Patents by Inventor Kohji Imai

Kohji Imai 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: 5653015
    Abstract: A multiwire cable connection apparatus reduces the mutual entangling of wires 4 and prevents damage of the insulation of the wires when pressure connected to 5 contacts 8 of a connector 6. A wire-controlling member 210, which extends along the longitudinal direction of the connector 6 is located between an end 2a of a multiwire cable 2 and a back surface 6d of the pressure contact type connector 6. Since the space wherein wires 4 cross each other by the transfer after the identification of wires 4 is restricted to the space between the multiwire cable 2 and the wire-controlling member 210, wires 4 are pressure connected to the assigned contacts 8 without crossing each other in the space between the connector 6 and the wire-controlling member 210. Therefore, the wires 4 do not engage with the connector 6 over the time from the wire identification to the transfer to the assigned contacts 8, and no damage is caused to the insulation of the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Kohji Imai, Shiroh Yabe