Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Endo

Takayoshi Endo 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: 11276887
    Abstract: A power supplier in one aspect of the present disclosure includes an outputter, a first pack parallel coupler, a second pack parallel coupler, an output voltage switch, and a controller. Each of the first pack parallel coupler and the second pack parallel coupler includes pack couplers. The pack couplers are configured to be coupled by battery packs. The output voltage switch is configured to switch an electrical coupling state between the second pack parallel coupler and the outputter. The controller is configured to determine an output mode of the outputter. The output mode corresponds to a magnitude of voltage to be outputted from outputter. The controller is configured to control the output voltage switch based on a result of determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Umemura, Takayoshi Endo, Hironori Kandori
  • Patent number: 11146001
    Abstract: A press-fit terminal includes: a cylindrical pin having a narrow portion; and a contact section. The pin has a large diameter portion that has a diameter larger than a diameter of the narrow portion. The contact section includes an elastic contact piece to come into contact with a through hole of a circuit board that is a press-fit attachment object. The contact section is fitted to the narrow portion in a way that enables the contact section to move between a first position and a second position, the first position being a position at which the elastic contact piece does not come into contact with the large diameter portion during attachment to the circuit board, the second position being a position at which the elastic contact piece comes into contact with the large diameter portion during a withdrawal from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Takuya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11018445
    Abstract: A terminal includes a body portion and an elastic plate. The body portion is made of an electrically conductive material, is formed into a tubular shape extending in a tube axial direction, and has an insertion opening for insertion of a mating terminal therethrough. An elastic plate is made of an electrically conductive material extending, inside the body portion, in the tube axial direction and is folded back such that an arched portion faces the insertion opening, for the elastic plate to contact with the mating terminal. The elastic plate includes a first plate spring portion and a second plate spring portion overlapping the first plate spring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DAI-ICTII SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Seiji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210151912
    Abstract: A press-fit terminal includes: a cylindrical pin having a narrow portion; and a contact section. The pin has a large diameter portion that has a diameter larger than a diameter of the narrow portion. The contact section includes an elastic contact piece to come into contact with a through hole of a circuit board EB that is a press-fit attachment object. The contact section is fitted to the narrow portion in a way that enables the contact section to move between a first position and a second position, the first position being a position at which the elastic contact piece does not come into contact with the large diameter portion during attachment to the circuit board, the second position being a position at which the elastic contact piece comes into contact with the large diameter portion during a withdrawal from the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Takayoshi ENDO, Takuya TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10797494
    Abstract: A power supply adapter according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a power cord, a power-source attachment portion, a working-machine attachment portion, a temperature detector, and an overheat determiner. The temperature detector is configured to detect temperature of the power cord and to output a detection signal indicating the temperature detected. The overheat determiner is configured to determine that the power cord is in an overheated state based on the detection signal from the temperature detector and to output an overheat determination result indicating that the power cord is in the overheated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Takayoshi Endo, Hiroki Oka
  • Patent number: 10784676
    Abstract: An electrically-driven working apparatus in one aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a battery; an abnormality detection unit; a power supply path; a first disconnection unit; a second disconnection unit; and a control unit. The control unit activates the first disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if either of an overload or an over discharge of the battery is detected by the abnormality detection unit, and subsequently determines whether discharge from the battery has stopped after activating the first disconnection unit, and activates the second disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if discharge from the battery has not stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Uesugi, Takuya Umemura, Takayoshi Endo, Masafumi Noda
  • Patent number: 10756555
    Abstract: A power supply adapter according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a power cord, a power-source attachment portion, a working-machine attachment portion, a temperature detector, and an overheat determiner. The temperature detector is configured to detect temperature of the power cord and to output a detection signal indicating the temperature detected. The overheat determiner is configured to determine that the power cord is in an overheated state based on the detection signal from the temperature detector and to output an overheat determination result indicating that the power cord is in the overheated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Takayoshi Endo, Hiroki Oka
  • Publication number: 20200169023
    Abstract: A terminal includes a body portion and an elastic plate. The body portion is made of an electrically conductive material, is formed into a tubular shape extending in a tube axial direction, and has an insertion opening for insertion of a mating terminal therethrough. An elastic plate is made of an electrically conductive material extending, inside the body portion, in the tube axial direction and is folded back such that an arched portion faces the insertion opening, for the elastic plate to contact with the mating terminal. The elastic plate includes a first plate spring portion and a second plate spring portion overlapping the first plate spring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi ENDO, Seiji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200119409
    Abstract: A power supplier in one aspect of the present disclosure includes an outputter, a first pack parallel coupler, a second pack parallel coupler, an output voltage switch, and a controller. Each of the first pack parallel coupler and the second pack parallel coupler includes pack couplers. The pack couplers are configured to be coupled by battery packs. The output voltage switch is configured to switch an electrical coupling state between the second pack parallel coupler and the outputter. The controller is configured to determine an output mode of the outputter. The output mode corresponds to a magnitude of voltage to be outputted from outputter. The controller is configured to control the output voltage switch based on a result of determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya UMEMURA, Takayoshi ENDO, Hironori KANDORI
  • Patent number: 10587138
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery type electric power tool is widely used for a construction work or a horticultural work. A battery of the electric power tool can also be used as a power source of an electric apparatus. Because of this construction, there is provided the electric apparatus that has a function equivalent to that of an AC power source type apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Goto, Takayoshi Endo, Tomonobu Nashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200067222
    Abstract: A terminal has a central axis parallel to a direction in which the terminal is inserted into a mating terminal and includes a contact part and an intermediate part. The contact part includes: four springs that make contact with the mating terminal and are equally spaced along a circumferential direction around the central axis; and a joint part that makes the four springs join together, the contact part being formed by bending a first electrically conductive plate. The intermediate part includes a tubular part, and is disposed adjacent to the contact part and formed by bending a second electrically conductive plate. The plate thickness of a spring forming portion of the first electrically conductive plate, the spring forming portion forming the springs, is smaller than the plate thickness of a tubular part forming portion of the second electrically conductive plate, the tubular part forming portion forming the tubular part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Shuji Touno, Hiroyuki Kurita
  • Publication number: 20190074683
    Abstract: An electrically-driven working apparatus in one aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a battery; an abnormality detection unit; a power supply path; a first disconnection unit; a second disconnection unit; and a control unit. The control unit activates the first disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if either of an overload or an over discharge of the battery is detected by the abnormality detection unit, and subsequently determines whether discharge from the battery has stopped after activating the first disconnection unit, and activates the second disconnection unit to disconnect the power supply path if discharge from the battery has not stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki UESUGI, Takuya UMEMURA, Takayoshi ENDO, Masafumi NODA
  • Patent number: 10199750
    Abstract: A press-fit terminal comprises a contact member making contact with an electrode of a through-hole via penetrating a circuit substrate. The contact member comprises multiple contact pieces making contact with the electrode of the through-hole via, a junction part supporting the multiple contact pieces together, and a fixing part fixed to a main piece of a pin part and supporting the junction part via a flexible part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Takuya Takeda
  • Patent number: D841588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Shunya Oohashi
  • Patent number: D843323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Koji Hanaki
  • Patent number: D847756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Hisashi Hamachi
  • Patent number: D852753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Koji Hanaki
  • Patent number: D870051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Koji Hanaki
  • Patent number: D913967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Shuji Touno, Takumi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: D936612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Shuji Touno, Takumi Matsunaga