Patents by Inventor Makoto Higashikozono
Makoto Higashikozono 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: 10957465Abstract: The wire harness includes a sheathing member that is formed in a sheet shape, at least one electric wire that is arranged on a first principal surface side of the sheathing member, and a sewing thread that sews the electric wire to the sheathing member. A partial region of the sheathing member that is arranged along an extension direction of the electric wire is in a flat state, while another at least partial region of the sheathing member that is arranged along the extension direction of the electric wire is curved in a direction intersecting with the extension direction of the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Masakuni Kasugai
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Publication number: 20210083418Abstract: A connector holding structure is provided with a plurality of connectors to be connected to a plurality of mating connectors arranged in an arrangement direction, a plurality of wires drawn out from the plurality of connectors, and a connector holding member including a plurality of connector mounting portions for respectively holding the plurality of connectors, the connector holding member collectively holding the plurality of connectors. The connector holding member includes a deflectable and deformable flexible portion between adjacent ones of the plurality of connector mounting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Kaho Hayashi, Tetsuji Tanaka, Makoto Higashikozono, Keishi Kitamura, Yasuto Takeda, Takahiro Maruyama
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Publication number: 20210030157Abstract: An armrest according to the technology described herein includes a bracket, an armrest body, a device connecting port, an armrest-side connector, and a cable. The bracket is fixed to a seat frame. The armrest body is attached to the bracket to be rotatable. The device connecting port is exposed through an outer surface of the armrest body. The armrest-side connector is fixed to the seat frame at a position different from the bracket. The cable includes an end connected to the device connecting port and an end connected to an armrest-side connector. The armrest body includes a cable retaining portion through which the cable is passed and in which the cable is retained. Any one of the bracket and the armrest body includes a hole (an elongated hole) that allows movement of the cable along with rotation of the armrest body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210031660Abstract: An armrest includes a cable to be connected to a seat-side cable arranged on a seat, and a body member that is mountable on the seat and includes a routing section therein in which the cable is arranged. The cable includes an arranged portion that is arranged in the routing section and a connecting operation section that extends outside the routing section when being connected to the seat-side cable. The connecting operation section is arranged in the routing section when the body member is mounted on the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210036445Abstract: Power trunk conductors 30 of a trunk cable 12 and power branch conductors 37 of a branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by a first trunk-side bus bar 56, fuses, and a first branch-side bus bar 60. Signal trunk conductors 31 of the trunk cable 12 and signal branch conductors 38 of the branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by the relay bus bars 64.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Hisashi SAWADA
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Patent number: 10910156Abstract: A power storage module includes: a power storage element; a cooling member that has a coolant and a sealing body hermetically sealing the coolant, is stacked on the power storage element, and is configured to form a bulging portion by deformation of the sealing body caused by evaporation of the coolant in a region not overlapping the power storage element; a heat transfer plate that is stacked on the power storage element with the cooling member sandwiched therebetween; and an elastic member that abuts with the heat transfer plate and the bulging portion and is elastically deformable.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Akihisa Hosoe, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomoharu Takeyama, Eiichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210027916Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is welded to the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A thickness dimension of a first covering part in the insulating covering on a side of the electrical wire fixing part in relation to the core wire is formed smaller than a thickness dimension of a second covering part located on an opposite side of the core wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring System, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Miyu ARAMAKI
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Patent number: 10867721Abstract: A wire harness includes a functional exterior component shaped into a sheet and an electric wire disposed to overlap with the functional exterior component in at least a part of a region along a longitudinal direction. At least a part of an overlap between the insulating covering of the electric wire and the functional exterior component is welded.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Ishida, Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Toru Tanji
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Publication number: 20200386487Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a bag and a working fluid. The bag includes a first sheet and a second sheet with edges that are sealed together. The working fluid is enclosed in the bag. The working fluid changes a phase thereof between gas and liquid. The bag includes a vaporizing portion in which the liquid-phase working fluid is vaporized and a condensing portion in which the gas-phase working fluid is condensed. The bag includes a two-phase flow channel in which liquid-gas two-phase slug flow including the liquid-phase working fluid and the gas-phase working fluid occurs from the vaporizing portion to the condensing portion. The two-phase flow channel is provided in an internal space of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Akihiro NAGAFUCHI, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200388890Abstract: A coolant includes a refrigerant, a porous plate-shaped heat insulator, and an enclosure in which the refrigerant and the heat insulator are enclosed in a sealed state, and the heat insulator has a thermal conductivity per unit area of 300 W/(K·m2) or less and a thickness equal to or greater than 0.5 mm and equal to or less than 10.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Koma NUMATA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Kazuki OKUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Junichi ONO
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Publication number: 20200353880Abstract: To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Masakuni KASUGAI
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Publication number: 20200328008Abstract: A wire harness includes a functional exterior component, at least one electric wire, and at least one thread. The functional exterior component is shaped into a sheet. The electric wire is disposed on one main surface of the functional exterior component. With the thread the electric wire is sewn on the functional exterior component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Tooru TANJI, Junichi SHIRAKAWA, Koichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20200307475Abstract: A routing structure for routing an electric wire to a vehicle seat includes: a first cushion portion attached to the vehicle seat; and the electric wire fixed to the first cushion portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Housei MIZUNO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200295419Abstract: A cooling member includes an enclosing member including sheet members that are connected in a liquid tight manner, refrigerant enclosed in the enclosing member, and a medium where the refrigerant moves within the enclosing member. The medium includes an evaporation section where the refrigerant is evaporated and turned into gas, the enclosing member includes a condensation section in which the refrigerant that is in a gaseous state is condensed and turned into liquid. The medium includes acceleration means that accelerates movement of the refrigerant that is in a liquid state to the evaporation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Yoshiyuki HIROSE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Eiichi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10766438Abstract: To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Masakuni Kasugai
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Publication number: 20200251790Abstract: A cooling member includes refrigerant, an absorbing member absorbing the refrigerant, an enclosing member including flexible sheet members, that are connected to each other and enclosing the refrigerant and the absorbing member in a sealed state, and a heat releasing section configured to receive heat from the enclosing member and release the heat to an outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Akihisa HOSOE, Tomoharu TAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki HIROSE
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Patent number: 10734134Abstract: A wire harness includes a functional exterior component, at least one electric wire, and at least one thread. The functional exterior component is shaped into a sheet. The electric wire is disposed on one main surface of the functional exterior component. With the thread the electric wire is sewn on the functional exterior component.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Tooru Tanji, Junichi Shirakawa, Koichiro Goto
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Patent number: 10731745Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Mitsuhiro Shimamura, Tadashi Goto, Kana Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10714798Abstract: A cooling member includes a sealing member including a first sheet member and a second sheet member connected to each other in a liquid-tightly closed state, a refrigerant enclosed in the sealing member, and an absorbing member disposed in the sealing member and configured to absorb the refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Akihisa Hosoe, Tomoharu Takeyama, Yoshiyuki Hirose, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Eiichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10700398Abstract: A cooling member includes a fluid-tight sealed body that is formed by a first laminated sheet and a second laminated sheet being joined to each other at at least one joint portion, a coolant that is enclosed in the sealed body, and a heat dissipation plate that is joined in a fluid-tight manner to an inner surface of the sealed body at at least one joint portion and that has a heat absorption portion that is located inside the sealed body and a heat dissipation portion that is located outside the sealed body.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono