Patents by Inventor Kazuya Shimakura

Kazuya Shimakura 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).

  • Patent number: 10281667
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a first member and a second member, wherein the first member has a substrate with a face extending in the fore-and-aft and side-to-side directions, resilient members, contacts, and locking portions. The substrate is provided with inclined faces gradually approaching said face in the fore-and-aft direction. The second member has a housing, electrical contact portions, and counterpart locking portions. As the second member is guided along the inclined faces and approaches said face, the contacts and electrical contact portions are brought into electrical contact and the second member is biased as a result of contact with the resilient members. At the same time, the counterpart locking portions of the second member are engaged by the locking portions of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sano, Kazuya Shimakura
  • Publication number: 20180210157
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a first member and a second member, wherein the first member has a substrate with a face extending in the fore-and-aft and side-to-side directions, resilient members, contacts, and locking portions. The substrate is provided with inclined faces gradually approaching said face in the fore-and-aft direction. The second member has a housing, electrical contact portions, and counterpart locking portions. As the second member is guided along the inclined faces and approaches said face, the contacts and electrical contact portions are brought into electrical contact and the second member is biased as a result of contact with the resilient members. At the same time, the counterpart locking portions of the second member are engaged by the locking portions of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sano, Kazuya Shimakura
  • Patent number: 9810866
    Abstract: A cable-equipped connector, in which a composite connector comprises a conversion element that converts optical signals and electrical signals, a circuit board in which circuit components for transmitting electrical signals are provided to a plated-shaped substrate and to which the conversion element is electrically connected, and a housing that houses the conversion element, the circuit board and the ends of electrical cables; wherein in the housing, the ends of the electrical cables are isolated in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the connection with the mating electrical connector, from at least either one of the conversion element or the circuit components of the circuit board by a separator of the housing or the substrate of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Shimakura, Takahiro Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Jokura
  • Publication number: 20170131495
    Abstract: A cable-equipped connector, in which a composite connector comprises a conversion element that converts optical signals and electrical signals, a circuit board in which circuit components for transmitting electrical signals are provided to a plated-shaped substrate and to which the conversion element is electrically connected, and a housing that houses the conversion element, the circuit board and the ends of electrical cables; wherein in the housing, the ends of the electrical cables are isolated in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the connection with the mating electrical connector, from at least either one of the conversion element or the circuit components of the circuit board by a separator of the housing or the substrate of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuya Shimakura, Takahiro Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Jokura