Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240145120
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wiring body including a plurality of wire-like transmission members, a first sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, and a second sheet to which at least some of the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed; and a connector provided to end portions of the plurality of wire-like transmission members. The second sheet is provided between the first sheet and the connector. Two or more wire-like transmission members including all of thinnest wire-like transmission members in the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to the second sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta ARAI, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Issei KANO, Haruka NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240146604
    Abstract: An information of a network to which a new function unit has been added is easily acquired. A relay device installed in a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect a new function unit being a function unit that is newly added to a network including an existing function unit being one or a plurality of function units; a relay unit configured to relay a frame between the function units; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the frame, relayed by the relay unit, between the new function unit detected by the detection unit and the existing function unit, function unit information that includes information regarding a network configuration of a layer of a lower order than an application layer, the function unit information being of at least one of the new function unit and the existing function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro SUYAMA, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Yusuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go, Yosuke Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240145984
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a plurality of electrical wires, a connector, and a waterproof member. The waterproof member is formed by bending the sheet material to cover a region including a front surface, an upper surface, and a side surface continuously formed in the connector housing. The sheet material which has not been bended is connected in a part corresponding to two edge portions of any of an edge portion between the front surface and the upper surface, an edge portion between the front surface and the side surface, and an edge portion between the upper surface and the side surface, and is separated in a part corresponding to a remaining one edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta ARAI, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Issei KANO, Haruka NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11973291
    Abstract: A first connector includes a first terminal member having a tip side extending in a first direction X1, a first connector housing for holding the first terminal member, and a slide member to be held in the first connector housing. The first connector housing includes a protecting portion for covering the first terminal member except a part on a side in a second direction Y1 orthogonal to the first direction X1, out of surrounding sides orthogonal to the first direction X1, a first opening open in the first direction X1 in the protecting portion, and a second opening open in the second direction Y1 in the protecting portion. The slide member is slidable in a first opposite direction X2 opposite to the first direction X1 from a closing position for closing the second opening to an opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11972880
    Abstract: A wire waterproof structure including a water-stopping material, wherein: the water-stopping material is configured to seal at least a partial region of a conductor comprising an assembly of a plurality of strands, the water-stopping material contains a resin material, and a filler dispersed in the resin material, and the filler has an average particle size of 1 ?m or more and 15% or less of an outer diameter of the strands, and a content in the water-stopping material of 1 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less, relative to the resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Maeda, Takashi Takada, Kenji Ito
  • Publication number: 20240138130
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; an electromagnetic wave absorber provided on an outer circumference of a portion of the wire in a length direction of the wire; a protector that has an accommodation configured to accommodate the wire and accommodate the electromagnetic wave absorber; and a first fixing member configured to fix the electromagnetic wave absorber to the protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro FUCHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11967809
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness body that includes an electric wire and an outer sheath configured to cover an outer circumference of the electric wire; a first route regulator that is to be attached to an outer circumference of the outer sheath and is configured to regulate a route of the wire harness body; and a fixing member configured to fix the first route regulator to an attachment target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11967808
    Abstract: A wire harness including; a wire harness main body including an electric wire and an outer cover enclosing an outer circumference of the electric wire; a route-regulating cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the outer cover and regulates a route of the wire harness main body; and an attachment attached to an outer circumference of a portion in a lengthwise direction of the route-regulating cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Tanaka, Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Patent number: 11967810
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a metal pipe that accommodates the electric wire; and a clamp attached to an outer peripheral surface of the pipe, wherein: the pipe has a first lock formed on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe, and the clamp has a second lock configured to lock to the first lock in an axial direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiya Tanji
  • Publication number: 20240128733
    Abstract: An attachment structure of a flat wire harness includes: an attachment target member; a flat wire harness; and an attachment part. In the flat wire harness, a through hole is formed in a part of a base material where a plurality of electrical wires are not disposed. The attachment part includes a rod-like part passing through the through hole, a fixing part provided to a first end portion of the rod-like part to fix the rod-like part to the attachment target member, and a retaining part provided to a second end portion of the rod-like part to prevent the rod-like part from coming out of the through hole. An outer size of the retaining part is larger than a dimension of the through hole, and the dimension of the through hole is equal to or larger than a thickness of the rod-like part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Hirozumi OKANIWA, Tomohiko TATEISHI, Tatsuya AIDA, Mitsuhiro KATO, Akinori ISHIKAWA, Kazuhiro KUSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240123920
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a first conductive path; a second conductive path provided side-by-side with the first conductive path; an electromagnetic wave absorber provided on a portion of the first conductive path in a length direction of the first conductive path; and a fixing member configured to fix the first conductive path to the second conductive path in a region of the first conductive path where the electromagnetic wave absorber is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro FUCHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240123919
    Abstract: A compound wire harness for installation in a vehicle, the compound wire harness including: a first wire harness; and a second wire harness configured to be electrically connected to an in-vehicle device and electrically connected to the first wire harness, wherein: the first exterior ring and the shield have a higher rigidity than the second exterior ring, the first connector housing is surrounded by the first exterior ring and the shield, and the shield is inseparably integrated with the shield shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsutoshi IZAWA
  • Patent number: 11962433
    Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Tatsuya Izumi, Hirofumi Urayama, Tadashi Matsumoto, Darmawan Go, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Masashi Amesara, Hisashi Furukawa, Shu Ishizuka, Hideki Goto
  • Publication number: 20240121930
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a conductive cylindrical tube through which the electric wire penetrates; a cylindrical electromagnetic shield that surrounds an outer circumference of the electric wire and is fixed to an end of the cylindrical tube; an annular fixing member that fixes the electromagnetic shield to the end of the cylindrical tube; and an oxidation suppression layer that seals a fixed portion of the cylindrical tube and the electromagnetic shield fixed by the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo FUJIOKA
  • Patent number: 11956314
    Abstract: A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects addition of a function unit to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; an acquisition unit that acquires function unit information of a new function unit that is the function unit the addition of which has been detected by the detection unit and function unit information of each on-vehicle function unit, each piece of function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer; and a generation unit that, based on the pieces of function unit information acquired by the acquisition unit, generates configuration information of a new network that is the network further including the new function unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Koichi Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Yano, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Hagihara
  • Patent number: 11951917
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes a first switching device and a second switching device each configured to relay, via a transmission path, information between a plurality of function units mounted to a vehicle. Upon being supplied with a power source voltage via a power-source-dedicated line from a power source device mounted to the vehicle, the first switching device supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units and the second switching device that are connected to the first switching device, and the second switching device extracts a power source voltage from the transmission path, and supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units that are connected to the second switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go, Yosuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11955788
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box capable of being installed in a vehicle, including a terminal block; a bus bar provided on the terminal block; and a housing that covers at least a portion of the terminal block and into which a plurality of electrical wires configured to be connected to the bus bar are inserted, wherein the terminal block is provided with a plurality of guide walls that guide the plurality of electrical wires toward the bus bar; the plurality of guide walls are disposed side by side extending from the housing side toward the bus bar side; and a distance from any one guide wall to an other guide wall on the bus bar side is greater than a distance from the any one guide wall to the other guide wall on the housing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokota
  • Patent number: 11954476
    Abstract: An on-board update apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a first on-board apparatus including a storage unit that stores a program in a rewritable manner and a second on-board apparatus including a sensor that performs detection of a person present around a vehicle and configured to transmit a detection result indicating presence or absence of a person around the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to obtain an update program for updating the program stored in the storage unit from outside, and execute update processing of the program stored in the storage unit using the obtained update program, wherein the processing unit executes update processing of the program stored in the storage unit using the update program, when it is determined that no person is present around the vehicle based on the detection result received through the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikuni Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20240114028
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor a periodic message and an event message as messages in an in-vehicle network, each message having, assigned thereto, identification information of a transmission source and a sequence number; a counter unit configured to change a counter value corresponding to the identification information, when the detection device has received the event message from the in-vehicle network; and a detection unit configured to compare the sequence number with the counter value, based on a result of monitoring, and perform provisional determination for detection of an unauthorized message, based on a result of the comparison. The detection unit performs conclusive determination for detection of the unauthorized message, based on an interval of messages that satisfy a predetermined condition regarding the sequence number, among messages to which the same identification information is assigned, and on a predetermined transmission cycle of the periodic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240109503
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an attachment structure for attaching a wiring member to an instrument panel reinforcement, which is an attachment object, provided near an instrument panel. The wiring member includes a linear transmission member that transmits electricity or light, and a covering member that covers the linear transmission member. The wiring member attachment structure includes a rail member provided on the instrument panel reinforcement, and an insertion member that is provided on the covering member and inserted into the rail member. The wiring member is attached to the instrument panel reinforcement in a state in which the insertion member is inserted into the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Hirozumi Okaniwa, Tomohiko Tateishi, Tatsuya Aida, Yuji Kawamoto