Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies
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Publication number: 20200366009Abstract: A terminal 20 includes a terminal connection portion 21 connected to a counterpart terminal and a board connection portion 24 connected to a conductive path 13 of a board 11. The board connection portion 24 has a plate shape portion 25 that is a plate shape. The plate shape portion is disposed behind the terminal connection portion 21 and is soldered to the conductive path 13 of the board 11. The board connection portion has a plate-shape first projection walls 28A to 28D that are bent from edge portions of a lateral direction side of the plate shape portion 25 and that project to an opposite side to the board 11 side. The plate shape portion 25 and the first projection walls 28A to 28D have a plating layer 37 that is formed on a plate surface of the plate shape portion and the first projection walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.Inventors: Takanobu SHIMADA, Hiroki HIRAI, Jyunichi ONO, Yoshio OKA, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Yoshiro ADACHI
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Patent number: 10840901Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a field effect transistor is prevented from burning caused by an electric current flowing through a parasitic diode. This semiconductor device has a configuration including: a field effect transistor including a parasitic diode; a temperature detector that detects a temperature of the parasitic diode; and a controller that determines whether the temperature detected by the temperature detector is higher than or equal to a first temperature, and turns on the field effect transistor if the detected temperature is higher than or equal to the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Katsuma Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 10842015Abstract: Provided is a conductive member including a busbar having a through hole, and a metal member fixed to the busbar, the metal member including a shaft portion passed through the through hole, and a first head portion at one end portion of the shaft portion, the first head portion having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the through hole. Since the metal member includes the first head portion, it is possible to increase the heat capacity of the metal member as compared with that achieved with a conventional conductive member that does not include the first head portion. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the heat dissipation of the conductive member using a simple configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yukinori Kita
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Patent number: 10840634Abstract: A wiring harness includes wires (10), terminal fittings (20) connected respectively to end parts of the wires (10), and a sheet (30) to which the wires (10) and at least a part of the terminal fittings (20) along which the wires (10) are disposed are sewn by a sewing thread (T). Accordingly, the wires (10) cannot be pulled singly. Further, if the wires (10) are pulled together with the sheet (30), a pulling force is dispersed to the wire (10) and the sheet (30) so that the pulling force on the wire (10) is reduced. In addition, since at least a wire arranging portion (23) of the terminal fitting (20) along which the wire (10) is disposed is sewn to the sheet (30) by the sewing thread (T), detachment of the wire (10) from the terminal fitting (20) is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Kojima, Yasuo Omori, Shunya Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20200355299Abstract: A support member includes a fitting part formed to be fitted to a rod-like member and a harness support part. The fitting part includes: a body part including a base part and a rotational part formed to be rotatably connected to the base part via a hinge, a state of which can be changed between a close state where the base part and the rotational part are fitted to the rod-like member and an open state where the rotational part rotates in a direction to be opened from the close state; and a rotational state changing part formed so that the state of the body part is changed from the open state to the close state upon receiving a pressing force from the rod-like member disposed in the body part in a state where the base part and the rotational part are in the open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Satoshi UJITA, Shigeki IKEDA, Daisuke EBATA, Kenta ARAI, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Housei MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20200353800Abstract: On an outer circumferential edge of a closing plate, an elastic fitting portion protruding to an outer side of an inner circumferential edge of a the service hole and fitting with the inner circumferential edge projects with a thickness larger than the plate thickness of the closing plate and extends in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential edge. The elastic fitting portion is provided with an inner circumferential edge accommodating recessed groove that opens in the center of a protruding end surface of the elastic fitting portion and extends in the circumferential direction to accommodate the inner circumferential edge of the service hole, and the inner circumferential edge of the service hole is clamped between a pair of elastic clamping pieces that face each other with the inner circumferential edge accommodating recessed groove interposed between the pair of elastic clamping pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Haruka NAKANO, Motohiro YOKOI, Shigeki IKEDA, Kenta ITO, Daisuke EBATA, Yuya FUKAMI, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Housei MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10833444Abstract: A terminal unit (30) has inner conductors in a dielectric (36) and is mounted in a first or second housing (10, 20). The first housing (10) includes a first locking lance (14), a front retainer (17) and a first accommodation chamber (13). The second housing (20) includes a second locking lance (22), a second accommodation chamber (21) and a side retainer (25). First and second locks (45, 54) are formed on a surface of the dielectric (36). The terminal unit (30) inserted into the first accommodation chamber (13) is retained by the front retainer (17) restricting deflection of the first locking lance (14) and the first lock (45) locking the first locking lance (14). The terminal unit (30) inserted into the second accommodation chamber (21) is retained by locking the first lock (45) with the second locking lance (22) and locking the second lock (54) with the side retainer (25).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
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Patent number: 10833446Abstract: It is aimed to provide a complex electrical connection device capable of efficiently shorting and connecting wires to each other by a compact structure. The complex electrical connection device includes first and second connectors (C1, C2). The first connector (C1) includes first shorting female terminals (TS1), mutual connection female terminals (TM1) and a first connector housing (H1). The second connector (C2) includes second shorting female terminals (TS2), mutual connection male terminals (TM2), a shorting female terminal (SA) having first and second male terminal portions (31A, 32A) capable of respectively connecting the first and second shorting female terminals (TS1, TS2), and a second connector housing (H2) for holding this shorting member.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui
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Patent number: 10830830Abstract: Provided is a battery monitoring device for a vehicle-mounted battery that can more accurately detect voltage in each location in the battery module and can protect a circuit if overcurrent and overvoltage occur. In the battery monitoring device for the vehicle-mounted battery, a power source line is electrically connected to a high voltage electrode portion, and is a path through which current flows from a high voltage electrode portion side without passing through a first fuse (first current interruption unit) of the high voltage signal line. The second Zener diode has a cathode that is electrically connected to the power source line and an anode that is electrically connected to another one of the plurality of high voltage signal lines than the high voltage signal line.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hayaki Murata
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Patent number: 10832851Abstract: A reactor is provided that can reduce or alleviate stress that can be applied to a magnetic core, and also has excellent manufacturability, and a reactor manufacturing method is also provided. The reactor includes a coil and a magnetic core that includes a plurality of core pieces and a gap member that is interposed between at least one set of core pieces, the magnetic core forming a closed magnetic circuit when the coil becomes excited. At least one gap member is a resin foam gap member that includes, in a contact region that comes into contact with the core pieces, a resin foam portion constituted by resin foam.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
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Patent number: 10833468Abstract: A method to manufacture an electrical connection assembly includes: preparing a wiring material (10) that has conductors and an insulation coating, and preparing a connector (CN) including terminals (20) each having an outward projecting portion (24) with a conductor connection surface (27a) and an insulating housing (30). The method proceeds by setting solder on the conductor connection surfaces (27a) and then removing the insulation coating covering parts to be connected from surfaces of the conductors by melting or dissolving the insulation coating. The method also electrically connects the conductors of the parts to be connected to the conductor connection surfaces (27a) by the solder by heating the parts of the respective conductors to be connected together with the solder while holding a state where the conductors of the wiring material (10) are arrayed at intervals from each other in an array direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Washio, Yasuo Omori
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Patent number: 10825591Abstract: Provided is a composite material molded article including soft magnetic powder and resin containing the soft magnetic powder in a dispersed state. The composite material molded article includes a parting line corresponding to a parting surface of a mold for molding the composite material molded article, and an inner core portion to be arranged inside a coil. A peripheral surface includes surfaces along a circumferential direction of a magnetic flux excited in the inner core portion by the coil, and the parting line is formed to split a peripheral direction of the peripheral surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shintaro Nanbara, Takashi Takada, Kazushi Kusawake
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Patent number: 10822676Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire composed of an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy contains more than or equal to 0.005 mass % and less than or equal to 2.2 mass % of Fe and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity, and the aluminum alloy wire has a dynamic friction coefficient of less than or equal to 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
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Patent number: 10826204Abstract: A conductive member includes a conductive portion (13) in which conductive plates (12) are arranged at intervals in a plate thickness direction. An insulating portion (14) covers the conductive portion (13) and insulates between the plates (12). Each of the plates (12) has a penetrating connection hole (15) enabling electrical connection of each plate (12) to the outside. The connection holes (15) are disposed at positions displaced in a plate surface direction in the plates (12) and are exposed to the outside via open holes (17, 18) provided in the plates (12) and the insulating portion (14).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Yasuo Omori
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Patent number: 10826720Abstract: A switching device is a switching device mounted on a vehicle and includes a plurality of communication ports connectable to cables for Ethernet communication, a circuit operated by using power supplied via each of the communication ports, an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement result for noise of the power supplied via each of the communication ports, and a determination unit that performs determination processing for determining whether or not power to be supplied via a corresponding one of the communication ports is to be output to the circuit based on the measurement result for noise acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Hirofumi Urayama, Akihiro Ogawa, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
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Patent number: 10820432Abstract: A board unit includes a circuit board, a case for accommodating the circuit board and a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board. A power supply terminal connects a lead-out portion of the bus bar and a connection terminal of an electrical wire. A cover covers the power supply terminal, and has a side wall overlapping the outer side of a side surface of a peripheral wall portion of the case. A stepped surface against which a lower end surface of the side wall of the cover abuts is formed in the side surface of the peripheral wall portion of the case. An engagement protruding portion is provided in the peripheral wall portion and the side wall of the cover. An engagement recessed portion engages the engagement protruding portion. A tool-insertion recessed portion releases the engagement protruding portion from the engagement recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yuuichi Hattori
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Patent number: 10819099Abstract: Provided is a relay device that can switch conduction of a current flow path between power storage units on and off, and can suppress a decrease in the output of the power storage units if an abnormality occurs. A relay device includes: a conductive path; a switch unit switched between an ON state, and an OFF state; a coil connected in series to the switch unit; a first voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the conductive path at a position on a first power storage unit side; a second voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the conductive path at a position on a second power storage unit side; and a control unit configured to switch the switch unit to the OFF state if a value detected by the first voltage detection unit and/or the second voltage detection unit indicates a predetermined abnormal value.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kosei Maekawa, Hiromichi Yasunori
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Patent number: 10820406Abstract: A circuit structure includes a circuit board having a connection opening. An electronic component is mounted on a top surface side of the circuit board, and a plurality of bus bars are disposed on a bottom surface side thereof, the electronic component includes a plurality of connection terminals, and a connection terminal of the plurality of connection terminals is connected to a bus bar on the bottom surface side of the circuit board via the connection opening. The circuit structure includes a heat dissipation member provided on a side of the plurality of bus bars opposite to a surface on which the electronic component is connected, an insulating heat-transfer material having insulating properties and heat transferring properties, and a restricting member is provided between the plurality of bus bars and the heat dissipation member, and restricts movement of the insulating heat-transfer material caused by an increase in temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Takehito Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10819055Abstract: A connector of an electrical connection assembly includes terminals (20) corresponding respectively to wires (10) arranged in a wire arrangement direction, an insulating housing and connecting members (70) applied to the terminals (20). Each terminal (20) has a wire connection surface (27a). The connecting member (70) is made of solder and is fixed to the wire connection surface (27a) to electrically connect a conductor (12) of the wire (10) and the wire connection surface (27a). A surface of the connecting member (70) has a convex-concave shape including restricting portions (73, 74) for restricting displacement of the wire (10) with respect to the wire connection surface (27a) in the wire arrangement direction, thereby ensuring high connection reliability by stabilizing relative positions of the wires and terminals in the connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Yasuo Omori
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Patent number: 10819056Abstract: A female terminal (10) includes a female body (11) having a ceiling wall (12) and a bottom wall (15) facing each other. First contact pressure applying portions (20) apply a contact pressure by contacting a male terminal from the side of the ceiling wall (12), and second contact pressure applying portions (30) apply a contact pressure by contacting the male terminal from the side of the bottom wall (15). First contact portions (21) of the first contact pressure applying portions (20) and second contact portions of the second contact pressure applying portions (30) are shifted from each other in the front-rear direction. The contact pressure applied by the first contact pressure applying portions (20) is lower than the contact pressure applied by the second contact pressure applying portions (30).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Kitaoka