Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
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Publication number: 20250145096Abstract: In an on-vehicle shutoff control device, a control unit switches a switch unit to an off state in a case where the switch unit is in the on state and a current value changes from less than a threshold value to the threshold value or more. The control unit switches the switch unit to the on state in at least one of a case where the switch unit has remained in the off state and a potential difference across the switch unit has been continuously maintained less than a reference for a predetermined period of time, a case where a speed of increase of potential difference across the switch unit is less than a reference, and a case where the potential difference across the switch unit is less than a reference at a time when a predetermined period of time passes after switching the switch unit to the off state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Takahiro KURATOMI
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Publication number: 20250151203Abstract: This transmission board production method is for producing a plurality of transmission boards from a panel having a copper foil on a surface thereof, the plurality of transmission boards each including a transmission path, the transmission board production method including: a resist formation step of forming a photoresist on the copper foil; an exposure step of irradiating the photoresist with light via a photomask; a resist removal step of removing, of the photoresist, either of a part irradiated with the light and a part not irradiated with the light; and an etching step of performing wet etching at a part, of the copper foil, exposed through the resist removal step, using an etching solution. The photomask includes a pattern for forming the transmission path included in each of the plurality of transmission boards, so that the transmission paths are along each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuya TANAKA, Yuta MIYAGAWA
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Publication number: 20250145164Abstract: An in-vehicle control device disclosed herein is an in-vehicle control device to be mounted in a vehicle and includes a control unit that transmits at least some of vehicle data collected by the vehicle to an external device that is provided outside of the vehicle and communicates with the in-vehicle control device via a network. When an ignition switch of the vehicle is switched off, the control unit executes calculation control for calculating a transmittable amount of the vehicle data based on a remaining battery charge of the vehicle, extraction control for extracting, from the vehicle data, first data that fits within the transmittable amount, and first transmission control for transmitting the first data to the external device and not transmitting second data that is different from the first data out of the vehicle data to the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Norihiro ONO
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Patent number: 12291110Abstract: A power source system includes a plurality of output circuits electrically connected to a plurality of second coils on a second side of a transformer unit, and a selection circuit to which power is supplied from the plurality of output circuits. Each of the plurality of output circuits is electrically connected to each of the plurality of second coils on the second side, and outputs DC power to the selection circuit based on AC power of the second coil on the second side. The selection circuit selects a supply destination of the power from a first conductive path and a second conductive path.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Seiya Miyata, Masayoshi Hirota, Takafumi Kawakami
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Patent number: 12294188Abstract: Provided is a fuse-equipped connector including: a housing; a fuse terminal configured to be attached to the housing; a holder configured to be attached to the housing; and a fuse configured to be attached to the holder, and be electrically connected to the fuse terminal, wherein the housing includes a lock portion, and the holder includes a lock receiving portion configured to be elastically locked to the lock portion, the holder includes a fuse accommodating portion in which the fuse is to be removably accommodated, the fuse includes a terminal portion, and the fuse terminal includes a fuse elastic contact portion configured to come into elastic contact with the terminal portion of the fuse.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
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Publication number: 20250140033Abstract: A management device to be used in an in-vehicle network including a plurality of function units installed in a vehicle includes: a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the vehicle; and an allocation unit configured to change allocation of transmission bands of a plurality of logical paths between the function units in accordance with the state of the vehicle indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2025Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hideyuki TANAKA, Junji YANO, Darmawan GO
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Publication number: 20250141052Abstract: A bus bar 20 is a plate-shaped bus bar 20 that connects a plurality of power storage elements 11, and includes a plurality of connection portions 21 connected to electrode terminals 12A and 12B of the plurality of power storage elements, and one or more intermediate portion 22 that couples the adjacent connection portions 21, the connection portions 21 include electrode welding portion 23 disposed so as to respectively oppose the electrode terminals 12A and 12B and welded to the electrode terminals 12A and 12B, the intermediate portion 22 is provided with one or more slit 24, and the slit 24 has a shape elongated in an arrangement direction in which the connection portions 21 are arranged side by side and has a predetermined dimension in a width direction orthogonal to both the arrangement direction and an opposing direction in which the electrode welding portions 23 opposes the electrode terminals 12A and 12B.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki MATSUMURA, Osamu NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 12288659Abstract: A power supply control device is to be installed in a vehicle. The power supply control device controls power supply via a semiconductor switch and a fuse by turning the semiconductor switch ON or OFF. The semiconductor switch and the fuse are mounted on a circuit board. In the fuse, two long plate-shaped terminals are arranged in a row. The fusing portion and a part of the two terminals are covered with a housing having heat resistance. The two terminals are disposed in a current path of a current flowing through the semiconductor switch. The current flows through the fusing portion. If the temperature of the fusing portion exceeds a predetermined temperature, the fusing portion is fused.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Masayuki Kato, Shunichi Sawano, Ryohei Sawada
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Patent number: 12289046Abstract: In a power feeding control device, N-channel first FET and second FET are located in a current path for current flowing from a positive terminal to a negative terminal. The drain of the first FET is located downstream of the source. The drain of the second FET is located upstream of the source. The cathode of a first diode is connected to the negative terminal. A first drive circuit and a second drive circuit switch ON or OFF the first FET and the second FET by adjusting the gates of the first FET and the second FET, with respect to the cathode of the first diode.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinnosuke Nakaguchi, Kota Oda
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Patent number: 12289049Abstract: A power supply control apparatus controls power supply from a DC power source to a load by switching on or off a power supply FET. The current adjustment circuit adjusts the current flowing through the resistor circuit to a value obtained by dividing the voltage between the drain and the source of the power supply FET by the resistance value of the resistor circuit. A drive circuit switches off the power supply FET when a voltage across the detection resistor exceeds a predetermined voltage. The on-resistance value of the power supply FET fluctuates according on the ambient temperature of the power supply FET. The resistance value of the resistor circuit fluctuates in the same direction as the on-resistance value according to the ambient temperature of the power supply FET.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hayaki Murata, Koki Sakakibara, Ryohei Sawada, Shunichi Sawano, Kota Oda
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Publication number: 20250132979Abstract: A central ECU serving as a communication control device includes a reception unit that receives a change notification related to a change in a communication setting of an in-vehicle network, a determination unit that determines whether or not an Ethernet switch connected to the communication control device is operable according to new settings information needed to accompany the change notification, and an inquiry unit that prompts a user to indicate whether or not to reflect the settings information in the Ethernet switch in cases in which the Ethernet switch has been determined to be operable according to the settings information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE, Yoshio ITO, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Kenta OGATA, Darmawan GO, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hirofumi URAYAMA
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Publication number: 20250132116Abstract: A fuse includes a first connection portion, a second connection portion, and a fixing portion connected to the leading end of the second connection portion. The fixing portion includes a fixing hole passing therethrough along a fixing axis extending in a first direction. The fixing portion has a plurality of fixing pieces arranged side by side in a circumferential direction centered on the fixing axis. Each fixing piece is formed in an arc shape centered on the fixing axis. The fixing portion has a level difference at each predetermined angle in the circumferential direction due to the plurality of fixing pieces being arranged so as to be shifted with respect to each other in the first direction, and is formed into an open annular shape that has a first annular end and a second annular end are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi MITANI
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Publication number: 20250132977Abstract: A central ECU serving as a communication control device is provided with a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor receives a change notification relating to a change of an intra-vehicle network communication setting from a center server; and determines whether or not new setting information of the intra-vehicle network that is required in association with the change notification is memorized at at least one of the central ECU and an Ethernet switch. When it is determined that the setting information is memorized at neither the central ECU, or the Ethernet switch, the processor requests the setting information from the center server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE, Ryo YAMANE, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Kenta OGATA, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Darmawan GO
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Patent number: 12283403Abstract: An insulated electric wire includes: an exposed portion and a covered portion including the insulation covering, and further includes a water-stopping portion wherein a water-stopping agent is placed over the exposed portion, and part of the covered portion and is adjacent to the exposed portion. The water-stopping portion continuously has: an inter-elemental-wire filling area filled with the water-stopping agent in gaps between conductor elemental wires; an exposed-portion-outer-circumferential area wherein the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the conductor; and a covered-portion-outer-circumferential area wherein the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the insulation covering.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Araki, Toyoki Furukawa
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Patent number: 12284263Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes: an optical coupler; a first in-vehicle device group composed of a plurality of in-vehicle devices connected to a first end of the optical coupler; and a second in-vehicle device group composed of a plurality of in-vehicle devices connected to a second end of the optical coupler. The in-vehicle devices in the first in-vehicle device group are communicable with the in-vehicle devices in the second in-vehicle device group via a common transmission path in the optical coupler. The in-vehicle devices in the second in-vehicle device group are communicable with the in-vehicle devices in the first in-vehicle device group via a common transmission path in the optical coupler.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuto Ueno, Susumu Takeshima
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Publication number: 20250126037Abstract: A monitoring device configured to be installed in a vehicle includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor vehicle-related information regarding the vehicle transmitted in an in-vehicle network in the vehicle; a pattern information generating unit configured to generate pattern information that indicates changes in a plurality of types of the vehicle-related information, based on a result of monitoring performed by the monitoring unit; an abnormality detection unit configured to compare the pattern information generated by the pattern information generating unit with reference information that is pattern information used for reference, and detects an abnormality in the in-vehicle network based on a result of comparison; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the pattern information and the reference information to an external device outside the vehicle when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi AIBA
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Patent number: 12278865Abstract: Provided is a relay device including: a relay unit configured to perform a relay process for a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of function units; and a relay management unit. The relay unit receives, from a function unit, a target frame. When a content of the target frame satisfies a predetermined condition, the relay management unit stores, in the target frame, position information which is information regarding a position, in the in-vehicle network, of a function unit as a request source of a service related to the target frame or a function unit as a request destination of the service related to the target frame, and outputs the target frame having the position information stored therein, to the relay unit. The relay unit transmits the target frame received from the relay management unit, to a function unit which is a destination of the target frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go
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Patent number: 12278394Abstract: Provided is a flexible bus bar including at least one folded portion in which one metal member is folded, and a plurality of laminated portions laminated via the folded portion, in which side edges of the plurality of laminated portions provided with the folded portion is formed include a cut portion in which a portion other than the folded portion has been cut.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Nobuyuki Matsumura
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Publication number: 20250115195Abstract: An in-vehicle control device to be installed in a vehicle includes physical resources including a control unit, a storage unit, and a communication unit, and a management unit that generates a plurality of virtual machines by allocating the physical resources for each allocation time. The plurality of virtual machines include a first virtual machine that communicates with an external device provided outside the in-vehicle control device and executes processing that cannot be carried over to the next cycle, and a second virtual machine that executes processing that can be carried over to the next cycle. The management unit executes a first control for extending the allocation time of the first virtual machine and shortening the allocation time of the second virtual machine, when a predetermined condition indicating deterioration of the external device is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tadahiro TAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20250115258Abstract: An in-vehicle device to be installed in a vehicle includes: a memory for storing first software for providing a user with first information; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to switch software to be executed from the first software to second software for providing the user with second information that is more detailed than the first information, based on status information regarding status of the vehicle; a request unit configured to make a request for download of the second software to the external device disposed outside the vehicle if the determination unit determines that the software to be executed is switched from the first software to the second software; and a switching unit configured to install, in the memory, the second software downloaded from the external device, and switch the software to be executed from the first software to the second software.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Shota USHIRO