Patents by Inventor Yosuke Akagi

Yosuke Akagi 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: 11374341
    Abstract: In a connection terminal including a box-shaped connection portion that has a bottom wall, one side wall and another side wall that are erected on both sides of the bottom wall, and a ceiling wall, the ceiling wall has a lower ceiling wall obtained by bending the one side wall toward the other side wall, and an upper ceiling wall obtained by bending the other side wall toward the one side wall at an upper bent portion and is superposed above the lower ceiling wall, a protrusion is provided on a side of the lower ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion, and a locking portion is provided on a side of the upper ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Patent number: 11296459
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing having a cam boss and a release rib portion, a housing that has a support shaft and a temporarily locked portion and that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing, and a lever having a temporary locking arm portion where a temporary locking portion is temporarily locked to the temporarily locked portion and is unlocked from the temporarily locked portion by the release rib portion, the lever having a cam groove including a boss pick-up portion and a boss holding portion that engage with the cam boss, and the lever being rotated from a temporary locking position to a fitting completion position via the support shaft to cause the cam groove to engage with the cam boss, thus moving the mating housing toward the housing and fitting the mating housing and the housing to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20220069522
    Abstract: A lever type connector includes a housing, and a lever having a pair of side plate portions and a connection portion. Shaft parts protrude on both side surfaces of the housing. The side plate portions have shaft hole parts. On an end portion of each of the shaft parts, a pair of projections arranged in non-point symmetry with respect to a circumferential direction of each of the shaft parts, is provided. Each of the shaft hole parts is provided with an insertion hole and regulations. The projections are inserted in each of the shaft hole parts through the insertion hole. The regulations are arranged to face the projections in a direction in which the side plate portions are away from both side surface of the housing, within a rotation range of the lever involved in fitting and removal of a mating housing and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Patent number: 11251566
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing, a housing that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing, and a lever that is rotatably supported by the housing and fits the housings to each other. The lever includes a temporary locking arm portion that has a temporary locking portion, the housing includes a temporarily locked portion that is temporarily locked to and unlocked from the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion, the mating housing includes a release rib portion that releases a temporary locking state of the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion and the temporarily locked portion of the housing, and a cam groove of the lever includes a boss receiving portion that receives the cam boss when the mating housing and the housing are temporarily set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20210257763
    Abstract: In a connection terminal including a box-shaped connection portion that has a bottom wall, one side wall and another side wall that are erected on both sides of the bottom wall, and a ceiling wall, the ceiling wall has a lower ceiling wall obtained by bending the one side wall toward the other side wall, and an upper ceiling wall obtained by bending the other side wall toward the one side wall at an upper bent portion and is superposed above the lower ceiling wall, a protrusion is provided on a side of the lower ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion, and a locking portion is provided on a side of the upper ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Patent number: 11081709
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a reformer to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; an electric power generation raw material supply unit; a reforming material supply unit configured to supply at least one of reforming water and reforming air, to the reformer; an oxidizing gas supply unit to supply an oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell; a combustor to ignite an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and a controller. In an operation stop process of the fuel cell system, the controller causes the oxidizing gas supply unit to supply the oxidizing gas, causes the electric power generation raw material supply unit and the reforming material supply unit to intermittently supply the electric power generation raw material and at least one of the water and the air to the reformer, and causes the ignitor to perform an ignition operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Onuma, Kunihiro Ukai, Hiroshi Shirahama, Takeshi Saito, Yosuke Akagi, Taiichiro Sakamoto, Toshiharu Ooe, Toshiharu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11018462
    Abstract: A connector includes a panel, a first housing assembled to the panel, and a second housing fittable to the first housing. A grommet covers the outer circumference of the second housing and has a lip to be brought into close contact with the panel. A flange is provided movably on the outer circumference of the second housing. The flange is regulated in movement with respect to the second housing with the lip away from the panel. A fitting detection mechanism enables the flange to move toward the panel and enables the lip to come in close contact with the panel, with the first housing and the second housing fitting normally together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Akagi, Shingo Hamada
  • Patent number: 10985501
    Abstract: The lever-type connector includes a first housing, a housing fitted to and removed from the first housing, and a lever turnably supported by the housing, where the lever is configured to fit the both housings. The lever includes a provisional lock arm portion having a provisional locking portion, and the housing includes a provisional locked portion configured to be provisionally fitted to and detached from the provisional locking portion of the provisional lock arm portion and a provisional set arm portion configured to suppress detachment between the first housing and the housing in the provisionally set state during the provisional lock release of the lever. The first housing includes a release rib portion configured to release the provisional locking state between the provisional locking portion of the provisional lock arm portion and the provisional locked portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20210013674
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing having a cam boss and a release rib portion, a housing that has a support shaft and a temporarily locked portion and that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing, and a lever having a temporary locking arm portion where a temporary locking portion is temporarily locked to the temporarily locked portion and is unlocked from the temporarily locked portion by the release rib portion, the lever having a cam groove including a boss pick-up portion and a boss holding portion that engage with the cam boss, and the lever being rotated from a temporary locking position to a fitting completion position via the support shaft to cause the cam groove to engage with the cam boss, thus moving the mating housing toward the housing and fitting the mating housing and the housing to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20210013675
    Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a mating housing, a housing that is fitted into and removed from the mating housing, and a lever that is rotatably supported by the housing and fits the housings to each other. The lever includes a temporary locking arm portion that has a temporary locking portion, the housing includes a temporarily locked portion that is temporarily locked to and unlocked from the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion, the mating housing includes a release rib portion that releases a temporary locking state of the temporary locking portion of the temporary locking arm portion and the temporarily locked portion of the housing, and a cam groove of the lever includes a boss receiving portion that receives the cam boss when the mating housing and the housing are temporarily set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Patent number: 10855021
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing including a receptacle, a second housing capable of being engaged with or disengaged from the receptacle, a locked portion provided in the first housing, a locking portion provided in the second housing capable of locking an engaged state of the first housing and the second housing by locking the locked portion, and a rib provided in one of the first housing and the second housing, which includes an inclined surface and a flat portion in sequence along the connecting direction of the first housing and the second housing. A position and a length of the rib and a position of the locking portion are set in such a manner that the first housing and the second housing start to be engaged in the order of the inclined surface of the rib, the locking portion, and the flat portion of the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20200328436
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a reformer to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; an electric power generation raw material supply unit; a reforming material supply unit configured to supply at least one of reforming water and reforming air, to the reformer; an oxidizing gas supply unit to supply an oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell; a combustor to ignite an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and a controller. In an operation stop process of the fuel cell system, the controller causes the oxidizing gas supply unit to supply the oxidizing gas, causes the electric power generation raw material supply unit and the reforming material supply unit to intermittently supply the electric power generation raw material and at least one of the water and the air to the reformer, and causes the ignitor to perform an ignition operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Shigenori ONUMA, Kunihiro UKAI, Hiroshi SHIRAHAMA, Takeshi SAITO, Yosuke AKAGI, Taiichiro SAKAMOTO, Toshiharu OOE, Toshiharu OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200321738
    Abstract: A connector includes a panel, a first housing assembled to the panel, and a second housing fittable to the first housing. A grommet covers the outer circumference of the second housing and has a lip to be brought into close contact with the panel. A flange is provided movably on the outer circumference of the second housing. The flange is regulated in movement with respect to the second housing with the lip away from the panel. A fitting detection mechanism enables the flange to move toward the panel and enables the lip to come in close contact with the panel, with the first housing and the second housing fitting normally together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke AKAGI, Shingo HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200295508
    Abstract: The lever-type connector includes a first housing, a housing fitted to and removed from the first housing, and a lever turnably supported by the housing, where the lever is configured to fit the both housings. The lever includes a provisional lock arm portion having a provisional locking portion, and the housing includes a provisional locked portion configured to be provisionally fitted to and detached from the provisional locking portion of the provisional lock arm portion and a provisional set arm portion configured to suppress detachment between the first housing and the housing in the provisionally set state during the provisional lock release of the lever. The first housing includes a release rib portion configured to release the provisional locking state between the provisional locking portion of the provisional lock arm portion and the provisional locked portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Patent number: 10741858
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a reformer to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; an electric power generation raw material supply unit; a reforming material supply unit configured to supply at least one of reforming water and reforming air, to the reformer; an oxidizing gas supply unit to supply an oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell; a combustor to ignite an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and a controller. In an operation stop process of the fuel cell system, the controller causes the oxidizing gas supply unit to supply the oxidizing gas, causes the electric power generation raw material supply unit and the reforming material supply unit to intermittently supply the electric power generation raw material and at least one of the water and the air to the reformer, and causes the ignitor to perform an ignition operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Onuma, Kunihiro Ukai, Hiroshi Shirahama, Takeshi Saito, Yosuke Akagi, Taiichiro Sakamoto, Toshiharu Ooe, Toshiharu Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190252824
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing including a receptacle, a second housing capable of being engaged with or disengaged from the receptacle, a locked portion provided in the first housing, a locking portion provided in the second housing capable of locking an engaged state of the first housing and the second housing by locking the locked portion, and a rib provided in one of the first housing and the second housing, which includes an inclined surface and a flat portion in sequence along the connecting direction of the first housing and the second housing. A position and a length of the rib and a position of the locking portion are set in such a manner that the first housing and the second housing start to be engaged in the order of the inclined surface of the rib, the locking portion, and the flat portion of the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke AKAGI
  • Patent number: 10230194
    Abstract: A protective cap is used when a male inner housing to which male terminals and electric wires are attached is passed through a bellows-shaped tubular portion of a grommet. A male outer housing mounted on an annular seal portion of the grommet and the male inner housing accommodated in the male outer housing in a state where the male inner housing accommodates and holds the male terminals connected to the electric wires constitutes the connector. The protective cap includes a circular cap main body having an accommodating recess that accommodates tab portions of the male terminals protruding more than a front face of the male inner housing, at least a front side of the male inner housing being fitted into the accommodating recess. An outer diameter of the cap main body is smaller than an inner diameter of the bellows-shaped tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Akagi, Kaoru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10135185
    Abstract: Provided is a connector unit which can prevent damage to respective parts during rotation of a lever member. A fitting portion of a female outer housing fits with a to-be-fitted portion of a male outer housing, wherein timing of the fitting is after timing of insertion of a guide projection into a guide groove and timing of releasing of a restriction arm by a release projection. Fitting of the fitting portion with the to-be-fitted portion allows an operator to feel a change in force required for operation during moving the male outer housing and the female outer housing toward each other. By rotating the lever member after the operator felt the change in the force, damage to the guide projection and the restriction arm and such can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Publication number: 20180287297
    Abstract: Provided is a connector unit which can prevent damage to respective parts during rotation of a lever member. A fitting portion of a female outer housing fits with a to-be-fitted portion of a male outer housing, wherein timing of the fitting is after timing of insertion of a guide projection into a guide groove and timing of releasing of a restriction arm by a release projection. Fitting of the fitting portion with the to-be-fitted portion allows an operator to feel a change in force required for operation during moving the male outer housing and the female outer housing toward each other. By rotating the lever member after the operator felt the change in the force, damage to the guide projection and the restriction arm and such can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Patent number: 10079396
    Abstract: A solid-oxide fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell unit including a solid-oxide fuel cell including an anode gas channel and a cathode gas channel and a mixer; an electric power generation raw material supplier; a combustible gas channel extending from the electric power generation raw material supplier to a downstream end of the anode gas channel; an oxidizing gas supplier; and a controller operative to, after electric power generation of the fuel cell unit is stopped, control the electric power generation raw material supplier to supply to the combustible gas channel the electric power generation raw material, the amount of which compensates for contraction of gas in the combustible gas channel due to temperature decrease of the fuel cell unit and also control the oxidizing gas supplier to supply the oxidizing gas to the cathode gas channel in accordance with the supply of the electric power generation raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Onuma, Yasushi Kaneko, Kunihiro Ukai, Akinori Yukimasa, Yosuke Akagi, Takeshi Saito