Patents by Inventor Koichi Maeno

Koichi Maeno 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: 11837855
    Abstract: An outer cover body for electrical wires, which is formed by bending a resin sheet and to be attached to an outer periphery of an electrical wire, includes a plurality of wall parts extending along an extending direction of the electrical wire and forming an accommodating part for accommodating the electrical wire. At least one of the plurality of wall parts includes a wall surface overlapping part having an outer side wall surface having a first notch, and an inner side wall surface overlapping the outer side wall surface and having a second notch. A branch line through-hole is formed by overlapping the first notch and the second notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oshino, Koichi Maeno, Naoyuki Kojima, Hideyuki Ikeda, Yoshikazu Kamei
  • Publication number: 20230352918
    Abstract: Provided is a cable housing container in which when a container body is installed on an installation surface with mortar, positioning of the container body can be reliably performed in a vertical direction on the installation surface, a height can be easily adjusted during the installation process, an installation time can be shortened, deviation can be reduced when a plurality of container bodies are arranged, and the container body can be prevented from being distorted during manufacturing. A bottom plate 11 of a container body 10 has a reaction force acting surface 11a on which a reaction force acts upon contact with mortar M when the container body 10 is installed on a predetermined installation surface S with the mortar M interposed between the container body 10 and the predetermined installation surface S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya MAKI, Koichi MAENO
  • Publication number: 20230344211
    Abstract: Provided is a cable housing container that allows compaction to be reliably performed around a container body when the container body is buried. The cable housing container 1 includes a container body 10 provided with a bottom portion 11 and a pair of side wall portions 12 extending upward from both sides in a width direction of the bottom portion 11 and having an opening 10a formed on an upper surface thereof, the container body 10 being made of resin and being adapted to be buried in a ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi MAENO, Takuya MAKI
  • Patent number: 11502489
    Abstract: An outer cover body for electrical wires, which is formed by bending a resin sheet and to be attached to an outer periphery of an electrical wire, includes a plurality of wall parts extending along an extending direction of the electrical wire and forming an accommodating part for accommodating the electrical wire. At least one of the plurality of wall parts includes a wall surface overlapping part having an outer side wall surface having a first notch, and an inner side wall surface overlapping the outer side wall surface and having a second notch. A branch line through-hole is formed by overlapping the first notch and the second notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Oshino, Koichi Maeno, Naoyuki Kojima, Hideyuki Ikeda, Yoshikazu Kamei
  • Patent number: 11456580
    Abstract: A wire exterior body and an exterior-covered wire harness, capable of preventing damage to thereby suppress deterioration in the protective function for electric wires, are provided. A wire exterior body (3) formed of a resin sheet, to be mounted on the outer periphery of the wire harness (2), includes bending portions (20a) to (20d) at which the resin sheet is bent, and a plurality of wall parts (4) formed of the resin sheet bent at the bending portions (20a) to (20d). The wall parts (4) extend along the extending direction of the electric wires and form an accommodating part (5) that accommodates the electric wires. Grooves (21a) to (21d) are formed in the bending portions (20a) to (20d) at positions separated by predetermined spaces (S1) and (S2) from end portions (4a) and (4b), in the extending direction of the electric wires, of the wall parts (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Oshino, Koichi Maeno, Naoyuki Kojima, Hideyuki Ikeda, Yoshikazu Kamei
  • Patent number: 11118047
    Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced polyolefin resin material, containing: a glass fiber; and a thermoplastic resin, wherein said thermoplastic resin contains: at least, a specific graft-modified polypropylene, wherein, with respect to the graft-modified polypropylene, each specific amounts of the glass fiber and a compound or polymer having an acid anhydride structure are contained, and wherein, in the content of a graft-modification component in the graft-modified polypropylene, the content of a component obtained from the (meth)acrylate containing an epoxy group is 0.5 or more and 10 or less parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of said polypropylene, and a component obtained from the aromatic vinyl compound has a mass equal to or less than said component obtained from the (meth)acrylate; a composition for said resin material; a method of producing the same; and a composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kozawa, Sinji Satoh, Keiko Chikazawa, Yasuo Nakajima, Takeshi Yagi, Koichi Maeno, Satoshi Takamura
  • Patent number: 11114833
    Abstract: A wire exterior body and an exterior-covered wire harness in which damage by an attaching member is prevented are provided. A wire exterior body (3) to be mounted on the outer periphery of an electric wire (wire harness) (2), the wire exterior body being formed of a resin sheet that is bent, includes a plurality of wall parts (4) extending along an extending direction of the electric wire and forming an accommodating part (5) that accommodates the electric wire. Among the plurality of the wall parts (4), at least one wall part (upper lid wall part (45)) has a through-hole (47), penetrating in a thickness direction of the resin sheet, into which an attaching member (61) attachable to a vehicle body is inserted, and a groove (a lower surface groove (48) or an upper surface groove (49)) in which a thickness of the resin sheet is reduced is formed on a part around the through-hole (47) on at least one surface of an upper surface (45c) and a lower surface (45d) facing the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kamei, Takashi Oshino, Hideyuki Ikeda, Naoyuki Kojima, Koichi Maeno
  • Publication number: 20210021112
    Abstract: A wire exterior body and an exterior-covered wire harness, capable of preventing damage to thereby suppress deterioration in the protective function for electric wires, are provided. A wire exterior body (3) formed of a resin sheet, to be mounted on the outer periphery of the wire harness (2), includes bending portions (20a) to (20d) at which the resin sheet is bent, and a plurality of wall parts (4) formed of the resin sheet bent at the bending portions (20a) to (20d). The wall parts (4) extend along the extending direction of the electric wires and form an accommodating part (5) that accommodates the electric wires. Grooves (21a) to (21d) are formed in the bending portions (20a) to (20d) at positions separated by predetermined spaces (S1) and (S2) from end portions (4a) and (4b), in the extending direction of the electric wires, of the wall parts (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Takashi OSHINO, Koichi MAENO, Naoyuki KOJIMA, Hideyuki IKEDA, Yoshikazu KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20200358270
    Abstract: Provided herein is an example outer cover body for electrical wires formed by bending a resin sheet and attached to an outer periphery of an electrical wire. The outer cover body includes a plurality of wall parts extending along an extending direction of the electrical wire and forming an accommodating part for accommodating the electrical wire. At least one of the plurality of wall parts includes a wall surface overlapping part. The wall surface overlapping part includes an outer side wall surface having a first notch and an inner side wall surface overlapping the outer side wall surface and having a second notch. When the first notch and the second notch overlap each other, a branch line through-hole is formed in the wall parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi OSHINO, Koichi MAENO, Naoyuki KOJIMA, Hideyuki IKEDA, Yoshikazu KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20200343708
    Abstract: A wire exterior body and an exterior-covered wire harness in which damage by an attaching member is prevented are provided. A wire exterior body (3) to be mounted on the outer periphery of an electric wire (wire harness) (2), the wire exterior body being formed of a resin sheet that is bent, includes a plurality of wall parts (4) extending along an extending direction of the electric wire and forming an accommodating part (5) that accommodates the electric wire. Among the plurality of the wall parts (4), at least one wall part (upper lid wall part (45)) has a through-hole (47), penetrating in a thickness direction of the resin sheet, into which an attaching member (61) attachable to a vehicle body is inserted, and a groove (a lower surface groove (48) or an upper surface groove (49)) in which a thickness of the resin sheet is reduced is formed on a part around the through-hole (47) on at least one surface of an upper surface (45c) and a lower surface (45d) facing the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu KAMEI, Takashi OSHINO, Hideyuki IKEDA, Naoyuki KOJIMA, Koichi MAENO
  • Publication number: 20190292360
    Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced polyolefin resin material, containing: a glass fiber; and a thermoplastic resin, wherein said thermoplastic resin contains: at least, a specific graft-modified polypropylene, wherein, with respect to the graft-modified polypropylene, each specific amounts of the glass fiber and a compound or polymer having an acid anhydride structure are contained, and wherein, in the content of a graft-modification component in the graft-modified polypropylene, the content of a component obtained from the (meth)acrylate containing an epoxy group is 0.5 or more and 10 or less parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of said polypropylene, and a component obtained from the aromatic vinyl compound has a mass equal to or less than said component obtained from the (meth)acrylate; a composition for said resin material; a method of producing the same; and a composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KOZAWA, Sinji SATOH, Keiko CHIKAZAWA, Yasuo NAKAJIMA, Takeshi YAGI, Koichi MAENO, Satoshi TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20120267152
    Abstract: A substrate usable for such as DC-DC converters, which has no defects such as openings therein but is more compact and easy to be manufactured and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. First, circuit materials are cut off by pressing and bended to be formed in desired shapes. Next, the circuit materials are joined or placed in predetermined positions to form a circuit conductor 15. Junction is performed by welding. Next, the circuit conductor 15 is installed on the mold 19. The mold 19 is for injection molding of resin 9 and has a predetermined cavity therein. The circuit conductor 15 is fixed to the mold 19, for example by a pin of a prescribed position. In such a condition, resin is injected into a mold. The substrate 1 is formed by the injection of resin to a surface and between layers of the circuit conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshitaka HARA, Tomoaki TORATANI, Kyutaro ABE, Koichi MAENO, Motomu SHIBAMURA
  • Patent number: 7126482
    Abstract: An RFID tag which is provided with a coil-shaped antenna such that a conductor is placed on the periphery of a magnetic core, the RFID comprising: the magnetic core, an FPC wound on the periphery of the magnetic core, two or more linear conductor patterns formed in parallel with one another on the FPC, an IC that is connected to the linear conductor patterns and disposed on the FPC, a crossover pattern that electrically connects one end and the other end of outermost linear conductor patterns among the linear conductor patterns formed in parallel with one another, where in the two or more linear conductor patterns, adjacent linear conductor patterns in a joint portion in the wound FPC are electrically connected in respective start edges and end edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shoji, Koichi Maeno, Masataka Iegaki
  • Publication number: 20050179552
    Abstract: An RFID tag which is provided with a coil-shaped antenna such that a conductor is placed on the periphery of a magnetic core, the RFID comprising: the magnetic core, an FPC wound on the periphery of the magnetic core, two or more linear conductor patterns formed in parallel with one another on the FPC, an IC that is connected to the linear conductor patterns and disposed on the FPC, a crossover pattern that electrically connects one end and the other end of outermost linear conductor patterns among the linear conductor patterns formed in parallel with one another, where in the two or more linear conductor patterns, adjacent linear conductor patterns in a joint portion in the wound FPC are electrically connected in respective start edges and end edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: The FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shoji, Koichi Maeno, Masataka Iegaki
  • Patent number: 6634800
    Abstract: In an optical connector ferrule comprising an insertion opening through which one end of a coated optical fiber with the coating removed is inserted. A guide groove is provided for guiding the bare fiber of the optical fiber. A fiber hole is provided for inserting therein the bare fibers guided by the guide groove. An injection port is provided for injecting therein adhesive for securing the coated optical fiber to the ferrule. Guide surfaces are provided for guiding the bare fiber to the guide grooves at sides of the guide groove. In the similar optical connector ferrule, there is provided an enlarged portion extending forwardly from a leading edge of the injection port in a fiber inserting direction and reaching a filling space into which the adhesive is filled. Further, a ceiling surface of the enlarged portion is inclined downwardly forwardly from the injection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuki Suematsu, Masato Shiino, Masao Shinoda, Koichi Maeno, Masaaki Takaya, Shinji Nagasawa, Kouji Shibata
  • Patent number: 6481900
    Abstract: Provided is an optical ferrule which permits physical contact of optical fibers. The optical ferrule is an injection molded product of a resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, 100 to 300 parts by mass of silica having a maximum grain size of 100 &mgr;m or smaller or 50 to 300 parts by mass of barium titanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeno, Takahiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 6347890
    Abstract: An optical ferrule is a molding of a resin composition comprising a base resin, silica, and whisker, as essential components. The resin composition has a melt viscosity of 300 to 600 [Pa×sec.] when measured at a shear rate of 900 [1/sec.] at a temperature of 340° C. by using a capillary having a diameter of 0.1 mm and a depth of 30 mm as defined by JIS-K-7199. Preferably, the base resin is a linear polyphenylene sulfide resin, and 250 to 300 parts by weight of silica and 10 to 70 parts by weight of whisker are blended with 100 parts by weight of the linear polyphenylene sulfide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Furakawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ueno, Koichi Maeno, Masayuki Ishiwa, Katsuki Suematsu
  • Publication number: 20010053266
    Abstract: In an optical connector ferrule comprising an insertion opening through a bare fiber, from which the coating is removed, of one end of a coated optical fiber is inserted, a guide groove for guiding the bare fiber inserted through the insertion opening, a fiber hole into which the bare fibers guided by the guide groove is inserted, and an injection port through which adhesive for securing the coated optical fiber to the ferrule is injected, guide surfaces for guiding the bare fiber to the guide grooves are formed at sides of the guide groove. In the similar optical connector ferrule, there is provided an enlarged portion extending forwardly from a leading edge of the injection port in a fiber inserting direction and communicated with a filling space into which the adhesive is filled. Further, a ceiling surface of the enlarged portion is inclined downwardly forwardly from the injection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Katsuki Suematsu, Masato Shiino, Masao Shinoda, Koichi Maeno, Masaaki Takaya, Shinji Nagasawa, Kouji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20010019646
    Abstract: An optical ferrule is a molding of a resin composition comprising a base resin, silica, and whisker, as essential components. The resin composition has a melt viscosity of 300 to 600 [Pa×sec.] when measured at a shear rate of 900 [1/sec.] at a temperature of 340° C. by using a capillary having a diameter of 0.1 mm and a depth of 30 mm as defined by JIS-K-7199. Preferably, the base resin is a linear polyphenylene sulfide resin, and 250 to 300 parts by weight of silica and 10 to 70 parts by weight of whisker are blended with 100 parts by weight of the linear polyphenylene sulfide resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Takahiro Ueno, Koichi Maeno, Masayuki Ishiwa, Katsuki Suematsu