Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Kuboshima

Hidehiko Kuboshima 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: 20020189844
    Abstract: A conductor crimping part is crimped onto a terminal metal fitting onto a conductor exposed at a terminal part of an electric wire. A crimped part of the conductor is intimately contacted with a rubber cap seal in such a way as not to be exposed to the outside. Thus, the conductor of the crimped part is sealed in such a manner as to prevent insulation performance from being degraded by infiltration of water contents and oil contents into a connecting part and permeation of the water contents and the oil contents among the wires, which respectively include the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukushima, Yutaka Masuda, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Publication number: 20020173185
    Abstract: A lever fitting type power supply circuit breaking apparatus includes: a first connector provided with a terminal; a second connector provided with a terminal; a lever movably provided on the first connector. In a connector temporary-fitting position, the first connector is fitted to the second connector and the terminal of the first connector is separated from the terminal of the second connector by 0.5 mm or more. In a connector fitting position, the first connector is fitted to the second connector and the terminal of the first connector is electrically connected to the terminal of the second connector. The first and second connector are shifted from the connector temporary-fitting position to the connector fitting position as the lever is shift from a movement start position to a fitting completion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukushima, Yutaka Masuda, Satoru Oshita, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Publication number: 20020157843
    Abstract: An electric shielding structure includes: a structure-attached body; an insulating housing, through which an electric wire is passed, watertightly held by the structure-attached body; an elastic sealing member held by the housing and being in watertight contact with an outer periphery of the wire; a flexible and electrically conductive shielding sheet for covering the wire; a shielding terminal electrically conducted with the structure-attached body in a state in which an outer surface thereof is covered by and contacted with a skirt portion of the shielding sheet; a band-like clamp tightly fasten the skirt portion of the shielding sheet from the outside and to cause the end part of the skirt portion to be in intimate contact with the outer surface of the shielding terminal; and a protector for covering the clamp from the outside thereof and for accommodating and protecting the members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukushima, Yutaka Masuda, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6459558
    Abstract: A power breaking device 20 includes a stationary box 21, a fuse carrying box 23 and a guide and restricting mechanism 25. The stationary box 21 consists of a fixed housing 26, a load-side bus bar 27 and a power-side bus bar 28. The fuse carrying box 23 consists of a carrying box body 60 detachable to the stationary box 21 and a fuse fixing part 61 for carrying a fuse 22. The mechanism 25 is constituted by slits 41, 41 formed in a partition wall 34. The partition wall 34 is formed integrally with the fixed housing 26 to define an accommodating part 39 in which the fuse 22 is accommodated and retained. When the fuse carrying box 26 is fitted to the stationary box 21, the slits 41, 41 serve to introduce both terminals 24, 24 of the fuse 22 to a power-connecting part and a load-connecting part of the stationary box 21 and also restrict the displacement of the terminals 24, 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masayuki Karamatsu, Hitoshi Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20020134565
    Abstract: In the case where a braid (14) is used as a shielding sheet covering wires (10) over their entire length, a distal end portion of the braid (14) is connected to a mounting member (B) connected to the ground (G), thereby achieving an electromagnetic shielding conduction. At this time, the distal end portion (14a) of the braid (14) is spread outward, and is engaged in an annular groove (20b) of a channel-shaped cross-section in a housing (20), and a braid retaining band (22) is wound on an outer surface of the distal end portion (14a) of the braid (14), and is tightened to fasten this distal end portion. As a result, the distal end portion (14a) can be positively and firmly connected to the mounting member (B), and the effective electromagnetic shielding effect can be expected, and the stable electrical characteristics can be obtained, so that the reliability of the connection can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hirotaka Fukushima, Yutaka Masuda, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6366449
    Abstract: A power supply shut-off apparatus includes a service plug 2 detachably mounted to a plug mounting portion 14 provided in an apparatus body 1, and the power supply-side switches between a conduction state and a nonconduction state between a load-side bus bar 3 and a power supply-side bus bar 4. When the plug housing 40 is mounted to the plug mounting portion 14 and the tilting lever 41 is tilted down substantially horizontally in a state where the tilting lever 41 of the service plug 2 is held in the substantially vertical state, the shaft 49 provided on the tilting lever 41 falls the movable lever 32 of the microswitch 15 so as to allow the microswitch 15 to detect the conduction state between the load-side bus bar 3 and the power supply-side bus bar 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6333846
    Abstract: A power supply shut-off apparatus 10 includes a fuse-accommodating box 14, a power supply-side bus bar 15, a load-side bus bar 16, and a plug 18 for connecting a power supply and a load through a fuse 13. A mounting portion 17 is provided with an insulation wall 11, a terminal 16a of the power supply-side bus bar 16 is located on one surface side of the insulation wall 19, and a terminal 11 of the fuse 13 is located on the other surface side of the insulation wall 19. The plug 18 is formed of a plug housing 49 and a terminal member 50 having a U-shaped cross section, the terminal member 50 is mounted astride the insulation wall 19 for electrically connecting the terminals 11, 12 of the fuse 13 to either one of terminals 15a, 16b of the power supply-side bus bar 15 and the load-side bus bar 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masayuki Karamatsu
  • Patent number: 6333845
    Abstract: A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a first bus bar whose one end is fixed to one fuse terminal of the fuse, a second bus bar having one end fixed to one of the power supply and the load, a plug housing chamber for housing the plug in the apparatus main body movably in a fitting/detaching direction, and a pair of plug side terminals which become conductive with each other in the plug. The other end of the first bus bar is extended so as to be composed as one terminal of the pair of main body side terminals, and the other end of the second bus bar is extended parallel with the first bus bar so as to be composed as the other terminal of the pair of main body side terminals. Respective terminal insertion widths of the pair of plug side terminals are wider than corresponding widths of the pair of main body side terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masayuki Karamatsu
  • Patent number: 6327140
    Abstract: A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a pair of main body side terminals, a plug housing chamber for housing the plug in the apparatus main body movably in a fitting/detaching direction, and a pair of plug side terminals which become conductive with each other in the plug. The electric circuit is electrically conductive via the fuse, and the pair of main body side terminals are supported to the apparatus main body movably in a direction crossing substantially perpendicularly to the fitting/detaching direction, and one of the pair of the main body side terminals is connected with the power supply, and the other terminal is connected with the load. Moreover, when the plug is moved in the fitting/detaching direction, the pair of plug side terminals are freely fitted into and detached from the pair of main body side terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masayuki Karamatsu
  • Patent number: 6317312
    Abstract: A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a first bus bar whose one end is fixed to one fuse terminal of the fuse, a second bus bar having one end fixed to one of the power supply and the load, a plug housing chamber for housing the plug in the apparatus main body movably in a fitting/detaching direction, and a pair of plug side terminals which become conductive with each other in the plug. The other end of the first bus bar is extended so as to be composed as one terminal of the pair of main body side terminals, and the other end of the second bus bar is extended so as to be composed as the other terminal of the pair of main body side terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masayuki Karamatsu
  • Patent number: 6296519
    Abstract: In a shielded connector having a connector housing subjected to conductive electroplating, a conductive shield ring is fitted into a housing chamber of the connector housing and a partner-side shield contact portion is inserted into the inside of the shield ring. The shield contact has resilient contact pieces and is slidable within a predetermined range within the shield ring. The shield contact has a split portion so that is has resilience in the diameter expanding direction thereof. The shield contact is locked with the shield ring. A pressure-insertion space is formed within the housing chamber and the shield ring is provided with pressure-insertion portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Junzo Ohe, Toshio Asahi
  • Patent number: 6203372
    Abstract: A connecting structure for interengaging metallic shielding members is provided, which includes: a contacting elongation (2) at a leading edge of a cylindrical male metallic shielding member (1); a mating contacting elongation (4) at a leading edge of a cylindrical female metallic shielding member (3) which is brought into contact with the male member contacting elongation at the leading edge of the cylindrical male metallic shielding member; and a pair of engaging hook pieces (5) formed to extend circumferentially on the contacting elongation of one of the metallic shielding members to engage with the contacting elongation of the other metallic shielding member, wherein the pair of engaging hook pieces are formed at both sides of a slit (6) provided between the adjacent contacting elongations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Hisaharu Katoh, Takeyuki Hamaguchi, Satoki Masuda
  • Patent number: 6183904
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 6149463
    Abstract: A shielded connector for direct installation for a device includes an insulating housing body; a flange of the insulating housing body, which is to be assembled with a device so that the insulating housing body is shield-connected to the device, the flange being entirely covered with a conductive plated layer; and a conductive contact plate deposited on the conductive plated layer on the first principal surface side of the flange and having an elastic contact piece to be brought into contact with the device on the second principal surface side of the flange. In this configuration, the flange of the housing body can be surely connected to the device for its grounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Kazuyuki Shiraki, Kouichi Shirouzu, Toshio Asahi
  • Patent number: 6136465
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 6129585
    Abstract: A connector body is attached to a conductive casing of an electrical apparatus and provided with a shield terminal to be electrically connected to the conductive casing, an attachment hole is formed in the conductive casing, an insert is formed to the connector body, a plurality of contacts are formed to the shield terminal and arranged to the insert, elastically contacting a wall of the attachment hole, as the insert is inserted in the attachment hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6053749
    Abstract: A shielded connector which can reduce production costs and prevent displacement of a shield wire is provided. The corrugated holder of the shielded connector is made up of a pair of half covers 36. Each half cover is provided with an outer cover and an inner cover. A case insertion chamber for a wire attachment case is formed between the outer cover and the inner cover. A wire stopper for the shield wire is formed at one end of the inner surface of the inner cover. A plurality of tube insertion grooves for a corrugated tube are formed at the other end of the inner surface of the inner cover. The outer cover is provided with a cover securing portion corresponding to the outer wall of the wire attachment case. The sheath of the shield wire is provided with a sheath holding ring for radially compressing the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6053762
    Abstract: A terminal fitting structure of a service plug is provided with a plug body provided with short-circuiting terminals, a turning shaft provided to the plug body so that the turning shaft is perpendicular to the respective fitting centers of the short-circuiting terminals, and a lever coupled to the plug body via the turning shaft so that the lever can be turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuko Matsumura, Hidehiko Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 6030722
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 5971801
    Abstract: A service plug is provided with circuit terminals respectively connected to the end of an open electric circuit, a circuit housing provided with the circuit terminals inside and terminal insertion holes, a pair of guide grooves stood on the surface on which the terminal insertions holes are made, guide grooves formed on the respective opposite surfaces of the guide walls, the plug body provided with short-circuiting terminals for short-circuiting the circuit terminals, a lever rotatably coupled to the plug body via a turning shaft which is long in the opposite direction of the guide walls, and bosses which are protruded from both sides of the lever, enter the guide grooves and position the circuit terminals and the short-circuiting terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaharu Kato, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Masahiro Deno