Patents Assigned to Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9549491
    Abstract: A conductive clip according to an aspect of the present invention includes a base portion and plural grip pieces. The plural grip pieces is configured to be able to grip a plate-like portion that is a part of a shield case. The grip piece includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a convex portion. In at least one press-contacted with the one surface of the plate-like portion and at least one press-contacted with the other surface of the plate-like portion among the plural grip pieces, the first portions and the second portions are provided to face each other with the position of the plate-like portion interposed therebetween, and the third portions are provided at positions where parts of distal end portions of the third portions in the extension direction do not overlap with each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the plate-like portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kurita
  • Publication number: 20170012593
    Abstract: An object is to provide an output-noise reduction device that can prevent noise from an electronic device accommodated in a metal casing from being transmitted due to electromagnetic coupling. An output voltage is extracted to the outside through a conducting bar. A magnetic body core includes a through hole through which the conducting bar is inserted. A chip capacitor is mounted on a mounting board and connects between the output terminal VO and ground potential. A section from the output terminal VO to at least part of the chip capacitor mounted on the mounting board is isolated from the electromagnetic coupling from the electronic device. Thus, noise is prevented from being transmitted to the output terminal VO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu TANIMIZU, Kazushige UENO, Katsuyuki MORITA, Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170012592
    Abstract: An object is to provide an output-noise reduction device in which a component encapsulated through insert molding can be appropriately protected. In a noise filter module (output-noise reduction device), a conducting bar and a magnetic body core are protected with a molded member formed through insert molding. The molded member is formed of a resin material with a molding shrinkage rate of 0.5% or less. Thus, the amount of shrinkage after the molded member is molded and stress as a result of the shrinkage can be made small, whereby damage on the magnetic body core, deformation of a lead frame, and the like can be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu TANIMIZU, Kazushige UENO, Katsuyuki MORITA
  • Patent number: 9510452
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding member comprises: a shielding portion, including a metal material, for sealing an electronic component on an electronic circuit board, between the shielding portion itself and the electronic circuit board; a dielectric portion between a conductive portion of the electronic component, and the shielding portion, the dielectric portion including a dielectric material having a relative permittivity of 6 or more; and a laminated portion around the electronic component, the laminated portion being a laminate of the shielding portion and the dielectric portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Yumi
  • Patent number: 9508489
    Abstract: A capacitor holder includes: a cylindrical portion made of a resin having a cylindrical shape and externally fitted to a capacitor; a pair of protrusions formed integrally with the cylindrical portion, the protrusions protruding in an outward direction of the cylindrical portion from positions opposed to each other with respect to an axis of the cylindrical portion; and a pair of metal pins protruding along the axis from axial end surfaces of the paired protrusions, the metal pins configured to solder the cylindrical portion and the protrusions to a printed circuit board. In the capacitor holder, a distance between the axis and outer circumferences of the protrusions is less than 0.76 times of an inner diameter of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160322152
    Abstract: A magnetic core that includes split magnetic cores provided with a plurality of gaps therebetween. The magnetic core is capable of suppressing the influence of a position shift of the split magnetic cores on magnetic characteristics. A first end face of a first split magnetic core faces a third end face of a second split magnetic core, with a first gap provided therebetween in a left-right direction. Further, a second end face of the first split magnetic core faces a fourth end face of a third split magnetic core, with a second gap provided therebetween in the left-right direction. The first to fourth end faces have a mutually parallel relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 9472903
    Abstract: A grip member in one aspect of the present invention comprises a base portion and one or more pairs of grip portions. Of one and the other of the pair of grip portions, the one grip portion comprises a first spring portion and a second spring portion. The other grip portion comprises a third spring portion and a fourth spring portion. The second and fourth spring portions can grip the shield case by holding the shield case therebetween. The second and fourth spring portions are in contact with the shield case at different positions in regard to at least a direction orthogonal to the joint surface when the second and fourth spring portions grip the shield case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kurita
  • Patent number: 9455389
    Abstract: In a thermoelectric conversion module, each of a p-type element and an n-type element is configured by aligning a plurality of particles in series and connecting the particles to each other. Around a connection part in which the particles are connected to each other, a protrusion is protruded. The protrusion has a shape of continuously extending around the entire periphery of the connection part. The protrusion may be partly interrupted, but in such a case, a circumferential length of one interrupted portion is less than one half of the periphery of the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Yumi, Hiroki Kitano, Kenta Takagi, Kimihiro Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9370131
    Abstract: A surface mount clip includes: a bottom portion having a flat surface; clip spring portions which extend from parts of the bottom portion and are provided in a standing manner, in a pair facing each other so as to form a gap therebetween, and which are configured to clip a plate material inserted into the gap by a resilient repulsive force; and a bottom spring portion which is formed by cutting and raising a part of the bottom portion or the clip spring portions, and which has an upper surface to be pressed by a lower end of the plate material inserted between the pair of the clip spring portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Konda
  • Publication number: 20160148745
    Abstract: One end of a bus bar for leading an output voltage output from a switching power supply to the outside is a connection terminal connected to an output end associated with the switching power supply, while the other end is an output terminal VO. A ferrite core has a through-hole through which the bus bar is disposed. Electromagnetic coupling from the switching power supply is suppressed between the output terminal VO of the bus bar and at least a part of the ferrite core on the output terminal VO side along the bus bar. In this way, electromagnetic coupling of a part of a choke coil including the ferrite core with the bus bar penetrating therethrough on the output terminal VO side and the switching power supply is suppressed, whereby propagation of noise to the output terminal VO is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu TANIMIZU, Kazushige UENO, Katsuyuki MORITA, Teruaki YUOKA
  • Publication number: 20160135310
    Abstract: A holder for a noise current absorber of one aspect of the disclosure includes: a pair of accommodating units, the accommodating units including respective recesses, each recess being capable of accommodating each of a pair of magnetic bodies, the magnetic bodies exhibiting a cylindrical shape or an annular shape when abutting surfaces of the respective magnetic bodies abut against each other, and the pair of magnetic bodies exhibiting a cylindrical shape or an annular shape in a closed condition; at least a pair of engaging portion and an engaged portion provided on each of the pair of accommodating units, the engaging portion and the engaged portion engaging with each other while elastically deforming in the closed condition; and a pair of metal springs provided in the respective recesses, the pair of metal springs urging each magnetic body in a direction toward each abutting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HIDEHARU KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20160126653
    Abstract: A contact member according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a thin plate member having spring characteristics and electrical conductivity. The thin plate member comprises: a joint portion having a joint surface to be joined to a first member; a contact portion contactable with a second member; and a connecting portion having a length component in a direction intersecting the joint surface, and having a first end continuous to the joint portion and a second end continuous to the contact portion. The connecting portion comprises a narrow portion having a smaller dimension in a width direction than a dimension around the narrow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TOMOHISA KURITA, HIDEO YUMI
  • Patent number: 9331657
    Abstract: A bus bar device with a noise filter includes a magnetic body, a bus bar and first to third capacitors. The bus bar has input and output ends and extends through the magnetic body. The capacitors are disposed on an electrical path between the bus bar and a ground conductor surface. The first capacitor is located at the input end side of the bus bar and the second and third capacitors are located at the output end side. The first capacitor has one end connected to the bus bar and the other end connected to the ground conductor surface in one of two regions divided by the bus bar. Each one of the second and third capacitors has one end connected to the bus bar and the other end connected to the ground conductor surface in the same region as the first capacitor or in the other region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20160099525
    Abstract: A grip member in one aspect of the present invention comprises a base portion and one or more pairs of grip portions. Of one and the other of the pair of grip portions, the one grip portion comprises a first spring portion and a second spring portion. The other grip portion comprises a third spring portion and a fourth spring portion. The second and fourth spring portions can grip the shield case by holding the shield case therebetween. The second and fourth spring portions are in contact with the shield case at different positions in regard to at least a direction orthogonal to the joint surface when the second and fourth spring portions grip the shield case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TOMOHISA KURITA
  • Patent number: 9301398
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film 1 includes: a substrate film 11 composed of a transparent resin; a high refractive index coat layer 12 formed on a surface of the substrate film 11, and having an optical refractive index higher than that of the substrate film 11; a low refractive index coat layer 13 formed on a surface of the high refractive index coat layer 12, and having an optical refractive index lower than that of the high refractive index coat layer 12; a moisture-proof underlying layer 14 formed on a surface of the low refractive index coat layer 13 and composed of silicon oxide; and a transparent wiring layer 15 patterned on a surface of the underlying layer 14 and composed of crystalline ITO having an optical refractive index higher than the underlying layer 14. The crystallite size of ITO in the transparent wiring layer 15 is 9 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Ken Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160081236
    Abstract: A conductive clip according to an aspect of the present invention includes a base portion and plural grip pieces. The plural grip pieces is configured to be able to grip a plate-like portion that is a part of a shield case. The grip piece includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a convex portion. In at least one press-contacted with the one surface of the plate-like portion and at least one press-contacted with the other surface of the plate-like portion among the plural grip pieces, the first portions and the second portions are provided to face each other with the position of the plate-like portion interposed therebetween, and the third portions are provided at positions where parts of distal end portions of the third portions in the extension direction do not overlap with each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the plate-like portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohisa KURITA
  • Patent number: 9281591
    Abstract: A contact member has a first flat-plate portion, a pair of leg portions, a second flat-plate portion, and a projection portion. The pair of leg portions extends from opposite ends of the first flat-plate portion along a first orientation in a direction intersecting with the first flat-plate portion. The second flat-plate portion is connected to a projecting end of the leg portion. The projection portion extends from an end of the first flat-plate portion on a first direction side of a second orientation, which intersects with the first orientation, to the same direction as the direction where the leg portion extends. The projection portion is bent in a second direction of the second orientation to pass through the space between the pair of leg portions, thereby projecting in the second direction of the second orientation. The projection portion is provided with a protruding portion that expands along the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kurita
  • Patent number: 9276390
    Abstract: In a bus bar assembly includes a magnetic body having at least a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole and a bus bar. The bus bar is configured so that directions of electrical current flowing through it are opposed to each other at least once. The magnetic body includes a middle leg in the middle region located between portions of the bus bar. At least the middle leg defines a gap rendering a magnetic field discontinuous. The bus bar is configured to extend through the first insertion hole of the magnetic body from a first side of the magnetic body to a second side opposed to the first side with respect to an extending direction of the bus bar and further through the second insertion hole from the second side to the first side. The middle leg is located between the first and second insertion holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Tanimizu, Hideharu Kawai, Kazushige Ueno, Toshio Sakamoto, Keisuke Asoh
  • Patent number: 9273205
    Abstract: A vibration damping material according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a composition as a main component, the composition being prepared by mixing based on 100 parts by weight of acrylic rubber, at least, in an external ratio, 0.01 to 15 parts by weight of organic peroxide that can crosslink between epoxy-based crosslinking points with each other, 25 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black having a mean particle diameter of 22 to 45 nm, and 15 to 35 parts by weight of carbon black having a mean particle diameter of 70 to 85 nm; and crosslinking crosslinking points in the acrylic rubber with each other through the organic peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruaki Yuoka, Takashi Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20160001944
    Abstract: A securing mechanism comprises a supporting column, an elastic piece, and a plurality of locking pieces. When the supporting column is inserted into a hole, at least one of the plurality of locking pieces is caught by or brought into pressure-contact with an outlet-side peripheral portion of the hole or an inner circumferential portion of the hole. The plurality of locking pieces form a plurality of arrays extending in a projection direction of the supporting column. The locking pieces included in each array of the plurality of arrays are aligned spaced apart from one another in the projection direction of the supporting column. The plurality of arrays comprise a first array and a second array; positions of the locking pieces in the first array are displaced from positions of the corresponding locking pieces in the second array in the projection direction of the supporting column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi AOYAMA