Patents by Inventor Kenji Segawa

Kenji Segawa 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: 11735840
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a conductive bus bar, an insulating housing body, a cover, and a power supply line. The cover opens or closes with respect to the housing body at a fully open position and a fully closed position. The housing body has a connector at a position exposed to the outside, with the connector configured so that a terminal provided at a tip of the power supply line is attachable or detachable to or from the connector. A restriction portion, which restricts the power supply line from moving in the longitudinal direction is provided in the cover. In the state where the terminal is connected to the connector, the tension is created on the power supply line in the longitudinal direction by the restriction portion during moving the cover from the fully closed position to the fully open position side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Kohei Toyoshima, Kenji Segawa, Masahiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20230170679
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a body having an accommodation space, a first cover attached around a pivot shaft of the body to cover a part of the accommodation space, a second cover attached to the body to cover another part of the accommodation space and a conductor portion to transmit electric power. The first cover includes an interfering portion to move around the pivot shaft in accordance with pivoting of the first cover when the first cover is being opened or closed. The second cover includes an interfered portion to be arranged on a movement locus of the interfering portion when the second cover is closed, and not arranged on the movement locus when the second cover is opened. The conductor portion includes a portion arranged in the part of the accommodation space and to be isolated from the outside by the first cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki KOBAYASHI, Kohei TOYOSHIMA, Kenji SEGAWA, Naoki TOZUKA, Hiroyuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220297620
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes an insulating connection box housing and an insulating branch box housing. The insulating connection box housing stores a conductive connection box bus bar therein, and the insulating branch box housing stores a conductive branch box bus bar therein. The branch box housing and the connection box housing are stacked in a vertical direction. The connection box bus bar and the branch box bus bar are electrically connected by bringing connection box bus bar tip portions of the connection box bus bar into direct contact with branch box bus bar tip portions of the branch box bus bar and by jointly fastening the tip portions using bus bar fastening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Kohei Toyoshima, Kenji Segawa, Masahiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20220302610
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a conductive bus bar, an insulating housing body, a cover, and a power supply line. The cover opens or closes with respect to the housing body at a fully open position and a fully closed position. The housing body has a connector at a position exposed to the outside, with the connector configured so that a terminal provided at a tip of the power supply line is attachable or detachable to or from the connector. A restriction portion, which restricts the power supply line from moving in the longitudinal direction is provided in the cover. In the state where the terminal is connected to the connector, the tension is created on the power supply line in the longitudinal direction by the restriction portion during moving the cover from the fully closed position to the fully open position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Kohei Toyoshima, Kenji Segawa, Masahiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10819048
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided. The electrical connection box includes a case having a bottom plate having a terminal connection portion, a cover having a top plate and assembled by being covered on an upper portion of the case, and a plurality of component mounting portions provided on the top plate of the cover. A component including a terminal is assembled in the component mounting portion from above the cover. The terminal of the component assembled to the component mounting portion is connected to the terminal connection portion of the case. At least one boss for maintaining a distance between the bottom plate of the case and the top plate of the cover is provided on the case or the cover. The boss is disposed in a component mounting area surrounded by an outer periphery of the plurality of component mounting portions in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Kanamori, Kei Fujimoto, Kenji Segawa
  • Publication number: 20200212606
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided. The electrical connection box includes a case having a bottom plate having a terminal connection portion, a cover having a top plate and assembled by being covered on an upper portion of the case, and a plurality of component mounting portions provided on the top plate of the cover. A component including a terminal is assembled in the component mounting portion from above the cover. The terminal of the component assembled to the component mounting portion is connected to the terminal connection portion of the case. At least one boss for maintaining a distance between the bottom plate of the case and the top plate of the cover is provided on the case or the cover. The boss is disposed in a component mounting area surrounded by an outer periphery of the plurality of component mounting portions in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori Kanamori, Kei Fujimoto, Kenji Segawa
  • Patent number: 10574043
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes: a lower cover having an opening; a locked portion formed on a lower side wall of the lower cover; an upper cover closing the opening of the lower cover; a locking portion that is formed on an upper side wall of the upper cover and is locked by the locked portion to restrict the upper cover from moving in a detachment direction with respect to the lower cover; a contact rib that is formed on the upper side wall, protrudes toward the lower side wall, and has a distal end formed to be close to a side of an assembly direction in which the upper cover is assembled with respect to the lower cover compared to the locked portion; and a locking portion slit formed between the locking portion and the contact rib on the upper side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Kanamori, Tatsuya Fukunaga, Takuomi Wada, Kenji Segawa
  • Publication number: 20190067923
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes: a lower cover having an opening; a locked portion formed on a lower side wall of the lower cover; an upper cover closing the opening of the lower cover; a locking portion that is formed on an upper side wall of the upper cover and is locked by the locked portion to restrict the upper cover from moving in a detachment direction with respect to the lower cover; a contact rib that is formed on the upper side wall, protrudes toward the lower side wall, and has a distal end formed to be close to a side of an assembly direction in which the upper cover is assembled with respect to the lower cover compared to the locked portion; and a locking portion slit formed between the locking portion and the contact rib on the upper side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takanori Kanamori, Tatsuya Fukunaga, Takuomi Wada, Kenji Segawa
  • Patent number: 10181710
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a lower cover, an upper cover, a connector front opening, bus bars, four first ribs formed of two pairs opposing each other with the bus bar, formed on the lower cover, interposed therebetween, and four second ribs formed of two pairs opposing each other with the bus bar, formed on the upper cover, interposed therebetween. The first ribs and the second ribs are provided such that a pair of ribs is provided to oppose each other on one side and on another side with the bus bar interposed therebetween in a vertical direction, and a pair of ribs is provided to oppose each other on one side and on another side with the bus bar interposed therebetween in a width direction. When viewed from a direction of assembling, the first ribs and the second ribs are provided at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Kanamori, Tatsuya Fukunaga, Takuomi Wada, Kenji Segawa