Patents by Inventor Housei MIZUNO

Housei MIZUNO 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: 12263796
    Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a service hole cover including a cover body part and a route indication part provided to the cover body part; and a wiring member whose route is regulated so that the wiring member passes through a first position and a second position on the cover body part. The route indication part indicates a plurality of routes each having a route length different from each other as routes of the wiring member between the first position and the second position, and a route of the wiring member is regulated so that the wiring member passes through any route selected from the plurality of routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Takuji Otsuka, Makoto Higashikozono, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12246663
    Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a first service hole cover covering a first service hole formed in an inner panel; a second service hole cover covering a second service hole formed in the inner panel; and a plurality of wiring members, wherein the plurality of wiring members include: a first wiring member held by the first service hole cover to be directed to a first door apparatus; and a second wiring member held by the second service hole cover to be directed to a second door apparatus, and the plurality of wiring members include a connection route portion connecting the first service hole cover and the second service hole cover, and being bendable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12249815
    Abstract: A wiring body with assembly assisting component includes a wiring body and an assembly assisting component. The wiring body includes a wiring component (for example, an electrical wiring). The wiring body is a wire harness, for example. The assembly assisting component detachably holds at least a part of the wiring body along a certain route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12240301
    Abstract: Provided is a service hole cover covering a service hole formed in an inner panel in a vehicle door panel, the service hole cover including: a cover body part covering the service hole; and at least one catching part provided to protrude from the cover body part to a side of the inner panel, wherein the catching part is caught on the inner panel while at least a part of the service hole is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno, Megumi Ishida
  • Publication number: 20250069776
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a base member; a first wire-like transmission member group including a plurality of first wire-like transmission members; and a second wire-like transmission member group including a plurality of second wire-like transmission members. The first wire-like transmission member group includes a first parallel section, the second wire-like transmission member group includes a second parallel section in a position adjacent to the first parallel section, and an interval between the first parallel section and the second parallel section is larger than an interval between the first wire-like transmission members in the first parallel section and an interval between the second wire-like transmission members in the second parallel section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Kyousyou KOU, Miyu ARAMAKI, Junichi SHIRAKAWA, Ryo ARAGAKI, Tatsunori TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 12237102
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wiring body including a base member and a normal wire fused to the base member; and a special wire fixed to the wiring body via a fixing part. The fixing part is fixed in a fixing state different from fusion between the base member and the special wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu Aramaki, Housei Mizuno, Kyousyou Kou, Hiroshi Murakami, Tansinghoe Vincent
  • Patent number: 12224086
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member (for example, an electric wire); a first sheet member including one main surface to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a second sheet member fixed to the first sheet member on a side of another main surface of the first sheet member. The first sheet member is suitable for fixing of the wire-like transmission member in comparison to the second sheet member. One member of the first sheet member and the second sheet member includes a space into which another member being melted can be filled. The first sheet member and the second sheet member overlap each other with the another member out of the first sheet member and the second sheet member being melted, filled and then solidified in the space of the one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu Aramaki, Housei Mizuno, Daichi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 12198836
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a sheet, a holding member fixed to the sheet, and a first wire-like transmission member held by the holding member. The holding member includes a holding part in which a groove and a protrusion narrowing a width dimension of an opening part of the groove are formed. The first wire-like transmission member is housed in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyousyou Kou, Housei Mizuno, Miyu Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20250006404
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a twisted wire in which a first wire-like transmission member and a second wire-like transmission member are stranded and a base member to which the twisted wire is fused and fixed. Each of the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member is fused to the base member in each of the side-by-side parts in which the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member are arranged side by side on the base member in the twisted wire to form a side-by-side fusion part. A length of a first half cycle section including the side-by-side fusion part is larger than a length of a second half cycle section located adjacent to the first half cycle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Kyousyou KOU, Miyu ARAMAKI, Junichi SHIRAKAWA, Ryo ARAGAKI, Daichi KAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12172588
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members wired in a form including a main wire part and a branch wire part; and a sheet material including a main wire fixing part to which the main wire part is fixed and a branch wire fixing part to which the branch wire part is fixed, wherein the branch wire fixing part is branched from the main wire fixing part, a branch wire support part is provided in the branch wire fixing part, and the branch wire support part extends along a longitudinal direction of the branch wire part, and is formed to have higher rigidity than each of the wire-like transmission members constituting the branch wire part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Hidetoshi Ishida, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12136506
    Abstract: An electrical wire arrangement structure includes: a base member; and an electrical wire group including four or more electrical wires, wherein the electrical wire group includes a parallel arrangement part fixed in a parallel state by the base member, and in the parallel arrangement part, an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in a central part region in a width direction is larger than an average value of sizes between the electrical wires in both side part regions in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Housei Mizuno, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Toru Tanji
  • Patent number: 12128836
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of fixing a plurality of wiring members to the attachment surface as close as possible. A wiring module includes: a base member having an attachment surface; a plurality of wiring members disposed on the attachment surface; and a holding member holding the plurality of wiring members in an arranged state on the attachment surface. The holding member includes at least one sheet portion in which at least one hole is formed. The plurality of wiring members are passed through the at least one hole and held in the arranged state. The sheet portion is joined to the attachment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Housei Mizuno, Koichiro Goto, Junichi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 12131842
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a sheet; and a plurality of wire-like transmission members disposed on the sheet, wherein the plurality of wire-like transmission members include at least one first wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet at a plurality of first positions and at least one second wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet at a plurality of second positions, and the first positions and the second positions are alternately provided along an extension direction of the wire-like transmission members in a region where the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member are parallelly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyousyou Kou, Housei Mizuno, Daichi Fukushima, Miyu Aramaki
  • Patent number: 12131843
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one first cover wire; at least one second cover wire; and a first sheet to which at least the first cover wire is fixed. A first hole is formed in the first sheet. A connection part where a core wire of the first cover wire and a core wire of the second cover wire are connected is located in a region where the first hole is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu Aramaki, Yasuo Omori, Housei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240355503
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a sheet material including a first layer formed into a sheet-like shape and a second layer provided on a main surface of the first layer, and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet material. The second layer is a layer mediating a bonding of the first layer and the wire-like transmission member, and includes a plurality of partial second layers provided to be separated from each other along an extension direction of the wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Miyu ARAMAKI, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Junichi SHIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 12097811
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; a first sheet to which a first section located along a longitudinal direction in the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a second sheet to which a second section located along a longitudinal direction in the wire-like transmission member is fixed, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are separated, and at least one bending trace is formed in an intermediate section between the first section and the second section in the wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12094627
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members including a first wire-like transmission member and a second wire-like transmission member; and a plurality of sheets including a first sheet and a second sheet stacked on each other, wherein the first wire-like transmission member is fixed to the first sheet, the second wire-like transmission member is fixed to the second sheet, and at least one fixing position between the first sheet and the second sheet is partially provided along a longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu Aramaki, Yasuo Omori, Housei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240282478
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a first connector, a second connector, a first wire-like transmission member connected to the first connector, a second wire-like transmission member connected to the second connector, and a sheet to which the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member are fixed. The first and second wire-like transmission members extend on the sheet in parallel to each other so that an end portion of the first wire-like transmission member connected to the first connector and an end portion of the second wire-like transmission member connected to the second connector are directed to a first end portion of the sheet. A split line for splitting the sheet is formed in the sheet, the split line extends between the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member, and one end portion of the split line reaches an edge of the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu ARAMAKI, Housei MIZUNO, Kyousyou KOU
  • Publication number: 20240274318
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a first sheet material; a second sheet material overlapped with the first sheet material; and a fixed wire-like transmission member and a free wire-like transmission member located between the first sheet material and the second sheet material, wherein the second sheet material is fixed to the first sheet material in a first fixing part and a second fixing part away from the first fixing part, the fixed wire-like transmission member is fixed to the first sheet material between the first fixing part and the second fixing part, and the free wire-like transmission member is disposed between the first sheet material and the second sheet material while being parallelly arranged to the fixed wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu ARAMAKI, Housei MIZUNO, Kyousyou KOU
  • Publication number: 20240275146
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a wire-like transmission member and a first sheet and a second sheet sandwiching the wire-like transmission member. The first sheet includes a sandwiching part sandwiching the wire-like transmission member with the second sheet and a fixing part protruding to a lateral side of the wire-like transmission member from the sandwiching part to be fixed to the second sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet are closer to each other in a position of the fixing part in a thickness direction in relation to a position of the sandwiching part. An easy bending part in which the first sheet can be easily bended between the sandwiching part and the fixing part is formed in the first sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyu ARAMAKI, Housei MIZUNO, Kyousyou KOU