Patents by Inventor Yohei AZUMA

Yohei AZUMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20200075907
    Abstract: A battery case of an electric vehicle includes a drain hole for discharging water in the interior to the outside and a water detection device disposed in the vicinity of the drain hole. At least part of an upper face of a case bottom wall of the battery case is inclined downward toward the drain hole. Accordingly, not only is it possible to mold the downward inclination of the upper face of the case bottom wall of the battery case easily at the time of die casting without increasing the number of components, but it is also possible to guide water that has entered the interior of the battery case smoothly toward the drain hole, detect it reliably by the water detection device, and discharge it quickly via the drain hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itsuki SHIMAZAKI, Yohei AZUMA, Shoshi HIDAKA
  • Patent number: 10371245
    Abstract: A first chamber for introducing thereinto the air inside a transmission case from an introduction opening, a second chamber for leading out air from a lead-out hole to a vent valve, and a shielding part for shielding the first and second chambers excluding a ventilation opening so that the first chamber is larger than the second chamber in volume are formed adjacent to a plate member in a first case. The introduction opening is formed by separating side surfaces of the first and second chambers using the plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Shinji Nagahama, Yohei Azuma
  • Publication number: 20170261088
    Abstract: A first chamber for introducing thereinto the air inside a transmission case from an introduction opening, a second chamber for leading out air from a lead-out hole to a vent valve, and a shielding part for shielding the first and second chambers excluding a ventilation opening so that the first chamber is larger than the second chamber in volume are formed adjacent to a plate member in a first case. The introduction opening is formed by separating side surfaces of the first and second chambers using the plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinori TANAKA, Shinji NAGAHAMA, Yohei AZUMA