Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Sekino
Tsukasa Sekino 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: 11046260Abstract: There is provided a power-supplying device and an assembly method thereof. By causing a first-turning member, which locks with an one end of a coil spring by a first-locking section, and a first support, which locks with the other end thereof by a second-locking section, to rotate relative to each other in the direction that is opposite to the biasing direction, and causing an engaging part and an engaged part to be in an engaged state by engaging with each other, thereby, maintaining the state where the initial biasing force is being imparted to the first turning member, is enabled, and the first support and a second support member are easily assembled to each other to make a turning member be supported, and thus, assembly properties can be made enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
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Patent number: 10811860Abstract: A wire harness includes electric wires, a curvature restricting member and an exterior member. The curvature restricting member includes a strip-like connecting portion and a plurality of pieces and is capable of being curved in orientation that the connecting portion is arranged inside and the pieces are arranged outside. In an inverse orientation, curvature of the curvature restricting member is limited by adjacent pieces abutted onto each other. The curvature restricting member is oriented such that a width direction of the connecting portion is a vertical direction and the connecting portion is positioned outside in a vehicle width direction with respect to the pieces when a sliding door is fully-closed. The connecting portion includes a portion with high flexibility and a portion with low flexibility, and a portion in vicinity of the sliding door has higher flexibility than a portion at a first end side of the curvature restricting member.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunobu Katoh, Masaki Yokoyama, Tsukasa Sekino
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Patent number: 10696250Abstract: A curvature regulating member and a power supply device to which the curvature regulating member is applied are provided. The curvature regulating member has a plurality of member pieces arranged along a wire harness, and a flexible connection. The curvature regulating member regulates a curvature of the wire harness on a predetermined plane by contact with the adjacent member pieces. A burr (strip projection) is provided in an inner surface of the receiving groove of the wire harness in at least one of the member pieces. Further, a recessed portion is provided in an area of the inner surface including the burr (strip projection).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Tatsuya Otsuka, Masaki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10632940Abstract: A corrugated tube retainer includes a turning member and a holding member. The turning member has a spherical section into which a corrugated tube is inserted, and a tubular section extending from an outer surface of the spherical section in a tubular shape. The holding member has a first housing section housing the spherical section turnably in a three dimensional direction, and a second housing section in which the corrugated tube is routed. The second housing section is provided with a standing section standing up from a bottom surface of the second housing section, and positioned just below the tubular section. By abutting on the tubular section, the standing section 66 prevents the corrugated tube from touching on a bottom surface of the second housing section.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsukasa Sekino
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Publication number: 20200006931Abstract: A wire harness includes electric wires, a curvature restricting member and an exterior member. The curvature restricting member includes a strip-like connecting portion and a plurality of pieces and is capable of being curved in orientation that the connecting portion is arranged inside and the pieces are arranged outside. In an inverse orientation, curvature of the curvature restricting member is limited by adjacent pieces abutted onto each other. The curvature restricting member is oriented such that a width direction of the connecting portion is a vertical direction and the connecting portion is positioned outside in a vehicle width direction with respect to the pieces when a sliding door is fully-closed. The connecting portion includes a portion with high flexibility and a portion with low flexibility, and a portion in vicinity of the sliding door has higher flexibility than a portion at a first end side of the curvature restricting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Mitsunobu KATOH, Masaki YOKOYAMA, Tsukasa SEKINO
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Patent number: 10407001Abstract: Provided is an electric power supply device in which exposure of a wire harness can be reduced in a slide door and interference with door trim can be minimized. When a slide door is half opened, a wire harness bends convexly downward, and one portion thereof is positioned lower than when the slide door is fully open or fully closed. Specifically, the wire harness is bent three-dimensionally. This makes it easier for the wire harness to be pulled out from a bottom end of door trim, and makes it possible for interference between the wire harness and the door trim to be minimized. The wire harness may be also bent three-dimensionally as appropriate in accordance with a shape of the door trim, reducing exposure of the wire harness in the slide door.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Tsukasa Sekino
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Publication number: 20190256015Abstract: A curvature regulating member includes a plurality of member pieces to be arranged along a wire harness and a flexible connecting part connecting adjacent member pieces. The adjacent member pieces are configured to contact each other, thereby regulating curvature of the wire harness on an X-Y plane. Each member piece includes a recessed part recessed toward a direction away from an adjacent member piece on one side, and a second protrusion configured to be inserted in the recessed part provided on an adjacent member piece on another side when adjacent member pieces contact each other. The recessed part includes a slanted face extending away from the adjacent member piece on the one side as leaving from both ends in a widthwise direction. The second protrusion includes a slanted face extending toward the adjacent member piece on the another side as leaving from both ends in the widthwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Mitsunobu Katoh, Tsukasa Sekino, Tatsuya Otsuka, Masaki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10377327Abstract: A curvature regulating member includes a plurality of member pieces to be arranged along a wire harness and a flexible connecting part connecting adjacent member pieces. The adjacent member pieces are configured to contact each other, thereby regulating curvature of the wire harness on an X-Y plane. Each member piece includes a recessed part recessed toward a direction away from an adjacent member piece on one side, and a second protrusion configured to be inserted in the recessed part provided on an adjacent member piece on another side when adjacent member pieces contact each other. The recessed part includes a slanted face extending away from the adjacent member piece on the one side as leaving from both ends in a widthwise direction. The second protrusion includes a slanted face extending toward the adjacent member piece on the another side as leaving from both ends in the widthwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunobu Katoh, Tsukasa Sekino, Tatsuya Otsuka, Masaki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10377325Abstract: A slide protector slidably engaged with a slide rail together with a slide support has a harness holder holding a wire harness and a hooking section capable of hooking the slide support with the harness holder and the hooking section formed integrally. Though the wire harness causes a resistance force when the slide support slides rearward in the sliding direction and the slide protector is pulled rearward, reliability of the attachment structure of the slide protector to the slide support can be enhanced since the hooking section and the harness holder holding the wire harness are formed integrally.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato
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Publication number: 20190176724Abstract: A corrugated tube retainer includes a turning member and a holding member. The turning member has a spherical section into which a corrugated tube is inserted, and a tubular section extending from an outer surface of the spherical section in a tubular shape. The holding member has a first housing section housing the spherical section turnably in a three dimensional direction, and a second housing section in which the corrugated tube is routed. The second housing section is provided with a standing section standing up from a bottom surface of the second housing section, and positioned just below the tubular section. By abutting on the tubular section, the standing section 66 prevents the corrugated tube from touching on a bottom surface of the second housing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Tsukasa SEKINO
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Patent number: 10259405Abstract: A wire restricting member includes a bottom plate portion and a pair of side plate portions. The pair of side plate portions vertically extend from opposite ends of the bottom plate portion along a longitudinal direction of the bottom plate portion, respectively. Upper ends of the pair of the side plate portions in a direction in which the pair of the side plate portions vertically extend are distant from each other to form an opening therebetween. Each of the pair of the side plate portions includes a notch which is cut from each of the upper ends to the bottom plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 10249982Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of improving workability during assembly and mounting. Accommodating a power source side connector by a cylindrical portion of a case makes a portion where the power source side connector of the harness is provided not pulled out to the outside of the case. Thus the workability at the time of assembling the power feeding device itself can be improved. Also, it is unnecessary to dispose the power source side connector where the passenger unlikely steps on, and simply mating the mating connector with the source side connector makes the workability at the time of mounting the power supply device on the vehicle improved.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20190077343Abstract: Provided is an electric power supply device in which exposure of a wire harness can be reduced in a slide door and interference with door trim can be minimized. When a slide door is half opened, a wire harness bends convexly downward, and one portion thereof is positioned lower than when the slide door is fully open or fully closed. Specifically, the wire harness is bent three-dimensionally. This makes it easier for the wire harness to be pulled out from a bottom end of door trim, and makes it possible for interference between the wire harness and the door trim to be minimized. The wire harness may be also bent three-dimensionally as appropriate in accordance with a shape of the door trim, reducing exposure of the wire harness in the slide door.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Tsukasa Sekino
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Publication number: 20190071035Abstract: A fixing structure for an exterior member includes: a housing member including a tubular holding portion having an opening end on one end of the tubular holding portion and configured to hold an end portion of a flexible exterior member through which an electric wire is inserted. The holding portion includes: a holding region including a locking rib configured to lock an outer peripheral portion of the exterior member; and a sliding region provided in a portion closer to the opening end than the holding region and configured to slidably hold the exterior member along a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tsukasa SEKINO, Kazuhiro TSUCHIDA, Mitsunobu KATOH, Masaki YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10144369Abstract: Provided is a curvature restricting member, allowing for a curvature of the wire harness in a predetermined allowable direction, and regulating the curvature of the wire harness in a regulating direction beyond a predetermined limit state or more, the curvature restricting member includes: a plurality of member pieces arranged along the wire harness; a flexible connecting portion connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of member pieces to each other, wherein the curvature is allowed in the allowable direction by adjacent ones among the plurality of member pieces at the curbed portions separating from each other on the side opposite to the connecting portion and the connection portion bending, and wherein the curvature is not allowed in the restricting direction beyond the limit state by adjacent ones among the plurality of member pieces at the curbed portion abutting against each other on the side opposite to the connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Masaki Yokoyama, Tatsuya Otuka
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Publication number: 20180312120Abstract: A wire restricting member includes a bottom plate portion and a pair of side plate portions. The pair of side plate portions vertically extend from opposite ends of the bottom plate portion along a longitudinal direction of the bottom plate portion, respectively. Upper ends of the pair of the side plate portions in a direction in which the pair of the side plate portions vertically extend are distant from each other to form an opening therebetween. Each of the pair of the side plate portions includes a notch which is cut from each of the upper ends to the bottom plate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Naoto Kogure, Kosuke Tomosada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 10086780Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of suppressing bulge of a wire harness toward a vehicle body when a slide door is half-opened. The power supply device is provided with a wire harness arranged between a vehicle body and a slide door, a portion of the wire harness on the vehicle body side extending in the closing direction of the slide door when the slide door is half-opened, and a door side coil spring (a biasing part) for biasing a portion of the wire harness on the slide door side in the biasing direction pressing against the slide door on the closing direction side of the slide door in order to suppress a curvature convex toward the inside of the vehicle body at the time of half-opening of the slide door.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Masaki Yokoyama, Tatsuya Otuka, Tomoyasu Terada, Hiroshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 10029629Abstract: A curvature regulation member to be inserted into a corrugated tube is made of synthetic resin, and integrally includes a belt, and a plurality of bridges standing from both ends in a width direction of the belt. The curvature regulation member is allowed to be curved in a direction that the belt is inside and the bridges are outside. In an opposite direction, curving of the curvature regulation member is restricted by the adjacent bridges abutting on each other. The bridge includes a rectangular plate. Two corners of the plate at a side away from the belt are rounded.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Tatsuya Otsuka, Masaki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20180151979Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of improving workability during assembly and mounting. Accommodating a power source side connector by a cylindrical portion of a case makes a portion where the power source side connector of the harness is provided not pulled out to the outside of the case. Thus the workability at the time of assembling the power feeding device itself can be improved. Also, it is unnecessary to dispose the power source side connector where the passenger unlikely steps on, and simply mating the mating connector with the source side connector makes the workability at the time of mounting the power supply device on the vehicle improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20180141505Abstract: A curvature regulating member with increased rigidity and a power supply device having the curvature regulating member is provided. A plurality of member pieces is arranged along a wire harness. A flexible connection couples the member pieces adjacent to each other. A curvature regulating member regulates a curvature of the wire harness on a XY plane by abutting the adjacent member pieces one another. The member piece includes a first projection and a second projection. The first projection and the second projection in the adjacent member pieces make contact with one another in the width direction, and thereby a position of the member piece in the width direction is regulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunobu Kato, Tatsuya Otsuka, Masaki Yokoyama