Patents by Inventor Satoru Kihira

Satoru Kihira 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: 20020081910
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed which is to be used for mounting, on an assembled circuit board, a communication module having a high frequency circuit mounted thereon. This connector has a connector body to be mounted on the assembled circuit board, contact members, and a high-frequency-signal connector-element mounting portion) for mounting a high-frequency-signal connector element. The connector body has a mounting space on which the communication module is mounted, and there is disposed a cover member for opening and closing at least a portion of the mounting space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Satoru Kihira, Masaaki Harasawa, Shoichi Takada
  • Patent number: 6394817
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed which is to be used for connecting a card-type device to an assembled circuit board. This connector has: a connector body having a card mounting space formed therein; signal connection contact members disposed on the connector body; a metallic cover member rotatably attached to the connector body at one end thereof and arranged to regulate one end of the card-type device within the card mounting space when the cover member is in a closing state where the same closes at least a portion of the card mounting space; and a spring piece disposed at the cover member and arranged to be pressingly contacted with a surface of the card-type device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., LTD
    Inventors: Satoru Kihira, Tsuyoshi Fukami, Shoichi Takada
  • Patent number: 6129558
    Abstract: A connector for a printed circuit board including a board-shaped housing with windows and connecting terminals arranged for the windows. An intermediate part of each connecting terminal is fixed to a housing part at an edge of the window, and a contacting part of the connecting terminal is arranged so that it can undergo elastic deformation in the window in the direction of thickness of the housing near the top of the housing. The external end of the connecting terminal is formed as a lead, and the connecting terminal is provided with a reinforcing lead that extends from the intermediate part toward the bottom of the housing in the window. If necessary, a reinforcing frame is embedded in the housing. A production method thereof is indicated by example, wherein connecting terminals and a frame being connected together are press-formed, and they are integrally molded with the housing, then the connecting terminals and the frame are disconnected from the rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Japan Solderless Terminal Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kihira, Masaaki Harasawa, Takayasu Onoda
  • Patent number: 5641291
    Abstract: A printed circuit board connector has: an insulating housing (2); SMT type contacts (7, 11) disposed in the insulating housing and spaced apart from each other; and each contact having a lead (11) which extends to a junction surface (2a) of the housing so as to be soldered to a conductive pattern (16) formed on a printed circuit board (15). The lead (11) of each contact is a plating layer (10) formed on the junction surface (2a). The contacts (7) are pin contacts held in place by the insulating housing (2) so as to be electrically connected to the plating layer (10) formed as the leads. The contacts' leads are included in a common plane so that the reliability of electric connection and the durability of connector are improved, and the connector is rendered thinner and more compact to reduce an area required to mount it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignees: Japan Solderless Terminal Mfg. Co., Ltd., Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunimichi Sueki, Satoru Kihira, Yasuyuki Takeda
  • Patent number: D447122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Harasawa, Saburou Kase, Satoru Kihira