Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Ozaki

Yoshiaki Ozaki 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: 9386733
    Abstract: A braid having a function as an exterior member as well as an electromagnetic shielding function is provided. Also, a wire harness including such a braid in a configuration is provided. A braid is used for a wire harness cabled to a hybrid vehicle. Also, the braid is formed by knitting multiple ultrathin strands in a tubular shape. The braid includes two kinds of strands, a metal strand made of metal having conductivity and a resin strand made of synthetic resin having abrasion resistance etc., and ensures abrasion resistance and impact resistance by the portion made of the resin strand while performing an electromagnetic shielding function by the portion made of the metal strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9376070
    Abstract: Each of wire harnesses includes a conductive path, an exterior member which covers the conductive path, a base portion which is retrofitted to or integrally formed with the exterior member, and a combination structure portion which is integrally formed with the base portion. The combination structure portion includes a combining engagement portion and a combined engagement portion. The combining engagement portion of the combination structure portion in one of the wire harnesses is detachably engaged with the combined engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the other wire harness, or the combined engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the one of the wire harnesses is detachably engaged with the combining engagement portion of the combination structure portion in the other wire harness, so that the wire harnesses are combined with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9358938
    Abstract: A harness pressing part (6) which is inserted into a harness protection tube (1) from a hole part (3) formed in a peripheral wall (2) of the harness protection tube (1) comes into pressure contact with a harness (9) thereby to depress fluttering of the harness (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9346420
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a coaxial conducting wire including a plurality of high voltage paths which are coaxially aligned, a covering member, accommodating the coaxial conducting wire, and a terminal, connected to one of the high voltage paths disposed outside of another one of the high voltage paths, and including a tubular portion coaxial to the coaxial conducting wire. The terminal includes a connection tubular portion as the tubular portion, a crimping tubular portion connecting the one of the high voltage paths to the connection tubular portion by crimping, and an outside connection terminal integrated with the connection tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hidehiro Ichikawa, Eiichi Tohyama
  • Patent number: 9345180
    Abstract: Edge portions are formed on a shell fixing portion, disposed in upper and lower positions on the shell fixing portion and formed extending horizontally. Crimp pieces are continuously formed on the edge portions, and the crimp pieces are folded back at the edge portions therealong so as to extend towards a distal end of a cylindrical shell portion. The crimp pieces each have a rectangular flat plate-like shape and disposed facing oppositely corresponding external flat surface portions of the cylindrical shell portion with a predetermined space defined therebetween. The crimp pieces are formed as a crimping applied portion and the cylindrical shell portion is formed as a crimping bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9340170
    Abstract: A wire harness exterior member has a plurality of specified sections set along a tubular body longitudinal direction of a body portion, and the body portion has, for each specified section, a resin characterized portion molded using a resin material having characteristics adapted to the corresponding specified section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9337565
    Abstract: There is provided a conductive path. The conductive path includes a conductor and a sheath. The sheath covers the conductor. The sheath is made of a resin composition. The resin composition has elasticity. There are formed protrusions which are convexly protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the sheath of the conductive path and have elasticity so as to be deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9263865
    Abstract: A water stop structure for a wire harness includes a cylindrical shield shell which is disposed at an intermediate portion of a shield member in a longitudinal direction, an outer water stop mechanism which is disposed on a side of an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell, and an inner water stop mechanism which is disposed on a side of an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell. The inner water stop mechanism has an elastic water stop plug member. A shell-side seal portion which is in watertight contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell and one or plural conducting path-side seal portions which are in watertight contact with outer peripheral surfaces of covers of the conducting paths are formed on the water stop plug member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20160036158
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a resin molded product including: a resin molded product body part; and a seal part, serving as a seal structure portion with a fixation target, which is integrated with the resin molded product body part, wherein a resin material for forming the resin molded product is a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a waterproof shielded connector including: a connector housing which is the resin molded product; a terminal fitting which is provided in a terminal of an electrically conducting path; and a shield shell which is provided on an outer side of the connector housing and fixed so as to press the connector housing onto a fixation target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi ADACHI, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Patent number: 9230713
    Abstract: A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, and an insulation member that covers the cut-off facilitating portion directly or indirectly. When the cut-off facilitating portion is cut off so as to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to each other due to an impact applied to the cut-off facilitating portion, the insulation member is configured so as to cover the separated first conductive portion and the separated second conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150224945
    Abstract: A wire harness is bent or folded at a position of a flexible part and then set to a packed state by a packing member, and in the packed state, a first installation part is set to a state of being able to be installed in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Syuhei Ejima, Kazuya Harakawa
  • Publication number: 20150222103
    Abstract: The wire harness exterior member is a tube-shaped wire harness exterior member which houses and protects at least one conductive path. The wire harness exterior member is formed by connecting metal pipes made of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Tatsuya Oga, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masaaki Suguro, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9087620
    Abstract: A braid for a wire harness includes a plurality of element wire bundles, each of which is formed of a plurality of element wires, and the plurality of element wire bundles being braided into a tubular shape. Each of the plurality of element wire bundles includes a metal element wire that has electrical conductivity, a plurality of resin element wires that have abrasion resistance and that are disposed to surround the metal element wire, and a drain metal element wire that has electrical conductivity and that is disposed with the resin element wires and contacts with the metal element wire. The drain metal element wires in the plurality of element wire bundles contact to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150188241
    Abstract: A terminal temporary holding structure includes: winding terminals each including a winding-side spot-welded portion having a flat plate shape; a terminal holding base that holds the winding terminals; and cable terminals each including a cable-side spot-welded portion having a flat plate shape and respectively connected with external cables. The cable terminals are temporarily held by the terminal holding base in such a manner that the winding-side spot-welded portion and the cable-side spot-welded portion are opposed to each other, so as to weld the cable-side spot-welded portion of each cable terminal to the winding-side spot-welded portion of each winding terminal The cable terminals are temporarily held by the terminal holding base at at least two locations that sandwich the cable-side spot-welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20150187469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a wire harness including a core inserting step of forming a widely open braided mesh portion by widening a braided mesh of a braid before crimping is performed, and of inserting a core into an end from the outside of the braid via the widely open braided mesh portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150175097
    Abstract: An exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body while one side in a circumferential direction is exposed, includes an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a predetermined background color, and an identifying mark that is provided on the outer surface of the exterior member body and which has another predetermined color different from the background color. The exterior member body is formed with at least one bent part which is bent at a middle position in a longitudinal direction, and the identifying mark is provided to face the one side while the exterior member is supported by the supporting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150179312
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body while one side in a circumferential direction is exposed, the exterior member including an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a predetermined background color and an identifying mark that is provided on the outer surface of the exterior member body and which has another predetermined color different from the background color, includes providing the identifying mark on the outer surface of the exterior member body having a straight shape and bending the exterior member body at a middle position in the longitudinal direction after the providing the identifying mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150175095
    Abstract: A concentric core wire insulating structure includes a concentric core wire, and an insulative member that covers the concentric core wire. The concentric core wire has a central conductor which is exposed at one end of the concentric core wire, and a bundled outer conductor which is exposed at the end. The insulative member integrally covers the outer conductor, an outside insulative sheath of the central conductor, and an outside insulative sheath of the outer conductor. The outer conductor passes through a branch pipe part of the insulative member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150175098
    Abstract: A wire harness has at least one electrically conducting path and an exterior member accommodating the electrically conducting path to protect the electrically conducting path. The exterior member has a heat reflecting portion provided at at least a portion of an outer surface of the exterior member to reflect external heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150179308
    Abstract: An exterior member has an exterior member body having a base color, and an identification mark having an identification color different from the base color. The identification mark includes at least one of a plurality of line marks provided parallel to each other, and a line mark provided continuously and spirally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INAO, Hideomi ADACHI, Takeshi OGUE, Tatsuya OGA, Masaaki SUGURO, Yoshiaki OZAKI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA