Patents by Inventor Akinori YAMAUCHI

Akinori YAMAUCHI 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: 11289868
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector body to hold a wire member and a temporary holding unit to temporarily hold a connector provided to an end of the wire member. The temporary holding unit includes a first holding part engageable with the first portion of the flange of the connector, and a second holding part located remote from the first holding part and engageable with the second portion of the flange of the connector. With the temporary holding unit temporarily holding the connector, the first holding part and the second holding part are located in an area where the temporary holding unit and the flange overlap one over the other, when viewed from an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11217975
    Abstract: A protective tube connection structure includes a protective tube through which an electric wire is inserted and has alternately large diameter portions and small diameter portions; and a covering member where an end portion of the protective tube is fixed, the electric wire led out from the end portion being disposed inside the body portion. A wire support portion is provided on a bottom plate portion vertically below the covering member such that the electric wire led out from the end portion of the protective tube is placed on the wire support portion at first and the wire support portion is located vertically above an inner surface of the small-diameter portion on an endmost side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11192510
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a protector body and a cover. The protector body is configured to accommodate a corrugated tube extending in a front-rear direction and through which a wire harness is inserted. The cover is configured to cover an opening of the protector body. A first front end being one of a front end of the protector body or a front end of the cover is arranged rearward of a second front end being the other of the front ends. A portion of the wire harness protector located at the first front end includes a first rib configured to hold the corrugated tube. A portion of wire harness the protector facing the first front end and located rearward of the second front end includes a second rib configured to hold the corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Toru Kato
  • Patent number: 11050226
    Abstract: A protective tube connection structure includes a protective tube through which an electric wire is inserted and has alternately large diameter portions and small diameter portions; and a covering member where an end portion of the protective tube is fixed, the electric wire led out from the end portion being disposed inside the body portion. A wire support portion is provided on a bottom plate portion vertically below the covering member such that the electric wire led out from the end portion of the protective tube is placed on the wire support portion at first and the wire support portion is located vertically above an inner surface of the small-diameter portion on an endmost side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20210098956
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector body to hold a wire member and a temporary holding unit to temporarily hold a connector provided to an end of the wire member. The temporary holding unit includes a first holding part engageable with the first portion of the flange of the connector, and a second holding part located remote from the first holding part and engageable with the second portion of the flange of the connector. With the temporary holding unit temporarily holding the connector, the first holding part and the second holding part are located in an area where the temporary holding unit and the flange overlap one over the other, when viewed from an insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori YAMAUCHI, Mikiya MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20210039571
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a protector body and a cover. The protector body is configured to accommodate a corrugated tube extending in a front-rear direction and through which a wire harness is inserted. The cover is configured to cover an opening of the protector body. A first front end being one of a front end of the protector body or a front end of the cover is arranged rearward of a second front end being the other of the front ends. A portion of the wire harness protector located at the first front end includes a first rib configured to hold the corrugated tube. A portion of wire harness the protector facing the first front end and located rearward of the second front end includes a second rib configured to hold the corrugated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori YAMAUCHI, Toru KATO
  • Patent number: 10840684
    Abstract: A link connects a corrugated tube to a box-shaped protector. The link includes an engagement portion capable of engaging with the corrugated tube, an attachment portion capable of attaching to the protector, and a projection piece projecting alongside the corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Toru Kato
  • Patent number: 10811813
    Abstract: A temporary locking structure for an end portion of a wire harness is provided. An engaged shaft portion is provided in a bolt inserted into a through hole provided in a vehicle body panel. A plate-shaped engagement flange extends to a connector cover main body attached to an end portion of a wire harness, and has an engagement recessed portion. The engagement recessed portion of the engagement flange is engaged with an engaged shaft portion of the bolt, and thereby the end portion of the wire harness is temporary locked in the vehicle body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20200251890
    Abstract: A protective tube connection structure includes a protective tube through which an electric wire is inserted and has alternately large diameter portions and small diameter portions; and a covering member where an end portion of the protective tube is fixed, the electric wire led out from the end portion being disposed inside the body portion. A wire support portion is provided on a bottom plate portion vertically below the covering member such that the electric wire led out from the end portion of the protective tube is placed on the wire support portion at first and the wire support portion is located vertically above an inner surface of the small-diameter portion on an endmost side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori YAMAUCHI, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20200153156
    Abstract: A temporary locking structure for an end portion of a wire harness is provided. An engaged shaft portion is provided in a bolt inserted into a through hole provided in a vehicle body panel. A plate-shaped engagement flange extends to a connector cover main body attached to an end portion of a wire harness, and has an engagement recessed portion. The engagement recessed portion of the engagement flange is engaged with an engaged shaft portion of the bolt, and thereby the end portion of the wire harness is temporary locked in the vehicle body panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20200136359
    Abstract: A link connects a corrugated tube to a box-shaped protector. The link includes an engagement portion capable of engaging with the corrugated tube, an attachment portion capable of attaching to the protector, and a projection piece projecting alongside the corrugated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori YAMAUCHI, Toru KATO
  • Patent number: 9413151
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a body case of the electrical junction box that has an opening part facing electrical components and has a case side locking part, and a cover that covers the opening part, is engaged to the body case of the electrical junction box, and has a cover side locking part. The cover is engaged to or disengaged from the body case of the electrical junction box with the case side locking part and the cover side locking part. The cover has a cover side abutting part to match a position of the cover side locking part. The body case of the electrical junction box has a case side abutting part to match a position of the case side locking part and a position of the cover side abutting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Kakimi, Koji Ueyama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama, Akinori Yamauchi, Akira Sakuraba
  • Publication number: 20150311688
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a body case of the electrical junction box that has an opening part facing electrical components and has a case side locking part, and a cover that covers the opening part, is engaged to the body case of the electrical junction box, and has a cover side locking part. The cover is engaged to or disengaged from the body case of the electrical junction box with the case side locking part and the cover side locking part. The cover has a cover side abutting part to match a position of the cover side locking part. The body case of the electrical junction box has a case side abutting part to match a position of the case side locking part and a position of the cover side abutting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki KAKIMI, Koji UEYAMA, Kazuhiro KUSUYAMA, Akinori YAMAUCHI, Akira SAKURABA