Patents by Inventor Shunsuke NARAMA

Shunsuke NARAMA 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: 20230084522
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing configured to be fitted to the first housing; a rotation member rotatably supported on the first housing; a lock arm including a lock part configured to lock with a lockable part of the first housing in a fitting completion position, an operation section configured to release the lock arm from a locked state, and a fulcrum part connected to an outer peripheral surface of the rotation member at a position between the lock part and the operation section, and configured to swing around the fulcrum part and to lock or release the lock arm by elastic deformation thereof; and a fitting detection member configured to detect a fitted state of the first housing and the second housing while being assembled to the rotation member and when moving in a locking direction from a temporally lock position to a fitting confirmation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke NARAMA, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11217938
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing having a lock portion configured to lock a mated housing; a guide groove formed in the connector housing and guiding a fitting detection member from a temporary locking position to a final locking position; an arm portion having an engagement protrusion provided on an extended free end extending in a direction of approaching the lock portion from the fitting detection member and abutting against the lock portion at the temporary locking position; and a backlash filling protrusion that is formed on a protruding plate portion, to be engaged with the guide groove, of the fitting detection member, and is configured to tilt the fitting detection member in a direction in which a locking amount of the engagement protrusion with respect to the lock portion is increased at the temporary locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Narama
  • Publication number: 20210119379
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing having a lock portion configured to lock a mated housing; a guide groove formed in the connector housing and guiding a fitting detection member from a temporary locking position to a final locking position; an arm portion having an engagement protrusion provided on an extended free end extending in a direction of approaching the lock portion from the fitting detection member and abutting against the lock portion at the temporary locking position; and a backlash filling protrusion that is formed on a protruding plate portion, to be engaged with the guide groove, of the fitting detection member, and is configured to tilt the fitting detection member in a direction in which a locking amount of the engagement protrusion with respect to the lock portion is increased at the temporary locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Shunsuke Narama
  • Patent number: 10784625
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing having a lock portion; and a fitting assuring component attached to the housing and detecting whether the housing and the counterpart housing being fitted with each other. The fitting assuring component has a hollow portion to house at least part of the lock portion to surround the at least part of the lock portion upon the fitting assuring component being located at the preset attachment position, and the fitting assuring component preventing the lock portion from switching to cancellation of the state of the housing and the counterpart housing being fitted with each other by interfering with an inside wall of the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Narama
  • Publication number: 20200136311
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing having a lock portion; and a fitting assuring component attached to the housing and detecting whether the housing and the counterpart housing being fitted with each other. The fitting assuring component has a hollow portion to house at least part of the lock portion to surround the at least part of the lock portion upon the fitting assuring component being located at the preset attachment position, and the fitting assuring component preventing the lock portion from switching to cancellation of the state of the housing and the counterpart housing being fitted with each other by interfering with an inside wall of the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Shunsuke Narama
  • Patent number: 10158189
    Abstract: A terminal reception chamber (201) of a connector (1) includes a first chamber (201A), a second chamber (201B) and a third chamber (201C). The connector includes a first housing (100) defining a mating terminal insertion hole (102), a second housing (200) defining the first chamber and the second chambers and attached to the first housing, and a third housing (300) defining the third chambers and attached to the first housing and the second housing to contact with the first housing and the second housing and to inseparably connect the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Kutsuna, Shin Nemoto, Shunsuke Narama
  • Publication number: 20180309225
    Abstract: A terminal reception chamber (201) of a connector (1) includes a first chamber (201A), a second chamber (201B) and a third chamber (201C). The connector includes a first housing (100) defining a mating terminal insertion hole (102), a second housing (200) defining the first chamber and the second chambers and attached to the first housing, and a third housing (300) defining the third chambers and attached to the first housing and the second housing to contact with the first housing and the second housing and to inseparably connect the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji KUTSUNA, Shin NEMOTO, Shunsuke NARAMA