Patents by Inventor Toshiya Hirooka

Toshiya Hirooka 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: 20230275369
    Abstract: A terminal block that is to be provided on a housing of a device that is to be mounted on a vehicle, the terminal block including: a seating that is to be fixed to the housing so as to close an opening of the housing; a tubular fitting that is formed on a front surface of the seating and is to be fitted to a mating connector; and a ring-shaped seal that is provided on a back surface of the seating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jisung KIM, Sunghyun BYUN, Kan MURAI, Yasuhiro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20230093296
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; and a tube that surrounds the electric wire, wherein: the electric wire includes: a first electric wire portion including a core wire and an insulating cover that covers the core wire, and a second electric wire portion connected to a lengthwise end of the core wire, the second electric wire portion includes a flexible portion having a higher flexibility than the first electric wire portion, the flexible portion includes a bend that is bent so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the second electric wire portion, and the bend is provided outside of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Ayumu ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230092993
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire including a core wire and an insulating cover that covers the core wire; and a tube that surrounds the electric wire, wherein: the electric wire further includes a covered portion in which the core wire is covered by the insulating cover, and an exposed portion in which the core wire is exposed from the insulating cover, the exposed portion includes a bend that is bent so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the core wire, and the bend is provided outside of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Ayumu ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230023796
    Abstract: A terminal block including: a connector that has a tubular shape; and a seating that is formed on an outer periphery of the connector, and is to be fixed to the housing so as to close an opening of the housing, wherein: the seating includes: a first wall that extends in a direction that intersects an axial direction of the connector; a second wall that faces the first wall in the axial direction of the connector; a rib that is provided between the first wall and the second wall so as to connect the first wall and the second wall with each other; and a space that is partitioned by the rib between the first wall and the second wall, and the space is open in a direction that intersects the axial direction of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jisung KIM, Kan MURAI, Yasuhiro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20220344850
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a wire-side terminal that is electrically connected to the wire; and a terminal block to which the wire-side terminal is attached, wherein: the terminal block includes a holding fitting that holds the wire-side terminal in a state where the wire-side terminal is electrically connected to a contact, the holding fitting includes a plate, and at least one of the wire-side terminal and the holding fitting includes a curved surface that is in contact with the other of the wire-side terminal and the holding fitting in a state where rotation in two directions around two axes that intersect each other is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi KAWAGUCHI, Toshiya HIROOKA, Jisung KIM
  • Publication number: 20220344880
    Abstract: A connection component including: a main body to be attached to a case; and an annular ring that is elastic and into which the main body is inserted, wherein the annular ring deforms between a first thickness at which the annular ring is in contact with the main body and is not in contact with the case when a compressive force that acts in an insertion direction into the case does not occur, and a second thickness at which the annular ring is in contact with both the main body and the case when the compressive force that acts in the insertion direction into the case occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta HOSOYA, Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Ayumu ISHIHARA, Yoshitomo TSUJII
  • Patent number: 10326218
    Abstract: In the case of connecting a flexible conductive member to a single-core wire, the single-core wire and the flexible conductive member are connected more easily, without crushing the single-core wire. An electrical wire module includes: a first conductive portion that is a single-core wire; a second conductive portion that is tube-shaped and more flexible than the first conductive portion, one end portion of the second conductive portion is connected to an end portion of the first conductive portion in a state of covering the outer circumferential surface thereof; a connection portion that is electrically conductive, is connected to an other end portion of the second conductive portion, and includes a portion that is terminal-shaped and can be connected to a partner member; and an insulating covering portion that surrounds at least the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yuichi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 10319497
    Abstract: A molded portion-equipped electric cable includes: a linear conductor portion; a terminal that is connected to an end portion of the conductor portion; a molded portion that covers a connecting portion between the conductor portion and the terminal such that the terminal protrudes from one end side of the molded portion and the conductor portion protrudes from the other end side of the molded portion; and an insulating cover portion that covers over the molded portion and the conductor portion and is formed by shrinking a heat shrinkable tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10236634
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member is for shielding a wiring member (e.g., an electrical wire) and a connection portion at an end portion of the wiring member (e.g., a first connection portion), and the electromagnetic shield member includes a wiring electromagnetic shield portion that electromagnetically shields the wiring member, and a connection portion electromagnetic shield cover that is formed by a metal plate member and electromagnetically shields the connection portion at the end portion of the wiring member. The connection portion electromagnetic shield cover includes a cover main body portion that covers the connection portion at the end portion of the wiring member, and a fixing piece that sandwiches and fixes a first-end edge portion of the wiring electromagnetic shield portion by extending from the cover main body portion and being bent so as to fold back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Jisung Kim
  • Patent number: 10170865
    Abstract: The electric shielded wire connection structure includes: a lower side case that accommodates a rotary electric machine; an upper side case that is positioned immediately above, and facing, the lower side case and accommodates an inverter; a plurality of electric wires that is arranged in a state where one end thereof is connected to a lower side terminal block immediately under the upper side case, the other end thereof is connected to an upper side terminal block at a wall surface side end part of the upper side case, and the plurality of electric wires is bent from the position immediately under the upper side case so as to face the wall surface; and a braided shielding member that shields the plurality of electric wires and is arranged for the plurality of electric wires only at the side opposite to the surface facing the upper side case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Makido, Yousuke Kurono, Haruki Kusamaki, Tetsuya Iida, Junpei Nakamoto, Takuya Tate, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Toshiya Hirooka
  • Patent number: 10065342
    Abstract: When forming molded resin on a terminal-equipped conductive wire, cases where resin inside the mold for insert-molding leaks out from the mold are suppressed. A smooth portion having a smooth outer circumferential surface is formed in a conductive wire of a terminal-equipped conductive wire (smooth portion formation step (S2)). Furthermore, a molded resin member that covers the terminal connection portion is formed in a state where the terminal connection portion provided is inserted into an insert-molding mold, and a portion of the conductive wire that extends from a metal terminal is exposed to the outside through an opening portion of the mold (insert-molding step (S3)). The outer shape of the smooth portion is a shape that corresponds to the opening shape of the opening portion of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Jisung Kim, Kenji Miyamoto, Mitsuru Hirose, Hitoshi Horio
  • Publication number: 20180219327
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member is for shielding a wiring member (e.g., an electrical wire) and a connection portion at an end portion of the wiring member (e.g., a first connection portion), and the electromagnetic shield member includes a wiring electromagnetic shield portion that electromagnetically shields the wiring member, and a connection portion electromagnetic shield cover that is formed by a metal plate member and electromagnetically shields the connection portion at the end portion of the wiring member. The connection portion electromagnetic shield cover includes a cover main body portion that covers the connection portion at the end portion of the wiring member, and a fixing piece that sandwiches and fixes a first-end edge portion of the wiring electromagnetic shield portion by extending from the cover main body portion and being bent so as to fold back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jisung KIM
  • Publication number: 20180204652
    Abstract: A molded portion-equipped electric cable that includes an insulated conductor and does not require an insulating cover removing step is provided. The molded portion-equipped electric cable includes: a linear conductor portion; a terminal that is connected to an end portion of the conductor portion; a molded portion that covers a connecting portion between the conductor portion and the terminal such that the terminal protrudes from one end side of the molded portion and the conductor portion protrudes from the other end side of the molded portion; and an insulating cover portion that covers over the molded portion and the conductor portion and is formed by shrinking a heat shrinkable tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180186036
    Abstract: When forming molded resin on a terminal-equipped conductive wire, cases where resin inside the mold for insert-molding leaks out from the mold are suppressed. A smooth portion having a smooth outer circumferential surface is formed in a conductive wire of a terminal-equipped conductive wire (smooth portion formation step (S2)). Furthermore, a molded resin member that covers the terminal connection portion is formed in a state where the terminal connection portion provided is inserted into an insert-molding mold, and a portion of the conductive wire that extends from a metal terminal is exposed to the outside through an opening portion of the mold (insert-molding step (S3)). The outer shape of the smooth portion is a shape that corresponds to the opening shape of the opening portion of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jisung KIM, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Mitsuru HIROSE, Hitoshi HORIO
  • Publication number: 20180123265
    Abstract: In the case of connecting a flexible conductive member to a single-core wire, the single-core wire and the flexible conductive member are connected more easily, without crushing the single-core wire. An electrical wire module includes: a first conductive portion that is a single-core wire; a second conductive portion that is tube-shaped and more flexible than the first conductive portion, one end portion of the second conductive portion is connected to an end portion of the first conductive portion in a state of covering the outer circumferential surface thereof; a connection portion that is electrically conductive, is connected to an other end portion of the second conductive portion, and includes a portion that is terminal-shaped and can be connected to a partner member; and an insulating covering portion that surrounds at least the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Yuichi KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180019549
    Abstract: The electric shielded wire connection structure includes: a lower side case that accommodates a rotary electric machine; an upper side case that is positioned immediately above, and facing, the lower side case and accommodates an inverter; a plurality of electric wires that is arranged in a state where one end thereof is connected to a lower side terminal block immediately under the upper side case, the other end thereof is connected to an upper side terminal block at a wall surface side end part of the upper side case, and the plurality of electric wires is bent from the position immediately under the upper side case so as to face the wall surface; and a braided shielding member that shields the plurality of electric wires and is arranged for the plurality of electric wires only at the side opposite to the surface facing the upper side case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAKIDO, Yousuke KURONO, Haruki KUSAMAKI, Tetsuya IIDA, Junpei NAKAMOTO, Takuya TATE, Hiroyuki MATSUOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Toshiya HIROOKA
  • Patent number: 9640963
    Abstract: A terminal-provided wire (1) includes an insulated wire (10) with an insulation coating (12) made of polyolefin-based resin, an adhesive layer (30) formed on a surface of the insulation coating (12) over the entire circumference and a waterproof resin portion (40) formed by insert molding. The waterproof resin portion (40) covers an area from a part of the insulated wire (10) where the adhesive layer (30) is formed to a connected part (21) of a metal terminal (20) to a core (11). The adhesive layer 30) is made of modified olefin-based resin, which is olefin-based resin modified with a polar group. The waterproof resin portion (40) is made of aromatic nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Suetani, Tetsuya Nakamura, Katsufumi Matsui, Kazuo Nakashima, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Toshiya Hirooka, Kentaro Tachi
  • Patent number: 9490551
    Abstract: A fitting-equipped electrically conductive sheet and a connection fitting configured to electrically connect to another member, in which both a low connection resistance and a high fixing strength are easily achieved. The connection fitting has a crimp section that is crimped to an edge section of the electrically conductive sheet material. The crimp section includes a pair of plate-shaped holding sections between which the edge section of the sheet material is sandwiched, and a folded-back section that connects them. One of the pair of plate-shaped holding sections has a band-shaped recess on an outer surface of an intermediate region between the folded-back section and the opposite edge section, the band-shaped recess being band-shaped by being more strongly crimped to the sheet material than other parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Jison Kimu, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Takuya Tate, Masamichi Yamagiwa, Akihide Kondo, Shigeru Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20160190712
    Abstract: A fitting-equipped electrically conductive sheet and a connection fitting configured to electrically connect to another member, in which both a low connection resistance and a high fixing strength are easily achieved. The connection fitting has a crimp section that is crimped to an edge section of the electrically conductive sheet material. The crimp section includes a pair of plate-shaped holding sections between which the edge section of the sheet material is sandwiched, and a folded-back section that connects them. One of the pair of plate-shaped holding sections has a band-shaped recess on an outer surface of an intermediate region between the folded-back section and the opposite edge section, the band-shaped recess being band-shaped by being more strongly crimped to the sheet material than other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jison KIMU, Hiroyuki MATSUOKA, Takuya TATE, Masamichi YAMAGIWA, Akihide KONDO, Shigeru OGIHARA
  • Patent number: 9281101
    Abstract: An electric wire with a terminal may include an insulated electric wire that may include an insulating coating of polyolefin based resin, an adhesive layer that may be formed over an entire circumference of a surface of the insulating coating, and a waterproofing resin portion that may be formed by insert molding. The waterproofing resin portion may cover a region between the adhesive layer of the insulated electric wire and a portion where the metal terminal is connected to a core wire. The adhesive layer may include a composition of a copolymer of ethylene and glycidyl methacrylate and a phenol based curing agent. The waterproofing resin portion may include aromatic nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Tachi, Tetsuya Nakamura, Katsufumi Matsui, Kouji Fukumoto, Masaharu Suetani, Daisuke Hashimoto, Toshiya Hirooka