Patents by Inventor Noritsugu Enomoto
Noritsugu Enomoto 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).
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Patent number: 9116316Abstract: Guiding convexed and concaved parts provided on inner side surfaces of a female connector housing have inclining surfaces inclining with respect to a direction perpendicular to the inner side surfaces; whereas guided convexed and concaved parts provided on outer side surfaces of a male connector housing have inclining surfaces facing the inclining surfaces of the guiding convexed and concaved parts.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Toshikuni Kondo, Noritsugu Enomoto
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Publication number: 20150016785Abstract: Guiding convexed and concaved parts provided on inner side surfaces of a female connector housing have inclining surfaces inclining with respect to a direction perpendicular to the inner side surfaces; whereas guided convexed and concaved parts provided on outer side surfaces of a male connector housing have inclining surfaces facing the inclining surfaces of the guiding convexed and concaved parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshikuni Kondo, Noritsugu Enomoto
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Patent number: 8905649Abstract: An optical fiber terminal fixing member is configured to be inserted into an optical connector to fix an optical fiber terminal to a housing. The optical connector includes the optical fiber terminal attached to an end of an optical fiber cable, and the housing that holds the optical fiber terminal. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber, a tensile member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, and a coating portion that covers the optical fiber and the tensile member. The optical fiber terminal fixing member includes a main body, a fitting portion formed so as to project from the main body and configured to fit into a groove provided on an outer circumference of the optical fiber terminal, and a fixing structure for fixing the optical fiber terminal fixing member to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Toshikuni Kondou
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Publication number: 20140348472Abstract: In an optical connector, a metal case has engageable concaved parts at free ends of side plates; a housing has engageable convexed parts, engageable with the engageable concaved parts, on side surfaces corresponding to the side plates of the metal case; and the engageable convexed parts each have a separation restriction part for restricting the corresponding side plate from being laterally distanced from the corresponding side surface in a state where the engageable convexed parts and the engageable concaved parts are in engagement with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Toshikuni Kondo, Noritsugu Enomoto
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Patent number: 8683686Abstract: A method is provided for firmly connecting a connector terminal to a flat conductor. This is a method for electrically connecting the pierce terminal 20 having pierce blades 21 that pierce through the flat conductor 102 with the flat conductor 102 by the pierce blades 21, in which the connection state is adjusted based on a terminal reaction force R acting on the pierced blade 21a by a ruptured end surface 102a of the flat wiring conductor 102. The adjustment of the terminal reaction force R is made by adjusting a pressing reaction force F/A generated when the pierce blade 21 pierces through the flat wiring conductor 102.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Shigeki Motomura, Takenobu Yabu
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Patent number: 8508068Abstract: The power supply apparatus for sliding door 100 includes the vehicle body side fixing member 110 provided in the guide rail receiving portion 143, the bracket side fixing member 120 provided in the bracket 151, the wiring body 130 for supplying power from the vehicle body 140 side to the sliding door 150 side and the running member for bracket 160 for running and holding the wiring body 130 on the back surface of the bracket 151. The wiring body 130 is held with the vehicle body side fixing member 110 and the bracket side fixing member 120, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracket 151 with the running member for bracket 160.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Ushiyama, Noritsugu Enomoto, Yasuhiko Mukai, Kazuo Miyajima
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Publication number: 20130170798Abstract: An optical fiber terminal is configured to be attached to an end of an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber element wire having an optical fiber covered by an element wire coating, a tensile member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber element wire, and a coating portion that covers the optical fiber element wire and the tensile member. The optical fiber terminal includes a ferrule and a tensile member fixing member for fixing the tensile member to the ferrule. The ferrule has an insertion hole for inserting and fixing the optical fiber element wire, and a front end face on which a front end face of the optical fiber inserted in the insertion hole is configured to be exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD..Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Tetsuya Hiraiwa, Toshikuni Kondou
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Publication number: 20130163931Abstract: An optical fiber terminal fixing member is configured to be inserted into an optical connector to fix an optical fiber terminal to a housing. The optical connector includes the optical fiber terminal attached to an end of an optical fiber cable, and the housing that holds the optical fiber terminal. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber, a tensile member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, and a coating portion that covers the optical fiber and the tensile member. The optical fiber terminal fixing member includes a main body, a fitting portion formed so as to project from the main body and configured to fit into a groove provided on an outer circumference of the optical fiber terminal, and a fixing structure for fixing the optical fiber terminal fixing member to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Toshikuni Kondou
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Patent number: 8212383Abstract: The power supply apparatus for sliding door 100 includes the vehicle body side fixing member 110 provided in the guide rail receiving portion 143, the bracket side fixing member 120 provided in the bracket 151, the wiring body 130 for supplying power from the vehicle body 140 side to the sliding door 150 side and the running member for bracket 160 for running and holding the wiring body 130 on the back surface of the bracket 151. The wiring body 130 is held with the vehicle body side fixing member 110 and the bracket side fixing member 120, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracket 151 with the running member for bracket 160.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Ushiyama, Noritsugu Enomoto, Yasuhiko Mukai
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Publication number: 20120146407Abstract: The power supply apparatus for sliding door 100 includes the vehicle body side fixing member 110 provided in the guide rail receiving portion 143, the bracket side fixing member 120 provided in the bracket 151, the wiring body 130 for supplying power from the vehicle body 140 side to the sliding door 150 side and the running member for bracket 160 for running and holding the wiring body 130 on the back surface of the bracket 151. The wiring body 130 is held with the vehicle body side fixing member 110 and the bracket side fixing member 120, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracket 151 with the running member for bracket 160.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi USHIYAMA, Noritsugu ENOMOTO, Yasuhiko MUKAI, Kazuo MIYAJIMA
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Patent number: 8182022Abstract: A power supply apparatus for sliding door, comprising a body-side fixing unit fixed to a vehicle body, a door-side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, and a flat cable having a connector on both ends thereof respectively, arranged to run from the vehicle body through the body-side fixing unit and the door-side fixing unit to the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is used in such a manner that a longitudinal direction in a cross sectional area in at least a bent portion of the flat cable is in accordance with a height direction of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Masatoshi Ushiyama, Yasuhiko Mukai
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Patent number: 7909634Abstract: An objective is to provide a connection structure of a connecting terminal by which it becomes able to perform a connection of any of pieces for piercing as assuredly without being bended that is piercing through an electrically conductive flat square body, and to provide a method of connecting such the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Shigeki Motomura, Takenobu Yabu
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Publication number: 20100197164Abstract: An objective is to provide a connection structure of a connecting terminal by which it becomes able to perform a connection of any of pieces for piercing as assuredly without being bended that is piercing through an electrically conductive flat square body, and to provide a method of connecting such the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Shigeki Motomura, Takenobu Yabu
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Publication number: 20100186229Abstract: A method is provided for firmly connecting a connector terminal to a flat conductor. This is a method for electrically connecting the pierce terminal 20 having pierce blades 21 that pierce through the flat conductor 102 with the flat conductor 102 by the pierce blades 21, in which the connection state is adjusted based on a terminal reaction force R acting on the pierced blade 21a by a ruptured end surface 102a of the flat wiring conductor 102. The adjustment of the terminal reaction force R is made by adjusting a pressing reaction force F/A generated when the pierce blade 21 pierces through the flat wiring conductor 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Shigeki Motomura, Takenobu Yabu
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Patent number: 7704094Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a connection structure capable of easily connecting an LED component to a flat cable. An LED unit 1 includes an upper case 7, a pierce terminal 6, a lower case 9 and an intermediate terminal 5. An LED chip 3 is pressed to the pierce terminal 6 by a convexed spring 51 to electrically connect the LED chip 3 to the flat cable 100. Conductors 101 included in the flat cable 100 are formed of phosphor bronze formed of tin (Sn), phosphorus (P), copper (Cu) and unavoidable impurities and having a tensile strength of 480 to 550 MPa, whereas a pierce plate 63 of the pierce terminal 6 piercing through the conductor 101 is formed of a copper alloy, which is a high strength conductive member having a higher strength than that of the conductor 101 and having conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Masanobu Sato, Kenichi Shibata, Yoshisada Sano, Noritsugu Enomoto, Takenobu Yabu, Naobumi Kuboki, Shigeki Motomura, Takehide Ikeda
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Publication number: 20090291587Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a connection structure capable of easily connecting an LED component to a flat cable. An LED unit 1 includes an upper case 7, a pierce terminal 6, a lower case 9 and an intermediate terminal 5. An LED chip 3 is pressed to the pierce terminal 6 by a convexed spring 51 to electrically connect the LED chip 3 to the flat cable 100. Conductors 101 included in the flat cable 100 are formed of phosphor bronze formed of tin (Sn), phosphorus (P), copper (Cu) and unavoidable impurities and having a tensile strength of 480 to 550 MPa, whereas a pierce plate 63 of the pierce terminal 6 piercing through the conductor 101 is formed of a copper alloy, which is a high strength conductive member having a higher strength than that of the conductor 101 and having conductivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The Furukawa Electric Co, Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Masanobu SATO, Kenichi Shibata, Yoshisada Sano, Noritsugu Enomoto, Takenobu Yabu, Naobumi Kuboki, Shigeki Motomura, Takehide Ikeda
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Publication number: 20090213587Abstract: An LED lighting device provided with a flat circuit body where LEDs are mounted in a lamp room that is constructed from a lamp body and a lens installed on a front opening of the lamp body, and with a reflector structure body for reflecting light that is emitted from the LEDs. Opening are formed in a wall section of the reflector structure body, and the LEDs of the flat circuit body are installed in the openings. As a result, the flat circuit body supported by the reflector structure body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shigeki Motomura
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Publication number: 20090044455Abstract: A power supply apparatus for sliding door, comprising a body-side fixing unit fixed to a vehicle body, a door-side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, and a flat cable having a connector on both ends thereof respectively, arranged to run from the vehicle body through the body-side fixing unit and the door-side fixing unit to the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is used in such a manner that a longitudinal direction in a cross sectional area in at least a bent portion of the flat cable is in accordance with a height direction of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Masatoshi Ushiyama, Yasuhiko Mukai
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Publication number: 20090009977Abstract: A three-dimensional, electronic components mounted wiring body comprises a flat wiring body, on which a plurality of electronic components is mounted, and which is preformed with bends to be configured into a three-dimensional structured flat wiring body which fits the shape of a base structure on which the flat wiring body is to be mounted. An electronic components mounting structure is provided by mounting the three-dimensional, electronic components mounted wiring body on the three-dimensional base structure which is assembled from base members and their joining members. Connectors having piercing members are used to electrically and mechanically connect the electronic components to the flat wiring body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2006Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Ken Kamimura, Shigeki Motomura, Shigeharu Aoyagi, Junichi Takeda
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Publication number: 20090008991Abstract: The power supply apparatus for sliding door 100 includes the vehicle body side fixing member 110 provided in the guide rail receiving portion 143, the bracket side fixing member 120 provided in the bracket 151, the wiring body 130 for supplying power from the vehicle body 140 side to the sliding door 150 side and the running member for bracket 160 for running and holding the wiring body 130 on the back surface of the bracket 151. The wiring body 130 is held with the vehicle body side fixing member 110 and the bracket side fixing member 120, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracket 151 with the running member for bracket 160.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi USHIYAMA, Noritsugu Enomoto, Yasuhiko Mukai, Kazuo Miyajima