Patents by Inventor Kenji Okura
Kenji Okura 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).
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Publication number: 20080268723Abstract: Contact portions of a socket contact and a header contact are pressed and thinned, and sloping steps formed by the process that presses and thins in the socket contact and the header contact are engaged with each other to suppress disengagement of the contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Yoji MIYAZAKI, Kenji OKURA
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Patent number: 7410364Abstract: A connector comprising a header connector 20 and a socket connector 25. The connector 25 includes a fixed section 272 that is continuously formed at the tip of one end 2711 of a contact section 271 so that a part 2721 of the section 272 is arranged in parallel with the one end. A housing 26 of the connector 25 sandwiches and retains both sides of the part 2721 between a pair of facing retention grooves, and also sandwiches and receives both sides of the one end 2711 between a pair of facing guiding grooves so that the one end 2711 can move only along facing surfaces including the above each groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 7278861Abstract: This connector assembly comprises a header (1) and a socket (2). The header (1) has a header contact member (4) with a first contact piece (41) and a second contact piece (42), and the socket (2) has a socket contact member (6) with a first contact piece (64) and a second contact piece (66). The first contact piece (64) of the socket contact member (6) has a first protrusion (64a) and the first contact piece (41) of the header contact member (4) has a second protrusion (41a), and the first protrusion (64a) and the second protrusion (41a) constitute a lock mechanism when the header is inserted into the socket. The second contact piece (42) of the header contact member (4) has a concave portion (42a) in a surface for making contact with the second contact piece (66). When the second contact pieces (42) and (66) make contact with each other, a gap is formed between the second contact piece (66) and an inner surface of the concave portion (42a).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Publication number: 20070141866Abstract: A connector comprising a header connector 20 and a socket connector 25. The connector 25 includes a fixed section 272 that is continuously formed at the tip of one end 2711 of a contact section 271 so that a part 2721 of the section 272 is arranged in parallel with the one end. A housing 26 of the connector 25 sandwiches and retains both sides of the part 2721 between a pair of facing retention grooves, and also sandwiches and receives both sides of the one end 2711 between a pair of facing guiding grooves so that the one end 2711 can move only along facing surfaces including the above each groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Publication number: 20070141867Abstract: This connector assembly comprises a header 1 and a socket 2. The header 1 has a header contact member 4 with a first contact piece 41 and a second contact piece 42, and the socket 2 has a socket contact member 6 with a first contact piece 64 and a second contact piece 66. The first contact piece 64 of the socket contact member 6 has a first protrusion 64a and the first contact piece 41 of the header contact member 4 has a second protrusion 41a, and the first protrusion 64a and the second protrusion 41a constitute a lock mechanism when the header is inserted into the socket. The second contact piece 42 of the header contact member 4 has a concave portion 42a in a surface for making contact with the second contact piece 66. When the second contact pieces 42 and 66 make contact with each other, a gap is formed between the second contact piece 66 and an inner surface of the concave portion 42a.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 7150674Abstract: Detecting the deviation of the grinding wheel position from the amount of work deformation after grinding, and correctly adjusting the grinding wheel position, it provides both-side grinding techniques for making the work excellent in flatness and parallelism. When the feeding operation of grinding wheels (1,2) is completed, the distances from hydrostatic pads (20, 21) to the surface and back of work (W) are measured at three points, and the deformation amount of work (W) is detected from the results of measurement at the three points by using air gauge sensors (Sa, Sb, Sc), and in case the calculated amount of deformation exceeds the specified value, the moving adjustment of grinding wheels (1, 2) is performed in accordance with the amount of deformation so that work (W) is flat without deformation when the feeding operation of grinding wheels (1, 2) is completed.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Koyo Machine Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 7112091Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a-mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
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Publication number: 20060051988Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a-mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
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Patent number: 6986670Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
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Publication number: 20060009125Abstract: Detecting the deviation of the grinding wheel position from the amount of work deformation after grinding, and correctly adjusting the grinding wheel position, it provides both-side grinding techniques for making the work excellent in flatness and parallelism. When the feeding operation of grinding wheels (1, 2) is completed, the distances from hydrostatic pads (20, 21) to the surface and back of work (W) are measured at three points, and the deformation amount of work (W) is detected from the results of measurement at the three points by using air gauge sensors(Sa, Sb, Sc), and in case the calculated amount of deformation exceeds the specified value, the moving adjustment of grinding wheels (1, 2) is performed in accordance with the amount of deformation so that work (W) is flat without deformation when the feeding operation of grinding wheels (1, 2) is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2002Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventor: Kenji Okura
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Publication number: 20050009383Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a emobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
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Publication number: 20040171285Abstract: A connector used electrically for connecting two circuit boards comprises a plurality of sets of contacts held on a body. Each contact has a terminal portion to be soldered on the circuit board, a held portion to be fitted into the body, and a contacting portion to be elastically contacted with a contacting portion of a contact of the counterpart connector when the connectors are coupled with each other. A part of the contact, which generates elastic pressure by warping when the connectors are coupled, is hammered out in a manner so that a thickness of the part is made thinner than other portions for generating work hardening. Elastic pressure acting between the contacts of the connectors coupled with each other is increased by the work hardening, so that reliability of connection can be maintained owing to the increase of the elastic pressure even when a stacking height of the connectors is made lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventor: Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 6338631Abstract: An electrical coupler which is capable of being easily assembled into a main unit for electrically detachable interconnection of an external unit to the main unit. The coupler includes a dielectric header which carries an array of first terminal ends and an array of second terminal ends which are engageable with an arrays of first contacts of the main unit and an array of second contacts of the external unit for establishing an electrical interconnection. The header is made of a rigid material which integrally supports the array of the second terminal ends to define thereat a terminal connector responsible for detachable connection to the external unit. The header is molded to have a mount flange as an integral part for securely fixing the header to an enclosure of the main unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Shunsuke Hashimoto, Kenji Okura
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Publication number: 20010027033Abstract: A compact receptacle for mating connection with a complementary coaxial plug connector. The receptacle is in use to be mounted on a mobile phone for switching a signal line from an internal antenna to a vehicle's external antenna when placed on a cradle in a vehicle in mating connection with the plug connector on the cradle. The receptacle has a dielectric mold carrying an outer conductor shield fitted on top of the mold, a single spring member, and a single fixed contact member. The conductor shield includes an electrode socket for connection with an outer conductor tube of the plug. The spring member integrally carries a center electrode for connection with a center conductor post of the plug, and a movable contact which forms a normally-closed switch with a fixed contact on the fixed contact member for the above signal switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: October 4, 2001Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Fujimoto, Shuji Kato, Kenji Okura, Yoshihisa Inaba, Takeshi Hashimoto, Narutoshi Hoshino, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Shinya Sasaki
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Patent number: 6296492Abstract: A compact receptacle for mating connection with a complementary coaxial plug connector. The receptacle is in use to be mounted on a mobile phone for switching a signal line from an internal antenna to a vehicle's external antenna when placed on a cradle in a vehicle in mating connection with the plug connector on the cradle. The receptacle has a dielectric mold carrying an outer conductor shield fitted on top of the mold, a single spring member, and a single fixed contact member. The conductor shield includes an electrode socket for connection with an outer conductor tube of the plug. The spring member integrally carries a center electrode for connection with a center conductor post of the plug, and a movable contact which forms a normally-closed switch with a fixed contact on the fixed contact member for the above signal switching.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Fujimoto, Shuji Kato, Kenji Okura, Yoshihisa Inaba, Takeshi Hashimoto, Narutoshi Hoshino, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Shinya Sasaki
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Patent number: 5975916Abstract: A lowered profile electrical connector assembly is composed of a socket and a detachable plug. A flat dielectric socket base mounts a plurality of arrayed first terminals each having a first spring contact. A dielectric plug base mounts a plurality of arrayed second terminals each having a second spring contact. Each first terminal includes a first lead which extends outwardly from a bottom of the socket base for electrical connection with an external circuit. The first and second terminals are each provided with first and second leads for electrical connection with external circuits. Each first terminal is shaped to have a S-shaped section composed of inverted and upright U-shaped portions which are continuous with one leg of the upright U-shaped portion shared by the inverted U-shaped portion. The upright U-shaped portion includes a free spring leg which defines the first spring contact having a free contact end for engagement with the second spring contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Okura
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Patent number: 5584713Abstract: A connector comprises a socket adapted to be mounted in a potable radiotelephone having an internal power supply and a plug having a power code for supplying electric power from an external power supply to the radiotelephone. The socket has a pair of input terminals, movable and stationary terminals. The movable terminal is formed with a pair of torsion members each of which has a contact. The contacts are urged to the stationary terminal to make a first electrical connection therebetween for allowing a first operation of the radiotelephone with the use of the internal power supply. For preventing an accidental breakage of the first electrical connection which is caused by dust or pieces of thread put between the movable and stationary terminals, a contact-point between one of the contacts and the stationary terminal is displaced from that between the other contact and the stationary terminal in an inserting direction of the plug into the socket.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1994Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Syuji Kato, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: D539225Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: D540263Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura
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Patent number: D562768Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Kishi, Kenji Okura