Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kitaoka
Kenichi Kitaoka 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).
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Patent number: 11804663Abstract: A connector 10 includes two connection terminals 30 to be respectively connected to ends of two wires 20 extending side by side and having through holes in tip parts, and a housing 70 for accommodating the two connection terminals 30 separated from each other with the respective tip parts caused to project out. The tip parts of the two connection terminals 30 are overlapped each other while being spaced apart in an orthogonal direction Z, and the through holes of the two connection terminals 30 are located on the same axis along the orthogonal direction Z.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Kitaoka, Junichi Mukuno
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Publication number: 20230198212Abstract: A connector device is configured such that a first connector part and a second connector part are detachable. The first connector part has a first electrode part that is electrically connected to a first electrode part constituting a counterpart electrode part, said first electrode part being an elongate electrode part that extends longitudinally around a first center axis line that extends in the direction of attachment/detachment of the first connector part and the second connector part and that passes through the attachment/detachment center.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi KITAOKA, Junichi MUKUNO, Hiroaki SAITO, Tatsuya ANKYU, Takayoshi BANDO, Tomohiro YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20230198205Abstract: The connector device is configured so that a first connector part and a second connector part are detachable. The connector device has a first lock part constituting a lock part that engages in the attachment/detachment direction between the first connector part and the second connector part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi KITAOKA, Junichi MUKUNO, Hiroaki SAITO, Tatsuya ANKYU, Takayoshi BANDO, Tomohiro YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20220094085Abstract: A connector 10 includes two connection terminals 30 to be respectively connected to ends of two wires 20 extending side by side and having through holes in tip parts, and a housing 70 for accommodating the two connection terminals 30 separated from each other with the respective tip parts caused to project out. The tip parts of the two connection terminals 30 are overlapped each other while being spaced apart in an orthogonal direction Z, and the through holes of the two connection terminals 30 are located on the same axis along the orthogonal direction Z.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Kenichi KITAOKA, Junichi MUKUNO
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Patent number: 11177601Abstract: A terminal, including: a conductor made of a metal material, the conductor being in a form of a plate and being provided with a contact point to be conductively connected to a mating terminal; and a spring formed to be thinner than the conductor and resiliently deformable and provided with a mount mounted on the conductor and a cantilever cantilevered from the mount and relatively displaceable with respect to the conductor, the mating terminal being resiliently held in contact with the contact point by being pressed by the cantilever, a tip of the mating terminal being disposed between the mount and the contact point.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Kitaoka, Junichi Mukuno
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Patent number: 10985486Abstract: A female terminal 10 to be fit to a male terminal 50 is provided with a box-shaped female body portion 12 including a ceiling wall 14 and a bottom wall 21 facing each other in a vertical direction and open in a front-rear direction, the male terminal 50 being inserted into the female body portion 12, contact pressure applying portions 16 provided between the ceiling wall 14 and the bottom wall 21 of the female body portion 12 and configured to apply a contact pressure to the male terminal 50 by contacting the male terminal 50 from the side of the ceiling wall 14, and a pressure increasing plate 30 configured to displace the contact pressure applying portions 16 toward the bottom wall 21 by being inserted into between the ceiling wall 14 of the female body portion 12 0 and the contact pressure applying portions 16.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Inventor: Kenichi Kitaoka
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Publication number: 20210075139Abstract: A terminal, including: a conductor made of a metal material, the conductor being in a form of a plate and being provided with a contact point to be conductively connected to a mating terminal; and a spring formed to be thinner than the conductor and resiliently deformable and provided with a mount mounted on the conductor and a cantilever cantilevered from the mount and relatively displaceable with respect to the conductor, the mating terminal being resiliently held in contact with the contact point by being pressed by the cantilever, a tip of the mating terminal being disposed between the mount and the contact point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi KITAOKA, Junichi MUKUNO
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Patent number: 10819056Abstract: A female terminal (10) includes a female body (11) having a ceiling wall (12) and a bottom wall (15) facing each other. First contact pressure applying portions (20) apply a contact pressure by contacting a male terminal from the side of the ceiling wall (12), and second contact pressure applying portions (30) apply a contact pressure by contacting the male terminal from the side of the bottom wall (15). First contact portions (21) of the first contact pressure applying portions (20) and second contact portions of the second contact pressure applying portions (30) are shifted from each other in the front-rear direction. The contact pressure applied by the first contact pressure applying portions (20) is lower than the contact pressure applied by the second contact pressure applying portions (30).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Kitaoka
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Publication number: 20200161787Abstract: A female terminal (10) includes a female body (11) having a ceiling wall (12) and a bottom wall (15) facing each other. First contact pressure applying portions (20) apply a contact pressure by contacting a male terminal from the side of the ceiling wall (12), and second contact pressure applying portions (30) apply a contact pressure by contacting the male terminal from the side of the bottom wall (15). First contact portions (21) of the first contact pressure applying portions (20) and second contact portions of the second contact pressure applying portions (30) are shifted from each other in the front-rear direction. The contact pressure applied by the first contact pressure applying portions (20) is lower than the contact pressure applied by the second contact pressure applying portions (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Kenichi Kitaoka
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Publication number: 20200161786Abstract: A female terminal 10 to be fit to a male terminal 50 is provided with a box-shaped female body portion 12 including a ceiling wall 14 and a bottom wall 21 facing each other in a vertical direction and open in a front-rear direction, the male terminal 50 being inserted into the female body portion 12, contact pressure applying portions 16 provided between the ceiling wall 14 and the bottom wall 21 of the female body portion 12 and configured to apply a contact pressure to the male terminal 50 by contacting the male terminal 50 from the side of the ceiling wall 14, and a pressure increasing plate 30 configured to displace the contact pressure applying portions 16 toward the bottom wall 21 by being inserted into between the ceiling wall 14 of the female body portion 12 0 and the contact pressure applying portions 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Kenichi Kitaoka
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Patent number: 10218104Abstract: A connector (10) includes a body portion (14), a conductive member (20) including a held portion (20A) having conductivity and held in the body portion (14), a flexible portion (20B) extending from the held portion (20A) toward a mating terminal (40) and having flexibility and a connecting portion (20C) provided on a leading end part of the flexible portion (20B) and to be connected to the mating terminal (40) by being pressed into contact with the mating terminal (40), and a spring member (60) having a spring property, held in the body portion (14) and extending from the body portion (14) toward the connecting portion (20C). The spring member (60) includes a contact portion (60C) configured to give a spring property to the connecting portion (20C) by being held in contact with the connecting portion (20C).Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Mukuno, Kenichi Kitaoka
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Publication number: 20180183166Abstract: A connector (10) includes a body portion (14), a conductive member (20) including a held portion (20A) having conductivity and held in the body portion (14), a flexible portion (20B) extending from the held portion (20A) toward a mating terminal (40) and having flexibility and a connecting portion (20C) provided on a leading end part of the flexible portion (20B) and to be connected to the mating terminal (40) by being pressed into contact with the mating terminal (40), and a spring member (60) having a spring property, held in the body portion (14) and extending from the body portion (14) toward the connecting portion (20C). The spring member (60) includes a contact portion (60C) configured to give a spring property to the connecting portion (20C) by being held in contact with the connecting portion (20C).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Junichi Mukuno, Kenichi Kitaoka
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Patent number: 9819120Abstract: A connector C to be mounted on a case of a device includes a coated wire 10 formed such that a core 11 is coated with an insulation coating 12, a terminal fitting 20 to be fit and connected to a mating terminal, a flexible conductor 15 interposed between the terminal fitting 20 and an end of the coated wire 10, and a housing 30 made of synthetic resin and accommodating the terminal fitting 20 together with the flexible conductor 15. The core 11 of the coated wire 10 is provided with a core fixing portion 25 integrated with the core 11 and the core fixing portion 25 is embedded in the housing 30 by molding.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Junichi Mukuno, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Kenichi Kitaoka, Shuzo Yukawa
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Publication number: 20170229808Abstract: A connector C to be mounted on a case of a device includes a coated wire 10 formed such that a core 11 is coated with an insulation coating 12, a terminal fitting 20 to be fit and connected to a mating terminal, a flexible conductor 15 interposed between the terminal fitting 20 and an end of the coated wire 10, and a housing 30 made of synthetic resin and accommodating the terminal fitting 20 together with the flexible conductor 15. The core 11 of the coated wire 10 is provided with a core fixing portion 25 integrated with the core 11 and the core fixing portion 25 is embedded in the housing 30 by molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Junichi Mukuno, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Kenichi Kitaoka, Shuzo Yukawa
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Publication number: 20160343496Abstract: A harness clamp 1 is to be mounted on an outer peripheral surface of a tubular member covering a wire extending from a connector and includes a hollow tubular main body portion 10 composed of two cases 11, 12 forming an annular opening 10A at each of both ends of the main body portion 10 in a tube axial direction in a state held in contact with each other and held on a corrugated tube 4 by sandwiching the outer peripheral surface of the corrugated tube 4 in the opening 10A at each of the both ends of the main body portion 10 in the tube axial direction, ferrite cores 20 respectively accommodated in the cases 11, 12 and impact absorbing materials 30 respectively arranged to be interposed between the cases 11, 12 and the ferrite cores 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Junichi Mukuno, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Kenichi Kitaoka
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Publication number: 20140073671Abstract: Provided is an orally disintegrating tablet comprising a bitter-tasting pharmaceutically active ingredient in the form of bepotastine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that enables the bitter taste thereof to be masked, has both superior oral cavity disintegration and adequate hardness, and can be produced with ordinary tablet production equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Narisawa, Masaaki Sugimoto, Kenichi Kitaoka, Akiko Ookawa, Masayuki Morimoto
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Publication number: 20110229570Abstract: Disclosed is an orally rapidly disintegrating tablet characterized in that the tablet can be produced in a conventional tablet manufacturing facility and has a satisfactory level of hardness for practical applications, and the change in properties of the tablet (i.e., decreased in hardness of the tablet, and delay of the disintegration time of the tablet in the oral cavity) are rarely caused by factors such as humidity. The orally rapidly disintegrating tablet has hardness of 40N or more, can be disintegrated in the oral cavity within 60 seconds, and is produced by compressing of a mixture of (a) an active ingredient, (b) an excipient having good water wettability, (c) a water-insoluble polymer that is well compactible and does not substantially cause a decrease in the water wettability of the excipient and (d) a disintegrating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Masaaki Sugimoto, Kenichi Kitaoka, Yasunori Saito, Katsuji Uemura
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Publication number: 20090117181Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluvastatin-containing tablet, particularly a fluvastatin-containing tablet which has excellent disintegrating property and good bioavailability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2004Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Tomoyuki Uehara, Kenji Taguchi, Kenichi Kitaoka