Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Hasegawa

Hirotaka Hasegawa 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: 20230335779
    Abstract: A battery stack plate including a housing is provided. The housing has a first sub housing and a second sub housing. Each of the first and second sub housings has a coupling portion coupling the first and second sub housings to each other. The coupling portion includes a protruding portion provided on a coupling plate side face on which the first sub housing and the second sub housing are coupled to each other, and a recessed portion provided on the coupling plate side face at a position shifted from the protruding portion in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi MORIOKA, Motoyoshi Okumura, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinichi Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 11631917
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electrical junction box includes: a first housing which is fixed to a vehicle and in which a through hole is formed; and a terminal block that is inserted into the through hole, has a conductor, and is supported by the first housing, wherein the conductor includes a first terminal portion placed on one side of the through hole in a penetrating direction in which the through hole penetrates the first housing, and a second terminal portion that protrudes from the first housing toward the other side in the penetrating direction and that is connected to an electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Shinya Oishi, Chihiro Takahashi, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Michihiro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210296729
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electrical junction box includes: a first housing which is fixed to a vehicle and in which a through hole is formed; and a terminal block that is inserted into the through hole, has a conductor, and is supported by the first housing, wherein the conductor includes a first terminal portion placed on one side of the through hole in a penetrating direction in which the through hole penetrates the first housing, and a second terminal portion that protrudes from the first housing toward the other side in the penetrating direction and that is connected to an electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Shinya Oishi, Chihiro Takahashi, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Michihiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10727659
    Abstract: An electric junction box includes a mounting portion into which an electric component is fitted and mounted. The mounting portion includes a holding wall, a locking hole and a pressing projection. The holding wall surrounds a peripheral surface of the electric component. The locking hole is formed in the holding wall and is locked to a locking projection provided on the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection protrudes from the holding wall to press and hold the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection is disposed at a position deviated from a movement path of the locking projection of the electric component to be fitted into the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinya Oishi
  • Publication number: 20180342860
    Abstract: An electric junction box includes a mounting portion into which an electric component is fitted and mounted. The mounting portion includes a holding wall, a locking hole and a pressing projection. The holding wall surrounds a peripheral surface of the electric component. The locking hole is formed in the holding wall and is locked to a locking projection provided on the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection protrudes from the holding wall to press and hold the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection is disposed at a position deviated from a movement path of the locking projection of the electric component to be fitted into the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinya Oishi
  • Publication number: 20180090879
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a pair of second slits having a pair of first slits interposed therebetween in an aligning direction, penetrating a wall portion in a facing direction, extending from an insertion hole to a supporting portion side along an insertion direction, having respective front ends that are closed ends on the supporting portion side, and overlapping with the first slits in the aligning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinya Oishi
  • Patent number: 9640901
    Abstract: An electrical connection box (10), including: a relay (20) which has a locking projection (20K); and a connection box main body (30) which has a pressing projection (30K) that is engaged with the locking projection (20K), and which is formed with a storage space (30P) that stores the relay (20), in which a guide wall (30W) which is provided to stand on a boundary of the storage space is formed across the entire circumference of the boundary of the storage space in the connection box main body, and in which the pressing projection (30K) is formed at a narrow linking part (30B) of the guide wall in a direction in which the guide wall is provided to stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Michihiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9455518
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including a terminal which is provided with an electrical connection section with a tab shape that is provided with a raised part which extends along a terminal fitting direction, and a connector housing which is provided with a terminal accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal, and an insertion hole through which the electrical connection section is inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber and protrudes outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinya Oishi
  • Publication number: 20160072222
    Abstract: An electrical connection box (10), including: a relay (20) which has a locking projection (20K); and a connection box main body (30) which has a pressing projection (30K) that is engaged with the locking projection (20K), and which is formed with a storage space (30P) that stores the relay (20), in which a guide wall (30W) which is provided to stand on a boundary of the storage space is formed across the entire circumference of the boundary of the storage space in the connection box main body, and in which the pressing projection (30K) is formed at a narrow linking part (30B) of the guide wall in a direction in which the guide wall is provided to stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka HASEGAWA, Michihiro ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160036154
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including a terminal which is provided with an electrical connection section with a tab shape that is provided with a raised part which extends along a terminal fitting direction, and a connector housing which is provided with a terminal accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal, and an insertion hole through which the electrical connection section is inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber and protrudes outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hirotaka HASEGAWA, Shinya OISHI
  • Patent number: 9130324
    Abstract: A connector 1 has a housing 4 including a side wall 42 extending from a base plate 41, a pair of projections 45 projecting from the side wall, and a lever 5 including a pair of plate members 50A having a guide groove 53 and a plate connecting member 50B connecting the pair of plate members. The lever is positioned from a release position to a slide start position, at which the surface of the base plate is in parallel to and slid along the lengthwise direction of the guide groove 53, and tube members 59, 71 and locking members 46, 58 are engaged. A first surface 5a at a side apart from the guide groove is perpendicular to a slide direction at the slide position and a second surface 5b at a side near to the guide groove is perpendicular to a connecting direction Z at the release position. When the lever 5 reaches a lock position, detect connectors in tube members 59, 71 become engaged to close the power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroyasu Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8992239
    Abstract: A lever fitting-type connecter of the present invention has housing having a main body and a pair of projections; a lever having holes into which the projections are inserted, the lever rotated in a state that the projections are inserted into the holes from a non-fitting position before being fitted to another connector to a fitting position fitted to the other connector by rotating around the projection; an engagement receiving portion arranged in the projection so as to sandwich the lever between the main body and the engagement receiving portion; a first overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the non-fitting position; a second overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the fitting position; and an engaging portion arranged between the first and second overlapping positions and engaged to the engagement receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8842408
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply circuit, in which cost reduction is realized by reducing the number of electric wires. An inverter 3 and a motor 4 are supplied with power by a high-voltage battery 21. Relays 22a to 22c are provided between the high-voltage battery 21 and the inverter 3. Both ends of each of relay coils C provided to the relays 22a to 22c are connected to an ECU 5, and the ECU 5 controls a current flowing through the relay coils C and thereby controls the turning on and off of the relays 22a to 22c. A service plug 6 is detachably provided between batteries making up the high-voltage battery 21, and when the service plug 6 is detached, the supply of power from the high-voltage battery 21 to the inverter 3 and the motor 4 is blocked and when the service plug 6 is attached, the supply of power from the high-voltage battery 21 to the inverter 3 and the motor 4 is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Hirotaka Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8834187
    Abstract: A connector for determining whether or not to having been disengaged from the mating connector 2 to be exploded includes a housing including a main body accommodating a terminal fitting, and a pair of projections projecting from the main body; a lever including a pair of plates provided with holes through which each of the pair of projections is passed, and the pair of plates sandwiching the main body therewithin, the lever being arranged rotatively about the pair of projections. The lever includes a label-attached part to which a label is attached, the label-attached part is provided with a plate part coupling the pair of plates to each other, the plate part has a slit open to the hole, extending toward the plate-coupling part, and the label is attached to the label-attached part so as to cover the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8556650
    Abstract: A downsized, low-cost connector which can prevent an external force applied to an electric wire from transmitting to an electrical connection portion is provided. The connector includes a terminal connected to an end of an electric wire and a housing receiving the terminal. The terminal includes an electrical connection portion and a wire connection portion electrically connected with a mating terminal and a core wire of the electric wire, respectively. The wire connection portion includes a bottom wall positioning the core wire of the electric wire on a surface thereof and a pair of crimping pieces crimped to the core wire. The housing includes: a housing main body arranged to receive an end of the electric wire and the terminal connected thereto; and a cover body mounted to the housing main body so as to sandwich the electric wire between the cover body and the housing main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Hirotaka Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130224974
    Abstract: A connector 1 has a housing 4 including a side wall 42 extending vertically from a base plate 41 and a pair of projections 45 projecting from the side wall, and a lever 5 including a pair of plate members 50A having a guide groove 53 and a plate connecting member 50B connecting the pair of plate members. The lever is positioned from a release position to a slide start position, at which the surface of the base plate is in parallel to the lengthwise direction of the guide groove 53, and slid along the lengthwise direction of the guide groove 53. A first surface 5a at a side apart from the guide groove is vertical to a slide direction at the slide position and a second surface 5b at a side near to the guide groove is vertical to a connecting direction Z at the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroyasu Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20130164959
    Abstract: A connector for determining whether or not to having been disengaged from the mating connector 2 to be exploded includes a housing including a main body accommodating a terminal fitting, and a pair of projections projecting from the main body; a lever including a pair of plates provided with holes through which each of the pair of projections is passed, and the pair of plates sandwiching the main body therewithin, the lever being arranged rotatively about the pair of projections. The lever includes a label-attached part to which a label is attached, the label-attached part is provided with a plate part coupling the pair of plates to each other, the plate part has a slit open to the hole, extending toward the plate-coupling part, and the label is attached to the label-attached part so as to cover the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8379375
    Abstract: A power source circuit shut off device includes a plug having a terminal metal fitting and a housing to which the terminal metal fitting is attached, and a plug attachment section having a second terminal metal fitting and a second housing to which the second terminal metal fitting is attached. The housing has a second opening section at its side face perpendicular to its bottom face at a second housing side, the second opening section being adapted for attaching the terminal metal fitting to the housing. The terminal metal fitting and the second terminal metal fitting are connected to the second housing. The second housing has a closing wall which closes the second opening section in a state that the housing is positioned at the terminal contact position at which the housing is not yet accommodated in the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20130017697
    Abstract: A lever fitting-type connecter of the present invention has housing having a main body and a pair of projections; a lever having holes into which the projections are inserted, the lever rotated in a state that the projections are inserted into the holes from a non-fitting position before being fitted to another connector to a fitting position fitted to the other connector by rotating around the projection; an engagement receiving portion arranged in the projection so as to sandwich the lever between the main body and the engagement receiving portion; a first overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the non-fitting position; a second overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the fitting position; and an engaging portion arranged between the first and second overlapping positions and engaged to the engagement receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120279834
    Abstract: A power source circuit shut off device includes a plug having a terminal metal fitting and a housing to which the terminal metal fitting is attached, and a plug attachment section having a second terminal metal fitting and a second housing to which the second terminal metal fitting is attached. The housing has a second opening section at its side face perpendicular to its bottom face at a second housing side, the second opening section being adapted for attaching the terminal metal fitting to the housing. The terminal metal fitting and the second terminal metal fitting are connected to the second housing. The second housing has a closing wall which closes the second opening section in a state that the housing is positioned at the terminal contact position at which the housing is not yet accommodated in the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu FURUYA, Hirotaka HASEGAWA, Hiroshi FUKUDA