Patents by Inventor Takao Ota

Takao Ota 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: 20240117984
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including an indoor unit provided with a microphone element for receiving voice instructions, such that a voice instruction spoken by an operator is acquired with high quality and control based on the voice instruction spoken by the operator is likely to be ensured. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. The indoor unit has a main body and a microphone element. The main body has formed therein a blow-out port through which air-conditioned air is blown out toward a space to be air-conditioned. The microphone element accepts a voice instruction captured from a voice capturing portion arranged at a position that deviates from a ventilation space through which the air blown out from the blow-out port flows, in such a manner as to face the space to be air-conditioned. The transmission unit transmits the voice instruction accepted by the microphone element to an outside as a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kousuke TSUBOI, Takao SONODA, Makoto IKEDA, Tetsushi TSUDA, Yu OTA, Yuuichi KITA, Kenji AMANO, Atsushi MATSUBARA, Tomomi KUKITA, Naoko KURIYAMA, Tomoyoshi ASHIKAGA, Gen KUMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11063322
    Abstract: A circuit body includes: a plurality of conductors and a substrate having flexibility and provided with the conductors, in which the substrate includes a battery wiring portion which is routed along each row of electrodes and where one ends of the conductors are respectively connected to bus bars, and a pair of connector connecting portions in which the other ends of the conductors provided in respective battery wiring portions are located, the pair of connector connecting portions include a connector mounting portion where the pair of connector connecting portions are guided from opposite directions, and in the connector mounting portion, the other ends of the conductors of the pair of the connector connecting portions are alternately arranged and an arrangement order corresponds to the potential order of the bus bars connected to the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Junya Iwata
  • Patent number: 10761142
    Abstract: A battery monitoring unit includes a plurality of voltage detection lines, a flexible printed circuit board extending in a stuck direction of single batteries, an electronic circuit connected to one end portions of the plurality of the voltage detection lines so as to detect voltage of each of the single batteries and mounted on the flexible printed circuit board, a plurality of busbar fixing portions formed integrally with the flexible printed circuit board and to which the plurality of the busbars are fixed respectively, and communication lines disposed in the flexible printed circuit board so as to connect between the electronic circuit and a battery ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Yoshiaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10601017
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a wiring member, a plurality of bus bars, a plurality of locking pieces, and a reinforcing member. A plurality of wirings and through-holes are formed in the wiring member. The bus bar is electrically connected to one of two electrode terminals. The two through-holes are formed in a first opposing region opposing one end face between both end faces of the bus bar opposing each other in a width direction with an electrical connection portion where the bus bar and the wiring are electrically connected interposed therebetween. The locking piece is formed integrally with the bus bar, is arranged in the through-hole, has a distal end positioned radially outward of the through-hole, and fixes the bus bar to the wiring member. The reinforcing member reinforces the wiring member, and is formed to surround the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa
  • Patent number: 10553917
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a wiring member, a plurality of bus bars, and a plurality of locking pieces. The wiring member is formed in a film shape with flexibility, and a plurality of wirings and through-holes are formed therein. The bus bar is electrically connected to one of two electrode terminals. The two through-holes are formed in a first opposing region opposing one end face between both end faces of the bus bar opposing each other in a width direction of the bus bar with an electrical connection portion where the bus bar and the wiring are electrically connected interposed therebetween when viewed from the width direction. The locking piece is formed integrally with the bus bar, is arranged in the through-hole, has a distal end positioned radially outward of the through-hole when viewed from an axial direction of the through-hole, and fixes the bus bar to the wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa
  • Publication number: 20200020912
    Abstract: A circuit body includes: a plurality of conductors and a substrate having flexibility and provided with the conductors, in which the substrate includes a battery wiring portion which is routed along each row of electrodes and where one ends of the conductors are respectively connected to bus bars, and a pair of connector connecting portions in which the other ends of the conductors provided in respective battery wiring portions are located, the pair of connector connecting portions include a connector mounting portion where the pair of connector connecting portions are guided from opposite directions, and in the connector mounting portion, the other ends of the conductors of the pair of the connector connecting portions are alternately arranged and an arrangement order corresponds to the potential order of the bus bars connected to the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Junya Iwata
  • Patent number: 10522810
    Abstract: A battery monitoring device includes a plurality of voltage detection line, each of which configured to be electrically connected to an electrode of a respective one of a plurality of unit batteries in a battery assembly, the battery assembly being constituted by the unit batteries, a plurality of electronic circuits, each of which configured to be connected to a respective one of the voltage detection lines and to detect a voltage of a corresponding one of the unit batteries, a plurality of voltage detection substrates configured to be mounted to the unit batteries respectively, wherein each of the voltage detection lines and each of the electronic circuits are mounted on a respective one of the voltage detection substrates, and a communication line that connects the plurality of voltage detection substrates and a battery control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Masahiro Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10404081
    Abstract: A battery state detector includes a main unit configured to detect a state of one battery assembly in a battery pack storing therein a plurality of battery assemblies each including a plurality of battery cells arranged in rows, a subunit configured to detect a state of a battery assembly in the battery pack other than the battery assembly that is a detection target of the main unit, and a first communication line that connects the main unit with the subunit. The main unit is connected to a controller configured to control the battery pack via a second communication line that is separate from the first communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa, Takao Shoji, Shinichi Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 10381793
    Abstract: A ground connection structure is a structure for collectively connecting, to a body of a vehicle, a plurality of grounding wires which are connected to respective electrical components installed in the vehicle. The ground connection structure includes: a connection box to which the plurality of grounding wires are connected; a grounding terminal part connected to the vehicle in an electrically conducting state; and an electrically conducting connection part having one end connected to the connection box and the other end connected to the grounding terminal part, the electrically conducting connection part connecting the connection box and the grounding terminal part in an electrically conducting manner. The electrically conducting connection part is made of a low-inductance material having low inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Akira Baba, Takashi Odajima, Hirohito Habara, Hideaki Saitoh, Takao Ota, Akihiro Koyama, Atsushi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20190044120
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a wiring member, a plurality of bus bars, a plurality of locking pieces, and a reinforcing member. A plurality of wirings and through-holes are formed in the wiring member. The bus bar is electrically connected to one of two electrode terminals. The two through-holes are formed in a first opposing region opposing one end face between both end faces of the bus bar opposing each other in a width direction with an electrical connection portion where the bus bar and the wiring are electrically connected interposed therebetween. The locking piece is formed integrally with the bus bar, is arranged in the through-hole, has a distal end positioned radially outward of the through-hole, and fixes the bus bar to the wiring member. The reinforcing member reinforces the wiring member, and is formed to surround the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takao OTA, Kazuya HARAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190044197
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a wiring member, a plurality of bus bars, and a plurality of locking pieces. The wiring member is formed in a film shape with flexibility, and a plurality of wirings and through-holes are formed therein. The bus bar is electrically connected to one of two electrode terminals. The two through-holes are formed in a first opposing region opposing one end face between both end faces of the bus bar opposing each other in a width direction of the bus bar with an electrical connection portion where the bus bar and the wiring are electrically connected interposed therebetween when viewed from the width direction. The locking piece is formed integrally with the bus bar, is arranged in the through-hole, has a distal end positioned radially outward of the through-hole when viewed from an axial direction of the through-hole, and fixes the bus bar to the wiring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takao OTA, Kazuya HARAKAWA
  • Patent number: 10189403
    Abstract: A vehicle interior illumination device for controlling illumination in a vehicle interior includes an operation input portion configured to receive an instruction operation of either lighting or light adjustment by a user, a first state detection portion configured to detect a first state representative of a getting-off preparation of the user, a second state detection portion configured to detect a second state representative of a getting-off completion of the user, and a light adjustment degree setting portion configured to shift the illumination to a preset light adjustment degree including off when the first state and the second state are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terumitsu Sugimoto, Takao Ota, Tomonori Ohashi, Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20180099611
    Abstract: A vehicle interior illumination device for controlling illumination in a vehicle interior includes an operation input portion configured to receive an instruction operation of either lighting or light adjustment by a user, a first state detection portion configured to detect a first state representative of a getting-off preparation of the user, a second state detection portion configured to detect a second state representative of a getting-off completion of the user, and a light adjustment degree setting portion configured to shift the illumination to a preset light adjustment degree including off when the first state and the second state are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Terumitsu Sugimoto, Takao Ota, Tomonori Ohashi, Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20180090952
    Abstract: A battery state detector includes a main unit configured to detect a state of one battery assembly in a battery pack storing therein a plurality of battery assemblies each including a plurality of battery cells arranged in rows, a subunit configured to detect a state of a battery assembly in the battery pack other than the battery assembly that is a detection target of the main unit, and a first communication line that connects the main unit with the subunit. The main unit is connected to a controller configured to control the battery pack via a second communication line that is separate from the first communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takao OTA, Kazuya HARAKAWA, Takao SHOJI, Shinichi YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180088179
    Abstract: A battery monitoring unit includes a plurality of voltage detection lines, a flexible printed circuit board extending in a stuck direction of single batteries, an electronic circuit connected to one end portions of the plurality of the voltage detection lines so as to detect voltage of each of the single batteries and mounted on the flexible printed circuit board, a plurality of busbar fixing portions formed integrally with the flexible printed circuit board and to which the plurality of the busbars are fixed respectively, and communication lines disposed in the flexible printed circuit board so as to connect between the electronic circuit and a battery ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Takao Ota, Kazuya Harakawa, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Yoshiaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20180047968
    Abstract: A battery monitoring device includes a plurality of voltage detection line, each of which configured to be electrically connected to an electrode of a respective one of a plurality of unit batteries in a battery assembly, the battery assembly being constituted by the unit batteries, a plurality of electronic circuits, each of which configured to be connected to a respective one of the voltage detection lines and to detect a voltage of a corresponding one of the unit batteries, a plurality of voltage detection substrates configured to be mounted to the unit batteries respectively, wherein each of the voltage detection lines and each of the electronic circuits are mounted on a respective one of the voltage detection substrates, and a communication line that connects the plurality of voltage detection substrates and a battery control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takao OTA, Masahiro TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20140325837
    Abstract: A ground connection structure is a structure for collectively connecting, to a body of a vehicle, a plurality of grounding wires which are connected to respective electrical components installed in the vehicle. The ground connection structure includes: a connection box to which the plurality of grounding wires are connected; a grounding terminal part connected to the vehicle in an electrically conducting state; and an electrically conducting connection part having one end connected to the connection box and the other end connected to the grounding terminal part, the electrically conducting connection part connecting the connection box and the grounding terminal part in an electrically conducting manner. The electrically conducting connection part is made of a low-inductance material having low inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari NAGANISHI, Akira BABA, Takashi ODAJIMA, Hirohito HABARA, Hideaki SAITOH, Takao OTA, Akihiro KOYAMA, Atsushi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20140327303
    Abstract: A ground connection structure is a structure for collectively connecting, to a body of a vehicle, a plurality of grounding wires which are connected to respective electrical components installed in the vehicle. The ground connection structure includes: a connection box to which the plurality of grounding wires are connected; a grounding terminal part connected to the vehicle in an electrically conducting state; and an electrically conducting connection part having one end connected to the connection box and the other end connected to the grounding terminal part, the electrically conducting connection part connecting the connection box and the grounding terminal part in an electrically conducting manner. The electrically conducting connection part is made of a low-inductance material having low inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari NAGANISHI, Akira BABA, Takashi ODAJIMA, Hirohito HABARA, Hideaki SAITOH, Takao OTA, Akihiro KOYAMA, Atsushi NAKATA
  • Patent number: 8703010
    Abstract: A curing agent for epoxy resins which comprises cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid anhydride (A) comprising trans,trans-1,2,4-cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid 1,2-anhydride expressed by formula (1) and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid anhydride (B) and an epoxy resin composition which comprises the curing agent and an epoxy resin are provided. The curing agent of the present invention can be handled easily since the curing agent is liquid at the ordinary temperature, exhibits an excellent curing property without addition of a curing accelerator and provides a cured product of an epoxy resin exhibiting excellent transmission of light and heat stability. The epoxy resin composition can be advantageously used for coating materials, adhesives, molded products, resins for encapsulating photo-semiconductors and coating fluids for protective films of color filters constituting liquid crystal display devices (LCD), solid state imaging devices (CCD) and electroluminescence (EL) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okoshi, Ryuji Ideno, Takao Ota
  • Patent number: 8198362
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration damping material comprising: a polyester resin containing dicarboxylic acid constitutional units and diol constitutional units; and mica being dispersed in the polyester resin, wherein: (1) a ratio [(A1+B1)/(A0+B0)] of a total of (A1) a number of the dicarboxylic acid constitutional units having an odd number of carbon atoms in a polyester main chain and (B1) a number of the diol constitutional units having an odd number of carbon atoms in the polyester main chain with respect to a total of (A0) a number of total dicarboxylic acid constitutional units and (B0) a number of total diol constitutional units in the polyester resin is in the range of 0.5 to 1; and (2) an average particle diameter calculated from a volume-based particle diameter frequency distribution of the mica in the vibration damping material is 25 to 500 ?m. The damping material has a high versatility, is lightweight, shows an excellent vibration damping property and can be produced easily with a batch mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshinaka, Takeo Hayashi, Kazuaki Mukasa, Takuya Minezaki, Takao Ota