Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Ichikawa

Yoshiaki Ichikawa 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: 20200022260
    Abstract: A connector-equipped circuit body includes a circuit body configured by a flexible board where a wiring pattern formed of a conductor for electric connection is provided, and a connector connected to the circuit body. At a connection portion of connection between the circuit body and the connector, an auxiliary conductive layer independent of the wiring pattern is provided so as to be multilayered for the wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20200020917
    Abstract: A structure of connection among a circuit body, a bus bar and an electronic element includes a circuit body configured by a flexible board on which a wiring pattern is provided, a bus bar attached to a mounting surface of the circuit body, and an electronic element attached to the mounting surface so as to connect the bus bar and the wiring pattern. The bus bar has a fixed portion extending along the mounting surface. The fixed portion is fixed to the mounting surface so that a restricted area which restricts deformation of the mounting surface is formed in a periphery of the fixed portion. The electronic element is arranged in the restricted area and is fixed to the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda, Masahiro Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200020916
    Abstract: A bus bar module is attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction. The bus bar module includes a circuit body, a bus bar, and a holder. The circuit body includes a main line that extends in the first direction, a branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, and a connection portion provided in a position close to a distal end of the branch line rather than a folded portion of the branch line and configured to be connected to the bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10535856
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars that connects a plurality of unit cells of a battery assembly constituted by the unit cells, a plurality of electric wires that are welded to surfaces of the bus bars, and an electric wire router that is made of insulating resin and includes bus bar reception portions provided side by side in an array direction of the unit cells, wherein each of the bus bar reception portions includes an opening portion that is formed to be opposed to a back surface of a corresponding one of the bus bars in accordance with a connection portion with a conductor of a corresponding one of the electric wires, and an electric wire tip holding portion that holds the vicinity of a welding portion of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto Gotoh, Naoyuki Ikeda, Nobuaki Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20190363322
    Abstract: A battery module that can improve efficiency of operation in maintenance is provided. A battery module includes a battery and a power distribution unit configured to distribute power to a load, wherein the power distribution unit includes a base and a device mounting portion supported by the base and electrically connected to the base to distribute power from the battery to the load, and the base includes a battery connection portion for connection with the battery, and a load connection portion for connection with the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro KOSAKI, Yoshiaki ICHIKAWA, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190288266
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a plurality of bus bars and a bus bar holder. The bus bar holder is constituted by coupling a plurality of holding portions in a chain manner via deformable coupling portions, respectively, the plurality of holding portions each holding the bus bar in a movable manner in predetermined ranges determined by restriction of movement of the bus bar by interferences with movement restricting members. Openings allowing two contact portions of the bus bar held by the holding portion to be exposed to an outside, the two contact portions being respectively connected to the electrodes of the two adjacent battery cells, are provided in either the holding portion or the coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori SATO, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takao Shoji
  • Publication number: 20190289741
    Abstract: There is provided an electrical junction box which is intended to be miniaturized. The electrical junction box 1 has a plurality of electric components and an installing portion on which the plurality of electric parts are installed. The installing portion is composed of a plurality of divided portions, and has fastening portions for connecting the adjacent divided portions to each other, while adjusting the positions of the adjacent divided portions relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ICHIKAWA, Takao SHOJI, Satoshi HISHIKURA, Hiroki KAYAMORI
  • Publication number: 20190273239
    Abstract: A conductor module for terminal includes a bus bar, a state detector including a detection conductor, and a fixing member fixing the state detector to the bus bar. The bus bar includes a connection surface to which the detection conductor is electrically connected, and two fixing holes formed with the placed state detector interposed therebetween. The fixing member includes a main body that the state detector is made contact with, and plastically deformable fixing legs. Each of the fixing legs is inserted in the fixing hole from the connection surface side and projects from the fixed surface. In a fixed state, when the fixing leg is seen from an axis direction of the fixing hole, a tip of the fixing leg is disposed on the outside in a radial direction than the fixing holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori SATO, Takuto GOTO, Shinichi YANAGIHARA, Yoshiaki ICHIKAWA, Takao SHOJI
  • Patent number: 10283751
    Abstract: A battery wiring module is to be combined with a battery module including a plurality of battery cells stacked in a state of being alternatively reversed so that a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are adjoined between the adjacent battery cells. The battery wiring module is provided with a plurality of linear conductors which are arranged in parallel at an interval, a plurality of bus bars which are arranged at a predetermined interval along to at least one side of the plurality of linear conductors, and an insulation resin part which integrally covers both an outer periphery of the plurality of linear conductors and side edges of the plurality of bus bars adjacent to the linear conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa
  • Patent number: 10249917
    Abstract: A power source device includes: a battery assembly including a plurality of battery cells which are aligned; a bus bar module formed by linking a plurality of bus bar storing portions which store a plurality of bus bars which link and connect electrodes of the battery assembly; a smoke exhausting duct provided on one side of the battery assembly; and a control board provided on the smoke exhausting duct and electrically connected to a voltage detection terminal for detecting a voltage of each of the battery cells. In the smoke exhausting duct, a portion where the control board is provided is in a flattened shape having a smaller height and a larger width in comparison with another portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Koji Koizumi, Takenori Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10211434
    Abstract: Each battery module of a battery pack includes a stack of serially connected battery cells, a gas discharge duct extending in a cell arrangement direction to guide gas discharged from a relief valve of each battery cell to an outside of the battery module, the gas discharge duct having a first connection opening at one end and a second connection opening at the other end, a first connection terminal piece having an inner end portion electrically connected to an electrode of one of the battery cells at one end of the serial connection and an outer end portion disposed inside the first connection opening, and a second connection terminal piece having an inner end portion electrically connected to an electrode of another one of the battery cells at another end of the serial connection and an outer end portion disposed inside the second connection opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Katsunori Sato, Hidehiro Takasugi, Hirokuni Koike, Hisato Inoue, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180358588
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: battery cells arranged such that the positive terminals and the negative terminals are alternately arranged; bus bars electrically connecting the positive terminals and the negative terminals of the adjacent battery cells; an insulating cover attachable to the battery cells and covering the positive terminals and the negative terminals; a monitor substrate in which a monitor circuit is mounted; and detection terminals electrically connected to the monitor substrate and electrically connected to the respective bus bars. The monitor substrate and the detection terminals are disposed integrally to an inner surface of the insulating cover. The detection terminals are electrically connected to the respective bus bars in a state in which the insulating cover is attached to the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Katsunori Sato, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takao Shoji
  • Publication number: 20180309281
    Abstract: A battery module includes laminated bus bars and which connect respective battery packs. Each of the laminated bus bars includes a plurality of bus bars formed in an identical shape. Each of the bus bars includes connecting portions which are formed at both ends in a first direction and electrically connect the battery packs and a deformation allowing portion which is formed between the connecting portions and is curved in a plate thickness direction as viewed in a second direction. The laminated bus bars are formed by laminating the bus bars such that the deformation allowing portions overlap with each other in the plate thickness direction and the connecting portions of the bus bars adjacent to each other are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Toshitaka Iwasaki, Yutaka Wakatsuki, Satoshi Hishikura, Hiroki Kayamori
  • Patent number: 10026943
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a battery wiring module including: a coating step of coating a first long side portion of a flat plate conductor and a plurality of linear conductors following the first long side portion by a first insulating resin portion and of coating a second long side portion of the flat plate conductor and a plurality of linear conductors following the second long side portion by a second insulating resin portion; and a cutting step of cutting the insulating resin portion so that the plurality of busbars is divided into a plurality of busbar groups and the plurality of linear conductors coated by any one of the first insulating resin portion and the second insulating resin portion and the busbar groups are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Patent number: 10014509
    Abstract: Provided is a battery wiring module including: a plurality of linear conductors disposed in parallel with a predetermined gap therebetween; a plurality of busbars disposed in parallel along at least one of the linear conductors disposed at both ends having a predetermined gap therebetween so as to electrically connect electrode terminals provided in at least two battery cells connected to each other in the same direction among the plurality of battery cells overlapping each other in the same direction, the electrode terminals being arranged in the same direction; a first insulating resin portion which integrally coats the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of linear conductors and a side edge portion adjacent to the linear conductor in the plurality of busbars; and a connection conductor which electrically connects the linear conductor and the busbar to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Patent number: 10014510
    Abstract: Provided is a busbar module including a plurality of split busbar modules that are configured such that a busbar group including a plurality of busbars and split flat cable including a plurality of linear conductors are integrated at one end side in a longitudinal direction of the split flat cables. The plurality of split busbar modules include split flat cables having a length different from each other and are configured such that the split flat cables are overlapped with each other and the busbar groups are respectively arranged in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Publication number: 20180175535
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a busbar, an accommodation case, and a fixing member. The accommodation case has two or more fixing holes that pass through a fixing body first surface and a fixing body second surface. The fixing member includes a main body and fixing legs. The fixing legs are associated with the respective fixing holes, and have a part of the busbar interposed therebetween. The fixing legs are capable of plastic deformation by external force, are inserted in the respective fixing holes from a side of the fixing body first surface to protrude from a side of the fixing body second surface, and, under a fixed condition in which the busbar is fixed to the accommodation case by the fixing member, have leading ends disposed on an outside in a radial direction with respect to the fixing holes as viewed in an axial direction of the fixing holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Katsunori Sato, Takuto Goto, Shinichi Yanagihara, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takao Shoji
  • Patent number: 10003151
    Abstract: A conductor module includes a busbar, an accommodation case, and a fixing member. The accommodation case has two or more fixing holes that pass through a fixing body first surface and a fixing body second surface. The fixing member includes a main body and fixing legs. The fixing legs are associated with the respective fixing holes, and have a part of the busbar interposed therebetween. The fixing legs are capable of plastic deformation by external force, are inserted in the respective fixing holes from a side of the fixing body first surface to protrude from a side of the fixing body second surface, and, under a fixed condition in which the busbar is fixed to the accommodation case by the fixing member, have leading ends disposed on an outside in a radial direction with respect to the fixing holes as viewed in an axial direction of the fixing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Sato, Takuto Goto, Shinichi Yanagihara, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takao Shoji
  • Patent number: 10003065
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing battery wiring module including: a coating step of coating one long side portion of an elongated flat plate conductor and outer peripheral portions of linear conductors disposed in parallel along the long side portion with a predetermined gap therebetween having a predetermined gap with respect to the long side portion by a first insulating resin portion; and a pressing step of separating the flat plate conductor at a predetermined gap in the longitudinal direction of the flat plate conductor and forming a plurality of busbar electrically connecting electrode terminals provided in at least two battery cells connected to each other in the same direction among the plurality of battery cells overlapping each other in the same direction, the electrode terminals being arranged in parallel in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Patent number: 9997759
    Abstract: A battery wiring module is to be combined with a battery module including a plurality of battery cells stacked in a state of being alternatively reversed so that a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are adjoined between the adjacent battery cells. The battery wiring module is provided with a plurality of linear conductors which are arranged at an interval, a plurality of bus bars which are arranged at an interval along to at least one side of the plurality of linear conductors so that each of the plurality of bus bars electrically connects the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal adjacent to each other, and an insulation resin part including both a covering part for covering an outer periphery of the plurality of linear conductors and a bus bar connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa