Patents by Inventor Takeya Miwa
Takeya Miwa 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).
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Patent number: 10020611Abstract: In a connector which accommodates female terminals in a plurality of female terminal accommodating chambers arranged side by side in a connector housing, each of the plurality of female terminal accommodating chambers in the connector housing has a protruding enclosure wall provided in such a way that walls enclosing the outer periphery of each female terminal protrude towards a direction of connector engagement with a connection mating connector accommodating male terminals which connect to each of the female terminals. Further, an inter-terminal through hole which penetrates through the inside of the connector housing and connects to the outside of the connector housing is formed in a wall coupling base ends of the protruding enclosure walls of at least one group of adjacent female terminal accommodating chambers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takeya Miwa, Kiyotaka Mizuno
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Publication number: 20180123284Abstract: In a connector which accommodates female terminals in a plurality of female terminal accommodating chambers arranged side by side in a connector housing, each of the plurality of female terminal accommodating chambers in the connector housing has a protruding enclosure wall provided in such a way that walls enclosing the outer periphery of each female terminal protrude towards a direction of connector engagement with a connection mating connector accommodating male terminals which connect to each of the female terminals. Further, an inter-terminal through hole which penetrates through the inside of the connector housing and connects to the outside of the connector housing is formed in a wall coupling base ends of the protruding enclosure walls of at least one group of adjacent female terminal accommodating chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Takeya Miwa, Kiyotaka Mizuno
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Patent number: 8992259Abstract: There is provided a connector capable of reducing deterioration of the noise removal capability by suppressing deformation of a ferrite. The connector includes: a housing which is provided with a plurality of connector fitting portions to be fitted in a plurality of mating connectors, respectively; a plurality of terminals which are attached to the housing to project within the plurality of connector fitting portions, respectively; a plurality of ferrites which remove noise generated from the plurality of terminals, each ferrite being provided for the respective one of the connector fitting portions and having a through hole through which each of the plurality of terminals passes; and a plurality of pressing arms which are provided in the housing, each pressing arm holding the respective one of the plurality of ferrites.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeya Miwa, Tadashi Hasegawa, Takahito Nakashima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Saori Muramatsu
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Patent number: 8917523Abstract: In a board connector wherein fixing portions 5 which have respective screw holes screw holes each into which a screw member passed through the circuit board is threaded and are adapted to fix a housing 3 to the circuit board by tightening the screw members are integrally provided at the synthetic resin-made housing 3 adapted to be mounted in an upstanding manner on the circuit board, the fixing portions 5 are provided in a projecting manner at that portion of one longitudinal outer wall surface of the housing 3 disposed near to a proximal end portion thereof, and a fixing surface 5a of the fixing portion 5 is formed into such a shape as to restrain an end face of the housing 3 from lifting from a surface of the circuit board at the time when the fixing portion 5 is fixed to the circuit board 2 by a tightening force of the screw member 7.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Publication number: 20130303023Abstract: There is provided a connector capable of reducing deterioration of the noise removal capability by suppressing deformation of a ferrite. The connector includes: a housing which is provided with a plurality of connector fitting portions to be fitted in a plurality of mating connectors, respectively; a plurality of terminals which are attached to the housing to project within the plurality of connector fitting portions, respectively; a plurality of ferrites which remove noise generated from the plurality of terminals, each ferrite being provided for the respective one of the connector fitting portions and having a through hole through which each of the plurality of terminals passes; and a plurality of pressing arms which are provided in the housing, each pressing arm holding the respective one of the plurality of ferrites.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takeya Miwa, Tadashi Hasegawa, Takahito Nakashima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Saori Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20110188217Abstract: In a board connector wherein fixing portions 5 which have respective screw holes screw holes each into which a screw member passed through the circuit board is threaded and are adapted to fix a housing 3 to the circuit board by tightening the screw members are integrally provided at the synthetic resin-made housing 3 adapted to be mounted in an upstanding manner on the circuit board, the fixing portions 5 are provided in a projecting manner at that portion of one longitudinal outer wall surface of the housing 3 disposed near to a proximal end portion thereof, and a fixing surface 5a of the fixing portion 5 is formed into such a shape as to restrain an end face of the housing 3 from lifting from a surface of the circuit board at the time when the fixing portion 5 is fixed to the circuit board 2 by a tightening force of the screw member 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Patent number: 7442064Abstract: The board connecting body includes: a pair of board cases electrically connected to each other when connectors each attached to a printed circuit board received in a housing of the board cases are fitted to each other; a receiving wall part of the housing of one board case capable of receiving the housing of another board case; a projection formed on one of the receiving wall part and the housing of the other board case; and a groove formed on the other of the receiving wall part and the housing of the other board case, the projection being capable of entering the groove, wherein the groove includes: a straight part extending along a fitting direction of the connectors; and a receiving part formed in such a manner that a width of the receiving part gradually decreases from an outer edge to the straight part.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takeya Miwa, Tadashi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20080108240Abstract: The board connecting body includes: a pair of board cases electrically connected to each other when connectors each attached to a printed circuit board received in a housing of the board cases are fitted to each other; a receiving wall part of the housing of one board case capable of receiving the housing of another board case; a projection formed on one of the receiving wall part and the housing of the other board case; and a groove formed on the other of the receiving wall part and the housing of the other board case, the projection being capable of entering the groove, wherein the groove includes: a straight part extending along a fitting direction of the connectors; and a receiving part formed in such a manner that a width of the receiving part gradually decreases from an outer edge to the straight part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takeya Miwa, Tadashi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7004796Abstract: There are provided a wire harness and a method of manufacturing the wire harness capable of reducing the assembling cost. The wire harness includes: an insulating housing (3), on the board (11) of which partition walls (12) are arranged in parallel with each other; a cover member (2) capable of holding the insulating housing (3); a large number of pressure-connecting terminals (15) and crimping terminals (16) respectively arranged along the partition walls (12); and a large number of electric wires (103) respectively connected to the pressure-connecting terminals (15) and crimping terminals (16).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaru Fukuda, Takeya Miwa, Shinji Mochizuki
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Patent number: 6929502Abstract: A lamp socket (20) of the invention mainly includes an upper socket (21), a lower socket (22), and terminal members (23). The upper socket 21 has a bulb mounting portion (25) formed on an upper side of an socket body (24), and a wire connection portion (26) is formed on a side surface of the socket body (24). This wire connection portion (26) has two wire insertion grooves (30, 30) formed by opposite side walls (27, 27), projecting from the socket body (24), and a partition wall (28). The lower socket (22) has a connector housing (35) formed on a lower side of a lower socket body (34), and a terminal receiving plate (36) projects from a side surface of the lower socket body. Terminal setting grooves (37) are formed in this terminal receiving plate (36).Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Patent number: 6857911Abstract: A terminal or a housing used for a PCB connector and a harness connector is standardized for common use. A PCB connector is structured by a terminal plate 3 provided with an insulating plate body 4 which can be cut at any portion and a terminal 5 placed in the plate body to project both electric contacts 6, 6? of the terminal from front side and rear side of the plate body, and an insulation cover 38 for mounting the terminal plate therein. A harness connector 37 further comprises a terminal receiving block 44?, which receives a mating terminal 56, inserted into a rear portion of the cover 38. The terminal receiving block 44? is locked in the cover 38 by locking device 45, 49. A mating connector as same as the terminal receiving block 44? is inserted into a front portion of the cover 38.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Publication number: 20040242068Abstract: There are provided a wire harness and a method of manufacturing the wire harness capable of reducing the assembling cost. The wire harness includes: an insulating housing (3), on the board (11) of which partition walls (12) are arranged in parallel with each other; a cover member (2) capable of holding the insulating housing (3); a large number of pressure-connecting terminals (15) and crimping terminals (16) respectively arranged along the partition walls (12); and a large number of electric wires (103) respectively connected to the pressure-connecting terminals (15) and crimping terminals (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Masaru Fukuda, Takeya Miwa, Shinji Mochizuki
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Patent number: 6753624Abstract: A first connection terminal for main power supply 15 and a first connection terminal for signal 16 are disposed in a female connector housing 14. A second connection terminal for main power supply 18 and a second connection terminal for signal 19 are disposed in a male connector housing 17. As the female and male connector housings 14, 17 are fitted to each other, the first connection terminal for main power supply 15 makes contact with the second connection terminal for main power supply 18 before the first connection terminal for signal 16 makes contact with the second connection terminal for signal 19. As the female and male connector housings 14, 17 are disengaged from each other, the first connection terminal for signal 16 breaks contact with the second connection terminal for signal 19 before the first connection terminal for main power supply 15 breaks contact with the second connection terminal for main power supply 18.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Patent number: 6702623Abstract: A connector (1) is configured in a manner that two stages of insulation housings (23) are disposed therein each of which is additionally provided with common terminal chambers (28) each capable of housing a crimp-style terminal or a crimped terminal (25) or a press contact terminal (26) thereby to house the crimped terminals (25) and the press contact terminals (26) in a mixed manner within the connector. The common terminal chambers (28) of each of the insulation housings (23) are formed by partition walls (29) erected from a base plate portion (27), and the crimped terminal (25) or the press contact terminal (26) is inserted from the upper opening of each of the common terminal chambers (28).Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaru Fukuda, Takeya Miwa, Shinji Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20040011167Abstract: A flat cable (13) is formed by a plurality of juxtaposed conductors (15) which are insulated and coated. An end portion of the flat cable (13) is provided with a terminal processing structure in which cut surfaces (15a, 15b) of the respective conductors (15) are alternately positioned in a staggered manner, thereby making it possible to lengthen the creeping distance between the cut surfaces of the adjacent conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Patent number: 6604952Abstract: A printed circuit board connector 10 has a plurality of terminals 3 which connect the connector 10 to a printer circuit board and protrude outside from a rear wall surface 12a of a connector housing 12. Tip end portions of the terminals are bent into an L shape in parallel to the rear wall surface 12a and thereby aligned. A terminal cover 20 is detachably attached to the connector housing 12 so as to cover the terminals 3 and a tip end of an insulating wall 22 provided on the terminal cover 20 is fitted into a groove 15 formed in the rear wall surface 12a, whereby distances among adjacent terminals 3 can be widened and the insulation performance among the terminals 3 can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takeya Miwa, Toru Kurosawa
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Patent number: 6579130Abstract: A female connector housing (4) has a terminal accommodation chamber (5) configured for accommodating therein a pair of male terminals (6) and provided with a leakage prevention wall (7) as a partition for dividing the terminal accommodation chamber (5) into a pair of divided terminal accommodation chambers (8) neighboring to each other for individual accommodation of the male terminals (6). A male connector housing (10) has a pair of neighboring terminal cavity block portions (11) configured for accommodation of female terminals, to be individually inserted into the divided terminal accommodation chambers (8), and to define therebetween a mating recess (13) for the leakage prevention wall (7) to be inserted therein. When the male connector housing (10) is fitted into the female connector housing (4), the leakage prevention wall (7) tight fits in the mating recess (13), thereby preventing water invasion.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Publication number: 20020177371Abstract: A connector (1) is configured in a manner that two stages of insulation housings (23) are disposed therein each of which is additionally provided with common terminal chambers (28) each capable of housing a crimp-style terminal or a crimped terminal (25) or a press contact terminal (26) thereby to house the crimped terminals (25) and the press contact terminals (26) in a mixed manner within the connector. The common terminal chambers (28) of each of the insulation housings (23) are formed by partition walls (29) erected from a base plate portion (27), and the crimped terminal (25) or the press contact terminal (26) is inserted from the upper opening of each of the common terminal chambers (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Fukuda, Takeya Miwa, Shinji Mochizuki
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Patent number: 6478593Abstract: A connecting terminal provided with an arc discharge contact protruding forwardly and integrally formed at one side of a contact protrusion of a male terminal. The arc discharge contact comes into contact with the side surface of a side wall of a female terminal body before the contact protrusion of the male terminal comes into contact with a contact spring of the female terminal when the male terminal is connected to the female terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa
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Publication number: 20020137398Abstract: A terminal or a housing used for a PCB connector and a harness connector is standardized for common use. A PCB connector is structured by a terminal plate 3 provided with an insulating plate body 4 which can be cut at any portion and a terminal 5 placed in the plate body to project both electric contacts 6, 6′ of the terminal from front side and rear side of the plate body, and an insulation cover 38 for mounting the terminal plate therein. A harness connector 37 further comprises a terminal receiving block 44′, which receives a mating terminal 56, inserted into a rear portion of the cover 38. The terminal receiving block 44′ is locked in the cover 38 by locking device 45, 49. A mating connector as same as the terminal receiving block 44′ is inserted into a front portion of the cover 38.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takeya Miwa