Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies
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Publication number: 20220028577Abstract: The wiring member includes a wiring body and a shape maintaining member. The wiring body includes a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member. The shape maintaining member is formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member and covers at least one side of the wiring body along a front-back direction of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Haruka NAKANO, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Shigeki IKEDA, Suguru YASUDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Hiroki HIRAI, Housei MIZUNO, Koichiro GOTO, Junichi SHIRAKAWA, Yoshitaka KAMI, Yasushi NOMURA, Sofia BARILLARO
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Publication number: 20220017026Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a door functional planar member; a wiring member wired on and held by the door functional planar member; and an exterior member in which a part of the wiring member extending to an outer side from the door functional planar member and incorporated into the door is wired and held. The door wiring module is provided to be able to be folded so that the exterior member overlaps with the door functional planar member before being incorporated into the door, and is incorporated into the door in a state where the exterior member is developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20220017030Abstract: An object is to reduce the number of wiring members located between a door and a vehicle body. A power supply system in a vehicle door includes: a non-contact power receiving part receiving a power supply in a non-contact manner; a battery connected to the non-contact power receiving part so as to be charged with an electrical power received by the non-contact power receiving part; and an electrical component connected to the battery so as to receive a power supply from the battery in a state where at least the non-contact power receiving part does not receive an electrical power.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20220014002Abstract: A 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 the branching portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Motohiro YOKOI, Kenta ITO, Haruka NAKANO, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Ryusuke KUDO, Kenta ARAI, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Daisuke EBATA, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Suguru YASUDA
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Publication number: 20220009324Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a door planar member incorporated into a door of a vehicle to be able to cover an operation opening formed in the door panel; and a wiring member attached to the door planar member, wherein the door planar member includes a first assembled part assembled to a first region in the door panel and a second assembled part assembled to a second region different from the first region in the door panel, and in a state where the first assembled part is assembled to the first region in the door panel, the second assembled part is movably provided in a position other than the second region in the door panel so as to be able to open a part of the operation opening formed in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Housei MIZUNO, Yoshitaka KURODA
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Publication number: 20220009426Abstract: A door wiring module includes a door functional planar member and a wiring member. The door functional planar member is incorporated between a door panel and a design trim in a door of a vehicle. The wiring member is wired on a planar part of a main surface of the door functional planar member where a groove is not formed, and fixed to the door functional planar member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Housei MIZUNO
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Patent number: 11222763Abstract: A temperature fuse is ring-shaped and includes an insulation portion and a conductive portion arranged on an inner side and an outer side in a radial direction, and the conductive portion is formed of a thermal fuse element. An electrical junction box includes: a circuit board on which a switching element is mounted; a housing body for housing the circuit board; a conductive plate connected to the switching element, a first hole passing through the conductive plate; a terminal that is shaped as a plate and faces the conductive plate, a second hole passing through the terminal; the temperature fuse interposed between the conductive plate and the terminal in an axial direction, and a shaft-like insertion body for being inserted into the temperature fuse, the first hole, and the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
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Patent number: 11223934Abstract: A road-vehicle communication system includes an in-vehicle communication apparatus and a roadside communication apparatus, the in-vehicle communication apparatus has a vehicle information transmission unit that transmits vehicle information related to a vehicle. The roadside communication apparatus has a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of data to be transmitted to the in-vehicle communication apparatus. A vehicle information reception unit receives vehicle information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication apparatus. A transmission data generation unit combines a plurality of pieces of data stored in the storage unit to generate a single piece of transmission data. A data transmission unit transmits the data generated by the transmission data generation unit to the in-vehicle communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Yuichi Kodama
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Publication number: 20220006667Abstract: A relay device system is a relay device system to be installed in a vehicle, the relay device system including a wireless relay device configured to wirelessly communicate with a communication device provided outside the vehicle, and a plurality of wired relay devices that are communicably connected to the wireless relay device, the plurality of wired relay devices each including a communication unit configured to communicably connect to an ECU for controlling an on-board device installed in the vehicle, the ECUs including an HMI-related ECU, a travel control-related ECU, and a self-driving-related ECU, the wired relay device that is connected to the HMI-related ECU and the wired relay device that is connected to the travel control-related ECU being arranged in a front portion of the vehicle, and the wired relay device that is connected to the self-driving-related ECU being arranged in a rear portion of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hiromichi Yasunori
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Patent number: 11214258Abstract: A yield amount of a vehicle is given notice of more accurately before two vehicles pass each other. In a driving assistance system, a yield amount calculation unit calculates a yield amount of a first vehicle on the basis of the width of the first vehicle, the width of a second vehicle, the current position of the first vehicle in the width direction detected by a first position detection unit, the passing position predicted by a passing position prediction unit, the road width at the passing position specified by a road width specification unit. The notification unit gives notice of the yield amount of the first vehicle at least in the first vehicle on the basis of the calculation result from the yield amount calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hiromichi Yasunori
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Patent number: 11211784Abstract: An output device outputs a DC voltage applied between a first terminal and a second terminal via the drain and the source of a semiconductor switch. The output device includes a conversion circuit configured to convert the DC voltage into a voltage of a predetermined polarity, irrespective of the polarity of the DC voltage. A booster circuit boosts the voltage that was converted by the conversion circuit and applies the boosted voltage to the gate of the semiconductor switch. The semiconductor switch is on if the voltage of the control terminal with respect to the potential of the first terminal is at least a predetermined voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Keisuke Wakazono
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Patent number: 11211735Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumotomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Kobayashi, Sunghyun Byun
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Patent number: 11198405Abstract: A configuration with which, even if the supply of power from a power supply portion ceases, the power from another power supply source can be instantly supplied to a power supply target is more easily achieved. In a backup circuit, a control unit causes a second voltage conversion portion to perform a voltage conversion operation in response to satisfaction of a predetermined first backup condition, and a power supply portion-side conductive path and an electricity storage portion-side conductive path are electrically connected to each other via a resistive portion when the control unit is causing the second voltage conversion portion to perform the voltage conversion operation. Furthermore, the control unit causes the first voltage conversion portion to perform a second operation in response to a predetermined second backup condition being satisfied when the control unit is causing the second voltage conversion portion to perform the voltage conversion operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazushi Shimamoto, Yuuki Sugisawa
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Patent number: 11196702Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device is an in-vehicle communication device that performs a relay process of relaying data between functional units in an in-vehicle network, and includes a communication unit that performs the relay process using correspondence information indicating a correspondence relation between an Internet protocol (IP) address and a media access control (MAC) address of one or more functional units, an address managing unit that generates the correspondence information, and an authenticating unit that performs an authentication process for the functional unit, in which the authenticating unit performs the authentication process for the functional unit in which an IP address and a MAC address are newly registered in the correspondence information by the address managing unit, and the address managing unit deletes the correspondence relation of the functional unit from the correspondence information when the authentication process for the newly registered functional unit is not successfullyType: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Ogawa, Hideki Maeda, Hirofumi Urayama, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
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Patent number: 11186157Abstract: Provided is a control device or a power storage device configured to efficiently increase the temperature of a vehicular power storage unit, while suppressing an increase in the size of the configuration. A control device includes: a holding unit that holds a power storage unit; a board unit in which one board surface is arranged on the power storage unit side; a charging circuit unit that performs charging operations of supplying charging current to the power storage unit; and a resistance unit, mounted on the one board surface of the board unit and disposed between the board unit and the power storage unit, wherein current flows in the resistance unit in response to a circuit unit performing predetermined charging operations, and the resistance unit emits heat at least toward the power storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kosei Maekawa
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Patent number: 11188107Abstract: An in-vehicle power control system includes a first load control unit and a power control device. In the power control device, switch units respectively switch the second conductive paths between an electrically connected state and a not-electrically connected state. A second load control unit predetermines types of switch units, and, if the second load control unit has received, from the first load control unit, a power reduction instruction in which a control method is designated by type, controls the switch units for each type thereof based on the control methods designated by type by the power reduction instruction.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Shinichiro Sato
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Patent number: 11180097Abstract: The present disclosure aims to reduce the changes that a control unit receiving power supplied from a power supply cannot perform control of a precharge operation even if the power supply voltage drops. In a power supply device, a reverse-flow prevention switching element is configured such that a plurality of semiconductor switching elements are connected in parallel with each other. The control unit, in accordance with a predetermined precharge condition being fulfilled, causes the second voltage conversion unit to perform the second voltage conversion operation by supplying a second control signal for switching to an ON signal and an OFF signal alternately to only some of the plurality of semiconductor switching elements constituting the reverse-flow prevention switching element.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuki Masuda
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Publication number: 20210358655Abstract: The wiring member includes an assembled wire made up of a plurality of bundled wire-like transmission members and a base member in which the assembled wire is fixed on the main surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daichi FUKUSHIMA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Housei MIZUNO, Miyu ARAMAKI, Kyousyou KOU
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Patent number: 11173856Abstract: A backup device for a vehicle performs backup of a plurality of drive sources based on power supply from a second power supply unit even when power supply from a first power supply unit stops and reduces the peak voltage necessary in the backup operation. In a backup device, when an abnormal state of the power supply from a first power supply unit is detected, a control unit instructs a discharge unit to intermittently apply a discharge current a plurality of times to each of a plurality of motors and controls a supply destination of the discharge current such that each instruction time period during which the discharge unit is instructed to apply the discharge current to one motor is shifted with respect to each instruction time period during which the discharge unit is instructed to apply the discharge current to the other motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hao Teng
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Patent number: 11173857Abstract: A control device for an on-board power supply unit includes a bypass conduction path that serves as a path for supplying power from a first position between power storage units in an on-board power supply unit to a second conduction path, a bypass relay that is interposed in the bypass conduction path, and a protective relay that is disposed between power storage units at a position farther toward a high-potential side than the first position. A control unit switches between first switching control for turning on the protective relay and turning off the bypass relay and second switching control for turning off the protective relay and turning on the bypass relay.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kosei Maekawa