Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Furuya

Yoshinobu Furuya 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: 20240133223
    Abstract: An open-and-close structure 1A for a cap includes a housing 2, a cap 3 rotatably supported on the housing 2, and a biasing member 43 configured to apply a biasing force near a rotation shaft 42 of the cap 3, wherein open position-maintaining means configured to maintain the cap 3 at an open position by a biasing force of the biasing member 43 and reaction force application means configured to apply a reaction force in a closing direction by the biasing member 43 to the cap 3 in response to a further movement of the cap 3 in an open direction from the open position are provided on at least one of a support portion 32 that is a cap-side sliding contact portion or a sliding contact member 45 that is a biasing member-side sliding contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu IWAMI, Yoshinobu FURUYA
  • Patent number: 10425544
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a manipulation panel, and a first processor. The manipulation panel includes an input interface and a control circuit operable in a first mode in which the information input to the input interface is transmitted to the image processing apparatus or a second mode in which the information input to the input interface is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. When the first processor determines that the image processing apparatus transitions from a first state in which the input information input is able to be processed to a second state in which the input information is unable to be processed, the first processor instructs the control circuit to transition from the first mode to the second mode and outputs a transition notification to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Furuya
  • Publication number: 20180249030
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a manipulation panel, and a first processor. The manipulation panel includes an input interface and a control circuit operable in a first mode in which the information input to the input interface is transmitted to the image processing apparatus or a second mode in which the information input to the input interface is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. When the first processor determines that the image processing apparatus transitions from a first state in which the input information input is able to be processed to a second state in which the input information is unable to be processed, the first processor instructs the control circuit to transition from the first mode to the second mode and outputs a transition notification to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20180219767
    Abstract: A communication relay device connected in parallel with a router that connects an external network and an internal network, includes a hardware processor that: determines if a packet received over the external network is blocked by the router when the packet is received; and sends a responding instruction to a device connected to the internal network based on the received packet if the received packet is determined to be the packet that is blocked by the router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu FURUYA
  • Patent number: 9947911
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery assembly having a plurality of battery cells, a busbar module that includes a plurality of conductors and an insulating member which holds the conductors, a battery control unit provided at an end portion of the battery assembly in an arrangement direction of the battery cells, and an extraction conductor that connects a total electrode terminal connected to the battery assembly to a main circuit terminal of the battery control unit. The extraction conductor has a water escape portion which is located below an imaginary line connecting the total electrode terminal to the main circuit terminal, and an upper end of the water escape portion is formed at a location that is lower than a lower end of the main circuit terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Hideki Inoue, Shuichi Nagata, Takao Syoji
  • Patent number: 9601742
    Abstract: A busbar module unit includes a busbar module that is made of a resin and retains a plurality of first conductors and two second conductor, a wiring path that accommodates a plurality of voltage detection wires, a terminal accommodating portion that accommodates connection terminals of a power cable, and a cover member that is connected to the busbar module via a hinge portion. The terminal accommodating portion is integrally formed with the cover member. The wiring path is arranged so as to intersect at least one of the connection terminals. The cover member has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the first face opposes the wiring path when the cover member is folded back via the hinge portion. The terminal accommodating portion is formed on the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Hideki Inoue
  • Patent number: 9337571
    Abstract: A sealing member configured to be installed to an outer peripheral surface of a first connector housing among a pair of connector housings seal so as to seal a gap between an outer peripheral surface of a first connector housing and an inner peripheral surface of a second connector housing is provided. An inner peripheral surface of the sealing member is formed with protrusions and grooves which are aligned with a first wavelength in an axial direction of the sealing member. An outer peripheral surface of the sealing member is formed with protrusions and grooves which are aligned with a second wavelength in the axial direction. The first wavelength is equal to or smaller than the second wavelength. Positions of the protrusions of the inner peripheral surface are shifted from positions of the protrusions of the outer peripheral surface in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Ryuta Takishita, Go Yamada, Masaaki Iwabe, Toshiki Hirata
  • Patent number: 9299975
    Abstract: A structure for attaching a service plug includes an insulating substrate that has openings facing electrodes of a pair of adjacent batteries among a plurality of batteries in a battery module, a pair of connection terminals that are respectively connected to electrodes of the pair of adjacent batteries through the insulating substrate by bolting with nuts, a pair of electric wires whose one ends are connected to the connection terminals respectively, and a connector that is connected to the other ends of the pair of electric wires, and detachably connected with the service plug. The insulating substrate has protrusions which are abutted against the connection terminals respectively, and regulate movement of the connection terminals which simultaneously rotate with rotation of the nuts respectively when being bolted with the nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Hideki Inoue
  • Patent number: 9130324
    Abstract: A connector 1 has a housing 4 including a side wall 42 extending from a base plate 41, a pair of projections 45 projecting from the side wall, and a lever 5 including a pair of plate members 50A having a guide groove 53 and a plate connecting member 50B connecting the pair of plate members. The lever is positioned from a release position to a slide start position, at which the surface of the base plate is in parallel to and slid along the lengthwise direction of the guide groove 53, and tube members 59, 71 and locking members 46, 58 are engaged. A first surface 5a at a side apart from the guide groove is perpendicular to a slide direction at the slide position and a second surface 5b at a side near to the guide groove is perpendicular to a connecting direction Z at the release position. When the lever 5 reaches a lock position, detect connectors in tube members 59, 71 become engaged to close the power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroyasu Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9028267
    Abstract: In a power shutoff device, an operation lever is provided to be rotatable between a first position where a receiving connector and the plug connector are separated and a second position where the receiving connector and the plug connector are fitted. The operation lever is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction at the second position. A fitting detecting connector includes a fitting detecting receiving connector accommodating a pair of fitting detecting terminals in a pipe body penetrating and protruding from a side wall of a housing of the receiving connector, and a fitting detecting plug connector accommodating a conductive member electrically connecting the fitting detecting terminals in a pipe body. The fitting detecting plug connector is provided at a distal end part of the operation lever so as to be fitted to the fitting detecting receiving connector when the operation lever slides at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Ryuta Takishita, Go Yamada, Masaaki Iwabe, Toshiki Hirata
  • Patent number: 9017099
    Abstract: An instrument box and a terminal block including a resin housing and a bus bar are provided. The resin housing has a housing body fixed to a box wall surface; and a bus bar housing formed integrally with the housing body and inserted into an insertion hole of the box wall surface. The bus bar has a bus bar body inserted into the insertion hole with fitted in the resin housing and housed in the bus bar housing; a first terminal connecting portion on one side of the bus bar body to connect with the cable terminal end outside the instrument box; and a second terminal connecting portion on another side of the bus bar body to connect with the terminal inside the instrument box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Yoshinobu Furuya, Kiyotaka Hanaoka, Takahiko Okumura
  • Patent number: 8992239
    Abstract: A lever fitting-type connecter of the present invention has housing having a main body and a pair of projections; a lever having holes into which the projections are inserted, the lever rotated in a state that the projections are inserted into the holes from a non-fitting position before being fitted to another connector to a fitting position fitted to the other connector by rotating around the projection; an engagement receiving portion arranged in the projection so as to sandwich the lever between the main body and the engagement receiving portion; a first overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the non-fitting position; a second overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the fitting position; and an engaging portion arranged between the first and second overlapping positions and engaged to the engagement receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8834187
    Abstract: A connector for determining whether or not to having been disengaged from the mating connector 2 to be exploded includes a housing including a main body accommodating a terminal fitting, and a pair of projections projecting from the main body; a lever including a pair of plates provided with holes through which each of the pair of projections is passed, and the pair of plates sandwiching the main body therewithin, the lever being arranged rotatively about the pair of projections. The lever includes a label-attached part to which a label is attached, the label-attached part is provided with a plate part coupling the pair of plates to each other, the plate part has a slit open to the hole, extending toward the plate-coupling part, and the label is attached to the label-attached part so as to cover the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8816538
    Abstract: An electric junction box, having a terminal portion positioned in the connector engagement portion and arranged perpendicular to a direction along which case members attach each other, which can be assembled easily without increasing the number of components and manufacturing cost is provided. Also, a power supply device having the above-described electric junction box is provided. The electric junction box includes: a box main body having a connector engagement portion and an upper case attached to a lower case in an overlapping relationship; and a bus bar received in the box main body. The lower case includes a bottom wall portion, a positioning wall and peripheral walls. The bus bar includes the terminal portion positioned in the connector engagement portion, a positioning plate portion and a mount portion. The peripheral wall includes a cutout portion allowing the positioning plate portion to move into and out from the lower case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Yoshinobu Furuya
  • Patent number: 8802984
    Abstract: A junction block (40) includes a generally rectangular flat plate portion (42) attached to a side surface of an assembled battery. A control device (50) is disposed over a portion of the flat plate portion (42) which includes a middle of the flat plate portion (42) and which is positionally biased toward a lower side end of the flat plate portion (42). A connector-connecting portion (47) is provided in one of the four corners of the flat plate portion (42) that is a rear end corner of an upper side end opposite the lower side end of the flat plate portion (42). A rib (48) and a connector-connecting portion (49) are provided at a location on the flat plate portion (42) at which the rib (4) and the connector-connecting portion (49) clamp the electric power cable (28) that is connected to the connector-connecting portion (47) and that is laid along the upper side of the flat plate portion (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kosaki, Masaaki Iwabe, Kenji Iida, Yoshinobu Furuya, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140213087
    Abstract: In a power shutoff device, an operation lever is provided to be rotatable between a first position where a receiving connector and the plug connector are separated and a second position where the receiving connector and the plug connector are fitted. The operation lever is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction at the second position. A fitting detecting connector includes a fitting detecting receiving connector accommodating a pair of fitting detecting terminals in a pipe body penetrating and protruding from a side wall of a housing of the receiving connector, and a fitting detecting plug connector accommodating a conductive member electrically connecting the fitting detecting terminals in a pipe body. The fitting detecting plug connector is provided at a distal end part of the operation lever so as to be fitted to the fitting detecting receiving connector when the operation lever slides at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu FURUYA, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Go YAMADA, Masaaki IWABE, Toshiki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20140213088
    Abstract: A sealing member configured to be installed to an outer peripheral surface of a first connector housing among a pair of connector housings seal so as to seal a gap between an outer peripheral surface of a first connector housing and an inner peripheral surface of a second connector housing is provided. An inner peripheral surface of the sealing member is formed with protrusions and grooves which are aligned with a first wavelength in an axial direction of the sealing member. An outer peripheral surface of the sealing member is formed with protrusions and grooves which are aligned with a second wavelength in the axial direction. The first wavelength is equal to or smaller than the second wavelength. Positions of the protrusions of the inner peripheral surface are shifted from positions of the protrusions of the outer peripheral surface in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu FURUYA, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Go YAMADA, Masaaki IWABE, Toshiki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20140154531
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery assembly having a plurality of battery cells, a busbar module that includes a plurality of conductors and an insulating member which holds the conductors, a battery control unit provided at an end portion of the battery assembly in an arrangement direction of the battery cells, and an extraction conductor that connects a total electrode terminal connected to the battery assembly to a main circuit terminal of the battery control unit. The extraction conductor has a water escape portion which is located below an imaginary line connecting the total electrode terminal to the main circuit terminal, and an upper end of the water escape portion is formed at a location that is lower than a lower end of the main circuit terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Furuya, Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Hideki Inoue, Shuichi Nagata, Takao Syoji
  • Publication number: 20140099524
    Abstract: A structure for attaching a service plug includes an insulating substrate that has openings facing electrodes of a pair of adjacent batteries among a plurality of batteries in a battery module, a pair of connection terminals that are respectively connected to electrodes of the pair of adjacent batteries through the insulating substrate by bolting with nuts, a pair of electric wires whose one ends are connected to the connection terminals respectively, and a connector that is connected to the other ends of the pair of electric wires, and detachably connected with the service plug. The insulating substrate has protrusions which are abutted against the connection terminals respectively, and regulate movement of the connection terminals which simultaneously rotate with rotation of the nuts respectively when being bolted with the nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu FURUYA, Shigeyuki OGASAWARA, Hideki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8692418
    Abstract: A downsized electric junction box and a power supply device having the same are provided. The electric junction box includes: a box main body including a connector engagement portion to be engaged with a connector and relay mount portions for mounting relays; and a wiring unit received in the box main body including mount portions mounted on a bottom wall of a lower case of the box main body and a plurality of terminal portions positioned inside the connector engagement portion and extending from the mount portions. A terminal positioning portion of the lower case includes a planar wall positioning the terminal portions on a surface thereof, extending walls extending from between the adjacent terminal portions, and parallely-projecting walls each projecting from an end of the extending wall in parallel with the planar wall. The mount portion includes a cutout portion through which the parallely-projecting wall is passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Yoshinobu Furuya