Patents by Inventor Shoichi Watai
Shoichi Watai 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: 11239583Abstract: A connector includes a terminal clasp, a flexible flat conductive component, a housing in which an electrical connection part of the terminal clasp protrudes out of an opening of a storage room, and a cover that covers the electrical connection part from outside together with at least part of the housing. The flexible flat conductive component includes an electrical connection region in which the electrical connection part is connected with a conductor, a peripheral region enclosing the electrical connection region, an extension region extending out of the housing and the cover connected with each other, and at least two fitting holes provided on the extension region side in the peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai
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Patent number: 11158977Abstract: A connector includes a housing in which a terminal fitting is stored, and a cover. A guiding structure configured to guide the housing and the cover in a connection direction, and a holding structure configured to hold the housing and the cover at a connection completed position are provided between the housing and the cover. The guiding structure includes a wedge guiding protrusion provided to the cover, and a wedge guiding groove provided to the housing. The wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove are formed to have a gap between a protrusion-side wall surface and a groove-side wall surface disposed opposite to each other in each of two pairs. The holding structure includes a press-fit protrusion being configured to hold the wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove in a press-fitted state when the housing and the cover are at the connection completed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tohru Kurosawa, Masayuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11121497Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; and a cover. The housing includes a lock body that is lockable to a counterpart lock body so that fitting connection with the counterpart housing is not canceled, and a lock cancellation arm that deforms with application of lock cancellation force to a point-of-effort part and cancels a state in which the lock body is lockable to the counterpart lock body. The cover includes a second wall that covers the housing up to the position of the point-of-effort part in the fitting connection direction, an exposure part formed at the wall to expose the point-of-effort part, and a lock cancellation operation body that includes an operation part capable of receiving a press movement operation, blocks the exposure part to an extent that deformation along with the press movement operation is possible, and applies the lock cancellation force to the point-of-effort part through the deformation.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masanobu Oishi, Naoki Okamoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihito Masuko
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Publication number: 20210119359Abstract: A connector includes a terminal clasp, a flexible flat conductive component, a housing in which an electrical connection part of the terminal clasp protrudes out of an opening of a storage room, and a cover that covers the electrical connection part from outside together with at least part of the housing. The flexible flat conductive component includes an electrical connection region in which the electrical connection part is connected with a conductor, a peripheral region enclosing the electrical connection region, an extension region extending out of the housing and the cover connected with each other, and at least two fitting holes provided on the extension region side in the peripheral region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai
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Publication number: 20210119378Abstract: A connector includes a housing in which a terminal fitting is stored, and a cover. A guiding structure configured to guide the housing and the cover in a connection direction, and a holding structure configured to hold the housing and the cover at a connection completed position are provided between the housing and the cover. The guiding structure includes a wedge guiding protrusion provided to the cover, and a wedge guiding groove provided to the housing. The wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove are formed to have a gap between a protrusion-side wall surface and a groove-side wall surface disposed opposite to each other in each of two pairs. The holding structure includes a press-fit protrusion being configured to hold the wedge guiding protrusion and the wedge guiding groove in a press-fitted state when the housing and the cover are at the connection completed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Tohru Kurosawa, Masayuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210119370Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; and a cover. The housing includes a lock body that is lockable to a counterpart lock body so that fitting connection with the counterpart housing is not canceled, and a lock cancellation arm that deforms with application of lock cancellation force to a point-of-effort part and cancels a state in which the lock body is lockable to the counterpart lock body. The cover includes a second wall that covers the housing up to the position of the point-of-effort part in the fitting connection direction, an exposure part formed at the wall to expose the point-of-effort part, and a lock cancellation operation body that includes an operation part capable of receiving a press movement operation, blocks the exposure part to an extent that deformation along with the press movement operation is possible, and applies the lock cancellation force to the point-of-effort part through the deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shoichi Watai, Akihiro Tsuruta, Masanobu Oishi, Naoki Okamoto, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihito Masuko
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Patent number: 10191225Abstract: A cover part of an optical fiber is sandwiched and pressed between a pressure welding blade and a bottom surface part. As a result of this, in a case where an external force which pulls out the optical fiber from a housing, movement of the optical fiber is suppressed by a pressing force, which makes it difficult for a ferrule to go away from a mating optical fiber. Thus, efficiency in communication with the mating optical connector can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takamichi Kudo, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Akinori Tashiro, Masafumi Noguchi, Shoichi Watai
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Patent number: 9825397Abstract: A grommet-equipped connector includes a connector and a grommet. The connector includes a panel engagement portion configured to be engaged with an attachment hole of a panel and an annular flange configured to face an edge portion of the attachment hole. The grommet includes a panel contact portion configured to be fitted so as to cover the flange and intimately contact the edge portion. A flange fitting groove in which the flange is inserted over an entire perimeter is formed inside the panel contact portion. The flange has a flange protrusion portion protruding outward and guided by the flange fitting groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Watai, Motohisa Kashiyama, Takanori Yamawaki, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170201038Abstract: A grommet-equipped connector includes a connector and a grommet. The connector includes a panel engagement portion configured to be engaged with an attachment hole of a panel and an annular flange configured to face an edge portion of the attachment hole. The grommet includes a panel contact portion configured to be fitted so as to cover the flange and intimately contact the edge portion. A flange fitting groove in which the flange is inserted over an entire perimeter is formed inside the panel contact portion. The flange has a flange protrusion portion protruding outward and guided by the flange fitting groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Shoichi Watai, Motohisa Kashiyama, Takanori Yamawaki, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170052327Abstract: A cover part of an optical fiber is sandwiched and pressed between a pressure welding blade and a bottom surface part. As a result of this, in a case where an external force which pulls out the optical fiber from a housing, movement of the optical fiber is suppressed by a pressing force, which makes it difficult for a ferrule to go away from a mating optical fiber. Thus, efficiency in communication with the mating optical connector can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Takamichi Kudo, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Akinori Tashiro, Masafumi Noguchi, Shoichi Watai