Patents by Inventor Bunji Homma

Bunji Homma 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: 8348698
    Abstract: Male terminals are respectively provided in terminal attachment portions formed on a flange unit. Female terminals and grommets are provided for a harness. A seal lip portion to be fitted into each of the terminal attachment portions is formed on each of the grommets. In the cylindrical terminal attachment portions the male terminals are individually accommodated while being electrically insulated from each other. The terminal attachment portions are arranged alternately in two rows so that a line segment obtained by connecting the respective centers of openings of the terminal attachment portions is a polygonal line. The openings are arranged to form the Olympic symbol. At a fore-end of each of the terminal attachment portions, slits are provided. Owing to the slits, the opening is likely to be enlarged when the rubber grommet is inserted therethrough. As a result, the placement of the rubber grommet is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bunji Homma, Takao Ikarugi, Taichi Nakamura, Yasunori Fukushima, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Masayuki Toriyama, Naoyuki Yamate
  • Patent number: 8323004
    Abstract: A male terminal is provided in a terminal hole formed in a flange unit. A female terminal and a grommet having a sealing portion to be fitted into the terminal hole are provided to a harness. A distance from an end of the sealing portion to a fore-end of the female terminal is set smaller than a distance from a fore-end of the male terminal to an opening of the terminal hole. With such setting, the grommet is retained in the terminal hole even if the female terminal is disconnected from the male terminal, thereby ensuring support of the female terminal. Moreover, a stopper is attached so as to cover the terminal hole to prevent the grommet from slipping out of the terminal hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bunji Homma, Naoyuki Yamate, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7828508
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes an outer partitioning wall formed with an intake port; an inner partitioning wall formed with a discharge port; and an impeller housed between the outer partitioning wall and the inner partitioning wall, wherein each of the outer partitioning wall and the inner partitioning wall is formed with a fuel flow path that communicates with the intake port and the discharge port in a portion opposing a blade body provided on a periphery of the impeller, and the intake port is provided with an eddy current prevention section that prevents inflowing fuel from forming an eddy current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventor: Bunji Homma
  • Publication number: 20100215523
    Abstract: Male terminals 83 are respectively provided in terminal attachment portions 82 formed on a flange unit 7. Female terminals 84 and grommets 85 are provided for a harness 17. A seal lip portion 86 to be fitted into each of the terminal attachment portions 82 is formed on each of the grommets 85. In the cylindrical terminal attachment portions 82, the male terminals 83 are individually accommodated while being electrically insulated from each other. The terminal attachment portions 82 are arranged alternately in two rows so that a line segment obtained by connecting the respective centers of openings of the terminal attachment portions is a polygonal line. The openings 87 are arranged to form the Olympic symbol. At a fore-end of each of the terminal attachment portions 82, slits 89 are provided. Owing to the slits 89, the opening 87 is likely to be enlarged when the rubber grommet 85 is inserted therethrough. As a result, the placement of the rubber grommet 85 is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Bunji Homma, Takao Ikarugi, Taichi Nakamura, Yasunori Fukushima, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Masayuki Toriyama, Naoyuki Yamate
  • Publication number: 20100178180
    Abstract: A male terminal is provided in a terminal hole formed in a flange unit. A female terminal and a grommet having a sealing portion to be fitted into the terminal hole are provided to a harness. A distance from an end of the sealing portion to a fore-end of the female terminal is set smaller than a distance from a fore-end of the male terminal to an opening of the terminal hole. With such setting, the grommet is retained in the terminal hole even if the female terminal is disconnected from the male terminal, thereby ensuring support of the female terminal. Moreover, a stopper is attached so as to cover the terminal hole to prevent the grommet from slipping out of the terminal hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Bunji Homma, Naoyuki Yamate, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080031733
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes an outer partitioning wall formed with an intake port; an inner partitioning wall formed with a discharge port; and an impeller housed between the outer partitioning wall and the inner partitioning wall, wherein each of the outer partitioning wall and the inner partitioning wall is formed with a fuel flow path that communicates with the intake port and the discharge port in a portion opposing a blade body provided on a periphery of the impeller, and the intake port is provided with an eddy current prevention section that prevents inflowing fuel from forming an eddy current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventor: Bunji Homma