Patents by Inventor Makoto Enari

Makoto Enari 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).

  • Electrical connector having locking mechanism for locking connector housings
    Patent number: 7393233
    Abstract: In an electrical connector assembly, housings are locked with each other by locking a rear holder provided in a first connector with a cooperating second connector. In a rear holder main body 52 of a rear holder 51 there are formed a plurality of resilient clamping lances 53 which clamp connection terminals 67 inserted into respective terminal receiving holes 62 formed in a housing main body 61. At a middle upper portion of the rear holder 51 there is provided a resilient locking arm 54, and a locking claw 55 is formed on the locking arm. When the housing main body 61 is inserted into a housing main body 71 of a cooperating connector, connection terminals 67 and 72 are coupled with each other. The locking claw 55 provided on the locking arm 54 of the rear holder 51 is engaged with a locking portion 73 of the housing main body 71 of the cooperating second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignees: FCI, Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukifumi Machida, Shinji Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Makoto Enari, Tetsu Hirose
  • Electrical connector
    Publication number: 20060160433
    Abstract: In an electrical connector assembly, housings are locked with each other by locking a rear holder provided in a first connector with a cooperating second connector. In a rear holder main body 52 of a rear holder 51 there are formed a plurality of resilient clamping lances 53 which clamp connection terminals 67 inserted into respective terminal receiving holes 62 formed in a housing main body 61. At a middle upper portion of the rear holder 51 there is provided a resilient locking arm 54, and a locking claw 55 is formed on the locking arm. When the housing main body 61 is inserted into a housing main body 71 of a cooperating connector, connection terminals 67 and 72 are coupled with each other. The locking claw 55 provided on the locking arm 54 of the rear holder 51 is engaged with a locking portion 73 of the housing main body 71 of the cooperating second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Yukifumi Machida, Shinji Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Makoto Enari, Tetsu Hirose