Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Ito

Yoshitaka Ito 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: 11169220
    Abstract: A deterioration degree diagnosis device includes a measurement unit and a diagnosis unit. The measurement unit measures an impedance related to a contact resistance of an electrical connection portion by measuring an AC voltage between metal members and an AC current flowing between the metal members in a state where an AC signal of a predetermined frequency is applied to an electric circuit that connects two metal members in contact via the electrical connection portion. The diagnosis unit diagnoses a deterioration degree of the electrical connection portion based on a reactance component value in the impedance measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Toyoizumi, Yoshitaka Ito, Takaya Kondo, Yasuhiro Fukuyama, Nobuhisa Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10982345
    Abstract: After drying the surface of a tin plating layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 3 ?m which is formed on a base material of copper or a copper alloy by electroplating at a current density of 5 to 13 A/dm2 in a tin plating solution consisting of water, tin sulfate, sulfuric acid and a surfactant, the surface of the tin plating layer is heated to melt tin, and then, cooled to cause a layer of the tin plating layer on the side of the outermost surface to be a tin layer, which has a structure obtained by solidification after melting, while causing a layer of the tin plating layer between the tin layer and the base material to be a copper-tin alloy layer, to produce a tin-plated product wherein a tin layer, which has a structure obtained by solidification after melting, is formed on a copper-tin alloy layer formed on a base material of copper or a copper alloy and wherein the tin-plated product has a glossiness of 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd., Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kotani, Hiroto Narieda, Akira Sugawara, Yuta Sonoda, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Publication number: 20200225300
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a refrigerating machine, a cold head, a superconductor which is formed in a cylindrical shape, a cold head extension portion which extends from the cold head and is brought into thermal contact with the superconductor at its extended end; and a vacuum heat insulating container having an internal space in which the cold head, the cold head extension portion, and the superconductor are received. The superconductor has a room temperature bore space, which is formed on its inner peripheral side along an axial direction of the superconductor, and is spatially isolated from the internal space of the vacuum heat insulating container. The room temperature bore space has both ends communicating to an outside of the magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Yanagi, Yoshitaka Ito, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroaki Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20200130614
    Abstract: A deterioration regeneration system includes a pre-post regeneration determination part configured to determine whether or not to execute, with respect to an electric contact to which an electrical or mechanical first external action is applied during an operation of a later-stage device, a deterioration regeneration process of regenerating a connection performance that has been deteriorated due to an increase in a contact resistance of the electric contact, and a deterioration regeneration part configured to execute a process of removing a foreign object present at the electric contact by applying a second external action to the electric contact, as the deterioration regeneration process, according to the determined result from the pre-post regeneration determination part, the second external action being of the same kind as the first external action and larger than the first external action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Toyoizumi, Kenzo Tanaka, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10557204
    Abstract: A plated material includes a base metal made from Cu or an alloy containing Cu as a main raw material, an underlayer made from Ni formed on the base metal, and an Ag plated layer formed on the underlayer. A thickness of the underlayer is 0.1 ?m to 1.0 ?m. A thickness of the Ag plated layer is 1.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Ito
  • Publication number: 20200003814
    Abstract: A deterioration degree diagnosis device includes a measurement unit and a diagnosis unit. The measurement unit measures an impedance related to a contact resistance of an electrical connection portion by measuring an AC voltage between metal members and an AC current flowing between the metal members in a state where an AC signal of a predetermined frequency is applied to an electric circuit that connects two metal members in contact via the electrical connection portion. The diagnosis unit diagnoses a deterioration degree of the electrical connection portion based on a reactance component value in the impedance measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun TOYOIZUMI, Yoshitaka ITO, Takaya KONDO, Yasuhiro FUKUYAMA, Nobuhisa KANEKO
  • Patent number: 10446943
    Abstract: A crimping terminal comprises: a conductor crimping portion including a bottom plate and a pair of conductor crimping tabs, the conductor crimping tabs being extending from both sides of the bottom plate in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the crimping terminal and being configured to crimp a conductor of an electrical cable so as to wrap the conductor, the conductor being formed by a bundle of wires and serving as a crimping subject disposed on the bottom plate along the lengthwise direction, the inner surface of the conductor crimping portion being provided with serrations including a plurality of uniformly cylindrical recesses with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the wire of the conductor, and wherein, in the plurality of recesses, the adjacent recesses deviated from each other in the widthwise direction of the crimping terminal partly overlap each other when seen from the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya Kondou, Masanori Onuma, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Publication number: 20190267740
    Abstract: A housing (10) includes a plurality of cavities (16) arranged side by side, guiding grooves (18) along separation walls (17) between adjacent ones of the cavities (16), and movable locks (24) formed in front of and continuous with the separation walls (17). A terminal fitting (80) includes a stabilizer (87) to be inserted into the guiding groove (18). A retainer (50) is mounted into the housing (10). The retainer (50) includes pressing portions (59) arranged side by side with the separation walls (17) and the movable locking s (24) in a front-rear direction and configured to press and displace the movable locking portions (24) toward the guiding grooves (18) so that the movable locking portions (24) are lockable to the stabilizers (87).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Ito
  • Publication number: 20190136398
    Abstract: After drying the surface of a tin plating layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 3 ?m which is formed on a base material of copper or a copper alloy by electroplating at a current density of 5 to 13 A/dm2 in a tin plating solution consisting of water, tin sulfate, sulfuric acid and a surfactant, the surface of the tin plating layer is heated to melt tin, and then, cooled to cause a layer of the tin plating layer on the side of the outermost surface to be a tin layer, which has a structure obtained by solidification after melting, while causing a layer of the tin plating layer between the tin layer and the base material to be a copper-tin alloy layer, to produce a tin-plated product wherein a tin layer, which has a structure obtained by solidification after melting, is formed on a copper-tin alloy layer formed on a base material of copper or a copper alloy and wherein the tin-plated product has a glossiness of 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD., Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kotani, Hiroto Narieda, Akira Sugawara, Yuta Sonoda, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10232299
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb substrate having a porous partition wall that defines a plurality of cells that extend from an inlet end face as an inlet side for a fluid to an outlet end face as an outlet side for the fluid, and a porous circumferential wall that is monolithically formed with the partition wall, and a coat layer that is disposed on at least a part of the outer surface of the circumferential wall. Here, a part of the coat layer penetrates into the pores of the circumferential wall, and a thickness of the part of the coat layer that penetrates into the pores of the circumferential wall is from 1 to 90% of the thickness of the circumferential wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Hajime Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10056708
    Abstract: A first contact part in which three or more first indent parts are projectingly provided on the same circumference and a second contact part in which one second indent part is projectingly provided, in a terminal insertion process, the first indent part of the first contact part slides on the second contact part and the second indent part of the second contact part slides on the first contact part, and at a terminal insertion completion position, the second indent part intrudes into a position surrounded by the three or more first indent parts and outer circumference surfaces of the first indent parts come into contact with outer circumference surfaces of the second indent part, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Onuma, Ryo Fujikawa, Takahiro Yudate, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 9871311
    Abstract: A contact connection structure includes: a first contact portion including an indent portion spherically protruding, the first contact portion including a plating layer formed on a surface of the first contact portion; and a second contact portion including a plating layer formed on a surface of the second contact portion. The indent portion of the first contact portion is slidable on a contact surface of the second contact portion. The indent portion of the first contact portion at a terminal insertion completed position is in contact with the second contact portion. The contact surface of the second contact portion includes an oxide-film shaving portion having an annular arc portion curved along a circumference portion of the indent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Fukui, Yoshitaka Ito, Takaya Kondou, Takahiro Matsuo, Kenzo Tanaka, Takahiro Yudate, Masanori Onuma
  • Publication number: 20170314135
    Abstract: A plated material includes a base metal made from Cu or an alloy containing Cu as a main raw material, an underlayer made from Ni formed on the base metal, and an Ag plated layer formed on the underlayer. A thickness of the underlayer is 0.1 ?m to 1.0 ?m. A thickness of the Ag plated layer is 1.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka ITO
  • Patent number: 9640890
    Abstract: There are provided: a female terminal having a cylindrical base portion and a plurality of elastic contact pieces protruding from a plurality of locations of the base portion in a circumferential direction and being elastically deformable; and a male terminal having a tab portion whose outer peripheral surface is formed as a circumferential surface, a radius of curvature of an inner surface of each of the elastic contact pieces is formed larger than a radius of the tab portion, and when the tab portion is inserted into an insertion space surrounded by the plurality of elastic contact pieces, each of the elastic contact pieces is elastically deformed to an outer side, and the tab portion and each of the elastic contact pieces come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 9614298
    Abstract: A crimp terminal is provided with a core wire crimping part having a bottom part and a caulking piece part that extends from a side of the bottom part. The core wire crimping part crimps a core wire composed of a plurality of strands of an electric wire. A number of triangular serrations are provided on a face of the core wire crimping part to which the core wire is crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya Kondou, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 9564262
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetic field generating device includes: a superconductor including an outer superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and generating a trapped magnetic field, and an inner superconductor formed with a high temperature superconducting material in a cylindrical shape and coaxially disposed with the outer superconductor on the inner circumferential side; and a cooling device cooling the outer and inner superconductors to a temperature equal to or lower than the superconducting transition temperature, wherein the inner superconductor is formed so that a ratio (Jc?1/Jcz1) of a critical current density (Jc?1) of the inner superconductor in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz1) of the inner superconductor in the axial direction is closer to 1 than a ratio (Jc?2/Jcz2) of the critical current density (Jc?2) in the circumferential direction to a critical current density (Jcz2) of the outer superconductor of the outer s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Yousuke Yanagi, Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20170033487
    Abstract: A first contact part in which three or more first indent parts are projectingly provided on the same circumference and a second contact part in which one second indent part is projectingly provided, in a terminal insertion process, the first indent part of the first contact part slides on the second contact part and the second indent part of the second contact part slides on the first contact part, and at a terminal insertion completion position, the second indent part intrudes into a position surrounded by the three or more first indent parts and outer circumference surfaces of the first indent parts come into contact with outer circumference surfaces of the second indent part, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori ONUMA, Ryo FUJIKAWA, Takahiro YUDATE, Yoshitaka ITO
  • Publication number: 20170033485
    Abstract: A contact connection structure includes: a first contact portion including an indent portion spherically protruding, the first contact portion including a plating layer formed on a surface of the first contact portion; and a second contact portion including a plating layer formed on a surface of the second contact portion. The indent portion of the first contact portion is slidable on a contact surface of the second contact portion. The indent portion of the first contact portion at a terminal insertion completed position is in contact with the second contact portion. The contact surface of the second contact portion includes an oxide-film shaving portion having an annular arc portion curved along a circumference portion of the indent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki FUKUI, Yoshitaka ITO, Takaya KONDOU, Takahiro MATSUO, Kenzo TANAKA, Takahiro YUDATE, Masanori ONUMA
  • Publication number: 20160372852
    Abstract: There are provided: a female terminal having a cylindrical base portion and a plurality of elastic contact pieces protruding from a plurality of locations of the base portion in a circumferential direction and being elastically deformable; and a male terminal having a tab portion whose outer peripheral surface is formed as a circumferential surface, a radius of curvature of an inner surface of each of the elastic contact pieces is formed larger than a radius of the tab portion, and when the tab portion is inserted into an insertion space surrounded by the plurality of elastic contact pieces, each of the elastic contact pieces is elastically deformed to an outer side, and the tab portion and each of the elastic contact pieces come into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka ITO
  • Publication number: 20160344126
    Abstract: A fixed contact on which a moving contact slides includes a base material and a plating layer (tin: Sn etc.) for covering the base material. The base material is formed by a plate material of copper, aluminum alloy, stainless steel, or the like, that has a higher electric resistivity than the plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ITO, Takaya KONDOU