Patents by Inventor Atsunobu Fukuoka

Atsunobu Fukuoka 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).

  • Electrical connector having locking projections
    Patent number: 7828571
    Abstract: A connector to which an object is to be connected, includes an insulator having at least one contact support groove, and at least one contact which is fixed to the insulator by being inserted into the contact support groove, the contact being contactable with the object after the object is inserted into the insulator. The insulator includes at least one holding portion formed as one of a recess and a through-hole, which is communicatively connected with the contact support groove, and the contact includes a locking protrusion, which comes into engagement with the holding portion to hold the contact to the insulator when the contact is inserted into the contact support groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Elco Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Satoh, Atsunobu Fukuoka
  • CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20090269986
    Abstract: A connector to which an object is to be connected, includes an insulator having at least one contact support groove, and at least one contact which is fixed to the insulator by being inserted into the contact support groove, the contact being contactable with the object after the object is inserted into the insulator. The insulator includes at least one holding portion formed as one of a recess and a through-hole, which is communicatively connected with the contact support groove, and the contact includes a locking protrusion, which comes into engagement with the holding portion to hold the contact to the insulator when the contact is inserted into the contact support groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Satoh, Atsunobu Fukuoka