Patents by Inventor Takashi Tonoike

Takashi Tonoike 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: 20150333416
    Abstract: A barrel portion which allows the pressure-bonding connection of an aluminum core wire exposed on a distal end of an insulated wire covered with an insulating cover is formed into a cylindrical shape by bending barrel portion corresponding portions of a terminal base material in a terminal developed state about a terminal axis. In abutting end portions where the barrel portion corresponding portions abut each other, a welded part which welds the end portions is formed along a long length direction of the insulated wire. The welded part is formed on an upper surface concave portion and a projecting portion where an amount of plastic deformation of a conductor pressure-bonding section generated along with the pressure-bonding of the conductor pressure-bonding section becomes larger compared to other portions in a circumferential direction of the conductor pressure-bonding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi KIHARA, Akira TACHIBANA, Saburo YAGI, Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE
  • Patent number: 9118123
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes; a crimping portion and a cover covering the conductor portion, the crimping portion is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape in cross section and has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The conductor portion is inserted into the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the second end is sealed. The second end portion at the opposite side is sealed by welding. The crimping portion, in which the exposed conductor portion is crimped, further includes a locking section locking the exposed conductor portion. A length between the first end portion into which the conductor portion is inserted and a portion, of the locking section, that is the closest to the first end portion is larger than a length of the exposed conductor portion of the insulated wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150229039
    Abstract: In a terminal connection method of inserting a wire tip of an insulated wire, which is formed by stripping a front end of an insulating cover to expose an aluminum core wire, into a pressure-bonding section of a female crimp terminal to pressure bond the insulated wire to the female crimp terminal via the pressure-bonding section, signs are formed on the outer circumferential face of an insulated tip of the insulating cover at a distance of an internal length of the pressure-bonding section from a conductor tip face of the conductor tip, and the wire tip is inserted up to the signs in the pressure-bonding section to pressure-bond the wire tip to the pressure-bonding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., LTD., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takeshi HYOTANI, Koichi KITAGAWA, Eiji ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150126078
    Abstract: In a female crimp terminal including a pressure-bonding section for permitting pressure-bonding and connection to an aluminum core wire of an insulated wire, the pressure-bonding section is configured in a hollow sectional shape by a plate material, and a long length direction weld portion in a long length direction is welded, a forward part in the hollow sectional shape is caused to take an almost flat plate-shaped sealing shape and a width direction weld portion in a width direction is welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Satoshi TAKAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Yasushi KIHARA, Saburo YAGI, Takashi SHIGEMATSU, Kengo MITOSE, Takashi KAYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150126079
    Abstract: In a female crimp terminal having a pressure-bonding section which allows pressure-bonding and connection of a conductor tip in an insulated wire obtained by coating a conductor with an insulating cover and having the conductor tip in which the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover in a tip side, the pressure-bonding section is constructed by arranging a conductor pressure-bonding section and a cover pressure-bonding section from a tip side to a base end side in a long length direction in this order, the conductor pressure-bonding section pressure-bonding the conductor tip, and the cover pressure-bonding section pressure-bonding a conductor tip portion in the tip side of the insulating cover, the cover pressure-bonding section is formed into a hollow shape which can surround the conductor tip portion, and the conductor pressure-bonding section is formed to have a smaller diameter than the cover pressure-bonding section, and is formed into a hollow shape which can surround the conductor tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Yasushi Kihara, Hiroshi Orito, Takashi Tonoike
  • Publication number: 20150079857
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure-bonding connection structural body and a female connector which can surely prevent the intrusion of moisture from an insulating cover side, and a method of manufacturing the connection structural body. In the connection structural body which is configured by connecting a crimp terminal and an insulated wire to each other, the crimp terminal having a barrel portion which is an integral body formed of; a cover pressure-bonding section which pressure-bonds by caulking the insulating cover; and a core wire pressure-bonding section which pressure-bonds an aluminum core wire by caulking, a water blocking projecting portion which prevents the intrusion of moisture in a longitudinal direction in a pressure-bonding state is formed, at the time of pressure-bonding the barrel portion, on an inner surface of the cover pressure-bonding section of the barrel portion where a cross-sectional shape in a width direction is formed into a closed cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Satoshi TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150072573
    Abstract: A crimp terminal (10) comprises a box part (20) and a cable connector (30). The box part (20) is connected to another terminal. The cable connector (30) is coupled with the box terminal (20) and connected with a covered cable (50). Also, the cable connector (30) includes a hollow formed by welding a metal plate, in which a pressing part for conduction (33b) and a compression part for waterproofing (33a) are formed. The pressing part for conduction (33b) presses a conduction part (51) of the covered cable (50) to ensure conduction with the covered cable. The compression for waterproofing (33a) presses and compresses a covered part (52) of the covered cable (50) inwardly to prevent water from entering inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Hiroshi ORITO, Yasushi KIHARA, Takuro YAMADA, Masakazu KOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150064991
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a pressure-bonding section to which at least a conductor tip of an insulated wire is connected by pressure bonding, the insulated wire in which a conductor is covered with an insulating cover and an insulating cover on a tip side is peeled to expose the conductor to obtain the conductor tip, and a terminal connection section to which another connection terminal is allowed to be connected. The terminal connection section and the pressure-bonding section are configured as different parts, and a connection section in which the terminal connection section and the pressure-bonding section are connected in series in the order named from a tip side to a rear side in a long length direction is configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi Tonoike, Saburo Yagi
  • Publication number: 20140378009
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes; a crimping portion and a cover, the crimping portion is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape in cross section and has a first and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The conductor portion is inserted into the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the second end is sealed. The second end portion at the opposite side is sealed by welding. The crimping portion has a guide section inside the crimping portion into which the exposed conductor portion is inserted. An inner diameter of the guide section is smaller than an outer diameter of the cover of the insulated wire and larger than an outer diameter of the conductor portion. A length between the first end portion into which the conductor portion is inserted and the guide section is smaller than a length of the exposed conductor portion of the insulated wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Yukihiro Kawamura, Masakazu Kozawa, Takashi Tonoike
  • Publication number: 20140374155
    Abstract: In an electrical wire connecting structure and a method of manufacturing the electrical wire connecting structure, a terminal having a tube-shaped portion of 2.0 mm in inner diameter is prepared for an electrical wire having a conductor cross-sectional area of 0.72 to 1.37 mm2, the electrical wire 13 is inserted into an electrical wire insertion port of the tube-shaped portion of the electrical wire, and the tube-shaped portion and the core wire portion of the electrical wire are compressed to be crimp-connected to each other. Furthermore, a terminal having a tube-shaped portion of 3.0 mm in inner diameter is prepared for an electrical wire having a conductor cross-sectional area of 1.22 to 2.65 mm2, the electrical wire is inserted into the electrical wire insertion port of the tube-shaped portion 25 of the electrical wire, and the tube-shaped portion and the core wire portion of the electrical wire are compressed to be crimp-connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akira TACHIBANA, Kengo MITOSE, Kyota SUSAI, Takao TATEYAMA, Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi TONOIKE, Masakazu KOZAWA, Takuro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140377991
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes; a crimping portion and a cover covering the conductor portion, the crimping portion is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape in cross section and has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The conductor portion is inserted into the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the second end is sealed. The second end portion at the opposite side is sealed by welding. The crimping portion, in which the exposed conductor portion is crimped, further includes a locking section locking the exposed conductor portion. A length between the first end portion into which the conductor portion is inserted and a portion, of the locking section, that is the closest to the first end portion is larger than a length of the exposed conductor portion of the insulated wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140335745
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a crimp terminal capable of maintaining a high level of water-blocking performance for a long time in a state of being pressure-bonded to an insulated wire, a connection structural body including the same, and a connector including such a connection structural body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro KAWAMURA, Takashi Tonoike