Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kimoto
Yuichi Kimoto 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: 11745673Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire having a core wire and an insulating coating that coats an outer periphery of the core wire; and an electromagnetic shield that surrounds an outer periphery of the wire, wherein: the electromagnetic shield has a plurality of split tubes that each have an opening in a horizontal cross-sectional shape thereof, the plurality of split tubes of the electromagnetic shield are combined such that the openings of the plurality of split tubes are fitted to each other, thereby forming a tubular body, a horizontal cross-sectional shape of the tubular body formed by combining the plurality of split tubes is a shape that corresponds to an outer peripheral surface of the core wire, and the plurality of split tubes of the electromagnetic shield are each in direct surface contact with the wire, or indirect surface contact with the wire via another layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Kimoto, Hiroki Tamaru, Yasushi Itani
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Publication number: 20230271568Abstract: A wire harness unit including: a conduction path that conducts electricity between in-vehicle devices; and a cooling tube that cools the conduction path, wherein: the conduction path has a hollow tubular conductor having conductivity, the cooling tube is more flexible than the tubular conductor and is separate from the tubular conductor, the cooling tube is connected to an end of the tubular conductor, and the tubular conductor and the cooling tube are configured to circulate a cooling medium therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo MARUCHI, Masanori KUWAHARA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230234520Abstract: A wire harness unit including: a conduction path that conducts electricity between in-vehicle devices; and a cooling tube that cools the conduction path, wherein: the conduction path has a hollow tubular conductor having conductivity, and a first insulating layer covered by the tubular conductor, the cooling tube is configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough and is separate from the tubular conductor, and the cooling tube passes through the first insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo MARUCHI, Masanori KUWAHARA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230230723Abstract: A wire harness unit including: a conduction path that conducts electricity between in-vehicle devices; and a cooling tube that cools the conduction path, wherein: the conduction path has a hollow tubular conductor having conductivity, and a tubular first insulating layer covered by the tubular conductor, and the first insulating layer is the cooling tube and configured to circulate a cooling medium therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo MARUCHI, Masanori KUWAHARA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230192014Abstract: A wire harness unit including: a conductive path for conducting electricity between in-vehicle devices, the conductive path including a conductive hollow tubular conductor, a flexible conductor that is more flexible than the tubular conductor, and a terminal; and a cooling tube through which a coolant is flowable for cooling the conductive path and that is separate from the tubular conductor, wherein: the tubular conductor is more rigid than the cooling tube, the flexible conductor includes a first end that is electrically connected to the tubular conductor, and a second end that is electrically connected to the terminal, and the cooling tube extends through the tubular conductor, and further extends through the flexible conductor between the first end and the second end of the flexible conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeo MARUCHI, Masanori KUWAHARA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Patent number: 11618391Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire whose transverse cross-sectional shape is a flat shape, and an insulating sheath covering an outer circumference of the core wire; a plurality of outer covers into which the plurality of wires are inserted respectively, wherein the outer covers are independent of each other and each have a flat tubular shape; and a clamp that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the outer covers and that fix the outer covers to a vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Kimoto, Koji Fukumoto, Yasushi Itani
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Patent number: 11450453Abstract: A wire harness including: an electrical wire; and an exterior pipe through which the electrical wire is inserted, wherein the exterior pipe is provided with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the exterior pipe and the electrical wire. An exterior pipe through which an electrical wire is to be inserted, the exterior pipe including: a body with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the body and the electrical wire, wherein the plurality of discharge holes are provided in an aligned arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Kimoto, Takeshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 11447081Abstract: A wire harness having a bent router configured to be routed in a bent manner in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a wire; an exterior tube enclosing an outer peripheral surface of the wire; and a heat transfer tube having a rectangular tubular shape, provided between the wire and the exterior tube, and contacting an entire periphery of both the outer peripheral surface of the wire and an inner peripheral surface of the exterior tube, wherein the wire has an exposed part not covered by the heat transfer tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Tamaru, Yuichi Kimoto, Yasushi Itani
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Patent number: 11309694Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a flexible outer cover covering the wire; a route regulator that has an axial direction extending along a route where the wire is routed, and that is configured to regulate the route where the wire is routed, from an outside of the outer cover; and a fixing member that is configured to fix the route regulator to the outer cover, wherein the route regulator includes an elastic deformation portion that is elastically deformable.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Kimoto
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Publication number: 20220045492Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire, a tubular electromagnetic shield enclosing an outer circumference of the core wire, and an insulating sheath that includes a first covering that is filled between the core wire and the electromagnetic shield, that covers an outer circumferential surface of the core wire in intimate contact therewith, and that covers an inner circumferential surface of the electromagnetic shield in intimate contact therewith, and a second covering that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electromagnetic shield in intimate contact therewith; and a link that is formed as a single body with the second covering in each of the plurality of wires, and that is for linking adjacent wires of the plurality of wires into a single body; wherein the plurality of wires are configured to be dividable at the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Hirotaka BABA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220005627Abstract: A wire harness including: an electrical wire; and an exterior pipe through which the electrical wire is inserted, wherein the exterior pipe is provided with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the exterior pipe and the electrical wire. An exterior pipe through which an electrical wire is to be inserted, the exterior pipe including: a body with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the body and the electrical wire, wherein the plurality of discharge holes are provided in an aligned arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi KIMOTO, Takeshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11192509Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire and an insulative covering that covers an outer periphery of the core wire; a plurality of protective tubes into which the plurality of wires are respectively inserted, and which are each formed independently; and a fixing member that gathers together and fixes the plurality of protective tubes.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Kimoto
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Publication number: 20210339690Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire whose transverse cross-sectional shape is a flat shape, and an insulating sheath covering an outer circumference of the core wire; a plurality of outer covers into which the plurality of wires are inserted respectively, wherein the outer covers are independent of each other and each have a flat tubular shape; and a clamp that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the outer covers and that fix the outer covers to a vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi KIMOTO, Koji FUKUMOTO, Yasushi ITANI
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Publication number: 20210339689Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire having a core wire and an insulating coating that coats an outer periphery of the core wire; and an electromagnetic shield that surrounds an outer periphery of the wire, wherein: the electromagnetic shield has a plurality of split tubes that each have an opening in a horizontal cross-sectional shape thereof, the plurality of split tubes of the electromagnetic shield are combined such that the openings of the plurality of split tubes are fitted to each other, thereby forming a tubular body, a horizontal cross-sectional shape of the tubular body formed by combining the plurality of split tubes is a shape that corresponds to an outer peripheral surface of the core wire, and the plurality of split tubes of the electromagnetic shield are each in direct surface contact with the wire, or indirect surface contact with the wire via another layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuichi KIMOTO, Hiroki TAMARU, Yasushi ITANI
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Publication number: 20210331633Abstract: A wire harness having a bent router configured to be routed in a bent manner in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a wire; an exterior tube enclosing an outer peripheral surface of the wire; and a heat transfer tube having a rectangular tubular shape, provided between the wire and the exterior tube, and contacting an entire periphery of both the outer peripheral surface of the wire and an inner peripheral surface of the exterior tube, wherein the wire has an exposed part not covered by the heat transfer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki TAMARU, Yuichi KIMOTO, Yasushi ITANI
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Publication number: 20210257127Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of core wires; a tubular electromagnetic shield enclosing an outer circumference of the plurality of core wires; and an insulating sheath in which the plurality of core wires and the electromagnetic shield are collectively embedded, wherein the insulating sheath includes: a first covering that is filled between the plurality of core wires and the electromagnetic shield, that covers an outer circumferential surface of the plurality of core wires in intimate contact therewith, and that covers an inner circumferential surface of the electromagnetic shield in intimate contact therewith; and a second covering that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electromagnetic shield in intimate contact therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Hirotaka BABA, Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210203140Abstract: A wire harness, including: a wire; a route regulator having an axial direction extending along a route where the wire is routed, the route regulator including a holder configured to hold the wire fitted to the holder, and configured to regulate the route where the wire is routed; and an outer cover made of resin and configured to accommodate the wire and the route regulator, the route regulator having a bending rigidity that is higher than a bending rigidity of the outer cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210119428Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a flexible outer cover covering the wire; a route regulator that has an axial direction extending along a route where the wire is routed, and that is configured to regulate the route where the wire is routed, from an outside of the outer cover; and a fixing member that is configured to fix the route regulator to the outer cover, wherein the route regulator includes an elastic deformation portion that is elastically deformable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi KIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210009051Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire and an insulative covering that covers an outer periphery of the core wire; a plurality of protective tubes into which the plurality of wires are respectively inserted, and which are each formed independently; and a fixing member that gathers together and fixes the plurality of protective tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi KIMOTO
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Patent number: 10707666Abstract: A wire harness 10 has a sheathing material 21 that is flexible and covers wires 11, a path-regulating member 31 for regulating a path along which the wires 11 are arranged from outside of the sheathing material 21, the path-regulating member 31 having an axial direction parallel to the path along which the wires 11 are arranged, and an intermediate clamp 41. The intermediate clamp 41 has a support portion 51 for supporting the path-regulating member 31, and an attachment portion 61 with a ring-shaped structure for attaching the sheathing material 21. The attachment portion 61 has an insertion portion 62 that enables the sheathing material 21 to be inserted therefrom in a radial direction of the ring-shaped structure. The attachment portion 61 can be changed between an open orientation that enables the sheathing material to be inserted from the insertion portion 62, and a closed orientation that makes the ring-shaped structure into a continuous ring shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoya Kawaguchi, Yuichi Kimoto