Patents Assigned to Yazaki Corporation
  • Patent number: 11769963
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a wire with a terminal, the wire with a terminal including a wire, a metal terminal, and a sealing member obtained by curing an anti-corrosive material, the method using a manufacturing apparatus for the wire with a terminal including a transparent mold including a cavity portion, and a protruding portion that protrudes into the cavity portion, the method including an introducing step of placing, in the cavity portion, a non-sealed wire with a terminal before including the sealing member including the wire and the metal terminal, and introducing the anti-corrosive material into the cavity portion; and an irradiating step of irradiating the anti-corrosive material in the cavity portion with ultraviolet light through the transparent mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Mano, Kenji Osada
  • Patent number: 11769960
    Abstract: Included are terminal metal parts mounted on ends of electric wires, a housing housing the terminal metal parts at a housing completion position thereinside and to be inserted and fit into a counterpart fitting portion headed by a tip, a terminal locking member mounted on the housing from outside along a direction crossing an insertion direction of the housing to the counterpart fitting portion and locking the terminal metal parts as they are at the housing completion position at a mounting completion position with respect to the housing, and a front holder causing the housing to be inserted headed by the tip and locking the terminal locking member at the mounting completion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Satoki Masuda
  • Patent number: 11769934
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes: a case attached to a battery assembly including a plurality of single cells; a bus bar supported by the case and electrically connected to electrodes of the plurality of single cells of the battery assembly; and a plurality of electric wires routed in the case. The plurality of electric wires include: a plurality of voltage detection electric wires connected to the bus bar, and a temperature measurement electric wire connected to a thermistor configured to measure a temperature of at least one of the plurality of single cells. The case includes: an electric wire routing groove portion in which the plurality of voltage detection electric wires are routed, and a thermistor attachment portion to which the thermistor is attached. The thermistor attachment portion is provided in the electric wire routing groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaro Okazaki, Hiraku Tanaka, Shinsuke Azuma, Hiroyuki Kato, Shigeyuki Inoue, Takenori Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11764533
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electric wire with terminal includes a crimping step of crimping first and second fastening portions of a terminal to a conductor core wire and an insulating coating, while moving a crimping jig in a predetermined movement direction. The crimping jig includes first and second crimpers configured to crimp the first and second fastening portions, such that a width of the first fastening portion after crimping is larger than a width of the second fastening portion after crimping. The second crimper includes a fastening surface configured to fasten the second fastening portion at the time of crimping, a side surface facing the first crimper, and an inclined surface expanding in a width direction as approaching the first crimper so as to chamfer a boundary portion between the fastening surface and the side surface. The inclined surface faces an intermediate portion in the crimping step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Sato, Hiroya Kousaka
  • Patent number: 11764506
    Abstract: A connector pair includes a first connector, and a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The first connector includes a first electrical contact part provided with a graphene film on a metal base material. The second connector includes a second electrical contact part electrically connected to the first connector via the graphene film. A contact area between the first electrical contact part and the second electrical contact part is smaller than an area of the graphene film coating the metal base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Kubo, Kazuhiko Seki, Mitsuhiro Okada, Kazuto Hatakeyama, Kenji Koga, Tetsuo Shimizu, Nan Ye, Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11764492
    Abstract: A connection structure of a press-clamping terminal and a cable has: a cable that has a core wire and an insulation sheath that covers the core wire; a press-clamping terminal that is press-clamped to the core wire exposed from the insulation sheath at a terminal of the cable; and a cut portion that has a cross section formed in a semicircular shape and is formed in a press-clamping direction in the exposed core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Hideki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11756710
    Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing method includes: an insertion step of inserting a binding member into an insertion hole of a protective member including a base member forming a routing space, the insertion hole provided in the base member and into which the binding member is insertable, and a temporary holding part provided on an outer surface of the base member and capable of temporarily holding an end of the binding member in a state in which the binding member is inserted into the insertion hole; a temporary holding step of temporarily holding the end of the binding member; a routing step of routing an electric wire in the routing space; and a binding step of removing the end of the binding member from the temporary holding part, and binding the electric wire to the base member by the binding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11753532
    Abstract: A communication cable includes 51 to 85 parts by mass of a polyolefin resin, 15 to 49 parts by mass of a flexible resin, 10 to 80 parts by mass of a halogenated flame retardant per 100 parts by mass of a total of the polyolefin resin and the flexible resin, and at least one of titanium oxide or metal hydroxide, the resin composition having a permittivity of 2.5 to 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Kogo
  • Patent number: 11753571
    Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a resin composition including a silicone rubber, and thermally conductive fillers that are anisotropic, the thermally conductive fillers being dispersed in the silicone rubber. A content of the thermally conductive fillers in the resin composition is 52% by volume or more and 75% by volume or less. Major axes of the thermally conductive fillers are oriented in a thickness direction of the thermally conductive sheet, and a ratio of a peak intensity of a (002) plane to a peak intensity of a (100) plane in a spectrum measured from the thickness direction by an X-ray diffraction method is 0.31 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi Yamada, Kenji Osada, Kenichi Kusayanagi
  • Patent number: 11757159
    Abstract: The conductive module includes interterminal connection component groups for respective electrode terminal groups, and flexible wiring components for the respective interterminal connection component groups. Each of the flexible wiring components includes a transforming portion performing transformation into a temporary mounted form at the time when each of interterminal connection components is connected with electrode terminals and a formal mounted form after work of the connection. Each of the transforming portions is provided in part of the crossing portion on a subsidiary conductive portion side and/or in the subsidiary conductive portion, and displaces a portion between a main conductive portion side and the subsidiary conductive portion side between the temporary mounted form and the formal mounted form by the transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimitoshi Makino
  • Patent number: 11752868
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an instrument device for a vehicle which can reduce the costs and may also achieve a reduced weight. An instrument device for a vehicle includes a main board with an electronic component mounted thereto, the electronic component being independent from a design of a dial plate, and a sub-board with an electronic component mounted in a position corresponding to the design of the dial plate, wherein the main board and the sub-board are directly joined and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Masanobu Terao, Takao Kanai
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11745586
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: an optical system that makes display light emitted from an emission unit cross along an intersecting direction intersecting with an optical axis direction of the display light, and then reflects the display light on a display surface provided to a vehicle toward an eye point that is assumed in advance; a light-blocking wall provided to face an optical path of the display light and including a narrowing part that narrows the optical path toward a cross point of the display light along the intersecting direction; and a partial cutoff adjustment structure that partially cuts off a display image by the display light at a portion other than the narrowing part when the eye point moves along the intersecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11747188
    Abstract: A liquid-level-detector support made of metal includes a support body engaged with a thickness-direction first portion of the liquid level detector and a fixing portion provided in the support body configured to fix the liquid level detector to the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Hirose, Shintaro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11749986
    Abstract: An in-vehicle power supply system supplies electric power to a large electric power load and a small electric power load. The in-vehicle power supply system includes a first power supply unit to output electric power having a first voltage higher than a total power supply voltage required by the large and small electric power loads, zone management units to manage predetermined zones on the vehicle, a power supply trunk line unit connecting the first power supply unit and the zone management units and a step-down conversion unit disposed in a zone of one zone management unit of the zone management units and to convert the electric power having the first voltage into electric power having a second voltage lower than the first voltage. The power supply trunk line unit includes a high-voltage power supply line to distribute the electric power having the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kominato, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Patent number: 11745601
    Abstract: An auxiliary device system battery and a small electric power load are connected to a first power supply line, and power supply power stepped up by a DC/DC converter in a zone ECU is supplied to a second power supply line. A large electric power load and a capacitor are connected to the second power supply line, and when the large electric power load is driven, the capacitor is connected to supply necessary power supply power, and voltage fluctuation is prevented. When an ignition is OFF, a switch circuit is closed, a dark current is supplied from the capacitor, and electric charge is discharged to prevent deterioration. Alternatively, the auxiliary device system battery is connected to a second power supply line side, and a dark current is supplied to a first power supply line side when the ignition is OFF using a capacitor or a dedicated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kominato, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Patent number: 11746244
    Abstract: An anti-corrosive material contains an ultraviolet curable resin including a polymerizable compound including at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer or a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer. The anti-corrosive material has a viscosity of 18,900 mPa·s or less. The anti-corrosive material has an elongation rate of 60% or greater as a result of heating at 120° C. for 4,000 hours after curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Mano, Kenji Osada
  • Patent number: 11749912
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire in which a core wire including a plurality of strands is covered with a covering, and a terminal fitting attached to the electric wire. The terminal fitting includes a core wire connection body physically and electrically connected to the core wire. The core wire connection body has a bottom, a pair of cantilever side walls erected from the bottom and arranged facing each other with a space therebetween, and at least one set of paired pressure contact bodies arranged facing each other with a space therebetween between the pair of side walls so as to come into pressure contact with the strands in an outermost layer of the core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • 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: 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