Patents by Inventor Tadashi Muraoka

Tadashi Muraoka 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: 7268296
    Abstract: A slide wiring apparatus is provided with a linearly-moving device. The linearly-moving device includes a casing portion, a rail and a protector. The casing portion is mounted on a floor serving as a vehicle body. The rail is accommodated within the casing portion, and is mounted on this casing portion. The protector is supported on the rail so as to move in a longitudinal direction thereof. The protector receives wires. A space within the casing portion is divided by the rail into a wire moving space and a wire accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Goto, Tomoyasu Terada, Katsuya Yoshimura, Tadashi Muraoka, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hirofumi Wada
  • Publication number: 20060060370
    Abstract: A slide wiring apparatus is provided with a linearly-moving device. The linearly-moving device includes a casing portion, a rail and a protector. The casing portion is mounted on a floor serving as a vehicle body. The rail is accommodated within the casing portion, and is mounted on this casing portion. The protector is supported on the rail so as to move in a longitudinal direction thereof. The protector receives wires. A space within the casing portion is divided by the rail into a wire moving space and a wire accommodating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroki Goto, Tomoyasu Terada, Katsuya Yoshimura, Tadashi Muraoka, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hirofumi Wada
  • Patent number: 6997499
    Abstract: A feeder assembly 1 of a sliding seat comprising a case 2 having a harness receiving section 6, a movable portion 3 moving along the case, and a wiring harness 4, bent in the harness receiving section, supported one end by the movable portion and other end by the case, wherein a slit 10 is formed in the case 2 for the insertion of the movable portion 3, a foreign substance invasion space 53 is formed between the case 2 and a case bottom 11, and the space is isolated from the harness receiving section by partition walls 14 and 15. A foreign substance discharge hole 12 is disposed at the case bottom 11. The movable portion comprises a harness pathway 21 to make each electric wire 4a of the wiring harness 4 arrange flatly in parallel, and a harness holder 22 which bundles each electric wire in circular cross-section following the harness pathway. A clearance is disposed between the movable portion and the case so that the movable portion 3 positions with non-contact or almost non-contact of the case 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tsubaki, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hirofumi Wada, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20050035622
    Abstract: A feeder assembly 1 of a sliding seat comprising a case 2 having a harness receiving section 6, a movable portion 3 moving along the case, and a wiring harness 4, bent in the harness receiving section, supported one end by the movable portion and other end by the case, wherein a slit 10 is formed in the case 2 for the insertion of the movable portion 3, a foreign substance invasion space 53 is formed between the case 2 and a case bottom 11, and the space is isolated from the harness receiving section by partition walls 14 and 15. A foreign substance discharge hole 12 is disposed at the case bottom 11. The movable portion comprises a harness pathway 21 to make each electric wire 4a of the wiring harness 4 arrange flatly in parallel, and a harness holder 22 which bundles each electric wire in circular cross-section following the harness pathway. A clearance is disposed between the movable portion and the case so that the movable portion 3 positions with non-contact or almost non-contact of the case 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tsubaki, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Hirofumi Wada, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Patent number: 6747208
    Abstract: In a slack absorber of wire harness structured such that a leaf spring (29) to which a proximal portion (129) is mounted and a wire harness (32) arranged along the leaf spring (29) within a protector case (21), a support portion (26) having a clamp groove (26a) to which the proximal portion (129) of the leaf spring (29) is inserted is provided in a protector base (23), a pressing-portion (27) pressing a proximal portion (29a) of the leaf spring (29) which is clamped by the support portion (26) is provided in a protector cover (24), and the proximal portion (29a) of the elastic member (29) is fixed to the support portion (26) and the pressing portion (27) in a state in which the protector base (24) and the protector cover (23) are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Patent number: 6668865
    Abstract: By attaching a base portion to a cover portion formed is an outer fixing body and in the interior of the outer fixing body a corrugated tube is rotatably received. Further, by providing a tube bend restraint portion at the end portion of the cover portion for restraining bend of the corrugated tube within the given range, a rotary holder for corrugated tube in which the range of sliding movement of the corrugated tube is defined only within the cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20030116215
    Abstract: By attaching a base portion to a cover portion formed is an outer fixing body and in the interior of the outer fixing body a corrugated tube is rotatably received. Further, by providing a tube bend restraint portion at the end portion of the cover portion for restraining bend of the corrugated tube within the given range, a rotary holder for corrugated tube in which the range of sliding movement of the corrugated tube is defined only within the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20030100214
    Abstract: In a slack absorber of wire harness structured such that a leaf spring (29) to which a proximal portion (129) is mounted and a wire harness (32) arranged along the leaf spring (29) within a protector case (21), a support portion (26) having a clamp groove (26a) to which the proximal portion (129) of the leaf spring (29) is inserted is provided in a protector base (23), a pressing-portion (27) pressing a proximal portion (29a) of the leaf spring (29) which is clamped by the support portion (26) is provided in a protector cover (24), and the proximal portion (29a) of the elastic member (29) is fixed to the support portion (26) and the pressing portion (27) in a state in which the protector base (24) and the protector cover (23) are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Tadashi Muraoka