Patents by Inventor Kaoru SHIMANO

Kaoru SHIMANO 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: 20220350188
    Abstract: A light control film includes a light control layer containing a material in which transmittance of electromagnetic waves changes when a voltage is applied, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are respectively stacked on both sides of the light control layer and are configured such that the voltage is applicable to the light control layer, a substantially transparent first base material layer that is stacked on a side of the first electrode layer opposite to the light control layer and supports the first electrode layer, and a substantially transparent second base material layer that is stacked on a side of the second electrode layer opposite to the light control layer and supports the second electrode layer. At least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a conductive DLC layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KUSAKABE, Kaoru SHIMANO
  • Patent number: 11431254
    Abstract: A first switching element and a second switching element are arranged side by side in a first direction. An output bus bar is disposed to extend in the first direction. The first switching element and the second switching element are disposed to be embedded in a molded portion. The output bus bar includes an embedded portion embedded in the molded portion, a first exposed portion exposed from the molded portion on one side of the switching element set in the first direction, and a second exposed portion exposed from the molded portion on another side of the switching element set in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Hotta, Shinya Osuka, Yasuhiro Kume, Kaoru Shimano, Toshiyuki Fukuhara, Takeshi Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 11271491
    Abstract: In an inverter module (10) including a plurality of switching elements (11), a positive-polarity bus bar (14), a negative-polarity bus bar (15), and a plurality of output bus bars (16, 17, and 18), the plurality of output bus bars (16, 17, and 18) are disposed in a first direction (D1) in which upper-stage-side switching elements (11U) and lower-stage-side switching elements (11L) are placed side by side, and the positive-polarity bus bar (14) and the negative-polarity bus bar (15) are disposed in a second direction (D2) intersecting the first direction (D1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Hotta, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Kaoru Shimano, Yasuhiro Kume, Takeshi Ikeyama, Toshiyuki Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20210234467
    Abstract: A first switching element and a second switching element are arranged side by side in a first direction. An output bus bar is disposed to extend in the first direction. The first switching element and the second switching element are disposed to be embedded in a molded portion. The output bus bar includes an embedded portion embedded in the molded portion, a first exposed portion exposed from the molded portion on one side of the switching element set in the first direction, and a second exposed portion exposed from the molded portion on another side of the switching element set in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka HOTTA, Shinya OSUKA, Yasuhiro KUME, Kaoru SHIMANO, Toshiyuki FUKUHARA, Takeshi IKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200204083
    Abstract: In an inverter module (10) including a plurality of switching elements (11), a positive-polarity bus bar (14), a negative-polarity bus bar (15), and a plurality of output bus bars (16, 17, and 18), the plurality of output bus bars (16, 17, and 18) are disposed in a first direction (D1) in which upper-stage-side switching elements (11U) and lower-stage-side switching elements (11L) are placed side by side, and the positive-polarity bus bar (14) and the negative-polarity bus bar (15) are disposed in a second direction (D2) intersecting the first direction (D1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka HOTTA, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Kaoru SHIMANO, Yasuhiro KUME, Takeshi IKEYAMA, Toshiyuki FUKUHARA