Patents by Inventor Yukinari Naganishi
Yukinari Naganishi 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: 20250100404Abstract: A vehicle charging device includes a base unit, a sliding body on which a connector is disposed that is fit with an inlet in a vehicle, the sliding body being slidably supported by the base unit, and a routing structure that is routed between the base unit and the sliding body, has a curved portion curved in a U-shape, and follows a movement of the sliding body while changing a position of the curved portion. The routing structure includes, for example, a first exterior member, a first electric wire inserted into the first exterior member, a second exterior member, and a second electric wire inserted into the second exterior member, an outer diameter of the second electric wire is smaller than an outer diameter of the first electric wire, and the second exterior member is disposed alongside the first exterior member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Shigeru Yoneda, Takashi Shiroki, Hajime Ojiro, Kouhei Ootsuka, Masahiro Namba, Koji Ikegaya
-
Publication number: 20250100411Abstract: A vehicle charging device includes: a connector that includes a groove part guided by a linear protrusion of an inlet; a support member; a connection mechanism; an arm that includes a first end part connected to the support member and a second end part supported in a rotatable manner; a first drive mechanism that moves the arm in a first direction; a second drive mechanism that moves the arm in a second direction; a third drive mechanism that rotates the arm; a fourth drive mechanism that changes an angle of the connector; a sensor that detects the inlet; and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Shigeru Yoneda, Takashi Shiroki, Nobuo Yoneyama, Hajime Ojiro, Kouhei Ootsuka, Koji Ikegaya, Suguru Sakamoto
-
Publication number: 20250100405Abstract: A vehicle charging device includes a connector engaged with an inlet, a support member, a coupling mechanism that couples the connector with the support member, an arm that raises and lowers the support member by rotating, and a control unit. The control unit sets a rotational position of the support member to be a predetermined rotational position when causing a distal end of the connector to be opposed to an opening part of the inlet, and the predetermined rotational position is a rotational position where the distal end of the connector first abuts on the inlet when raising the support member, and an inclination angle of the connector coincides with an inclination angle of the inlet when the support member is raised to a target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Koji Ikegaya, Takashi Shiroki, Masahiro Namba, Hajime Ojiro, Suguru Sakamoto, Kouhei Ootsuka
-
Patent number: 12194874Abstract: A power supply device includes a moving unit that moves a power supply fitting body in an insertion-extraction direction, an up-down direction, and a lateral direction that is orthogonal to the insertion-extraction direction and the up-down direction, and a controller that controls the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A position detection device moves in linkage with the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A power reception fitting body includes first structures extending along the lateral direction and second structures related to a central position of the power reception fitting body in the lateral direction. The first structure and the second structure are formed protruding to one side of the up-down direction with respect to a ceiling surface. The distances between the second structures and the first structures in the insertion-extraction direction are set in advance.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Ikegaya, Takashi Shiroki, Yukinari Naganishi, Suguru Sakamoto
-
Publication number: 20240195110Abstract: A connector fitting structure, between a first connector and a second connector that are fitted and electrically connected to each other, is provided. The first connector includes a first housing that accommodates a first connection terminal. The second connector includes a second housing that accommodates a second connection terminal, and an abutment portion that is provided on a portion of the second housing and against which the first housing abuts before the first connector is fitted into the second connector. The abutment portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion, A front end of the convex portion is configured to be an abutment surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Takenori Ohmura, Yoshitaka Tsushima, Masaya Okamoto, Yukinari Naganishi, Koji Ikegaya
-
Publication number: 20240025281Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a main body fixed to a floor part of a vehicle stop space, a slide body slidable in a first direction relative to the main body, a connector unit including arms and a connector to be connected to the vehicle to charge, a first cover that covers the arms from a side of the main body while pivoting in conjunction with pivoting of the arms, a second cover supported by the slide body and disposed on a side opposite to the side of the main body, and third covers supported by the slide body and disposed on both sides of the connector unit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. When the arms are erected, the second cover and the third covers extend upward in conjunction with the pivoting of the arms, thereby forming a frame that surrounds the arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Koji Ikegaya, Takashi Shiroki, Hajime Ojiro, Masahiro Namba
-
Patent number: 11699897Abstract: A clamp for a flat conductor is used in attaching the flat conductor to an attachment target. The clamp includes: a clip portion to be engaged with the attachment target; and a main body to hold the flat conductor. The clip portion has a first projection, the main body has a second projection, and the first projection and the second projection protrude to be opposed each other. The clip portion and the main body are configured to allow switching from an unlocked state to a locked state. The locked state restricts a relative movement between the clip portion and the main body in an axial direction of the flat conductor due to an engagement between the first projection and the second projection. The unlocked state allows the relative movement in both sides in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Itsuo Wakabayashi, Kazunori Takata
-
Patent number: 11634046Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes: a power supply device including a power supply fitting body and provided in a stop space of a vehicle; and a power receiving fitting body that is provided on a bottom of the vehicle and is able to be fitted to and removed from the power supply fitting body in an insertion/removal direction. The power receiving fitting body includes power receiving terminals electrically connected no a battery provided in the vehicle, a power receiving terminal holding part that holds the power receiving terminals, and an opposite space forming part that is arranged adjacent to the power receiving terminal holding part in the insertion/removal direction and forms an opposite space facing the power receiving terminals.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Satoru Horiuchi, Yuichi Takahashi
-
Publication number: 20220355693Abstract: A power supply device includes a moving unit that moves a power supply fitting body in an insertion-extraction direction, an up-down direction, and a lateral direction that is orthogonal to the insertion-extraction direction and the up-down direction, and a controller that controls the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A position detection device moves in linkage with the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A power reception fitting body includes first structures extending along the lateral direction and second structures related to a central position of the power reception fitting body in the lateral direction. The first structure and the second structure are formed protruding to one side of the up-down direction with respect to a ceiling surface. The distances between the second structures and the first structures in the insertion-extraction direction are set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Koji IKEGAYA, Takashi SHIROKI, Yukinari NAGANISHI, Suguru SAKAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20220297618Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
-
Patent number: 11407371Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
-
Patent number: 11338688Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a second fitting body. The second fitting body includes a projection-side electrode holding unit which includes a projection, the projection holding a second electrode member and projecting in a facing direction, and an elastic body which supports the projection-side electrode holding unit in the facing direction and is elastically deformable in a compression direction which is one direction of the facing direction. The elastic body moves the projection-side electrode holding unit in the compression direction from an initial position by being compressed by a load in the compression direction applied to the projection-side electrode holding unit and moves the projection-side electrode holding unit to the initial position by being restored when the load is removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Shigeru Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20220032800Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes: a power supply device including a power supply fitting body and provided in a stop space of a vehicle; and a power receiving fitting body that is provided on a bottom of the vehicle and is able to be fitted to and removed from the power supply fitting body in an insertion/removal direction. The power receiving fitting body includes power receiving terminals electrically connected no a battery provided in the vehicle, a power receiving terminal holding part that holds the power receiving terminals, and an opposite space forming part that is arranged adjacent to the power receiving terminal holding part in the insertion/removal direction and forms an opposite space facing the power receiving terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yukinari NAGANISHI, Satoru HORIUCHI, Yuichi TAKAHASHI
-
Publication number: 20210328418Abstract: A clamp for a flat conductor is used in attaching the flat conductor to an attachment target. The clamp includes: a clip portion to be engaged with the attachment target; and a main body to hold the flat conductor. The clip portion has a first projection, the main body has a second projection, and the first projection and the second projection protrude to be opposed each other. The clip portion and the main body are configured to allow switching from an unlocked state to a locked state. The locked state restricts a relative movement between the clip portion and the main body in an axial direction of the flat conductor due to an engagement between the first projection and the second projection. The unlocked state allows the relative movement in both sides in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukinari NAGANISHI, Itsuo WAKABAYSHI, Kazunori TAKATA
-
Publication number: 20210229562Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a second fitting body. The second fitting body includes a projection-side electrode holding unit which includes a projection, the projection holding a second electrode member and projecting in a facing direction, and an elastic body which supports the projection-side electrode holding unit in the facing direction and is elastically deformable in a compression direction which is one direction of the facing direction. The elastic body moves the projection-side electrode holding unit in the compression direction from an initial position by being compressed by a load in the compression direction applied to the projection-side electrode holding unit and moves the projection-side electrode holding unit to the initial position by being restored when the load is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Shigeru Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20210197743Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
-
Patent number: 10988092Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
-
Patent number: 10974671Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that extends in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided on the trunk line, and a branch line that connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The vehicle is divided into a plurality of regions. At least two control boxes are disposed in the regions which are different from each other, each of which includes a gateway conversing communication methods for the communication line of the branch line and the communication line of the trunk line. A plurality of the gateways are able to communicate with each other via the communication line of the trunk line.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
-
Patent number: 10967814Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes: a trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, and that is routed in a vehicle body; a branch line that is connected to an accessory; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line, each having a control unit that distributes at least one of power from the power source line, supplied to the trunk line, and a signal from the communication line, to the branch line connected to the trunk line. The trunk line is formed of a routing material having at least one kind of conductor among a flat conductor, a round bar conductor, and a stranded wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda
-
Patent number: 10946818Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line and is routed in a vehicle body, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. In a vehicle, a first power source supplies power to an accessory mounted on the vehicle and a second power source supplies power which is higher in voltage than the power of the first power source to a drive source of the vehicle. The vehicular circuit body further includes a voltage drop unit that reduces the voltage of the power supplied from the second power source, to the voltage of the power of the first power source. To the power source line of the trunk line, the power from the first power source is supplied, and the power from the second power source is supplied through the voltage drop unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada