Patents by Inventor Kentaro Chiba

Kentaro Chiba 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: 11247654
    Abstract: An electrical component assembly suitably prevents electrical components from coming off, while adopting a simple structure of connection by a connection terminal to a control board. The electrical component assembly includes a housing in which the electrical components are assembled, and the electrical components and the housing are fixed to a surface of a base body. The electrical component includes a connection terminal to be press-contacted into a through hole of a substrate of the housing. The electrical component is provided with an electrical component adhesion margin facing said surface of the base body, so as to be fixed to the base body by an adhesive interposed between the base body and the electrical component adhesion margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Chiba, Takaaki Komaba
  • Patent number: 11167740
    Abstract: A coil assembly includes: a bobbin; a coil including a winding around the bobbin; a yoke attached to the bobbin; and a connection terminal electrically connected to the winding. The connection terminal is a press-fit terminal that includes a terminal portion projecting perpendicularly from the bobbin outward in an axial direction of the bobbin. The yoke is arranged on a side of the bobbin that is opposite to the terminal portion in an axial direction of the terminal portion, and supports the press-fit terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Komaba, Kyosuke Ishiai, Kentaro Chiba
  • Patent number: 11052887
    Abstract: An electric component assembly includes a housing with which an electric component is fitted, and the electric component and the housing are fixed to one surface of a base body. The electric component includes a connection terminal press-fitted to a through-hole (201a) of a board provided in the housing, and an insertion direction of the connection terminal into the through-hole is a fitting direction of the electric component with the housing. The electric component assembly includes a rib which is protrudingly provided on either one of an outer surface of the electric component intersecting the fitting direction and an inner surface of the housing facing the outer surface, and a groove portion which is provided as a recess on another one of the surfaces and the rib is inserted into; and a protrusion that abuts onto the rib is provided on an inner surface of the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd., Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Chiba, Takaaki Komaba
  • Patent number: 10940848
    Abstract: An electric component assembly includes a housing with which an electric component is fitted together, and the electric component and the housing are fixed to one side of a base body. The electric component includes a connecting terminal configured to be press-fitted in a through-hole of the control board of the housing, and a direction in which the connecting terminal is inserted into the through-hole is same as a fitting direction relative to the housing. There are provided a rib protruding from one of the electric component and the housing, and a groove portion recessed from another one of the electric component and the housing and into which the rib is press-fitted. Movement of the electric component in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and rotation of the electric component around an axis parallel to the fitting direction are restrained by the rib press-fitted into the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd., Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Chiba, Takaaki Komaba
  • Publication number: 20200055508
    Abstract: An electrical component assembly suitably prevents electrical components from coming off, while adopting a simple structure of connection by a connection terminal to a control board. The electrical component assembly includes a housing in which the electrical components are assembled, and the electrical components and the housing are fixed to a surface of a base body. The electrical component includes a connection terminal to be press-contacted into a through hole of a substrate of the housing. The electrical component is provided with an electrical component adhesion margin facing said surface of the base body, so as to be fixed to the base body by an adhesive interposed between the base body and the electrical component adhesion margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kentaro CHIBA, Takaaki KOMABA
  • Publication number: 20200055507
    Abstract: A coil assembly includes: a bobbin; a coil including a winding around the bobbin; a yoke attached to the bobbin; and a connection terminal electrically connected to the winding. The connection terminal is a press-fit terminal that includes a terminal portion projecting perpendicularly from the bobbin outward in an axial direction of the bobbin. The yoke is arranged on a side of the bobbin that is opposite to the terminal portion in an axial direction of the terminal portion, and supports the press-fit terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki KOMABA, Kyosuke ISHIAI, Kentaro CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20190381984
    Abstract: An electric component assembly includes a housing with which an electric component is fitted together, and the electric component and the housing are fixed to one side of a base body. The electric component includes a connecting terminal configured to be press-fitted in a through-hole of the control board of the housing, and a direction in which the connecting terminal is inserted into the through-hole is same as a fitting direction relative to the housing. There are provided a rib protruding from one of the electric component and the housing, and a groove portion recessed from another one of the electric component and the housing and into which the rib is press-fitted. Movement of the electric component in a direction intersecting the fitting direction and rotation of the electric component around an axis parallel to the fitting direction are restrained by the rib press-fitted into the groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kentaro CHIBA, Takaaki KOMABA
  • Publication number: 20190359193
    Abstract: An electric component assembly includes a housing with which an electric component is fitted, and the electric component and the housing are fixed to one surface of a base body. The electric component includes a connection terminal press-fitted to a through-hole (201a) of a board provided in the housing, and an insertion direction of the connection terminal into the through-hole is a fitting direction of the electric component with the housing. The electric component assembly includes a rib which is protrudingly provided on either one of an outer surface of the electric component intersecting the fitting direction and an inner surface of the housing facing the outer surface, and a groove portion which is provided as a recess on another one of the surfaces and the rib is inserted into; and a protrusion that abuts onto the rib is provided on an inner surface of the groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kentaro CHIBA, Takaaki KOMABA
  • Patent number: D867239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Kodama, Kentaro Chiba
  • Patent number: D897914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Kodama, Kentaro Chiba