Patents by Inventor Takehide Terasawa

Takehide Terasawa 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: 11121500
    Abstract: A connector that includes a male connector; and a female connector including a housing to be fit to the male connector along a connecting direction, wherein: a first connector of the male connector and the female connector is fixed with a second connector of the male connector and the female connector connected and, a rigidity k [N/m] satisfies k<360000 when the second connector is distorted at a test speed of 1 mm/min in a direction intersecting the connecting direction and satisfies k?(2.0×107)×m, where m [kg] denotes a mass of the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Sakata, Hiromu Otani, Takehide Terasawa, Keiichi Nakamura, Takahiko Saitou
  • Publication number: 20210151932
    Abstract: A connector that includes a male connector; and a female connector including a housing to be fit to the male connector along a connecting direction, wherein: a first connector of the male connector and the female connector is fixed with a second connector of the male connector and the female connector connected and, a rigidity k [N/m] satisfies k<360000 when the second connector is distorted at a test speed of 1 mm/min in a direction intersecting the connecting direction and satisfies k?(2.0×107)×m, where m [kg] denotes a mass of the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MASUDA, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Hiromu OTANI, Takehide TERASAWA, Keiichi NAKAMURA, Takahiko SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20190260156
    Abstract: A connector 20 includes a terminal 23 connected to terminal end of a wire 22, an inner housing 40 in which the terminal 23 is housed, an outer housing 60 arranged without being in contact with the inner housing 40, and vibration absorbing rubbers 70A and 70B sandwiched between the inner housing 40 and the outer housing 60 when the two housings are fitted to each other. The vibration absorbing rubbers 70A and 70B have a durometer hardness A in a range from 20 to 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Takehide Terasawa, Hiromu Ootani, Takeshi Masuda, Youjirou Hashimoto, Kazuo Nakai
  • Publication number: 20190115689
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing 10 including a cavity 11, a terminal 50 to be accommodated in the cavity 11 and including a wire connecting portion 53, a wire 30 connected to the wire connecting portion 53 of the terminal 50, a rubber plug 60 to be externally fit on the wire 30 and held in close contact with an inner wall of the cavity 11, and a fixing portion 70 configured to fix the wire 30 and the rubber plug 60. The wire 30 includes a flexible vibration absorbing portion 35 between a part connected to the wire connecting portion 53 and a part fixed by the fixing portion 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Youjirou Hashimoto, Kazuo Nakai, Hiromu Ootani, Takehide Terasawa