Patents by Inventor Akihito Sukegawa

Akihito Sukegawa 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: 11228150
    Abstract: A connector 1 includes a connector housing 11, a thin wire coaxial cable 17 for providing a coaxial connection between an external coaxial cable 2 and a circuit board provided in a separated housing and a shield member 12 which is provided in an inner space of the connector housing 11 and electrically connected to a shell 173 of the thin wire coaxial cable 17. The shield member 12 has a holding mechanism for holding the thin wire coaxial cable 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Hisada, Akihito Sukegawa, Shinichi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20210104848
    Abstract: A connector 1 includes a connector housing 11, a thin wire coaxial cable 17 for providing a coaxial connection between an external coaxial cable 2 and a circuit board provided in a separated housing and a shield member 12 which is provided in an inner space of the connector housing 11 and electrically connected to a shell 173 of the thin wire coaxial cable 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shoichi HISADA, Akihito SUKEGAWA, Shinichi TAMURA
  • Patent number: 7896688
    Abstract: A contact pin is accommodated in the housing body such that a first end portion of which is adapted to be subjected to soldering and is projected from an outer face of the housing body. A cover body including upper cover (17) and lower cover (18) is coupled to the housing body so as to cover the first end portion of the contact pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Sukegawa, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7837482
    Abstract: A connecting-side connector is connected to a receiving-side connector. A main frame supports the receiving-side connector in such a manner that the receiving-side connector is movable in a connection direction. A control unit performs a control of a movement of the receiving-side connector in the connection direction and a release of the control each time a pressing force is applied to the connecting-side connector in the connection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kinoshita, Akira Yasaki, Takeshi Nishimura, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Jun Togashi, Akihito Sukegawa, Fumihiro Hosoya, Yoshitaka Sakoh
  • Publication number: 20090305566
    Abstract: A contact pin is accommodated in the housing body such that a first end portion of which is adapted to be subjected to soldering and is projected from an outer face of the housing body. A cover body is coupled to the housing body so as to cover the first end portion of the contact pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Akihito Sukegawa, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090017662
    Abstract: A following control unit 30 is provided. When a connecting-side connector 120 included in a connecting electronic device 100 is connected with a receiving-side connector 20 disposed within a main frame 10 and supported so as to be movable in a connection direction, the control unit 30 controls a movement of the receiving-side connector 20 in a connection direction by applying a pressing force when connecting to the connecting-side connector 120 in the connection direction. The connecting electronic device 100 is a connection-subject. The control unit 30 performs a control by the pressing force when connecting being applied to the connecting-side connector 120 in the connection direction, when the connecting-side connector 120 and the receiving-side connector 20 are being connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Hideki Kinoshita, Akira Yasaki, Takeshi Nishimura, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Jun Togashi, Akihito Sukegawa, Fumihiro Hosoya, Yoshitaka Sakoh
  • Patent number: 6758700
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a socket connector engagable with a plug connector. The plug connector slides into a recess of the socket connector and is securely guided and aligned with connection terminals during insertion. Complementary joining parts on the inside of the recess and the outer surface of the socket connector engage, prevent the socket connector from damaging the connection terminals in the recess, and securely guide the socket connector during insertion and reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Akihito Sukegawa, Shinichi Asano
  • Patent number: 6666727
    Abstract: A connector which includes a connector socket and a mated connector plug to be fitted into the connector socket has a socket body which includes upper and lower terminal holding portions. The upper and lower terminal holding portions each have a plurality of terminals which are arranged in a row along the width direction of the socket body. The upper and lower terminal holding portions are arranged so as to face each other through a predetermined spacing. The connector socket further has a rib for maintaining the spacing between the upper and lower terminal holding portions for preventing both the terminal holding portions from being deformed so that they approach each other. The rib is integrally formed with the upper and lower terminal holding portions and arranged substantially at the center of the width direction of the socket body. The mated connector plug has a plate member which is inserted into the spacing when the connector plug is connected to the connector socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Mitbumi Electronic Co. LTD
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Akihito Sukegawa, Shinichi Asano
  • Publication number: 20020142668
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connector which includes a connector socket and a mated connector plug to be fitted into the connector socket. The connector socket comprises a socket body which includes upper and lower terminal holding portions each having a plurality of terminals which are arranged in a row along the width direction of the socket body, the upper and lower terminal holding portions are arranged so as to face with each other through a predetermined spacing; and a rib for maintain the spacing between the upper and lower terminal holding portions for preventing both the terminal holding portions from being deformed so that they approach to each other. The rib is integrally formed with the upper and lower terminal holding portions and arranged substantially at the center of the width direction of the socket body. The mated connector plug has a plate member which is inserted into the spacing when the connector plug is connected to the connector socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Akihito Sukegawa, Shinichi Asano
  • Patent number: 6036523
    Abstract: A connector socket has a metallic latch member that is inserted from the rear through a latch attachment opening to position an engagement section in a plug insertion opening where it can be engaged by a lock claw of a plug inserted into a plug insertion opening in the front surface of the connector socket. The metallic engagement section resists wear from repeated plugging and unplugging of a connector plug in the connector plug opening. The latch member has transversely extending fixed support pieces integrally formed with the engagement section, which fit through guide grooves in the latch attachment opening. Reverse engagement claws extending laterally from the outer ends of the fixed support pieces dig into, and permanently retain the latch member in place. The ability to easily insert the latch member through the rear surface of the connector socket reduces assembly cost, and permits a connector socket to have any desired number of plug insertion openings in its face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 6007374
    Abstract: A connector socket uses a small number of connector pin types and prevents short circuits from occurring between external connection ends of the connector pins. A plurality of plug insertion openings are formed in molded block of insulating resin. A plurality of connector pins are disposed with connection ends projecting inside the plug insertion openings. External connection ends at the other end of connector pins are connected to a conductive body of a printed circuit substrate. The connector pins are fitted into pin slots at the back of the plug insertion openings. A portion of the connector pins, oriented along the direction in which the plug insertion openings are arranged, serves as shared connector pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 5971789
    Abstract: A box-shaped main plug unit is connected at one end to a cable. A plug of the main plug unit is insertable into plug insertion openings of a connector socket. A lock claw of a lock member is affixed to the main plug unit, and is positioned to lock into latch openings of the plug insertion openings. A slider is slidably supported on the main plug unit. When the slider is slid on the main plug unit it forcibly disengages the lock claw from the latch opening. A pull-out handle is rotatably supported on the slider. The pull-out handle is rotatable between a protected inoperative position and a projecting operative position where it permits application of removal force on the main plug unit. A fixed projection is integrally formed on the slider to further aid in the application of a pull-out force to the main plug unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 5637014
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a box-shaped molded connector body having an inserting recess into which a mating connector is inserted, and a predetermined number of contact pins embedded therein, an outer shielding cover covering the outer surface of the connector body except the bottom surface and the inserting recess, and an inner shielding cover in the form of a tube rectangular in section which covers the inner surface of the inserting recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Sukegawa, Yuji Tsujii
  • Patent number: 5584718
    Abstract: A branch-connection connector having a plug portion and a socket portion, which can be fitted into one another, are formed respectively at a front side and a rear side of a cover which forms an outer peripheral surface portion of the connector. A lock engagement piece is connected to the plug portion, and a lock release button is provided on a peripheral surface portion of the cover. The lock engagement piece is resiliently bendable, and has a proximal end connected to the cover, and a retaining projection, which can be fitted in an engagement recess formed in the socket portion of another said connector. The retaining projection is movable into and out of the plug portion and is formed on a free end of the lock engagement piece. A lock release button is fixedly secured at its proximal end to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihito Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 5417593
    Abstract: A branch connector includes a socket mold in which a plurality of socket type contact parts are fitted, a plug mold in which a plurality of plug type contact parts are fitted, and a plurality of resiliently deformable conduction parts, formed as being integral with the plug type contact parts of the plug mold, for enabling electric connection between the plug type contact parts and the socket type contact parts of the socket mold. In this branch connector, the plurality of conduction parts longitudinally extend from internal ends of the plug type contact parts of the plug mold to intermediate portions of the socket type contact parts of the socket mold, and the conduction parts having edges which are brought into pressure contact with the intermediate portions of the socket type contact parts by using the resilient deformation of the conduction parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Suzuki, Akihito Sukegawa
  • Patent number: D501827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Akihito Sukegawa, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: D530282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Sukegawa, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: D476956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Sukegawa, Shinichi Asano, Kenichi Tachihara