Patents by Inventor Sonoda Fujio

Sonoda Fujio 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: 9082529
    Abstract: A shield conductor is provided with electrical wires and a metal pipe that encloses the electrical wires and whose outer peripheral surface is covered with an orange (color other than a metallic color) resin layer. The pipe is routed so that at least a portion passes in proximity to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A section of the pipe passing in proximity to the exhaust pipe that faces the exhaust pipe does not have the resin layer and the metallic-colored outer peripheral surface of the section remains exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130299234
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes: an electrical wire; a tubular shield member that encloses the electrical wire and is configured such that an end portion of a pipe made of metal is fit to an end portion of a tubular accordion member made of metal; a swage ring that is attached at a portion where the end portion of the pipe is fit to the end portion of the tubular accordion member, and constricts the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion member from outside; a conductor ring that is arranged between the pipe and the tubular accordion member, has an inner circumferential face that faces the pipe and an outer circumferential face that faces the tubular accordion member, and has electrical conductivity; and a plurality of protrusion/recession portions formed on the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130284487
    Abstract: A shield conductor is provided with electrical wires and a metal pipe that encloses the electrical wires and whose outer peripheral surface is covered with an orange (color other than a metallic color) resin layer. The pipe is routed so that at least a portion passes in proximity to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A section of the pipe passing in proximity to the exhaust pipe that faces the exhaust pipe does not have the resin layer and the metallic-colored outer peripheral surface of the section remains exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama