Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Saito

Yasuyuki Saito 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: 10807546
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a vehicular circuit body composed mainly a backbone trunk line portion provided in a vehicle and a plurality of backbone control boxes. An electrical connection path is realized with a structure which is simplified like a spine by connecting branch line sub-harnesses to backbone control boxes. An electrical connection between an engine room and a vehicle interior is performed by arranging a main power source cable and a part of a branch line sub-harness so as to penetrate a dash panel. Thus, it is possible to easily arrange the vehicular circuit body without reducing sealing performance of a portion penetrating the dash panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Sasaki, Yasuyuki Saito, Taku Furuta, Yukinari Naganishi
  • Patent number: 10797550
    Abstract: Provided is a high-torque low-noise rotary electric machine. In a rotary electric machine, a jumper conductor having a normal slot pitch connects slot conductors by striding slots with a slot pitch “Np=N(=6)” in one of coil ends and striding slots with a slot pitch “Np=N(=6)” in the other coil end, assuming that the number of slots per pole is set to “N(=6).” The jumper conductor having an irregular slot pitch connects the slot conductors by striding slots with a slot pitch “Np=N+1(=7)” in one of the coil ends and striding slots with a slot pitch “Np=N?1(=5)” in the other coil end, assuming that the number of slots per pole is set to “N(=6).” The stator winding has a plurality of slot conductor groups consisting of a plurality of slot conductors having the same phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saito, Yuji Kanoh, Toshio Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10780847
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, wherein each of the plurality of control boxes is able to connect with a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and the trunk line includes a power source line and a communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Publication number: 20200295642
    Abstract: A motor unit includes: a first rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical first stator, a first rotor disposed coaxially with the first stator, a first shaft disposed coaxially with the first rotor, and a cylindrical first casing accommodating the first stator and the first rotor; a second rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical second stator, a second rotor disposed coaxially with the second stator, a second shaft disposed coaxially with the second rotor, and a cylindrical second casing accommodating the second stator and the second rotor; a single drive device which is integrally fixed across a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the first rotor in the first casing and a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the second rotor in the second casing; and a surface-matching fixing portion which is fixed by a fixing member while an axial end surface of the first casing comes into contact with an axial end surface of the second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20200295627
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes: a cylindrical stator core which includes a plurality of slots; a coil which includes a first coil end inserted into the slot and protruding toward one side of the stator core in an axial direction and a second coil end protruding toward the other side in the axial direction; a rotor which is disposed coaxially with the stator core; a shaft which is disposed coaxially with the rotor; and an end wall which is provided at an end side of the shaft and faces the first coil end in the axial direction. The end wall includes a refrigerant outlet which opens in the axial direction so that a refrigerant supplied from the outside is ejected toward the first coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Atsushi Nishida, Teruhito Niimi, Takuji Yano, Akira Kito, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Yuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200295629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 10759363
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided on the trunk line, and a branch line that connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The control box includes a branch line connection portion to which the branch line is connected, and a branch line control unit that distributes power from the trunk line to the branch line by controlling the branch line connection portion according to a control program. The control program can be externally changed based on the accessory connected to the branch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 10727709
    Abstract: Provided are a rotor of a rotary electrical machine, a rotary electrical machine, and a vehicle, which enable mitigation of stress concentration generated in a magnet insertion hole of a rotor core and high-speed rotation. A rotor 250 of a rotary electrical machine includes: a rotor core 252 including a plurality of magnet insertion holes 253 for each magnetic pole; and permanent magnets 254 inserted into the magnet insertion holes, in which a bridge portion 260, which mechanically connects a rotor core portion 256 on the outer circumferential side of the magnet insertion holes 253 and a rotor core portion 263 on the inner circumferential side of the magnet insertion holes 253, is provided between the adjacent magnet insertion holes, and the bridge portion 260 has two inflection points 266a and 266b on the outer circumferential side of the bridge portion 260.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kano, Hiroshi Hamano, Takayuki Koizumi, Yasuyuki Saito, Yousuke Umesaki, Seigo Misaki
  • Patent number: 10703306
    Abstract: This vehicle circuit routing system as a whole has a backbone-like routing structure, said system being provided with a plurality of backbone JB structures, wherein the vehicle circuit bodies of the backbone JB structures are connected to each other by means of a backbone main line. Each vehicle circuit body is provided with a power supply circuit that is connected to a main power supply on the vehicle, a plurality of connection parts to which a plurality of branch lines having a power supply line are connected, and a control unit that controls the distribution of power from the power supply circuit to the branch lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saito, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Taku Furuta
  • Patent number: 10703307
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided on the trunk line, and a branch line that connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The control box includes a branch line connection portion to which the branch line is connected, and a branch line control unit that distributes power from the trunk line to the branch line by controlling the branch line connection portion according to a control program. The control program can be externally changed based on the accessory connected to the branch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200192196
    Abstract: A vehicle and a camera bracket include a lens hood which surrounds a detection space of an external environment detection camera, in which the lens hood includes a reflected wave reducing structure on at least a portion of a surface facing the detection space, and a bottom surface forming part which forms a surface (bottom surface) having the reflected wave reducing structure on the lens hood includes a fixed body having a portion (a fixed-side structure portion) of the reflected wave reducing structure and fixed to a vehicle main body, and a segment body having the other portion (a segment-side structure portion) of the reflected wave reducing structure and configured to be separable from the fixed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Takahiro Ohmoto, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20200191620
    Abstract: A sensor hood (21) includes a bottom surface-forming section (26) that forms a flat bottom surface (26a) facing a detection space (K1). When seen from a height direction (Z1) perpendicular to a surface width direction (X1) and a surface forward/rearward direction (Y1) of the bottom surface (26a), a split section (P1) between a fixed body (30) and a split body (40) divides the bottom surface (26a) into a first range (H1) including an optical axis (CL3) in the surface width direction (X1) and a second range (H2) that avoids the optical axis (CL3). The first range (H1) is disposed at the same height as the second range (H2) in the height direction (Z1) and disposed closer to the optical axis (CL3) than the second range (H2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Takahiro Ohmoto, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 10676051
    Abstract: Power is supplied and a communication path secured by connecting various accessories to branch lines, each of which branches from a main line included in backbone structures. Control of power distribution and the like is implemented by communication between higher-level control units arranged in a smart power supply box, for example, and lower-level control units arranged in area drivers, for example. A switching circuit is arranged at a connection location between the main lines and the branch lines, and is automatically switched such that the terminals to be connected are coordinated. Specifications such as the current of multiple terminals on the power supply side are commonly fixed, and the power to be distributed is controlled by switching the number of terminals to be used. Component standardization and a reduction in part numbers are made easier. The connection position can be freely changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Yasuyuki Saito, Noriaki Sasaki, Taku Furuta
  • Patent number: 10647274
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a plurality of control boxes, a trunk line that connects the plurality of control boxes to each other, and a branch line that directly or indirectly connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. Each of the plurality of control boxes includes a plurality of branch line connection portions to and from which the communication line of the branch line is attachable and detachable. Each of the plurality of branch line connection portions is provided with a lock function portion that is physically or electrically brought into a lock state in a case where the branch line is not connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200136446
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator having a stator coil and a rotor provided rotatably around a specific rotation axis with respect to the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets, a plurality of magnetically-assisted salient pole members provided between poles of any adjacent two magnets from among the plurality of magnets, and a magnetoresistance variation unit provided in the magnetically-assisted salient pole member along an axial direction of the rotation axis at a position offset in a circumferential direction of the rotation axis from a q-axis passing through a salient pole center of the magnetically-assisted salient pole member. The amount of offset of the magnetoresistance variation unit from the q-axis varies depending on positions of the magnetically-assisted salient pole members so that torque fluctuations cancel each other when power is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SAITO, Tsuyoshi GOTO, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Noriaki HINO, Shinji SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10630027
    Abstract: A connector is equipped with a housing capable of being fitted in a mating housing of a mating connector, a plurality of terminals which are held by the housing and electrically connected to each other, and a noise reduction member which is held in the housing so as to reduce noise occurring in the terminals. The noise reduction member is disposed at at least one of the plurality of terminals, and is not disposed at at least one of the remaining terminals of the plurality of terminals. The noise reduction member is made of a material containing ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Tsukamoto, Takashi Odajima, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200119602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotating electrical machine capable of fixing a permanent magnet at a defined position of a magnet insertion hole without providing a filling groove for injection of a filler in a rotor core and, of course, without lowering performance as the rotating electric machine. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention includes: a rotor; and a stator, the rotor including: a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnet insertion holes; a permanent magnet inserted into the magnet insertion hole; and a filler configured to fix the permanent magnet to the magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takayuki NITTA, Yasuyuki SAITO, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Manabu YAZAKI, Keiichiro WABARA, Atsushi NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10622927
    Abstract: A parameter selection support system that supports, based on a capacity of a drive device, selection of parameters of an operation pattern and parameters of mechanical condition for a load that is driven by the drive device and includes a display unit that displays an input screen for the parameters, a reception unit that receives the parameters and the capacity, and a controller that calculates an allowable range for each of some of the parameters that is allowable for the capacity received by the reception unit and causes the display unit to display the allowable range on the input screen. The parameters of the operation pattern include a moving amount of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 10600896
    Abstract: In an active region, a gate electrode is disposed in a trench. Spaced apart from the gate electrode, an emitter electrode is disposed in the trench. A source diffusion layer and a base diffusion layer are formed in the active region. The base diffusion layer has a base bottom portion inclined in such a manner that a portion of the base bottom portion adjacent to the emitter electrode is positionally deeper than a portion of the base bottom portion adjacent to the gate electrode. A contact portion has a contact bottom portion inclined in such a manner that a portion of the contact bottom portion in contact with the emitter electrode is positionally deeper than a portion of the contact bottom portion in contact with the base diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Matsuo, Hitoshi Matsuura, Yasuyuki Saito, Yoshinori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10576916
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, and that is routed in a vehicle body, a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line, each having a control unit that distributes at least one of power from the power source line, supplied to the trunk line, and a signal from the communication line, to the branch line connected to the trunk line. The trunk line is formed of a routing material having at least one kind of conductor among a flat conductor, a round bar conductor, and a stranded wire. The communication line of the trunk line is routed so that the plurality of control boxes are connected in a ring form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada