Patents by Inventor Wataru Kusumoto

Wataru Kusumoto 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: 10848035
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a terminal that includes a plurality of electrically conductive plate materials, a base member on which the terminal is provided, and an electronic component that includes a plurality of electronic elements which are electrically connected to the terminal, wherein a window part from which part of the terminal is exposed is formed on the base member so as to penetrate in a thickness direction of the base member, and an extension electronic component arrangement part is provided on the base member, and wherein the electronic component is electrically connected to the terminal that is exposed from the window part, and an electronic component is electrically connectable selectively between a plurality of bus bars by the extension electronic component arrangement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Koshio, Takahiko Ogane, Wataru Kusumoto, Masamichi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180347447
    Abstract: Provided is a cooling fan controller connected to a host controller via a first signal line and a second signal line and configured to control rotation of a cooling fan on the basis of a rotation command output from the controller via the first signal line, the cooling fan controller including: an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of a monitoring target in a mechanism configured to control the cooling fan; and an output part configured to output a first signal according to rotation of the cooling fan to the second signal line when the abnormality is not detected by the abnormality detector and configured to output a second signal different from the first signal to the second signal line when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Koshio, Takahiko Ogane, Masamichi Ishii, Wataru Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10117341
    Abstract: A controller (1) includes a primary molded portion (11) in which a resin molded body (10) is integrated with a bus bar (100) using a resin, causing one end of the bus bar (100) to function as a connector terminal which protrudes into connector portions (13) to (15), and configured to form electronic component disposition portions (16a) to (16d) in which an electronic component (40) is disposed and a power device disposition portion (17) in which a power device (50) is disposed, and a secondary molded portion (21) integrated with the electronic component (40), the power device (50), and the primary molded portion (11) in a state in which the electronic component (40) is disposed at the electronic component disposition portions (16a) to (16d) and the power device (50) is disposed at the power device disposition portion (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Ogane, Fumiaki Koshio, Wataru Kusumoto, Masamichi Ishii, Yoshihisa Yamada, Iwao Tsurubuchi
  • Publication number: 20180076695
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a terminal that includes a plurality of electrically conductive plate materials, a base member on which the terminal is provided, and an electronic component that includes a plurality of electronic elements which are electrically connected to the terminal, wherein a window part from which part of the terminal is exposed is formed on the base member so as to penetrate in a thickness direction of the base member, and an extension electronic component arrangement part is provided on the base member, and wherein the electronic component is electrically connected to the terminal that is exposed from the window part, and an electronic component is electrically connectable selectively between a plurality of bus bars by the extension electronic component arrangement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Fumiaki Koshio, Takahiko Ogane, Wataru Kusumoto, Masamichi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20170325341
    Abstract: A controller (1) includes a primary molded portion (11) in which a resin molded body (10) is integrated with a bus bar (100) using a resin, causing one end of the bus bar (100) to function as a connector terminal which protrudes into connector portions (13) to (15), and configured to form electronic component disposition portions (16a) to (16d) in which an electronic component (40) is disposed and a power device disposition portion (17) in which a power device (50) is disposed, and a secondary molded portion (21) integrated with the electronic component (40), the power device (50), and the primary molded portion (11) in a state in which the electronic component (40) is disposed at the electronic component disposition portions (16a) to (16d) and the power device (50) is disposed at the power device disposition portion (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Ogane, Fumiaki Koshio, Wataru Kusumoto, Masamichi Ishii, Yoshihisa Yamada, Iwao Tsurubuchi
  • Patent number: 7405684
    Abstract: A signal selecting circuit is disclosed which outputs a first and a second digital signals by converting a first and a second analog signals into digital signals, the first and the second analog signals being the same or different signals selected from a plurality of analog signals, the signal selecting circuit comprising: an analog signal selection circuit that, based on an analog selection signal, selects the first and the second analog signals from the plurality of analog signals; a first AD converter that converts the first analog signal outputted from the analog signal selection circuit into a third digital signal to output the third digital signal; a second AD converter that converts the second analog signal outputted from the analog signal selection circuit into a fourth digital signal to output the fourth digital signal; a digital signal selection circuit that, based on a digital signal, selectively outputs one or both of the third and the fourth digital signals as the first and the second digital sig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kimura, Wataru Kusumoto, Toru Arisaka
  • Publication number: 20070139245
    Abstract: A signal selecting circuit is disclosed which outputs a first and a second digital signals by converting a first and a second analog signals into digital signals, the first and the second analog signals being the same or different signals selected from a plurality of analog signals, the signal selecting circuit comprising: an analog signal selection circuit that, based on an analog selection signal, selects the first and the second analog signals from the plurality of analog signals; a first AD converter that converts the first analog signal outputted from the analog signal selection circuit into a third digital signal to output the third digital signal; a second AD converter that converts the second analog signal outputted from the analog signal selection circuit into a fourth digital signal to output the fourth digital signal; a digital signal selection circuit that, based on a digital signal, selectively outputs one or both of the third and the fourth digital signals as the first and the second digital sig
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kimura, Wataru Kusumoto, Toru Arisaka