Patents by Inventor Kosuke TOMOSADA
Kosuke TOMOSADA 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).
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Patent number: 12555987Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a plate spring member; a sheath member; and a protector that integrally holds an end part of the sheath member and portions of the electric wire and the plate spring member led out from the end part of the sheath member. The protector includes: a protector main body having a routing space part where the electric wire, the plate spring member, and the sheath member are routed; and a lid part that closes the routing space part. The routing space part is provided with: a pair of regulation parts that supports both ends of the routed plate spring member, and regulates a height position of the plate spring member in the protector with respect to a height direction; and a housing recessed part that is located between the pair of regulation parts and houses an excess portion of the sheath member.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2024Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada
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Patent number: 12391196Abstract: A protector applied to a wire harness includes: a base member that includes a housing space part that is formed with a wall part and in which wiring materials are inserted and an opening part that allows the housing space part to communicate with outside; and a cover member that closes the opening part by being assembled to the base member. The cover member, in a state of being assembled to the base member, includes a positioning part that is formed to protrude toward the housing space part side and abuts against the wiring materials housed in the housing space part. The positioning part is capable of correcting positions of the wiring materials, in a state of being assembled to the base member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Patent number: 12344173Abstract: A sheath assembly applied to a wire harness includes: a protector that includes a base member to which a wiring material is inserted, and a cover member; and a movable sheathing material which is attached to the base member in a movable manner and to which the end part of the wiring material housed in a housing space part can be inserted. The cover member includes a positioning part that is formed to protrude toward the housing space part side in a state where the cover member is assembled to the base member and that maintains a connection state between the base member and the movable sheathing material by abutting against a connection part of the movable sheathing material to the base member.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Akira Tsubaki
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Publication number: 20250153664Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening portion provided in a roof; an exterior member having a first end portion and a second end portion; an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and a plate-like biasing member inserted through the exterior member and forming a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction in the exterior member, in which the biasing member has a wavy portion provided in a portion where the curved portion is formed, the wavy portion includes a plurality of first crest portions and a plurality of second crest portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Eri Ueda
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Publication number: 20250158375Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first protector fixed to a body of a vehicle; a second protector fixed to a glass slider that moves along a vehicular front-back direction with respect to an opening provided to a roof of the body; a braided tube having a first end and a second end; a twisted pair cable inserted through the braided tube; and a steel strip inserted through the braided tube, the steel strip keeping the braided tube having a bend that bends in the vehicular front-back direction between the first end and the second end, in which the steel strip is a plate-shaped member and has a support surface on which the twisted pair cable is supported, and the twisted pair cable includes two wires that are mutually insulated and are independent of each other, the two wires being integrally routed in a spirally crossing manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure, Kyosuke Okuda
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Publication number: 20250158376Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixing part; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body; an exterior member having a first end portion and a second end portion; an electric wire; and a biasing member forming a curved portion between the first end portion and the second end portion of the exterior member, in which the biasing member has an arcuate portion forming the curved portion when the slide body is located at an end of a slide range, the arcuate portion is formed to have an arcuate shape with a predetermined radius in a state where no external force acts on the biasing member, and the predetermined radius is greater than half of a distance from the first end portion to the second end portion in a vehicle up-down direction when the slide body is located at the end portion of the slide range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventor: Kosuke Tomosada
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Publication number: 20250153665Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction; an exterior member having a first end portion held by the first fixing part and a second end portion held by the second fixing part; an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and a biasing member inserted through the exterior member and forming a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion of the exterior member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250153663Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening provided in a roof of the vehicle body; an exterior member having a first end portion held by the first fixing part and a second end portion held by the second fixing part; and a plurality of electric wires inserted through the exterior member. The first fixing part and the second fixing part hold the exterior member so as to form a curved portion in which the exterior member is curved in the vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the plurality of electric wires have a stranded wire portion extending inside the exterior member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250153662Abstract: A routing structure includes: an exterior member having a first fixing part; a second fixing part; a first end portion held by the first fixing part and a second end portion held by the second fixing part; an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and a holding part holding the electric wire, in which the first fixing part and the second fixing part hold the exterior member to form a curved portion in which the exterior member is curved in a vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the holding part holds at least two portions of the electric wire such that the electric wire has an extra length retaining portion inside the exterior member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250153666Abstract: A routing structure includes a first fixing part fixed to a rail, a second fixing part fixed to a slide body, a tubular exterior member, a biasing member inserted through the exterior member and having a curved portion curved in a vehicle front-rear direction at a position between a first end portion and a second end portion of the exterior member, and a support structure supporting the biasing member. The support structure includes at least one of a first support structure that forms a first arcuate portion in the curved portion and a second support structure that forms a second arcuate portion in the curved portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250100483Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixed portion that is fixed to a vehicle body; a second fixed portion that is fixed to a sliding body that moves in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening of a roof; an exterior member that is formed by connecting a plurality of relatively rotatable tubular members and has a first end portion and a second end portion; an electric wire; and a biasing member that presses the exterior member toward the sliding body, in which the exterior member is configured such that an angle at which two tubular members rotate relative to each other is a predetermined angle or less, and the predetermined angle is an angle at which the exterior member forms a curved shape whose diameter is a first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250100474Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixed portion that is fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a second fixed portion that is fixed to a sliding body that moves in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening provided in a roof of the vehicle body; an exterior member that has a first end portion held by the first fixed portion and a second end portion held by the second fixed portion; an electric wire that is inserted into the exterior member; and a biasing member that is inserted into the exterior member and forms a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion of the exterior member, in which the biasing member includes a rod-shaped first member and a plate-shaped second member that supports the electric wire and the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventor: Kosuke Tomosada
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Publication number: 20250100484Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixed portion that is fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a second fixed portion that is fixed to a sliding body that moves in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening provided in a roof of the vehicle body; an exterior member that has a first end portion held by the first fixed portion and a second end portion held by the second fixed portion; an electric wire; and a biasing member, in which the sliding body moves in a vehicle up-down direction in addition to the vehicle front-rear direction between a fully closed position and a fully open position, and the exterior member is configured to be deformed while following a change in radius of the curved portion caused by the movement of the sliding body in the vehicle up-down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250100472Abstract: A routing structure includes: a first fixed portion fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a second fixed portion fixed to a sliding body that moves in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening provided in a roof of the vehicle body; an exterior member that has a first end portion held by the first fixed portion and a second end portion held by the second fixed portion; an electric wire inserted into the exterior member; a plate-shaped biasing member inserted into the exterior member and forms a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion of the exterior member; and a suppressing portion provided on the biasing member and increases rigidity of a portion forming the curved portion to suppress the biasing member from having a narrowing shape at the curved portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Eri Ueda
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Publication number: 20250100473Abstract: A routing structure includes a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion, an exterior member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a curved portion, an electric wire, and a regulating unit, wherein the second fixing portion holds the second end portion such that the exterior member extends from the second fixing portion along a slide body in the predetermined direction, the regulating unit regulates separation of a portion, of the exterior member, extending along the slide body from the slide body, and the regulating unit applies, to the exterior member, at least one of a pressing force, the pressing force pressing the exterior member against the slide body and a holding force that holds the exterior member on the slide body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20250100485Abstract: A routing structure includes a first fixing portion fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle, a second fixing portion fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction at an opening provided in a roof of the vehicle body, an exterior member having a first end portion held by the first fixing portion and a second end portion held by the second fixing portion, an electric wire disposed inside the exterior member, and an urging member disposed inside the exterior member and having a curved portion curved in a vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion in the exterior member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure, Eri Ueda
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Patent number: 12255444Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire, an exterior member, and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire and the exterior member are routed along an axial direction, a lid portion attached to the protector main body to close the routing space portion, and a plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions protruding from the lid portion toward the protector main body and locking the exterior member, and height positions of distal ends of the plurality of first protrusions and second protrusions varies according to a formation position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Kyosuke Okuda
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Publication number: 20240275148Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a plate spring member; a sheath member; and a protector that integrally holds an end part of the sheath member and portions of the electric wire and the plate spring member led out from the end part of the sheath member. The protector includes: a protector main body having a routing space part where the electric wire, the plate spring member, and the sheath member are routed; and a lid part that closes the routing space part. The routing space part is provided with: a pair of regulation parts that supports both ends of the routed plate spring member, and regulates a height position of the plate spring member in the protector with respect to a height direction; and a housing recessed part that is located between the pair of regulation parts and houses an excess portion of the sheath member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada
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Publication number: 20240083371Abstract: A protector applied to a wire harness includes: a base member that includes a housing space part that is formed with a wall part and in which wiring materials are inserted and an opening part that allows the housing space part to communicate with outside; and a cover member that closes the opening part by being assembled to the base member. The cover member, in a state of being assembled to the base member, includes a positioning part that is formed to protrude toward the housing space part side and abuts against the wiring materials housed in the housing space part. The positioning part is capable of correcting positions of the wiring materials, in a state of being assembled to the base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada, Naoto Kogure
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Publication number: 20240083370Abstract: A sheath assembly applied to a wire harness includes: a protector that includes a base member to which a wiring material is inserted, and a cover member; and a movable sheathing material which is attached to the base member in a movable manner and to which the end part of the wiring material housed in a housing space part can be inserted. The cover member includes a positioning part that is formed to protrude toward the housing space part side in a state where the cover member is assembled to the base member and that maintains a connection state between the base member and the movable sheathing material by abutting against a connection part of the movable sheathing material to the base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Kosuke TOMOSADA, Akira TSUBAKI