Patents by Inventor Masaaki SUGURO

Masaaki SUGURO 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: 9490051
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a wire harness including a core inserting step of forming a widely open braided mesh portion by widening a braided mesh of a braid before crimping is performed, and of inserting a core into an end from the outside of the braid via the widely open braided mesh portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20160276064
    Abstract: A conductive path (1) used in a wire harness includes a conductor (2) and an insulator (3). The conductive path (1) includes parts corresponding to route restriction sections (A, B) where route restriction is required, and parts corresponding to sections other than the route restriction sections (A, B), that is, different sections (C, D, E). The insulator (3) includes an extrusion-molded insulator main body (4) and multiple thick parts (6) post-attached to an outer surface (5) of the insulator main body (4). The thick parts (6) are disposed and formed at positions corresponding to the route restriction sections (A, B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki Suguro, Hideomi Adachi, Tatsuya Oga
  • Patent number: 9425598
    Abstract: A sliding type clamp includes a clamp fixing part adapted to be fixed to a stud bolt, and a clamp body adapted to clamp an objected member. The clamp fixing part and the clamp body are integrally formed. The clamp fixing part has a first sliding structure which slides along a direction perpendicular to an axis of the stud bolt. The clamp body has a second sliding structure which slides with respect to the objected member along a longitudinal direction of the objected member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Tohyama, Tatsuya Oga, Shinichi Inao, Masaaki Suguro
  • Patent number: 9412491
    Abstract: A wire harness includes at least one conducting path, and a tubular exterior member that covers the conducting path. The exterior member has a shape changed portion in at least one position. The shape changed portion includes at least one small tube portion which includes an accommodation space necessary for accommodating the conducting path, a tube continuous portion one end of which is continuous with an end of the small tube portion, and a large tube portion which is continuous with another end of the tube continuous portion and includes a tubular shape that is larger in outer shape than the small tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9385469
    Abstract: A protector comprises a terminal engagement section to be engaged with a terminal of a tubular body into which one or a plurality of electrically conductive paths are to be inserted, wherein an electrically conductive path pullout hole is formed in the terminal engagement section as an area by which the one or the plurality of electrically conductive paths are pulled out; and the terminal engagement section further includes an electrically conductive path fixing portion that extends from an opening edge of the electrically conductive path pullout hole in a direction in which the one or the plurality of electrically conductive paths are pulled out, and a tubular body fixing portion that extends along an exterior surface of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Tohyama, Tatsuya Oga, Shinichi Inao, Masaaki Suguro
  • Patent number: 9376070
    Abstract: Each of wire harnesses includes a conductive path, an exterior member which covers the conductive path, a base portion which is retrofitted to or integrally formed with the exterior member, and a combination structure portion which is integrally formed with the base portion. The combination structure portion includes a combining engagement portion and a combined engagement portion. The combining engagement portion of the combination structure portion in one of the wire harnesses is detachably engaged with the combined engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the other wire harness, or the combined engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the one of the wire harnesses is detachably engaged with the combining engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the other wire harness, so that the wire harnesses are combined with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9358938
    Abstract: A harness pressing part (6) which is inserted into a harness protection tube (1) from a hole part (3) formed in a peripheral wall (2) of the harness protection tube (1) comes into pressure contact with a harness (9) thereby to depress fluttering of the harness (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9340170
    Abstract: A wire harness exterior member has a plurality of specified sections set along a tubular body longitudinal direction of a body portion, and the body portion has, for each specified section, a resin characterized portion molded using a resin material having characteristics adapted to the corresponding specified section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20160114742
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a conductive path. The conductive path includes a conductor and a sheath that covers the conductor. The sheath includes a first sheath part arranged correspondingly to a route restriction section where route restriction is required and a second sheath part arranged correspondingly to a different section other than the route restriction section. The first sheath part is formed thicker than the second sheath part, and the first sheath part has rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Suguro, Hideomi Adachi, Tatsuya Oga
  • Publication number: 20150375696
    Abstract: A wire harness includes an electrical pathway and a pipe like exterior member that covers the electrical pathway. The exterior member includes a low rigidity portion which is flelxible and a high rigidity portion which is unflexible and has a rigidity higher than the low rigidity portion, and the low rigidity portion and the high rigidity portion are successively arranged in an extending direction of the electrical pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi OGUE, Hideomi ADACHI, Shinichi INAO, Tatsuya OGA, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA, Masaaki SUGURO
  • Publication number: 20150224945
    Abstract: A wire harness is bent or folded at a position of a flexible part and then set to a packed state by a packing member, and in the packed state, a first installation part is set to a state of being able to be installed in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Syuhei Ejima, Kazuya Harakawa
  • Publication number: 20150222103
    Abstract: The wire harness exterior member is a tube-shaped wire harness exterior member which houses and protects at least one conductive path. The wire harness exterior member is formed by connecting metal pipes made of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150187469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a wire harness including a core inserting step of forming a widely open braided mesh portion by widening a braided mesh of a braid before crimping is performed, and of inserting a core into an end from the outside of the braid via the widely open braided mesh portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150179312
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body while one side in a circumferential direction is exposed, the exterior member including an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a predetermined background color and an identifying mark that is provided on the outer surface of the exterior member body and which has another predetermined color different from the background color, includes providing the identifying mark on the outer surface of the exterior member body having a straight shape and bending the exterior member body at a middle position in the longitudinal direction after the providing the identifying mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150175097
    Abstract: An exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body while one side in a circumferential direction is exposed, includes an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a predetermined background color, and an identifying mark that is provided on the outer surface of the exterior member body and which has another predetermined color different from the background color. The exterior member body is formed with at least one bent part which is bent at a middle position in a longitudinal direction, and the identifying mark is provided to face the one side while the exterior member is supported by the supporting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150175098
    Abstract: A wire harness has at least one electrically conducting path and an exterior member accommodating the electrically conducting path to protect the electrically conducting path. The exterior member has a heat reflecting portion provided at at least a portion of an outer surface of the exterior member to reflect external heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150179300
    Abstract: A wire harness includes at least one conducting path, and a tubular exterior member that covers the conducting path. The exterior member has a shape changed portion in at least one position. The shape changed portion includes at least one small tube portion which includes an accommodation space necessary for accommodating the conducting path, a tube continuous portion one end of which is continuous with an end of the small tube portion, and a large tube portion which is continuous with another end of the tube continuous portion and includes a tubular shape that is larger in outer shape than the small tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150179308
    Abstract: An exterior member has an exterior member body having a base color, and an identification mark having an identification color different from the base color. The identification mark includes at least one of a plurality of line marks provided parallel to each other, and a line mark provided continuously and spirally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150175095
    Abstract: A concentric core wire insulating structure includes a concentric core wire, and an insulative member that covers the concentric core wire. The concentric core wire has a central conductor which is exposed at one end of the concentric core wire, and a bundled outer conductor which is exposed at the end. The insulative member integrally covers the outer conductor, an outside insulative sheath of the central conductor, and an outside insulative sheath of the outer conductor. The outer conductor passes through a branch pipe part of the insulative member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150170796
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wire harness including at least one conductive path, and an exterior member that accommodates and protects the conductive path. The exterior member is a molded resin component made of a resin material which has a black color or a dark color close to the black color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA