Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kouzai

Hiroshi Kouzai 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).

  • Patent number: 5211571
    Abstract: A print substrate connector having a main body comprising a pair of supporting portions. A lock arm 26 is provided on a sidewall of a substrate mounting groove 22 formed in the main body of the substrate connector, into which groove 22 a terminal connecting portion 30 of the print substrate 29 is inserted. The part of the sidewall of the substrate mounting groove 22, on which part the lock arm 26 is placed, faces a vacant portion at the sides of the terminal connecting portion 30 of the print substrate 29, on which vacant portion no element is mounted. In operation or when the print substrate 29 is inserted into the mounting groove 22 of the main body, a locking claw 28 formed on the lock arm 26 is adapted to engage with a locking hole 32 formed on the vacant portion of the print conveniently used as a locking means of the substrate without a bad influence on a high density mounting of elements mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Arai, Hiroshi Ohkawa, Hirokatsu Yaegashi, Morio Suzuki, Hiroshi Kouzai