Patents by Inventor Hironori Yanagimoto

Hironori Yanagimoto 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: 7086687
    Abstract: A power supply device for a sliding door includes an extra-length absorbing unit, a door side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, a flexible tube extending from the extra-length absorbing unit to the door side fixing unit, and a wire harness wired from a vehicle body through the extra-length absorbing unit, the flexible tube and the door side fixing unit to the sliding door. The extra-length absorbing unit includes a case having a gate for the flexible tube, a rotating drum for winding the flexible tube in the case, and a torsion spring for providing a turning force with the rotating drum in a winding direction of the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Toshihiro Kawazoe, Kazuyuki Kusano, Hironori Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20050264033
    Abstract: A power supply device for a sliding door comprising an extra-length absorbing unit, a door side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, a flexible tube extending from said extra-length absorbing unit to said door side fixing unit, and a wire harness wired from a vehicle body through said extra-length absorbing unit, said flexible tube and said door side fixing unit to the sliding door, wherein said extra-length absorbing unit includes a case having a gate for said flexible tube, a rotating drum for winding said flexible tube in the case, and a torsion spring for providing a turning force with said rotating drum in a winding direction of said flexible tube, an end portion at the vehicle body of said flexible tube being fixed on the rotating drum, a portion at the vehicle side of said wire harness being fixed to the rotating drum in a vicinity of the end portion of said flexible tube, said flexible tube being wound in spiral within the rotating drum, a spiral inner peripheral portion thereof being fixed to a cente
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Toshihiro Kawazoe, Kazuyuki Kusano, Hironori Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 5823807
    Abstract: Provision of a connector assembly which enables a half-fitted state to be reliably prevented and further enables a fitting force to be reduced. A connector assembly having a first housing in which an end of at least one first signal line is attached, a second housing in which an end of at least one second line to be connected to the end of the first signal line is attached and which fits with a fitting opening of the first housing, and a plate shaped fitting detection pin which is inserted from a detection insertion slot formed at a side of the first housing so as to pass through an approximate center axis of the first housing. The second housing is formed with a detection pin recess which allows the insertion of the fitting detection pin in a state where the second housing is fitted in the fitting opening of the first housing. The facing inner walls of the second housing constituting the detection pin recess are formed with projecting guide ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Ohmi Electric Wire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamasaki, Kouichi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Nishimura, Takashi Fujiwara, Hironori Yanagimoto, Tomoo Hamamoto