Patents by Inventor Jiro Kusayanagi

Jiro Kusayanagi 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).

  • Terminal pin for soldering to a printed circuit board
    Patent number: 5076796
    Abstract: A terminal pin is designed for insertion through a hole in a printed circuit board and for soldering to a circuit trace on the board. The pin includes a terminal portion at one end and a solder tail portion at an opposite end, with the neck portion therebetween. The neck portion has a reduced cross-sectional dimension versus that of the terminal portion and the solder tail portion to increase the flexibility of the pin at the neck portion. The neck portion provides an area of flexibility adjacent the area of soldering the pin to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiro Kusayanagi, Shoji Yamada, Yuji Yamada