Patents by Inventor Toshinari Kobayashi

Toshinari Kobayashi 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: 20230010042
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring member that can be held in a bent state more reliably even if a reaction force is large. A wiring member includes a cable including a bent portion that is routed along a bent path, and a bracket including a holding portion for holding the cable and a vehicle fixing portion that protrudes outward of the holding portion, and the holding portion includes a bend holding portion for holding the bent portion of the cable, and the bend holding portion includes an inner wall portion located on an inner circumferential side of the cable, and an outer wall portion located on an outer circumferential side of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Moriyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230003559
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve the resistance of a sensor device to external damage. A sensor device includes a sensor element, and a resin cover part that covers the sensor element, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the resin cover part is cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220416523
    Abstract: An object is to further improve the reliability of a bent section of a linear transmission member. Provided is a wiring member including: a linear transmission member that includes a bent section; and a resin molded portion molded with a path holding portion of the linear transmission member being inserted thereinto, the path holding portion including the bent section, wherein recesses are formed so as to expose portions of the path holding portion other than a portion where tensile stress is concentrated due to bending, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hironobu Y AMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
  • Patent number: 11501897
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a first electric wire; a braided wire that surrounds the first electric wire; a second electric wire; a resin; a sheath; and a ground wire that is electrically continuous with the braided wire. The braided wire surrounds the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The sheath has a first end exposing the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The braided wire has a second end exposing the first electric wire away from the first end. The resin seals, in a liquid-tight manner, the sheath and a region covered by the sheath, and the braided wire and a region surrounded by the braided wire. The first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the ground wire are exposed from the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11448531
    Abstract: A sensor component includes: a sensor part having a sensor body and a connection terminal extending from the sensor body; and a holder part for holding the sensor part, the connection terminal being resin-sealed by an exterior part that is connected to a conductor of a wire, wherein a melt part that melts during the molding of the exterior part is provided on an outer surface of the holder part that is arranged inside of the exterior part, and the melt part is arranged in a position separating the sensor body and a connection part where the connection terminal is connected to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Masaharu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11444410
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof structure for a multicore wire capable of enhancing waterproofness. The waterproof structure includes a multicore wire in which a plurality of core wires are housed in a sheath, a housing in which is housed a terminal fitting connected to a terminal portion of the core wires, and in which is formed an opening through which the core wires are externally extracted, a molded part covering the opening and covering an end face of the sheath, and a resin stopper part disposed on an inner side of the molded part inside the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11400874
    Abstract: A cable harness that has water-sealing properties includes a sheath that accommodates an ABS sensor cable and a parking brake cable. The ABS sensor cable and the parking brake cable branch apart at an end portion of the sheath. An integrally molded member includes, in an integrated manner, a water-sealing portion that seals the end portion of the sheath from water, and a bracket attachment portion that is attached to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Gen Nishino, Toshinari Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220149608
    Abstract: An object is to be able to increase the force necessary for removal in a state where an elastic attaching member is attached to an attachment target member as much as possible. An elastic attaching member for attaching an attachment component to an attachment target member includes an elastic main body part formed from an elastic material and a high rigidity part formed from a material more rigid than the elastic main body part, the elastic main body part covering at least part of the attachment component, part of the high rigidity part being embedded in the elastic main body part, and another part of the high rigidity part protruding outward from at least part of the elastic main body part to form a protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220093289
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique that can prevent, in a wire harness including a fixing member, the fixing member from being attached in a deviated orientation. A wire harness includes: a wiring member; a fixing member provided on the wiring member; and a first reference mark and a second reference mark that are each provided at a position of the wiring member that corresponds to the fixing member. The first reference mark and the second reference mark each have a distinctive external appearance in a circumferential direction of the wiring member. The first reference mark indicates a reference position of the wiring member in the circumferential direction, and the second reference mark indicates a position of the wiring member in the circumferential direction, the position serving as a reference for an attachment orientation of the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Futa Asano, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Takaki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20220034932
    Abstract: A wheel speed sensor includes a plurality of magnetic field detectors configured to output detection signals that correspond to magnetic field fluctuation caused by a rotation of a rotor; and an attachment member that includes an attachment portion that is to be attached to a vehicle and a holding portion that is configured to hold the plurality of magnetic field detectors, and that, in a state in which the attachment portion is attached to the vehicle, when viewed along a center axial direction of the rotor, holds the plurality of magnetic field detectors at a position that is closer to a center line, which passes centrally between an outer peripheral line that depicts the outer periphery of the rotor and an inner peripheral line that depicts the inner periphery of the rotor, than to the outer peripheral line and the inner peripheral line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220029401
    Abstract: An object is to suppress concentration of stress on electrical wires when the electrical wires are bent in the vicinity of a bracket. A bracket-equipped conductive path includes a conductive path main body that is constituted by a plurality of coated wires, a protector that surrounds the conductive path main body, and a bracket that is made of metal and includes a base portion that is embedded in the protector in such a manner that detachment of the base portion from the protector is restricted and an attachment portion that extends from the base portion. The base portion has a flat plate shape and is arranged to face the conductive path main body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a thickness direction of the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Koichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11231435
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bracket for a wheel speed sensor, and a wheel speed sensor, which can be obtained at low cost and can prevent a bolt from loosening. A bracket capable of fixing a wheel speed sensor for detecting a wheel speed to a fixing portion of a vehicle includes: a main body portion made of synthetic resin through which an insertion hole that allows insertion of a bolt that is to be fixed to the fixing portion, and an attachment hole that allows insertion of a wheel speed sensor assembly are formed; and a collapsible portion that is provided along a circumferential direction of the insertion hole on a side opposite to the fixing portion, and that is collapsed in accordance with tightening of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Hironobu Yamamoto, Toshinari Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210398711
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a first electric wire; a braided wire that surrounds the first electric wire; a second electric wire; a resin; a sheath; and a ground wire that is electrically continuous with the braided wire. The braided wire surrounds the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The sheath has a first end exposing the first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the braided wire. The braided wire has a second end exposing the first electric wire away from the first end. The resin seals, in a liquid-tight manner, the sheath and a region covered by the sheath, and the braided wire and a region surrounded by the braided wire. The first electric wire, the second electric wire, and the ground wire are exposed from the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11165235
    Abstract: An object is to suppress concentration of stress on electrical wires when the electrical wires are bent in the vicinity of a bracket. A bracket-equipped conductive path includes a conductive path main body that is constituted by a plurality of coated wires, a protector that surrounds the conductive path main body, and a bracket that is made of metal and includes a base portion that is embedded in the protector in such a manner that detachment of the base portion from the protector is restricted and an attachment portion that extends from the base portion. The base portion has a flat plate shape and is arranged to face the conductive path main body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a thickness direction of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Koichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11120923
    Abstract: A wiring member is provided with a plurality of electrical wires, a first resin molded part, and a second resin molded part. In the plurality of electrical wires, a first bundled wire part branches into a first branched wire part and a second bundled wire part at a first branch position, and the second bundled wire part branches into a second branched wire part and a third branched wire part at a second branch position. The first resin molded part covers the electrical wires at the first branch position, and maintains an extension direction of the first branched wire part. The second resin molded part is formed separately to the first resin molded part, covers the electrical wires at the second branch position, and maintains extension directions of the second branched wire part and the third branched wire part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11101055
    Abstract: A wiring member is provided with a plurality of electrical wires and a resin molded part. In the plurality of electrical wires, a first bundled wire part branches into a first branched wire part and a second bundled wire part at a first branch position, and the second bundled wire part branches into a second branched wire part and a third branched wire part at a second branch position. The resin molded part includes a first maintaining part and a second maintaining part that are integrally formed. The first maintaining part covers the electrical wires at the first branch position, and maintains an extension direction of the first branched wire part. The second maintaining part covers the electrical wires at the second branch position, and maintains extension directions of the second branched wire part and the third branched wire part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210257823
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof structure for a multicore wire capable of enhancing waterproofness and reducing the number of components. The waterproof structure includes a multicore wire in which a plurality of core wires are housed in a sheath, a housing in which is housed a terminal fitting connected to a terminal portion of each core wire, and in which is formed an opening through which the multicore wire is externally extracted, and an elastic member having a tubular shape in which is formed a sheath insertion hole into which the sheath is inserted, disposed in the opening, and intimately contacting a circumferential surface of the opening and an outer circumferential surface of the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Koichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20210249809
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof structure for a multicore wire capable of enhancing waterproofness. The waterproof structure includes a multicore wire in which a plurality of core wires are housed in a sheath, a housing in which is housed a terminal fitting connected to a terminal portion of the core wires, and in which is formed an opening through which the core wires are externally extracted, a molded part covering the opening and covering an end face of the sheath, and a resin stopper part disposed on an inner side of the molded part inside the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11021116
    Abstract: A cable harness that has water-sealing properties includes a sheath that accommodates an ABS sensor cable and a parking brake cable. The ABS sensor cable and the parking brake cable branch apart at an end portion of the sheath. An integrally molded member includes, in an integrated manner, a water-sealing portion that seals the end portion of the sheath from water, and a bracket attachment portion that is attached to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Gen Nishino, Toshinari Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11005242
    Abstract: A wiring member includes wires and a resin molded portion. The wires include a curved portion to be arranged along a curved path. The resin molded portion includes a main body portion and a curve reinforcing portion. The main body portion covers the curved portion of the wires. The curve reinforcing portion protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion and extends along an extending direction of the curved portion so as to keep the wiring member in a curved state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Moriyuki Shimizu, Toshinari Kobayashi, Kyungwoo Kim, Yukitoshi Terasaka