Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Takeda

Hitoshi Takeda 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: 11945882
    Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Takashi Kouko, Shigeru Noguchi, Yohei Yamane, Fumikatsu Kondo, Takahiro Aoki, Tadahiro Takeda, Kohei Sakanishi, Hitoshi Sato, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Shinji Matuura, Kei Kurahashi, Yutaka Kitagawa, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11943902
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structure having a novel structure with which the dissipation of heat from a heat generating component can be more reliably promoted with a short heat transfer path. A circuit structure includes: a heat generating component; bus bars connected to connection portions of the heat generating component; an insulating base member configured to hold the heat generating component and the bus bars; and a coolant flow path provided inside the base member and through which a coolant flows, the bus bars being in thermal contact with the coolant flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Isaji, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11811209
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes: an upper case having positioning holes; bus bars that are provided in an inductor disposed in the upper case and that have through holes; terminals that are connected to electric wires and that have bolts disposed thereon that penetrate the through holes; nuts that sandwich the bus bars between the nuts and the terminals by being screwed onto the bolts; and a lower case that is attached to the upper case. The lower case includes: front walls, left walls, and right walls that project upward from the lower case and position the terminals relative to the lower case by coming into contact with the terminals; and case positioning portions that project upward from the lower case and that are inserted into the positioning holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Isaji, Ryoya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230268618
    Abstract: A connection module is configured to be accommodated inside a battery pack including an upper case and a lower case, the connection module including: a plurality of bus bars that electrically connect a device disposed on the upper case side inside the battery pack to a connector disposed on the lower case side inside the battery pack; a plurality of holders that hold the plurality of bus bars, each of the plurality of holders including bus bar holding portions; and a bracket capable of locking the plurality of holders, wherein, in a state in which the plurality of holders that hold the plurality of bus bars are locked to the bracket, the plurality of bus bars are arranged side by side in a left-right direction orthogonal to a vertical direction, a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and intersecting the left-right direction is assumed to be a front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230187882
    Abstract: Provided is a fuse-equipped connector including: a housing; a fuse terminal configured to be attached to the housing; a holder configured to be attached to the housing; and a fuse configured to be attached to the holder, and be electrically connected to the fuse terminal, wherein the housing includes a lock portion, and the holder includes a lock receiving portion configured to be elastically locked to the lock portion, the holder includes a fuse accommodating portion in which the fuse is to be removably accommodated, the fuse includes a terminal portion, and the fuse terminal includes a fuse elastic contact portion configured to come into elastic contact with the terminal portion of the fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230171910
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit unit with a novel structure that can counter the heat generation by resistors while suppressing an increase in size and cost of the circuit unit. A circuit unit includes a wiring member, a lower case that holds the wiring member, an upper case that covers the lower case, and resistors connected to the wiring member, wherein the upper case include wall portions that surround peripheries of the resistors, and wherein, in a first orthogonal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the resistors, the separation distance between intermediate portions in the longitudinal direction of the resistors and the wall portions of the upper case is greater than the separation distance between end portions in the longitudinal direction of the resistors and the wall portions of the upper case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230155308
    Abstract: Provided is a relay connector including a relay terminal including a first connection portion configured to connect to a first device side terminal and a second connection portion configured to connect to a second device side terminal; a clamping member including a first clamping portion configured to clamp the first device side terminal together with the first connection portion and a second clamping portion configured to clamp the second device side terminal together with the second connection portion; a lower case configured to hold the relay terminal; and an upper case configured to hold the clamping member, wherein a connector case includes a first insertion opening and a second insertion opening; and guide portions are formed on the clamping member, the guide portions guiding the first device side terminal inserted from the first insertion opening and the second device side terminal inserted from the second insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Yusuke ISAJI
  • Publication number: 20230072016
    Abstract: A terminal connection unit has a novel structure that enables advantageously absorbing tolerance between positions of a terminal fitting and a connection portion while also ensuring a good state of connection between the terminal fitting and the connection portion. A terminal connection unit includes: a current-carrying member that has a connection portion for connection to a terminal fitting provided at the terminal end of an electric wire; and a support portion that fixedly supports the current-carrying member. The current-carrying member includes a fixing portion that is fixed to the support portion, and an extendable portion that couples the connection portion and the fixing portion to each other and can extend and contract in the first direction. The support portion includes an attachment portion that is attached to the connection portion and is displaceable in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230039051
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit assembly having a novel structure that enables circuit components to be laid out in a lower case with high design flexibility and higher spatial efficiency. A circuit assembly includes: a lower case for accommodating lower circuit components; an upper case for covering the lower case; upper circuit components attached to the upper case, and a fastening member holder for holding a fastening member for fixing the upper circuit components to the upper case, the fastening member holder being provided in the upper case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220418085
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structure with a new structure that can improve a heat dissipation efficiency of a heat generating component while having resistance to a reaction force of a thermally conductive member. Provided is a circuit structure including: a heat generating component; bus bars that are connected to connection portions of the heat-generating component; cases that accommodate the heat-generating component and the bus bars; an elastic thermally conductive member that comes into thermal contact with the bus bars; a pressing portion that is provided on the cases and brings the bus bars into contact with the thermally conductive member; and a reinforcing wall portion that protrudes outside of the cases and reinforces the pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220400580
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit assembly having a novel structure capable of more reliably promoting heat dissipation from a heat generating component, using a short heat transfer path. A circuit assembly includes: a heat generating component that generates heat when energized; a conductive member configured to be connected to a connection portion of the heat generating component; and a cooling component configured to allow a coolant to flow therethrough and is in thermal contact with the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220386456
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structure having a novel structure with which the dissipation of heat from a heat generating component can be more reliably promoted with a short heat transfer path. A circuit structure includes: a heat generating component; bus bars connected to connection portions of the heat generating component; an insulating base member configured to hold the heat generating component and the bus bars; and a coolant flow path provided inside the base member and through which a coolant flows, the bus bars being in thermal contact with the coolant flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11489270
    Abstract: A terminal block includes a lower bus bar and an upper bus bar that overlap each other at overlap portions and an insulating middle cover disposed between the overlap portion of the lower bus bar and the overlap portion of the upper bus bar. The lower bus bar and the upper bus bar are provided with their respective ones of first to fourth terminals exposed from the middle cover, at positions different from the overlap portions and the first to fourth terminals are disposed at positions radially spaced apart from the overlap portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryoya Okamoto, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220255304
    Abstract: An electrical connection box 10 of the present disclosure includes a case; a power supply circuit; and a branch circuit, wherein the branch circuit is a circuit that includes a detachable overcurrent protection element and branches from the power supply circuit; the case includes a case body, a cover 23 detachably attached to the case body, and a cover sealing member 24 having elasticity; the case body includes a first working hole 44 and houses the power supply circuit and the branch circuit; the first working hole 44 is formed at a position that allows the overcurrent protection element to face outward and is formed with external shape dimensions smaller than external shape dimensions of a ceiling plate 41; the cover 23 is installed on the case body in a manner such that the first working hole 44 is closed; and the cover sealing member 24 is brought into close contact with a peripheral edge portion of the first working hole 44 of the case body and the cover 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11394138
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal block that electrically connects a terminal connection portion provided at a terminal end of a covered wire and a device-side connection portion provided in a device to each other, the terminal block including: a contact placement portion on which the terminal connection portion and the device-side connection portion are disposed in contact with each other; a wire installation portion that is provided continuously with the contact placement portion and on which the covered wire is disposed; and a stress relaxation portion that is disposed between the wire installation portion and the covered wire so as to be elastically displaceable, and that bends and holds the covered wire in a state in which a clearance is provided between the covered wire and the wire installation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yusuke Isaji, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220189719
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly including: a main relay that is to be electrically connected between a load and a battery; a pre-charge circuit connected in parallel with the main relay; and a heat transfer member, wherein the pre-charge circuit includes current-carrying portions that are to be connected to the main relay, and the heat transfer member and the current-carrying portions are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Ryoya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11361924
    Abstract: A relay unit includes: bus bars serving as conductive paths; relays including contact portions for turning on and off energization of the bus bars, and a plurality of terminals connected to the contact portions, the bus bars being fixed to the terminals; and heat dissipation members that are fixed to the terminals of the relays, receive heat of the terminals, and dissipate the heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Fujimura, Hitoshi Takeda, Ken Furusawa, Ryoya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220029399
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes: an upper case having positioning holes; bus bars that are provided in an inductor disposed in the upper case and that have through holes; terminals that are connected to electric wires and that have bolts disposed thereon that penetrate the through holes; nuts that sandwich the bus bars between the nuts and the terminals by being screwed onto the bolts; and a lower case that is attached to the upper case. The lower case includes: front walls, left walls, and right walls that project upward from the lower case and position the terminals relative to the lower case by coming into contact with the terminals; and case positioning portions that project upward from the lower case and that are inserted into the positioning holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISAJI, Ryoya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220013935
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal block that electrically connects a terminal connection portion provided at a terminal end of a covered wire and a device-side connection portion provided in a device to each other, the terminal block including: a contact placement portion on which the terminal connection portion and the device-side connection portion are disposed in contact with each other; a wire installation portion that is provided continuously with the contact placement portion and on which the covered wire is disposed; and a stress relaxation portion that is disposed between the wire installation portion and the covered wire so as to be elastically displaceable, and that bends and holds the covered wire in a state in which a clearance is provided between the covered wire and the wire installation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Yusuke ISAJI, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11211673
    Abstract: An insulating protector attached to one side of a unit cell group includes: two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and two wire routing grooves that are provided on an inner side of each bus bar housing portion, and in which detection wires drawn from unit cells are routed so as to detect the state of the unit cells. A bus bar cover for covering the closer one of the bus bar housing portions and a wire cover for covering the wire routing groove on the inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion are provided on each lateral side edge portion of the insulating protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Ryouya Okamoto, Tomoki Idota