Patents by Inventor Akihito Shibuya

Akihito Shibuya 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: 10361543
    Abstract: A water blocking structure of a wire harness and a method for manufacturing the wire harness is provided. The water blocking structure includes a set of wires including a plurality of wires arranged in at least one row and side by side in a direction of a diameter of the wire, and an integrally molded stopper made of a hard resin that is injection-molded at a low-pressure so as to surround a portion of the set of wires in an extending direction of the wires and to have an outer circumferential shape defining portion that conforms to an inner circumferential shape of a wire passage portion into which the set of wires is to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Makino, Tetsuro Saimoto, Akihito Shibuya, Masataka Yamamoto, Kenji Kinezuka, Shinnya Matsuura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takafumi Mori
  • Patent number: 10153070
    Abstract: A waterproof structure of a wire harness includes at least one bundle of an electric wire group in which a plurality of electric wires are linearly arranged, a damming part made of a hard resin material, the damming part which surrounds a part of the electric wire group in an extension direction of the electric wire group and which includes an outer periphery shape part according to a shape of a trapezoidal through hole in an electric wire group insertion part with a divided structure, and a water stop material which prevents water from entering a gap between the electric wire group insertion part and the outer periphery shape part and which is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Makino, Tetsuro Saimoto, Akihito Shibuya, Masaaki Sugiyama, Masataka Yamamoto, Kenji Kinezuka, Shinya Matsurra, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takafumi Mori, Takenori Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170368729
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a wire harness which includes at least one bundle of an electric wire group in which a plurality of electric wires are linearly arranged, and a damming part made of a resin material surrounding a part of the electric wire group in an extending direction of the electric wire group and including an outer periphery shape part according to an inner peripheral shape of an electric wire group insertion part, the manufacturing method includes a mold clamping step of disposing a part of the one bundle of the electric wire group and mold clamping an upper mold and a lower mold and an injection step of performing low pressure injection of a larger amount of molten resin than a volume of a cavity into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitoshi MAKINO, Tetsuro SAIMOTO, Akihito SHIBUYA, Naoya KAWASAKI, Masaaki SUGIYAMA, Masataka YAMAMOTO, Kenji KINEZUKA, Shinya MATSUURA, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Takafumi MORI, Takenori TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20170372817
    Abstract: A waterproof structure of a wire harness includes at least one bundle of an electric wire group in which a plurality of electric wires are linearly arranged, a damming part made of a hard resin material, the damming part which surrounds a part of the electric wire group in an extension direction of the electric wire group and which includes an outer periphery shape part according to a shape of a trapezoidal through hole in an electric wire group insertion part with a divided structure, and a water stop material which prevents water from entering a gap between the electric wire group insertion part and the outer periphery shape part and which is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitoshi MAKINO, Tetsuro SAIMOTO, Akihito SHIBUYA, Masaaki SUGIYAMA, Masataka YAMAMOTO, Kenji KINEZUKA, Shinya MATSUURA, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Takafumi MORI, Takenori TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160307670
    Abstract: A water blocking structure of a wire harness and a method for manufacturing the wire harness is provided. The water blocking structure includes a set of wires including a plurality of wires arranged in at least one row and side by side in a direction of a diameter of the wire, and an integrally molded stopper made of a hard resin that is injection-molded at a low-pressure so as to surround a portion of the set of wires in an extending direction of the wires and to have an outer circumferential shape defining portion that conforms to an inner circumferential shape of a wire passage portion into which the set of wires is to be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Makino, Tetsuro Saimoto, Akihito Shibuya, Masataka Yamamoto, Kenji Kinezuka, Shinnya Matsuura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takafumi Mori
  • Patent number: 8597843
    Abstract: A cooling system for a battery pack which can reduce the number of components, manufacturing cost and an installation space, is provided. The battery pack includes high-voltage electrically conductive paths connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode thereof, respectively. The high-voltage electrically conductive path connected to the positive electrode serves as a cooling member. The high-voltage electrically conductive path connected to the positive electrode is arranged along the battery pack to absorb heat generated at the battery pack and dissipate the absorbed heat at a location distant from the battery pack. The invention takes an advantage of the superior heat conductivity of the high-voltage electrically conductive path to cool down the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Yamamoto, Akihito Shibuya, Hiroki Maegawa
  • Publication number: 20110020686
    Abstract: A cooling system for a battery pack which can reduce the number of components, manufacturing cost and an installation space, is provided. The battery pack includes high-voltage electrically conductive paths connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode thereof, respectively. The high-voltage electrically conductive path connected to the positive electrode serves as a cooling member. The high-voltage electrically conductive path connected to the positive electrode is arranged along the battery pack to absorb heat generated at the battery pack and dissipate the absorbed heat at a location distant from the battery pack. The invention takes an advantage of the superior heat conductivity of the high-voltage electrically conductive path to cool down the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Yamamoto, Akihito Shibuya, Hiroki Maegawa