Patents by Inventor Kenichi NAGANUMA

Kenichi NAGANUMA 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: 10461478
    Abstract: Provided is a connector configured so that tensile strength when an attempt is made to forcibly detach the connector from a partner connector can be enhanced. A housing includes a body portion and a fitting target portion extending to the side of fitting to the partner connector. The diameter of a side portion outer peripheral surface of the fitting target portion is, at at least part thereof, smaller than that of the body portion. A conductive shell includes a first shell and a second shell. The first shell includes a cover portion configured to cover at least part of an outer peripheral surface of the housing, an elastic arm having a free end on the side of fitting to the partner connector, and a support portion elastically connecting the cover portion and the elastic arm and configured to support the elastic arm in a cantilever manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakaizawa, Kenichi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20190237898
    Abstract: For example, the provision of a cable connector where a cable holder can maintain the position of a member where the cable holder is mounted, before and after the mounting. The cable connector includes a housing and paired cable holders. One end of a cable can be mounted in each of the paired cable holders. Each of the paired cable holders includes a cantilevered arm portion extending in a mounting direction of the cable holder on the housing. At least part of the arm portion can come face to face with part of the housing in a direction along a lead-out direction of the cable from the cable holder, at the time and after the mounting of the cable holder on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20190229438
    Abstract: An electrical connector in a type of connectors that comes into contact with a counterpart connector in a gap between contacts of terminals is provided in which the adjustment of contact positions of the terminals is easy and therefore the manufacture of the electrical connector is easy and the manufacturing cost is low. The electrical connector includes a housing and paired terminal supports. Each of the paired terminal supports can support the terminals in cantilever fashion. Moreover, the paired terminal supports are mounted on the housing in a state of abutting each other in predetermined directions. The terminals supported by the terminals supports mounted on the housing can form a gap where a contacted object is inserted, between the contacts of the terminals in a direction along the abutment directions of the paired terminal supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20190058288
    Abstract: It is intended to enhance elastic force of an arm and reduce a plate material necessary for forming the arm to effectively use a resource. Provided is a connector fittable to a partner connector, the connector including an insulating housing, a contact, and a conductive shell. The shell includes at least a metal shell formed from a single metal plate. The metal shell includes a cover portion configured to cover at least part of a side portion outer peripheral surface of the housing, an elastic arm having a free end on the side of fitting to the partner connector, and a support portion coupled to a lateral side of the elastic arm to elastically connect the cover portion and the elastic arm and configured to support the elastic arm in a cantilever manner. The cover portion and the elastic arm have substantially opposing surfaces. The elastic arm has a lock portion configured to lock fitting between the connector and the partner connector at a position closer to a free end side than the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tadashi SAKAIZAWA, Kenichi NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20190058289
    Abstract: Provided is a connector configured so that tensile strength when an attempt is made to forcibly detach the connector from a partner connector can be enhanced. A housing includes a body portion and a fitting target portion extending to the side of fitting to the partner connector. The diameter of a side portion outer peripheral surface of the fitting target portion is, at at least part thereof, smaller than that of the body portion. A conductive shell includes a first shell and a second shell. The first shell includes a cover portion configured to cover at least part of an outer peripheral surface of the housing, an elastic arm having a free end on the side of fitting to the partner connector, and a support portion elastically connecting the cover portion and the elastic arm and configured to support the elastic arm in a cantilever manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tadashi SAKAIZAWA, Kenichi NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20190013624
    Abstract: In a typical connector, one or more ground terminals need to be, in addition to signal terminals, arranged between signal terminals formed in pairs or between one signal terminal pair and the other signal terminal pair. This leads to a problem that the number of components forming the connector is increased and an internal structure of the connector is complicated. A connector is provided, which is a substrate-side connector including two terminal groups arranged along a connector fitting direction to face each other, an insulator holding the terminal groups, and an outer conductor shell housing the insulator. In the substrate-side connector, a shell mounting portion for mounting the outer conductor shell on a substrate is, passing through between the two terminal groups, mounted between a mounting portion for a group of terminals of multiple terminals included in one terminal group and a mounting portion for a group of the terminals of multiple terminals included in the other terminal group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tadashi SAKAIZAWA, Kenichi NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 9331409
    Abstract: An electrical connection device is to be attached to a wiring board for holding a plate conductive member so that the wiring board is electrically connected to the plate conductive member. The electrical connection device includes a contact piece including an arm portion, a leg portion, and a base portion disposed between the arm portion and the leg portion; and a base member to be attached to the wiring board for supporting the contact piece at the base portion thereof. The base member is to be attached to the wiring board so that the base member is movable in parallel to the wiring board. The contact piece is arranged so that the plate conductive member pushes the arm portion to urge the leg portion against the wiring board with the base portion as a pivot when the plate conductive member contacts with the arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Masao Shimoyama, Taro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20150333442
    Abstract: An electrical connection device is to be attached to a wiring board for holding a plate conductive member so that the wiring board is electrically connected to the plate conductive member. The electrical connection device includes a contact piece including an arm portion, a leg portion, and a base portion disposed between the arm portion and the leg portion; and a base member to be attached to the wiring board for supporting the contact piece at the base portion thereof. The base member is to be attached to the wiring board so that the base member is movable in parallel to the wiring board. The contact piece is arranged so that the plate conductive member pushes the arm portion to urge the leg portion against the wiring board with the base portion as a pivot when the plate conductive member contacts with the arm portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi NAGANUMA, Masao SHIMOYAMA, Taro TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: D812570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakaizawa, Kenichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: D838673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Hayato Sato
  • Patent number: D843945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Yusuke Sakoda
  • Patent number: D843946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Yusuke Sakoda
  • Patent number: D851043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakaizawa, Kenichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: D852142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakaizawa, Kenichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: D860953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakaizawa, Kenichi Naganuma