Patents by Inventor Teruo Yokota
Teruo Yokota 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: 7150640Abstract: The present invention is to provide a lever type connector to assure unlocking of a lever locking portion at a small size connector. The lever type connector has a cover having electric wire holder ribs at a rear surface of the cover. The electric wire holder ribs are disposed at a base portion of the lever locking portion and protrude downwardly from the rear surface of the cover so as to abut the electric wires. The electric wire holder ribs extend laterally to the electric wires and have a enough height to prevent the electric wires from interfering with a clearance, which allows the lever locking portion to move into the clearance. The clearance assured by the electric wire holder ribs ensures unlocking of the lever locking portion even when the electric wires occupy a large space in the connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masayuki Fukui, Keisuke Nagao, Teruo Yokota
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Publication number: 20060228921Abstract: The present invention is to provide a lever type connector to assure unlocking of a lever locking portion at a small size connector. The lever type connector has a cover having electric wire holder ribs at a rear surface of the cover. The electric wire holder ribs are disposed at a base portion of the lever locking portion and protrude downwardly from the rear surface of the cover so as to abut the electric wires. The electric wire holder ribs extend laterally to the electric wires and have a enough height to prevent the electric wires from interfering with a clearance, which allows the lever locking portion to move into the clearance. The clearance assured by the electric wire holder ribs ensures unlocking of the lever locking portion even when the electric wires occupy a large space in the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Fukui, Keisuke Nagao, Teruo Yokota
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Patent number: 6752659Abstract: A waterproof connector is provided with a connector housing having a mating hollow to which an opposing connector is fitted, a seal fitted to an opposite side to the mating hollow of the connector housing, and a rear holder inserted and fitted to the connector housing. The seal is further provided with a plurality of through holes to which cables provided with terminals at front ends are respectively inserted, and the rear holder is provided with insertion holes communicating with the through holes respectively. The rear holder allows the cable to pass through at a time of being inserted to a temporary engaging position, and presses the seal so as to fix at a time of being inserted to a regular engaging position. The insertion holes are extended so as to have a length at a degree at which a front end thereof is not brought into contact with lips of the through holes even when the inserted terminals are inclined.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Mitsuharu Nakamura, Teruo Yokota
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Patent number: 6558179Abstract: A waterproof connector is constituted by a connector housing provided with a mating hollow to which an opposing connector is fitted and a terminal housing protruded within the mating hollow, a first packing pressure contacted with the opposing connector within the mating hollow so as to be closely attached to a periphery of the terminal housing, and a slide arranged between the terminal housing and the first packing. The connector housing receives a plurality of cables provided with terminals at front ends so as to hold a second packing therebetween. The slide is provided with a plurality of slits being parallel to a sliding direction and respectively inserting the terminals, and a retaining portion extending toward the first packing in one end portion. The slits prevent the terminals from falling off in a side of the retaining portion, and allow the terminals to pass through in an opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Mitsuharu Nakamura, Teruo Yokota
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Publication number: 20020119690Abstract: A waterproof connector is constituted by a connector housing provided with a mating hollow to which an opposing connector is fitted and a terminal housing protruded within the mating hollow, a first packing pressure contacted with the opposing connector within the mating hollow so as to be closely attached to a periphery of the terminal housing, and a slide arranged between the terminal housing and the first packing. The connector housing receives a plurality of cables provided with terminals at front ends so as to hold a second packing therebetween. The slide is provided with a plurality of slits being parallel to a sliding direction and respectively inserting the terminals, and a retaining portion extending toward the first packing in one end portion. The slits prevent the terminals from fallen of fin a side of the retaining portion, and allow the terminals to pass through in an opposite side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu Nakamura, Teruo Yokota
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Publication number: 20020115345Abstract: A water proof connector is provided with a connector housing having a mating hollow to which an opposing connector is fitted, a seal fitted to an opposite side to the mating hollow of the connector housing, and a rear holder inserted and fitted to the connector housing. The seal is further provided with a plurality of through holes to which cables provided with terminals at front ends are respectively inserted, and the rear holder is provided with insertion holes communicating with the through holes respectively. The rear holder allows the cable to pass through at a time of being inserted to a temporary engaging position, and presses the seal so as to fix at a time of being inserted to a regular engaging position. The insertion holes are extended so as to have a length at a degree at which a front end thereof is not brought into contact with lips of the through holes even when the inserted terminals are inclined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu Nakamura, Teruo Yokota
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Patent number: 5267419Abstract: A panel fastener construction is used for fastening a plurality of building panels to a primary structure with a uniform gap interposed between each vertically adjacent panels. The panel fastener construction comprises a plurality pair of upper and lower upward supporting hooks provided on the primary structure with the upper and lower upward supporting hooks vertically spaced from each other, and a pair of upper and lower downward catching hooks provided on the exterior side of each panel for engagement with the upper and lower upward supporting hooks, respectively, of the primary structure. The height of the downward hooks is slightly less than the inter-panel gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1991Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: YKK Architectural Products, Inc.Inventors: Teruo Yokota, Hideyuki Yokoya, Noriaki Okamoto, Akihiko Takeda
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Patent number: 5127202Abstract: An exterior wall of a building, comprises: a plurality of panel units each of which is constructed of: a frame member constructed of a right and a left vertical member together with an upper and a lower lateral member horizontally interposed between the right and the left vertical member; and a plurality of panel members mounted on a front surface of the frame member in such a manner as to be parallelly spaced apart from each other by a predetermined joint space. The plurality of panel units are mounted on a front surface of the building through a plurality of mounting brackets in such a manner as to be parallelly spaced apart from each other by the same space as that of the joint space.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1990Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Teruo Yokota, Akihiko Takeda, Noriaki Okamoto, Hideyuki Yokoya
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Patent number: 4809384Abstract: A horizontally moving automatic outer surface cleaning apparatus comprising horizontal rails provided above and below a surface to be cleaned such as a window glass and a carrier having engaging means for engaging with the horizontal rails for enabling the carrier to be guided along the rails. On the carrier, there are mounted drive means for driving the carrier to move along the horizontal rails, water spray means for spraying water over the surface to be cleaned, wiper means for cleaning the surface by wiping the surface and a soiled water tank containing soiled water collected as a result of wiping by the wiper means. In a preferred embodiment, the carrier consists of a main carrier and a work carrier coupled to the main carrier in such a manner that the carrier can move along a curved portion which can be formed in the horizontal rails.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1987Date of Patent: March 7, 1989Assignee: Nihon Biso Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruo Yokota, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Tadao Takasaki