Patents by Inventor Hisashi Sawada

Hisashi Sawada 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: 11824284
    Abstract: A trunk cable 12 includes a signal trunk conductor 31 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 35. A branch cable 13 includes a signal branch conductor 38 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 42. The signal trunk conductor 31 and the signal branch conductor 38 are electrically connected to each other by a relay bus bar 64 that is electromagnetically shielded by a base shielding member 65 and a cover shielding member 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Hisashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 11211723
    Abstract: Power trunk conductors 30 of a trunk cable 12 and power branch conductors 37 of a branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by a first trunk-side bus bar 56, fuses, and a first branch-side bus bar 60. Signal trunk conductors 31 of the trunk cable 12 and signal branch conductors 38 of the branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by the relay bus bars 64.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Hisashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 11205865
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Hisashi Sawada, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yasuto Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11128112
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device has a wire harness, one end of which is connected to a slider that is slidably attached to a rail and the other end of which is drawn out from the rail, a folding guide part that curves the wire harness that is drawn out from the rail and folds it in the direction along the rail, and an accommodation part that has a bottom wall and a side wall that rises up from the side edges of the bottom wall. The wire harness has a straight line-shaped linear part that is disposed along the rail, and a curved part that is further folded back to conform to the opposed side of the folding guide part of the linear part, a slidable holding member, and a separation guide part that separates the linear part from the side wall is provided on the slidable holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Publication number: 20210249802
    Abstract: A trunk cable 12 includes a signal trunk conductor 31 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 35. A branch cable 13 includes a signal branch conductor 38 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 42. The signal trunk conductor 31 and the signal branch conductor 38 are electrically connected to each other by a relay bus bar 64 that is electromagnetically shielded by a base shielding member 65 and a cover shielding member 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Hisashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20210151966
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device has a wire harness, one end of which is connected to a slider that is slidably attached to a rail and the other end of which is drawn out from the rail, a folding guide part that curves the wire harness that is drawn out from the rail and folds it in the direction along the rail, and an accommodation part that has a bottom wall and a side wall that rises up from the side edges of the bottom wall. The wire harness has a straight line-shaped linear part that is disposed along the rail, and a curved part that is further folded back to conform to the opposed side of the folding guide part of the linear part, a slidable holding member, and a separation guide part that separates the linear part from the side wall is provided on the slidable holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 10931046
    Abstract: An ECU (1) includes a circuit board (10), a connector (20) fixed to the circuit board (10), and a resin portion (50) covering the circuit board (10) and the connector (20). The connector (20) includes a connector housing (21) having a terminal holding wall (22) that separates the internal space from the external space, and terminal fittings (41) extend through the terminal holding wall (22). The connector housing (21) includes a surrounding wall (27) disposed on the lateral surface of the terminal holding wall (22) to surround the terminal fittings (41). A potting material (28) is disposed inside the surrounding wall (27) and separates the terminal holding wall (22) from the resin portion (50). This can prevent a melted resin from entering a hood (24) through press fitting holes (23) at the time of forming the resin portion (50) by mold forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hisashi Sawada, Naomichi Kawashima, Hirokazu Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20210036445
    Abstract: Power trunk conductors 30 of a trunk cable 12 and power branch conductors 37 of a branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by a first trunk-side bus bar 56, fuses, and a first branch-side bus bar 60. Signal trunk conductors 31 of the trunk cable 12 and signal branch conductors 38 of the branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by the relay bus bars 64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Hisashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20200259275
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) 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: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Hisashi Sawada, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yasuto Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10714798
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Eiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200127401
    Abstract: An ECU (1) includes a circuit board (10), a connector (20) fixed to the circuit board (10), and a resin portion (50) covering the circuit board (10) and the connector (20). The connector (20) includes a connector housing (21) having a terminal holding wall (22) that separates the internal space from the external space, and terminal fittings (41) extend through the terminal holding wall (22). The connector housing (21) includes a surrounding wall (27) disposed on the lateral surface of the terminal holding wall (22) to surround the terminal fittings (41). A potting material (28) is disposed inside the surrounding wall (27) and separates the terminal holding wall (22) from the resin portion (50). This can prevent a melted resin from entering a hood (24) through press fitting holes (23) at the time of forming the resin portion (50) by mold forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hisashi Sawada, Naomichi Kawashima, Hirokazu Eguchi
  • Patent number: 10355469
    Abstract: A seal structure for a multicore cable includes a multicore cable in which a first electrical wire to a fourth electrical wire are enveloped by a sheath, a rubber plug that is fitted around an end portion of the sheath and has through-holes through which the electrical wires respectively pass, and a holder having a sheath holding portion configured to hold the sheath and suppress shifting of a position of the sheath relative to the multicore cable, in which the holder has locking portion portions configured to hold the rubber plug and suppress movement of the rubber plug in a direction in which the rubber plug comes off from the end portion of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20190165436
    Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hisashi SAWADA, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10298004
    Abstract: A seal structure for a multicore cable includes a multicore cable in which a plurality of electrical wires are enveloped by a sheath, the plurality of electrical wires extending out from an end portion of the sheath, and a rubber plug having a sheath fitting portion that is fitted around the end portion of the sheath, in which the plurality of electrical wires in a power electrical wire pair, a first signal electrical wire pair, and a second signal electrical wire pair are arranged point-symmetrically in a region in which the sheath fitting portion is fitted around the end portion of the sheath, in a cross section of the sheath that is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20190006834
    Abstract: A seal structure for a multicore cable includes a multicore cable in which a plurality of electrical wires are enveloped by a sheath, the plurality of electrical wires extending out from an end portion of the sheath, and a rubber plug having a sheath fitting portion that is fitted around the end portion of the sheath, in which the plurality of electrical wires in a power electrical wire pair, a first signal electrical wire pair, and a second signal electrical wire pair are arranged point-symmetrically in a region in which the sheath fitting portion is fitted around the end portion of the sheath, in a cross section of the sheath that is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu KOMORI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hisashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20180366934
    Abstract: A seal structure for a multicore cable includes a multicore cable in which a first electrical wire to a fourth electrical wire are enveloped by a sheath, a rubber plug that is fitted around an end portion of the sheath and has through-holes through which the electrical wires respectively pass, and a holder having a sheath holding portion configured to hold the sheath and suppress shifting of a position of the sheath relative to the multicore cable, in which the holder has locking portion portions configured to hold the rubber plug and suppress movement of the rubber plug in a direction in which the rubber plug comes off from the end portion of the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hirokazu KOMORI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hisashi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9892867
    Abstract: A electricity storage module is provided with a stack formed by stacking a plurality of electricity storage elements having positive and negative lead terminals that protrude outward from end portions thereof and insulating holder members made of an insulating material for holding the electricity storage elements. A connecting portion formed by connecting different polarized lead terminals of adjacent electric cells is disposed in a position shifted from other connecting portions than that connecting portion as seen from the stacking direction of the stack, and the insulating holder members are provided with windows that correspond to the connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimoda, Masakuni Kasugai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Masato Tsutsuki, Kazuyuki Nakagaki
  • Patent number: 9787552
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an operation process creation program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including extracting a candidate operation manipulation component to be combined with an operation process following an operation manipulation component that has been determined to be arranged, when creating the operation process by arranging a plurality of the operation manipulation components on a screen, the candidate being extracted based on previously set relevance information indicating relevance between operation manipulation components and usage frequency information indicating usage frequencies of operation manipulation components in past instances of creating the operation processes; and displaying the extracted candidate operation manipulation component on the screen, by combining the extracted candidate operation manipulation component with the operation manipulation component that has been determined to be arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisashi Sawada, Michio Masuno, Takeya Mutoh, Yuko Matsushita, Nobuko Takase, Tomoko Tanaka, Toshiyuki Utsumi, Navid Afzal Shooshtary, Yutaka Arakawa, Hiroyoshi Okada, Yoshio Oki, Hisashi Tsujide, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Kazuyuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 9692023
    Abstract: An electricity storage module is provided with a stack formed by stacking a plurality of electricity storage elements having positive and negative lead terminals that protrude outward from end portions. Differently polarized lead terminals of adjacent electricity storage elements are bent in opposite directions and connected by superimposing and welding the end portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimoda, Masakuni Kasugai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Kazuyuki Nakagaki, Masato Tsutsuki
  • Patent number: 9543624
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes a stack, holder members, and heat-transfer plate members. The stack is formed by stacking power storage elements having lead terminals protruding outward from end portions. The holder members are made of insulating resin and are attached to the end portions of the power storage elements, the holder members holding the power storage elements. The heat-transfer plate member are disposed between power storage elements adjacent in a stacking direction, the heat-transfer plate members made of heat conductive material. An engaging portion is provided on one of the holder members and the heat-transfer plate members, and an engaged portion arranged to be engaged by the engaging portion is provided on the other of the holder members and the heat-transfer plate members. The holder members and the heat-transfer plate members are integrated by mutual engagement of the engaging portions and the engaged portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masakuni Kasugai, Hiroki Shimoda, Kazuyuki Nakagaki, Masato Tsutsuki, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada