Patents by Inventor Shigeo Yamaji

Shigeo Yamaji 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: 7688031
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply interrupting apparatus. The apparatus includes a switch, for switching between a first connection connecting a primary terminal and an output terminal and a second connection connecting a secondary terminal and the output terminal; a motor, which is driven by a current outputted from the output terminal; an interlock switch, which is driven to rotate by the motor so as to choose to feed or not to feed to the secondary terminal in accordance with a resultant rotational angle; and a contact unit, which is driven to rotate by the motor so as to switch the state of a current supplied from the battery to an interrupted or non-interrupted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Asakura, Shigeo Yamaji
  • Patent number: 7613577
    Abstract: An onboard battery monitoring apparatus for monitoring charging and discharge currents of an onboard battery 40 using a current sensor 43 includes an ignition switch 49, a main line current interrupting unit 41 for interrupting a current of a main line A which constitutes a monitoring target to be monitored by the current sensor, a detecting unit 51 for detecting an output of the current sensor 43 when the ignition switch 49 is off and the main line current interrupting unit 41 is interrupting the current, and an offset value correcting unit 51 for correcting an offset value of the current sensor 43 using a value detected by the detecting unit 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Yamaji, Toshiyuki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20060284579
    Abstract: This apparatus includes a one-push SW 30 for choosing an electric connection between a primary terminal 31 which is being fed and an output terminal 33 when an operating portion is operated and choosing an electric connection between a secondary terminal 32 and the output terminal 33 when the operation of the operating portion is released, a motor 61 adapted to be driven by a current outputted from the output terminal 33, an interlock SW 62 adapted to be driven to rotate by the motor to choose to have or not to have the secondary terminal 32 fed depending on a resultant rotational angle, and a contact unit 50 adapted to be driven to rotate by the motor 61 to switch the state of a current supplied from an onboard battery 10 to an interrupted or non-interrupted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Asakura, Shigeo Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20060273762
    Abstract: An onboard battery monitoring apparatus for monitoring charging and discharge currents of an onboard battery 40 using a current sensor 43 includes an ignition switch 49, a main line current interrupting unit 41 for interrupting a current of a main line A which constitutes a monitoring target to be monitored by the current sensor, a detecting unit 51 for detecting an output of the current sensor 43 when the ignition switch 49 is off and the main line current interrupting unit 41 is interrupting the current, and an offset value correcting unit 51 for correcting an offset value of the current sensor 43 using a value detected by the detecting unit 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Shigeo Yamaji, Toshiyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 6751080
    Abstract: A control circuit for a semiconductor device with overheat protecting function is provided, which includes: a semiconductor element; an overheat protecting means; a chip to mount the semiconductor element and the overheat protecting means; a control means to supply a pulse-width modulation control signal having a fixed pulse width to the semiconductor element; and an outputting state detecting means to detect abnormality of output of the semiconductor device with overheat protecting function during an overheat protective operation of the overheat protecting means, wherein the control means monitors detection output from the outputting state detecting means at a fixed monitoring timing and stops supplying the pulse-width modulation control signal to the semiconductor element when the detection output is generated successively predetermined times or successively during predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeo Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20010038518
    Abstract: A control circuit for a semiconductor device with overheat protecting function is provided, which includes: a semiconductor element; an overheat protecting means; a chip to mount the semiconductor element and the overheat protecting means; a control means to supply a pulse-width modulation control signal having a fixed pulse width to the semiconductor element; and an outputting state detecting means to detect abnormality of output of the semiconductor device with overheat protecting function during an overheat protective operation of the overheat protecting means, wherein the control means monitors detection output from the outputting state detecting means at a fixed monitoring timing and stops supplying the pulse-width modulation control signal to the semiconductor element when the detection output is generated successively predetermined times or successively during predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Shigeo Yamaji