Patents by Inventor Masaru Yokota
Masaru Yokota 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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Patent number: 11951422Abstract: A filtration filter having a tubular shape, defining a first opening and a second opening facing the first opening, and including a filter base that defines a plurality of through holes arranged in a square grid array. The filter base includes a continuous portion having a first set of through holes of the plurality of through holes, and a non-continuous portion having a second set of through holes of the plurality of through holes. The continuous portion extends in a first direction from the first opening of the filtration filter toward the second opening and extends in a second direction along at least a first portion of a circumference of the filtration filter orthogonal to the first direction. The non-continuous portion has the second set of through holes shifted relative to the first set of through holes of the continuous portion and extends in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusuke Yokota, Takashi Kondo, Masaru Banju, Miwako Nishikawa
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Patent number: 10668873Abstract: A housing-securing unit for a vehicle includes: a housing in which a circuit board is to be housed; and a bracket through which the housing is mounted to the vehicle. A holding pin having a column shape is provided on a side surface of the housing. The bracket has a side support component in which a through hole is formed for fitting the holding pin. The holding pin has an inclined approach surface having a height that is increased as extending in an assembling direction, and a holding surface formed to regulate the side support component from moving in the assembling direction and to oppose an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the holding pin is fitted to the through hole. A height of a top part of the holding surface is more than or equal to a height of a top part of the inclined approach surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
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Publication number: 20190031122Abstract: A housing-securing unit for a vehicle includes: a housing in which a circuit board is to be housed; and a bracket through which the housing is mounted to the vehicle. A holding pin having a column shape is provided on a side surface of the housing. The bracket has a side support component in which a through hole is formed for fitting the holding pin. The holding pin has an inclined approach surface having a height that is increased as extending in an assembling direction, and a holding surface formed to regulate the side support component from moving in the assembling direction and to oppose an inner peripheral surface of the through hole when the holding pin is fitted to the through hole. A height of a top part of the holding surface is more than or equal to a height of a top part of the inclined approach surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA
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Patent number: 9723739Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a control board, a battery pack, and a housing that accommodates the control board and the battery pack. The electronic control unit further includes a battery holder that has a bent shape and includes a bottom surface along a longitudinal direction of the battery pack, the battery holder clamping a main body of the battery pack, and a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part on which a plate surface of the control board and the bottom surface of the battery holder are mounted in a state of being adjacent to each other with a boundary line along the longitudinal direction therebetween, the control board and the battery holder being fixed to the juxtaposing and mounting part. The housing includes an opening portion into which the juxtaposing and mounting part of the fixing frame is inserted, and a back side holding portion that holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota, Mitsuteru Suzaki
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Patent number: 9640909Abstract: In a connector device, a side surface of a protruding part on a base portion side of an opposite part is configured as an inclined surface that comes closer to an opposite surface in a direction toward the base portion side of the opposite part, and is engaged with an inclined surface of a second connector in a state where a first connector and the second connector are fitted together. The connector device includes a disengaging member that has a disengaging part arranged between the opposite part of the first connector and the second connector and including an end surface opposed to a side surface of the protruding part on an end side of the opposite part, and an operating part configured integrally with the disengaging part and protruding toward an opposite side of the disengaging part from the second connector. When the end surface is displaced in a direction to make contact with the protruding part, the end surface presses the protruding part.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
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Patent number: 9578761Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plate-shaped control board, a long pillar-shaped battery pack, a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part, to which the control board and the battery pack are fixed, and a housing that includes an opening portion and a back side holding portion to accommodate the control board and the battery pack. The juxtaposing and mounting part is inserted into the opening portion. The fixing frame is fixed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the opening portion at a position away from a bottom surface of the housing on the inner back side of the housing. The juxtaposing and mounting part includes a tip portion in a direction of the insertion of the juxtaposing and mounting part into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota, Mitsuteru Suzaki
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Publication number: 20160233614Abstract: In a connector device, a side surface of a protruding part on a base portion side of an opposite part is configured as an inclined surface that comes closer to an opposite surface in a direction toward the base portion side of the opposite part, and is engaged with an inclined surface of a second connector in a state where a first connector and the second connector are fitted together. The connector device includes a disengaging member that has a disengaging part arranged between the opposite part of the first connector and the second connector and including an end surface opposed to a side surface of the protruding part on an end side of the opposite part, and an operating part configured integrally with the disengaging part and protruding toward an opposite side of the disengaging part from the second connector. When the end surface is displaced in a direction to make contact with the protruding part, the end surface presses the protruding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20160150660Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a control board, a battery pack, and a housing that accommodates the control board and the battery pack. The electronic control unit further includes a battery holder that has a bent shape and includes a bottom surface along a longitudinal direction of the battery pack, the battery holder clamping a main body of the battery pack, and a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part on which a plate surface of the control board and the bottom surface of the battery holder are mounted in a state of being adjacent to each other with a boundary line along the longitudinal direction therebetween, the control board and the battery holder being fixed to the juxtaposing and mounting part. The housing includes an opening portion into which the juxtaposing and mounting part of the fixing frame is inserted, and a back side holding portion that holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA, Mitsuteru SUZAKI
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Publication number: 20160120044Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plate-shaped control board, a long pillar-shaped battery pack, a fixing frame that includes a juxtaposing and mounting part, to which the control board and the battery pack are fixed, and a housing that includes an opening portion and a back side holding portion to accommodate the control board and the battery pack. The juxtaposing and mounting part is inserted into the opening portion. The fixing frame is fixed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion holds the juxtaposing and mounting part at an inner back side of the housing opposed to the opening portion. The back side holding portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the opening portion at a position away from a bottom surface of the housing on the inner back side of the housing. The juxtaposing and mounting part includes a tip portion in a direction of the insertion of the juxtaposing and mounting part into the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroki CHITAKA, Masaru YOKOTA, Mitsuteru SUZAKI
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Patent number: 9309907Abstract: A structure for fixing a first substrate and a second substrate, which are connected by an inter-substrate connector and fixed and overlapped each other with a space, comprises, a spacer member that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and maintains a space between the first substrate and the second substrate at a predetermined distance; a pressing portion that presses the second substrate toward the first substrate; and a locking member that is fixed in the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
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Patent number: 9110542Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes: a sensor substrate having a detection region in which position detecting electrodes are formed and a wiring line region in which wiring lines led out from the position detecting electrodes are disposed; a processing circuit connected to the wiring lines of the sensor substrate and configured to carry out a predetermined signal process based on a signal from the sensor substrate; and a housing having the sensor substrate placed thereon and having the processing circuit provided therein; the sensor substrate placed on the housing having a through-hole provided therein in the proximity of the detection region for allowing the wiring lines to be threaded therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Yokota, Hiroshi Munakata, Yuta Sato, Takenori Kaneda, Takaaki Nakata
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Publication number: 20150078818Abstract: A structure for fixing a first substrate and a second substrate, which are connected by an inter-substrate connector and fixed and overlapped each other with a space, comprises, a spacer member that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and maintains a space between the first substrate and the second substrate at a predetermined distance; a pressing portion that presses the second substrate toward the first substrate; and a locking member that is fixed in the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Hiroki Chitaka, Masaru Yokota
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Patent number: 8390272Abstract: A position detecting device is disclosed, which detects a position indicated by a human body. The position detecting device includes: a sensor substrate including a detection area, in which a plurality of detection electrodes are formed, and a wiring area, in which wiring led out from the detection electrodes is formed, and a case configured to house the sensor substrate. The sensor substrate further includes a conductor, which is connected to a fixed potential, provided at a position opposed to (facing) the wiring area.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Yokota, Hiroshi Munakata
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Publication number: 20110069034Abstract: A position detection apparatus including: a sensor including a plurality of first conductors juxtaposed in parallel to each other in a first direction, a plurality of second conductors juxtaposed in parallel to each other in a second direction, and a plurality of third conductors juxtaposed in parallel to each other in a third direction. The first to third conductors are disposed such that a plane defined by the first conductors, another plane defined by the second conductors, and a further plane defined by the third conductors are placed in a superposed relationship with each other. The apparatus further includes a signal processing circuit configured to supply a signal to the sensor and detect a pointed position by a pointer on the sensor based on a signal obtained from the sensor in response to the signal supplied thereto; the signal processing circuit identifying a position actually pointed to by the pointer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Yokota, Hiroshi Munakata, Naoko Kawamata, Yukio Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20110069022Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes: a sensor substrate having a detection region in which position detecting electrodes are formed and a wiring line region in which wiring lines led out from the position detecting electrodes are disposed; a processing circuit connected to the wiring lines of the sensor substrate and configured to carry out a predetermined signal process based on a signal from the sensor substrate; and a housing having the sensor substrate placed thereon and having the processing circuit provided therein; the sensor substrate placed on the housing having a through-hole provided therein in the proximity of the detection region for allowing the wiring lines to be threaded therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: WACOM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Yokota, Hiroshi Munakata, Yuta Sato, Takenori Kaneda, Takaaki Nakata
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Publication number: 20110068776Abstract: A position detecting device is disclosed, which detects a position indicated by a human body. The position detecting device includes: a sensor substrate including a detection area, in which a plurality of detection electrodes are formed, and a wiring area, in which wiring led out from the detection electrodes is formed, and a case configured to house the sensor substrate. The sensor substrate further includes a conductor, which is connected to a fixed potential, provided at a position opposed to (facing) the wiring area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: WACOM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Yokota, Hiroshi Munakata