Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Mimoto

Kazuhiro Mimoto 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).

  • Mechanical lock type connecter
    Patent number: 7040912
    Abstract: A mechanical lock type connecter of the present invention is for a plug including a non-movable member connected to a cable, and a movable member that makes relative movement in an axial direction of the cable independently from the non-movable member and the cable. The mechanical lock type connecter has arm sections for (a) holding the non-movable member in accordance with movement of the movable member in a plug inserting direction caused by inserting the plug and (b) releasing the plug by movement of the movable member in a plug detaching direction. By thus using the mechanical lock plug, provided is a mechanical lock type connecter that is capable of stably connecting the plug with the connecter and that makes it possible to downsize connecting portions of the plug and the connecter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Yufu Gosei Kagaku, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mimoto, Shigeru Umeki, Motoki Sone, Nobuyuki Ohe
  • Mechanical lock type connecter
    Publication number: 20030236018
    Abstract: A mechanical lock type connecter of the present invention is for a plug including a non-movable member connected to a cable, and a movable member that makes relative movement in an axial direction of the cable independently from the non-movable member and the cable. The mechanical lock type connecter has arm sections for (a) holding the non-movable member in accordance with movement of the movable member in a plug inserting direction caused by inserting the plug and (b) releasing the plug by movement of the movable member in a plug detaching direction. By thus using the mechanical lock plug, provided is a mechanical lock type connecter that is capable of stably connecting the plug with the connecter and that makes it possible to downsize connecting portions of the plug and the connecter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mimoto, Shigeru Umeki, Motoki Sone, Nobuyuki Ohe