Patents by Inventor Nobuhide Morioka

Nobuhide Morioka 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).

  • Sheet connector having a terminal protruding from a conductive pattern on a substrate to engage a terminal of another connector
    Patent number: 8439689
    Abstract: An FPC plug, which fits with another connector, comprises a substrate part, a conductive pattern on the surface of the substrate part, a cable part and a connecting part connected to an end of the cable part. The connecting part includes a protruding terminal engaging a terminal of the other connector. The terminal is formed integrally with, and protrudes from a surface of, the conductive pattern; and includes a base end part connected to the surface of the conductive pattern, an upper end part having a width at most equal to the width of the base end part, and a side surface part between the upper end and base end parts. The side surface part recedes toward the inner side in the width direction more than the base end and upper end parts, and includes a minimal point at which the width is at a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshihiro Niitsu, Akira Sagayama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Osamu Matsuzaka, Yoshinobu Sato, Kota Sagayama, Nobuhide Morioka, Yusuke Shibata
  • FPC PLUG
    Publication number: 20130052861
    Abstract: An FPC plug, which fits with another connector, comprises a substrate part, a conductive pattern on the surface of the substrate part, a cable part and a connecting part connected to an end of the cable part. The connecting part includes a protruding terminal engaging a terminal of the other connector. The terminal is formed integrally with, and protrudes from a surface of, the conductive pattern; and includes a base end part connected to the surface of the conductive pattern, an upper end part having a width at most equal to the width of the base end part, and a side surface part between the upper end and base end parts. The side surface part recedes toward the inner side in the width direction more than the base end and upper end parts, and includes a minimal point at which the width is at a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Niitsu, Akira Sagayama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Osamu Matsuzaka, Yoshinobu Sato, Kota Sagayama, Nobuhide Morioka, Yusuke Shibata