Patents by Inventor Takehiro Nakata

Takehiro Nakata 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).

  • Publication number: 20100255734
    Abstract: A terminal (20) has a terminal main body (51) with a projection (55) to be engaged with a retainer (40). A wire barrel (21) to be crimped to a core (11) of a wire (10), an insulation barrel (23) to be crimped to an insulating coating (12) and a rubber plug barrel (24) to be crimped to a rubber plug (15) are successively arranged behind the main body (51). Bottom parts of the wire barrel (21) and the insulation barrel (23) are at low positions having substantially the same height. A front end of the wire barrel (23) is crimped flat to suppress bend-up of the core (11). The front end of the crimped wire barrel (21) is insertable to a position facing a projecting end of the retainer (40) when the terminal (20) is inserted to a proper position in a cavity (31) of a housing (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Nakata, Kenji Okamura
  • Patent number: 7588454
    Abstract: Rear engageable surfaces (16B) of engageable portions (16) face communicating portions (37) and are inclined to produce forces for pushing another housing (11) forward in a connecting direction with one housing (21) upon receiving resilient restoring forces of leg portions (51) when a pair of connectors (10, 20) reach a properly connected state. A fitting portion (27) of the second connector (20) is formed with slanted surfaces (46) inclined to reduce the width of the fitting portion (27) toward the back side of the fitting portion (27). The slanted surfaces 46 and the first connector (10) are set to come into contact at a position where a clearance is defined before the first connector (10) in the connecting direction with the second connector (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Nakata, Satoshi Morikawa, Michiaki Okamoto, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Publication number: 20090111312
    Abstract: Rear engageable surfaces (16B) of engageable portions (16) face communicating portions (37) and are inclined to produce forces for pushing another housing (11) forward in a connecting direction with one housing (21) upon receiving resilient restoring forces of leg portions (51) when a pair of connectors (10, 20) reach a properly connected state. A fitting portion (27) of the second connector (20) is formed with slanted surfaces (46) inclined to reduce the width of the fitting portion (27) toward the back side of the fitting portion (27). The slanted surfaces 46 and the first connector (10) are set to come into contact at a position where a clearance is defined before the first connector (10) in the connecting direction with the second connector (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Nakata, Satoshi Morikawa, Michiaki Okamoto, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 7347744
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of auxiliary connector (10) includes an auxiliary housing (11), a seal (40) attached to the rear of the auxiliary housing (11), and a rear holder (50) mounted on the rear of the seal (40) to retain the seal (40). Auxiliary connectors (10) that are adjacent in an arranging direction are united by the rear holders (50). The united auxiliary connectors (10) are inserted into a frame (60) in the arranging direction through an insertion opening (60A) of the frame (60), and are retained in the frame (60) by engaging a lock (50B) on the last auxiliary connector (10A) and an interlocking portion (61) of the frame (60). The frame (60) has no partition walls between the auxiliary connectors (10). Thus, the connector is narrowed by a total thickness of the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd
    Inventors: Masaaki Tabata, Takeshi Tsuji, Takehiro Nakata, Tomohiko Kobayashi, Satoshi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 7214080
    Abstract: A female connector (F) is provided with an outer housing (10) in the form of a bottomed tube, a spring member (50) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10), and an inner housing (30) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10) to sandwich the spring member (50) between the inner housing (30) and a back wall (12) of the outer housing (10) and adapted to hold female terminal fittings (80). The inner housing (30) is pushed by a male connector (M) to move toward the back wall (12) and is floating-supported between the back wall (12) and the male connector (M) via the spring member (50) to move in connecting directions when the male connector (M) is fitted into the outer housing (10) to be locked therein. Upon an occurrence of vibration, the inner housing (30) is capable of moving while following movements of the outer housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ichio, Takehiro Nakata, Michiaki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070059970
    Abstract: A female connector (F) is provided with an outer housing (10) in the form of a bottomed tube, a spring member (50) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10), and an inner housing (30) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10) to sandwich the spring member (50) between the inner housing (30) and a back wall (12) of the outer housing (10) and adapted to hold female terminal fittings (80). The inner housing (30) is pushed by a male connector (M) to move toward the back wall (12) and is floating-supported between the back wall (12) and the male connector (M) via the spring member (50) to move in connecting directions when the male connector (M) is fitted into the outer housing (10) to be locked therein. Upon an occurrence of vibration, the inner housing (30) is capable of moving while following movements of the outer housing (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ichio, Takehiro Nakata, Michiaki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070004274
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of auxiliary connector (10) includes an auxiliary housing (11), a seal (40) attached to the rear of the auxiliary housing (11), and a rear holder (50) mounted on the rear of the seal (40) to retain the seal (40). Auxiliary connectors (10) that are adjacent in an arranging direction are united by the rear holders (50). The united auxiliary connectors (10) are inserted into a frame (60) in the arranging direction through an insertion opening (60A) of the frame (60), and are retained in the frame (60) by engaging a lock (50B) on the last auxiliary connector (10A) and an interlocking portion (61) of the frame (60). The frame (60) has no partition walls between the auxiliary connectors (10). Thus, the connector is narrowed by a total thickness of the partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tabata, Takeshi Tsuji, Takehiro Nakata, Tomohiko Kobayashi, Satoshi Morikawa