Patents by Inventor Tomoyasu Terada

Tomoyasu Terada 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: 10377325
    Abstract: A slide protector slidably engaged with a slide rail together with a slide support has a harness holder holding a wire harness and a hooking section capable of hooking the slide support with the harness holder and the hooking section formed integrally. Though the wire harness causes a resistance force when the slide support slides rearward in the sliding direction and the slide protector is pulled rearward, reliability of the attachment structure of the slide protector to the slide support can be enhanced since the hooking section and the harness holder holding the wire harness are formed integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 10086780
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of suppressing bulge of a wire harness toward a vehicle body when a slide door is half-opened. The power supply device is provided with a wire harness arranged between a vehicle body and a slide door, a portion of the wire harness on the vehicle body side extending in the closing direction of the slide door when the slide door is half-opened, and a door side coil spring (a biasing part) for biasing a portion of the wire harness on the slide door side in the biasing direction pressing against the slide door on the closing direction side of the slide door in order to suppress a curvature convex toward the inside of the vehicle body at the time of half-opening of the slide door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Masaki Yokoyama, Tatsuya Otuka, Tomoyasu Terada, Hiroshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9843178
    Abstract: A curvature-restraining member and a power feeding device include a wire harness having an electric wire and a corrugated tube (flexible tube). The curvature-restraining member restrains the wire harness from curving in a predetermined curving direction D3 with a radius of curvature smaller than a reference radius. The curvature restraining member includes a body portion placed near at least one of ends of the corrugated tube and extending in a length direction of the electric wire, and a curved portion extending from one end of the corrugated tube opposite from the former end, and curving in the curving direction D3 with a radius of curvature not less than the reference radius with such a length that it falls within the straightly extending corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tatsuya Otsuka
  • Patent number: 9825375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a terminal fitting (1010). The connection structure includes a terminal fitting (1010) including a terminal body (1011) to be fastened and fixed to a grounding surface and a plurality of terminal connecting portions (1021) extended from the terminal body; and a junction terminal (1030) electrically connected to ground wire (D) and electrically connected to the terminal connecting portions (1021). This connection structure enables a plurality of ground wires to be electrically connected all together to a grounding surface in a space-saving manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Kousuke Kinoshita, Takatatsu Yamamoto, Keiichi Mita, Tomoyasu Terada, Takehiko Uehara
  • Publication number: 20170297515
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of suppressing bulge of a wire harness toward a vehicle body when a slide door is half-opened. The power supply device is provided with a wire harness arranged between a vehicle body and a slide door, a portion of the wire harness on the vehicle body side extending in the closing direction of the slide door when the slide door is half-opened, and a door side coil spring (a biasing part) for biasing a portion of the wire harness on the slide door side in the biasing direction pressing against the slide door on the closing direction side of the slide door in order to suppress a curvature convex toward the inside of the vehicle body at the time of half-opening of the slide door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa SEKINO, Mitsunobu KATO, Masaki YOKOYAMA, Tatsuya OTUKA, Tomoyasu TERADA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9725053
    Abstract: There is employed an arm power supply device in which a first arm is rotatably and axially supported to a base member having one harness fixing portion, a second arm having the other harness fixing portion is rotatably and axially supported on a rotation tip side of the first arm, the first arm includes an enclosure portion forming a slit through which a wire harness is inserted, and the wire harness passes from the base member to the slit and is wired over the second arm. The enclosure portion includes an inclined wall to guide the wire harness derived in a bent shape from the second arm to be in contact with the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20170194722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection structure for a terminal fitting (1010). The connection structure includes a terminal fitting (1010) including a terminal body (1011) to be fastened and fixed to a grounding surface and a plurality of terminal connecting portions (1021) extended from the terminal body; and a junction terminal (1030) electrically connected to ground wire (D) and electrically connected to the terminal connecting portions (1021). This connection structure enables a plurality of ground wires to be electrically connected all together to a grounding surface in a space-saving manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari NAGANISHI, Kousuke KINOSHITA, Takatatsu YAMAMOTO, Keiichi MITA, Tomoyasu TERADA, Takehiko UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160218496
    Abstract: A curvature-restraining member includes a wire harness having an electric wire and a corrugated tube (flexible tube). The curvature-restraining member restrains the wire harness from curving in a predetermined curving direction D3 with a radius of curvature smaller than a reference radius. The curvature restraining member includes a body portion placed near at least one of ends of the corrugated tube and extending in a length direction of the electric wire, and a curved portion extending from one end of the corrugated tube opposite from the former end, and curving in the curving direction D3 with a radius of curvature not less than the reference radius with such a length that it falls within the straightly extending corrugated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tatsuya Otsuka
  • Patent number: 9381876
    Abstract: The wiring-harness routing device 1 includes two wiring harness 10, a support body 3 mounted slidably at a rail 2 and supporting a seat, and a protector 4 sliding interlockingly with the support body 3 and leading the two wiring harnesses 10 to the seat. The protector 4 includes a pair of wiring-harness hold portion 43 holding the two wiring harnesses 10 led through an opening 20 into the rail 2 to be arranged in parallel; a lead portion arranged between the pair of wiring-harness hold portions 43, and passing the two wiring harnesses 10 therethrough, and extending with a cylindrical shape so as to go through the slit and be led to an outside of the rail 2; and a mount portion 68 attached at the support body 3 so as to have a gap allowing motion in the widthwise direction of the rail 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Seiji Iwahara, Masaki Yokoyama, Shinji Kato, Fumiaki Sato, Yasuhiro Sakakibara, Yasunori Takenaka, Toshio Araki, Ryuya Ishimaru, Tetsuya Kaisaku
  • Publication number: 20160186803
    Abstract: A slide protector slidably engaged with a slide rail together with a slide support has a harness holder holding a wire harness and a hooking section capable of hooking the slide support with the harness holder and the hooking section formed integrally. Though the wire harness causes a resistance force when the slide support slides rearward in the sliding direction and the slide protector is pulled rearward, reliability of the attachment structure of the slide protector to the slide support can be enhanced since the hooking section and the harness holder holding the wire harness are formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 9308833
    Abstract: A harness wiring apparatus wires a harness between a floor of a car and a seat, which is supported by a supporting member mounted at a long-tube-shaped support rail fixed at the floor. The harness wiring apparatus 1A includes a slider 10 holding the harness 4, which is led through an opening arranged at one end 7a in a direction of lengthwise of the support rail 7 into the support rail 7, and sliding interlockingly with the seat and the supporting member 11, and leading the harness 4 out of the support rail 7 through a slit 75 arranged at the support rail to the seat; and a receiving section 8 arranged in parallel to the support rail 7, and receiving an extra-length of the harness 4, which is led to an outside of the support rail 7 and folded to U-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Katou
  • Publication number: 20150330130
    Abstract: An arm power supply device includes a first arm configured to be rotatably and axially supported to a base member, and a second arm configured to be rotatably and axially supported on a rotation tip side of the first arm. The second arm includes a harness insertion groove and a harness fixing portion on a rotation tip side. There is employed a configuration in which an outer wall of the harness insertion groove is extended longer than an inner wall on a rotational base end side, the outer wall includes an inclined or bent guide wall portion on the rotational base end side, and a wire harness is guided upward along the guide wall portion when the second arm rotates to the lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150325989
    Abstract: The present invention is to smoothly bend a wire harness equipped with a protection tube between a sliding structure body and a fixed structure body without causing buckling or the like and to prevent interference with the fixed structure body. A wire harness equipped with a bendable protection tube is swingably arranged between a fixed structure body and a sliding structure body, a rigidity imparting portion is formed on a side surface of an end portion of the protection tube in the fixed structure body side, and the end portion of the protection tube constantly extends in a linear manner by the rigidity imparting portion when the sliding structure body is opened or closed. The rigidity imparting portion is configured by a uniformly shaped portion on a tip side of the end portion of the protection tube and a gradually-changing shaped portion on a base end side of the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Hiroaki Watanabe, Tomoyasu Terada
  • Publication number: 20150203057
    Abstract: An arm power supply device includes a first arm configured to be axially supported to a base member to be freely rotated, and a second arm configured to be axially supported on the rotation tip side of the first arm to be freely rotated. The second arm includes a harness insertion groove and a harness fixing portion on the rotation tip side. The first arm includes a flange portion on the rotation tip side to prevent a harness covering a portion of the harness insertion groove on a rotational base end side from escaping. The flange portion is formed in a longitudinal direction of the first arm to protrude. The flange portion is formed in a width integrally with a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9065531
    Abstract: To provide a signal transmitter-receiver apparatus having simple structure and which can prevent receiving sensitivity reduction of wirelessly transmitted signal using an existing component. A signal transmitter-receiver apparatus includes a first electric wire having one end connected to an electronic device provided at a vehicle sliding seat, a second electric wire wired at a vehicle body side, a signal transmitter connected to another end of the first electric wire, a signal receiver connected to an end of the second electric wire for receiving signal wirelessly transmitted from the signal transmitter, and a protector. The signal transmitter and the signal receiver are disposed in the rail. The signal transmitter is fixed to an upper rail via the protector. The signal receiver is fixed to one end portion of the rail. The signal transmitter and the signal receiver are arranged opposed to each other in a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 9024190
    Abstract: This object aims to provide a wire cabling device which a case can be shared among a plurality of devices for cabling electric wires to a plurality of sliders provided on the right and left sides of an automobile. A wire cabling device (1) comprises electric wires (50) for connecting an electronic apparatus mounted onto the floor (2) of an automobile with an electronic apparatus mounted to a seat (3), a case (5) for housing the intermediate portions of the wires (50), a slider capable of moving in linkage with the seat (3) on a rail installed in the case (5) while holding the wires (50), and a regulation member (90) which is provided in the case (5) and regulates the cabling route of the wires (50) in the case (5) by defining the case (5). The case (5) is so formed as to have a predetermined tubular cross-section along the sliding direction of the seat (3) by roll-molding, and the regulation member (90) is formed independently from the case (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20150115648
    Abstract: A sliding-door power feeding structure is provided which achieves minimized manufacturing costs, small size, and light weight. The sliding-door power feeding structure includes a second end retainer provided between a door panel and a door trim and configured to retain a second end of an electric wire, the second end retainer including a base fixed to one of the door panel and the door trim, a turnable arm turnably supported on the base and having an end configured to retain the electric wire, and biasing part for biasing the turnable arm in a direction to absorb a surplus length of the electric wire, wherein the door trim has a lower edge including an electric wire guiding portion, the electric wire guiding portion including a first bend bent to the outboard side and a second bend bent at an end of the first bend downward and to the inboard side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150108289
    Abstract: There is employed an arm power supply device in which a first arm is rotatably and axially supported to a base member having one harness fixing portion, a second arm having the other harness fixing portion is rotatably and axially supported on a rotation tip side of the first arm, the first arm includes an enclosure portion forming a slit through which a wire harness is inserted, and the wire harness passes from the base member to the slit and is wired over the second arm. The enclosure portion includes an inclined wall to guide the wire harness derived in a bent shape from the second arm to be in contact with the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150107876
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric wire routing device with which the device can be reduced in size and a mounting space for the device can be reduced. The electric wire routing device includes an outer member provided in either one of a support body and a slide body, and an inner member turnably supported in the outer member. An electric wire is inserted through the inner member. The inner member is configured by combining, with each other, a pair of inner divided bodies having the same shapes. The inner divided bodies sandwich butt surfaces which intersect with a first axis and which include a second axis. Each of the inner divided bodies includes a male lock portion provided on one side of a radial direction of the device, and a female lock portion provided on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8937250
    Abstract: A wiring harness guiding apparatus guides a wiring harness 4 between a floor of a car and a seat arranged slidably at the floor, and includes a support body 7A supporting the seat; a protector 8A guiding the airing harness 4 toward the seat; a rail arranging the support body 7A and the protector 8A slidably therein; and an excess portion receiving section receiving a excess portion of the wiring harness 4. The protector 8A includes a wiring harness fixing member 80 fixing the wiring harness 4 led into the rail; a lead-out member 83 extending with a pipe shape from the wiring harness fixing member 80 and leading the wiring harness 4 therethrough toward the slide body; and a support body mount member 87 arranged at a mounted member of the support body so as to be movable along a widthwise direction of the rail by having a clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato