Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Matsuo

Tsutomu Matsuo 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).

  • Publication number: 20060042828
    Abstract: In a transmission circuit board, ground terminal portions (10) are disposed at every other two rows in both end columns. Each of signal circuit layers (20) includes at least a pair of adjacent signal connecting portions electrically connected to a pair of the wiring portions (21, 22) arranged in parallel in a row direction and the column direction different from those on an adjacent signal circuit layer. Each of the ground layers is electrically connected to at least one of the ground terminal portions (10) in the both end columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20050266921
    Abstract: A game where in a plan view, the view point and the view direction are set so that both of the player character and the boss character are included within a horizontal visual field and that the virtual camera observes the boss character from behind the player character. In the elevation view, the view point and the view direction of the virtual camera are set so that they are moved into below the player character when the boss character enters over the horizontal line in the area of vertical visual field angle. Therefore, the operation of fighting against the boss character is simplified without different feeling from the fighting against the trivial characters, with securing the dynamics and interest as a game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hayashida, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6945787
    Abstract: An electrical connector (10) for a circuit board (P1) includes a fixing member (20) having a first housing (21) with a mount face facing to the circuit board and at least one fixing piece (25) for fixing the first housing to the circuit board, and a connection member (30) having a second housing (32) with a mount face facing to the circuit board and a plurality of terminals (33) connected with circuit traces of the circuit board. The connection member is supported by the fixing member by a bottle neck such that the second housing is spaced from the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6873519
    Abstract: An electronic component assembly mounted on a circuit board (1) comprises an intermediate connector (2) mounted on the circuit board and having a first space (7) for accommodating first electronic components (8A, 8B, and 8C) provided on the circuit board and a unit body (11) provided on the intermediate connector and connected to the circuit board through the intermediate connector. The unit body comprises a connector member (12) having a second space (16) and a mounting member (13) having second electronic component (19A, 19B, and 19C) accommodated in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6817868
    Abstract: An intermediate board electrical connector comprises a circuit board having two non-parallel straight edges, a plurality of connections sections (12 and 13) arranged along the straight edges at regular intervals, and a plurality of wiring conductors (14) connecting the corresponding connection sections (12 and 13). The connection sections (12 and 13) are connected to connectors (20 and 30), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Matsuo, Tatsuya Arai
  • Publication number: 20040192116
    Abstract: A transmission board (10) comprises a frame body (30) and a surface board (20) supported by the frame body (30) and having a transmission circuit. The frame body (30) has plugging edges (33, 34) that project from the edges of the surface board (20) for guiding the terminals of mating connectors to connection pads on the surface board (20). The plugging edges have guiding slopes 33A and 33B, and 34A and 34B. At least the plugging edges of the frame body (30) are made of a metal or resin molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Matsuo, Masakazu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20040192078
    Abstract: An electrical connector (10) for a circuit board (P1) includes a fixing member (20) having a first housing (21) with a mount face facing to the circuit board and at least one fixing piece (25) for fixing the first housing to the circuit board, and a connection member (30) having a second housing (32) with a mount face facing to the circuit board and a plurality of terminals (33) connected with circuit traces of the circuit board. The connection member is supported by the fixing member by a bottle neck such that the second housing is spaced from the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6749442
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board connecting device comprises a flat connector (10) to be connected to a predetermined circuit member, a flexible circuit board (1) to be connected to the circuit member via the connector (10). The connector (10) comprises a flat housing having a plurality of holding holes (12), a plurality of terminals (14) held in the holding holes (12). Each terminal (14) has a connection section (14A) to be connected to the circuit board and a contact section (14D) to be connected to the flexible circuit board. The contact points between the flexible circuit board and the terminals are made movable along the flexible circuit board from the zero insertion position to the contact position under spring forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20030095391
    Abstract: An electronic component assembly mounted on a circuit board (1) comprises an intermediate connector (2) mounted on the circuit board and having a first space (7) for accommodating first electronic components (8A, 8B, and 8C) provided on the circuit board and a unit body (11) provided on the intermediate connector and connected to the circuit board through the intermediate connector. The unit body comprises a connector member (12) having a second space (16) and a mounting member (13) having second electronic component (19A, 19B, and 19C) accommodated in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20030077922
    Abstract: An intermediate board electrical connector comprises a circuit board having two non-parallel straight edges, a plurality of connections sections (12 and 13) arranged along the straight edges at regular intervals, and a plurality of wiring conductors (14) connecting the corresponding connection sections (12 and 13). The connection sections (12 and 13) are connected to connectors (20 and 30), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Tsutomu Matsuo, Tatsuya Arai
  • Publication number: 20030077923
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board connecting device comprises a flat connector (10) to be connected to a predetermined circuit member, a flexible circuit board (1) to be connected to the circuit member via the connector (10). The connector (10) comprises a flat housing having a plurality of holding holes (12), a plurality of terminals (14) held in the holding holes (12). Each terminal (14) has a connection section (14A) to be connected to the circuit board and a contact section (14D) to be connected to the flexible circuit board. The contact points between the flexible circuit board and the terminals are made movable along the flexible circuit board from the zero insertion position to the contact position under spring forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6421912
    Abstract: A method of making an electrical connector having a housing (2) and a plurality of contact elements with connection sections (4) projecting from the housing, which comprises filling a regular recess (12) provided in the upper face (11) of a mold member (10) with a solder material (14A), putting the front ends of the connection sections into the solder material, solidifying the solder material, and removing the connection sections from the mold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Tomioka, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6328585
    Abstract: A contact element (3) comprises a base section (4) for attaching the contact element to a housing (1); a connection section (7) extending from the base section at a position; a first contact piece (6) extending from the base section at a first position to form a first contact portion (6A) at a free end; and a second contact piece (5) extending from the base section at a second position to form a second contact portion (5A) at a free end and successively bend in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6328573
    Abstract: An intermediate electrical connector comprises a housing (1) having apertures (2A, 3A) and a contact element (4) which comprises a retention section (5) held between the peripheries of the apertures (2A, 3A), a pair of contact sections (6A, 6B) projecting from the apertures (2A, 3A) in opposite directions, and a transmission path (7) provided between the contact sections (6A, 6B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tsutomu Matsuo, Takashi Nagawatari
  • Patent number: 6299458
    Abstract: A contact element (4) comprises a fixed section (5) inserted into the slot (2) along the first minor side of the slot, a flexible section (6) extending from the fixed section toward the second minor side of the slot in a plane and being flexible in the plane, and contact portions (7A, 7B) extending from the flexible section so as to project from the major faces of a housing (1). The fixed section, the flexible section, and the contact portions are in the plane parallel to the major faces of the slot. A conductive layer or sheet (3) is provided on the major sides of the slot. A sliding contact (8A, 8B) are provided near the contact portions are brought into sliding contact with the conductive layer or sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoku Yamagami, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tsutomu Matsuo, Takashi Nagawatari
  • Patent number: 5924883
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting to a mother board a daughter board having a plurality of pads on a front edge thereof includes a plurality of contact terminals made by stamping and bending a resilient conductive sheet so as to provide first and second retaining sections which are fixed to the insulating housing. The daughter board is inserted between upper and lower contact portions of the contact terminals with a zero-insertion force and then rotated to bring the pads into contact with the contact portions with a predetermined contact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoku Yamagami, Hirokatsu Yaegashi, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 5897390
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a board latch which has an L-shaped engaging arm for latching a board. The outside face of a free end of the engaging arm is flush with the outside face of a vertical portion of the engaging arm. A ridge is provided on the engaging arm for positioning the board in the longitudinal direction of a board receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoku Yamagami, Hirokatsu Yaegashi, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 5807128
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a daughter board to a mother board includes an insulating housing to be mounted on the mother board; a plurality of contact terminals disposed in the insulating housing; an open mouth provided in the insulating housing for receiving and allowing the daughter board to be turned toward a latch a pair of latch levers provided on opposite sides of the open mouth and having a latch portion and a sliding member at an upper portion thereof; a protective member provided on the insulation housing and spaced from the sliding member by a predetermined distance; a front surface of the latch portion being made in such a form that the daughter board can pass over the latch portions, with opposite sides thereof pushing the latch levers outwardly, when it is turned rearwardly about the edge portion; and a rear surface of the latch portion being made in such a form that it latches the daughter board to the electrical connector when the daughter board is connected to the electrical connec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tatsuya Arai, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 5695353
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a daughter board to a mother board, includes an insulating housing; contact terminals disposed in the insulating housing; an open mouth provided in the insulating housing for receiving the daughter board; terminal receiving slots provided in the open mouth; each of the contact terminals being made by stamping and forming a spring conductive sheet so as to have a fixing section to be fitted in the terminal receiving slot, a reverse U-shaped section extending upwardly from the fixing section and then downwardly into the open mouth to provide a lower contact point, a J-shaped section extending upwardly from the lower contact point and toward the rear wall and then upward to provide a stopper section, and a C-shaped section extending upwardly from the J-shaped section and into the open mouth to provide an upper contact point; the reverse U-shaped section, the J-shaped section, and the C-shaped section constituting a spring unit; shoulders provided on the rear wall of the ope
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tatsuya Arai, Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 5584711
    Abstract: An electrical connector with a board latch, including a board latch having a substantially L-shaped latch arm which has a latching portion on the free end for holding a board. Walls are provided around the latch arm to limit deflection of the latch arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Arai, Tsutomu Matsuo