Patents by Inventor Ayumu Ishikawa

Ayumu Ishikawa 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: 11509090
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing containing the terminal fitting inside and provided with a fitting portion inserted and fitted into inside of a hole-shaped counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart wall member; and a shield shell including a cylindrical portion covering, from outside, a projecting portion of the housing projecting from the counterpart fitting portion, a flange portion projecting outer than an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and a fixed portion bent from an end portion of the flange portion and fixed on an end surface of the counterpart wall member. The shield shell is provided with a bent portion between the flange portion and the fixed portion, and a bulging portion including an inner wall surface positioned inside a curve of the bent portion at an end portion in an extending direction of a bending line of the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Yasukazu Chikamatsu, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11444409
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing containing the terminal fitting inside and provided with a fitting portion inserted and fitted into inside of a hole-shaped counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart wall member; a shield shell including a cylindrical portion covering, from outside, a projecting portion of the housing, a flange portion projecting outer than an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, and a fixed portion bent from an end portion of the flange portion and fixed on an end surface of the counterpart wall member; and an annular water stop member attached to the flange portion and pressed between the flange portion and the wall surface of the counterpart wall member. The shield shell is provided with a through hole provided in a bent portion between the flange portion and the fixed portion and causing inside and outside thereof to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Yasukazu Chikamatsu, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11296456
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal metal fitting that is connected to an electric wire and is configured to be inserted into a connector insertion hole of a metal case of a counterpart device from an opening; a housing includes a connector insertion part configured to be inserted into the connector insertion hole from the opening together with the terminal metal fitting; a liquid seal member that is configured to seal a gap between the housing and a rim of the opening in the case; a shield shell that includes a cylindrical accommodation body accommodating the housing therein, an annular flange configured to be opposed to an annular surface around the rim of the opening in the case, and a fixed part configured to be fixed to the case; and an annular interposed member that is configured to be interposed between the flange and the annular surface to be sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Ayumu Ishikawa, Junichi Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20220052478
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing containing the terminal fitting inside and provided with a fitting portion inserted and fitted into inside of a hole-shaped counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart wall member; a shield shell including a cylindrical portion covering, from outside, a projecting portion of the housing, a flange portion projecting outer than an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, and a fixed portion bent from an end portion of the flange portion and fixed on an end surface of the counterpart wall member; and an annular water stop member attached to the flange portion and pressed between the flange portion and the wall surface of the counterpart wall member. The shield shell is provided with a through hole provided in a bent portion between the flange portion and the fixed portion and causing inside and outside thereof to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoki MASUDA, Yasukazu Chikamatsu, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220052479
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing containing the terminal fitting inside and provided with a fitting portion inserted and fitted into inside of a hole-shaped counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart wall member; and a shield shell including a cylindrical portion covering, from outside, a projecting portion of the housing projecting from the counterpart fitting portion, a flange portion projecting outer than an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and a fixed portion bent from an end portion of the flange portion and fixed on an end surface of the counterpart wall member. The shield shell is provided with a bent portion between the flange portion and the fixed portion, and a bulging portion including an inner wall surface positioned inside a curve of the bent portion at an end portion in an extending direction of a bending line of the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoki MASUDA, Yasukazu CHIKAMATSU, Ayumu ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210066849
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal metal fitting that is connected to an electric wire and is configured to be inserted into a connector insertion hole of a metal case of a counterpart device from an opening; a housing includes a connector insertion part configured to be inserted into the connector insertion hole from the opening together with the terminal metal fitting; a liquid seal member that is configured to seal a gap between the housing and a rim of the opening in the case; a shield shell that includes a cylindrical accommodation body accommodating the housing therein, an annular flange configured to be opposed to an annular surface around the rim of the opening in the case, and a fixed part configured to be fixed to the case; and an annular interposed member that is configured to be interposed between the flange and the annular surface to be sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Ayumu Ishikawa, Junichi Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 10468811
    Abstract: Provided is a packing arrangement structure which can prevent rotation of a packing. The packing arrangement structure includes an annular packing disposed between a first member and a second member. The packing includes an annular portion main body extending in an axial direction of the packing and a protruding portion protruding from the annular portion main body in an outward direction or in an inward direction. The first member is provided with a recessed portion configured to house the protruding portion and formed into a shape corresponding to the protruding portion. The protruding portion is formed such that a circumferential dimension of a top portion thereof located in a protruding direction is greater than a circumferential dimension between basal parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Endo, Tomoharu Suzuki, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180358737
    Abstract: Provided is a packing arrangement structure which can prevent rotation of a packing. The packing arrangement structure includes an annular packing disposed between a first member and a second member. The packing includes an annular portion main body extending in an axial direction of the packing and a protruding portion protruding from the annular portion main body in an outward direction or in an inward direction. The first member is provided with a recessed portion configured to house the protruding portion and formed into a shape corresponding to the protruding portion. The protruding portion is formed such that a circumferential dimension of a top portion thereof located in a protruding direction is greater than a circumferential dimension between basal parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya Endo, Tomoharu Suzuki, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9985364
    Abstract: A shield connector includes an outer housing accommodating a shield shell in a shell insertion direction. A stepped part protrudes from an inner wall of the outer housing to support the shield shell. A cover plate portion of the shield shell includes a bendable side portion extending along the shell insertion direction. A tip imaginary line of an end face of the stepped part is curved so that a position of the end face corresponding to the joining portion is located on a far side from an electric wire pullout opening in the shell insertion direction than a position of the end face corresponding to the bendable side portion, to thereby urge the cover plate portion in a bending direction when an inner housing with the shield shell is inserted into the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180090857
    Abstract: A shield connector includes an outer housing accommodating a shield shell in a shell insertion direction. A stepped part protrudes from an inner wall of the outer housing to support the shield shell. A cover plate portion of the shield shell includes a bendable side portion extending along the shell insertion direction. A tip imaginary line of an end face of the stepped part is curved so that a position of the end face corresponding to the joining portion is located on a far side from an electric wire pullout opening in the shell insertion direction than a position of the end face corresponding to the bendable side portion, to thereby urge the cover plate portion in a bending direction when an inner housing with the shield shell is inserted into the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9070995
    Abstract: A connector unit which prevents a user from contacting a first terminal fitting when fitting a first connector and a second connector together is provided. A connector unit 20 includes a first connector 1 having a first housing 4 receiving a first terminal fitting 3 and a contact-preventive housing 51 disposed between the first terminal fitting and the first housing, and a second housing to be fitted to the first housing. The contact-preventive housing includes a tension spring 6 having one end fixed at an outer circumference of the contact-preventive housing and the other end being a free-end arranged to engage to the first housing to restrict the contact-preventive housing from sliding. The second housing includes an entering portion 12 which enters between the tension spring and the first housing and pushes the tension spring to disengage the tension spring to permit the contact-preventive housing to slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Yagome, Ayumu Ishikawa, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 8911245
    Abstract: For connection and disconnection of both connectors with ease and assurance in a narrow work space and connection, and for disconnection of a safety circuit unit without mistakes and in a saved-space, a low-insertion-force connector assembly 53 is provided with one connector receiving the one terminal and other connector 27 receiving a mating terminal, wherein the one connector includes a driving lever 6 having a rotative circular-arc-shaped gear part 13, and, pivotally supported along a wall part 17 of the one connector, a gear wheel part 11 engaged with the gear part, and a gear member 4 having a spiral groove engaged with a driven projection 37 of the other connector, wherein the safety circuit unit 8 is slidably disposed in the one connector, a small connector 38 for connection is disposed in the other connector, thereby the driving lever 6, at a provisional position, prevents the safety circuit unit from rotating in a connecting direction of the safety circuit unit, and, at a connecting position, allows
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Ayumu Ishikawa, Sachiko Yagome
  • Publication number: 20140335713
    Abstract: A connector includes: an attachment wall portion provided with an attachment hole; a housing including an insertion portion to be inserted into the attachment hole and a fixed portion to be fixed to the attachment wall portion; a wire inserted into the insertion portion and including a wire end connected to a terminal; an attachment portion arranged on an opposite side of the fixed portion of the housing over the attachment wall portion, the attachment portion to be connected to the terminal through a fixing member under condition that the housing is fixed to the attachment wall portion through the fixed portion; and a detection portion arranged on the insertion portion, the detection portion for differentiating an insertion force in a case where inserting the insertion portion into the attachment hole and in a case where the insertion of the insertion portion into the attachment hole has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng WANG, Ayumu ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140287631
    Abstract: An object is to provide a connector which prevents formation of air hole in a filler to improve airtightness in a terminal receiving chamber and increases injection speed of the molten filler to improve manufacturing efficiency. The connector includes a terminal clamp connected with an electric wire and a housing receiving the terminal clamp and the electric wire and having a box-like terminal receiving chamber filled with a filler and having an opening, a bottom face facing the opening and a first side face continued from the bottom face toward the opening. A slanted face is provided at intersection of the bottom face and the first side face and slanted away from the first side face toward the bottom face, and a gap is formed between the terminal clamp and the first side face, the slanted face and the bottom face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Harunori Tashiro, Tomoharu Suzuki, Ayumu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8696373
    Abstract: An object is to surely connect and disconnect the safety circuit for connectors with good workability. A low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 is adopted. The low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 includes: a driving lever 5 having an arc-shaped gear 6, an arc-shaped notch 34 continued to the gear, an arc-shaped cam groove 16 formed in the same radius from a center axis ‘m’, and a straight groove 17 continued to the cam groove; a gear unit 8 having a circular gear 10 meshed with the arc-shaped gear and a spiral groove 9, and attached to the one connector 2; a first driven projection 11 provided on the other connector 3, and engaged with the spiral groove; one small connector 13 of the safety circuit unit 12 provided on the one connector movably in a connector fitting direction; a second driven projection 22 provided on the one small connector; and the other small connector 14 of the safety circuit unit 12 fixed to the other connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Yagome, Ayumu Ishikawa, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20130237074
    Abstract: A connector unit which prevents a user from contacting a first terminal fitting when fitting a first connector and a second connector together is provided. A connector unit 20 includes a first connector 1 having a first housing 4 receiving a first terminal fitting 3 and a contact-preventive housing 51 disposed between the first terminal fitting and the first housing, and a second housing to be fitted to the first housing. The contact-preventive housing includes a tension spring 6 having one end fixed at an outer circumference of the contact-preventive housing and the other end being a free-end arranged to engage to the first housing to restrict the contact-preventive housing from sliding. The second housing includes an entering portion 12 which enters between the tension spring and the first housing and pushes the tension spring to disengage the tension spring to permit the contact-preventive housing to slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachiko Yagome, Ayumu Ishikawa, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20130095683
    Abstract: An object is to surely connect and disconnect the safety circuit for connectors with good workability. A low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 is adopted. The low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 includes: a driving lever 5 having an arc-shaped gear 6, an arc-shaped notch 34 continued to the gear, an arc-shaped cam groove 16 formed in the same radius from a center axis ‘m’, and a straight groove 17 continued to the cam groove; a gear unit 8 having a circular gear 10 meshed with the arc-shaped gear and a spiral groove 9, and attached to the one connector 2; a first driven projection 11 provided on the other connector 3, and engaged with the spiral groove; one small connector 13 of the safety circuit unit 12 provided on the one connector movably in a connector fitting direction; a second driven projection 22 provided on the one small connector; and the other small connector 14 of the safety circuit unit 12 fixed to the other connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Yagome, Ayumu Ishikawa, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20120295463
    Abstract: For connection and disconnection of both connectors with ease and assurance in a narrow work space and connection, and for disconnection of a safety circuit unit without mistakes and in a saved-space, a low-insertion-force connector assembly 53 is provided with one connector receiving the one terminal and other connector 27 receiving a mating terminal, wherein the one connector includes a driving lever 6 having a rotative circular-arc-shaped gear part 13, and, pivotally supported along a wall part 17 of the one connector, a gear wheel part 11 engaged with the gear part, and a gear member 4 having a spiral groove engaged with a driven projection 37 of the other connector, wherein the safety circuit unit 8 is slidably disposed in the one connector, a small connector 38 for connection is disposed in the other connector, thereby the driving lever 6, at a provisional position, prevents the safety circuit unit from rotating in a connecting direction of the safety circuit unit, and, at a connecting position, allows
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Ayumu Ishikawa, Sachiko Yagome