Patents by Inventor Hisashi Kounoya

Hisashi Kounoya 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: 5904583
    Abstract: Protrusions 35 are formed on cam grooves 33 of arm 32 of a lever 30 for the purpose of holding connector housings 10 and 20 in a preliminary fitted state. Engagement pins 12 are prevented from disconnecting from the respective cam grooves 33 when the female connector housing 10 is inserted slightly into a hood 21 of the male connector housing 20 such that he connector housings 10 and 20 are held in the preliminary fitted state. Accordingly, the lever 30 can be turned smoothly. Since no hole communicating between the interior and the exterior of the connector is formed in the inner part of the hood 21, there is no possibility that water may penetrate into the hood 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Katsuma, Hisashi Kounoya
  • Patent number: 5653607
    Abstract: An electric connection casing comprising a large intensity-current circuit through electric current having a large intensity flows; a small intensity-current circuit through electric current having a small intensity flows; and a fuse and a relay interposed between the large intensity-current circuit and the small intensity-current circuit, wherein the large intensity-current circuit and the small intensity-current circuit comprise a plurality of single core wires, respectively; and a plurality of pressure-contact terminals which penetrates through an insulation coating of the single core wire, thus being connected with the single core wire by pressing the pressure-contact terminal against the single core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Saka, Nori Inoue, Takahiro Onizuka, Yoshito Oka, Makoto Kobayashi, Hisashi Kounoya