Patents by Inventor Sho Yoshida

Sho Yoshida 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: 20190024700
    Abstract: Provided is a cable connecting mechanism including a slider and a slider housing member. The slider housing member has a lid member, a bottom surface member, a pair of side walls, a one-end-side hinge connecting the lid member and the bottom surface member, an another-end-side hinge connecting the member and the bottom surface member, a first engagement structure provided on an outer surface closer to one end of the slider housing member than the one-end-side hinge, a second engagement structure, a third engagement structure, a fourth engagement structure, a cable extension part, and a wall portion arranged to be sandwiched between the one-end-side hinge and the another-end-side hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho YOSHIDA, Masaki TAMURA, Tatsuhiko HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10096394
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Sn: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of (standard deviation of crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is less than or equal to 0.57, and a ratio of (diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is greater than or equal to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Sekiya, Sho Yoshida, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 10090079
    Abstract: A covered wire includes a wire including a metal, a covering layer provided at a periphery of the wire, and inclusions including at least one of a metal and a metal oxide. The inclusions are provided between the wire and the covering layer or in the covering layer, and an average size of each of the inclusions is less than a thickness of the covering layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Kengo Mitose, Shigeki Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20180216657
    Abstract: To provide a cable joint including a joint piece which has an good sliding property and is hardly broken. The cable joint includes a joint case 10 and a joint piece 50. The joint piece 50 is provided with a locking part of a cable end and a cable lead-out groove 56. A joint case side main sliding surface 21a is formed flat, and a protrusion part 61 is provided on a joint piece side main sliding surface 60. The protrusion part protrudes toward the main sliding surfaces 60, 21a in a direction orthogonal to the main sliding surfaces. An apex part 61a of the protrusion part is located at a position corresponding to the cable lead-out groove 56 in the direction orthogonal to the main sliding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9994945
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod includes Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 ?m2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9997276
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a number of compound particles present on a surface and having a diameter of greater than or equal to 1 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter is less than or equal to one per 100 ?m2, and a tensile strength is greater than or equal to 200 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9991024
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod comprising 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.01-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; and 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni, a Mg/Si ratio being greater than 1, wherein a dispersion density of an Mg2Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m is less than or equal to 3.0×10?3 particles/?m2, and in the sectional structure, a concentration of each of Mg and Si other than a compound is less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Sekiya, Sho Yoshida, Kyota Susai, Kengo Mitose
  • Publication number: 20180122528
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy conductor wire has a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Zr: 0.01-0.50 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: AL and inevitable impurities, where Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni are arbitrary additive components of which at least one component may be contained or none of the components may be contained. A density of a compound having a particle size of 0.5-5.0 ?m and containing Fe is 1 to 300 particles/10000 ?m2. Mg/Si ratio, which is a ratio of Mg in mass % to Si in mass %, is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho YOSHIDA, Ryosuke MATSUO, Shigeki SEKIYA, Kengo MITOSE
  • Patent number: 9899119
    Abstract: An electric wire apparatus includes an electric wire including an aluminum alloy wire rod having an outer periphery portion coated, and a crimp terminal crimped to an end portion of the electric wire, the crimp terminal having a barrel portion crimped with the aluminum alloy wire rod, the barrel portion having a one-end closed tubular shape. The aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition including 0.10 mass % to 1.00 mass % of magnesium (Mg), 0.10 mass % to 1.00 mass % of silicon (Si), 0.01 mass % to 2.50 mass % of iron (Fe), 0.000 mass % to 0.100 mass % of titanium (Ti), 0.000 mass % to 0.030 mass % of boron (B), 0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % of copper (Cu), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of silver (Ag), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of gold (Au), 0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % of manganese (Mn), 0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % of chromium (Cr), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of zirconium (Zr), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of hafnium (Hf), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of vanadium (V), 0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % of scandium (Sc), 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Akira Tachibana, Yasushi Kihara, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9899118
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000-0.100 mass %, B: 0.000-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00-0.50 mass %, V: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0.00-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities, Mg/Si mass ratio being 0.4 to 0.8. The aluminum alloy wire rod has a tensile strength of greater than or equal to 200 MPa, an elongation of greater than or equal to 13%, a conductivity of 47% IACS, and a ratio (YS/TS) of 0.2% yield strength (YS) to the tensile strength (TS) of less than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9875822
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy conductor wire has a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, where Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni are arbitrary additive components of which at least one component may be contained or none of the components may be contained. A density of a compound having a particle size of 0.5-5.0 ?m and containing Fe is 1 to 300 particles/10000 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Ryosuke Matsuo, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9870841
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition including 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sn; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni; and the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an area fraction of a region in which an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the aluminum alloy wire rod and a <111> direction of a crystal is within 20° is greater than or equal to 20% and less than or equal to 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Publication number: 20180002792
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition comprising Mg: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000-0.100 mass %, B: 0.000-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.01-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00-0.50 mass %, V: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00-0.50 mass %, and Ni: 0.00-0.50 mass %. Mg/Si ratio is greater than 1. A dispersion density of compound particles having a particle size of 20 nm to 1000 nm is greater than or equal to 1 particle/?m2. In a distribution of the compound particles in the aluminum alloy wire rod, a maximum dispersion density of the compound particles is less than or equal to five times a minimum dispersion density of the compound particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Sho YOSHIDA, Shigeki SEKIYA, Kyota SUSAI, Kengo MITOSE
  • Patent number: 9773580
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition consisting of Mg: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01 to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000 to 0.100 mass %, B: 0.000 to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, V: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities. A dispersion density of compound particles having a size of 20-1000 nm is 1 particle/?m2 or higher. In a distribution of the compound particles in the aluminum alloy wire rod, a maximum dispersion density of the compound particles is less than or equal to five times a minimum dispersion density of the compound particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kyota Susai, Kengo Mitose
  • Publication number: 20170253954
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod includes Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 ?m2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 ?m2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 ?m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho YOSHIDA, Shigeki SEKIYA, Kengo MITOSE
  • Publication number: 20170250000
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Fe:0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti:0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Sn: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of (standard deviation of crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is less than or equal to 0.57, and a ratio of (diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is greater than or equal to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki SEKIYA, Sho YOSHIDA, Kengo MITOSE
  • Publication number: 20170248225
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device for a hydraulic circuit including an oil pump, a switching unit switching between a fully discharged state and a partial discharge, a pressure regulator, a pressure regulation controller and a hydraulic detector, The device includes: a storage storing a maximum discharge pressure of oil capable of being discharged in the partially discharged state; a switching controller performing control of switching into the fully discharged state; and a determination unit determining that the switching unit has a fixation abnormality of the partially discharged state when a hydraulic pressure approximately corresponds to the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state in a state where a hydraulic pressure higher than the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state is set as a target hydraulic pressure and the pressure regulator is controlled to achieve the target hydraulic pressure after the switching control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato IGARASHI, Sho YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170250003
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a number of compound particles present on a surface and having a diameter of greater than or equal to 1 ?m in terms of equivalent circle diameter is less than or equal to one per 100 ?m2, and a tensile strength is greater than or equal to 200 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho YOSHIDA, Shigeki SEKIYA, Kengo MITOSE
  • Publication number: 20170229211
    Abstract: A covered wire includes a wire including a metal, a covering layer provided at a periphery of the wire, and inclusions including at least one of a metal and a metal oxide. The inclusions are provided between the wire and the covering layer or in the covering layer, and an average size of each of the inclusions is less than a thickness of the covering layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Kengo Mitose, Shigeki Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20170213619
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod comprising 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.01-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; and 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni, a Mg/Si ratio being greater than 1, wherein a dispersion density of an Mg2Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m is less than or equal to 3.0×10?3 particles/?m2, and in the sectional structure, a concentration of each of Mg and Si other than a compound is less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki SEKIYA, Sho YOSHIDA, Kyota SUSAI, Kengo MITOSE