Patents by Inventor Kouji Kakiuchi

Kouji Kakiuchi 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: 20230261417
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to relieve tension applied to a cable. A cable connection device (2) includes a first holder (3), a second holder (4) and a support (5). The first holder (3) is configured to hold a tip part (111) of an end (110) of a first cable (11). The second holder (4) is configured to hold an intermediate part (112) of the end (110). The support (5) is configured to support the first holder (3). The second holder (4) is fixed with respect to a power feed control device body (10). The first holder (3) is supported by the second holder (4) through the support (5) to restrict at least movement of the first cable (11) in a pulling direction of the first cable (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota TOMIYAMA, Hideki KAWAHARA, Hideki OKA, Kouji KAKIUCHI, Mizuki YAGURA, Shinichi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9096139
    Abstract: A power feeding control apparatus includes a housing for accommodating at least a relay unit which opens and closes power feeding lines, a control circuit for controlling the relay unit, a leakage current detection circuit for detecting leakage current in the electric vehicle and a power supply circuit for generating a control electric power. The apparatus further includes a power source side connector and a vehicle side connector. The leakage current detection circuit includes a zero current transformer through which the power feeding lines extend and is configured to detect leakage current based on unbalanced currents flowing through the power feeding lines. Lead plates constitute a part of the power feeding lines and pass through a central opening of the zero current transformer, and the zero current transformer includes a positioning member molded within the central opening to fix the positions of the lead plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara, Koji Gamou, Takao Akioka, Syuichi Iha
  • Patent number: 8736226
    Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a power plug adapted to be detachably connected to a power socket of a commercial power source; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the power plug; a cable connector adapted to be detachably connected to an electric vehicle for supplying a charging current to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a switching unit for opening and closing a current path between the power plug and the cable connector. The charging cable further includes a leakage detecting unit for detecting an electric leakage based on a current flowing through the current path; and a power cutoff unit for opening the switching unit when the detected temperature of the temperature detection means exceeds a threshold value or when the leakage detection means detects the electric leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mukai, Youji Minami, Satoru Ueno, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Kouji Kakiuchi, Hiroshi Ooya, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada
  • Patent number: 8737026
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charging cord set includes a housing containing an interrupting device therein and a first cord provided at one end with a plug connectable to an outlet installed on a wall surface of a building and at the other end connected to one of the terminal units of the interrupting device. An electric vehicle charging cord set further includes a second cord provided at one end with a connector connectable to an inlet of an electric vehicle and at the other end connected to the other of the terminal units of the interrupting device. The housing includes a storage unit for extendibly storing the second cord, a stand for placing the housing on a ground surface and a transportation handle. The storage unit includes a drum rotatably attached to the housing. The second cord is wound on the outer circumferential surface of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Ueno, Youji Minami, Tatsuya Mukai, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada, Hiroshi Ooya, Kouji Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 8541978
    Abstract: A feed control device includes a contact device, an output detector, a contact weld sensor, and an alarm device. The output detector is configured to detect the presence of power feeding into the side of an electrically-powered car from an external power supply. The contact weld sensor is configured to sense that the contact device is welded based on a detection result of the output detector if detecting the presence of power feeding from the external power supply to a feed line for the contact device when a state signal representing charge permission is not entered. The alarm device is configured, if the contact weld sensor senses that the contact device is welded, to indicate the occurrence of weld to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyoya Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Fukuo, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou, Kiyosi Gotou
  • Patent number: 8421404
    Abstract: A power feeding control apparatus includes a housing for accommodating at least a relay unit arranged on power feeding lines to open and close the power feeding lines, a control circuit for controlling the relay unit, a leakage current detection circuit for detecting leakage current in an electric vehicle and a power supply circuit for generating a control electric power. The apparatus further includes a power source side connector removably connected to a socket of an external power source, a vehicle side connector removably connected to a power receiving connector of the electric vehicle and a first and a second board that the power supply circuit and the control circuit are mounted, respectively. A power feeding line block provided separately from the first and the second board and having metal plates constituting the power feeding lines. The metal plates are insertion-molded in the power feeding line block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara, Koji Gamou, Takao Akioka, Syuichi Iha
  • Patent number: 8369067
    Abstract: An electricity feeding control device is provided with an air hole (31c) which is formed by penetrating a part of a peripheral wall of a body (31) constituting a part of a housing case (3). The housing case (3) is provided in its inside with an inner pressure adjusting sheet (5), formed with a breathable and waterproof member, and arranged so as to cover the air hole (31c) from the inside of the housing case (3). The air hole (31c) comprises a long recess (31c2) formed in an outer surface of the body (31), a communicating hole (31c1) consecutively formed in one end of a longi-tudinal direction of the recess (31c2) and communicated with an inner surface of the body (31), and a shielding plate (33) attached in the outer surface of the body (31) so as to cover a region other than the other end of the longitudinal direction of the recess (31c2), in a region of an opening section (31c3) of the recess (31c2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Naoki Fukuo, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou
  • Patent number: 8363364
    Abstract: A branch wire L5 from the voltage detection circuit 14 is inserted in the zero-phase-sequence current transformer ZCT in the direction from the load side to the external power supply side. For this configuration, the zero-phase-sequence current transformer ZCT is to detect unbalance of the sum of current flowing in the first and second conductive wires L1, L2 and the current flowing in the branch wire L5. Therefore, the present invention can accurately detect occurrence of electrical leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Kiyosi Gotou, Kouji Kakiuchi, Shinichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110204715
    Abstract: A power supply control device includes a body block having a power supply control circuit and a housing accommodating the power supply control circuit, a power side cable, and a vehicle side cable. At least one of the power side cable and the vehicle side cable has a holder holding contacts. The body block has terminals electrically connected to the power supply control device and held by the housing such that a portion of each of the terminals is exposed out of the housing. The housing is provided with at least one joint part to which the holder is detachably coupled. The contacts are brought into contact with the respective terminals in the state where the holder is coupled to the joint part, so that the respective wires are electrically connected to the power supply control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara
  • Publication number: 20110204849
    Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a power plug adapted to be detachably connected to a power socket of a commercial power source; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the power plug; a cable connector adapted to be detachably connected to an electric vehicle for supplying a charging current to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a switching unit for opening and closing a current path between the power plug and the cable connector. The charging cable further includes a leakage detecting unit for detecting an electric leakage based on a current flowing through the current path; and a power cutoff unit for opening the switching unit when the detected temperature of the temperature detection means exceeds a threshold value or when the leakage detection means detects the electric leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mukai, Youji Minami, Satoru Ueno, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Kouji Kakiuchi, Hiroshi Ooya, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada
  • Publication number: 20110148191
    Abstract: A power feeding control apparatus includes a housing for accommodating at least a relay unit which opens and closes power feeding lines, a control circuit for controlling the relay unit, a leakage current detection circuit for detecting leakage current in the electric vehicle and a power supply circuit for generating a control electric power. The apparatus further includes a power source side connector and a vehicle side connector. The leakage current detection circuit includes a zero current transformer through which the power feeding lines extend and is configured to detect leakage current based on unbalanced currents flowing through the power feeding lines. Lead plates constitute a part of the power feeding lines and pass through a central opening of the zero current transformer, and the zero current transformer includes a positioning member molded within the central opening to fix the positions of the lead plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi NAKAMURA, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara, Koji Gamou, Takao Akioka, Syuichi Iha
  • Publication number: 20110148355
    Abstract: A power feeding control apparatus includes a housing for accommodating at least a relay unit arranged on power feeding lines to open and close the power feeding lines, a control circuit for controlling the relay unit, a leakage current detection circuit for detecting leakage current in an electric vehicle and a power supply circuit for generating a control electric power. The apparatus further includes a power source side connector removably connected to a socket of an external power source, a vehicle side connector removably connected to a power receiving connector of the electric vehicle and a first and a second board that the power supply circuit and the control circuit are mounted, respectively. A power feeding line block provided separately from the first and the second board and having metal plates constituting the power feeding lines. The metal plates are insertion-molded in the power feeding line block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi NAKAMURA, Kouji KAKIUCHI, Tatsuya MUKAI, Shiro MORI, Naoki FUKUO, Noboru INAGAKI, Haruhiko MIHARA, Koji GAMOU, Takao AKIOKA, Syuichi IHA
  • Publication number: 20110121780
    Abstract: A feed control device includes a contact device, an output detector, a contact weld sensor, and an alarm device. The output detector is configured to detect the presence of power feeding into the side of an electrically-powered car from an external power supply. The contact weld sensor is configured to sense that the contact device is welded based on a detection result of the output detector if detecting the presence of power feeding from the external power supply to a feed line for the contact device when a state signal representing charge permission is not entered. The alarm device is configured, if the contact weld sensor senses that the contact device is welded, to indicate the occurrence of weld to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Naoki Fukuo, Tatuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Sinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Youji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou, Kiyosi Gotou
  • Publication number: 20110122536
    Abstract: A branch wire L5 from the voltage detection circuit 14 is inserted in the zero-phase-sequence current transformer ZCT in the direction from the load side to the external power supply side. For this configuration, the zero-phase-sequence current transformer ZCT is to detect unbalance of the sum of current flowing in the first and second conductive wires L1, L2 and the current flowing in the branch wire L5. Therefore, the present invention can accurately detect occurrence of electrical leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Kiyosi Gotou, Kouji Kakiuchi, Shinichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110122548
    Abstract: An electricity feeding control device is provided with an air hole (31c) which is formed by penetrating a part of a peripheral wall of a body (31) constituting a part of a housing case (3). The housing case (3) is provided in its inside with an inner pressure adjusting sheet (5), formed with a breathable and waterproof member, and arranged so as to cover the air hole (31c) from the inside of the housing case (3). The air hole (31c) comprises a long recess (31c2) formed in an outer surface of the body (31), a communicating hole (31c1) consecutively formed in one end of a longi-tudinal direction of the recess (31c2) and communicated with an inner surface of the body (31), and a shielding plate (33) attached in the outer surface of the body (31) so as to cover a region other than the other end of the longitudinal direction of the recess (31c2), in a region of an opening section (31c3) of the recess (31c2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Naoki Fukuo, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou