Patents by Inventor Hiroki Hirai

Hiroki Hirai 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: 11738703
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the number of wiring members located between a door and a vehicle body. A power supply system in a vehicle door includes: a non-contact power receiving part receiving a power supply in a non-contact manner; a battery connected to the non-contact power receiving part so as to be charged with an electrical power received by the non-contact power receiving part; and an electrical component connected to the battery so as to receive a power supply from the battery in a state where at least the non-contact power receiving part does not receive an electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11710928
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a wire-like transmission member, a holding member, and a connector. The holding member is configured to hold the wire-like transmission member two-dimensionally in a positioned state. The connector is attached to an end portion of the wire-like transmission member. The connector is provided with an orientation recognition mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hirai, Housei Mizuno, Koichiro Goto, Junichi Shirakawa, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Yoshitaka Kami, Yasushi Nomura, Sofia Barillaro
  • Publication number: 20230182658
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; a transmission member provided to the functional sheet; a roof-side apparatus provided to the functional sheet; and a rigid member provided to the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, and at least one end of the transmission member is provided along a wiring route connected to the roof-side apparatus in the functional sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Ai TAKEHISA
  • Publication number: 20230115337
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of fixing a plurality of wiring members to the attachment surface as close as possible. A wiring module includes: base member having an attachment surface; a plurality of wiring members disposed on the attachment surface; and a holding member holding the plurality of wiring members in an arranged state on the attachment surface. The holding member includes at least one sheet portion in which at least one hole is formed. The plurality of wiring members are passed through the at least one hole and held in the arranged state. The sheet portion is joined to the attachment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO, Koichiro GOTO, Junichi SHIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230100661
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high molecular weight compound that has excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance, is capable of blocking electrons, and is highly stable in a thin film state. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting diode with high luminous efficacy and a long lifespan, containing an organic layer (thin film) made of the above-described high molecular weight compound. The high molecular weight compound according to the present invention includes a repeating unit constituted by a specific triarylamine structural unit and a specific bonding structural unit, and has a weight average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 10,000 or more and less than 1,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori TOGASHI, Hideyoshi KITAHARA, Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Mika SHINODA, Yuta SAEGUSA
  • Publication number: 20230067817
    Abstract: An ultrasonic wave propagation member, which is able to improve durability while ensuring measurement performance, is provided with an ultrasonic wave propagator including a first contact surface coming into contact with an measurement target, and a second contact surface provided opposite to the first contact surface and coming into contact with a fore end surface of an ultrasonic probe; and a holder holding the ultrasonic wave propagator and including a third contact surface coming into contact with the measurement target on a radially outer position than the first contact surface, wherein the ultrasonic wave propagator is softer than the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TSUZAKI, Toshitsugu SAKAKIBARA, Hiroki HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11569004
    Abstract: The wiring member includes a wiring body and a shape maintaining member. The wiring body includes a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member. The shape maintaining member is formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member and covers at least one side of the wiring body along a front-back direction of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka Nakano, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Shigeki Ikeda, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hiroki Hirai, Housei Mizuno, Koichiro Goto, Junichi Shirakawa, Yoshitaka Kami, Yasushi Nomura, Sofia Barillaro
  • Publication number: 20230024015
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a heat generation layer provided to surround a periphery of the wiring member; an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed; and a joint layer provided on at least a portion between the heat generation layer and the adherend and a portion between the heat generation layer and the wiring member, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties by heat transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, and is joined to the heat generation layer and at least one of the adherend and the wiring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE
  • Publication number: 20230027968
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a joint member including an adhesive layer, a heat generation layer, and a joint layer; and an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating and is provided between the adhesive layer and the joint layer, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties when heat is transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, the adhesive layer is fixed to one of the wiring member and the adherend, and the joint layer is fixed to another one of the wiring member and the adherend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE, Hirokazu KOMORI
  • Patent number: 11549759
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a bag and a working fluid. The bag includes a first sheet and a second sheet with edges that are sealed together. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The working fluid changes a phase thereof between gas and liquid. The bag includes a vaporizing portion in which the liquid-phase working fluid is vaporized and a condensing portion in which the gas-phase working fluid is condensed. The bag includes a two-phase flow channel in which liquid-gas two-phase slug flow including the liquid-phase working fluid and the gas-phase working fluid occurs from the vaporizing portion to the condensing portion. The two-phase flow channel is provided in an internal space of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11521764
    Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is thermally processed with the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A part of the sheet material including the electrical wire fixing part is softer than the insulating covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Satoshi Murao, Toyoki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11501898
    Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is welded to the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A thickness dimension of a first covering part in the insulating covering on a side of the electrical wire fixing part in relation to the core wire is formed smaller than a thickness dimension of a second covering part located on an opposite side of the core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Daichi Fukushima, Miyu Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20220352701
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring member equipped-adherend includes: a step (a) providing at least one heat generation body generating heat by induction heating between a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member and a fixation surface of an adherend; a step (b) providing a magnetic field generation source on a side of the adherend with respect to the wiring member; a step (c) generating a magnetic field fluctuating by the magnetic field generation source; a step (d) making the heat generation body generate heat by induction heating caused by the magnetic field fluctuating by the magnetic field generation source; and a step (e) fixing the wiring member to the fixation surface of the adherend by heat generation in the heat generation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE
  • Publication number: 20220352469
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymer organic EL element that has a low driving voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifespan. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence element having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer between the electrodes, wherein the organic layer is constituted by two or more high molecular weight compounds including at least high molecular weight compounds ? and ?, and the high molecular weight compound ? has a substituted triarylamine structural unit represented by a general formula (1) below and has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 1,000,000 in terms of polystyrene. For the symbols in the formula, see the Description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori TOGASHI, Mika SHINODA, Junichi IZUMIDA, Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Yuta SAEGUSA
  • Patent number: 11451024
    Abstract: A wiring member integrated door resin component includes a built-in component (for example, a door resin component) and a wiring member. The built-in component is a component having a wiring member housing groove in one main surface and incorporated into a box-like member to partition an inner side and outer side of the box-like member. The wiring member is held by the built-in component in a state where at least a part thereof in an extension direction is housed in the wiring member housing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Housei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220294198
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kosuke SONE, Hirokazu KOMORI
  • Patent number: 11427260
    Abstract: A reinforcement is formed into an elongated shape, and includes a reinforcement body in which a housing part opened toward an outer peripheral side is formed and a covering part attached to close an opening of the housing part. A module component which is an electrical component or a wiring component may be housed in the reinforcement while being attached to the covering part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno, Shinya Sadohara, Hiroki Hirai, Shinya Itou
  • Publication number: 20220255008
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a polymer material having excellent hole injection/transport performance, electron blocking capability, high heat resistance, and high stability in a thin-film state for use in a polymer organic EL device, and provide an organic EL device having a low drive voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifetime using this polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori TOGASHI, Mika SHINODA, Hideyoshi KITAHARA, Shunji MOCHIZUKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Yuta SAEGUSA
  • Publication number: 20220246325
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: 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
  • Publication number: 20220243166
    Abstract: An atomization device according to the present invention is provided with: a main body part which has a container space that contains a hydrogen peroxide solution; and a diaphragm which is provided with through holes where the hydrogen peroxide solution contained in the container space passes, and which atomizes the hydrogen peroxide solution passing through the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta SAKAI, Hironobu SEKINE, Hikaru AOKI, Hiroki HIRAI