Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Aoki

Hiroshi Aoki 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: 20170179614
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a terminal connecting portion, an electric wire connecting portion, and a coupling portion. The electric wire connecting portion is divided into a bottom placed on a recessed surface of a first die and on which an end of an electric wire is placed during the crimping process, a first barrel piece extending from a first end of the bottom and wound around the end of the electric wire, and a second barrel piece extending from a second end of the bottom and wound around the end of the electric wire. The bottom has a recess formed on an outer wall surface on the recessed surface side and into which a protrusion formed on the recessed surface is inserted during the crimping process, and a protrusion on an inner wall surface formed along with formation of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori KITAGAWA, Kei SATO, Hiroshi AOKI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu TAGA, Motoya HARA
  • Patent number: 9647352
    Abstract: Provided is an electric wire with a terminal (1), in which a resin portion (4) molded by a die covers a conductor exposure portion of a terminal (3) to which a conductor is connected. At least groove portion (16) is provided at a part of the terminal (3) covered with the resin portion (4) so that the groove portion (16) prevents the resin portion (4) from separating from the terminal (3) in a removing direction of the die after the resin portion (4) is molded by the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Sato, Hiroshi Aoki, Takahito Nakashima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Taga
  • Patent number: 9640877
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a connection structure including a waterproof sheet disposed in an inner surface of a wire connection section and has an opening section in a position corresponding to a conductor exposed section, in which the waterproof sheet is configured such that a front end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a front side from a front end of a conductor crimp section and a rear end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a rear side from a rear end of the cover crimp section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuto Ohtaka
  • Publication number: 20170005417
    Abstract: A structure for connecting a crimping terminal and an electric wire, includes: the crimping terminal that is provided with an electric wire connection section to be crimped to the electric wire, the electric wire connection section including a conductor crimping section and a sheath crimping section which are successively disposed to each other; a waterproof material that includes an opening for allowing the conductor and the conductor crimping section to make contact with each other, has a size to surround the conductor and the sheath which are to be crimped, and is installed between the electric wire connection section and the electric wire; and a recess that is formed on at least one of the electric wire connection section and the sheath, and a bulged and deformed section of the waterproof material deformed by the electric wire connection section which is caulked and crimped enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuto Ohtaka
  • Publication number: 20160365648
    Abstract: A connecting structure of a crimp terminal and an electric wire includes an electric wire including a conductor, an insulating coating covering the conductor, and a conductor exposed part where the conductor is exposed by removing the coating on an end part of the electric wire; a crimp terminal made of a metal material different from that of the conductor and includes an electric wire connector including a conductor crimping portion that crimps the conductor exposed part of the end part of the electric wire and a coating crimping portion that crimps a part of the coating left in the end part of the electric wire; and an intermediate potential film deposited by spraying a metal having a potential different from that of the metal material of the crimp terminal on an outer periphery of the electric wire connector being crimped to the end part of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160359245
    Abstract: A structure for connecting a crimp terminal and an electric wire includes: a crimp terminal that includes a conductor crimping portion and a coating crimping portion serially and includes an electric wire connector that is to be crimped to the electric wire; and a water stop sheet having an opening for bringing a conductor into contact with the conductor crimping portion, and laid between the electric wire connector and the electric wire. When a joint is swaged and crimped, the swaged and crimped joint has a second included angle ?2 between the bottom plate and a second line that is larger than a first included angle ?1 between the bottom plate and a first line in a cross section that is perpendicular to a bottom plate of the electric wire connector and that includes an electric wire axial line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOKI, Kazuto OHTAKA
  • Publication number: 20160276777
    Abstract: In a terminal-attached electric wire (1), a resin portion (4) which covers a conductor-exposed portion of a terminal (3) to which a conductor is connected is formed by molding resin in the conductor-exposed portion. In the terminal-attached electric wire (1), the resin portion (4) has a peeling preventive portion (14) which prevents the resin portion (4) from peeing off in a release direction of a die when the die is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei SATO, Hiroshi AOKI, Takahito NAKASHIMA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu TAGA
  • Publication number: 20160261054
    Abstract: Provided is an electric wire with a terminal (1), in which a resin portion (4) molded by a die covers a conductor exposure portion of a terminal (3) to which a conductor is connected. At least groove portion (16) is provided at a part of the terminal (3) covered with the resin portion (4) so that the groove portion (16) prevents the resin portion (4) from separating from the terminal (3) in a removing direction of the die after the resin portion (4) is molded by the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei SATO, Hiroshi AOKI, Takahito NAKASHIMA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu TAGA
  • Publication number: 20160141768
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a connection structure including a waterproof sheet disposed in an inner surface of a wire connection section and has an opening section in a position corresponding to a conductor exposed section, in which the waterproof sheet is configured such that a front end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a front side from a front end of a conductor crimp section and a rear end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a rear side from a rear end of the cover crimp section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuto Ohtaka
  • Patent number: 9326674
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a measurement light optical path length changing unit configured to change an optical path length of measurement light. In a case where any one of a plurality of imaging regions of an object (for example, a region of an anterior eye of a subject's eye and a region of a fundus of the subject's eye) is selected, the optical tomographic imaging apparatus can control the measurement light optical path length changing unit according to a size of an imaging range of a tomographic image corresponding to the selected imaging region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshifumi Masaki, Hiroshi Aoki, Yukio Sakagawa
  • Patent number: 9314156
    Abstract: This invention provides an ophthalmologic apparatus that requires no fixation line control instruction by an operator to a patient even when executing an inspection set including a plurality of scanning conditions. In an ophthalmologic apparatus including a scanning unit configured to scan measuring light on an eye to be inspected and execute measurement of the eye to be inspected, and a fixation unit configured to fixate the eye to be inspected to a desired measurement position, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the scanning unit to continue the measurement of the eye to be inspected in accordance with an inspection set, and a fixation target control unit configured to change the on state of the fixation unit when the determination unit has determined to continue the measurement are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20160069953
    Abstract: Test information data includes a signal identifier and time period information which are being associated with a terminal identifier. An overlapping number counting part counts a first type overlapping number for each unit time period, based on the test information data. The first type overlapping number indicates the number of terminal identifiers being associated with time period information indicating an input time period which includes a unit time period and being associated with a first type signal identifier identifying a first type input signal. A determination circuit number decision part decides that the maximum overlapping number among the first type overlapping number of each unit time period is to be a first type determination circuit number. A design data generation part generates design data for a test circuit having the same number of first type determination circuits as the first type determination circuit number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhide TAKASHINA, Hiroshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 9277859
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction on a size of an imaging range of a tomographic image, and a control unit configured to control a measurement light optical path length changing unit to perform alignment in a depth direction with respect an object after the instruction by the instruction unit, and change an optical path length of measurement light by a distance corresponding to a change of the size on which the instruction is issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Oyaizu, Hiroshi Aoki, Yukio Sakagawa, Hirofumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9277860
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a control unit configured to, in a case where an instruction to narrow an imaging range of a tomographic image is issued, control a measurement light optical path length changing unit to reduce an optical path length of measurement light and make a changing speed of the optical path length of the measurement light lower than in a case where an instruction to widen the imaging range is issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Komine, Hiroshi Aoki, Hirofumi Yoshida, Yukio Sakagawa, Hiroyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 9204793
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus including a splitting unit configured to split, on a light path in an optical observation system of an anterior segment of a subject's eye, an anterior segment image into a plurality of light beams at a position conjugated with the anterior segment, and an imaging unit configured to capture the anterior segment image via an image forming unit configured to form an image of the light beams coming from the anterior segment, split by the splitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Hiroshi Aoki, Hirofumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9194697
    Abstract: There is provided a form measuring apparatus including: a projection section configured to project a plurality kinds of patterns onto a measuring object in sequence, the plurality kinds of patterns having a common repetitive structure and differing in phase; an imaging section configured to acquire an image data set by taking an image of the measuring object every time each of the plurality kinds of patterns is projected onto the measuring object; a selecting section configured to select a data set as an adequate data set from the acquired image data set, the data set concerning an identical area on the measuring object, and all data in the set falling within an effective brightness range; and a form calculating section configured to find a form of the area as a basis of acquiring the adequate data on the measuring object, based on the selected adequate data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9153910
    Abstract: A fitting operation lever includes rotation fulcrum holes rotationally engaged with boss portions on a first connector housing, boss guiding grooves which enable an engagement or disengagement between the boss portions and the rotation fulcrum holes, and action point projecting portions which move from engagement starting positions on projecting portion guide grooves 25 inside a second connector housing 20 as the rotation of the fitting operation lever to be engaged with projection engagement projecting portions 27 within the second connector housing to thereby apply a force acting in a fitting direction to the second connector housing. The rotation fulcrum holes are formed into an elliptic shape which allows a contact positions thereof with the boss portions to move when the fitting operation lever is rotated in a returning direction when the connector housings are fitted together completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Jun Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9132758
    Abstract: Heater electrodes and a sensor electrode both in a film shape are formed on the top surface of an insulation sheet without overlapping with each other. As a result, a seat heater has a small overall thickness. Then, the seat heater can be placed near the seating surface of a seat without making the seat less comfortable to sit in. The occupant is detected based on the impedance between the sensor electrode and the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to warm the occupant seated on the seat efficiently and detect the occupant with accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9120071
    Abstract: A spotter that includes a plurality of spotting heads, each of the plurality of spotting heads having a discharging portion at a tip portion, the plurality of spotting heads form an m×n array (m, n>1) with m spotting heads arranged lengthwise and n spotting heads arranged crosswise; and a pitch varying mechanism configured to vary an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a lengthwise direction and an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a crosswise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Masaki Torimura, Hiroaki Tao, Takashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9114747
    Abstract: The heating elements of a seat heater are used to warm the occupant seated on the seat and also used to detect the occupant. The configuration eliminates the need to dispose, in the vicinity of the seating surface of the seat, both a heater unit used for warming the occupant and a sensor for detecting the occupant. As a result, the structure of the seat is simplified to prevent deterioration in seating comfort, and at the same time, the occupant can be accurately detected and the heating elements can be efficiently utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aoki