Patents by Inventor Ryoukichi Yashima

Ryoukichi Yashima 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).

  • Method and apparatus for waterproofing a wire harness
    Patent number: 6748990
    Abstract: A plurality of electric wires of a wire harness have a filler applied to predetermined waterproofing portions thereof. A sheet is wound on a peripheral surface of a bundle of electric wires to which the filler has been applied, and the sheet-wound waterproofing portion is repeatedly pressed from opposite sides. By such pressing, a relative displacement of the electric wires and the filler can be accelerated and the filler can be spread and filled securely in the waterproofing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoukichi Yashima, Hisashi Kurachi
  • Method and apparatus for waterproofing a wire harness
    Publication number: 20020125024
    Abstract: A plurality of electric wires of a wire harness have a filler applied to predetermined waterproofing portions thereof. A sheet is wound on a peripheral surface of a bundle of electric wires to which the filler has been applied, and the sheet-wound waterproofing portion is repeatedly pressed from opposite sides. By such pressing, a relative displacement of the electric wires and the filler can be accelerated and the filler can be spread and filled securely in the waterproofing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoukichi Yashima, Hisashi Kurachi