Patents by Inventor Ayaka NITO

Ayaka NITO 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).

  • Publication number: 20260180228
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a terminal member (11) and a terminal holding portion (20) for holding the terminal member (11). The connector (10) is provided with a protection wall (30) for surrounding the terminal member (11) and a shield portion (55) arranged along an outer peripheral surface of the protection wall (30). The protection wall (30) and the shield portion (55) are respectively arranged around the terminal member (11) except at parts in a forward direction (Z1). The shield portion (55) includes a bent portion (53, 54). The bent portion (53, 54) is bent toward an inner peripheral side of the protection wall (30) to be arranged along each of the outer peripheral surface of the protection wall (30) and an end surface of an end part in the end part in a circumferential direction of the protection wall (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventor: Ayaka NITO
  • Patent number: 12537332
    Abstract: A first connector is provided with a first terminal including a tip part extending in a first direction, a first connector housing for holding the first terminal and a slide member to be held in the first connector housing. The first connector housing includes a protecting portion for covering a part of the first terminal in directions orthogonal to the first direction except a second direction, a first opening open in the first direction, and a second opening open in the second direction. The slide member is slidable between a closing position for closing the second opening and an opening position in a first opposite direction. The slide member includes a slide body portion for closing the second opening at the closing position and a tip protecting portion integrally formed to the slide body portion and configured to protect the tip part of the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ayaka Nito
  • Publication number: 20240250464
    Abstract: A connector 1 is provided with a connector body 3 in which a busbar 10 to be electrically connected to a mating terminal 13 is integrally formed with resin by molding. The busbar 10 includes a convex contact point portion 24 formed by convexly bending a part of the busbar 10 as a contact point with the mating terminal 13, and an engaging portion 27 formed on an inner surface of the convex contact point portion 24 in such a manner as to be embedded in a body 11 of the connector body 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ayaka NITO, Motohiro ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240243512
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a connector in which ease of assembly can be improved. A connector (1) according to the one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing (10) having an accommodation section (11) through which electric wires (W (W1, W2)) pass; a seal member (20) that seals the gap between the inner surface of the accommodation section (11) and the outer peripheral surface of the electric wires (W (W1, W2)); and a retainer (30) that is fixed to the housing (10) and prevents detachment of the seal member (20). The retainer (30) includes a first retainer (40) and a second retainer (50) that overlap with the seal member (20) in the length direction of the electric wires (W (W1, W2)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Ayaka NITO
  • Publication number: 20240170882
    Abstract: A first connector is provided with a first terminal including a tip part extending in a first direction, a first connector housing for holding the first terminal and a slide member to be held in the first connector housing. The first connector housing includes a protecting portion for covering a part of the first terminal in directions orthogonal to the first direction except a second direction, a first opening open in the first direction, and a second opening open in the second direction. The slide member is slidable between a closing position for closing the second opening and an opening position in a first opposite direction. The slide member includes a slide body portion for closing the second opening at the closing position and a tip protecting portion integrally formed to the slide body portion and configured to protect the tip part of the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Ayaka NITO
  • Patent number: 11139606
    Abstract: A connector includes a nut accommodation portion into which a nut is press-fitted and accommodated in a press-fitting direction. The nut accommodation portion includes an accommodation hole, which extends through a connector housing in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and an upper surface of a terminal connection portion of a connection terminal, which is exposed from the accommodation hole. The accommodation hole includes a through hole, which has a tetragonal shape as viewed in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and a recessed portion, which is formed in each of four corners of the through hole. The recessed portions are recessed toward an outer side of the through hole to locally expand a contour of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ayaka Nito
  • Publication number: 20210013663
    Abstract: A connector includes a nut accommodation portion into which a nut is press-fitted and accommodated in a press-fitting direction. The nut accommodation portion includes an accommodation hole, which extends through a connector housing in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and an upper surface of a terminal connection portion of a connection terminal, which is exposed from the accommodation hole. The accommodation hole includes a through hole, which has a tetragonal shape as viewed in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and a recessed portion, which is formed in each of four corners of the through hole. The recessed portions are recessed toward an outer side of the through hole to locally expand a contour of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Ayaka NITO