Patents by Inventor Sumiyoshi Furuya

Sumiyoshi Furuya 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: 10530094
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction, a shell made of a metal material and enclosing the housing, and a slide cam made of a metal material and slidable with respect to the housing and the shell in a sliding direction perpendicular to the mating direction. The slide cam has a cam portion guiding the mating connector along the mating direction, a first elastic portion configured to be pressed against a metal region of the mating connector, and a second elastic portion integrally formed in a single piece with the cam portion and the first elastic portion and configured to be pressed against a predetermined region of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Hiroki Kondo, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10490931
    Abstract: A seal member for an electrical connector comprises a base portion, a wire seal portion disposed in the base portion, a housing seal portion disposed on an outer end portion of a radial outside of the base portion, and a shell seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the wire seal portion, and the housing seal portion. The wire seal portion is configured to contact an outer peripheral portion of a wire led out from a housing of the electrical connector. The housing seal portion is configured to be pressed against the housing. The shell seal portion is configured to be pressed against at least a bottom portion of a shell enclosing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10446981
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of terminals, a housing holding the plurality of terminals, and a movable member. The movable member moves with respect to the housing and the terminals between a front position and a rear position along a mating direction in which the housing is mated with a mating housing. The movable member includes an opening wall having a plurality of openings into which the terminals move in and out along the mating direction according to a movement of the movable member and an insulation wall disposed frontward of the opening wall in the mating direction. The insulation wall is disposed between a portion of the terminals protruding from the openings adjacent to each other in the rear position of the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10367292
    Abstract: A seal member for an electrical connector comprises a housing seal portion, a shell seal portion, and a linkage portion integrally formed with the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion and connecting the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion. The housing seal portion is configured to be pressed between a connector housing of the electrical connector and a mating housing mated to the connector housing in a mating direction. The shell seal portion is configured to be pressed between the connector housing and a shell enclosing the connector housing. The linkage portion is configured to be pressed between an end portion of the mating housing and a support portion of the connector housing in the mating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20180301848
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of terminals, a housing holding the plurality of terminals, and a movable member. The movable member moves with respect to the housing and the terminals between a front position and a rear position along a mating direction in which the housing is mated with a mating housing. The movable member includes an opening wall having a plurality of openings into which the terminals move in and out along the mating direction according to a movement of the movable member and an insulation wall disposed frontward of the opening wall in the mating direction. The insulation wall is disposed between a portion of the terminals protruding from the openings adjacent to each other in the rear position of the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20180287293
    Abstract: A seal member for an electrical connector comprises a base portion, a wire seal portion disposed in the base portion, a housing seal portion disposed on an outer end portion of a radial outside of the base portion, and a shell seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the wire seal portion, and the housing seal portion. The wire seal portion is configured to contact an outer peripheral portion of a wire led out from a housing of the electrical connector. The housing seal portion is configured to be pressed against the housing. The shell seal portion is configured to be pressed against at least a bottom portion of a shell enclosing the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20180287292
    Abstract: A seal member for an electrical connector comprises a housing seal portion, a shell seal portion, and a linkage portion integrally formed with the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion and connecting the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion. The housing seal portion is configured to be pressed between a connector housing of the electrical connector and a mating housing mated to the connector housing in a mating direction. The shell seal portion is configured to be pressed between the connector housing and a shell enclosing the connector housing. The linkage portion is configured to be pressed between an end portion of the mating housing and a support portion of the connector housing in the mating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20180287296
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction, a shell made of a metal material and enclosing the housing, and a slide cam made of a metal material and slidable with respect to the housing and the shell in a sliding direction perpendicular to the mating direction. The slide cam has a cam portion guiding the mating connector along the mating direction, a first elastic portion configured to be pressed against a metal region of the mating connector, and a second elastic portion integrally formed in a single piece with the cam portion and the first elastic portion and configured to be pressed against a predetermined region of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Hiroki Kondo, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9837749
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a highly reliable electric shock prevention mechanism. The electrical connector has a housing, tab terminals, and a slidable member. The slidable member has engagement arms. The engagement arms have on forward sides fixed ends joined to a front side wall extending forward from an abutting wall, extend rearward in the form of cantilevers, and have hook portions. The hook portions engage with a mating electrical connector and this engagement causes the hook portions to be pulled by the mating electrical connector when the mating electrical connector in a mating state is extracted, so that the slidable member slides to a forward position. In addition, the housing is provided with anti-deflection walls. The anti-deflection walls allow the engagement arms to deflect so that the mating electrical connector can climb over the hook portions when the slidable member is located in the forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9774125
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector has a housing, a terminal, and a moving plate. The housing has a mating connector receiving passageway and a raised portion formed inside the mating connector receiving passageway. The terminal is disposed in the housing and extends into the mating connector receiving passageway. The moving plate has a locking arm and an insertion hole into which the terminal is inserted. The moving plate is disposed in the mating connector receiving passageway and is movable between a front position in which a front end of the terminal is retracted inside the insertion hole and a rear position in which the terminal extends beyond the insertion hole. The raised portion abuts the locking arm and prevents deflection of the locking arm when the moving plate is located out of the front position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Hiroki Kondo, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20170244191
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a highly reliable electric shock prevention mechanism. The electrical connector has a housing, tab terminals, and a slidable member. The slidable member has engagement arms. The engagement arms have on forward sides fixed ends joined to a front side wall extending forward from an abutting wall, extend rearward in the form of cantilevers, and have hook portions. The hook portions engage with a mating electrical connector and this engagement causes the hook portions to be pulled by the mating electrical connector when the mating electrical connector in a mating state is extracted, so that the slidable member slides to a forward position. In addition, the housing is provided with anti-deflection walls. The anti-deflection walls allow the engagement arms to deflect so that the mating electrical connector can climb over the hook portions when the slidable member is located in the forward position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20170117660
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector has a housing, a terminal, and a moving plate. The housing has a mating connector receiving passageway and a raised portion formed inside the mating connector receiving passageway. The terminal is disposed in the housing and extends into the mating connector receiving passageway. The moving plate has a locking arm and an insertion hole into which the terminal is inserted. The moving plate is disposed in the mating connector receiving passageway and is movable between a front position in which a front end of the terminal is retracted inside the insertion hole and a rear position in which the terminal extends beyond the insertion hole. The raised portion abuts the locking arm and prevents deflection of the locking arm when the moving plate is located out of the front position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Hiroki Kondo, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9406920
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing for holding connector terminals and a side fitting slot located at a side of the housing. The side fitting slot is defined by an arm provided on the housing and receives a mating part to which the connector terminals are connected when the mating part is inserted in the side fitting slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Norishige Konno, Sogo Goto
  • Publication number: 20130236805
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing for holding connector terminals and a side fitting slot located at a side of the housing. The side fitting slot is defined by an arm provided on the housing and receives a mating part to which the connector terminals are connected when the mating part is inserted in the side fitting slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Norishige Konno, Sogo Goto