Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies
  • Patent number: 11342960
    Abstract: In a relay device, a communication unit receives a data frame transmitted cyclically through a communication line. A control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit, the data frame received by the communication unit. When the data frame stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data frame from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data frame received through the communication line, the amount of data relevant to the data frames stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the communication unit transmits, through the communication line, a cycle change frame which gives an instruction to change a transmission cycle for transmitting the data frame to a longer cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Makoto Mashita, Takeshi Hagihara, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi, Ichiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 11342094
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains equal to or more than 0.005 mass % and equal to or less than 2.2 mass % of Fe, and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a surface-layer void measurement region in a shape of a rectangle having a short side length of 30 ?m and a long side length of 50 ?m is defined within a surface layer region extending from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire by 30 ?m in a depth direction, and a total cross-sectional area of voids in the surface-layer void measurement region is equal to or less than 2 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
  • Patent number: 11343921
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes a first case made of metal; a second case made of metal; a frame made of synthetic resin arranged inside an assembly of the first case and the second case; a relay member made of metal that is separate from the frame and includes a first connection portion electrically connected to the first case, a second connection portion electrically connected to the second case, and a coupling portion coupling the first connection portion and the second connection portion; a first screw that passes through the first case and the first connection portion from the outside of the first case and is fixed to the frame; and a second screw that passes through the second case and the second connection portion from the outside of the second case and is fixed to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sumida, Kyohei Morita
  • Publication number: 20220156057
    Abstract: An in-vehicle update device acquires an update program transmitted from an external server located outside a vehicle, and updates a program for an in-vehicle control device. The in-vehicle update device includes a storage unit and a control unit, and the storage unit is configured to store the update program, and the control unit is configured to control transmission of the update program to an update target in-vehicle control device. When acquiring the update program from the external server, the control unit transmits saved data stored in the storage unit to the external server, or to a non-update target in-vehicle control device other than the update target in-vehicle control device, based on the data type of the saved data. The control unit stores at least part of the update program acquired from the external server in an area of the storage unit in which the transmitted saved data was stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220158336
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; an antenna provided on the functional sheet; and a transmission member formed on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, and the transmission member electrically connects an in-vehicle apparatus mounted to the vehicle and the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220158335
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; and a transmission member provided on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, the transmission member is electrically connected to a vehicle-side apparatus mounted to a side of the vehicle, and the transmission member is formed to extend to a position where the transmission member can perform a power supply to or communication with a roof-side apparatus mounted to the roof part in the functional sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11329415
    Abstract: A shielded board connector (20) includes a terminal holding member for shielding (21) and left and right terminal fittings (31). An unshielded board connector (35) includes a terminal holding member for unshielding (36) and left and right terminal fittings (31). In the pair of terminal fittings (31) in the shielded board connector (20), an interval (Pw) of tab-like connecting portions (32) is wider than an interval (Po) of board connecting portions (34). In the pair of terminal fittings (31) of the unshielded board connector (35), an interval (Pn) of tab-like connecting portions (32) is narrower than an interval (Po) of board connecting portions (34). The interval (Po) of the board connecting portions for shielding (34) and the interval (Po) of the board connecting portions for unshielding (34) are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electrics Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20220134973
    Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a door planar member incorporated into a door panel of a vehicle; a wiring member disposed on a main surface of the door planar member; and a holding member covering the main surface of the door planar member and the wiring member and directly joined to at least the main surface of the door planar member to hold the wiring member in a state of being disposed on the main surface of the door planar member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220134972
    Abstract: A wiring member with an exterior member includes a wiring member, and an exterior member. The wiring member includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members and a base material. The plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to the base material in an arrayed state. The exterior member includes an attachment part. The attachment part is attached to a region of the wiring member having a reduced width. In a state in which the attachment part is attached to the wiring member, a state having the reduced width of the wiring member is maintained. In the region where the attachment part is attached, at least one of the attachment part and the base material entirely covers the plurality of wire-like transmission members along a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Daisuke EBATA, Taku UMEHARA, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Kenta ARAI, Miyu ARAMAKI, Suguru YASUDA, Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220139594
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member including a transmission wire body and a covering for covering the transmission wire body; a sheet material to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a cover formed of a material different from a material of the covering, covering the wire-like transmission member from a side opposite to the sheet material, and fixed to the sheet material, wherein the sheet material includes a first fixing part to which the covering is directly fixed and a second fixing part which is directly fixed to the cover more easily than the first fixing part and to which the cover is directly fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka NAKANO, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Takuya KABA, Suguru YASUDA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Yoshitaka KAMI, Yasushi NOMURA, Sofia BARILLARO
  • Publication number: 20220140587
    Abstract: A wiring member with a fixing member includes a flat wiring member, and a fixing member. The fixing member includes an attachment part and a fixing part. The attachment part includes an annular part and an annular shape maintaining part. The annular part is capable of changing a state between an annular state and a non-annular state. The annular shape maintaining part is provided at one end portion of the annular part, fastens another end portion of the annular part, and maintains the annular part in the annular state. In a state in which the annular part is in the annular state and the attachment part is attached to the flat wiring member, a part of the flat wiring member to which the attachment part is attached is in a spread state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKAKURA, Miyu ARAMAKI, Daisuke EBATA, Taku UMEHARA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Kenta ARAI
  • Patent number: 11323113
    Abstract: A current flow control device includes a plurality of semiconductor switches disposed between a power source and a load and that are connected in parallel with each other, and the current flow control device being configured to control the flow of current between the power source and the load by turning on and off the semiconductor switches. The plurality of semiconductor switches include a first and a second semiconductor switch. The current flow control device includes a driving circuit configured to apply, to the first semiconductor switch, a voltage that is higher than a voltage output from the power source, to turn on the first semiconductor switch, a switch control unit configured to turn on the second semiconductor switch, and a resistor that is connected in series with a terminal on the power source side of the second semiconductor switch, the resistor lowering a voltage applied to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Morioka
  • Patent number: 11312321
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a configuration that can determine whether to suppress the power consumption of a load based on the state of a battery, and reduce the duty ratio to be supplied to a switch unit that is provided on a power supply path to the load, when the power consumption is to be suppressed. In an on-board power control apparatus, when a determination unit determines that a prediction value of an output voltage of a battery is less than a threshold voltage value, a duty ratio setting unit selects at least one of the plurality of loads as a target load for which power supply is to be stopped or suppressed, and the duty ratio setting unit resets duty ratios to reduce a duty ratio of a control signal to be output to a switch unit provided on a power supply path to the selected target load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11314501
    Abstract: Provided are an on-board update device, an on-board update system, an update process method, and an update process program. The on-board update device updates a program or data stored in a storage unit of an on-board device, the on-board update device includes a communication unit performing communication via a communication line connected to the on-board device, a storage unit stores history information regarding the timing of transmission and reception of data that is to be transmitted and received via the communication line, an estimation processing unit estimates an unused time period in which no data is transmitted or received via the communication line, based on the history information stored in the storage unit, and an update processing unit performs processing for transmitting, via the communication unit data for updating the on-board device to the on-board device in the unused time period estimated by the estimation processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taro Itatsu
  • Patent number: 11315701
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a 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 Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11315702
    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 strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjyo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220123536
    Abstract: A wiring member with a fixing member includes a wiring member, and a fixing member. The wiring member includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members and a base material. The plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed to the base material in an arrayed state. The base material is bent so as to surround the plurality of wire-like transmission members. The fixing member includes an attachment part and a fixing part. The attachment part is attached to the wiring member so as to be located on outside of the base material. The fixing part is a part being connected to the attachment part and being fixed to a fixing target of the wiring member. In a state in which the attachment part is attached to the wiring member, the base material is maintained in a bent state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Daisuke EBATA, Taku UMEHARA, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Kenta ARAI, Miyu ARAMAKI
  • Patent number: 11309651
    Abstract: A terminal (10) of a connector (1) includes a case (20) and a first conductive member (40). The first conductive member (40) includes a junction (43) for connection with a mating terminal. The junction (43) is movable in the compression direction (Y) in which the coil spring (30) is compressed. The case (20) is composed of metal and includes a front wall (22) bent at a front end (21A) of the top wall (21) toward the first conductive member. The front wall (22) is at such a distance from the coil spring (30) that movement of the first conductive member (40) in the compression direction (Y) is not prevented. The front wall (22) includes a support (28) that supports one end (45) of the first conductive member on the front wall side, the one end (45) being movable in the compression direction (Y) at the support when the junction moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, LTD, Sumitom Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Kimura, Seido Nishijima
  • Patent number: 11302457
    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: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
  • Patent number: 11302607
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a circuit component electrically connected to a conductor and a first heat dissipation member includes an insulation member interposed between the conductor and the attachment surface. A control element outputs a control signal, a circuit board is spaced apart from the first heat dissipation member and the conductor. A housing member includes a housing chamber housing the circuit component and the circuit board, a heat dissipation chamber through which air flows while being in contact with a heat dissipation surface of a second heat dissipation member, and a partition plate has a plurality of communication holes placing the heat dissipation chamber and the housing chamber in communication with each other. A portion of the first heat dissipation member excluding the attachment surface and a portion of the second heat dissipation member excluding the heat dissipation surface are in contact with air outside the circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Tahara