Patents by Inventor Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi

Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi 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: 11611199
    Abstract: A fixing method of a wire harness is provided. A wire harness structure is formed by covering a wire harness with a sheet material in which a thermoplastic adhesive is coated on one surface including a required portion so as to fix the wire harness to the sheet material. The formed wire harness structure is spread on a roof liner. By pressuring the required portion warmed, the wire harness structure is fixed to the roof liner with the thermoplastic adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Hisashi Takemoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Makoto Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11414030
    Abstract: A wiring structure of a wire harness in which a wire harness is fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is disclosed, wherein on at least a part of a bent portion, the plurality of electric wires are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges are fixed to each other, are spread side by side in the width direction, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby providing a restraint portion in which the bundle of the electric wires is held in a flat shape, a portion excluding the restraint portion is a non-restraint portion in which the electric wires are unrestrained, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes in the restraint portion is attached to the adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Hisashi Takemoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11377049
    Abstract: A wiring structure of a wire harness in which a wire harness is fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is disclosed, wherein on at least a part of a bent portion, the plurality of electric wires are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges are fixed to each other, are spread side by side in the width direction, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby providing a restraint portion in which the bundle of the electric wires is held in a flat shape, a portion excluding the restraint portion is a non-restraint portion in which the electric wires are unrestrained, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes in the restraint portion is attached to the adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Hisashi Takemoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11370370
    Abstract: A wiring structure of a wire harness in which the wire harness is wired by being fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is provided. At least a part of a plurality of electric wires constituting the wire harness in a length direction are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges in the width direction are fixed to each other, are arranged side by side in the width direction of the tapes, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby holding the bundle of the electric wires in a flat shape, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes is attached to the adhesive member, whereby the wire harness is fixed to the surface of the roof lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Hisashi Takemoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210309169
    Abstract: A wiring structure of a wire harness in which a wire harness is fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is disclosed, wherein on at least a part of a bent portion, the plurality of electric wires are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges are fixed to each other, are spread side by side in the width direction, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby providing a restraint portion in which the bundle of the electric wires is held in a flat shape, a portion excluding the restraint portion is a non-restraint portion in which the electric wires are unrestrained, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes in the restraint portion is attached to the adhesive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Hisashi Takemoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210309168
    Abstract: A wiring structure of a wire harness in which the wire harness is wired by being fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is provided. At least a part of a plurality of electric wires constituting the wire harness in a length direction are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges in the width direction are fixed to each other, are arranged side by side in the width direction of the tapes, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby holding the bundle of the electric wires in a flat shape, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes is attached to the adhesive member, whereby the wire harness is fixed to the surface of the roof lining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi KISU, Hisashi TAKEMOTO, Atsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11007954
    Abstract: A sheeted harness comprising a single piece of sheet member, and a plurality of electric wires arranged on the sheet member. The sheet member is provided on only one side of the plurality of electric wires. The plurality of electric wires is arranged on the sheet member such that a portion of each of the plurality of electric wires is attached, separately from one another without being bundled, to the sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Koichi Kondo, Jun Takeda
  • Publication number: 20200130613
    Abstract: A sheeted harness comprising a single piece of sheet member, and a plurality of electric wires arranged on the sheet member. The sheet member is provided on only one side of the plurality of electric wires. The plurality of electric wires is arranged on the sheet member such that a portion of each of the plurality of electric wires is attached, separately from one another without being bundled, to the sheet member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Koichi Kondo, Jun Takeda
  • Publication number: 20200091689
    Abstract: A fixing method of a wire harness is provided. A wire harness structure is formed by covering a wire harness with a sheet material in which a thermoplastic adhesive is coated on one surface including a required portion so as to fix the wire harness to the sheet material. The formed wire harness structure is spread on a roof liner. By pressuring the required portion warmed, the wire harness structure is fixed to the roof liner with the thermoplastic adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi KISU, Hisashi TAKEMOTO, Atsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Makoto NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10038314
    Abstract: There is provided a wire harness structure which prevents an extraordinary displacement of a wire harness, and immediately discharges water from the wire harness when the water such as rain water splashes on the wire harness so that the freezing of the residing water and undesirable cutting of wires due to the freezing can be prevented. At an extending portion 13c of the wire harness, a strip-like plate spring 27 and the wires 31 are integrally combined together, and are covered with a mesh-like protective member 33 so that water will not reside therein. Even when water such as rain water splashes on the extending portion 13c, the water is discharged through mesh holes of the protective member 33, and will not reside in the extending portion 13c. Therefore, the freezing of the residing water can be prevented, and the cutting of the wires 31 can be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Satou, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10008843
    Abstract: A wire protection member includes: a flexible cylindrical wire protection tube; a cylindrical covering member that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire protection tube by molding; and a locking tool that is formed integrally with the cylindrical covering member to allow the locking tool to be locked to a mounting hole of a vehicle body panel. The cylindrical covering member includes: a thick portion that is formed to be thicker in radial thickness than another outer circumferential portion in a circumferential direction on which at least the locking tool is provided to protrude; and a flat surface or a gentle curved surface that is formed in an outer surface of the thick portion and that is substantially parallel to a plane passing through an axis of the wire protection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9659688
    Abstract: Provided is a harness protector, wherein a wire harness can easily be formed into a planar shape (with an oblate cross section), and maintained in that state. The harness protector is provided with: a protector body further provided with a roughly tabular-shaped bottom-plate section onto which a wire harness is to be placed, and a holding plate section that is integrally formed on one side of the bottom-plate section in pivotable state, and crushes the wire harness into an oblate cross-section shape, along with the bottom-plate section; and tying bands that anchor the holding plate section onto the bottom-plate section, in a state of having the holding plate section crushing the wire harness into an oblate cross-section shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shoji
  • Patent number: 9401591
    Abstract: A wiring structure of electric wire is provided in which the efficiency of wiring electric wires can be improved and the wiring space can be saved. The wiring structure of electric wire includes an electric wire having a U-shaped excessive part provided in its middle part along the relatively-moving direction of two structures, and a longitudinally-appended spring member provided longitudinally along the electric wire. Fixing positions P1 and P2 of opposite ends of the electric wire are set to offset positions which are deviated in position respectively in two directions perpendicular to the relatively-moving direction of the two structures, and an elastic rod member which has a circular or regular polygonal cross section, having a property of non-biased bending in direction, is used as the longitudinally-appended spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Satou, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160156166
    Abstract: A wire protection member includes: a flexible cylindrical wire protection tube; a cylindrical covering member that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire protection tube by molding; and a locking tool that is formed integrally with the cylindrical covering member to allow the locking tool to be locked to a mounting hole of a vehicle body panel. The cylindrical covering member includes: a thick portion that is formed to be thicker in radial thickness than another outer circumferential portion in a circumferential direction on which at least the locking tool is provided to protrude; and a flat surface or a gentle curved surface that is formed in an outer surface of the thick portion and that is substantially parallel to a plane passing through an axis of the wire protection tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8889987
    Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes an electric wire including: a fixed-side connecting portion to be fixed to a fixed structure; a movable-side connecting portion to be fixed to a movable structure which is movable with respect to the fixed structure; and an extension portion extended and flexed from the fixed-side connecting portion to the movable-side connecting portion in a substantially U-shape or arc shape, and having an extra length for allowing the movement of the movable structure. The wire harness assembly also includes an elastic rod member which is provided along the extension portion of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Satou
  • Patent number: 8802986
    Abstract: A purpose of the invention is to improve a bending durability of a slip-like plate spring arranged along a wire harness by preventing the slip-like plate spring from being corroded, and to provide a wire harness installation structure in which a conductor in electric wires is not liable to be broken. The wire harness installation structure includes the electric wires 19 that have one ends electrically connected to an electric component provided on a stationary-side structural body and the other ends electrically connected to an electric component provided on a movable-side structural body, the slip-like plate spring 17 that is made of metal and has one end fixed to the stationary-side structural body and the other end fixed to the movable-side structural body, and a binding member 21 that is adapted to bind the electric wires 19 to the slip-like plate spring 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Satou, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8772636
    Abstract: The object is to provide a wire harness installation structure which can enhance an operation efficiency when installing a wire harness and can also achieve a space-saving design of an installation region. In the wire harness installation structure in which a wire harness 10 formed by bundling a plurality of wires 42 into a generally-circular form in a cross-sectional view is installed, the wire harness 10 has a flat portion 10a which is formed by thinning and flattening part thereof along an extending direction thereof and is kept in a flat shape, and by doing so, the installing operation is easy, and the installation region is made space-saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Yuuji Kojima
  • Publication number: 20130118777
    Abstract: Provided is a harness protector, wherein a wire harness can easily be formed into a planar shape (with an oblate cross section), and maintained in that state. The harness protector is provided with: a protector body further provided with a roughly tabular-shaped bottom-plate section onto which a wire harness is to be placed, and a holding plate section that is integrally formed on one side of the bottom-plate section in pivotable state, and crushes the wire harness into an oblate cross-section shape, along with the bottom-plate section; and tying bands that anchor the holding plate section onto the bottom-plate section, in a state of having the holding plate section crushing the wire harness into an oblate cross-section shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shoji
  • Publication number: 20120261527
    Abstract: The wire harness installing structure has a wire harness, which includes a cylindrical protection sheath that holds a plurality of wires in a bundled state, wired across two structures, by making the wire harness stride over a movable linking part that links the two structures in a pivotable state. A movable part wiring section of the wire harness, which is to be installed for a prescribed length section that strides over the movable linking part, includes a non bundled part in which the protection sheath is peeled off to make each of the wires therein movable; and a stretchable protective member that covers the outer circumference of the non bundled part so as not to restrict a movable state of each of the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shoji
  • Publication number: 20120168225
    Abstract: A wiring structure of electric wire is provided in which the efficiency of wiring electric wires can be improved and the wiring space can be saved. The wiring structure of electric wire includes an electric wire having a U-shaped excessive part provided in its middle part along the relatively-moving direction of two structures, and a longitudinally-appended spring member provided longitudinally along the electric wire. Fixing positions P1 and P2 of opposite ends of the electric wire are set to offset positions which are deviated in position respectively in two directions perpendicular to the relatively-moving direction of the two structures, and an elastic rod member which has a circular or regular polygonal cross section, having a property of non-biased bending in direction, is used as the longitudinally-appended spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Satou, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi