Patents by Inventor Shintaro SUMIDA

Shintaro SUMIDA 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: 12172588
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members wired in a form including a main wire part and a branch wire part; and a sheet material including a main wire fixing part to which the main wire part is fixed and a branch wire fixing part to which the branch wire part is fixed, wherein the branch wire fixing part is branched from the main wire fixing part, a branch wire support part is provided in the branch wire fixing part, and the branch wire support part extends along a longitudinal direction of the branch wire part, and is formed to have higher rigidity than each of the wire-like transmission members constituting the branch wire part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Hidetoshi Ishida, Housei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240404726
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a first wiring member including a first sheet, and a plurality of first wire-like transmission members fixed onto the first sheet. The plurality of first wire-like transmission members include a second wire-like transmission member, and a third wire-like transmission member extending over the second wire-like transmission member and crossing the second wire-like transmission member. The wiring member further includes a holding member configured to hold a positional relationship between the second and third wire-like transmission members at a crossing part of the second and third wire-like transmission members. The holding member includes a second sheet fixed to the first sheet so as to cover the crossing part. The second sheet includes a fixed region fixed to the first sheet located around the crossing part, and the second sheet includes a non-fixed region that is not fixed to the first sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Daisuke EBATA, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Ryusuke KUDO, Shintaro SUMIDA, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 12159733
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet material to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, wherein a reinforcement part intersecting with at least one of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is provided to the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Hitomi Harada, Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryusuke Kudo, Haruka Nakano
  • Patent number: 12132300
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; and a base member keeping the wire-like transmission member in a flat form, wherein the base member includes a connection end portion, the wire-like transmission member is held by the connection end portion to be directed to a tip end portion of the connection end portion along an extension direction of the connection end portion, and the tip end portion of the connection end portion includes a catch suppressing shape portion directed to a base end side of the connection end portion with an increasing distance from the wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryusuke Kudo
  • Patent number: 12131845
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a flat wiring member including a sheet member, and a plurality of wire-like transmission members fixed on the sheet member in a parallel state; and a protective member configured to accommodate the flat wiring member. The protective member includes a placement surface on which the sheet member is placed. The sheet member includes a disposition region in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed. The sheet member is placed on the placement surface so that at least the disposition region extends along the placement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Taku Umehara, Shintaro Sumida, Miyu Aramaki
  • Patent number: 12087473
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a first wiring member including a first sheet, and a plurality of first wire-like transmission members fixed onto the first sheet. The plurality of first wire-like transmission members include a second wire-like transmission member, and a third wire-like transmission member extending over the second wire-like transmission member and crossing the second wire-like transmission member. The wiring member further includes a holding member configured to hold a positional relationship between the second and third wire-like transmission members at a crossing part of the second and third wire-like transmission members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Daisuke Ebata, Masaki Mizushita, Ryusuke Kudo, Shintaro Sumida, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 12051526
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members arranged side by side are fixed, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, and a planar surface region part is provided on an outer side of the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Housei Mizuno, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 12040106
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to be arranged side by side; and a level difference absorption member provided on an outer side of the sheet, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, the level difference absorption member is provided on an outer side of the second sheet, and the level difference absorption member is provided to be able to absorb a level difference caused by a level difference formed on an outer surface of the second sheet when an outer surface side of the level difference absorption member is vacuum-sucked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Housei Mizuno, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Publication number: 20220310284
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a flat wiring member including a sheet member, and a plurality of wire-like transmission members fixed on the sheet member in a parallel state; and a protective member configured to accommodate the flat wiring member. The protective member includes a placement surface on which the sheet member is placed. The sheet member includes a disposition region in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed. The sheet member is placed on the placement surface so that at least the disposition region extends along the placement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Taku UMEHARA, Shintaro SUMIDA, Miyu ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20220246325
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a flat wiring member including a plurality of terminal parts; and a plurality of identification parts provided to correspond to some of the plurality of terminal parts, wherein the plurality of identification parts are made to each provide a piece of identification information different from each other, the flat wiring member can change a form between a folding form of being folded and a developed form of extending larger than the folding form, and the plurality of identification parts are provided in the flat wiring member so that a distribution region of the plurality of identification parts in the folding form is smaller than a distribution region of the plurality of identification parts in the developed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hitomi HARADA, Haruka NAKANO, Ryusuke KUDO, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220246324
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet material to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, wherein a reinforcement part intersecting with at least one of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is provided to the sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Hitomi HARADA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Ryusuke KUDO, Haruka NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220234526
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to be arranged side by side, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, a window region is provided in a part of the sheet along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of wire-like transmission members, the window region is provided on a side directed to an outer surface in a state where the wiring member is folded, and a part of the plurality of wire-like transmission members wired in the window region can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hitomi HARADA, Haruka NAKANO, Ryusuke KUDO, Hiroki HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20220215984
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members arranged side by side are fixed, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, and a planar surface region part is provided on an outer side of the second sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hitomi HARADA, Haruka NAKANO, Ryusuke KUDO, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220212614
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members wired in a form including a main wire part and a branch wire part; and a sheet material including a main wire fixing part to which the main wire part is fixed and a branch wire fixing part to which the branch wire part is fixed, wherein the branch wire fixing part is branched from the main wire fixing part, a branch wire support part is provided in the branch wire fixing part, and the branch wire support part extends along a longitudinal direction of the branch wire part, and is formed to have higher rigidity than each of the wire-like transmission members constituting the branch wire part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hitomi HARADA, Haruka NAKANO, Ryusuke KUDO, Hiroki HIRAI, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220208415
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a first wiring member including a first sheet, and a plurality of first wire-like transmission members fixed onto the first sheet. The plurality of first wire-like transmission members include a second wire-like transmission member, and a third wire-like transmission member extending over the second wire-like transmission member and crossing the second wire-like transmission member. The wiring member further includes a holding member configured to hold a positional relationship between the second and third wire-like transmission members at a crossing part of the second and third wire-like transmission members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Daisuke EBATA, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Ryusuke KUDO, Shintaro SUMIDA, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220209517
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; and a base member keeping the wire-like transmission member in a flat form, wherein the base member includes a connection end portion, the wire-like transmission member is held by the connection end portion to be directed to a tip end portion of the connection end portion along an extension direction of the connection end portion, and the tip end portion of the connection end portion includes a catch suppressing shape portion directed to a base end side of the connection end portion with an increasing distance from the wire-like transmission member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Ryusuke KUDO
  • Publication number: 20220199288
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to be arranged side by side; and a level difference absorption member provided on an outer side of the sheet, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, the level difference absorption member is provided on an outer side of the second sheet, and the level difference absorption member is provided to be able to absorb a level difference caused by a level difference formed on an outer surface of the second sheet when an outer surface side of the level difference absorption member is vacuum-sucked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SUMIDA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hitomi HARADA, Haruka NAKANO, Ryusuke KUDO, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA