Patents by Inventor Toshihisa Miura

Toshihisa Miura 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: 11869717
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor element, a case housing the capacitor element, a filling resin filled in the case, and a board holder including a fixing part to which a circuit board mounted with an electronic circuit is to be fixed. The board holder is configured to hold the circuit board to be exposed from the filling resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumikazu Maeno, Toshihisa Miura, Eriko Kanatani
  • Patent number: 11404212
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor element, an electrode disposed on an end face of the capacitor element, a bus bar connected to the electrode, and a case housing the capacitor element. The bus bar is extended from an opening of the case to outside the case. Outside the case, the bus bar includes an extension part and a connection terminal. The extension part extends in a first direction along a side face of the case. The connection terminal is connected to the extension part. Further, the case includes a supporting part disposed on the side face of the case. The supporting part supports the bus bar to form a space between the side face and the extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumikazu Maeno, Toshihisa Miura, Eriko Kanatani
  • Patent number: 11371577
    Abstract: A shock absorbing member includes an outer member being hollow and made of a metal, and an inner member held in the outer member. The inner member includes a wood member and a bracket that is made of a solid resin or a metal and that is integral with the wood member. The inner member includes a holding structure configured to position and hold the bracket to the outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa Miura, Junichi Takayanagi, Kazunari Kojio, Munetaka Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11267518
    Abstract: A vehicle side section structure includes a pair of front pillars that are respectively provided at both vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle front section so as to extend along a vehicle vertical direction, and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is provided inside a cross-section of at least one of the pair of front pillars, an axial center direction of tree rings of the reinforcing member being oriented in a direction running along a length direction of the at least one front pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Takayanagi, Toshihisa Miura
  • Patent number: 11201017
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capacitor includes a step of forming a case integrated with a terminal unit designed to be connected with an external terminal, and a step of housing a capacitor element in the case so that the terminal unit is electrically connected to the capacitor element. The step of forming the case includes heating a metal mold to a temperature less than or equal to a glass transition temperature of a thermoplastic resin that is a material for the case. The metal mold internally has a mold part that is a hollow part having a shape of the case. And the step of forming the case further includes, after the heating of the metal mold and inserting the terminal unit into the mold part, injecting the thermoplastic resin in a molten state into the mold part of the metal mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Imamura, Toshihisa Miura
  • Publication number: 20210237672
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing member wherein a columnar shaped-wood member is supported by a stopper bolt (a pressure-receiving member) at its axially one end side and is configured such that an impact load is applied to its axially other end side, and wherein the wood member is axially collapsed by the impact load applied thereto, thereby absorbing a portion of the impact load, and that may include a shaft (a reinforcement member) that extends in a direction intersecting with an axis of the wood member while being embedded in the wood member, so as to reinforce the wood member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihisa MIURA, Kazunari KOJIO, Mitsuhiro KATOU
  • Patent number: 11052849
    Abstract: A vehicle member comprises a wooden member and a resin cover member integrally covering the wooden member. The vehicle member absorbs or transmits a received load. The cover member integrally includes a load acting portion and an attaching portion. The wooden member is positioned in the vehicle member so that a shaft center direction of annual rings is aligned with an input direction of the load. The attaching portion is attachable to an attached member of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa Miura, Kazunari Kojio
  • Patent number: 11046368
    Abstract: In a shock-absorbing member in which a wood member is embedded in a resin covering member so as to be integrated therewith and in which the wood member is collapsed when subjected to an impact load, thereby absorbing a portion of the impact load, sealing members are disposed between both end surfaces of the wood member in an axis direction of annual rings and an inner surface of the covering member, so as to hermetically cover both end surfaces of the wood member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihisa Miura
  • Patent number: 10984952
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor element units, a case housing the plurality of capacitor element units, a filling resin in the case, and an external connection bus bar. Each of the plurality of capacitor element units includes a capacitor element and a relay bus bar. The capacitor element has two end surfaces and a peripheral surface, and an electrode disposed on at least one of the two end surfaces. The relay bus bar includes an electrode connecting part connected to the electrode and a connection terminal disposed to face the peripheral surface. The external connection bus bar includes an internal connection terminal connected to the connection terminal and an external connection terminal being exposed from the filling resin and configured to connect to an external terminal. The plurality of capacitor element units are arrayed in the case along a first direction parallel to a bottom surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Tomita, Toshihisa Miura, Hiromasa Matsui
  • Publication number: 20210107417
    Abstract: A vehicular shock-absorbing member may include a pair of upper and lower supporting wood members configured such that outer surfaces thereof function as load input surfaces in which a collision load is received and that axes of annual rings thereof extend along the load input surfaces, and shock-absorbing wood member sandwiched between the supporting wood members in such a manner that an axis of annual rings thereof extends in a direction perpendicular to the load input surfaces of the supporting wood members. The shock-absorbing wood member is configured such that a load input surface thereof in which the collision load is received is displaced inward relative to the load input surfaces of the supporting wood members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Toshihisa MIURA
  • Patent number: 10953826
    Abstract: A vehicular shock-absorbing member may include a pair of upper and lower supporting wood members configured such that outer surfaces thereof function as load input surfaces in which a collision load is received and that axes of annual rings thereof extend along the load input surfaces, and shock-absorbing wood member sandwiched between the supporting wood members in such a manner that an axis of annual rings thereof extends in a direction perpendicular to the load input surfaces of the supporting wood members. The shock-absorbing wood member is configured such that a load input surface thereof in which the collision load is received is displaced inward relative to the load input surfaces of the supporting wood members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihisa Miura
  • Publication number: 20210070372
    Abstract: In a shock-absorbing member in which a wood member is embedded in a resin covering member so as to be integrated therewith and in which the wood member is collapsed when subjected to an impact load, thereby absorbing a portion of the impact load, sealing members are disposed between both end surfaces of the wood member in an axis direction of annual rings and an inner surface of the covering member, so as to hermetically cover both end surfaces of the wood member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Toshihisa MIURA
  • Patent number: 10943737
    Abstract: Film capacitor is formed by winding first metal layer, first film, second metal layer, and second film that are in a stacked state in this order. In film surfaces of first and second films, an orientation angle ? of first film and an orientation angle ? of second film are different in sign from each other when a sign of the orientation angle which represents rotation from reference direction RD to one of both end surfaces is defined to be positive, and the sign of the orientation angle which represents rotation from reference direction RD to another of both end surfaces is defined to be negative. Here, the orientation angle is defined by an acute angle between an orientation main axis MA between reference direction RD parallel to first and second end surfaces when portions of first and second films facing each other through second metal layer are viewed in a direction perpendicular to the film surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Matsuoka, Wataru Hitomi, Toshihisa Miura
  • Publication number: 20210050153
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor element, an electrode disposed on an end face of the capacitor element, a bus bar connected to the electrode, and a case housing the capacitor element. The bus bar is extended from an opening of the case to outside the case. Outside the case, the bus bar includes an extension part and a connection terminal. The extension part extends in a first direction along a side face of the case. The connection terminal is connected to the extension part. Further, the case includes a supporting part disposed on the side face of the case. The supporting part supports the bus bar to form a space between the side face and the extension part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: FUMIKAZU MAENO, TOSHIHISA MIURA, ERIKO KANATANI
  • Publication number: 20210043377
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor element, a case housing the capacitor element, a filling resin filled in the case, and a board holder including a fixing part to which a circuit board mounted with an electronic circuit is to be fixed. The board holder is configured to hold the circuit board to be exposed from the filling resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: FUMIKAZU MAENO, TOSHIHISA MIURA, ERIKO KANATANI
  • Patent number: 10811189
    Abstract: A rear bus bar includes a rear electrode connecting part connected to an upper end electrode of a capacitor element, and a rear overlapping part is led out upward from a rear electrode connecting part at a position overlapping with the upper end electrode. A front bus bar includes a front electrode connecting part connected to a lower end electrode of the capacitor element, a first relay part, and a second relay part extending along the upper end electrode, and a front overlapping part is led out upward from the second relay part. An insulation module includes a first insulating part interposed between the front overlapping part and the rear overlapping part, and a second insulating part interposed between the upper end electrode and the second relay part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Imamura, Toshihisa Miura, Eriko Kanatani
  • Publication number: 20200263752
    Abstract: A shock absorbing member includes an outer member being hollow and made of a metal, and an inner member held in the outer member. The inner member includes a wood member and a bracket that is made of a solid resin or a metal and that is integral with the wood member. The inner member includes a holding structure configured to position and hold the bracket to the outer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa MIURA, Junichi TAKAYANAGI, Kazunari KOJIO, Munetaka HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200251282
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor element units, a case housing the plurality of capacitor element units, a filling resin in the case, and an external connection bus bar. Each of the plurality of capacitor element units includes a capacitor element and a relay bus bar. The capacitor element has two end surfaces and a peripheral surface, and an electrode disposed on at least one of the two end surfaces. The relay bus bar includes an electrode connecting part connected to the electrode and a connection terminal disposed to face the peripheral surface. The external connection bus bar includes an internal connection terminal connected to the connection terminal and an external connection terminal being exposed from the filling resin and configured to connect to an external terminal. The plurality of capacitor element units are arrayed in the case along a first direction parallel to a bottom surface of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: YUKIMITSU TOMITA, TOSHIHISA MIURA, HIROMASA MATSUI
  • Patent number: 10640067
    Abstract: A vehicular impact-absorbing member may include a wood member having a first pair of opposite surfaces perpendicular to an axis direction of annual rings thereof and a second pair of opposite surfaces parallel to the axis direction of the annual rings thereof, a pair of restraint members respectively positioned on the second pair of opposite surfaces of the wood member, and connecting members connecting the pair of restraint members to each other with the wood member sandwiched between the pair of restraint members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa Miura, Junichi Takayanagi
  • Publication number: 20190382057
    Abstract: A vehicle side section structure includes a pair of front pillars that are respectively provided at both vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle front section so as to extend along a vehicle vertical direction, and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is provided inside a cross-section of at least one of the pair of front pillars, an axial center direction of tree rings of the reinforcing member being oriented in a direction running along a length direction of the at least one front pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Junichi Takayanagi, Toshihisa Miura