Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kon

Takeshi Kon 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: 10594069
    Abstract: A connector includes a lock member attached to a housing and configured to lock a terminal inside the housing. The lock member includes: a substantially plate-shaped base portion located in an outside of the housing; a first attachment portion provided in the base portion and configured to attach the lock member to the housing; and a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing. The base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend, from the first attachment portion, in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The first extension portion includes a second attachment portion formed to attach the lock member to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi Kon, Nobumasa Motohashi, Manabu Yamanaka, Ryotaro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10439339
    Abstract: A shield terminal includes a contact part surrounding a center terminal and a dielectric body and configured to come into contact with a terminal of a target connector, a connecting part surrounding a shield wire and connected to the shield wire, and a catching-target part surrounding a coaxial cable. The contact part, the connecting part, and the catching-target part are bent and formed integrally into a cylindrical shape to surround a center line of the coaxial cable. A housing includes, inside an insertion hole, a catching face configured to come into contact with a part of a front edge of the catching-target part to restrict the shield terminal from moving forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Nobumasa Motohashi, Takeshi Kon, Manabu Yamanaka, Ryotaro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10236630
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: housing for housing terminals; first lever which is mounted in housing to allow change of position between an initial position and a lock position, and which allows locking a mating lock member of a mating connector in the lock position; and second lever which is mounted in housing to allow change of position between an initial position and an auxiliary lock position, and which allows locking first lever at the lock position in the auxiliary lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yuji Naito, Takeshi Kon
  • Publication number: 20190067864
    Abstract: A connector includes a lock member attached to a housing and configured to lock a terminal inside the housing. The lock member includes: a substantially plate-shaped base portion located in an outside of the housing; a first attachment portion provided in the base portion and configured to attach the lock member to the housing; and a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing. The base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend, from the first attachment portion, in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The first extension portion includes a second attachment portion formed to attach the lock member to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi KON, Nobumasa MOTOHASHI, Manabu YAMANAKA, Ryotaro TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180366887
    Abstract: A shield terminal includes a contact part surrounding a center terminal and a dielectric body and configured to come into contact with a terminal of a target connector, a connecting part surrounding a shield wire and connected to the shield wire, and a catching-target part surrounding a coaxial cable. The contact part, the connecting part, and the catching-target part are bent and formed integrally into a cylindrical shape to surround a center line of the coaxial cable. A housing includes, inside an insertion hole, a catching face configured to come into contact with a part of a front edge of the catching-target part to restrict the shield terminal from moving forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Nobumasa MOTOHASHI, Takeshi KON, Manabu YAMANAKA, Ryotaro TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180301847
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: housing for housing terminals; first lever which is mounted in housing to allow change of position between an initial position and a lock position, and which allows locking a mating lock member of a mating connector in the lock position; and second lever which is mounted in housing to allow change of position between an initial position and an auxiliary lock position, and which allows locking first lever at the lock position in the auxiliary lock position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yuji Naito, Takeshi Kon