Patents by Inventor Tatsuki Watanabe
Tatsuki Watanabe 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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Publication number: 20240047912Abstract: A connector system having a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is mounted to a substrate and includes a housing and a first shell. The first shell has solder hold down posts which extend from a circuit board mounting surface of the first connector. Securing openings are provided in side walls of the first shell. The second connector includes a daughterboard and a second shell. The second shell has side plates, resilient latching projections are formed from mating connector alignment portions positioned on the side plates proximate a connector receiving surface of the second connector. The resilient latching projections of the second connector cooperate with the securing openings of the first connector to secure the second connector to the first connector. The first connector is secured to the substrate by soldering the solder hold down posts to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Jevon CORBAN, Tatsuki WATANABE, Hikaru TAMURA, Chihiro HIKAGE
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Patent number: 11456556Abstract: A bracket includes an upper bracket and a lower bracket. The upper bracket and the lower bracket support a supported body from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket. The lower bracket has a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions overlapping with a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions of the upper bracket. The lateral lower bracket sidewall portions catch with the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions to catch the lower bracket on the upper bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210234299Abstract: A bracket includes an upper bracket and a lower bracket. The upper bracket and the lower bracket support a supported body from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket. The lower bracket has a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions overlapping with a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions of the upper bracket. The lateral lower bracket sidewall portions catch with the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions to catch the lower bracket on the upper bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11038301Abstract: A connector assembly includes a plurality of circuit boards and a bracket retaining the plurality of circuit boards. The circuit boards each have a plugging portion to be plugged into a mating connector and each have a first main face facing a second main face of an adjacent circuit board of the plurality of circuit boards. The bracket retains the plurality of circuit boards with the plugging portions facing downward and with each of the circuit boards capable of making a predetermined amount of independent movement in a pair of directions in a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200259289Abstract: A connector assembly includes a plurality of circuit boards and a bracket retaining the plurality of circuit boards. The circuit boards each have a plugging portion to be plugged into a mating connector and each have a first main face facing a second main face of an adjacent circuit board of the plurality of circuit boards. The bracket retains the plurality of circuit boards with the plugging portions facing downward and with each of the circuit boards capable of making a predetermined amount of independent movement in a pair of directions in a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10505302Abstract: A connector comprises a daughterboard and a metallic shell. The daughterboard has a first edge with first connection pads and a second edge with second connection pads. The first edge is inserted into an on-board connector including first contacts. The on-board connector is mounted on a motherboard and each of the first connection pads is connected to one of the first contacts. The metallic shell has side plates each facing and extending along one of a front board face and a back board face of the daughterboard. Each of the side plates has a base spaced apart from the front board face or the back board face and a retaining portion protruding inward from the base. The retaining portion retains the front board face or a back board face of the daughterboard and has an opening formed around the retaining portion extending through the metallic shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190165506Abstract: A connector comprises a daughterboard and a metallic shell. The daughterboard has a first edge with first connection pads and a second edge with second connection pads. The first edge is inserted into an on-board connector including first contacts. The on-board connector is mounted on a motherboard and each of the first connection pads is connected to one of the first contacts. The metallic shell has side plates each facing and extending along one of a front board face and a back board face of the daughterboard. Each of the side plates has a base spaced apart from the front board face or the back board face and a retaining portion protruding inward from the base. The retaining portion retains the front board face or a back board face of the daughterboard and has an opening formed around the retaining portion extending through the metallic shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8851911Abstract: A card connector for receiving a card is provided. The card connector includes a housing a plurality of contacts, a slider and a stopper. The housing includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a card receiving passageway formed therein. The contacts are secured in the housing. The slider is positioned and slidable between the front wall and the rear wall. The stopper is supported by the slider and includes end sections positioned adjacent to the slider, such that a space is provided between one of the end sections and the slider.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tatsuki Watanabe, Yuki Kudo
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Patent number: 8465309Abstract: A detection switch for detecting when a card is inserted in to a connector. The detection switch includes a housing, a shell, a card receiving passageway, and a detection switch. The shell is disposed on and covers the housing. The card receiving passageway is arranged between the housing and the shell. The detection switch detects when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway and disposed along a side of the card connector. The detection switch includes a fixed contact secured to the housing, and a movable contact extending from the shell and configured to (1) contact the fixed contact when the card is not inserted in the card receiving passageway and (2) release from contact with the fixed contact when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Tyco Electronics Netherland B.V.Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tatsuki Watanabe, Martijn Riemeijer
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Publication number: 20130065411Abstract: A card connector for receiving a card is provided. The card connector includes a housing a plurality of contacts, a slider and a stopper. The housing includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a card receiving passageway formed therein. The contacts are secured in the housing. The slider is positioned and slidable between the front wall and the rear wall. The stopper is supported by the slider and includes end sections positioned adjacent to the slider, such that a space is provided between one of the end sections and the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tatsuki Watanabe, Yuki Kudo
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Publication number: 20120238114Abstract: A card connector for receiving a card that is small and includes a card guide for guiding the card that will not deteriorate, even if the card is pulled out of or inserted into a card receiving space at a large tilt angle with respect to the card receiving space. The card connector having a housing, a plurality of contacts, a shell, and the card guide. The plurality of contacts arranged along the housing, while the shell covers the housing and provides a card receiving space between the housing and the shell. The card guide extends extending obliquely into the card receiving space from a top wall of the shell and is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the top wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Junya Tsuji, Yuki Kudo, Tatsuki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20120149224Abstract: A detection switch for detecting when a card is inserted in to a connector. The detection switch includes a housing, a shell, a card receiving passageway, and a detection switch. The shell is disposed on and covers the housing. The card receiving passageway is arranged between the housing and the shell. The detection switch detects when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway and disposed along a side of the card connector. The detection switch includes a fixed contact secured to the housing, and a movable contact extending from the shell and configured to (1) contact the fixed contact when the card is not inserted in the card receiving passageway and (2) release from contact with the fixed contact when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tatsuki Watanabe