Patents by Inventor Toshio Ohnuma

Toshio Ohnuma 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: 4557046
    Abstract: An automatic wire end arranging system includes a wire holder for holding one ends of the wires, a wire feed device for feeding the wire ends one by one from the wire holder, and a transport device for transporting each wire end from the wire feed device to an arranging device. The arranging device includes a fixture having a plurality of parallel receptive sections, and a table mounted adjacent to the fixture and having a slit, a probe device operable to make electrical contact with the wire end, fed to the table by the transport device, to feed a probe signal, a first drive device operable to move the table, a second drive device operable to bring the wire end on the table into alignment with the slit, and a third drive device operable to urge the wire end, disposed in alignment with the slit, into a selected one of the receptive sections through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Suzuki, Toshio Ohnuma, Kazuyuki Koga, Tatsuya Watanabe