Patents by Inventor Kunihiro IWATA
Kunihiro IWATA 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: 11961374Abstract: In a POS terminal device (1) according to the present invention, a rotation center of an operator-side rotation shaft (31) is at a position spaced apart from a longitudinal center line of a housing (2), a rotation center of a customer-side rotation shaft (41) is at a position spaced apart from the center line on an opposite side of the operator-side rotation shaft (31), an operator display (3) is rotated by 90 degrees in a horizontal direction around the operator-side rotation shaft (31) in such a way that a lateral end surface having a shorter distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft (31) approaches a customer display (4), and the customer display (4) is rotated by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction around the customer-side rotation shaft (41) in the same direction as the operator display (3).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventors: Kunihiro Akaba, Katsumi Harashima, Akihisa Iwata
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Publication number: 20230369611Abstract: A fuel cell unit includes: a fuel cell stack in which a plurality of fuel cells are stacked; an electrical device; and a bus bar electrically connecting between a terminal of the fuel cell stack and a terminal of the electrical device. The bus bar includes a non-joined portion in which a plurality of metal plates are stacked without being joined to each other. The plurality of metal plates include a first metal plate and a second metal plate thicker than the first metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki ITO, Mikihiro HORI, Kunihiro IWATA, Daiki SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20230014821Abstract: A bus bar formed using a metal plate is provided. The metal plate includes one or more holes extending through the metal plate on a bend line. The bus bar includes a folded part formed by bending the metal plate along the bend line through hemming. The folded part includes a first region and a second region. The first region is located between an outer edge of the metal plate and the bend line. The second region overlaps in close contact with the first region. The bus bar also includes a terminal arranged in the first region. The folded part includes one or more welds in which the first region and the second region are welded to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Kunihiro IWATA, Shunsuke KAWAI, Ken KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220190578Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for a bus bar includes a bus bar, a covering member, which is made of plastic and covers the bus bar, and a case, which is made of metal. The covering member includes a contacting portion that contacts the case. The covering member is molded integrally with the bus bar by inserting the bus bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Hideaki SAKAI, Kunihiro IWATA, Ken KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11127555Abstract: A fuse includes a fuse element extending along an axis, the fuse element including two terminals and a melt portion arranged between the two terminals, a casing that accommodates the melt portion and an arc-extinguishing material, the casing including an outer circumferential surface and two end surfaces, the casing being an assembly of at least two segments, and a molded body made of plastic, the molded body including two covers that respectively cover the two end surfaces and including one or more coupling portions that couple the two covers to each other, the two covers and the one or more coupling portions being integrally molded. The casing includes one or more exposed portions on the outer circumferential surface, the one or more exposed portions being exposed without being covered by the coupling portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Ide, Kunihiro Iwata
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Publication number: 20210116064Abstract: A connecting tube portion protrudes outward from an outer wall of the main pipe and is continuous with the interior of the main pipe. The connecting tube portion has an annular groove, into which the distal end of the branch pipe is fitted, at the distal end. The branch pipe includes an outer circumference seal portion that provides a seal between the outer circumferential surface of the distal end of the branch pipe and the inner surface of the annular groove of the connecting tube portion through contact between the outer circumferential surface and the inner surface. The branch pipe also includes an inner circumference seal portion that provides a seal between the inner circumferential surface of the distal end of the branch pipe and the inner surface of the annular groove of the connecting tube portion through contact between the inner circumferential surface and the inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi KURIYAMA, Hideaki SAKAI, Kunihiro IWATA
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Patent number: 10703032Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hollow part with a branch, including a resin filling step of filling a mold, the mold having a main cavity in which a hollowing piece is placed, and a branch cavity to communicate with the main cavity, in which a slide shaft is inserted to advance and withdraw, and that forms a branch pipe portion in an annular space between the branch cavity and the slide shaft, a step of forming a hollow main pipe portion by moving the hollowing piece to force excess resin out of the main cavity, and a shaft removing step of withdrawing the slide shaft to form a branch hollow portion, the hollow part with a branch being made of a resin and having the branch pipe portion integrally connected to the main pipe portion such that the main hollow portion and the branch hollow portion communicate with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., RP TOPLA LIMITEDInventors: Kunihiro Iwata, Hideaki Sakai, Yasuhiro Sone, Takashi Hirose, Kazuhiro Yokobori
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Patent number: 10456966Abstract: A hollow body molding device forming a hollow molded body in a main cavity of a mold having in its one end a pressure port including a floating core by injecting molten resin through an injection gate into the main cavity having an outlet, and then pressure-injecting pressurized fluid through the pressure port into the main cavity to move the core toward the outlet through the resin injected into the main cavity to extrude the resin through the outlet and discharge it into a waste cavity, the device having: a floating core accommodating portion located between the outlet and a communication passage leading to the waste cavity and adjoins the main cavity and accommodates the core moved to the outlet by the fluid, in the device, a floating core accommodating portion inside diameter is smaller than a main cavity outlet diameter and is larger than a floating core outside diameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunihiro Iwata, Hideaki Sakai, Yasuhiro Sone, Yoshinori Sadakata, Kazuhiro Yokobori
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Patent number: 10340111Abstract: Provided herein is a fuse that includes a conductive member, two shielding portions arranged on the conductive member, and a case. The conductive member includes a two bars on each end of the conductive member and an element (e.g., melting portion) that integrally connects the two bars. The two shielding members are disk shaped and are situated on the conductive member between the element and the two bars. The case encloses the element and the two shielding members.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Kawai, Hideaki Sakai, Yasuhiro Sone, Kunihiro Iwata
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Publication number: 20180174791Abstract: A fuse includes a conductive member formed integrally with a melting portion that melts and breaks when overcurrent occurs, two shielding portions arranged on the conductive member to hold the melting portion in between, and a case formed from an electrically-insulative material. The case encloses the melting portion in cooperation with the two shielding portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Shunsuke KAWAI, Hideaki SAKAI, Yasuhiro SONE, Kunihiro IWATA
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Publication number: 20180009144Abstract: A hollow body molding device forming a hollow molded body in a main cavity of a mold having in its one end a pressure port including a floating core by injecting molten resin through an injection gate into the main cavity having an outlet, and then pressure-injecting pressurized fluid through the pressure port into the main cavity to move the core toward the outlet through the resin injected into the main cavity to extrude the resin through the outlet and discharge it into a waste cavity, the device having: a floating core accommodating portion located between the outlet and a communication passage leading to the waste cavity and adjoins the main cavity and accommodates the core moved to the outlet by the fluid, in the device, a floating core accommodating portion inside diameter is smaller than a main cavity outlet diameter and is larger than a floating core outside diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunihiro IWATA, Hideaki SAKAI, Yasuhiro SONE, Yoshinori SADAKATA, Kazuhiro YOKOBORI
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Publication number: 20170106575Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hollow part with a branch, including a resin filling step of filling a mold, the mold having a main cavity in which a hollowing piece is placed, and a branch cavity to communicate with the main cavity, in which a slide shaft is inserted to advance and withdraw, and that forms a branch pipe portion in an annular space between the branch cavity and the slide shaft, a step of forming a hollow main pipe portion by moving the hollowing piece to force excess resin out of the main cavity, and a shaft removing step of withdrawing the slide shaft to form a branch hollow portion, the hollow part with a branch being made of a resin and having the branch pipe portion integrally connected to the main pipe portion such that the main hollow portion and the branch hollow portion communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicants: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., RP TOPLA LIMITEDInventors: Kunihiro IWATA, Hideaki SAKAI, Yasuhiro SONE, Takashi HIROSE, Kazuhiro YOKOBORI
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Patent number: 9565792Abstract: Two opening through which a refrigerant runs are connected by a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe. One end of the first connecting pipe is connected to a first opening by a planar seal. Another end of the first connecting pipe is connected to one end of a second connecting pipe by a shaft seal. Another end of the second connecting pipe is connected to a second opening by a planar seal. An axial direction of a shaft seal is perpendicular to a plane that includes the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso CorporationInventors: Keitaro Ishikawa, Akio Kitami, Takashi Hamatani, Kunihiro Iwata, Satoshi Iguchi
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Patent number: 9545848Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor, a case, and a filler. The case houses the capacitor and includes a metal plate and a partition wall. The filler is interposed between the case and the capacitor. The metal plate is positioned between the capacitor and another electronic component, inside the power converter. Also, the partition wall separates the capacitor from the metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Imai, Takashi Hamatani, Kunihiro Iwata
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Patent number: 9237669Abstract: A positive-electrode connecting plate (66) that connects positive-electrode terminals (28, 36, 48) of a plurality of power converter circuits is provided with slits (100, 102). The positive-electrode connecting plate has a positive-electrode bus bar portion (78) on which a first inverter corresponding region (94) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (36) of a first inverter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80a), a second inverter corresponding region (96) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (48) of a second inverter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80b) and a boost converter corresponding region (98) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (28) of a boost converter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80c) are defined.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kunihiro Iwata, Makoto Okamura
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Publication number: 20140185266Abstract: A positive-electrode connecting plate (66) that connects positive-electrode terminals (28, 36, 48) of a plurality of power converter circuits is provided with slits (100, 102). The positive-electrode connecting plate has a positive-electrode bus bar portion (78) on which a first inverter corresponding region (94) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (36) of a first inverter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80a), a second inverter corresponding region (96) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (48) of a second inverter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80b) and a boost converter corresponding region (98) that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal (28) of a boost converter as one of the power converter circuits via a positive-electrode connecting piece (80c) are defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwata, Makoto Okamura
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Publication number: 20140140118Abstract: Two opening through which a refrigerant runs are connected by a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe. One end of the first connecting pipe is connected to a first opening by a planar seal. Another end of the first connecting pipe is connected to one end of a second connecting pipe by a shaft seal. Another end of the second connecting pipe is connected to a second opening by a planar seal. An axial direction of a shaft seal is perpendicular to a plane that includes the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keitaro ISHIKAWA, Akio Kitami, Takashi Hamatani, Kunihiro Iwata, Satoshi Iguchi
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Publication number: 20140111003Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor, a case, and a filler. The case houses the capacitor and includes a metal plate and a partition wall. The filler is interposed between the case and the capacitor. The metal plate is positioned between the capacitor and another electronic component, inside the power converter. Also, the partition wall separates the capacitor from the metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicants: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohei IMAI, Takashi HAMATANI, Kunihiro IWATA