Patents by Inventor Tooru Kobayashi

Tooru Kobayashi 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: 11894634
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a sacrificial pressing surface that is provided in a second housing and is a flat surface formed at an end portion on a side opposite in an insertion direction of the second housing. When an external force acts on the second housing in a temporarily assembled state in which the second housing is more shallowly fitted to a first housing than in a fully assembled state and a locking portion is not locked to a locked portion, the sacrificial pressing surface is configured to cause a pressing force to act in a direction in which a contact area of the locked portion with respect to the locking portion is larger than that in a case in which the second housing is pressed in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Patent number: 11870181
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a protrusion portion provided on a second housing at a position close to and facing a distal end portion of a locking portion in a locked state in which the locking portion is locked to a locked portion, so that the protrusion portion restricts an action of an external force on the distal end portion of the locking portion in the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Publication number: 20220344855
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a protrusion portion provided on a second housing at a position close to and facing a distal end portion of a locking portion in a locked state in which the locking portion is locked to a locked portion, so that the protrusion portion restricts an action of an external force on the distal end portion of the locking portion in the locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Publication number: 20220344860
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a sacrificial pressing surface that is provided in a second housing and is a flat surface formed at an end portion on a side opposite in an insertion direction of the second housing. When an external force acts on the second housing in a temporarily assembled state in which the second housing is more shallowly fitted to a first housing than in a fully assembled state and a locking portion is not locked to a locked portion, the sacrificial pressing surface is configured to cause a pressing force to act in a direction in which a contact area of the locked portion with respect to the locking portion is larger than that in a case in which the second housing is pressed in the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mukoujima
  • Publication number: 20220147963
    Abstract: A self-POS system (1) according to the present disclosure is a self-POS system whereby a customer registers a commodity and checks out and includes a sensor (2) that detects that the customer has retrieved the commodity in a display state, an imaging apparatus (3) that images the customer, and a control unit (4) connected the sensor (2) and the imaging apparatus (3). The control unit (4) is configured to record, as a problem image, an image including at least an image at the time of the retrieval of the commodity when the commodity detected by the sensor (2) as having been retrieved is not registered. Thus, it is possible to provide a self-POS system, a self-POS terminal apparatus, a control method, and a control program capable of recording a fraudulent act at the time of check-out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro NAGANO, Fumihiro ISHINO, Tooru KOBAYASHI, Kazuya SANO
  • Patent number: 11128091
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing having a cam boss, a housing fitted into and detached from the mating housing, a lever rotatably supported by the housing via a lever boss and rotating an operation unit to fit the both housings and a cable cover mounted to the rear of the housing and protecting a plurality of the cables pulled out from the rear of the housing. The lever has a temporary locking lock unit. The housing includes a temporary locking unit that temporarily locks the temporary locking lock unit, and a storage unit that stores the temporary locking lock unit in which the temporarily locked state with the temporary locking unit is released. The mating housing has a release unit that releases the temporarily locked state between the temporary locking lock unit and the temporary locking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Motoyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11088492
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a first housing having a cam boss and a second housing fitted and detached from the first housing. A lever is rotatably supported to the second housing via lever bosses, and both housings and are fitted by rotating an operating portion. A cable cover is attached to a rear portion of the second housing to protect a plurality of cables drawn from the rear portion of the second housing. The second housing has an assembling portion for assembling the cable cover, and boss holes for rotatably supporting the lever bosses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Motoyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10944222
    Abstract: In a connector, a spacer includes lock parts and regulation parts. Each of the lock parts locks a first terminal in a first terminal receiving slot after the first terminal is inserted into a proper position in the first terminal receiving slot. Each of the regulation parts regulates deformation of a second lance toward a release position when the second lance is located in a lock position in which the second lance locks a second terminal in a second terminal receiving slot after the second terminal is inserted into a proper position in the second terminal receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tooru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200388961
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing having a cam boss, a housing fitted into and detached from the mating housing, a lever rotatably supported by the housing via a lever boss and rotating an operation unit to fit the both housings and a cable cover mounted to the rear of the housing and protecting a plurality of the cables pulled out from the rear of the housing. The lever has a temporary locking lock unit. The housing includes a temporary locking unit that temporarily locks the temporary locking lock unit, and a storage unit that stores the temporary locking lock unit in which the temporarily locked state with the temporary locking unit is released. The mating housing has a release unit that releases the temporarily locked state between the temporary locking lock unit and the temporary locking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru KOBAYASHI, Motoyoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200381862
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a first housing having a cam boss and a second housing fitted and detached from the first housing. A lever is rotatably supported to the second housing via lever bosses, and both housings and are fitted by rotating an operating portion. A cable cover is attached to a rear portion of the second housing to protect a plurality of cables drawn from the rear portion of the second housing. The second housing has an assembling portion for assembling the cable cover, and boss holes for rotatably supporting the lever bosses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru KOBAYASHI, Motoyoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200227871
    Abstract: In a connector, a spacer includes lock parts and regulation parts. Each of the lock parts locks a first terminal in a first terminal receiving slot after the first terminal is inserted into a proper position in the first terminal receiving slot. Each of the regulation parts regulates deformation of a second lance toward a release position when the second lance is located in a lock position in which the second lance locks a second terminal in a second terminal receiving slot after the second terminal is inserted into a proper position in the second terminal receiving slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Tooru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10587071
    Abstract: Provided is an elastic seal member and a connector which can suppress deterioration of a sealing property while suppressing an insertion resistance to a wire insertion hole. A plurality of seal insertion holes (electric wire insertion holes) through which terminal-equipped electric wires are inserted in the thickness direction is arranged and provided, and on at least one of the front and back surfaces a thinned groove is provided adjacent to the seal insertion hole (electric wire insertion hole), and the thinned groove is formed into a shape that does not overlap with a circular range centered on the seal insertion hole (electric wire insertion hole) in a plan view when viewing the one surface, the circular range of the electric wire insertion holes (electric wire insertion hole) adjacent to each other interposing the thinned groove being not overlapping with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukari Masui, Tooru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10511502
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by a processor included in an information processing device includes acquiring, when an error occurred at the information processing device is detected, first identification information that include identification information of a transmission source of a first packet transmitted or received when the error has occurred and identification information of a transmission destination of the first packet; receiving a second packet; determining whether second identification information included in the second packet matches with the first identification information, the second identification information including identification information of a transmission source of the second packet and identification information of a transmission destination of the second packet; storing data corresponding to the second packet when it is determined that the second identification information matches with the first identification information; and transmitting the data to a management device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya Ikuta, Hideki Nagatomo, Hiroshi Otsuka, Tooru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Shiomi
  • Patent number: 10177486
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, a waterproofing member and a waterproofing member cover. The waterproofing member includes a cylindrical sealing portion in which an insertion hole for the terminal is formed, and a guide portion disposed at least on a rear side in a terminal insertion direction in the insertion hole of the sealing portion and having a tapered shape so as to guide the terminal toward the insertion hole. The waterproofing member includes an elastically-deformable thin portion in a periphery of the sealing portion so that weight generated when the terminal guided to the insertion hole by the guide portion expands the insertion hole is larger than weight necessary for moving the sealing portion in a direction perpendicular to the terminal insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Hisaya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180342831
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing having a terminal accommodating chamber and a waterproofing member including an insertion hole through which the terminal passes. The terminal is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber in a predetermined posture from a rear side. The waterproofing member includes a guide portion and a posture correcting portion. The guide portion is provided at least on a rear side in a terminal insertion direction in the insertion hole, and has a tapered shape so as to guide the terminal to the insertion hole. The posture correcting portion is provided in the guide portion, and is configured to correct a posture of the terminal about an axis of the insertion hole to the predetermined posture by abutting on the terminal to be inserted to the insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Hisaya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180342828
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, a waterproofing member and a waterproofing member cover. The waterproofing member includes a cylindrical sealing portion in which an insertion hole for the terminal is formed, and a guide portion disposed at least on a rear side in a terminal insertion direction in the insertion hole of the sealing portion and having a tapered shape so as to guide the terminal toward the insertion hole. The waterproofing member includes an elastically-deformable thin portion in a periphery of the sealing portion so that weight generated when the terminal guided to the insertion hole by the guide portion expands the insertion hole is larger than weight necessary for moving the sealing portion in a direction perpendicular to the terminal insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Hisaya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180248303
    Abstract: Provided is an elastic seal member and a connector which can suppress deterioration of a sealing property while suppressing an insertion resistance to a wire insertion hole. A plurality of seal insertion holes (electric wire insertion holes) through which terminal-equipped electric wires are inserted in the thickness direction is arranged and provided, and on at least one of the front and back surfaces a thinned groove is provided adjacent to the seal insertion hole (electric wire insertion hole), and the thinned groove is formed into a shape that does not overlap with a circular range centered on the seal insertion hole (electric wire insertion hole) in a plan view when viewing the one surface, the circular range of the electric wire insertion holes (electric wire insertion hole) adjacent to each other interposing the thinned groove being not overlapping with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yukari MASUI, Tooru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9960523
    Abstract: In a mat seal cover of a waterproof connector, waterproof pins are provided inside through holes of the waterproof connector and are configured to close terminal insertion holes of a connector housing. The waterproof pins are retained in the through holes by pin retention portions. Coupling portions between the pin retention portions and inner circumferential walls of the through holes are disposed more closely to the front side in the pushing direction of the punching jig than abutment surfaces at rear ends of the waterproof pins against which the punching jig abuts, and rear end faces of the pin retention portions are inclined faces extending from the abutment surfaces toward the coupling portions and inclined to the front in the pushing direction of the punching jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Kobayashi, Hisaya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20170366424
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by a processor included in an information processing device includes acquiring, when an error occurred at the information processing device is detected, first identification information that include identification information of a transmission source of a first packet transmitted or received when the error has occurred and identification information of a transmission destination of the first packet; receiving a second packet; determining whether second identification information included in the second packet matches with the first identification information, the second identification information including identification information of a transmission source of the second packet and identification information of a transmission destination of the second packet; storing data corresponding to the second packet when it is determined that the second identification information matches with the first identification information; and transmitting the data to a management device
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuya IKUTA, Hideki NAGATOMO, Hiroshi OTSUKA, Tooru KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi SHIOMI
  • Patent number: 9666320
    Abstract: A tritium removal device for a lithium loop contains a neutron source (1) for colliding protons on a lithium flow, thereby generating neutrons, a lithium tank (11) for the lithium passing through this neutron source (1) to flow thereto through a flow passage (9), thereby temporarily accumulating it therein, and a lithium pump (17) for circulating and supplying the lithium of this lithium tank (11) to the neutron source (1) through a supply-side flow passage (9?). The lithium tank (11) and the lithium pump (17), into which hydrogen gas containing tritium therein can be easily collected, are enclosed within a hermetically sealed container (7) including an inactive gas therein, so that even if the hydrogen gas including the tritium therein is leaked into the hermetically sealed container (7), it is removed by a hydrogen isotope removal filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Sukegawa Electric Co., Ltd., Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kuniaki Miura, Tooru Kobayashi, Noriyosu Hayashizaki, Nobuo Namiki