Patents Examined by Paresh Paghadal
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Patent number: 12381379Abstract: A joining structure, a method of producing same and a wire exterior cover using the joining structure. The joining structure comprises a joining part formed by butt-welding a plate surface part of a first resin plate made of a first resin, and an end surface part of a second resin plate made of a second resin. In the joining structure, a foam resin is used for the first resin and a foam resin or a non-foam resin is used for the second resin. The joining part has a welding recess in a surface of the plate surface part. In an internal corner of a reverse surface, there is a padding section formed by melt-flowing and solidifying of at least the first resin out of the first resin and the second resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Takashi Oshino, Naoyuki Kojima
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Patent number: 12377800Abstract: A wire harness is arranged between a vehicle body and a sliding door in a vehicle, in which: a protector is mounted on a bent region of the wire harness having a shape in which a middle of the wire harness in a longitudinal direction is bent in a crank shape; the protector includes a groove having a shape corresponding to the bent shape of the wire harness and has a larger width than a radial size of the wire harness; a bottom surface of the groove has a hole into which a pin is detachably inserted, the pin constraining the wire harness in a state where the wire harness has looseness so as not to contact an inner angle portion at a bent site of the groove; and one side of the bent region of the wire harness is fixed to the protector using a fastening member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Mine, Mitsuhiro Katoh, Hiroki Tsutsumi, Hiroki Uno, Go Ueno, Kazuya Takahashi
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Patent number: 12376233Abstract: A circuit board assembly (1), comprising a first circuit board (10) and a second circuit board (20) which are electrically connected with each other, and a monolithic substrate (30) configured for supporting a power component and comprising a first contact surface (31) that is fixedly connected to and forms a thermal contact with the second circuit board (20), the circuit board assembly being characterized in that, the substrate (30) further comprises a second contact surface (32) that is fixedly connected to the first circuit board (10) and forms a thermal contact with the first circuit board (10) so that the substrate functions as an extension of the first circuit board to support the second circuit board. A radio unit comprising a circuit board assembly (1) is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Donghai Yu, Pinghua Duan, Qinqin Lu, Peng Liu, Yunxuan Ma, Gongao Xu
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Patent number: 12358444Abstract: A routing structure of a wiring member includes: an in-wheel motor unit including an in-wheel motor and a casing housing the in-wheel motor; and a wiring member connecting the in-wheel motor and a vehicle body side apparatus. In the wiring member, an end portion connected to the in-wheel motor is a first fixing portion, and a portion fixed to a vehicle subsequently to the end portion is a second fixing portion. A wiring fixing part to which the second fixing portion is fixed is provided to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Murata, Naofumi Yamatake
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Patent number: 12362549Abstract: An undercarriage wiring module includes: a wiring member connecting a vehicle body side apparatus and a vehicle wheel side apparatus; and a support member supporting the wiring member so that the wiring member goes through a steering rotation central axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Murata, Naofumi Yamatake
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Patent number: 12330569Abstract: According to the embodiments, a drilling and tapping process for coupling a wire harness to a sensor cover is eliminated, the number of components for coupling the wire harness to the sensor cover is reduced and the assembly process is simplified, and the wire harness coupled to the sensor cover can be secondarily fixed and prevented from rotating.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Sik Han
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Patent number: 12327990Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a latch including a latch flange, where the latch flange includes a hook to interface with a housing, and a cable guide including a cable flange to interface with the latch, where the cable flange is secured in the housing when the cable guide is in a disengaged position, and the cable flange and the housing are to form a pathway when the cable guide is in an engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Tien Liang Chung
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Patent number: 12327663Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube; and a second tube that is made of a metal.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 12325366Abstract: A composite wire harness includes: a first wire harness including a first electric wire and a first exterior tube that covers the first electric wire; a second wire harness including a second electric wire and a second exterior tube that covers the second electric wire and is arranged in parallel with the first exterior tube; and a fixing member configured to fix the first wire harness and the second wire harness to each other, wherein: the first wire harness includes a path regulator that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first exterior tube, and is configured to regulate a path of the first exterior tube, the path regulator includes an insertion port that extends along a length direction of the path regulator and spans an entire length of the path regulator, and the fixing member fixes the second wire harness to the path regulator.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 12311853Abstract: A door wiring module includes a plurality of wiring members and an inner side route regulation member and an outer side route regulation member regulating routes of the plurality of wiring members. The plurality of wiring members include: an outer side regulation route portion disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel so that a route of the outer side regulation route portion is regulated by the outer side route regulation member; an inner side regulation route portion disposed closer to an inner side of a vehicle interior than the outer side regulation route portion so that a route of the inner side regulation route portion is regulated by the inner side route regulation member; and a connection route portion between the inner side regulation route portion and the outer side regulation route portion. The connection route portion includes an easy-bending part bended more easily than the outer side regulation route portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Koji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12315657Abstract: A wiring member includes a sheet including a fusion layer, an adhesive tape including an adhesive layer and a base material layer, and a first wire-like transmission member to which the adhesive tape is fixed via the adhesive layer. The base material layer and the fusion layer are fused to each other, and the first wire-like transmission member is fixed to the sheet via the adhesive tape.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano
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Patent number: 12296762Abstract: A wire harness including an electric wire; a cover that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; and a clamp for fixing the electric wire to a vehicle body, wherein: a surface of the cover that is provided on a side opposite to the electric wire includes an uneven surface with a plurality of irregularities, and the clamp includes: an elastic member that is made of an elastic body and is brought into contact with the uneven surface; and a fixing member that presses the elastic member against the uneven surface and is fixed to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takuya Murata, Yuji Nishi
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Patent number: 12300406Abstract: A wiring member includes: a flat wiring member including a plurality of terminal parts; and a plurality of identification parts provided to correspond to some of the plurality of terminal parts, wherein the plurality of identification parts are made to each provide a piece of identification information different from each other, the flat wiring member can change a form between a folding form of being folded and a developed form of extending larger than the folding form, and the plurality of identification parts are provided in the flat wiring member so that a distribution region of the plurality of identification parts in the folding form is smaller than a distribution region of the plurality of identification parts in the developed form.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Housei Mizuno, Hidetoshi Ishida
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Patent number: 12283800Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing method includes: an insertion step of inserting a binding member through an insertion hole of a protective member; a temporary retention step of inserting the binding member through a temporary retention notch in a state where the binding member is inserted through the insertion hole, and hooking the binding member, which is in a state of being inserted through the temporary retention notch, to the temporary retention projection to achieve temporary retention of the binding member on the temporary retention projection; a routing step of routing a wiring member in a routing space in a state where the binding member is temporarily retained on the temporary retention projection; and a binding step of detaching the binding member.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Ogawa, Satoshi Yokoyama, Hirotada Suyama
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Patent number: 12279371Abstract: Disclosed is a printed circuit board assembly comprising: a first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board stacked with the first printed circuit board; and an interposer arranged between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the second printed circuit board includes a first part and a second part extending in a first direction from a part of the first part and wherein a length of the second part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is less than a length in the second direction of the first part, and wherein the direction of a first conductive pattern formed on the first part and the direction of a second conductive pattern formed on the second part are substantially perpendicular to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyeongmin Jin, Jichul Kim, Yongjae Song, Jaeyeon Ra, Chagyu Song
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Patent number: 12266910Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with the branch wire in another main surface of the fixing sheet, wherein a fusion position where the fixing sheet and the cover sheet are fused is provided on at least a lateral side of the main wire in a longitudinal direction, and is provided in a position away from the branch wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryusuke Kudo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Masaki Mizushita, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai
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Patent number: 12261424Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: an electrical wire bundle; an exterior member externally mounted to the electrical wire bundle; and an adherend having a main surface as a flat surface, wherein the exterior member has an outer surface as a flat surface, and the outer surface and the main surface have surface contact with and are bonded to each other while the electrical wire bundle is disposed on the main surface of the adherend.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kosuke Sone, Hirokazu Komori
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Patent number: 12255444Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire, an exterior member, and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire and the exterior member are routed along an axial direction, a lid portion attached to the protector main body to close the routing space portion, and a plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions protruding from the lid portion toward the protector main body and locking the exterior member, and height positions of distal ends of the plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions varies according to a formation position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Kyosuke Okuda
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Patent number: 12240390Abstract: A harness body (10) is guided to a fixed portion (522) on a side of a slide door (520) by a harness guide tool (40) at an other end portion (612) of a first arm member (610) on a side of a vehicle body (510) and includes a third routing portion (13) having a fixing portion (13a) fixed to the fixed portion, a link mechanism (600) includes a second arm member (620) on the side of the slide door coupled to the other end portion of the first arm member via a second rotation shaft (641), and the third routing portion is twisted and deformed about its own axis between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member and the second arm member are relatively rotated with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Kogure, Hikaru Sano, Seiichi Sumiya
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Patent number: 12240389Abstract: A wiring member includes: a linear transmission member that includes an electric wire; a connector housing; an outer armor member; and a cover member that is provided between the connector housing and the outer armor member in a lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and attached to an outer circumferential portion of the linear transmission member. The cover member and the linear transmission member are relatively movable in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and the connector housing and the outer armor member restrict a movement of the cover member in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire. The cover member is an elastic member, and includes an elastic cylindrical portion that is compression-deformable in a lengthwise direction of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Toshinari Kobayashi, Kyungwoo Kim, Futa Asano