Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Eshima

Hirotaka Eshima 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: 9902347
    Abstract: A composite cable includes an electric cable including two unshielded power wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the electric cable being configured to be connected to an electric parking brake mechanism for preventing rotation of wheels after stopping a vehicle, a sensor cable including two unshielded signal wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the sensor cable being configured to be connected to an Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) sensor for measuring a rotation speed of the wheels during running of the vehicle, and a common outer sheath formed by extrusion molding and collectively covering the electric cable and the sensor cable. The two unshielded signal wires contact each other. An outer diameter of each of the power wires is different from an outer diameter of each of the two unshielded signal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Hirotaka Eshima
  • Patent number: 9881716
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a first twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of first electric wires, a second twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires, a pair of third electric wires arranged between the first and second twisted-pair wires in a circumferential direction, each third electric wire having a larger outer diameter than the first and second electric wires, and a tape member spirally wound around an assembled article that is formed by twisting the first twisted-pair wire, the second twisted-pair wire and the pair of third electric wires together. The two twisted-pair wires have the same twist direction, the twist direction of the two twisted-pair wires is different from a twist direction of the assembled article, and the twist direction of the assembled article is different from a winding direction of the tape member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima, Fumihito Oka, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Patent number: 9862336
    Abstract: A vehicle an electric parking brake mechanism including a power source, unshielded power wires connected to the power source and covered by an outer sheath, and a brake caliper configured to receive a power from the power source via the unshielded power wires, and an ABS mechanism including an ABS sensor detecting a rotation speed of a wheel, unshielded signal wires connected to the ABS sensor and covered by the outer sheath together with the unshielded power wires, and a control unit for conducting an ABS control based on a signal input from the ABS sensor via the unshielded signal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Hirotaka Eshima
  • Publication number: 20170355883
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires, and a tape member spirally wound around an assembled article that is formed by twisting the plurality of electric wires. The thickness of the tape member is not less than 0.028 mm and not more than 0.090 mm, a width of the tape member is not less than 18 mm and not more than 35 mm, the tape member is spirally wound with an overlap of not less than ¼ and not more than ½ of the width thereof, and a tensile strength of the tape member is different between the longitudinal direction and the width direction and is smaller in the width direction than in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170287590
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a first twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of first electric wires which each include a first center conductor and a first insulation, a second twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires which each include a second center conductor and a second insulation, a pair of third electric wires arranged between the first and second twisted-pair wires, the third electric wires each having a larger outer diameter than the first and second electric wires and including a third center conductor with a larger cross-sectional area than the first and second center conductors and a third insulation, and a tape member spirally wound around an assembled article formed by twisting the first and second twisted-pair wires and the pair of third electric wires together. The twisted-pair wires, the assembled article and the tape member are twisted or wound in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170263353
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a first twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of first electric wires, a second twisted-pair wire formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires, a pair of third electric wires arranged between the first and second twisted-pair wires in a circumferential direction, each third electric wire having a larger outer diameter than the first and second electric wires, and a tape member spirally wound around an assembled article that is formed by twisting the first twisted-pair wire, the second twisted-pair wire and the pair of third electric wires together. The two twisted-pair wires have the same twist direction, the twist direction of the two twisted-pair wires is different from a twist direction of the assembled article, and the twist direction of the assembled article is different from a winding direction of the tape member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170264063
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. [Solution] A composite cable 1 is provided with a pair of first electric wires 2, a twisted pair wire 4 formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires 3 having a smaller outer diameter than the first electric wires 2 and a tape member 6 spirally wound around an assembled article 5 that is formed by twisting the pair of first electric wires 2 and the twisted pair wire 4 together, wherein a twist direction of the twisted pair wire 4, a twist direction of the assembled article 5 and a winding direction of the tape member 6 are a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hiroyuki ITO, Naoya TOYOSHIMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170264062
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a composite cable and a composite harness that allow the improvement of cable termination workability while maintaining the flex resistance. [Solution] A composite cable 1 is provided with a pair of first electric wires 2, a twisted pair wire 4 formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires 3 having a smaller outer diameter than the first electric wires 2 and a tape member 6 spirally wound around an assembled article 5 that is formed by twisting the pair of first electric wires 2 and the twisted pair wire 4 together, wherein a twist direction of the twisted pair wire 4 is different from a twist direction of the assembled article 5, and the twist direction of the assembled article 5 is different from a winding direction of the tape member 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hiroyuki ITO, Naoya TOYOSHIMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170253198
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires, a paper tape wound around the plurality of electric wires, and an outer covering that covers a periphery of the paper tape and comprises a urethane-based resin. An air resistance of the paper tape as measured by Gurley tester method is not less than 5.0 sec/100 cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170236617
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires, a tape member wound around the plurality of electric wires, and a jacket that covers an outer periphery of the tape member and includes an urethane-based resin. The tape member includes a nonwoven fabric including one of a polyester, a polypropylene, an aramid fiber, a nylon, an acrylic fiber and a glass fiber. An air permeability of the nonwoven fabric is not less than 30 cc/cm2/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Fumihito OKA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI
  • Patent number: 9734931
    Abstract: It is an objective of the invention to provide a high-power supply cable characterized in that even when mounted in a narrow space where the cable undergoes a repetitive bending motion, any undesirable deformation out of the bending plane is small. There is provided a power-supply cable including: an electric wire including an electrical conductor and a resin sheath covering the electrical conductor, the electric wire having a tendency to generate a curl under a no-load condition, the curl having a curling direction, the curling direction being a normal to the curl, the electric wire having one or more longitudinal ends; a connecting terminal disposed at one of the longitudinal ends of the electric wire; and a curling tendency direction indicator showing the curling direction, the indicator being disposed along a normal line to the curl of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Suzuki, Takeshi Terasaki, Fumihito Oka, Hirotaka Eshima, Naofumi Chiwata
  • Publication number: 20170229212
    Abstract: A composite harness includes a composite cable that includes a plurality of first electric wires, a multicore wire formed by covering a plurality of second electric wires having a smaller diameter than the plurality of first electric wires with one urethane-based resin inner sheath to be in contact with the first electric wires, and a jacket covering an outer periphery of the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire, and a molded resin provided at an end portion of the composite cable so as to cover an outer surface of the inner sheath at an end portion of the multicore wire. The outer surface of the inner sheath is irregularity-formed at least at a portion in contact with the plurality of first electric wires and a portion covered with the molded resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA
  • Patent number: 9545888
    Abstract: A vehicle composite cable includes a pair of power wires for supplying a current to an electric parking brake unit that generates a braking force after stopping a vehicle, a first signal line including a twisted pair wire transmitting a first electrical signal during when the vehicle is in motion, a second signal line including a twisted pair wire for transmitting a second electrical signal also during when the vehicle is in motion, and a sheath collectively covering the pair of power wires and the first and second signal lines. The first and second signal lines are not covered with a shield conductor, and the first signal line is separated from the second signal line by the pair of power wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ito, Naoya Toyoshima, Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima, Shinya Hayashi, Minoru Oikawa, Takahiro Futatsumori, Hiroshi Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160339854
    Abstract: A composite cable includes an electric cable including two unshielded power wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the electric cable being configured to be connected to an electric parking brake mechanism for preventing rotation of wheels after stopping a vehicle, a sensor cable including two unshielded signal wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the sensor cable being configured to be connected to an Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) sensor for measuring a rotation speed of the wheels during running of the vehicle, and a common outer sheath formed by extrusion molding and collectively covering the electric cable and the sensor cable. The two unshielded signal wires contact each other. An outer diameter of each of the power wires is different from an outer diameter of each of the two unshielded signal wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Hirotaka ESHIMA
  • Patent number: 9502871
    Abstract: An electric cable includes a wire section that includes an electric wire including a conductor and a braided shield layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor and including a plurality of metal wires braided, and a cylindrical outer layer section covering an outer periphery of the wire section and including a cylindrical sheath and a braided reinforcement layer that covers an inner surface of the sheath and includes a plurality of fibers braided. The wire section is arranged inside the cylindrical outer layer section. The outer layer section is constructed such that a permissible region is formed in the cylindrical outer layer section that allows a displacement of the wire section with respect to the outer layer section in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the wire section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima, Fumihito Oka, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomonori Shibata
  • Patent number: 9463756
    Abstract: A composite cable includes an electric cable consisting of two unshielded power wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the electric cable being configured to be connected to an electric parking brake mechanism for preventing rotation of wheels after stopping a vehicle, a sensor cable consisting of two unshielded signal wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, the sensor cable being configured to be connected to an ABS sensor for measuring a rotation speed of the wheels during running of the vehicle, and a common outer sheath collectively covering the electric cable and the sensor cable. The two unshielded signal wires contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Hirotaka Eshima
  • Patent number: 9449740
    Abstract: An electric cable includes a conductor core including conductors each covered with an insulation layer, and a braided layer formed on an outer periphery of the conductor core. The braided layer includes a braid of a first line group and a second line group. The first line group includes first metal lines and first fiber lines arranged along a longitudinal direction of the conductor core and is spirally wound around the outer periphery of the conductor core. The second line group includes second metal lines and second fiber lines arranged along the longitudinal direction of the conductor core and is spirally wound around the outer periphery of the conductor core in a direction opposite to the first line group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima, Fumihito Oka, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Patent number: 9434328
    Abstract: A harness includes an electric cable including an electric wire section and a protecting section to protect the electric wire section, a cable clamp including a cylindrical portion, and a ring shaped metallic fitting being larger in diameter than the cylindrical portion. The electric wire section is inserted inside the cylindrical portion. The protecting section is fitted around outside the cylindrical portion. The ring shaped metallic fitting is mounted around outside the fitted protecting section. The electric cable and the cable clamp are combined together by swaging of the mounted ring shaped metallic fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihito Oka, Hirotaka Eshima, Nobuyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9431804
    Abstract: A cable clamp is configured to fix an electric cable including an electric wire section and an outer layer section covering the electric wire section to a fixed member. The cable clamp includes a first cylindrical portion for the electric wire section to be inserted therein, and a second cylindrical portion formed around outside the first cylindrical portion to surround the first cylindrical portion. The second cylindrical portion includes a receiving portion formed between it and the first cylindrical portion to receive the outer layer section. The second cylindrical portion is swaged with the electric wire section inserted in the first cylindrical portion and with the outer layer section received in the receiving portion, so that the outer layer section is gripped by the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima, Fumihito Oka, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Publication number: 20160176369
    Abstract: A vehicle composite cable includes a pair of power wires for supplying a current to an electric parking brake unit that generates a braking force after stopping a vehicle, a first signal line including a twisted pair wire transmitting a first electrical signal during when the vehicle is in motion, a second signal line including a twisted pair wire for transmitting a second electrical signal also during when the vehicle is in motion, and a sheath collectively covering the pair of power wires and the first and second signal lines. The first and second signal lines are not covered with a shield conductor, and the first signal line is separated from the second signal line by the pair of power wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ITO, Naoya TOYOSHIMA, Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA, Hirotaka ESHIMA, Shinya HAYASHI, Minoru OIKAWA, Takahiro FUTATSUMORI, Hiroshi SAKAGUCHI