Patents by Inventor Kentaro Wakebe

Kentaro Wakebe 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: 10913411
    Abstract: A power relay device is provided that relays power from a power source and supplies the power to an electric component. The power relay device includes a main device body, a terminal cover, and a holding unit. The main device body includes a power source terminal electrically connected to the power source and a load terminal electrically connected to the electric component. The terminal cover includes a connection terminal electrically connectable to a connected subject that is one of the power source terminal and the load terminal. The holding unit selectively sets a temporary holding state in which the connection terminal is electrically disconnected from the connected subject or a final holding state in which the connection terminal is electrically connected to the connected subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuruta, Kentaro Wakebe
  • Patent number: 10857869
    Abstract: The fixing member includes a lower contact member 32 and an upper contact member (contact members) that come in contact with a battery to support the battery between a driver seat and a passenger seat (vehicle seats), and the lower contact member and the upper contact member are deformed when a load of a predetermined value or more is input from a vehicle width direction, to allow movement of the battery in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Wakebe
  • Publication number: 20190389408
    Abstract: A power relay device is provided that relays power from a power source and supplies the power to an electric component. The power relay device includes a main device body, a terminal cover, and a holding unit. The main device body includes a power source terminal electrically connected to the power source and a load terminal electrically connected to the electric component. The terminal cover includes a connection terminal electrically connectable to a connected subject that is one of the power source terminal and the load terminal. The holding unit selectively sets a temporary holding state in which the connection terminal is electrically disconnected from the connected subject or a final holding state in which the connection terminal is electrically connected to the connected subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi TSURUTA, Kentaro WAKEBE
  • Publication number: 20190366824
    Abstract: The fixing member includes a lower contact member 32 and an upper contact member (contact members) that come in contact with a battery to support the battery between a driver seat and a passenger seat (vehicle seats), and the lower contact member and the upper contact member are deformed when a load of a predetermined value or more is input from a vehicle width direction, to allow movement of the battery in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kentaro Wakebe