Patents by Inventor Masaru Imai

Masaru Imai 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: 12287410
    Abstract: A vehicle is a movable vehicle and includes an access point function unit having an antenna and configured to function as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device located near the antenna and a control unit configured to control a directivity direction of radio waves transmitted through the antenna so that a radio wave intensity of radio waves transmitted to a predetermined first region set on the basis of a surrounding environment of the antenna is less than a radio wave intensity of radio waves transmitted to a second region other than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Oi, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 12236455
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device including: a first receiving unit configured to receive distribution information from a second moving object that is different from a first moving object on which the communication device is mounted; a storage unit configured to store the distribution information; a transmission unit configured to transmit the distribution information to a third moving object that is different from the first moving object; and a communication relay unit configured to relay a communication between an external terminal located outside the first moving object, and an external network, in which the distribution information includes a restriction condition for restricting the transmission of the distribution information, and when the transmission unit determines that the transmission of the distribution information to the third moving object is not restricted based on the restriction condition, the transmission unit transmits the distribution information to the third moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Ryo Saiki, Yusuke Oi, Takahiro Iijima, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 12231348
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus comprising a processor. The processor receives, from a first mobile communication apparatus, a request for permission of data transmission to a second mobile communication apparatus, the second mobile communication apparatus including a buffer memory to store received data. The processor determines whether to permit the data transmission based on a free capacity of the buffer memory and a reserved capacity indicated by a reservation setting of the buffer memory. The processor updates, when the data transmission is determined to be permitted, the reservation setting such that a capacity for received data corresponding to the data transmission is added to the reserved capacity. The processor transmits, when the data transmission is determined to be permitted, a response indicating that the data transmission is permitted to the first mobile communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Shohei Tsukahara, Ryo Saiki, Naoko Imai, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Oi
  • Publication number: 20250042333
    Abstract: A movable vehicle includes an access point functional unit that includes an antenna and functions as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle, and a notifier that notifies the surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Ryusuke Tamanaha, Takahiro Iijima, Yusuke Oi, Naoko Imai
  • Patent number: 10193124
    Abstract: To provide a battery connecting body and a power supply device capable of maintaining a state where a cover portion covers a connecting member. A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars that each connects electrodes of adjacent ones of a plurality of batteries arranged such that the electrodes thereof are arranged on a straight line to electrically connect the plurality of batteries in series and a casing that houses the plurality of bus bars. The casing includes a plurality of bus bar housing portions that each house each of the bus bars and the cover portions that each cover an opening of each of the bus bar housing portions, and the cover portions are each retained by the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Satoshi Hishikura, Terumichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9887408
    Abstract: The bus bar module includes: bus bars for connecting the batteries in series by connecting the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the adjacent batteries; a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of the batteries; and a case for housing the bus bars and the terminals. Each terminal includes: a terminal main body on which an insertion hole is provided for inserting the electrode of the battery; and a projecting section projecting from a part of a peripheral edge of the terminal main body in a surface extending direction of the terminal main body. The terminal is arranged so that a projecting direction of the projecting section is along an arranging direction of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Satoshi Hishikura, Terumichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9871361
    Abstract: A busbar holding structure holds at least one of plural busbars to a wires routing body. The plural busbars electrically connect plural cell batteries constituting a battery assembly. The busbar holding structure includes a bottom wall, a partition wall erected from a portion of a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, a lock portion provided on the partition wall and configured to lock a side end portion of the busbar on the wires routing body, and a first projection that projects perpendicularly from the bottom wall and is to be fitted in a through-hole provided in the busbar. A fitting gap between the first projection and the through-hole is set so as to restrict an inclination angle of the busbar with respect to the first projection and to thereby prevent the busbar from being unlocked from the lock portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Yasutaka Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20170149225
    Abstract: A busbar holding structure holds at least one of plural busbars to a wires routing body. The plural busbars electrically connect plural cell batteries constituting a battery assembly. The busbar holding structure includes a bottom wall, a partition wall erected from a portion of a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, a lock portion provided on the partition wall and configured to lock a side end portion of the busbar on the wires routing body, and a first projection that projects perpendicularly from the bottom wall and is to be fitted in a through-hole provided in the busbar. A fitting gap between the first projection and the through-hole is set so as to restrict an inclination angle of the busbar with respect to the first projection and to thereby prevent the busbar from being unlocked from the lock portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Yasutaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9590220
    Abstract: A rotation preventing structure of a terminal bus bar of a battery connector includes a battery pack that includes a pack case in which a battery assembly having arranged batteries is accommodated, a battery connector that is mounted to the battery pack, a terminal bus bar that is formed on the battery connector and has a configuration where an external connection bus bar is fastened to a bolt fixed to one end portion of the terminal bus bar and an electrode of the battery at one end of the arranged batteries is fastened to the other end portion of the terminal bus bar, opposing wall parts that are formed on a case of the battery connector and hold the terminal bus bar, and a pair of support projections that is formed on an end plate of the pack case and holds the opposing wall parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Jun Machida, Tomomi Kurita
  • Patent number: 9431811
    Abstract: An insulative cover for covering a case of a busbar module is provided. The insulative cover includes a central cover and side covers. The central cover covers a voltage detection wire accommodating part of the case. The side covers cover busbar accommodating parts of the case. And the side covers are provided at opposite sides of the central cover with hinges between the central cover and the side covers, respectively. In a state where the side covers are folded onto the central cover through the hinges respectively, one and the other of the side covers are locked to each other with a first locking mechanism, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Takishita, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 9331319
    Abstract: A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; a plurality of voltage detection terminals, each of which is connected to respective one of the terminals, and includes a wire connection part to be connected to an electric wire; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals and the plurality of voltage detection terminals therein. Adjacent terminals of the terminals are fixed in the case to be spaced from each other, and an individual wire path of a wire routing part is provided between the adjacent terminals. Each of the voltage detection terminals is fixed so as to incline the wire connection part with respect to the individual wire path and to locate the wire connection part more interiorly than an edge of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Keizo Aoki, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Ryuta Takishita, Kaiho Ryu, Masaru Imai
  • Patent number: 9299968
    Abstract: A wire arranging device includes bus bars each interconnecting a plus and a minus terminal, in a first and a second terminal row, a first and a second row of bus bar containing rooms in which the bus bars are individually contained, a first and a second tray part respectively connected to the first and the second row of the bus bar containing rooms stacked on each other, first wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the first row and placed on the first tray part, while the other ends are connected to a first connector at a second terminal row side, and second wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the second row and placed on the second tray part, while the other ends are connected to a second connector at a first terminal row side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Takishita, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Keizo Aoki
  • Publication number: 20160064718
    Abstract: To provide a battery connecting body and a power supply device capable of maintaining a state where a cover portion covers a connecting member. A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars that each connects electrodes of adjacent ones of a plurality of batteries arranged such that the electrodes thereof are arranged on a straight line to electrically connect the plurality of batteries in series and a casing that houses the plurality of bus bars. The casing includes a plurality of bus bar housing portions that each house each of the bus bars and the cover portions that each cover an opening of each of the bus bar housing portions, and the cover portions are each retained by the bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru IMAI, Satoshi HISHIKURA, Terumichi MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9150115
    Abstract: A wire routing device includes a wire housing part, a terminal housing chamber part, and a plurality of wire lead-out parts. The terminal housing chamber part includes a plurality of terminal housing chambers. Each of the wire lead-out parts couples one of the housing grooves with one of the terminal housing chambers. Each of wire surplus length absorption spaces is formed inside of a substantially rectangle abcd defined by a section bc of an outer wall of the voltage detection wire housing part located at a side of the terminal housing chamber and a section ad of a wall of the housing groove which faces the section bc, which are cut by a line ab and a line cd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Ryuta Takishita, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 9099821
    Abstract: A busbar plate includes a busbar plate main body and total plus/minus terminal blocks. The busbar plate main body includes a terminal accommodating chamber part having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers. The total plus/minus terminal blocks are externally attached to terminal accommodating chambers at two ends of the busbar plate respectively, and are formed of terminal block main bodies and busbars. One ends of the busbars are fastened to total plus/minus terminals in the terminal accommodating chambers at the two ends, the other ends of the busbars are fastened to an adjacent module or a connecting busbar of an external equipment. Flexible resin material is used for the busbar plate main body, and high strength resin material is used for the terminal block main bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Ryuta Takishita, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 8933338
    Abstract: A terminal block for a vehicle-mounted battery assembly, the terminal block being attached to a total positive/negative terminal block which is attached to the vehicle-mounted battery assembly. An external extraction positive-side fastening portion and an external extraction negative-side fastening portion are positioned at different heights. A terminal cover is configured to cover the external extraction positive-side fastening portion. The terminal cover includes a fitting portion fitted into the terminal block for the vehicle-mounted battery assembly, a hinge portion engaged with the fitted portion, an arm portion engaged with the hinge portion, and a cover body engaged with the arm portion. The arm portion has a predetermined length, so that by hinge operation of the hinge portion, the cover body covers both the external extraction positive-side fastening portion and the external extraction negative-side fastening portion which are positioned at different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Ryuta Takishita, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Keizo Aoki
  • Publication number: 20140363723
    Abstract: The bus bar module includes: bus bars for connecting the batteries in series by connecting the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the adjacent batteries; a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of the batteries; and a case for housing the bus bars and the terminals. Each terminal includes: a terminal main body on which an insertion hole is provided for inserting the electrode of the battery; and a projecting section projecting from a part of a peripheral edge of the terminal main body in a surface extending direction of the terminal main body. The terminal is arranged so that a projecting direction of the projecting section is along an arranging direction of the batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Imai, Satoshi Hishikura, Terumichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140311768
    Abstract: An insulative cover for covering a case of a busbar module is provided. The insulative cover includes a central cover and side covers. The central cover covers a voltage detection wire accommodating part of the case. The side covers cover busbar accommodating parts of the case. And the side covers are provided at opposite sides of the central cover with hinges between the central cover and the side covers, respectively. In a state where the side covers are folded onto the central cover through the hinges respectively, one and the other of the side covers are locked to each other with a first locking mechanism, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Publication number: 20140308560
    Abstract: A wire arranging device includes bus bars each interconnecting a plus and a minus terminal, in a first and a second terminal row, a first and a second row of bus bar containing rooms in which the bus bars are individually contained, a first and a second tray part respectively connected to the first and the second row of the bus bar containing rooms stacked on each other, first wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the first row and placed on the first tray part, while the other ends are connected to a first connector at a second terminal row side, and second wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the second row and placed on the second tray part, while the other ends are connected to a second connector at a first terminal row side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Patent number: 8859134
    Abstract: A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals therein. The case includes a terminal fixing part in which the plurality of terminals are fixed, and an insulating cover which is supported to be displaced to a closing position at which an open face of the terminal fixing part is covered by the insulating cover. A wire guide is formed in an outer surface of the insulating cover in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Keizo Aoki, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Ryuta Takishita, Kaiho Ryu, Masaru Imai