Patents Assigned to Autonetworks Technologies
  • Patent number: 11932151
    Abstract: Provision or non-provision of partitions is changeable in correspondence with the presence or absence of occupants in a vehicle. A partition opening/closing system is provided with a partition opening/closing determination unit and a partition drive unit. The partition drive unit is a drive device that drives opening and closing of partitions. Partitions are opened and closed between a plurality of seats provided in the vehicle. The partition opening/closing determination unit is a control unit that determines the necessity for opening/closing of partitions. Information indicating at least one of scheduled boarding and scheduled alighting of the vehicle by occupants is used in this determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shota Ushiro
  • Patent number: 11936493
    Abstract: Provided is an onboard apparatus configured to connect to an other onboard apparatus via a first transmission path and a second transmission path, which are transmission paths of different types, the onboard apparatus comprising a control unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit communication information to the other onboard apparatus, wherein the control unit, depending on contents of the communication information, selects at least one from among the first transmission path and the second transmission path as the transmission path to use to transmit the communication information and causes the transmission unit to transmit the communication information via a selected transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11936494
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device includes: an abnormality detection unit detecting abnormalities in in messages received by a reception unit receiving messages from one or more other devices; an estimation unit estimating normal information corresponding to information in which abnormalities have been detected; and a replacement unit replacing information included in messages received by the reception unit with information estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Kamiguchi
  • Publication number: 20240084425
    Abstract: The aluminum alloy in the cross-section of the surface layer region of the aluminum alloy plate contains a compound containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, zirconium, and titanium, and aluminum. The number of fields of view containing the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 ?m or more out of 10 fields of view extracted from the cross-section is 3 or less. In the cross-section, the number density of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m is 0.0010 per ?m2 or less, and the area ratio of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more is 0.1% or more and less than 1.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Toru MAEDA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Masashi FUJIKI, Akihiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11924960
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board on which a circuit component is mounted on one side, and a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the circuit component on the other side, and the circuit board includes a first heat conductive member that is provided inside the recess and conducts heat generated by the circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11923999
    Abstract: Provided is a management apparatus that assigns identification information to an onboard apparatus connected to an onboard network including a reception unit configured to receive, from an onboard apparatus, a request frame with identification information assigned including a unique ID for the onboard apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate a response frame including identification information allocated to the request frame received by the reception unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the response frame generated by the generation unit to the onboard apparatus which is a transmission source of the request frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 11920990
    Abstract: An in-vehicle temperature detection circuit includes a temperature detecting unit including a plurality of individual detecting units, each having a first resistor and a temperature detecting element connected in series between a first conductive path to which a predetermined source voltage is applied and a reference conductive path. A plurality of bipolar transistors are connected to a corresponding individual detecting units. A second conductive path is electrically connected to each of emitters of the bipolar transistors. In each bipolar transistor, a base is electrically connected to a third conductive path between the first resistor and the temperature detecting element of the individual detecting unit corresponding to the bipolar transistor. A voltage reflecting the lowest voltage among the voltages applied to the third conductive paths in the plurality of individual detecting units is applied to the second conductive path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Muraoka, Yuuki Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 11923121
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion disposed outside the winding portion; a resin cover housing at least a portion of the magnetic core; and an adhesive portion filling a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a housing portion of the magnetic core and an inner circumferential surface of the resin cover bonding the housing portion with the resin cover. The resin cover includes: a flange portion having a surface that comes into contact with an end face of the winding portion and a through hole; an outer cover portion having housing portion housing the outer core portion and an abutting portion that contacts a portion of the flange portion; and a protruding portion that forms the gap between an outer circumferential surface of the outer core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba, Masatoshi Koike, Yoshiki Numazawa
  • Patent number: 11916365
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, and a first insulator. A first end of an element is connected to a first main surface of the first conductive plate, and a second end of the element is connected to a first main surface of the second conductive plate. The first insulator includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion separates the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate from each other. The second portion is continuous with the first portion, and covers at least a portion of the first main surface. The first portion includes an end portion. The end portion protrudes from the second main surface to the opposite of the first main surface or from the second main surface to the opposite of the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11908613
    Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil; a magnetic core arranged inside of the wound portion and an outer core portion arranged outside of the wound portion; and a resin molded portion. An interval between the wound portion and the inner core portion differs in a peripheral direction of the wound portion. The reactor includes an electrically insulating material that is interposed in a location at which the interval is the narrowest, and a thick portion that is interposed in a location at which the interval is the widest and forms a portion of the inner resin portion. The proportion of the interval of the narrowest location with respect to the thermal conductivity is less than the proportion of the interval with respect to the thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Kohei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11908604
    Abstract: 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 is provided with a roughened region having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 3.0 ?m or more on at least a portion of its surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Nanbara, Takashi Takada, Kazushi Kusawake
  • Patent number: 11908610
    Abstract: An inductor includes: a magnetic core; a conduction path penetrating the magnetic core; a pedestal portion including a core holding portion that holds the magnetic core, and support portions that support, when placed on a circuit board, electronic components at a height at which the electronic components can be accommodated on the circuit board side with respect to the core holding portion; and a shield portion that is provided on the circuit board side with respect to the magnetic core, and that shields a magnetic field generated by flow of electricity in the conduction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchida, Shigeki Yamane, Junya Aichi
  • Publication number: 20240054821
    Abstract: A management device to be used in an in-vehicle network including a plurality of function units installed in a vehicle includes: a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the vehicle; and an allocation unit configured to change allocation of transmission bands of a plurality of logical paths between the function units in accordance with the state of the vehicle indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hideyuki TANAKA, Junji YANO, Darmawan GO
  • Patent number: 11898915
    Abstract: A circuit assembly that includes a circuit board, a switching element that is mounted on one side of the circuit board, a folded portion that extends from a peripheral edge portion of the circuit board and is folded towards the one side, and a temperature measuring device that is mounted on the folded portion and is in contact with the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11899043
    Abstract: Provided is current detection apparatus for detecting current flowing through a power supply path of a power supply control apparatus. The power supply path includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The current detection apparatus includes: a first and a second shunt resistor connected in parallel between the first and the second conductor, and a current detection circuit detecting: (1) current flowing through the first shunt resistor; and (2) current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and second shunt resistors. The current detection apparatus further includes an arithmetic circuit that calculates current flowing through the power supply path based on a correlative relationship between the current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and the second shunt resistor and current flowing through the first shunt resistor, and the current detected by the current detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Masayuki Kato, Shunichi Sawano
  • Patent number: 11901887
    Abstract: In a semiconductor switch, a resistance value between a current input terminal to which a current is input and a current output terminal from which a current is output decreases as a voltage of a control terminal based on a potential of the current output terminal increases. A booster circuit is disposed on a path extending from the current input terminal to the control terminal. The booster circuit boosts a voltage input from the current input terminal side and applies the boosted voltage to the control terminal. A switch is connected between the control terminal and the current output terminal of the semiconductor switch. The switch is switched off by power consumption. The power consumption stops and the switch switches on if the supply of power to the booster circuit stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Wakazono, Yuuki Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 11901825
    Abstract: An isolated DC-DC converter includes a transformer, a full-bridge switching circuit, a protective circuit, a control unit, an inductor, and an output circuit. The isolated DC-DC converter includes a first voltage detection unit that detects a voltage value between a first conductive path and a second conductive path, and a first current detection unit that detects a current value of the inductor. The control unit determines at least one of a first dead time and a second dead time on the basis of the voltage value detected by the first voltage detection unit and the current value detected by the first current detection unit, using a method that increases the dead time as the voltage value increases and reduces the dead time as the current value increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ibuki Kawamura, Takumi Uemura
  • Patent number: 11894714
    Abstract: Provided is a power source system that can more easily realize a configuration that can support a plurality of charging methods and supply a relatively high voltage and a relatively low voltage based on power from a battery. A power source system is a system that is to be installed in a vehicle including a travel motor, and into which a charging current flows via a charging path when receiving supply of power from an external apparatus provided external to the vehicle. The power source system includes a first conductive path and a second conductive path that are electrically connected to the charging path and branch from the charging path, a first relay that is provided on the first conductive path, and a first DC/DC converter that performs voltage conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kawakami, Masayoshi Hirota
  • Patent number: 11886855
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is a processing apparatus for a vehicle provided with a control processing unit that executes control processing for controlling an operation of an electronic device by executing a first program, and includes: an update determination unit that determines whether or not to update the first program; and a stop determination unit that determines whether or not running of the vehicle is stopped if the update determination unit makes a determination to update the first program, and, if the stop determination unit determines that running of the vehicle is stopped, the control processing unit executes the control processing by executing a second program, and a data amount of the second program is smaller than a data amount of the first program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Kamiguchi, Masayuki Inoue, Hiroshi Tateishi, Shinichi Aiba
  • Patent number: 11882484
    Abstract: A wireless communication includes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a vehicle and a processing unit that performs processing for communication, in which the processing unit determines a communication amount in wireless communication performed with one or a plurality of by the wireless communication unit, transmits communication amount information relating to the determined communication amount to the vehicle by the wireless communication unit, and receives data transmitted from the vehicle at a size corresponding to the communication amount by the wireless communication unit. The processing unit may receive the communication amount information relating to the communication amount in the in-vehicle network provided inside the vehicle from the vehicle, adjust the size of data to be transmitted to the vehicle according to the received communication amount information, and transmit the data with the adjusted size to the vehicle by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Chujo, Hiromichi Yasunori