Patents by Inventor Shinji HIGASHIBATA

Shinji HIGASHIBATA 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: 9573540
    Abstract: On-vehicle electrical loads (121,122) are connected to an on-vehicle battery (101) via a series circuit including a load switching element (221,222) and a reverse current interrupting element (200a) for a load circuit, and a feeding switching element (120A) that is closed in response to closure of a power supply switch (110). The element (FET) (200a) is closed when the switch (110) is closed and a power supply voltage is applied to a load power supply terminal (Vba) connected to the element (120A), to thereby be energized in an energization direction of an internal parasitic diode thereof. The element (200a) is de-energized when the switch (110) is opened. Thus, malfunction is prevented, which occurs when the element (120A) is opened, a short-to-power flows backward via the element (200a) into the terminal (Vba) so as to feed power to another device connected to the element (200a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kanzaki, Koji Hashimoto, Kazunari Masudome, Yoshitake Nishiuma, Yusuke Matsuda, Tomohiro Kimura, Shinji Higashibata
  • Publication number: 20150210232
    Abstract: On-vehicle electrical loads (121,122) are connected to an on-vehicle battery (101) via a series circuit including a load switching element (221,222) and a reverse current interrupting element (200a) for a load circuit, and a feeding switching element (120A) that is closed in response to closure of a power supply switch (110). The element (FET) (200a) is closed when the switch (110) is closed and a power supply voltage is applied to a load power supply terminal (Vba) connected to the element (120A), to thereby be energized in an energization direction of an internal parasitic diode thereof. The element (200a) is de-energized when the switch (110) is opened. Thus, malfunction is prevented, which occurs when the element (120A) is opened, a short-to-power flows backward via the element (200a) into the terminal (Vba) so as to feed power to another device connected to the element (200a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KANZAKI, Koji HASHIMOTO, Kazunari MASUDOME, Yoshitake NISHIUMA, Yusuke MATSUDA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Shinji HIGASHIBATA
  • Patent number: 8472197
    Abstract: Provided is a small and low-cost resin-sealed electronic control device including a first electronic board and a second electronic board respectively bonded onto an upper surface and a lower surface of a support plate, each of the first electronic board and the second electronic board having an increased mounting area on which circuit components are mounted. A first electronic board (30A) and a second electronic board (40A) respectively bonded onto an upper surface and a lower surface of a support plate (20A) include outer circuit components (31, 41) and inner circuit components (33, 43) respectively mounted on outer surfaces and inner surfaces thereof. The inner circuit components (33, 43) are fitted into a window hole portion (21) of the support plate (20A) and are sealed with a filler (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Higashibata, Shozo Kanzaki, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Fumiaki Arimai, Mikihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8422241
    Abstract: Provided is a small resin-sealed electronic control device with a reduced plane area and volume, which can provide an enlarged area on which circuit components are mounted without increasing a plane area of electronic boards. In the resin-sealed electronic control device, a support member (20A) includes a first support plate (21a), a second support plate (22a), and a pair of rising portions (23a) which form a space portion with a first electronic board (30A) and a second electronic board (40A). An exterior covering material (11) is formed by injecting a melted synthetic resin into the space portion and spaces outside the space portion along the pair of rising portions (23a). Inner circuit components (33) are situated inside window holes formed through the support plate (20A) and face one of the first electronic board (30A) and the second electronic board (40A) opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Higashibata, Shozo Kanzaki, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Fumiaki Arimai
  • Publication number: 20110317389
    Abstract: Provided is a small resin-sealed electronic control device with a reduced plane area and volume, which can provide an enlarged area on which circuit components are mounted without increasing a plane area of electronic boards. In the resin-sealed electronic control device, a support member (20A) includes a first support plate (21a), a second support plate (22a), and a pair of rising portions (23a) which form a space portion with a first electronic board (30A) and a second electronic board (40A). An exterior covering material (11) is formed by injecting a melted synthetic resin into the space portion and spaces outside the space portion along the pair of rising portions (23a). Inner circuit components (33) are situated inside window holes formed through the support plate (20A) and face one of the first electronic board (30A) and the second electronic board (40A) opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HIGASHIBATA, Shozo KANZAKI, Hiroyoshi NISHIZAKI, Fumiaki ARIMAI
  • Publication number: 20110205706
    Abstract: Provided is a resin-sealed electronic control device reduced in size, which includes a double-sided mounting board as at least one of a plurality of electronic boards obtained by division so that a large mounting surface with a small plane area is ensured. Each of a first electronic board (30A) and a second electronic board (40A) bonded onto an upper surface and a lower surface of each of a pair of separate beam members (20A) includes two surfaces on which outer circuit components (31, 32, 41, 42) and an inner circuit component (33, 43) are respectively mounted. A height of each of the inner circuit components is equal to or less than a thickness of each of the separate beam members (20A). Heat-generating components (32, 42) in the outer circuit components are provided to be adjacent to and opposed to the separate beam members (20A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HIGASHIBATA, Shozo Kanzaki, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Fumiaki Arimai, Mikihiko Suzuki