Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11843096
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration that can detect the internal resistance of a power storage unit. An internal resistance detection device includes a DC-DC converter that is configured to raise the output voltage to a target voltage by performing constant current operation in which the charging current is output at a target charging current, and, when the output voltage reaches the target voltage, to control power such that the charging current is lowered by performing constant voltage operation in which the output voltage is fixed at the target voltage. A control unit detects the internal resistance of a power storage unit based on a target charging current Ichg during constant current operation by the DC-DC converter, a drop time, which is the time that passes from when constant voltage operation starts to when the charging current drops to a predetermined current value, and a capacity of the power storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuki Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 11843197
    Abstract: A connector includes terminals and shield members respectively supported in a housing, and protection caps. The terminal is in the form of a flat plate extending in an assembling direction D with a mating connector and has a contact point with a mating terminal of the mating connector on a plate surface of the terminal. The shield member surrounds the terminal to face the terminal in a direction orthogonal to the assembling direction D. The protection cap includes a front covering portion for covering a front end part in the assembling direction D of the terminal and locking claws locked to the shield member, and is fixed to the shield member by locking of the locking claws. The connector 10 is coupled to the mating connector with the protection caps fixed to the shield members and front end parts of the terminals covered by the front covering portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Kobayashi, Sunghyun Byun
  • Patent number: 11843214
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion and the conductor are joined with an alloy layer. The alloy layer contains a Cu—Sn alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito Jo, Yasushi Saito, Tomoyuki Sakata, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hideki Matsunaga, Keisuke Teramoto, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Patent number: 11841721
    Abstract: The present disclosure realizes a configuration capable of setting and changing the value of a voltage that is output from a voltage regulator, while suppressing an increase in the size of an apparatus and keeping the apparatus from being complex. A control unit of a voltage regulator operates to switch a state of each port to either a first state or a second state. An input circuit unit applies a voltage corresponding to the combination of the first states at the ports to the base of a transistor. Electricity flows through the transistor when at least one of the ports is in the first state. A switch is turned on when electricity flows through the transistor. A Zener diode sets an output voltage applied to a second conductive path to a voltage corresponding to a voltage applied to the base of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Shimamoto, Yuuki Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 11843194
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The conductor has a nominal cross-sectional area of 0.13 mm2 or less. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. At least one of the conductor and the grip portion includes a tin layer, and an oxide coating formed on the surface of the tin layer. An adhering portion formed of a portion of tin contained in the tin layer that passes through the oxide coating and pours out onto a surface of the oxide coating. The adhering portion has an area of 0.100 mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito Jo, Yasushi Saito, Tomoyuki Sakata, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Shunya Takeuchi, Hideki Matsunaga, Keisuke Teramoto, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Patent number: 11837808
    Abstract: A board connector 10 to be mounted on a circuit board 50 is provided with a connector housing 11 including a receptacle 15 and a back wall 30 provided on a side opposite to an opening direction of the receptacle 15, a mating connector 70 being fit into the receptacle 15, an outer conductor 20 disposed in an outer conductor mounting hole 34 formed to penetrate through the back wall 30, an insulating dielectric 19 disposed inside the outer conductor 20, and an inner conductor 18 disposed inside the dielectric 19. The outer conductor 20 includes a closing portion 25 for closing a mold removal hole 32 formed at a position of the back wall 30 different from the outer conductor mounting hole 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 11837834
    Abstract: A female connector structure is provided with a shielded cable configured such that an outer periphery of a coated wire including a core and an insulation coating is surrounded by a braided wire, a female terminal including a wire barrel to be connected to the core and a connecting tube portion and to be connected to a mating terminal, an insulating dielectric for surrounding an outer periphery of the connecting tube portion of the female terminal, a rear outer conductor including a shield connecting portion to be electrically connected to the braided wire and a dielectric crimping portion to be crimped to at least a part of the dielectric from outside, and a front outer conductor including a front tube portion for surrounding an outer periphery of the dielectric and a rear outer conductor locking portion for locking at least a part of the dielectric crimping portion from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hamada, Atsushi Murata, Junichi Ono
  • Patent number: 11837378
    Abstract: A communication cable includes a coating layer that contains a powdery magnetic material and that can suppress the occurrence of a powdery substance containing the magnetic material when processing the coating layer. The communication cable further includes a conductor, an insulating coating that covers an outer circumstance of the conductor, and a magnetic sheath layer that covers an outer side of the insulating coating, and the magnetic sheath layer contains the magnetic material and the magnetic material has a particle shape with an average particle diameter of not more than 50 ?m and an aspect ratio of not greater than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Kinji Taguchi, Tatsuya Shimada, Takaki Endo, Ryoma Uegaki, Yuta Yasuyoshi
  • Patent number: 11837861
    Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress a case in which paths of linear transmission members are disturbed on a sheet-shaped member or the linear transmission members separate from the sheet-shaped member. The wiring member includes a sheet-shaped member and multiple linear transmission members that are fixed on the sheet-shaped member. The multiple linear transmission members are fixed on the sheet-shaped member such that a portion of the multiple linear transmission members intersects with respect to another said linear transmission member. An intersection location of the multiple linear transmission members is located away from a folding track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ishida, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Haruka Nakano, Suguru Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20230382201
    Abstract: Provided is a service hole cover covering a service hole formed in an inner panel in a vehicle door panel, the service hole cover including: a cover body part covering the service hole; and at least one catching part provided to protrude from the cover body part to a side of the inner panel, wherein the catching part is caught on the inner panel while at least a part of the service hole is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Housei MIZUNO, Megumi ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11830638
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and one or more elements selected from Ni, Al, Cr and Co in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less in total, with a balance being Cu and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yusuke Oshima, Minoru Nakamoto, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Nakai, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11831107
    Abstract: A connector disclosed by this specification is provided with a shielded cable including a conductive shield portion for covering outer peripheries of two coated wires and a sheath portion for covering an outer periphery of the shield portion, a first outer conductor including a tubular portion and to be connected to the shield portion, a second outer conductor including two plate-like fixing barrels to be crimped to wind around an outer surface of the tubular portion in a circumferential direction, and a housing including a module accommodating portion for accommodating an outer conductor formed by the first and second outer conductors by the fixing barrels being crimped to the tubular portion. The module accommodating portion includes a central ceiling wall capable of pressing the fixing barrels toward proper crimping positions in the process of accommodating the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 11827164
    Abstract: A wire harness routing member that routes a plurality of electric wires in a vehicle, the wire harness routing member including: a base plate that is arranged below a floor panel of a passenger compartment; and a wire harness having the plurality of electric wires fixed to the base plate, wherein at least one electric wire out of the plurality of electric wires is a continuous electric wire with a first end extending from a surface of the base plate or an edge of the base plate and being arranged in a front space of the vehicle or a rear space of the vehicle, and a second end extending from the edge of the base plate and being arranged in the front space of the vehicle or the rear space of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Hiroki Hirai, Ryoya Okamoto, Taiji Yanagida
  • Patent number: 11830650
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a wound part, a magnetic core, and a holding member holding an end face of the wound part in an axial direction and the outer core part. The holding member being a frame-shaped body having a through hole into which an end portion of the inner core part in the axial direction is inserted, the outer core part having an inward surface opposing the inner core part, an outward surface on an opposite side to the inward surface, and a plurality of peripheral surfaces joining between the inward surface and the outward surface. The reactor includes an outer retraining member pressing the outer core part against the holding member. The outer retraining member has a pressing piece pressing the outward surface of the outer core part, and an engaging leg piece extending from the pressing piece and having a distal end engaging the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11824335
    Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress a case in which paths of linear transmission members are disturbed on a sheet-shaped member or linear transmission members separate from a sheet-shaped member when a wiring member obtained by fixing linear transmission members on a sheet-shaped member is folded. The wiring member includes a sheet-shaped member and multiple linear transmission members that are fixed on the sheet-shaped member. The plurality of linear transmission members are fixed on the sheet-shaped member such that a portion of the plurality of linear transmission members branches with respect to another said linear transmission member at a branching portion. An intersection location of the plurality of linear transmission members is located at only the branching portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ishida, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Haruka Nakano, Suguru Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11824296
    Abstract: A terminal includes a tube portion 33, into which a mating terminal is inserted, and a resiliently deformable resilient piece 34 disposed in the tube portion 33. The resilient piece 34 includes an inner contact point 37 located inside the tube portion 33 to contact the mating terminal, and an outer contact point 40 located outside the tube portion 33 to contact a conductor different from the mating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11824284
    Abstract: A trunk cable 12 includes a signal trunk conductor 31 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 35. A branch cable 13 includes a signal branch conductor 38 that is electromagnetically shielded by a shield layer 42. The signal trunk conductor 31 and the signal branch conductor 38 are electrically connected to each other by a relay bus bar 64 that is electromagnetically shielded by a base shielding member 65 and a cover shielding member 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Hisashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 11824313
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connection terminal and a connector capable of suppressing a temperature increase during energization. A vehicle-side connector 10 includes a vehicle-side terminal 50 made of metal and a heat storage body 60 held in the vehicle-side terminal 50. The vehicle-side terminal 50 includes a terminal connecting portion 51 to be electrically connected to a charger-side terminal 82, a wire connecting portion 54 to be electrically connected to a wire 70 and a holding portion 56 integrally formed to the terminal connecting portion 51 and the wire connecting portion 54. The heat storage body 60 is held in the holding portion 56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Akihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230365851
    Abstract: A thermally conductive additive is excellent in thermal conductivity improvement effect and has high processability, and a thermally conductive composite material and a wire harness each contain such a thermally conductive additive. The thermally conductive additive includes an organic component and a metal-containing component, where the organic component is configured as an organic compound including a coordination part that can multidentate-coordinate to a metal, and at least one functional group bonded to the coordination part and having a conjugated ?-electron system, and the organic component coordinates in the coordination part to a metal atom constituting the metal-containing component to form a coordination complex. The thermally conductive composite material includes the thermally conductive additive and a matrix material, where the thermally conductive additive is dispersed in the matrix material. The wire harness includes the thermally conductive composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki OSHIUMI, Takehiro HOSOKAWA, Makoto MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230365080
    Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a first service hole cover covering a first service hole formed in an inner panel; a second service hole cover covering a second service hole formed in the inner panel; and a plurality of wiring members, wherein the plurality of wiring members include: a first wiring member held by the first service hole cover to be directed to a first door apparatus; and a second wiring member held by the second service hole cover to be directed to a second door apparatus, and the plurality of wiring members include a connection route portion connecting the first service hole cover and the second service hole cover, and being bendable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Housei MIZUNO