Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Katano

Tetsuya Katano 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: 11018456
    Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20210028582
    Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10476210
    Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder having first and second sides extending between a mating end and a mounting end. The contact module includes signal contacts held by the dielectric holder along a contact plane. The contact module includes a first ground shield coupled to the first side of the dielectric holder and providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts and a second ground shield coupled to the second side of the dielectric holder and providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts, the ground shield having skewer openings. The contact module includes ground skewers having posts extending from the first ground shield through the dielectric holder. The posts are electrically connected to the first ground shield and extend into corresponding skewer openings of the second ground shield to electrically connect the first ground shield to the second ground shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, Jeffrey Byron McClinton, Justin Dennis Pickel, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa, Masaaki Iwasaki, Teruhiko Matsudaira
  • Patent number: 10193254
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided with a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a housing and a lock spring arranged at an end portion of the housing. The lock spring includes a pair of arms extending parallel to a planar side of the housing. The second connector includes a catch to engage the lock spring by flexing the pair of arms away each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katano, Hiroshi Shirai, Takeshi Kimura, Akira Kubo
  • Patent number: 9559450
    Abstract: A card connector is provided having a housing and a contact. The housing includes a card receiving space. The contact is supported by the housing and includes a contact arm and an extended portion. The contact arm includes a free end and the extended portion includes a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tetsuya Katano
  • Publication number: 20160226184
    Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed. The connector assembly comprises a first connector having a housing and a lock portion, and a second connector having a catch portion. The lock portion includes a plurality of lock spring members each fixed to the housing at one end of the lock spring member. The catch portion interferes with the plurality of lock spring members in a first position, and is caught in the plurality of lock spring members in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katano, Akira Kubo, Chihiro Hikage
  • Publication number: 20150270631
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided with a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a housing and a lock spring arranged at an end portion of the housing. The lock spring includes a pair of arms extending parallel to a planar side of the housing. The second connector includes a catch to engage the lock spring by flexing the pair of arms away each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katano, Hiroshi Shirai, Takeshi Kimura, Akira Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150004850
    Abstract: A card connector is provided having a housing and a contact. The housing includes a card receiving space. The contact is supported by the housing and includes a contact arm and an extended portion. The contact arm includes a free end and the extended portion includes a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm may slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Tetsuya Katano
  • Patent number: 8317529
    Abstract: A contact having a contact section, a pair of tabs, and a pair of springs. The contact section includes a pair of arms extending frontward while facing each other and a support bearing the pair of arms. The pair of tabs are located on left and right sides of the contact with the contact section positioned between. The pair of springs having a sheared surface and bend from both left and right sides of the support respectively. Additionally, the pair of springs first bend outwardly to right and left away from the contact section, around respective central axes extending vertically and maintain the sheared surface facing up and down. Then, the pair of springs extend backward to link to the pair of tabs, respectively, the pair of springs supporting the contact section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Publication number: 20120028507
    Abstract: A contact having a contact section, a pair of tabs, and a pair of springs. The contact section includes a pair of arms extending frontward while facing each other and a support bearing the pair of arms. The pair of tabs are located on left and right sides of the contact with the contact section positioned between. The pair of springs having a sheared surface and bend from both left and right sides of the support respectively. Additionally, the pair of springs first bend outwardly to right and left away from the contact section, around respective central axes extending vertically and maintain the sheared surface facing up and down. Then, the pair of springs extend backward to link to the pair of tabs, respectively, the pair of springs supporting the contact section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Patent number: 8057247
    Abstract: A contact is attached to a connector housing thereby contacting a mating connector. The contact includes a contact section, a pair of tabs, and a pair of springs. The contact section is includes a pair of arms that extend frontward while facing each other and a support bearing the pair of arms. The pair of tabs are positioned on left and right sides of contact with the contact section positioned between. The pair of springs bend from both left and right sides of the support respectively, and frontward further than the tabs. The pair of springs also extend backward and then connect to the tabs. The pair of springs support the contact section and allow the contact section to move in the left-right direction by elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Publication number: 20110039456
    Abstract: A contact is attached to a connector housing thereby contacting a mating connector. The contact includes a contact section, a pair of tabs, and a pair of springs. The contact section is includes a pair of arms that extend frontward while facing each other and a support bearing the pair of arms. The pair of tabs are positioned on left and right sides of contact with the contact section positioned between. The pair of springs bend from both left and right sides of the support respectively, and frontward further than the tabs. The pair of springs also extend backward and then connect to the tabs. The pair of springs support the contact section and allow the contact section to move in the left-right direction by elastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Patent number: 7740511
    Abstract: A contact having a support, a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact, and a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact is disclosed. A first spring and a second spring are each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and extend along a plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction. The first spring and the second spring elastically support the support in the facing direction and a mount is connected to the first spring and the second spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Publication number: 20080090473
    Abstract: A contact having a support, a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact, and a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact is disclosed. A first spring and a second spring are each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and extend along a plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction. The first spring and the second spring elastically support the support in the facing direction and a mount is connected to the first spring and the second spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano