Patents by Inventor Yukitoshi Terasaka
Yukitoshi Terasaka 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: 11942768Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Hiroyuki Koyano
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Patent number: 11888299Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Moriyuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11824334Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main line portion in which a plurality of electric wires are gathered; a plurality of branch line portions formed by branching the plurality of electric wires from an end portion of the main line portion; a water sealing portion that closes a gap between the plurality of branch line portions at a branch portion where the plurality of branch line portions branch from the end portion of the main line portion; and a resin portion molded to cover the water sealing portion in a state in which the resin portion is in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of the main line portion adjacent to the branch portion and outer peripheral portions of the plurality of branch line portions adjacent to the branch portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka
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Publication number: 20230335933Abstract: This disclosure aims to provide a technique with which the waterproofness of a connector can be enhanced. The molded connector includes: a first terminal unit that includes a first connector terminal and a first holder that holds the first connector terminal; a second terminal unit that includes a second connector terminal and a second holder that holds the second connector terminal, and is stacked on the first terminal unit; a first wire connected to the first connector terminal; a second wire connected to the second connector terminal; and a connector housing formed through insert molding, using the first terminal unit, the second terminal unit, an end portion of the first wire, and an end portion of the second wire as insert parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM
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Publication number: 20230280192Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to minimize a number of positioning pins used to position an inner molded portion when an outer molded portion is molded around the inner molded portion. The present disclosure provides a composite molded component including an inner molded portion and an outer molded portion that covers the inner molded portion. An anti-rotation detent hole, which is open at a surface of the inner molded portion, is formed in the inner molded portion, a through hole that extends from a surface of the outer molded portion to the anti-rotation detent hole is formed in the outer molded portion, the anti-rotation detent hole is a hole that is delimited by an inner peripheral surface and a bottom surface, and at least part of the inner peripheral surface is formed in a non-circular shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230216237Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for easily suppressing the intrusion of a resin into a cavity. A wiring member includes: a connector housing provided with a cavity; an electric wire in which one end portion is housed in the cavity and the other end portion extends outward from an opening portion of the cavity; a sealing component that is attached to the connector housing or the electric wire to at least partially close off a gap between the connector housing and the electric wire in the opening portion of the cavity; a resin molded part that covers a portion extending from a rear end portion of the connector housing to a position of an intermediate portion of the electric wire on the other end portion side relative to a portion provided with the sealing component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Kyungwoo KIM, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230213363Abstract: The object of the present invention is to further improve the performance of a seal between an inner molded portion and an outer molded portion. A composite molded component includes: an internal component; an inner molded portion that covers the internal component; and an outer molded portion that covers the inner molded portion. A hole that reaches the inner molded portion is formed in the outer molded portion. A ring-shaped seal portion that surrounds the hole is provided between the inner molded portion and the outer molded portion. The ring-shaped seal portion is formed of a softer material than the inner molded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230117526Abstract: A method for producing a composite molded component that includes an internal component, a primary molded portion covering the internal component, and a secondary molded portion covering the primary molded portion, wherein a rib portion that protrudes toward the secondary molded portion, the method including the steps of: (a) placing an intermediate component including the internal component and the primary molded portion in a mold; (b) pouring a resin for forming the secondary molded portion into the mold; (c) detecting a resin temperature of the resin in the mold; (d) determining, based on the resin temperature, a melting time during which the resin in the mold can be molten and fused to the rib portion of the primary molded portion; (e) determining, based on the melting time, whether a molten state of the rib portion is good or poor; and (f) releasing the composite molded component from the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Takashi NISHIGUCHI, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yeonsol JEONG, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230110687Abstract: An object is to further improve the waterproofness between an end portion of a wiring member and a resin molded part. Disclosed is a sensor device including: a sensor element; a wiring member connected to the sensor element; a first resin molded part that covers the sensor element and an end portion of the wiring member; and a second resin molded part molded separately from the first resin molded part and combined with the first resin molded part into an integral piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Masaharu NAKAMURA, Rieko NAGAO, Hiroki MURAMATSU, Koichi KATO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM
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Publication number: 20230112624Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to further improve waterproofness between an end portion of a wiring member and a resin molded portion. A sensor device includes: a sensor element; a wiring member connected to the sensor element; a resin molded portion that covers the sensor element and an end portion of the wiring member; and an annular elastic member that is interposed between an outer periphery of the wiring member and the resin molded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Masaharu NAKAMURA, Rieko NAGAO, Hiroki MURAMATSU, Koichi KATO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Kyungwoo KIM
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Patent number: 11600406Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Futa Asano, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Takaki Iwashita
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Patent number: 11584053Abstract: Provided are an inner part and a resin molded article according to which it is possible to mitigate the concentration of stress at a distal end of a melt rib. An inner part, around which an outer portion is to be arranged through integral molding, includes a main body portion made of resin, and a melt rib provided protruding outward from the main body portion. The melt rib is formed such that a height of the melt rib is greater than a thickness of the melt rib, the thickness decreases from the main body portion to a distal end of the melt rib, and the melt rib includes a melting portion configured to partially melt during molding of the outer portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Koichi Kato, Hironobu Yamamoto, Yukitoshi Terasaka
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Publication number: 20230051435Abstract: Technology capable of reducing the number of tubular protective members in a wiring member is provided. The wiring member includes: multiple electric wires that branch into multiple branch lines from a main line at a branch position; a connection component provided at an end portion of a target branch line among the branch lines; and a resin molded body that includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The main body portion covers all of the electric wires at the branch position, and the extending portion extends from the main body portion and covers a portion of the target branch line that is between the main body portion and the connection component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230050384Abstract: A wiring member includes: a main line portion in which a plurality of electric wires are gathered; a plurality of branch line portions formed by branching the plurality of electric wires from an end portion of the main line portion; a water sealing portion that closes a gap between the plurality of branch line portions at a branch portion where the plurality of branch line portions branch from the end portion of the main line portion; and a resin portion molded to cover the water sealing portion in a state in which the resin portion is in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of the main line portion adjacent to the branch portion and outer peripheral portions of the plurality of branch line portions adjacent to the branch portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20230019520Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA, Hiroyuki KOYANO
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Publication number: 20230010042Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Moriyuki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230003559Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Hironobu YAMAMOTO, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Publication number: 20220416523Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Hironobu Y AMAMOTO, Kyungwoo KIM, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Yukitoshi TERASAKA
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Patent number: 11444410Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim
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Publication number: 20220093289Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Futa Asano, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Takaki Iwashita