Patents by Inventor Hiroteru Kato

Hiroteru Kato 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: 20230391228
    Abstract: Positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to first positive electrode-side battery terminal, negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a switch is connected between first negative electrode-side battery terminal and second positive electrode-side battery terminal, between second positive electrode-side battery terminal and first connection point between positive electrode-side input terminal and first positive electrode-side battery terminal, and between first negative electrode-side battery terminal and second connection point between negative electrode-side input terminal and second negative electrode-side battery terminal, positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to positive electrode-side converter output terminal, negative electrode-side output terminal is connected to negative electrode-side converter output terminal, positive electrode-side converter input terminal is connected to a line connecting positive electrode-si
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki MORIMOTO, Kazuo Sugimura, Hiroteru Kato, Shoya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230396076
    Abstract: A positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to a first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to a second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a first switch is connected between a first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second positive electrode-side battery terminal, a second switch is connected between a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first connection point between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line connecting the second switch and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, and a negative electrode-side output terminal to a line connecting the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki MORIMOTO, Kazuo SUGIMURA, Hiroteru KATO, Shoya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170186572
    Abstract: A service plug is capable of being inserted and pulled into and out of a plug receiving unit disposed on a power supply path which connects a battery and a load. The service plug includes: a first terminal connected to a battery-side power supply path in a state that the service plug is inserted in the plug receiving unit; a second terminal connected to a load-side power supply path in the state that the service plug is inserted in the plug receiving unit; and a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal, and permits or prohibits conduction between the first terminal and the second terminal in response to control of turning on and off of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroteru KATO, Osamu KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170092562
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for a semiconductor circuit breaker to release heat generated by the semiconductor circuit breaker which is capable of switching between conduction and blocking between predetermined targets, the heat dissipation structure compring a bus bar which is a plate material made of metal on which the semiconductor circuit breaker is provided, and a heat pipe which is a thin sheet long member made of metal. The semiconductor circuit breaker is mounted on a surface of the busbar. The heat pipe is disposed so that one part of the heat pipe contacts an opposite surface from the surface of the bus bar and another part of the heat pipe is connected to a heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroteru Kato