Patents by Inventor Masahiro KARITA

Masahiro KARITA 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: 11862891
    Abstract: A connector in the present disclosure is a connector 10 provided with an inner conductor 20 and an inner housing 30. The inner housing 30 is formed by assembling a first housing 31 and at least one second housing 42 with each other. The first housing 31 includes a first side wall 34 and the second housing 42 includes a second side wall 46. The second side wall 46 is arranged from a protection wall 43 to overlap the first side wall 34. The first and second side walls 34, 46 include a slide mechanism 50. The slide mechanism 50 includes a fitting portion 36 on either one of the first and second side walls 34, 46 and a fitting hole 47 in the other side wall. The fitting hole 47 is formed to be longer in a front-rear direction than the fitting portion 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Karita
  • Patent number: 11791578
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a housing 11 and a plurality of terminals 40A, 40B arranged in two or more stages in a vertical direction in the housing 11. The plurality of terminals 40A, 40B extend downward behind the housing 11 and include board connecting portions 43 in lower end parts. The board connecting portions 43 provided in the plurality of terminals 40A, 40B are so set that the board connecting portions 43 of the terminals arranged in an upper stage (e.g. upper-stage terminals 40A) in the housing 11 are located to be lower in a state before being connected to a surface of a board 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20230318233
    Abstract: The connector includes an inner conductor with electrical conductivity including a wire barrel that connects to the core wire and the terminal connection portion that electrically connects to the tab portion T of a mating terminal, a dielectric that is made of a synthetic resin and that includes a cavity that houses the inner conductor, and an outer conductor with electrical conductivity that encloses the dielectric, wherein the dielectric includes a first wall portion (inter-layer partition wall) adjacent to the inner conductor, and a portion of the first wall portion is a thin portion with less thickness than other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Yasuo IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230109992
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor. The housing includes a fitting hole into which the second outer conductor is fitted. The first outer conductor includes a first lock portion. In the state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face the back side in the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole. The second outer conductor includes a second lock portion that is locked to the first lock portion in the state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position. In the state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Takahiro CHIKUSA, Yasuo IMAI, Ai HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230113071
    Abstract: Technology of the present invention improves the shielding performance of an outer conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 20 and an outer conductor 40 that surrounds the inner conductor 20. The outer conductor 40 includes a first outer conductor 41 that can be electrically connected to a shield layer 83 of an electric wire 80, and a second outer conductor 42 that can be electrically connected to the first outer conductor 41 and can be electrically connected to a partner outer conductor 93 of a partner connector 90. The first outer conductor 41 is a member formed with a tubular shape by casting or cutting, and includes a first lock portion 47. The second outer conductor 42 is a plate-shaped member and includes a second lock portion 51 that can be locked to the first lock portion 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Takahiro CHIKUSA, Yasuo IMAI, Ai HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230096144
    Abstract: Technology of the present invention improves the shielding performance of an outer conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 20 and an outer conductor 40 that surrounds the inner conductor 20. The outer conductor 40 includes a first outer conductor 41 and a second outer conductor 42 that can be electrically connected to each other. The first outer conductor 41 is a member formed with a tubular shape by casting or cutting, and includes an accommodation portion 43 that accommodates at least a portion of the second outer conductor 42, and a first lock portion 47 provided inside the accommodation portion 43. The second outer conductor 42 is a plate-shaped member and includes a second lock portion 51 that can be locked to the first lock portion 47. The second lock portion 51 can undergo bending deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Takahiro CHIKUSA, Yasuo IMAI, Ai HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230101364
    Abstract: Technology of the present invention suppresses a decrease in the impedance of an inner conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 21, an outer conductor 41 that surrounds the inner conductor 21, and a dielectric 61 arranged between the inner conductor 21 and the outer conductor 41. The dielectric 61 includes a cavity 63 that extends in a predetermined direction and a locking hole 64 formed in an inner peripheral face of the cavity 63. The inner conductor 21 includes an inner conductor body 23 arranged in the cavity 63, and a locking portion 24 that bulges from the inner conductor body 23 and can enter and be locked to the locking hole 64. The locking portion 24 extends along the predetermined direction and is shaped as a double-supported beam whose upper and lower end portions are supported by the inner conductor body 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Ai HIRANO, Takahiro CHIKUSA, Yasuo IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220320771
    Abstract: A connector to be connected to a circuit board includes a signal terminal, a tubular shield portion for covering an outer periphery of an intermediate part of the signal terminal, a housing for holding the signal terminal, and an alignment plate to be joined to the housing. The signal terminal includes a first end part fixed to the housing and a second end part extending from the first end part toward the circuit board. The second end part includes a connecting portion projecting from an end surface of the shield portion. The alignment plate includes a plate body to be arranged between the housing and the circuit board. The plate body has a first region formed with a positioning hole into which the connecting portion is inserted. The conductive portion is formed of conductive rubber or conductive resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takuma HIBINO, Harald Michael Lutsch, Masahiro KARITA, Jumpei KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220224041
    Abstract: A connector in the present disclosure is a connector 10 provided with an inner conductor 20 and an inner housing 30. The inner housing 30 is formed by assembling a first housing 31 and at least one second housing 42 with each other. The first housing 31 includes a first side wall 34 and the second housing 42 includes a second side wall 46. The second side wall 46 is arranged from a protection wall 43 to overlap the first side wall 34. The first and second side walls 34, 46 include a slide mechanism 50. The slide mechanism 50 includes a fitting portion 36 on either one of the first and second side walls 34, 46 and a fitting hole 47 in the other side wall. The fitting hole 47 is formed to be longer in a front-rear direction than the fitting portion 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro KARITA
  • Patent number: 11387578
    Abstract: A connector (A) includes a dielectric and a multi-functional portion, an outer conductor is configured by uniting a first divided shell and a second divided shell, a first crimping portion to be crimped to an outer periphery of a shield member of a shielded cable is formed in a rear end part of the first divided shell, the multi-functional portion is exposed on an outer surface of the outer conductor and in the form of a projection forward of the first crimping portion on an outer surface of the dielectric, the first divided shell is formed with a first locking portion disposed to be able to lock the multi-functional portion, and a locking direction of the first locking portion to the multi-functional portion is a direction opposite to the first crimping portion to the shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Yasuo Imai
  • Publication number: 20220085529
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a housing 11 and a plurality of terminals 40A, 40B arranged in two or more stages in a vertical direction in the housing 11. The plurality of terminals 40A, 40B extend downward behind the housing 11 and include board connecting portions 43 in lower end parts. The board connecting portions 43 provided in the plurality of terminals 40A, 40B are so set that the board connecting portions 43 of the terminals arranged in an upper stage (e.g. upper-stage terminals 40A) in the housing 11 are located to be lower in a state before being connected to a surface of a board 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Takashi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20210351521
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to prevent an inclination in the orientation during crimping of an outer conductor, and to enable the direction of a connector to be identified easily. This connector (A) is equipped with a dielectric (13) and a multi-function portion (23). The outer conductor (36) is constituted by bonding a first divided shell (37) and a second divided shell (44). A first crimping portion (43) is formed on the rear edge of the first divided shell (37) by crimping the outer periphery of the shielding member (63) of the shielded wire (60). A multi-function portion (23) is formed in a protruding shape on the outer surface of the dielectric (13) in front of the first crimping portion (43) and so as to be exposed to the outer surface of the conductor (36). On the first divided shell (37), a first engaging portion (42) is formed, positioned so as to be able to engage with the multifunction portion (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro KARITA, Yasuo IMAI