Patents by Inventor Masanori Kunugi

Masanori Kunugi 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: 6743056
    Abstract: A socket apparatus for supplying a power source includes a cylindrical adapter having a front face and an outer peripheral face and a socket body having a cylindrical insertion hole into which the adapter is inserted. The adapter has a guide portion, provided on the outer peripheral face, a first contact portion, provided on the front face, and a second contact, provided on the outer peripheral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Kunugi
  • Publication number: 20030171038
    Abstract: A socket apparatus for supplying a power source includes a cylindrical adapter having a front face and an outer peripheral face and a socket body having a cylindrical insertion hole into which the adapter is inserted. The adapter has a guide portion, provided on the outer peripheral face, a first contact portion, provided on the front face, and a second contact, provided on the outer peripheral face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Kunugi
  • Publication number: 20030057774
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply cut system for a vehicle, which comprises power supply cutting means 13 including a power supply cutting portion 15 provided in a vehicular electric component circuit 1 on an upper stream than a connector connecting portion 4 toward a power supply to make the vehicular electric component circuit 1 non-conductive, and a control unit 14 for controlling the power supply cutting portion 15, and lock detecting means 12 as cut signal inputting means for entering a power supply cut signal to the control unit 14 in a connected or disconnected state of the connector connecting portion 4. When the lock detecting means detects the lock released state, the vehicle electric component circuit 1 is made non-conductive on the upper stream than the connector connecting portion 4 toward the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Kunugi
  • Publication number: 20030060068
    Abstract: The connector assembly includes a first connector (10) with female terminals (10e), upstream from a power supply (2) in a circuit for vehicle electric equipment. The assembly includes a second connector (11) with male terminals (11d), downstream from the power supply in the circuit. The second connector is mated with the first connector. The first and second connectors include a connector connection interconnecting the power supply and a load (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Kunugi
  • Publication number: 20030057772
    Abstract: A power supply cut system for a vehicle in which a power supply line is set to a non-conducting state when an adapter supplied with power from a power supply for the vehicle is attached to a power supply socket. In the power supply cut system, power supply cut means is provided for setting the power supply line to the non-conducting state when the adapter is attached to the power supply socket and for setting the power supply line to a conducting state by completely loading the adapter in the power supply socket after attaching the adapter to the power supply socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Kunugi