Patents by Inventor Kosuke Sone

Kosuke Sone 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: 12552332
    Abstract: A wiring module disposed in a vehicle in an arrangement space between a vehicle body panel and an interior member includes at least one device; a transmission member extending from each one of the at least one device; and a rigid member including a panel fixing portion and a plurality of device fixing portions. Each one of the at least one device is fixed to a device fixing portion selected from the plurality of device fixing portions, and a portion of the transmission member extending out from each one of the at least one device is held by the rigid member. The wiring module is fixed to the vehicle body panel via the panel fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Sato, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Takuya Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 12500365
    Abstract: The connector-equipped wire includes: a terminal-equipped wire that includes a coated wire and a terminal component provided at an end portion of the coated wire; and a connector housing that includes a main body component provided with a cavity, and a cover component mounted to the main body component. A leading end portion of the terminal component is accommodated in the cavity, a rear end portion of the terminal component protrudes outward of the cavity and is covered by the cover component or by the cover component and the main body component, and the cover component is mountable to the main body component through sliding movement in a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the cavity in a state in which the rear end portion of the terminal component protrudes outward of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kosuke Sone, Tomoyuki Kondo, Naomichi Kawashima, Yutaro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12472888
    Abstract: An object is to facilitate incorporation of a wiring module into a vehicle. A wiring module includes: a sheet-shaped member that extends in a planar shape relative to a mounting target portion of a vehicle; a transmission member held by the sheet-shaped member; and a rigid member provided on the sheet-shaped member, wherein the rigid member includes a plurality of divided members, the rigid member is provided with a plurality of attachment parts configured to be attached to the mounting target portion, the plurality of divided members include a first divided member and a second divided member that are coupled so as to be displaceable to each other, and a coupling portion between the first divided member and the second divided member is provided between the plurality of attachment parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Takuya Taniguchi, Ai Takehisa
  • Patent number: 12431638
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a technique with which the length of a portion of a terminal-equipped electric wire disposed in a cavity of a connector housing can be shortened. A terminal-equipped electric wire including: a coated electric wire including a conductor core wire and an insulation coating that covers the conductor core wire; a joint terminal connected to the conductor core wire; a connector terminal to be connected to a partner terminal; a single-core relay conductor in which one end thereof is connected to the joint terminal and another end thereof is connected to the connector terminal; and a sealing member that covers an intermediate portion of the relay conductor. A wire barrel of the joint terminal is crimped to the conductor core wire and the relay conductor at the same position in a longitudinal direction of the joint terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ikeda, Takuji Otsuka, Kosuke Sone, Keisuke Kondo, Takahiro Maruyama, Yasuto Takeda, Tomoyuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20250214519
    Abstract: A vehicle wiring system includes: an interior member facing a vehicle interior; an additional wiring member disposed on the interior member from a side of the vehicle interior; and an additional interior member. The additional interior member covers the additional wiring member from a side opposite to the interior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami ONO, Kosuke SONE, Tomoka SHIDA, Daichi ASHIDA, Yoshikazu HACHIYA, Tatsumi SATO, Makoto CHUJO, Shinji OSHITA, Kanade KURIYAMA, Ikuyoshi OTAKE, Hiroki SHUKURI, Itsuo WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20250128665
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique that makes it easy to retrofit a device to a vehicle. An in-vehicle device attachment structure includes a retrofit device attachment portion provided in a vehicle, an intermediate base plate attached to the retrofit device attachment portion, and a retrofit device attached to the intermediate base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Masami ONO, Kosuke SONE, Tatsumi SATO, Tomoka SHIDA
  • Patent number: 12261424
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: an electrical wire bundle; an exterior member externally mounted to the electrical wire bundle; and an adherend having a main surface as a flat surface, wherein the exterior member has an outer surface as a flat surface, and the outer surface and the main surface have surface contact with and are bonded to each other while the electrical wire bundle is disposed on the main surface of the adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kosuke Sone, Hirokazu Komori
  • Patent number: 12244063
    Abstract: This array antenna is an array antenna to be used for beam forming and includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a ground; a dielectric provided between the plurality of antenna elements and the ground, the dielectric having an electrical length, from the plurality of antenna elements to the ground, of not less than 0.03; and a shield structure provided at least between the plurality of antenna elements and configured to shield a radio wave radiated from each antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Miki, Suguru Yamagishi, Ichiro Kuwayama, Daisuke Miyawaki, Kosuke Sone
  • Patent number: 12237611
    Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technique for facilitating the insertion of a sealing member-equipped electric wire into a connector housing. The connector housing includes: a housing main body that is provided with a cavity. The cavity includes a first portion that includes one opening portion of the cavity, a second portion that includes the other opening portion of the cavity, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion has a polygonal horizontal cross section, and the third portion has a circular horizontal cross section that is smaller than the horizontal cross section of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kosuke Sone, Takahiro Maruyama, Yasuto Takeda, Tomoyuki Kondo, Naomichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12218422
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a conductive ground conductor plate; a plate-shaped radiating element disposed without being in contact with the ground conductor plate; a feeding line including a conductor and a shield member that surrounds the conductor, the shield member being connected to the ground conductor plate; and a conductive feeding element that includes a facing plate portion that faces the radiating element with an air layer provided therebetween, and is connected to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Terada, Norichika Oomi, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Ai Takehisa, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Yutaro Miki
  • Patent number: 12208753
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; a transmission member provided to the functional sheet; a roof-side apparatus provided to the functional sheet; and a rigid member provided to the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, and at least one end of the transmission member is provided along a wiring route connected to the roof-side apparatus in the functional sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Ai Takehisa
  • Patent number: 12142822
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; and a transmission member provided on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, the transmission member is electrically connected to a vehicle-side apparatus mounted to a side of the vehicle, and the transmission member is formed to extend to a position where the transmission member can perform a power supply to or communication with a roof-side apparatus mounted to the roof part in the functional sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Norichika Oomi, Daisuke Miyawaki, Shinichi Ishiko, Yuji Takenaka, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano, Yutaro Miki, Takanori Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 12137547
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a panel and an interior member in a vehicle; a transmission member disposed on one surface side of the functional sheet; and a conductive sheet covering a part of the transmission member. The functional sheet includes a conductive layer and a layer having a function of at least one of a thermal adjustment function or a sound insulation function, and the conductive sheet is electrically connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuriya Kato, Kosuke Sone, Ai Takehisa, Takuya Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 12126156
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a joint member including an adhesive layer, a heat generation layer, and a joint layer; and an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating and is provided between the adhesive layer and the joint layer, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties when heat is transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, the adhesive layer is fixed to one of the wiring member and the adherend, and the joint layer is fixed to another one of the wiring member and the adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kosuke Sone, Hirokazu Komori
  • Patent number: 12057714
    Abstract: An on-vehicle device that is to be mounted in a vehicle includes: an electrical component including a sensor; a power supply module including a power receiving antenna and a power supply circuit configured to convert radio waves for power feeding received by the power receiving antenna into electric power and supply the electric power to the electrical component; and a line member having flexibility and electrically connecting the electrical component to the power supply module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano
  • Publication number: 20240227491
    Abstract: An apparatus module includes: a rigid member disposed in an in-roof space between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle to be fixed to the roof panel; and an apparatus fixed to the rigid member. The rigid member is provided with a heat receiving part having contact with the apparatus to receive heat from the apparatus and a heat radiation part radiating heat received by the heat receiving part, the heat receiving part and the heat radiation part are provided in positions away from each other in a surface of the rigid member, and heat is transferred from the heat receiving part to the heat radiation part via a heat transfer path connecting the heat receiving part and the heat radiation part in the rigid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kosuke SONE, Tatsumi SATO, Takuya TANIGUCHI, Ai TAKEHISA
  • Publication number: 20240217310
    Abstract: One aim is to provide a technique allowing a device to be cooled without being housed inside a duct. A device module includes: a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle; and a device that is supported by a support surface among outer surfaces of the support member. A support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member, and the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kosuke SONE, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Takuya TANIGUCHI, Ai TAKEHISA
  • Publication number: 20240217454
    Abstract: A roof interior member is a roof interior member covering a roof panel of a vehicle from a side of a vehicle interior and including a plurality of segmented roof interior members, wherein the plurality of segmented roof interior members form a continuous body continuously formed in a state of extending in different regions in the roof panel to have a shape of covering the roof panel from the side of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Takuya TANIGUCHI, Ai TAKEHISA
  • Patent number: 12027761
    Abstract: An antenna module is an antenna module attached to a roof in a vehicle and includes a substrate and a plurality of antennas provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is kept in a curved state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Takenaka, Norichika Oomi, Kosuke Sone, Suguru Yamagishi, Takanori Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 12009124
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a heat generation layer provided to surround a periphery of the wiring member; an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed; and a joint layer provided on at least a portion between the heat generation layer and the adherend and a portion between the heat generation layer and the wiring member, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties by heat transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, and is joined to the heat generation layer and at least one of the adherend and the wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kato, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kosuke Sone