Patents by Inventor Akihiro Tsuruta

Akihiro Tsuruta 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).

  • Patent number: 11777251
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing; and an annular packing to be sandwiched between the housing and a mating component. The packing has: an annular seal portion protruding toward a radially outer side, and an annular depressed portion located on a surface of the seal portion on the radially inner side and depressed toward the radially outer side. An edge of the depressed portion is positioned on one side with respect to a protruding end of the seal portion. When the housing and the mating component are fitted to each other, the protruding end of the seal portion is in contact with the mating component, the edges of the depressed portion are in contact with the housing, and the end portion is displaced in a direction away from the housing to warp with a vicinity of the edge on the one side as a center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasaki, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230217803
    Abstract: An electronic device material includes: carbon nanotubes having a purity of Semiconductor Carbon Nanotubes of 80% by mass or more; and a n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Masuda, Takafumi Akamatsu, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takayoshi Hirai, Kojiro Naito, Seiichiro Murase
  • Patent number: 11569610
    Abstract: A rotary connector includes: a first housing; a second housing; a bayonet ring including a locked portion to be locked to a locking portion of the first housing, which forms a bonded state by rotating by a predetermined angle in a ready state, so that its rotation is prevented; and a connector position assurance that is prevented from moving from a first position in the ready state, and in the bonded state, that is moveable to a second position and maintains a state in which the locked portion is locked to the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Nakamura, Akihiro Tsuruta, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 11557856
    Abstract: A connector lock structure includes a lock arm that extends along a fitting direction and is formed on a side wall of a connector housing, and maintains a fitted state by being elastically engaged with a counterpart connector housing; a pair of flexible and deformable plate-shaped support walls that protrude rearward of the side wall to sandwich a rear portion of the lock arm therebetween; a coupling portion that couples each of the plate-shaped support walls to the rear portion of the lock arm in a width direction of the connector housing; and an upward protruding portion that protrudes upward than the coupling portion and is formed on each of the plate-shaped support walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Kida, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takuya Hasegawa, Hiromasa Kubota
  • Patent number: 11437757
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a first housing and a second housing which are mateable, and a lever element to be pivotably supported by the first housing, wherein the lever element includes a plate-shaped lever main body and a sliding element, wherein the lever main body is rotatable between an initial position and a completely rotated position for both housings, wherein the second housing includes a locking portion, wherein the lever main body includes a locked portion which is locked by the locking portion in the completely rotated position, wherein the sliding element is provided so as to be slidable between a protruding position and a pushed-in position, and wherein the sliding element is configured so that in the protruding position, the lever main body is rotated and the locking portion locks the locked portion in order to slide the sliding element from the protruding position to the pushed-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Imamura, Akihiro Tsuruta, Koutaro Tobino, Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Publication number: 20220102907
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing; and an annular packing to be sandwiched between the housing and a mating component. The packing has: an annular seal portion protruding toward a radially outer side, and an annular depressed portion located on a surface of the seal portion on the radially inner side and depressed toward the radially outer side. An edge of the depressed portion is positioned on one side with respect to a protruding end of the seal portion. When the housing and the mating component are fitted to each other, the protruding end of the seal portion is in contact with the mating component, the edges of the depressed portion are in contact with the housing, and the end portion is displaced in a direction away from the housing to warp with a vicinity of the edge on the one side as a center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasaki, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11258200
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing and a fitting assuring member. The second housing includes a first locking protrusion portion having a first slope. The fitting assuring member includes a first assuring locking portion that gets over the first locking protrusion portion to be thereby locked to the first locking protrusion portion when the first housing and the second housing are fitted to each other. The first assuring locking portion begins to slide on the first slope before completion of the fitting, and stays on the first slope until the completion of the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Patent number: 11158977
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing in which a terminal fitting is stored, and a cover. A guiding structure configured to guide the housing and the cover in a connection direction, and a holding structure configured to hold the housing and the cover at a connection completed position are provided between the housing and the cover. The guiding structure includes a wedge guiding protrusion provided to the cover, and a wedge guiding groove provided to the housing. The wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove are formed to have a gap between a protrusion-side wall surface and a groove-side wall surface disposed opposite to each other in each of two pairs. The holding structure includes a press-fit protrusion being configured to hold the wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove in a press-fitted state when the housing and the cover are at the connection completed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tohru Kurosawa, Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210320457
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a first housing and a second housing which are mateable, and a lever element to be pivotably supported by the first housing, wherein the lever element includes a plate-shaped lever main body and a sliding element, wherein the lever main body is rotatable between an initial position and a completely rotated position for both housings, wherein the second housing includes a locking portion, wherein the lever main body includes a locked portion which is locked by the locking portion in the completely rotated position, wherein the sliding element is provided so as to be slidable between a protruding position and a pushed-in position, and wherein the sliding element is configured so that in the protruding position, the lever main body is rotated and the locking portion locks the locked portion in order to slide the sliding element from the protruding position to the pushed-in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki IMAMURA, Akihiro Tsuruta, Koutaro Tobino, Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Patent number: 11121497
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; and a cover. The housing includes a lock body that is lockable to a counterpart lock body so that fitting connection with the counterpart housing is not canceled, and a lock cancellation arm that deforms with application of lock cancellation force to a point-of-effort part and cancels a state in which the lock body is lockable to the counterpart lock body. The cover includes a second wall that covers the housing up to the position of the point-of-effort part in the fitting connection direction, an exposure part formed at the wall to expose the point-of-effort part, and a lock cancellation operation body that includes an operation part capable of receiving a press movement operation, blocks the exposure part to an extent that deformation along with the press movement operation is possible, and applies the lock cancellation force to the point-of-effort part through the deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masanobu Oishi, Naoki Okamoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihito Masuko
  • Publication number: 20210281013
    Abstract: A connector lock structure includes a lock arm that extends along a fitting direction and is formed on a side wall of a connector housing, and maintains a fitted state by being elastically engaged with a counterpart connector housing; a pair of flexible and deformable plate-shaped support walls that protrude rearward of the side wall to sandwich a rear portion of the lock arm therebetween; a coupling portion that couples each of the plate-shaped support walls to the rear portion of the lock arm in a width direction of the connector housing; and an upward protruding portion that protrudes upward than the coupling portion and is formed on each of the plate-shaped support walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Kida, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takuya Hasegawa, Hiromasa Kubota
  • Publication number: 20210119378
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing in which a terminal fitting is stored, and a cover. A guiding structure configured to guide the housing and the cover in a connection direction, and a holding structure configured to hold the housing and the cover at a connection completed position are provided between the housing and the cover. The guiding structure includes a wedge guiding protrusion provided to the cover, and a wedge guiding groove provided to the housing. The wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove are formed to have a gap between a protrusion-side wall surface and a groove-side wall surface disposed opposite to each other in each of two pairs. The holding structure includes a press-fit protrusion being configured to hold the wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove in a press-fitted state when the housing and the cover are at the connection completed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tohru Kurosawa, Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210119370
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; and a cover. The housing includes a lock body that is lockable to a counterpart lock body so that fitting connection with the counterpart housing is not canceled, and a lock cancellation arm that deforms with application of lock cancellation force to a point-of-effort part and cancels a state in which the lock body is lockable to the counterpart lock body. The cover includes a second wall that covers the housing up to the position of the point-of-effort part in the fitting connection direction, an exposure part formed at the wall to expose the point-of-effort part, and a lock cancellation operation body that includes an operation part capable of receiving a press movement operation, blocks the exposure part to an extent that deformation along with the press movement operation is possible, and applies the lock cancellation force to the point-of-effort part through the deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masanobu Oishi, Naoki Okamoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihito Masuko
  • Patent number: 10811820
    Abstract: A member locking structure includes: a first locking portion provided in a first member; and a second locking portion provided in a second member. The first locking portion and the second locking portion have a first locking face and a second locking face. The first locking face has a first inclined face and a first abutment portion. The second locking face has a second inclined face and a second abutment portion. The first inclined face contacts the second abutment portion and then the first abutment portion contacts the second inclined face, during a relative movement of the first member to the second member in an opposite direction to the locking direction from the locking state, to elastically deform the first locking portion in a direction opposite to lock on the second locking portion by the first inclined face and the second inclined face to release the locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20200325941
    Abstract: A rotary connector includes: a first housing; a second housing; a bayonet ring including a locked portion to be locked to a locking portion of the first housing, which forms a bonded state by rotating by a predetermined angle in a ready state, so that its rotation is prevented; and a connector position assurance that is prevented from moving from a first position in the ready state, and in the bonded state, that is moveable to a second position and maintains a state in which the locked portion is locked to the locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi NAKAMURA, Akihiro TSURUTA, Nobuyuki MUKOUJIMA
  • Patent number: 10756485
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing; and a fitting assurance member slidably attached to an outer side of the housing. The housing has a locking portion to be locked to the locked portion during a movement of the housing in a fitting direction to the counterpart housing. The fitting assurance member slides and moves relatively to the housing in the fitting direction from a temporary locking position to a formal locking position. The housing has an unlocking operation portion to apply unlocking force to the locking portion. The fitting assurance member has a pair of side walls on the outer side of the housing and a coupling portion connecting end portions of the pair of side walls. The coupling portion is located between the unlocking operation portion and the housing and separated from the unlocking operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Akihiro Tsuruta, Shinji Kodama
  • Publication number: 20200203889
    Abstract: A member locking structure includes: a first locking portion provided in a first member; and a second locking portion provided in a second member. The first locking portion and the second locking portion have a first locking face and a second locking face. The first locking face has a first inclined face and a first abutment portion. The second locking face has a second inclined face and a second abutment portion. The first inclined face contacts the second abutment portion and then the first abutment portion contacts the second inclined face, during a relative movement of the first member to the second member in an opposite direction to the locking direction from the locking state, to elastically deform the first locking portion in a direction opposite to lock on the second locking portion by the first inclined face and the second inclined face to release the locking state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20200203890
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing; and a fitting assurance member slidably attached to an outer side of the housing. The housing has a locking portion to be locked to the locked portion during a movement of the housing in a fitting direction to the counterpart housing. The fitting assurance member slides and moves relatively to the housing in the fitting direction from a temporary locking position to a formal locking position. The housing has an unlocking operation portion to apply unlocking force to the locking portion. The fitting assurance member has a pair of side walls on the outer side of the housing and a coupling portion connecting end portions of the pair of side walls. The coupling portion is located between the unlocking operation portion and the housing and separated from the unlocking operation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Akihiro Tsuruta, Shinji Kodama
  • Publication number: 20200203888
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing and a fitting assuring member. The second housing includes a first locking protrusion portion having a first slope. The fitting assuring member includes a first assuring locking portion that gets over the first locking protrusion portion to be thereby locked to the first locking protrusion portion when the first housing and the second housing are fitted to each other. The first assuring locking portion begins to slide on the first slope before completion of the fitting, and stays on the first slope until the completion of the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Publication number: 20190386431
    Abstract: Provided is a connection structure and a device composite capable of suppressing terminal wrench while suppressing increase in size and assembly cost. The connector connection structure 1 includes an AT connector (first connector), and an ECU connector (second connector), the ECU side housing (second housing) is provided with a protrusion extending in a connector connection direction, that is, the direction of the terminal connection of a female type terminal (first terminal) and a male type terminal (second terminal), entering the AT side housing (first housing) prior to terminal connection, the AT side housing (first housing) is provided with a guide recess for guiding the terminal connection by entering of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Akihiro Tsuruta, Akihiro Yamada, Riku Kambe