Patents by Inventor Kentaro Ohnuma

Kentaro Ohnuma 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: 10003136
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section and including a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces extending upward from both side edges of the bottom plate. The other conductor caulking piece includes a bending portion being folded and is formed so that a tip positioned at a tip side from the bending portion faces downward. A pair of the conductor caulking pieces is bent inward so that the one conductor caulking piece overlaps on an upper side of the other conductor caulking piece and a conductor of an electrical wire to be connected is wrapped, and thereby a pair of the conductor caulking pieces caulks the conductor so as to closely contact on an upper surface of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is prevented that the conductor caulking piece opens after being caulked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Publication number: 20170018858
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section and including a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces extending upward from both side edges of the bottom plate. The other conductor caulking piece includes a bending portion being folded and is formed so that a tip positioned at a tip side from the bending portion faces downward. A pair of the conductor caulking pieces is bent inward so that the one conductor caulking piece overlaps on an upper side of the other conductor caulking piece and a conductor of an electrical wire to be connected is wrapped, and thereby a pair of the conductor caulking pieces caulks the conductor so as to closely contact on an upper surface of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is prevented that the conductor caulking piece opens after being caulked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro OHNUMA
  • Patent number: 9502784
    Abstract: A conductor of an aluminum electric wire having a solder coating film thereon is placed on a conductor crimping part. The conductor crimping part includes a strongly crimped part where solder coating film of the conductor part is crimped with a strength to allow a break to occur due to application of a crimping force, and a weakly crimped part where solder coating film of the conductor part is crimped with a strength to prevent a break from occurring due to application of the crimping force. The conductor part and the conductor crimping part are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 9437938
    Abstract: In a connecting method of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire, the pressure attaching terminal includes first and second electric wire connecting parts having U shapes and having a bottom plate part and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces. When the electric wire is a single core electric wire, a single core conductor is set and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces are respectively bent inside to caulk the caulking pieces to the single core conductor. When the electric wire is a multi-core electric wire as a multi-core twisted conductor, the multi-core conductor is set, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the part covered with a coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 9397437
    Abstract: A connection terminal includes a terminal connection portion to be connected with a mating terminal is connected, a wire connection portion connected to the terminal connection portion and a wire, an anticorrosion material provided to cover an area in the wire connection portion where water may be poured to the wire, and an anticorrosion material holding portion provided in the wire connection portion towards the terminal connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 9379479
    Abstract: A connection terminal includes: a terminal connection portion to be connected with a mating terminal; a wire connection portion including a pair of crimping pieces crimped to an exposed conductor and insulation sheath of a wire; an anticorrosion material provided to cover the exposed conductor and insulation sheath exposed on an outside of the wire connection portion and cover a gap provided in a portion where edges of the respective crimping pieces face and come into contact with each other; and an anticorrosion material holding portion provided in the portion where the edges of the respective crimping pieces face and come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 9350109
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes: a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed; an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section connected to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section. The front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve, the center part of the compression section compresses the conductor part, and the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160006134
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section and including a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces extending upward from both side edges of the bottom plate. The other conductor caulking piece includes a bending portion being folded and is formed so that a tip positioned at a tip side from the bending portion faces downward. A pair of the conductor caulking pieces is bent inward so that the one conductor caulking piece overlaps on an upper side of the other conductor caulking piece and a conductor of an electrical wire to be connected is wrapped, and thereby a pair of the conductor caulking pieces caulks the conductor so as to closely contact on an upper surface of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is prevented that the conductor caulking piece opens after being caulked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro OHNUMA
  • Patent number: 9153883
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal, including: a ground metal part made of a first metallic material; an intermediate layer made of a second metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the first metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the ground metal part; and a surface layer made of a third metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the second metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Publication number: 20150180138
    Abstract: A conductor (2) of an aluminum electric wire (1) on which a solder coating film (5) is placed on a conductor crimping part (21), the conductor crimping part (21) is crimped so that a strongly crimped part (24) where the solder coating film of the conductor part is crimped with such a strength that a break occurs due to the crimping force, and a weakly crimped part (25) where the solder coating film is crimped with such a strength that a break will not occur due to the crimping force, and the conductor part (2) and the conductor crimping part (21) are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 9065196
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal is provided to include: an inner terminal including a crimp part that is crimped to compress a conductor part of a covered electric wire; an outer terminal that is compressed to the inner terminal by a front part thereof and is compressed to the covered electric wire by a rear part thereof; and a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of the conductor part of the covered electric wire, wherein the seal sleeve is crimped by the crimp part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9065189
    Abstract: A water proof crimping terminal comprises a base plate part; and a pair of core wire crimping pieces integrally formed with the base plate part to form an annular core wire crimping part during crimping process of an electric wire; wherein an end side of one of the core wire crimping pieces is folded outward to form a folded part having an outward repelling force, an end side of the other of the core wire crimping pieces is arranged outside the folded part as a covering part, and an outer surface of the folded part is allowed to come into close contact with an inner surface of the covering part by the repelling force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takahito Nakashima, Saori Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20150011117
    Abstract: A connection terminal includes a terminal connection portion to be connected with a mating terminal is connected, a wire connection portion connected to the terminal connection portion and a wire, an anticorrosion material provided to cover an area in the wire connection portion where water may be poured to the wire, and an anticorrosion material holding portion provided in the wire connection portion towards the terminal connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kentaro OHNUMA
  • Publication number: 20150011116
    Abstract: A connection terminal includes: a terminal connection portion to be connected with a mating terminal; a wire connection portion including a pair of crimping pieces crimped to an exposed conductor and insulation sheath of a wire; an anticorrosion material provided to cover the exposed conductor and insulation sheath exposed on an outside of the wire connection portion and cover a gap provided in a portion where edges of the respective crimping pieces face and come into contact with each other; and an anticorrosion material holding portion provided in the portion where the edges of the respective crimping pieces face and come into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kentaro OHNUMA
  • Publication number: 20140174820
    Abstract: In a connecting method of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire, the pressure attaching terminal includes first and second electric wire connecting parts having U shapes and having a bottom plate part and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces. When the electric wire is a single core electric wire, a single core conductor is set and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces are respectively bent inside to caulk the caulking pieces to the single core conductor. When the electric wire is a multi-core electric wire as a multi-core twisted conductor, the multi-core conductor is set, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the part covered with a coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro OHNUMA
  • Publication number: 20140162505
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal, including: a ground metal part made of a first metallic material; an intermediate layer made of a second metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the first metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the ground metal part; and a surface layer made of a third metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the second metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Publication number: 20140154915
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal is provided to include: an inner terminal including a crimp part that is crimped to compress a conductor part of a covered electric wire; an outer terminal that is compressed to the inner terminal by a front part thereof and is compressed to the covered electric wire by a rear part thereof; and a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of the conductor part of the covered electric wire, wherein the seal sleeve is crimped by the crimp part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro OHNUMA, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140151083
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes: a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed; an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section connected to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section. The front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve, the center part of the compression section compresses the conductor part, and the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro OHNUMA, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8235276
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire in which the electric wire 1 in which a conductor end 7 made of plural core wires is exposed and a metallic connection terminal 19 formed by erecting two side walls 27 from a bottom surface are prepared and the conductor end is bonded to the connection terminal by applying ultrasonic vibration while the conductor end of the electric wire is positioned in the bottom surface between the two side walls of the connection terminal and is pushed, a cross section of the conductor end of the electric wire is made by being molded by press so that a thickness of a width direction between the side walls becomes thin toward at least one of the side positioned in the bottom surface of the connection terminal and the side to which the ultrasonic vibration is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
  • Patent number: 8118209
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding apparatus 1 includes an anvil equipped with a terminal clamp 3 for disposing an electrical contact part 31 connected to an electronic device and a core wire weld part 32 which ranges to the electrical contact part 31 and stacks a core wire 21 constructed by bundling plural strands, and a chip 7 which is disposed in a position opposed to the anvil and mutually welds the core wire to the terminal clamp by applying ultrasonic vibration in a state of pinching the core wire 21 and the terminal clamp 3 between the anvil and the chip and pressurizing the core wire and the terminal clamp in a direction of approaching each other. The ultrasonic welding apparatus 1 includes a core wire protrusion prevention wall 5 which is disposed in a position close to a terminal of the core wire 21 and prevents the terminal of the core wire 21 from moving to a place overlapping with the electrical contact part 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohnuma