Patents by Inventor Arinobu NAKAMURA

Arinobu NAKAMURA 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).

  • Publication number: 20200059084
    Abstract: A switch circuit disposed on a wire that connects a plurality of batteries includes a semiconductor switch that switches the connection between the batteries to ON or to OFF, and a protective switch that is connected in parallel to the semiconductor switch. The protective switch has a pair of terminals that are each connected to the wire, and a conductive plate that is constituted by a plurality of conductive members having different thermal expansion coefficients being attached to each other. The conductive plate deforms with increasing temperature of the semiconductor switch and switches the connection between the terminals to ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hideo Morioka, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200051911
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a circuit board and a conductive plate that are laminated via an insulating layer, and a circuit component. A conductive path is formed on the insulating layer using a conductive adhesive, and a portion of the conductive path is interposed between the insulating layer and the back side of the circuit board. A first terminal of the circuit component is electrically connected to the conductive path, and a second terminal is electrically connected to the conductive plate through a missing portion formed in the insulating layer. The conductive pattern extends to the back side of the circuit board, and the extended conductive pattern and the conductive path are adhered to each other where the respective surfaces overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Shinsuke Okumi
  • Patent number: 10439379
    Abstract: A substrate unit includes a circuit board, a connector portion installed at the front end portion of the upper side of the circuit board, a busbar connected to the circuit board and fixed to the lower side of the circuit board, a bottom portion including a recessed portion overlapping the front end portion of the circuit board and arranged on the lower side of the busbar, and a bonding layer fixing the busbar to the bottom portion. The busbar includes a non-bonding region that faces the recessed portion. A bonding region includes the bonding layer surrounding three sides other than a front side, namely a left side, a right side, and a rear side, of the non-bonding region. Notches are located on a left side and a right side of the front end portion and overlap extension lines of boundary between the non-bonding and the bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Tahara, Arinobu Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Munsoku O
  • Publication number: 20190289711
    Abstract: A circuit board that includes a substrate that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern is formed, and a lower surface to which a plurality of bus bars that are spaced apart are fixed; a placement through hole that extends through the upper surface and the lower surface and faces a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars and in which an electronic component is placed; and a terminal conductor foil that protrudes inward into the placement through hole from the lower surface and to which a terminal of the electronic component is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tou CHIN, Arinobu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10389099
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes: a circuit substrate that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern has been formed; a plurality of bus bars that are connected to the circuit substrate, and are fixed to a lower surface of the circuit substrate, the plurality of bus bars being spaced apart from each other; an electronic component that includes a package disposed on the bus bar, and a terminal provided within a contour of a lower surface of the package; a sheet substrate that includes one end connected to the terminal and the other end disposed outside the contour of the lower surface of the package; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that bonds the circuit substrate and the sheet substrate to the plurality of bus bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190214745
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate unit including a case accommodating a circuit board; a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board, and includes an extending portion extending out of the case; and an external thread portion for electrically connecting the extending portion to a connection terminal of a wire harness, the external thread portion including a shaft portion with an external thread, and a head portion that is noncircular, and protrudes at one end portion of the shaft portion in a radial direction of the shaft portion, wherein the case includes a fitting recess to which the head portion is fitted by sliding the external thread portion in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the external thread portion, and that has an abutment surface by which the head portion is stopped, and, at least on the two sides of the abutment surface, relief recesses that define a gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Koki Uchida, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10334734
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a circuit board provided with a connection opening, a plurality of busbars provided on a back surface of the circuit board, an electronic component provided with connection terminals that are soldered to the corresponding busbar exposed through the connection opening, and a solder restricting layer that is provided between the circuit board and the plurality of busbars and includes a pattern surrounding a soldering region of the busbar to which the connection terminals are soldered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190166683
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly including: a circuit board; a bus bar having a top face fixed to a bottom face of the circuit board; an electronic component disposed on a top face of the bus bar; a heat dissipation member disposed on a bottom face of the bus bar; a heat transfer member interposed between the bus bar and the heat dissipation member, to transfer heat of the bus bar to the heat dissipation member; and a screw extending through a stack of the circuit board and the bus bar, the screw screwed to the heat dissipation member, fixing the stack to the heat dissipation member; and a spacer interposed between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member, the spacer surrounding at least a portion of an outer circumference of a shaft portion of the screw, and maintaining a thickness of the heat transfer member substantially uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin
  • Patent number: 10285274
    Abstract: A circuit structure is provided to which an electronic component can be easily mounted (electrical connection of terminals). A circuit structure that includes a substrate provided with a conductive pattern on one face thereof; a conductive member fixed to the other face of the substrate; an electronic component that has first terminals and of a plurality of terminals, that are electrically connected to the conductive member, and a second terminal of the plurality of terminals that is electrically connected to the conductive pattern provided on the substrate; and a relay member for electrically connecting the second terminal and the conductive pattern provided on the substrate, at least a portion of the relay member being fixed to the conductive member via an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin
  • Publication number: 20190123539
    Abstract: A substrate unit includes a circuit board, a connector portion installed at the front end portion of the upper side of the circuit board, a busbar connected to the circuit board and fixed to the lower side of the circuit board, a bottom portion including a recessed portion overlapping the front end portion of the circuit board and arranged on the lower side of the busbar, and a bonding layer fixing the busbar to the bottom portion. The busbar includes a non-bonding region that faces the recessed portion. A bonding region includes the bonding layer surrounding three sides other than a front side, namely a left side, a right side, and a rear side, of the non-bonding region. Notches are located on a left side and a right side of the front end portion and overlap extension lines of boundary between the non-bonding and the bonding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki Tahara, Arinobu Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Munsoku O
  • Patent number: 10263405
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes an electronic component including a plurality of terminals, a first board that is constituted by an insulating plate provided with a conductive path and an insertion hole into which the electronic component is inserted, a busbar that overlaps the first board, and a second board that is constituted by an insulating plate provided with a conductive path and overlapping the first board, at least a portion of the second board being arranged on the same level as the busbar. The plurality of terminals of the electronic component is connected to the busbar and the conductive path of the second board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10251268
    Abstract: A circuit structure is provided to which an electronic component can be easily mounted (electrical connection of terminals). A circuit structure that includes a substrate provided with a conductive pattern on one face, a conductive member fixed to another face of the substrate, and an electronic component that has first terminals and, which are a portion of a plurality of terminals, electrically connected to the conductive member, and a terminal, which is a portion of the plurality of terminals, electrically connected to the conductive pattern provided on the substrate, wherein the conductive member has a shape in which at least a portion of the second terminal of the electronic component is not overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin
  • Patent number: 10251261
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a circuit substrate surface having a circuit pattern; a plurality of bus bars are fixed to another surface of the circuit substrate with an interval therebetween; an electronic component straddles an interval between two adjacent bus bars, a first terminal is electrically connected to one bus bar and a second terminal is electrically connected to the circuit pattern; and a flexible sheet member is fixed to the bus bar to insulate the bus bar and the second terminal from each other, while electrically connecting the second terminal and the circuit pattern. The flexible sheet member includes: an adhesive layer fixed to the bus bar; a terminal conductor foil piece electrically connecting the second terminal and the circuit pattern; and an insulating layer that is interposed between the adhesive layer and the terminal conductor foil piece insulating the bus bar and the terminal conductor foil piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190081468
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes: a circuit substrate that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern has been formed; a plurality of bus bars that are connected to the circuit substrate, and are fixed to a lower surface of the circuit substrate, the plurality of bus bars being spaced apart from each other; an electronic component that includes a package disposed on the bus bar, and a terminal provided within a contour of a lower surface of the package; a sheet substrate that includes one end connected to the terminal and the other end disposed outside the contour of the lower surface of the package; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that bonds the circuit substrate and the sheet substrate to the plurality of bus bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tou CHIN, Arinobu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190074244
    Abstract: A circuit assembly that can be made small and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A circuit assembly includes a substrate provided with a wiring pattern on one side, and a conductive member fixed to the other side of the substrate, and if portions (terminal portions) that are to be connected to an external electrical element are formed in the conductive member, the conductive member overlaps with the substrate, but not at the portions (terminal portions). A configuration may also be adopted in which the entire conductive member overlaps with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin
  • Publication number: 20190045635
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a circuit board provided with a connection opening, a plurality of busbars provided on a back surface of the circuit board, an electronic component provided with connection terminals that are soldered to the corresponding busbar exposed through the connection opening, and a solder restricting layer that is provided between the circuit board and the plurality of busbars and includes a pattern surrounding a soldering region of the busbar to which the connection terminals are soldered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180370463
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a circuit board including a control circuit for controlling the flow of electric current in a power circuit is integral with the top of a plate-shaped busbar. The circuit assembly includes a circuit board in which both sides are provided with circuit patterns and having a via hole for electrically connecting the circuit patterns to each other, an adhesive sheet is interposed between the busbar and the circuit board and fixes the circuit board to the top of the busbar, a hole filling resin fills the via hole, and a resist layer is formed on at least a side of the circuit board that faces the busbar, covering the via hole filled with the hole filling resin. The adhesive sheet includes a substrate made of an insulating material, and adhesive layers are formed on both sides of the substrate and are sticky at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akira Haraguchi, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180368249
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a circuit substrate surface having a circuit pattern; a plurality of bus bars are fixed to another surface of the circuit substrate with an interval therebetween; an electronic component straddles an interval between two adjacent bus bars, a first terminal is electrically connected to one bus bar and a second terminal is electrically connected to the circuit pattern; and a flexible sheet member is fixed to the bus bar to insulate the bus bar and the second terminal from each other, while electrically connecting the second terminal and the circuit pattern. The flexible sheet member includes: an adhesive layer fixed to the bus bar; a terminal conductor foil piece electrically connecting the second terminal and the circuit pattern; and an insulating layer that is interposed between the adhesive layer and the terminal conductor foil piece insulating the bus bar and the terminal conductor foil piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Tou Chin, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10149386
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that can suppress deterioration of its heat releasing capability caused by a pit formed by the formation of a protruding portion that enters an opening formed in a substrate. Provided is a manufacturing method with which such a circuit assembly can be produced easily. A conductive member is provided with a protruding portion that enters an opening formed in a substrate and to which a terminal of an electronic component is connected, a pit formed by formation of the protruding portion is covered by a base member for supporting the conductive member, and an embedding member having a heat conductivity higher than that of air is provided inside the pit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10136511
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a circuit board, a heat dissipation member on which the circuit board is placed and that is configured to release heat of the circuit board, an insulating layer that is formed on a surface on the circuit board side of the heat dissipation member, a bonding portion made of a bonding agent that is arranged in a predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member, and an adhesive portion that is arranged in a region other than the predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member and that is made of an adhesive with which the circuit board and the heat dissipation member are bonded to each other with lower bonding force than with the bonding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin, Shigeki Yamane