Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Obikane

Hiroaki Obikane 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: 20100267287
    Abstract: A connector unit which is capable of suppressing lowering of a clicking feeling, even if the fitting and removing of connectors to and from each other is repeated. A spring portion that receives a contact portion of each of plug contacts of a plug connector when a receptacle connector and the plug connector are fitted to each other is formed on each of receptacle contacts of the receptacle connector. A protrusion is formed on the contact portion of each plug contact. The spring portion is formed to have an auxiliary contact portion that is urged by the protrusion when both of the connectors are fitted to each other, and a recess that receives the protrusion when the both of the connectors are fitted to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hiroaki Obikane, Yasufumi Yahiro
  • Patent number: 7585185
    Abstract: A connector capable of sufficiently shielding two connectors for connecting two circuit boards, and further making the connectors compact in size. A receptacle-side fitting portion (32) for being fitted to a plug-side fitting portion (142) of a plug connector (12) is formed in a receptacle-side housing (3) disposed on a printed circuit board (21). A plurality of receptacle-side contacts (5) are arranged in the receptacle-side fitting portion (32). A shell body (71) disposed around the receptacle-side fitting portion (32) is provided in a shell (7) mounted in receptacle-side housing (3). The shell (7) is formed with shell contact portions (72) brought into contact with plug-side ground contacts (16G) of the plug connector (12), and a shell terminal portion (73) fixed to a ground pad (21) of the printed circuit board (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
    Inventor: Hiroaki Obikane
  • Publication number: 20080214051
    Abstract: A connector capable of sufficiently shielding two connectors for connecting two circuit boards, and further making the connectors compact in size. A receptacle-side fitting portion (32) for being fitted to a plug-side fitting portion (142) of a plug connector (12) is formed in a receptacle-side housing (3) disposed on a printed circuit board (21). A plurality of receptacle-side contacts (5) are arranged in the receptacle-side fitting portion (32). A shell body (71) disposed around the receptacle-side fitting portion (32) is provided in a shell (7) mounted in receptacle-side housing (3). The shell (7) is formed with shell contact portions (72) brought into contact with plug-side ground contacts (16G) of the plug connector (12), and a shell terminal portion (73) fixed to a ground pad (21) of the printed circuit board (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: 7172434
    Abstract: In a connector including an insulating housing holding contacts, the housing is strengthened by two strengthening members made of metal. The housing has a pair of first wall portions extending and spaced from each other and a pair of second wall portions defining a rectangular cavity between the first wall portions in cooperation with the first wall portions. Each of the first wall portions has a wall inner surface faced to the rectangular cavity, a wall outer surface opposite to the wall inner surface, and a wall peripheral surface between the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface. The contacts are disposed on at least one of the second wall portions. The strengthening members are disposed on the first wall portions, respectively, and extending along at least one of the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Masafumi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20060264075
    Abstract: In a connector including an insulating housing holding contacts, the housing is strengthened by two strengthening members made of metal. The housing has a pair of first wall portions extending and spaced from each other and a pair of second wall portions defining a rectangular cavity between the first wall portions in cooperation with the first wall portions. Each of the first wall portions has a wall inner surface faced to the rectangular cavity, a wall outer surface opposite to the wall inner surface, and a wall peripheral surface between the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface. The contacts are disposed on at least one of the second wall portions. The strengthening members are disposed on the first wall portions, respectively, and extending along at least one of the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Masafumi Kodera
  • Patent number: 7070424
    Abstract: In a connector, a contact group has a signal contact and a ground contact, and the signal contact is arranged adjacently to both sides of the ground contact. Each of the signal contact and the ground contact has a contact portion connected to a partner side contact and also has a terminal portion connected to a connecting object. The pitch intervals between the terminal portions of the respective contacts of the contact group are equally set. The contact portion of the signal contact approaches the contact portion of the ground contact. Thus, the pitch interval between the contact portions of the adjacent signal contacts is widened with respect to the pitch interval between the terminal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Koji Hayashi, Mamoru Suzuki, Nobukazu Kato
  • Patent number: D562770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D570289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D603798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, JAE Yamagata, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Hiroki Abe
  • Patent number: D603799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, JAE Yamagata, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Hiroki Abe
  • Patent number: D603801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D604250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D641705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yuzo Sato, Hiroaki Obikane, Yasufumi Yahiro
  • Patent number: D642530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yuzo Sato, Hiroaki Obikane, Yasufumi Yahiro
  • Patent number: D642531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishimura, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D642532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishimura, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D642533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishimura, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D642534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishimura, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: D642535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yuzo Sato, Hiroaki Obikane, Yasufumi Yahiro
  • Patent number: D642986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishimura, Hiroaki Obikane