Patents by Inventor Ryouya OKAMOTO

Ryouya OKAMOTO 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: 11211673
    Abstract: An insulating protector attached to one side of a unit cell group includes: two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and two wire routing grooves that are provided on an inner side of each bus bar housing portion, and in which detection wires drawn from unit cells are routed so as to detect the state of the unit cells. A bus bar cover for covering the closer one of the bus bar housing portions and a wire cover for covering the wire routing groove on the inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion are provided on each lateral side edge portion of the insulating protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Ryouya Okamoto, Tomoki Idota
  • Patent number: 11007602
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding jig includes: an anvil that supports a plate-like electric cable connection portion of a terminal; and a welding horn that is disposed so as to oppose the anvil, and in which a fitting groove is formed in an opposing surface, the fitting groove being a groove in which a portion of a core wire of an electric cable is fitted. In a state in which the core wire and the electric cable connection portion are clamped between the welding horn and the anvil, ultrasonic welding is performed by ultrasonically vibrating the welding horn in an axial direction of the core wire. In a bottom surface of the fitting groove of the welding horn, a plurality of slippage prevention grooves that are obliquely oriented and intersect an axis of the fitting groove are formed spaced apart in a direction of the axis of the fitting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Idota, Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11005143
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring module to be attached to a power storage element group having a plurality of power storage elements, the wiring module including: bus bars; a plurality of coupling units for holding the bus bars; and a coupling portion for coupling the plurality of coupling units. The coupling portion includes: a locking portion arranged on an end portion of one coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units; and a locked portion that is arranged on another coupling unit adjacent to the one coupling unit and onto which the locking portion of the one coupling unit is to be locked. The locking portion extends in a direction intersecting a coupling direction in which the plurality of coupling units are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Idota, Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10923292
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring module configured to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements that are arranged side-by-side, the wiring module including a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of coupling units in which the plurality of electric wires are routed. A left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a left routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed, and a center coupling unit adjacent to the left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a center routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed. The left routing portion is provided with a left engagement portion, and the center routing portion is provided with a center engagement receiving portion that engages with the left engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Idota, Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10763616
    Abstract: A wiring module is for attachment to a power module in which power elements that store or generate electrical power are arranged side-by-side. The wiring module includes: an insulating protector that houses interconnection conductors for interconnecting the power elements; detection wires that are housed in the insulating protector, extend from a side corresponding to the power elements, and detect a state of the power elements; a connector that is provided at an end portion of the detection wires and is arranged inside the insulating protector; and a movement restricting means that is provided in the insulating protector and is for restricting movement of the connector by locking the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryouya Okamoto, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20200044215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base plate structure for an electricity storage pack including an electricity storage module including a plurality of electricity storage elements, the base plate structure including: a unit base plate that has a shape having a plurality of sides in a plan view, and on which at least one electricity storage module is to be placed; and a wiring member that is to be connected to the electricity storage module. The unit base plate includes: a plurality of unit routing grooves configured to route the wiring member such that a routing direction of the wiring member can be changed; and a unit coupling portion that is formed on each of the sides, and that is configured to couple the unit base plate to another unit base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Ken FURUSAWA, Tomoki IDOTA, Yuki FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 10511126
    Abstract: A movable connector disclosed in the present description includes: a connector having a housing; and a connector mounting part to which the housing is movably mounted. The housing is provided with at least one mounting pin constituted by a plurality of elastic pieces arranged in a circular ring, and the connector mounting part is provided with mounting recesses (mounting tubular portions) that hold the mounting pin in a state in which it is inserted into the corresponding mounting recess. The mounting pin is capable of relative movement inside the mounting recess in directions that intersect a direction in which the mounting pin is mounted into the mounting recess, and the mounting pin is provided on one or two of the outer peripheral sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryouya Okamoto, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190355527
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring module configured to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements that are arranged side-by-side, the wiring module including a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of coupling units in which the plurality of electric wires are routed. A left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a left routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed, and a center coupling unit adjacent to the left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a center routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed. The left routing portion is provided with a left engagement portion, and the center routing portion is provided with a center engagement receiving portion that engages with the left engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki IDOTA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10483508
    Abstract: In a battery wiring module that is to be attached from a Y-axis direction (second direction) to a single battery group in which multiple single batteries that have electrode terminals are aligned in the X-axis direction (first direction), multiple holding units that are coupled in the X-axis direction and constitute a holding plate are each provided with a locking hook including a first locking surface and a second locking surface, and a locked hook that includes a first locked surface and a second locked surface, and by relatively sliding the holding units in the X-axis direction, the holding units can be coupled in a first locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the second locking surface, or in a second locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the first locking surface of the locking hook and the second locked surface is locked to the second locking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Ryouya Okamoto, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190344377
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding jig includes: an anvil that supports a plate-like electric cable connection portion of a terminal; and a welding horn that is disposed so as to oppose the anvil, and in which a fitting groove is formed in an opposing surface, the fitting groove being a groove in which a portion of a core wire of an electric cable is fitted. In a state in which the core wireand the electric cable connection portion are clamped between the welding horn and the anvil, ultrasonic welding is performed by ultrasonically vibrating the welding horn in an axial direction of the core wire. In a bottom surface of the fitting groove of the welding horn, a plurality of slippage prevention grooves that are obliquely oriented and intersect an axis of the fitting groove are formed spaced apart in a direction of the axis of the fitting groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki IDOTA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190334152
    Abstract: A wiring module is for attachment to a power module in which power elements that store or generate electrical power are arranged side-by-side. The wiring module includes: an insulating protector that houses interconnection conductors for interconnecting the power elements; detection wires that are housed in the insulating protector, extend from a side corresponding to the power elements, and detect a state of the power elements; a connector that is provided at an end portion of the detection wires and is arranged inside the insulating protector; an electrical wire housing portion that is provided in the insulating protector and houses the detection wires; and a connector support portion that includes a fixing portion for fixing a housing of the connector to the insulating protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10461468
    Abstract: A wire-side connector provided at a terminal end of a wire harness; and a device-side connector that is fittable to the wire-side connector, and is to be disposed on one surface of a device via connector holding portions are included, the connector holding portions being provided so as to be pivotable between a mounting position at which the device-side connector is disposed in an orientation along the one surface of the device with a fitting face of the device-side connector facing forward, and a fitting position at which the device-side connector assumes an orientation intersecting the one surface so that the fitting face is disposed at a position distanced from the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10447017
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Hiroki Itaya, Eiji Koike
  • Publication number: 20190312250
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring module to be attached to a power storage element group having a plurality of power storage elements, the wiring module including: bus bars; a plurality of coupling units for holding the bus bars; and a coupling portion for coupling the plurality of coupling units. The coupling portion includes: a locking portion arranged on an end portion of one coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units; and a locked portion that is arranged on another coupling unit adjacent to the one coupling unit and onto which the locking portion of the one coupling unit is to be locked. The locking portion extends in a direction intersecting a coupling direction in which the plurality of coupling units are coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki IDOTA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190288447
    Abstract: A wiring module is for attachment to a power module in which power elements that store or generate electrical power are arranged side-by-side. The wiring module includes: an insulating protector that houses interconnection conductors for interconnecting the power elements; detection wires that are housed in the insulating protector, extend from a side corresponding to the power elements, and detect a state of the power elements; a connector that is provided at an end portion of the detection wires and is arranged inside the insulating protector; and a movement restricting means that is provided in the insulating protector and is for restricting movement of the connector by locking the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10404026
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electrical wire a core wire of an electrical wire is connected to a flat plate-shaped electrical wire connector portion of a terminal. An ultrasonic welding jig including an anvil and a welding horn is provided. After the electrical wire connector portion is placed on the anvil, the core wire of the electrical wire is placed on the electrical wire connector portion. By applying ultrasonic vibration along the axial direction of the core wire while pressing the core wire using the welding horn, the core wire is ultrasonically welded to the electrical wire connector portion. On the upper surface of the wire connection portions of the terminal, a positioning groove, into which the core wire is fit, is formed in advance, and the core wire is placed on the electrical wire connector portion while being fit into the positioning groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Idota, Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190198847
    Abstract: An insulating protector attached to one side of a unit cell group includes: two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and two wire routing grooves that are provided on an inner side of each bus bar housing portion, and in which detection wires drawn from unit cells are routed so as to detect the state of the unit cells. A bus bar cover for covering the closer one of the bus bar housing portions and a wire cover for covering the wire routing groove on the inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion are provided on each lateral side edge portion of the insulating protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Tomoki IDOTA
  • Patent number: 10333236
    Abstract: A battery wiring module to be mounted on a unit cell group formed by arranging a plurality of unit cells including positive and negative electrode terminals includes a terminal to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal, a detection wire for detecting a state of the unit cell by being electrically connected to the terminal, and a resin protector including a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating the terminal, a wire accommodation groove for accommodating the detection wire and a through groove allowing communication between the terminal accommodating portion and the wire accommodation groove and used to pull out the detection wire connected to the terminal into the wire accommodation groove. The detection wire is bent at least at two or more positions in the wire accommodation groove or the through groove and held in a bent state while being routed in the resin protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryouya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10330536
    Abstract: A busbar (21) is provided for electrically connecting a temperature detecting member 40 to adjacent electrode terminals (12A, 12B) of unit cells (11). The busbar (21) is overlapped with the electrode terminals (12A, 12B) of the unit cells (11). The temperature detecting member (40) includes a plate-like heat transfer plate (42) that is overlapped in an area of the busbar (21) other than an area of the busbar (21) that is to be laser-welded to the electrode terminals (12A, 12B) and is attached to the busbar (21) by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Osamu Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190157851
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Hiroki ITAYA, Eiji KOIKE