Patents by Inventor Ryo AKIBA
Ryo AKIBA 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: 20240249993Abstract: An electronic control device capable of achieving both high heat dissipation and solder connection reliability is achieved. An electronic control device 101 includes a circuit board 3 mounted with an electronic component 7 and a connector 4, a base 1 housing this circuit board 3, a cover 2 closing this base 1, a heat dissipation pedestal 9 formed on the base 1, and a thermally conductive material 8 arranged on an upper surface of this heat dissipation pedestal 9. On the upper surface of the heat dissipation pedestal 9 on which the thermally conductive material 8 is arranged, a plurality of grooves 14 formed radially from the center of the upper surface of the heat dissipation pedestal 9 and where the thermally conductive material 8 enters are formed. The electronic component 7 is configured to be in contact with the heat dissipation pedestal 9 via the thermally conductive material 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI, Keiko UENO
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Patent number: 12028993Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of enhancing salt damage resistance. An electronic device includes a circuit board 3 on which an electronic component 2 is mounted, a housing 4 that houses the circuit board 3, a connector 5 that is mounted on the circuit board 3 and is exposed to an outside of the housing via a first opening portion 4a of the housing 4, a cover member 6 that constitutes a part of a case 131 of an external device 103 to hold the housing 4, and has a second opening portion 66a to which the connector 5 is fitted, and a seal member 8 that is interposed between the connector 5 and the cover member 6, and liquid-tightly seals the case 131 of the external device 103. The housing 4 has a first wall portion 18 extending toward the cover member 6 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance, and the cover member 6 has a second barrier portion 68 extending toward the housing 4 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Akiba, Yoshio Kawai
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Patent number: 11877412Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity. The electronic control device 100 includes a substrate 10, an electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 10, an insulating case 20 that holds the substrate 10, a conductive cover 30 that covers the insulating case 20, a conductive base 40 that holds the insulating case 20, and a conductive fixture 21 that fixes the insulating case 20 to the conductive base 40. A distance L1 between the conductive cover 30 and the conductive fixture 21 is equal to or less than a distance L2 between the conductive cover 30 and a conductive terminal 1a of the electronic component 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Ryo Akiba
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Publication number: 20230380080Abstract: There is provided an electronic control device fixed to an in-vehicle device to be controlled. The electronic control device is a unit that includes a base attached to the in-vehicle device, a case fixed to the base, a circuit board held by the case, and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. At least one of the case and the base is made of a resin, the case and the base are fixed with a plurality of fixing screws, and the case and the base are fixed by an adhesive disposed away from the plurality of fixing screws.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
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Publication number: 20230354509Abstract: An electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity is provided. An electronic control device that controls an actuator includes a circuit board, an electronic component mounted on the circuit board, a resin case (insulating case) that holds the circuit board, a metal cover (first conductive cover) that covers the resin case, an actuator cover (second conductive cover) that holds the resin case and covers an opening portion of the actuator, and a conductive portion that make the metal cover (first conductive cover) and the actuator cover (second conductive cover) conductive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
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Publication number: 20220279671Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing failure of an electronic component due to static electricity. The electronic control device 100 includes a substrate 10, an electronic component 1 mounted on the substrate 10, an insulating case 20 that holds the substrate 10, a conductive cover 30 that covers the insulating case 20, a conductive base 40 that holds the insulating case 20, and a conductive fixture 21 that fixes the insulating case 20 to the conductive base 40. A distance L1 between the conductive cover 30 and the conductive fixture 21 is equal to or less than a distance L2 between the conductive cover 30 and a conductive terminal 1a of the electronic component 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Yoshio KAWAI, Ryo AKIBA
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Publication number: 20220240395Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of enhancing salt damage resistance. An electronic device includes a circuit board 3 on which an electronic component 2 is mounted, a housing 4 that houses the circuit board 3, a connector 5 that is mounted on the circuit board 3 and is exposed to an outside of the housing via a first opening portion 4a of the housing 4, a cover member 6 that constitutes a part of a case 131 of an external device 103 to hold the housing 4, and has a second opening portion 66a to which the connector 5 is fitted, and a seal member 8 that is interposed between the connector 5 and the cover member 6, and liquid-tightly seals the case 131 of the external device 103. The housing 4 has a first wall portion 18 extending toward the cover member 6 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance, and the cover member 6 has a second barrier portion 68 extending toward the housing 4 so as to cover a part of the connector 5 at a distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
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Patent number: 11289848Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Akiba, Yoshio Kawai
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Publication number: 20220071029Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit that can be used even in a mounting environment causing severe salt damage. In order to achieve the above-described object, in an electronic control unit according to the present invention, a minimum distance between a wall and a respiratory filter is set to be 3 mm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210151928Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Ryo AKIBA, Yoshio KAWAI
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Patent number: 10953822Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device that can reduce a usage amount of an adhesive constituting a seal member, by relieving a stress caused in the seal member disposed in a gap between a first housing part and a second housing part in a high-temperature environment. In an electronic control device including: a component mounting board mounted with an electronic component; and a first housing part and a second housing part that are fixed to each other via a seal member and define a first space that accommodates the component mounting board, at least one predetermined housing part of the first or second housing part has a recess formed on a surface facing the seal member, and a second space is formed between the recess and the seal member.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Saito, Yoshio Kawai, Ryo Akiba
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Publication number: 20190299881Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device that can reduce a usage amount of an adhesive constituting a seal member, by relieving a stress caused in the seal member disposed in a gap between a first housing part and a second housing part in a high-temperature environment. In an electronic control device including: a component mounting board mounted with an electronic component; and a first housing part and a second housing part that are fixed to each other via a seal member and define a first space that accommodates the component mounting board, at least one predetermined housing part of the first or second housing part has a recess formed on a surface facing the seal member, and a second space is formed between the recess and the seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Masato SAITO, Yoshio KAWAI, Ryo AKIBA