Patents by Inventor Yuki MINAI

Yuki MINAI 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: 10998655
    Abstract: A connector includes contacts, a housing and a mounting metal fitting. The mounting metal fitting possesses a joined section to be joined to a substrate. The joined section is exposed from a back surface of the housing. Each of the contacts possesses an exposed section exposed from the back surface of the housing. The housing possesses a protrusion and a recess. The protrusion is provided between the joined section and at least part of the exposed sections of the contacts, and protrudes from the back surface. The recess is provided between the protrusion and at least part of the exposed sections of the contacts, and is set lower than an end face of the protrusion to face the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Minai, Yoji Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20200358212
    Abstract: A connector includes contacts, a housing and a mounting metal fitting. The mounting metal fitting possesses a joined section to be joined to a substrate. The joined section is exposed from a back surface of the housing. Each of the contacts possesses an exposed section exposed from the back surface of the housing. The housing possesses a protrusion and a recess. The protrusion is provided between the joined section and at least part of the exposed sections of the contacts, and protrudes from the back surface. The recess is provided between the protrusion and at least part of the exposed sections of the contacts, and is set lower than an end face of the protrusion to face the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki MINAI, Yoji MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200328540
    Abstract: A connector includes a socket including a socket housing having a substantially rectangular shape. The socket housing includes a first socket terminal and a second socket terminal disposed in the socket housing. A width of the second socket terminal is larger than a width of the first socket terminal. The connector further includes a header including a header housing having a substantially rectangular shape. The header housing includes a first header terminal and a second header terminal disposed in the header housing. A width of the second header terminal is larger than a width of the first header terminal. The second socket terminal includes one second socket terminal and another socket terminal. The one second socket terminal is disposed on one side in the longitudinal direction of the socket housing and on one side in the short direction. Another second socket terminal is disposed on another side in the longitudinal direction and on another side in the short direction of the socket housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji MIYAZAKI, Yuki MINAI
  • Patent number: 10498056
    Abstract: The housing possesses a bottom wall and a periphery wall that surrounds a periphery of the bottom wall and is composed of a pair of first side walls retaining contacts with the contacts aligned in an arrangement direction, and a pair of second side walls, one of which connects one ends of the pair of first side walls, another of which connects other ends of the pair of first side walls. The mounting members possess a first mounting section covering at least part of each region, in which no contacts are aligned, of the first side walls, and a second mounting section that is separated from the first mounting section and covers at least part of the second side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Miyazaki, Yuki Minai
  • Publication number: 20190148855
    Abstract: The housing possesses a bottom wall and a periphery wall that surrounds a periphery of the bottom wall and is composed of a pair of first side walls retaining contacts with the contacts aligned in an arrangement direction, and a pair of second side walls, one of which connects one ends of the pair of first side walls, another of which connects other ends of the pair of first side walls. The mounting members possess a first mounting section covering at least part of each region, in which no contacts are aligned, of the first side walls, and a second mounting section that is separated from the first mounting section and covers at least part of the second side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji MIYAZAKI, Yuki MINAI