Patents by Inventor Akihito Funakoshi

Akihito Funakoshi 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: 9150253
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure includes a side frame, a sub-frame, a cabin side support member, an under-floor frame, and a link stay. The sub-frame includes a separate side fastening portion, an adjacent side fastening portion, and a central bending point. In the link stay, a first end portion side is fastened to a lower surface of the cabin side support member together with the adjacent side fastening portion so as to be extractable, and a second end portion side is fastened to the under-floor frame. A nut for fastening the second end portion side of the link stay is held by a lateral wall on a side separating from the floor tunnel portion of the link stay, and the support bolt is fitted into the nut from a lower side of a floor tunnel portion in a vehicle width direction serving as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Arima, Hideyuki Okada, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20150061272
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure includes a side frame, a sub-frame, a cabin side support member, an under-floor frame, and a link stay. The sub-frame includes a separate side fastening portion, an adjacent side fastening portion, and a central bending point. In the link stay, a first end portion side is fastened to a lower surface of the cabin side support member together with the adjacent side fastening portion so as to be extractable, and a second end portion side is fastened to the under-floor frame. A nut for fastening the second end portion side of the link stay is held by a lateral wall on a side separating from the floor tunnel portion of the link stay, and the support bolt is fitted into the nut from a lower side of a floor tunnel portion in a vehicle width direction serving as an axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Tetsuhiro Arima, Hideyuki Okada, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 8348323
    Abstract: A rear vehicle body structure includes a rectangular frame, a box-shaped section, a spare-tire storage section, a peripheral flange, and a reinforcing member. The rectangular frame has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view and includes left and right rear frames and front and rear cross members so as to contain a spare tire. The box-shaped section has a substantially rectangular bottom so as to be placed in the rectangular frame. The spare-tire storage section is provided in the box-shaped section and has an opening at an upper part of the box-shaped section to receive the spare tire. The peripheral flange projects outward from the upper part so as to be attached to the rectangular frame. The reinforcing member extends along the bottom in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body and is laid between the front and rear cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110227367
    Abstract: A rear vehicle body structure includes a rectangular frame, a box-shaped section, a spare-tire storage section, a peripheral flange, and a reinforcing member. The rectangular frame has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view and includes left and right rear frames and front and rear cross members so as to contain a spare tire. The box-shaped section has a substantially rectangular bottom so as to be placed in the rectangular frame. The spare-tire storage section is provided in the box-shaped section and has an opening at an upper part of the box-shaped section to receive the spare tire. The peripheral flange projects outward from the upper part so as to be attached to the rectangular frame. The reinforcing member extends along the bottom in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body and is laid between the front and rear cross members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito FUNAKOSHI
  • Patent number: 7497695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC has an elongated substrate, and plural conductors are laminated on a surface of the substrate for extending along an axial direction of the substrate. The printed wiring board has an insertion opening provided at an edge surface for being inserted by a top end portion of the FPC, and plural line connecting terminals formed on an internal wall surface of the insertion opening. The top end portion of the FPC has a slider including plural elastic deformable first contacts, and a first housing for holding the plurality of contacts. The FPC is inserted into the insertion opening of the printed wiring board such that one end of the first contact presses the conductor and the other end of the first contact presses the line connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hiroshi Yamane, Akihito Funakoshi, Kazuto Miura
  • Publication number: 20080153319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC has an elongated substrate, and plural conductors are laminated on a surface of the substrate for extending along an axial direction of the substrate. The printed wiring board has an insertion opening provided at an edge surface for being inserted by a top end portion of the FPC, and plural line connecting terminals formed on an internal wall surface of the insertion opening. The top end portion of the FPC has a slider including plural elastic deformable first contacts, and a first housing for holding the plurality of contacts. The FPC is inserted into the insertion opening of the printed wiring board such that one end of the first contact presses the conductor and the other end of the first contact presses the line connecting terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hiroshi Yamane, Akihito Funakoshi, Kazuto Miura
  • Patent number: 7371074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC has an elongated substrate, and plural conductors are laminated on a surface of the substrate for extending along an axial direction of the substrate. The printed wiring board has an insertion opening provided at an edge surface for being inserted by a top end portion of the FPC, and plural line connecting terminals formed on an internal wall surface of the insertion opening. The top end portion of the FPC has a slider including plural elastic deformable first contacts, and a first housing for holding the plurality of contacts. The FPC is inserted into the insertion opening of the printed wiring board such that one end of the first contact presses the conductor and the other end of the first contact presses the line connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hiroshi Yamane, Akihito Funakoshi, Kazuto Miura
  • Patent number: 7275948
    Abstract: A connector of upper contact type for an FPC comprising a cover housing constituted of synthetic resin alone. The housing includes first contacts and second contacts alternately arranged in parallel on a line. Each of the first contacts has an elastic arm coming into contact with an upper contact point of FPC when the cover housing is closed. On the other hand, each of the second contacts has a tuning-fork-shaped contact constituted of a pair of a short arm and a long arm, the short arm coming into contact with the upper contact point of the FPC so that the tuning-fork-shaped contact may exert a coupled force on the FPC when the cover housing is closed. With such a configuration, this connector reduces deformation of the cover housing while eliminating use of any reinforcing metal member in the cover housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Miura, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 7238044
    Abstract: An FPC is electrically connected to a printed wiring board. The FPC includes an elongated substrate and a conductor part laminated on the face of the substrate. The conductor part includes a plurality of conductors extending along the axial direction of the substrate, and elastically deformable first contact terminals each of which extends from the face of the conductors toward the base end of the FPC. The printed wiring board includes an insertion opening formed at the edge surface thereof, and plural line connecting terminals which are formed on the internal wall surface of the insertion opening, and which extend in the inserting direction for inserting the FPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hideyasu Yamada, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20070141897
    Abstract: A connector of upper contact type for an FPC comprising a cover housing constituted of synthetic resin alone. The housing includes first contacts and second contacts alternately arranged in parallel on a line. Each of the first contacts has an elastic arm coming into contact with an upper contact point of FPC when the cover housing is closed. On the other hand, each of the second contacts has a tuning-fork-shaped contact constituted of a pair of a short arm and a long arm, the short arm coming into contact with the upper contact point of the FPC so that the tuning-fork-shaped contact may exert a coupled force on the FPC when the cover housing is closed. With such a configuration, this connector reduces deformation of the cover housing while eliminating use of any reinforcing metal member in the cover housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: J. S. T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Miura, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 7232315
    Abstract: A connection structure for a printed wiring board which enables high density integration is provided. A FCP 2 includes an exposed conductor part 2A including an insulating substrate 22 and a reinforcing plate 24 stacked with this substrate 22 via an elastic member 23. In the exposed conductor part 2A, conductors 21 each having a protrusion 20 formed on a surface is placed on the insulating substrate. The exposed conductor part 2A can be elastically deformed in the thickness direction in which the substrate 22, the reinforcing plate 24 and the like are stacked. A printed wiring board 1 is constructed by stacking an inner layer board 10 and a first outer layer board 11 and a second outer layer board 12 which sandwich this inner layer board 10. A notched groove 10A is formed on the inner layer board 10, and an insertion opening 10B is formed. Through-hole ports 11 which appear on the notched groove 10A side is placed on the first outer layer board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Junya Kajimoto, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20070037440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC has an elongated substrate, and plural conductors are laminated on a surface of the substrate for extending along an axial direction of the substrate. The printed wiring board has an insertion opening provided at an edge surface for being inserted by a top end portion of the FPC, and plural line connecting terminals formed on an internal wall surface of the insertion opening. The top end portion of the FPC has a slider including plural elastic deformable first contacts, and a first housing for holding the plurality of contacts. The FPC is inserted into the insertion opening of the printed wiring board such that one end of the first contact presses the conductor and the other end of the first contact presses the line connecting terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hiroshi Yamane, Akihito Funakoshi, Kazuto Miura
  • Publication number: 20060286858
    Abstract: A connection structure for a printed wiring board which enables high density integration is provided. A FCP 2 includes an exposed conductor part 2A including an insulating substrate 22 and a reinforcing plate 24 stacked with this substrate 22 via an elastic member 23. In the exposed conductor part 2A, conductors 21 each having a protrusion 20 formed on a surface is placed on the insulating substrate. The exposed conductor part 2A can be elastically deformed in the thickness direction in which the substrate 22, the reinforcing plate 24 and the like are stacked. A printed wiring board 1 is constructed by stacking an inner layer board 10 and a first outer layer board 11 and a second outer layer board 12 which sandwich this inner layer board 10. A notched groove 10A is formed on the inner layer board 10, and an insertion opening 10B is formed. Through-hole ports 11 which appear on the notched groove 10A side is placed on the first outer layer board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Junya Kajimoto, Akihito Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060281361
    Abstract: An FPC is electrically connected to a printed wiring board. The FPC includes an elongated substrate and a conductor part laminated on the face of the substrate. The conductor part includes a plurality of conductors extending along the axial direction of the substrate, and elastically deformable first contact terminals each of which extends from the face of the conductors toward the base end of the FPC. The printed wiring board includes an insertion opening formed at the edge surface thereof, and plural line connecting terminals which are formed on the internal wall surface of the insertion opening, and which extend in the inserting direction for inserting the FPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Hideyasa Yamada, Akihito Funakoshi