Patents by Inventor Yousuke Okamoto

Yousuke Okamoto 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: 7914300
    Abstract: A structure for screw-tightening and connecting a terminal to an electrical junction box is provided. The terminal mounting structure in the electrical junction box ensures mounting operation with an insertion direction of the terminal obliquely oriented, and prevents heating of the terminal due to power supply. The terminal is secured and connected to a busbar of the junction box by a bolt, with a head and a shaft of the bolt inserted into a vertical opening and a horizontal notched hole of the terminal, respectively. A pair of opposed guiding walls are provided on a junction box body at both sides of the bolt. The guiding wall includes an entrance's side sloping surface obliquely extending from top to bottom, and a straight horizontal surface continuing to the sloping surface. The terminal includes a pair of outward projecting pieces at an upper portion to be slid on the sloping surface and the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Akahori, Masatoshi Egawa, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Yousuke Okamoto, Makoto Sunohara, Masahiro Komuro
  • Publication number: 20110003517
    Abstract: A structure for screw-tightening and connecting a terminal to an electrical junction box is provided. The terminal mounting structure in the electrical junction box ensures mounting operation with an insertion direction of the terminal obliquely oriented, and prevents heating of the terminal due to power supply. The terminal is secured and connected to a busbar of the junction box by a bolt, with a head and a shaft of the bolt inserted into a vertical opening and a horizontal notched hole of the terminal, respectively. A pair of opposed guiding walls are provided on a junction box body at both sides of the bolt. The guiding wall includes an entrance's side sloping surface obliquely extending from top to bottom, and a straight horizontal surface continuing to the sloping surface. The terminal includes a pair of outward projecting pieces at an upper portion to be slid on the sloping surface and the horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro Akahori, Masatoshi Egawa, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Yousuke Okamoto, Makoto Sunohara, Masahiro Komuro