Patents by Inventor Motoki Kubota

Motoki Kubota 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: 11855384
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a case made of metal and including an opening, and a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings, the terminal holding member being integrated with the case while penetrating through the opening. The opening 18 includes a protruding portion protruding inward toward an outer periphery of the terminal holding member. The terminal holding member includes an inclination restricting portion to be held in contact with at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the protruding portion. Since the inclination restricting portion is in contact with the protruding portion, the inclination of the terminal holding member with respect to the case is suppressed even if the terminal holding member is subjected to vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Patent number: 11799226
    Abstract: A wire with terminal includes a wire and a terminal. The wire includes a conductor and a coating. The wire includes a conductor exposed portion in which an outer peripheral surface of the conductor is exposed. The terminal includes an insulation barrel for holding the coating, and a wire barrel to be connected to the conductor exposed portion in front of the insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on one side in a width direction toward the other side to cover an outer periphery of the conductor exposed portion and an other-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on the other side to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11764519
    Abstract: A terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece and an other-side wire barrel piece to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece. The insulation barrel includes an insulation barrel base portion connected to and behind the wire barrel base portion, a one-side insulation barrel piece for covering one side of an outer periphery of a coating and an other-side insulation barrel piece for covering the other side of the outer periphery of the coating. Tips of the respective one-side and other-side insulation barrel pieces are locked to the coating of a wire on a side closer to the other side than a center in a width direction of the insulation barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11749911
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes an inner conductor terminal 11, an outer conductor terminal 13 for covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor terminal 11, and a dielectric 12 arranged between the inner conductor terminal 11 and the outer conductor terminal 13. The inner conductor terminal 11 includes a tubular terminal body 20 extending in a front-rear direction and projections (e.g. front projections 21 and rear projections 22) provided on the terminal body and to be locked to the dielectric 12. A plurality of the projections are provided at an interval in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11749940
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings and a case made of metal for accommodating one end part of each terminal fitting by being integrated with the terminal holding member. The case includes a displacement restricting portion having an irregular shape, and the displacement restricting portion is formed on a contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member. When the case made of metal and the terminal holding member made of synthetic resin are thermally deformed, an anchoring effect by the engagement of the displacement restricting portion and the terminal holding member is achieved on the contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member to suppress relative displacements between the case and the terminal holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Patent number: 11742111
    Abstract: An end structure of a shielded cable 10 includes a core 11, an insulator 12 for covering the core 11, a foil 13 for covering the insulator 12, a braided wire 14 for covering the foil 13, a sheath 15 for covering the braided wire 14 and a sleeve 17 arranged between the braided wire 14 and the foil 13 exposed from an end part of the sheath 15. The end part of the sheath 15 and the sleeve 17 are separated from each other to form a clearance 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Publication number: 20230208086
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal fitting and a connector with which the amount of insertion of the terminal fitting into a housing can be easily controlled. A terminal fitting includes: a tubular connection portion (41); a locking protrusion (51) that is provided so as to protrude from an outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to be locked to a groove (66) provided in a housing (60); and a contact-stopper protrusion (55) that is provided on the outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41) so as to protrude from mating edges (49) that abut against each other in a circumferential direction thereof in the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to come into contact with the housing (60) and stop in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230129292
    Abstract: Provided are a shielded terminal and a shielded connector that can prevent a short circuit between a connection portion for an electric component and an outer conductor. A shielded terminal includes an outer conductor, a connection portion for an electric component, and an insulator, wherein the outer conductor has a crimping portion that is crimped onto an end portion of a shielded wire, a bottom surface portion in which an opening is formed forward of the crimping portion, and side surface portions provided on both the left and right sides of the bottom surface portion, the connection portion is disposed between the left and right side surface portions and formed by connecting a center conductor of the shielded wire and the electric component to each other, and the insulator has left and right side walls that are located between the connection portion and the respective side surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11581666
    Abstract: A sleeve (11) is a hollow cylindrical member provided in a shield terminal (10), and pressable by a wire barrel (18) by being arranged between an insulating portion (63) and a shield portion (62) of a shielded cable (60). A convex portion (36) shaped to bulge radially outward over an entire circumference is provided at an intermediate position of the sleeve (11) in an axial direction. The convex portion (36) is crushed and elongated by the wire barrel (18) of an outer conductor terminal (13). The insulating portion (63) can be prevented from being excessively compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11411343
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the breakage of solder joint portions due to the thermal deformation of a molded body. A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed to surround the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220200195
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings and a case made of metal for accommodating one end part of each terminal fitting by being integrated with the terminal holding member. The case includes a displacement restricting portion having an irregular shape, and the displacement restricting portion is formed on a contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member. When the case made of metal and the terminal holding member made of synthetic resin are thermally deformed, an anchoring effect by the engagement of the displacement restricting portion and the terminal holding member is achieved on the contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member to suppress relative displacements between the case and the terminal holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220149562
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a case made of metal and including an opening, and a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings, the terminal holding member being integrated with the case while penetrating through the opening. The opening 18 includes a protruding portion protruding inward toward an outer periphery of the terminal holding member. The terminal holding member includes an inclination restricting portion to be held in contact with at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the protruding portion. Since the inclination restricting portion is in contact with the protruding portion, the inclination of the terminal holding member with respect to the case is suppressed even if the terminal holding member is subjected to vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220085524
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes an inner conductor terminal 11, an outer conductor terminal 13 for covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor terminal 11, and a dielectric 12 arranged between the inner conductor terminal 11 and the outer conductor terminal 13. The inner conductor terminal 11 includes a tubular terminal body 20 extending in a front-rear direction and projections (e.g. front projections 21 and rear projections 22) provided on the terminal body and to be locked to the dielectric 12. A plurality of the projections are provided at an interval in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220085535
    Abstract: A wire with terminal includes a wire and a terminal. The wire includes a conductor and a coating. The wire includes a conductor exposed portion in which an outer peripheral surface of the conductor is exposed. The terminal includes an insulation barrel for holding the coating, and a wire barrel to be connected to the conductor exposed portion in front of the insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on one side in a width direction toward the other side to cover an outer periphery of the conductor exposed portion and an other-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on the other side to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220085551
    Abstract: A terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece and an other-side wire barrel piece to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece. The insulation barrel includes an insulation barrel base portion connected to and behind the wire barrel base portion, a one-side insulation barrel piece for covering one side of an outer periphery of a coating and an other-side insulation barrel piece for covering the other side of the outer periphery of the coating. Tips of the respective one-side and other-side insulation barrel pieces are locked to the coating of a wire on a side closer to the other side than a center in a width direction of the insulation barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220028580
    Abstract: An end structure of a shielded cable 10 includes a core 11, an insulator 12 for covering the core 11, a foil 13 for covering the insulator 12, a braided wire 14 for covering the foil 13, a sheath 15 for covering the braided wire 14 and a sleeve 17 arranged between the braided wire 14 and the foil 13 exposed from an end part of the sheath 15. The end part of the sheath 15 and the sleeve 17 are separated from each other to form a clearance 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210305725
    Abstract: A sleeve (11) is a hollow cylindrical member provided in a shield terminal (10), and pressable by a wire barrel (18) by being arranged between an insulating portion (63) and a shield portion (62) of a shielded cable (60). A convex portion (36) shaped to bulge radially outward over an entire circumference is provided at an intermediate position of the sleeve (11) in an axial direction. The convex portion (36) is crushed and elongated by the wire barrel (18) of an outer conductor terminal (13). The insulating portion (63) can be prevented from being excessively compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11108195
    Abstract: A shield terminal (20) includes an inner conductor terminal (21) and an outer conductor terminal (22) surrounding the inner conductor terminal (21). The outer conductor terminal (21) has a pull-out opening (46) through which an inner conductor connecting piece (26) of the inner conductor terminal (21) is pulled toward a circuit board (90). The outer conductor terminal (22) includes outer conductor connecting pieces that face the pull-out opening (46) and that include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) located on both sides across the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a plan view and a third outer conductor connecting piece (42) that faces the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) at a position between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Motoki Kubota, Masanobu Kasuga, Wataru Yamanaka, Keisuke Kanemura, Ai Hirano, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Publication number: 20210259126
    Abstract: A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed at intermediate positions of straight paths connecting gate marks (54) on an outer surface of the molded body (52) and the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20210249808
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the breakage of solder joint portions due to the thermal deformation of a molded body. A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed to surround the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA