Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sudou
Hiroshi Sudou 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).
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Patent number: 10931038Abstract: Provided is a terminal-attached electric wire including: an electric wire having a conductor made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy whose outer circumference is covered with an insulating layer; and a terminal member made of copper or a copper alloy and attached to a conductor-exposed portion exposed from the insulating layer at an end portion of the electric wire. The terminal member includes a coating layer made of an electrically conductive material and formed at a terminal-exposed portion except for a place of contact with the conductor in a surface of the terminal member, and an oxide film of the electrically conductive material formed in a surface of the coating layer. The electrically conductive material is a metal or an alloy which forms an oxide film having a thickness of more than or equal to 20 nm in a surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasui, Yoshiaki Yamano, Hiroshi Sudou, Takayasu Sugihara, Misato Ueki
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Publication number: 20200350708Abstract: Provided is a terminal-attached electric wire including: an electric wire having a conductor made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy whose outer circumference is covered with an insulating layer; and a terminal member made of copper or a copper alloy and attached to a conductor-exposed portion exposed from the insulating layer at an end portion of the electric wire. The terminal member includes a coating layer made of an electrically conductive material and formed at a terminal-exposed portion except for a place of contact with the conductor in a surface of the terminal member, and an oxide film of the electrically conductive material formed in a surface of the coating layer. The electrically conductive material is a metal or an alloy which forms an oxide film having a thickness of more than or equal to 20 nm in a surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki HASUI, Yoshiaki YAMANO, Hiroshi SUDOU, Takayasu SUGIHARA, Misato UEKI
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Patent number: 10720744Abstract: A heat-shrinkable tube fitting jig is used to fit a heat-shrinkable tube onto a terminal-attached electric wire formed by crimping a core wire crimp portion of a terminal onto a core wire of an electric wire. The heat-shrinkable tube fitting jig is provided with a first side abutting plate, a second side abutting plate member, and an electric wire holding portion. Columnar bodies and recessed surfaces, which constitute terminal positioning portions, are provided on the upper surface of the first side abutting plate. A first side end face and a second side end face of the heat-shrinkable tube are abutted against mutually opposing surfaces (a first side abutting surface 40S and a second side abutting surface 44S) of the first side abutting plate and the second side abutting plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Sudou, Hayato Aoi
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Patent number: 10069220Abstract: A heat-shrinkable tube attachment jig includes a terminal holding portion that holds a plate-shaped counterpart connecting portion of a terminal, a placement portion on which a distal end portion of a heat-shrinkable tube that is located on the counterpart connecting portion side is placed, and a wire holding portion that holds a wire. The placement portion clamps the distal end portion of the heat-shrinkable tube between the placement portion and a bottom portion of the terminal on which the wire held by the terminal holding portion is arranged. A placement surface of the placement portion on which the distal end portion of the heat-shrinkable tube is placed is disposed at a higher position than a lower surface of the counterpart connecting portion of the terminal held by the terminal holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Sudou
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Publication number: 20180166799Abstract: A heat-shrinkable tube attachment jig includes a terminal holding portion that holds a plate-shaped counterpart connecting portion of a terminal, a placement portion on which a distal end portion of a heat-shrinkable tube that is located on the counterpart connecting portion side is placed, and a wire holding portion that holds a wire. The placement portion clamps the distal end portion of the heat-shrinkable tube between the placement portion and a bottom portion of the terminal on which the wire held by the terminal holding portion is arranged. A placement surface of the placement portion on which the distal end portion of the heat-shrinkable tube is placed is disposed at a higher position than a lower surface of the counterpart connecting portion of the terminal held by the terminal holding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventor: Hiroshi SUDOU
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Patent number: 9954290Abstract: A terminal fixing jig includes a terminal insertion support portion that is open outward, the terminal insertion recess portion being formed in a shape that allows a plate-shaped counterpart connecting portion to be inserted thereinto through the opening, and a terminal fitting fixing portion that includes a fitting portion being able to fit in a hole formed in the counterpart connecting portion and a fitting portion support portion for supporting the fitting portion to enable advance and retraction of the fitting portion while biasing the fitting portion in an advancing direction, wherein the terminal fitting fixing portion is fixed to the terminal insertion support portion such that it can come into contact with the counterpart connecting portion to be advanced or retracted, and the fitting portion can be fitted into the hole of the counterpart connecting portion with the counterpart connecting portion inserted to a rear side of the terminal insertion recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Sudou, Hayato Aoi
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Patent number: 9941682Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire is provided with an insulated wire including a core and an insulation coating covering the periphery of the core, a terminal including a wire connecting portion connected to the insulated wire, a heat shrinkable tube configured to cover the periphery of the wire connecting portion while being shrunk by receiving heat, and a sheet-like intervening member provided between the heat shrinkable tube and the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Sudou
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Publication number: 20180069364Abstract: A heat-shrinkable tube fitting jig is used to fit a heat-shrinkable tube onto a terminal-attached electric wire formed by crimping a core wire crimp portion of a terminal onto a core wire of an electric wire. The heat-shrinkable tube fitting jig is provided with a first side abutting plate, a second side abutting plate member, and an electric wire holding portion. Columnar bodies and recessed surfaces, which constitute terminal positioning portions, are provided on the upper surface of the first side abutting plate. A first side end face and a second side end face of the heat-shrinkable tube are abutted against mutually opposing surfaces (a first side abutting surface 40S and a second side abutting surface 44S) of the first side abutting plate and the second side abutting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi SUDOU, Hayato AOI
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Publication number: 20180069329Abstract: A terminal fixing jig includes a terminal insertion support portion that is open outward, the terminal insertion recess portion being formed in a shape that allows a plate-shaped counterpart connecting portion to be inserted thereinto through the opening, and a terminal fitting fixing portion that includes a fitting portion being able to fit in a hole formed in the counterpart connecting portion and a fitting portion support portion for supporting the fitting portion to enable advance and retraction of the fitting portion while biasing the fitting portion in an advancing direction, wherein the terminal fitting fixing portion is fixed to the terminal insertion support portion such that it can come into contact with the counterpart connecting portion to be advanced or retracted, and the fitting portion can be fitted into the hole of the counterpart connecting portion with the counterpart connecting portion inserted to a rear side of the terminal insertion recess portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi SUDOU, Hayato AOI
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Publication number: 20170338640Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire is provided with an insulated wire including a core and an insulation coating covering the periphery of the core, a terminal including a wire connecting portion connected to the insulated wire, a heat shrinkable tube configured to cover the periphery of the wire connecting portion while being shrunk by receiving heat, and a sheet-like intervening member provided between the heat shrinkable tube and the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventor: Hiroshi SUDOU
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Patent number: 8771015Abstract: A terminal structure of a wiring harness for automobile use having a profound anticorrosive effect. A terminal member is fixed to a terminal portion of a coated electric wire such that a crimping portion that the member includes at its one end is crimped around a coating portion of the wire in a terminal region of the wire. A resin member completely covers at least entire outer surfaces of an exposed region at an end portion of the crimping portion and its vicinal region, and is made from a material mainly containing a thermoplastic polyamide resin, and having a tensile lap-shear strength of lapped aluminums of 6 N/mm2 or more in accordance with the JIS K6850, an elongation of 100% or more in accordance with the ASTM D-1708, and a water absorption of 1.0% or less in accordance with the JIS K7209.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Kazunari Sakura, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Naoya Nishimura, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yukou Sato
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Publication number: 20130292173Abstract: To provide a crimped terminal wire for automobile having a stable anticorrosion property in automobile environment. The wire includes an aluminum electric wire including an aluminum conductor wire coated with insulation, a copper connecting terminal onto an end of the aluminum electric wire, the terminal including a crimped member and an electrical contact portion, a crimped portion, and a resin-coated portion on the crimped portion, wherein an entire periphery of the crimped portion is coated with the resin-coated portion, and wherein the resin-coated portion is made from a material mainly made from a thermoplastic polyamide resin and having a tensile lap-shear strength of lapped aluminums of 6 N/mm2 or more in accordance with the JIS K6850, an elongation of 100% or more in accordance with the ASTM D-1708, and a water absorption of 1.0% or less in accordance with the HS K7209.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Takehiro Hosokawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Yutaka Takata, Yoshiaki Yamano, Kazunari Sakura, Naoya Nishimura, Takaaki Ito, Akiko Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yukou Sato
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Publication number: 20130072074Abstract: A terminal structure of a wiring harness for automobile use having a profound anticorrosive effect. A terminal member is fixed to a terminal portion of a coated electric wire such that a crimping portion that the member includes at its one end is crimped around a coating portion of the wire in a terminal region of the wire. A resin member completely covers at least entire outer surfaces of an exposed region at an end portion of the crimping portion and its vicinal region, and is made from a material mainly containing a thermoplastic polyamide resin, and having a tensile lap-shear strength of lapped aluminums of 6 N/mm2 or more in accordance with the JIS K6850, an elongation of 100% or more in accordance with the ASTM D-1708, and a water absorption of 1.0% or less in accordance with the JIS K7209.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Kazunari Sakura, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Naoya Nishimura, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yukou Sato
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Publication number: 20130062114Abstract: An anticorrosive that is capable of demonstrating high anticorrosive capability. The anticorrosive mainly contains at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer and a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer, and has a viscosity of 1000 mPa·s or more to less than 20000 mPa·s at 25 degrees C., which is measured in accordance with the JIS Z8803. The anticorrosive can be favorably applied to an electrically connected portion between a wire conductor of a coated electric wire with a terminal and a terminal member. The coated electric wire with the terminal includes the wire conductor and the terminal member, wherein the electrically connected portion between the wire conductor and the terminal member is coated with the anticorrosive that is cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Kazuo Nakashima
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Publication number: 20130056266Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive that is capable of demonstrating high anticorrosive capability both at an early stage and at a later stage after exposure to ultraviolet light. The anticorrosive mainly contains an insulating resin, and has a total light transmittance of less than 85%, which is measured in accordance with the JIS K7361-1. The anticorrosive can be favorably applied to an electrically connected portion between a wire conductor of a coated electric wire with a terminal and a terminal member. The coated electric wire with the terminal includes the wire conductor and the terminal member, wherein the electrically connected portion between the wire conductor and the terminal member is coated with the anticorrosive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Kazuo Nakashima
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Publication number: 20130052887Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal structure of a wiring harness for automobile use that has a profound anticorrosive effect. A terminal member is fixed to an end portion of a coated electric wire such that a crimping portion that the member includes at its one end is crimped around an outer surface of a coating portion of the wire. A resin member is formed to completely cover at least entire outer surfaces of an exposed region at an end portion of the crimping portion (a region including a fracture cross section and a root edge portion) and a region in the vicinity thereof. The resin member is made mainly of an epoxy resin, and a cured material obtained by curing a material having a viscosity from 1000 to 30000 mPa·s at 25 degrees C., which is measured in accordance with the JIS Z8803.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Kazunari Sakura, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Tsubasa Nishida, Kazuo Nakashima, Hideki Imamura
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Publication number: 20130032394Abstract: An anticorrosive that is capable of delivering high anticorrosive capability. The anticorrosive mainly contains an epoxy resin, and has a viscosity within a range of 1000 to 30000 mPa·s at 25 degrees C., which is measured in accordance with the JIS Z8803. The anticorrosive can be favorably applied to an electrically connected portion between a wire conductor of a coated electric wire with a terminal and a terminal member. The coated electric wire with the terminal has the configuration that the electrically connected portion between the wire conductor and the terminal member is coated with a cured material of the anticorrosive. The epoxy resin is preferably a one-component epoxy resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Tsubasa Nishida, Kazuo Nakashima, Hideki Imamura
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Publication number: 20120205151Abstract: Provided are an anticorrosive that is not sticky when a connected portion between a wire conductor and a terminal is subjected to anticorrosive treatment using the anticorrosive and accordingly has excellent handleability, and can coat the connected portion in a convincing way to prevent corrosion from building up at the connected portion, a coated electric wire with a terminal using the anticorrosive, and a wiring harness using the anticorrosive. The anticorrosive contains an ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer that has a melt flow rate of 200 g/10 min or more at 190 degrees C. at 21.18 N, which is measured in accordance with the JIS K6922-1, wherein the ratio of copolymerization of an alpha-olefin in the ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer is 10% by mass or more. In a coated electric wire with a terminal, a connected portion between a wire conductor and a terminal is coated with the anticorrosive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hideki Imamura, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Yoshiaki Yamano, Kouji Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20120199391Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive that has an excellent coating property and excellent anticorrosive capability compared with a conventional anticorrosive. The anticorrosive mainly contains a thermoplastic polyamide resin, and has a tensile lap-shear strength of lapped aluminums of 6 N/mm2 or more, which is measured in accordance with the JIS K6850, an elongation of 100% or more, which is measured in accordance with the ASTM D-1708, and a water absorption of 1.0% or less, which is measured in accordance with the JIS K7209. The anticorrosive is capable of being applied to an electrically connected portion between a wire conductor 18 of a coated electric wire 10 with a terminal and a terminal member 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Inoue, Hiroshi Sudou, Yukiyasu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisahiro Yasuda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Naoya Nishimura, Daisuke Hashimoto, Yukou Sato