Patents by Inventor Kenya ANDO

Kenya ANDO 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: 12230448
    Abstract: An electronic component with a metal terminal includes an electronic component having an element body, and external electrodes respectively provided on end surfaces facing each other in an X direction in the element body; and plate-shaped metal terminals having joint portions joined to the external electrodes, and leg portions provided to protrude beyond the electronic component in a Z direction. The leg portion of the metal terminal has an extending part continuously extending in the Z direction from the joint portion, a first bent part bent from a tip of the extending part to the electronic component side at a first angle formed to be an acute angle with respect to the extending part, and a second bent part bent from a tip of the first bent part at a second angle larger than the first angle with respect to the extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Kobayashi, Norihisa Ando, Toshihiro Iguchi, Kenya Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20220115802
    Abstract: A terminal includes a body and an elastic contact plate. The body includes a cylindrical shape into which a mating terminal is inserted, and includes, in an inner wall, a contact region that comes into contact with the mating terminal. The elastic contact plate presses the mating terminal against the contact region. A plurality of grooves that extends in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the mating terminal is inserted is formed in the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventor: Kenya Ando
  • Patent number: 9668347
    Abstract: The electric part to be soldered to a metal pad mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a first surface facing the metal pad, a second surface extending from the first surface in a direction away from the metal pad, and a third surface outwardly extending from the second surface, the second surface and the third surface defining a space in which solder is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Patent number: 9583859
    Abstract: A conductive female terminal includes a cylindrical main body formed of a conductor, and formed with a first opening in which a male terminal is to be inserted, and a first protrusion formed of a conductor, and formed so as to protrude from the main body in a direction becoming apart from an axial center of the main body. The first protrusion includes a first inclined portion inclined so as to approach the axial center of the main body toward the first opening, a first plane portion extending from the first inclined portion toward the first opening, and disposed so as to overlap with an outer face of the main body, and a first interconnecting portion that interconnects the first inclined portion with the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Patent number: 9553388
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector terminal, a housing formed with a slider groove, and a retainer locking the connector terminal and preventing the connector terminal from being released by sliding from the unlocking position to the locking position. The retainer includes a basal end housed in the slider groove, and a projection projecting from the basal end toward the opening of an engagement hole. The basal end is formed with an operation hole in which an operating jig that changes the position of the retainer between the locking position and the unlocking position is inserted. The projection is formed with a guide portion that guides the insertion of the operating jig in the operation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Publication number: 20160322728
    Abstract: A conductive female terminal includes a cylindrical main body formed of a conductor, and formed with a first opening in which a male terminal is to be inserted, and a first protrusion formed of a conductor, and formed so as to protrude from the main body in a direction becoming apart from an axial center of the main body. The first protrusion includes a first inclined portion inclined so as to approach the axial center of the main body toward the first opening, a first plane portion extending from the first inclined portion toward the first opening, and disposed so as to overlap with an outer face of the main body, and a first interconnecting portion that interconnects the first inclined portion with the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Publication number: 20160322735
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector terminal, a housing formed with a slider groove, and a retainer locking the connector terminal and preventing the connector terminal from being released by sliding from the unlocking position to the locking position. The retainer includes a basal end housed in the slider groove, and a projection projecting from the basal end toward the opening of an engagement hole. The basal end is formed with an operation hole in which an operating jig that changes the position of the retainer between the locking position and the unlocking position is inserted. The projection is formed with a guide portion that guides the insertion of the operating jig in the operation hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Patent number: 9368906
    Abstract: A terminal to be inserted into a storage space formed in a housing includes a hollow sheath portion, and a first engagement portion to be engaged with the storage space, the first engagement portion including a first inclining portion, and a first abutment portion extending from an upper end of the first inclining portion towards the sheath portion and making abutment at a lower end thereof with a ceiling of the sheath portion, the terminal being formed of a single metal sheet, the first engagement portion being formed by bending a projecting part around a direction intersecting with the axis of the sheath portion, the projecting part being a part of the metal sheet defining the sheath portion and extending in parallel with a direction in which the terminal is inserted into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Kenya Ando
  • Publication number: 20150364857
    Abstract: A terminal to be inserted into a storage space formed in a housing includes a hollow sheath portion, and a first engagement portion to be engaged with the storage space, the first engagement portion including a first inclining portion, and a first abutment portion extending from an upper end of the first inclining portion towards the sheath portion and making abutment at a lower end thereof with a ceiling of the sheath portion, the terminal being formed of a single metal sheet, the first engagement portion being formed by bending a projecting part around a direction intersecting with the axis of the sheath portion, the projecting part being a part of the metal sheet defining the sheath portion and extending in parallel with a direction in which the terminal is inserted into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi ENDO, Kenya ANDO
  • Publication number: 20150083478
    Abstract: The electric part to be soldered to a metal pad mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a first surface facing the metal pad, a second surface extending from the first surface in a direction away from the metal pad, and a third surface outwardly extending from the second surface, the second surface and the third surface defining a space in which solder is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi ENDO, Kenya ANDO