Patents by Inventor Kinji Taguchi
Kinji Taguchi 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: 20190355489Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, Pin an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kei SAKAMOTO, Akiko INOUE, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Minoru NAKAMOTO, Yusuke OSHIMA, Yoshihiro NAKAI, Kazuhiro NANJO, Taichiro NISHIKAWA, Kiyotaka UTSUNOMIYA, Yasuyuki OOTSUKA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
-
Publication number: 20190348194Abstract: An aluminum-based braided wire (1) with good abrasion resistance is provided. The braided wire (1) has a plurality of braided strands (2). The braided wire (1) has a tubular shape. The strands (2) each include a strand main body (20) constituted by an aluminum wire or an aluminum alloy wire, and a fretting-corrosion suppression coating (21) covering an outer circumferential surface of the strand main body (20). The fretting-corrosion suppression coating (21) may be constituted by a chemical conversion coating or an alumite coating. If the fretting-corrosion suppression coating (21) is an alumite coating, the braided wire (1) further includes conductive layers (22) respectively covering outer surfaces of the fretting-corrosion suppression coatings (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Kensuke Yamada, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Toru Shimizu, Masaharu Suetani, Hirotaka Baba, Takeshi Shimizu
-
Publication number: 20190341171Abstract: A communication cable that has a reduced diameter while ensuring a required magnitude of characteristic impedance. The shielded communication cable contains a twisted pair containing a pair of insulated wires twisted with each other. Each of the insulated wire contains a conductor that has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher, and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. The shielded communication cable 1 further contains a shield that is made of a conductive material and surrounds the twisted pair. The shielded communication cable has a characteristic impedance of 100±10?.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Kinji TAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20190341164Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjyo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
-
Patent number: 10446293Abstract: A communication cable that has a reduced diameter while ensuring a required magnitude of characteristic impedance. The shielded communication cable contains a twisted pair containing a pair of insulated wires twisted with each other. Each of the insulated wire contains a conductor that has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher, and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. The shielded communication cable 1 further contains a shield that is made of a conductive material and surrounds the twisted pair. The shielded communication cable has a characteristic impedance of 100±10?.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoma Uegaki, Kinji Taguchi
-
Publication number: 20190259511Abstract: An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness containing such an electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a plurality of elemental wires, and has a flat portion in which a cross-section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. In the cross-section of the flat portion, a vacancy ratio defined as a ratio of vacancies not occupied by the elemental wires is 17% or higher. Further, a covered electric wire contains the electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the electric wire conductor. Furthermore, a wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hayato OOI, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Toru TANJI
-
Patent number: 10370743Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire, an aluminum alloy twisted wire, a covered wire, and a wiring harness, which are excellent in impact strength when a terminal fitting is connected. An aluminum alloy wire contains 0.03% or more and 1.5% or less by mass of Mg, 0.02% or more and 2.0% or less by mass of Si, and 0.1% or more and 0.6% or less by mass of Fe, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities; the wire containing acicular-shaped Mg2Si precipitates of 2.0 to 6.0 in aspect ratio. Further, provided are an aluminum alloy twisted wire containing a plurality of the aluminum alloy wires; a covered wire containing a conductor containing the aluminum alloy wire, and an insulation coating covering the outer circumference of the conductor; and a wiring harness containing a terminal fitting attached to the conductor of the covered wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kinji Taguchi, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Misato Kusakari
-
Publication number: 20190066864Abstract: A covered electric wire comprises an insulating coating layer on the outer side of a conductor. The conductor comprises a copper alloy consisting of: not less than 0.05% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass of Fe; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of Ti; not less than 0% by mass and not more than 0.6% by mass of Mg; and the balance being Cu and impurities. The covered electric wire is a stranded wire comprising a plurality of copper alloy wires stranded together. The plurality of copper alloy wires each have a work hardening coefficient of not less than 0.1 and a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Kei Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ryoma Uegaki
-
Publication number: 20190027272Abstract: A communication cable that has a reduced diameter while ensuring a required magnitude of characteristic impedance. The communication cable contains a twisted pair that contains a pair of insulated wires twisted with each other and a sheath covering the twisted pair. Each of the insulated wires contains a conductor that has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. A gap G is formed between the sheath and the insulated wires constituting the twisted pair. The communication cable has a characteristic impedance of 100±10 ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Kinji TAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20190013116Abstract: A communication cable that has a reduced diameter while ensuring a required magnitude of characteristic impedance. The shielded communication cable contains a twisted pair containing a pair of insulated wires twisted with each other. Each of the insulated wire contains a conductor that has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher, and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. The shielded communication cable 1 further contains a shield that is made of a conductive material and surrounds the twisted pair. The shielded communication cable has a characteristic impedance of 100±10?.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Kinji TAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20180171439Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire, an aluminum alloy twisted wire, a covered wire, and a wiring harness, which are excellent in impact strength when a terminal fitting is connected. An aluminum alloy wire contains 0.03% or more and 1.5% or less by mass of Mg, 0.02% or more and 2.0% or less by mass of Si, and 0.1% or more and 0.6% or less by mass of Fe, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities; the wire containing acicular-shaped Mg2Si precipitates of 2.0 to 6.0 in aspect ratio. Further, provided are an aluminum alloy twisted wire containing a plurality of the aluminum alloy wires; a covered wire containing a conductor containing the aluminum alloy wire, and an insulation coating covering the outer circumference of the conductor; and a wiring harness containing a terminal fitting attached to the conductor of the covered wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kinji TAGUCHI, Yasuyuki OOTSUKA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Misato KUSAKARI
-
Publication number: 20180114610Abstract: A communication cable that has a reduced diameter while ensuring a required magnitude of characteristic impedance. The communication cable contains a twisted pair that contains a pair of insulated wires, twisted with each other and a sheath covering the twisted pair. Each of the insulated wires, contains a conductor that has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or higher and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. The sheath is made of an insulating material having a dielectric tangent of 0.0001 or higher. The communication cable 1 has a characteristic impedance of 100±10?.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Kinji TAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20180102199Abstract: A copper alloy wire, a copper alloy twisted wire, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness that have high strength and excellent impact resistance. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor has a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less. A copper alloy twisted wire includes a plurality of the twisted copper alloy wires. A covered electric wire includes a conductor including the copper alloy wire and an insulation cover that covers an outer periphery of the conductor. A wiring harness includes the covered electric wire, and a terminal metal fitting that is attached to the conductor of the covered electric wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Akiko INOUE, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kinji TAGUCHI, Yasuyuki OOTSUKA
-
Publication number: 20170226615Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum wire that has high strength and high conductivity even when reduced in diameter while having excellent elongation and improved in productivity. A method for producing an aluminum wire includes a solution step of subjecting a heat-treatable aluminum alloy material to a solution treatment, a wire-drawing step of subjecting the solution-treated aluminum alloy material to wire-drawing processing, a softening step of subjecting the wire-drawing processed aluminum alloy material to a softening treatment in a short time within 10 seconds, and an aging step of subjecting the softening-treated aluminum alloy material to an aging treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Fumitoshi IMASATO, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya KUWAHARA, Misato KUSAKARI, Kensuke YAMADA
-
Patent number: 5732934Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for inserting and removing a communication wire in and out of a pipeline by air flow, in which static electricity can be prevented from being generated, and a long communication wire can be inserted and removed. The communication wire is fed from a reel, and inserted into a pipeline through a blowing head. Compressed air is also sent from a compressor to the pipeline through the blowing head. A drop cylinder is attached to a T-branch on the way of the pipeline, conductive material stored therein is supplied into the pipeline at a controlled rate. A recovery bottle is attached to the outlet side of the pipeline so that the air flow blowing out of the outlet side is passed through a filter 11, and at the same time the conductive material is recovered.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1995Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, LtdInventors: Hiroaki Sano, Kinji Taguchi, Akiyoshi Noguchi, Shigeru Tanaka
-
Patent number: 5664763Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention for blowing a cable has a meandering detection section provided adjacent to a feeding rollers. The meandering detection section includes a straight passage for the cable passing therethrough, a recessed portion being arranged on a wall of the passage, and a detector detecting the cable meanderingly entering into the recessed portion. When there is no entering of the cable into the recessed portion, the cable is in the normal insertion condition. On the other hand, when the cable meanders at a short pitch entering deep into the recessed portion, the detector detects the abnormality of the insertion, and the feed speed is controlled to cancel the meandering of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1995Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Satoshi Tanaka, Kinji Taguchi
-
Patent number: 5528938Abstract: A method of measuring a length of a conduit comprises the steps of: supplying air into a conduit to insert a filamentary body into the conduit by flow of the air; detecting arrival of a forward end of the filamentary body at an outlet of the conduit; and measuring the length of the conduit from the length of the filamentary body inserted into the conduit. An apparatus for measuring a length of a conduit, comprises an air supply device for supplying air into the conduit; a filamentary body including a wire and a plurality of elastic large-diameter members attached to the wire; and a device for detecting that a forward end of the filamentary body arrives at an outlet end of the conduit, where the length of the conduit is measured from the length of the filamentary body inserted into the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1994Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Sano, Kinji Taguchi, Shigeru Tanaka, Tetsuro Yabuta, Takeshi Tsujimura
-
Patent number: 5505086Abstract: A method of measuring a length of a conduit comprises the steps of: supplying air into a conduit to insert a filamentary body into the conduit by flow of the air; detecting arrival of a forward end of the filamentary body at an outlet of the conduit; and measuring the length of the conduit from the length of the filamentary body inserted into the conduit. An apparatus for measuring a length of a conduit, comprises an air supply device for supplying air into the conduit; a filamentary body including a wire and a plurality of elastic large-diameter members attached to the wire; and a device for detecting that a forward end of the filamentary body arrives at an outlet end of the conduit, where the length of the conduit is measured from the length of the filamentary body inserted into the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1993Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Kinji Taguchi, Shigeru Tanaka, Tetsuro Yabuta, Takeshi Tsujimura
-
Patent number: 5499797Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for inserting and removing a communication wire in and out of a pipeline by air flow, in which static electricity can be prevented from being generated, and a long communication wire can be inserted and removed. The communication wire is fed from a reel, and inserted into a pipeline through a blowing head. Compressed air is also sent from a compressor to the pipeline through the blowing head. A drop cylinder is attached to a T-branch on the way of the pipeline, conductive material stored therein is supplied into the pipeline at a controlled rate. A recovery bottle is attached to the outlet side of the pipeline so that the air flow blowing out of the outlet side is passed through a filter 11, and at the same time the conductive material is recovered.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1994Date of Patent: March 19, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Kinji Taguchi, Akiyoshi Noguchi, Shigeru Tanaka