Patents by Inventor Yuichi Fujii

Yuichi Fujii 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: 20230268146
    Abstract: A switch device includes: a printed circuit board; a rubber sheet configured to cover the printed circuit board; an operating knob; an operating mechanism; an operating mechanism plate; and a housing having a side surface provided with an insertion hole, and a bottom surface provided with a discharge hole for discharging liquid entering an inside of the housing; and a back cover that is fitted from a back side of the housing and sandwiches an entire periphery of the rubber sheet with a stepped portion formed inside the housing. The printed circuit board is stored in a space between the back cover and the rubber sheet. The discharge hole is located in a lower portion of a space between an inner surface of the housing and the rubber sheet. A bottom portion exists between the discharge hole and the rubber sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi FUJII, Takanori OKANIWA, Hidekazu IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230268144
    Abstract: A switch device includes: a printed circuit board provided with a connector; a rubber sheet; an operating knob; an operating mechanism; an operating mechanism plate; and a housing having a side surface provided with an insertion hole and a bottom surface provided with a discharge hole. The rubber sheet has a connector portion discharge path configured to guide the liquid entering the housing through the insertion hole to the discharge hole. The connector portion discharge path has one end connected to a part of the rubber sheet covering the connector, extends to be inclined from the one end toward the discharge hole provided on the bottom surface, and has the other end formed in a vicinity of the bottom surface and separated from the rubber sheet covering the connector. A gap exists between a lower end portion of the rubber sheet covering the connector and the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi FUJII, Takanori OKANIWA, Hidekazu IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230179058
    Abstract: A storage assembly includes a first storage body and a second storage body. The first storage body includes a first opening, a first engaging portion, and a first fitting portion. The second storage body includes: a second opening, a second engaging portion, and a second fitting portion. The first opening and the second opening are connected via a sealing. The first engaging portion includes: an extension portion extending from the first storage body toward the second engaging portion across a connection portion of the first opening and the second opening; and a hanging portion provided at a tip portion of the extension portion and configured to hang on the second engaging portion. The first fitting portion is formed as a linear projection inside the extension portion, and the second fitting portion is formed on an outer surface of the second storage body as a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Christoph OTANI, Kotaro WADA, Yuichi FUJII
  • Patent number: 10899297
    Abstract: A submergence detection device includes: a housing in which an opening is formed; and a detection electrode disposed inside the housing and configured to detect a submergence. A through hole is formed in the housing. When seen from the opening, a wall surface that is located in the housing farther than a position of the through hole is watertight. When seen from the opening, the detection electrode is disposed closer to the opening than the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Takayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Fujii, Mamoru Minamide, Hideyo Kakuno
  • Publication number: 20200047695
    Abstract: A submergence detection device includes: a housing in which an opening is formed; and a detection electrode disposed inside the housing and configured to detect a submergence. A through hole is formed in the housing. When seen from the opening, a wall surface that is located in the housing farther than a position of the through hole is watertight. When seen from the opening, the detection electrode is disposed closer to the opening than the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Takayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Fujii, Mamoru Minamide, Hideyo Kakuno
  • Publication number: 20190275953
    Abstract: A mounting structure is provided which includes: a holding member provided on a mounting surface on a side of a vehicle body; and a held member provided on a casing, at least partially configured of an elastic body, and configured to be held by the holding member. The held member is mounted in a state of pressing the elastic member due to elastic force (indicated by a dotted arrow) of the elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Takayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Fujii, Mamoru Minamide, Takuya Eguchi
  • Patent number: 9731672
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a pair of right and left front wheels, a pair of right and left rear wheels, a main frame positioned between the front wheels and the rear wheels and defining a cabin in the main frame, and a cabin front wall defining a front end of the cabin. The cabin front wall includes a cabin front wall body separating the cabin and a bonnet chamber provided ahead of the cabin, and includes a wheel housing wall separating between the cabin and each of right and left front wheel housings. The utility vehicle further includes a cabin guard covering an outer surface of the cabin front wall body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Kazumasa Hisada, Masato Kinoshita, Masayuki Shibata, Ryo Nishio, Yuichi Fujii, Takeshi Tanaka, Takuma Komatsu, Hirotaka Fujiki
  • Patent number: 9224557
    Abstract: A switch device has an upper case, a hollow tube that is vertically opened and provided on an upper surface of the upper case, an operation knob that is swingably supported by the tube so as to cover an upper opening of the tube, and a lower case that is fitted in the upper case. The tube has a front sidewall and a back sidewall. The front sidewall and the back sidewall are opposed in front-back direction with the upper opening interposed therebetween. A drain groove extending along the back sidewall is formed at an upper end of the back sidewall. One of or both ends in a lengthwise direction of the drain groove are opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 8952280
    Abstract: A switch device has an operating unit, a circuit board having a contact unit that is switched according to the operation of the operating unit, a case having the operating unit at an upper section thereof, an opening at a lower section thereof, and the circuit board inside thereof, and a cover that is fitted to the opening of the case to close the opening. A thin hinge and a flange continuous to the hinge are formed integrally with the case along a side wall at a lower end of the side wall of the case. The flange is folded and bent on the hinge, so that a clearance defined between the case and the cover is covered with the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140233196
    Abstract: A switch device has an upper case, an operation part attached to the upper case, a lower case fitted in the upper case, a connector provided on a rear side of the lower case, the connector including a connector box and a connector terminal accommodated in the connector box, the connector box including an opening opened in a direction parallel to a lower surface of the lower case, a first wall portion that extends in a width direction of the connector box while being adjacent to a side surface on a side opposite to the opening of the connector box, and a second wall portion that extends in the same direction as the first wall portion while being opposed to the first wall portion with a gap interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140231233
    Abstract: A switch device has an upper case, a hollow tube that is vertically opened and provided on an upper surface of the upper case, an operation knob that is swingably supported by the tube so as to cover an upper opening of the tube, and a lower case that is fitted in the upper case. The tube has a front sidewall and a back sidewall. The front sidewall and the back sidewall are opposed in front-back direction with the upper opening interposed therebetween. A drain groove extending along the back sidewall is formed at an upper end of the back sidewall. One of or both ends in a lengthwise direction of the drain groove are opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140231232
    Abstract: A switch device has an operation part, an upper case in which a hollow tube supporting the operation part is formed, a lower case that is fitted in the upper case, a first drain hole opened upward provided near the tube of the upper case, and a second drain hole opened downward provided in the lower case. The second drain hole communicates with the first drain hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii, Muneki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20140068130
    Abstract: A control circuit performs control to initialize a plurality of interface circuits connected to a communication circuit and each connected to each of a plurality of communication lines, and detects whether or not initialization of each of the interface circuits has been completed. When the control circuit detects that initialization of all of the interface circuits has been completed, the control circuit controls the communication circuit so as to start data communication via the interface circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsutomu MATSUURA, Toshihiro HORIUCHI, Yuichi FUJII, Masaki UKAI
  • Publication number: 20130220063
    Abstract: A switch device has a container that contains a contact therein, a rectangular frame-like cylinder disposed at an upper portion of the container, an operating knob that closes an opening formed at an upper end of the cylinder, is pivotally supported by the cylinder via a shaft, and is pivotally operated to open or close the contact, and plungers disposed on both side walls of the cylinder, vertical to a pivotal surface of the operating knob, across the lateral width of the side walls. Each of the plungers projects from one out of the side wall of the cylinder and the side wall of the operating knob, corresponding to the side wall of the cylinder, so as to be linearly brought into elastic contact with the other side wall across the lateral width irrespective of a pivotal state of the operating knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20130220785
    Abstract: A switch device has an operating unit, a circuit board having a contact unit that is switched according to the operation of the operating unit, a case having the operating unit at an upper section thereof, an opening at a lower section thereof, and the circuit board inside thereof, and a cover that is fitted to the opening of the case to close the opening. A thin hinge and a flange continuous to the hinge are formed integrally with the case along a side wall at a lower end of the side wall of the case. The flange is folded and bent on the hinge, so that a clearance defined between the case and the cover is covered with the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Mori, Yuichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 7330881
    Abstract: A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music data format prescribed in association with the music data is selected from among a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) stored in a server 130 located remotely, and is downloaded. Through this configuration, the application software associated with the music data can be downloaded from the server to the portable telephone by the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryukou Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20070066217
    Abstract: Music data stored in a data card 101 is input into a portable cellular phone 110, and also a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) suitable for a music data format defined in connection with the music data is selected by a user and downloaded from a remote server 130. According to this configuration, the application software in association with the music data can be downloaded from the server in response to the user's selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryukou Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yuichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 7149471
    Abstract: Music data stored in a data card 101 is input into a portable cellular phone 110, and also a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) suitable for a music data format defined in connection with the music data is selected by a user and downloaded from a remote server 130. According to this configuration, the application software in association with the music data can be downloaded from the server in response to the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryukou Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yuichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20060101132
    Abstract: A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music data format prescribed in association with the music data is selected from among a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) stored in a server 130 located remotely, and is downloaded. Through this configuration, the application software associated with the music data can be downloaded from the server to the portable telephone by the user's selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryukou Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yuichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 7039686
    Abstract: A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music data format prescribed in association with the music data is selected from among a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) stored in a server 130 located remotely, and is downloaded. Through this configuration, the application software associated with the music data can be downloaded from the server to the portable telephone by the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryukou Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yuichi Fujii