Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Hanaoka

Kiyotaka Hanaoka 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: 9640920
    Abstract: A protective cover structure includes a protective cover that is fitted to an assembly work opening disposed in a wall of a case in which electric components are accommodated, thereby closing the opening, and a fitting detecting connector that detects that the protective cover is fitted to the assembly work opening. The fitting detecting connector includes a receptacle connector which is fixed to an interior of the case and an insertion/extraction connector which is disposed on the protective cover in a mutually insertable/extractable manner while being opposed to the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a tubular housing and fitting detecting conductors in the tubular housing. The insertion/extraction connector holds a pair of detecting electrodes which are electrically conductible with the fitting detecting conductors, and is molded integrally with the protective cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Hanaoka, Takanori Kanamori, Takuomi Wada
  • Patent number: 9078356
    Abstract: An electrical component device includes an internal conductor, a case and a fitting detection connector. The internal conductor is connected to an electrical component and includes a fastening part configured to be fastened with an external conductor. The case accommodates the electrical component and the internal conductor and has a wall surface formed with a fastening opening for fastening the external conductor to the internal conductor. The fitting detection connector detects that a cover member closing the fastening opening is installed to the fastening opening and includes a receiving connector which is fixed inside the case and a detachable connector which is attached on the cover member. The wall surface extends in the gravity direction. The receiving connector has a receiving surface extending to a vicinity of an inner wall surface of the case and positioned below the fastening part in the gravity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Hanaoka, Takanori Kanamori, Takuomi Wada
  • Publication number: 20150129281
    Abstract: A wire holder which is configured to hold an electric wire that is to be passed through a housing, includes: a resin-made holder body which is inserted into the housing, and in which a wire passing hole through which the electric wire is to be passed is formed; and annular rubber packings which are attached to an outer surface of the holder body and an inner surface of the wire passing hole, respectively, and which are formed by insert molding in which the holder body is set in a molding die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HANAOKA, Takanori KANAMORI, Takuomi WADA
  • Publication number: 20150129723
    Abstract: A wire holder includes: a holder body attachable to a tubular body; wire passing holes formed in the holder body; and second locking parts provided on a periphery of the holder body and engageable with respective first locking parts of the tubular body. The holder body is divided along an axial direction of the wire passing holes into holder elements containing at least adjacent first and second holder elements, and is formed by superposing the holder elements. Each holder element includes at least one of the wire passing holes and at least one of the second locking parts. A first dividing surface of the first holder element is provided with a rib extending in the axial direction. A second dividing surface of the second holder element opposing the first dividing surface is provided with a groove with which the rib is engaged by sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HANAOKA, Takanori KANAMORI, Takuomi WADA
  • Patent number: 9017099
    Abstract: An instrument box and a terminal block including a resin housing and a bus bar are provided. The resin housing has a housing body fixed to a box wall surface; and a bus bar housing formed integrally with the housing body and inserted into an insertion hole of the box wall surface. The bus bar has a bus bar body inserted into the insertion hole with fitted in the resin housing and housed in the bus bar housing; a first terminal connecting portion on one side of the bus bar body to connect with the cable terminal end outside the instrument box; and a second terminal connecting portion on another side of the bus bar body to connect with the terminal inside the instrument box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Yoshinobu Furuya, Kiyotaka Hanaoka, Takahiko Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150035552
    Abstract: A protective cover structure includes a protective cover that is fitted to an assembly work opening disposed in a wall of a case in which electric components are accommodated, thereby closing the opening, and a fitting detecting connector that detects that the protective cover is fitted to the assembly work opening. The fitting detecting connector includes a receptacle connector which is fixed to an interior of the case and an insertion/extraction connector which is disposed on the protective cover in a mutually insertable/extractable manner while being opposed to the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a tubular housing and fitting detecting conductors in the tubular housing. The insertion/extraction connector holds a pair of detecting electrodes which are electrically conductible with the fitting detecting conductors, and is molded integrally with the protective cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HANAOKA, Takanori KANAMORI, Takuomi WADA
  • Publication number: 20150004819
    Abstract: An electrical component device includes an internal conductor, a case and a fitting detection connector. The internal conductor is connected to an electrical component and includes a fastening part configured to be fastened with an external conductor. The case accommodates the electrical component and the internal conductor and has a wall surface formed with a fastening opening for fastening the external conductor to the internal conductor. The fitting detection connector detects that a cover member closing the fastening opening is installed to the fastening opening and includes a receiving connector which is fixed inside the case and a detachable connector which is attached on the cover member. The wall surface extends in the gravity direction. The receiving connector has a receiving surface extending to a vicinity of an inner wall surface of the case and positioned below the fastening part in the gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HANAOKA, Takanori KANAMORI, Takuomi WADA
  • Publication number: 20130217262
    Abstract: An instrument box and a terminal block including a resin housing and a bus bar are provided. The resin housing has a housing body fixed to a box wall surface; and a bus bar housing formed integrally with the housing body and inserted into an insertion hole of the box wall surface. The bus bar has a bus bar body inserted into the insertion hole with fitted in the resin housing and housed in the bus bar housing; a first terminal connecting portion on one side of the bus bar body to connect with the cable terminal end outside the instrument box; and a second terminal connecting portion on another side of the bus bar body to connect with the terminal inside the instrument box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Yoshinobu Furuya, Kiyotaka Hanaoka, Takahiko Okumura
  • Patent number: 7369397
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor device including a plurality of capacitor elements adjacent to each other along an axial direction are electrically connected to each other by fitting between a first terminal of one capacitor element and a second terminal of the other capacitor element, a intermediate plate allows the terminals fitted to each other between the capacitor elements adjacent to each other along the axial direction to penetrate through and positions these capacitor elements, an upper plate is electrically connected to the terminals of capacitor elements arranged on one end portion in the axial direction, a lower plate is electrically connected to the terminals of capacitor elements arranged on the other end portion in the axial direction, and all the capacitor elements are held in place by being sandwiched between the upper plate and the lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Makoto Kawahara, Naoyuki Abe, Masaru Imai, Kiyotaka Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20060262482
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor device including a plurality of capacitor elements adjacent to each other along an axial direction are electrically connected to each other by fitting between a first terminal of one capacitor element and a second terminal of the other capacitor element, a intermediate plate allows the terminals fitted to each other between the capacitor elements adjacent to each other along the axial direction to penetrate through and positions these capacitor elements, an upper plate is electrically connected to the terminals of capacitor elements arranged on one end portion in the axial direction, a lower plate is electrically connected to the terminals of capacitor elements arranged on the other end portion in the axial direction, and all the capacitor elements are held in place by being sandwiched between the upper plate and the lower plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Makoto Kawahara, Naoyuki Abe, Masaru Imai, Kiyotaka Hanaoka