Patents by Inventor Hidenori Kanda

Hidenori Kanda 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: 20170346225
    Abstract: A connector includes a lever drawing and fitting a first housing and a second housing by moving from a temporary lock position to a final lock position. The lever includes a lever-side lock portion elastically deformable in a first direction away from a surface of the first housing, and including a reinforcing rib that enhances rigidity against a deformation of the lever-side lock protrusion. The first housing includes a housing-side lock portion which locks the lever-side lock portion when the lever is in the temporary lock position, which inhibits movement of the lever to the final lock position during locking, and which permits the lever to move to the final lock position when the locking is released. The second housing includes a lock releasing portion which pushes the lever-side lock portion in the first direction so as to release the locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Hiromasa KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170346226
    Abstract: A connector includes a lever attachable to a first housing to draw and fit the first housing and a second housing by rotating around a rotating axis from a temporary lock position to a final lock position. The lever includes: a positioning portion including a pair of wall surfaces which extend toward the first housing and which are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction parallel to the rotating axis; and a lever side lock portion. The first housing includes: a reception portion which receives the positioning portion so as to hold the pair of wall surfaces in the first direction; and a housing-side lock portion to which the lever-side lock portion is locked in a state in which the positioning portion has been received in the reception portion and when the lever is in the final lock position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Hiromasa KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9831602
    Abstract: A connector includes a lever attachable to a first housing to draw and fit the first housing and a second housing by rotating around a rotating axis from a temporary lock position to a final lock position. The lever includes: a positioning portion including a pair of wall surfaces which extend toward the first housing and which are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction parallel to the rotating axis; and a lever side lock portion. The first housing includes: a reception portion which receives the positioning portion so as to hold the pair of wall surfaces in the first direction; and a housing-side lock portion to which the lever-side lock portion is locked in a state in which the positioning portion has been received in the reception portion and when the lever is in the final lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Hiromasa Kubota
  • Publication number: 20170331347
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, wound wires are connected to a first terminal and a second terminal. Circuit terminals that are configured from a conductive metal other than aluminum, and the first terminal and the second terminal that are configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum are joined together inside a circuit chamber that has high water resistant properties. Corrosion is accordingly suppressed at join sites of the circuit terminals with the first terminal and the second terminal. There is therefore no need to coat the join sites with for example a sealing material in order to suppress corrosion at the join sites. Good electrical continuity is accordingly enabled between the circuit terminals and the wound wires whilst suppressing an increase in costs, even when the wound wire is configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Shigeaki KAGEME, Takahiro NAKAYAMA, Yoshiyuki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 9780489
    Abstract: A lock structure of a connector includes a lock arm and a lock release arm which are provided in one connector housing of a pair of connector housings which are fitted into each other. The lock arm is engaged with a lock engagement part of the other connector housing to lock a fitting state between the connector housings when fitting between the connector housings is completed. The lock release arm is formed integrally with the lock arm and can deflect the lock arm in a lock release direction. The lock release arm is provided above the lock arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Takuya Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 9762102
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, wound wires are connected to a first terminal and a second terminal. Circuit terminals that are configured from a conductive metal other than aluminum, and the first terminal and the second terminal that are configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum are joined together inside a circuit chamber that has high water resistant properties. Corrosion is accordingly suppressed at join sites of the circuit terminals with the first terminal and the second terminal. There is therefore no need to coat the join sites with for example a sealing material in order to suppress corrosion at the join sites. Good electrical continuity is accordingly enabled between the circuit terminals and the wound wires while suppressing an increase in costs, even when the wound wire is configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Shigeaki Kageme, Takahiro Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20170162983
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a housing body and a fitting operation lever that has a swinging portion attached to the housing body rotatably. A part of the rib protruding toward the swinging portion narrows an interval between a curved portion of the housing body and the swinging portion to a predetermined value or below. A part of the rib protruding toward a direction separating from a lower surface of the housing body has a flat face. A distance between the rotary axis of the swinging portion and the flat face is larger than a distance between the rotary axis and a part of an outer circumferential edge of the swinging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Hidenori Kanda, Takuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9461400
    Abstract: An electric wire cover includes: a first electric wire cover including a wire arrangement space like a groove opened on one side, and attached to a wire lead-out end of a connector housing; and a second electric wire cover formed integrally with the first electric wire cover through a hinge portion, and covering the wire arrangement space. A guide groove is provided in one of the first and second electric wire covers, and extends in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the hinge portion. A rotation restriction rib is provided in the other electric wire cover and extends in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The rotation restriction rib slides in the guide groove during rotating operation by the hinge portion so as to restrict rocking of the electric wire covers relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Takuya Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Publication number: 20160204551
    Abstract: A lock structure of a connector includes a lock arm and a lock release arm which are provided in one connector housing of a pair of connector housings which are fitted into each other. The lock arm is engaged with a lock engagement part of the other connector housing to lock a fitting state between the connector housings when fitting between the connector housings is completed. The lock release arm is formed integrally with the lock arm and can deflect the lock arm in a lock release direction. The lock release arm is provided above the lock arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Takuya Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Publication number: 20160204543
    Abstract: An electric wire cover includes: a first electric wire cover including a wire arrangement space like a groove opened on one side, and attached to a wire lead-out end of a connector housing; and a second electric wire cover formed integrally with the first electric wire cover through a hinge portion, and covering the wire arrangement space. A guide groove is provided in one of the first and second electric wire covers, and extends in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the hinge portion. A rotation restriction rib is provided in the other electric wire cover and extends in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The rotation restriction rib slides in the guide groove during rotating operation by the hinge portion so as to restrict rocking of the electric wire covers relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki MUKOUJIMA
  • Patent number: 9124047
    Abstract: An inner terminal (54) of the present invention includes a horizontal part (C) held in an insulator part (55) covered with an outer terminal (56) and a suspending part (D) extended in a direction substantially orthogonal to the horizontal part (C) and having a lower end part connected to a signal patter of a circuit board. In the suspending piece (C) as a part opposed to one pair of side surface pieces (56b) suspended and extended in the outer terminal (56), plate shaped impedance adjusting pieces (54c) are integrally provided which respectively face the side surface pieces (56b) with prescribed spaces held from the side surface pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kanda
  • Patent number: 9112313
    Abstract: A shielded connector adapted to be connected to a terminal of a shielded electrical cable provided with an insulator, an outer conductor and a sheath around an inner conductor in this order includes an inner terminal that is connected to the inner conductor, an insulating member that covers the inner terminal, and an outer terminal that is connected to the outer conductor. The outer terminal includes a cylindrical-shaped shield portion that covers the insulating member, a crimping portion, and a connection portion that connects the shield portion with the crimping portion. The connection portion includes a bottom plate part and side wall parts erected from both sides of the bottom plate part, and the side wall parts have upper ends having a height equal to or larger than a center line of the outer terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Kanda
  • Patent number: 9106043
    Abstract: A resin material can be prevented from flowing to a front end and a rear end of an inner terminal during an insert molding. Under a state that a hollow and tubular main body part (11c) of an inner terminal (11) formed by covering one of two end parts of a rectangular piece with the other is held by metal molds (14), (15) and (16), the resin material is injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Taishi Morikawa, Hidenori Kanda
  • Patent number: 9028278
    Abstract: An inner terminal is provided with a crimp barrel portion with which a terminal of a core wire is connected and an electric connecting portion to be electrically connected with a mating terminal. The inner terminal is received in an insulation inner housing. The inner housing is set into a terminal body portion. An outer terminal is provided with a shield member connecting portion with which a shield member is connected and a cylindrical portion in which the electric connecting portion of the inner terminal is positioned, the cylindrical portion mated with a mating connector. An impedance adjusting portion is provided between the electric connecting portion and the crimp barrel portion of the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Koji Miyawaki
  • Publication number: 20150102696
    Abstract: An armature provided with: plural core configuration members that configure an armature core and are segmented from each other on progression along the circumferential direction of the armature core; plural insulators that each include plural insulating portions mounted to the core configuration members and a coupling portion that couples the plural insulating portions together; plural windings that respectively include plural winding portions, wound on the core configuration members with the insulating portions interposed between the winding portions and the core configuration members, and a crossing wire that connects the plural winding portions together; a fitting portion that couples together adjacent core configuration members out of the plural core configuration members; and an exposing portion that is formed to the plural insulators and exposes the fitting portion when viewed along the axial direction of the armature core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Shigeaki KAGEME
  • Patent number: 8998641
    Abstract: A terminal structure includes an electrical cable that includes an inner conductor, an insulator provided around the inner conductor, a shield layer made of a metal foil around the insulator, and a sheath layer made of a resin tape around the shield layer, a shielded connector that is connected to a terminal of the electrical cable. The shielded connector includes an inner terminal connected to the inner conductor, an insulating member covering the inner terminal, an outer terminal covering the insulating member, and a pressing member for pressing the outer terminal against the shield layer. The outer terminal includes connecting pieces disposed along an outer circumference of the insulator. The pressing member is crimped around the shield layer so that the connecting pieces are pressed against and connected to the shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Kanda
  • Patent number: 8979589
    Abstract: An inner terminal connected to a terminal of a core wire and provided with an electric connecting portion electrically connected with a mating terminal is received in an inner housing. The inner housing is incorporated into an outer terminal. The outer terminal is mated with a mating connector in such a state as that the shield member is connected to the outer terminal and the electric connecting portion of the inner terminal is positioned in the outer terminal. The outer terminal has the same configuration as that of an outer terminal of the mating connector, thus making the outer terminals sharable between male and female connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Kanda, Koji Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 8870578
    Abstract: An inner terminal (54) of the present invention includes a horizontal part (C) held in an insulator part (55) covered with an outer terminal (56) and a suspending part (D) extended in a direction substantially orthogonal to the horizontal part (C) and having a lower end part connected to a signal patter of a circuit board. In the suspending piece (C) as a part opposed to one pair of side surface pieces (56b) suspended and extended in the outer terminal (56), plate shaped impedance adjusting pieces (54c) are integrally provided which respectively face the side surface pieces (56b) with prescribed spaces held from the side surface pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Kanda
  • Publication number: 20140292125
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, wound wires are connected to a first terminal and a second terminal. Circuit terminals that are configured from a conductive metal other than aluminum, and the first terminal and the second terminal that are configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum are joined together inside a circuit chamber that has high water resistant properties. Corrosion is accordingly suppressed at join sites of the circuit terminals with the first terminal and the second terminal. There is therefore no need to coat the join sites with for example a sealing material in order to suppress corrosion at the join sites. Good electrical continuity is accordingly enabled between the circuit terminals and the wound wires whilst suppressing an increase in costs, even when the wound wire is configured from a metal with a principal component of aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori KANDA, Shigeaki KAGEME, Takahiro NAKAYAMA, Yoshiyuki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 8834201
    Abstract: A coaxial connector has a structure in which slits into which the both sides of a core wire crimp part are to be inserted are respectively formed on facing inner walls of a core wire containing groove in an inner housing and the core wire crimp part is covered with the inner housing and a terminal fitting by crimping of the terminal fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miyawaki, Hidenori Kanda