Patents by Inventor Yasuo Omori

Yasuo Omori 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: 9455538
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a harness-side connector (H) in which a plurality of terminal fittings (50) are juxtaposed in a harness-side housing (10) and a board-side connector (P) in which a circuit board (62) is attached to a board-side housing (60). When the two housings (10, 60) are connected, the plurality of terminal fittings (50) are resiliently brought into contact with a plurality of contact portions (64) juxtaposed on the circuit board (62). The harness-side housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (39) for accommodating the plurality of terminal fittings (50) in a state positioned in a juxtaposition direction, and at least a part of the terminal accommodating portion (39) is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient substantially equal to that of a material of the circuit board (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Masaaki Tabata, Masanori Moriyasu, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160255243
    Abstract: Provided is an image data processing server including: a user authenticating unit that authenticates a user of an imaging device; a permission issuing unit that issues, to a predetermined service, access permission to an account of the user in the image data processing server; an image receiving unit that receives image data transmitted from the imaging device; a request receiving unit that receives a request for data from the predetermined service; and a data transmitting unit that transmits, when the image data received from the imaging device exists, data related to the image data to an account of the user of the predetermined service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hisashi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20160227073
    Abstract: Provided is an image data processing server including: a user authenticating unit that authenticates a user of an imaging device; a permission acquiring unit that acquires access permission to a user account of a predetermined service; an image receiving unit that receives image data which is transmitted from the imaging device; a type determining unit that determines a type of the image data; and a data transmitting unit that transmits data to the user account of the predetermined service when the image data is determined to be image data of a predetermined type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hisashi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 9362640
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a harness-side connector (H) in which a plurality of terminal fittings (50) are arranged side by side in a harness-side housing (10) and a board-side connector (P) in which a connecting edge portion (63) of a circuit board (62) projects from a front surface (60F) of a board-side housing (60). The harness-side housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (39) configured to accommodate the plurality of terminal fittings (50), and a housing accommodating portion (48) arranged to face a front surface (39F) of the terminal accommodating portion (39) and configured to accommodate the board-side housing (60) connected to the harness-side housing (10). A resilient member (49) configured to bias the terminal accommodating portion (39) and the board-side housing (60) in a direction toward or away from each other in parallel to a connecting direction is provided in the housing accommodating portion (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Masaaki Tabata, Masanori Moriyasu, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 9362665
    Abstract: A joint connector (10) for electrically connecting a plurality of terminal fittings (20) mounted on ends of a plurality of ground wires (W) of a vehicle includes a pair of terminal holding portions (49A, 49A) for holding a pair of the terminal fittings (20, 20). A pair of locking lances (43, 43) deflectable with respect to each other and configured to suppress the withdrawal of the pair of terminal fittings (20, 20) by locking the pair of terminal fittings (20, 20) are arranged back to back with each other via a deflection permitting space (44) between the pair of terminal holding portions (49A, 49A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hidefumi Horiuchi, Takamaru Amano, Yuji Kitagawa, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9332668
    Abstract: An electronic circuit unit includes a circuit board (10) with conductors for connection (14) on an edge (12), a case (20) for housing the circuit board (10) and a connector (C). The case (20) includes an opening (21) that allows the circuit board (10) to be inserted in a board inserting direction and holds the circuit board (10) at a specific board holding position. The connector (C) includes connector terminals (30) to be mounted on ends of wires (W), and a housing (40) for holding the connector terminals (30) so that the connector terminals (30) can simultaneously contact the conductors for connection (14). The housing (40) includes a lid (48) for closing the opening (21). The case (20) locks the housing (40) at a position where the connector terminals (30) contact the conductors for connection (14) of the circuit board (10) at the board holding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 9306306
    Abstract: A terminal used in an electronic circuit unit with a circuit board including a plurality of connection conductors, a housing and a plurality of terminals respectively provided on ends of a plurality of wires includes a wire connecting portion to be connected to an end portion of the wire and a board connecting portion to be connected to the connection conductor. The board connecting portion includes a resiliently deformable first resilient contact piece having a first contact portion to be resiliently brought into contact with the connection conductor and a resiliently deformable second resilient contact piece having a second contact portion to be resiliently brought into contact with the connection conductor common to the connection conductor, with which the first contact portion is brought into contact. The first and second resilient contact pieces are resiliently deformable independently of each other and shaped to have mutually different natural vibration frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, LTD, Sumitomo wiring systems, LTD, Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 9300093
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a ground connection fitting capable of enhancing the reliability of connection of a ground wire to ground sections and a ground connection device using the same. A first ground connection fitting (1) connects a ground wire (E1) to a first bolt (B1) and a second bolt (B2), which a plurality of ground sections provided on a wall surface of a vehicle. The first ground connection fitting (1) includes a wire connecting portion formed by a wire-side terminal portion (4) to be mounted on an end of the ground wire (E1), and a ground-side terminal portion (5) formed with a first bolt connection hole (6) connectable to the first bolt (B1) and a second bolt connection hole (7) connectable to the second bolt (B2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata, Takamaru Amano, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9231312
    Abstract: A wiring harness (1) includes a copper wire (3), an aluminum wire (4) and a ground terminal (2) connected to these wires. The ground terminal (2) includes two wire-side terminal portions (11), (12). A conductor barrel (11b) of the first wire-side terminal portion (11) is crimped to have such a first crimping height (H1) that the conductor barrel (11b) can come into contact with a surface of a conductor (3a) of the copper wire (3). A conductor barrel (12b) of the second wire-side terminal portion (12) is crimped to a conductor (4a) of the aluminum wire (4) to have such a second crimping height (H2) lower than the first crimping height (H1) that the conductor barrel (12b) can come into contact with the conductor (4a) of the aluminum wire (4) through an oxide film (4d) covering a surface of the conductor (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 9214756
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal member including a contact portion that can be brought into contact with a connecting target member, the terminal member being attached to an end of a wiring material, a housing including an insertion recess into which the connecting target member can be inserted, the housing retaining the terminal member such that the contact portion can be brought into contact with the connecting target member inserted into the insertion recess, and a dust protection member that protects the insertion recess against dust by blocking an insertion opening of the insertion recess. The dust protection member is formed such that the dust protection member can be penetrated by the connecting target member when the connecting target member is inserted into the insertion recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Hiroki Hirai, Koichi Matsumoto, Hiroki Shimoda, Yasuo Omori, Xueqing Dong
  • Patent number: 9211852
    Abstract: A conductive plate (30) for grounding a plurality of first ground wires (W) to a body of a vehicle includes a conductive plate main body (31) with a body-side grounding portion (34) to be grounded to the body by being bolted to the body. Terminal connecting portions (32B) are on one end of the conductive plate main body (31) and are to be connected to wire-side terminals (21) electrically connected to the respective first ground wires (W). A first rib group (37) and a second rib group (38) project from the conductive plate main body (31) in a thickness direction of the conductive plate main body (31) and set the rigidity of the conductive plate main body (31) to be low at a position close to the body-side grounding portion (34) and high at a position distant from the body-side grounding portion (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hidefumi Horiuchi, Takamaru Amano, Yuji Kitagawa, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20150349469
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a harness-side connector (H) in which a plurality of terminal fittings (50) are juxtaposed in a harness-side housing (10) and a board-side connector (P) in which a circuit board (62) is attached to a board-side housing (60). When the two housings (10, 60) are connected, the plurality of terminal fittings (50) are resiliently brought into contact with a plurality of contact portions (64) juxtaposed on the circuit board (62). The harness-side housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (39) for accommodating the plurality of terminal fittings (50) in a state positioned in a juxtaposition direction, and at least a part of the terminal accommodating portion (39) is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient substantially equal to that of a material of the circuit board (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Masaaki Tabata, Masanori Moriyasu, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150340784
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes supporting walls (31) provided along a plurality of juxtaposed terminal fittings (50) and configured to receive reaction forces from the side of a circuit board (62) due to a resilient pressing action of resilient contact pieces (54) and a front wall (33) connected to front end edges of the supporting walls (31). The front wall (33) is formed with a board insertion port (41) in the form of a slit-like opening substantially parallel to a juxtaposition direction of the terminal fittings (50) and communicating with a board accommodation space (40) and a coupling portion (44) configured to couple two long-side opening edges (43) substantially parallel to the supporting walls (31). The circuit board (62) is formed with a cut (65) configured to avoid interference with the coupling portion (44) in a state inserted in the board accommodation space (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Moriyasu, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Akihiro Nishio, Hajime Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150340786
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a harness-side connector (H) in which a plurality of terminal fittings (50) are arranged side by side in a harness-side housing (10) and a board-side connector (P) in which a connecting edge portion (63) of a circuit board (62) projects from a front surface (60F) of a board-side housing (60). The harness-side housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (39) configured to accommodate the plurality of terminal fittings (50), and a housing accommodating portion (48) arranged to face a front surface (39F) of the terminal accommodating portion (39) and configured to accommodate the board-side housing (60) connected to the harness-side housing (10). A resilient member (49) configured to bias the terminal accommodating portion (39) and the board-side housing (60) in a direction toward or away from each other in parallel to a connecting direction is provided in the housing accommodating portion (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Masaaki Tabata, Masanori Moriyasu, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 9153880
    Abstract: A ground connection body (1) includes a first ground terminal (10), a second ground terminal (20) and a third ground terminal (30). The first ground terminal (10) includes a wire-side terminal portion (4) to be mounted on an end of a ground wire (E1) and a ground-side terminal portion (5) with a first bolt connection hole (6) connectable to a first bolt (G1) and a second bolt connection hole (7) connectable to a second bolt (G2). A second wire-side terminal portion (21) of the second ground terminal (20) is oblique to the first wire-side terminal portion (4) so that a second ground wire (E2) extends toward the first ground wire (E1). A third wire-side terminal portion (31) of the third ground terminal (30) is oblique to the first wire-side terminal portion (4) so that a third ground wire (E3) extends toward the first ground wire (E1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Takeharu Ito, Kenta Ito
  • Patent number: 9124016
    Abstract: A connector includes female terminals (10), a female terminal holder (20), male terminals (32) and a male terminal holder (40). The female terminal holder (20) includes a female terminal holding portion (50), and the female terminal holding portion (50) defines cavities (55) that open out in a direction perpendicular to a terminal fitting direction and includes female terminal locks (56, 57) configured to prevent separation of the female terminals (10) by contacting the female terminals (10) in the respective cavities (55) from behind. The male terminal holder (40) includes a male terminal holding portion (41) and a female terminal restraining portion (44) to be fit to the female terminal holding portion (50) to restrain the respective female terminals (10) from an outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 9099803
    Abstract: A joint connector and an assembling method are provided for simultaneously achieving waterproofing and double locking. A ground joint connector (1) includes wire-side terminals (20), a ground terminal (30), a connector housing (40), waterproof plugs (5) and a seal ring (6). The housing (40) includes a wire-side housing (41) and a ground-side housing (42). When the wire-side housing (41) is fixed to the ground-side housing (42) at a first position, locking lances (48) are not restricted at a locking position for locking the wire-side terminal (29) by lance locks (49) in the ground-side housing (42). On the other hand, when the wire-side housing (41) is fixed to the ground-side housing (42) at a second position, the locking lances (48) are restricted at the locking position for locking the wire-side terminals (20) by the lance locks (49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 9054474
    Abstract: A wire harness capable of forming a short circuit by use of a plurality of electric wires and a joint connector while being slenderized and reduced in weight. The wire harness includes a plurality of circuit modules each forming a short circuit. Each of the circuit modules, includes a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of external-connection connectors, connected to respective first ends of the electric wires, and a joint connector, connected to respective second ends of the electric wires to short-circuit the electric wires. The electric wires constituting the circuit modules are bundled together so that the joint connector of each of the circuit modules is discretely disposed so as to be located in a vicinity of at least one of the external-connection connectors included in the circuit module, around which electric wires a binding tape is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Tatsuo Tamagawa, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenji Okamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Toshifumi Ichio, Toshio Shimizu, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150113803
    Abstract: A wire harness capable of forming a short circuit by use of a plurality of electric wires and a joint connector while being slenderized and reduced in weight. The wire harness includes a plurality of circuit modules each forming a short circuit. Each of the circuit modules, includes a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of external-connection connectors, connected to respective first ends of the electric wires, and a joint connector, connected to respective second ends of the electric wires to short-circuit the electric wires. The electric wires constituting the circuit modules are bundled together so that the joint connector of each of the circuit modules is discretely disposed so as to be located in a vicinity of at least one of the external-connection connectors included in the circuit module, around which electric wires a binding tape is wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo OMORI, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Tatsuo TAMAGAWA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenji OKAMURA, Takeshi TSUJI, Toshifumi ICHIO, Toshio SHIMIZU, Takayuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150031248
    Abstract: A terminal used in an electronic circuit unit with a circuit board including a plurality of connection conductors, a housing and a plurality of terminals respectively provided on ends of a plurality of wires includes a wire connecting portion to be connected to an end portion of the wire and a board connecting portion to be connected to the connection conductor. The board connecting portion includes a resiliently deformable first resilient contact piece having a first contact portion to be resiliently brought into contact with the connection conductor and a resiliently deformable second resilient contact piece having a second contact portion to be resiliently brought into contact with the connection conductor common to the connection conductor, with which the first contact portion is brought into contact. The first and second resilient contact pieces are resiliently deformable independently of each other and shaped to have mutually different natural vibration frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Yasuo Omori