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
    Publication number: 20190287696
    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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Tooru TANJI, Junichi SHIRAKAWA, Koichiro GOTO
  • Electrical wire with exterior member
    Patent number: 10410761
    Abstract: A technology that, even in the case where a sheet member employed as an exterior member has low flexibility, is able to make a portion where the sheet member is wrapped around an electrical wire easily bendable. The electrical wire includes a bending part arranged in a bent state. The exterior member includes a sheet main body part wrapped around a portion of the electrical wire that includes the bending part. A slit is formed in a portion of the main body part that is wrapped around the bending part, in a direction including a direction in which a wrapping start portion and a wrapping end portion of the main body part are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
  • Power storage module
    Patent number: 10396412
    Abstract: A power storage module includes power storage elements and cooling members that are in contact with the power storage elements to transfer heat. The cooling member includes an enclosing member, refrigerant, and an absorbing member absorbing the refrigerant, and the enclosing member includes a first sheet member and a second sheet member that are connected in a liquid tight manner, and the refrigerant and the absorbing member are arranged within the enclosing member. The cooling member is arranged to be inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that a section thereof being in contact with the power storage element to transfer heat is on a lower level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose
  • Polycyclic aromatic compound
    Patent number: 10374166
    Abstract: A novel polycyclic aromatic compound in which plural aromatic rings are linked via boron atoms, oxygen atoms and the like is provided, and therefore, the range of selection of the material for organic electroluminescent elements can be widened. Also, an excellent organic electroluminescent element is provided by using the novel polycyclic aromatic compound as a material for an organic electroluminescent element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: KWANSEI GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Hatakeyama, Soichiro Nakatsuka, Kiichi Nakajima, Hiroki Hirai, Yohei Ono, Kazushi Shiren, Jingping Ni, Takeshi Matsushita, Toshiaki Ikuta
  • POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190221902
    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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicants: 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 with terminal
    Patent number: 10355395
    Abstract: A wire with terminal (1) includes a single-core wire (3), a connector terminal (2) and a seal (5). The wire (3) includes one conductor (31) and an insulation coating layer (32) covering the conductor (31). The wire (3) is formed with a conductor portion (310) that is part of the conductor (31) projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (32). The connector terminal (2) is connected to the conductor portion (310) and arranged in an insertion hole (71) in a case (7). The seal (5) is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and in the insertion hole (71) and closes a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the seal (5) and the outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) 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: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Yasuto Takeda
  • POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190214692
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: 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
  • Wiring unit
    Patent number: 10343628
    Abstract: A wiring unit that can reduce the number of oil bubbles. A wiring unit includes: a wire harness; and a wiring board on which the wire harness is arranged, wherein the wiring board has a through hole that penetrates the wiring board, and a filter that is provided in the through hole, and has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Kana Hashimoto
  • COOLING MEMBER AND POWER STORAGE MODULE INCLUDING COOLING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190207278
    Abstract: A cooling member includes: a coolant; a sealing body in which a first sheet portion and a second sheet portion are opposed to each other and the coolant is hermetically sealed; absorption members that are disposed in the sealing body to absorb the coolant; and spacers that are disposed inside the sealing body to maintain a space between the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: 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 MODULE
    Publication number: 20190198950
    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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: 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
  • Electricity storage pack
    Patent number: 10333186
    Abstract: An electricity storage pack includes an electricity storage element, a case that has a heat dissipation member provided on an upper side thereof and that accommodates the electricity storage element, a coolant that is accommodated in the case and that is evaporated by receiving heat of the electricity storage element, and a heat transfer member that is arranged along an outer surface of the electricity storage element and that receives heat of the electricity storage element. The heat dissipation member is provided with a groove, an end of the heat transfer member being inserted into the groove and being in contact with the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono
  • Power storage module
    Patent number: 10332678
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage unit with a plurality of power storage elements; and a circuit unit attached to the power storage unit. The circuit unit includes: a high-current member through which a composite current obtained from the plurality of power storage elements flows; a low-current member through which a detection current for detecting a state of the individual power storage elements flows; and a lower case and an upper case that hold the high-current member and the low-current member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kenji Nakagawa
  • CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190184917
    Abstract: A control system configured to reduce the number of terminals of a connector in an electronic control unit and reduce the insertion/extraction force of the connector includes an ECU having a first connector unit, and a wire harness unit having a second connector unit to be connected to the first connector unit. The ECU includes a multiplexing control circuit and a first signal line serving as a transmission path for a multiplexed signal. The second connector unit is provided with a second signal line serving as a transmission path for the multiplexed signal transmitted via the first signal line, and a multiplexing control circuit. The multiplexing control circuit performs at least one of a process of separating signals from the multiplexed signal transmitted via the second signal line and a process of multiplexing a plurality of signals and transmitting a multiplexed signal to the second signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeo HAYASHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Toshiaki KAKII, Mitsuaki NISHIE
  • POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190181515
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: 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
  • Slide wiring apparatus
    Patent number: 10315594
    Abstract: A slide wiring apparatus configured to electrically connect a vehicle body and a sliding member that is provided in the vehicle body. The slide wiring apparatus includes a support rail, a slider configured to slidably support the sliding member, a wire harness that is disposed inside the support rail and is drawn out of the support rail from an opening portion of the support rail, a guide portion configured to fold, toward the support rail, an extra length portion of the wire harness that is drawn out from the opening portion of the support rail, an accommodation portion for accommodating the extra length portion of the wire harness in a state in which the extra length portion is folded in a U-shape, and an external member that is bendable in only one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono
  • POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190172639
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that 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 in a region not overlapping the power storage element; a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween; and an elastic member that abuts with the heat transfer plate and the bulging portion and is elastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: 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
  • COOLING MEMBER AND POWER STORAGE MODULE WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20190165436
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hisashi SAWADA, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Electric wire protecting member-equipped wire harness and slide wiring apparatus
    Patent number: 10305270
    Abstract: An electric wire protecting member that includes a belt-shaped base portion that extends in a belt-shape and three or more partition portions that are formed along a direction in which the belt-shaped base portion extends and are provided in parallel to each other at intervals into which the electric wires can be accommodated in a width direction of the belt-shaped base portion. Slits for dividing the three or more partition portions are formed at least at one location along the width direction of the belt-shaped base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono
  • ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190157851
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Hiroki ITAYA, Eiji KOIKE
  • TERMINAL-EQUIPPED WIRE AND METHOD FOR CRIMPING TERMINAL ONTO WIRE
    Publication number: 20190140366
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (X) includes a wire (10) with a core (11) covered by with insulation coating (12). A terminal (20) including a wire barrel (23) is crimped onto the core (11) exposed at an end of the wire (10). An anticorrosive (35) is attached to cover the crimped wire barrel (23). The wire barrel (23) has barrel pieces (23B) extending from side edges of a bottom plate. The core (11) is placed on the bottom plate so that a tip of the core (11) is retracted rearwardly of front edges of the barrel pieces (23B) and the barrel pieces (23B) are crimped to embrace the core (11) while extending ends of the barrel pieces (23B) butt against each other. A core confirmation opening (30) is formed in a front of the crimped wire barrel (23) by widening an interval between corresponding butting parts of the barrel pieces (23B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki Nomura, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka