Patents by Inventor Masanobu HIGASHITANI

Masanobu HIGASHITANI 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).

  • Publication number: 20180358730
    Abstract: A connector structure includes a conductive rubber. The consecutive rubber is accommodated in an accommodating recess part of a first connector, and is configured to be sandwiched between a first terminal and a second terminal to electrically connect them when a first casing and a second casing are assembled so as to abut the first connector to a second connector. The conductive rubber includes both end surfaces which are contact points abutting against the first terminal and the second terminal, and a resilient part including a groove part formed on an outer circumference between the contact points so as to extend in a circumferential direction orthogonal to an axial direction connecting the end surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka, Shigeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20170338612
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a terminal-formed electric wire includes a welding member placing process in which at least one welding member formed of metal having a melting point lower than that of a plurality of metal strands included in a core wire is arranged to the core wire of at least a terminal-forming target portion of the electric wire, and a terminal forming process in which the exposed terminal-forming target portion is interposed between first and second electrodes having a shape corresponding to a desired terminal shape, at least the welding member in the terminal-forming target portion is melted by electrically conducting the first and second electrodes while pressing the terminal-forming target portion with the first and second electrodes, and the melted metal is then solidified, so that the terminal-forming target portion is formed as a terminal portion having a desired terminal shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Shigeo Mori, Takashi Ishihara, Shigeru Tanaka, Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshinori Yamagata
  • Patent number: 9653832
    Abstract: A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20170005427
    Abstract: A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu HIGASHITANI, Masayuki KATAOKA