Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kodama

Hiroaki Kodama 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).

  • Method for inspecting crimp bonded terminals
    Patent number: 4555799
    Abstract: In an improved method for inspecting crimp bonded terminals, instead of inspecting visually, contour images of crimp bonded terminals are picked up and scanned to provide necessary data and processing operations are performed on the data to make a decision automatically on the acceptance or rejection of the crimp bonded terminals, thereby elevating the inspection efficiency and improving the accuracy of deciding the acceptance or rejection of the crimp bonded terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Tetsuo Kubo, Sinkichi Miwa