Patents by Inventor Takayuki Yogo

Takayuki Yogo 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: 11079262
    Abstract: To obtain a physical quantity detection apparatus that can reduce the outer shape of a housing in size. A physical quantity detection apparatus 300 detects a plurality of physical quantities of gas 30 to be measured flowing in a main passage 124. The physical quantity detection apparatus 300 has a housing 302 disposed in the main passage 124, a circuit substrate 400 insert molded in the housing 302, and a plurality of detection sensors 452, 453, 454, 455, and 456 each mounted on each of one face and the other face of the circuit substrate 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Watanabe, Tsutomu Kono, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takahiro Miki, Takayuki Yogo
  • Publication number: 20210148743
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal-type flowmeter which can prevent a reduction of flow rate accuracy and reliability, and an increase of cost of the thermal-type flowmeter compared to the related art, and can add a function of an electrostatic scattering mechanism. The thermal-type flowmeter of the present invention includes a sub-passage into which part of a measurement target gas flowing in a main passage is taken, a flow rate detection element of a flow measurement unit which is disposed in the sub-passage, a circuit package which supports the flow rate detection element, and a substrate to which the circuit package is fixed. The flow rate detection element includes a detection surface to detect a flow rate of the measurement target gas. The detection surface is disposed to face the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Akira UENODAN, Takayuki YOGO, Tsubasa WATANABE, Takahiro MIKI, Shinobu TASHIRO, Hiroaki HOSHIKA
  • Publication number: 20210116279
    Abstract: A compact physical quantity detecting device is provided since it is possible to lower the mounting height of a chip package by accommodating the chip package in a notched board. In the physical quantity detecting device of the present invention, a part in a thickness direction of a support body on which a flow rate detection unit and a processing unit are mounted is accommodated in a notch provided in a printed board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Takayuki YOGO, Noboru TOKUYASU, Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI, Hiroaki HOSHIKA
  • Patent number: 10961958
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce a load of preventing dew condensation, and to provide a highly reliable humidity detection device. In order to achieve the purpose, this humidity detection device is provided with: a humidity sensor having a humidity detection unit and a temperature detection unit; a heating resistor that heats the humidity sensor; and a heating control unit that controls a heating temperature of the heating resistor. The humidity detection device is characterized in having a target temperature storage unit that stores target temperatures of the heating resistor, said target temperatures having been determined corresponding to temperatures and humidities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Hosokawa, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Yogo, Takahiro Miki, Yuki Isoya
  • Patent number: 10928232
    Abstract: The purpose is to improve the measurement accuracy of a thermal air flow meter. The device has: an auxiliary passage for entraining a portion of a fluid being measured; a sensor chip arranged in the auxiliary passage, for measuring the flow rate of the fluid being measured; an electronic component having an internal resistor, for converting the fluid flow rate detected by the sensor chip to an electrical signal; and a substrate on which the sensor chip and the electronic component are mounted. The substrate is covered by a filler material, on the surface of which the electronic component is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ogata, Norio Ishitsuka, Takayuki Yogo, Hiroaki Hoshika
  • Publication number: 20210041275
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact air flow rate measuring device with improved stain resistance. A physical quantity detecting device of the present invention includes: a semiconductor element having a flow rate detection unit 205; a circuit board 207 supporting the semiconductor element; and a conductive cover 202 fixing the circuit board 207, and the semiconductor element is fixed to the circuit board 207 such that the flow rate detection unit 205 faces the cover 202.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki YOGO, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Akira UENODAN, Noboru TOKUYASU, Takahiro MIKI, Hiroaki HOSHIKA
  • Patent number: 10900820
    Abstract: An air flow rate measurement device capable of suppressing disturbance of a flow of measured gas and reducing a characteristic influence due to water droplets flowing with intake air is realized. An edge 800 of the upstream side where air flows in a circuit board 400 on which a flow rate detection portion 602 is mounted is provided with a segmentation portion 801 to be a semicircular notch structure to segment the edge 800. Water droplets flowing with measured gas 30 can be captured by the segmentation portion 801 to inhibit the water droplets from arriving at the flow rate detection portion 602.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Naoki Saito, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takahiro Miki
  • Patent number: 10876872
    Abstract: A physical quantity detection device includes: a housing; a circuit board; a resin material which covers the circuit board; a cover which forms a circuit chamber in which the circuit board is disposed and a flow path through which a gas to be measured passes together with the housing; and a conductor which is disposed to be exposed to the flow path, in which the conductor and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Watanabe, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Yogo
  • Publication number: 20200363247
    Abstract: In a physical quantity measurement device using a printed circuit board, breakage of a wiring on the printed circuit board is suppressed. Provided are a flange 110 for fixing to a main passage, a housing 101 provided so as to protrude toward an inside of the main passage from the flange 110, and a printed circuit board 140 which is fixed to the housing 101 and on which a measuring element that measures a physical quantity is mounted. A wiring of the printed circuit board 140 has a plurality of irregularities formed along one direction of a surface, and is arranged such that a formation direction of the irregularities is oriented along a protruding direction of the housing 101 toward an inside of the main passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Norio ISHITSUKA, Takayuki YOGO
  • Publication number: 20200319004
    Abstract: A decrease in the accuracy after switching of the heating state can be reduced. The physical quantity detecting device includes: a flow rate detecting unit configured to include a heating element to measure a flow rate of a fluid to be measured; a heating element control unit configured to switch a control state of the heating element to any one of a heating state and a heating suppression state; and a signal processing unit configured to process a measured value of the flow rate detecting unit. When the heating element control unit switches the control state, the signal processing unit processes an estimated value determined based on a measured value of the flow rate detecting unit before the switching for a predetermined period immediately after the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki ISOYA, Hiroaki HOSHIKA, Takayuki YOGO
  • Patent number: 10775216
    Abstract: Provided is a physical-quantity detecting device having high reliability by preventing water droplets from attaching to a diaphragm area. A physical-quantity detecting device according to the present invention includes: a circuit board having provided thereon at least one detecting unit that detects a physical quantity of gas to be measured that passes through a main passage and also having provided thereon a circuit unit that executes computational processing on the physical quantity detected by the detecting unit; and a housing accommodating the circuit board, wherein the physical-quantity detecting unit on the circuit board is constructed to be exposed to the main passage. Furthermore, convex projections are provided around a through hole directly communicating with the physical-quantity detecting unit implemented on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Takayuki Yogo
  • Patent number: 10739213
    Abstract: In order to provide a temperature and humidity sensor with improved reliability, the temperature and humidity sensor in which all or part of a case of the temperature and humidity sensor is inserted into a main duct for causing gas to pass through and which detects humidity of the gas, includes: a first sub-passage configured as a part of the case, a part of the gas passing through the main duct flowing in substantially the same direction as a flow in the main duct; a throttle section provided between an inlet and an outlet of the first sub-passage and on an inner surface of the first sub-passage, the throttle section having a throttle whose cross-sectional area is smaller than an average cross-sectional area of the entire first sub-passage; and a second sub-passage which connects an upstream side and a downstream side of the throttle section and is different from the first sub-passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Saito, Takayuki Yogo, Takahiro Miki, Takeo Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20200209034
    Abstract: To obtain a low-pressure-loss physical quantity detection device that can detect a plurality of physical quantities of intake air. A physical quantity detection device of the present invention that detects a plurality of physical quantities of a measured gas flowing in a main passage, the physical quantity detection device includes: a circuit board on which a sensor that detects the plurality of physical quantities and an electronic component that controls the physical quantities are mountable; a circuit board accommodating unit that accommodates the circuit board; and a sub-passage in which a flow sensor is disposed. The circuit board is accommodated in the circuit board accommodating unit on an upstream side of the sub-passage, and disposed in parallel with the measured gas flowing through the main passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI, Takayuki YOGO, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Tsutomu KONO, Shinobu TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10697916
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enhance the detection accuracy of an absolute humidity determined from at least temperature and relative humidity when carrying out temperature control using a heating element according to detection characteristics for temperature and relative humidity. A physical quantity detection device according to the present invention is provided with a humidity sensor for detecting relative humidity and temperature, a heater for heating the humidity sensor, and a microcomputer and controls the heat generation amount of the heater by using the heater for heating and stopping heating such that an environment under measurement is at least a room temperature and is a temperature at which a relative humidity detection characteristic and temperature detection characteristic for the humidity sensor improve, thereby enhancing the accuracy of absolute humidity detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Isoya, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Yogo, Takahiro Miki, Takeo Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20200200613
    Abstract: To obtain a physical quantity detection device that can prevent a thermal influence on a sensor due to downsizing. A physical quantity detection device of the present invention includes a chip package in which a flow sensor and an electronic component are sealed using resin and a circuit board on which the chip package is mounted. The chip package is fixed to a circuit board surface of the circuit board with a part of the chip package protruding laterally from an end of the circuit board, and the circuit board includes a flat margin region S wider than a width of the chip package, the margin region S being provided at a position on a circuit board surface and at a position biased in an opposite direction to a protruding direction from the chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki YOGO, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI, Hiroaki HOSHIKA
  • Patent number: 10655991
    Abstract: In order to improve the characteristic precision of a sensor, an electronic circuit board on which a detection unit that measures a physical quantity is mounted is integrally formed together with a housing so as to reduce mounting variability. This physical-quantity detection device 300 is characterized by having a circuit board 400 and a housing 302 that accommodates said circuit board 400, wherein the circuit board 400 is provided with one or more detection units 602 that detect physical quantities of a gas being measured 30 that passes through a main channel 124, the circuit board 400 is also provided with a circuit unit that performs a computation on the physical quantity detected by each detection unit 602, the housing 302 is formed from a molded resin, and the circuit board 400 is integrally formed together with the housing 302.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takahiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20200150065
    Abstract: To obtain a physical quantity detection device that can prevent a thermal influence on a sensor due to downsizing. A physical quantity detection device 20 of the present invention includes a measuring unit 213 protruding from an inner wall of a main passage 22 toward a passage center of the main passage. The physical quantity detection device 20 includes at least one of a flow sensor 205 that detects a flow rate of a measured gas 2, an intake air temperature sensor 203 that detects temperature, a pressure sensor 204 that detects pressure, and a humidity sensor 206 that detects humidity, and the sensors are disposed along a protruding direction of the measuring unit 213.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro MIKI, Akira UENODAN, Takayuki YOGO, Binti Haridan FATIN FARHANAH, Shinobu TASHIRO, Tsutomu KONO
  • Patent number: 10641630
    Abstract: The purpose is to enhance the measurement stability of a flow rate detection unit in a physical quantity detection device by branching an auxiliary passage in which the flow rate detection unit is disposed into first to third passages and providing the third flow passage at an upstream part of the second flow passage. A physical quantity detection device has a circuit board provided with at least one detection unit for detecting the physical quantity of a gas flowing through a main passage and a circuit unit for computational processing of the physical quantity detected by the detection unit, a housing for accommodating the circuit board, a cover fixed to the housing, and an auxiliary passage formed by both the housing and cover that is configured to branch passages from a first passage to a third passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Miki, Hiroaki Hoshika, Naoki Saito, Takayuki Yogo, Takeo Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10644423
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a circuit board on which a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip are mounted and includes a first through hole formed with a conductor foil therein; a press-fit terminal that is electrically connected to the conductor foil in the first through hole of the circuit board; and a second resin that is disposed on a surface side and a back surface side of the circuit board. Further, the press-fit terminal is provided with a pressure contact portion which is press-fitted into the first through hole and is electrically connected to the conductor foil in the first through hole, and the second resin on the surface side of the circuit board and the second resin on the back surface side of the circuit board are integrally formed via a second resin that is filled in the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Watanabe, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Yogo
  • Patent number: 10591331
    Abstract: The present invention reduces, by optimizing disposition of components on an electronic circuit board, heat transfer from other components mounted on the same board, and improves measurement accuracy of an intake air temperature detection element. A physical quantity detection device of the present invention has an electronic circuit board, which is provided with one or more intake air temperature detection elements (elements having intake air temperature detection function), and which processes electric signals. Furthermore, the physical quantity detection device has a configuration wherein the intake air temperature detection elements, and a power supply regulator having the maximum heat generation quantity are mounted on the same electronic circuit board. The physical quantity detection device is characterized in that the intake air temperature detection elements are disposed on the air flow upstream side of the power supply regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takayuki Yogo, Takahiro Miki, Takeo Hosokawa, Yuki Isoya