Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies
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Publication number: 20200335898Abstract: Provided is a connector including at least one plate-like housing body, a plurality of groove-like terminal housing chambers each opened in an upper surface of the housing body and parallelly arranged, a plurality of connection terminals provided at ends of a plurality of electrical wirings and housed and disposed in the terminal housing chambers, respectively, and a cover part overlapping with the upper surface of the housing body to cover the terminal housing chambers, wherein an elastic locking claw, which allows each of the connection terminals to be inserted into each of the terminal housing chambers by elastic deformation and is locked to each of the connection terminals to prevent each of the connection terminals from coming out of each of the terminal housing chambers by elastic restoring, is provided to protrude from a bottom surface of each of the terminal housing chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenta ARAI, Yuya FUKAMI, Daisuke EBATA, Ryuta TAKAKURA, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Haruka NAKANO, Housei MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10811818Abstract: A wire holding structure (11) for wires (10) includes wires (10), a rubber plug (34) having wire through holes (35) having the wires (10) passed therethrough, a housing (22) externally fit to the rubber plug (34) and a wire cover (15) configured to cover the housing (22). The wire cover (15) includes an opening (24), and the housing (22) includes a lid (33) shaped to correspond to the opening (24) and configured to close the opening (24).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Tomohiko Kobayashi, Naomichi Kawashima, Takahiro Murata
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Patent number: 10812290Abstract: An on-vehicle communication system mounted on a vehicle comprises a first switching device, a second switching device and a third switching device each including a first communication port and a second communication port. The first communication port and the second communication port of the first switching device are respectively connected to the first communication port of the second switching device and the first communication port of the third switching device, and the second communication port of the second switching device and the second communication port of the third switching device are connected to each other. Each of the first switching device, the second switching device and the third switching device measures a reception signal quality for the first communication port of the device itself and a reception signal quality for the second communication port of the device itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 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: 10811810Abstract: A connector (10) in a first device is connected to a mating connector (80) in a second device while overlapping and fixing the devices. The connector (10) includes a terminal holding portion (30) to hold terminals (20). A flange (40) on an outer periphery of the terminal holding portion (30) is sandwiched between cases (60, 90) of the devices. A first seal (50A) is mounted on a surface of the flange (40) facing the first device and seals between an outer surface of the case (60) of the first device and the flange (40), and a second seal (50B) is mounted on a surface of the flange (40) facing the second device and seals between an outer surface of the case (90) of the second device and the flange (40). Mounted positions of the seals (50A, 50B) are aligned in an overlapping direction of the first and second devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Seidou Nishijima
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Patent number: 10811184Abstract: Provided is a reactor having a coil including a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion; an inner resin portion with which a space between the winding portion and the inner core portion is filled; and an end surface interposed member is interposed between an end surface of the winding portion and the outer core portion and includes a through hole into which the inner core portion is inserted and a resin filling hole communicating with an interior of the winding portion between the winding portion and the outer core portion. The outer core portion includes at least one recessed portion on the circumferential edge portion of the inner end surface opposing the end surface of the inner core portion, and the recessed portion is recessed inward with respect to the end surface of the inner core portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Seiji Shitama
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Patent number: 10811973Abstract: When a calculated duty obtained through a feedback operation is within a specific range, a duty outside the specific range is adopted without increasing a difference from the operation result. When a calculated duty obtained through a feedback operation is within a modification target range, an arithmetic unit of a DC-DC converter selects a predetermined value as a substitute and determines a usage duty based on the substitute. Whenever the calculated duty within the modification target range is obtained, the arithmetic unit updates a cumulative value by accumulating a value indicating a difference between the usage duty based on the substitute and the calculated duty. When a predetermined condition is met, the arithmetic unit modifies the usage duty by performing addition or subtraction on a part or whole of the cumulative value, and updates the cumulative value by subtracting the value used for modifying the usage duty.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Muneyoshi Yabuta, Takeshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10804714Abstract: Provided is a relay device that is able to supply a charging current to at least two electrical storage units from a power generator. In a relay device, a first electrical storage unit-side conduction path is connected between a power generator-side conduction path and a first electrical storage unit, and a second electrical storage unit-side conduction path is connected between the power generator-side conduction path and a second electrical storage unit. A relay unit breaks electrical continuity between the first electrical storage unit and the second electrical storage unit when a first switch unit provided on the first electrical storage unit-side conduction path and a second switch unit provided on the second electrical storage unit-side conduction path are OFF. A control unit turns OFF the second switch unit when the first switch unit is ON, and turns OFF the first switch unit when the second switch unit is ON.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Taniguchi, Hiromichi Yasunori
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Patent number: 10806058Abstract: Provided is a power distribution board including: a bus bar; and a heat dissipation member that is disposed on one side of the bus bar via an adhesive layer, wherein the bus bar includes a recess that is open to the adhesive layer side, and that is filled with a constituent material of the adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Munsoku O
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Patent number: 10806034Abstract: A circuit assembly 1 includes a semiconductor switching element, a main substrate, a plurality of bus bars and a sub-substrate that are overlaid on the main substrate, and a jumper wire. The main substrate includes a first insulating substrate and a first conductive path. The sub-substrate includes a second insulating substrate and a second conductive path, and is overlaid on the main substrate and arranged in the same layer as the bus bars. The jumper wire connects the first conductive path with the second conductive path. A plurality of terminals of the semiconductor switching element include a drain terminal 42 and a source terminal that are connected to the bus bar and a gate terminal connected to the second conductive path. A noise reduction element is mounted on the sub-substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Kita, Kyungwoo Kim
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Patent number: 10804622Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an electrical connection assembly includes preparing a connector (CN) in which each terminal (20) has a conductor connection surface (27a) exposed from an insulating housing (30), bringing parts of conductors and the conductor connection surfaces (27a) corresponding thereto into contact and connecting both while tension is applied to a wiring material (10). The method further includes fixing the wiring material (10) to the insulating housing (30) by bringing the wiring material (10) and the insulating housing (30) into contact with each other at the fixing positions separated in the longitudinal direction of the wiring material (10) from the parts to be connected and solidifying the fixing portions (34) of the insulating housing (30) after melting the fixing portions at the fixing positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Washio, Hiroki Hirai, Yasuo Omori, Toshio Shimizu
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Patent number: 10804639Abstract: A connector 20 to be fit into an open receptacle 13 of a male connector 10 includes a terminal 25 connected to an end part of a wire 22, and a housing 40 for holding the terminal 25. The housing 40 includes a lead-out portion 54 for leading out the wire 22 connected to the terminal 25 to outside, a protruding portion 46 protruding outward to face a tip part of the receptacle 13, an external fitting portion 50 projecting from the protruding portion 46 toward the receptacle 13 to be externally fit to the tip part of the receptacle 13 and expose an outer surface of a base end side of the receptacle 13, and a reinforcing rib 60A, 60B connected to the lead-out portion 54 and the protruding portion 46.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: AutoNetwork Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Hiromu Ootani, Takehide Teresawa, Youjirou Hashimoto, Kazuo Nakai
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Patent number: 10796811Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire composed of an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy contains more than or equal to 0.03 mass % and less than or equal to 1.5 mass % of Mg, more than or equal to 0.02 mass % and less than or equal to 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity, Mg/Si being more than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 3.5 in mass ratio, and the aluminum alloy wire has a dynamic friction coefficient of less than or equal to 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 6, 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: 10797420Abstract: When a terminal unit (U) is mounted into an accommodation recess (8 of a connector housing (1), a rear part thereof projects from the connector housing (1). A displacement restricting member (2) including positioning portions (16) is mounted on the projecting part. Since the positioning portions (16) are fit into receiving portions (15) of the connector housing (1) while being position in a direction intersecting with an inserting direction, a situation where the projecting part of the terminal holding member (H) is deformed is avoided even if a second wire (25) is swung.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
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Publication number: 20200312542Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core having a plurality of core pieces; and an inner interposed member interposed between the winding portion and an inner core portion of the magnetic core. An inner resin portion fills an internal space of the winding portion, the inner interposed member includes core holding portions holding the core pieces to be decentered relative to the inner interposed member when seen in the axial direction of the winding portion, a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on a displacement direction side is longer than a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on the side that is opposite the displacement direction side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI, Takashi MISAKI, Seiji SHITAMA, Shinichiro YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10778096Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to reduce the number of constituent components and accurately detect a current. A current detection circuit detects a current flowing through a DC/DC converter. A first output unit applies, to a third signal path, a voltage that corresponds to an output from a detection sensor, which has detected a larger current, out of a first sensor and a second sensor. Furthermore, the first output unit applies, to the third signal path, a voltage obtained by reflecting a voltage drop at the transistor or the transistor that is connected to the detection sensor, in the voltage output from the detection sensor. A second output unit applies, to a fourth signal path, a voltage obtained by reflecting a voltage drop that occurs between a base and an emitter of a transistor, in the voltage applied to the third signal path.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Kozuma, Yuuki Sugisawa
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Patent number: 10778696Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-mounted relay device, a vehicle-mounted communication system, and a relay program configured to prevent an unauthorized message from being relayed between networks. A vehicle-mounted relay device includes a plurality of communication units to which a plurality of CAN buses are connected and determines whether a message transmitted by any ECU connected to the CAN buses are authorized. If a message is unauthorized, then the vehicle-mounted relay device 10 gives, to the respective CAN bus connected to the communication unit receiving the message, a notification that the unauthorized message has been transmitted. The vehicle-mounted relay device prohibits further relaying of a message that has the same CAN-ID as the CAN-ID contained in the message determined to be unauthorized. Concurrently, the vehicle-mounted relay device gives, to the other communication lines connected to a communication unit, a notification that relay of the message is prohibited.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yukihiro Miyashita
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Patent number: 10777926Abstract: A multi-contact terminal includes a polygonal tube with side walls. Front resilient contact pieces extend from front ends of the side walls in a connecting direction to a mating terminal. The front resilient contact pieces are folded rearward by front folded portions and are to be brought resiliently into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the mating terminal inside the polygonal tube. Rear resilient contact pieces extend from rear ends of the side walls in the connecting direction. The rear resilient contact pieces are folded forward by rear folded portions and are to be brought resiliently into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the mating terminal inside the polygonal tube. The polygonal tube, the front resilient contact pieces and the rear resilient contact pieces are integral with one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Cruble, Junichi Mukuno, Shingo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10777346Abstract: A circuit assembly includes: a circuit board; an inductor that is disposed on the circuit board, and that includes a coil including a winding portion made by winding a winding wire, and a core member; and a heat dissipation plate that is disposed on the opposite side of the surface of the circuit board on which the inductor is disposed, wherein a through hole is provided in a region of the circuit board that corresponds to the inductor, and a receiving protrusion that penetrates the through hole and protrudes to a surface side of the circuit board on which the inductor is disposed, and that is in heat transfer contact with the coil and the core member is provided in a region that corresponds to the through hole in the heat dissipation plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchida, Shigeki Yamane
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Patent number: 10776017Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-mounted relay device that can suppress failures in reading/writing of data due to electric power shortage. The vehicle-mounted relay device determines whether or not reading/writing of data is possible based on the required amount of stored power in the electric power storage device and the remaining amount of stored power in the electric power storage device needed to read/write the data. If the remaining amount of stored power is equal to or greater than the required amount of stored power, there is no risk that the remaining amount of stored power in the electric power storage device may run short before the reading/writing of the data ends. Accordingly, if it is determined that reading/writing of the data is possible, the vehicle-mounted relay device causes an ECU, which is a vehicle-mounted control device, to start reading/writing the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yoshikuni Shimomura
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Publication number: 20200286648Abstract: Provided is a production method for an insulated electric wire that enables a sealant to permeate between elemental wires with efficiency and high uniformity when a water-stopping treatment is applied to the insulated electric wire using the sealant, and also provided is an insulated electric wire that exhibits an excellent water-stopping performance at a portion between the elemental wires where the water-stopping treatment is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Toyoki FURUKAWA