Patents by Inventor Masahiko Agata

Masahiko Agata 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: 9027505
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yanagawa, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada, Kenji Kinezuka
  • Patent number: 8931149
    Abstract: A wire coloring apparatus including a roller is provided to prevent drag of a colorant, which is jetted on an electric wire and not dried yet, the guide roller is arranged at a downstream side of a coloring nozzle, which jets a colorant toward a highest point of an outer surface of the electric wire moving along a lengthwise direction thereof, in a moving direction of the electric wire. The guide roller is formed with a pair of tapered surfaces catching and supporting the electric wire and approaching to each other in accordance with nearing to a rotating axis. When a radius REW of the electric wire 3 is 1.2 mm, an angle ?T formed by the pair of tapered surfaces is designed at least 60 degrees and not more than ?X degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada
  • Patent number: 8367154
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yanagawa, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada, Kenji Kinezuka
  • Publication number: 20120216744
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yanagawa, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada, Kenji Kinezuka
  • Publication number: 20120145072
    Abstract: A wire coloring apparatus including a roller is provided to prevent drag of a colorant, which is jetted on an electric wire and not dried yet, the guide roller is arranged at a downstream side of a coloring nozzle, which jets a colorant toward a highest point of an outer surface of the electric wire moving along a lengthwise direction thereof, in a moving direction of the electric wire. The guide roller is formed with a pair of tapered surfaces catching and supporting the electric wire and approaching to each other in accordance with nearing to a rotating axis. When a radius REW of the electric wire 3 is 1.2 mm, an angle ?T formed by the pair of tapered surfaces is designed at least 60 degrees and not more than ?X degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada
  • Publication number: 20090312166
    Abstract: Providing a roller to prevent drag of a colorant, which is jetted on an electric wire and not dried yet, the guide roller 62 is arranged at a downstream side of a coloring nozzle 31, which jets a colorant Cm toward a highest point 3b of an outer surface of the electric wire 3 moving along a lengthwise direction thereof, in a moving direction of the electric wire 3. The guide roller 62 is formed with a pair of tapered surfaces 62b catching and supporting the electric wire 3 and approaching to each other in accordance with nearing to a rotating axis C. When a radius REW of the electric wire 3 is 1.2 mm, an angle ?T formed by the pair of tapered surfaces 62b is designed at least 60 degrees and not more than ?x degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada
  • Publication number: 20090304913
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yanagawa, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Masahiko Agata, Tatsuo Osada, Kenji Kinezuka