Patents by Inventor Akinori Nakashima

Akinori Nakashima 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: 12224517
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a frame body, a rescue terminal portion formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a plan view and including a longitudinal side face, two lateral side faces connected to the longitudinal side face, and an upper face, a resin cover configured to cover the longitudinal side face, the two lateral side faces and the upper face. The resin cover includes a rotary shaft extending along the longitudinal side face and provided on a side where the longitudinal side face is provided and on a base end portion of the rescue terminal portion opposite to the upper face, the resin cover being configured to rotate with respect to the frame body about the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Hiroki Goto, Takao Nogaki
  • Publication number: 20240381578
    Abstract: A power-supply box for a vehicle includes a circuit board on which a part is mounted, and a heatsink that is thermally contacted with the part on the circuit board to radiate the heat of the part. The part produces heat when a power supply output is supplied to the part. The heatsink is made of resin and a metal plating layer is formed on a surface of the heatsink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuomi Kiyosue, Akinori Nakashima, Dai Arani
  • Patent number: 12132301
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a case body having a plurality of connector portions, a power supply side circuit board accommodated in the case body and a spare connector mounting portion provided in an upper portion of the case body and configured such that a spare connector is attached to and detached from the spare connector mounting portion. The spare connector includes a fuse configured to electrically connect the power supply side circuit board to a device side terminal connected to an end of an electric wire configured to be electrically connected to an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Hiroki Goto, Takao Nogaki
  • Patent number: 12057687
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a case body having a plurality of connector portions, a power supply side circuit board accommodated in the case body and a general-purpose connector mounting unit provided in the case body and configured such that a plurality of types of connectors are selectively attached to and detached from the general-purpose connector mounting unit. The general-purpose connector mourning unit is configured such that a power supply side terminal of the plurality of types of connectors is electrically connected to a terminal connection portion of the power supply side circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Hiroki Goto, Takao Nogaki
  • Patent number: 11979012
    Abstract: There are provided an electric connection box and a wire harness including: a body including an accommodating portion inside the body, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate an electronic component. The body includes an electric wire holding portion inside the body, the electric wire holding portion having a slit-shaped groove configured to radially sandwich and hold an electric wire extending from a connector to be connected to the electronic component. The groove of the electric wire holding portion includes: a groove inlet portion; a groove deepest portion; and a narrow portion between the groove inlet portion and the groove deepest portion. A groove width in the narrow portion is narrower than a groove width in the groove inlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Keita Miyahara, Kazuya Kushibiki
  • Publication number: 20230102856
    Abstract: There are provided an electric connection box and a wire harness including: a body including an accommodating portion inside the body, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate an electronic component. The body includes an electric wire holding portion inside the body, the electric wire holding portion having a slit-shaped groove configured to radially sandwich and hold an electric wire extending from a connector to be connected to the electronic component. The groove of the electric wire holding portion includes: a groove inlet portion; a groove deepest portion; and a narrow portion between the groove inlet portion and the groove deepest portion. A groove width in the narrow portion is narrower than a groove width in the groove inlet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori NAKASHIMA, Keita MIYAHARA, Kazuya KUSHIBIKI
  • Publication number: 20230066985
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a case body having a plurality of connector portions, a power supply side circuit board accommodated in the case body and a general-purpose connector mounting unit provided in the case body and configured such that a plurality of types of connectors are selectively attached to and detached from the general-purpose connector mounting unit. The general-purpose connector mourning unit is configured such that a power supply side terminal of the plurality of types of connectors is electrically connected to a terminal connection portion of the power supply side circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Hiroki Goto, Takao Nogaki
  • Publication number: 20230064013
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a frame body, a rescue terminal portion formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a plan view and including a longitudinal side face, two lateral side faces connected to the longitudinal side face, and an upper face, a resin cover configured to cover the longitudinal side face, the two lateral side faces and the upper face. The resin cover includes a rotary shaft extending along the longitudinal side face and provided on a side where the longitudinal side face is provided and on a base end portion of the rescue terminal portion opposite to the upper face, the resin cover being configured to rotate with respect to the frame body about the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akinori NAKASHIMA, Hiroki GOTO, Takao NOGAKI
  • Publication number: 20230069530
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a case body having a plurality of connector portions, a power supply side circuit board accommodated in the case body and a spare connector mounting portion provided in an upper portion of the case body and configured such that a spare connector is attached to and detached from the spare connector mounting portion. The spare connector includes a fuse configured to electrically connect the power supply side circuit board to a device side terminal connected to an end of an electric wire configured to be electrically connected to an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori NAKASHIMA, Hiroki GOTO, Takao NOGAKI
  • Patent number: 11101627
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a block that houses a plurality of electronic components, a housing body in which an internal space for housing the block is formed, and engagement portions that are provided between the block and the housing body and fits the block to the housing body. The engagement portions include a first engagement portion corresponding to the one direction end of the block in a specific direction and a second engagement portion corresponding to the other direction end of the block in the specific direction. In the first engagement portion, an inclined surface of the guide receiving portion is formed. When the block is inserted into the housing body in the insertion direction, the inclined surface is formed by cutting out an end where the guide receiving portion faces a guide piece in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Goto, Akinori Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11050227
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a frame and a cover. A side wall of the cover has an insertion wall portion inserted into an inner side of an outer wall of the frame in an axial direction, and the insertion wall portion has a thick portion thicker than an adjacent portion in the insertion wall portion. In a case where the thick portion is placed outside the outer wall, a first engagement element of the outer wall and a second engagement element of the side wall are displaced in a thickness direction of the thick portion and engagement between the first engagement element and the second engagement element becomes impossible. The thick portion has an inclined surface that guides the thick portion to the inner side of the outer wall in abutting on the outer wall in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20200358274
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a block that houses a plurality of electronic components, a housing body in which an internal space for housing the block is formed, and engagement portions that are provided between the block and the housing body and fits the block to the housing body. The engagement portions include a first engagement portion corresponding to the one direction end of the block in a specific direction and a second engagement portion corresponding to the other direction end of the block in the specific direction. In the first engagement portion, an inclined surface of the guide receiving portion is formed. When the block is inserted into the housing body in the insertion direction, the inclined surface is formed by cutting out an end where the guide receiving portion faces a guide piece in the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Goto, Akinori Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20200343703
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a frame and a cover. A side wall of the cover has an insertion wall portion inserted into an inner side of an outer wall of the frame in an axial direction, and the insertion wall portion has a thick portion thicker than an adjacent portion in the insertion wall portion. In a case where the thick portion is placed outside the outer wall, a first engagement element of the outer wall and a second engagement element of the side wall are displaced in a thickness direction of the thick portion and engagement between the first engagement element and the second engagement element becomes impossible. The thick portion has an inclined surface that guides the thick portion to the inner side of the outer wall in abutting on the outer wall in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Akinori Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10770878
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a frame having a cylindrical outer wall, and a cover having a side wall fitted into one end in an axial direction of the outer wall. The outer wall has a plate-shaped protruded portion, and the protruded portion has a pair of side portions respectively placed at one end and the other end in a width direction. The side wall has a pair of edge portions and has a notch between the pair of edge portions. Each of the pair of edge portions has a first facing surface and a second facing surface. The first facing surface abuts on the pair of side portions in a thickness direction of the protruded portion, and the second facing surface faces the pair of side portions in the width direction and positions the cover with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Kunihiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10333287
    Abstract: An accommodation chamber includes an internal wall surface to be disposed to face an accommodation target object at an interval, the accommodation target object includes an external wall surface to be disposed to face the internal wall surface at an interval, one wall surface of the internal wall surface and the external wall surface includes a plurality of projecting portions that project toward another wall surface thereof, and extend along an insertion direction of the accommodation target object to the accommodation chamber, and contact the other wall surface, and the projecting portions are formed so that a demolding direction from a molding die forming the one wall surface corresponds to an extending direction, and the one wall surface is divided into a plurality of regions along the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Daisuke Kawada, Masahiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20190123537
    Abstract: An accommodation chamber includes an internal wall surface to be disposed to face an accommodation target object at an interval, the accommodation target object includes an external wall surface to be disposed to face the internal wall surface at an interval, one wall surface of the internal wall surface and the external wall surface includes a plurality of projecting portions that project toward another wall surface thereof, and extend along an insertion direction of the accommodation target object to the accommodation chamber, and contact the other wall surface, and the projecting portions are formed so that a demolding direction from a molding die forming the one wall surface corresponds to an extending direction, and the one wall surface is divided into a plurality of regions along the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori NAKASHIMA, Daisuke KAWADA, Masahiro WADA
  • Patent number: 10096982
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a housing having a temporary fixing projection. The temporary fixing projection includes a locking portion and a plate spring portion. The locking portion is provided with a locking claw projecting toward an outside in a radial direction. The plate spring portion includes a flat surface. In a temporary fixing state where the temporary fixing projection is inserted into a temporary fixing hole of an attachment panel, a locking surface of the locking claw of the locking portion faces a facing surface in an insertion direction. In the temporary fixing state, the plate spring portion is elastically deformed toward an inside in the radial direction. The flat surface of the plate spring portion is in contact with a contact surface and applies, to the attachment panel, a restoring force toward the outside in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Masahiro Wada, Takahiko Kamiya, Norihisa Miyabe
  • Publication number: 20180159306
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a housing having a temporary fixing projection. The temporary fixing projection includes a locking portion and a plate spring portion. The locking portion is provided with a locking claw projecting toward an outside in a radial direction. The plate spring portion includes a flat surface. In a temporary fixing state where the temporary fixing projection is inserted into a temporary fixing hole of an attachment panel, a locking surface of the locking claw of the locking portion faces a facing surface in an insertion direction. In the temporary fixing state, the plate spring portion is elastically deformed toward an inside in the radial direction. The flat surface of the plate spring portion is in contact with a contact surface and applies, to the attachment panel, a restoring force toward the outside in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori NAKASHIMA, Masahiro WADA, Takahiko KAMIYA, Norihisa MIYABE
  • Patent number: 9972986
    Abstract: An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a casing that includes an accommodating space that is formed therein and that accommodates an electronic component, and a guiding space that is partitioned horizontally lateral to the accommodating space therein via a partition wall, and that extends in a vertical direction and guides water entered therein to a vertically downside. The casing includes a water-preventing rib that is provided in the guiding space, and that guides water guided to the vertically downside in the guiding space, in a direction of avoiding from an avoidance target portion that is positioned vertically below the guiding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Takaaki Kakimi, Akinori Nakashima, Hirotaka Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20180013276
    Abstract: An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a casing that includes an accommodating space that is formed therein and that accommodates an electronic component, and a guiding space that is partitioned horizontally lateral to the accommodating space therein via a partition wall, and that extends in a vertical direction and guides water entered therein to a vertically downside. The casing includes a water-preventing rib that is provided in the guiding space, and that guides water guided to the vertically downside in the guiding space, in a direction of avoiding from an avoidance target portion that is positioned vertically below the guiding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko IKEDA, Takaaki KAKIMI, Akinori NAKASHIMA, Hirotaka KIYOTA