Patents by Inventor Chikara Ito
Chikara Ito 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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Patent number: 10826241Abstract: A connector set includes: a first connector having a first housing; a second connector having a second housing; and a slide member slidably held in one of the housing. The slide member includes a slide lock mechanism to interfere with a slide restrictor formed on the one housing to restrict sliding of the slide member to a second position in a state where the first housing and the second housing are not fitted together. The slide restrictor is formed on the housing main body of the one housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara Ito
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Patent number: 10811796Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a terminal held in the housing and to be mounted on a mounting member disposed outside the housing. The terminal includes a main body part inserted into a space formed in the housing, a leg part extending from the main body part toward a mounting surface of the mounting member in a state where the terminal is mounted on the mounting member, and a mounting part provided continuously from the leg part and to be mounted on the mounting member. The connector further includes a leg part holder connected to the housing and to hold the leg part.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara Ito
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Patent number: 10707622Abstract: A connector set includes: a first connector having a first housing; a second connector having a second housing; and a slide member slidably held in one of the housing. An engaging part is formed on the slide member, the engaging part being locked to a locked part formed on the other housing to restrict the sliding of the slide member to the first position when the slide member is slid to the second position. The locked part is formed on the housing main body of the other housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara Ito
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Publication number: 20200169037Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a terminal held by the housing and having a mounting part adapted to be mounted on a connecting member. The housing has a recess part in which a for-connection portion of the connecting member is housed and held and a protrusion protruding higher than the thickness of the for-connection portion and defining the recess part. The protrusion is located only at a peripheral edge portion of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chikara Ito
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Publication number: 20190334270Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a terminal held in the housing and to be mounted on a mounting member. The terminal includes a main body part inserted into a space formed in the housing and a mounting part provided continuously from the main body part and to be mounted on the mounting member. The main body part includes a bottom wall and a side wall provided continuously from the bottom wall. A groove is formed in the space. A tip of the side wall is inserted into the groove, and the groove guides insertion of the main body part into the space. The space includes an insertion opening opened toward the outside of the housing and an insertion main cavity which communicates with the insertion opening and in which to house the main body part of the terminal. The groove is formed in the insertion main cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara ITO
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Publication number: 20190334287Abstract: A connector set includes: a first connector having a first housing; a second connector having a second housing; and a slide member slidably held in one of the housing. An engaging part is formed on the slide member, the engaging part being locked to a locked part formed on the other housing to restrict the sliding of the slide member to the first position when the slide member is slid to the second position. The locked part is formed on the housing main body of the other housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara ITO
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Publication number: 20190334286Abstract: A connector set includes: a first connector having a first housing; a second connector having a second housing; and a slide member slidably held in one of the housing. The slide member includes a slide lock mechanism to interfere with a slide restrictor formed on the one housing to restrict sliding of the slide member to a second position in a state where the first housing and the second housing are not fitted together. The slide restrictor is formed on the housing main body of the one housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara ITO
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Publication number: 20190334265Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a terminal held in the housing and to be mounted on a mounting member disposed outside the housing. The terminal includes a main body part inserted into a space formed in the housing, a leg part extending from the main body part toward a mounting surface of the mounting member in a state where the terminal is mounted on the mounting member, and a mounting part provided continuously from the leg part and to be mounted on the mounting member. The connector further includes a leg part holder connected to the housing and to hold the leg part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Chikara ITO
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Patent number: 10377993Abstract: This invention provides a recombinant microorganism into which an acyl-CoA reductase exhibiting excellent activity in a reduction reaction using acyl-CoA as a substrate has been introduced. Such recombinant microorganism comprises a nucleic acid encoding an acyl-CoA reductase comprising any of characteristic Common sequences 1 to 3 introduced into a host microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Chikara Ohto, Masayoshi Muramatsu, Masakazu Ito, Jun Ogawa, Shigenobu Kishino
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Patent number: 10193255Abstract: A plug connector of the present disclosure includes a plug housing and a plurality of plug terminals stored in the plug housing. This plug connector is fitted in a receptacle connector having a receptacle terminal, and is connected to a cable having a sheet shape and including a cable terminal, thereby establishing electrical connection between the receptacle terminal and the cable terminal. Each of the plug terminals has a contact section and a connection section. The contact section is contactable with the receptacle terminal, and the connection section is connectable to the cable terminal. In a state in which the plug connector is fitted in the receptacle connector, the connection section is disposed such that the connection section is exposed from the plug housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Chikara Ito, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 9954306Abstract: A connector includes a contact in an elongated shape that is electrically conductive, and a housing that has an internal space is formed. The contact includes a contact portion, a connection portion, a fixing portion, and a protruding portion. The contact portion is to be electrically connected to an electrically conductive member when the contact is housed in the housing. The connection portion is electrically connected to a core wire of an electrical wire. The fixing portion is provided on a side opposite to the contact portion relative to the connection portion, and fixes a covering of the electrical wire. The protruding portion is provided on an end portion side of the fixing portion opposite to the connection portion so as to protrude. The protruding portion reduces the amount of movement of the contact inside the internal space of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Taguchi, Kenji Okura, Mitsuru Iida, Chikara Ito
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Patent number: 9917397Abstract: A connector includes a contact in an elongated shape that is electrically conductive, and a housing that has an internal space is formed. The contact includes a contact portion, a connection portion, a fixing portion, and a protruding portion. The contact portion is to be electrically connected to an electrically conductive member when the contact is housed in the housing. The connection portion is electrically connected to a core wire of an electrical wire. The fixing portion is provided on a side opposite to the contact portion relative to the connection portion, and fixes a covering of the electrical wire. The protruding portion is provided on an end portion side of the fixing portion opposite to the connection portion so as to protrude. The protruding portion reduces the amount of movement of the contact inside the internal space of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Taguchi, Kenji Okura, Mitsuru Iida, Chikara Ito
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Publication number: 20170324179Abstract: A plug connector of the present disclosure includes a plug housing and a plurality of plug terminals stored in the plug housing. This plug connector is fitted in a receptacle connector having a receptacle terminal, and is connected to a cable having a sheet shape and including a cable terminal, thereby establishing electrical connection between the receptacle terminal and the cable terminal. Each of the plug terminals has a contact section and a connection section. The contact section is contactable with the receptacle terminal, and the connection section is connectable to the cable terminal. In a state in which the plug connector is fitted in the receptacle connector, the connection section is disposed such that the connection section is exposed from the plug housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Chikara ITO, Kenji OKURA
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Patent number: 9812801Abstract: A cable holding member includes a stopper member and a housing. The stopper member has an attachment surface for supporting a flat cable in a folded state. The housing has a mounting surface which is provided at an opening edge of a housing space for housing the stopper member and on which the flat cable is to be placed, and recesses into which protrusions of the flat cable placed on the mounting surface are to be fitted. The flat cable is placed on the mounting surface, and then, the stopper member is inserted into the housing space of the housing. In this way, the stopper member is attached to the housing with the flat cable being supported on the attachment surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Okura, Chikara Ito, Mitsuru Iida
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Patent number: 9673546Abstract: The connector device of one embodiment of the present invention includes an electrical connection device and a receptacle connector. The cable holding member includes a supporting part and a wall part. The supporting part includes a supporting face for supporting a flat cable in a folded state. The wall part is provided to the supporting part so as to be on a side of the flat cable in a width direction of the flat cable supported on the supporting part. A groove for receiving a first protrusion of the flat cable is provided to an internal face of the wall part.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okura, Chikara Ito, Mitsuru Iida
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Publication number: 20170005434Abstract: A connector includes a contact in an elongated shape that is electrically conductive, and a housing that has an internal space is formed. The contact includes a contact portion, a connection portion, a fixing portion, and a protruding portion. The contact portion is to be electrically connected to an electrically conductive member when the contact is housed in the housing. The connection portion is electrically connected to a core wire of an electrical wire. The fixing portion is provided on a side opposite to the contact portion relative to the connection portion, and fixes a covering of the electrical wire. The protruding portion is provided on an end portion side of the fixing portion opposite to the connection portion so as to protrude. The protruding portion reduces the amount of movement of the contact inside the internal space of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka TAGUCHI, Kenji OKURA, Mitsuru IIDA, Chikara ITO
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Publication number: 20160329647Abstract: A cable holding member includes a stopper member and a housing. The stopper member has an attachment surface for supporting a flat cable in a folded state. The housing has a mounting surface which is provided at an opening edge of a housing space for housing the stopper member-and on which the flat cable is to be placed, and recesses into which protrusions of the flat cable placed on the mounting surface are to be fitted. The flat cable is placed on the mounting surface, and then, the stopper member is inserted into the housing space of the housing. In this way, the stopper member is attached to the housing with the flat cable being supported on the attachment surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Kenji OKURA, Chikara ITO, Mitsuru IIDA
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Publication number: 20160226168Abstract: The connector device of one embodiment of the present invention includes an electrical connection device and a receptacle connector. The cable holding member includes a supporting part and a wall part. The supporting part includes a supporting face for supporting a flat cable in a folded state. The wall part is provided to the supporting part so as to be on a side of the flat cable in a width direction of the flat cable supported on the supporting part. A groove for receiving a first protrusion of the flat cable is provided to an internal face of the wall part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Kenji OKURA, Chikara ITO, Mitsuru IIDA
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Patent number: 5439243Abstract: An automotive vehicle including a vehicle body and a torsion beam which supports the vehicle body thereon and left and right axles at opposite ends thereof. A lateral link extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and has one end portion pivotally connected to the torsion beam and the other end portion connected to the torsion beam. A control link is pivotally connected at one end portion thereof to the lateral link and at the other end portion thereof to the torsion beam. Centers of the respective pivotal connections of the lateral link to the vehicle body and the torsion beam and centers of the respective pivotal connections of the control link to the lateral link and the torsion beam, are disposed in the common vertical plane with respect to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1994Date of Patent: August 8, 1995Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichiro Kato, Masaki Tanaka, Chikara Ito
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Patent number: 4562050Abstract: A process for producing boron nitride is described, comprising reacting at least one boron compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid and metal salt thereof and at least one nitrogen-containing compound which is capable of bonding to the boron compound to form a compound in which a boron atom and a nitrogen atom co-exist, and then heating the compound thus formed at a temperature of at least 600.degree. C. in an atmosphere of inert or reducing gas. This process can produce high purity boron nitride at relatively low temperatures in high yields. Moreover, boron nitride can be obtained in desired crystal forms including a flake-like crystal form.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1984Date of Patent: December 31, 1985Assignee: Yukamelamin Company, LimitedInventors: Kikuo Koeda, Chikara Ito