Patents by Inventor Sinji Nakamoto

Sinji Nakamoto 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: 6183904
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 6136465
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 6030722
    Abstract: A storage battery terminal structure of the present invention includes: an annular recessed groove that is arranged on an upper end portion of a cylindrical male terminal; retaining projections that are engageable with the annular recessed groove; a housing that is an outer enclosing body of a female terminal; flexible arms, each flexible arm not only having a retaining projection on an upper end portion of an inner wall of a rigid sleeve of the housing surrounding the male terminal in order to release the corresponding retaining projection from the annular recessed groove but also being formed by a pair of slits formed from an upper end of the rigid sleeve so as to interpose the corresponding retaining projection therebetween; and a release button that is arranged on an upper end portion of the rigid sleeve so as to be vertically movable so that the flexible arms can be flexed sidewards and that has slopes on a lower surface thereof, the slopes facing sidewards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuboshima, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Akira Maeda, Kazuhisa Ishizaki, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hajime Satoh, Satoru Chujo, Sinji Nakamoto, Katsuhiro Imaizumi