Patents by Inventor Akira Haraguchi

Akira Haraguchi 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: 12040245
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board on which an electronic component including a first terminal and a second terminal that are arranged side by side is to be mounted, the circuit board including: an insulating holding member, a conductive plate, and a signal circuit, in which the conductive plate is held by the holding member, the first terminal is joined to the conductive plate, the signal circuit is formed on a surface of the holding member using conductive nanoink containing a flux, and an end portion of the signal circuit and the second terminal are joined to each other using solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 12027500
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a plurality of semiconductor elements arranged side by side, and each semiconductor element includes source terminals and at least one gate terminal arranged side by side with the source terminals. The circuit structure includes: a first bus bar connected to the source terminals of the semiconductor elements; connection portions that connect the source terminals and the first bus bar and are arranged side by side along the arrangement direction of the semiconductor elements and whose one ends are connected to the source terminals of the respective semiconductor elements; an insulating portion provided so as to be present between each adjacent pairs of the connection portions; and conductive portions provided in the insulating portion and connected to the gate terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20240170472
    Abstract: A first heat dissipation member is thermally connected to a first busbar. A second heat dissipation member is thermally connected to a second busbar. The first busbar and the second busbar respectively have a first facing part and a second facing part that face each other. The first facing part has a first surface on which a first electronic component is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second facing part has a third surface that faces the second surface and a fourth surface that is positioned opposite to the third surface and on which a second electronic component is mounted. A circuit board has a wiring board that is positioned behind the first facing part and is positioned in front of the second facing part when the second facing part side is seen from the first facing part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Akira HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11924960
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board on which a circuit component is mounted on one side, and a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the circuit component on the other side, and the circuit board includes a first heat conductive member that is provided inside the recess and conducts heat generated by the circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11898915
    Abstract: A circuit assembly that includes a circuit board, a switching element that is mounted on one side of the circuit board, a folded portion that extends from a peripheral edge portion of the circuit board and is folded towards the one side, and a temperature measuring device that is mounted on the folded portion and is in contact with the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20230307852
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a first busbar, a wiring board located on the first busbar and having an open hole, a conductive raised part protruding into the open hole from the first busbar, and a first electronic component having a first connection terminal located on the wiring board. The first connection terminal is electrically connected to the raised part in the open hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Akira HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230247788
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a first busbar, a second busbar, an insulating member including an insulating portion located between the first busbar and the second busbar, a first wiring board provided on one main surface of the first busbar, one main surface of the second busbar and the insulating portion, and a first electronic component provided on the first wiring board. The first electronic component has a first connection terminal electrically connected to the first busbar and bonded to the first wiring board, and a second connection terminal electrically connected to the second busbar and bonded to the first wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Akira HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230247754
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board on which a circuit component is mounted on one side, and a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the circuit component on the other side, and the circuit board includes a first heat conductive member that is provided inside the recess and conducts heat generated by the circuit component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20230113728
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a first busbar constituted by a cladding material, a second busbar, an insulating member including an insulating portion located between the first busbar and the second busbar, and an electronic component provided on the first busbar and the second busbar so as to straddle the insulating portion. The electronic component has a connection terminal bonded to the first busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Akira HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11554732
    Abstract: An electrical junction box including: bus bars; a circuit board of which one side opposes the bus bars; a conductive portion that is provided on the one side of the circuit board, and is exposed from the other side of the circuit board; an opening that is provided in parallel with the conductive portion in the circuit board, and from which a portion of the bus bars is exposed; a switching element that is arranged on the other side of the circuit board, and of which an input terminal or an output terminal is connected to the conductive portion; and a conductive piece that is arranged straddling a portion of the bus bars and the conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20220408545
    Abstract: A heat transfer member-equipped substrate includes a heat transfer member installed in a through hole of a substrate; a heat generating component; and a solder portion soldering the heat generating component to the heat transfer member, a nickel base plating formed on the heat transfer member, and the solder portion bonded to the nickel base plating where a gold plating that suppresses oxidization of the nickel base plating is blended into the solder portion. The heat transfer member includes a first and a second heat transfer portion bonded to each other, the first heat transfer portion made of a first metal, the second heat transfer portion made of a second metal formed on at least a portion of a surface of the second heat transfer portion, and the second heat transfer portion being a plate shape that protrudes from a circumference of the first heat transfer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Akira HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11445602
    Abstract: A power circuit includes bus bars that are connected to terminals of an FET and are provided flush with each other, and a first insulation region arranged between the bus bars. The power circuit includes a bus bar to which the FET is fixed, a conductive sheet that is connected to another bus bar via a first connection portion and electrically connects source terminals of the FET to the other bus bar, and a second connection portion that is provided in the conductive sheet and electrically connects the source terminals to the other bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20220165636
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board on which an electronic component including a first terminal and a second terminal that are arranged side by side is to be mounted, the circuit board including: an insulating holding member, a conductive plate, and a signal circuit, in which the conductive plate is held by the holding member, the first terminal is joined to the conductive plate, the signal circuit is formed on a surface of the holding member using conductive nanoink containing a flux, and an end portion of the signal circuit and the second terminal are joined to each other using solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11343913
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board structure including a first circuit board having bus bars and a second circuit board arranged spaced apart from the first circuit board, multiple FET being arranged on the bus bars, and terminals of the multiple FETs being connected to the bus bars. The circuit board structure includes a conducting wire group sheet that covers a portion of the bus bar and is provided with multiple conducting wires that allow electricity to flow between gate terminals of the FETs and the second circuit board. The semiconductor element FETs, which are arranged side by side, are provided such that the gates terminals are arranged in the same direction with respect to the direction in which the semiconductor element FETs are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20220022337
    Abstract: A power circuit includes multiple bus bars that are connected to multiple terminals of an FET, are provided flush with each other, and are each insulated from each other. The power circuit includes one bus bar that is connected to drain terminals of the FET, a solder fixing portion of the FET that is arranged on the bus bar, and another bus bar that is connected to source terminals of the FET via a conductive connection sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Arinobu Nakamura, Shinsuke Okumi, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11222763
    Abstract: A temperature fuse is ring-shaped and includes an insulation portion and a conductive portion arranged on an inner side and an outer side in a radial direction, and the conductive portion is formed of a thermal fuse element. An electrical junction box includes: a circuit board on which a switching element is mounted; a housing body for housing the circuit board; a conductive plate connected to the switching element, a first hole passing through the conductive plate; a terminal that is shaped as a plate and faces the conductive plate, a second hole passing through the terminal; the temperature fuse interposed between the conductive plate and the terminal in an axial direction, and a shaft-like insertion body for being inserted into the temperature fuse, the first hole, and the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20210378105
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a conductive plate held by a holding member, an insulation sheet provided on one side of the conductive plate, and a circuit component that is placed on the conductive plate and that has a terminal, and a void portion is formed in the insulation sheet, and a conductive material for electrically connecting the conductive plate and the terminal to each other is applied to a region that is exposed from the void portion on the one side of the conductive plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20210358852
    Abstract: A power circuit is provided with two bus bars in a single plane connected to terminals of a plurality of FETs and includes an insulating region interposed between the bus bars, the power circuit including: a first conductive piece to which one group of the plurality of FETs is fixed; a second conductive piece to which another group of the plurality of FETs is fixed, wherein the plurality of FETs are alternately fixed to the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20210347317
    Abstract: An electrical junction box including: bus bars; a circuit board of which one side opposes the bus bars; a conductive portion that is provided on the one side of the circuit board, and is exposed from the other side of the circuit board; an opening that is provided in parallel with the conductive portion in the circuit board, and from which a portion of the bus bars is exposed; a switching element that is arranged on the other side of the circuit board, and of which an input terminal or an output terminal is connected to the conductive portion; and a conductive piece that is arranged straddling a portion of the bus bars and the conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11160195
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate adjacent to the first conductive plate without contacting the first conductive plate, a switching element including a first terminal connected to the first conductive plate, a second terminal connected to the second conductive plate, and an element body on which the first terminal and the second terminal. A circuit board opposes and is spaced apart from the second conductive plate. A cover has an open side and covers the switching element and the circuit board. The cover includes a partitioning plate that partitions an inside of the cover so as to form a first chamber. The element body of the switching element is arranged in the first chamber, a second chamber is formed inside the cover by the partitioning plate and the second conductive plate, and the circuit board is arranged in the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi