Patents by Inventor Sohei KODAMA

Sohei KODAMA 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: 20190169378
    Abstract: A covering material includes: a resin component containing at least one of a crosslinkable resin having photo crosslinkability and thermal crosslinkability and a crosslinkable monomer having photo crosslinkability and thermal crosslinkability; a photoinitiator; and a thermal initiator. A cable includes a core and the covering material that covers the core. A method of manufacturing a cable includes covering a core with a covering material and crosslinking the covering material, wherein the covering material includes: a resin component containing at least one of a crosslinkable resin having photo crosslinkability and thermal crosslinkability and a crosslinkable monomer having photo crosslinkability and thermal crosslinkability; a photoinitiator; and a thermal initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Hideyuki SUZUKI, Sohei KODAMA
  • Patent number: 9892820
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes an insulated wire section including a pair of signal line conductors extending parallel to each other for transmitting a differential signal and an insulation covering the pair of signal line conductors, and a shield conductor including a band-shaped metal foil and spirally wound around the insulate wire section so as to overlap at a portion in a width direction thereof. An allowable elongation of the shield conductor as a stretchable limit in a longitudinal direction without breaking is not less than 2% at normal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Kodama, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9883581
    Abstract: A differential signal cable includes a pair of signal line conductors for transmitting differential signals, an insulation collectively covering the pair of signal line conductors, a shielding tape wrapped around the insulation, and an insulating tape wound around the shielding tape. A gap is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the insulation and an inner surface of the shielding tape such that the insulation is movable relative to the shielding tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Sohei Kodama
  • Publication number: 20160300642
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes an insulated wire section including a pair of signal line conductors extending parallel to each other for transmitting a differential signal and an insulation covering the pair of signal line conductors, and a shield conductor including a band-shaped metal foil and spirally wound around the insulate wire section so as to overlap at a portion in a width direction thereof. An allowable elongation of the shield conductor as a stretchable limit in a longitudinal direction without breaking is not less than 2% at normal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Sohei KODAMA, Takahiro SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9449741
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an insulating foam provided to cover an outer periphery of the center conductor, and a protruding portion provided around an outer surface of the insulating foam to absorb stress. The protruding portion has a waved shape that oscillates in a circumferential direction of the insulating foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Abe, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20160111187
    Abstract: A differential signal cable includes a pair of signal line conductors for transmitting differential signals, an insulation collectively covering the pair of signal line conductors, a shielding tape wrapped around the insulation, and an insulating tape wound around the shielding tape. A gap is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the insulation and an inner surface of the shielding tape such that the insulation is movable relative to the shielding tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Sohei KODAMA
  • Patent number: 9153361
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of differential signal lines arranged in parallel to each other, an insulation for bundle-covering the pair of differential signal lines, and a shield conductor wound around an outer periphery of the insulation. The insulation is configured such that an outer circumference thereof in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof has an oval shape formed with a continuous convex arc-curve. The outer circumference of the insulation includes a first curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a first direction along the arrangement direction of the pair of differential signal lines and a second curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Watanabe, Takahiro Sugiyama, Akinari Nakayama, Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama
  • Patent number: 9142333
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes two core wires, and a foamed insulation that collectively covers the two core wires by foaming extrusion molding. The foamed insulation is not more than 5% in a dispersion of foaming degree defined below in a cut surface when the cable is cut orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the cable. In the cut surface, five regions are determined according to a predetermined procedures and a foaming degree (%) of the respective regions is measured. The dispersion of the foaming degree is defined by a difference between a foaming degree (%) in the region with a maximum foaming degree and a foaming degree (%) in the region with a minimum foaming degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9123457
    Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes at least one pair of inner conductors arranged in parallel and extending parallel to each other, and a foamed insulating material formed on the inner conductors by a collective extrusion coating and molding of a resin material by using a chemical foaming method and have a variation of foaming degree of not more than 1%. The variation of foaming degree is defined as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among foaming degrees (%) of the foamed insulating material at 20 positions at intervals of 50 cm in a longitudinal direction in an arbitrary part of 10 m cut out from the differential transmission cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9064621
    Abstract: A parallel foamed coaxial cable includes one or more pairs of inner conductors aligned in parallel, a foamed insulation covering together the inner conductors and having a cross sectional shape including an elliptical shape, a rounded-rectangular shape or a quasi-elliptical shape formed by combining a plurality of curved lines, a non-foamed skin layer covering the foamed insulation and having a maximum thickness in a major axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation and a minimum thickness in a minor axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation, an outer conductor covering the non-foamed skin layer, and an insulation jacket covering the outer conductor. The maximum thickness of the non-foamed skin layer is not less than 1% of a major axis of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Kodama, Masafumi Kaga, Akinari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9035183
    Abstract: A connection structure for connecting an outer conductor of a differential signal transmission cable to a substrate includes a connecting member including a main body portion and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion. The outer conductor is connected via the connecting member to the substrate. The connecting member is solder-connected to the outer conductor via the main body portion and is solder-connected to the substrate via the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Kodama, Kotaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140367143
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an insulating layer including a foam layer covering an outer periphery of the center conductor and a solid layer covering an outer periphery of the foam layer, and a protruding portion provided around an interface between the foam layer and the solid layer and in a longitudinal direction of the solid layer, to disperse external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro ABE, Sohei KODAMA, Akinari NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140367140
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an insulating foam provided to cover an outer periphery of the center conductor, and a protruding portion provided around an outer surface of the insulating foam to absorb stress. The protruding portion has a waved shape that oscillates in a circumferential direction of the insulating foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro ABE, Sohei KODAMA, Akinari NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8715798
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polyolefin resin. A viscosity of the resin composition is within a range of not less than 500 Pa·s and not more than 2300 Pa·s under measurement conditions of a measurement temperature of 170° C. and a measurement frequency of 1 Hz. A strain hardening rate of the resin composition in uniaxial elongational viscosity measured under measurement conditions of a measurement temperature of 150° C. and a strain rate of 3.0 s?1 is not less than 800%. A foam insulated wire includes a conductor, and a foam insulation of the resin composition extruded on an outer periphery of thereof. A diameter of the conductor is 3.5 to 18 mm, and an outer diameter of the foam insulation is not less than 8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Suzuki, Yuju Endo, Sohei Kodama, Masahiro Abe, Akinari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20140090869
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes two core wires, and a foamed insulation that collectively covers the two core wires by foaming extrusion molding. The foamed insulation is not more than 5% in a dispersion of foaming degree defined below in a cut surface when the cable is cut orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the cable. In the cut surface, five regions are determined according to a predetermined procedures and a foaming degree (%) of the respective regions is measured. The dispersion of the foaming degree is defined by a difference between a foaming degree (%) in the region with a maximum foaming degree and a foaming degree (%) in the region with a minimum foaming degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130319724
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of differential signal lines arranged in parallel to each other, an insulation for bundle-covering the pair of differential signal lines, and a shield conductor wound around an outer periphery of the insulation. The insulation is configured such that an outer circumference thereof in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof has an oval shape formed with a continuous convex arc-curve. The outer circumference of the insulation includes a first curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a first direction along the arrangement direction of the pair of differential signal lines and a second curved portion with a pair of symmetrical elliptical arcs located at both ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki WATANABE, Takahiro SUGIYAMA, Akinari NAKAYAMA, Masafumi KAGA, Sohei KODAMA
  • Patent number: 8546691
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of differential signal lines arranged in parallel to each other, an insulation for bundle-covering the pair of differential signal lines, and a shield conductor wound around an outer periphery of the insulation. The insulation is configured such that an outer circumference thereof in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof has an oval shape formed with a continuous convex arc-curve. The oval shape has a width in a first direction along the arrangement direction of the pair of differential signal lines being larger than a width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hitach Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Watanabe, Takahiro Sugiyama, Akinari Nakayama, Masafumi Kaga, Sohei Kodama
  • Publication number: 20130233589
    Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes at least one pair of inner conductors arranged in parallel and extending parallel to each other, and a foamed insulating material formed on the inner conductors by a collective extrusion coating and molding of a resin material by using a chemical foaming method and have a variation of foaming degree of not more than 1%. The variation of foaming degree is defined as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among foaming degrees (%) of the foamed insulating material at 20 positions at intervals of 50 cm in a longitudinal direction in an arbitrary part of 10 m cut out from the differential transmission cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi KAGA, Sohei Kodama, Akinari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130180752
    Abstract: A parallel foamed coaxial cable includes one or more pairs of inner conductors aligned in parallel, a foamed insulation covering together the inner conductors and having a cross sectional shape including an elliptical shape, a rounded-rectangular shape or a quasi-elliptical shape formed by combining a plurality of curved lines, a non-foamed skin layer covering the foamed insulation and having a maximum thickness in a major axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation and a minimum thickness in a minor axis direction of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation, an outer conductor covering the non-foamed skin layer, and an insulation jacket covering the outer conductor. The maximum thickness of the non-foamed skin layer is not less than 1% of a major axis of the cross sectional shape of the foamed insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei KODAMA, Masafumi KAGA, Akinari NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: D703618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sohei Kodama, Hideki Nonen