Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Tanaka

Tetsuji Tanaka 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: 10483516
    Abstract: An electricity storage module unit that can improve installation work efficiency, and that can be used to build an electricity storage pack that is versatile in terms of installation. An electricity storage module unit is provided with an electricity storage module that includes a plurality of electricity storage elements, and the electricity storage module unit includes: a wiring member that is connected to the electricity storage module; a wiring connection part that connects the wiring member to the wiring member of another electricity storage module unit or to an external electrical component; and a unit base plate on which the electricity storage module is mounted. The unit base plate has a plurality of routing grooves that allow the wiring member to be routed such that a direction in which the wiring member is routed is changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Furusawa, Hitoshi Takeda, Ryoya Okamoto, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20190337018
    Abstract: A vibrating sieve machine for applying vibrations on powder to be classified that is placed on a mesh member through a sieve frame including a plurality of separable sieve frames for sieving and classification, wherein the mesh member includes a circular annular mesh member frame having an outer peripheral surface and configured to be sandwiched by the separable sieve frames with the outer peripheral surface exposed outward in a radial direction of the separable sieve frames, a reinforcement mesh stretching across the mesh member frame, a sieve mesh configured to cover the reinforcement mesh, hanging down over an outer peripheral surface of the mesh member frame, and a fastening band configured to be attached to the outer peripheral surface of the mesh member frame so as to sandwich the sieve mesh between the fastening band and the outer peripheral surface of the mesh member frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsunori Tatsumoto, Tetsuji Tanaka, Yoshihiro Ueno, Kiyosei Inaba
  • Patent number: 10461468
    Abstract: A wire-side connector provided at a terminal end of a wire harness; and a device-side connector that is fittable to the wire-side connector, and is to be disposed on one surface of a device via connector holding portions are included, the connector holding portions being provided so as to be pivotable between a mounting position at which the device-side connector is disposed in an orientation along the one surface of the device with a fitting face of the device-side connector facing forward, and a fitting position at which the device-side connector assumes an orientation intersecting the one surface so that the fitting face is disposed at a position distanced from the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10447017
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Hiroki Itaya, Eiji Koike
  • Patent number: 10358794
    Abstract: A work vehicle, includes: a lift arm rotatably linked to a front portion of a vehicle body of a work vehicle so as to be allowed to swing along an up/down direction; an operation lever that can be operated within a range between a raising operation end position and a lowering operation end position, and is operated to raise and lower the lift arm; an up detent mechanism having a holding function for holding the operation lever at the raising operation end position once the operation lever is operated to the raising operation end position; and a down detent mechanism having a holding function for holding the operation lever at the lowering operation end position once the operation lever is operated to the lowering operation end position, wherein: when an angle of the lift arm becomes greater than a predetermined upper limit, the holding function of the up detent mechanism and the holding function of the down detent mechanism are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Yasunori Miyamoto, Koji Hyodo, Isamu Aoki, Katsuyuki Kirita, Hiroaki Yada, Seiji Nakagawa, Masaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20190157851
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Hiroki ITAYA, Eiji KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20190109312
    Abstract: Provided is a connection structure for a power storage module in which a wiring module is mounted on a power storage element group including multiple power storage elements, and for a control device for detecting states of the electrical elements. The power storage module includes detection wires that detect the states of the power storage elements, and that are connected to the control device. A module-side connector that is connected to the detection wires and is integrally provided on the power storage module is fit onto the device-side connector that is integrally provided on the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Tetsuji TANAKA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Tomoki IDOTA
  • Publication number: 20190103594
    Abstract: An electricity storage module unit that can improve installation work efficiency, and that can be used to build an electricity storage pack that is versatile in terms of installation. An electricity storage module unit is provided with an electricity storage module that includes a plurality of electricity storage elements, and the electricity storage module unit includes: a wiring member that is connected to the electricity storage module; a wiring connection part that connects the wiring member to the wiring member of another electricity storage module unit or to an external electrical component; and a unit base plate on which the electricity storage module is mounted. The unit base plate has a plurality of routing grooves that allow the wiring member to be routed such that a direction in which the wiring member is routed is changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ken FURUSAWA, Hitoshi TAKEDA, Ryoya OKAMOTO, Tetsuji TANAKA, Hiroki HIRAI
  • Patent number: 10246033
    Abstract: A protector includes: a first unit into which an electrical wire is to be inserted; and a second unit into which a portion of the electrical wire is to be inserted, the portion being other than a portion that is not to be inserted into the first unit. The first unit includes a coupling-target portion, and the second unit includes a coupling portion that is coupled to the coupling-target portion so as to be rotatable relative to the coupling-target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190074632
    Abstract: A wire-side connector provided at a terminal end of a wire harness; and a device-side connector that is fittable to the wire-side connector, and is to be disposed on one surface of a device via connector holding portions are included, the connector holding portions being provided so as to be pivotable between a mounting position at which the device-side connector is disposed in an orientation along the one surface of the device with a fitting face of the device-side connector facing forward, and a fitting position at which the device-side connector assumes an orientation intersecting the one surface so that the fitting face is disposed at a position distanced from the one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10215207
    Abstract: A support member is for supporting a conductive member such as an electrical wire and is for installation in an automatic transmission, and includes a main body portion made of a resin and plates that are made of a metal and are to be fixed to the body of the automatic transmission via bolts. The main body portion has attachment portions to which the plates are attached, and elastic lock portions that project within the attachment portions and have elasticity capable of restricting removal of the plates from the attachment portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Osamu Nakayama, Tetsuji Tanaka, Mitsutoshi Morita
  • Patent number: 10137847
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide an exterior wiring harness which can be routed in a flat space formed between a plurality of electrical members. An exterior wiring harness (10) includes a plurality of wires (11) and an exterior body (12) formed by surrounding outer peripheries of the plurality of wires (11) by a sheet (13) made of fibrous synthetic resin. The exterior body (12) includes a flat portion (15) having a flat cross-sectional shape and other parts (14) connected to the flat portion (15) and different from the flat portion. A length (L1) of the flat portion (15) in a minor axis direction is set to be smaller than a width of a clearance formed between a plurality of electrical members. A maximum value (L3) of the other parts (14) in the minor axis direction of the flat portion is set to be larger than the width of the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10071629
    Abstract: A prime mover control device of a work vehicle equipped with a torque converter includes: a speed ratio calculation unit that calculates a speed ratio of the torque converter; and a rotational speed limit unit that, when a speed ratio falls within a preset speed ratio range, limits a maximum rotational speed of the prime mover to be lower as compared with a maximum rotational speed set when a speed ratio falls without the preset speed ratio range. When a state in which the speed ratio calculated by the speed ratio calculation unit falls within the preset speed ratio range is maintained for a predetermined time period, the rotational speed limit unit changes a maximum rotational speed of the prime mover to a higher maximum rotational speed than the limited maximum rotational speed limited to be lower by the rotational speed limit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Aoki, Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Masaki Nukii
  • Publication number: 20180254442
    Abstract: In a battery wiring module that is to be attached from a Y-axis direction (second direction) to a single battery group in which multiple single batteries that have electrode terminals are aligned in the X-axis direction (first direction), multiple holding units that are coupled in the X-axis direction and constitute a holding plate are each provided with a locking hook including a first locking surface and a second locking surface, and a locked hook that includes a first locked surface and a second locked surface, and by relatively sliding the holding units in the X-axis direction, the holding units can be coupled in a first locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the second locking surface, or in a second locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the first locking surface of the locking hook and the second locked surface is locked to the second locking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Ryouya OKAMOTO, Hitoshi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180252314
    Abstract: To curb temperature rises in a control device for a supercharger and extend the life of the control device for the supercharger, a work vehicle includes a variable geometry supercharger with variable boost pressure, and a working device driven by pressure oil discharged from a working hydraulic pump, the work vehicle further including: a supercharger control device adapted to control the supercharger; a temperature detection device adapted to detect temperature of the supercharger control device; and a main control device adapted to limit at least one of maximum rotational speed of an engine and maximum vehicle speed of the work vehicle in case the temperature of the supercharger control device is above a predetermined temperature as compared to case the temperature of the supercharger control device is below the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Koji HYODO, Masashi YAMASHITA, Tetsuji TANAKA, Katsutaka HARA, Masaki NUKII, Isamu AOKI
  • Publication number: 20180251026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a work vehicle including an engine, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor to drive wheels, an HST circuit in which the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are connected to each other in the form of a closed circuit, a reducing agent sensor that detects the state of a reducing agent used to clean exhaust gas from the engine, and an engine restrictor that restricts the rotational speed of the engine based on the output from the reducing agent sensor, and the work vehicle further includes a control unit that changes the tilting angle of the hydraulic pump or the hydraulic motor independently of the rotational speed of the engine to a tilting angle associated with minimum travel drive force necessary for self-travel of the work vehicle when the control unit determines that the engine restrictor has restricted the rotational speed of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki NUKII, Koji HYODO, Isamu AOKI, Tetsuji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10069286
    Abstract: An insulation structure for a splice portion, a harness mounting plate, and a wiring unit that are capable of reducing labor-hours that are required when insulating a splice portion where a plurality of electrical wires are connected by a splice terminal. A plurality of electrical wires are connected by a splice terminal, wherein an opening portion that allows the splice portion to be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom is formed in a splice housing portion that surrounds and insulates the splice portion, and the insulation structure is provided with a separation restricting portion that restricts the splice portion that is housed in the splice housing portion from becoming separated from the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Tetsuji Tanaka, Osamu Nakayama, Tomohide Maki
  • Publication number: 20180222404
    Abstract: A protector includes: a first unit into which an electrical wire is to be inserted; and a second unit into which a portion of the electrical wire is to be inserted, the portion being other than a portion that is not to be inserted into the first unit. The first unit includes a coupling-target portion, and the second unit includes a coupling portion that is coupled to the coupling-target portion so as to be rotatable relative to the coupling-target portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20180216643
    Abstract: A support member is for supporting a conductive member such as an electrical wire and is for installation in an automatic transmission, and includes a main body portion made of a resin and plates that are made of a metal and are to be fixed to the body of the automatic transmission via bolts. The main body portion has attachment portions to which the plates are attached, and elastic lock portions that project within the attachment portions and have elasticity capable of restricting removal of the plates from the attachment portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Tetsuji TANAKA, Mitsutoshi MORITA
  • Patent number: D854055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Tomoyuki Miyata, Wataru Isaka, Satoshi Kan, Koji Hyodo, Masaki Yoshikawa, Isamu Aoki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Yasunori Miyamoto