Patents by Inventor Hironobu Rachi

Hironobu Rachi 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).

  • Publication number: 20230365852
    Abstract: A thermally conductive filler can exhibit high thermal conductive properties with a reduced specific gravity, a thermally-conductive composite material and a wire harness contains such a thermally conductive filler, and a method manufactures a thermally conductive filler. A thermally conductive filler contains base particles and a coating layer coating the particles, the coating layer contains a gel-like substance that is bonded to the surfaces of the base particles through chemical bonding and coats the surfaces of the base particles, and a thermally-conductive substance that is dispersed in the layer of the gel-like substance and has a higher thermal conductivity and a larger specific gravity than the base particles and the gel-like substance. Also, a thermally-conductive composite material is obtained by dispersing the thermally conductive filler in a matrix material. Furthermore, a wire harness contains the thermally-conductive composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki OSHIUMI, Takehiro HOSOKAWA, Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Hironobu RACHI, Takashi KAWAKAMI, Yusaku MAEDA, Makoto MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11075470
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes a first wire and a second wire each including a core wire and a covering material that covers the core wire; and a tube, wherein: the tube covers a connection between the core wire of the first wire and the core wire of the second wire, each of the covering materials contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube and each of the covering materials are directly joined, and a tensile shear strength between the tube and each of the covering materials is 350 kPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Hironobu Rachi, Katsutoshi Izawa, Ryo Kuroishi, Takashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10808200
    Abstract: A liquid composition which has an excellent coating property at room temperature and is retained on a surface to be coated after application on the surface, and a terminal-fitted electric wire having an increased corrosion resistance using the same. The liquid composition contains a high-consistency material, a low-viscosity liquid having a kinetic viscosity of 100 mm2/s or lower measured at 40° C. in accordance with JIS K2283, and an adduct containing an acidic phosphate ester containing one or more kinds of compounds represented by General Formulae (1) and (2), and a metal, P(?O)(—OR1)(—OH)2??(1), P(?O)(—OR1)2(—OH)??(2), where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Hironobu Rachi, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka, Hideki Nomura, Makoto Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20200313318
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes a first wire and a second wire each including a core wire and a covering material that covers the core wire; and a tube, wherein: the tube covers a connection between the core wire of the first wire and the core wire of the second wire, each of the covering materials contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube contains a cross-linked polyethylene, the tube and each of the covering materials are directly joined, and a tensile shear strength between the tube and each of the covering materials is 350 kPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Hironobu RACHI, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Ryo KUROISHI, Takashi ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10597476
    Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive containing a curable resin composition and that has a high anticorrosive capability and a good adhesion to an oily surface, and a terminal-attached covered electric wire and a wiring harness using the anticorrosive. The terminal-attached covered electric wire has a contact portion where a wire conductor of a covered electric wire and a connection terminal contact each other. The contact portion is covered with the anticorrosive. The wiring harness contains the terminal-attached covered electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Tanaka, Hironobu Rachi, Naoyuki Oshiumi, Kenji Ito, Takashi Takada
  • Patent number: 10573428
    Abstract: An electric wire protection member includes a metal pipe to which processing oil adheres, and a resin coating that covers an outer surface of the metal pipe and has a water contact angle of 55 to 78°. The resin coating may be formed by curing a resin paint that is applied to the outer surface of the metal pipe and has a surface tension of 25 to 32 mN/m. A wire harness can be formed by inserting an electric wire into the metal pipe of the electric wire protection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironobu Rachi
  • Publication number: 20190296531
    Abstract: A wire protection member that includes a metal pipe in which a wire that forms a wire harness is to be inserted; and a coating film that covers an outer surface of the metal pipe, wherein the coating film is formed of a cured product of an ultraviolet-curable resin coating material, and the cured product has a bonding strength of 0.3 MPa or more, and an elongation of 1% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironobu RACHI
  • Patent number: 10260669
    Abstract: An electric wire protection member capable of suppressing the occurrence of breakage and swelling of a resin coating and separation of the resin coating from a metal pipe for a long period of time, and a wire harness including the electric wire protection member. The electric wire protection member includes a metal pipe into which an electric wire is to be inserted, and a resin coating that covers an outer surface of the metal pipe. The resin coating has at least one of a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and a water vapor permeability coefficient of 260 g·mm/m2·24 hr or less, and has a thickness of 30 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironobu Rachi
  • Publication number: 20190051430
    Abstract: An electric wire protection member in which the separation of a resin coating from a metal pipe can be suppressed for a long period of time and that can be manufactured at low cost, a method for manufacturing the electric wire protection member, and a wire harness including the electric wire protection member. The electric wire protection member includes the metal pipe to which processing oil adheres, and the resin coating that covers the outer surface of the metal pipe and has a water contact angle of 55 to 78°. The wire harness can be formed by inserting an electric wire into the metal pipe of the electric wire protection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Hironobu RACHI
  • Publication number: 20180363831
    Abstract: An electric wire protection member capable of suppressing the occurrence of breakage and swelling of a resin coating and separation of the resin coating from a metal pipe for a long period of time, and a wire harness including the electric wire protection member. The electric wire protection member includes a metal pipe into which an electric wire is to be inserted, and a resin coating that covers an outer surface of the metal pipe. The resin coating has at least one of a glass transition point of 40° C. or higher and a water vapor permeability coefficient of 260 g·mm/m2·24 hr or less, and has a thickness of 30 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Hironobu RACHI
  • Publication number: 20180163154
    Abstract: A liquid composition which has an excellent coating property at room temperature and is retained on a surface to be coated after application on the surface, and a terminal-fitted electric wire having an increased corrosion resistance using the same. The liquid composition contains a high-consistency material, a low-viscosity liquid having a kinetic viscosity of 100 mm2/s or lower measured at 40° C. in accordance with JIS K2283, and an adduct containing an acidic phosphate ester containing one or more kinds of compounds represented by General Formulae (1) and (2), and a metal, P(?O)(—OR1)(—OH)2??(1), P(?O)(—OR1)2(—OH)??(2), where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Takehiro HOSOKAWA, Tatsuya HASE, Hironobu RACHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Junichi ONO, Takuji OOTSUKA, Hideki NOMURA, Makoto MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9663863
    Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive polyamide resin composition having excellent anticorrosive capability by possessing excellent adhesive strength to a polyolefin resin and a metal and excellent elongation. The anticorrosive polyamide resin composition contains a resin component that contains 70 to 90 mass % of a polyamide resin, and 30 to 10 mass % of an acid-modified polyolefin resin. A maleic acid anhydride-modified polyolefin resin is preferably used as the acid-modified polyolefin resin. Polypropylene is preferably used as the polyolefin resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Yutaka Takata, Hideki Imamura, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Hironobu Rachi, Takehiro Hosokawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Akiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 9627103
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a terminated covered electric wire. The terminated covered electric wire includes a terminal fitting, an electric wire conductor, and an electrical connection portion in which the terminal fitting and the electric wire conductor are electrically connected to each other. The terminal fitting has a surface to which processing oil adheres, and the electrical connection portion is covered with an anticorrosive agent containing an adhesive resin and an oil-adsorbing organic macromolecule to configure a terminated covered electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Rachi, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Yutaka Takata, Naoyuki Oshiumi
  • Publication number: 20160012943
    Abstract: The object is to provide a terminated covered electric wire and a wire harness in which an anticorrosive agent comes into intimate contact with the surface of a terminal fitting and a high anticorrosive performance is exhibited in an electrical connection portion between an electric wire conductor and the terminal fitting even when oil adheres to the surface of the terminal fitting, and to provide an anticorrosive agent capable of exhibiting such a high anticorrosive performance. An electrical connection portion in which a terminal fitting having a surface to which processing oil adheres and an electric wire conductor of a covered electric wire are electrically connected to each other is covered with an anticorrosive agent containing an adhesive resin and an oil-adsorbing organic macromolecule to configure a terminated covered electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu RACHI, Tetsuya NAKAMURA, Shigeyuki TANAKA, Yutaka TAKATA, Naoyuki OSHIUMI
  • Publication number: 20150368389
    Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive containing a curable resin composition and that has a high anticorrosive capability and a good adhesion to an oily surface, and a terminal-attached covered electric wire and a wiring harness using the anticorrosive. The terminal-attached covered electric wire has a contact portion where a wire conductor of a covered electric wire and a connection terminal contact each other. The contact portion is covered with the anticorrosive. The wiring harness contains the terminal-attached covered electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeyuki TANAKA, Hironobu RACHI, Naoyuki OSHIUMI, Kenji ITO, Takashi TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20130098679
    Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive polyamide resin composition having excellent anticorrosive capability by possessing excellent adhesive strength to a polyolefin resin and a metal and excellent elongation. The anticorrosive polyamide resin composition contains a resin component that contains 70 to 90 mass % of a polyamide resin, and 30 to 10 mass % of an acid-modified polyolefin resin. A maleic acid anhydride-modified polyolefin resin is preferably used as the acid-modified polyolefin resin. Polypropylene is preferably used as the polyolefin resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Takata, Hideki Imamura, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Hironobu Rachi, Takehiro Hosokawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Akiko Inoue