Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ujita

Satoshi Ujita 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: 11491927
    Abstract: A wire harness support member supports a wire harness including a plurality of electrical wires on an attaching target member. The wire harness support member includes: a base attached to the attaching target member while surrounding at least a part of a periphery of the attaching target member; and at least one electrical wire holding member which can be position-adjustably fixed to the base around the attaching target member while holding at least some of the plurality of electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Takakura, Motohiro Yokoi, Daisuke Ebata, Shigeki Ikeda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai, Takayuki Suzuki, Satoshi Ujita
  • Publication number: 20210276500
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes a plate-like member provided in a vehicle, a wiring member disposed on a main surface of the plate-like member, and a fixing member fixing the wiring member to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes a housing part inserted into the plate-like member, a locking protrusion provided to extend outward from the housing part, and a protrusion extension part housed in the housing part and spreading the locking protrusion outside to lock the locking protrusion inside the plate-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Syo SHIRATORI, Satoshi UJITA, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20210188199
    Abstract: A wire harness support member supports a wire harness including a plurality of electrical wires on an attaching target member. The wire harness support member includes: a base attached to the attaching target member while surrounding at least a part of a periphery of the attaching target member; and at least one electrical wire holding member which can be position-adjustably fixed to the base around the attaching target member while holding at least some of the plurality of electrical wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKAKURA, Motohiro YOKOI, Daisuke EBATA, Shigeki IKEDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Haruka NAKANO, Kenta ARAI, Takayuki SUZUKI, Satoshi UJITA
  • Patent number: 10960831
    Abstract: A wire harness fixing structure includes; a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle; a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer; and fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer while being passed through a through hole formed to pass through the silencer in a thickness direction. An inner peripheral surface of the through hole in the silencer is closely attached to the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Housei Mizuno, Satoshi Ujita, Motohiro Yokoi, Shigeki Ikeda, Daisuke Ebata, Haruka Nakano
  • Patent number: 10946817
    Abstract: A wire harness fixing structure includes; a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle; a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer; and a fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer. A bottomed hole having a bottom is formed in the silencer to be concaved from the main surface in a thickness direction. The fixing member is locked to the bottomed hole, thereby fixing the wire harness to the silencer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Housei Mizuno, Satoshi Ujita, Motohiro Yokoi, Shigeki Ikeda, Daisuke Ebata, Haruka Nakano
  • Publication number: 20200355299
    Abstract: A support member includes a fitting part formed to be fitted to a rod-like member and a harness support part. The fitting part includes: a body part including a base part and a rotational part formed to be rotatably connected to the base part via a hinge, a state of which can be changed between a close state where the base part and the rotational part are fitted to the rod-like member and an open state where the rotational part rotates in a direction to be opened from the close state; and a rotational state changing part formed so that the state of the body part is changed from the open state to the close state upon receiving a pressing force from the rod-like member disposed in the body part in a state where the base part and the rotational part are in the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Satoshi UJITA, Shigeki IKEDA, Daisuke EBATA, Kenta ARAI, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200198557
    Abstract: A wire harness fixing structure includes; a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle; a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer; and fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer while being passed through a through hole formed to pass through the silencer in a thickness direction. An inner peripheral surface of the through hole in the silencer is closely attached to the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Housei MIZUNO, Satoshi UJITA, Motohiro YOKOI, Shigeki IKEDA, Daisuke EBATA, Haruka NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20200180527
    Abstract: A wire harness fixing structure includes; a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle; a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer; and a fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer. A bottomed hole having a bottom is formed in the silencer to be concaved from the main surface in a thickness direction. The fixing member is locked to the bottomed hole, thereby fixing the wire harness to the silencer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Housei MIZUNO, Satoshi UJITA, Motohiro YOKOI, Shigeki IKEDA, Daisuke EBATA, Haruka NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10486624
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector main body having a bottom wall and two side walls. The protector main body forms a depression and a lid member closes off an open end of the depression. The lid member includes a male lock portion having an elastic tab with an engagement claw. The protector main body includes a female lock portion having a frame on at least one side wall of the two side walls and the frame engaging with the engagement claw. A projecting-end-proximate top end surface of the frame of the female lock portion is positioned further upward than the pair of base-end-proximate top end surfaces and the top end surface of the side wall of the protector main body. Further, the projecting-end-proximate top end surface and an engagement projection portion of the frame of the female lock portion moves away from the one side wall on a top end side while approaching the one side wall on a bottom end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ujita
  • Patent number: 10300868
    Abstract: A grommet includes: a tapered tube portion that is to be inserted, with an electric wire group W passed therethrough, into a flange from a cabin-outside and attached thereto; and a panel fitting portion that is formed in an outer face portion on a base end side of the tapered tube portion, and is to be fitted to the flange. The fitting portion includes: a ring-shaped groove portion that accommodates a portion on the leading end face side of the flange; an arcuate rib that is formed continuously with a tapered tube outer face portion; a ring-shaped flat face portion that is formed continuously with the arcuate rib; and an auxiliary seal portion that is formed continuously with the ring-shaped flat face portion, and protrudes toward the cabin-inside relative to the ring-shaped flat face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ujita
  • Publication number: 20190135203
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector main body having a bottom wall and two side walls. The protector main body forms a depression and a lid member closes off an open end of the depression. The lid member includes a male lock portion having an elastic tab with an engagement claw. The protector main body includes a female lock portion having a frame on at least one side wall of the two side walls and the frame engaging with the engagement claw. A projecting-end-proximate top end surface of the frame of the female lock portion is positioned further upward than the pair of base-end-proximate top end surfaces and the top end surface of the side wall of the protector main body. Further, the projecting-end-proximate top end surface and an engagement projection portion of the frame of the female lock portion moves away from the one side wall on a top end side while approaching the one side wall on a bottom end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi UJITA
  • Patent number: 10196016
    Abstract: A protector includes a lock mechanism locking a protector main body and a lid member. The protector main body is provided with a female lock portion that forms a lock hole, and the lid member is provided with a male lock portion with an engagement claw that is inserted into the lock hole. A frame of the female lock portion includes a pair of support portions formed with base-end-proximate top end surfaces that are continuous with a top end surface of one side wall; a crossbeam portion formed with a projecting-end-proximate top end surface that is continuous with the pair of support portions and positioned toward a projecting end side, where a distance from the one side wall increases, and further upward than the side wall top end surface; and an engagement projection portion projecting downward from the crossbeam portion the engagement projection portion snap-locking an elastic tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ujita
  • Patent number: 10192657
    Abstract: A grommet includes: a first cylindrical portion into which a group of electrical wires is to be inserted; a second cylindrical portion that is shorter than and surrounds the first cylindrical portion; a seat portion that is constituted by a rubber elastic body that surrounds the second cylindrical portion, and is capable of being fitted to a panel opening portion (Pe); and an annular connection portion that elastically connects the first cylindrical portion and the seat portion. The seat portion has an approximately elliptical shape. The connection portion has an inclined annular wall portion that supports the second cylindrical portion. Multiple rib portions are integrally provided on the inclined annular wall portion and the second cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ujita
  • Publication number: 20180326927
    Abstract: A protector includes a lock mechanism locking a protector main body and a lid member. The protector main body is provided with a female lock portion that forms a lock hole, and the lid member is provided with a male lock portion with an engagement claw that is inserted into the lock hole. A frame of the female lock portion includes a pair of support portions formed with base-end-proximate top end surfaces that are continuous with a top end surface of one side wall; a crossbeam portion formed with a projecting-end-proximate top end surface that is continuous with the pair of support portions and positioned toward a projecting end side, where a distance from the one side wall increases, and further upward than the side wall top end surface; and an engagement projection portion projecting downward from the crossbeam portion the engagement projection portion snap-locking an elastic tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi UJITA
  • Publication number: 20180312119
    Abstract: A grommet includes: a tapered tube portion that is to be inserted, with an electric wire group W passed therethrough, into a flange from a cabin-outside and attached thereto so as to prevent the entrance of water; and a panel fitting portion that is formed in an outer face portion on a base end side of the tapered tube portion, and is to be fitted to the flange. The fitting portion includes: a ring-shaped groove portion that accomodates a portion on the leading end face side of the flange; an arcuate rib that is formed continuously with a tapered tube outer face portion; a ring-shaped flat face portion that is formed continuously with the arcuate rib; and an auxiliary seal portion that is formed continuously with the ring-shaped flat face portion, and protrudes toward the cabin-inside relative to the ring-shaped flat face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Satoshi UJITA
  • Publication number: 20180261360
    Abstract: A grommet includes: a first cylindrical portion into which a group of electrical wires is to be inserted; a second cylindrical portion that is shorter than and surrounds the first cylindrical portion; a seat portion that is constituted by a rubber elastic body that surrounds the second cylindrical portion, and is capable of being fitted to a panel opening portion (Pe); and an annular connection portion that elastically connects the first cylindrical portion and the seat portion. The seat portion has an approximately elliptical shape. The connection portion has an inclined annular wall portion that supports the second cylindrical portion. Multiple rib portions are integrally provided on the inclined annular wall portion and the second cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Satoshi UJITA
  • Publication number: 20170305366
    Abstract: A grommet includes a cylindrical portion and an attachment portion formed to project from an outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion. An annular groove into which an inner peripheral edge portion of the through-hole can be fitted is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the attachment portion. A bottom face of the annular groove is formed with a racetrack shape having a pair of straight portions and a pair of arc portions that are formed with an outwardly convex arc shape and respectively connect end portions of the pair of straight portions on one side and end portions on the other side. Inner peripheral portions of the arc portions include portions in which the thickness dimension gradually increases from the centers of the arc portions toward connection portions that connect the arc portions to the straight portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Satoshi UJITA
  • Patent number: 9573536
    Abstract: A branch wire branching from a trunk wire of a floor harness routed to an automobile is used as a wire harness supplying power to the sliding seat. The wire harness is inserted within an extra length accommodation case, and in addition, the extra length accommodation case is fixated, facing downward, to a seat rail to which the sliding seat is slidably mounted, and is accommodated in a space below the seat rail. The wire harness U-turned within the extra length accommodation case is passed through the slider and extracted to a sliding seat side and connected to the seat harness within the sliding seat. A bottom portion of the slider is slidably mounted to a straight line direction slider sliding groove provided on a top end of the extra length accommodation case and a top portion of the slider is fixated to the sliding seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Katou, Tsutomu Ootani, Yoshikazu Sakakibara, Satoshi Ujita
  • Publication number: 20160288740
    Abstract: A branch wire branching from a trunk wire of a floor harness routed to an automobile is used as a wire harness supplying power to the sliding seat. The wire harness is inserted within an extra length accommodation case, and in addition, the extra length accommodation case is fixated, facing downward, to a seat rail to which the sliding seat is slidably mounted, and is accommodated in a space below the seat rail. The wire harness U-turned within the extra length accommodation case is passed through the slider and extracted to a sliding seat side and connected to the seat harness within the sliding seat. A bottom portion of the slider is slidably mounted to a straight line direction slider sliding groove provided on a top end of the extra length accommodation case and a top portion of the slider is fixated to the sliding seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji KATOU, Tsutomu OOTANI, Yoshikazu SAKAKIBARA, Satoshi UJITA
  • Patent number: 8546695
    Abstract: A grommet includes an inner tube and an outer tube coupled to the inner tube by an annular coupling section. A slant wall section of the outer tube has a curved portion at a position having an outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of a through-hole in a vehicle body panel. The curved portion has a different inclination angle from the slant wall section. An inclination angle of the slant wall section at a larger diameter side with respect to the curved portion is set to be smaller than an inclination angle at a smaller diameter side with respect to the curved portion. The slant wall section is provided on an inner peripheral surface at the smaller diameter side with a bending stress absorbing portion of which an inner surface is recessed annularly to be a smaller thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Okuhara, Tsutomu Sakata, Satoshi Ujita