Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Sakata

Tomoyuki Sakata 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: 11888250
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire is provided with a wire including a conductor, a terminal to be connected to the conductor, and a shell to be mounted on the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion for sandwiching the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion for pressing at least a part of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion has a Sn—Ni alloy layer. The Sn—Ni alloy layer includes locally projecting protrusions. The protrusions bite into the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Jo, Yasushi Saito, Tomoyuki Sakata, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hideki Matsunaga, Keisuke Teramoto
  • Patent number: 11843194
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The conductor has a nominal cross-sectional area of 0.13 mm2 or less. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. At least one of the conductor and the grip portion includes a tin layer, and an oxide coating formed on the surface of the tin layer. An adhering portion formed of a portion of tin contained in the tin layer that passes through the oxide coating and pours out onto a surface of the oxide coating. The adhering portion has an area of 0.100 mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito Jo, Yasushi Saito, Tomoyuki Sakata, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hideki Matsunaga, Keisuke Teramoto, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Patent number: 11843214
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion and the conductor are joined with an alloy layer. The alloy layer contains a Cu—Sn alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito Jo, Yasushi Saito, Tomoyuki Sakata, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hideki Matsunaga, Keisuke Teramoto, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Publication number: 20220352665
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire is provided with a wire including a conductor, a terminal to be connected to the conductor, and a shell to be mounted on the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion for sandwiching the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion for pressing at least a part of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion has a Sn—Ni alloy layer. The Sn—Ni alloy layer includes locally projecting protrusions. The protrusions bite into the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220271448
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion and the conductor are joined with an alloy layer. The alloy layer contains a Cu—Sn alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220263261
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The conductor has a nominal cross-sectional area of 0.13 mm2 or less. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. At least one of the conductor and the grip portion includes a tin layer, and an oxide coating formed on the surface of the tin layer. An adhering portion formed of a portion of tin contained in the tin layer that passes through the oxide coating and pours out onto a surface of the oxide coating. The adhering portion has an area of 0.100 mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220255245
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The maximum pulling load is 20 N or more when the terminal is fixed and the electric wire is pulled at a pulling speed of 50 mm/minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11121500
    Abstract: A connector that includes a male connector; and a female connector including a housing to be fit to the male connector along a connecting direction, wherein: a first connector of the male connector and the female connector is fixed with a second connector of the male connector and the female connector connected and, a rigidity k [N/m] satisfies k<360000 when the second connector is distorted at a test speed of 1 mm/min in a direction intersecting the connecting direction and satisfies k?(2.0×107)×m, where m [kg] denotes a mass of the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Tomoyuki Sakata, Hiromu Otani, Takehide Terasawa, Keiichi Nakamura, Takahiko Saitou
  • Publication number: 20210151932
    Abstract: A connector that includes a male connector; and a female connector including a housing to be fit to the male connector along a connecting direction, wherein: a first connector of the male connector and the female connector is fixed with a second connector of the male connector and the female connector connected and, a rigidity k [N/m] satisfies k<360000 when the second connector is distorted at a test speed of 1 mm/min in a direction intersecting the connecting direction and satisfies k?(2.0×107)×m, where m [kg] denotes a mass of the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MASUDA, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Hiromu OTANI, Takehide TERASAWA, Keiichi NAKAMURA, Takahiko SAITOU
  • Patent number: 10431786
    Abstract: An electricity storage module that includes: a plurality of electricity storage elements each including positive and negative lead terminals protruding outward from end portions thereof; a stack in which the plurality of electricity storage are stacked and adjacent ones of the lead terminals of opposite polarities are connected to each other; bus bars that are individually connected to those of the lead terminals connected in order that are located at opposite ends and that have mutually opposite polarities; and voltage detection terminals that are connected to terminal ends of voltage detection lines and individually connected to the electricity storage elements, wherein the lead terminals, the bus bars, and the voltage detection terminals are collectively connected by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10305270
    Abstract: An electric wire protecting member that includes a belt-shaped base portion that extends in a belt-shape and three or more partition portions that are formed along a direction in which the belt-shaped base portion extends and are provided in parallel to each other at intervals into which the electric wires can be accommodated in a width direction of the belt-shaped base portion. Slits for dividing the three or more partition portions are formed at least at one location along the width direction of the belt-shaped base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono
  • Patent number: 10236671
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a rubber stopper and a guide member. The rubber stopper includes an electric wire through portion including first to fourth through holes through which first to fourth electric wires are passed, respectively. The guide member is located more to a rear than the electric wire through portion in an extending direction in which the first to the fourth electric wires passed through the first to the fourth through holes extend. The guide member includes first to fourth guide holes through which the first to the fourth electric wires are passed and aligned with the first to the fourth through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Masato Tsutsuki
  • Patent number: 10210996
    Abstract: An electrical storage module 10 includes: an electrical storage element group 11 in which a plurality of electrical storage elements 12 are stacked on one another, each electrical storage element having lead terminals 13 that protrude from a side edge of the electrical storage element; and fuses 45 that are electrically connected to the lead terminals 13. Detection terminals 50 for detecting a state of the electrical storage elements 12 are directly connected to the fuses 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10181592
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal, a connection member that is electrically connected to the lead terminal, a connector for electrically connecting the connection member to an external device, and a terminal member for electrically connecting the connection member to the connector. The connection member has a connection portion that is disposed in parallel with a direction in which the power storage elements are stacked, and that is connected to the terminal member, and the terminal member is connected to the connection portion in a state in which the terminal member is movable in the direction in which the power storage elements are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10170805
    Abstract: An electricity storage module that includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal that protrudes from a side edge; and holding members that are attached to the side edges at which the lead terminals are provided and that hold the power storage elements, the holding members being provided with a fuse mounting portion for mounting a fuse that is to be electrically connected to the lead terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20180278036
    Abstract: An electric wire protecting member for protecting a plurality of electric wires while guiding the electric wires bendably in a certain direction, and to bend the plurality of electric wires at an angle that is as sharp as possible. The electric wire protecting member includes a belt-shaped base portion that extends in a belt-shape and three or more partition portions that are formed along a direction in which the belt-shaped base portion extends and are provided in parallel to each other at intervals into which the electric wires can be accommodated in a width direction of the belt-shaped base portion. Slits for dividing the three or more partition portions are formed at least at one location along the width direction of the belt-shaped base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO
  • Patent number: 10003141
    Abstract: A multi-core cable in which electrical wires are enveloped by a sheath, a sheath rubber plug that is fitted around the terminal of the sheath, an electrical wire rubber plug through which the electrical wires, which extend from the terminal of the sheath, individually pass, and a housing that has attachment holes into which the sheath rubber plug and the electrical wire rubber plug are respectively fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono
  • Publication number: 20180109097
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a rubber stopper and a guide member. The rubber stopper includes an electric wire through portion including first to fourth through holes through which first to fourth electric wires are passed, respectively. The guide member is located more to a rear than the electric wire through portion in an extending direction in which the first to the fourth electric wires passed through the first to the fourth through holes extend. The guide member includes first to fourth guide holes through which the first to the fourth electric wires are passed and aligned with the first to the fourth through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu KOMORI, Hiroki HIRAI, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Masato TSUTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20180062332
    Abstract: A flexible linking terminal includes a braided wire constituted by a plurality of metal wires and a plurality of terminals that are spaced apart from each other and connected to the braided wire, and the terminals each include a fixing portion that is fixed to the braided wire and a connection portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction in which the plurality of terminals are lined up and that is connectable to an external portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kenji NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9905337
    Abstract: A sealing structure of a multicore cable includes the multicore cable, a rubber stopper, a cap, and a holder. The multicore cable includes first to fourth electric wires covered with a sheath. The rubber stopper is fitted on an end of the sheath and first to fourth through holes through which the first to the fourth electric wires are passed, respectively. The cap is fitted on the rubber stopper and presses the rubber stopper inward. The holder includes a sheath holding portion for holding the sheath and a cap holding portion for holding the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETOWKRS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Masato Tsutsuki