Patents by Inventor Ryo AKIBA

Ryo AKIBA 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).

  • Patent number: 11877412
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity. The electronic control device 100 includes a substrate 10, an electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 10, an insulating case 20 that holds the substrate 10, a conductive cover 30 that covers the insulating case 20, a conductive base 40 that holds the insulating case 20, and a conductive fixture 21 that fixes the insulating case 20 to the conductive base 40. A distance L1 between the conductive cover 30 and the conductive fixture 21 is equal to or less than a distance L2 between the conductive cover 30 and a conductive terminal 1a of the electronic component 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Ryo Akiba
  • Publication number: 20230380080
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic control device fixed to an in-vehicle device to be controlled. The electronic control device is a unit that includes a base attached to the in-vehicle device, a case fixed to the base, a circuit board held by the case, and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. At least one of the case and the base is made of a resin, the case and the base are fixed with a plurality of fixing screws, and the case and the base are fixed by an adhesive disposed away from the plurality of fixing screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230354509
    Abstract: An electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity is provided. An electronic control device that controls an actuator includes a circuit board, an electronic component mounted on the circuit board, a resin case (insulating case) that holds the circuit board, a metal cover (first conductive cover) that covers the resin case, an actuator cover (second conductive cover) that holds the resin case and covers an opening portion of the actuator, and a conductive portion that make the metal cover (first conductive cover) and the actuator cover (second conductive cover) conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20220279671
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity. The electronic control device 100 includes a substrate 10, an electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 10, an insulating case 20 that holds the substrate 10, a conductive cover 30 that covers the insulating case 20, a conductive base 40 that holds the insulating case 20, and a conductive fixture 21 that fixes the insulating case 20 to the conductive base 40. A distance L1 between the conductive cover 30 and the conductive fixture 21 is equal to or less than a distance L2 between the conductive cover 30 and a conductive terminal 1a of the electronic component 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshio KAWAI, Ryo AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20220240395
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of enhancing salt damage resistance. An electronic device includes a circuit board 3 on which an electronic component 2 is mounted, a housing 4 that houses the circuit board 3, a connector 5 that is mounted on the circuit board 3 and is exposed to an outside of the housing via a first opening portion 4a of the housing 4, a cover member 6 that constitutes a part of a case 131 of an external device 103 to hold the housing 4, and has a second opening portion 66a to which the connector 5 is fitted, and a seal member 8 that is interposed between the connector 5 and the cover member 6, and liquid-tightly seals the case 131 of the external device 103. The housing 4 has a first wall portion 18 extending toward the cover member 6 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance, and the cover member 6 has a second barrier portion 68 extending toward the housing 4 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11289848
    Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Akiba, Yoshio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220071029
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit that can be used even in a mounting environment causing severe salt damage. In order to achieve the above-described object, in an electronic control unit according to the present invention, a minimum distance between a wall and a respiratory filter is set to be 3 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210151928
    Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10953822
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device that can reduce a usage amount of an adhesive constituting a seal member, by relieving a stress caused in the seal member disposed in a gap between a first housing part and a second housing part in a high-temperature environment. In an electronic control device including: a component mounting board mounted with an electronic component; and a first housing part and a second housing part that are fixed to each other via a seal member and define a first space that accommodates the component mounting board, at least one predetermined housing part of the first or second housing part has a recess formed on a surface facing the seal member, and a second space is formed between the recess and the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Saito, Yoshio Kawai, Ryo Akiba
  • Publication number: 20190299881
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device that can reduce a usage amount of an adhesive constituting a seal member, by relieving a stress caused in the seal member disposed in a gap between a first housing part and a second housing part in a high-temperature environment. In an electronic control device including: a component mounting board mounted with an electronic component; and a first housing part and a second housing part that are fixed to each other via a seal member and define a first space that accommodates the component mounting board, at least one predetermined housing part of the first or second housing part has a recess formed on a surface facing the seal member, and a second space is formed between the recess and the seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masato SAITO, Yoshio KAWAI, Ryo AKIBA