Patents by Inventor Yasunori Asano

Yasunori Asano 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: 11901673
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of adjusting transmission characteristics while suppressing a manufacturing cost increase. A connector is provided with a housing including an accommodating portion and mounting portions, a terminal fitting to be accommodated into the accommodating portion, and a shield member to be mounted into the mounting portions for shielding electromagnetic waves. The mounting portions are provided at a plurality of positions at different distances from the accommodating portion. For example, the mounting portion is in the form of a groove and one end is open in one surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunori Asano
  • Patent number: 11855384
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a case made of metal and including an opening, and a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings, the terminal holding member being integrated with the case while penetrating through the opening. The opening 18 includes a protruding portion protruding inward toward an outer periphery of the terminal holding member. The terminal holding member includes an inclination restricting portion to be held in contact with at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the protruding portion. Since the inclination restricting portion is in contact with the protruding portion, the inclination of the terminal holding member with respect to the case is suppressed even if the terminal holding member is subjected to vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230299536
    Abstract: It is aimed to suppress a cost increase even if short-circuit patterns increase. A joint connector is provided with a male terminal fitting including a plurality of tabs arranged in parallel in a first arrangement direction and a male carrier coupling the plurality of tabs in parallel and cuttable between arbitrary adjacent ones of the tabs, and a female terminal fitting including a plurality of female connecting portions arranged in parallel in a second arrangement direction orthogonal to the first arrangement direction and a female carrier coupling the plurality of female connecting portions in parallel and cuttable between arbitrary adjacent ones of the female connecting portions. A plurality of male terminal fittings is arranged in parallel to the second arrangement direction. A plurality of female terminal fittings is arranged in parallel to the first arrangement direction with the plurality of female connecting portions connected to the plurality of tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nungna WI, Shinji NOZAKI, Yasunori ASANO, Daisuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 11749940
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings and a case made of metal for accommodating one end part of each terminal fitting by being integrated with the terminal holding member. The case includes a displacement restricting portion having an irregular shape, and the displacement restricting portion is formed on a contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member. When the case made of metal and the terminal holding member made of synthetic resin are thermally deformed, an anchoring effect by the engagement of the displacement restricting portion and the terminal holding member is achieved on the contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member to suppress relative displacements between the case and the terminal holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Patent number: 11749946
    Abstract: A connector with booster mechanism includes a housing, an operation lever rotatably mounted on the housing and including an arm portion, a drive gear integrally rotatably provided on the operation lever, a speed-reduction member rotatably mounted on the housing, and a slider. The drive gear is coaxial with a rotation center shaft and disposed at a position different from the arm portion in an axial direction of the rotation center shaft. The speed-reduction member includes a large-diameter gear to be meshed with the drive gear and a small-diameter gear having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter gear and coaxial with the large-diameter gear. The slider includes a rack to be meshed with the small-diameter gear and is mounted on the housing movably in a direction intersecting a connecting direction to a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunori Asano
  • Publication number: 20230094904
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector device excellent in the reliability of a connecting operation. A connector device (A) is provided with a second housing (21) to be mounted on a second circuit board (C), a plurality of fixed terminal units (28) to be mounted in the second housing (21) and connected to the second circuit board (C), a plurality of movable terminal units (35) individually rockable with the plurality of fixed terminal units (28) as fulcrums and to be being individually connected to a plurality of first terminal units (16), and a coupling member 50 including a hooking portion (51) to be hooked to the plurality of movable terminal units (35), the coupling member 50 integrally rocking the plurality of movable terminal units (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Yasunori ASANO
  • Publication number: 20220399683
    Abstract: A connector device is provided with a first connector to be mounted on a first circuit board and a second connector to be mounted on a second circuit board. The first connector includes a plurality of first terminal unit each formed such that a first inner conductor is surrounded by a first outer conductor. The second connector includes a plurality of second terminal units facing the plurality of first terminal units and a plurality of movable terminal units. The second terminal unit is formed such that a second inner conductor is surrounded by a second outer conductor. The movable terminal unit is swingable with the second terminal unit as a fulcrum. A tip part of the movable terminal unit is connectable to the first terminal unit. The plurality of movable terminal units are coupled to swing integrally by an alignment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya MIYAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220393411
    Abstract: The present invention improves workability during assembly. A connector device (A) comprises: a pair of connectors (10, 30) that each have a terminal part (16, 43), and that are individually mounted on a pair of opposing circuit substrates (B, C); and an adapter (50) that has a pair of connecting ends (50P, 50T) which are capable of pivotably connecting to the terminal part (16, 43). The connecting ends (50P, 50T) have a hooking part (83) formed therein, protruding in a radial direction from the connecting ends (50P, 50T). The terminal part (43) has formed therein a receiving part (78) that holds the adapter (50) to the connector (30) as being engaged by the hooking part (83).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220393410
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve workability at the time of assembling. A connector device is provided with a first connector including a first terminal unit and to be mounted on a first circuit board, a second connector including a second terminal unit and to be mounted on a second circuit board, and an adaptor including a pair of connecting end parts. The pair of connecting end parts are connected to the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit with the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit facing each other, and symmetrical with respect to a facing direction of the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220368051
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve grounding performance. A connector device is provided with a plurality of first terminal units to be mounted on a first circuit board, a plurality of second terminal units to be mounted on a second circuit board and a plurality of movable terminal units. The first terminal unit includes a first outer conductor surrounding a first inner conductor. The second terminal unit includes a second outer conductor surrounding a second inner conductor. The movable terminal unit includes a movable outer conductor surrounding a movable inner conductor. The movable terminal unit is swingable with the second terminal unit as a fulcrum. A tip part of the movable terminal unit is connectable to the first terminal unit. The plurality of movable outer conductors are electrically conductively connected via an alignment member serving as a connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Yorikazu MURABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220368073
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing configured to rotate about a first shaft, a second lever configured to rotate about a second shaft and a cam groove linked with rotation of the second lever. The first lever includes a guide portion extending from an operating portion toward the first shaft, and the second lever includes a coupling portion coupled to the first lever relatively displaceably along the guide portion. The both levers are linked and rotated between an initial position where connection of the housing and a mating housing is started and a connection position where the connection of the housing and the mating housing is completed. When a virtual line passing through the second shaft and the coupling portion with the second lever located at the initial position is set, the first shaft is located closer to the connection position than the virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Daisuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 11411343
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the breakage of solder joint portions due to the thermal deformation of a molded body. A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed to surround the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Motoki Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220231463
    Abstract: Provided is a connector with which it is possible to suppress increases in manufacturing cost and to adjust transmission characteristics. The connector comprises: a housing (10) having an accommodation section (11) and attachment parts (12, 13, 14, 15); a terminal fitting (40) accommodated in the accommodation section (11); and shield members (50, 51) attached to the attachment parts (12, 13, 14, 15), the shield members (50, 51) shielding electromagnetic waves. The attachment parts (12, 13, 14, 15) are provided in a plurality of positions at differing distances from the accommodation section (11). For example, the attachment parts (12, 13, 14, 15) form a groove shape, one end thereof opening on one surface of the housing (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Yasunori ASANO
  • Publication number: 20220231441
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a housing and a terminal fitting to be disposed in the housing. The terminal fitting includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting, a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board and a shaft portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion. The housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the terminal fitting by being engaged with the shaft portion. The terminal fitting has a center of gravity on a side closer to the board connecting portion than the shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji MAKINO, Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220224028
    Abstract: Provided are a terminal fixture and connector that make it possible to ensure a reliable connection. A terminal fixture (10) comprises a terminal connection part (13) that is connected to a partner terminal fixture (80), and a board connection part (24) that is connected to a circuit board (70). The terminal connection part (13) is provided on a first member (11). The board connection part (24) is provided on a second member (12) that is different from the first member (11). The first member (11) and the second member (12) are linked so as to enable displacement of the relative positions of the terminal connection part (13) and the board connection part (24). A housing (60) comprises a supporting part that rotatably supports the first member (11) and the second member (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220200195
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings and a case made of metal for accommodating one end part of each terminal fitting by being integrated with the terminal holding member. The case includes a displacement restricting portion having an irregular shape, and the displacement restricting portion is formed on a contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member. When the case made of metal and the terminal holding member made of synthetic resin are thermally deformed, an anchoring effect by the engagement of the displacement restricting portion and the terminal holding member is achieved on the contact surface of the case with the terminal holding member to suppress relative displacements between the case and the terminal holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220149562
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve anti-vibration performance. A connector includes a case made of metal and including an opening, and a terminal holding member made of synthetic resin for holding terminal fittings, the terminal holding member being integrated with the case while penetrating through the opening. The opening 18 includes a protruding portion protruding inward toward an outer periphery of the terminal holding member. The terminal holding member includes an inclination restricting portion to be held in contact with at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the protruding portion. Since the inclination restricting portion is in contact with the protruding portion, the inclination of the terminal holding member with respect to the case is suppressed even if the terminal holding member is subjected to vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220077630
    Abstract: A connector with booster mechanism includes a housing, an operation lever rotatably mounted on the housing and including an arm portion, a drive gear integrally rotatably provided on the operation lever, a speed-reduction member rotatably mounted on the housing, and a slider. The drive gear is coaxial with a rotation center shaft and disposed at a position different from the arm portion in an axial direction of the rotation center shaft. The speed-reduction member includes a large-diameter gear to be meshed with the drive gear and a small-diameter gear having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter gear and coaxial with the large-diameter gear. The slider includes a rack to be meshed with the small-diameter gear and is mounted on the housing movably in a direction intersecting a connecting direction to a mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Yasunori ASANO
  • Publication number: 20210259126
    Abstract: A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed at intermediate positions of straight paths connecting gate marks (54) on an outer surface of the molded body (52) and the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20210249808
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the breakage of solder joint portions due to the thermal deformation of a molded body. A circuit board device (A) includes a circuit board (10), a cover (32) and a molded body (52) to be provided on the circuit board (10), and a board connector (11) to be surface-mounted on the circuit board (10). The board connector (11) includes a housing (13) and metal members (24, 29) integrally mounted in or on the housing (13). The board connector (11) is surface-mounted on the circuit board (10) by solder-joining the metal members (24, 29). The molded body (52) is made of synthetic resin and surrounds the circuit board (10) and the metal members (24, 29) in a solder joint state. The cover (32) is embedded in the molded body (52) while being disposed to surround the metal members (24, 29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori ASANO, Motoki KUBOTA