Patents by Inventor Hironori Ohhashi

Hironori Ohhashi 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: 9480189
    Abstract: A heat-generating component (3) is mounted on a surface (4b), on a case (12) side, of a circuit board (4). A recessed portion (5) is formed in a position facing the heat-generating component (3), on an inner wall surface (12e) side of a bottom wall (12a) of the case (12). Between an inner wall surface (5a) of this recessed portion (5) and the heat-generating component (3), a predetermined-sized component clearance (Ca) is provided, and a heat radiation member (6) is interposed in a position of the component clearance (Ca). A peripheral clearance (Cb) is provided between the surface (4b), on the case (12) side, of the circuit board (4) and the inner wall surface (12e) of the bottom wall (12a) of the case (12) on a peripheral edge side of the recessed portion (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Hironori Ohhashi, Yuuichi Yanagisawa, Kumiko Yoshinaga, Eiji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9093776
    Abstract: An electronic control device including a circuit board, a connector with connector pins having a board connecting portion at which the connector pins are electrically connected with the circuit board, a pair of housing members accommodating the circuit board and the connector therebetween, a waterproof seal portion through which connection between the connector and the pair of housing members and connection between the pair of housing members are provided in a fluid-tight manner, the waterproof seal portion including a connector-side waterproof seal portion disposed between the connector and one of the pair of housing members which is opposed to the board connecting portion of the connector pins, and a barrier portion disposed between the board connecting portion of the connector pins and the connector-side waterproof seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamanaka, Hironori Ohhashi, Yoshio Kawai
  • Patent number: 9071006
    Abstract: A seal structure includes a connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion constituted by a surface-joint portion between a lower surface of a connector and a lower housing member; and a groove seal portion constituted between a groove and a protrusion fitted into the groove. The groove is provided in one of inner surfaces of outer circumferential edge portions of an upper housing member and the lower housing member. The protrusion is provided in another of these inner surfaces. The seal structure further includes a linking seal portion connecting the connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion with the groove seal portion. The linking seal portion includes a deep-bottom portion having a seal groove continuous with the groove seal portion, a shallow-bottom portion having a seal groove shallower than the seal groove of the deep-bottom portion and continuous with the connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion, and a connecting portion linking the deep-bottom portion to the shallow-bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 8942001
    Abstract: A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Hironori Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 8908380
    Abstract: An electrical control unit comprises a case having a groove on a first contact surface thereof, a cover having a protrusion on a second contact surface thereof, a printed wiring board received in a board receiving space defined between the case and the cover, and an adhesive received in the groove, wherein when the cover is put on the case having the protrusion inserted into the groove, the adhesive in a still soft condition is forced to move toward a space between the first and second contact surfaces for bonding the same, and wherein when the printed wiring board is properly put in the board receiving space, a peripheral outer surface of the board serves as an extra part of an inside wall of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Takayuki Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 8770989
    Abstract: An electronic control device has a circuit board to which, at one side thereof, a connector is fixed; a housing having a pair of connector sandwiching members that sandwich the connector, a part of the connector being exposed to an outside of the housing and a remaining part of the connector and the circuit board being housed in a watertight space of the housing, and one of the connector sandwiching members being set to be higher in rigidity than the other; a seal portion filled with a sealant; and a shift suppression unit having a protruding portion formed at one side of the higher-rigidity connector sandwiching member and the connector and a hollow portion formed at the other side The shift suppression unit suppresses a shift of the connector with respect to the housing by fitting of the protruding portion and the hollow portion together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20140080329
    Abstract: An electronic control device including a circuit board, a connector with connector pins having a board connecting portion at which the connector pins are electrically connected with the circuit board, a pair of housing members accommodating the circuit board and the connector therebetween, a waterproof seal portion through which connection between the connector and the pair of housing members and connection between the pair of housing members are provided in a fluid-tight manner, the waterproof seal portion including a connector-side waterproof seal portion disposed between the connector and one of the pair of housing members which is opposed to the board connecting portion of the connector pins, and a barrier portion disposed between the board connecting portion of the connector pins and the connector-side waterproof seal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS. LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro YAMANAKA, Hironori OHHASHI, Yoshio KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20140065877
    Abstract: A seal structure includes a connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion constituted by a surface-joint portion between a lower surface of a connector and a lower housing member; and a groove seal portion constituted between a groove and a protrusion fitted into the groove. The groove is provided in one of inner surfaces of outer circumferential edge portions of an upper housing member and the lower housing member. The protrusion is provided in another of these inner surfaces. The seal structure further includes a linking seal portion connecting the connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion with the groove seal portion. The linking seal portion includes a deep-bottom portion having a seal groove continuous with the groove seal portion, a shallow-bottom portion having a seal groove shallower than the seal groove of the deep-bottom portion and continuous with the connector-lower-surface-side flat seal portion, and a connecting portion linking the deep-bottom portion to the shallow-bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori OHHASHI
  • Patent number: 8657609
    Abstract: Seal structure for electronic control device having a seal portion formed between an outer peripheral surface of a connector and an inner peripheral surface of a housing, and provided with a seal groove and a protruding line. The seal portion has a deep bottom portion having a seal groove, a shallow bottom portion whose seal groove is shallower than that of the deep bottom portion, and a connecting portion connecting these deep and shallow bottom portions. Width of the seal groove of the shallow bottom portion is set to be larger than the deep bottom portion As a position of a seal groove of the connecting portion gets closer to the deep bottom portion from the shallow bottom portion, depth of the seal groove of the connecting portion is set to be gradually larger, and width of the seal groove of the connecting portion is set to be gradually smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Yoshio Kawai, Hironori Ohhashi
  • Publication number: 20130069320
    Abstract: Seal structure for electronic control device having a seal portion formed between an outer peripheral surface of a connector and an inner peripheral surface of a housing, and provided with a seal groove and a protruding line. The seal portion has a deep bottom portion having a seal groove, a shallow bottom portion whose seal groove is shallower than that of the deep bottom portion, and a connecting portion connecting these deep and shallow bottom portions. Width of the seal groove of the shallow bottom portion is set to be larger than the deep bottom portion As a position of a seal groove of the connecting portion gets closer to the deep bottom portion from the shallow bottom portion, depth of the seal groove of the connecting portion is set to be gradually larger, and width of the seal groove of the connecting portion is set to be gradually smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Yoshio KAWAI, Hironori OHHASHI
  • Publication number: 20130072040
    Abstract: An electronic control device has a circuit board to which, at one side thereof, a connector is fixed; a housing having a pair of connector sandwiching members that sandwich the connector, a part of the connector being exposed to an outside of the housing and a remaining part of the connector and the circuit board being housed in a watertight space of the housing, and one of the connector sandwiching members being set to be higher in rigidity than the other; a seal portion filled with a sealant; and a shift suppression unit having a protruding portion formed at one side of the higher-rigidity connector sandwiching member and the connector and a hollow portion formed at the other side The shift suppression unit suppresses a shift of the connector with respect to the housing by fitting of the protruding portion and the hollow portion together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori OHHASHI, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20130070432
    Abstract: A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio KAWAI, Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Hironori OHHASHI
  • Publication number: 20120320544
    Abstract: An electrical control unit comprises a case having a groove on a first contact surface thereof, a cover having a protrusion on a second contact surface thereof, a printed wiring board received in a board receiving space defined between the case and the cover, and an adhesive received in the groove, wherein when the cover is put on the case having the protrusion inserted into the groove, the adhesive in a still soft condition is forced to move toward a space between the first and second contact surfaces for bonding the same, and wherein when the printed wiring board is properly put in the board receiving space, a peripheral outer surface of the board serves as an extra part of an inside wall of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Takayuki Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 7213584
    Abstract: A canister, a cut valve which closes a fresh air intake of the canister, and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in a fuel vapor path shut off by closing a purge control valve and the cut valve are disposed at the inside of a fuel tank, and a fuel supply control unit which controls the cut valve and the purge control valve, and which carries out a leak diagnosis on the basis of a detected result of the pressure sensor is disposed at the inside of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Hiroshi Okada, Masato Kumagai
  • Patent number: 7124749
    Abstract: A check valve disposed between an air pump and a section to be pressurized, is held in a closed state when the section is pressurized by said air pump, and is operated to open when the electric power is supplied to an electromagnetic solenoid. In an abnormally pressurized state, the power supply to the electromagnetic solenoid is shut off, to forcibly close the check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Hajime Hosoya
  • Patent number: 7096858
    Abstract: A motor and a pump in an air pump pressurizing a fuel vapor passage of a fuel vapor purge system, are disposed in a case which is partitioned into a chamber accommodating the motor and a chamber accommodating the pump, to transmit a driving force of the motor to the pump by a magnetic coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Hajime Hosoya
  • Patent number: 7013728
    Abstract: A system for detecting the level of liquid in a tank includes a sensor part provided to the tank and for sensing a position of the liquid level in accordance with displacement of a float, and a sensor casing arranged in the tank to be isolated from liquid and for accommodating the sensor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okada, Masato Kumagai, Hironori Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 6913002
    Abstract: A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank for accumulating fuel, a fuel/air switchable pump for sucking and discharging accumulated fuel and air outside the fuel tank, a first device that allows accumulated fuel to be discharged to the engine, a second device that allows outside air to be sucked into the fuel tank, and an ECU for controlling the switchable pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Mashimo, Hironori Ohhashi, Masaaki Iijima, Satoru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20050139197
    Abstract: A canister, a cut valve which closes a fresh air intake of the canister, and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in a fuel vapor path shut off by closing a purge control valve and the cut valve are disposed at the inside of a fuel tank, and a fuel supply control unit which controls the cut valve and the purge control valve, and which carries out a leak diagnosis on the basis of a detected result of the pressure sensor is disposed at the inside of the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Hiroshi Okada, Masato Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20050056089
    Abstract: In an air transfer apparatus comprising an air pump supplying air to a shielded section and a valve disposed in a transfer passage through which the air is transferred by the air pump, for pressurizing the shielded section, the valve is controlled to open with a delay to the operation start of the air pump, and also controls the valve to close before the operation stop of the air pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hironori Ohhashi, Hajime Hosoya