Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11745290
    Abstract: A metal member-welded structure includes: a Cu member; an Al member; and a welded portion formed by melting and solidifying each of materials of the Cu member and the Al member. The Cu member includes a Cu-based material containing Cu as a main component. The Al member includes an Al-based material containing Al as a main component and a plating layer that covers a side of the Al-based material, the side being close to a surface of the Cu member. The welded portion includes a sea-island structure in a vicinity of the surface of the Cu member. The sea-island structure includes: a plurality of island portions containing pure Al, and a sea portion interposed among the island portions. The sea portion has a eutectic structure having: a phase of an intermetallic compound of Cu and Al; and a phase of pure Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Sugimura, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Kazuhiro Goto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Junichi Ono, Takuji Otsuka, Kenji Miyamoto, Osamu Nakayama, Kazuaki Hamada, Kazuhiro Washio
  • Patent number: 11682499
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 ?m long and a long side of 50 ?m long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 ?m in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
  • Patent number: 11683268
    Abstract: A switch device for relaying data in an on-vehicle network, being equipped with a switch section and a processing section for performing the relay processing via the switch section, wherein, in the case that a plurality of frames to be subjected to the relay processing is present in the processing section, the processing section performs adjustment processing so that the output rates of the respective frames to the switch section in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are different are made smaller than the output rate in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
  • Patent number: 10476182
    Abstract: A molded portion-equipped electrical wire that includes a conductor; a terminal connected to an end of the conductor; a mold covering a portion at which the conductor and the terminal are connected such that the terminal protrudes from one end side of the mold and the conductor protrudes from another end side of the mold; an insulating covering that covers a periphery of the mold and the conductor and is obtained due to a thermal contraction tube contracting; and a body that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the mold and includes a level difference forming surface facing the one end side, wherein an end of the covering is caught on a level difference portion formed by the level difference forming surface, and the body is made of an elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horio, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9819123
    Abstract: It is aimed to smoothly proceed with a connecting operation of a connector (10) and improve assembling operability. The connector (10) includes a housing (20) connectable to a mating housing (80) disposed on a solenoid (40), and a swing support portion (61) arranged on a side where a valve body (50) to be mounted with the solenoid (40) is located and configured to support the housing (20) swingably in a direction intersecting with a connecting direction and cause the housing (20) to be connected to the mating housing (80) as the solenoid (40) is mounted into the valve body (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Tomohide Maki, Katsushi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9705260
    Abstract: Connectors with internal noise filter (10A, 10B) are provided with a uniting means (17, 18) for uniting the connectors with internal noise filters with each other. A terminal fitting (20) connected to one electrode portion (32A) of a capacitor (30) is provided in a connector housing (11a, 11B). A ground connection terminal (40A, 40B) is composed of an electrode connecting portion (42) to be connected to the other electrode portion (32B) of the capacitor (30) and a ground connection portion (41A, 41B) extending outwardly of the connector housing (11A, 11B) from the electrode connecting portion (42) and including a bolt hole (46H) into which a bolt (B) is fittable. When the respective connectors with internal noise filter (10A, 10B) are united by the uniting means (17, 18), the respective ground connection portions (41A, 41B) are overlapped and the respective bolt holes (46H) are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20160006186
    Abstract: Connectors with internal noise filter (10A, 10B) are provided with a uniting means (17, 18) for uniting the connectors with internal noise filters with each other. A terminal fitting (20) connected to one electrode portion (32A) of a capacitor (30) is provided in a connector housing (11a, 11B). A ground connection terminal (40A, 40B) is composed of an electrode connecting portion (42) to be connected to the other electrode portion (32B) of the capacitor (30) and a ground connection portion (41A, 41 B) extending outwardly of the connector housing (11A, 11B) from the electrode connecting portion (42) and including a bolt hole (46H) into which a bolt (B) is fittable. When the respective connectors with internal noise filter (10A, 10B) are united by the uniting means (17, 18), the respective ground connection portions (41A, 41B) are overlapped and the respective bolt holes (46H) are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 9099803
    Abstract: A joint connector and an assembling method are provided for simultaneously achieving waterproofing and double locking. A ground joint connector (1) includes wire-side terminals (20), a ground terminal (30), a connector housing (40), waterproof plugs (5) and a seal ring (6). The housing (40) includes a wire-side housing (41) and a ground-side housing (42). When the wire-side housing (41) is fixed to the ground-side housing (42) at a first position, locking lances (48) are not restricted at a locking position for locking the wire-side terminal (29) by lance locks (49) in the ground-side housing (42). On the other hand, when the wire-side housing (41) is fixed to the ground-side housing (42) at a second position, the locking lances (48) are restricted at the locking position for locking the wire-side terminals (20) by the lance locks (49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: D319043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyozo Hayashi, Tatsuya Sumida