Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka Ohara

Mitsutaka Ohara 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).

  • Flat cable and laminated cable harness
    Patent number: 6723925
    Abstract: A flat cable includes a strip having lead wires therein, and projecting portions formed on the strip as branch joints and projecting in the width direction of the strip. The branch joint allows a connection between the lead wires or between the lead wire and an electric connection line. A laminated cable harness includes the flat cables laminated one on top of the other, and connecting terminals or wires for electrically connecting between the lead wire of one flat cable and the lead wire of the other flat cable so that the branch joint is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ohara, Hajime Watanabe
  • Vehicle air-conditioning module
    Patent number: 6692261
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle air-conditioning module wherein the surface thereof opposed to the mounting surface of an instrument panel includes at least one electrical component connector which is to be connected directly with the connector of the corresponding one of electrical components through a mount opening formed through the mounting surface of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsuda, Mitsutaka Ohara, Minoru Asano
  • Flat cable and laminated cable harness
    Publication number: 20030102148
    Abstract: A flat cable includes a strip having lead wires therein, and projecting portions formed on the strip as branch joints and projecting in the width direction of the strip. The branch joint allows a connection between the lead wires or between the lead wire and an electric connection line. A laminated cable harness includes the flat cables laminated one on top of the other, and connecting terminals or wires for electrically connecting between the lead wire of one flat cable and the lead wire of the other flat cable so that the branch joint is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ohara, Hajime Watanabe
  • Vehicle air-conditioning module
    Publication number: 20020094714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle air-conditioning module wherein the surface thereof opposed to the mounting surface of an instrument panel includes at least one electrical component connector which is to be connected directly with the connector of the corresponding one of electrical components through a mount opening formed through the mounting surface of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsuda, Mitsutaka Ohara, Minoru Asano