Patents by Inventor Ayako Ida
Ayako Ida 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).
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Publication number: 20220173545Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a holder; and a harness housing unit coupled to the holder; wherein this harness housing unit includes multiple harness housings connected to the ends of electric wire harnesses including electric wires 91 and is configured by coupling adjacent harness housings in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Molex, LLCInventors: Atsushi ISHIKAWA, Ayako IDA
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Patent number: 9240642Abstract: A connector is disclosed having a flat cable connecting portion connected to a flat cable and a flat mating portion mated with another connector. The connector comprises a plurality of terminals arranged on the mating portion for establishing contact with terminals on the other connector, a conductive connecting portion exposed on the cable connecting portion and connected to conductive trace connecting portions on the flat cable, and a plurality of wiring lines extending from the mating portion to the cable connecting portion, each one electrically connecting a terminal to the corresponding conductive trace connecting portion. The conductive connecting portion has a protrusion formed on the wiring lines. The upper surface of the protrusion is substantially the same height as one outer surface of the cable connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Akira Sagayama, Ayako Ida, Akinori Mizumura
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Patent number: 9236670Abstract: The coaxial connector of the Present Disclosure includes a tube-shaped outer conductor, an insulating portion and an inner conductor. The insulating portion has a first fixed portion, a first elastic portion positioned on one side of the first fixed portion, and a second elastic portion. The inner conductor has a second fixed portion, a first holding portion positioned on one side of the second fixed portion, and a second holding portion positioned on the other side of the second fixed portion. The first elastic portion biases the outer peripheral surface of the first holding portion towards the outer peripheral surface of the inner conductor of the other coaxial connector. The second elastic portion biasing the outer peripheral surface of the second holding portion towards the outer peripheral surface of the inner conductor of the other coaxial connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Masako Nishikawa, Toshiya Oda, Ayako Ida, Yusuke Shibata
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Patent number: 9236696Abstract: The coaxial connector includes a tube-shaped outer conductor and an inner conductor provided inside the outer conductor in a plan view. The outer conductor includes an engaging portion recessed towards the inner conductor, a first portion positioned closer to one end of the outer conductor relative to the engaging portion, and a second portion positioned closer to the other end of the outer conductor relative to the engaging portion. The outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion is positioned closer to the inner conductor than to the outer peripheral surface of the first portion and the outer peripheral surface of the second portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the engaging portion is closer to the inner conductor than to either the inner peripheral surface of the first portion or the inner peripheral surface of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Masako Nishikawa, Toshiya Oda, Ayako Ida, Yusuke Shibata
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Publication number: 20150162673Abstract: The coaxial connector of the Present Disclosure includes a tube-shaped outer conductor, an insulating portion and an inner conductor. The insulating portion has a first fixed portion, a first elastic portion positioned on one side of the first fixed portion, and a second elastic portion. The inner conductor has a second fixed portion, a first holding portion positioned on one side of the second fixed portion, and a second holding portion positioned on the other side of the second fixed portion. The first elastic portion biases the outer peripheral surface of the first holding portion towards the outer peripheral surface of the inner conductor of the other coaxial connector. The second elastic portion biasing the outer peripheral surface of the second holding portion towards the outer peripheral surface of the inner conductor of the other coaxial connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Masako Nishikawa, Toshiya Oda, Ayako Ida, Yusuke Shibata
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Publication number: 20150162674Abstract: The coaxial connector includes a tube-shaped outer conductor and an inner conductor provided inside the outer conductor in a plan view. The outer conductor includes an engaging portion recessed towards the inner conductor, a first portion positioned closer to one end of the outer conductor relative to the engaging portion, and a second portion positioned closer to the other end of the outer conductor relative to the engaging portion. The outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion is positioned closer to the inner conductor than to the outer peripheral surface of the first portion and the outer peripheral surface of the second portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the engaging portion is closer to the inner conductor than to either the inner peripheral surface of the first portion or the inner peripheral surface of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Masako Nishikawa, Yoshiya Oda, Ayako Ida, Yusuke Shibata
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Patent number: 8998624Abstract: Each terminal member of a first connector includes a protruding terminal, and each terminal member of a second connector includes an opening able to accommodate a protruding terminal. The terminal members form a plurality of rows at a fixed interval in the width direction of the main body portion, and each terminal member is staggered in the width direction with respect to the terminal member in the adjacent row. At least the terminal members on the first connector or the second connector are connected to the tip of the plurality of parallel wiring provided in a different layer than the terminal member in the main body portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Ayako Ida, Akira Sagayama, Akinori Mizumura
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Publication number: 20140342598Abstract: A connector is disclosed having a flat cable connecting portion connected to a flat cable and a flat mating portion mated with another connector. The connector comprises a plurality of terminals arranged on the mating portion for establishing contact with terminals on the other connector, a conductive connecting portion exposed on the cable connecting portion and connected to conductive trace connecting portions on the flat cable, and a plurality of wiring lines extending from the mating portion to the cable connecting portion, each one electrically connecting a terminal to the corresponding conductive trace connecting portion. The conductive connecting portion has a protrusion formed on the wiring lines. The upper surface of the protrusion is substantially the same height as one outer surface of the cable connecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Akira SAGAYAMA, Ayako IDA, Akinori MIZUMURA
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Publication number: 20130323979Abstract: Each terminal member of a first connector includes a protruding terminal, and each terminal member of a second connector includes an opening able to accommodate a protruding terminal. The terminal members form a plurality of rows at a fixed interval in the width direction of the main body portion, and each terminal member is staggered in the width direction with respect to the terminal member in the adjacent row. At least the terminal members on the first connector or the second connector are connected to the tip of the plurality of parallel wiring provided in a different layer than the terminal member in the main body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Ayako Ida, Akira Sagayama, Akinori Mizumura
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Patent number: 8371879Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having terminal members into which a card is inserted. The card connector also includes a card insertion space, defined by a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates, the opposing plates mutually facing each other. The side plates linking the edges of the top and bottom plates. The card insertion space also has a front and a rear edge opening in which the front and rear edges of the card are exposed. The card connector also includes connection terminals, integrated with and mounted in the housing and in contact with the terminal members. One of the side plates has a card retaining member, engaged with a first concave member formed on the side edge of the card, and a position-determining member, engaged with a second concave member formed on the side edge of the card to determine the position of the card.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Ayako Ida, Mitsuhiro Tomita
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Publication number: 20120077387Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having terminal members into which a card is inserted. The card connector also includes a card insertion space, defined by a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates, the opposing plates mutually facing each other. The side plates linking the edges of the top and bottom plates. The card insertion space also has a front and a rear edge opening in which the front and rear edges of the card are exposed. The card connector also includes connection terminals, integrated with and mounted in the housing and in contact with the terminal members. One of the side plates has a card retaining member, engaged with a first concave member formed on the side edge of the card, and a position-determining member, engaged with a second concave member formed on the side edge of the card to determine the position of the card.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATEDInventors: Ayako Ida, Mitsuhiro Tomita
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Patent number: 7997913Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction and the card has a terminal member. A connection terminal is secured to the housing and is configured to contact the terminal member of the card. A card ejecting action detecting switch is configured to detect when the card is ejected from the housing. A card guide mechanism is provided with an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism is configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure that the terminal member of the card is in contact with the connection terminal and to permit movement of the card in the opposite direction by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism ejects the card after performing a pushing action on the card a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Ayako Ida, Hisato Takase, Junichi Miyazawa, Akihiro Tezuka, Hideo Nagasawa, Katsunori Kasahara
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Patent number: 7794281Abstract: A card connector is configured for receiving a generally rectangular card therein. The card has contact pads and generally parallel first and second sides with a cut-away portion formed in the first side in proximity to a front end of the card. The cut-away portion includes a short length extending from the front end generally parallel to the first side, and a tapered shoulder part extending from the short length to the first side. The connector includes an insulative housing with first and second spaced apart sidewalls that define a cavity therein for receiving the card in an insertion direction. A tapered surface is provided adjacent the first sidewall to guide an improperly inserted card at an angle to the insertion direction and a second sidewall recess is formed in the second sidewall to permit entrance of a corner part of such improperly inserted card.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Junichi Miyazawa, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Hisato Takase, Ayako Ida
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Publication number: 20100159724Abstract: A card connector includes a housing having a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction and the card has a terminal member. A connection terminal is secured to the housing and is configured to contact the terminal member of the card. A card ejecting action detecting switch is configured to detect when the card is ejected from the housing. A card guide mechanism is provided with an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism is configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure that the terminal member of the card is in contact with the connection terminal and to permit movement of the card in the opposite direction by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism ejects the card after performing a pushing action on the card a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Ayako Ida, Hisato Takase, Junichi Miyazawa, Akihiro Tezuka, Hideo Nagasawa, Katsunori Kasahara
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Patent number: 5792585Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising 1,2-quinonediazide compound and, as an alkali-soluble resin, an alkali-soluble resin (A) which comprises a resin (I) obtainable through a condensation reaction of a mixture of m-cresol, 2,3,5-trimethylphenol and optionally p-cresol with an aldehyde and a low molecular weight novolak (II) having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 2000 as converted to polystyrene, an alkali-soluble resin (B) which comprises a resin (I) and a compound of the general formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are respectively a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, 1, m and n are respectively a number of 0 to 3, R' is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1994Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Ayako Ida, Haruyoshi Osaki, Takeshi Hioki, Yasunori Doi, Yasunori Uetani, Ryotaro Hanawa
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Patent number: 5783355Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising 1,2-quinonediazide compound and, as an alkali-soluble resin, an alkali-soluble resin (A) which comprises a resin (I) obtainable through a condensation reaction of a mixture of m-cresol, 2,3,5-trimethylphenol and optionally p-cresol with an aldehyde and a low molecular weight novolak (II) having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 2000 as converted to polystyrene, an alkali-soluble resin (B) which comprises a resin (I) and a compound of the general formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are respectively a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, 1, m and n are respectively a number of 0 to 3, R' is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1995Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Ayako Ida, Haruyoshi Osaki, Takeshi Hioki, Yasunori Doi, Yasunori Uetani, Ryotaro Hanawa
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Patent number: 5736292Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising 1,2-quinonediazide compound and, as an alkali-soluble resin, an alkali-soluble resin (A) which comprises a resin (I) obtainable through a condensation reaction of a mixture of m-cresol, 2,3,5-trimethylphenol and optionally p-cresol with an aldehyde and a low molecular weight novolak (II) having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 2000 as converted to polystyrene, an alkali-soluble resin (B) which comprises a resin (I) and a compound of the general formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are respectively a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, l, m and n are respectively a number of 0 to 3, R' is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Ayako Ida, Haruyoshi Osaki, Takeshi Hioki, Yasunori Doi, Yasunori Uetani, Ryotaro Hanawa
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Patent number: 5714620Abstract: A polyhydric phenol compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, and its quinone diazide sulfonate which gives a positive resist composition having improved sensitivity and a good depth of focus.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Jun Tomioka, Yasunori Uetani, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Ryotaro Hanawa, Ayako Ida
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Patent number: 5587492Abstract: A polyhydric phenol compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, and its quinone diazide sulfonate which gives a positive resist composition having improved sensitivity and a good depth of focus.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: December 24, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Jun Tomioka, Yasunori Uetani, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Ryotaro Hanawa, Ayako Ida
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Patent number: 5436107Abstract: A positive resist composition which comprises, in admixture, an alkali-soluble resin; at least one quinone diazide sulfonate of a polyhydric phenol compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; anda quinone diazide sulfonate of a phenol compound of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 to R.sub.10 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, provided that at least one of R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1992Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Jun Tomioka, Yasunori Uetani, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Ryotaro Hanawa, Ayako Ida