Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Kurashige

Keiichiro Kurashige 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: 10892582
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal configured to be connected to a wire, a plate-like housing has a terminal accommodating portion configured to accommodate the terminal, the housing having a ceiling wall portion that blocks an upper of a front portion of the terminal accommodating portion and an opening portion which is opened at an upper of a rear portion of the terminal accommodating portion, and a cover configured to cover the opening portion of the terminal accommodating portion when the cover is assembled to the housing. A protruding portion is provided on a front end portion of the cover. The protruding portion presses the terminal located in a primary locking position forward in the front-rear direction to move the terminal from the primary locking position to a regular insertion position when the cover is assembled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawashima, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Patent number: 10862236
    Abstract: A connector includes an electric wire and a housing having an electric wire accommodating portion which is opened upward and which is configured to hold the electric wire. A folded portion folded back to one side toward a cover of the electric wire is provided at a tip end part of a contact portion of a conductor core wire of the electric wire. A groove that is opened forward and extends in a front-rear direction of the housing is formed on a front end surface located at a front end of the wire accommodating portion of the housing. The folded portion is engaged to the groove so that the electric wire is held by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawashima, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Patent number: 10804625
    Abstract: A terminal includes a connecting portion, a cover fixing portion configured to fix a cover of an electric wire, and a conductor fixing portion configured to fix a conductor core wire exposed from the cover of the electric wire. The conductor fixing portion has a holding portion which has an insertion portion and is configured to hold at least one side of the conductor core wire inserted into the insertion portion, and an elastic deformation portion which does not allow the conductor core wire to be inserted through the insertion portion by interference between the elastic deformation portion and the conductor core wire when the elastic deformation portion is at an initial position and which allows the conductor core wire to be inserted through the insertion portion when the elastic deformation portion is at a deformed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Kutsuna, Keiichiro Kurashige, Kazuhiko Takada
  • Patent number: 10756450
    Abstract: A terminal is to be connected to an electric wire including a conductor core wire and a sheath covering the conductor core wire. The terminal includes a connection portion and a conductor fixing portion which is located rearward of the connecting portion and configured to fix the conductor core wire exposed from the electric wire. The connection portion and the conductor fixing portion are integrally formed to each other and are extended in a front-rear direction. The conductor fixing portion has through holes penetrating in a thickness direction of the conductor fixing portion. An end edge portion of each of the plurality of through holes on an outer peripheral surface side of the conductor fixing portion is provided with a tapered portion that increases in diameter of the tapered portion toward an outer peripheral surface of the conductor fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Koichi Ikebe, Keiichiro Kurashige, Youji Kutsuna
  • Patent number: 10756478
    Abstract: A terminal integrally includes a connecting portion connected to a mating terminal, a cover fixing portion that is positioned rearward of the connecting portion and fixes a cover of an electric wire including a conductor core wire and the cover covering the conductor core wire, and a conductor fixing portion that is positioned between the connecting portion and the cover fixing portion and fixes the conductor core wire exposed from the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kutsuna, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Publication number: 20200169022
    Abstract: A connector includes an electric wire and a housing having an electric wire accommodating portion which is opened upward and which is configured to hold the electric wire. A folded portion folded back to one side toward a cover of the electric wire is provided at a tip end part of a contact portion of a conductor core wire of the electric wire. A groove that is opened forward and extends in a front-rear direction of the housing is formed on a front end surface located at a front end of the wire accommodating portion of the housing. The folded portion is engaged to the groove so that the electric wire is held by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi KAWASHIMA, Keiichiro KURASHIGE
  • Publication number: 20200144740
    Abstract: A terminal includes a connecting portion, a cover fixing portion configured to fix a cover of an electric wire, and a conductor fixing portion configured to fix a conductor core wire exposed from the cover of the electric wire. The conductor fixing portion has a holding portion which has an insertion portion and is configured to hold at least one side of the conductor core wire inserted into the insertion portion, and an elastic deformation portion which does not allow the conductor core wire to be inserted through the insertion portion by interference between the elastic deformation portion and the conductor core wire when the elastic deformation portion is at an initial position and which allows the conductor core wire to be inserted through the insertion portion when the elastic deformation portion is at a deformed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Youji KUTSUNA, Keiichiro KURASHIGE, Kazuhiko TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20200136305
    Abstract: A terminal integrally includes a connecting portion connected to a mating terminal, a cover fixing portion that is positioned rearward of the connecting portion and fixes a cover of an electric wire including a conductor core wire and the cover covering the conductor core wire, and a conductor fixing portion that is positioned between the connecting portion and the cover fixing portion and fixes the conductor core wire exposed from the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kutsuna, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Publication number: 20200127390
    Abstract: A terminal is to be connected to an electric wire including a conductor core wire and a sheath covering the conductor core wire. The terminal includes a connection portion and a conductor fixing portion which is located rearward of the connecting portion and configured to fix the conductor core wire exposed from the electric wire. The connection portion and the conductor fixing portion are integrally formed to each other and are extended in a front-rear direction. The conductor fixing portion has through holes penetrating in a thickness direction of the conductor fixing portion. An end edge portion of each of the plurality of through holes on an outer peripheral surface side of the conductor fixing portion is provided with a tapered portion that increases in diameter of the tapered portion toward an outer peripheral surface of the conductor fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Koichi Ikebe, Keiichiro Kurashige, Youji Kutsuna
  • Publication number: 20200127409
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal configured to be connected to a wire, a plate-like housing has a terminal accommodating portion configured to accommodate the terminal, the housing having a ceiling wall portion that blocks an upper of a front portion of the terminal accommodating portion and an opening portion which is opened at an upper of a rear portion of the terminal accommodating portion, and a cover configured to cover the opening portion of the terminal accommodating portion when the cover is assembled to the housing. A protruding portion is provided on a front end portion of the cover. The protruding portion presses the terminal located in a primary locking position forward in the front-rear direction to move the terminal from the primary locking position to a regular insertion position when the cover is assembled to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawashima, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Publication number: 20130337877
    Abstract: A game device for carrying out a game of a sport match between a first team operated by the user and a second team. The game device includes a participating player selecting section that selects a plurality of player characters as operation target candidates from among a plurality of player characters belonging to the first team and participating in a match, based on an operation of a user, an operation target player switching section that switches, in the match, a user's operation target among the plurality of player characters selected by the operation target candidate player selecting section, and a player control section that causes, in the match, a player character which is the user's operation target to act, based on an operation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Ippei KONDO, Keiichiro KURASHIGE, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Atsushi OMURA, Naohiro IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 8475250
    Abstract: To provide a game device for allowing a user to concentrate on an operation of one or more specific player characters and also capable of reducing a period of time with the user being left rarely able to be useful in a match. According to the present invention, a game of a sport match carried out between a first team operated by the user and a second team is carried out. A participating player selecting section (86) selects a plurality of player characters as operation target candidates from among a plurality of player characters belonging to the first team and participating in a match, based on an operation of a user. An operation target player switching section (88) switches, in the match, a user's operation target among the plurality of player characters selected by the operation target candidate player selecting section (86). A player control section (90) causes, in the match, a player character which is the user's operation target to act, based on an operation by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ippei Kondo, Keiichiro Kurashige, Shuji Yamamoto, Atsushi Omura, Naohiro Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20110124386
    Abstract: To provide a game device for allowing a user to concentrate on an operation of one or more specific player characters and also capable of reducing a period of time with the user being left rarely able to be useful in a match. According to the present invention, a game of a sport match carried out between a first team operated by the user and a second team is carried out. A participating player selecting section (86) selects a plurality of player characters as operation target candidates from among a plurality of player characters belonging to the first team and participating in a match, based on an operation of a user. An operation target player switching section (88) switches, in the match, a user's operation target among the plurality of player characters selected by the operation target candidate player selecting section (86). A player control section (90) causes, in the match, a player character which is the user's operation target to act, based on an operation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ippei Kondo, Keiichiro Kurashige, Shuji Yamamoto, Atsushi Omura, Naohiro Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20110118019
    Abstract: To provide a game device capable of allowing a user to predict whether or not the user is to operate a game character if a state of the game character is changed from a first state of being operated by a computer to a second state of being operated by any one of a plurality of users. A storage section (80) stores selection control data for selecting the any one of the plurality of users. A setting section (82a) sets, if the state of the game character is changed from the first state to the second state, the game character as an operation subject of a user selected based on the selection control data from among the plurality of users. A display control section (84) sets, if the state of the game character is the first state, a display mode for the game character or a display mode for a related image displayed in association with the game character based on the selection control data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Ippei Kondo, Keiichiro Kurashige, Shuji Yamamoto, Atsushi Omura, Naohiro Iizuka