Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Nagashima

Kazuaki Nagashima 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: 20240132147
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Yasushi HORA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA
  • Patent number: 10960861
    Abstract: An electronic control device is provided with a hydraulic control block made of an aluminum alloy, a synthetic-resin component holder configured to hold electronic components such as a pressure sensor, and a printed board for controlling driving of hydraulic control apparatus via the component holder. Electrode terminals of the pressure sensor are connected to the printed board, a terminal configuration part of an electroconductive member, which is inserted into an insertion hole of a body wall of the component holder, is connected to a negative electrode wiring of the printed board, and the outer end edge of an elastic contact part of the electroconductive member is brought into elastic-contact with the hydraulic control block, to establish conduction therebetween. Hence, the electric potential difference between the pressure sensor and the hydraulic control block can be canceled, thus reducing an electrical noise of the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Kaneko, Takeshi Iizuka, Kazuaki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20190061714
    Abstract: An electronic control device is provided with a hydraulic control block made of an aluminum alloy, a synthetic-resin component holder configured to hold electronic components such as a pressure sensor, and a printed board for controlling driving of hydraulic control apparatus via the component holder. Electrode terminals of the pressure sensor are connected to the printed board, a terminal configuration part of an electroconductive member, which is inserted into an insertion hole of a body wall of the component holder, is connected to a negative electrode wiring of the printed board, and the outer end edge of an elastic contact part of the electroconductive member is brought into elastic-contact with the hydraulic control block, to establish conduction therebetween. Hence, the electric potential difference between the pressure sensor and the hydraulic control block can be canceled, thus reducing an electrical noise of the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KANEKO, Takeshi IIZUKA, Kazuaki NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9516769
    Abstract: An electronic control device, comprising: a circuit board on which an electronic component having a heat generating characteristic is mounted; a resin made cabinet housing the circuit board; and a ventilation passage whose one end is opened to an inside of the cabinet and whose other end is opened to an outside of the cabinet to communicate between the inside of the cabinet and the outside of the cabinet, wherein the one end of the ventilation passage is opened to the electronic component having the heat generating characteristic and a standing wall is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the one end opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kaneko, Kazuaki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9411342
    Abstract: An electronic control device has a resin case to which a circuit board having a terminal contact pad is fixed; a hydraulic unit having an electromagnetic solenoid which controls a hydraulic circuit and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure of the hydraulic circuit; a motor post having a current-carrying member which electrically connects a motor and the circuit board and extending from the resin case and inserted in the hydraulic unit; and a fixing member which is provided at the resin case and holds an outer periphery of the pressure sensor. Positioning between the pressure sensor and the terminal contact pad of the circuit board is made by the motor post inserted in the hydraulic unit and fixation of the pressure sensor by the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Susumu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9215823
    Abstract: A busbar member is a unit to be connect with a hydraulic unit. The busbar member includes a base portion, and a surrounding wall which defines a receiving portion formed between the hydraulic unit and the base portion and which is arranged to receive a control section to control the hydraulic unit. The busbar member further includes a connector supporting portion which is formed integrally with the base portion, which projects from the base portion in a form of a cantilever and which is arranged to support a connector, and a bulging portion which is arranged to receive a component of the control section, which projects from the connector supporting portion and which is connected with the surrounding wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Kaneko, Kazuaki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20150271933
    Abstract: An electronic control device, comprising: a circuit board on which an electronic component having a heat generating characteristic is mounted; a resin made cabinet housing the circuit board; and a ventilation passage whose one end is opened to an inside of the cabinet and whose other end is opened to an outside of the cabinet to communicate between the inside of the cabinet and the outside of the cabinet, wherein the one end of the ventilation passage is opened to the electronic component having the heat generating characteristic and a standing wall is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the one end opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Susumu KANEKO, Kazuaki NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9103354
    Abstract: It is an object to reduce noise leakage out of an apparatus, and improve reliability of an electric brake control apparatus. An electric brake control apparatus includes: a motor that includes a housing made of a conductive member; a control unit that performs drive control of the motor; and a hydraulic unit that includes a housing made of a conductive member, and further includes a conductive connection member that electrically connects a ground line of the control unit, the housing of the motor and the housing of the hydraulic unit to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yahagi, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryota Takagi, Kazuaki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9056596
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit having a metallic control block in which a plurality of control equipments are installed, a metallic cover member fitted onto the metallic control block, and an electronic control mechanism retained between the control block and the cover member to drive the control equipments, the electronic control mechanism includes: a bus bar constituent made of a resin material and having a power electronic circuit to drive the control equipments; and a print board to control the drive of the control equipments via the bus bar constituent, the print board on which a plurality of electronic parts are mounted being fixed onto the bus bar constituent by means of a metallic fixture section and an electrically conducting section being disposed to electrically conduct the control block to the cover member to provide the same electric potential for both of the cover member and the control block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Ryota Takagi, Susumu Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20150156929
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a metallic control block in which a plurality of control equipments are installed, a metallic cover member, and an electronic control mechanism. The metallic cover member is fitted onto the metallic control block. The electronic control mechanism is retained between the metallic control block and the metallic cover member to drive the control equipments. An electrically conducting section is constituted by an electrically connecting member which electrically conducts the metallic cover member to the metallic control block via a bus bar constituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuaki NAGASHIMA, Ryota TAKAGI, Susumu KANEKO
  • Patent number: 9039915
    Abstract: Disclosed are etching solution compositions that comprise fluorine compounds and iron ions, which are used for bulk etching of metal laminate films wherein a layer comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy is laminated on top and a layer comprising titanium or a titanium alloy on bottom, and an etching method using said etching solution compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kuroiwa, Kazuaki Nagashima, Masaru Kato, Masahiro Nohara
  • Publication number: 20140285987
    Abstract: An electronic control device having a circuit board has: an enclosure formed from a plurality of enclosure members and accommodating the circuit board inside the enclosure; and a plurality of snap-fits separately arranged at the enclosure member to hold the circuit board. The snap-fit has a supporter elastically supporting one end surface of the circuit board; and a supporting hook supporting the other end surface of the circuit board. When a sensor terminal is pressed against the one end surface of the circuit board through a contact pad at least one of snap-fit arrangement positions, the supporter of the snap-fit positioned where the sensor terminal is pressed against the one end surface of the circuit board has a plurality of elastically-supporting parts that make elastic contact with the one end surface of the circuit board at dispersed positions with respect to a circumferential edge side of the contact pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Susumu Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140285942
    Abstract: An electronic control device has a resin case to which a circuit board having a terminal contact pad is fixed; a hydraulic unit having an electromagnetic solenoid which controls a hydraulic circuit and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure of the hydraulic circuit; a motor post having a current-carrying member which electrically connects a motor and the circuit board and extending from the resin case and inserted in the hydraulic unit; and a fixing member which is provided at the resin case and holds an outer periphery of the pressure sensor. Positioning between the pressure sensor and the terminal contact pad of the circuit board is made by the motor post inserted in the hydraulic unit and fixation of the pressure sensor by the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki NAGASHIMA, Susumu KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140091052
    Abstract: Technical Problem The present invention aims to provide an iodine-based etching solution having a high ratio of etching rate of a palladium material to that of a metal material other than the palladium material, in particular, an iodine-based etching solution capable of relatively decreasing the concentration of an organic solvent in the etching solution. Solution to Problem The iodine-based etching solution of the present invention is an iodine-based etching solution to etch a material in which a palladium material and a metal material other than the palladium material coexist, and comprises a water-compatible organic solvent and a water-soluble polymer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Hideki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140053545
    Abstract: It is an object to reduce noise leakage out of an apparatus, and improve reliability of an electric brake control apparatus. An electric brake control apparatus includes: a motor that includes a housing made of a conductive member; a control unit that performs drive control of the motor; and a hydraulic unit that includes a housing made of a conductive member, and further includes a conductive connection member that electrically connects a ground line of the control unit, the housing of the motor and the housing of the hydraulic unit to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo YAHAGI, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Ryota TAKAGI, Kazuaki NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20130286563
    Abstract: A busbar member is a unit to be connect with a hydraulic unit. The busbar member includes a base portion, and a surrounding wall which defines a receiving portion formed between the hydraulic unit and the base portion and which is arranged to receive a control section to control the hydraulic unit. The busbar member further includes a connector supporting portion which is formed integrally with the base portion, which projects from the base portion in a form of a cantilever and which is arranged to support a connector, and a bulging portion which is arranged to receive a component of the control section, which projects from the connector supporting portion and which is connected with the surrounding wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KANEKO, Kazuaki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20130033098
    Abstract: In an electronic control unit having a metallic control block in which a plurality of control equipments are installed, a metallic cover member fitted onto the metallic control block, and an electronic control mechanism retained between the control block and the cover member to drive the control equipments, the electronic control mechanism includes: a bus bar constituent made of a resin material and having a power electronic circuit to drive the control equipments; and a print board to control the drive of the control equipments via the bus bar constituent, the print board on which a plurality of electronic parts are mounted being fixed onto the bus bar constituent by means of a metallic fixture section and an electrically conducting section being disposed to electrically conduct the control block to the cover member to provide the same electric potential for both of the cover member and the control block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Ryota Takagi, Susumu Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20130033823
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a casing, a circuit board, and a thermally conductive member. The circuit board is housed in and fixed to the casing. A heating element is mounted on the circuit board. The thermally conductive member is arranged between the casing and heating element for thermal conduction therebetween. The casing includes an internal surface including a contact section in intimate contact with the thermally conductive member. The contact section includes a projecting portion projecting toward the thermally conductive member. The projecting portion is located out of an area of the circuit board, wherein the heating element is located in the area. The heating element is mounted on one side of the circuit board. The thermally conductive member is fixed to another side of the circuit board, and located to face the heating element via the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nagashima, Ryota Takagi, Susumu Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20110297873
    Abstract: Disclosed are etching solution compositions that comprise fluorine compounds and iron ions, which are used for bulk etching of metal laminate films wherein a layer comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy is laminated on top and a layer comprising titanium or a titanium alloy on bottom, and an etching method using said etching solution compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kuroiwa, Kazuaki Nagashima, Masaru Kato, Nohara Masahiro