Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Electric
  • Patent number: 10681826
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate unit that has a simple structure and is able to prevent water that has entered the inside from reaching a mounting surface of the substrate. The substrate unit includes: a substrate, a first casing member that supports the substrate, and a second casing member that is integrated into one piece with the first casing member and is provided on a mounting surface side of the substrate, wherein the second casing member is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes into a housing space that is defined by the first casing member and the second casing member and houses the substrate, and intersects a plane that extends along the mounting surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Tahara, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Munsoku O, Arinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10680127
    Abstract: This power generation circuit unit includes a wiring substrate and a plurality of power generating elements mounted to the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a first substrate (32E) and a second substrate (32F) to each of which the power generating element is mounted; and a coupling portion (33L) configured to couple the first substrate (32E) and the second substrate (32F) together. The first substrate (32E) can be disposed at least two positions of: a first position separated from the second substrate (32F) by a first distance; and a second position separated from the second substrate (32F) by a second distance being greater than the first distance. The coupling portion (33L) has an FPC (flexible printed circuits). In a state where the first substrate is disposed at the second position, at least a part of the coupling portion (33L) is twisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Toya, Takashi Iwasaki, Youichi Nagai, Koji Mori, Kenji Saito, Rui Mikami, Takeshi Yamana
  • Patent number: 10680571
    Abstract: A conductive path with noise filter that enables an effective reduction in a surge noise in a specific frequency band is provided. A conductive path with noise filter includes conductive path main, an insulating holder, inductors provided in the holder, receiving terminal fittings provided in the holder, insertion-side terminal fittings capable of being fitted to the receiving terminal fittings, a U-phase capacitor provided between the U-phase wire and the U-phase insertion-side terminal fitting, a V-phase capacitor provided between the V-phase wire and the V-phase insertion-side terminal fitting, and a W-phase capacitor provided between the W-phase wire and the W-phase insertion-side terminal fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Hirata, Takeshi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20200172027
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a sheet material, an electrical wire, and a holding part. The electrical wire includes a core wire and an insulating covering which directly covers a periphery of the core wire and is disposed along the sheet material. The holding part, at least a part of which intervenes between the electrical wire and the sheet material, mediates a bonding between the sheet material and the electrical wire by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Toyoki FURUKAWA, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Miyu ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20200172031
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a common power supply line whose one end is electrically connected to a power source; and a power supply branch part provided halfway through the common power supply line, wherein the power supply branch part includes at least one group of a power supply branch line branched halfway through the common power supply line and an overcurrent blocking part provided in the power supply branch line to enter a non-continuity state when current exceeding allowable current flows in the power supply branch line. A wiring module is a wiring module disposed along a fixing target member, and includes: a power supply flat wiring body disposed along a surface of a fixing target member; and a ground flat wiring body disposed along a surface of the power supply flat wiring body on an opposite side from the fixing target member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka NAKANO, Shigeki IKEDA, Daisuke FUKAI, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Motohiro YOKOI, Housei MIZUNO, Yuichi NAKAMURA, Kenta ITOU, Masaki MIZUSHITA, Susumu HIEI, Kohei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200176305
    Abstract: Provided are a group III nitride composite substrate having a low sheet resistance and produced with a high yield, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor device using the group III nitride composite substrate. A group III nitride composite substrate includes a group III nitride film and a support substrate formed from a material different in chemical composition from the group III nitride film. The group III nitride film is joined to the support substrate in one of a direct manner and an indirect manner. The group III nitride film has a thickness of 10 ?m or more. A sheet resistance of a group III-nitride-film-side main surface is 200 ?/sq or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ISHIBASHI, Akihiro HACHIGO, Yuki HIROMURA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Seiji NAKAHATA, Fumitake NAKANISHI, Takuya YANAGISAWA, Koji UEMATSU, Yuki SEKI, Yoshiyuki YAMAMOTO, Yusuke YOSHIZUMI, Hidenori MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200173888
    Abstract: A management system includes: a first wireless terminal device configured to acquire and transmit measurement information indicating a result of measurement for target equipment; a second wireless terminal device configured to acquire and transmit equipment information about operation of the target equipment; and a management device configured to acquire the measurement information and the equipment information and perform processing of extracting a part of the measurement information on the basis of the equipment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Daigo MURATA
  • Publication number: 20200172028
    Abstract: This on-vehicle communication apparatus is configured to communicate with another on-vehicle communication apparatus by using one differential signal line, and includes: a high-band communication unit configured to generate a high-band signal including communication information and output the high-band signal to the differential signal line; and a low-band communication unit configured to generate a direct-current signal or a low-band signal and to output the direct-current signal or the low-band signal to the differential signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro KAWAUCHI, Akihito IWATA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Yasuhiro YABUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200171581
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a WC1-x layer composed of a compound represented by WC1-x, where x is more than or equal to 0.54 and less than or equal to 0.58, the compound represented by WC1-x includes a hexagonal crystal structure, and a maximum point of a peak exists in a range of 31.2 to 31.4 eV in a spectrum diagram of a 4f orbital of a tungsten element obtained when measuring the WC1-x layer by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KOIKE, Yuki UEDA, Keiichi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200171582
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a WC1-x layer composed of a compound represented by WC1-x, where x is more than or equal to 0.54 and less than or equal to 0.58, the compound represented by WC1-x includes a hexagonal crystal structure, and a ratio 1(110)/1(011) of an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (110) plane to an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (011) plane in the WC1-x layer is more than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KOIKE, Yuki UEDA, Keiichi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200176148
    Abstract: A small-diameter insulated wire has a small diameter and high bending resistance. In a small-diameter insulated wire having a conductor and an insulating layer covering the conductor, a cross-sectional area of the conductor is 0.08 mm2 or more and 0.4 mm2 or less, the conductor is a copper alloy having a breaking strength of 815 MPa or more, a breaking strength of the insulating layer is 36.5 MPa or more, a thickness of the insulating layer is 0.1 mm or more and 0.2 mm or less, and a conductor pullout force for drawing the conductor from the small-diameter insulated wire is 9 N/30 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji HORI
  • Publication number: 20200177143
    Abstract: A differential amplifier circuit includes: a control current source supplying a control current; paired bipolar transistors; an a variable resistance circuit including: a series circuit of a first resistor and a second resistor having an identical resistance, the series circuit electrically connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of the variable resistance circuit; a first field effect transistor (FET) having a source and a drain being electrically connected to emitters of the paired bipolar transistors, respectively; and a second FET having a drain, a gate being electrically connected to the drain thereof, the gate of the first FET, and a control terminal of variable resistance circuit, a source being electrically connected to a connection node between the first resistor and the second resistor, wherein the control current source adjusts the control current to allow transconductance of the second FET to be kept constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SUGIMOTO, Keiji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10673178
    Abstract: A terminal block in which outflow of a sealing portion made of a rubber-based adhesive can be suppressed even when exposed to a heated environment, and the sealing properties can be maintained. The terminal block includes a housing having a resin portion, a bus bar, and the sealing portion. The bus bar integrally includes an embedded portion embedded in the resin portion, and a connecting portion projecting outward from the resin portion. The sealing portion fills a gap between the embedded portion and the resin portion. The sealing portion is made of a rubber-based adhesive. The bus bar includes a base material made of Cu or a Cu alloy, and an Sn-based plated layer made of Sn or an Sn alloy and partially covering a surface of the base material. The base material is exposed at a sealing region in contact with the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Katsufumi Matsui, Takashi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10668877
    Abstract: A switch device that includes a first input terminal that is connected to a first battery; a second input terminal that is connected to a second battery; a first output terminal that is connected to a first load; a second output terminal and a third output terminal that are both connected to a second load; a first conductive path that is connected to the first input terminal; a first switch that includes one terminal that is connected to the first input terminal via the first conductive path, and further includes another terminal; a second conductive path that is connected to the second input terminal; and a second switch that includes one terminal that is connected to the second input terminal via the second conductive path, and further includes another terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sato, Hiromichi Yasunori
  • Patent number: 10670814
    Abstract: An optical connector includes an optical fiber including a glass fiber and a resin coating surrounding the glass fiber; a ferrule having a flange outside the ferrule and holding, inside the ferrule, a portion of the glass fiber exposed from the resin coating at an end of the optical fiber; a plug frame accommodating the ferrule; and an elastic member abutting the flange and biasing the ferrule forward in an optical axis direction of the optical fiber to retain the ferrule inside the plug frame. The flange and the plug frame have a protrusion and a recess that allow the flange and the plug frame to be fitted to each other at the predetermined position. When the ferrule is moved rearward in the optical axis direction, the protrusion and the recess are released from each other to bring the ferrule into a floating state relative to the plug frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Morishima, Tetsuya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10672687
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die pad, and a first lead integrally connected to the die pad. A second lead and a third lead are arranged laterally away from the first lead. A semiconductor element including a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface adjacent to each other and a third lateral surface located opposite to the first lateral surface and adjacent to the second lateral surface, is mounted on the die pad. A plurality of first conductive members electrically connects the at least part of a main electrode pad to the end on the die pad side of the second lead. A second conductive member connects a control electrode pad to the end on the die pad side of the third lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshisumi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10673177
    Abstract: An electric device terminal apparatus includes: a housing having a fitting portion that can fit together with a partner member; a storage groove provided in the periphery of the fitting portion, on an end surface of the housing that faces the partner member; and a ring-shaped seal member that is provided in the storage groove and water-tightly seals a space between the end surface of the housing and the partner member. The storage groove is filled with a liquid gasket as the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jisung Kim, Kazuo Nakashima, Mitsuru Hirose
  • Patent number: 10672538
    Abstract: A composite cable in which noise generated by a ground wire is less likely to intrude signal lines even in the case where the ground wire is combined. The composite cable includes a plurality of wires, a separator which covers the outer circumference of the plurality of wires all together, and a sheath which covers the outer circumference of the separator. The plurality of wires includes a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of power lines, and a ground wire. The ground wire is isolated from the plurality of signal lines with the plurality of power lines interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kobayashi, Akira Kitabata, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10673154
    Abstract: A power storage module has a plurality of power storage elements whose electrode terminals, which include a positive electrode and a negative electrode, are arranged on an electrode arrangement surface, and a connection module that is mounted to the electrode arrangement surface of the plurality of power storage elements. The connection module has an insulating protector holding a bus bar, which connects adjacent electrode terminals of the plurality of power storage elements. The insulating protector has a front wall and a rear wall that intersect a virtual plane that is parallel to the electrode arrangement surface. The front wall and the rear wall are respectively provided with protruding portions, and the protruding portions that are respectively provided on the front wall and the rear wall engage with a plurality of extending portions that are provided on the electrode arrangement surface of the plurality of power storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Naoki Fukushima, Katsushi Miyazaki, Seishi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10673054
    Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to an electricity storage element group in which a plurality of electricity storage elements having electrodes are lined up includes a plurality of busbars to be connected to the electrodes and a plurality of accommodating portions in which the busbars are respectively accommodated. Each of the accommodating portions has an accommodating wall that is disposed around the busbar, and the accommodating wall includes a first adjoining wall and a second adjoining wall opposing the first adjoining wall. The first adjoining wall of one accommodating portion and the second adjoining wall of another accommodating portion are arranged adjoining each other. The first adjoining wall has a first locking portion that locks the busbar and an auxiliary wall that protrudes toward the second adjoining wall and covers the first locking portion from the second adjoining wall side. The second adjoining wall has an opening in which the auxiliary wall is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Seishi Kimura