Patents by Inventor Shigehiko Kobayashi

Shigehiko Kobayashi 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: 6303865
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a wire harness having at least one instrument, a plurality of electric wires connected thereto and a plurality of wire connecting parts at which the electrical wires are bundled. The waterproof structure includes a sealant having a viscidity less than 40000 CPS. The sealant is retained by the wire connecting part arranged in the nearest position to the instrument positioned at a tail end in an intruding course of water into the wire harness. Due to its low viscidity, the sealant can be brought easiliy among core lines constituting the wire, whereby gaps among the core lines can be sealed perfectly. Therefore, even if the water intrudes along the core lines through the other wire connecting parts, the flow of water can be checked at the specified wire connecting part thereby to protect the instrument from the immersion of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takatatsu Yamamoto, Shigehiko Kobayashi, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5587556
    Abstract: A protective cover for accommodating an end connecting part of a bundle of wires includes a box-type of casing body provided with a storage chamber to accommodate the end connecting part therein and a lid pivotably connected to the casing body to close the opened upper portion thereof. A bottom wall of the casing body is provided with a stop in the shape of a rectangular plate. With the arrangement, when accommodating the ends of the wires in the casing, the stop intrudes into the wires. Under this condition, even if the wires are pulled outside the casing, the end connecting part of the wires is hooked by the stop, whereby the wires can be retained in the casing without being drawn therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takatatsu Yamamoto, Shigehiko Kobayashi, Tomohiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5224244
    Abstract: A bundling fastener for securing a bundling band wrapped around a plurality of articles and having engaging slots or protrusions formed thereon at equal intervals. The fastener includes an inserting chamber into which the bundling band is inserted, and an accommodating chamber for receiving the end portion of the bundling band after it has been wrapped around the articles. These chamber are adjacent one another and each has a height substantially equal to the thickness of the bundling band. Further, each of the chambers includes a flexible deflecting means and saw-tooth-shaped locking protrusions to be engaged with the engaging slots or protrusions of the band, in such a manner that the locking protrusions of the inserting chamber are opposite in direction to those of the accommodating chamber. Due to this construction, the bundling band is economically used, and the bundling operation is achieved with high space efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Shigehiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4766651
    Abstract: A band clamp for bundling cables in an automobile. The band clamp has a body 10 with a band 12 extending from one end thereof and a band receiving aperture 15 another end. In the lower side, the band 12 has a plurality of grooves 13 laterally extending while a locking pawl 16 is formed in the inner wall 15' of the band receiving slot 15 for engagement with one of the grooves. The band clamp further has a pair of upstanding walls 20 having a V-shaped cuts on their top surfaces. Cables C placed on the body across the V-shaped cuts is subjected to a positive clamping power in the V-shaped cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigehiko Kobayashi, Mamoru Ono
  • Patent number: D317859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehiko Kobayashi