Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kazuhara

Hitoshi Kazuhara 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).

  • Connector assembly
    Patent number: 6332812
    Abstract: In a connector assembly, an upper connector housing (3) and a lower connector housing (5), each having male terminals (2, 4) mounted therein, are combined together in a stacked manner. Dovetail grooves (17) and elongate projections (11) for fitting respectively in the dovetail grooves (17) are provided at engagement portions of the two connector housings (3, 5) to be engaged with each other. The upper connector housing (3) is slid relative to the lower connector housing (5) in an extending direction of the male terminals (2, 4) through the dovetail grooves (17) and the elongate projections (11) so as to fittingly connect the upper connector housing (3) to the lower connector housing (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kazuhara
  • Connector
    Patent number: 6296530
    Abstract: A connector including a first component which has a first receiving portion, and a a second component which has a first projection portion to be abuttingly engaged with the first receiving portion and which is to be pivoted about a first abutting portion of the first projection portion and the first receiving portion. Also included is a first locking member which is fixed to the second component and which is to form a first track while pivoting the second component, and a first side member which is fixed to the first component and which has on the first track a first portion to be lockingly engaged with the first locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoneda, Hitoshi Kazuhara
  • Connector locking structure
    Patent number: 6155851
    Abstract: In a connector locking structure in which engaging projections 11 are provided on a male connector housing 10, insertion grooves 25 through which the engaging projections 11 are inserted are provided in a hood portion 21 of a female connector housing 20 with respect to which the male connector housing 10 is engaged or disengaged, and a slide member 30 having a flexible retaining projection 34 engaging with the engaging projections 11 is provided on the hood portion 21 of the female connector housing 20 in such a manner as to be movable by a pressing operation of an operating portion 31, so as to lock a fitted state of the two connector housings 10 and 20 by engagement between the flexible retaining projection 34 of the slide member 30 and the engaging projections 11 of the male connector housing 10, a connector-disengaging tapered surface 36 is provided on the slide member 30, while a canceling projection 14 which is slid on the tapered surface 36 is provided on the male connector housing 10 at a position opp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kazuhara