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).
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Publication number: 20230261417Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ryota TOMIYAMA, Hideki KAWAHARA, Hideki OKA, Kouji KAKIUCHI, Mizuki YAGURA, Shinichi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9096139Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8737026Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Satoru Ueno, Youji Minami, Tatsuya Mukai, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada, Hiroshi Ooya, Kouji Kakiuchi
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Patent number: 8736226Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Mukai, Youji Minami, Satoru Ueno, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Kouji Kakiuchi, Hiroshi Ooya, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada
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Patent number: 8541978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyoya Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Fukuo, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou, Kiyosi Gotou
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Patent number: 8421404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara, Koji Gamou, Takao Akioka, Syuichi Iha
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Patent number: 8369067Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Naoki Fukuo, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou
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Patent number: 8363364Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Kiyosi Gotou, Kouji Kakiuchi, Shinichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110204715Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Noboru Inagaki, Haruhiko Mihara
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Publication number: 20110204849Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Tatsuya Mukai, Youji Minami, Satoru Ueno, Kiyoshi Goto, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Kouji Kakiuchi, Hiroshi Ooya, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Yutaka Takada
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Publication number: 20110148355Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110148191Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110121780Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Naoki Fukuo, Tatuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Sinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Youji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou, Kiyosi Gotou
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Publication number: 20110122536Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Naoki Fukuo, Kiyosi Gotou, Kouji Kakiuchi, Shinichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110122548Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Kouji Kakiuchi, Tatsuya Mukai, Shiro Mori, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Naoki Fukuo, Yoji Minami, Kazuhiro Kondou