Patents by Inventor Goro Nakamura

Goro Nakamura 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: 20160288739
    Abstract: Joint portions (12A to 12H) are formed at a constant interval on a wire harness main body (10). Each joint portion has a common shape and function, and is configured of wires which are respectively branched from wires (11a to 11d) that configure the wire harness main body (10), and connectors (13A to 13H) which have connection terminals connected to the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo TAKAHASHI, Eiji SHIMOCHI, Sadaharu OKUDA, Hideaki KIKUCHI, Goro NAKAMURA, Naoya YAMASHITA, Masahiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20160215524
    Abstract: An electronic locking system provided with an electronic lock may include a lock detecting part to detect locking condition of the lock; a power outage-detecting part to detect power outage; a charging part to supply electric power to the lock during power outage; a power-supplying part to supply power to the lock and charging part; and a switching part structured such that power is supplied to the lock from the power-supplying part in a primary state, and power is supplied to the electronic lock from said charging part in a secondary state. The switching part is in said primary state during normal operation where no power outage is detected. The switching part is structured such that, when power outage is detected, said switching part is switched from said primary state to said secondary state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi YOSHIKAWA, Noboru ASHIBE, Goro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9336961
    Abstract: In a blade-type fuse (10) according to the present invention one of an upper casing (20) and a lower casing (30) includes a fixing post (30K), the other casing includes a through-hole (20K) through which the fixing post (30K) is passed, and also the flat terminal portion (41) includes a through-hole (40K) through which the fixing post (30K) is passed. The flat terminal portion (41) is formed bilaterally symmetrically about a vertical line passing through a center of the blade-type fuse (10), and vertically symmetrically about a horizontal line passing through the center of the blade-type fuse (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arata Kawamoto, Syoichi Nomura, Eiji Shimochi, Goro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140361863
    Abstract: In a blade-type fuse (10) according to the present invention one of an upper casing (20) and a lower casing (30) includes a fixing post (30K), the other casing includes a through-hole (20K) through which the fixing post (30K) is passed, and also the flat terminal portion (41) includes a through-hole (40K) through which the fixing post (30K) is passed. The flat terminal portion (41) is formed bilaterally symmetrically about a vertical line passing through a center of the blade-type fuse (10), and vertically symmetrically about a horizontal line passing through the center of the blade-type fuse (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Arata Kawamoto, Syoichi Nomura, Eiji Shimochi, Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8801457
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable connecting structure for connecting a flexible flat cable in which a plurality of rectangular conductors are provided in parallel and a plurality of connector terminals arranged at an array pitch different from that of the rectangular conductors comprises an intermediate cable arranging member one end of which is coupled to the connector terminals and in which a plurality of branch conductors are provided in parallel which are set to have mutually different longitudinal dimensions according to the array pitch. The intermediate cable arranging member is laid on the flexible flat cable so that the intermediate cable arranging member and the flexible flat cable are in the same plane and form an angle. The other ends of the branch conductors of the intermediate cable arranging member are connected to the respective rectangular conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8550841
    Abstract: A connector is provided in which the number of components required for connecting operation can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost and weight thereof can be reduced. A connector housing 11 has an opening portion 11A that accommodates a mating connector when the connector is engaged with the mating connector. The connector housing 11 supports a flat cable 40 so that one end of the flat cable where the conductors 41 are exposed by removing the insulating sheath is arranged at the opening portion 11A. At least one of the conductors 41 exposed at the one end of the flat cable 40 is brought into contact with a terminal of the mating connector when the connector is engaged with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120100750
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable connecting structure for connecting a flexible flat cable in which a plurality of rectangular conductors are provided in parallel and a plurality of connector terminals arranged at an array pitch different from that of the rectangular conductors comprises an intermediate cable arranging member one end of which is coupled to the connector terminals and in which a plurality of branch conductors are provided in parallel which are set to have mutually different longitudinal dimensions according to the array pitch. The intermediate cable arranging member is laid on the flexible flat cable so that the intermediate cable arranging member and the flexible flat cable are in the same plane and form an angle. The other ends of the branch conductors of the intermediate cable arranging member are connected to the respective rectangular conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120034815
    Abstract: A connector is provided in which the number of components required for connecting operation can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost and weight thereof can be reduced. A connector housing 11 has an opening portion 11A that accommodates a mating connector when the connector is engaged with the mating connector. The connector housing 11 supports a flat cable 40 so that one end of the flat cable where the conductors 41 are exposed by removing the insulating sheath is arranged at the opening portion 11A. At least one of the conductors 41 exposed at the one end of the flat cable 40 is brought into contact with a terminal of the mating connector when the connector is engaged with the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7071808
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fusible link unit having a fuse circuit structure containing screw fixing terminal portions linked through fusible members to a linking plate, and a housing into which the first fuse circuit structure is assembled, wherein a plurality of terminal supports for supporting the screw fixing terminal portions in a state that the front surfaces of the screw fixing terminal portions are exposed to outside are provided in the housing. The fusible link unit is improved in that the terminal supports of the housing each include pawl parts for preventing each screw fixing terminal portion from displacing to a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6824430
    Abstract: A fusible link unit having a fuse circuit structure containing a plurality of female terminal parts linked through fusible members to a linking plate and screw fixing terminal parts, which are connected to the fuse circuit structure in a chain manner, and a housing into which the fuse circuit structure is assembled, is disclosed. In the fusible link unit, the fuse circuit structure is formed by laminating a plurality of part plates, and the part plates include linking portions corresponding to the linking plates, and the female terminal parts with the fusible members connected thereto and the screw fixing terminal parts, which are shared by the part plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Matsumura, Goro Nakamura, Keiichi Ito, Yoshihiko Nakahama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 6762376
    Abstract: A load side terminal connected to a load portion, a power source side terminal connected to a power source portion and a sacrifice electric pole connected to the power source side terminal are fixed to an apparatus main body. A movable plug is provided movably to the apparatus main body. The sacrifice electrode is constituted by a sacrifice electric pole with resistor connected to the power source side terminal via a resistor and a through sacrifice electric pole directly connected to the power source side terminal and arranged to shift from each other such that in a procedure of moving a conductive portion of the movable plug from a circuit opened position to a circuit closed position. The conductive portion is firstly brought into contact with the load side terminal, successively brought into contact with the sacrifice electric pole and finally brought into contact with the power source side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Satoh, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040130430
    Abstract: A fusible link unit having a fuse circuit structure containing a plurality of female terminal parts linked through fusible members to a linking plate and screw fixing terminal parts, which are connected to the fuse circuit structure in a chain manner, and a housing into which the fuse circuit structure is assembled, is disclosed. In the fusible link unit, the fuse circuit structure is formed by laminating a plurality of part plates, and the part plates include linking portions corresponding to the linking plates, and the female terminal parts with the fusible members connected thereto and the screw fixing terminal parts, which are shared by the part plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Norio Matsumura, Goro Nakamura, Keiichi Ito, Yoshihiko Nakahama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20040124963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fusible link unit having a fuse circuit structure containing screw fixing terminal portions linked through fusible members to a linking plate, and a housing into which the first fuse circuit structure is assembled, wherein a plurality of terminal supports for supporting the screw fixing terminal portions in a state that the front surfaces of the screw fixing terminal portions are exposed to outside are provided in the housing. The fusible link unit is improved in that the terminal supports of the housing each include pawl parts for preventing each screw fixing terminal portion from displacing to a surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6756549
    Abstract: A rotating terminal (16) has a circumferential outer peripheral surface (21a, 24a) having its center disposed at an axis (13, 21b) of rotation of the rotating terminal, and has electrically conductive areas and non-electrically conductive areas alternately arranged on the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction. At least one pair of fixed terminals (17, 18) are fixed and disposed outwardly of a path of rotation of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating terminal. In accordance with a rotating position of the rotating terminal, the pair of fixed terminals can be switched between an electrically-conducting condition, in which the pair of fixed terminals are electrically connected together through the rotating terminal, and an interrupting condition in which the pair of fixed terminals are not electrically connected together through the rotating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mika Suzuki, Takayoshi Endo, Hironori Kondo, Goro Nakamura, Norihiro Ohashi, Takahiro Satoh
  • Patent number: 6734780
    Abstract: A fuse assembly 1 including a pair of terminals 2 which are arranged in parallel to each other, a housing 4 having a cavity 20 for containing one end portions 3a of the terminals, and a fusible body 5 interconnecting the terminals 2. The fusible body 5 consists of a pair of supporting portions 39 connected to end faces 8 of the terminals 2, and a connecting portion 40 interconnecting the supporting portions 39. The fuse assembly 1 further includes anchoring parts 30 for fixing the fusible body 5 to the housing 4 and second anchoring parts 31 for fixing the terminals 2 to the housing 4. The anchoring parts 30 include through holes 45 formed in the supporting portions 39, and projections 46 projected from an inner face 17 of the housing 4 and adapted to be engaged in the through holes 45. Thus, conduction of heat generated in the fusible body 5 to electrical equipments connected to the terminals can be restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Hiroki Kondo, Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6671159
    Abstract: A compact gas-expansion-type power source breaker by which a power supply circuit can be forcedly and surely isolated only in case of abnormalities such as short-circuiting of a wire harness or collision of road vehicles is provided. A lock 18 for constraining movement of a shaft 16 is set in a locked state by means of pushing force for constraining the movement of the shaft 16 forcedly provided by a reset spring 19 on one hand, and is connected via a lock operation plate 20 with a piston 21 for forcedly providing a reverse pushing force beyond the pushing force of the reset spring 19 sublimation of a gaseous actuating reagent 23 contained in a igniter 22 on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6556121
    Abstract: A fuse assembly which can securely halt an electric power supply to a load after a blowout of a fuse element in the fuse assembly is provided. The fuse assembly 1 has a pair of terminals 2, a housing 4 and a fuse element 5. Ends 3a of the terminals 2 are received into the housing 4. A pair of the terminals 2 and the fuse element 5 are formed integrally with each other. The fuse element 5 has a pair of supporting parts 39 and the central part 40. The supporting part 39 has a first extended part 41 connected to an end surface 8 of the terminal 2. The central part 40 connects a pair of the supporting parts 39 with each other and is situated at the center between a pair of the terminals 2. A thickness T2 of the fuse element 5 at the central part 40 is formed smaller than a thickness T1 of the fuse element 5 at the first extended part 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Goro Nakamura, Hiroki Kondo, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6549387
    Abstract: A reset knob 20 is mounted to a tip end of a shaft 16. A torsion spring 21 and a returning motion-preventing lock 22 are bent and accommodated in the reset knob 20. The returning motion-preventing lock 22 can rotate around a reset-knob fulcrum 20a of the reset knob 20 by a load of the torsion spring 21. Therefore, the returning motion-preventing lock 22 jumps out from inside of the reset knob 20 which is firmly connected together with the shaft 16 by a force of the torsion spring 21, thereby preventing the shaft 16 and the reset knob 20 from returning to an initial position. Further, since the returning motion-preventing lock 22 can easily be accommodated in the reset knob 20 manually, a reset operation for returning the shaft 16 to its original initial position can be carried out easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 6545585
    Abstract: A fuse 1 includes a pair of terminals 2, housing 4 and fusible body 5. The terminals 2 are provided so that their one ends are housed in the housing 4 and their other ends are exposed externally from the housing 4. The terminals 2 each has a recess to enlarge the interval therebetween. The recess 6 consists of a flat face 10 and step face 11. The housing 4 includes a pair of end walls 12a, 12b, and a pair of partition walls 22. The inner faces 15a, 15b of the pair of end walls 12a, 12b are opposite to each other in a direction orthogonal to the direction the pair of terminals are arranged in parallel and extend along the end faces of the terminals 2. The partition wall extend from the inner face 15b toward the inner face 15a. The second partition walls each covers the flat face 10. In this configuration, when the power with a current value which exceeds the fusing current value of the fusible body is supplied, supply of the power to the load can be surely stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Takahiro Sato, Hiroki Kondo, Norihiro Ohashi, Goro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6542064
    Abstract: A fuse 1 includes a pair of terminals 2, a housing 4 and a fusible body 5. The one ends 3a of the terminals 2 are housed within the housing 4. The housing 4 includes a pair of end walls 12a, 12b, a pair of side walls 13a, 13b, a first partition wall 21 and a pair of second partition walls 22. The inner faces 15a, 15b of the pair of end walls 12a, 12b are opposite to each other in a direction orthogonal to the direction of arranging the terminals in parallel and extend along the end faces of the terminals. The inner faces 16a, 16b of the side walls 13a, 13b are opposite to each other in a direction of arranging the terminals in parallel. The first partition wall 21 is located between the pair of terminals 2. The pair of second partition walls 22 are located between the first partition wall and the inner faces 16a, 16b, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Takahiro Sato, Hiroki Kondo, Norihiro Ohashi, Goro Nakamura