Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Horioka

Yasuaki Horioka 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: 6093053
    Abstract: An electric component with a soldering-less terminal fitment capable of preventing a contact portion of the terminal fitment from being detached from an electrode on a surface of a circuit board due to slippage thereof on the circuit board. A terminal fitment arranged between a circuit board and an insulating casing includes a connection conductor holding section and a contact terminal section having a proximal portion formed integrally with the connection conductor holding section. The contact terminal section includes a contact portion, which is pressedly contacted with an electrode on the circuit board by elasticity. The contact terminal section includes a curved portion which is curved in a manner to be projected in a direction of insertion of a connection conductor through the terminal fitment and provided on a distal end thereof with the contact portion. The contact portion is constituted by a biting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Horioka, Hirokazu Kotani
  • Patent number: 5877673
    Abstract: An electric component capable of connecting terminal fitments and electrodes arranged on a front surface of a circuit board to each other in a soldering-less manner without increased accuracy in assembling thereof and without using any conductive rubber member. A terminal assembly is constituted by a terminal fitment and a coiled spring. The terminal fitment includes first and second conductor holding sections each arranged for interposedly holding an end of each of connection conductors. The coiled spring is formed of a conductive wire and arranged so as to spirally surround the connection conductor and be compressed between a contact electrode and the first conductor holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kotani, Yasuaki Horioka