Patents by Inventor Wataru Yamanaka

Wataru Yamanaka 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: 11799226
    Abstract: A wire with terminal includes a wire and a terminal. The wire includes a conductor and a coating. The wire includes a conductor exposed portion in which an outer peripheral surface of the conductor is exposed. The terminal includes an insulation barrel for holding the coating, and a wire barrel to be connected to the conductor exposed portion in front of the insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on one side in a width direction toward the other side to cover an outer periphery of the conductor exposed portion and an other-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on the other side to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11764519
    Abstract: A terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece and an other-side wire barrel piece to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece. The insulation barrel includes an insulation barrel base portion connected to and behind the wire barrel base portion, a one-side insulation barrel piece for covering one side of an outer periphery of a coating and an other-side insulation barrel piece for covering the other side of the outer periphery of the coating. Tips of the respective one-side and other-side insulation barrel pieces are locked to the coating of a wire on a side closer to the other side than a center in a width direction of the insulation barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11749911
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes an inner conductor terminal 11, an outer conductor terminal 13 for covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor terminal 11, and a dielectric 12 arranged between the inner conductor terminal 11 and the outer conductor terminal 13. The inner conductor terminal 11 includes a tubular terminal body 20 extending in a front-rear direction and projections (e.g. front projections 21 and rear projections 22) provided on the terminal body and to be locked to the dielectric 12. A plurality of the projections are provided at an interval in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11742111
    Abstract: An end structure of a shielded cable 10 includes a core 11, an insulator 12 for covering the core 11, a foil 13 for covering the insulator 12, a braided wire 14 for covering the foil 13, a sheath 15 for covering the braided wire 14 and a sleeve 17 arranged between the braided wire 14 and the foil 13 exposed from an end part of the sheath 15. The end part of the sheath 15 and the sleeve 17 are separated from each other to form a clearance 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Publication number: 20230208086
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal fitting and a connector with which the amount of insertion of the terminal fitting into a housing can be easily controlled. A terminal fitting includes: a tubular connection portion (41); a locking protrusion (51) that is provided so as to protrude from an outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to be locked to a groove (66) provided in a housing (60); and a contact-stopper protrusion (55) that is provided on the outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41) so as to protrude from mating edges (49) that abut against each other in a circumferential direction thereof in the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to come into contact with the housing (60) and stop in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230129292
    Abstract: Provided are a shielded terminal and a shielded connector that can prevent a short circuit between a connection portion for an electric component and an outer conductor. A shielded terminal includes an outer conductor, a connection portion for an electric component, and an insulator, wherein the outer conductor has a crimping portion that is crimped onto an end portion of a shielded wire, a bottom surface portion in which an opening is formed forward of the crimping portion, and side surface portions provided on both the left and right sides of the bottom surface portion, the connection portion is disposed between the left and right side surface portions and formed by connecting a center conductor of the shielded wire and the electric component to each other, and the insulator has left and right side walls that are located between the connection portion and the respective side surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11581666
    Abstract: A sleeve (11) is a hollow cylindrical member provided in a shield terminal (10), and pressable by a wire barrel (18) by being arranged between an insulating portion (63) and a shield portion (62) of a shielded cable (60). A convex portion (36) shaped to bulge radially outward over an entire circumference is provided at an intermediate position of the sleeve (11) in an axial direction. The convex portion (36) is crushed and elongated by the wire barrel (18) of an outer conductor terminal (13). The insulating portion (63) can be prevented from being excessively compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220085524
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes an inner conductor terminal 11, an outer conductor terminal 13 for covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor terminal 11, and a dielectric 12 arranged between the inner conductor terminal 11 and the outer conductor terminal 13. The inner conductor terminal 11 includes a tubular terminal body 20 extending in a front-rear direction and projections (e.g. front projections 21 and rear projections 22) provided on the terminal body and to be locked to the dielectric 12. A plurality of the projections are provided at an interval in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220085535
    Abstract: A wire with terminal includes a wire and a terminal. The wire includes a conductor and a coating. The wire includes a conductor exposed portion in which an outer peripheral surface of the conductor is exposed. The terminal includes an insulation barrel for holding the coating, and a wire barrel to be connected to the conductor exposed portion in front of the insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on one side in a width direction toward the other side to cover an outer periphery of the conductor exposed portion and an other-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on the other side to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220085551
    Abstract: A terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece and an other-side wire barrel piece to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece. The insulation barrel includes an insulation barrel base portion connected to and behind the wire barrel base portion, a one-side insulation barrel piece for covering one side of an outer periphery of a coating and an other-side insulation barrel piece for covering the other side of the outer periphery of the coating. Tips of the respective one-side and other-side insulation barrel pieces are locked to the coating of a wire on a side closer to the other side than a center in a width direction of the insulation barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220028580
    Abstract: An end structure of a shielded cable 10 includes a core 11, an insulator 12 for covering the core 11, a foil 13 for covering the insulator 12, a braided wire 14 for covering the foil 13, a sheath 15 for covering the braided wire 14 and a sleeve 17 arranged between the braided wire 14 and the foil 13 exposed from an end part of the sheath 15. The end part of the sheath 15 and the sleeve 17 are separated from each other to form a clearance 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210305725
    Abstract: A sleeve (11) is a hollow cylindrical member provided in a shield terminal (10), and pressable by a wire barrel (18) by being arranged between an insulating portion (63) and a shield portion (62) of a shielded cable (60). A convex portion (36) shaped to bulge radially outward over an entire circumference is provided at an intermediate position of the sleeve (11) in an axial direction. The convex portion (36) is crushed and elongated by the wire barrel (18) of an outer conductor terminal (13). The insulating portion (63) can be prevented from being excessively compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11108195
    Abstract: A shield terminal (20) includes an inner conductor terminal (21) and an outer conductor terminal (22) surrounding the inner conductor terminal (21). The outer conductor terminal (21) has a pull-out opening (46) through which an inner conductor connecting piece (26) of the inner conductor terminal (21) is pulled toward a circuit board (90). The outer conductor terminal (22) includes outer conductor connecting pieces that face the pull-out opening (46) and that include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) located on both sides across the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a plan view and a third outer conductor connecting piece (42) that faces the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) at a position between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Motoki Kubota, Masanobu Kasuga, Wataru Yamanaka, Keisuke Kanemura, Ai Hirano, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Patent number: 11031736
    Abstract: An outer conductor terminal (22) includes a body (28) surrounding an outer periphery of an inner conductor terminal (21) and having a rear opening and a lid (29) for closing the opening of the body (28). Body-side locks (43) are provided on side surfaces of the body (28). The lid (29) has side portions (52) for covering the side surfaces of the body (28). The side portions (52) are provided with front abutting portions (54) contacting the body-side locks (43) from the front. The lid (29) has rear abutting portions (56) contacting the body-side locks (43) from behind to sandwich the body-side lock portions (43) between the front abutting portions (54) and the rear abutting portions (56) and to hold the lid (29). The body-side locks (43) include contact portions (45) that contact the rear abutting portions (56) with resilient forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Patent number: 10998652
    Abstract: A shield terminal (10) includes an inner conductor terminal (11), an outer conductor terminal (13), a dielectric (12) and a capacitor serving as an electronic element (16). The outer conductor terminal (13) surrounds the inner conductor terminal (11) and is connected to a shield portion (93) of a shielded cable (90). The dielectric (12) is arranged between the inner conductor terminal (11) and the outer conductor terminal (13). The electronic element (16) includes a core connecting portion (43) to be connected to a core (91) of the shielded cable (90) and an inner conductor connecting portion (42) to be connected to the inner conductor terminal (11). In the shield terminal (10), an insulating short circuit preventing member (14) is arranged between the core connecting portion (43) and the outer conductor terminal (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Ai Hirano, Masanobu Kasuga, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka, Ryo Yamada
  • Patent number: 10971833
    Abstract: A board connector includes fixing members (60) to be mounted into a connector housing (10). Each fixing member (60) includes a plate-like housing mounting portion (61) to be arranged along a surface (12) of the connector housing (10) and a board fixing portion (62) connected to the housing mounting portion (61) and to be fixed to a surface of a circuit board (90) by soldering. The housing mounting portion (61) includes a flat plate (63) near the circuit board (90), a flat plate (64) distant from the circuit board (90) and a bent portion (65) between the respective flat plates (63, 64) and bulging in a plate thickness direction with respect to the flat plates (63, 64). The bent portion (65) is provided over an entire width of the housing mounting portion (61) in a plate width direction between the flat plates (63, 64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano
  • Patent number: 10862247
    Abstract: An inner conductor terminal (10) is made of a metal plate and includes tubular first terminal portion (11) and second terminal portion (12) each having an opening end. A bent portion (15) links the first and second terminal portions (11, 12) and covers the respective opening ends of the first and second terminal portions (11, 12) by facing the openings. A tab (13) projects from an end of the first terminal portion (11) opposite to the opening end, and a lead (14) projects from an end part of the second terminal portion (12) opposite from the opening end. The inner conductor terminal (10) includes two side panels (16) projecting from the second terminal portion (12) to be located at both sides of the bent portion (15) and covering a clearance between the bent portion (15), the first terminal portion (11) and the second terminal portion (12) from both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano
  • Patent number: 10840648
    Abstract: A shield terminal (20) includes an inner conductor terminal (21) and an outer conductor terminal (30) surrounding the inner conductor terminal (21) and having a tubular fitting portion (400 to which a mating outer conductor (130) is fit. The tubular fitting portion (40) includes butting edges (41) to be butted against each other on both circumferential edge parts (41A, 41B), fixed contact point portions (42) formed to have an embossed shape in a butting-side half circumference portion (C1), the fixed contact point portions (42) contacting the mating outer conductor (130), and resilient contact portions (51) formed by cutting and raising parts of an opposite-side half circumference portion (C2) on a side opposite to the butting-side half circumference portion (C1), the resilient contact portions (51) resiliently contacting the mating outer conductor (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200274263
    Abstract: A sleeve (11) is a hollow cylindrical member provided in a shield terminal (10), and pressable by a wire barrel (18) by being arranged between an insulating portion (63) and a shield portion (62) of a shielded cable (60). A convex portion (36) shaped to bulge radially outward over an entire circumference is provided at an intermediate position of the sleeve (11) in an axial direction. The convex portion (36) is crushed and elongated by the wire barrel (18) of an outer conductor terminal (13). The insulating portion (63) can be prevented from being excessively compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano, Ryo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200274299
    Abstract: A shield terminal (20) includes an inner conductor terminal (21) and an outer conductor terminal (22) surrounding the inner conductor terminal (21). The outer conductor terminal (21) has a pull-out opening (46) through which an inner conductor connecting piece (26) of the inner conductor terminal (21) is pulled toward a circuit board (90). The outer conductor terminal (22) includes outer conductor connecting pieces that face the pull-out opening (46) and that include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) located on both sides across the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a plan view and a third outer conductor connecting piece (42) that faces the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) at a position between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Motoki Kubota, Masanobu Kasuga, Wataru Yamanaka, Keisuke Kanemura, Ai Hirano, Shinobu Wakahara