Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Sugimoto

Yoshinori Sugimoto 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: 9413224
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a main circuit unit, a first current detector, a second current detector, a voltage detector, and a controller. The main circuit unit is connected to a DC voltage source and an AC power system. The main circuit unit includes an inverter including a plurality of switching elements. The main circuit unit converts a DC power to an AC power. The controller decides that whether the output current of the inverter falls within a range between an upper limit value and a lower limit value, stop an operation of the switching elements when the output current of the inverter falls beyond the range, and resume the operation of the switching elements when the output current of the inverter returns into the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuusuke Kouno, Yoichi Morishima, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Takao Suginohara, Teruya Hamai, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9327661
    Abstract: It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section and a flat pipe section. The reinforced section is a section that is located at a part in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and constitutes a protrusion forming, on either the internal or external surface of the electric-wire protection pipe, a ridge line extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and a groove extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe on the other surface. The flat pipe section is a section that constitutes at least a part in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and that is flattened by press working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9331461
    Abstract: It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while reducing or even preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section (11) and a flat pipe section. The reinforced section is a section that is located at a part in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe while extending along the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and that is thicker than other sections. The flat pipe section is a section that constitutes at least a part in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and is flattened by press working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150280546
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a main circuit unit, a first current detector, a second current detector, a voltage detector, and a controller. The main circuit unit is connected to a DC voltage source and an AC power system. The main circuit unit includes an inverter including a plurality of switching elements. The main circuit unit converts a DC power to an AC power. The controller decides that whether the output current of the inverter falls within a range between an upper limit value and a lower limit value, stop an operation of the switching elements when the output current of the inverter falls beyond the range, and resume the operation of the switching elements when the output current of the inverter returns into the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuusuke KOUNO, Yoichi MORISHIMA, Yoshinori SUGIMOTO, Takao SUGINOHARA, Teruya HAMAl, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9089048
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding device includes a conductive sheet that is a sheet-shaped flexible conductive member that can be deformed into a tube shape, and an outer edge portion coupling member that keeps the conductive sheet in a tube shape in a state in which a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion of the conductive sheet are joined together, the second outer edge portion being located on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion. For example, a parallel slit group is formed in the conductive sheet, the parallel slit group being constituted by a plurality of slits that extend in a direction that crosses a first direction from the first outer edge portion toward the second outer edge portion and that are lined up in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9082529
    Abstract: A shield conductor is provided with electrical wires and a metal pipe that encloses the electrical wires and whose outer peripheral surface is covered with an orange (color other than a metallic color) resin layer. The pipe is routed so that at least a portion passes in proximity to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A section of the pipe passing in proximity to the exhaust pipe that faces the exhaust pipe does not have the resin layer and the metallic-colored outer peripheral surface of the section remains exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20150162731
    Abstract: An electric-wire protection pipe includes a tubular main portion that that constitutes an outer wall of the electric-wire protection pipe and that has a longitudinal axis, wherein a reference plane passes through the longitudinal axis in a first direction. A curved partition wall partitions a hollow portion of the tubular main portion into two wiring paths—one on the first direction side and the other on a second direction side opposite to the first direction side. The curved partition wall connects to the tubular main portion at border lines that are parallel to the longitudinal axis and are located on the first direction side of the longitudinal axis, the curved partition wall having a convex side that projects in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kimoto, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Naoki Aoyama, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150096802
    Abstract: A wire harness includes first, second and third power cables, first, second and third conductive electromagnetic shielding members, and an intermediate short-circuit member. The power cables are arranged to conduct symmetrical three-phase AC electricity. The conductive electromagnetic shielding members are arranged in parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, each of the conductive electromagnetic shielding members disposed surrounding respective ones of the power cables. The intermediate short-circuit member is arranged to electrically connect the electromagnetic shielding members to one another in at least one intermediate region between first and second longitudinal ends of each of the electromagnetic shielding members. The intermediate short-circuit member has a conductive member arranged to electrically connect the electromagnetic shielding members to one another, and a nonconductive armoring section arranged to cover an outer surface of the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8981225
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes: an electrical wire; a tubular shield member that encloses the electrical wire and is configured such that an end portion of a pipe made of metal is fit to an end portion of a tubular accordion member made of metal; a swage ring that is attached at a portion where the end portion of the pipe is fit to the end portion of the tubular accordion member, and constricts the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion member from outside; a conductor ring that is arranged between the pipe and the tubular accordion member, has an inner circumferential face that faces the pipe and an outer circumferential face that faces the tubular accordion member, and has electrical conductivity; and a plurality of protrusion/recession portions formed on the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20140374134
    Abstract: It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while reducing or even preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section (11) and a flat pipe section. The reinforced section is a section that is located at a part in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe while extending along the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and that is thicker than other sections. The flat pipe section is a section that constitutes at least a part in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and is flattened by press working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140360771
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding device includes a conductive sheet that is a sheet-shaped flexible conductive member that can be deformed into a tube shape, and an outer edge portion coupling member that keeps the conductive sheet in a tube shape in a state in which a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion of the conductive sheet are joined together, the second outer edge portion being located on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion. For example, a parallel slit group is formed in the conductive sheet, the parallel slit group being constituted by a plurality of slits that extend in a direction that crosses a first direction from the first outer edge portion toward the second outer edge portion and that are lined up in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140326479
    Abstract: It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section and a flat pipe section. The reinforced section is a section that is located at a part in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and constitutes a protrusion forming, on either the internal or external surface of the electric-wire protection pipe, a ridge line extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and a groove extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe on the other surface. The flat pipe section is a section that constitutes at least a part in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and that is flattened by press working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8839925
    Abstract: In a fluid transmitting device with a lock-up clutch, each second transmitting claw is formed of: a base portion having a long side arranged in a peripheral direction of a turbine impeller and a short side arranged axially of the turbine impeller; and a claw portion protruding from an intermediate portion of one of long-side portions of the base portion and being inserted between adjacent damper springs, and each short-side portion of the base portion is fixed to the turbine impeller through a weld. A long-side portion of the base portion not welded to the turbine impeller includes a cutout, facilitating bend of the long-side portion when transmitting torque through the second transmitting claw, at opposite sides of the claw portion. This improves engine output performance by relaxing stress concentration at spots where the second claws are welded to a turbine impeller without increasing the thicknesses of the claws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Uchi, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Kengo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130319720
    Abstract: A protector protects a portion of an electric wire extending from an end portion of a metal pipe to an end portion of a casing. The protector includes tubular outer layer, tubular flexible shield, first fixing, and second fixing members. The outer layer member is made of flexible insulation and extends from the end portion of the metal pipe to the end portion of the casing. The shield member is arranged along an inner surface of the outer layer member and integrally with the outer layer member. The shield member is made of a conductive material. The first fixing member is connected to a first connecting portion of an inner surface of the shield member to which the metal pipe is connected. The second fixing member is connected to a second connecting portion of the inner surface of the shield member to which the casing is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Aoyama, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20130306346
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes wires, a tubular shield member, and a tightening ring. The tubular shield member includes a metal pipe and a metal tubular accordion-shaped member. An end portion of the pipe is fitted to an end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member. The tubular shield member surrounds the wires. The tightening ring is attached to an end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member to which the end portion of the pipe is fitted, and the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member are tightened up from their outer peripheral side by the tightening ring. At least one slit is provided in a portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member that is tightened up the by the tightening ring. The slit is cut in from an opening end of the tubular accordion-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130299234
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes: an electrical wire; a tubular shield member that encloses the electrical wire and is configured such that an end portion of a pipe made of metal is fit to an end portion of a tubular accordion member made of metal; a swage ring that is attached at a portion where the end portion of the pipe is fit to the end portion of the tubular accordion member, and constricts the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion member from outside; a conductor ring that is arranged between the pipe and the tubular accordion member, has an inner circumferential face that faces the pipe and an outer circumferential face that faces the tubular accordion member, and has electrical conductivity; and a plurality of protrusion/recession portions formed on the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130292154
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes an electric wire, a metal pipe, and a tubular protector. The protector covers a portion extending from an end portion of the metal pipe to an end portion of a casing. The protector includes a tubular outer layer member made of flexible insulation and a tubular flexible shield member made of a conductive material. The outer layer member is arranged to extend from a first connecting portion to a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion is connected to the metal pipe and the second connecting portion is connected to the casing. The shield member is arranged along an inner surface of the outer layer member and provided integrally with the outer layer member. The shield member is electrically connected to the metal pipe at the first connecting portion and is electrically connected to the casing at the second connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Aoyama, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20130284487
    Abstract: A shield conductor is provided with electrical wires and a metal pipe that encloses the electrical wires and whose outer peripheral surface is covered with an orange (color other than a metallic color) resin layer. The pipe is routed so that at least a portion passes in proximity to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A section of the pipe passing in proximity to the exhaust pipe that faces the exhaust pipe does not have the resin layer and the metallic-colored outer peripheral surface of the section remains exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Masanori Kuwahara, Sonoda Fujio, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Naoki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130269972
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes a pipe made of metal and an electric wire. The electric wire is passed through the pipe. The pipe includes a first deformed portion and a second deformed portion. The first deformed portion has a first short diameter portion and a first long diameter portion having different outer diameters in a peripheral direction of the pipe. The second deformed portion is in a different position from the first deformed portion in an extension direction in which the pipe extends and includes a second short diameter portion and a second long diameter portion having different outer diameters in the peripheral direction. The first and the second short diameter portions are provided in different positions in the peripheral direction. The first and the second long diameter portions are provided in different positions in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Aoyama, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20130248038
    Abstract: A shield conductor includes a pipe made of metal and an electric wire passed through the pipe. The pipe includes a round portion and a deformed portion. The round portion has a constant outer diameter in a peripheral direction of the pipe and curves in an extension direction in which the pipe extends. The deformed portion is in a different position from the round portion in the extension direction and has a short diameter portion and a long diameter portion having different outer diameters in the peripheral direction of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Aoyama, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Izawa