Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Matsushima
Tomohiro Matsushima 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).
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Publication number: 20240385051Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a sensor part that is attached to a flexible thin sheet-shaped electric wire and detects a temperature of a part to be measured. Further, the temperature sensor includes a heat collecting part that is formed of a member with high thermal conductivity, that contacts the part to be measured, and that can transfer heat generated by the part to be measured to the sensor part. The heat collecting part includes a peripheral wall arranged to surround at least a part of sides of the sensor part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Kenta Tanaka, Akinori Sakamoto, Hiraku Tanaka, Kohei Oshiba
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Publication number: 20240344895Abstract: A temperature sensor is integrated to a case to form a busbar module. The temperature sensor includes an FPC, a chip thermistor mounted on the FPC via surface mounting, a metallic heat receiving component configured to come into contact with an upper surface of a battery cell, and an elastic element integrated to the heat receiving component with the FPC interposed between the elastic element and the heat receiving component. The elastic element serves for pressing the heat receiving component such that the heat receiving component comes into contact with the upper surface of the battery cell with an appropriate pressure, wherein the elastic element is formed with a rubber material. The elastic element has a cavity formed therein such that the elastic element is not in contact with a portion of the FPC having the chip thermistor mounted thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Kenta TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240344894Abstract: A temperature sensor includes an FPC, a surface-mounted chip thermistor on the FPC, a metallic heat receiving component for contact with a cell upper surface, and an elastic element integrated to the heat receiving component. The case includes a facing wall and standing walls and, the facing wall facing the cell upper surface, wherein the standing walls and extend from the facing wall toward a plate portion of the elastic element. The elastic element serves for pressing the heat receiving component such that the heat receiving component comes into contact with the upper surface of the battery cell with an appropriate pressure, wherein the elastic element is formed with a rubber material. The elastic element includes a press-fit lock portion press-fitted into a holding hole in the facing wall, a plate portion with the FPC interposed between the plate portion and the heat receiving component, and an intermediate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Matsushima, Kenta Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240068877Abstract: The installation structure of a sensor includes a sensor body, a holder provided with a locking part and configured to install the sensor body by locking the sensor body with the locking part, the locking part configured to deform when installing the sensor body to the holder and configured to restore when installation of the sensor body to the holder is completed, and a holder-installation body provided with an installable portion where the holder is to be installed and configured to prevent a deformation of the locking part of the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiraku TANAKA, Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Kenta TANAKA, Yusuke YAMADA
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Publication number: 20240019312Abstract: A temperature sensor including a sensor part and a biasing member that is capable of pressing the sensor part. Here, the biasing member includes a pressing part, a biasing part, and a part to be held. The part to be held includes a locking piece that is elastically deformable in an intersecting direction intersecting with the pressing direction, and hooks that are locked by the holding member in a state where movement of the hooks to the other side in the pressing direction is regulated. The biasing member includes a regulating part that regulates movement of the locking piece in the intersecting direction and prevents release of locking between the hooks and the holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Tsuyoshi TANAKA, Nakae YUZAWA
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Patent number: 11876249Abstract: A conductive module includes: a conductive component as a flat flexible printed circuit substrate that electrically connects electric conductors to a plurality of battery cells; a thermistor that is placed on as electrical connection part of a bifurcating body of the conductive component and detects the temperature of a battery cell as a temperature detection target; and a housing that houses or/and holds the conductive component. The bifurcated body includes a coupling part that couples the electrical connection part to a main body. The electrical connection part is a part to which heat of an outer wall surface of the battery cell is directly or indirectly transferred from a surface on a side opposite to a placement surface on which the thermistor is placed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Matsushima, Yuuta Matsunaga, Hideto Masuki
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Publication number: 20230341270Abstract: A temperature sensor applied to a wire harness includes a temperature-sensitive element, a main body part that holds the temperature-sensitive element, a clamp part, and a connector. The main body part includes a holding part that holds the temperature-sensitive element on the tip side in an insertion direction and is positioned inside the clamp part by being inserted into the clamp part along that direction. The clamp part includes a pair of window parts that allow the temperature-sensitive element to be exposed to outside of the clamp part. Furthermore, the holding part includes a pair of protection wall parts positioned by sandwiching a window part in a state of being inserted into the clamp part. An end part of the wall part on a tip side in the insertion direction is positioned by protruding more than an end part of the temperature-sensitive element on the tip side does.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Hiraku Tanaka, Tomohiro Matsushima, Kenta Tanaka
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Patent number: 11408775Abstract: An attachment structure for a temperature sensor that is attached to a flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of a unit cell of a battery pack having a plurality of unit cells connected with each other includes: the flexible thin plate-shaped cable; a chip-shaped temperature measuring element that is incorporated on a conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of the unit cell; and a metal leaf spring that is placed around the conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and has a plurality of legs surrounding the temperature measuring element, and an elastic piece configured to energize the plurality of legs toward the unit cell. The temperature measuring element is sheathed with a moisture-proof material between the plurality of legs of the metal leaf spring.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Matsushima
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Publication number: 20220158310Abstract: A conductive module includes: a conductive component as a flat flexible printed circuit substrate that electrically connects electric conductors to a plurality of battery cells; a thermistor that is placed on as electrical connection part of a bifurcating body of the conductive component and detects the temperature of a battery cell as a temperature detection target; and a housing that houses or/and holds the conductive component. The bifurcated body includes a coupling part that couples the electrical connection part to a main body. The electrical connection part is a part to which heat of an outer wall surface of the battery cell is directly or indirectly transferred from a surface on a side opposite to a placement surface on which the thermistor is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Matsushima, Yuuta Matsunaga, Hideto Masuki
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Patent number: 10889875Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masayasu Nagoshi, Tomohiro Matsushima, Makoto Watanabe, Shigehiro Takajo, Toshito Takamiya, Masanori Uesaka, Takashi Terashima
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Publication number: 20200363268Abstract: An attachment structure for a temperature sensor that is attached to a flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of a unit cell of a battery pack having a plurality of unit cells connected with each other includes: the flexible thin plate-shaped cable; a chip-shaped temperature measuring element that is incorporated on a conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and detects the temperature of the unit cell; and a metal leaf spring that is placed around the conductor exposed portion of the flexible thin plate-shaped cable and has a plurality of legs surrounding the temperature measuring element, and an elastic piece configured to energize the plurality of legs toward the unit cell. The temperature measuring element is sheathed with a moisture-proof material between the plurality of legs of the metal leaf spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA
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Patent number: 10753808Abstract: A temperature detection device includes a fitting member and a temperature detector. The fitting member has a wall fitted to a relay terminal such that the wall surrounds the relay terminal connecting a terminal on a power source side and a terminal on an electrical load side. The temperature detector is fixed to the wall on the side opposite to the relay terminal side of the wall. The wall has a spring portion that applies, to the relay terminal, a force directed toward the temperature detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiraku Tanaka, Tomohiro Matsushima
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Patent number: 10697038Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masayasu Nagoshi, Tomohiro Matsushima, Makoto Watanabe, Shigehiro Takajo, Toshito Takamiya, Masanori Uesaka, Takashi Terashima
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Publication number: 20200014083Abstract: A mounting structure of a temperature sensor is configured to detect temperature of a battery cell included in a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells being connected by mounting on the battery cell. The mounting structure includes a flexible thin plate-like electric-wire including a conductor exposed part where the conductor is exposed, a chip-shaped temperature measuring component mounted on the conductor exposed part, a resin case arranged on a periphery of the conductor exposed part and surrounding the temperature measuring component, and a moisture-proof material coating the temperature measuring component arranged in the resin case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Tomohiro Matsushima, Yasuhiro Sugimori, Hiraku Tanaka, Akinori Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20190292623Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masayasu NAGOSHI, Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Makoto WATANABE, Shigehiro TAKAJO, Toshito TAKAMIYA, Masanori UESAKA, Takashi TERASHIMA
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Publication number: 20180274985Abstract: A temperature detection device includes a fitting member and a temperature detector. The fitting member has a wall fitted to a relay terminal such that the wall surrounds the relay terminal connecting a terminal on a power source side and a terminal on an electrical load side. The temperature detector is fixed to the wall on the side opposite to the relay terminal side of the wall. The wall has a spring portion that applies, to the relay terminal, a force directed toward the temperature detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiraku TANAKA, Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20170240987Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Masayasu NAGOSHI, Tomohiro MATSUSHIMA, Makoto WATANABE, Shigehiro TAKAJO, Toshito TAKAMIYA, Masanori UESAKA, Takashi TERASHIMA
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Patent number: 9243334Abstract: This invention provides methods and apparatuses which can manufacture Si-containing cold rolled steel sheets exhibiting excellent chemical conversion properties even if a chemical conversion treatment solution is used at a lower temperature while minimally suppressing the generation of sludge as well as reducing running costs. The method includes steps of cold rolling a steel containing 0.5 to 3.0 mass % Si, continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet, pickling the surface of the continuously annealed cold rolled steel sheet, and repickling the surface of the pickled steel sheet with a non-oxidative acid. The repickling is performed such that a repickling solution is sampled continuously or periodically, an acid concentration in the sampled solution is measured, and the acid concentration in the repickling solution is regularly controlled within a prescribed concentration range.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Matsushima, Masao Inose, Masayasu Nagoshi, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Shigeyuki Aizawa, Hisato Noro
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Patent number: 9012458Abstract: An antitumor agent for combined use of a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by Formula (I) and a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by Formula (II) exhibits an excellent antitumor effect compared to cases where these are individually used, and exhibits antitumor effects against various cancer types: wherein R1 is azetidinyl and the like, R2 to R5 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, R6 is C3-8 cycloalkyl and the like, R7 is a hydrogen atom and the like, and R8 is a halogen atom and the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Nakagawa, Tomohiro Matsushima, Yasuhiro Funahashi
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Patent number: 8865737Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic agent represented by the General formula (I), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt thereof: The therapeutic agent comprises a substance having the activity of inhibiting kinase activity of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (“FGFR2”). The therapeutic agent can be used for treating undifferentiated gastric cancer, and can also be used to treat organisms comprising a cell overexpressing FGFR2 or a cell expressing mutant FGFR2, or both. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an FGFR2 inhibitory and methods of treatment therewith. The present invention also relates to a method for predicting the effect of an FGFR2 inhibitory substance on a patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Tomohiro Matsushima, Akihiko Tsuruoka, Hiroshi Obaishi, Takayuki Nakagawa