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: 8841551
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact sliding device having a simple structure configured to reduce the number of cut lines formed on a mat mounted on a cabin of a vehicle. A sliding device 1 for routing an electric wire 5 between a vehicle floor and a seat includes: a rail 9 having a supporting rail 7 to which a supporting body 11 of the seat is attached, and a receiving part 8 extended along the supporting rail 7; a corrugate tube 4 receiving the electric wire 5; a slider 10 configured to slide in conjunction with the supporting body 11 while holding the corrugate tube 4 extracted into an inside of the supporting rail 7; and a guiding member 12 for bending the corrugate tube 4 extracted out of the supporting rail 7 in a U-shape, and guiding the corrugate tube 4 into an inside of the receiving part 8, and for guiding the corrugate tube 4 onto an inner side wall 81 of the receiving part 8 away from the supporting rail 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Katou
  • Publication number: 20140206302
    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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 8686286
    Abstract: An electrical wire routing device for routing an electric wire between a floor in an automobile and a seat includes a case following parallel to a support rail to which a support body supporting the seat is slidably attached. The case includes a tubular movement section attaching the electric wire thereto, guiding the electric wire to the seat, to which a slider sliding in association with the movement of the seat is slidably attached, and a housing section accommodating the extra length of the electric wire. The movement section and the housing section are provided as separated parts and placed parallel to each other. The extra length of the electric wire extracted from one end portion of the movement section and drawn into the housing section is accommodated in the housing section with the electric wire bent in a U-shape. The electric wire is accommodated in the corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20130181512
    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; 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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO., LTD., 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
  • Patent number: 8324501
    Abstract: An arm structure includes a first arm pivotally supported on a body, and a second arm pivotally supported on the first arm at an axis portion formed on a distal end side of the first arm. A wire harness fixing portion for fixing a wire harness is provided at a distal end side of the second arm. A guide portion having a curved face for guiding the wire harness is provided at an end portion at an end side of the second arm, the end side being opposite to the distal end side. A width of the guide portion is larger than a width of a portion of the second arm corresponding to the axis portion, in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Katou, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20120162959
    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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 8198533
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a case, which includes a body receiving a wire harness with extra length portion and a guide tube projecting from the body, a distal-end protector and an intermediary protector both of which are attached to the wire harness. The intermediary protector is inserted into the guide tube so as to be able to move forward and backward freely, and the distal-end protector is projected out of the guide tube, and a bendable portion of the wire harness is exposedly formed between the distal-end protector and the intermediary protector. A hood along a bending outer surface of the bendable portion is provided at the distal-end protector. The extra length portion of the wire harness is received in the body so as to be formed into a loop shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Makoto Nagasaki, Akihito Kouketu
  • Publication number: 20120024564
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Katou
  • Publication number: 20120024561
    Abstract: An electrical wire routing device for routing an electric wire between a floor in an automobile and a seat includes a case following parallel to a support rail to which a support body supporting the seat is slidably attached. The case includes a tubelar movement section attaching the electric wire thereto, guiding the electric wire to the seat, to which a slider sliding in association with the movement of the seat is slidably attached, and a housing section accommodating the extra length of the electric wire. The movement section and the housing section are provided as separated parts and placed parallel to each other. The extra length of the electric wire extracted from one end portion of the movement section and drawn into the housing section is accommodated in the housing section with the electric wire bent in a U-shape. The electric wire is accommodated in the corrugated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20110290522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact sliding device having a simple structure configured to reduce the number of cut lines formed on a mat mounted on a cabin of a vehicle. A sliding device 1 for routing an electric wire 5 between a vehicle floor and a seat includes: a rail 9 having a supporting rail 7 to which a supporting body 11 of the seat is attached, and a receiving part 8 extended along the supporting rail 7; a corrugate tube 4 receiving the electric wire 5; a slider 10 configured to slide in conjunction with the supporting body 11 while holding the corrugate tube 4 extracted into an inside of the supporting rail 7; and a guiding member 12 for bending the corrugate tube 4 extracted out of the supporting rail 7 in a U-shape, and guiding the corrugate tube 4 into an inside of the receiving part 8, and for guiding the corrugate tube 4 onto an inner side wall 81 of the receiving part 8 away from the supporting rail 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Katou
  • Publication number: 20110061895
    Abstract: An arm structure includes a first arm pivotally supported on a body, and a second arm pivotally supported on the first arm at an axis portion formed s on a distal end side of the first arm. A wire harness fixing portion for fixing a wire harness is provided at a distal end side of the second arm. A guide portion having a curved face for guiding the wire harness is provided at an end portion at an end side of the second arm, the end side being opposite to the distal end side. A width of the guide portion is larger than a width of a portion of the second arm corresponding to the axis portion, in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu TERADA, Tsukasa SEKINO, Mitsunobu KATOU, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Daisuke OKAMOTO, Tomoaki NISHIMURA, Motonari INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20110048761
    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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7814637
    Abstract: An installation apparatus for installing a wire harness over a fixed structural body and a movable structural body which is slidingly movable to the fixed structural body, the installation apparatus includes a case that receives the wire harness such that the wire harness extends in a sliding direction of sliding movement of the movable structural body, and is folded back into a generally U-shape; and a slider that holds a distal end-side portion of the wire harness extending from the folded-back portion toward a distal end of the wire harness, and is slidably supported on the case so as to move in the sliding direction of the movable structural body, and is operatively connected to the movable structural body so as to move in accordance with the sliding movement of the movable structural body. A slit is formed in a wall of the case, and extends in the sliding direction of the movable structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7729132
    Abstract: A harness wiring structure includes a first link that has a first fixing member, a second link that has a second fixing member, and a shaft portion that swingably connects the first link to the second link. When the first link and the second link are extended to each other, a wire harness is wired in a straight line so as to pass above the shaft portion and is fixed to the first link and the second link by the first fixing member and the second fixing member respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Tomoyasu Terada
  • Publication number: 20100108377
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a case, which includes a body receiving a wire harness with extra length portion and a guide tube projecting from the body, a distal-end protector and an intermediary protector both of which are attached to the wire harness. The intermediary protector is inserted into the guide tube so as to be able to move forward and backward freely, and the distal-end protector is projected out of the guide tube, and a bendable portion of the wire harness is exposedly formed between the distal-end protector and the intermediary protector. A hood along a bending outer surface of the bendable portion is provided at the distal-end protector. The extra length portion of the wire harness is received in the body so as to be formed into a loop shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Makoto Nagasaki, Akihito Kouketu
  • Patent number: 7402044
    Abstract: An installation apparatus for installing a wire harness over a fixed structural body and a movable structural body which is slidably provided to the fixed structural body, the installation apparatus includes a case that receives the wire harness such that the wire harness extends in a sliding direction of the movable structural body, and is folded back into a generally U-shape, and a slider that holds a distal end-side portion of the wire harness extending from the folded-back portion toward a distal end of the wire harness, and is slidably supported on the case so as to move in the sliding direction of the movable structural body, and is movable in accordance with a sliding movement of the movable structural body. The case includes an inner face which extends in the sliding direction of the movable structural body. The slider is received within the case, and slides on the inner face of the case so that the slider is guided in the sliding direction of the movable structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7307216
    Abstract: There is provided a wire harness excessive length absorbing device that allows a slim case body thereof, and provides a large installation space for other components. The wire harness excessive length absorbing device includes a case (30) for receiving a wire harness (25) having an inlet (34) and an outlet (35) for the wire harness (25); an urging member (23) for urging the wire harness (25) toward an inside of the case (30); and a harness roller (15) on which the wire harness (25) being rolled, said harness roller (15) reciprocally moving under acting forth of the urging member (23), a harness guide (17) mounted on the outlet (35) and curved toward the inlet (34) for guiding the harness (25) to the outside of the case (30). The harness guide (17) is curved in the same direction as a direction of the wire harness being rolled (25) on the harness roller (15). The outlet (35) is disposed in a direction perpendicular to that of the inlet (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7307215
    Abstract: There is provided a wiring harness slack absorbing device (10) being able to receive a folded part (51) of a wiring harness (25) without protrusion on a case body (31), so that a slim case is used for the device (10). The device (10) includes the case (30) for receiving the wiring harness (25) having an inlet 34 and an outlet (35) for the wiring harness (25), an urging member (23) for pulling the wiring harness (25) into the case (30), and a harness roller (15) moving reciprocally under an urging force of the urging member (23). The inlet 34 is disposed perpendicular to the outlet (35). The space for receiving folded part (20) is provided between the case (30) and the urging member (23). The folded part (51) of the wiring harness (25) is led through the inlet and received in the space for receiving folded part (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Publication number: 20070267211
    Abstract: A harness wiring structure includes a first link that has a first fixing member, a second link that has a second fixing member, and a shaft portion that swingably connects the first link to the second link. When the first link and the second link are extended to each other, a wire harness is wired in a straight line so as to pass above the shaft portion and is fixed to the first link and the second link by the first fixing member and the second fixing member respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7268296
    Abstract: A slide wiring apparatus is provided with a linearly-moving device. The linearly-moving device includes a casing portion, a rail and a protector. The casing portion is mounted on a floor serving as a vehicle body. The rail is accommodated within the casing portion, and is mounted on this casing portion. The protector is supported on the rail so as to move in a longitudinal direction thereof. The protector receives wires. A space within the casing portion is divided by the rail into a wire moving space and a wire accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Goto, Tomoyasu Terada, Katsuya Yoshimura, Tadashi Muraoka, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hirofumi Wada