Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20260261451
    Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device includes: a relay unit configured to perform relay processing for relaying frames transmitted and received between in-vehicle devices; and a monitoring unit configured to acquire a measurement result of a communication load on a bus to which the frames are to be relayed. The relay unit performs selection processing for selecting whether to relay the frames according to priority levels of the frames or to relay the frames according to order of reception of the frames at the in-vehicle relay device, depending on the measurement result acquired by the monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michihiro HETSUGI
  • Publication number: 20260259724
    Abstract: An update management device includes: a reception unit that receives first update data and second update data from an external device outside the vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether the power source state of the vehicle is the first power source state or the second power source state; a first transmission unit that, when the determination unit determines that the power source state of the vehicle is the first power source state, transmits the first update data to the in-vehicle device; and a second transmission unit that, when the determination unit determines that the power source state of the vehicle is the second power source state, transmits the first update data and the second update data to the in-vehicle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto MOTOYAMA, Shota USHIRO
  • Publication number: 20260257636
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device connects to a drive device mounted in a vehicle. The drive device includes a first power feeding switch connected to a first in-vehicle load and a second power feeding switch connected to a second in-vehicle load. The in-vehicle device includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit connects to the first power feeding switch and outputs a first control signal to drive the first in-vehicle load. The second processing unit connects to the second power feeding switch and outputs a second control signal to drive the second in-vehicle load. The first and second processing units are connected to each other. If the first processing unit fails, the second processing unit outputs a third control signal to drive the first in-vehicle load via a first signal line connecting the first processing unit and the first power feeding switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka NAITO, Kota ODA
  • Publication number: 20260259757
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle control device configured to perform data transmission and reception between a plurality of virtual control devices with use of a circular buffer, the circular buffer includes a plurality of blocks. A virtual control device (a first virtual control device) writes data into the buffer and two virtual control devices (a second virtual control device and a third virtual control device) read data from the buffer. The plurality of blocks include: first blocks for which overwriting is prohibited when unread data remains in the blocks; and second blocks for which overwriting is not prohibited. If data that has not been read by the second or third virtual control device remains in all first blocks, switching control is executed to write data into a second block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20260261073
    Abstract: A connector device includes a circuit board provided with a main ground circuit and a connector mounted on the circuit board. The connector includes a sub-board, an IC mounted on the sub-board, and heat transfer portions (a heat dissipation sheet, a metal plate, an outer conductor, sub-ground circuits, a conductive member, and a mounting connector portion) that transfer heat of the IC to the main ground circuit. With this configuration, since the heat of the IC can be transferred to the main ground circuit via the heat transfer portions, the heat of the IC can be readily released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira MIYAJO, Makoto MASHITA, Takuya IWAMOTO, Masakatsu MORIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12726422
    Abstract: A communication device transmits data through a communication bus. The communication device includes a processing unit that performs processing. When a beacon signal is transmitted, the processing unit determines whether or not a target communication device included in a plurality of second communication devices has transmitted data at a timing at which the target communication device transmits one of data pieces transmitted through the communication bus according to an order set in advance by the communication device itself and the plurality of second communication devices. When it is determined that the target communication device has transmitted no data, the processing unit changes the order. The data transmitted through the communication bus includes dummy data whose transmission destination is different from communication devices other than a transmission source among the communication device itself and the plurality of second communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Masakatsu Moriguchi, Takeshi Hagihara, Masaki Kondo, Tatsuya Izumi, Ryo Yamane, Ichiro Kanda
  • Publication number: 20260252508
    Abstract: An object is to maintain harmony between the timing of buffer access by a processor and the timing of buffer access by direct memory access. A vehicle-mounted device includes: an information processing circuit; and a connector configured to be connected to an associated device related to processing of the information processing circuit, wherein the information processing circuit includes: a first buffer; a second buffer; a third buffer; a processor configured to read or write data from or to each of the first buffer, the second buffer, and the third buffer; an interface connected to the connector and configured to perform at least one of input and output of data with the associated device; and a direct memory access controller configured to transfer data between a register included in the interface and each of the first buffer, the second buffer, and the third buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenhan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20260254153
    Abstract: A terminal block including: a terminal block body including one or more terminals each having two ends serving as electrical connection points, the terminal block body being configured to be attached to a case by being fitted to an attachment portion of the case; and an annular elastic seal arranged to seal a connection between the attachment portion and the terminal block body, wherein: the terminal block body further includes a protrusion configured to press and fix the elastic seal against a flat attachment surface of the attachment portion without moving the elastic seal in an attachment direction during attachment to the attachment portion, and the elastic seal includes a compression portion configured to be squashed and pressed against the attachment surface by the protrusion during attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUDO, Kentaro TACHI, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Yoshitomo TSUJII
  • Publication number: 20260254215
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for stably holding a supported body in an upright posture relative to a base body. A cover unit includes a base body; and a supported body. The supported body has a supported portion and is rotatable about the supported portion between an upright state and a prone state relative to the base body. The supported body is provided with a protrusion, and the base body is provided with a recess that restricts rotation of the supported body from the upright state to the prone state by fitting the protrusion therein in the upright state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi KAWAGUCHI, Haruki OKANO
  • Patent number: 12719199
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting to be inserted into a terminal accommodation chamber of a housing and a retainer attached to the housing and displaceable between a temporary locking position and a complete locking position. The retainer is formed with a resiliently deformable locking lance arranged to face the terminal accommodation chambers at the temporary locking position and a complete locking portion arranged to face the terminal accommodation chamber at the complete locking position and having a higher stiffness than the locking lance. The locking lance allows insertion of the terminal fitting into the terminal accommodation chamber by being resiliently deformed and temporarily holds the terminal fitting in a retained state by locking the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodation chamber. The complete locking portion holds the terminal fitting in a retained state by locking the terminal fitting inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Nozaki, Daisuke Saito
  • Patent number: 12719350
    Abstract: A power supply control device controls power supplied via a power supply switch. An IPD turns the power supply switch on or off. A first power supply controller transmits an ON signal and an OFF signal a first device communication line. The ON signal instructs to turn on the power supply switch. The OFF signal instructs to turn off the power supply switch. If the first power supply controller determines that communication via the first device communication line is interrupted, a second power supply controller transmits the ON signal and the OFF signal to the IPD via a second device communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Naito, Kota Oda
  • Patent number: 12719220
    Abstract: A board connector to be connected to a circuit board including an electrically conductive path is provided with a connector housing to be connected to a mating connector, a plurality of inner conductors to be mounted into the connector housing and connected to the electrically conductive path of the circuit board, and an outer conductor made of metal to be attached to the connector housing and configured to cover the plurality of inner conductors while being electrically insulated from the plurality of inner conductors. The outer conductor includes two side walls and a partition wall disposed between the two side walls and between the plurality of inner conductors. Side wall connecting portions to be connected to the electrically conductive path of the circuit board project on lower end parts of the two side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanao Yamashita, Toshifumi Ichio, Takuya Okamoto, Maika Ido, Kazuki Hiramatsu, Taiga Kadoyama
  • Patent number: 12719252
    Abstract: An electrical junction box provided with a component unit having an electronic component housed in a recess and connecting members connecting terminals of the electronic component to mounts outside of the recess includes a positioning portion provided on a long-side sidewall and a short-side sidewall of the recess to protrude further than edges of the long-side sidewall and the short-side sidewall, and configured to position the component unit by abutting against the connecting members, and spring portions provided in the recess and configured to press the component unit against the positioning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Takumi Ejima
  • Patent number: 12719826
    Abstract: A relay device that includes a processor that is configured to: monitor a state of the in-vehicle network; perform update processing of the correspondence information; switch between a stopped state in which the update processing is stopped and an execution state in which the update processing is executed, and to switch from the stopped state to the execution state when a change in the state of the in-vehicle network is detected; and save, in the memory, the correspondence information on which the update processing is performed in the execution state as the correspondence information to be used for the relay processing in the stopped state, when the processor switches from the execution state to the stopped state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Yamane, Tatsuya Izumi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Yusuke Yamamoto, Yoshio Ito, Kenta Ogata, Darmawan Go, Yoshitaka Kikuchi, Hirofumi Urayama
  • Patent number: 12719197
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the expansion of a connector housing sandwiching and holding a terminal fitting. A connector is provided with a terminal fitting (10) fixed to a wire (14) and a connector housing (20) for sandwiching and holding the terminal fitting (10) between an upper housing (30) and a lower housing (40). The upper housing (30) and the lower housing (40) are assembled by being slid in a direction intersecting a sandwiching direction of the terminal fitting (10). The upper housing (30) and the lower housing (40) are formed with hooking portions (34, 43, 51, 52, 55, 56) to be hooked to each other in a non-resilient state in the sandwiching direction of the terminal fitting (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nishitani
  • Patent number: 12719188
    Abstract: It is aimed to enable a terminal fitting to be easily removed from a circuit board. A board connector (10) is provided with a terminal fitting (30) and a housing (20) in which the terminal fitting (30) is mounted, and fixed to a circuit board (12). The terminal fitting (30) includes a support receiving portion (32) to be supported by the housing (20), a connecting portion (34) to be connected to the circuit board (12), and a resiliently deformable resilient portion (33) provided between the support receiving portion (32) and the connecting portion (34). The connecting portion (34) is pressed against the circuit board (12) based on a restoring force of the resiliently deformed resilient portion (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Nozaki, Hideto Nakamura, Daisuke Saito
  • Patent number: 12719180
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: an antenna mounted to a mount surface; and an artificial magnetic conductor having a plate shape and arranged so as to be adjacent to the antenna, the artificial magnetic conductor having a first surface on which a plurality of first unit cells are regularly arrayed. The artificial magnetic conductor has a base end adjacent to the antenna, and the first surface extends from the base end along the mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Miki, Suguru Yamagishi, Ichiro Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 12719196
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a joint connector excellent in workability. A joint connector (1) is provided with a housing (10) including a plurality of locking lances (13), a plurality of terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the housing (10) from behind the housing (10) and retained by a locking action of the plurality of locking lances (13), a joint terminal (50) to be mounted into the housing (10) from front for making the plurality of terminal fittings (30) conductive, and a holding member (80) for holding the joint terminal (50), the holding member being mounted into the housing (10) to cover a front surface of the housing (10). Jig insertion chambers (16) open in a rear surface of the housing (10) are formed in the housing (10). The locking lance (13) includes a jig contact portion (13A) arranged in the jig insertion chamber (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Miyamura
  • Patent number: 12719466
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted semiconductor switch device includes a semiconductor switch that is controlled by an ON signal and an OFF signal output from an vehicle-mounted drive circuit and that is switched between an ON state and an OFF state between a first conductive path and a second conductive path. The vehicle-mounted semiconductor switch device further includes a voltage detection unit. The semiconductor switch includes a first lead portion electrically connected to the first electrode, and a conductor portion electrically connected to the first electrode. One of the conductor portion and the first lead portion is bonded to the first conductive path, and the other is bonded to a first voltage detection path. A voltage detection unit detects a voltage applied to the first voltage detection path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20260246409
    Abstract: A control device is a control device for controlling an AC motor capable of switching a connection state of a plurality of windings from a first connection state to a second connection state, and includes: a specifying unit that specifies a switching timing at which zero crossing switching for switching the connection state of the plurality of windings of the AC motor from the first connection state to the second connection state at a zero crossing point of current flowing through the windings is executed; and a control value switching unit that switches a control value for controlling the AC motor from a first control value to be used for the first connection state to a second control value to be used for the second connection state based on the switching timing specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki TSUDA