Patents by Inventor Kazunori Saka

Kazunori Saka 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).

  • Method of connecting flat cable to connecting terminal, connecting apparatus, and connecting state determining method
    Patent number: 6869305
    Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
  • Method of connecting cable to connector
    Patent number: 6722034
    Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
  • Method of connecting flat cable to connecting terminal, connecting apparatus, and connecting state determining method
    Publication number: 20040063351
    Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
  • Method of connecting flat cable to connecting terminal, connecting apparatus, and connecting state determining method
    Publication number: 20020173196
    Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka