Patents by Inventor Katsushi NAKAYAMA

Katsushi NAKAYAMA 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: 20240170797
    Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to multiple power storage elements including electrodes includes an insulation protector made of synthetic resin having insulating properties, a busbar held by the insulation protector and connected to the electrode, a bolt including a shaft portion that extends through the busbar and a head portion that is at an end of the shaft portion, and a nut that is screwed onto the shaft portion of the bolt. The busbar includes an electrode connection portion that is connected to the electrode and extends in an extending direction and an insertion base portion that extends in a first direction crossing the extending direction and through which the shaft portion of the bolt extends. The insulation protector includes a holding portion that holds and positions the electrode connection portion and a receiving portion receiving the nut or the head portion therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AESC JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki FUKUSHIMA, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Katsushi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240072367
    Abstract: An external connection bus bar to be connected to a storage element group having a plurality of storage elements and having an output electrode terminal for outputting electric power to an external circuit includes a main body portion to be connected to the output electrode terminal, an external connection terminal to be connected to an external circuit, and a circuit board connection portion to be soldered to a bus bar land provided on the circuit board. The external connection terminal is provided between the main body portion and the circuit board connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuya IKEDA, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Katsushi MIYAZAKI, Mitsutoshi MORITA
  • Patent number: 11180132
    Abstract: A control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform autonomous driving of a vehicle to autonomously control at least a vehicle speed so that the vehicle speed follows a preset target vehicle speed; store a relationship between the vehicle speed and noise that is generated by a vehicle part rotated in association with running of the vehicle; determine, based on the relationship, whether the noise is equal to or larger than a preset determination threshold when the vehicle runs at the target vehicle speed; and when the electronic control unit determines that the noise is equal to or larger than the determination threshold, determine a vehicle speed at which the noise is lower than the determination threshold, and change the target vehicle speed to the vehicle speed at which the noise is lower than the determination threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsushi Nakayama, Satoru Takahashi, Hiroyuki Tateno
  • Publication number: 20200156621
    Abstract: A control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform autonomous driving of a vehicle to autonomously control at least a vehicle speed so that the vehicle speed follows a preset target vehicle speed; store a relationship between the vehicle speed and noise that is generated by a vehicle part rotated in association with running of the vehicle; determine, based on the relationship, whether the noise is equal to or larger than a preset determination threshold when the vehicle runs at the target vehicle speed; and when the electronic control unit determines that the noise is equal to or larger than the determination threshold, determine a vehicle speed at which the noise is lower than the determination threshold, and change the target vehicle speed to the vehicle speed at which the noise is lower than the determination threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsushi NAKAYAMA, Satoru TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki TATENO