Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kawata

Masafumi Kawata 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).

  • Crimp terminal, method of manufacturing crimp terminal, electrical wire connection structure, and method of manufacturing electrical wire connection structure
    Patent number: 9525215
    Abstract: A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada, Masakazu Kozawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Masafumi Kawata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • CRIMP TERMINAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CRIMP TERMINAL, ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150340772
    Abstract: A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada, Masakazu Kozawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Masafumi Kawata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kobayashi