Patents by Inventor Isao Wakimoto

Isao Wakimoto 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: 20240136772
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a resin housing that includes a holding part that holds a terminal and an electric wire and a hood part that has an opening that exposes the terminal there inside, a metal shield shell that covers the holding part and is fixed to a case of an apparatus, and a metal bracket that covers the holding part and is attached to the shield shell. The shield shell opens toward the case and covers the holding part from the side opposite the case. The bracket has a cylindrical part through which the holding part is inserted, and a protruding piece that protrudes from the cylindrical part toward the hood part and is positioned on the side opposite the shield shell with the holding part therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Isao WAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11217930
    Abstract: A seal cover (1) is provided for closing an opening portion (10) in a device in which a standby connector (11) is disposed. The standby connector (11) includes male terminals 11B for switching a state of an energizing circuit between a conductive state and a non-conductive state. Female terminals (23B), a shaft seal (25) and an O-ring (23D) are arranged in such a positional relationship that a time point when the shaft seal (25) is compressed maximally, a time point when the O-ring (23D) is compressed maximally and a time point when the female terminals (23B) are resiliently deformed maximally do not overlap with each other when the seal cover (1) is mounted on the opening portion (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 10903598
    Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (20) including a body (21). A work hole (23) long in a lateral direction penetrates through the body (21). Terminals (30) are held in the housing (20) and are arranged side by side in the lateral direction in the work hole (23). Each terminal (30) includes an embedded portion (31) embedded in the housing (20), an internal connecting portion (32) connected to the embedded portion (31) and disposed inside the work hole (23) and an external connecting portion (33) connected to the internal connecting portion (32) and disposed outside the work hole (23). Protection walls (22) project from the body (21) at both sides of a terminals (30). Tip parts of the protection walls (22) are more distant from the body (21) than the external connecting portions (33) in a penetration direction of the work hole (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20200251850
    Abstract: A seal cover (1) is provided for closing an opening portion (10) in a device in which a standby connector (11) is disposed. The standby connector (11) includes male terminals 11B for switching a state of an energizing circuit between a conductive state and a non-conductive state. Female terminals (23B), a shaft seal (25) and an O-ring (230) are arranged in such a positional relationship that a time point when the shaft seal (25) is compressed maximally, a time point when the O-ring (23D) is compressed maximally and a time point when the female terminals (23B) are resiliently deformed maximally do not overlap with each other when the seal cover (1) is mounted on the opening portion (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20190305473
    Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (20) including a body (21). A work hole (23) long in a lateral direction penetrates through the body (21). Terminals (30) are held in the housing (20) and are arranged side by side in the lateral direction in the work hole (23). Each terminal (30) includes an embedded portion (31) embedded in the housing (20), an internal connecting portion (32) connected to the embedded portion (31) and disposed inside the work hole (23) and an external connecting portion (33) connected to the internal connecting portion (32) and disposed outside the work hole (23). Protection walls (22) project from the body (21) at both sides of a terminals (30). Tip parts of the protection walls (22) are more distant from the body (21) than the external connecting portions (33) in a penetration direction of the work hole (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 10355392
    Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (20) including a body (21). A work hole (23) long in a lateral direction penetrates through the body (21). Terminals (30) are held in the housing (20) and are arranged side by side in the lateral direction in the work hole (23). Each terminal (30) includes an embedded portion (31) embedded in the housing (20), an internal connecting portion (32) connected to the embedded portion (31) and disposed inside the work hole (23) and an external connecting portion (33) connected to the internal connecting portion (32) and disposed outside the work hole (23). Protection walls (22) project from the body (21) at both sides of a terminals (30). Tip parts of the protection walls (22) are more distant from the body (21) than the external connecting portions (33) in a penetration direction of the work hole (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20190109406
    Abstract: A connector (10) has a housing (20) including a body (21). A work hole (23) long in a lateral direction penetrates through the body (21). Terminals (30) are held in the housing (20) and are arranged side by side in the lateral direction in the work hole (23). Each terminal (30) includes an embedded portion (31) embedded in the housing (20), an internal connecting portion (32) connected to the embedded portion (31) and disposed inside the work hole (23) and an external connecting portion (33) connected to the internal connecting portion (32) and disposed outside the work hole (23). Protection walls (22) project from the body (21) at both sides of a terminals (30). Tip parts of the protection walls (22) are more distant from the body (21) than the external connecting portions (33) in a penetration direction of the work hole (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 10218110
    Abstract: A seal cover (40) is mounted on a shield connector (20) of a device case (10) and includes a cover body (41), a second sealing member (43), a shield shell (51) and shell fixing bolts (B) that are inserted through third bolt insertion holes (55) of the shield shell (51) with clearances (C1) between the shell fixing bolts (B) and edges of the third bolt insertion holes (55). The cover body (41) includes a restricting protrusion (48) that is inserted through a restricting hole of the shield shell (51) with a clearance (C2) defined between the restricting protrusion (48) and an edge of the restricting hole (58). The size of the clearance (C2) is such that the restricting protrusion (48) does not contact the edge of the restricting hole (58) even if the shield shell (51) rotates as the shell fixing bolt (B) is tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20180316123
    Abstract: A seal cover (40) is mounted on a shield connector (20) of a device case (10) and includes a cover body (41), a second sealing member (43), a shield shell (51) and shell fixing bolts (B) that are inserted through third bolt insertion holes (55) of the shield shell (51) with clearances (C1) between the shell fixing bolts (B) and edges of the third bolt insertion holes (55). The cover body (41) includes a restricting protrusion (48) that is inserted through a restricting hole of the shield shell (51) with a clearance (C2) defined between the restricting protrusion (48) and an edge of the restricting hole (58). The size of the clearance (C2) is such that the restricting protrusion (48) does not contact the edge of the restricting hole (58) even if the shield shell (51) rotates as the shell fixing bolt (B) is tightened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Isao Wakimoto