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).

  • COOLING MEMBER AND POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190120565
    Abstract: An enclosing member including a sheet member connected in a liquid tight manner, refrigerant enclosed in the enclosing member, and an absorbing member arranged in the enclosing member and absorbing the refrigerant. The enclosing member includes a condensation section where the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed, and in the condensation section, the absorbing member is attached on at least a lower section of an inner surface of the enclosing member with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • ELECTRICITY STORAGE MODULE AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE PACK
    Publication number: 20190103594
    Abstract: An electricity storage module unit that can improve installation work efficiency, and that can be used to build an electricity storage pack that is versatile in terms of installation. An electricity storage module unit is provided with an electricity storage module that includes a plurality of electricity storage elements, and the electricity storage module unit includes: a wiring member that is connected to the electricity storage module; a wiring connection part that connects the wiring member to the wiring member of another electricity storage module unit or to an external electrical component; and a unit base plate on which the electricity storage module is mounted. The unit base plate has a plurality of routing grooves that allow the wiring member to be routed such that a direction in which the wiring member is routed is changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ken FURUSAWA, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Ryoya OKAMOTO, Tetsuji TANAKA, Hiroki HIRAI
  • Protector and wire harness
    Patent number: 10246033
    Abstract: A protector includes: a first unit into which an electrical wire is to be inserted; and a second unit into which a portion of the electrical wire is to be inserted, the portion being other than a portion that is not to be inserted into the first unit. The first unit includes a coupling-target portion, and the second unit includes a coupling portion that is coupled to the coupling-target portion so as to be rotatable relative to the coupling-target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • COOLING MEMBER AND POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20190093958
    Abstract: A cooling member includes an enclosing member including sheet members connected in a liquid tight manner and including small compartments, refrigerant enclosed in each of the small compartments, and an absorbing member arranged in each of the small compartments and absorbing the refrigerant. Each of the small compartments includes a condensation section where the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • WIRE WITH TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20190089089
    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 (51) 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Yasuto Takeda
  • Sealing member
    Patent number: 10236671
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a rubber stopper and a guide member. The rubber stopper includes an electric wire through portion including first to fourth through holes through which first to fourth electric wires are passed, respectively. The guide member is located more to a rear than the electric wire through portion in an extending direction in which the first to the fourth electric wires passed through the first to the fourth through holes extend. The guide member includes first to fourth guide holes through which the first to the fourth electric wires are passed and aligned with the first to the fourth through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Masato Tsutsuki
  • CONNECTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND CONNECTOR MOUNTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190074632
    Abstract: A wire-side connector provided at a terminal end of a wire harness; and a device-side connector that is fittable to the wire-side connector, and is to be disposed on one surface of a device via connector holding portions are included, the connector holding portions being provided so as to be pivotable between a mounting position at which the device-side connector is disposed in an orientation along the one surface of the device with a fitting face of the device-side connector facing forward, and a fitting position at which the device-side connector assumes an orientation intersecting the one surface so that the fitting face is disposed at a position distanced from the one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Electrical storage module
    Patent number: 10210996
    Abstract: An electrical storage module 10 includes: an electrical storage element group 11 in which a plurality of electrical storage elements 12 are stacked on one another, each electrical storage element having lead terminals 13 that protrude from a side edge of the electrical storage element; and fuses 45 that are electrically connected to the lead terminals 13. Detection terminals 50 for detecting a state of the electrical storage elements 12 are directly connected to the fuses 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Kenji Nakagawa
  • ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH EXTERIOR MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190043642
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that, even in the case where a sheet-like member employed as an exterior member has low flexibility, is able to make a portion where the sheet-like member is wrapped around an electrical wire easily bendable. An electrical wire with exterior member is provided with an electrical wire and an exterior member. The electrical wire includes a bending part arranged in a bent state. The exterior member includes a sheet-like 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Masaaki TABATA, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Metal surface coating composition and terminal fitted electric wire
    Patent number: 10196529
    Abstract: A metal surface coating composition including a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, and a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, wherein the ratio (a/b) of the number of amide groups (a) and the number of acidic groups (b) is within a range of 1.1 to 6.0: where X1 to X7 represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R11 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R14 to R16 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka, Hideki Nomura, Kazuhiro Goto, Makoto Mizoguchi, Koichi Yoshida, Kenichi Komiya, Takashi Arai, Yuji Shitara, Kazuhiro Yagishita
  • Electricity storage module
    Patent number: 10181592
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal, a connection member that is electrically connected to the lead terminal, a connector for electrically connecting the connection member to an external device, and a terminal member for electrically connecting the connection member to the connector. The connection member has a connection portion that is disposed in parallel with a direction in which the power storage elements are stacked, and that is connected to the terminal member, and the terminal member is connected to the connection portion in a state in which the terminal member is movable in the direction in which the power storage elements are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Metal surface coating composition and terminal fitted electric wire
    Patent number: 10174207
    Abstract: A metal surface coating composition and a terminal-fitted electric wire which is anti-corrosion treated with the composition are provided. The composition includes a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, and a nucleating agent: where X1 to X7 each represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R11 to R13 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, among which at least one is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R14 to R16 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms among which at least one is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka, Hideki Nomura, Kazuhiro Goto, Makoto Mizoguchi, Koichi Yoshida, Kenichi Komiya, Takashi Arai, Yuji Shitara, Kazuhiro Yagishita
  • Electricity storage module
    Patent number: 10170805
    Abstract: An electricity storage module that includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal that protrudes from a side edge; and holding members that are attached to the side edges at which the lead terminals are provided and that hold the power storage elements, the holding members being provided with a fuse mounting portion for mounting a fuse that is to be electrically connected to the lead terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Nakagawa
  • SLIDE WIRING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180361960
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO
  • WIRING UNIT
    Publication number: 20180361958
    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: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Mitsuhiro SHIMAMURA, Tadashi GOTO, Kana HASHIMOTO
  • CONDUCTIVE MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180366931
    Abstract: A conductive member includes an enclosure, a coolant, and a conductor. The enclosure includes a sheet and has liquid tightness. The coolant is enclosed in the enclosure. The conductor includes a cool section that is disposed in the enclosure and a projecting section that is liquid-tightly sealed with the sheet and projects from the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • OIL-BUBBLE REDUCING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180363759
    Abstract: A technique that can efficiently reduce the number of oil bubbles. An oil-bubble reducing structure that is arranged in an automatic transmission includes: a filter that is arranged in an oil path for oil flowing through the automatic transmission, wherein the filter has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Mitsuhiro SHIMAMURA, Tadashi GOTO, Kana HASHIMOTO
  • PROTECTIVE MEMBER, PROTECTIVE MEMBER-ATTACHED WIRE, AND PROTECTIVE MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180358151
    Abstract: A protective member to be wrapped around an electric wire, in which the protective member has a reduced thickness and exerts, at the same time, both functions of protecting and noise-insulating the electric wire. The protective member is used while being wrapped around the electric wire. The protective member includes: a first sheet material made of a nonwoven fabric; and a second sheet material that is made of a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric in which fibers longer than fibers of the nonwoven fabric of the first sheet material are joined to each other, or a nonwoven fabric that includes a larger number of joining points at which fibers are intertwined than that of the nonwoven fabric of the first sheet material, the second sheet material being laid on the first sheet material to form one main surface of the protective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Atsushi MURATA, Yoshitsugu SUSAKI, Hiroki ICHIURA, Akihiro NISHIO
  • POWER STORAGE MODULE
    Publication number: 20180351221
    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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE
  • Exterior wiring harness
    Patent number: 10137847
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide an exterior wiring harness which can be routed in a flat space formed between a plurality of electrical members. An exterior wiring harness (10) includes a plurality of wires (11) and an exterior body (12) formed by surrounding outer peripheries of the plurality of wires (11) by a sheet (13) made of fibrous synthetic resin. The exterior body (12) includes a flat portion (15) having a flat cross-sectional shape and other parts (14) connected to the flat portion (15) and different from the flat portion. A length (L1) of the flat portion (15) in a minor axis direction is set to be smaller than a width of a clearance formed between a plurality of electrical members. A maximum value (L3) of the other parts (14) in the minor axis direction of the flat portion is set to be larger than the width of the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda