Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kataoka

Masayuki Kataoka 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: 12055119
    Abstract: At least one of nozzle holes is provided as a non-circular nozzle hole where the ratio of the longest diameter to the shortest diameter of an outlet opening portion is greater than 1. A virtual non-circular cone and a virtual circular cone are defined for each of the non-circular nozzle hole and a circular nozzle hole where the ratio of the longest diameter to the shortest diameter of the outlet opening portion is 1. At least two adjacent nozzle holes are formed such that the virtual non-circular cone does not interfere with the virtual circular cone or the virtual non-circular cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kaneta, Hajime Kataoka, Masayuki Niwa, Noritsugu Katou, Yousuke Nakagawa, Masahiro Ookuma, Sao Yoshidome, Gen Takai
  • Patent number: 11114825
    Abstract: In a joining method of an electric wire, an end of a first conductor is held by a holding surface of a first jig electrode from an outer circumference side and an end of a second conductor is held by a holding surface of a second jig electrode from an outer circumference side to butt and join the ends of the first conductor and the second conductor in the axial direction while heating the ends. Then, a melted material is bulged outward from an outer circumferential surface of a joining portion to a bulge molding portion formed to surround a joining portion of the ends of the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Tanaka, Masayuki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10411385
    Abstract: A connector structure includes a conductive rubber. The consecutive rubber is accommodated in an accommodating recess part of a first connector, and is configured to be sandwiched between a first terminal and a second terminal to electrically connect them when a first casing and a second casing are assembled so as to abut the first connector to a second connector. The conductive rubber includes both end surfaces which are contact points abutting against the first terminal and the second terminal, and a resilient part including a groove part formed on an outer circumference between the contact points so as to extend in a circumferential direction orthogonal to an axial direction connecting the end surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka, Shigeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20180358730
    Abstract: A connector structure includes a conductive rubber. The consecutive rubber is accommodated in an accommodating recess part of a first connector, and is configured to be sandwiched between a first terminal and a second terminal to electrically connect them when a first casing and a second casing are assembled so as to abut the first connector to a second connector. The conductive rubber includes both end surfaces which are contact points abutting against the first terminal and the second terminal, and a resilient part including a groove part formed on an outer circumference between the contact points so as to extend in a circumferential direction orthogonal to an axial direction connecting the end surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka, Shigeo Mori
  • Patent number: 10124685
    Abstract: A power reception device includes a flat plate-like core and a coil spirally wound around the core and having a winding central axis extending in a horizontal direction. The coil is formed like a flat plate to have a longer side portion and a shorter side portion when the coil is viewed in cross section at a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the coil. The coil is wound around the core such that the longer side portion faces a surface of the core. Therefore, the thickness of the power reception device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yuasa, Satoru Horiuchi, Masayuki Kataoka, Hitoshi Takemura
  • Publication number: 20180304831
    Abstract: An electric wire is an electric wire to be routed under the floor of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle. The electric wire includes: a conductive first conductor that is formed in a single bar shape; a conductive second conductor that is formed by bundling a plurality of element wires; and a fusion junction that is formed by melting and joining an end of the first conductor and an end of the second conductor in a abutting state therebetween in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeru Tanaka, Shigeo Mori, Masayuki Kataoka, Kouzou Koshou
  • Publication number: 20180131168
    Abstract: In a joining method of an electric wire, an end of a first conductor is held by a holding surface of a first jig electrode from an outer circumference side and an end of a second conductor is held by a holding surface of a second jig electrode from an outer circumference side to butt and join the ends of the first conductor and the second conductor in the axial direction while heating the ends. Then, a melted material is bulged outward from an outer circumferential surface of a joining portion to a bulge molding portion formed to surround a joining portion of the ends of the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeru Tanaka, Masayuki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9653832
    Abstract: A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20170005427
    Abstract: A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu HIGASHITANI, Masayuki KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160288654
    Abstract: A power reception device includes a flat plate-like core and a coil spirally wound around the core and having a winding central axis extending in a horizontal direction. The coil is formed like a flat plate to have a longer side portion and a shorter side portion when the coil is viewed in cross section at a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the coil. The coil is wound around the core such that the longer side portion faces a surface of the core. Therefore, the thickness of the power reception device can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki YUASA, Satoru HORIUCHI, Masayuki KATAOKA, Hitoshi TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 9397440
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal which is fixed to a conductor exposed from an end portion of a covered wire; a sealing portion which is made of an insulating and elastic material, and which integrally covers an adjacent portion of the terminal and a sheath of the covered wire; and a housing which is made of an insulating resin having rigidity higher than the elastic material, and which integrally covers whole of the sealing portion provided around the end portion of the covered wire. A terminal-side end face of the sealing portion is exposed from the housing at a bottom of an annular recess formed in a terminal-side end face of the housing so as to surround the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Masayuki Kataoka, Fuminori Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Koda
  • Publication number: 20160172784
    Abstract: A high-pressure connector (1) provided with an integrated housing (41) that supports a terminal (21), and a sealing portion (46) that seals a space between the integrated housing (41) and a device case (50). The sealing portion (46) is formed of a water-swellable sealing material provided on a face of the integrated housing (41) opposing the device case (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160164220
    Abstract: A housing has a seal portion configured to seal a boundary between the housing and a mounting member in close contact with the mounting member. The seal portion includes a wall portion being elastically deformable, formed integrally with the housing on a close contact surface side of the housing with the mounting member, and protruding to a close contact surface of the mounting member with the seal portion, and a recessed portion surrounded by the wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160134049
    Abstract: Seal members (3) are a double-sided tape having a resin thin base material layer (13) and a pair of adhesive layers (14). As the seal members (3), a first seal member (15) and a second seal member (16) are provided. The first seal member (15) is disposed in a plate section (12) of an intermediate section (9) of a terminal fitting (2). In addition, the second seal member (16) is disposed in an insulator (6) of an end of a high-voltage electric wire (1). The thin base material layer (13) has front and rear surfaces, and the heat resistance, and is formed as a base material of thin layer shape. The pair of adhesive layers (14) is respectively integrally provided on the front and rear surfaces of the thin base material layer (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160111809
    Abstract: Seal members (3) are formed in a film shape having one surface (13) and the other surface (14), and are molten films that are melted by heat when a connector housing (4) is molded. The seal members (3) include a first seal member (15) and a second seal member (16). The first seal member (15) is disposed in a plate section (12) of an intermediate section (9) of a terminal fitting (2). In addition, the second seal member (16) is disposed in an insulator (6) of an end of a high-voltage electric wire (1). The seal members (3) are formed by using nitrile rubber resin, phenol resin, and olefin-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160056590
    Abstract: A connector includes an integrated housing integrated with a shield shell, an end portion of an electric wire, and a terminal fitting in a state where a tip portion of the terminal fitting is exposed to the outside of the integrated housing so as to integrally fix the shield shell, the end portion of the electric wire, and also the terminal fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Fuminori SUGIYAMA, Kazushige SHIOTA, Shigeo MORI, Masayuki KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160043500
    Abstract: A connector includes an outer hard housing entirely molded from a hard material and including a wire insertion cylindrical body into which terminal fittings and end portions of electric wires are inserted, and an inner soft housing molded from a soft material and integrated with the terminal fittings and the end portions of the electric wires in the wire insertion cylindrical body. The wire insertion cylindrical body is provided with inner soft housing penetrating portions. The inner soft housing is provided with an outside exposed portion exposed to the outside through the inner soft housing penetrating portions. The outside exposed portion serves as a seal lip portion for sealing a gap between the connector and a mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeo MORI, Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160036155
    Abstract: A terminal fitting of a connector includes an electrical-contact portion, a wire-connection portion, and a link portion for the electrical-contact portion and the wire-connection portion. The link portion is formed in a substantially crank shape including a step portion, a plate portion arranged at an electrical-contact portion side, and a plate portion arranged at a wire-connection portion side, having the step portion between the plate portion and the plate portion. The plate portion at the wire-connection portion side is formed with a plurality of recessed portions. The recessed portions are arranged and formed at predetermined positions on an outer surface of the plate portion in an entire peripheral direction. Further, the recessed portions are formed in a shape in which at least a part of an intermediate portion displaces outward from a position of an opening with respect to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki KATAOKA, Fuminori SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9231350
    Abstract: A connector includes a cylindrical-shaped housing inserting therein a wire, a shield shell disposed on an outer side of the housing, and a mounting member assembled with the housing and the shield shell. The mounting member includes a tubular portion inserted into a gap between the housing and the shield shell in a diameter direction of the housing and contacted with an end face of the housing. The shield shell includes a fixing portion fixed to the housing and a movable portion rotatably connected to the fixing portion. A fixing mechanism is provided between the movable portion and the tubular portion, moves the end face toward the tubular portion when the movable portion is rotated, and fixes the housing and the shield shell to the mounting member when the tubular portion and the end face closely contacted with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Masayuki Kataoka, Fuminori Sugiyama, Takashi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20150214655
    Abstract: A connector (11) includes: terminals (17) which are fixed to conductors (15) of covered wires (13), respectively; sealing portions (21) which respectively integrally cover adjacent portions of the respective terminals (17) arranged side by side and sheaths (19) of corresponding covered wires (13), and which are made of an insulating and elastic material which links the sealing portions (21) by link portions (27); and a housing (23) which is made of an insulating resin having rigidity higher than the elastic material, and which integrally covers whole of the sealing portions (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Masayuki Kataoka, Fuminori Sugiyama, Yoshitaka Koda