Patents by Inventor Hironobu Oe

Hironobu Oe 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).

  • Publication number: 20140306520
    Abstract: The power supply control device includes a body block having a power supply control unit for controlling power supply to an electric motor vehicle, a first cable, connected to the body block, for receiving electric power from a power source, and a second cable, connected to the body block, for feeding the electric power to the electric motor vehicle. One of the body block, and the first cable or the second cable includes an attaching lock part having a cylindrical tubular portion. The other of the body block, and the first cable or the second cable includes an attaching part having an portion to be inserted into the cylindrical tubular portion. The attaching lock part includes an elastic locking piece having a claw with a variable protruding. The claw is engaged with an engaging portion provided on an outer surface of the inserting portion to lock the attaching part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Oe, Shinichi Nakamura, Tatsuya Mukai, Noboru Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8696374
    Abstract: A power feeding control device is provided with a main body accommodating an electric circuit for controlling power supply to a motor vehicle from a power source. First and second cables to be connected to the motor vehicle and the power source extend from the longitudinally opposite ends of the main body, respectively. The second cable includes a plug having a plug body accommodating a second contact electrically connected to a first contact provided in the main body, and a retaining ring attached to the plug body such that the retaining ring is rotatable about an axial direction of the plug body while being restricted to move in the axial direction. By screwing the retaining ring onto a thread portion of the main body, the retaining body is detachably attached to the main body in the state that the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Oe, Shinichi Nakamura, Takao Akioka, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara
  • Publication number: 20120282798
    Abstract: A power feeding control device is provided with a main body accommodating an electric circuit for controlling power supply to a motor vehicle from a power source. First and second cables to be connected to the motor vehicle and the power source extend from the longitudinally opposite ends of the main body, respectively. The second cable includes a plug having a plug body accommodating a second contact electrically connected to a first contact provided in the main body, and a retaining ring attached to the plug body such that the retaining ring is rotatable about an axial direction of the plug body while being restricted to move in the axial direction. By screwing the retaining ring onto a thread portion of the main body, the retaining body is detachably attached to the main body in the state that the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu OE, Shinichi NAKAMURA, Takao AKIOKA, Noboru INAGAKI, Haruhiko MIHARA
  • Patent number: 7122274
    Abstract: In a receptacle of the invention for battery using apparatuses, when mounting it to a circuit board 30, an electrode contact portion 15 of a contact for a battery 5 disposed on an electrode disposing portion 7 is disposed so that its forward portion may protrude above a battery mounting portion 52. When mounting a battery 50 onto the battery mounting portion 52, an electrode 51 in a recess 50a is pressed against the electrode contact portion 15 in such an inclined state that the lower end of an end surface having an electrode 51 formed thereon is abutted against the right surface of the battery mounting portion 52 while raising the other end simultaneously and then the battery 50 is pushed forward to flex a slant strip 5e toward the side of an electrode disposing portion 7 while pressing down the other end, so that it can provide a large flexure allowance as compared to the case of flexing it vertically and resultantly enhance the contacting pressure, thus securing the connection with the battery electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Oe, Yoshihisa Inaba
  • Publication number: 20030059671
    Abstract: In a receptacle of the invention for battery using apparatuses, when mounting it to a circuit board 30, an electrode contact portion 15 of a contact for a battery 5 disposed on an electrode disposing portion 7 is disposed so that its forward portion may protrude above a battery mounting portion 52. When mounting a battery 50 onto the battery mounting portion 52, an electrode 51 in a recess 50a is pressed against the electrode contact portion 15 in such an inclined state that the lower end of an end surface having an electrode 51 formed thereon is abutted against the right surface of the battery mounting portion 52 while raising the other end simultaneously and then the battery 50 is pushed forward to flex a slant strip 5e toward the side of an electrode disposing portion 7 while pressing down the other end, so that it can provide a large flexure allowance as compared to the case of flexing it vertically and resultantly enhance the contacting pressure, thus securing the connection with the battery electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hironobu Oe, Yoshihisa Inaba
  • Patent number: D680065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Shibamura, Tatsuya Mukai, Noboru Inagaki, Naoki Fukuo, Takao Akioka, Hironobu Oe, Shinichi Nakamura, Yoji Minami, Hironobu Kusafuka, Masaru Sasaki