Patents by Inventor Yukihisa Kikuchi

Yukihisa Kikuchi 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: 20140308560
    Abstract: A wire arranging device includes bus bars each interconnecting a plus and a minus terminal, in a first and a second terminal row, a first and a second row of bus bar containing rooms in which the bus bars are individually contained, a first and a second tray part respectively connected to the first and the second row of the bus bar containing rooms stacked on each other, first wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the first row and placed on the first tray part, while the other ends are connected to a first connector at a second terminal row side, and second wires of which one ends are connected to the bus bars of the second row and placed on the second tray part, while the other ends are connected to a second connector at a first terminal row side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Patent number: 8859134
    Abstract: A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals therein. The case includes a terminal fixing part in which the plurality of terminals are fixed, and an insulating cover which is supported to be displaced to a closing position at which an open face of the terminal fixing part is covered by the insulating cover. A wire guide is formed in an outer surface of the insulating cover in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Keizo Aoki, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Ryuta Takishita, Kaiho Ryu, Masaru Imai
  • Publication number: 20140087591
    Abstract: A busbar plate includes a busbar plate main body and total plus/minus terminal blocks. The busbar plate main body includes a terminal accommodating chamber part having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers. The total plus/minus terminal blocks are externally attached to terminal accommodating chambers at two ends of the busbar plate respectively, and are formed of terminal block main bodies and busbars. One ends of the busbars are fastened to total plus/minus terminals in the terminal accommodating chambers at the two ends, the other ends of the busbars are fastened to an adjacent module or a connecting busbar of an external equipment. Flexible resin material is used for the busbar plate main body, and high strength resin material is used for the terminal block main bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Publication number: 20140017553
    Abstract: A rotation preventing structure of a terminal bus bar of a battery connector includes a battery pack that includes a pack case in which a battery assembly having arranged batteries is accommodated, a battery connector that is mounted to the battery pack, a terminal bus bar that is formed on the battery connector and has a configuration where an external connection bus bar is fastened to a bolt fixed to one end portion of the terminal bus bar and an electrode of the battery at one end of the arranged batteries is fastened to the other end portion of the terminal bus bar, opposing wall parts that are formed on a case of the battery connector and hold the terminal bus bar, and a pair of support projections that is formed on an end plate of the pack case and holds the opposing wall parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Jun Machida, Tomomi Kurita
  • Publication number: 20130161176
    Abstract: A switching apparatus includes a base, a housing, a main switch for mechanically disconnecting a power supply circuit and an interlock switch for electrically disconnecting the power supply circuit. The switching apparatus also includes a lever which is rotatably supported by one of the base and the housing and also is engaged with an engaging section formed in the other of the base and the housing. The lever causes a wall of the housing to be slid in a depth direction of an annular groove of the base in accordance with a rotation of the lever. The interlock switch is disconnected ahead of the main switch by separating a movable terminal of the interlock switch away from a fixed terminal of the interlock switch when the lever is rotated to cause the housing slid in a direction away from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihisa Kikuchi, Yuichi Motoshige, Nobuyuki Kawai, Naoyuki Horii, Ryoji Taneda, Takehide Tone
  • Publication number: 20130062098
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal block for a vehicle-mounted battery assembly. The terminal block is attached to a total positive/negative terminal block which is attached to the vehicle-mounted battery assembly. An external extraction positive-side fastening portion and an external extraction negative-side fastening portion are positioned at different heights. A terminal cover is configured to cover the external extraction positive-side fastening portion. The terminal cover includes a fitting portion fitted into the terminal block for the vehicle-mounted battery assembly, a hinge portion engaged with the fitted portion, an arm portion engaged with the hinge portion, and a cover body engaged with the arm portion. The arm portion has a predetermined length, so that by hinge operation of the hinge portion, the cover body covers both the external extraction positive-side fastening portion and the external extraction negative-side fastening portion which are positioned at different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Publication number: 20130010449
    Abstract: A wire routing device includes a wire housing part, a terminal housing chamber part, and a plurality of wire lead-out parts. The terminal housing chamber part includes a plurality of terminal housing chambers. Each of the wire lead-out parts couples one of the housing grooves with one of the terminal housing chambers. Each of wire surplus length absorption spaces is formed inside of a substantially rectangle abcd defined by a section bc of an outer wall of the voltage detection wire housing part located at a side of the terminal housing chamber and a section ad of a wall of the housing groove which faces the section bc, which are cut by a line ab and a line cd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Masaru IMAI, Keizo AOKI
  • Publication number: 20120306474
    Abstract: A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; a plurality of voltage detection terminals, each of which is connected to respective one of the terminals, and includes a wire connection part to be connected to an electric wire; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals and the plurality of voltage detection terminals therein. Adjacent terminals of the terminals are fixed in the case to be spaced from each other, and an individual wire path of a wire routing part is provided between the adjacent terminals. Each of the voltage detection terminals is fixed so as to incline the wire connection part with respect to the individual wire path and to locate the wire connection part more interiorly than an edge of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Keizo AOKI, Yukihisa KIKUCHI, Ryuta TAKISHITA, Kaiho RYU, Masaru IMAI
  • Publication number: 20120295485
    Abstract: A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals therein. The case includes a terminal fixing part in which the plurality of terminals are fixed, and an insulating cover which is supported to be displaced to a closing position at which an open face of the terminal fixing part is covered by the insulating cover. A wire guide is formed in an outer surface of the insulating cover in the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Keizo Aoki, Yukihisa Kikuchi, Ryuta Takishita, Kaiho Ryu, Masaru Imai