Patents by Inventor Fujio Usui

Fujio Usui 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).

  • Connector
    Patent number: 11545795
    Abstract: A connector includes: a cylindrical terminal to be electrically connected with a cylindrical counterpart terminal; an internal terminal located in the cylindrical terminal; and a housing holding the cylindrical terminal. The cylindrical terminal has a contact portion configured by bending a plate-shaped conductor into a cylindrical shape to contact one edge portion of the conductor with the other edge portion of the conductor. The one edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness outwardly in a radial direction of the cylindrical terminal to configure one reduced thickness portion. The other edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness inwardly in the radial direction to configure the other reduced thickness portion. The contact portion is configured by overlapping the one reduced thickness portion and the other reduced thickness portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TAKASAKI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro Maejima, Kouichirou Matsushita, Takuya Otake, Fujio Usui
  • CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20210376539
    Abstract: A connector includes: a cylindrical terminal to be electrically connected with a cylindrical counterpart terminal; an internal terminal located in the cylindrical terminal; and a housing holding the cylindrical terminal. The cylindrical terminal has a contact portion configured by bending a plate-shaped conductor into a cylindrical shape to contact one edge portion of the conductor with the other edge portion of the conductor. The one edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness outwardly in a radial direction of the cylindrical terminal to configure one reduced thickness portion. The other edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness inwardly in the radial direction to configure the other reduced thickness portion. The contact portion is configured by overlapping the one reduced thickness portion and the other reduced thickness portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TAKASAKI MFG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro MAEJIMA, Kouichirou Matsushita, Takuya Otake, Fujio Usui