Patents by Inventor Nahoko FURUHATA

Nahoko FURUHATA 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: 11975663
    Abstract: A wire harness routing apparatus includes a case and a wire harness accommodated in the case. An axial portion is provided inside the case, and the wire harness is wound around the axial portion, and the wire harness includes at least one wire and a protective member that protects the wire. The protective member includes an insertion path through which the wire is inserted, and the insertion path is formed between a sheet-shaped base sheet and a sheet-shaped cover sheet that overlaps the base sheet, and the protective member includes joining portions where the base sheet and the cover sheet are joined together at both lateral edges of the insertion path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Ono, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirotaka Kato, Nahoko Furuhata
  • Publication number: 20220355749
    Abstract: A wire harness routing apparatus includes a case and a wire harness accommodated in the case. An axial portion is provided inside the case, and the wire harness is wound around the axial portion, and the wire harness includes at least one wire and a protective member that protects the wire. The protective member includes an insertion path through which the wire is inserted, and the insertion path is formed between a sheet-shaped base sheet and a sheet-shaped cover sheet that overlaps the base sheet, and the protective member includes joining portions where the base sheet and the cover sheet are joined together at both lateral edges of the insertion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Masami ONO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hirotaka KATO, Nahoko FURUHATA
  • Publication number: 20220258683
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device 10 includes: a wire harness 11 with one end fixed to a slider 26 that is slidably arranged with respect to a rail 20 and another end pulled out from the rail 20; an excess length accommodating portion 40 that has an entrance 45 into which an excess length portion 11A of the wire harness 11 pulled out from the rail 20 is introduced and that is configured to spirally wind the excess length portion 11A and accommodate the excess length portion 11A therein; and a guide portion 30 that is disposed in the excess length accommodating portion 40 and that is configured to change a direction in which the excess length portion 11A enters the excess length accommodating portion 40 to an inward direction of the excess length accommodating portion 40 by coming into contact with the excess length portion 11A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Nahoko FURUHATA
  • Publication number: 20220181858
    Abstract: A wiring harness module 20 disclosed by this specification includes a wiring harness 30 having at least one wire 32 fixed along a strip-like base member, a holding member 40 for holding a sheet-like margin portion 36 different from a part fixed to the wire 32 in the base member, and a protector 60 to be mounted on a slidable slider. The protector 60 includes an accommodating portion 62 for accommodating the holding member 40, and the accommodating portion 62 includes a front wall 74 and a back wall 75 lockable to the holding member 40 in a front-back direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Nahoko FURUHATA