Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takahira

Hiroshi Takahira 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: 20230402775
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, high-frequency signal transmission device includes a connector and a wiring board with two cable ends. The connector includes contact terminals with signal contact terminals and ground contact terminals. In a wiring board, signal contact pads, ground contact pads and one or more ground layers are formed on at least one of the cable ends. The ground contact terminal includes an arm portion bent so as to locally abut against the ground contact pad at a contact portion. The contact portion of the arm portion is positioned so as to (i) at least partially abut against a surface of a covering portion of the ground contact pad covering the first penetrating electrode directly above the first penetrating electrode, or (ii) abut against the ground contact pad near an outer periphery of the covering portion, when the wiring board is electrically connected to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMOYAMA, Akira YONEZAWA, Hiroshi TAKAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20230327355
    Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of smoothly performing floating while suppressing impedance mismatch. A receptacle unit of a connector includes: a fixed housing that is fixed to a substrate and has an opening portion penetrating through the fixed housing upward and downward; a floating housing accommodated in the opening portion of the fixed housing with a movable space and a movable space apart; and a plurality of contacts that are bridged between the fixed housing and the floating housing and have a support piece portion supported by the fixed housing, a support piece portion supported by the floating housing, and an elastically deformable elastic deformation portion interposed between these two support piece portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20230327356
    Abstract: Provided is a technical system by which the impedance mismatch of the plug unit of a connector can be suppressed. A plug unit of a connector includes: a plurality of contacts; and a housing having a base portion provided with a plurality of through holes into which the plurality of contacts are inserted, and a header that protrudes from the base portion and is provided with a plurality of slits holding portions of the plurality of contacts exposed toward the header side from the through holes. A portion of the contact inserted into the through hole and a portion of the contact held by the slit are formed in a linear shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAHIRA
  • Patent number: 9787010
    Abstract: An electrical connector has at least one latch that is rotatable on the connector body to allow a module board to be clamped between an upper clamp surface of the latch and a lower clamp surface of the connector body. The electrical connector has connector pins having contact points within an opening of the connector body. When a module board is inserted into the opening, the contact points are pushed from a first height elevation to a second height elevation, which is level with the lower clamp surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS USA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20170271796
    Abstract: An electrical connector has at least one latch that is rotatable on the connector body to allow a module board to be clamped between an upper clamp surface of the latch and a lower clamp surface of the connector body. The electrical connector has connector pins having contact points within an opening of the connector body. When a module board is inserted into the opening, the contact points are pushed from a first height elevation to a second height elevation, which is level with the lower clamp surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Patent number: 7728238
    Abstract: At least one plug is selectively fit into the plug-fitting portions 12A1 to 12A8, and then a plurality of kinds of data consisting of five bits configuration are obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Shimizu, Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20100029128
    Abstract: Contact terminals for grounding include a fixing portion for supporting an pressing portion of an actuator member, and contact terminals for signals disposed adjacent to the contact terminals for grounding include a fixing portion shorter than the fixing portion of the contact terminal for grounding. The fixing portion is connected to one end of a movable terminal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKAHIRA, Toshiya KIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7625231
    Abstract: An adapter for a cable connector secured with a cable end portion to make the electrical connection by being removably mounted on a receptacle of the cable connector includes a pair of operation portions, a pair of guide pins integrally formed in front of the operation portions and each having a pointed end portion at the front, a protection portion for connecting the operation portions at the rear lower part, a connection portion for connecting the operation portions at the front upper part, and a reinforcing portion for connecting the pair of guide pins, wherein the protection portion and the connection portion have an interval in the longitudinal and vertical directions and are disposed in parallel to each other, and the lower surfaces of the connection portion and the reinforcing portion are continuous flush to form a stationary surface for securing the cable end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20090203261
    Abstract: A connector for a cable based on the HDMI standard includes contact terminals having contact pads arranged on a top surface of an insulator portion connected to signal lines of a connecting portion of a plug. Resilient pieces of the contact terminals are disposed adjacent to grounding lines and disposed in grooves of an adaptor housing with an insulator adjacent to each other to form a pair of signal lines. The connector also includes contact portions electrically connected to the contact pads of a flexible wiring board of an adaptor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Fumihito IKEGAMI, Hiroshi Takahira, Shunsuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20090004910
    Abstract: An adapter for a cable connector secured with a cable end portion to make the electrical connection by being removably mounted on a receptacle of the cable connector includes a pair of operation portions, a pair of guide pins integrally formed in front of the operation portions and each having a pointed end portion at the front, a protection portion for connecting the operation portions at the rear lower part, a connection portion for connecting the operation portions at the front upper part, and a reinforcing portion for connecting the pair of guide pins, wherein the protection portion and the connection portion have an interval in the longitudinal and vertical directions and are disposed in parallel to each other, and the lower surfaces of the connection portion and the reinforcing portion are continuous flush to form a stationary surface for securing the cable end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAHIRA
  • Patent number: 7445493
    Abstract: A connector for a flexible conductor includes a connector body, a plurality of contacts provided in the connector body, an operator capable of vertically moving between a first position and a second position within the connector body, and a driver capable of moving between a first position and a second position relative to the connector body. The driver causes the operator to move vertically between the first and second positions correspondingly to a movement thereof between the first and second positions. The operator, in the first position, is in a position distant a predetermined spacing from the plurality of contacts so that a flexible conductor can be placed between the operator and the plurality of contacts, and, in the second position, is allowed to bring external terminals of the flexible conductor into contact, at a predetermined contact pressure, with the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20080251360
    Abstract: At least one plug is selectively fit into the plug-fitting portions 12A1 to 12A8, and then a plurality of kinds of data consisting of five bits configuration are obtainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Osamu Shimizu, Hiroshi Takahira
  • Patent number: 7297020
    Abstract: In a cable connector, a sliding surface in a pressing portion of an actuator member is rotatable or movable relative to an arc-shaped portion and slant part of a contact terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20070054545
    Abstract: A connector for a flexible conductor includes a connector body, a plurality of contacts provided in the connector body, an operator capable of vertically moving between a first position and a second position within the connector body, and a driver capable of moving between a first position and a second position relative to the connector body. The driver causes the operator to move vertically between the first and second positions correspondingly to a movement thereof between the first and second positions. The operator, in the first position, is in a position distant a predetermined spacing from the plurality of contacts so that a flexible conductor can be placed between the operator and the plurality of contacts, and, in the second position, is allowed to bring external terminals of the flexible conductor into contact, at a predetermined contact pressure, with the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Publication number: 20070010127
    Abstract: In a cable connector, a sliding surface in a pressing portion of an actuator member is rotatable or movable relative to an arc-shaped portion and slant part of a contact terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takahira
  • Patent number: D706716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahira, Takahiro Shimoyama
  • Patent number: D706717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahira, Takahiro Shimoyama