Patents by Inventor Kunihiko IKEGAME

Kunihiko IKEGAME 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).

  • Rotary connector and fixing structure of rotary connector
    Patent number: 10587085
    Abstract: Looseness of a rotary connector and lifting of the rotary connector which occurs depending on a harness wiring state are prevented, to reduce inconvenience such as generation of an abnormal sound due to the rotary connector contacting a steering wheel. In a fixing structure of a rotary connector, which includes a projecting piece 15 to fix the rotary connector to a combination switch and a locked portion 22a to be locked by the projecting piece 15 and in which a laterally protruding locking claw 31 is formed in a tip portion of the projecting piece 15, the locking claw 31 of the projecting piece 15 is integrally provided with a flexible urging portion 15a that displaces and urges the locking claw 31 in a locking direction. A contact surface 32 is formed on the locking claw 31, the contact surface 32 obliquely coming into contact with a locking side corner 23 of the locked portion 22a from the opposing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shuji Hirai, Kazutaka Kamiya, Toshihiko Kosugi, Shigeo Shigeyama, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yoshio Chiba, Kunihiko Ikegame, Hideki Matsumura, Tadashi Usuya
  • ROTARY CONNECTOR AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF ROTARY CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20190221979
    Abstract: Looseness of a rotary connector and lifting of the rotary connector which occurs depending on a harness wiring state are prevented, to reduce inconvenience such as generation of an abnormal sound due to the rotary connector contacting a steering wheel. In a fixing structure of a rotary connector, which includes a projecting piece 15 to fix the rotary connector to a combination switch and a locked portion 22a to be locked by the projecting piece 15 and in which a laterally protruding locking claw 31 is formed in a tip portion of the projecting piece 15, the locking claw 31 of the projecting piece 15 is integrally provided with a flexible urging portion 15a that displaces and urges the locking claw 31 in a locking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shuji HIRAI, Kazutaka KAMIYA, Toshihiko KOSUGI, Shigeo SHIGEYAMA, Nobuyuki ISHIGURE, Yoshio CHIBA, Kunihiko IKEGAME, Hideki MATSUMURA, Tadashi USUYA