Patents by Inventor Hideyuki KUBOKI

Hideyuki KUBOKI 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: 20230292473
    Abstract: An electric deviceincludes a case, a circuit substratethat is disposed in the case, and electronic componentsthat are disposed in the case, and generate heat when energized. The caseis filled with a liquid insulating-and-cooling medium, the circuit substrateis disposed in an orientation in which the normal lines of the substrate surfaces that are the plate surfaces of the circuit substrateare horizontal, the electronic components are disposed on the lower side of the case, and at least some of the electronic componentsare immersed in the liquid insulating-and-cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SUNAGA, Hideyuki KUBOKI, Masayoshi HIROTA
  • Patent number: 11549759
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a bag and a working fluid. The bag includes a first sheet and a second sheet with edges that are sealed together. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The working fluid changes a phase thereof between gas and liquid. The bag includes a vaporizing portion in which the liquid-phase working fluid is vaporized and a condensing portion in which the gas-phase working fluid is condensed. The bag includes a two-phase flow channel in which liquid-gas two-phase slug flow including the liquid-phase working fluid and the gas-phase working fluid occurs from the vaporizing portion to the condensing portion. The two-phase flow channel is provided in an internal space of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220344790
    Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements each having an electrode terminal, the wiring module including: a bus bar to be connected to the electrode terminals; and a flexible substrate that is flexible, wherein the bus bar has an extension portion that extends toward the flexible substrate, the extension portion has a through hole, the flexible substrate side of the through hole is closed off by the flexible substrate, the flexible substrate has a first conductive path for detecting the temperature of an object, and the first conductive path is connected to a thermistor, and the thermistor is disposed in the through hole, the through hole is filled with a resin, and the thermistor is covered with the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Xueqing DONG, Masato TSUTSUKI, Yuto SATO
  • Publication number: 20220328925
    Abstract: A wiring module is configured to attach to a power storage element group of an arranged plurality of power storage elements, each one of the power storage elements including an electrode terminal, including a bus bar that connects to the electrode terminal; a circuit board on which a conductive path is formed; and a relay member that connects the bus bar and the circuit board, wherein the relay member includes a bus bar connection portion that connects to the bus bar and a board connection portion that connects to the conductive path of the circuit board, the relay member includes a connection portion with a plate-like shape that joins the bus bar connection portion and the board connection portion and extends in a direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the plurality of power storage elements, and the connection portion includes a first deformation portion capable of deforming in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Xueqing DONG, Masato TSUTSUKI, Yuto SATO
  • Patent number: 11329333
    Abstract: The heat transfer device includes a sealed bag, a working fluid, and a contact component. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The contact component includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion that are separated from each other via a spacer. A left edge portion of the bag is disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The left edge portion contacts the first contact portion and the second contact portion when the bag expands due to vaporization of the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nagafuchi, Hideyuki Kuboki, Eiichi Kobayashi, Souichirou Okumura
  • Patent number: 11322784
    Abstract: A cooling member includes refrigerant, an absorbing member absorbing the refrigerant, an enclosing member including flexible sheet members, that are connected to each other and enclosing the refrigerant and the absorbing member in a sealed state, and a heat releasing section configured to receive heat from the enclosing member and release the heat to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose
  • Patent number: 11158891
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a plurality of cooling members each of which has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant at an extension portion extending in a region not overlapping the power storage element; and a heat dissipation member that receives heat of the plurality of cooling members and dissipates the heat to an outside. The heat dissipation member has a spacer portion that is disposed between the adjacent extension portions of the plurality of cooling members and is configured to abut with the bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10998588
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant; a power storage element that is stacked on the cooling members; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage elements with the cooling members therebetween. The sealing body is configured to form a bulging portion deformed by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element. The heat transfer plate has a folded portion with which the bulging portion is configured to abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10985415
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that is stacked on the power storage element and has a sealing body hermetically sealing a coolant and an absorption member disposed in the sealing body to absorb the coolant; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween. The heat transfer plate is provided with protrusion portions that protrude to the cooling member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10985414
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a plurality of cooling members each of which has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant at an extension portion extending in a region not overlapping the power storage element; and a heat transfer member that has a spacer portion disposed between the adjacent extension portions of the plurality of cooling members and configured to abut with the bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10910156
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element; a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween; and an elastic member that abuts with the heat transfer plate and the bulging portion and is elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200386487
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a bag and a working fluid. The bag includes a first sheet and a second sheet with edges that are sealed together. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The working fluid changes a phase thereof between gas and liquid. The bag includes a vaporizing portion in which the liquid-phase working fluid is vaporized and a condensing portion in which the gas-phase working fluid is condensed. The bag includes a two-phase flow channel in which liquid-gas two-phase slug flow including the liquid-phase working fluid and the gas-phase working fluid occurs from the vaporizing portion to the condensing portion. The two-phase flow channel is provided in an internal space of the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200350647
    Abstract: The heat transfer device includes a sealed bag, a working fluid, and a contact component. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The contact component includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion that are separated from each other via a spacer. A left edge portion of the bag is disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The left edge portion contacts the first contact portion and the second contact portion when the bag expands due to vaporization of the working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Hideyuki KUBOKI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Souichirou OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200295419
    Abstract: A cooling member includes an enclosing member including sheet members that are connected in a liquid tight manner, refrigerant enclosed in the enclosing member, and a medium where the refrigerant moves within the enclosing member. The medium includes an evaporation section where the refrigerant is evaporated and turned into gas, the enclosing member includes a condensation section in which the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed and turned into liquid. The medium includes acceleration means that accelerates movement of the refrigerant that is in a liquid state to the evaporation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200251790
    Abstract: A cooling member includes refrigerant, an absorbing member absorbing the refrigerant, an enclosing member including flexible sheet members, that are connected to each other and enclosing the refrigerant and the absorbing member in a sealed state, and a heat releasing section configured to receive heat from the enclosing member and release the heat to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE
  • Patent number: 10714798
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10700398
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a fluid-tight sealed body that is formed by a first laminated sheet and a second laminated sheet being joined to each other at at least one joint portion, a coolant that is enclosed in the sealed body, and a heat dissipation plate that is joined in a fluid-tight manner to an inner surface of the sealed body at at least one joint portion and that has a heat absorption portion that is located inside the sealed body and a heat dissipation portion that is located outside the sealed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono
  • Patent number: 10655919
    Abstract: An enclosing member including a sheet member connected in a liquid tight manner, refrigerant enclosed in the enclosing member, and an absorbing member arranged in the enclosing member and absorbing the refrigerant. The enclosing member includes a condensation section where the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed, and in the condensation section, the absorbing member is attached on at least a lower section of an inner surface of the enclosing member with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200051765
    Abstract: A relay is provided with a housing, a coil arranged inside the housing, a fixed terminal, and a movable member. The housing is filled with an insulating liquid refrigerant, and the coil and the movable member are immersed in the liquid refrigerant, and at least a fixed contact of the fixed terminal is immersed in the liquid refrigerant. Heat generated in the coil, the movable member, and the fixed terminal is cooled by the liquid refrigerant, and thus the efficiency of cooling the relay is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Tomotaka KUROZU, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hideyuki KUBOKI, Masato TSUTSUKI
  • Patent number: 10447022
    Abstract: A conductive member includes an enclosure, a coolant, and a conductor. The enclosure includes a sheet and has liquid tightness. The coolant is enclosed in the enclosure. The conductor includes a cool section that is disposed in the enclosure and a projecting section that is liquid-tightly sealed with the sheet and projects from the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi