Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Nishimura
Tetsuya Nishimura 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).
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Patent number: 12292132Abstract: Provided are a thermostat device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of minimizing an increase in size of the thermostat device, and where a seal member is easily assembled and cost can be minimized. This thermostat device includes a housing, attached to a mounting hole of a counterpart member, that has a flow path for a coolant formed therein, a seal member that creates a liquid-tight seal between the counterpart member and the housing, a thermo-element that expands and contracts in accordance with the coolant temperature, a valve body that opens and closes the flow path due to the expansion and contraction of the thermo-element, and a coil spring that biases the valve body in a closing direction, the housing having formed therein a deformed annular groove into which the seal member fits, and the seal member having a perfectly circular shape in a natural length state.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Masayuki Numata
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Patent number: 12278027Abstract: A wiring member includes: a base member having a holding surface; and at least one wire-like transmission member held on the holding surface, wherein at least one missing wire-like transmission member identification mark indicating at least one missing wire-like transmission member position is provided on the holding surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Masaki Mizushita, Tetsuya Nishimura
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Patent number: 12276990Abstract: A temperature adjustment device is capable of suppressing sleeve enlargement and preventing the rattling thereof with a synthetic resin housing. Flanges are formed on the temperature adjustment member. The sleeve has a groove along the circumferential direction on its outer periphery and a lateral hole opening at one end to the groove and penetrating through the wall thickness of the sleeve. A clip member has an outer fitting portion, elastically deformable and fittable to the groove and has an inward convex portion holding the flange from the distal-end side of the sleeve, by being inserted in the lateral hole. The groove wall has a groove-depth wall at the deepest portion opposite to the groove opening and a distal-proximal-end-side curved portion of the groove-depth wall connected to the distal-proximal-end side of the sleeve. The radius of curvature of the distal-end-side curved portion is larger than that of the proximal-end-side curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Masayuki Numata
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Patent number: 12266910Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with the branch wire in another main surface of the fixing sheet, wherein a fusion position where the fixing sheet and the cover sheet are fused is provided on at least a lateral side of the main wire in a longitudinal direction, and is provided in a position away from the branch wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryusuke Kudo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Masaki Mizushita, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai
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Patent number: 12247511Abstract: In a fuel cell cooling device, sliding damage to a piston and the deterioration of sealing performance are prevented despite using a simple structure in which a portion sliding with the piston is made of a brass bushing and a simple and inexpensive method of setting the assembly of the brass bushing to a press-fitted state by light press-fitting and ball burnishing. Provided is a stainless steel cylindrical guide slidably retaining a stainless steel piston, advancing and retracting according to the expansion and contraction of the thermal expansion body, provided at the open end of a bottomed cylindrical case containing a thermal expansion body. A brass bushing is fitted into the inner circumferential portion of the cylindrical guide by light press-fitting and subjected to precision finishing on the inner circumferential surface, for example, by ball burnishing, to be expanded radially by the pressure from the inside and press-fitted.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitoshi Komatsu
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Patent number: 12249815Abstract: A wiring body with assembly assisting component includes a wiring body and an assembly assisting component. The wiring body includes a wiring component (for example, an electrical wiring). The wiring body is a wire harness, for example. The assembly assisting component detachably holds at least a part of the wiring body along a certain route.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Housei Mizuno
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Patent number: 12247675Abstract: The thermostat device includes a housing having a valve seat formed thereinside, a thermo-element having one end inserted inside the housing, a valve body seated on or separated from the valve seat by the extension/contraction of the thermo-element, a coil spring biasing the valve body toward the valve seat, and a frame supporting one end of the coil spring. The housing has a hollow body part opening at one end, paired legs erecting from the opening edge of the body part, on whose leading ends the frame is hooked, and ribs provided at the opening edge and contiguous to each root side of the legs. The outer surface of each leg is arc-shaped, and the outer surface of each rib is curved or inclined to extend from the outer surface of the corresponding leg toward the inner side of a circle connecting the outer surfaces of the pair of legs.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Masayuki Numata
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Patent number: 12230949Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with the branch wire in another main surface of the fixing sheet, wherein a fusion position where the fixing sheet and the cover sheet are fused is provided on at least a lateral side of the main wire in a longitudinal direction, and is provided in a position away from the branch wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryusuke Kudo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Masaki Mizushita, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai
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Patent number: 12211631Abstract: A wiring member includes a base member, a wire-like transmission member fixed to the base member, and a plurality of attaching members provided to the base member to be attached to an attaching target member. One attaching member is provided to only one lateral side of the wire-like transmission member in a first position along an extension direction of the wire-like transmission member in the base member. Another attaching member is provided to only another lateral side of the wire-like transmission member in a second position along the extension direction of the wire-like transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Takuya Kaba
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Patent number: 12199420Abstract: A wiring member includes a sheet-shaped member and multiple linear transmission members that are fixed on the sheet-shaped member. The multiple linear transmission members are fixed on the sheet-shaped member such that a portion of the multiple linear transmission members intersects with respect to another said linear transmission member. An intersection location of the multiple linear transmission members is located away from a folding position.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Haruka Nakano, Hidetoshi Ishida, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Suguru Yasuda
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Patent number: 12172588Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members wired in a form including a main wire part and a branch wire part; and a sheet material including a main wire fixing part to which the main wire part is fixed and a branch wire fixing part to which the branch wire part is fixed, wherein the branch wire fixing part is branched from the main wire fixing part, a branch wire support part is provided in the branch wire fixing part, and the branch wire support part extends along a longitudinal direction of the branch wire part, and is formed to have higher rigidity than each of the wire-like transmission members constituting the branch wire part.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Tetsuya Nishimura, Hitomi Harada, Haruka Nakano, Ryusuke Kudo, Hiroki Hirai, Hidetoshi Ishida, Housei Mizuno
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Publication number: 20240404726Abstract: A wiring member includes a first wiring member including a first sheet, and a plurality of first wire-like transmission members fixed onto the first sheet. The plurality of first wire-like transmission members include a second wire-like transmission member, and a third wire-like transmission member extending over the second wire-like transmission member and crossing the second wire-like transmission member. The wiring member further includes a holding member configured to hold a positional relationship between the second and third wire-like transmission members at a crossing part of the second and third wire-like transmission members. The holding member includes a second sheet fixed to the first sheet so as to cover the crossing part. The second sheet includes a fixed region fixed to the first sheet located around the crossing part, and the second sheet includes a non-fixed region that is not fixed to the first sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Daisuke EBATA, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Ryusuke KUDO, Shintaro SUMIDA, Hidetoshi ISHIDA
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Patent number: 12159733Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet material to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, wherein a reinforcement part intersecting with at least one of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is provided to the sheet material.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Suguru Yasuda, Hitomi Harada, Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryusuke Kudo, Haruka Nakano
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Patent number: 12142396Abstract: A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, wherein an intersection region portion where the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed on the sheet to intersect with each other is provided, and the intersection region portion includes a bending position.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Hidetoshi Ishida, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata
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Patent number: 12132300Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; and a base member keeping the wire-like transmission member in a flat form, wherein the base member includes a connection end portion, the wire-like transmission member is held by the connection end portion to be directed to a tip end portion of the connection end portion along an extension direction of the connection end portion, and the tip end portion of the connection end portion includes a catch suppressing shape portion directed to a base end side of the connection end portion with an increasing distance from the wire-like transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Sumida, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryusuke Kudo
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Patent number: 12128835Abstract: A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; and a sheet to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed, wherein a route bending portion in which the wire-like transmission member is bended and disposed is provided on the sheet, and the route bending portion includes a bending position.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Hidetoshi Ishida, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata
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Patent number: 12131845Abstract: A wiring member includes: a flat wiring member including a sheet member, and a plurality of wire-like transmission members fixed on the sheet member in a parallel state; and a protective member configured to accommodate the flat wiring member. The protective member includes a placement surface on which the sheet member is placed. The sheet member includes a disposition region in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed. The sheet member is placed on the placement surface so that at least the disposition region extends along the placement surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Taku Umehara, Shintaro Sumida, Miyu Aramaki
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Publication number: 20240355503Abstract: A wiring member includes a sheet material including a first layer formed into a sheet-like shape and a second layer provided on a main surface of the first layer, and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet material. The second layer is a layer mediating a bonding of the first layer and the wire-like transmission member, and includes a plurality of partial second layers provided to be separated from each other along an extension direction of the wire-like transmission member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Miyu ARAMAKI, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Junichi SHIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 12125614Abstract: A wiring member includes: a base member; and a plurality of wire-like transmission members fixed to the base member, wherein the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to the base member along a route in which a branch wire part branches from a main wire part, the base member includes a main wire fixing part to which the main wire part is fixed and a branch wire fixing part to which a base end part in the branch wire part is fixed, the branch wire part extends to a further outer side from a tip end portion of the branch wire fixing part, and the branch wire part further includes an end portion protection part covering a part of the branch wire part extending from the tip end portion of the branch wire fixing part.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Kenta Arai, Haruka Nakano, Tetsuya Nishimura
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Patent number: 12110817Abstract: The thermostat device has a housing, a valve body provided around the periphery of a thermo-element inserted inside the housing, and a frame that supports one end of a coil spring that biases the valve body, wherein the housing has a hollow body having an opening at one end, a pair of legs rising from the opening edge of the body, and a hooking portion protruding inwardly at the tip of the legs; the hooking portion has an engaged portion located in the center of the width direction of the legs and an auxiliary portion connected to the engaged portion and located at both ends of the width direction of the legs, wherein an end face of the root side of the legs in the engaged portion is located farther from the tip of the legs than an end face of the leg-root side in the auxiliary portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Masayuki Numata