Patents by Inventor Naoki Fukuo

Naoki Fukuo 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: 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: 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: 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: 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