Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Sakamoto

Nobuyuki Sakamoto 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: 20180034210
    Abstract: An engagement member mounted to a first housing allows a movement of a fitting detection member from a complete engagement position to a temporary engagement position without interfering with the fitting detection member and prevents a movement of the fitting detection member in a second direction from the temporary engagement position by interfering with the fitting detection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya SEKINO, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO, Toshinori YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180034206
    Abstract: A second locked part engaged with a second locking part releases a contact between detection protrustion and the second locking part located at a temporary engagement position at which the contact between the detection protrusion and the second locking part prevents a movement of a fitting detection member in a first direction and allows the fitting detection member to move in the first direction. A deflection regulator of the fitting detection member located at a complete engagement position at which a first locked part is engaged with a first locking part regulates a deflection amount of a fitting lock arm within a range in which an engagement between the second locking part and the second locked part is unreleasable while an engagement between the first locking part and the first locked part is releasable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya SEKINO, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO, Toshinori YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180034201
    Abstract: An engagement member mounted to a first housing with a fitting detection member located at a complete engagement position is located at a correct position with a terminal correctly housed in the first housing and is located at an incorrect position with the terminal incorrectly housed in the first housing. The engagement member located at the correct position does not interfere with the fitting detection member and allows a movement of the fitting detection member from the complete engagement position to a temporary engagement position. The engagement member located at the incorrect position interferes with the fitting detection member and prevents the movement of the fitting detection member from the complete engagement position to the temporary engagement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya SEKINO, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO, Toshinori YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170335266
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a vessel for embryoid body formation excellent in formability of an embryoid body and suitable for optical observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomozumi NODA, Fumio NAKASHIMA, Satoshi YAMADA, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9812813
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a first and second connector housing, and a lever rotatably provided on the first connector housing and which can fit or separate the first and second connector housing by a rotating operation. A flexible lock arm is provided on the first connector housing. A free end side of the lock arm includes a locking part whose rear end side is capable of locking so as to be hooked to the rear end part of a locking protrusion of the lever, and a release operation part capable of releasing a locking state of the rear end part of the locking protrusion and the rear end side of the locking part. The locking part and the release operation part are provided adjacent to each other. The release operation part is positioned below the lever at a time of locking between the locking part and the locking protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Akihiro Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20170264050
    Abstract: A connector includes a female housing, an engagement detection member, and a cover member. The female housing is provided with a terminal connected to a counterpart terminal of a counterpart connector and is capable of being engaged with the counterpart connector. The engagement detection member is assembled with the female housing in a movable manner from an initial position to an engagement assurance position in a state where the counterpart connector and the female housing are completely engaged with each other. The cover member is assembled with the engagement detection member through a locking unit locked with the engagement detection member. The locking unit is provided inside an outer shape line of the engagement detection member when viewed in a direction of relative movement between the female housing and the engagement detection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MATSUMOTO, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO, Akihiro TSURUTA, Nobuyuki MUKOUJIMA
  • Patent number: 9762002
    Abstract: A connector includes a female housing, an engagement detection member, and a cover member. The female housing is provided with a terminal connected to a counterpart terminal of a counterpart connector and is capable of being engaged with the counterpart connector. The engagement detection member is assembled with the female housing in a movable manner from an initial position to an engagement assurance position in a state where the counterpart connector and the female housing are completely engaged with each other. The cover member is assembled with the engagement detection member through a locking unit locked with the engagement detection member. The locking unit is provided inside an outer shape line of the engagement detection member when viewed in a direction of relative movement between the female housing and the engagement detection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Akihiro Tsuruta, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 9742115
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing including a first lock part, a second housing including a second lock part that can be locked to the first lock part, and a fitting detection member that can move from an initial position to a fitting assured position with the second lock part locked to the first lock part and includes a third lock part that can ride over the first lock part and the second lock part in succession along with the movement from the initial position to the fitting assured position to be locked to the second lock part at the fitting assured position. The first lock part includes a drawing slope surface inclining from a protruding tip toward a first lock face and a protrusion protruding from the drawing slope surface. The second lock part includes a notch that can house the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Akihiro Tsuruta, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 9688871
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a phosphate group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphate group-containing copolymer includes a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (2): wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 represents either of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; and M+ represents any of an alkali metal ion, an organic amine ion and a hydrogen ion, one-half or more of the M+ in the copolymer is an alkali metal ion or an organic amine, and the remainder is a hydrogen ion; wherein, in the general formula (2), R2 represents either of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayasu Nonogaki, Keita Katoh, Minoru Hakiri, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yosuke Matsuoka, Masatomo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170170602
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing including a first lock part, a second housing including a second lock part that can be locked to the first lock part, and a fitting detection member that can move from an initial position to a fitting assured position with the second lock part locked to the first lock part and includes a third lock part that can ride over the first lock part and the second lock part in succession along with the movement from the initial position to the fitting assured position to be locked to the second lock part at the fitting assured position. The first lock part includes a drawing slope surface inclining from a protruding tip toward a first lock face and a protrusion protruding from the drawing slope surface. The second lock part includes a notch that can house the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Akihiro Tsuruta, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 9627810
    Abstract: In a lever-type connector (1) including a temporary lever lock mechanism (40) that temporarily locks in an initial rotation position a fitting operation lever (30) rotatably provided in a lever accommodation space (15) defined in an inner side of one outer side wall of a first connector housing (10) and a temporary lock release mechanism (50) that releases the temporary locked state of the fitting operation lever (30) when the first connector housing (10) is butted on a second connector housing (20) in a fitting start position, the fitting operation lever (30) is provided with a mark (38a) that is exposed outside the first connector housing (10) when the temporary locked state is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Toshinori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9537256
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing including a locking mechanism which locks a mating housing and formed to be fitted to the mating housing, and a connector terminal held by the connector housing to come into contact with a mating terminal held by the mating housing. The connector housing is designed to have a locking position of the connector housing with the mating housing by the locking mechanism and a contact position of the connector terminal with the mating terminal, and the locking position and the contact position coincide with or come close to each other in a fitting direction relative to the mating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Toyoda, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Takahito Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9502812
    Abstract: A connector includes a pair of connector housings, a fitting part provided in one connector housing of the pair of connector housings, and a fitted part provided in another connector housing and to which the fitting part is fitted. The fitted part has a frame and a movable housing. The movable housing is arranged within the frame, and is movable in a fitting direction. Timing to complete fitting between the movable housing and the fitting part is different from timing to complete fitting between the frame and the fitting part. The frame and the movable housing have a locking part which temporarily locks the movable housing within the frame. The locking part is restored by releasing the temporary locking in a state in which the fitting between the fitting part and the movable housing is completed. A periphery of the restored locking part is covered with a protection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Akagi, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9431752
    Abstract: A connector device includes a wire harness side connector including a first housing, and a sensor side connector including a second housing. The first connector includes a third housing provided so as to be freely rotatable in the first housing. The first housing rotates with respect to the third housing and is fitted to the second housing. The first housing is freely movable with respect to the third housing in the axial direction between a pre-fitting position and a fitting completion position and has a force applied thereto by a spring on the pre-fitting position side. A rotational position return mechanism is provided that returns, when the connector fitting is released, the rotational position of the first housing to an initial rotational position during a process in which the first housing is moved from the fitting completion position to the pre-fitting position by an elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sekino, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20160226187
    Abstract: In a lever-type connector (1) including a temporary lever lock mechanism (40) that temporarily locks in an initial rotation position a fitting operation lever (30) rotatably provided in a lever accommodation space (15) defined in an inner side of one outer side wall of a first connector housing (10) and a temporary lock release mechanism (50) that releases the temporary locked state of the fitting operation lever (30) when the first connector housing (10) is butted on a second connector housing (20) in a fitting start position, the fitting operation lever (30) is provided with a mark (38a) that is exposed outside the first connector housing (10) when the temporary locked state is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Toshinori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9397434
    Abstract: A first housing of a first connector being fitted to a second housing of a second connector includes first and second rotation check lock portions. A third housing of the first connector includes rotation rail portions with first and second rotation prevention walls. The first rotation prevention wall allows rotation of the first rotation check lock portion beyond the first rotation prevention wall in one rotational direction, and does not allow the rotation beyond the first rotation prevention wall in the other rotational direction to blocks the rotation at a rotational position of 180 degrees or more. The second rotation prevention wall does not allow rotation of the second rotation check lock portion beyond the second rotation prevention wall in the one rotational direction to block the rotation at a rotational position of 180 degrees, and allows the rotation beyond the second rotation prevention wall in the other rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sekino, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9397451
    Abstract: A first connector housing (4) includes a rotation prevention lock arm (200) configured to flexurally-deform into a state allowing to temporary lock the rotation prevention lock arm (200) to a peripheral edge (7b) of a mounting hole (7) and to locate a temporary locking position to a position allowing to prevent rotation around the temporary locking position of a lock arm (9) as a supporting point (P1, 7a), and a second connector housing (3) includes a rotation prevention pressing portion (250) configured to flexurally-deform the rotation prevention lock arm (200), and the rotation prevention pressing portion (250) temporarily locks the rotation prevention lock arm (200) to the peripheral edge (7b) of the mounting hole (7) in timing when a lock arm locking portion (8) temporarily locks the lock arm (9) to the peripheral edge (7a) of the mounting hole (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Akagi, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20160199526
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic solution of which preservative component, hexamethylene biguanide, contained therein is inhibited from being adsorbed on soft contact lenses and eye droppers. The ophthalmic solution contains, at a specific ratio, (A) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having 28.0 to 30.0 mass % methoxy groups and 7.0 to 12.0 mass % hydroxypropoxy groups, both with respect to the total amount of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, at a methoxy group/hydroxypropoxy group ratio of 2.5 to 4.0 by mass, wherein a 2 mass % aqueous solution of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose at 20° C. has a viscosity of 50 to 4000 mPa·s; (B) sodium chloride or potassium chloride; (C) hexamethylene biguanide or a salt thereof; (D) 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine/butyl methacrylate copolymer; and (E) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAKURAI, Koji MIYAMOTO, Yohei TAKADA, Yoshihisa SHIMAMURA, Mao MARUHASHI, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9391387
    Abstract: A connector (1) includes a pair of connector housings (3, 5), a fitting portion (9) provided in one connector housing (3) and configured to receive a terminal (7), and a fitted portion (13) provided in the other connector housing (5) and configured to receive a mating terminal (11) capable of fitting with the terminal (7). The fitted portion (13) includes a frame (15) and a movable housing (17). The frame (15) and the movable housing (17) are respectively provided with a flexture lock aim (19) and a latching projecting portion (21). The fitting portion (9) is provided with a releasing portion (23) configured to release engagement between the lock arm (19) and the latching projecting portion (21) by flexing the lock arm (19). The releasing portion (23) flexes the lock arm (19) before the terminal (7) and the mating terminal (11) fit with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Akagi, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9337557
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing in which a communication groove that communicates between adjacent terminal accommodating chambers is formed in a partition wall; and a connection terminal having a terminal body section connected to a wire connection part. The terminal body section includes: a first side wall on which a male connection part is formed; a second side wall provided with a slit; and an elastic part and contact parts which are provided inside the terminal body section and which contact the male connection part inserted in the slit. The communication groove is provided at a position offset from the center in the vertical direction of the terminal accommodating chamber. The male connection part and the slit are provided at a position offset from the center in the vertical direction of the terminal body section so as to correspond to the communication groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Sakamoto