Patents by Inventor Kenn Itou

Kenn Itou 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).

  • Communication address detection apparatus, connector with built-in control circuit, and communication address detection method
    Patent number: 9160557
    Abstract: There is provided a communication address detection apparatus, a connector with a built-in control circuit, and a communication address detection method capable of preventing abnormal operations even in cases when a voltage level to be input to any one of a plurality of communication address setting terminals has inverted due to some faults. In a communication address detection apparatus for detecting a communication address in accordance with a combination of voltage levels of high or low levels input to a plurality of communication address setting terminals, the combination of the voltage levels with the assigned communication address is set which is stored in a communication address information storing unit (172) is set so as to become a combination of the voltage levels that has no assigned communication address when any one of the voltage levels in the combination of the voltage levels has inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenn Itou, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • Unit with built-in control circuit with protect elements
    Patent number: 8139326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unit with a built-in control circuit capable of cost reduction. The unit of the present invention is an unit with built-in control circuit comprising a ground line, a control circuit including a plurality of terminals to be connected to an IC-chip, and a plurality of protect elements connected to the terminal and the ground line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenn Itou, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • COMMUNICATION ADDRESS DETECTION APPARATUS, CONNECTOR WITH BUILT-IN CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION ADDRESS DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20120020401
    Abstract: There is provided a communication address detection apparatus, a connector with a built-in control circuit, and a communication address detection method capable of preventing abnormal operations even in cases when a voltage level to be input to any one of a plurality of communication address setting terminals has inverted due to some faults. In a communication address detection apparatus for detecting a communication address in accordance with a combination of voltage levels of high or low levels input to a plurality of communication address setting terminals, the combination of the voltage levels with the assigned communication address is set which is stored in a communication address information storing unit (172) is set so as to become a combination of the voltage levels that has no assigned communication address when any one of the voltage levels in the combination of the voltage levels has inverted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenn Itou, Akiyoshi Kanazawa
  • UNIT WITH BUILT-IN CONTROL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20090156030
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unit with a built-in control circuit capable of cost reduction. The unit of the present invention is an unit with built-in control circuit comprising a ground line, a control circuit including a plurality of terminals to be connected to an IC-chip, and a plurality of protect elements connected to the terminal and the ground line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenn ITOU, Akiyoshi KANAZAWA