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).

  • Wire harness and method for manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 11205527
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a functional exterior component, at least one electric wire, and at least one thread. The functional exterior component is shaped into a sheet. The electric wire is disposed on one main surface of the functional exterior component. With the thread the electric wire is sewn on the functional exterior component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Tooru Tanji, Junichi Shirakawa, Koichiro Goto
  • Multi-part wire terminal with sealing member
    Patent number: 11205865
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Hisashi Sawada, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yasuto Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Wire harness
    Patent number: 11173853
    Abstract: To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Masakuni Kasugai
  • Wiring module, composite wiring module, and fixing target member equipped with wiring module
    Patent number: 11167702
    Abstract: A wiring module includes a wiring body including at least one conductive wiring, an pressure-sensitive adhesive part provided on the wiring body, and a peeling part, provided on the wiring body, to which the pressure-sensitive adhesive part sticking in a manner easily peeled from the peeling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Haruka Nakano, Motohiro Yokoi, Shigeki Ikeda, Daisuke Fukai, Tetsuya Nishimura
  • METAL MEMBER-WELDED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL MEMBER-WELDED STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210339339
    Abstract: A metal member-welded structure includes: a Cu member; an Al member; and a welded portion formed by melting and solidifying each of materials of the Cu member and the Al member. The Cu member includes a Cu-based material containing Cu as a main component. The Al member includes an Al-based material containing Al as a main component and a plating layer that covers a side of the Al-based material, the side being close to a surface of the Cu member. The welded portion includes a sea-island structure in a vicinity of the surface of the Cu member. The sea-island structure includes: a plurality of island portions containing pure Al, and a sea portion interposed among the island portions. The sea portion has a eutectic structure having: a phase of an intermetallic compound of Cu and Al; and a phase of pure Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki SUGIMURA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Kazuhiro GOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Junichi ONO, Takuji OTSUKA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Kazuaki HAMADA, Kazuhiro WASHIO
  • Power storage module
    Patent number: 11158891
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a plurality of cooling members each of which has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant at an extension portion extending in a region not overlapping the power storage element; and a heat dissipation member that receives heat of the plurality of cooling members and dissipates the heat to an outside. The heat dissipation member has a spacer portion that is disposed between the adjacent extension portions of the plurality of cooling members and is configured to abut with the bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • FIXING STRUCTURE OF WIRING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210316530
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes an adhesive member, a wire-like transmission member, and an adherent. The adhesive member includes a planar base body having conductivity, a first hot-melt adhesive agent provided on one main surface of the base body, and a second hot-melt adhesive agent provided on another main surface of the base body. The base body can generate heat by induction heating using an induction heating apparatus. The wire-like transmission member is bonded to the first hot-melt adhesive agent in the adhesive member on a side of the one main surface of the base body. The adherent is bonded to the second hot-melt adhesive agent in the adhesive member on a side of the another main surface of the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO, Miyu ARAMAKI
  • WIRING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210313091
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of reducing a weight of a wiring member kept flat by a sheet material. A wiring member includes a sheet material in which a weight reduction space is formed and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet material. For example, the weight reduction space includes a bottomed hole. For example, the sheet material includes a first base material in which a base material side through hole passing through the first base material in a thickness direction is formed and a second base material overlapped with the first base material to cover the base material side through hole, and the base material side through hole which is partially covered by the second base material forms the bottomed hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO, Miyu ARAMAKI
  • WIRING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210273378
    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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: 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
  • HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT TRIARYLAMINE COMPOUND COMPRISING TERPHENYL STRUCTURE IN MOLECULAR MAIN CHAIN AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAID HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20210253785
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high molecular weight compound that has excellent hole injection and transport performance, is capable of blocking electrons, and is highly stable as a thin film. It is another object of the present invention to provide an organic EL element that includes an organic layer (thin film) made of the above-described high molecular weight compound, wherein the organic EL element has high light emission efficiency and a long lifespan. The high molecular weight compound according to the present invention includes a repeating unit represented by a general formula (3), that is constituted by a specific triarylamine structural unit and a specific bonding structural unit, and has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 1,000,000 on a polystyrene basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori TOGASHI, Hideyoshi KITAHARA, Junichi IZUMIDA, Hiroki HIRAI, Mika SHINODA
  • STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLES
    Publication number: 20210249802
    Abstract: A trunk cable 12 includes a signal trunk conductor 31 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 35. A branch cable 13 includes a signal branch conductor 38 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 42. The signal trunk conductor 31 and the signal branch conductor 38 are electrically connected to each other by a relay bus bar 64 that is electromagnetically shielded by a base shielding member 65 and a cover shielding member 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Hisashi SAWADA
  • CULTURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210189318
    Abstract: This culture device comprises: an inner box having a culture space formed on the inside thereof; an outer box which covers the outside of the inner box with a first space formed therebetween; a CO2 sensor which is positioned in the first space and has a first end thereof exposed to the culture space; and a restricting member which restricts the flow of a fluid towards the CO2 sensor within the first space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hikaru AOKI, Kousuke HONDA, Hiroki HIRAI, Akito SAWAI, Manami BABA
  • CULTURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210180002
    Abstract: This culture device comprises: a duct having an inner wall surface which faces a culture space, and a mounting surface which faces the portion to be mounted to of the inner surface, the mounting surface being mounted to the portion to be mounted to, and an air passage being formed with the inner wall surface; and a microbial light source provided within the passage. A protrusion which comes into close contact with the mounting surface, and which protrudes towards the mounting surface, is formed on the portion to be mounted to, or a protrusion which comes into close contact with the portion to be mounted to and which protrudes towards the portion to be mounted to is formed on the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hikaru AOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Manami BABA
  • Power storage module including a cooling member
    Patent number: 10998588
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant; a power storage element that is stacked on the cooling members; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage elements with the cooling members therebetween. The sealing body is configured to form a bulging portion deformed by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element. The heat transfer plate has a folded portion with which the bulging portion is configured to abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE HARNESS
    Publication number: 20210118590
    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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Satoshi MURAO, Toyoki FURUKAWA
  • Power storage module with cooling member
    Patent number: 10985415
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that is stacked on the power storage element and has a sealing body hermetically sealing a coolant and an absorption member disposed in the sealing body to absorb the coolant; and a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween. The heat transfer plate is provided with protrusion portions that protrude to the cooling member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Power storage device including cooling member with bulging portion caused by evaporation of coolant
    Patent number: 10985414
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a plurality of cooling members each of which has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant at an extension portion extending in a region not overlapping the power storage element; and a heat transfer member that has a spacer portion disposed between the adjacent extension portions of the plurality of cooling members and configured to abut with the bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Circuit device, method for manufacturing circuit device and connector
    Patent number: 10973137
    Abstract: An ECU 1 includes a circuit board 10, a connector 20 fixed to the circuit board 10 and a resin portion 50 covering the circuit board 10 and the connector 20. The connector 20 includes a housing body 22 and a cut-off receiving portion 27 projecting from the housing body 22. The cut-off receiving portion 27 includes a flange portion 28 projecting outward from the housing body 22 and a flexible wall 29 extending from the flange portion 28 and inclined to be closer to the housing body 22 toward a tip, and a part of the flexible wall 29 is embedded in the resin portion 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Naomichi Kawashima, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Masanori Moriyasu
  • WIRING MEMBER INTEGRATED BUILT-IN COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210098976
    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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO
  • Board with terminal
    Patent number: 10965046
    Abstract: A terminal 20 includes a terminal connection portion 21 connected to a counterpart terminal and a board connection portion 24 connected to a conductive path 13 of a board 11. The board connection portion 24 has a plate shape portion 25 that is a plate shape. The plate shape portion is disposed behind the terminal connection portion 21 and is soldered to the conductive path 13 of the board 11. The board connection portion has a plate-shape first projection walls 28A to 28D that are bent from edge portions of a lateral direction side of the plate shape portion 25 and that project to an opposite side to the board 11 side. The plate shape portion 25 and the first projection walls 28A to 28D have a plating layer 37 that is formed on a plate surface of the plate shape portion and the first projection walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Shimada, Hiroki Hirai, Jyunichi Ono, Yoshio Oka, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshiro Adachi