Patents by Inventor Masafumi KAGA

Masafumi KAGA 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: 11875922
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire is composed of a conductor, and a covering layer disposed around an outer circumference of the conductor. The covering layer has a plurality of flame retardant layers composed of a flame retardant resin composition, and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame retardant layers. The insulating layer is made of a resin composition including a resin component, and the resin component includes 40% by mass or more of a resin having a melting point of 125 degrees C. or higher of 100% by mass of the resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kibe, Motoharu Kajiyama, Masafumi Kaga
  • Patent number: 11380459
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, and a flame-retardant insulation layer that includes a resin composition including a flame retardant and is arranged around the conductor, and a water-blocking layer that is arranged around the flame-retardant insulation layer and has a water absorption of not more than 0.5% at saturation. The thickness of the water-blocking layer is not less than 25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Motoharu Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 11205525
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulation property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the coating layer includes: a semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.0×1015 (?cm); an insulating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the semiconductive layer, the insulating layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is larger than 5.0×1015 (?cm); and a flame-retardant semiconductive layer arranged on an outer periphery of the insulating layer, the flame-retardant semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.5×1015 (?cm) and having an oxygen index defined by JIS K7201-2 that is larger than 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe
  • Patent number: 10872712
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing a diameter while a direct-current stability property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; a flame-retardant semiconductive layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor; an insulating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer; and a flame-retardant layer arranged on an outer periphery of the insulating layer, an oxygen index of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer defined by JIS K7201-2 is larger than 40, and a volume resistivity of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer defined by JIS C2151 is equal to or smaller than 5.0×1015 (?cm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe
  • Patent number: 10784018
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulating property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the insulated wire has a flame-retardant property that allows the insulated wire to pass a vertical tray flame test (VTFT) on the basis of EN 50266-2-4, has a direct-current stability that allows the insulated wire to pass a direct-current stability test in conformity to EN 50305.6.7, has a diameter of the conductor that is equal to or smaller than 1.25 mm, and has a thickness of the coating layer that is smaller than 0.6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe
  • Patent number: 10755834
    Abstract: An insulated wire, having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while maintaining an insulating property and a flame-retardant property, includes a conductor and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor. The coating layer includes a plurality of flame-retardant layers, each made of a flame-retardant resin composition, and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame-retardant layers. A ratio of a thickness of the insulating layer to a thickness of the coating layer is equal to or larger than 10% and equal to or smaller than 35%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe
  • Patent number: 10643762
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, a flame-retardant inner layer that is provided around the conductor and includes a metal hydroxide, and a water ingress prevention layer provided around the flame-retardant inner layer. The insulated wire may further include a flame-retardant outer layer provided around the water ingress prevention layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Hirano, Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe, Seiichi Kashimura, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20190139674
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulating property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the coating layer includes: a plurality of flame-retardant layers each made of a flame-retardant resin composition; and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame-retardant layers, and a ratio of a thickness of the insulating layer to a thickness of the coating layer is equal to or larger than 10% and equal to or smaller than 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu KIBE
  • Publication number: 20190139677
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing a diameter while a direct-current stability property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; a flame-retardant semiconductive layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor; an insulating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer; and a flame-retardant layer arranged on an outer periphery of the insulating layer, an oxygen index of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer defined by JIS K7201-2 is larger than 40, and a volume resistivity of the flame-retardant semiconductive layer defined by JIS C2151 is equal to or smaller than 5.0×1015 (?cm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu KIBE
  • Publication number: 20190139671
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulation property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the coating layer includes: a semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.0×1015 (?cm); an insulating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the semiconductive layer, the insulating layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is larger than 5.0×1015 (?cm); and a flame-retardant semiconductive layer arranged on an outer periphery of the insulating layer, the flame-retardant semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.5×1015 (?cm) and having an oxygen index defined by JIS K7201-2 that is larger than 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu KIBE
  • Publication number: 20190139678
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulating property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the insulated wire has a flame-retardant property that allows the insulated wire to pass a vertical tray flame test (VTFT) on the basis of EN 50266-2-4, has a direct-current stability that allows the insulated wire to pass a direct-current stability test in conformity to EN 50305.6.7, has a diameter of the conductor that is equal to or smaller than 1.25 mm, and has a thickness of the coating layer that is smaller than 0.6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu KIBE
  • Publication number: 20190139676
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire is composed of a conductor, and a covering layer disposed around an outer circumference of the conductor. The covering layer has a plurality of flame retardant layers composed of a flame retardant resin composition, and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame retardant layers. The insulating layer is made of a resin composition including a resin component, and the resin component includes 40% by mass or more of a resin having a melting point of 125 degrees C. or higher of 100% by mass of the resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kibe, Motoharu Kajiyama, Masafumi Kaga
  • Publication number: 20170365378
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, and a flame-retardant insulation layer that includes a resin composition including a flame retardant and is arranged around the conductor, and a water-blocking layer that is arranged around the flame-retardant insulation layer and has a water absorption of not more than 0.5% at saturation. The thickness of the water-blocking layer is not less than 25 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu Kibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Motoharu Kajiyama
  • Publication number: 20170365373
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, a flame-retardant inner layer that is provided around the conductor and includes a metal hydroxide, and a water ingress prevention layer provided around the flame-retardant inner layer. The insulated wire may further include a flame-retardant outer layer provided around the water ingress prevention layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Koki HIRANO, Masafumi KAGA, Tamotsu KIBE, Seiichi KASHIMURA, Makoto IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9299481
    Abstract: A differential signal cable is composed of two inner conductors, an insulator, which covers the two inner conductors separately or together, and an outer conductor, which covers a circumference of the insulator. When measured in a cable length of 1 m, an effective capacitance difference ?X represented by Formula (1) below is not greater than 0.2 percent of an average value C of capacitances of the two inner conductors, ?X=?C+?L/Z02??(1), where ?C is a difference in capacitance between the two inner conductors, ?L is a difference in inductance between the two inner conductors, and Z0 is a reference impedance (50 ohms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Takahiro Sugiyama, Izumi Fukasaku, Hidenori Yonezawa, Masafumi Kaga
  • Patent number: 9153361
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of differential signal lines arranged in parallel to each other, an insulation for bundle-covering the pair of differential signal lines, and a shield conductor wound around an outer periphery of the insulation. The insulation is configured such that an outer circumference thereof in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof has an oval shape formed with a continuous convex arc-curve. The outer circumference of the insulation includes a first curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a first direction along the arrangement direction of the pair of differential signal lines and a second curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Watanabe, Takahiro Sugiyama, Akinari Nakayama, Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama
  • Patent number: 9142333
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes two core wires, and a foamed insulation that collectively covers the two core wires by foaming extrusion molding. The foamed insulation is not more than 5% in a dispersion of foaming degree defined below in a cut surface when the cable is cut orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the cable. In the cut surface, five regions are determined according to a predetermined procedures and a foaming degree (%) of the respective regions is measured. The dispersion of the foaming degree is defined by a difference between a foaming degree (%) in the region with a maximum foaming degree and a foaming degree (%) in the region with a minimum foaming degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9123457
    Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes at least one pair of inner conductors arranged in parallel and extending parallel to each other, and a foamed insulating material formed on the inner conductors by a collective extrusion coating and molding of a resin material by using a chemical foaming method and have a variation of foaming degree of not more than 1%. The variation of foaming degree is defined as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among foaming degrees (%) of the foamed insulating material at 20 positions at intervals of 50 cm in a longitudinal direction in an arbitrary part of 10 m cut out from the differential transmission cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9064621
    Abstract: A parallel foamed coaxial cable includes one or more pairs of inner conductors aligned in parallel, a foamed insulation covering together the inner conductors and having a cross sectional shape including an elliptical shape, a rounded-rectangular shape or a quasi-elliptical shape formed by combining a plurality of curved lines, a non-foamed skin layer covering the foamed insulation and having a maximum thickness in a major axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation and a minimum thickness in a minor axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation, an outer conductor covering the non-foamed skin layer, and an insulation jacket covering the outer conductor. The maximum thickness of the non-foamed skin layer is not less than 1% of a major axis of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Kodama, Masafumi Kaga, Akinari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20150162113
    Abstract: A differential signal cable is composed of two inner conductors, an insulator, which covers the two inner conductors separately or together, and an outer conductor, which covers a circumference of the insulator. When measured in a cable length of 1 m, an effective capacitance difference ?X represented by Formula (1) below is not greater than 0.2 percent of an average value C of capacitances of the two inner conductors, ?X=?C+?L/Z02??(1), where ?C is a difference in capacitance between the two inner conductors, ?L is a difference in inductance between the two inner conductors, and Z0 is a reference impedance (50 ohms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Takahiro Sugiyama, Izumi Fukasaku, Hidenori Yonezawa, Masafumi Kaga