Patents by Inventor Yuya TSUKAMOTO

Yuya TSUKAMOTO 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: 12107360
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a terminal connection structure of a novel structure capable of advantageously preventing rotational displacements between two terminals without being accompanied by an increased spring force of a spring member. A terminal connection structure is provided with a first terminal 10 including a first connecting portion 32, a second terminal 12 including a second connecting portion 24, and a spring member 14 for sandwiching the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapped state. At least one 44 of contact surfaces of the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 has a contact point portion 42 in the form of a curved surface bulging toward the other contact surface 30. The spring member 14 includes a pressing point 50 for pressing the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapping direction at a position separated from the contact point portion 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11978979
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector which can be thinned. A connector is connected to a mating connector in a height direction and includes a wire insertion portion open in a direction orthogonal to the height direction, a wire member being partially inserted into the wire insertion portion, a connector opening open in the height direction, a terminal member of the mating connector being insertable into the connector opening to be electrically connectable to the wire member, and a connector fitting portion to be fit to the mating connector. A range H2 in the height direction of a connector sealing member for sealing between the connector fitting portion and the mating connector is set to at least partially overlap within a range H1 in the height direction of a wire sealing member for sealing between the wire member and the wire insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20220399670
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a terminal connection structure of a novel structure capable of advantageously preventing rotational displacements between two terminals without being accompanied by an increased spring force of a spring member. A terminal connection structure is provided with a first terminal 10 including a first connecting portion 32, a second terminal 12 including a second connecting portion 24, and a spring member 14 for sandwiching the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapped state. At least one 44 of contact surfaces of the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 has a contact point portion 42 in the form of a curved surface bulging toward the other contact surface 30. The spring member 14 includes a pressing point 50 for pressing the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapping direction at a position separated from the contact point portion 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Yuya TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11374365
    Abstract: A device connector (10) is to be mounted on a case (1) of a device and includes a housing (20) configured to fit into a mounting hole (2) in the case (1). A wire (40) is pulled out from the housing (20) in parallel to an outer surface (4) of the case (1). A shield (50) includes a wire-side mounting portion (53) that is configured to cover the wire (40), and a connecting member (60) configured to coaxially arrange and directly connect a case-side mounting portion (3) projecting in a direction intersecting a pull-out direction of the wire (40) from the outer surface (4) of the case (1) and the wire-side mounting portion (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Tsukamoto, Kiyokazu Sakaguchi, Shuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20220131320
    Abstract: A device connector 10 disclosed by this specification is a device connector 10 to be mounted on a case 1 of a device and includes a housing 20 fittable into a mounting hole 2 provided in the case 1, a wire 40 pulled out in parallel to an outer surface 4 of the case 1 from the housing 20, a shield member 50 including a wire-side mounting portion 53 and configured to cover the wire 40, and a connecting member (insert nut 60) configured to coaxially arrange and directly connect a case-side mounting portion 3 projecting in a direction intersecting a pull-out direction of the wire 40 from the outer surface 4 of the case 1 and the wire-side mounting portion 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yuya Tsukamoto, Kiyokazu Sakaguchi, Shuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20220013952
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector which can be thinned. A connector is connected to a mating connector in a height direction and includes a wire insertion portion open in a direction orthogonal to the height direction, a wire member being partially inserted into the wire insertion portion, a connector opening open in the height direction, a terminal member of the mating connector being insertable into the connector opening to be electrically connectable to the wire member, and a connector fitting portion to be fit to the mating connector. A range H2 in the height direction of a connector sealing member for sealing between the connector fitting portion and the mating connector is set to at least partially overlap within a range H1 in the height direction of a wire sealing member for sealing between the wire member and the wire insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Yuya TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210288453
    Abstract: A service plug (1) is provided with a female connector housing (20) including a plurality of female terminals (30), and a male plug (10) detachably mountable into the female connector housing (20) along an insertion direction. The male plug (10) includes one male terminal (11) that is long in the insertion direction. Each female terminal (30) includes a female body (31) dimensioned to receive the male terminal (11) therein. The female bodies (31) are aligned coaxially with the inserting direction. The one male terminal (11) is inserted into the coaxially aligned female bodies (31) so that the female terminals (30) and the one male terminal (11) are connected electrically by mounting the male plug (10) into the female connector housing (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yuya Tsukamoto, Akihiro Hayashi, Noriyuki Uematu
  • Patent number: 11088485
    Abstract: A connector including a terminal having a flat facing surface facing a mating terminal of a mating connector; a resilient conductor provided to contact the facing surface, the resilient conductor being capable of contacting the mating terminal while being resiliently deformed in a direction orthogonal to the facing surface, the terminal being electrically connectable to the mating terminal via the resilient conductor, and a movable protecting body configured to be movable between a protection position that covers the facing surface on a front side in an assembling direction toward the mating terminal and a retracted position closer to the facing surface than the protection position, the movable protecting body including an insertion opening into which the resilient conductor is inserted at the retracted position, the resilient conductor projecting from the insertion opening being capable of contacting the mating terminal with the movable protecting body held at the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20210044049
    Abstract: A connector including a terminal having a flat facing surface facing a mating terminal of a mating connector; a resilient conductor provided to contact the facing surface, the resilient conductor being capable of contacting the mating terminal while being resiliently deformed in a direction orthogonal to the facing surface, the terminal being electrically connectable to the mating terminal via the resilient conductor, and a movable protecting body configured to be movable between a protection position that covers the facing surface on a front side in an assembling direction toward the mating terminal and a retracted position closer to the facing surface than the protection position, the movable protecting body including an insertion opening into which the resilient conductor is inserted at the retracted position, the resilient conductor projecting from the insertion opening being capable of contacting the mating terminal with the movable protecting body held at the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuya TSUKAMOTO