Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Aiba
Tsukasa Aiba 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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Patent number: 10675962Abstract: A hybrid vehicle driving system includes: a generator; a motor; a case which accommodates the generator and the motor; and a power control unit for controlling the generator and the motor, the generator and the motor being disposed side by side on a same axis within the case. The power control unit is mounted on the case by connecting a unit-side generator connector and a unit-side motor connector which are provided on a bottom surface of the power control unit with a case-side generator connector and a case-side motor connector which are disposed on the case, directly and respectively. The case is fixed to a vehicle framework member via a mount member, and a fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together is disposed near the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichirou Urabe, Hiroshi Takei, Takashi Fukuda, Hidetoshi Katou, Hitoshi Saika, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahiro Hagimoto, Jun Masuda
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Publication number: 20190312492Abstract: An integrated unit includes an electric rotating machine, a controller to control the electric rotating machine, and a connection portion electrically connecting the electric rotating machine and the controller. The electric rotating machine has a rotor and a stator opposite to the rotor. The controller is provided outwardly in a radial direction of the electric rotating machine. The connection portion is provided such that the connection portion overlaps the electric rotating machine as viewed along the radial direction from the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro FUKUSHIMA, Tsukasa AIBA, Takahiro HAGIMOTO, Takahide HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 10381902Abstract: An integrated system includes a controller, a drive device, and a fastening supporting member. The controller has a controller connector. The drive device has a drive device connector which is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller. Via the fastening supporting member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector. At least part of the controller connector and the drive device connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, is disposed within an area from a first line segment which is perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a center of gravity of the controller and the fastening supporting member and which passes the center of gravity to a second line segment which is perpendicular to the virtual line and which passes the fastening supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro Fukushima, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahiro Hagimoto, Takahide Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10290974Abstract: A connector device includes a motor-side connector 30 including a motor-side terminal 31, an inverter-side connector 60 including an inverter-side terminal 70, a motor case 10 including the motor-side connector 30, and an inverter case 50 including the inverter-side connector 60, the connectors 30, 60 being fitted together when the inverter case 50 is stacked on and fastened to the motor case 10 using bolts 120. When the fastening of the cases 10, 50 is completed, a predetermined gap is ensured between opposing surfaces 36B, 80A of the connectors 30, 60.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Ishibashi, Tadahiro Fukushima, Takahiro Hagimoto, Tsukasa Aiba
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Patent number: 10110098Abstract: An integrated system includes a controller, a drive device, a fastening supporting member, and a fixing member. The controller has a controller connector. The drive device has a drive device connector that is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller. Via the fastening supporting member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector. Via the fixing member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in a mechanically coupled state in which the drive device is mechanically coupled to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro Fukushima, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahiro Hagimoto
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Patent number: 10038287Abstract: A device connector 10 to be attached to a case C of a device includes: a housing 30 to be fitted in an attachment hole C1 of the case C; a seal groove 41 provided in an inner housing 31 constituting the housing 30, and having a back surface 42 disposed opposite an outer peripheral edge portion C2 of the attachment hole C1 of the case C; a face seal 43 fitted in the seal groove 41 to waterproof a gap between the outer peripheral edge portion C2 of the attachment hole C1 and the back surface of the seal groove 41; and a relief groove 57 disposed adjacently outside the seal groove 41 in an outer housing 50 constituting the housing 30 and along the seal groove 41, and recessed upward relative to a lower surface of the tubular portion 51 of the outer housing 50.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Yamada, Tadahiro Fukushima, Kaoru Fukui, Tsukasa Aiba
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Patent number: 9997974Abstract: A motor case (10) has connectors (30) fixed at motor case mounting holes (11), and an inverter case (50) has connectors (60) radially movable at inverter case mounting holes (65). The inverter case (50) is mounted on the motor case (10) so that the connectors (30, 60) fit together. A surface seal (45) is disposed on a lower surface of a flange (42) at an outer periphery of a housing (35) of the motor-side connectors (30), and is compressed elastically against an upper surface of the motor case (10) at an outer periphery of the motor case mounting holes (11). A metal pressing member (20) is fixed on the motor case (10) and presses the flange (42). An axial seal (47) is fit on the outer periphery of the housing (35) and is compressed elastically between the outer periphery and an inner periphery of the second mounting hole (65).Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Ishibashi, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahide Hashimoto, Tatsuya Choji
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Publication number: 20180022202Abstract: A hybrid vehicle driving system includes: a generator; a motor; a case which accommodates the generator and the motor; and a power control unit for controlling the generator and the motor, the generator and the motor being disposed side by side on a same axis within the case. The power control unit is mounted on the case by connecting a unit-side generator connector and a unit-side motor connector which are provided on a bottom surface of the power control unit with a case-side generator connector and a case-side motor connector which are disposed on the case, directly and respectively. The case is fixed to a vehicle framework member via a mount member, and a fixing point where the case and the mount member are fixed together is disposed near the case-side generator connector and the case-side motor connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichirou Urabe, Hiroshi Takei, Takashi Fukuda, Hidetoshi Katou, Hitoshi Saika, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahiro Hagimoto, Jun Masuda
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Publication number: 20180019556Abstract: A device connector 10 to be attached to a case C of a device includes: a housing 30 to be fitted in an attachment hole C1 of the case C; a seal groove 41 provided in an inner housing 31 constituting the housing 30, and having a back surface 42 disposed opposite an outer peripheral edge portion C2 of the attachment hole C1 of the case C; a face seal 43 fitted in the seal groove 41 to waterproof a gap between the outer peripheral edge portion C2 of the attachment hole C1 and the back surface of the seal groove 41; and a relief groove 57 disposed adjacently outside the seal groove 41 in an outer housing 50 constituting the housing 30 and along the seal groove 41, and recessed upward relative to a lower surface of the tubular portion 51 of the outer housing 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Yamada, Tadahiro Fukushima, Kaoru Fukui, Tsukasa Aiba
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Publication number: 20180006401Abstract: A connector device includes a motor-side connector 30 including a motor-side terminal 31, an inverter-side connector 60 including an inverter-side terminal 70, a motor case 10 including the motor-side connector 30, and an inverter case 50 including the inverter-side connector 60, the connectors 30, 60 being fitted together when the inverter case 50 is stacked on and fastened to the motor case 10 using bolts 120. When the fastening of the cases 10, 50 is completed, a predetermined gap is ensured between opposing surfaces 36B, 80A of the connectors 30, 60.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Takeshi Ishibashi, Tadahiro Fukushima, Takahiro Hagimoto, Tsukasa Aiba
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Publication number: 20180006523Abstract: A motor case (10) has connectors (30) fixed at motor case mounting holes (11), and an inverter case (50) has connectors (60) radially movable at inverter case mounting holes (65). The inverter case (50) is mounted on the motor case (10) so that the connectors (30, 60) fit together. A surface seal (45) is disposed on a lower surface of a flange (42) at an outer periphery of a housing (35) of the motor-side connectors (30), and is compressed elastically against an upper surface of the motor case (10) at an outer periphery of the motor case mounting holes (11). A metal pressing member (20) is fixed on the motor case (10) and presses the flange (42). An axial seal (47) is fit on the outer periphery of the housing (35) and is compressed elastically between the outer periphery and an inner periphery of the second mounting hole (65).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Takeshi Ishibashi, Tsukasa Aiba, Takahide Hashimoto, Tatsuya Choji
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Publication number: 20160218584Abstract: An integrated system includes a controller, a drive device, a fastening supporting member, and a fixing member. The controller has a controller connector. The drive device has a drive device connector that is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller. Via the fastening supporting member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector. Via the fixing member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in a mechanically coupled state in which the drive device is mechanically coupled to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro FUKUSHIMA, Tsukasa AIBA, Takahiro HAGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20160218602Abstract: An integrated system includes a controller, a drive device, and a fastening supporting member. The controller has a controller connector. The drive device has a drive device connector which is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller. Via the fastening supporting member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector. At least part of the controller connector and the drive device connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, is disposed within an area from a first line segment which is perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a center of gravity of the controller and the fastening supporting member and which passes the center of gravity to a second line segment which is perpendicular to the virtual line and which passes the fastening supporting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro FUKUSHIMA, Tsukasa AIBA, Takahiro HAGIMOTO, Takahide HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 8510731Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a storage device that stores a device driver which incorporates access information regarding access to the server apparatus and a property display screen with instruction items for instructing a device driver request; a notification unit that, based on an instruction to the instruction items on the property display screen, refers to the access information and notifies the access information to an application that is capable of processing page information, in order to obtain driver update page information from the server apparatus; and an updating control unit that, based on an instruction to an update instruction section to request automatic update that is provided on a driver update page created based on the driver update page information obtained, controls a process to obtain device driver update information sent from the server apparatus and update the device driver stored in the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsukasa Aiba, Hisashi Kato
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Patent number: 8422230Abstract: A power converter including a switching element, a switching power module containing a driving circuit for driving the switching element, a smoothing capacitor module for smoothing an input to the switching power module, and a heat sink for cooling the switching power module, wherein the switching power module is mounted on the heat sink, and the smoothing capacitor module is provided on a side surface of the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsukasa Aiba, Hitoshi Saika, Yasuhiko Kondo
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Patent number: 8415801Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit board formed by bonding a first and a second metal plates to both surfaces of an insulating substrate respectively, at least one semiconductor element to be bonded to an external surface of the first metal plate through a first solder, and a radiating base plate to be bonded to an external surface of the second metal plate through a second solder, wherein the first and the second solders are constituted by solder materials of the same type, and a ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and the second metal plates to a thickness of the insulating substrate is set in a predetermined range to ensure an endurance to a temperature stress of each of the first and the second solders.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Ogura, Takahito Takayanagi, Yuko Yamada, Jun Kato, Tsugio Masuda, Tsukasa Aiba, Fumitomo Takano
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Patent number: 8129836Abstract: A semiconductor device is composed of a pair of semiconductor chips (402, 404) arranged parallel on the same flat plane; a high voltage bus bar (21) bonded on the surface on the collector side of one semiconductor chip (402); a low voltage bus bar (23) connected to the surface on the emitter side of the other semiconductor chip (404) with a bonding wire (27); a first metal wiring board (24-1) connected to the surface on the emitter side of the semiconductor chip (402) with a bonding wire (26); a second metal wiring board (24-2) bonded on the surface on the collector side of the semiconductor chip (404); a third metal wiring board (24-3) connected to the first metal wiring board (24-1); a fourth metal wiring board (24-4) connected by being bent from an end portion of the second metal wiring board (24-2); and an output bus bar (24) having output terminals (405) extending from each end portion of the third metal wiring board (24-3) and that of the fourth metal wiring board (24-4).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumitomo Takano, Shinya Watanabe, Tsukasa Aiba, Hiroshi Otsuka, Joji Nakashima
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Patent number: 8045335Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second assembled bodies (12A, 12B). The first assembled body is provided with a first semiconductor chip, a high voltage bus bar (21) connected to one surface of the first semiconductor chip, a first metal wiring board (24-1) connected to the other surface of the first semiconductor chip with a bonding wire, and a third metal wiring board (24-3) connected to the first metal wiring board. The second assembled body is provided with a second semiconductor chip, a low voltage bus bar (23) connected to one surface of the second semiconductor chip with a bonding wire, a second metal wiring board (24-2) connected to the other surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a fourth metal wiring board (24-4) connected by being returned from an end portion of the second metal wiring board and arranged in parallel to the second metal wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumitomo Takano, Shinya Watanabe, Tsukasa Aiba, Joji Nakashima, Hiroshi Otsuka
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Publication number: 20110188279Abstract: A power converter including a switching element, a switching power module containing a driving circuit for driving the switching element, a smoothing capacitor module for smoothing an input to the switching power module, and a heat sink for cooling the switching power module, wherein the switching power module is mounted on the heat sink, and the smoothing capacitor module is provided on a side surface of the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa AIBA, Hitoshi Saika, Yasuhiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20100308465Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit board formed by bonding a first and a second metal plates to both surfaces of an insulating substrate respectively, at least one semiconductor element to be bonded to an external surface of the first metal plate through a first solder, and a radiating base plate to be bonded to an external surface of the second metal plate through a second solder, wherein the first and the second solders are constituted by solder materials of the same type, and a ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and the second metal plates to a thickness of the insulating substrate is set in a predetermined range to ensure an endurance to a temperature stress of each of the first and the second solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masami Ogura, Takahito Takayanagi, Yuko Yamada, Jun Kato, Tsugio Masuda, Tsukasa Aiba, Fumitomo Takano