Patents Assigned to Yazaki Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230278511
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric power source, a load configured to be supplied electric power from the electric power source, a relay provided between the electric power source and the load, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the relay to a conductive state based on a predetermined drive instruction. The processor is configured to acquire a value of current flowing through the relay and a value of voltage applied to the relay after a predetermined amount of time elapses following conduction of the relay based on the drive instruction. The processor is configured to transmit the value of the current and the value of the voltage that are acquired to an external of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gota MURAI, Yoku MURAYAMA, Mitsuaki MAEDA, Yasutaka HANAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230271567
    Abstract: In a wiring harness routing structure, a main link arm slidably supports a door body relative to a vehicle body, while rotationally moving relative to each of the vehicle body and the door body. A sub-link arm is provided on a lower side in a height direction of the main link arm, and slidably supports the door body relative to the vehicle body, together with the main link arm, while rotationally moving relative to each of the vehicle body and the door body. A routed line is routed and provided along the sub-link arm, and connects a vehicle-body-side connector and a door-side connector. In addition, the routed line is routed through a side closer to the main link arm of a first coupler that is provided in a sub-link mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Hikaru SANO, Seiichi SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230271573
    Abstract: Provided is a harness body that is a wiring component that electrically connects a first electrical connection target installed on a slide door and a second electrical connection target installed on a vehicle body, and is wired along a link mechanism that couples the slide door and the vehicle body and reciprocates the slide door in a sliding direction with respect to the vehicle body; and a harness temporary holding structure at least at one position capable of temporarily holding the harness body assembled to the link mechanism before the link mechanism is assembled to the slide door and the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Hikaru SANO, Seiichi SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230271571
    Abstract: A wiring harness routing structure includes at least a sub-link arm and a routed line. The sub-link arm includes one end that is rotatably coupled to a vehicle body by using a first coupler, and another end that is rotatably coupled to a door body by using a second coupler, and slidably supports the door body relative to the vehicle body, while rotationally moving relative to each of the vehicle body and the door body. A routed line is routed and provided along the sub-link arm, and connects a vehicle-body-side connector and a door-side connector. In addition, the routed line is routed through a lower side in a height direction of the first coupler that is coupled to the sub-link arm, in a state where the door body has slid to be fully opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Hikaru SANO, Seiichi SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230275416
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a first protector disposed in a fixed first link, a second protector disposed in a second link relatively rotatable with respect to the first link, a flexible tubular exterior member, and an electric wire inserted through each of the first protector, the second protector, and the exterior member and routed to the second link. A base of the second link is supported by the first link via a rotating shaft such that the second link is relatively rotatable with respect to the first link centering on the base, the first protector includes a first tubular section opened toward the rotating shaft, and a first end portion of the exterior member is fixed to the first tubular section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Hikaru Sano, Seiichi Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20230271575
    Abstract: A wire harness wiring structure includes at least a main link arm and a wire. The main link arm has one end rotatably connected to the vehicle body and a different end rotatably connected to the door main body, and slidably supports the door main body with respect to the vehicle body while relatively rotating with respect to the vehicle body and the door main body. The wire is wired along the main link arm, and connects a connection target on the vehicle body side and a connection target on the door main body side. Then, the main link arm includes a groove portion that is formed into a groove shape along an extending direction in which the main link arm extends, and can accommodate the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Hikaru SANO, Seiichi SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230271578
    Abstract: A harness body is guided to a fixed portion on a side of a slide door by a harness guide tool at an other end portion of a first arm member on a side of a vehicle body and includes a third routing portion having a fixing portion fixed to the fixed portion, a link mechanism includes a second arm member on the side of the slide door coupled to the other end portion of the first arm member via a second rotation shaft, and a harness guide tool guides a third routing portion toward the fixed portion positioned in a direction intersecting an operation plane of the link mechanism with respect to the harness guide tool itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Kogure, Hikaru Sano, Seiichi Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20230272662
    Abstract: An in-vehicle ventilation system includes a power window mechanism configured to open and close a window of a vehicle and a control unit configured to control the power window mechanism. The control unit is further configured to acquire a first environmental information representing an environment inside the vehicle and a second environmental information representing an environment outside the vehicle, automatically select, based on the first environmental information and the second environmental information, a specific ventilation adjustment mode suitable for at least one occupant of the vehicle out of a plurality of ventilation adjustment modes and control the power window mechanism according to the selected ventilation adjustment mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kazutaka KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230275451
    Abstract: A charger includes: a rectifier including input terminals, a cathode terminal and an anode terminal, wherein the input terminals are configured for connection to an AC power supply; a DC/DC converter including a first terminal, a second terminal and output terminals, the first terminal being configured to be connected to the cathode terminal of the rectifier, the second terminal being configured to be connected to the anode terminal of the rectifier, wherein the output terminals are configured for connection to a battery; and a power pulsation absorbing circuit including a first to third diodes, an inductor, a capacitor, a first switch and a second switch, wherein the DC/DC converter, the first and second switch are controlled to obtain a constant sum of a power outputted from the AC power supply and a power outputted from the capacitor during increasing a voltage outputted from the AC power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Taguchi, Ryo Gondo, Daisuke Maezaki, Yoshiya Ohnuma, Shunsuke Takuma, Shohei Komeda
  • Publication number: 20230268683
    Abstract: A connector assembly applied to a wire harness includes a connector and a connector cover that is attached to the connector. Furthermore, the connector cover includes: a wall part that forms a connector housing space part for housing an end part of the connector and a locking release part, and a routing space part which is positioned adjacent to the connector housing space part and in which a wiring material is routed; a hole part that is formed in the wall part, while being positioned adjacent to the locking release part and communicating inside and outside of the connector housing space part in a state of being attached to the connector; and a restriction part that is formed in the wall part and blocks the hole part from the routing space part in a state of being attached to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro URASHIMA, Hiroyasu FURUYA, Yu SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230261449
    Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire, an exterior member, and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire and the exterior member are routed along an axial direction, a lid portion attached to the protector main body to close the routing space portion, and a plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions protruding from the lid portion toward the protector main body and locking the exterior member, and height positions of distal ends of the plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions varies according to a formation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Kosuke TOMOSADA, Kyosuke OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230256922
    Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a leaf spring member; an exterior member; and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire and the leaf spring member led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire, the leaf spring member, and the exterior member are routed along an axial direction, a lid portion attached to the protector main body to close the routing space portion, a protrusion portion protruding from the protector main body toward the lid portion and sandwiching a part of the electric wire between the protrusion portion and a second fitting stand portion of the lid portion, and a plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions locking the exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto KOGURE, Kyosuke OKUDA
  • Patent number: 11688983
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars each having a through hole into which an electrode terminal of an electrode terminal group arranged in a line on a battery module formed of a plurality of battery cells is inserted, the bus bars being arranged along an arranging direction of the electrode terminal in the electrode terminal group, and a flat cable including a conductor part electrically connected to the bus bars, and an insulating holding part for holding the bus bars. The bus bar includes a holding body to be fitted to the flat cable. The holding part has a holding hole for each of the bus bars that allows a relative movement of the bus bar with respect to the flat cable in the arranging direction, by allowing a relative movement of the inserted holding body in the arranging direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Sato, Yutaro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11682503
    Abstract: A connector for device is configured to be attached to a device housing including a hole and configured to hold an electric wire inserted into the hole, and the connector for device includes a tube-shaped housing into which the electric wire is inserted and which is configured to be inserted into one end of the hole of the device housing, and a front holder configured to be engaged with one end of the tube-shaped housing, wherein the front holder includes an electric wire holding portion to which the electric wire is held, and a locking portion that is continuous with the electric wire holding portion and configured to be engaged with the tube-shaped housing, and wherein the electric wire holding portion is positioned inside the tube-shaped housing in a state where the locking portion is engaged with the tube-shaped housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoshima, Takeo Ida
  • Patent number: 11682500
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrathin low-voltage electric wire for an automobile that includes a conductor part and an insulating layer covering the outer periphery of the conductor part, wherein the insulating layer includes a resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a vinyl chloride resin, 29 to 31 parts by mass of a trimellitic acid-based ester plasticizer, 0.3 to 1.0 parts by mass of a processing aid, and 7 to 11 parts by mass of a thermal stabilizer, the conductor part has a cross-sectional area of 0.13±0.02 mm2, and the insulating layer has a thickness of 0.16 to 0.25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Nishi
  • Patent number: 11679815
    Abstract: A liquid discharge structure includes a bottom wall to be disposed tilted relative to a horizontal plane at a casing which is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a lateral wall arranged vertically at a lower end edge of the bottom wall, wherein the lower end edge is configured to be located on a lower side of the bottom wall being tilted, wherein the lateral wall has a discharge opening for liquid located at an end of the lateral wall closer to the bottom wall, a tubular rib wall projecting at least inwardly within the casing from the lateral wall so as to surround the discharge opening, and a partitioning rib wall which is arranged vertically on an inner surface of the bottom wall at a position closer to the lateral wall so that the partitioning rib wall extends intersecting a center axis of the tubular rib wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Yusuke Nagai, Makoto Goto
  • Publication number: 20230184412
    Abstract: A lighting device includes: a case made from a material allowing light to penetrate therethrough and having a cylinder shape with a closed bottom; a substrate including a light emitter configured to emit light; and a cover made from a rigid material, press-fitted and installed in the substrate so as to cover the light emitter, and installed inside the case together with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro HORI, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Masahiro SAWAYANAGI
  • Patent number: 11677177
    Abstract: A waterproof connector includes a housing having a fitting portion to be fitted into a mounting hole of a mating member. A packing mounting surface is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion. The waterproof connector further includes a first packing mounted on a rear end side of the packing mounting surface in a fitting direction of the fitting portion, a second packing mounted on a front end side of the packing mounting surface in the fitting direction of the fitting portion, and a retainer provided between the first packing and the second packing and locked to a locking portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Aoshima
  • Patent number: 11674982
    Abstract: A voltage detection unit includes a voltage detection terminal, a housing including a terminal accommodating concave and a cover to be attached to the housing and to cover the voltage detection terminal accommodated in the terminal accommodating concave. The cover includes an extension piece extending in a first direction. The housing includes an accommodating hole to accommodate the extension piece, and a guide portion including an inclined surface and a guide surface. The inclined surface has a first end in the first direction and a second end and is inclined with respect to the first direction such that the first end is provided closer to the accommodating hole than the second end in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and being parallel to the housing. The guide surface is continuous with the inclined surface and an inner wall surface of the accommodating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Morioka, Motoyoshi Okumura, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Yutaro Okazaki, Shinichi Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 11677167
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes an electric wire including a core wire and a cover covering the core wire, and a terminal to be attached to the electric wire. The terminal includes a placement portion onto which the electric wire is placed, a pair of core wire crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the core wire, and a pair of cover crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the cover. In a state where the pair of cover crimp pieces is crimped to the cover, the pair of cover crimp pieces includes a recessed portion positioned at an intermediate position in an electric wire extending direction in which the electric wire extends, and a pair of inclined portions continuous with both ends of the recessed portion and inclined radially outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya Kousaka, Kei Sato