contact portion having a flat plate shape and being in electrical contact with a battery. A thickness direction of the upper contact portion and a thickness direction of the lower contact portion are substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the electrode contact portion. A direction in which the upper socket connector is mated with the pin connector is different from a direction in which the lower socket connector is mated with the pin connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.Inventor: Yasukazu ITOU