Patents by Inventor Kazuya Souma

Kazuya Souma 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: 11874300
    Abstract: A contact probe includes: a first contact member; a second contact member; and a spring member. The first contact member includes: a first tip part configured to contact a first contact target; and a boss part configured to couple with the spring member by fitting into the spring member, and the second contact member includes: a second tip part configured to contact a second contact target; and a cylindrical part extending from the second tip part and having a cylindrical shape with an inner circumference having a uniform diameter, the cylindrical part being engaged with at least a portion of the spring member, the portion of the spring member that is engaged with the cylindrical part having a diameter larger than the other portion of the spring member, the entire spring member being configured to be housed in the cylindrical part when the spring member is contracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Souma, Tsukasa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220252640
    Abstract: A contact probe includes: a first contact member; a second contact member; and a spring member. The first contact member includes: a first tip part configured to contact a first contact target; and a boss part configured to couple with the spring member by fitting into the spring member, and the second contact member includes: a second tip part configured to contact a second contact target; and a cylindrical part extending from the second tip part and having a cylindrical shape with an inner circumference having a uniform diameter, the cylindrical part being engaged with at least a portion of the spring member, the portion of the spring member that is engaged with the cylindrical part having a diameter larger than the other portion of the spring member, the entire spring member being configured to be housed in the cylindrical part when the spring member is contracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Souma, Tsukasa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11346859
    Abstract: A contact probe is conductive and capable of expanding/contracting along an axial line direction. The contact probe includes: a first contact member configured to contact one contact target; a second contact member configured to contact another contact target, and to house at least a portion of the first contact member; and a spring member configured to couple the first contact member and the second contact member in a manner capable of expansion/contraction with both end parts of the spring member. The spring member is wound in a helical shape, and at least a diameter of an outer circumference in one of the end parts held by the second contact member is larger than diameters of other portions. A diameter of an inner circumference of an end part of the second contact member on a side housing the first contact member is equal to or larger than a maximum diameter of the first contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Souma, Tsukasa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11131691
    Abstract: A probe holder holds contact probes each of which comes in contact with one electrode of a contact target on one end portion side in a longitudinal direction. The probe holder includes a plate in which holder holes configured to hold the respective contact probes are formed and penetrate the probe holder. Each of the holder holes includes a first hole portion disposed on one end of a penetrating direction and extending in the penetrating direction, a large diameter portion connected to the first hole portion and extending in the penetrating direction, the large diameter portion being larger than a diameter of the first hole portion, and a second hole portion disposed on another end of the penetrating direction, connected to the large diameter portion, and extending in the penetrating direction, the second hole portion being smaller than a diameter of the large diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sakaguchi, Kazuya Souma
  • Publication number: 20210223287
    Abstract: A contact probe is conductive and capable of expanding/contracting along an axial line direction. The contact probe includes: a first contact member configured to contact one contact target; a second contact member configured to contact another contact target, and to house at least a portion of the first contact member; and a spring member configured to couple the first contact member and the second contact member in a manner capable of expansion/contraction with both end parts of the spring member. The spring member is wound in a helical shape, and at least a diameter of an outer circumference in one of the end parts held by the second contact member is larger than diameters of other portions. A diameter of an inner circumference of an end part of the second contact member on a side housing the first contact member is equal to or larger than a maximum diameter of the first contact member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya Souma, Tsukasa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200033380
    Abstract: A probe holder holds contact probes each of which comes in contact with one electrode of a contact target on one end portion side in a longitudinal direction. The probe holder includes a plate in which holder holes configured to hold the respective contact probes are formed and penetrate the probe holder. Each of the holder holes includes a first hole portion disposed on one end of a penetrating direction and extending in the penetrating direction, a large diameter portion connected to the first hole portion and extending in the penetrating direction, the large diameter portion being larger than a diameter of the first hole portion, and a second hole portion disposed on another end of the penetrating direction, connected to the large diameter portion, and extending in the penetrating direction, the second hole portion being smaller than a diameter of the large diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sakaguchi, Kazuya Souma
  • Patent number: 10411386
    Abstract: A conductive connection terminal is extensible and compressible in a longitudinal direction, and includes: a first contact member including a first tip portion configured to contact with one electrode of a contact target, and a first base end portion; a second contact member including a second tip portion configured to contact with another electrode of the contact target, and a plurality of tongue parts configured to contact with the first base end portion; an elastic member configured to extend and compress the first contact member and the second contact member in the longitudinal direction; and a load applying unit configured to apply a load to the tongue parts in a direction bringing the tongue parts into contact with an outer circumference of the first base end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Kazuya Souma
  • Patent number: 10274517
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive probe having a first end portion and a second end portion opposing the first end portion. The first end portion includes first to fourth linear ridges and first to fifth vertexes, and the first to fourth linear ridges are spaced from one another and arranged to form a cross. The first to fourth vertexes are located on an outer circumference of the first end portion and further arranged between the first linear ridge and the second linear ridge, between the second linear ridge and the third linear ridge, between the third linear ridge and the fourth linear ridge, and between the fourth linear ridge and the first linear ridge, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hironaka, Kazuya Souma, Satoshi Shoji, Ryosuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180238932
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive probe having a first end portion and a second end portion opposing the first end portion. The first end portion includes first to fourth linear ridges and first to fifth vertexes, and the first to fourth linear ridges are spaced from one another and arranged to form a cross. The first to fourth vertexes are located on an outer circumference of the first end portion and further arranged between the first linear ridge and the second linear ridge, between the second linear ridge and the third linear ridge, between the third linear ridge and the fourth linear ridge, and between the fourth linear ridge and the first linear ridge, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei HIRONAKA, Kazuya SOUMA, Satoshi SHOJI, Ryosuke YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170229802
    Abstract: A conductive connection terminal is extensible and compressible in a longitudinal direction, and includes: a first contact member including a first tip portion configured to contact with one electrode of a contact target, and a first base end portion; a second contact member including a second tip portion configured to contact with another electrode of the contact target, and a plurality of tongue parts configured to contact with the first base end portion; an elastic member configured to extend and compress the first contact member and the second contact member in the longitudinal direction; and a load applying unit configured to apply a load to the tongue parts in a direction bringing the tongue parts into contact with an outer circumference of the first base end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Kazuya Souma
  • Patent number: 9404941
    Abstract: A contact probe includes a conductive first plunger including, on a same axis, a distal end portion, a flange portion, a boss portion, and a base end portion, a conductive second plunger including, on the same axis, a second distal end portion and a boss portion, and a coil spring including a coarsely wound portion formed by winding at a predetermined pitch with an inner diameter equal to or larger than a diameter of the boss portion of the first plunger and a tightly wound portion formed by tightly winding with an inner diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the boss portion of the second plunger, so that the first plunger and the second plunger are connected to each other on the same axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Kazuya Souma, Akihiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20130099814
    Abstract: A contact probe includes a conductive first plunger including, on a same axis, a distal end portion, a flange portion, a boss portion, and a base end portion, a conductive second plunger including, on the same axis, a second distal end portion and a boss portion, and a coil spring including a coarsely wound portion formed by winding at a predetermined pitch with an inner diameter equal to or larger than a diameter of the boss portion of the first plunger and a tightly wound portion formed by tightly winding with an inner diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the boss portion of the second plunger, so that the first plunger and the second plunger are connected to each other on the same axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Kazuya Souma, Akihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 7007087
    Abstract: The service use requirement issue from the user is rejected by holding the threshold value for starting and releasing the service reject in response to the load in the side for providing the information communication service and multicasting the service reject information including the device in the users who do not issue the service requirement using the route with which each user transmits the requirement to the information communication service system when a load in the side for providing the information communication service becomes high and it is determined that the service reject is started. As explained above, when an information service system such as the shopping service system is placed in the overload condition, the service use requirement can be rejected from the user side device to ease the load of the service provision system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Souma, Akira Mineo, Kenji Kimoto