Patents by Inventor Terufumi Hara

Terufumi Hara 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: 9318824
    Abstract: On the circuit substrate 40, flat plate-like conductors 41 serving as external input contacts are disposed in positions against which contact portions 22 of terminal fittings 20 abut, so that electric conduction between the terminals fittings 20 and the flat plate-like conductors 41 can be obtained by abutment between the flat plate-like conductors 41 and the contact portions 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Genki Murakoshi
  • Patent number: 9287642
    Abstract: A board connector includes: a connector body housing a terminal fitting and connected to a contact arranged on a circuit board; and a connector receiving member attached to the circuit board and engagingly locking a tip end surface of the connector body in a state where the tip end surface is butted against a surface of the circuit board. The connector body includes: an inner housing which engagingly locks the terminal fitting so that a tip end surface of the terminal fitting is projected from the tip end surface of the connector body; an outer housing which supports the inner housing so that the inner housing is slidable in a fitting direction; and a housing urging spring which urges the inner housing. The tip end surface of the terminal fitting is pressingly contacted with the contact, thereby causing the terminal fitting to be electrically connected to the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Patent number: 9270044
    Abstract: There are provided in the substrate connector a connector main body that has a leading end face butted against the circuit board, thereby bringing leading end faces of terminal fitting, which are housed and retained in the connector main body, with contact point patterns on the circuit board, thereby butting; and a connector receiving member that is attached to the circuit board and that holds the leading end face of the connector main body butted against the surface of the circuit board. The terminal fitting is provided by spring pieces that impart predetermined contact pressure as a result of contact points, which contact the contact point patterns, experiencing elastic deformation upon contact with the corresponding contact point patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20150155645
    Abstract: On the circuit substrate 40, flat plate-like conductors 41 serving as external input contacts are disposed in positions against which contact portions 22 of terminal fittings 20 abut, so that electric conduction between the terminals fittings 20 and the flat plate-like conductors 41 can be obtained by abutment between the flat plate-like conductors 41 and the contact portions 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Genki Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20150072542
    Abstract: A board connector includes: a connector body housing a terminal fitting; and a connector receiving member attached to a circuit board and engagingly locking a tip end surface of the connector body in a state where the tip end surface is butted against a surface of the circuit board. The connector body includes: an inner housing which engagingly locks the terminal fitting so that a tip end surface of the terminal fitting is projected from the tip end surface of the connector body; an outer housing which supports the inner housing so that the inner housing is slidable in a fitting direction; and a housing urging spring which urges the inner housing. The tip end surface of the terminal fitting is pressingly contacted with the contact pattern, thereby causing the terminal fitting to be electrically connected to the contact pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Patent number: 8939802
    Abstract: Provided is a connection terminal 11 including a terminal body 12 and a movable contact 13 having a pair of spring portions 42a and 42b extending in the same direction from the both sides of a contact tab 43, wherein the end portions of the spring portions 42a and 42b of the movable contact 13 are fixed to the terminal body 12, the contact tab 43 at the tip end of the movable contact 13 is conductively connected to the other terminal to be connected by being pushed to the terminal, and the movable contact 13 is formed in a process in which a metal plate is blanked to form a pair of spring portions 42a and 42b having a wavy shape in planar view at both sides of a central portion of the plate which will be the contact tab 43, and the portion of the plate is folded in the same direction as a boundary so that the spring portions 42a and 42b extend in parallel from the both sides of the contact tab 43 including the portion of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Toshinori Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20150004812
    Abstract: There are provided in the substrate connector a connector main body that has a leading end face butted against the circuit board, thereby bringing leading end faces of terminal fitting, which are housed and retained in the connector main body, with contact point patterns on the circuit board, thereby butting; and a connector receiving member that is attached to the circuit board and that holds the leading end face of the connector main body butted against the surface of the circuit board. The terminal fitting is provided by spring pieces that impart predetermined contact pressure as a result of contact points, which contact the contact point patterns, experiencing elastic deformation upon contact with the corresponding contact point patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20140017948
    Abstract: When terminal containing holes are slid in a direction, which intersects orthogonally with a direction along the housing central axes, from respective positions in which these holes are displaced in the direction that intersects orthogonally with the direction along the housing central axes, connection of a pair of connector housings is completed, and also top ends of the butted terminals installed into the connector housings respectively are engaged with each other and the top ends are brought into their butted state. Also, when the top ends of the butted terminals are engaged with top ends of the counter butted terminals, the top-end positioning pieces of the butted terminals are engaged with the counter butted terminals respectively, and restrict a disengagement from the counter butted terminals in the axial direction respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi HARA, Masayuki SAITOH
  • Publication number: 20130157523
    Abstract: To provide a connection terminal with a high connection reliability which can be produced with excellent yield and high dimensional accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Toshinori Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7677908
    Abstract: A lever type connector comprises a first connector housing; a second connector housing including a projection; and a lever pivotally engaged with the first connector housing and including two arm plates and an interconnecting bar which connects the two arm plates. The each arm plate comprises a provisional-retaining projection projecting from the arm plate toward the other arm plate, which abuts to the projection and causes to deform the arm plate so that the arm plate recedes to the other arm plate when the projection is inserted into the cam groove; and a cancellation lever extending from an edge of the arm plate and positioned at a counter side of the inlet with respect to the pivotal support, which cause to deform the arm plate so that the arm plate recedes to the other arm plate when the cancellation lever is pressed to come close to the other cancellation lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Sugiyama, Masahito Kazuno, Terufumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20090311893
    Abstract: A lever type connector comprises a first connector housing; a second connector housing including a projection; and a lever pivotally engaged with the first connector housing and including two arm plates and an interconnecting bar which connects the two arm plates. The each arm plate comprises a provisional-retaining projection projecting from the arm plate toward the other arm plate, which abuts to the projection and causes to deform the arm plate so that the arm plate recedes to the other arm plate when the projection is inserted into the cam groove; and a cancellation lever extending from an edge of the arm plate and positioned at a counter side of the inlet with respect to the pivotal support, which cause to deform the arm plate so that the arm plate recedes to the other arm plate when the cancellation lever is pressed to come close to the other cancellation lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu SUGIYAMA, Masahito Kazuno, Terufumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20090117770
    Abstract: When a male connector housing 30 is inserted into a proximal end portion of an inner surface 37 of a fitting tubular portion 33, a distal end 45 of an outer surface 41 of the male connector housing 30 is brought into abutting engagement with a plurality of first shaking prevention portions 25 formed at the proximal end portion of this inner surface 37. At this time, a distal end 46 of an inner surface 37 of the fitting tubular portion 33 is also brought into abutting engagement with a plurality of second shaking prevention portions 26 formed at a proximal end portion of the outer surface 41 of the male connector housing 30. Thereafter, a force slightly larger than the insertion force applied so far is applied to the connector, so that press-fitted conditions are formed respectively at the first shaking prevention portions 25 and the second shaking prevention portions 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki FUKUI, Terufumi HARA, Masahito KAZUNO
  • Patent number: 7470159
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a female terminal for preventing an inserting segment from separating from one inner wall of a tube, and a connector utilizing the same. The female terminal has an electrical contacting portion and a projection. The electrical contacting portion has the tube accepting the inserting segment of a mating male terminal and a spring piece to be electrically connected with the inserting segment. The spring piece urges the inserting segment against the one inner wall of the tube and sandwiches the inserting segment with the one inner wall. A projection inwardly extends from another inner wall of the tube. The projection abuts on the inserting segment when the inserted segment separates from the one inner wall in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the inserting segment so as to regulate the inserting segment to separate from the one inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20070123102
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a female terminal for preventing an inserting segment from separating from one inner wall of a tube, and a connector utilizing the same. The female terminal has an electrical contacting portion and a projection. The electrical contacting portion has the tube accepting the inserting segment of a mating male terminal and a spring piece to be electrically connected with the inserting segment. The spring piece urges the inserting segment against the one inner wall of the tube and sandwiches the inserting segment with the one inner wall. A projection inwardly extends from another inner wall of the tube. The projection abuts on the inserting segment when the inserted segment separates from the one inner wall in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the inserting segment so as to regulate the inserting segment to separate from the one inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terufumi Hara
  • Patent number: 6902443
    Abstract: A locking member is inserted into a cavity portion in a housing, and the side walls of the locking member are used to constitute part of the outer wall of the terminal accommodating chamber. On the inner surfaces of first locking projections respectively provided on the one-end-face sides of the present two side walls, there are projectingly provided guide ribs so as to extend in parallel to the insertion direction of a connecting terminal. When inserting the connecting terminal into the terminal accommodating chamber, even in case where the connecting terminal is inserted in an inclined manner, the connecting terminal is guided by the guide ribs and the inclination thereof is corrected by the guide ribs, whereby the connecting terminal can be inserted smoothly and the leading end of the connecting terminal is prevented from interfering with the terminal accommodating chamber, the locking member, first locking projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Yukiyoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040190986
    Abstract: A locking member is inserted into a cavity portion in a housing, and the side walls of the locking member are used to constitute part of the outer wall of the terminal accommodating chamber. On the inner surfaces of first locking projections respectively provided on the one-end-face sides of the present two side walls, there are projectingly provided guide ribs so as to extend in parallel to the insertion direction of a connecting terminal. When inserting the connecting terminal into the terminal accommodating chamber, even in case where the connecting terminal is inserted in an inclined manner, the connecting terminal is guided by the guide ribs and the inclination thereof is corrected by the guide ribs, whereby the connecting terminal can be inserted smoothly and the leading end of the connecting terminal is prevented from interfering with the terminal accommodating chamber, the locking member, first locking projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Yukiyoshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6619996
    Abstract: A waterproof connector has an inner housing 11 for holding insulation displacement terminals 13 connected to wires W and an outer housing 12 formed with an inner housing accommodation space 12A for receiving the inner housing 11 in the longitudinal direction. The outer housing 12 receiving the inner housing 11 is formed in its rear portion 12F with a waterproofing part 17 made of hot-melt material. This facilitates production of a waterproof connector with a smaller number of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Takao Murakami
  • Patent number: 6517368
    Abstract: A waterproof connector comprises an inner housing made of synthesis resin, which accommodates a connection terminal; an outer housing made of synthesis resin, which surrounds the inner housing inserted in an insertion port with a predetermined space portion therebetween, the outer housing having an insertion port in its block wall, the insertion port being for inserting the inner housing, and an enter port provided in its tip end; and a sealing member inserted in the space portion, wherein a holding projection extending from the sealing member to the block wall is provided, a through hold inserting the holding projection therein is provided in the block wall, and the holding projection is inserted in the through hole. In such a constitution, thermoplastic resin covers at least an exposed portion of the holding projection, which is exposed from the through hole, from the outside of the block wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Takao Murakami
  • Patent number: 6482021
    Abstract: A structure of a waterproof portion of a waterproof connector comprising: an inner housing 14 provided with a terminal chamber 12; an outer housing 18 provided with an enter port 16 receiving an opposite connector 30 at a tip thereof, the outer housing having the inner housing 14 engaged therewith; an interconnector waterproof portion 20 liquid-tightly sealing a space with the opposite connector 30, the inter connector waterproof portion being provided in the outer housing 18; and a wire waterproof portion 24 covering a connection portion of a wire 22 protruding outward from the terminal chamber 12, wherein a communication path 36 communicating between the interconnector waterproof portion 20 and the wire waterproof portion 24 is provided, and the interconnector waterproof portion 20 and the wire waterproof portion 24 are continuously formed by monolithic molding using thermoplastic resin 38 through the communication path 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Takao Murakami
  • Publication number: 20020052143
    Abstract: A structure of a waterproof portion of a waterproof connector comprising: an inner housing 14 provided with a terminal chamber 12; an outer housing 18 provided with an enter port 16 receiving an opposite connector 30 at a tip thereof, the outer housing having the inner housing 14 engaged therewith; an interconnector waterproof portion 20 liquid-tightly sealing a space with the opposite connector 30, the inter connector waterproof portion being provided in the outer housing 18; and a wire waterproof portion 24 covering a connection portion of a wire 22 protruding outward from the terminal chamber 12, wherein a communication path 36 communicating between the interconnector waterproof portion 20 and the wire waterproof portion 24 is provided, and the interconnector waterproof portion 20 and the wire waterproof portion 24 are continuously formed by monolithic molding using thermoplastic resin 38 through the communication path 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terufumi Hara, Takao Murakami