Patents by Inventor Satoko HONGO

Satoko HONGO 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).

  • Publication number: 20250095878
    Abstract: A shielding wire includes: an electric wire; and a conductive nonwoven fabric tape. The conductive nonwoven fabric tape includes a conductive nonwoven fabric and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer adheres to the electric wire and adheres to the conductive nonwoven fabric tape that overlaps when wound in a spiral shape. Relationships of: S/tL?0.5; and (S1?S2)/tL?0.25 are satisfied, in which tis a width of the conductive nonwoven fabric tape wound in a spiral shape, L is a length of the conductive nonwoven fabric tape, S is an area of the adhesive layer in the conductive nonwoven fabric tape, S1 is an area of a lapped portion where the conductive nonwoven fabric tape overlaps when the conductive nonwoven fabric tape is wound in a spiral shape, and S2 is an area of the adhesive layer in the lapped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Naoya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11984240
    Abstract: A shielded electric wire includes an electric wire including a conductor portion and a cover portion covering the conductor portion, a shielded braid formed of a conductive linear material, the shielded braid covering an outer periphery of the cover portion and a sheath formed of an insulating resin, the sheath being provided around the shielded braid. The electric wire and the shielded braid together form an electric wire assembly. A flexible value of the sheath is equal to or smaller than a flexible value of the electric wire assembly, the flexible value being a value of a load required for bending an object for a predetermined extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20230407481
    Abstract: A plated material containing a base material and a metal plating that covers the base material, the base material containing a main raw material free of any carbon materials, and a carbon material that is present inside the main raw material. A plating pretreatment method including a first step of preparing a base material from a main raw material free of any carbon materials and a carbon material, the base material containing the main raw material and the carbon material that is present inside the main raw material; and a second step of charging the base material into a treatment tank, and immersing the base material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of palladium in the treatment tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Satoka Ohnishi, Satoko Hongo
  • Publication number: 20230411037
    Abstract: There are provided a conductive nonwoven fabric and a manufacturing method thereof, the conductive nonwoven fabric including: a plated felt portion including a felt portion formed of a plurality of first fibers that extend in irregular directions and that are stacked, and a metal plating applied to the first fibers of the felt portion; and at least one plated warp including a warp formed of a plurality of second fibers and the metal plating applied to the second fibers of the warp. The at least one plated warp is formed to extend in a specific direction with respect to the plated felt portion, and a density of the second fibers is higher than a density of the first fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Satoka Ohnishi, Satoko Hongo
  • Publication number: 20230411039
    Abstract: A conductive nonwoven fabric includes: a nonwoven fabric; and a plating portion having a conductive metal and covering a fiber of the nonwoven fabric. A value obtained by dividing an electric resistance value at an intermediate layer of the conductive nonwoven fabric by an electric resistance value at a surface layer of the conductive nonwoven fabric is 4.0 or less. The intermediate layer is a layer at an intermediate position in a thickness direction of the conductive nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko HONGO, Hiroki KONDO
  • Patent number: 11581716
    Abstract: A routing structure of a shielded electric wire, the shielded electric wire including an electric wire and a resin tube is routed in a state of being bent, the resin tube including a shield layer, an inner-side resin and an outer-side resin, the shield layer being interposed between the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin, is provided. A tensile strength of the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin is greater than a bending stress to be generated when the shielded electric wire is bent with a minimum bend radius in the routing structure. The shield layer has a shield resistance equal to or smaller than 103.8 m?/m and a shield density equal to or greater than 50%, the shield density being a ratio of an area of a surface of the electric wire covered by the shield layer to an area of the surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11532926
    Abstract: A routing structure of a shielded electric wire, the shielded electric wire including an electric wire and a resin tube is routed in a state of being bent, the resin tube including a shield layer, an inner-side resin and an outer-side resin, the shield layer being interposed between the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin, is provided. A tensile strength of the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin is greater than a bending stress to be generated when the shielded electric wire is bent with a minimum bend radius in the routing structure. The shield layer has a shield resistance equal to or smaller than 103.8 m?/m and a shield density equal to or greater than 50%, the shield density being a ratio of an area of a surface of the electric wire covered by the shield layer to an area of the surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220200253
    Abstract: A routing structure of a shielded electric wire, the shielded electric wire including an electric wire and a resin tube is routed in a state of being bent, the resin tube including a shield layer, an inner-side resin and an outer-side resin, the shield layer being interposed between the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin, is provided. A tensile strength of the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin is greater than a bending stress to be generated when the shielded electric wire is bent with a minimum bend radius in the routing structure. The shield layer has a shield resistance equal to or smaller than 103.8 m?/m and a shield density equal to or greater than 50%, the shield density being a ratio of an area of a surface of the electric wire covered by the shield layer to an area of the surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko HONGO, Hiroki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20220102022
    Abstract: A shielded electric wire includes an electric wire including a conductor portion and a cover portion covering the conductor portion, a shielded braid formed of a conductive linear material, the shielded braid covering an outer periphery of the cover portion and a sheath formed of an insulating resin, the sheath being provided around the shielded braid. The electric wire and the shielded braid together form an electric wire assembly. A flexible value of the sheath is equal to or smaller than a flexible value of the electric wire assembly, the flexible value being a value of a load required for bending an object for a predetermined extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11268194
    Abstract: A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo, Yusuke Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20200308705
    Abstract: A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka HANDA, Hiroki KONDO, Satoko HONGO, Yusuke YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10650942
    Abstract: A post-fitting shield member to be post-fitted with an electric wire is a plated fiber bundle wound in coil form and formed by performing metal plating on a high-strength fiber member. A manufacturing method of a shielded wire includes an insertion step of inserting an electric wire into the post-fitting shield member having a coil shape; a first fixing step of fixing one end portion of the post-fitting shield member into which the electric wire was inserted in the insertion step; an expansion step of expanding the post-fitting shield member that was fixed in the first fixing step toward the side of its other end portion; and a second fixing step of fixing the other end portion of the post-fitting shield member that was expanded in the expansion step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo
  • Patent number: 10499550
    Abstract: A braid includes a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundle having a flattened shape. Each of the metal-plated bundle includes a plurality of tensile strength fibers, a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively, and a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo, Yutaka Handa
  • Publication number: 20190164671
    Abstract: A post-fitting shield member to be post-fitted with an electric wire is a plated fiber bundle wound in coil form and formed by performing metal plating on a high-strength fiber member. A manufacturing method of a shielded wire consists of an insertion step of inserting an electric wire into the post-fitting shield member having a coil shape; a first fixing step of fixing one end portion of the post-fitting shield member into which the electric wire was inserted in the insertion step; an expansion step of expanding the post-fitting shield member that was fixed in the first fixing step toward the side of its other end portion; and a second fixing step of fixing the other end portion of the post-fitting shield member that was expanded in the expansion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo
  • Publication number: 20190045677
    Abstract: A braid includes a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundle having a flattened shape. Each of the metal-plated bundle includes a plurality of tensile strength fibers, a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively, and a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko HONGO, Hiroki KONDO, Yutaka HANDA
  • Patent number: 10074459
    Abstract: A conductive resin body includes a plurality of conductive fibers which are made of at least one type of carbon fibers, high-strength fibers, and glass fibers, and which are metal plated. A metal member is electrically connected to the plurality of conductive fibers. The conductive resin body also includes resin in which a part of the metal member is buried and with which the plurality of conductive fibers are impregnated. A rest of the metal member is exposed from the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180090242
    Abstract: a conductive resin body includes a plurality of conductive fibers which are made of at least one type of carbon fibers, high-strength fibers, and glass fibers, and which are metal plated, a metal member which is electrically connected to the plurality of conductive fibers, and resin in which a part of the metal member is buried and with which the plurality of conductive fibers are impregnated. A rest of the metal member is exposed from the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko HONGO, Hiroki KONDO