Patents by Inventor Satoru ISAGODA

Satoru ISAGODA 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: 10847915
    Abstract: An electrical contact and an electric component socket, in which a plurality of protruding portions come in contact with a terminal of an electric component, ensuring to prevent the defect of a large flaw formed on the terminal as well as improve durability of the electrical contact. An electrical contact 15 includes a contacting portion 31 which comes in contact with a terminal 2a of an electric component 2. The contacting portion 31 includes a plurality of convex portions 38 around a center 31b of a tip portion 31a of the contacting portion 31. The convex portion 38 has a plurality of protruding portions 35 on a tip of a mountain-shaped portion of the convex portion 38. The electrical contact 15 is configured to bring the plurality of protruding portions 35 into contact with the terminal 2a to achieve the electrical connection to the electric component 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Isagoda
  • Patent number: 10770818
    Abstract: An electrical contact and an electric component socket configured to be electrically connected to an electric component, wherein the electrical contact is capable of preventing a defect that a contacting portion of the electrical contact bites into a terminal of the electric component, leaving an indentation or giving rise to a state where burrs are liable to occur. An electrical contact has a contacting portion that comes in contact with a terminal of an electric component, the contacting portion includes a plurality of convex portions provided around a center in a tip portion of the contacting portion, the convex portions have flat portions on an outer circumferential side, and peak-shaped portions extending from the flat portions toward the center to come in contact with the terminal, and the contacting portion includes valley-shaped portions, each valley-shaped portion being formed between the respective convex portions in the plurality of convex portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Isagoda, Hokuto Kanesashi, Akira Miura
  • Publication number: 20200044378
    Abstract: An electrical contact and an electric component socket configured to be electrically connected to an electric component, wherein the electrical contact is capable of preventing a defect that a contacting portion of the electrical contact bites into a terminal of the electric component, leaving an indentation or giving rise to a state where burrs are liable to occur. An electrical contact has a contacting portion that comes in contact with a terminal of an electric component, the contacting portion includes a plurality of convex portions provided around a center in a tip portion of the contacting portion, the convex portions have flat portions on an outer circumferential side, and peak-shaped portions extending from the flat portions toward the center to come in contact with the terminal, and the contacting portion includes valley-shaped portions, each valley-shaped portion being formed between the respective convex portions in the plurality of convex portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru ISAGODA, Hokuto KANESASHI, Akira MIURA
  • Publication number: 20200006882
    Abstract: An electrical contact and an electric component socket, in which a plurality of protruding portions come in contact with a terminal of an electric component, ensuring to prevent the defect of a large flaw formed on the terminal as well as improve durability of the electrical contact. An electrical contact 15 includes a contacting portion 31 which comes in contact with a terminal 2a of an electric component 2. The contacting portion 31 includes a plurality of convex portions 38 around a center 31b of a tip portion 31a of the contacting portion 31. The convex portion 38 has a plurality of protruding portions 35 on a tip of a mountain-shaped portion of the convex portion 38. The electrical contact 15 is configured to bring the plurality of protruding portions 35 into contact with the terminal 2a to achieve the electrical connection to the electric component 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru ISAGODA