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: 10731745
    Abstract: A technique that can efficiently reduce the number of oil bubbles. An oil-bubble reducing structure that is arranged in an automatic transmission includes: a filter that is arranged in an oil path for oil flowing through the automatic transmission, wherein the filter has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Kana Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10533657
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring unit in which oil bubbles are prevented from being generated. A wiring unit includes: a wire harness; and a rectifying member that is located above the wire harness and is provided with a rectifying plate that is located inside a through hole that penetrates through the rectifying member in a top-bottom direction, and that has a plate surface that is inclined relative to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kana Hashimoto, Kosuke Sone, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Masashi Tanifuji
  • Publication number: 20190368600
    Abstract: A control circuit device for vehicle automatic transmission includes a control circuit unit having a body with a built-in control circuit for vehicle automatic transmission and tab-like terminals extending from the body while being lined in an arrangement direction. A cover covers the control circuit unit from one side in an intersection direction intersecting the arrangement direction. An insulating protection tube collectively surrounds the terminals and has partition walls to be disposed between adjacent terminals. The cover and the protection tube include locks configured to lock the cover and the protection tube to each other and positioning structures configured to position the control circuit unit. The control circuit unit is held positioned with respect to the cover and the protection tube with the cover and the protection tube locked by the locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yasuto Takeda, Tsutomu Hashimoto, Yosuke Shiratsuka, Koji Ebisu
  • Patent number: 10457227
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring structure that can manage a protruding length of a led-out portion of an electrical wire so as to be constant. The wiring structure includes: a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring surface, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached. A positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 10355405
    Abstract: A device-side connector (10) includes a plurality of male terminals (11) and a locking portion (13) for locking a mating connector. The male terminals (11) and the locking portion (13) are disposed on a peripheral surface of a device having a hollow cylindrical shape. The locking portion (13) is disposed side by side with the plurality of male terminals (11) on an outer peripheral surface of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kosuke Sone
  • Patent number: 10355395
    Abstract: A wire with terminal (1) includes a single-core wire (3), a connector terminal (2) and a seal (5). The wire (3) includes one conductor (31) and an insulation coating layer (32) covering the conductor (31). The wire (3) is formed with a conductor portion (310) that is part of the conductor (31) projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (32). The connector terminal (2) is connected to the conductor portion (310) and arranged in an insertion hole (71) in a case (7). The seal (5) is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and in the insertion hole (71) and closes a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the seal (5) and the outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) 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: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Yasuto Takeda
  • Patent number: 10343628
    Abstract: A wiring unit that can reduce the number of oil bubbles. A wiring unit includes: a wire harness; and a wiring board on which the wire harness is arranged, wherein the wiring board has a through hole that penetrates the wiring board, and a filter that is provided in the through hole, and has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Kana Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10349545
    Abstract: A circuit unit (10) includes a circuit body (11) having a resin portion (12) covering a circuit, first terminals (15) projecting from one edge of the resin portion (12) and second terminals (16) projecting from another edge part of the resin portion (12). A fixing member (20) made of metal is configured to fix the circuit body (11) to a base member (BM) by being mounted on the base member (BM) while being held in contact with the resin portion (12). A cover (30) having receptacles (35, 36) is fit to mating connectors (50A, 50B) while covering the first and second terminals (15, 16). The cover (30) is configured to cover the circuit body (11) and the fixing member (20). The cover (30) is formed with an opening (33) for exposing the fixing member (20) to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10326232
    Abstract: A connector connecting member (10) is used to connect holding-side connectors (60) to device-side connectors (80) respectively provided in solenoids (90) serving as a plurality of electrical devices, and configured as a plate (11) including connector holding portions (12) and restrictions (13). A plurality of the connector holding portions (12) are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting a connecting direction. The restrictions (13) are arranged adjacent to the connector holding portions (12), restrict movements of the solenoids (90) by coming into contact with the solenoids (90) and align the holding-side connectors (60) at positions connectable to the device-side connectors (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Yuji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20190089089
    Abstract: A wire with terminal (1) includes a single-core wire (3), a connector terminal (2) and a seal (5). The wire (3) includes one conductor (31) and an insulation coating layer (32) covering the conductor (31). The wire (3) is formed with a conductor portion (310) that is part of the conductor (31) projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (32). The connector terminal (2) is connected to the conductor portion (310) and arranged in an insertion hole (71) in a case (7). The seal (5) is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and in the insertion hole (71) and closes a clearance (51) between the inner periphery of the seal (5) and the outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) 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: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Yasuto Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190078597
    Abstract: The present disclosure reduces the manufacturing costs of a support member with a portion made from resin that supports a conductive member. The support member is equipped with: a resin main body portion that has a support surface for supporting a conductive member such as an electric wire; and a metal plate that has a through-hole for a bolt and is for attachment to a device. The main body portion has a receptacle portion into which the plate is press-fitted and fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Kazuyoshi OHARA
  • Patent number: 10218120
    Abstract: It is aimed to enable a plurality of device-side connectors and a plurality of holding-side connectors to be collectively connected without enlarging the device-side connectors. Device-side connectors (3) are mounted on respective juxtaposed solenoids (1). Holding-side connectors (7) corresponding to these device-side connectors are mounted on a holder (18) via coupling members (19). A guiding groove (8) including a positioning portion (8A) is formed on the solenoid (1), and a guide portion (9) is formed on the coupling member (19) of the holding-side connector (7). The guide portion (9) corrects the posture of the holding-side connector (7) by the positioning portion (8A), whereby the device-side connector (3) and the holding-side connector (7) are guided to be opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kosuke Sone
  • Patent number: 10215207
    Abstract: A support member is for supporting a conductive member such as an electrical wire and is for installation in an automatic transmission, and includes a main body portion made of a resin and plates that are made of a metal and are to be fixed to the body of the automatic transmission via bolts. The main body portion has attachment portions to which the plates are attached, and elastic lock portions that project within the attachment portions and have elasticity capable of restricting removal of the plates from the attachment portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Osamu Nakayama, Tetsuji Tanaka, Mitsutoshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20190047489
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring structure that can manage a protruding length of a led-out portion of an electrical wire so as to be constant. The wiring structure includes: a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring surface, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached. A positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Kazuyoshi OHARA
  • Patent number: 10205278
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve connector connecting operability. A connector connecting device includes a connector holder (10) disposed on a body (90) of an automatic transmission while holding a plurality of holder-side connectors (50) and configured to collectively arrange the respective holder-side connectors (50) at positions corresponding to device-side connectors (82). The connector holder (10) includes holding portions (19) each configured to hold the holder-side connector (50) displaceably to an aligned position for aligning the holder-side connector (50) in a state connectable to the device-side connector (82) and a push-in position for connecting the holder-side connector (50) to the device-side connector (82) by the holder-side connector (50) being pushed from the aligned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Osamu Nakayama, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Yuji Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180361958
    Abstract: A wiring unit that can reduce the number of oil bubbles. A wiring unit includes: a wire harness; and a wiring board on which the wire harness is arranged, wherein the wiring board has a through hole that penetrates the wiring board, and a filter that is provided in the through hole, and has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Mitsuhiro SHIMAMURA, Tadashi GOTO, Kana HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180363759
    Abstract: A technique that can efficiently reduce the number of oil bubbles. An oil-bubble reducing structure that is arranged in an automatic transmission includes: a filter that is arranged in an oil path for oil flowing through the automatic transmission, wherein the filter has pores formed in its framework having a polygonal cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Mitsuhiro SHIMAMURA, Tadashi GOTO, Kana HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180368275
    Abstract: A circuit unit (10) includes a circuit body (11) having a resin portion (12) covering a circuit, first terminals (15) projecting from one edge of the resin portion (12) and second terminals (16) projecting from another edge part of the resin portion (12). A fixing member (20) made of metal is configured to fix the circuit body (11) to a base member (BM) by being mounted on the base member (BM) while being held in contact with the resin portion (12). A cover (30) having receptacles (35, 36) is fit to mating connectors (50A, 50B) while covering the first and second terminals (15, 16). The cover (30) is configured to cover the circuit body (11) and the fixing member (20). The cover (30) is formed with an opening (33) for exposing the fixing member (20) to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20180363770
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring unit in which oil bubbles are prevented from being generated. A wiring unit includes: a wire harness; and a rectifying member that is located above the wire harness and is provided with a rectifying plate that is located inside a through hole that penetrates through the rectifying member in a top-bottom direction, and that has a plate surface that is inclined relative to a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kana Hashimoto, Kosuke Sone, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Masashi Tanifuji
  • Publication number: 20180316140
    Abstract: It is aimed to enable a plurality of device-side connectors and a plurality of holding-side connectors to be collectively connected without enlarging the device-side connectors. Device-side connectors (3) are mounted on respective juxtaposed solenoids (1). Holding-side connectors (7) corresponding to these device-side connectors are mounted on a holder (18) via coupling members (19). A guiding groove (8) including a positioning portion (8A) is formed on the solenoid (1), and a guide portion (9) is formed on the coupling member (19) of the holding-side connector (7). The guide portion (9) corrects the posture of the holding-side connector (7) by the positioning portion (8A), whereby the device-side connector (3) and the holding-side connector (7) are guided to be opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Kosuke Sone