Patents by Inventor Tomoki Kanayama

Tomoki Kanayama 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: 20240136740
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible printed circuit connection structure which includes a flexible printed circuit having a plurality of wires, a board to be connected having a plurality of wires to be connected, a plurality of solder connection portions, and a partition wall, in which: the plurality of solder connection portions is a part where the plurality of wires of the flexible printed circuit and the plurality of wires to be connected of the board to be connected are connected to each other by solder; the partition wall is provided away from the plurality of solder connection portions so as to surround the plurality of solder connection portions; and the flexible printed circuit, the board to be connected, and the partition wall define a sealed space, and the plurality of solder connection portions is arranged inside the sealed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo YAMADA, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240068885
    Abstract: Provided is a temperature measurement device including: a case; a flexible printed circuit board attached to the case; a pressing plate; and an elastic body, in which: the flexible printed circuit board includes a thermistor element region; the elastic body is interposed between the thermistor element region and the pressing plate; the pressing plate is configured to press the thermistor element region through the elastic body; the case has a through-hole; as viewed in a direction of pressing the thermistor element region by the pressing plate, the thermistor element region and the elastic body are positioned within an area where the through-hole is provided; and the thermistor element region is configured to protrude, through the through-hole, from an attachment surface side of the case attached to the flexible printed circuit board toward a surface side of the case opposite to the attachment surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito SHIROTA, Yuki KOMURO, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230395878
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible printed wiring board attached to a battery, including: multiple lines are provided only on one surface of the flexible printed wiring board, one end of a first line group and a second line group are respectively connected to one of multiple terminals of the battery, and the other end of the first line group is arranged in a bent portion, and the other end of the second line group and one end of a third line group are arranged at an end portion of a trunk portion, and the other end of the third line group is arranged in the trunk portion, and the bent portion is bent such that the other end of the first line group arranged in the bent portion and the other end of the third line group arranged in the trunk portion are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito SHIROTA, Tomoki KANAYAMA, Shuzo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230392994
    Abstract: Provided is a temperature measurement device which includes: a case; a flexible printed circuit board; and a thermistor element mounting portion, the case integrally has a first case portion, a second case portion, and a holding portion; the flexible printed circuit board has a trunk and a branch divided from the trunk; the trunk is fixed to a first surface of the first case portion; the thermistor element mounting portion is arranged in the branch and is fixed to a first surface of the second case portion; the second case portion is folded such that a second surface of the first case portion and a second surface of the second case portion are in contact with each other; and the holding portion holds a part of the branch between a portion divided from the trunk and a portion where the thermistor element mounting portion is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMITA, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11799164
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board which includes: a base film; and multiple wires formed on the base film, in which in a region attached to a battery including multiple arrayed cells, a conductor portion to be the multiple wires is provided only on one surface of the base film, at at least part of a region apart from the region attached to the battery, a conductor portion to be the multiple wires is provided on each surface of the base film, and the flexible printed circuit board further includes multiple conductive portions configured to electrically connect the wires on one surface side of the base film and the wires on the other surface side of the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tomita, Tomoki Kanayama, Kazuyuki Azuma
  • Publication number: 20220404214
    Abstract: A temperature measurement device includes: a case fixed to a measurement target product; a flexible printed circuit board attached to the case; and a thermistor element mounting portion having a thermistor element to be electrically connected to a wiring provided on the flexible printed circuit board, the case has a holding portion for holding the thermistor element mounting portion and a support portion for supporting the holding portion, the holding portion is connected through a hinge portion to a case body provided with the support portion, and the holding portion is supported by the support portion in such a manner that the holding portion is folded back to bend the hinge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMITA, Tomoki KANAYAMA, Yuki KOMURO, Yusuke HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11382211
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a trunk portion; and a pair of branch portions as two portions branched from the trunk portion and arranged on a battery including multiple arrayed cells, in which for at least one branch portion of the pair of branch portions, bending is performed using a pair of parallel bending lines extending apart from the other branch portion as extending apart from the trunk portion, and the at least one branch portion is bent such that a direction of bending at one bending line of the pair of parallel bending lines and a direction of bending at the other bending line are directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tomita, Tomoki Kanayama, Shuzo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11343901
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board includes: a film-shaped thermoplastic base member having plasticity; a pattern fuse formed from a metal foil layer provided on a principal surface of the base member; a cover member covering at least part of the pattern fuse from an opposite side of the base member; and a first heat-resistant protection film provided on a region overlapping with at least part of the pattern fuse and covering the pattern fuse from a cover member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kiya, Tomoki Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20220077536
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring material which is advantageous for space saving while ensuring seismic resistance of a flexible circuit board. A wiring material 7 including a flexible circuit board 10 in which a plurality of batteries 3A to 3L arranged in one direction is connected to one another via a bus bar 20 and an arrangement direction of the batteries 3A to 3L is a longitudinal direction of the flexible circuit board 10, includes: a narrow connecting portion 18 connected to the bus bar 20; and a main body 68 that is connected to the connecting portion 18 and includes a portion wider than the connecting portion 18. The connecting portion 18 is configured to have a longitudinal extending portion 18a that projects from the main body 68 in the longitudinal direction and extends in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo YAMADA, Tsukasa WATANABE, Shunsuke TOMITA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220045396
    Abstract: Provided are a support member and a battery module in consideration of variations in dimensions of the battery. At the same time, stress concentration on the support member is alleviated. A sliding portion 127 of one of adjacent support cases 121 of the plurality of support cases 121 connected to each other is slidably housed in the main body portion 122 of the other support case 121. Apart of the sliding portion 127 of the one support case 121 is pulled out from the main body portion 122 of the other support case 121. Thus, a distance between the one support case 121 and the other support case 121 is increased. At least a part of the sliding portion 127 of the one support case 121 is housed in the main body portion 122 of the other support case 121. Thus, the distance between the one support case 122 and the other support case 122 is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMITA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210313719
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board with crimp terminal includes: a flexible printed wiring board having a base film, a circuit including a metal foil provided on a surface of the base film, and a cover film attached to the base film so as to sandwich the circuit; and a crimp terminal with a plurality of crimping pieces that penetrates the flexible printed wiring board by being crimped and is bent to bite into a part of the circuit. A part of the circuit is exposed without the cover film being provided in a partial region of the flexible printed wiring board, and at least some of the crimping pieces are arranged in the partial region, and thus bite into a part of the circuit without penetrating the cover film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo YAMADA, Yu MIURA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210249727
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board which includes: a base film; and multiple wires formed on the base film, in which in a region attached to a battery including multiple arrayed cells, a conductor portion to be the multiple wires is provided only on one surface of the base film, at at least part of a region apart from the region attached to the battery, a conductor portion to be the multiple wires is provided on each surface of the base film, and the flexible printed circuit board further includes multiple conductive portions configured to electrically connect the wires on one surface side of the base film and the wires on the other surface side of the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMITA, Tomoki KANAYAMA, Kazuyuki AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20210251069
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a trunk portion; and a pair of branch portions as two portions branched from the trunk portion and arranged on a battery including multiple arrayed cells, in which for at least one branch portion of the pair of branch portions, bending is performed using a pair of parallel bending lines extending apart from the other branch portion as extending apart from the trunk portion, and the at least one branch portion is bent such that a direction of bending at one bending line of the pair of parallel bending lines and a direction of bending at the other bending line are directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMITA, Tomoki KANAYAMA, Shuzo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210243879
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board includes: a film-shaped thermoplastic base member having plasticity; a pattern fuse formed from a metal foil layer provided on a principal surface of the base member; a cover member covering at least part of the pattern fuse from an opposite side of the base member; and a first heat-resistant protection film provided on a region overlapping with at least part of the pattern fuse and covering the pattern fuse from a cover member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji KIYA, Tomoki KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100226231
    Abstract: In order to prevent breakage in a resin near the peripheral edge part of a metal reinforcement plate of a plate insert type ramp due to heat shrinkage without increasing wall thickness of the resin near the peripheral edge part of the plate or without reducing the thickness of the plate, a part or all of the peripheral edge parts of the reinforcement plate are exposed from the front surface of the ramp body, the reinforcement plate being exposed from the front surface of clearance portions between a plurality of disk insertion parts formed at one of four sides of the ramp body and/or the peripheral edge parts of the ramp body at its other three sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Tomoki Kanayama, Shin Takaoka, Shota Seki