Patents by Inventor Takashi Gohara

Takashi Gohara 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: 9130253
    Abstract: A waveguide includes a waveguide body which is hollow inside and made from a shape-retentive material, and a conductive inner coating layer which is electrically conductive and provided on an inner surface of the waveguide body. The waveguide uses an inner space of the conductive inner coating layer as a transmission path to transmit electromagnetic waves as signals. Two electric wires provided along the outer surface of the waveguide body serve respectively as a power line and a ground line to transmit electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Mita, Masaaki Okada, Takuo Matsumoto, Takashi Gohara
  • Publication number: 20130307645
    Abstract: A waveguide includes a waveguide body which is hollow inside and made from a shape-retentive material, and a conductive inner coating layer which is electrically conductive and provided on an inner surface of the waveguide body. The waveguide uses an inner space of the conductive inner coating layer as a transmission path to transmit electromagnetic waves as signals. Two electric wires provided along the outer surface of the waveguide body serve respectively as a power line and a ground line to transmit electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MITA, Masaaki OKADA, Takuo MATSUMOTO, Takashi GOHARA
  • Patent number: 7899954
    Abstract: A relay connector unit for communicating an electronic control unit with a plurality of electronic devices includes: a first connecting unit connected to the electronic control unit; a second connecting unit having a plurality of circuits connected to the electronic devices respectively; and a transferring unit connected to the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit. The transferring unit transmits first information received by the first connecting unit from the electronic control unit to at least one of the electronic devices through a corresponding circuit, on the basis of circuit identifying data included in first information, the circuit identifying data indicating the corresponding circuit to be transferred to or from. The transferring unit appends the circuit identifying data to second information received from one of the electronic devices through the corresponding circuit to transmit the second information to the electronic control unit through the first connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 7648388
    Abstract: A communication relay apparatus includes a first connecting section for connecting to a first wire harness connected to an electronic control device, a second connecting section for connecting to a second wire harness connected to a plurality of electronic equipments, a communication address setting section which has a plurality of connection portions and sets a communication address for the electronic control device with a conducting pattern based on presence or absence of conduction at the connection portions, and a communication relay section which is electrically connected to the first connecting section and the second connecting section, and relays communication between the electronic control device and the electronic equipments on the basis of the communication address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Takashi Gohara, Ken Ito
  • Publication number: 20080293266
    Abstract: A communication relay apparatus includes a first connecting section for connecting to a first wire harness connected to an electronic control device, a second connecting section for connecting to a second wire harness connected to a plurality of electronic equipments, a communication address setting section which has a plurality of connection portions and sets a communication address for the electronic control device with a conducting pattern based on presence or absence of conduction at the connection portions, and a communication relay section which is electrically connected to the first connecting section and the second connecting section, and relays communication between the electronic control device and the electronic equipments on the basis of the communication address. The communication address setting section is formed so that the presence or absence of the conduction of the connection portions can be viewed from the exterior and that the conducting pattern can be set from the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KANAZAWA, Takashi GOHARA, Ken ITO
  • Publication number: 20080218246
    Abstract: A relay connector unit for communicating an electronic control unit with a plurality of electronic devices includes: a first connecting unit connected to the electronic control unit; a second connecting unit having a plurality of circuits connected to the electronic devices respectively; and a transferring unit connected to the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit. The transferring unit transmits first information received by the first connecting unit from the electronic control unit to at least one of the electronic devices through a corresponding circuit, on the basis of circuit identifying data included in first information, the circuit identifying data indicating the corresponding circuit to be transferred to or from. The transferring unit appends the circuit identifying data to second information received from one of the electronic devices through the corresponding circuit to transmit the second information to the electronic control unit through the first connecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KANAZAWA, Takashi GOHARA
  • Patent number: 6780066
    Abstract: An arc discharge preventing device is electrically connected to at least two electronic devices, the arc discharge preventing device. The arc discharge preventing device includes an insulating main body, a first terminal, a second terminal, a low conductive member, and a conductive member. The first terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a first electronic device. The second terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a second electronic device. The low conductive member is provided on the insulating main body, and having a first resistance value. The low conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals. The conductive member is detachably mounted on the insulating main body, and having a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value. The conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals when the conductive member is attached to the insulating main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Tamai, Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 6646852
    Abstract: A load driving apparatus is provided with a power source (1) applying a power supply voltage, a load circuit (8), a relay circuit (4) electrically connecting the power source (1) to the load circuit (8), a first switching device (2) driving the relay circuit (4), a second switching device (3) having one end connected to the power source (1) and another end connected to the load circuit (8), and supplying the power supply voltage to the load circuit (8), and a control unit (7) outputting a control signal to the second switching device (3) so as to supply the power supply voltage to the load circuit (8) and thereafter outputting a control signal to the first switching device (2) so as to electrically connect the relay circuit (4) to the power source (1), thereby starting driving the load circuit (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 6646429
    Abstract: A current detection device, a power supply system and a method for detecting electric current is disclosed as including an electric conductor 10 which has first, second and third conductor components 11, 12, 13 extending from a diverging point O in three orientations with a given angle with respect to one another, first and second magnet-electric transducer elements 21, 22 located at both sides of the first conductor component in positions equally spaced from the first conductor component and in the vicinity of the diverging point, and a calculation processor circuit responsive to a differential value between first and second electric signals produced by the first and second transducer elements for thereby detecting electric current flowing through the first conductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Gohara, Yasuhiro Tamai, Mitsuaki Morimoto, Yoshinori Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20030178949
    Abstract: An arc discharge preventing device is electrically connected to at least two electronic devices, the arc discharge preventing device. The arc discharge preventing device includes an insulating main body, a first terminal, a second terminal, a low conductive member, and a conductive member. The first terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a first electronic device. The second terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a second electronic device. The low conductive member is provided on the insulating main body, and having a first resistance value. The low conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals. The conductive member is detachably mounted on the insulating main body, and having a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value. The conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals when the conductive member is attached to the insulating main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Tamai, Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 6605936
    Abstract: This invention provides a current detecting apparatus including three conductors disposed radially from a branch point such that they are branched, three hall devices disposed between conductors adjacent of the three conductors, and an operation processing circuit for detecting a current flowing through each of the three conductors based on an operation output obtained by a predetermined operation based on electric signals from the respective hall devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Yoshinori Ikuta, Takashi Gohara, Mitsuaki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6580180
    Abstract: A first battery 12 is for supply of power at a first voltage. A second battery 13 is for supply of power at a second voltage to a load 14. A converter 120 is between the first battery 12 and the second battery 13. The converter 120 is for conversion of power between the first voltage and the second voltage in magnitude. A controller 110 is for operation of the converter 120 in dependent on a first current in magnitude through the load 14 and a second current in magnitude at an output terminal of the second battery 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Yoshinori Ikuta, Takashi Gohara, Tetsuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6535133
    Abstract: A vehicle slide door power supply apparatus includes a vehicle body-side primary coil (1) and a slide door-side secondary coil (2), which are brought into proximity to each other upon closing of a slide door to effect a mutual induction operation, thereby supplying electric power from a vehicle body to the slide door, a temperature sensor (3), provided in the vicinity of a proximity fitting surface of the primary coil (1) for the secondary coil (2), and a primary coil control device (4) which is connected to the temperature sensor (3), and can stop the excitation of the primary coil (1) in accordance with the temperature of the proximity fitting surface or the temperature of its vicinity, detected by the temperature sensor (3), so as to interrupt the supply of the electric power to the slide door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 6525533
    Abstract: A current detection switch comprising a measured conductor into which a measured current flows, a plurality of magnetoelectric devices placed sandwiching the measured conductor so as to have magneto-sensitive faces on sides to which a magnetic flux generated by the measured current is input, each of the magnetoelectric devices for outputting a magnetoelectric signal when the magnetic flux exceeds a predetermined value, and a computation section for outputting a logical multiplication of the magnetoelectric signals from the plurality of magnetoelectric devices as a detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Morimoto, Takashi Gohara, Yoshinori Ikuta, Yasuhiro Tamai
  • Patent number: 6515468
    Abstract: A current sensor including a cabinet 10, a sensor conductor 20 partially accommodated in the cabinet 10 and secured to the cabinet 10 and having opposite ends pulled out from the cabinet 10, and a Hall element 30 accommodated in the cabinet 10 and secured to the cabinet 10, and disposed in the vicinity of the sensor conductor 20. An electric circuit including the current sensor, and a wire conductor 60 used for wiring of the electric circuit and having fitting portions 61 to be fitted to terminals 1 and 2 of the sensor conductor 20 of the current sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Morimoto, Yasuhiro Tamai, Yoshinori Ikuta, Takashi Gohara
  • Patent number: 6512359
    Abstract: A current detector includes; a conductor to be measured in which a through hole is formed, the conductor to be measured having a first branch path and a second branch path for dividing a current flowing into two portions; a first magnetic-electric conversion element being arranged in the through hole of the conductor to be measured, the first magnetic-electric conversion element being provided for detecting a disturbance; and a second magnetic-electric conversion element being arranged outside of the first branch path and the second branch path formed in the conductor to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Takashi Gohara, Yoshinori Ikuta, Mitsuaki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6459255
    Abstract: A current detector having a linear conductor 111, 112, a linear to-be measured conductor 10 disposed substantially in parallel to the conductor 111, 112 and through which a to-be measured current flows. A Hall element 20 disposed in the vicinity of the to-be measured conductor 10 such that a magnetic flux generated by the to-be measured current flowing through the to-be measured conductor 10 enter into a magnetic-force sensing face 21 substantially perpendicularly. A substrate 30 for supporting the conductor and the to-be measured conductor 10 such that the magnetic flux generated by a current flowing through the conductor becomes substantially parallel to the magnetic-force sensing face +21 in the magnetic-force sensing face 21 of the Hall element 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Yoshinori Ikuta, Takashi Gohara, Mitsuaki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6459170
    Abstract: A CPU (31) captures an on control signal for low-voltage loads (26 to 28) in LAN multiplex transmission, controls low-voltage switching devices (36 to 38) to be turned on in order to supply a power to the low-voltage loads (26 to 28), and performs a DC supply from a low-voltage battery (29) to the low-voltage loads (26 to 28). In this case, immediately after the on control signal for the low-voltage loads (26 to 28) is captured, the CPU (31) controls a voltage converter (32) which is not operating, so as to be activated, thereby performing a DC supply to the low-voltage battery (29) and the low-voltage loads (26 to 28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamai, Takashi Gohara, Yoshinori Ikuta
  • Patent number: 6456047
    Abstract: Loads (53) in a slide door are in a stopped condition, and the charging rate of a slide door-contained battery (38) is below a predetermined value, the slide door-contained battery (38) is charged. When the charging rate of the slide door-contained battery (38) is above the predetermined value, the trickle charging is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Gohara, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20020117896
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided such that electric power is supplied through the action of mutual induction between two members on a vehicle body (2) side a sliding door (3) side. In addition, an arrangement is provided such that respectively different induced electromotive forces are caused to occur in secondary-side feeding coils (10) and (119, and the supply of electric power is effected for each of the secondary-side feeding coils (10, 11). An arrangement is provided such that a first storage member (20) and a second storage member (22) are respectively connected to the secondary-side feeding coils (10, 11) with a rectifier circuit (12) interposed therebetween, so as to supply electric power corresponding to characteristic requirements of corresponding loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Gohara