Abstract: A switch device is a switch device that relays data in an in-vehicle network and including a plurality of first communication ports which are connectable to a plurality of functional units in a vehicle, and includes a plurality of first communication circuits disposed corresponding to the first communication ports and capable of communicating with the functional units via the corresponding first communication ports, one or more second communication circuits different from the plurality of first communication circuits, a switching unit capable of switching a connection destination of each of the first communication ports between the corresponding first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a control unit that controls the switching unit such that a connection destination of a target port which is the first communication port serving as a target is switched to the second communication circuit when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A switch device installed in a vehicle is provided with: a switch unit configured to relay communication data between a plurality of function units installed in the vehicle; a storage unit configured to hold the communication data to be relayed; and a control unit configured to determine a state of the storage unit, and adjust, for each of applications, a throughput of the communication data to be transmitted from the function units, based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A metal member-welded structure includes: a Cu member; an Al member; and a welded portion formed by melting and solidifying each of materials of the Cu member and the Al member. The Cu member includes a Cu-based material containing Cu as a main component. The Al member includes an Al-based material containing Al as a main component and a plating layer that covers a side of the Al-based material, the side being close to a surface of the Cu member. The welded portion includes a sea-island structure in a vicinity of the surface of the Cu member. The sea-island structure includes: a plurality of island portions containing pure Al, and a sea portion interposed among the island portions. The sea portion has a eutectic structure having: a phase of an intermetallic compound of Cu and Al; and a phase of pure Al.

Abstract: A wiring member includes a wire-like transmission member and a sheet member. The wire-like transmission member includes a transmission line main body and a covering that covers the transmission line main body. The sheet member includes a wire holding portion that is directly fixed to the covering of the wire-like transmission member disposed on a main surface and holds the wire-like transmission member, and a covering breakage suppressing portion that is provided around the wire holding portion and is broken before breakage of the covering and peeling between the wire holding portion and the covering when a force for peeling is applied to the wire-like transmission member.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate adjacent to the first conductive plate without contacting the first conductive plate, a switching element including a first terminal connected to the first conductive plate, a second terminal connected to the second conductive plate, and an element body on which the first terminal and the second terminal. A circuit board opposes and is spaced apart from the second conductive plate. A cover has an open side and covers the switching element and the circuit board. The cover includes a partitioning plate that partitions an inside of the cover so as to form a first chamber. The element body of the switching element is arranged in the first chamber, a second chamber is formed inside the cover by the partitioning plate and the second conductive plate, and the circuit board is arranged in the second chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a program updating device, program updating system, and a program updating method for updating a program without imposing a load on a user. A program updating device (“PUD”) includes a communication unit transmitting/receiving information to/from an in-vehicle device operating on a software program, the PUD transmitting update information of a software program from the communication unit to execute update processing, further including: a determination unit configured to determine whether an operation switch of a vehicle has been switched from an on-state to an off-state; a state control unit configured to, if it is determined that the operation switch has been switched to the off-state, instruct to transition to a driving-prohibition state and hold an ignition-on state; and an update processing unit configured to start update processing based on the update information after confirming of a state is made.

Abstract: A determination device acquires first data and a plurality of second data that are related to a state of a vehicle and comprises a plurality of trained neural networks that are so trained as to estimate assumption data corresponding to the first data if any one of the plurality of second data is input; and a determination unit that determines correctness of the first data based on the estimation data respectively estimated by the plurality of trained neural networks and the first data.

Abstract: A reactor includes a coil, an annular magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit when the coil is excited, a plurality of divided reactors arranged in parallel, and a holding member that holds the plurality of divided reactors in a state in which the divided reactors are arranged in parallel at a predetermined spacing. Each of the divided reactors includes a coil unit that is formed of a wound wire and constitutes a part of the coil and a core unit that passes through the coil unit from one end of the coil unit to the other end and constitutes a part of the magnetic core. The core unit has an inner core portion inserted through the coil unit, and outer core portions that protrude from both ends of the coil unit and extend in a direction that intersects the inner core portion.

Abstract: A backup device includes: a charging unit that charges a second power source unit on the basis of the power supply from a first power source unit; a voltage detection unit detects the output voltage of the second power source unit; a vehicle speed information acquisition unit acquires vehicle speed information; and a control unit sets, on the basis of at least the vehicle speed information acquired by the vehicle speed information acquisition unit, a charging target voltage according to a setting method in which the voltage is set higher as the vehicle speed indicated by the vehicle speed information is greater, and causes, on the basis of the output voltage of the second power source unit detected by the voltage detection unit, the charging unit to perform the charging operation so as to bring the output voltage of the second power source unit close to the charging target voltage.

Abstract: With an illuminance adjusting apparatus, if automatic driving of a vehicle is being performed, a control unit determines whether or not an estimated time that it is estimated to take until the automatic driving ends is less than or equal to a reference time. If it is determined by the control unit that the estimated time is less than or equal to the reference time, a drive unit reduces illuminance of an interior light for illuminating an interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a communication apparatus, an analog circuit executes an analog process to a differential signal in a condition that a potential of a first conductor is a reference. A communication circuit receives, via a connection circuit, a differential signal obtained by the execution of the analog process of the analog process is executed and generates, based on the received differential signal, a signal with a reference corresponding to a potential of a second conductor. An inductor (a connection element) is connected between the first conductor and the second conductor. The connection circuit includes a circuit element other than a capacitor.

Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes an adhesive member, a wire-like transmission member, and an adherent. The adhesive member includes a planar base body having conductivity, a first hot-melt adhesive agent provided on one main surface of the base body, and a second hot-melt adhesive agent provided on another main surface of the base body. The base body can generate heat by induction heating using an induction heating apparatus. The wire-like transmission member is bonded to the first hot-melt adhesive agent in the adhesive member on a side of the one main surface of the base body. The adherent is bonded to the second hot-melt adhesive agent in the adhesive member on a side of the another main surface of the base body.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor in which a resin is sufficiently filled into winding portions. The reactor includes a coil having a first winding portion and a second winding portion and a magnetic core having an inner core portion and an outer core portion. The outer core portion includes a first groove portion and a second groove portion that are open to a coil facing surface opposite to the coil. When viewed from the axial direction of the first winding portion, the opening of the first groove portion is located at a first region between the outer circumferential contour of the first winding portion and the outer circumferential contour of the inner core portion that is disposed inside of the first winding portion. The inner resin portion and the outer resin portion are connected via the first groove portion and the second groove portion.

Abstract: A configuration with which a precharging operation of a capacitive component present on one side of a voltage conversion section can be performed and the current during the precharging operation can be controlled is realized more simply. An on-board power supply device includes a charge circuit section which is connected in parallel with a voltage conversion section between a first conduction path and a second conduction path, and which performs a step-down operation in which a voltage applied to the second conduction path is stepped down by a switch portion switching on and off and an output voltage is applied to the first conduction path. A control unit outputs a second control signal that alternately switches between an on signal and an off signal to the switch portion of the charge circuit section when a predetermined precharging condition is satisfied.

Abstract: Power storage modules and BM includes: a plurality of power storage elements; a circuit board that is configured to connect the power storage elements; a case that is made of a metal and is configured to house the power storage elements; and holding members and that are configured to hold the power storage elements, wherein the holding members include: the cap into which the power storage elements are to be fit; the fixing portion that is configured to be fixed to the case; and the resin elastic portion that is provided so as to be able to elastically expand and contract between the cap and the resin elastic portion, and is constituted by a resin.

Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a pair of wound portions that are arranged side-by-side; a magnetic core having inner core portions that are disposed inside the wound portions and outer core portions that are exposed from the wound portions; and gap portions each constituted by a portion of respective insulating members that are disposed between the coil and the magnetic core, the gap portions dividing the outer core portions in a direction in which the wound portions are arranged side-by-side.

Abstract: A power storage unit control device includes a discharging circuit that discharges from a power storage unit to a load, a control circuit that controls the discharging circuit, and a switching unit that executes a discharge prohibition mode in which discharge control of the discharging circuit by the control circuit is prohibited, if a stop signal based on an operation stopped state of a vehicle is received and a power source unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage, and executes a discharge permission mode in which discharge control of the discharging circuit by the control circuit is permitted, if an operation signal based on the operating state of the vehicle is received and the power source unit is greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor that includes a coil having a winding portion, a magnetic core having an inner core portion and an outer core portion, and a resin molded portion covering a surface of the magnetic core. The inner core portion is a single body having a non-separated structure, and includes a groove portion provided along a direction intersecting with the axial direction in a surface in the vicinity of an end portion of the inner core portion located in the axial direction. The resin molded portion includes an outer resin portion and an inner resin portion that covers the surface of the end portion of the inner core portion located in the axial direction and with which an inner portion of the groove portion is filled. The inner resin portion is continuous with the outer resin portion.

Abstract: A communication control device used in an on-vehicle communication system including an out-of-vehicle communication device being one of a plurality of function units provided in a vehicle and being capable of communicating with an external device outside the vehicle, and a switching device being capable of relaying communication data from one of the function units to another one of the function units, comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating a status of a queue for storing in the switching device at least communication data from the out-of-vehicle communication device; and a control unit that determines restriction of transmission of communication data from the external device to the out-of-vehicle communication device based on the status information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A coil includes a tubular winding portion formed by winding a wire, wherein the winding portion includes two coil recessed portions that are provided such that recessed directions toward an inner space surrounded by an inner peripheral face of the winding portion are opposite to each other.