Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Yoshioka

Nobuaki Yoshioka 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: 20240123405
    Abstract: A solid type nano-pore sequencer is arrayed easily. In a liquid column separation device including first and second base materials, a liquid feeding unit supplies fluids to a gap between the two base materials. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions are disposed on a surface of the second base material, and the hydrophilic region is disposed to oppose a predetermined position of the first base material where a substance to be measured is made to pass through. Also, a flow passage space includes at least one inlet and outlet through which fluids can flow in and out. A representative length of the hydrophilic region is made larger than a distance between the first and second base materials, and thereby a liquid column capable of connecting the first base material and the second base material is formed by making two or more immiscible fluids to flow by the liquid feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ruochi HSU, Kei TAKENAKA, Michiru FUJIOKA, Nobuhiro TSUKADA, Yohei HANAZAKI, Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11296535
    Abstract: The control device for an electric motor according to this application provides a battery voltage detecting part for detecting a battery voltage at the time of driving a motor driven by a battery, and a minimum voltage holding part for keeping the battery voltage above the predetermined voltage by reducing the consumption current of the electric motor when the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detecting part falls below a predetermined voltage during driving of the electric motor, so that it is possible to suppress a reduction in battery voltage during driving at low cost, and it is possible to keep the battery voltage above the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yoshioka, Kenichi Akita, Mitsunori Tabata
  • Patent number: 11097347
    Abstract: A method of producing an atomized powder includes: an atomizing step of forming magnetic alloy particles from a molten metal by an atomizing method, to obtain a slurry in which the magnetic alloy particles are dispersed in an aqueous dispersion medium; a slurry concentration step of causing magnetic separation means to separate the magnetic alloy particles from the slurry to form a concentrated slurry having the magnetic alloy particles of more than 80% by mass, the magnetic separation means using a rotary drum including a magnetic circuit part fixedly disposed at a position where at least a part of the magnetic circuit part is immersed in the slurry and an outer sleeve capable of rotating outside the magnetic circuit part; and a drying step of causing drying means using an air flow dryer to dry the concentrated slurry to form a magnetic alloy powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Nishimura, Shin Noguchi, Nobuaki Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20200047255
    Abstract: A method of producing an atomized powder includes: an atomizing step of forming magnetic alloy particles from a molten metal by an atomizing method, to obtain a slurry in which the magnetic alloy particles are dispersed in an aqueous dispersion medium; a slurry concentration step of causing magnetic separation means to separate the magnetic alloy particles from the slurry to form a concentrated slurry having the magnetic alloy particles of more than 80% by mass, the magnetic separation means using a rotary drum including a magnetic circuit part fixedly disposed at a position where at least a part of the magnetic circuit part is immersed in the slurry and an outer sleeve capable of rotating outside the magnetic circuit part; and a drying step of causing drying means using an air flow dryer to dry the concentrated slurry to form a magnetic alloy powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori NISHIMURA, Shin NOGUCHI, Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10535856
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars that connects a plurality of unit cells of a battery assembly constituted by the unit cells, a plurality of electric wires that are welded to surfaces of the bus bars, and an electric wire router that is made of insulating resin and includes bus bar reception portions provided side by side in an array direction of the unit cells, wherein each of the bus bar reception portions includes an opening portion that is formed to be opposed to a back surface of a corresponding one of the bus bars in accordance with a connection portion with a conductor of a corresponding one of the electric wires, and an electric wire tip holding portion that holds the vicinity of a welding portion of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto Gotoh, Naoyuki Ikeda, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20190379235
    Abstract: The control device for an electric motor according to this application provides a battery voltage detecting part for detecting a battery voltage at the time of driving a motor driven by a battery, and a minimum voltage holding part for keeping the battery voltage above the predetermined voltage by reducing the consumption current of the electric motor when the battery voltage detected by the battery voltage detecting part falls below a predetermined voltage during driving of the electric motor, so that it is possible to suppress a reduction in battery voltage during driving at low cost, and it is possible to keep the battery voltage above the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA, Kenichi AKITA, Mitsunori TABATA
  • Patent number: 9859545
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells and electrodes of the battery cells, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being arranged to face each other; a connecting portion of an electric wire for voltage detection directly connected to a pair of the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells arranged to face each other; and an insulating block body disposed on a side on which the electrodes of the battery assembly project, including the electric wire for voltage detection wired in the insulating block body, and configured to hold the connecting portion of the electric wire for voltage detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yoshioka, Kazuaki Kai
  • Patent number: 9806441
    Abstract: A connecting structure uses a crimp terminal to connect a bus bar and an electrical wire together. The crimp terminal includes a bus bar-connecting section to be crimped to the bus bar, and an electrical wire-connecting section to be crimped to an end of the electrical wire. At least one of the bus bar-connecting section and the electrical wire-connecting section is provided with an oxide film breaking means for breaking an oxide film on the bus bar or a core wire on the end of the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yoshioka, Keigo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170179460
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars that connects a plurality of unit cells of a battery assembly constituted by the unit cells, a plurality of electric wires that are welded to surfaces of the bus bars, and an electric wire router that is made of insulating resin and includes bus bar reception portions provided side by side in an array direction of the unit cells, wherein each of the bus bar reception portions includes an opening portion that is formed to be opposed to a back surface of a corresponding one of the bus bars in accordance with a connection portion with a conductor of a corresponding one of the electric wires, and an electric wire tip holding portion that holds the vicinity of a welding portion of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Takuto Gotoh, Naoyuki Ikeda, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150263394
    Abstract: A power supply device includes an electrode connecting body including a first slide plate which slides over one face of a battery cell assembly from one end side so as to connect positive electrodes to first voltage detection terminals, and a second slide plate which slides over the one face of the battery cell assembly from the other end side so as to connect negative electrodes to second voltage detection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20150188244
    Abstract: A connecting structure uses a crimp terminal to connect a bus bar and an electrical wire together. The crimp terminal includes a bus bar-connecting section to be crimped to the bus bar, and an electrical wire-connecting section to be crimped to an end of the electrical wire. At least one of the bus bar-connecting section and the electrical wire-connecting section is provided with an oxide film breaking means for breaking an oxide film on the bus bar or a core wire on the end of the electrical wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA, Keigo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150093615
    Abstract: A power supply device (A) comprising a battery assembly (1) in which a plurality of battery cells (2) and (3) having electrodes (2b) and (3b) projected is stacked, a battery coupling block body (10) disposed on a side of the battery assembly (1) where the electrodes (2b) and (3b) are projected and having a substrate (12) provided with a circuit pattern part for voltage detection and provided with a terminal insertion hole (14), battery-side-relay terminals (16) and (17) connected to the electrodes (2b) and (3b) of the battery cells (2) and (3) and projected from the terminal insertion holes (14) to an outer surface side of the substrate (12), a substrate-side-relay terminal (18) connected to the circuit pattern part for voltage detection and projected to the outer surface side of the substrate (12) and clips (19) clamping both of the battery-side-relay terminals (16) and (17), and the substrate-side-relay terminal (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 8851935
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminal metal fittings that are arranged in parallel to one another and respectively have electric wire connection sections to which electric wires are electrically connected, and a connector housing that accommodates the plurality of terminal metal fittings therein. The plurality of terminal metal fittings are configured that the lengths of the electric wire connection sections are made longer in accordance with the arrangement thereof from one side toward the other side in an arrangement direction of the plurality of terminal metal fittings. The electric wires are connected to the electric wire connection sections respectively so that the electric wires extend from one end portions of the electric wire connection sections toward the one side and intersect with a longitudinal direction of the electric wire connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Ikuo Morita
  • Publication number: 20140248517
    Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells, the battery cells having electrodes, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being placed opposite to one another; and a battery linking body disposed on a side at which the electrodes of the battery assembly protrude, the battery linking body being configured to cover the protruding electrodes, the battery linking body including a substrate, the substrate having a circuit pattern for voltage detection and a terminal for electrode electrically connected to the circuit pattern and the electrodes, the terminal being fixed at a position of the substrate, the position corresponding to the electrodes being placed opposite to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20140248516
    Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells, the battery cells having electrodes, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being placed opposite to one another; and a battery linking body disposed on a side at which the electrodes of the battery assembly protrude, the battery linking body being configured to cover the protruding electrodes, the battery linking body including: a terminal connected to the electrodes placed opposite to one another, and a circuit pattern for voltage detection, the circuit pattern being connected to the terminal by a electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20140248518
    Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells, the battery cells having electrodes, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being placed opposite to one another; and a battery linking body disposed on a side at which the electrodes of the battery assembly 1 protrude, the battery linking body being configured to cover the protruding electrodes, the battery linking body including a substrate with a circuit pattern for voltage detection, the circuit pattern being directly connected to the electrodes placed opposite to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20140220419
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a terminal including an electrode connection part having first and second surfaces directed to opposite sides each other, a first battery cell arranged on one side based on a position of the electrode connection part, and a second battery cell arranged on the other side based on the position of the electrode connection part and stacked on the first battery cell. The first battery cell has a first electrode arranged to be superposed on the first surface of the electrode connection part. The second battery cell has a second electrode arranged to be superposed on the second surface of the electrode connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA, Kazuaki KAI
  • Publication number: 20140220420
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells and electrodes of the battery cells, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being arranged to face each other; a connecting portion of an electric wire for voltage detection directly connected to a pair of the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells arranged to face each other; and an insulating block body disposed on a side on which the electrodes of the battery assembly project, including the electric wire for voltage detection wired in the insulating block body, and configured to hold the connecting portion of the electric wire for voltage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki YOSHIOKA, Kazuaki KAI
  • Patent number: 8585421
    Abstract: A connector 1 includes: a terminal 2; an inner housing 5; and an outer housing 30 receiving the terminal 2 and the inner housing 5. The terminal 2 is provided with a first electric connecting part 21 received and held in the inner housing 5 and electrically connected to the mating connector, a second electric connecting part 22, and a flexible coupling part 23 made of conductive material, movably coupling and electrically connecting the first electric connecting part 21 and the second electric connecting part 22. The outer housing 30 is provided with a receiving part 36 movably receiving the inner housing 5 which receives the first electric connecting part 21, and a fixing part 35 to which the second electric connecting part 22 is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Sakai Yagi, Sachiko Yagome, Hiroshi Kawano, Yuichiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8480421
    Abstract: There is provided a method of integrally molding a connector in which the number of components can be reduced, and productivity can be enhanced. The method of integrally molding a connector according to the invention includes a first step of injection molding elastic resin 15 around a connection part 9 and an end part of a cover part 5 of an electric wire which is positioned adjacent to the connection part 9 thereby to bond the cover part 5 and the elastic resin 15 to each other, and a second step of injection molding resin 17 around the elastic resin 15 so as to compress the elastic resin 15 thereby to press-fit the elastic resin 15 to a terminal 11, and at the same time, to bond the elastic resin 15 and the resin 17 to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yoshioka, Ikuo Morita