Patents by Inventor Minoru Urano

Minoru Urano 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 a shell
    Patent number: 7500877
    Abstract: A shell covering a housing has a shell body portion and a first and a second joining portion joining both ends of the shell body portion to each other. The first joining portion has a projecting portion projecting from a first end portion of the shell body portion and a recessed portion formed at a second end portion of the shell body portion and engaging with the projecting portion. The second joining portion has a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion that are overlapped with each other. The first overlapping portion is part of the first end portion and the second overlapping portion is part of the second end portion. An opening is formed at the first overlapping portion and a caulking portion is formed at the second overlapping portion. The opening and the caulking portion engage with each other by caulking the caulking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Kan Ozawa, Minoru Urano, Fumio Yaguchi
  • Electrical connector having a sheel
    Publication number: 20080139049
    Abstract: A shell covering a housing has a shell body portion and a first and a second joining portion joining both ends of the shell body portion to each other. The first joining portion has a projecting portion projecting from a first end portion of the shell body portion and a recessed portion formed at a second end portion of the shell body portion and engaging with the projecting portion. The second joining portion has a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion that are overlapped with each other. The first overlapping portion is part of the first end portion and the second overlapping portion is part of the second end portion. An opening is formed at the first overlapping portion and a caulking portion is formed at the second overlapping portion. The opening and the caulking portion engage with each other by caulking the caulking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Toshio Masumoto, Kan Ozawa, Minoru Urano, Fumio Yaguchi