Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Hirabayashi

Tatsuo Hirabayashi 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: 20230144414
    Abstract: Provided is a connector apparatus including: a circuit board; a connector; and a mold resin portion, wherein the circuit board includes a conductor path, the connector includes a housing with a cylindrical shape and made of a resin, and a terminal projecting outward in an axial direction of the housing from inside the housing, the terminal being configured to connect to the conductor path, the mold resin portion collectively covers the circuit board, the terminal located outside the housing, and a portion of the housing; the housing and the mold resin portion include a welded portion formed by welding together constituent materials of the housing and the mold resin portion, and the welded portion is provided around an entire periphery of the housing and has a difference between a maximum width and a minimum width along a circumferential direction of the housing of 30% or less of the maximum width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya YAMASHITA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11621119
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a coil that has wound portions formed by winding a winding wire, and a magnetic core that includes inner core portions arranged inside of the wound portions and outer core portions arranged outside of the wound portions. The reactor includes an outer resin portion covering at least outer surfaces of the outer core portions. A terminal platform is formed in one piece protruding on the outer surface of an outer resin portion among the outer resin portions and has fastening portions configured to fasten terminal fittings connected to end portions of the winding wire to terminals of an external wiring. A fixing portion is formed in one piece on the terminal platform and fixes the reactor to an installation target. The terminal platform and the fixing portion are integrated and the thickness of the terminal platform is less than that of the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Misaki, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Seiji Shitama, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230092720
    Abstract: A connector device includes a circuit board, a connector, and a molded resin portion. The circuit board includes a conductive path. The connector includes a tubular housing made of resin and a terminal that protrudes from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing in an axial direction of the housing and is connected to the conductive path. The molded resin portion collectively covers the circuit board, a portion of the terminal located outside the housing, and a portion of the housing. The housing includes a protrusion that is provided over the entire circumference of the housing so as to be in contact with the molded resin portion. The protrusion includes a welded portion that is made of a constituent material of the housing and a constituent material of the molded resin portion welded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya YAMASHITA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11495388
    Abstract: A reactor has a coil and a loop-shaped magnetic core disposed extending inside and outside the coil. The coil has two winding portions that are disposed laterally side-by-side, and the magnetic core has two inner core portions that are disposed inside the winding portions, and two outer core portions that are disposed outside the winding portions and connect end portions of the two inner core portions. The reactor includes an inner resin portion obtained by filling a space between inner peripheral faces of the winding portions and the inner core portions, end face intervening members disposed between end faces of the winding portions and the outer core portions, and spacer pieces that are integrated with the end face intervening members and are disposed extending between an entirety of mutually opposing inward faces of the two winding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Seiji Shitama
  • Patent number: 11476032
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes an inner core portion that is disposed inside the winding portion and an outer core portion that is disposed outside the winding portion; and an outer interposed portion that is interposed between an end surface of the winding portion and an inner end surface of the outer core portion The winding portion includes a winding wire body and a fusing layer that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the winding wire body and joins turns that are adjacent to each other, and the reactor further includes an adhesion prevention structure configured to prevent the end surface of the winding portion and the outer interposed portion from adhering to each other due to the fusing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11404195
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor that includes: a coil provided with a wound portion that is obtained by winding a winding wire, and has an exposed region with which a liquid coolant comes into direct contact; a magnetic core that is arranged inside and outside the wound portion, and forms a closed magnetic circuit; a sensor member configured to measure the temperature of the coil, the sensor member including a rod-shaped sensor body portion attached to the exposed region of the wound portion, and a wire coupled to the sensor body portion; and a sensor cover portion that covers surfaces of the outer periphery of the sensor body portion, except for a mounting surface for mounting to the wound portion and at least part of a coupling surface to which the wire is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11342113
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core having a plurality of core pieces; and an inner interposed member interposed between the winding portion and an inner core portion of the magnetic core. An inner resin portion fills an internal space of the winding portion, the inner interposed member includes core holding portions holding the core pieces to be decentered relative to the inner interposed member when seen in the axial direction of the winding portion, a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on a displacement direction side is longer than a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on the side that is opposite the displacement direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Shinichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11251553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector device that is small and easy to manufacture, and that has excellent waterproof performance. The connector device includes a circuit board, a connector, and a molded resin portion. The circuit board has a conductor path. The connector has a housing containing a resin, and a terminal protruding from the housing and configured to be connected to the conductor path. The molded resin portion collectively covers the conductor path, the terminal protruding from the housing, and part of the housing. The housing and the molded resin portion have a welded portion where constituent materials are welded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamashita, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11202373
    Abstract: A connector device that includes a circuit board; a connector attached to the circuit board; and a molded resin that covers the entire circuit board and part of the connector, wherein: a housing of the connector contains a resin material and fibrous inorganic fillers, a groove is formed in a region of a surface of the housing that is covered with the molded resin, the groove being formed by removing the resin material with the inorganic fillers remaining, and extending in a direction that intersects a mounting direction in which a counterpart connector is to be mounted to the connector, the groove has a depth and a width in a range from 50 ?m to 150 ?m inclusive, and the groove is filled with the molded resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Muronoi, Naomichi Kawashima, Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Seiji Hashimoto, Iori Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Kado
  • Patent number: 11171439
    Abstract: A connector-equipped case that includes a case that includes a through hole; a connector fixed to the case, the connector including: a core that supports a plurality of terminals; and a hood that is formed by forming a region around the through hole of the case and a portion of the core in one piece; and an adhesive layer that is interposed between the case and the hood, wherein a constituent material of the adhesive layer is an adhesive that contains acrylic rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Tezuka, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11153974
    Abstract: A connector device that includes a circuit board; a connector attached to the circuit board; a plurality of collars for external attachment; a first molded resin that is made of a first resin material whose melting point or softening point is 230° C. or less, and covers the entire circuit board and part of the connector; and a second molded resin that is welded to the first molded resin, is made of a second resin material whose melting point or softening point is higher than that of the first resin material for the first molded resin, and covers outer circumferences of the collars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Muronoi, Naomichi Kawashima, Masayuki Kato, Takeo Uchino, Akihiko Matsuoka, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11069471
    Abstract: A reactor that includes a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes a plurality of core pieces that are located inside and outside the winding portion, and one or more gap portions that are interposed between core pieces that are adjacent to each other; an interposed member that is interposed between the coil and the magnetic core; and a resin mold portion that covers at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the magnetic core without covering an outer circumferential surface of the winding portion so that the outer circumferential surface of the winding portion is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Masayuki Kato, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Shinichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10916365
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor including: a coil having winding portions formed by winding a wire; a magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit with inner core portions arranged inside of the winding portions and outer core portions arranged outside of the winding portions; end surface interposed members that are interposed between axial direction end surfaces of the winding portions and the outer core portions; and an inner resin portion that fills spaces between inner circumferential surfaces of the winding portions and outer circumferential surfaces of the inner core portions, the end surface interposed members including turn storage portions that store at least a portion of turns of the axial direction end portions of the winding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Shitama, Masayuki Kato, Takashi Misaki, Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Akinori Ooishi
  • Patent number: 10910147
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil including a winding portion formed by winding a winding wire; and a magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit constituted by an inner core portion located inside the winding portion and an outer core portion located outside the winding portion. The reactor further includes an inner resin portion that fills a gap between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner core portion, and when a side, of the outer core portion, that faces the inner core portion is defined as an inner side, and the opposite side is defined as an outer side, the outer core portion is provided with a through hole that is open to both the inner side and the outer side, and the through hole is filled with a portion of the inner resin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Tatsuo Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20200388945
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector device that is small and easy to manufacture, and that has excellent waterproof performance. The connector device includes a circuit board, a connector, and a molded resin portion. The circuit board has a conductor path. The connector has a housing containing a resin, and a terminal protruding from the housing and configured to be connected to the conductor path. The molded resin portion collectively covers the conductor path, the terminal protruding from the housing, and part of the housing. The housing and the molded resin portion have a welded portion where constituent materials are welded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya YAMASHITA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200315026
    Abstract: A connector device that includes a circuit board; a connector attached to the circuit board; and a molded resin that covers the entire circuit board and part of the connector, wherein: a housing of the connector contains a resin material and fibrous inorganic fillers, a groove is formed in a region of a surface of the housing that is covered with the molded resin, the groove being formed by removing the resin material with the inorganic fillers remaining, and extending in a direction that intersects a mounting direction in which a counterpart connector is to be mounted to the connector, the groove has a depth and a width in a range from 50 ?m to 150 ?m inclusive, and the groove is filled with the molded resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MURONOI, Naomichi KAWASHIMA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI, Seiji HASHIMOTO, Iori KOBAYASHI, Yoshiaki KADO
  • Publication number: 20200315027
    Abstract: A connector device that includes a circuit board; a connector attached to the circuit board; a plurality of collars for external attachment; a first molded resin that is made of a first resin material whose melting point or softening point is 230° C. or less, and covers the entire circuit board and part of the connector; and a second molded resin that is welded to the first molded resin, is made of a second resin material whose melting point or softening point is higher than that of the first resin material for the first molded resin, and covers outer circumferences of the collars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MURONOI, Naomichi KAWASHIMA, Masayuki KATO, Takeo UCHINO, Akihiko MATSUOKA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200313345
    Abstract: A connector device that includes: a circuit board; a connector attached to the circuit board; and a molded resin that covers the entire circuit board and part of the connector, wherein: a housing of the connector is made of a liquid crystal polymer or a poly phenylene sulfide resin, and the molded resin is made of a polyamide resin or a polyester resin whose melting point or softening point is 230° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu MURONOI, Naomichi KAWASHIMA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI, Seiji HASHIMOTO, Iori KOBAYASHI, Yoshiaki KADO
  • Publication number: 20200312542
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core having a plurality of core pieces; and an inner interposed member interposed between the winding portion and an inner core portion of the magnetic core. An inner resin portion fills an internal space of the winding portion, the inner interposed member includes core holding portions holding the core pieces to be decentered relative to the inner interposed member when seen in the axial direction of the winding portion, a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on a displacement direction side is longer than a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on the side that is opposite the displacement direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI, Takashi MISAKI, Seiji SHITAMA, Shinichiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200303868
    Abstract: A connector-equipped case that includes a case that includes a through hole; a connector fixed to the case, the connector including: a core that supports a plurality of terminals; and a hood that is formed by forming a region around the through hole of the case and a portion of the core in one piece; and an adhesive layer that is interposed between the case and the hood, wherein a constituent material of the adhesive layer is an adhesive containing non-diene-based rubber and an amino silane coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya TEZUKA, Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI