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).
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Publication number: 20160288739Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo TAKAHASHI, Eiji SHIMOCHI, Sadaharu OKUDA, Hideaki KIKUCHI, Goro NAKAMURA, Naoya YAMASHITA, Masahiro ITO
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Publication number: 20160215524Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Shinichi YOSHIKAWA, Noboru ASHIBE, Goro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9336961Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Arata Kawamoto, Syoichi Nomura, Eiji Shimochi, Goro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140361863Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Arata Kawamoto, Syoichi Nomura, Eiji Shimochi, Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 8801457Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 8550841Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20120100750Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20120034815Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Nomura, Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 7071808Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 6824430Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Norio Matsumura, Goro Nakamura, Keiichi Ito, Yoshihiko Nakahama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama
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Patent number: 6762376Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Satoh, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040130430Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Norio Matsumura, Goro Nakamura, Keiichi Ito, Yoshihiko Nakahama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama
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Publication number: 20040124963Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventor: Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 6756549Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Mika Suzuki, Takayoshi Endo, Hironori Kondo, Goro Nakamura, Norihiro Ohashi, Takahiro Satoh
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Patent number: 6734780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Endo, Hiroki Kondo, Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
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Patent number: 6671159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
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Patent number: 6556121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Endo, Goro Nakamura, Hiroki Kondo, Takahiro Sato
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Patent number: 6549387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Goro Nakamura, Takahiro Sato
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Patent number: 6545585Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Endo, Takahiro Sato, Hiroki Kondo, Norihiro Ohashi, Goro Nakamura
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Patent number: 6542064Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Endo, Takahiro Sato, Hiroki Kondo, Norihiro Ohashi, Goro Nakamura