Patents Examined by Paresh Paghadal
  • Patent number: 12132300
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; and a base member keeping the wire-like transmission member in a flat form, wherein the base member includes a connection end portion, the wire-like transmission member is held by the connection end portion to be directed to a tip end portion of the connection end portion along an extension direction of the connection end portion, and the tip end portion of the connection end portion includes a catch suppressing shape portion directed to a base end side of the connection end portion with an increasing distance from the wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryusuke Kudo
  • Patent number: 12131842
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a sheet; and a plurality of wire-like transmission members disposed on the sheet, wherein the plurality of wire-like transmission members include at least one first wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet at a plurality of first positions and at least one second wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet at a plurality of second positions, and the first positions and the second positions are alternately provided along an extension direction of the wire-like transmission members in a region where the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member are parallelly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyousyou Kou, Housei Mizuno, Daichi Fukushima, Miyu Aramaki
  • Patent number: 12133331
    Abstract: A system for the assembly of circuit boards is shown. The system includes an assembly device and a circuit board. The assembly device comprises a substantially planar base plate and guide members. The circuit board includes multiple rigid portions connected by flexible members. The guide members extend into a space partially or completely enclosed in the horizontal direction by the circuit board, and determine the position and orientation of the rigid portions relative to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft MBH
    Inventors: Gerald Schauer, Eugen Meister
  • Patent number: 12128834
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wiring body including a sheet and a wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet; and a regulation member including a housing part and a retaining piece and attached to the wiring body. The housing part includes a bottom part and two sidewall parts protruding from the bottom part. The wiring body is housed in the housing part while both end portions along a width direction are bended with respect to an intermediate portion and extend toward a tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts. The retaining piece protrudes above the housing part from the tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts to press the end portions of the wiring body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Daichi Ashida
  • Patent number: 12127344
    Abstract: A printed circuit board connecting device (1) for connecting printed circuit boards (3, 5) includes a non-conductive plate (21) having a top side and a bottom side, and a plurality of interface connections (23) which are arranged in the plate (21) so as to be spaced apart from one another. Each interface connection (23) has grouped-together conductors (41) which extend through the plate (21) and which are laterally enclosed by the plate material and the end regions of which protruding on the top side and lower side from the plate (21) can be fixed to interfaces (13) of two printed circuit boards (3, 5) to be connected. Therefore, the conductors (41) form both a mechanical and an electrical connection between the interfaces (13) of the printed circuit boards (3, 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sisay Tadele, Riza Oguz, Alexander Dauth, Michael Krappel, Michael Degendorfer
  • Patent number: 12126154
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a wiring protection device. The wiring protection device can comprise a first shell and second shell that are operably coupled with each other in a rotational engagement. The orientation, shape and hollow body of the respective shells allow for wiring to be guided through the device to a wiring coupler disposed in the second shell. Disposing the wiring and coupler(s) inside the body of the device can provide protection from contaminants during use and assembly, such as dirt, water, grease, and paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Deere&Company
    Inventors: Pankaj G. Jadhav, Nakib Y. Siddiqui, Jorge Marquez
  • Patent number: 12126153
    Abstract: A spliced cable including: a first shielded wire, wherein the first shielded wire comprises at least one conductor and a first shield layer having an outer surface coated with a first outer sheath; a second shielded wire, wherein the second shielded wire comprises at least one conductor and a second shield layer having an outer surface coated with a second outer sheath; a third shielded wire, wherein the third shielded wire comprises at least one conductor and a third shield layer having an outer surface coated with a third outer sheath; wherein the first conductor is electrically connected to the second conductor and to the third conductor; and a flexible shield tube, wherein the flexible shield tube comprises a first portion and a second portion longitudinally adjacent or spaced from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Shimada, Ventsislav Mironov
  • Patent number: 12120821
    Abstract: A jumper assembly for connecting together first and second circuit boards. The jumper assembly includes a frame secured to a flexible circuit having a plurality of conductive traces. The frame includes a bridge that connects together first and second side structures, each having a window and a moveable lever. The first side structure is secured over the first circuit board and the second side structure is secured over the second circuit board. First end portions of the traces of the flexible circuit are secured to contact pads of the first circuit board, while second end portions of the traces of the flexible circuit are secured to contact pads of the second circuit board. The bridge of the frame is removed after the jumper assembly is secured to the first and second circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ENNOVI INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Schneider, Richard A. Johannes
  • Patent number: 12108785
    Abstract: Features relating to a vaporizer body are provided. The vaporizer body may include an outer shell that includes an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall. A support structure is configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell. The support structure includes a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket. An integrated board assembly is configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure. The integrated board assembly may include a printed circuit board assembly formed of multiple layers that form a rigid structure and that include an inner, flexible layer. A first antenna is integrated at a proximal end of the flexible layer, and a second antenna is integrated at a distal end of the flexible layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Fu, Christopher Loental, Marko Markovic, Alexander Weiss, Alexander Ringrose, David Carlberg, Robyn Nariyoshi, Devin Spratt, Nicholas J. Hatton, Yen Jen Chang, Chen Yu Li, Barry Tseng, Prince Wang, Thomas Germann, Andreas Schaefer
  • Patent number: 12103476
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness body having an electric wire and a cover covering a periphery of the electric wire; a first path restrictor attached to a periphery of the cover and restricting a path of the wire harness body; and an attachment attached to a periphery of a portion of the first path restrictor in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Tanaka, Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Patent number: 12103475
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement of a supply rail in a connection region in which two bodywork components are connected to one another is provided, in which arrangement the supply rail rests on a first bodywork component and is held on the first bodywork component via a holding element. By way of the holding element, the first bodywork component is held on the second bodywork component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Patrick Dumm, Joachim Froeschl, Marcus Raepple, Rudolf Schilling
  • Patent number: 12107402
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a tubular first outer cover accommodating the wire; a positioning member that is made of a synthetic resin and is attached to an end of the first outer cover; and a ring-shaped electromagnetic wave absorber that has a through hole through which the wire passes and is fixed to the positioning member, wherein the positioning member has a main body including an insertion portion inserted into the through hole, and a fitting portion that protrudes from an end of the main body and is fitted on the end of the first outer cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12107401
    Abstract: A wiring harness module 20 disclosed by this specification includes a wiring harness 30 having at least one wire 32 fixed along a strip-like base member, a holding member 40 for holding a sheet-like margin portion 36 different from a part fixed to the wire 32 in the base member, and a protector 60 to be mounted on a slidable slider. The protector 60 includes an accommodating portion 62 for accommodating the holding member 40, and the accommodating portion 62 includes a front wall 74 and a back wall 75 lockable to the holding member 40 in a front-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Nahoko Furuhata
  • Patent number: 12106871
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the pipe; and a second wire to be routed in between the first wire and the pipe, and fixed to both the first wire and the pipe, wherein the second wire has: a first section extending along the first wire; and a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Naoki Seto
  • Patent number: 12108584
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a first wire; a ring-shaped first electromagnetic wave absorber having a first through hole through which the first wire passes; a first restricting member that restricts relative movement of the first electromagnetic wave absorber with respect to the first wire in a length direction of the first wire; a second wire; a ring-shaped second electromagnetic wave absorber having a second through hole through which the second wire passes; and a second restricting member that restricts relative movement of the second electromagnetic wave absorber with respect to the second wire in a length direction of the second wire, wherein the first electromagnetic wave absorber is provided so as to overlap with a portion of the second electromagnetic wave absorber in a plan view from a first central axis direction in which a central axis of the first through hole extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Patent number: 12097812
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a ring-shaped electromagnetic wave absorber including a through hole through which the wire passes; and a fixing member for fixing the electromagnetic wave absorber to the wire, wherein: an inner circumferential surface of the through hole opposes an outer circumferential surface of the wire, in a view of the electromagnetic wave absorber along a central axis of the through hole, the inner circumferential surface of the through hole has a first portion and a second portion arranged at a position point-symmetrical to the first portion with respect to the central axis of the through hole, and the fixing member fixes the electromagnetic wave absorber to the wire such that the wire is in contact with the first portion and is separated from the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Manai Yokota
  • Patent number: 12097813
    Abstract: A wire harness, including: an electric wire; and a fixing member for fixing the electric wire to an attachment object, wherein: the fixing member includes a bolt fixed portion that is fixed to a bolt included in the attachment object and a holder for holding the electric wire, the bolt fixed portion includes a fixed portion main body having an insertion hole into which the bolt is inserted and a lock ring fixed to the bolt by locking, in an axial direction, to a threaded portion of the bolt disposed in the insertion hole, the insertion hole includes a movement restrictor for restricting relative movement of the lock ring in the axial direction of the bolt, and the lock ring is configured to be movable in the insertion hole in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12097810
    Abstract: A technique disclosed by this specification relates to a wiring harness unit 10 to be attached to an case 60 and including a wiring harness 30 having a plurality of coated wires 11 fixed to sheet-like base members 20 and a protector 40 including a pair of sandwiching portions for sandwiching and holding a margin portion 34 different from a part fixed to the plurality of coated wires 11 in the base members 20 and a fitting portion to be fit to a fit portion provided on the case 60 in a lateral direction and locked to the fit portion in a front-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12083969
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device 10 includes: a wire harness 11 with one end fixed to a slider 26 that is slidably arranged with respect to a rail 20 and another end pulled out from the rail 20; an excess length accommodating portion 40 that has an entrance 45 into which an excess length portion 11A of the wire harness 11 pulled out from the rail 20 is introduced and that is configured to spirally wind the excess length portion 11A and accommodate the excess length portion 11A therein; and a guide portion 30 that is disposed in the excess length accommodating portion 40 and that is configured to change a direction in which the excess length portion 11A enters the excess length accommodating portion 40 to an inward direction of the excess length accommodating portion 40 by coming into contact with the excess length portion 11A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Nahoko Furuhata
  • Patent number: 12077109
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a wire harness support member that makes it easier to increase the range in which a position tolerance of a bolt can be handled. A support member according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a main body portion that includes a holding portion for holding an electric wire; and a bolt fixing member that is a separate member from the main body portion. The bold fixing member includes a fixing hole into which a bolt provided on a vehicle body side is inserted and fixed, and an insertion portion serving as a supported portion. The main body portion includes a groove portion that is formed along a direction that intersects an axial direction of the bolt (height direction), and the groove portion movably supports the insertion portion in the length direction of the groove portion (height direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Ando