Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Kanazawa

Akiyoshi Kanazawa 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: 11626216
    Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing system includes a conduction inspection device configured to inspect a conductive state at a position of other end of each of a plurality of sub-harnesses in a state that one end of each of the plurality of sub-harnesses is connected to a control box, and an information writing device configured to write terminal information of the plurality of sub-harnesses in a box side storage portion of the control box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Satoshi Enomoto, Yoshio Shionome, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Tomokazu Kato
  • Patent number: 11368040
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a high voltage battery, a first DCDC converter connected to the high voltage battery, a low voltage lead battery configured to be charged from the high voltage battery via the first DCDC converter, a low voltage lithium battery connected to a low voltage power supply circuit, the low voltage lead battery, and a load, a second DCDC converter connected to the low voltage power supply circuit and disposed between the low voltage lead battery and the low voltage lithium battery, a bypass circuit connected to the low voltage power supply circuit to bypass the second DCDC converter, and a control device configured to watch the low voltage lithium battery and control on/off of a switch unit provided in the bypass circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Kazuki Kato, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Satoshi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11021118
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wire harness includes: disposing a trunk harness, a branch harness and control boxes on a workbench and attaching the trunk harness and the branch harness to the control boxes; connecting the control boxes to an external device via the branch harness; and switching operation mode of at least one of the control boxes to an information writing mode for inputting information for operating the electric component to be connected to the branch harness into the at least one of the control boxes and then inputting the information from the external device into the at least one of the control boxes via the branch harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10919462
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The trunk line harness includes a power line for transmitting electric power and a communication line for transmitting communication signals in a separated state. An end portion of the power line and an end portion of the communication line are connected to the control box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20210020336
    Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing system includes a conduction inspection device configured to inspect a conductive state at a position of other end of each of a plurality of sub-harnesses in a state that one end of each of the plurality of sub-harnesses is connected to a control box, and an information writing device configured to write terminal information of the plurality of sub-harnesses in a box side storage portion of the control box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Satoshi Enomoto, Yoshio Shionome, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Tomokazu Kato
  • Publication number: 20210021147
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a high voltage battery, a first DCDC converter connected to the high voltage battery, a low voltage lead battery configured to be charged from the high voltage battery via the first DCDC converter, a low voltage lithium battery connected to a low voltage power supply circuit, the low voltage lead battery, and a load, a second DCDC converter connected to the low voltage power supply circuit and disposed between the low voltage lead battery and the low voltage lithium battery, a bypass circuit connected to the low voltage power supply circuit to bypass the second DCDC converter, and a control device configured to watch the low voltage lithium battery and control on/off of a switch unit provided in the bypass circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Kazuki Kato, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Satoshi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10800361
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The circuit body has a loop structure in which at least part of the plurality of control boxes are annularly connected via the trunk line harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10661729
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes capable of controlling input and output of at least one of electric power and a communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The control box includes: a trunk line connecting portion to which the trunk line harness is connected; and a branch line connecting portion to which the branch line harness is connected. At least one of the trunk line connecting portion and the branch line connecting portion includes a plurality of connectors which are classified into a plurality of groups according to an allowable current amount and in which a plurality of the connectors classified into the same group have connection compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10654429
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness are configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10589701
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness are configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10464504
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. At least one of the plurality of control boxes is grounded via the electrical component connected to the branch line harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190275967
    Abstract: A circuit body (1) for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes (10) dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness (20) connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness (30) connecting the control box the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness is configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source (BAT) to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190275966
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wire harness (1) includes: disposing a trunk harness (20), a branch harness (30) and control boxes (10) on a workbench (41) and attaching the trunk harness and the branch harness to the control boxes; connecting the control boxes to an external device (60) via the branch harness; and switching operation mode of at least one of the control boxes to an information writing mode for inputting information for operating the electric component to be connected to the branch harness into the at least one of the control boxes and then inputting the information from the external device into the at least one of the control boxes via the branch harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190173240
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control system includes a power distribution box which supplies electric power to a downstream side, an in-vehicle device having one or more loads, and a connection cable which connects the power distribution box to the in-vehicle device disposed in the downstream side of the power distribution box. The power distribution box includes a host controller. At least one connector attached to the connection cable includes a connector control unit. The host controller acquires via the connection cable and holds connector identification information previously assigned to the connector control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190168698
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The circuit body has a loop structure in which at least part of the plurality of control boxes are annularly connected via the trunk line harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190168695
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The trunk line harness includes a power line for transmitting electric power and a communication line for transmitting communication signals in a separated state. An end portion of the power line and an end portion of the communication line are connected to the control box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190168693
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes capable of controlling input and output of at least one of electric power and a communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The control box includes: a trunk line connecting portion to which the trunk line harness is connected; and a branch line connecting portion to which the branch line harness is connected. At least one of the trunk line connecting portion and the branch line connecting portion includes a plurality of connectors which are classified into a plurality of groups according to an allowable current amount and in which a plurality of the connectors classified into the same group have connection compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20190168692
    Abstract: A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. At least one of the plurality of control boxes is grounded via the electrical component connected to the branch line harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Masahiro Furukawa, Satoshi Enomoto, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 10017158
    Abstract: ECU 2 has a function for discarding data when continuous dominant equal to or greater than 6 bits is received during data reception. A data excluding device 5 is connected to a bus 3 to which the ECU 2 is connected. When ID of data received through the bus 3 matches ID of an illegal ECU detected by a theft sensor 4, the data excluding device 5 outputs 7 bits continuous dominant to the bus 3, and then stops output of the dominant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 9929773
    Abstract: A slave control device receives a communication signal from a master control device, and controls loads according to the received communication signal. A modulator superimposes the communication signal from the master control device on power source lines, and a demodulator demodulates the communication signal superimposed on the power source lines and supplies the demodulated communication signal to the slave control device. The modulator is provided on power source lines on a battery side, and the demodulator is provided on the power source lines on a load side. The modulator superimposes the communication signal on the power source lines which are on a side closer to the loads with respect to the modulator among the power source lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Atsushi Takahashi, Kazuo Sugimura, Takaaki Izawa