Patents by Inventor Takayuki Oma

Takayuki Oma 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).

  • Electrical connector with latch
    Patent number: 7384296
    Abstract: An electrical connector (10) comprises a housing (11), a pair of resilient arms (14) extending from the housing (11) for resiliently flexing and deforming, a pair of lock portions (15) provided through the resilient arms (14) for engagement with engagement portions (40) of a mating connector (30) during a plug-in operation between the electrical connector (10) and the mating connector (30), and an operative portion (14B) provided on the resilient arms (14) and applying an operative force to the resilient arms (14) so that the resilient arms (14) flexes and deforms for releasing the engagement between the lock portions (15) and the engagement portions (40) of the mating connector (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Oma, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirokazu Umehara
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 7311557
    Abstract: A receptacle electrical connector (30) for receiving an electrical connector (10) having a resilient arm (14), includes a receptacle housing (31) having at least one peripheral wall (34); and at least one first cut-off portion (38) provided in the peripheral wall (34) at a position corresponding to that of the resilient arm (14) to permit an insertion of the resilient arm of the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Oma, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirokazu Umehara
  • Electrical connector
    Publication number: 20070066118
    Abstract: A receptacle electrical connector (30) for receiving an electrical connector (10) having a resilient arm (14), includes a receptacle housing (31) having at least one peripheral wall (34); and at least one first cut-off portion (38) provided in the peripheral wall (34) at a position corresponding to that of the resilient arm (14) to permit an insertion of the resilient arm of the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Takayuki Oma, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirokazu Umehara
  • Electriacl connector
    Publication number: 20060216976
    Abstract: An electrical connector (10) comprises a housing (11), a pair of resilient arms (14) extending from the housing (11) for resiliently flexing and deforming, a pair of lock portions (15) provided through the resilient arms (14) for engagement with engagement portions (40) of a mating connector (30) during a plug-in operation between the electrical connector (10) and the mating connector (30), and an operative portion (14B) provided on the resilient arms (14) and applying an operative force to the resilient arms (14) so that the resilient arms (14) flexes and deforms for releasing the engagement between the lock portions (15) and the engagement portions (40) of the mating connector (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Takayuki Oma, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirokazu Umehara