Patents by Inventor Shigemi Hashizawa

Shigemi Hashizawa 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: 10847776
    Abstract: A conductive module applied to a battery pack includes a connection terminal electrically coupled to an electrode terminal, and a flexible substrate that includes a flexible base film having insulating property, a conductive layer in which a first circuit pattern is configured by a first conductor that electrically couples the connection terminal to a monitoring device, and a reinforcing protective film covering the conductive layer. The reinforcing protective film includes a first exposed portion that exposes a first connection end portion of the first conductor from the reinforcing protective film, and has relatively higher rigidity than rigidity of the flexible base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehito Ishida, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180248167
    Abstract: A conductive module applied to a battery pack includes a connection terminal electrically coupled to an electrode terminal, and a flexible substrate that includes a flexible base film having insulating property, a conductive layer in which a first circuit pattern is configured by a first conductor that electrically couples the connection terminal to a monitoring device, and a reinforcing protective film covering the conductive layer. The reinforcing protective film includes a first exposed portion that exposes a first connection end portion of the first conductor from the reinforcing protective film, and has relatively higher rigidity than rigidity of the flexible base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehito Ishida, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10008305
    Abstract: A wire harness includes one or more electrically-conducting paths, a tubular shielding member configured to collectively accommodate the electrically-conducting paths, a braided shielding member including a cylindrical braided member and connected to an end of the tubular shielding member, and an annular crimping member including a fixing portion which fixedly connects the braided shielding member and the tubular shielding member by crimping, and a bent portion which is formed by bending an open end of the fixing portion to outside of the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9616825
    Abstract: A wire harness includes one or more conductive paths, and a conductive path protection member that covers the conductive path. The conductive path protection member is formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding a metal wire material and portions of the metal wire material positioned to be adjacent to each other contact with each other at side end faces opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9531173
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a conduction path, and a flexible sheathing member through which the conduction path passes and which has recessed sections and protruded sections. The recessed sections and the protruded sections extend in a circumferential direction on the surface of the sheathing member and are formed alternately along a longitudinal direction of the sheathing member. A curing-type adhesive or resin containing the adhesive is supplied to the recessed sections of a bent part which is formed when the wire harness is bent, and cured while the bent part is maintained in a bent shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihisa Masuda, Hidehiro Ichikawa, Masahiro Takamatsu, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9505358
    Abstract: A wire harness for which an exterior member can be maintained in a desired shape is provided. A flexible, tubular corrugated tube (16) which covers electric wires (18) and a route keeping tape (17) which is more difficult to extend or buckle in the widthwise direction than the corrugated tube (16) are included, and the route keeping tape (17) is wound helically around a bent part (20), which is formed by bending the corrugated tube (16), along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ichikawa, Masahiro Takamatsu, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9466957
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a tubular sheathing member that covers at least one conduction path, and at least one path-maintaining member that is formed in flat plate shape corresponding to a bent part formed by bending the sheathing member. A tape is wrapped around the path-maintaining member while the path-maintaining member is placed along the bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ichikawa, Masahiro Takamatsu, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Publication number: 20160217886
    Abstract: A wiring harness is arranged at a predetermined location in a vehicle such as an automobile. The wiring harness comprises a plurality of electrical wires and a protection member in which to-be-protected portion of the electrical wires is inserted en bloc to be protected thereby. The protection member includes a plurality of main protection members serving as a principal part of the protection member for protecting the electrical wires and a plurality of secondary protection members serving as a secondary part with respect to the principal part, the main protection member being a corrugated tube and the secondary protection member being a standardized pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemitsu Kameda, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9349506
    Abstract: A shield member includes a metal foil layer and a base layer which have flexibility and are sheet-like or band-like, a bonding layer which bonds the metal foil layer and the base layer, and a cylindrical portion and an overlapping portion which are made by winding and folding the metal foil layer and the base layer so that the metal foil layer is on an inside. The overlapping portion is in a state of being brought down and arranged along the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9305681
    Abstract: A wiring harness including a high-voltage conductive path having a shape holding function for holding a shape along an arrangement pathway. The high-voltage conductive path includes a positive electrode conductor, a first insulator extruded and arranged outside of the positive electrode conductor, a negative electrode arranged outside of the first insulator, a second insulator extruded and arranged outside of the negative electrode conductor, a shield member wrapped outside of the second insulator, first and second sheaths extruded and arranged outside of the shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Tatsuya Oga, Shigemi Hashizawa, Eiji Shimochi
  • Patent number: 9252575
    Abstract: A high-voltage conduction path includes one conductor of a positive electrode conductor and a negative electrode conductor, a first insulator on the outside of the one conductor, the other conductor of the positive electrode conductor and the negative electrode conductor, the other conductor on the outside of the first insulator, and a second insulator on the outside of the other conductor. The other conductor is made of a metal wire material and formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding the metal wire material, and portions of the metal wire material positioned to be adjacent to each other contact with each other at side end faces opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9112287
    Abstract: A swaging structure is provided with a tubular metal foil member made of metal foil. The swaging connection structure is the one that a ring-shaped swaging member is swaged so as to include an area of main contact with a plurality of points or plurality of lines and an area of main contact with area, and thereby to electrically and mechanically contact the tubular metal foil member and a tubular connection part. The swaging connection member is also made a connection structure arranged such that an edge of a circumferential edge part of the ring-shaped swaging member is arranged not to contact with the tubular metal foil member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9050934
    Abstract: A wire harness having good heat-release performance as well as having simple structure and configuration and can be manufactured at low cost is provided. Also, the wire harness which can fulfill electromagnetic shield function is provided. A wire harness 21 includes a thick high-voltage electric wire 22 which electrically connects an inverter 4 and a battery 5, a tubular protection member 23 arranged outside of the high-voltage electric wire 22 so the high-voltage electric wire is passed therethrough, and a heat-transfer-and-shield member 24 made of metal. The tubular protection member 23 includes a cylindrical circular pipe 26 having good heat-release performance, two corrugated tubes 32 and two protectors 33. The heat-transfer-and-shield member 24 is one component constituting the high-voltage electric wire 22 and is arranged in indirect contact with an inner face 27 of the circular pipe 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Patent number: 9045092
    Abstract: A wiring harness includes: a harness main body having a plurality of high voltage electrically conductive paths; and a half pipe as a harness attachment member. The half pipe is formed in a substantially roof gutter shape. The half pipe is provided on a cabling target portion of a vehicle floor where the harness main body is cabled and fixed to the vehicle floor with the substantially roof gutter shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa, Tatsuya Oga, Hidehiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9006939
    Abstract: A wiring arrangement of a wiring harness 41 at an underfloor 34 is finished by arranging a connecting member 43 to a position of a through-hole 35, by extending a sheath 48 on the underfloor 34 parallel to the underfloor 34 while the sheath 48 is received in a wire protect member 44, and by fixing a terminal fixing member 45 and the wire protecting member 44 to the underfloor 34. After such a wiring arrangement, the wiring harness 41 is electrically connected to a junction block 31 around the through-hole 35 by mounting a battery 25 or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Toyama, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Publication number: 20150008033
    Abstract: A wire harness includes one or more electrically-conducting paths, a tubular shielding member configured to collectively accommodate the electrically-conducting paths, a braided shielding member including a cylindrical braided member and connected to an end of the tubular shielding member, and an annular crimping member including a fixing portion which fixedly connects the braided shielding member and the tubular shielding member by crimping, and a bent portion which is formed by bending an open end of the fixing portion to outside of the fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi TOYAMA, Shigemi HASHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140245604
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wire harness includes preparing a coaxial composite wire in which a plurality of conductive paths are coaxially arranged, inserting the coaxial composite wire into a tubular body, treating ends of the conductive paths in a state the coaxial composite wire is inserted into the tubular body so that the ends of the conductive paths have a plus circuit and an electric wire for a minus circuit, and bending the tubular body to form a wire harness having a shape corresponding to an arrangement pathway, in a state where the ends of the conductive paths are treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigemi Hashizawa, Hidehiro Ichikawa, Eiichi Tohyama
  • Publication number: 20140174784
    Abstract: A wire harness for which an exterior member can be maintained in a desired shape is provided. A flexible, tubular corrugated tube (16) which covers electric wires (18) and a route keeping tape (17) which is more difficult to extend or buckle in the widthwise direction than the corrugated tube (16) are included, and the route keeping tape (17) is wound helically around a bent part (20), which is formed by bending the corrugated tube (16), along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ichikawa, Masahiro Takamatsu, Shigemi Hashizawa
  • Publication number: 20140138153
    Abstract: A high-voltage conduction path includes one conductor of a positive electrode conductor and a negative electrode conductor, a first insulator that is provided on the outside of the one conductor, the other conductor of the positive electrode conductor and the negative electrode conductor, the other conductor being provided on the outside of the first insulator, and a second insulator that is provided on the outside of the other conductor. The other conductor is made of a metal wire material and formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding the metal wire material, and portions of the metal wire material positioned to be adjacent to each other contact with each other at side end faces opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi TOYAMA, Shigemi HASHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140131095
    Abstract: A wire harness includes one or more conductive paths, and a conductive path protection member that covers the conductive path. The conductive path protection member is formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding a metal wire material and portions of the metal wire material positioned to be adjacent to each other contact with each other at side end faces opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi TOYAMA, Shigemi HASHIZAWA