Patents by Inventor Tadahisa Sakaguchi

Tadahisa Sakaguchi 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: 11588259
    Abstract: A battery terminal includes a terminal main body and a protector to be mounted to the terminal main body, wherein the terminal main body includes an operating section for clamping and tightening the battery post, and the protector includes a movable section provided with a contact section to be brought into contact with the upper surface of the battery main body, and a displacement section to be freely displaced between a covering position for covering the operating section and a retracted position with an external force applied on the contact section, wherein in the retracted position, the displacement section is retracted from the covering position, and wherein the displacement section is displaced to the retracted position by pressing the contact section against the upper surface of the battery main body so that the access to the operating section is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsumasa Itagaki, Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Takayuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20220021136
    Abstract: A battery terminal includes a terminal main body and a protector to be mounted to the terminal main body, wherein the terminal main body includes an operating section for clamping and tightening the battery post, and the protector includes a movable section provided with a contact section to be brought into contact with the upper surface of the battery main body, and a displacement section to be freely displaced between a covering position for covering the operating section and a retracted position with an external force applied on the contact section, wherein in the retracted position, the displacement section is retracted from the covering position, and wherein the displacement section is displaced to the retracted position by pressing the contact section against the upper surface of the battery main body so that the access to the operating section is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsumasa ITAGAKI, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI, Takayuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20220021092
    Abstract: A battery terminal includes a terminal main body and a protector, wherein the terminal main body includes clamping sections for clamping the battery post, opposed sections and an operating section, the opposed sections being continuous with the clamping sections, wherein the operating section causes the opposed sections to approach each other, wherein the protector includes an elastic section provided with a contact section to be brought into contact with the upper surface of the battery main body, and a displacement section provided so as to be freely displaced between an introduction position and a retracted position, wherein in the introduction position, a tightening operation by the operating section is limited, and wherein the displacement section is displaced from the introduction position to the retracted position by pressing the contact section against the upper surface of the battery main body so that the tightening operation is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsumasa ITAGAKI, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI, Takayuki KATO
  • Patent number: 9601839
    Abstract: A crimping terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section. The conductor crimping portion includes a base plate portion and a pair of conductor caulking pieces. On an inner surface of the conductor crimping portion, a conductor is disposed, being exposed to a distal end of an aluminum electric wire. The pair of conductor caulking pieces, extending upwardly from both side edges in a longitudinal direction of the base plate portion, are bent inwardly so as to wrap the conductor of the aluminum electric wire to caulk the conductor such that the conductor is in close contact with the inner surface of the base plate portion. On the inner surface of the conductor crimping portion, a protruding indent is provided so as to extend continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9350109
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes: a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed; an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section connected to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section. The front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve, the center part of the compression section compresses the conductor part, and the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9293838
    Abstract: A crimping portion includes a first crimping portion including a conductor crimping portion and a conductor enveloping portion that is integrally connected to the conductor crimping portion and envelops a portion of a conductor in the vicinity of an insulating covering portion, and a second crimping portion that is separate from the first crimping portion and crimped to the insulating covering portion in the vicinity of the conductor. A gap between the first crimping portion and the second crimping portion is sealed with a sealer, and thus the first crimping portion and the second crimping portion are integrally interconnected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160013567
    Abstract: A crimping terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section. The conductor crimping portion includes a base plate portion and a pair of conductor caulking pieces. On an inner surface of the conductor crimping portion, a conductor is disposed, being exposed to a distal end of an aluminum electric wire. The pair of conductor caulking pieces, extending upwardly from both side edges in a longitudinal direction of the base plate portion, are bent inwardly so as to wrap the conductor of the aluminum electric wire to caulk the conductor such that the conductor is in close contact with the inner surface of the base plate portion. On the inner surface of the conductor crimping portion, a protruding indent is provided so as to extend continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9099793
    Abstract: A conductive metal terminal includes a conductor holding part that holds a conductor of a electrical cable at a distal end side of the conductive metal terminal and a sheath holding part that holds a sheath at a proximal end side of the conductive metal terminal. The conductor holding part includes a bottom plate on which the conductor of the aluminum electrical cable is placed and a pair of conductor crimping pieces. The sheath holding part includes a bottom plate adjacent to the bottom plate of the conductor holding part and a pair of sheath crimping pieces. The conductor holding part further includes an indent formed in a semi-cylindrical shape and extending from one of the conductor holding part to the other of the conductor holding part. The conductor holding part further includes circular-shaped serrations which are closer to the distal end side than the indent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichiro Matsushita, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9065196
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal is provided to include: an inner terminal including a crimp part that is crimped to compress a conductor part of a covered electric wire; an outer terminal that is compressed to the inner terminal by a front part thereof and is compressed to the covered electric wire by a rear part thereof; and a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of the conductor part of the covered electric wire, wherein the seal sleeve is crimped by the crimp part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150140874
    Abstract: A crimping portion includes a first crimping portion including a conductor crimping portion and a conductor enveloping portion that is integrally connected to the conductor crimping portion and envelops a portion of a conductor in the vicinity of an insulating covering portion, and a second crimping portion that is separate from the first crimping portion and crimped to the insulating covering portion in the vicinity of the conductor. A gap between the first crimping portion and the second crimping portion is sealed with a sealer, and thus the first crimping portion and the second crimping portion are integrally interconnected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140151083
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes: a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed; an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section connected to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section. The front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve, the center part of the compression section compresses the conductor part, and the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro OHNUMA, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140154915
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal is provided to include: an inner terminal including a crimp part that is crimped to compress a conductor part of a covered electric wire; an outer terminal that is compressed to the inner terminal by a front part thereof and is compressed to the covered electric wire by a rear part thereof; and a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of the conductor part of the covered electric wire, wherein the seal sleeve is crimped by the crimp part of the inner terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro OHNUMA, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140004757
    Abstract: A conductive metal terminal includes a conductor holding part that holds a conductor of a electrical cable at a distal end side of the conductive metal terminal and a sheath holding part that holds a sheath at a proximal end side of the conductive metal terminal. The conductor holding part includes a bottom plate on which the conductor of the aluminum electrical cable is placed and a pair of conductor crimping pieces. The sheath holding part includes a bottom plate adjacent to the bottom plate of the conductor holding part and a pair of sheath crimping pieces. The conductor holding part further includes an indent formed in a semi-cylindrical shape and extending from one of the conductor holding part to the other of the conductor holding part. The conductor holding part further includes circular-shaped serrations which are closer to the distal end side than the indent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kouichiro MATSUSHITA, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8245396
    Abstract: In order to promote the adhesion of a crimp terminal (10) to an aluminum electric wire (100) by virtue of crimping to thereby realize an improvement in electric connecting performance, the thickness of tin plating applied to an inner surface of a conductor crimping portion (13) of the crimp terminal (10) is set to be in the range from 2.1 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and then, the conductor crimping portion (13) is crimped to a conductor (100a) of the aluminum electric wire (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Kondo, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110225820
    Abstract: In order to promote the adhesion of a crimp terminal (10) to an aluminum electric wire (100) by virtue of crimping to thereby realize an improvement in electric connecting performance, the thickness of tin plating applied to an inner surface of a conductor crimping portion (13) of the crimp terminal (10) is set to be in the range from 2.1 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and then, the conductor crimping portion (13) is crimped to a conductor (100a) of the aluminum electric wire (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya Kondo, Tadahisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7867027
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes: a pair of first crimp pieces; and a pair of second crimp pieces. Into the pair of first crimp pieces, an insulating inner sheath and at least a part of a braided wire, which are exposed from an insulating outer sheath, are inserted. The pair of second crimp pieces are located on outsides of the pair of first crimp pieces, and are crimped so as to surround the pair of first crimp pieces. Moreover, the pair of first crimp pieces are formed into a shape that is along inner walls of the pair of second crimp pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Tsutomu Takayama
  • Patent number: 7695332
    Abstract: An intermediate portion of an insulating sheath of a coaxial cable is removed, and a first insulating sheath portion is drawn toward a second insulating sheath portion, so that a braid is projected into an annular shape outwardly from an interval between opposed ends of the first and second insulating sheath portions to form an annular projecting braid portion, and this annular projecting braid portion is fixed so as to be connected to a portion (that is, a braid fixing portion) of a coaxial cable shielding terminal for connection to an end portion of the coaxial cable. This connecting and fixing operation is effected by press-contacting or press-clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Taishi Morikawa, Tetsuro Ide, Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 7632144
    Abstract: A coaxial cable with a terminal is formed by attaching the terminal to an end of the coaxial cable. A braided conductor at the end of the coaxial cable 1 is folded and covers the insulating sheath. A sleeve covers the braided conductor covering the insulating sheath. All around the sleeve is pressed equally. The terminal is attached to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Masanori Onuma, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20090035991
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes: a pair of first crimp pieces; and a pair of second crimp pieces. Into the pair of first crimp pieces, an insulating inner sheath and at least a part of a braided wire, which are exposed from an insulating outer sheath, are inserted. The pair of second crimp pieces are located on outsides of the pair of first crimp pieces, and are crimped so as to surround the pair of first crimp pieces. Moreover, the pair of first crimp pieces are formed into a shape that is along inner walls of the pair of second crimp pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Tsutomu Takayama
  • Publication number: 20090011663
    Abstract: An intermediate portion of an insulating sheath of a coaxial cable is removed, and a first insulating sheath portion is drawn toward a second insulating sheath portion, so that a braid is projected into an annular shape outwardly from an interval between opposed ends of the first and second insulating sheath portions to form an annular projecting braid portion, and this annular projecting braid portion is fixed so as to be connected to a portion (that is, a braid fixing portion) of a coaxial cable shielding terminal for connection to an end portion of the coaxial cable. This connecting and fixing operation is effected by press-contacting or press-clamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taishi MORIKAWA, Tetsuro IDE, Tadahisa SAKAGUCHI, Nobuyuki ASAKURA