Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Utsunomiya

Kiyotaka Utsunomiya 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: 11315702
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjyo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11315701
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11017914
    Abstract: A covered electric wire comprises an insulating coating layer on the outer side of a conductor. The conductor comprises a copper alloy consisting of: not less than 0.05% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass of Fe; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of Ti; not less than 0% by mass and not more than 0.6% by mass of Mg; and the balance being Cu and impurities. The covered electric wire is a stranded wire comprising a plurality of copper alloy wires stranded together. The plurality of copper alloy wires each have a work hardening coefficient of not less than 0.1 and a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Kei Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ryoma Uegaki
  • Publication number: 20190360074
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, Mg in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less, and one or more elements selected from C, Si and Mn in an amount of 10 ppm by mass or more and 500 ppm by mass or less in total, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Taichiro Nishikawa, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190355489
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, Pin an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei SAKAMOTO, Akiko INOUE, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Minoru NAKAMOTO, Yusuke OSHIMA, Yoshihiro NAKAI, Kazuhiro NANJO, Taichiro NISHIKAWA, Kiyotaka UTSUNOMIYA, Yasuyuki OOTSUKA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190341164
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjyo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190259508
    Abstract: A connector terminal wire contains 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less of Fe, 0.02% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less of P, and 0% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, in total, of at least one of Sn and Mg, with the balance being Cu and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Kei Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Hitoshi Tsuchida, Dai Kamogawa
  • Publication number: 20190066864
    Abstract: A covered electric wire comprises an insulating coating layer on the outer side of a conductor. The conductor comprises a copper alloy consisting of: not less than 0.05% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass of Fe; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of Ti; not less than 0% by mass and not more than 0.6% by mass of Mg; and the balance being Cu and impurities. The covered electric wire is a stranded wire comprising a plurality of copper alloy wires stranded together. The plurality of copper alloy wires each have a work hardening coefficient of not less than 0.1 and a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Kei Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ryoma Uegaki
  • Publication number: 20190048450
    Abstract: A wire material for a connector terminal contains 0.1% to 1.5% by mass of Fe, 0.05% to 0.7% by mass of Ti, and 0% to 0.5% by mass of Mg, with the balance being Cu and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Hitoshi Tsuchida, Dai Kamogawa
  • Patent number: 10128018
    Abstract: A copper alloy wire can be used as a conductor. The copper alloy wire is made of a copper alloy containing: not less than 0.4 mass % and not more than 1.5 mass % of Fe; not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 0.7 mass % of Ti; not less than 0.02 mass % and not more than 0.15 mass % of Mg; not less than 10 mass ppm and not more than 500 mass ppm in total of C and at least one of Si and Mn; and the balance of Cu and impurities. The copper alloy wire has a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm. Preferably, a mass ratio Fe/Ti in the copper alloy is not less than 1.0 and not more than 5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Hiroshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160336086
    Abstract: A copper alloy wire can be used as a conductor. The copper alloy wire is made of a copper alloy containing: not less than 0.4 mass % and not more than 1.5 mass % of Fe; not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 0.7 mass % of Ti; not less than 0.02 mass % and not more than 0.15 mass % of Mg; not less than 10 mass ppm and not more than 500 mass ppm in total of C and at least one of Si and Mn; and the balance of Cu and impurities. The copper alloy wire has a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm. Preferably, a mass ratio Fe/Ti in the copper alloy is not less than 1.0 and not more than 5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Hiroshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7618502
    Abstract: The wear resistant aluminum alloy elongate body contains 7-13 mass % of Si, 0.001-0.3 mass % of iron, 2.0-5.0 mass % of Cu, 0.3-1.0 mass % of Mg, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Mn, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Cr, 0.003-0.03 mass % of Sr, 0.005-0.05 mass % of Ti, and the remaining part of Al and unavoidable impurity. The size of Si grains existing in the elongate body is, by the average value, at most 10 ?m and by the maximum value, at most 30 ?m, and the size of the Si grains in the range of down to 1.5 mm deep from the surface is, by the maximum value, at most 6 ?m. Further, crystal texture of Al alloy is one selected from the group consisting of hot rolled texture, re-crystallized texture and mixed texture of hot rolled texture and re-crystallized texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Takayuki Kato, Norikazu Deto, Masashi Nojiri, Toshiya Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nakai, Yoshiki Kishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya
  • Publication number: 20070251666
    Abstract: The wear resistant aluminum alloy elongate body contains 7-13 mass % of Si, 0.001-0.3 mass % of iron, 2.0-5.0 mass % of Cu, 0.3-1.0 mass % of Mg, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Mn, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Cr, 0.003-0.03 mass % of Sr, 0.005-0.05 mass % of Ti, and the remaining part of Al and unavoidable impurity. The size of Si grains existing in the elongate body is, by the average value, at most 10 ?m and by the maximum value, at most 30 ?m, and the size of the Si grains in the range of down to 1.5 mm deep from the surface is, by the maximum value, at most 6 ?m. Further, crystal texture of Al alloy is one selected from the group consisting of hot rolled texture, re-crystallized texture and mixed texture of hot rolled texture and re-crystallized texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYODA AUTOMATIC LOOM WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Takayuki Kato, Norikazu Deto, Masashi Nojiri, Toshiya Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nakai, Yoshiki Kishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya
  • Publication number: 20030026726
    Abstract: The wear resistant aluminum alloy elongate body contains 7-13 mass % of Si, 0.001-0.3 mass % of iron, 2.0-5.0 mass % of Cu, 0.3-1.0 mass % of Mg, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Mn, 0.001-0.3 mass % of Cr, 0.003-0.03 mass % of Sr, 0.005-0.05 mass % of Ti, and the remaining part of Al and unavoidable impurity. The size of Si grains existing in the elongate body is, by the average value, at most 10 &mgr;m and by the maximum value, at most 30 &mgr;m, and the size of the Si grains in the range of down to 1.5 mm deep from the surface is, by the maximum value, at most 6 &mgr;m. Further, crystal texture of Al alloy is one selected from the group consisting of hot rolled texture, re-crystallized texture and mixed texture of hot rolled texture and re-crystallized texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Takayuki Kato, Norikazu Deto, Masashi Nojiri, Toshiya Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nakai, Yoshiki Kishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya