Patents by Inventor Hikaru Oi

Hikaru Oi 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: 20230124316
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a fitting part that is inserted and fitted into a counterpart fitting part, a shield shell having a shell flange part disposed opposite a wall surface of a counterpart wall body with an interval therebetween, a first watertight member between the fitting part and the counterpart fitting part, and a second watertight member that is crushed between the shell flange part and a wall surface of the counterpart wall body. The housing has a housing flange part with an outer peripheral surface thereof disposed inside an outer peripheral edge of the shell flange part and outside an inner edge of the shell flange part, and with a contact surface with an annular shape in contact with the wall surface of the counterpart wall body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoki MASUDA, Hikaru OI, Tomohiro JINTOKU, Kanato KIMURA, Masaharu YAMAGISHI, Kazuhiro OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11456560
    Abstract: Included are terminal metal parts, a housing provided with a fitting part housing the terminal metal parts thereinside and to be inserted and fit into a counterpart fitting part having an inner circumferential wall face, a front holder causing the fitting part to be inserted along an insertion direction of the fitting part to the counterpart fitting part, and a ring-shaped water stop member having an inner circumferential face side mounted on a protruding portion of an outer circumferential wall face of the fitting part from the front holder to fill a ring-shaped gap between the protruding portion of the outer circumferential wall face and the inner circumferential wall face of the counterpart fitting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Yusuke Ueta, Hikaru Oi
  • Publication number: 20220069511
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing accommodating the terminal fitting therein and including a fitting portion to be inserted and fitted into a mating fitting portion along a connector insertion direction; a water stop member including an annular water stop main body whose inner circumferential surface is coaxially in close contact with an outer circumferential wall surface of the fitting portion, the water stop member being elastically deformable so as to fill an annular gap between the fitting portion and the mating fitting portion by the water stop main body at a fitting completion position of the fitting portion and the mating fitting portion; and a rotation stop structure provided at a position between the housing and the water stop member to restrict relative rotation in a circumferential direction of the water stop member relative to the fitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoki MASUDA, Hikaru OI
  • Publication number: 20220052475
    Abstract: Included are terminal metal parts, a housing provided with a fitting part housing the terminal metal parts thereinside and to be inserted and fit into a counterpart fitting part having an inner circumferential wall face, a front holder causing the fitting part to be inserted along an insertion direction of the fitting part to the counterpart fitting part, and a ring-shaped water stop member having an inner circumferential face side mounted on a protruding portion of an outer circumferential wall face of the fitting part from the front holder to fill a ring-shaped gap between the protruding portion of the outer circumferential wall face and the inner circumferential wall face of the counterpart fitting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoki Masuda, Yusuke Ueta, Hikaru Oi
  • Patent number: 11088489
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal connected to an end terminal of an electrical wire, the terminal being inserted into an insertion hole of a housing of a device, the terminal being connected to a counterpart terminal of the counterpart device; an inner housing housing the terminal and the electrical wire; a shield shell having a sleeve body that houses the inner housing in the sleeve body and is inserted into the insertion hole, and an outer housing covering a rear side of the sleeve body in an advancing direction from an outside at the time of inserting the sleeve body into the insertion hole, wherein the outer housing has a fixing portion that fixes the outer housing to the housing, and the sleeve body has an electric contact that is brought into contact with an inner peripheral wall of the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Hikaru Oi, Tomoharu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200321723
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal connected to an end terminal of an electrical wire, the terminal being inserted into an insertion hole of a housing of a device, the terminal being connected to a counterpart terminal of the counterpart device; an inner housing housing the terminal and the electrical wire; a shield shell having a sleeve body that houses the inner housing in the sleeve body and is inserted into the insertion hole, and an outer housing covering a rear side of the sleeve body in an advancing direction from an outside at the time of inserting the sleeve body into the insertion hole, wherein the outer housing has a fixing portion that fixes the outer housing to the housing, and the sleeve body has an electric contact that is brought into contact with an inner peripheral wall of the insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Hikaru Oi, Tomoharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10797432
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing into which a cable is inserted; and a rear housing mounted on the housing and guiding the cable extending from the housing to maintain shapes of portions and of the cable, the portions and being in the vicinity of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Hikaru Oi
  • Patent number: 10634266
    Abstract: An packing has an annular shape. The packing includes: a plurality of first protruding portions that protrude in a direction of enlarging a diameter from an outer peripheral surface of the annular shape to be continuous along a circumference and are arranged in parallel in an axial direction; a plurality of second protruding portions that protrude in a direction of reducing a diameter from an inner peripheral surface of the annular shape to be continuous along a circumference and are arranged in parallel in the axial direction with a parallel width wider than a parallel width with which the first protruding portions are arranged; and axially-protruding portions that are provided positions to sandwich the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion from both sides in the axial direction and protrude in the axial direction from both ends in the axial direction of the first protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Hikaru Oi
  • Publication number: 20190386424
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing into which a cable is inserted; and a rear housing mounted on the housing and guiding the cable extending from the housing to maintain shapes of portions and of the cable, the portions and being in the vicinity of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Takagi, Hikaru Oi
  • Publication number: 20180363808
    Abstract: An packing has an annular shape. The packing includes: a plurality of first protruding portions that protrude in a direction of enlarging a diameter from an outer peripheral surface of the annular shape to be continuous along a circumference and are arranged in parallel in an axial direction; a plurality of second protruding portions that protrude in a direction of reducing a diameter from an inner peripheral surface of the annular shape to be continuous along a circumference and are arranged in parallel in the axial direction with a parallel width wider than a parallel width with which the first protruding portions are arranged; and axially-protruding portions that are provided positions to sandwich the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion from both sides in the axial direction and protrude in the axial direction from both ends in the axial direction of the first protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Hikaru Oi