Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Shiotani
Yoshihiro Shiotani 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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Publication number: 20240067109Abstract: A rotary connector apparatus includes a stator, a rotator, and an adjustment structure. The stator is configured to be attached to a vehicle body. The rotator is provided rotatably about a rotation axis with respect to the stator. The stator and the rotator define a cable housing space provided to surround the rotation axis. The adjustment structure is configured to allow the rotation axis to move with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the stator is attached to the vehicle body. The adjustment structure includes a coupling structure configured to couple the stator to the vehicle body. The coupling structure supports the stator movably with respect to the vehicle body to change an angle of the rotation axis with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the coupling structure couples the stator to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Masahiro ZARUHATA, Yoshihiro SHIOTANI, Yoji TAJIRI, Yoshiyuki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11431139Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, a connector, and an electrode. The connector is coupled to the fixed body and includes a second space and a cable cutting member in the second space which is in communication with the first space. The electrode is provided in the second space of the connector. An exposed conductor portion provided at one end of a cable is connected to the electrode. The cable extends from the second space to the first space. The other end of the cable is connected to the rotation body. The cable cutting member is configured to cut the cable before the exposed conductor portion connected to the electrode of the connector is disconnected when the cable is pulled due to rotation of the rotation body.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoshihiro Shiotani, Yoji Tajiri, Hayato Arakawa
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Patent number: 11394162Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, and a connector. The rotation body is rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the fixed body. The rotation body is assembled to the fixed body in a manner to form a first space between the rotation body and the fixed body. The connector includes a second space. The connector includes a first opening and a second opening. One end of a first cable is connected to a first electrode provided in the second space. One end of a second cable is connected to a second electrode provided in the second space. The first cable passes through the first opening. The other end of the first cable is connected to the rotation body. The second cable passes through the second opening. The other end of the second cable is connected to the rotation body.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoshihiro Shiotani, Yoji Tajiri, Hayato Arakawa
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Patent number: 11394161Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, a connector, and an electrode. The connector is coupled to the fixed body and includes a second space and a cable cutting member in the second space which is in communication with the first space. The electrode is provided in the second space of the connector. An exposed conductor portion provided at one end of a cable is connected to the electrode. The cable extends from the second space to the first space. The other end of the cable is connected to the rotation body. The cable cutting member is configured to cut the cable before the exposed conductor portion connected to the electrode of the connector is disconnected when the cable is pulled due to rotation of the rotation body.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoshihiro Shiotani, Yoji Tajiri, Hayato Arakawa
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Publication number: 20220181830Abstract: A flat cable assembly for a rotary connector device includes a first lead block, a first flat cable, and a second flat cable. The first lead block includes a first lead block body and a first conductor that includes a first exposure surface exposed from the first lead block body and is attached to the first lead block body. The first flat cable includes a first cable end portion connected to the first exposure surface so as to extend from the first exposure surface in a first direction. The second flat cable includes a second cable end portion connected to the first exposure surface so as to extend from the first exposure surface in a second direction, which is different from the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoji TAJIRI, Yoshihiro SHIOTANI, Hirofumi UTSUNOMIYA
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Publication number: 20210218208Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, a connector, and an electrode. The connector is coupled to the fixed body and includes a second space and a cable cutting member in the second space which is in communication with the first space. The electrode is provided in the second space of the connector. An exposed conductor portion provided at one end of a cable is connected to the electrode. The cable extends from the second space to the first space. The other end of the cable is connected to the rotation body. The cable cutting member is configured to cut the cable before the exposed conductor portion connected to the electrode of the connector is disconnected when the cable is pulled due to rotation of the rotation body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoshihiro SHIOTANI, Yoji TAJIRI, Hayato ARAKAWA
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Publication number: 20210218209Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, and a connector. The rotation body is rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the fixed body. The rotation body is assembled to the fixed body in a manner to form a first space between the rotation body and the fixed body. The connector includes a second space. The connector includes a first opening and a second opening. One end of a first cable is connected to a first electrode provided in the second space. One end of a second cable is connected to a second electrode provided in the second space. The first cable passes through the first opening. The other end of the first cable is connected to the rotation body. The second cable passes through the second opening. The other end of the second cable is connected to the rotation body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Yoshihiro SHIOTANI, Yoji TAJIRI, Hayato ARAKAWA
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Patent number: 9242658Abstract: A brake device includes: a braking element which comes into contact with a disc rotating with a wheel and imparts a frictional force to brake the wheel; a pressing piston which presses the disc with the braking element; a pressing part which presses the pressing piston toward the braking element; a driving shaft which moves the pressing piston to a side to which the pressing piston retracts from the braking element; an electric motor which rotates the driving shaft about an axis thereof; a releasing mechanism which rotates the driving shaft to the side to which the pressing piston retracts from the braking element; a switching mechanism which switches between connection and separation of the releasing mechanism and the driving shaft; and a stopper mechanism which restricts rotation of the driving shaft to a side to which the pressing piston advances toward the braking element.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kohei Iida, Yoshihiro Shiotani