Patents by Inventor Makoto Katsumata

Makoto Katsumata 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: 7905010
    Abstract: Provided is an order-receiving production system and so on of a wire and wiring harness, by which the cost of the wire and a product using the wire can be prevented from increasing and the resource-saving can be attained. An order-receiving production system 1 of a wiring harness includes a wire-producing department 14, a wiring harness-assembling department 15 and a production control department 16. The production control department 16 forwards a first ordered quantity data D1, second ordered quantity data D2 and third ordered quantity data D3, each data meeting the received ordered data D, to a resin-producing department 44, core wire-producing department 45 and additive-producing department 46, respectively. The departments 44, 45 and 46 produce a pellet, core wire and additive with the respective necessary amount, respectively, and send them to the wire-producing department 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima
  • Publication number: 20100294533
    Abstract: A shielded electric wire 1A is composed of a plurality of covered electric wires 10 of which core wires 2 are covered by covers having different colors; a braided shield 4 attached to an outer region of the covered electric wires 10; and an insulating sheath 5 covering an outer circumference of the braided shield 4. Because the covered electric wires 10 have covers 3 having different colors, the covered electric wires 10 can be identified from each other. Further, a mark 6A for identifying the electric wire is formed on a part of the outer surface of the sheath 5. A color identifying a destination of each covered electric wire 10 is selected properly as the color of the mark 6A. Further, a combination of the colors of the covers 3 of the covered electric wires 10 and the color of the mark 6A can indicate a product type of the shielded electric wire 1A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Makoto Katsumata, Masashi Kitada, Kiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20100239752
    Abstract: This invention provides a color matching test piece capable of freely changing a combination of a base color and an upper color to be overpainted one on another with less work. The color matching test piece 10 is formed of a clear-colorless film base 10a. A plurality of the color matching test pieces 10 painted with individual colors with respect to each color to be overpainted are prepared, and the test pieces 10 are stuck to a car body or the like with a defatting agent to reproduce the state of the overpainted color in order for color comparison relative to the original color of the car body. The color matching test piece 10 has peeling tabs 11 and jig holes 12 and is superposed on the other test pieces according to need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Junji Serizawa, Makoto Katsumata, Kiyokazu Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20100040618
    Abstract: Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell that has p185 on its surface are disclosed. The methods comprise administering an antibody which specifically binds to p185. Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell that has p185 on its surface in an individual at high risk of developing tumors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mark I. Greene, Makoto Katsumata, Jeffrey Drebin
  • Publication number: 20090104191
    Abstract: Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell that has p185 on its surface are disclosed. The methods comprise administering an antibody which specifically binds to p185. Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell that has p185 on its surface in an individual at high risk of developing tumors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Mark I. Greene, Makoto Katsumata, Jeffrey Drebin
  • Patent number: 7504586
    Abstract: Covered wires easily distinguished from each other on a low cost and a method of distinguishing the covered wires are provided. The first covered wire (1) has a core (5) and a cover portion (6). An outer surface (6a) of the cover portion (6) is unicolor (P). The first mark (7) and the second mark (8) are disposed with a gap on the outer surface (6a) along lengthwise of the first covered wire (1). The first mark (7) is colored with the first color (R). The second mark (8) is colored with the first color (G). The first covered wires (1) can be distinguished by properly selecting the first color (R) and the second color (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamata, Makoto Katsumata, Keigo Sugimura, Shigeharu Suzuki, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20090059716
    Abstract: For providing a method of applying raw materials capable to make control of manufacturing easier and to make a compound stable in quality, firstly each raw materials is respectively measured. Secondly, by packing each of the raw materials with each determinate quantity in a packed form of each bag, each pack of raw material can be given. Preparing each of the required numbers of the packs of raw material corresponding to each of required quantities of the raw materials, the prepared packs of raw material are supplied into a mixing-tempering machine 31. Thereafter, the mixing-tempering and pelleting processes will be acted, and the compound stable in quality can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Katsumata, Yukihiro Masuda
  • Patent number: 7482539
    Abstract: The present invention provides electrical cables that can be surely discriminated from one another, even when only a part of an outer surface of each cable is exposed. An electrical cable 1 has an electrically conductive core 5 and a sheathing layer 6 covering the core 5. The sheathing layer 6 has an outer surface 6a with a mono-color. On the outer surface 6a, a first mark 7 and a second mark 8 are provided. At an end 1a of the cable 1, the first mark 7 is provided on a first outer surface 1b while the second mark 8 is provided on a second outer surface 1c positioned oppositely to the first surface 1b of the sheathing layer 6. On the first outer surface 1b, a plurality of the first and second marks 7, 8 are provided to be alternately positioned in a longitudinal direction of the cable 1. The first mark 7 has a first color R while the second mark 8 has a second color G different from the first color R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Katsumata, Takeshi Kamata, Shigeharu Suzuki, Keigo Sugimura, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20080300342
    Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition excellent in flame retardancy and mechanical properties and also in wearing resistance and an electric wire produced with the composition are provided. The polyolefin resin composition is characterized by containing, as a flame retardant, magnesium hydroxide particles which have a higher fatty acid bonded to part of the surface of the particles and further have a silicone oil having reactivity bonded to that part of the particles which does not have the higher fatty acid bonded thereto. The electric wire is characterized by having a sheath layer formed from the polyolefin resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Koji Kodama, Takayuki Kato, Shuichi Kimura, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Atsushi Kagawa, Tomohiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7275317
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wiring harness job-order production method and a wiring harness job-order production system, wherein a space for producing a wiring harness is reduced and the production efficiency of the wiring harness is improved. The wiring harness job-order production system 1 has a wiring harness assembling portion 15, an electric wire stock portion 13, and a parts stock portion 14. The wiring harness assembling portion 15 outputs wire amount data DT1 to the electric wire stock portion 13 when the wiring harness assembling portion 15 receives an order from a wiring harness ordering side 38. The wiring harness assembling portion 15 outputs parts amount data DT2 to the parts stock portion 14 when the wiring harness assembling portion 15 receives an order from the wiring harness ordering side 38. The electric wire stock portion 13 conveys a non-colored electric wire toward the wiring harness assembling portion 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamata, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Shigeharu Suzuki, Keigo Sugimura, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 7130155
    Abstract: A head actuator assembly comprises a plate-like suspension having a distal end portion mounting with a magnetic head, and a trace having a relay FPC attached to the suspension through a lining plate. A head IC is mounted on the relay FPC and positioned near the magnetic head. In an area which faces the head IC, insulation layers of the FPC are removed, and an opening is formed in the lining plate and suspension. A wiring pattern of the relay FPC is exposed through this opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20060213064
    Abstract: A compound (1) is manufactured which has a metal outer part (3) having a hollow space (2) and a content material (4) formed in the hollow space (2). Namely, manufacture is made by including an outer part forming step to form an outer part and a content material forming step to form a content material (4) in the hollow space (2) by using a metal matrix melt to be die-molded and a filler contained in the melt. The outer part (3) has a desired exterior form. Meanwhile, the content material (4) is formed in a state the hollow space (2) is filled in order to lighten the weight and improve the strength of the compound (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kunio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20060191124
    Abstract: Provided is an order-receiving production system and so on of a wire and wiring harness, by which the cost of the wire and a product using the wire can be prevented from increasing and the resource-saving can be attained. An order-receiving production system 1 of a wiring harness includes a wire-producing department 14, a wiring harness-assembling department 15 and a production control department 16. The production control department 16 forwards a first ordered quantity data D1, second ordered quantity data D2 and third ordered quantity data D3, each data meeting the received ordered data D, to a resin-producing department 44, core wire-producing department 45 and additive-producing department 46, respectively. The departments 44, 45 and 46 produce a pellet, core wire and additive with the respective necessary amount, respectively, and send them to the wire-producing department 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima
  • Publication number: 20060167158
    Abstract: In a resin composition to be used for electric wire sheaths, in which a polyolefin resin and an ultrafine nylon fibers-dispersed polyolefin resin composition are mixed, a blend ratio of a polyolefin (PO) and ultrafine nylon fibers (Ny) in the ultrafine nylon fibers-dispersed polyolefin resin composition preferably falls within a range from 5:5 to 9:1 (PO:Ny). It is further preferable that the blend ratio is 8:2. The resin composition may be comprised of at least one of silica particles and magnesium hydroxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Shinichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7041726
    Abstract: An insulating member is made of an abrasion-resistant resin composition prepared by mixing a base resin with a polyamide ultrafine, fibers-dispersed polyolefin resin composition that contains a polyolefin, polyamide fibers, a silane coupling agent and silica particles. In the resin composition, the silica particles may be in the polyamide fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Shinichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20060070766
    Abstract: The present invention provides electrical cables that can be surely discriminated from one another, even when only a part of an outer surface of each cable is exposed. An electrical cable 1 has an electrically conductive core 5 and a sheathing layer 6 covering the core 5. The sheathing layer 6 has an outer surface 6a with a mono-color. On the outer surface 6a, a first mark 7 and a second mark 8 are provided. At an end 1a of the cable 1, the first mark 7 is provided on a first outer surface 1b while the second mark 8 is provided on a second outer surface 1c positioned oppositely to the first surface 1b of the sheathing layer 6. On the first outer surface 1b, a plurality of the first and second marks 7, 8 are provided to be alternately positioned in a longitudinal direction of the cable 1. The first mark 7 has a first color R while the second mark 8 has a second color G different from the first color R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Makoto Katsumata, Takeshi Kamata, Suzuki Shigeharu, Keigo Sugimura, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20060021785
    Abstract: Covered wires easily distinguished from each other on a low cost and a method of distinguishing the covered wires are provided. The first covered wire (1) has a core (5) and a cover portion (6). An outer surface (6a) of the cover portion (6) is unicolor (P). The first mark (7) and the second mark (8) are disposed with a gap on the outer surface (6a) along lengthwise of the first covered wire (1). The first mark (7) is colored with the first color (R). The second mark (8) is colored with the first color (G). The first covered wires (1) can be distinguished by properly selecting the first color (R) and the second color (G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamata, Makoto Katsumata, Keigo Sugimura, Shigeharu Suzuki, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20050060881
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wiring harness job-order production method and a wiring harness job-order production system, wherein a space for producing a wiring harness is reduced and the production efficiency of the wiring harness is improved. The wiring harness job-order production system 1 has a wiring harness assembling portion 15, an electric wire stock portion 13, and a parts stock portion 14. The wiring harness assembling portion 15 outputs wire amount data DT1 to the electric wire stock portion 13 when the wiring harness assembling portion 15 receives an order from a wiring harness ordering side 38. The wiring harness assembling portion 15 outputs parts amount data DT2 to the parts stock portion 14 when the wiring harness assembling portion 15 receives an order from the wiring harness ordering side 38. The electric wire stock portion 13 conveys a non-colored electric wire toward the wiring harness assembling portion 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamata, Makoto Katsumata, Hitoshi Ushijima, Shigeharu Suzuki, Keigo Sugimura, Kiyoshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 6855187
    Abstract: In a waste wire harness including electric wires each coated with a resin comprised of an olefin-based resin and magnesium hydroxide as a fire retardant, and including accompanied members having at least one of terminals, connectors, various kind of boxes such as junction boxes and fuse boxes, tapes, tubes, grommets, wiring clips, and protectors, a method for recycling the waste wire harness includes a step of removing the accompanied members from the waste wire harness, a step of crushing the waste wire harness after removing the accompanied members to obtain crushed particles, a step of incinerating the crushed particles to produce incinerated ash, a step of converting a magnesium compound contained in the incinerated ash into magnesium hydroxide, and a step of collecting the magnesium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Katsumata, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050013051
    Abstract: A head actuator assembly comprises a plate-like suspension having a distal end portion mounting with a magnetic head, and a trace having a relay FPC attached to the suspension through a lining plate. A head IC is mounted on the relay FPC and positioned near the magnetic head. In an area which faces the head IC, insulation layers of the FPC are removed, and an opening is formed in the lining plate and suspension. A wiring pattern of the relay FPC is exposed through this opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto Katsumata