Patents by Inventor Noboru Hayasaka

Noboru Hayasaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20230084744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a connector and a manufacturing method or a connector. The connector includes: a terminal fitting; and a housing holding the terminal fitting. The housing includes a first resin molded body in which at least a part of the terminal fitting is embedded, the first resin molded body being made of a first material, and a second resin molded body in which at least a part of the first resin molded body is embedded, the second resin molded body being made of a second material. The first material has a linear thermal expansion coefficient smaller than that of the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki ONO, Toru SUZUKI, Noboru HAYASAKA, Kazuya TAKEDA, Tatsuya HOSONO, Jun SUGIOKA
  • Patent number: 11121501
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing member having a fitting part that houses a terminal and is fitted to a counterpart connector provided in a connection target and a fixed part that is fixed to a fixed wall surface of the connection target together with the fitting part in the state in which the fitting part has been fitted to the counterpart connector. The fixed part has through holes, which communicate with fastening holes formed in the fixed wall surface along a fitting direction between the fitting part and the counterpart connector and into which fastening bolts fastened to the fastening holes are inserted along the fitting direction, in the state in which the fitting part has been fitted to the counterpart connector, and a screw hole into which a separation member is screwed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masanobu Higashitani, Kengo Machida, Maho Shinohara, Masatoshi Yamada, Toshiaki Nozawa, Noboru Hayasaka
  • Publication number: 20210273374
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal metal fitting; a housing storing therein the terminal metal fitting and including an engaging portion inserted into a hole-shaped counterpart engaging portion from a front end and engaged with the counterpart engaging portion; and a tubular watertight member that is mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the engaging portion to fill a tubular gap between the engaging portion and the counterpart engaging portion in an inserting and engaging state and that includes a ring-shaped outer circumferential lip on an outer circumferential side, the outer circumferential lip being elastically deformed to come into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the counterpart engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Hiroaki Ono, Toru Suzuki, Tatsuya Hosono, Kazuya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11005208
    Abstract: A connector applied to a wire harness includes: a housing main body including a housing space part for housing a terminal along an axial direction, and an insertion port provided at one side of the housing space part in the axial direction and into which a counterpart terminal connected to the terminal is inserted; a lance that faces the housing space part, that is elastically deformably supported by the housing main body in a cantilever manner, that extends toward the insertion port side along the axial direction, and that engages the terminal housed in the housing space part; and a regulating contact part that comes into contact with the lance and that regulates excessive displacement of the lance toward the housing space part side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masanobu Higashitani, Kengo Machida, Maho Shinohara, Masatoshi Yamada, Toshiaki Nozawa, Noboru Hayasaka, Takeaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11005216
    Abstract: A connector includes: an outer housing including an arm that protrudes from a first wall portion to a space portion surrounded by a housing main unit; an inner housing inside the housing main unit; and a detection member supported between the first wall portion and the inner housing slidably. The housing main unit has an opening portion in which a counterpart housing having a protrusion is inserted. The arm includes an arm main unit with flexibility extending toward the opening portion and a lock tab protruding from the arm main unit. When the counterpart housing is inserted, the arm main unit is elastically deformed to enable the lock tab to ride over and lock the protrusion. When the lock tab completes riding over, the lock tab allows the detection member to move toward the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hayasaka, Jun Sugioka, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10971854
    Abstract: A shielded connector includes a shielding shell, a connector housing, and an annular sealing member. The shielding shell has a tube portion and a flange portion formed at an end of the tube portion. The flange portion is fastened to a wall portion having a hole of a target object to which the shielded connector is fastened. The connector housing is covered with the tube portion and has an end portion projecting in an axial direction beyond the flange portion and inserted in the hole. The sealing member is sandwiched between the flange portion and the wall portion. The sealing member closely contacts with the wall portion by being compressed toward the wall portion and closely contacts with an outer surface of the connector housing by being compressed toward the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Patent number: 10847918
    Abstract: Provided are a holding structure that holds connectors in a completely fitted state by a first locking holding portion and a second locking holding portion, and an ensuring member. A locking holder includes a locking release operation portion, a cantilever locking arm portion, and a fulcrum portion. A release operation force receiving portion is provided to the ensuring member, and is disposed at such a position that the release operation force receiving portion is not in contact with the fulcrum portion when the locking release operation portion is operated by being pushed while the ensuring member is at the main locking position, and the release operation force receiving portion is in contact with the fulcrum portion when the locking release operation portion is operated by being pushed while the ensuring member is at the temporary locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Patent number: 10770834
    Abstract: In a fitting connector, a latch hold body includes a first fulcrum portion provided on a latch-release arm portion and exerting force in a detaching direction from a second latch hold portion on a first latch hold portion with a contact point with a first release-operation force receiving portion as a fulcrum when a latch-release operation portion is pushed, and a second fulcrum portion provided on the latch-release operation portion side relative to the first fulcrum portion in the latch-release arm portion and exerting the force in the detaching direction from the second latch hold portion on the first latch hold portion with a contact point with a second release-operation force receiving portion that contacted along with continuation of push operation as a new fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200203882
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing member having a fitting part that houses a terminal and is fitted to a counterpart connector provided in a connection target and a fixed part that is fixed to a fixed wall surface of the connection target together with the fitting part in the state in which the fitting part has been fitted to the counterpart connector. The fixed part has through holes, which communicate with fastening holes formed in the fixed wall surface along a fitting direction between the fitting part and the counterpart connector and into which fastening bolts fastened to the fastening holes are inserted along the fitting direction, in the state in which the fitting part has been fitted to the counterpart connector, and a screw hole into which a separation member is screwed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masanobu Higashitani, Kengo Machida, Maho Shinohara, Masatoshi Yamada, Toshiaki Nozawa, Noboru Hayasaka
  • Publication number: 20200153149
    Abstract: Provided are a holding structure that holds connectors in a completely fitted state by a first locking holding portion and a second locking holding portion, and an ensuring member. A locking holder includes a locking release operation portion, a cantilever locking arm portion, and a fulcrum portion. A release operation force receiving portion is provided to the ensuring member, and is disposed at such a position that the release operation force receiving portion is not in contact with the fulcrum portion when the locking release operation portion is operated by being pushed while the ensuring member is at the main locking position, and the release operation force receiving portion is in contact with the fulcrum portion when the locking release operation portion is operated by being pushed while the ensuring member is at the temporary locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200144769
    Abstract: A holding structure configured to hold connectors in a completely fitted state with a first lock holding portion and a second lock holding portion, and a secure member configured to secure the completely fitted state are provided. A lock holding body provided with the first lock holding portion includes a pressed movement portion configured to receive cancel force in a separation direction and move the first lock holding portion relative to the second lock holding portion in the separation direction. The secure member includes an operation portion configured to receive lock cancel operation when a lockable state of the first lock holding portion and the second lock holding portion is to be canceled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200136296
    Abstract: A connector applied to a wire harness includes: a housing main body including a housing space part for housing a terminal along an axial direction, and an insertion port provided at one side of the housing space part in the axial direction and into which a counterpart terminal connected to the terminal is inserted; a lance that faces the housing space part, that is elastically deformably supported by the housing main body in a cantilever manner, that extends toward the insertion port side along the axial direction, and that engages the terminal housed in the housing space part; and a regulating contact part that comes into contact with the lance and that regulates excessive displacement of the lance toward the housing space part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masanobu Higashitani, Kengo Machida, Maho Shinohara, Masatoshi Yamada, Toshiaki Nozawa, Noboru Hayasaka, Takeaki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200136307
    Abstract: In a fitting connector, a latch hold body includes a first fulcrum portion provided on a latch-release arm portion and exerting force in a detaching direction from a second latch hold portion on a first latch hold portion with a contact point with a first release-operation force receiving portion as a fulcrum when a latch-release operation portion is pushed, and a second fulcrum portion provided on the latch-release operation portion side relative to the first fulcrum portion in the latch-release arm portion and exerting the force in the detaching direction from the second latch hold portion on the first latch hold portion with a contact point with a second release-operation force receiving portion that contacted along with continuation of push operation as a new fulcrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200076116
    Abstract: A shielded connector includes a shielding shell, a connector housing, and an annular sealing member. The shielding shell has a tube portion and a flange portion formed at an end of the tube portion. The flange portion is fastened to a wall portion having a hole of a target object to which the shielded connector is fastened. The connector housing is covered with the tube portion and has an end portion projecting in an axial direction beyond the flange portion and inserted in the hole. The sealing member is sandwiched between the flange portion and the wall portion. The sealing member closely contacts with the wall portion by being compressed toward the wall portion and closely contacts with an outer surface of the connector housing by being compressed toward the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Shotaro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200067232
    Abstract: A connector includes: an outer housing including an arm that protrudes from a first wall portion to a space portion surrounded by a housing main unit; an inner housing inside the housing main unit; and a detection member supported between the first wall portion and the inner housing slidably. The housing main unit has an opening portion in which a counterpart housing having a protrusion is inserted. The arm includes an arm main unit with flexibility extending toward the opening portion and a lock tab protruding from the arm main unit. When the counterpart housing is inserted, the arm main unit is elastically deformed to enable the lock tab to ride over and lock the protrusion. When the lock tab completes riding over, the lock tab allows the detection member to move toward the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Noboru Hayasaka, Jun Sugioka, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10505319
    Abstract: A device direct-mounting shield connector configured to be installed in an opening section in a metal casing, includes a nonconductive connector housing and a metal shield shell. The connector housing has a cylindrical hood section which includes a terminal housing section. The metal shield shell is installed in the connector housing and covers a circumference of the terminal housing section. The shield shell integrally has an exposed section and a fastening section. The exposed section is configured to contact to a shield shell of the mating connector when the mating connector is fitted with the connector housing. The fastening section has a through hole at a rear end side of the connector housing. The shield shell is fastened to the casing by passing a bolt into the through hole and a bolt hole in the casing and by tightening the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hayasaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroaki Ono, Toru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190341725
    Abstract: A shield connector includes a braided conductor through which an electric wire is inserted; a shield shell formed in a tubular shape that has conductivity; and a ring formed in a tubular shape in which a pressing surface that faces the shield shell in an axial direction of the shield shell is formed on an inner surface side over an entire periphery. The pressing surface is inclined in a direction intersecting with the axial direction on a section in the axial direction. The ring is fixed to the shield shell while maintaining a state in which the pressing surface presses the braided conductor against the shield shell in the axial direction over the entire periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Toru Suzuki, Yuuhei Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10461480
    Abstract: A shield connector includes a braided conductor through which an electric wire is inserted; a shield shell formed in a tubular shape that has conductivity; and a ring formed in a tubular shape in which a pressing surface that faces the shield shell in an axial direction of the shield shell is formed on an inner surface side over an entire periphery. The pressing surface is inclined in a direction intersecting with the axial direction on a section in the axial direction. The ring is fixed to the shield shell while maintaining a state in which the pressing surface presses the braided conductor against the shield shell in the axial direction over the entire periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Noboru Hayasaka, Toru Suzuki, Yuuhei Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10236639
    Abstract: An attachment structure for directly attaching a shield connector to an opening formed in a metal casing is provided. A shield connector for directly mounting on a device is attached to an opening formed in a metal casing. A connector housing is fastened to the casing with bolts from outside the casing. The opening of the metal casing has a diameter-enlarged portion formed in an end portion of the opening in an outside direction of the casing to be enlarged toward the outside direction. The shield shell has a contact piece at an end portion of the shield shell, and the contact piece is housed in and contacts with the diameter-enlarged portion in a state that the shield connector is attached to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hayasaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroaki Ono, Toru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190067877
    Abstract: A device direct-mounting shield connector configured to be installed in an opening section in a metal casing, includes a nonconductive connector housing and a metal shield shell. The connector housing has a cylindrical hood section which includes a terminal housing section. The metal shield shell is installed in the connector housing and covers a circumference of the terminal housing section. The shield shell integrally has an exposed section and a fastening section. The exposed section is configured to contact to a shield shell of the mating connector when the mating connector is fitted with the connector housing. The fastening section has a through hole at a rear end side of the connector housing. The shield shell is fastened to the casing by passing a bolt into the through hole and a bolt hole in the casing and by tightening the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Noboru Hayasaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroaki Ono, Toru Suzuki