Patents by Inventor Hironobu Yamamoto

Hironobu Yamamoto 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: 11942768
    Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Hiroyuki Koyano
  • Patent number: 11888302
    Abstract: An object is to be able to increase the force necessary for removal in a state where an elastic attaching member is attached to an attachment target member as much as possible. An elastic attaching member for attaching an attachment component to an attachment target member includes an elastic main body part formed from an elastic material and a high rigidity part formed from a material more rigid than the elastic main body part, the elastic main body part covering at least part of the attachment component, part of the high rigidity part being embedded in the elastic main body part, and another part of the high rigidity part protruding outward from at least part of the elastic main body part to form a protruding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11888299
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring member that can be held in a bent state more reliably even if a reaction force is large. A wiring member includes a cable including a bent portion that is routed along a bent path, and a bracket including a holding portion for holding the cable and a vehicle fixing portion that protrudes outward of the holding portion, and the holding portion includes a bend holding portion for holding the bent portion of the cable, and the bend holding portion includes an inner wall portion located on an inner circumferential side of the cable, and an outer wall portion located on an outer circumferential side of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Moriyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11846652
    Abstract: A wheel speed sensor includes a plurality of magnetic field detectors configured to output detection signals that correspond to magnetic field fluctuation caused by a rotation of a rotor; and an attachment member that includes an attachment portion that is to be attached to a vehicle and a holding portion that is configured to hold the plurality of magnetic field detectors, and that, in a state in which the attachment portion is attached to the vehicle, when viewed along a center axial direction of the rotor, holds the plurality of magnetic field detectors at a position that is closer to a center line, which passes centrally between an outer peripheral line that depicts the outer periphery of the rotor and an inner peripheral line that depicts the inner periphery of the rotor, than to the outer peripheral line and the inner peripheral line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11824334
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main line portion in which a plurality of electric wires are gathered; a plurality of branch line portions formed by branching the plurality of electric wires from an end portion of the main line portion; a water sealing portion that closes a gap between the plurality of branch line portions at a branch portion where the plurality of branch line portions branch from the end portion of the main line portion; and a resin portion molded to cover the water sealing portion in a state in which the resin portion is in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of the main line portion adjacent to the branch portion and outer peripheral portions of the plurality of branch line portions adjacent to the branch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka
  • Publication number: 20230335933
    Abstract: This disclosure aims to provide a technique with which the waterproofness of a connector can be enhanced. The molded connector includes: a first terminal unit that includes a first connector terminal and a first holder that holds the first connector terminal; a second terminal unit that includes a second connector terminal and a second holder that holds the second connector terminal, and is stacked on the first terminal unit; a first wire connected to the first connector terminal; a second wire connected to the second connector terminal; and a connector housing formed through insert molding, using the first terminal unit, the second terminal unit, an end portion of the first wire, and an end portion of the second wire as insert parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230280192
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to minimize a number of positioning pins used to position an inner molded portion when an outer molded portion is molded around the inner molded portion. The present disclosure provides a composite molded component including an inner molded portion and an outer molded portion that covers the inner molded portion. An anti-rotation detent hole, which is open at a surface of the inner molded portion, is formed in the inner molded portion, a through hole that extends from a surface of the outer molded portion to the anti-rotation detent hole is formed in the outer molded portion, the anti-rotation detent hole is a hole that is delimited by an inner peripheral surface and a bottom surface, and at least part of the inner peripheral surface is formed in a non-circular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230213363
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to further improve the performance of a seal between an inner molded portion and an outer molded portion. A composite molded component includes: an internal component; an inner molded portion that covers the internal component; and an outer molded portion that covers the inner molded portion. A hole that reaches the inner molded portion is formed in the outer molded portion. A ring-shaped seal portion that surrounds the hole is provided between the inner molded portion and the outer molded portion. The ring-shaped seal portion is formed of a softer material than the inner molded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230216237
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for easily suppressing the intrusion of a resin into a cavity. A wiring member includes: a connector housing provided with a cavity; an electric wire in which one end portion is housed in the cavity and the other end portion extends outward from an opening portion of the cavity; a sealing component that is attached to the connector housing or the electric wire to at least partially close off a gap between the connector housing and the electric wire in the opening portion of the cavity; a resin molded part that covers a portion extending from a rear end portion of the connector housing to a position of an intermediate portion of the electric wire on the other end portion side relative to a portion provided with the sealing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Kyungwoo KIM, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230211743
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a linear transmission member that includes an electric wire; a connector housing; an outer armor member; and a cover member that is provided between the connector housing and the outer armor member in a lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and attached to an outer circumferential portion of the linear transmission member. The cover member and the linear transmission member are relatively movable in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and the connector housing and the outer armor member restrict a movement of the cover member in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire. The cover member is an elastic member, and includes an elastic cylindrical portion that is compression-deformable in a lengthwise direction of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Kyungwoo KIM, Futa ASANO
  • Publication number: 20230119669
    Abstract: A wiring member is an undercarriage wiring member that connects a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device to each other, the wiring member including: a first electric wire group; a second electric wire group that extends along the first electric wire group at least in a certain section; and a plurality of holding members each including a first holding portion and a second holding portion, wherein each of the plurality of holding members holds the first electric wire group in the first holding portion, and the second electric wire group in the second holding portion, and the plurality of holding members are provided at intervals along a path of a parallel section in which the first electric wire group and the second electric wire group are parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitioshi TERASAKA
  • Patent number: 11584053
    Abstract: Provided are an inner part and a resin molded article according to which it is possible to mitigate the concentration of stress at a distal end of a melt rib. An inner part, around which an outer portion is to be arranged through integral molding, includes a main body portion made of resin, and a melt rib provided protruding outward from the main body portion. The melt rib is formed such that a height of the melt rib is greater than a thickness of the melt rib, the thickness decreases from the main body portion to a distal end of the melt rib, and the melt rib includes a melting portion configured to partially melt during molding of the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Koichi Kato, Hironobu Yamamoto, Yukitoshi Terasaka
  • Publication number: 20230051435
    Abstract: Technology capable of reducing the number of tubular protective members in a wiring member is provided. The wiring member includes: multiple electric wires that branch into multiple branch lines from a main line at a branch position; a connection component provided at an end portion of a target branch line among the branch lines; and a resin molded body that includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The main body portion covers all of the electric wires at the branch position, and the extending portion extends from the main body portion and covers a portion of the target branch line that is between the main body portion and the connection component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230050384
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main line portion in which a plurality of electric wires are gathered; a plurality of branch line portions formed by branching the plurality of electric wires from an end portion of the main line portion; a water sealing portion that closes a gap between the plurality of branch line portions at a branch portion where the plurality of branch line portions branch from the end portion of the main line portion; and a resin portion molded to cover the water sealing portion in a state in which the resin portion is in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of the main line portion adjacent to the branch portion and outer peripheral portions of the plurality of branch line portions adjacent to the branch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230019520
    Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Hiroyuki KOYANO
  • Publication number: 20230010042
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring member that can be held in a bent state more reliably even if a reaction force is large. A wiring member includes a cable including a bent portion that is routed along a bent path, and a bracket including a holding portion for holding the cable and a vehicle fixing portion that protrudes outward of the holding portion, and the holding portion includes a bend holding portion for holding the bent portion of the cable, and the bend holding portion includes an inner wall portion located on an inner circumferential side of the cable, and an outer wall portion located on an outer circumferential side of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Moriyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230003559
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve the resistance of a sensor device to external damage. A sensor device includes a sensor element, and a resin cover part that covers the sensor element, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the resin cover part is cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Patent number: 11501897
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a first electric wire; a braided wire that surrounds the first electric wire; a second electric wire; a resin; a sheath; and a ground wire that is electrically continuous with the braided wire. The braided wire surrounds the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The sheath has a first end exposing the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The braided wire has a second end exposing the first electric wire away from the first end. The resin seals, in a liquid-tight manner, the sheath and a region covered by the sheath, and the braided wire and a region surrounded by the braided wire. The first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the ground wire are exposed from the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220321684
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus comprises a communication module configured to perform wireless communication with a network outside a vehicle; and a first antenna connected to the communication module, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is mounted inside an instrument panel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Takuma SAWAYA, Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Noriaki ITO, Hiroki KAWASAKI, Hiroto NAKAGAWA, Satoru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220322057
    Abstract: The present disclosure in its one aspect provides a wireless communication apparatus comprising a communication module configured to perform wireless communication with an external network of a vehicle; and a first antenna connected to the communication module, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is mounted at a position close to a roof panel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Takuma SAWAYA, Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Noriaki ITO, Hiroki KAWASAKI, Hiroto NAKAGAWA, Satoru IKEDA