Patents by Inventor Hiroki Chitaka

Hiroki Chitaka 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: 11303013
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna portion having an antenna element, and a frame accommodating a heat generation member. The vehicular antenna device is configured to be attached to an attachment portion of a vehicle. The frame includes a first space portion having a cylindrical shape and defining a first space, the first space portion being exposed to an outside air in a condition where the vehicular antenna device is attached to the vehicle. The heat generation member is located along a second surface of the frame that is a reverse side of a first surface defining the first space. The antenna portion is detachable from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Chitaka
  • Patent number: 10980150
    Abstract: A component mounting part has a width shorter than a distance between guiderails. Backside projected parts protrude in a width direction from the component mounting part at a case-backside end. A width K2 which is a sum of a width of the component mounting part and widths of the backside projected parts is greater than a distance G1 between the guiderails. A clearance is formed between the circuit board and the heat conduction member when the backside projected parts are supported by the guiderails. A distance G3 from an insertion slot to an end of the guiderail on the case backside, is shorter than a distance K4 from an end of the circuit board on the side of the insertion slot to an end of the backside projected part on the side of the insertion slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Chitaka
  • Publication number: 20200388910
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna portion having an antenna element, and a frame accommodating a heat generation member. The vehicular antenna device is configured to be attached to an attachment portion of a vehicle. The frame includes a first space portion having a cylindrical shape and defining a first space, the first space portion being exposed to an outside air in a condition where the vehicular antenna device is attached to the vehicle. The heat generation member is located along a second surface of the frame that is a reverse side of a first surface defining the first space. The antenna portion is detachable from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroki CHITAKA
  • Patent number: 10668873
    Abstract: A housing-securing unit for a vehicle includes: a housing in which a circuit board is to be housed; and a bracket through which the housing is mounted to the vehicle. A holding pin having a column shape is provided on a side surface of the housing. The bracket has a side support component in which a through hole is formed for fitting the holding pin. The holding pin has an inclined approach surface having a height that is increased as extending in an assembling direction, and a holding surface formed to regulate the side support component from moving in the assembling direction and to oppose an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the holding pin is fitted to the through hole. A height of a top part of the holding surface is more than or equal to a height of a top part of the inclined approach surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
  • Publication number: 20200008319
    Abstract: A component mounting part has a width shorter than a distance between guiderails. Backside projected parts protrude in a width direction from the component mounting part at a case-backside end. A width K2 which is a sum of a width of the component mounting part and widths of the backside projected parts is greater than a distance G1 between the guiderails. A clearance is formed between the circuit board and the heat conduction member when the backside projected parts are supported by the guiderails. A distance G3 from an insertion slot to an end of the guiderail on the case backside, is shorter than a distance K4 from an end of the circuit board on the side of the insertion slot to an end of the backside projected part on the side of the insertion slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroki CHITAKA
  • Patent number: 10396324
    Abstract: A fixing device has a body case therein defining a housing chamber in which an object is housed and a cover that covers the housing chamber. The body case has one of a groove and a protrusion that engage with each other. The object has an other one of the groove and the protrusion. The groove includes a receiving portion and a positioning portion. The receiving portion extends in an inserting direction in which the object is inserted into the housing chamber. The positioning portion extends in an intersecting direction intersecting with the inserting direction. The cover has a restricting portion that is in contact with the object while the cover covers the housing chamber. The protrusion engages with the positioning portion when the object is fixed in the body case. The restricting portion restricts a displacement of the object in a direction opposite to the intersecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Chitaka
  • Publication number: 20190074493
    Abstract: A fixing device has a body case therein defining a housing chamber in which an object is housed and a cover that covers the housing chamber. The body case has one of a groove and a protrusion that engage with each other. The object has an other one of the groove and the protrusion. The groove includes a receiving portion and a positioning portion. The receiving portion extends in an inserting direction in which the object is inserted into the housing chamber. The positioning portion extends in an intersecting direction intersecting with the inserting direction. The cover has a restricting portion that is in contact with the object while the cover covers the housing chamber. The protrusion engages with the positioning portion when the object is fixed in the body case. The restricting portion restricts a displacement of the object in a direction opposite to the intersecting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroki CHITAKA
  • Publication number: 20190031122
    Abstract: A housing-securing unit for a vehicle includes: a housing in which a circuit board is to be housed; and a bracket through which the housing is mounted to the vehicle. A holding pin having a column shape is provided on a side surface of the housing. The bracket has a side support component in which a through hole is formed for fitting the holding pin. The holding pin has an inclined approach surface having a height that is increased as extending in an assembling direction, and a holding surface formed to regulate the side support component from moving in the assembling direction and to oppose an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the holding pin is fitted to the through hole. A height of a top part of the holding surface is more than or equal to a height of a top part of the inclined approach surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 9723739
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a control board, a battery pack, and a housing that accommodates the control board and the battery pack. The electronic control unit further includes a battery holder that has a bent shape and includes a bottom surface along a longitudinal direction of the battery pack, the battery holder clamping a main body of the battery pack, and a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part on which a plate surface of the control board and the bottom surface of the battery holder are mounted in a state of being adjacent to each other with a boundary line along the longitudinal direction therebetween, the control board and the battery holder being fixed to the juxtaposing and mounting part. The housing includes an opening portion into which the juxtaposing and mounting part of the fixing frame is inserted, and a back side holding portion that holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota, Mitsuteru Suzaki
  • Patent number: 9640909
    Abstract: In a connector device, a side surface of a protruding part on a base portion side of an opposite part is configured as an inclined surface that comes closer to an opposite surface in a direction toward the base portion side of the opposite part, and is engaged with an inclined surface of a second connector in a state where a first connector and the second connector are fitted together. The connector device includes a disengaging member that has a disengaging part arranged between the opposite part of the first connector and the second connector and including an end surface opposed to a side surface of the protruding part on an end side of the opposite part, and an operating part configured integrally with the disengaging part and protruding toward an opposite side of the disengaging part from the second connector. When the end surface is displaced in a direction to make contact with the protruding part, the end surface presses the protruding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
  • Patent number: 9578761
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plate-shaped control board, a long pillar-shaped battery pack, a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part, to which the control board and the battery pack are fixed, and a housing that includes an opening portion and a back side holding portion to accommodate the control board and the battery pack. The juxtaposing and mounting part is inserted into the opening portion. The fixing frame is fixed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the opening portion at a position away from a bottom surface of the housing on the inner back side of the housing. The juxtaposing and mounting part includes a tip portion in a direction of the insertion of the juxtaposing and mounting part into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota, Mitsuteru Suzaki
  • Publication number: 20160233614
    Abstract: In a connector device, a side surface of a protruding part on a base portion side of an opposite part is configured as an inclined surface that comes closer to an opposite surface in a direction toward the base portion side of the opposite part, and is engaged with an inclined surface of a second connector in a state where a first connector and the second connector are fitted together. The connector device includes a disengaging member that has a disengaging part arranged between the opposite part of the first connector and the second connector and including an end surface opposed to a side surface of the protruding part on an end side of the opposite part, and an operating part configured integrally with the disengaging part and protruding toward an opposite side of the disengaging part from the second connector. When the end surface is displaced in a direction to make contact with the protruding part, the end surface presses the protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20160150660
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a control board, a battery pack, and a housing that accommodates the control board and the battery pack. The electronic control unit further includes a battery holder that has a bent shape and includes a bottom surface along a longitudinal direction of the battery pack, the battery holder clamping a main body of the battery pack, and a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part on which a plate surface of the control board and the bottom surface of the battery holder are mounted in a state of being adjacent to each other with a boundary line along the longitudinal direction therebetween, the control board and the battery holder being fixed to the juxtaposing and mounting part. The housing includes an opening portion into which the juxtaposing and mounting part of the fixing frame is inserted, and a back side holding portion that holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA, Mitsuteru SUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160120044
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plate-shaped control board, a long pillar-shaped battery pack, a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part, to which the control board and the battery pack are fixed, and a housing that includes an opening portion and a back side holding portion to accommodate the control board and the battery pack. The juxtaposing and mounting part is inserted into the opening portion. The fixing frame is fixed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the opening portion at a position away from a bottom surface of the housing on the inner back side of the housing. The juxtaposing and mounting part includes a tip portion in a direction of the insertion of the juxtaposing and mounting part into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA, Mitsuteru SUZAKI
  • Patent number: 9309907
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a first substrate and a second substrate, which are connected by an inter-substrate connector and fixed and overlapped each other with a space, comprises, a spacer member that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and maintains a space between the first substrate and the second substrate at a predetermined distance; a pressing portion that presses the second substrate toward the first substrate; and a locking member that is fixed in the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
  • Publication number: 20150078818
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a first substrate and a second substrate, which are connected by an inter-substrate connector and fixed and overlapped each other with a space, comprises, a spacer member that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and maintains a space between the first substrate and the second substrate at a predetermined distance; a pressing portion that presses the second substrate toward the first substrate; and a locking member that is fixed in the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
  • Patent number: 8981240
    Abstract: A case body portion accommodates an electronic circuit board. The case body portion has a rib projected from at least a part of a periphery of the opening. A lid has a flange, which is in contact with an outer periphery of the rib, when the lid is mounted on the case body portion to cover the opening. The rib has a raised portion raised outward from a part of an outer periphery of the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Mitsuteru Suzaki