Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Kaneko
Nobutaka Kaneko 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: 20240097412Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing an electric junction box that includes: a first bus bar and a second bus bar having one shape selected from a plurality of types of shapes; a housing that accommodates the first bus bar and the second bus bar; and a plurality of input and output portions to which a terminal connected to an external power supply is connectable. The manufacturing method includes: a first operation of providing the first bus bar and the second bus bar that have one of predetermined shapes selected based on a specification of the electric junction box; and a second operation of accommodating the first bus bar and the second bus bar provided by the first operation in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Ginga Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240097411Abstract: There is provided an electric junction box unit including: an electric junction box having a plurality of stud bolts; a plurality of electric wire with terminals each including a terminal and an electric wire and fastened to a corresponding one of the plurality of stud bolts; and a cover to which at least one of the plurality of electric wire with terminals is assembled. The electric junction box includes an interference portion that interferes with at least a part of the cover when the electric wire with terminals assembled to the cover are disposed at a position different from a normal position where one of the electric wire with terminals is fastened to the corresponding stud bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Tomohiro Nagata, Ginga Tanaka
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Patent number: 11171471Abstract: An electric connection box includes a housing configured to accommodate at least one electronic component and an attachment portion provided on the housing, the attachment portion including a through hole through which a fastening member is to be inserted and an attachment surface configured, when the housing is attached to an object, to face the object, the housing being to be attached to the object at the attachment portion by the fastening member. A plurality of recessed portions are provided around an edge portion defining the through hole, the plurality of recessed portions being provided on the attachment surface. At least one of the plurality of recessed portions is provided with an entry prevention portion configured to prevent the fastening member from entering the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Nobutaka Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200389001Abstract: An electric connection box includes a housing configured to accommodate at least one electronic component and an attachment portion provided on the housing, the attachment portion including a through hole through which a fastening member is to be inserted and an attachment surface configured, when the housing is attached to an object, to face the object, the housing being to be attached to the object at the attachment portion by the fastening member. A plurality of recessed portions are provided around an edge portion defining the through hole, the plurality of recessed portions being provided on the attachment surface. At least one of the plurality of recessed portions is provided with an entry prevention portion configured to prevent the fastening member from entering the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yoshiya MIYAZAKI, Nobutaka Kaneko
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Patent number: 10280967Abstract: The fixing structure includes an installation portion having an installation hole into which an installation bolt provided in a chassis is inserted, and a spacer supported movably in horizontal directions perpendicular to an axial direction of the installation bolt inside the installation portion in a non-fastened state between the installation bolt and the nut. The spacer has a collar portion that is placed between an inner circumferential surface of the installation hole and an outer circumferential surface of the installation bolt and makes contact with the chassis and the washer in the axial direction of the installation bolt in a fastened state between the installation bolt and the nut, and a flange portion formed to protrude outward from the outer circumference of the collar portion and supported movably in the horizontal directions in a non-fastened state. The flange portion is fixed inside the installation portion in the fastened state.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Tashiro, Nobutaka Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Ohashi, Kouji Yonezu, Yuya Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 10199813Abstract: A fixing structure includes an attaching portion, a nut, and a spacer. The attaching portion has an attaching hole through which an attaching bolt provided to a vehicle body is inserted. The nut fixes the attaching portion to the vehicle body by being tightened to the attaching bolt with a washer interposed between the nut and the attaching portion. The spacer is disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the attaching hole and an outer circumferential surface of the attaching bolt, and is in contact with the vehicle body and the washer in an axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt and the nut are tightened. The spacer has an opening on a cylindrical side surface thereof and is capable of rotating around the axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt is inserted into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Tashiro, Nobutaka Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Ohashi, Kouji Yonezu, Yuya Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 10098247Abstract: An electric connection box includes a rib that partitions an internal space portion of a casing into a first housing region and a second housing region, a water collection section, and a water passage section. The water passage section is formed by a rib main body portion and water passage walls, an upward side end portion communicates with the water collection section, and a downward side end portion communicates with the outside of the casing. The water passage walls are connected to the guide walls of the water collection section, respectively, and have inclination downward toward a connection location. The guide walls overlap an upward side end portion boundary Ru as viewed in the vertical direction and are disposed on the upward side of the first housing region and the second housing region.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Tashiro, Nobutaka Kaneko, Keiichi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20180102635Abstract: A fixing structure includes an attaching portion, a nut, and a spacer. The attaching portion has an attaching hole through which an attaching bolt provided to a vehicle body is inserted. The nut fixes the attaching portion to the vehicle body by being tightened to the attaching bolt with a washer interposed between the nut and the attaching portion. The spacer is disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the attaching hole and an outer circumferential surface of the attaching bolt, and is in contact with the vehicle body and the washer in an axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt and the nut are tightened. The spacer has an opening on a cylindrical side surface thereof and is capable of rotating around the axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt is inserted into the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki TASHIRO, Nobutaka KANEKO, Fumiyoshi OHASHI, Kouji YONEZU, Yuya YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180100535Abstract: The fixing structure includes an installation portion having an installation hole into which an installation bolt provided in a chassis is inserted, and a spacer supported movably in horizontal directions perpendicular to an axial direction of the installation bolt inside the installation portion in a non-fastened state between the installation bolt and the nut. The spacer has a collar portion that is placed between an inner circumferential surface of the installation hole and an outer circumferential surface of the installation bolt and makes contact with the chassis and the washer in the axial direction of the installation bolt in a fastened state between the installation bolt and the nut, and a flange portion formed to protrude outward from the outer circumference of the collar portion and supported movably in the horizontal directions in a non-fastened state. The flange portion is fixed inside the installation portion in the fastened state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroki TASHIRO, Nobutaka KANEKO, Fumiyoshi OHASHI, Kouji YONEZU, Yuya YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180103556Abstract: An electric connection box includes a rib that partitions an internal space portion of a casing into a first housing region and a second housing region, a water collection section, and a water passage section. The water passage section is formed by a rib main body portion and water passage walls, an upward side end portion communicates with the water collection section, and a downward side end portion communicates with the outside of the casing. The water passage walls are connected to the guide walls of the water collection section, respectively, and have inclination downward toward a connection location. The guide walls overlap an upward side end portion boundary Ru as viewed in the vertical direction and are disposed on the upward side of the first housing region and the second housing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroki TASHIRO, Nobutaka KANEKO, Keiichi SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 9743545Abstract: An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a casing and a cover member. The casing is provided with a first member that houses an electronic component and a second member and an insertion port formed on the first member, and an exterior installation unit formed outside the insertion port of the first member with an end of an exterior member of which being arranged in a stacking direction. The cover member has a pair of locking units, and is locked to the exterior installation unit via the pair of locking units and holds an end of the exterior member between the cover member and the first member. The second member includes a pressing wall that interposes an end to be pressed of the cover member between the pressing wall and the first member and that presses the end to be pressed toward the first member side.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Nakashima, Nobutaka Kaneko, Yoshiya Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9564703Abstract: A screw block installation structure for a junction box in which a screw block is installed to a screw block attaching portion having a screw block housing space in a component attachment block in a junction box, the component attachment block is housed together with the screw block inside a frame, and a connecting member is screw-connected to a screw member of the screw block, the screw member having a vertical axis of the screw block, wherein a lateral side opening is disposed in the screw block attaching portion, and the screw block is laterally installed to the screw block housing space through the side opening is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka Kaneko, Hiroki Tashiro, Toshihiro Teranishi, Takehisa Shinma
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Publication number: 20160315459Abstract: An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a casing and a cover member. The casing is provided with a first member that houses an electronic component and a second member and an insertion port formed on the first member, and an exterior installation unit formed outside the insertion port of the first member with an end of an exterior member of which being arranged in a stacking direction. The cover member has a pair of locking units, and is locked to the exterior installation unit via the pair of locking units and holds an end of the exterior member between the cover member and the first member. The second member includes a pressing wall that interposes an end to be pressed of the cover member between the pressing wall and the first member and that presses the end to be pressed toward the first member side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Nobutaka Kaneko, Yoshiya Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9438018Abstract: A junction box includes a box body, an upper cover, and a side cover. The box body has a side wall portion, an electric distribution portion, and a drain hole which is located at the inside of the side wall portion. The upper cover has a top panel and a down wall portion which are downwardly provided from the peripheral end of the top panel. The side cover has a terminal connected to the electric distribution portion and a case portion which covers the terminal. A drain groove is provided on an upper face of the case portion along the side wall portion. A downward slope is formed towards the drain hole on a bottom face of the drain groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka Kaneko, Hiroki Tashiro
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Patent number: 9331462Abstract: A junction box includes a box body that has a component mounting portion, an upper cover that covers an upper part of the box body, and a side cover that is attached to a side face of the box body. The box body has a side wall portion which surrounds a component mounting portion and an electric distribution portion which is electrically connected to the component mounting portion. The upper cover has a top panel and a down wall portion which are downwardly provided from the peripheral end of the top panel. The side cover has a terminal and a case portion which covers the terminal. A recess or a hole which is located outside the down wall portion of the upper cover is formed on an upper face of the case portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Nobutaka Kaneko, Hiroki Tashiro
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Patent number: 9287639Abstract: A connection structure for a screw block, wherein a screw member and a bus bar are disposed in one side of an insulative screw block body, a power supply circuit is screw-connected to the bus bar by the screw member, a terminal portion of the bus bar is housed in an internal space of the screw block body, a wire-equipped terminal for power supply distribution is housed in the internal space from another side of the screw block body, and the wire-equipped terminal and the terminal portion of the bus bar are connected to each other, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Nobutaka Kaneko, Hiroki Tashiro, Toshihiro Teranishi, Takahiro Iwaki, Takafumi Toda, Takeyuki Hamaguchi, Noriaki Akamine
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Publication number: 20140335724Abstract: A screw block installation structure for a junction box in which a screw block is installed to a screw block attaching portion having a screw block housing space in a component attachment block in a junction box, the component attachment block is housed together with the screw block inside a frame, and a connecting member is screw-connected to a screw member of the screw block, the screw member having a vertical axis of the screw block, wherein a lateral side opening is disposed in the screw block attaching portion, and the screw block is laterally installed to the screw block housing space through the side opening is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka KANEKO, Hiroki TASHIRO, Toshihiro TERANISHI, Takehisa SHINMA
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Publication number: 20140322989Abstract: A connection structure for a screw block, wherein a screw member and a bus bar are disposed in one side of an insulative screw block body, a power supply circuit is screw-connected to the bus bar by the screw member, a terminal portion of the bus bar is housed in an internal space of the screw block body, a wire-equipped terminal for power supply distribution is housed in the internal space from another side of the screw block body, and the wire-equipped terminal and the terminal portion of the bus bar are connected to each other, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Nobutaka KANEKO, Hiroki TASHIRO, Toshihiro TERANISHI, Takahiro IWAKI, Takafumi TODA, Takeyuki HAMAGUCHI, Noriaki AKAMINE
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Publication number: 20140312031Abstract: A junction box includes a box body that has a component mounting portion, an upper cover that covers an upper part of the box body, and a side cover that is attached to a side face of the box body. The box body has a side wall portion which surrounds a component mounting portion and an electric distribution portion which is electrically connected to the component mounting portion. The upper cover has a top panel and a down wall portion which are downwardly provided from the peripheral end of the top panel. The side cover has a terminal and a case portion which covers the terminal. A recess or a hole which is located outside the down wall portion of the upper cover is formed on an upper face of the case portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka KANEKO, Hiroki TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20140311793Abstract: A junction box includes a box body, an upper cover, and a side cover. The box body has a side wall portion, an electric distribution portion, and a drain hole which is located at the inside of the side wall portion. The upper cover has a top panel and a down wall portion which are downwardly provided from the peripheral end of the top panel. The side cover has a terminal connected to the electric distribution portion and a case portion which covers the terminal. A drain groove is provided on an upper face of the case portion along the side wall portion. A downward slope is formed towards the drain hole on a bottom face of the drain groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka KANEKO, Hiroki TASHIRO