Patents by Inventor Naoki Yamachika

Naoki Yamachika 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: 10056716
    Abstract: A female connector including a guide extending in a first direction, a pair of support portions on one side in the first direction relative to the guide, an insulative female body between the support portions, a female terminal held in the female body, and a shaft. The guide guides a mating male connector in the first direction floatably along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The support portions are spaced from each other in the second direction and each have a support hole passing therethrough in the second direction. The female body has a through hole passing in the second direction through at least a portion in the second direction of the female body. The shaft is received in the support holes of the support portions and the through hole of the female body so as to support the female body floatably along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Naoki Yamachika, Hideaki Taketsu
  • Patent number: 10014630
    Abstract: A card connector including a body, a slider, a lock spring, and an urging member. The body includes a movement path and an abuttable portion. The slider is movable in Y-Y? direction inside the movement path. The lock spring is provided at the slider 300 and is movable in the same direction. An engaging portion of the lock spring is engageable with an engaging recess of a card. The urging member in the Y direction moves the slider from a first position to a second position and brings the engaging portion into abutment with an inclined face of the abuttable portion. In a state where the slider is located at the second position and the engaging portion abuts the inclined face, a load is exerted from the card to the engaging portion, and the engaging portion is displaced in the X direction along the inclined face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Yamachika
  • Publication number: 20180175551
    Abstract: A card connector including a body, a slider, a lock spring, and an urging member. The body includes a movement path and an abuttable portion. The slider is movable in Y-Y? direction inside the movement path. The lock spring is provided at the slider 300 and is movable in the same direction. An engaging portion of the lock spring is engageable with an engaging recess of a card. The urging member in the Y direction moves the slider from a first position to a second position and brings the engaging portion into abutment with an inclined face of the abuttable portion. In a state where the slider is located at the second position and the engaging portion abuts the inclined face, a load is exerted from the card to the engaging portion, and the engaging portion is displaced in the X direction along the inclined face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Naoki Yamachika
  • Patent number: 9966692
    Abstract: A water-resistant electronic component including a body, a protectable part, a sealing sheet, and a cover. The body includes a water-resisting wall of loop shape. The water-resisting wall extends in a first direction. The protectable part includes at least part of a functional part of the water-resistant electronic component and is located within the water-resisting wall of the body. The sealing sheet includes a perimeter portion. The sealing sheet covers the protectable part from one side in the first direction, with the perimeter portion abutting the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction. The cover is fixed to the body such as to cover the sealing sheet and the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Hosiden Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Hideaki Taketsu, Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Kenichi Ikeda, Hideki Arita, Yusuke Murakami, Hiroaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20170294736
    Abstract: A water-resistant electronic component including a body, a protectable part, a sealing sheet, and a cover. The body includes a water-resisting wall of loop shape. The water-resisting wall extends in a first direction. The protectable part includes at least part of a functional part of the water-resistant electronic component and is located within the water-resisting wall of the body. The sealing sheet includes a perimeter portion. The sealing sheet covers the protectable part from one side in the first direction, with the perimeter portion abutting the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction. The cover is fixed to the body such as to cover the sealing sheet and the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki YAMACHIKA, Hideaki TAKETSU, Kumpei FUJITA, Hiroki IKUTA, Shinji HIROSE, Kenichi IKEDA, Hideki ARITA, Yusuke MURAKAMI, Hiroaki OKADA
  • Patent number: 9594931
    Abstract: A card connector including a body, a slider in the body, an urging member, and a cover. The body has a slot for insertion and removal of a card. The slider is slidable, together with the card, at least between a first position and a second position inside the body. The second location is on a card removal direction side relative to the first position. The urging member is configured to urge the slider located at the first position in the removal direction. The cover includes a cover body, which is fixed to the body so as to cover the slot, and a flat spring, which extends from the cover body. At least part of the flat spring is so disposed inside the body as to be elastically abuttable on the slider, on the removal direction side relative to the first position, from a card insertion direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Yamachika
  • Publication number: 20170062979
    Abstract: A female connector including a guide extending in a first direction, a pair of support portions on one side in the first direction relative to the guide, an insulative female body between the support portions, a female terminal held in the female body, and a shaft. The guide guides a mating male connector in the first direction floatably along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The support portions are spaced from each other in the second direction and each have a support hole passing therethrough in the second direction. The female body has a through hole passing in the second direction through at least a portion in the second direction of the female body. The shaft is received in the support holes of the support portions and the through hole of the female body so as to support the female body floatably along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Naoki Yamachika, Hideaki Taketsu
  • Publication number: 20160126648
    Abstract: A card connector including a body, a slider in the body, an urging member, and a cover. The body has a slot for insertion and removal of a card. The slider is slidable, together with the card, at least between a first position and a second position inside the body. The second location is on a card removal direction side relative to the first position. The urging member is configured to urge the slider located at the first position in the removal direction. The cover includes a cover body, which is fixed to the body so as to cover the slot, and a flat spring, which extends from the cover body. At least part of the flat spring is so disposed inside the body as to be elastically abuttable on the slider, on the removal direction side relative to the first position, from a card insertion direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki YAMACHIKA
  • Patent number: 8152541
    Abstract: A card connector which effectively prevents erroneous insertion of a card having a width smaller than a specified width has an introducing space formed between a body having contacts and a cover. An insertion preventing wall is formed in the body facing the upstream side in the card inserting direction. The cover includes a restricting plate projecting toward the introducing space, with the restricting plate being under a posture projecting further toward the introducing space on the downstream side in the card inserting direction. The restricting plate forms, at widthwise opposed ends thereof, contacting pieces which are deformed as coming into contact with widthwise opposed ends of a card, thereby lifting up the restricting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Kentaro Nakamura, Naoki Yamachika
  • Patent number: 7922505
    Abstract: A card connector 1 includes a slide member 21 movable along an inserting/withdrawing direction of a card, an urging member 22 for urging the slide member 21 toward a card insertion opening, and a pin member 26 having a slide end 26a slidable within and relative to a cam groove 25 provided in the slide member 21 and a support shaft end 26b supported to the body 2 side. As the slide end 26a is retained at a lock portion L formed in the cam groove 25, the card is retained at an appropriate position. The card connector 1 includes a switch mechanism M which is operated by the support shaft end 26b when the slide end 26a is pushed by the slide member 21 along the urging direction of the urging member 22 at the time of retention of the slide end 26a at the lock portion L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Hosiden Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Kazuumi Otani
  • Publication number: 20100317211
    Abstract: A card connector 1 includes a slide member 21 movable along an inserting/withdrawing direction of a card, an urging member 22 for urging the slide member 21 toward a card insertion opening, and a pin member 26 having a slide end 26a slidable within and relative to a cam groove 25 provided in the slide member 21 and a support shaft end 26b supported to the body 2 side. As the slide end 26a is retained at a lock portion L formed in the cam groove 25, the card is retained at an appropriate position. The card connector 1 includes a switch mechanism M which is operated by the support shaft end 26b when the slide end 26a is pushed by the slide member 21 along the urging direction of the urging member 22 at the time of retention of the slide end 26a at the lock portion L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: HOSIDEN CORPORATION, NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Kazuumi Otani
  • Publication number: 20090298321
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an improved card connector which can effectively prevent erroneous insertion of a card having a width smaller than a specified width and which, at the same time, can avoid giving any damage to the labeled surface of an inserted card. [Solution] An introducing space T is formed between a body B having contacts 1 and a cover C. In the body B, its base portion 2 having the contacts 1 forms an insertion preventing wall 2S facing the upstream side in the card inserting direction. The cover C includes a restricting plate R projecting toward the introducing space T, with the restricting plate R being under a posture projecting further toward the introducing space T on the downstream side in the card inserting direction. The restricting plate R forms, at widthwise opposed ends thereof, contacting pieces 16 which are deformed as coming into contact with widthwise opposed ends of a card, thereby lifting up the restricting plate R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Kentaro Nakamura, Naoki Yamachika