Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Ishii

Toshiaki Ishii 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: 11940048
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body that defines a passage through which a fluid flows, a shaft that is movably supported with respect to the body and defines an axis, a valve element that is fixed to the shaft to open and close the passage; and a cylindrical bearing bush that movably supports the shaft with respect to the body, in which the bearing bush includes a mixed region in which a metal core material and expanded graphite are mixed with each other, and a first expanded graphite region made of only the expanded graphite such that the metal core material is not exposed in an inner circumferential side region in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ishii, Makoto Koyama, Daisuke Takayama
  • Patent number: 11778729
    Abstract: A temperature rise due to thermal interference between electronic components is suppressed. Electronic components (11a, 11b) are adjacently mounted on a circuit board (12). The circuit board (12) is fixed to a base (13). A rectangular convex portion (21) is provided on the base (13). The rectangular convex portion (21) is disposed so as to be located below the electronic components (11a, 11b) when the circuit board (12) is assembled to a housing (10). The rectangular convex portion (21) includes N concave portions (21a). The concave portions (21a) are arranged on a surface (21b) facing the region between the electronic components (11a, 11b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, Toshiaki Ishii, Yoshio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220394881
    Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle electronic control device which further improves heat dissipation by forming a protrusion extending toward an electronic component on an inner surface of a cover portion formed of a highly thermally conductive resin in consideration of orientation of a filling material contained in the highly thermally conductive resin. An in-vehicle electronic control device of the present invention includes: a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted; a base portion in which the circuit board is installed; and a cover portion with which the circuit board is covered together with the base portion, which is formed of a resin containing a filling material, and which has a protrusion protruding toward the electronic component, in which the protrusion is formed of a resin containing a filling material and a width of the protrusion is smaller than a width of the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TSUYUKI, Yoshio KAWAI, Toshiaki ISHII, Eiichi IDE
  • Publication number: 20220361314
    Abstract: A temperature rise due to thermal interference between electronic components is suppressed. Electronic components (11a, 11b) are adjacently mounted on a circuit board (12). The circuit board (12) is fixed to a base (13). A rectangular convex portion (21) is provided on the base (13). The rectangular convex portion (21) is disposed so as to be located below the electronic components (11a, 11b) when the circuit board (12) is assembled to a housing (10). The rectangular convex portion (21) includes N concave portions (21a). The concave portions (21a) are arranged on a surface (21b) facing the region between the electronic components (11a, 11b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TSUYUKI, Toshiaki ISHII, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11448142
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust valve device 1 for a vehicle in which a valve element 7 is supported in an exhaust passage 4 by a rotating shaft 5 axially supported by a valve body 3, a flexible joint member 16 is secured to an output shaft 13a of a motor unit 13 attached to the valve body 3, and a lower end of the flexible joint member 16 and an upper end of the rotating shaft 5 are coupled via a rigid joint member 15, in which the rigid joint member 15 includes: a sealing element 18 having a sealing surface 18a and arm portions 18c, the sealing surface 18a being coupled to one end of the rotating shaft 5 and sealing an axially supported portion of one end of the rotating shaft to prevent exhaust gas from leaking, the arm portions 18c being formed in a periphery of the sealing surface 18a; and a transmission element 19 having a spring groove 19a and engagement grooves 19b, the spring groove 19a being coupled to the end of the flexible joint member 16, the engagement grooves 19b being engaged with the arm portions 18c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ishii, Makoto Koyama, Daisuke Takayama, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11232994
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a circuit body, first and second insulations, first and second bases, a case, and a distance regulation portion. The circuit body incudes a semiconductor element and a conductive portion. The first insulation and the second insulation oppose each other. The first base and second base also oppose each other. The case has a first opening portion covered with the first base and a second opening portion covered with the second base. The distance regulation portion has a first end that contacts the first base and a second end, that is opposite to the first end, and that contacts the second base. The distance regulation portion regulates a distance between the first base and the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiromi Shimazu, Akihiro Namba, Akira Matsushita, Hiroshi Houzouji, Atsuo Nishihara, Toshiaki Ishii, Takashi Hirao
  • Publication number: 20210396315
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body that defines a passage through which a fluid flows, a shaft that is movably supported with respect to the body and defines an axis, a valve element that is fixed to the shaft to open and close the passage; and a cylindrical bearing bush that movably supports the shaft with respect to the body, in which the bearing bush includes a mixed region in which a metal core material and expanded graphite are mixed with each other, and a first expanded graphite region made of only the expanded graphite such that the metal core material is not exposed in an inner circumferential side region in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki ISHII, Makoto KOYAMA, Daisuke TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11166396
    Abstract: Provided is a box-type vehicle-mounted control device that effectively increases the amount of heat transfer from electronic components and a circuit board to a casing (base and cover) and that accordingly has achieved excellent heat dissipation property. The box-type vehicle-mounted control device includes a circuit board 12, a base 13, and a cover 14. In addition, a first heat radiating coating layer 31 is formed on at least one surface of the circuit board 12, and a second heat radiating coating layer 32 is formed on an inner surface of one or both of the base 13 and the cover 14 facing the first heat radiating coating layer 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Maki Ito, Toshiaki Ishii, Masaru Kamoshida, Hideto Yoshinari, Masato Saito, Akitoyo Konno
  • Patent number: 11105274
    Abstract: An exhaust valve device for a vehicle includes: a valve element 7 axially supported by a rotating shaft 5 in a bore 4 of a valve body 3 produced through casting; sealing projections 21 and 22 integrally formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to follow one side portion 7a and the other side portion 7b of an outer circumferential edge of the valve element 7 at a fully closed position; sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22, the right side portion 7a and the left side portion 7b of the valve element 7 at the fully closed position abutting respectively on the sealing surfaces; R-shaped corners 21b and 22b formed between the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 and the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a; and diameter enlarged portions 25 formed in the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to enlarge the bore 4 that are adjacent respectively to the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22 and correspond to lengths of the sealing surfaces 2
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ishii, Makoto Koyama, Daisuke Takayama, Naoki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210254561
    Abstract: An exhaust valve device for a vehicle includes: a valve element 7 axially supported by a rotating shaft 5 in a bore 4 of a valve body 3 produced through casting; sealing projections 21 and 22 integrally formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to follow one side portion 7a and the other side portion 7b of an outer circumferential edge of the valve element 7 at a fully closed position; sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22, the right side portion 7a and the left side portion 7b of the valve element 7 at the fully closed position abutting respectively on the sealing surfaces; R-shaped corners 21b and 22b formed between the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 and the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a; and diameter enlarged portions 25 formed in the inner circumferential surface of the bore 4 to enlarge the bore 4 that are adjacent respectively to the sealing surfaces 21a and 22a of the sealing projections 21 and 22 and correspond to lengths of the sealing surfaces 2
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki ISHII, Makoto KOYAMA, Daisuke TAKAYAMA, Naoki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210254559
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust valve device 1 for a vehicle in which a valve element 7 is supported to be able to be opened and closed in an exhaust passage 4 by a rotating shaft 5 axially supported by a valve body 3, a motor unit 13 is attached to the valve body 3 via a thermal insulation bracket 11, and an output shaft 13a of the motor unit 13 is coupled to the rotating shaft 5, the exhaust valve device 1 including: an outer circumferential, guide surface 10a provided at the valve body 3 and having an arc shape around an axial line C of the rotating shaft 5 at the center; and an inner circumferential guide surface 12a provided at the thermal insulation bracket 11 and brought into slide contact with the outer circumferential guide surface 10a to guide the thermal insulation bracket 11 to be secured at a prescribed securing angle to the valve body 3 around the axial line C of the rotating shaft 5 at the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki ISHII, Makoto KOYAMA, Daisuke TAKAYAMA, Naoki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210254560
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust valve device 1 for a vehicle in which a valve element 7 is supported in an exhaust passage 4 by a rotating shaft 5 axially supported by a valve body 3, a flexible joint member 16 is secured to an output shaft 13a of a motor unit 13 attached to the valve body 3, and a lower end of the flexible joint member 16 and an upper end of the rotating shaft 5 are coupled via a rigid joint member 15, in which the rigid joint member 15 includes: a sealing element 18 having a sealing surface 18a and arm portions 18c, the sealing surface 18a being coupled to one end of the rotating shaft 5 and sealing an axially supported portion of one end of the rotating shaft to prevent exhaust gas from leaking, the arm portions 18c being formed in a periphery of the sealing surface 18a; and a transmission element 19 having a spring groove 19a and engagement grooves 19b, the spring groove 19a being coupled to the end of the flexible joint member 16, the engagement grooves 19b being engaged with the arm portions 18c
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki ISHII, Makoto KOYAMA, Daisuke TAKAYAMA, Naoki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210195758
    Abstract: A resin-sealed in-vehicle electronic control device in the present disclosure is a resin-sealed in-vehicle electronic control device including a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted, a connector housing that electrically connects the circuit board to an external terminal, and a sealing resin fixing the connector housing to the circuit board. The connector housing has a through hole allowing communication between a second end surface located opposite to a first end surface on which the external terminal is mounted and a side surface of the connector housing adjoining the second end surface, and the sealing resin is continuous to fill at least the inside of the through hole and cover a part of an outer periphery of the connector housing and at least a part of an outer periphery of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Yoshio KAWAI, Toshiaki ISHII, Shota EZAKI
  • Patent number: 10881014
    Abstract: Providing a highly reliable electronic control device capable of achieving both low cost and productivity. An electronic control device including an electronic component, a control substrate on which the electronic component is mounted, and a sealing resin that seals the control substrate, the electronic control device being installed outside the vehicle cabin or in the engine compartment, the electronic control device further including a housing case that fixes the control substrate, and an outer periphery of the housing case being covered with a sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujiro Kaneko, Yoshio Kawai, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 10787993
    Abstract: This valve device is provided with: a body (10) that has at least one passage (11, 12) for passing a fluid and valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15); a valve shaft (20), which is passed through the valve shaft holes so as to be rotatable; and butterfly valves (30, 40), which are fixed on the valve shaft and are for opening and closing the passages (11, 12). The butterfly valves (30, 40) are disposed so as to close the passages (11, 12) on a downstream side or an upstream side of the valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15) in a flow direction of the fluid. As a result, it is possible to prevent fluid leakage and achieve effective utilization of exhaust heat in an exhaust heat recovery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Karasawa, Toshiaki Ishii, Takashi Watabe
  • Patent number: 10738715
    Abstract: This valve device includes a body having passages and valve shaft holes, a valve shaft passed through the valve shaft holes in a rotatable manner, and butterfly valves. The butterfly valves include first contour parts and second contour parts forming outer contour parts that are smaller than the first contour parts. The first and second contour parts are fixed to the valve shaft in order to close off the passages at positions set apart from the valve shaft holes toward the downstream side (upstream side) of the passages, and are disposed flanking a straight line parallel to the valve shaft to form prescribed outer contour parts. The body includes first seal parts with which the first contour parts are brought into contact and second seal parts with which the second contour parts are brought into contact within the passages. Fluid leakage in a closed state can thereby be reliably prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200227333
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power semiconductor device enabling maintenance in reliability and improvement in productivity. According to the present invention, provided are: a circuit body including a semiconductor element and a conductive portion; a first insulation and a second insulation opposed to each other, the circuit body being interposed between the first insulation and the second insulation; a first base and a second base opposed to each other, the circuit body, the first insulation, and the second insulation being interposed between the first base and the second base; a case having a first opening portion covered with the first base and a second opening portion covered with the second base; and a distance regulation portion provided in space between the first base and the second base, the distance regulation portion regulating a distance between the first base and the second base in contact with the first base and the second base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Hiromi SHIMAZU, Akihiro NAMBA, Akira MATSUSHITA, Hiroshi HOUZOUJI, Atsuo NISHIHARA, Toshiaki ISHII, Takashi HIRAO
  • Patent number: 10699917
    Abstract: An object is to provide the structure of an ECU enabling resin to be filled without deformation of an electronic circuit board. A resin-sealed vehicle-mounted control device includes: a circuit board; a base member housing the circuit board; and resin filled between the circuit board and the base member. The base member has: a base portion fixing the circuit board; and a side wall opposed to the side surface side of the circuit board. The resin is provided at least between the circuit board and the base portion. The side wall has an opening at any position on the side of the base portion from a position opposed to the side surface side of the electronic circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Maki Ito, Toshiaki Ishii, Yoshio Kawai, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Yujiro Kaneko, Takayuki Fukuzawa, Masahiko Asano
  • Patent number: 10601158
    Abstract: There is a problem that an oxide film or high resistance abrasion powder is formed at the contact interface due to micro sliding abrasion in a high temperature environment or temperature cycle to increase the contact resistance at the contact portion of a non-noble metal connection terminal. Provided is an in-vehicle electronic module, a connector, and a connection structure thereof, which have the same connection reliability as noble metals even when exposed to a harsh environment and can reduce cost of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Kajiwara, Toshiaki Ishii, Masaru Kamoshida
  • Publication number: 20200046284
    Abstract: A system (10) for evaluating a movement of a subject comprises: detection means (111, 112) for detecting a myoelectric signal indicating an activity of a muscle when a subject performs a movement intended to be a predetermined movement comprising a jaw movement, a tongue movement, or a throat movement; processing means (221) for outputting a processed myoelectric signal by applying predetermined processing on the detected myoelectric signal; and determination means (222) for determining a motion level in the predetermined movement of the subject, based on a pattern contained in the processed myoelectric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya SEKI, Toshiaki ISHII, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Fumiyo TAMURA, Takeshi KIKUTANI