Patents by Inventor Chihiro Hikage

Chihiro Hikage 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: 20240047912
    Abstract: A connector system having a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is mounted to a substrate and includes a housing and a first shell. The first shell has solder hold down posts which extend from a circuit board mounting surface of the first connector. Securing openings are provided in side walls of the first shell. The second connector includes a daughterboard and a second shell. The second shell has side plates, resilient latching projections are formed from mating connector alignment portions positioned on the side plates proximate a connector receiving surface of the second connector. The resilient latching projections of the second connector cooperate with the securing openings of the first connector to secure the second connector to the first connector. The first connector is secured to the substrate by soldering the solder hold down posts to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Jevon CORBAN, Tatsuki WATANABE, Hikaru TAMURA, Chihiro HIKAGE
  • Patent number: 11381009
    Abstract: A contact includes a base portion, a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded, a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, and a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion. The trailing portion has a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into the housing. The contact portion makes contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G. K.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yasui, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Masaaki Iwasaki, Chihiro Hikage
  • Publication number: 20210159617
    Abstract: A contact includes a base portion, a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded, a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, and a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion. The trailing portion has a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into the housing. The contact portion makes contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yasui, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Masaaki Iwasaki, Chihiro Hikage
  • Publication number: 20160226184
    Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed. The connector assembly comprises a first connector having a housing and a lock portion, and a second connector having a catch portion. The lock portion includes a plurality of lock spring members each fixed to the housing at one end of the lock spring member. The catch portion interferes with the plurality of lock spring members in a first position, and is caught in the plurality of lock spring members in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katano, Akira Kubo, Chihiro Hikage