Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited
  • Patent number: 11904781
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electric wire and a first tube in which the electric wire is housed a clamp that holds the first tube. The clamp includes a main body in which the first tube is housed, and a protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the first tube. The first tube is fastened to the protrusion with a fastener, and the protrusion has an inner circumferential surface opposed to the first tube, a first end located on one side of the inner circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, and a second end located on the other side of the inner circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. A height of the inner circumferential surface in a vertical direction continuously decreases from the first end to the second end in a state in which the wire harness is installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaya Fujikura, Takao Suga
  • Patent number: 11888277
    Abstract: A terminal to be coupled to a front end portion of an electric wire. The terminal includes a terminal body and a slider. The terminal body includes a holding section holding a core wire of the electric wire. The slider is movable in a front-rear direction between a first position and a second position that is on a front side with respect to the first position while the slider being fitted on a section of the terminal body including the holding section. The slider includes a pressing portion that presses the holding section toward the electric wire when the slider is at the second position. The slider includes a pressure receiving portion that is pushed from a rear side to move the slider from the first position to the second position. The slider includes a support portion that receives a force applied to the pressure receiving portion that is pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nungna Wi, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui, Shunya Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Patent number: 11776711
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a first wire bundle that includes a plurality of wires; a second wire bundle that includes fewer wires than the first wire bundle; a splice body; and a waterproofing cover, wherein: the wires of the first wire bundle and the second wire bundle each include a conductor and an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor, and each include an exposed portion at which the conductor is exposed from the insulating covering, at the splice body, the exposed portions of the first wire bundle and the exposed portions of the second wire bundle are bonded, and the waterproofing cover integrally covers the splice body, the outer surfaces of the insulating coverings of the first wire bundle, and the outer surfaces of the insulating covering of the second wire bundle with a resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Takata, Shintaro Nambara
  • Patent number: 11738701
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; and an outer cover into which the wire is inserted; wherein the outer cover is provided with a spring that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the wire. An outer cover into which a wire is to be inserted, the outer cover including a spring configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Tomoya Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11521781
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core that is disposed extending inside and outside the winding portion, and is configured to form a closed magnetic circuit; and a resin mold that includes an inner resin disposed between the winding portion and the magnetic core, and does not cover an outer peripheral face of the winding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Publication number: 20220161743
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a first tube in which the electric wire is housed; and a clamp that holds the first tube, wherein: the clamp includes a main body in which the first tube is housed, and a protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the first tube, the first tube being fastened to the protrusion with a fastener, and the protrusion has an inner circumferential surface opposed to the first tube, a first end located on one side of the inner circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, and a second end located on the other side of the inner circumferential surface in the circumferential direction, a height of the inner circumferential surface in a vertical direction continuously decreasing from the first end to the second end in a state in which the wire harness is installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaya FUJIKURA, Takao SUGA
  • Patent number: 11289261
    Abstract: A circuit assembly that includes an inductor including a core; a fixation member to which the inductor is fixed; a base that is attached to the core, wherein: the fixation member is made of a first material having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the core, and the base is made of a second material having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the core and smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the fixation member; and an adhesive layer that is disposed between the base and the fixation member, and that bonds the base and the fixation member together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchida, Shigeki Yamane, Hirotoshi Maeda, Takuya Ota, Junya Aichi
  • Publication number: 20220073016
    Abstract: A wire harness routing member that routes a plurality of electric wires in a vehicle, the wire harness routing member including: a base plate that is arranged below a floor panel of a passenger compartment; and a wire harness having the plurality of electric wires fixed to the base plate, wherein at least one electric wire out of the plurality of electric wires is a continuous electric wire with a first end extending from a surface of the base plate or an edge of the base plate and being arranged in a front space of the vehicle or a rear space of the vehicle, and a second end extending from the edge of the base plate and being arranged in the front space of the vehicle or the rear space of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki HIRAI, Ryoya OKAMOTO, Taiji YANAGIDA
  • Patent number: 11192509
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of wires each including a core wire and an insulative covering that covers an outer periphery of the core wire; a plurality of protective tubes into which the plurality of wires are respectively inserted, and which are each formed independently; and a fixing member that gathers together and fixes the plurality of protective tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11183791
    Abstract: A wire harness including an electric wire that has a core wire and a core wire coating that coats the core wire, a connector that is attached to an end of the electric wire, and a seal that is interposed between the electric wire and the connector, wherein a tube with a modulus of elasticity higher than that of the core wire coating, and an outer coating that coats the tube from an outer side are provided between the electric wire and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kawaguchi, Masaharu Suetani
  • Patent number: 11177601
    Abstract: A terminal, including: a conductor made of a metal material, the conductor being in a form of a plate and being provided with a contact point to be conductively connected to a mating terminal; and a spring formed to be thinner than the conductor and resiliently deformable and provided with a mount mounted on the conductor and a cantilever cantilevered from the mount and relatively displaceable with respect to the conductor, the mating terminal being resiliently held in contact with the contact point by being pressed by the cantilever, a tip of the mating terminal being disposed between the mount and the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitaoka, Junichi Mukuno
  • Publication number: 20210159641
    Abstract: A lever-type connector including a female terminal, a female housing, a contact pressure applying member attached to the female housing from a front side in a fitting direction and can be moved between a low contact pressure position at which the female terminal is brought into contact with a male terminal with low contact pressure and a high contact pressure position that is located on a rear side in the fitting direction with respect to the low contact pressure position and at which the female terminal is brought into contact with the male terminal with high contact pressure due to application of contact pressure to the female terminal. A lever is movably attached to the female housing to move the contact pressure applying member from the low to the high position after the completion of fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toru SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210053514
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire that includes a conductor and an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor, and that includes an exposed portion at which the conductor is exposed from the insulating covering; and a waterproofing cover that integrally covers the exposed portion and an outer surface of the insulating covering with a resin material, wherein a covering length, which is a length of a region in which the waterproofing cover covers the insulating covering, is greater than or equal to a length at which a maximum thermal stress at an edge of the waterproofing cover that is in contact with the insulating covering is equal to an adhesive strength of the resin material with respect to the insulating covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka TAKATA, Shintaro NAMBARA
  • Patent number: 10930413
    Abstract: A shield connection structure that includes a tube made of metal; a flexible shield made of metal; and a ring that includes an inner ring externally fitted onto the tube and an outer ring, the ring being made of a same type of metal as the flexible shield, wherein the flexible shield is electrically connected to the tube via the ring when sandwiched between the inner ring and the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10854353
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electrical wire that includes a terminal fitting; an electrical wire that includes a conductor surrounded by an insulation covering and is electrically connected to the terminal fitting in an electrical connection; and a resin cover that is made of a resin material and covers the electrical connection, wherein the resin cover is in contact with the terminal fitting and the insulation covering, a tensile shear adhesion strength between the resin cover and the terminal fitting is 1.0 MPa or higher, and a tensile shear adhesion strength between the resin cover and the insulation covering is 0.5 MPa or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamashita, Tetsuya Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yamano, Junichi Ono, Takaaki Ito
  • Patent number: 10818411
    Abstract: A wire conductor has a plurality of elemental wires made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, which are stranded with each other and arranged, in cross-section intersecting an axial direction of the wire conductor, in which one or a plurality of virtual elemental wires are removed from an outer peripheral portion of a virtual cross-section represented by a maximum number of virtual elemental wires accommodated in a circumscribing figure approximated by a regular hexagon, the virtual elemental wires having a same diameter as the elemental wires. The wire conductor includes a plurality of slave strands, each being a strand of the plurality of elemental wires, a maximum diameter cross-sectional area ratio is 0.63 or higher that is calculated by dividing a cross-sectional area of the wire conductor by an area of a circle having a diameter equal to a maximum value of an outer diameter of the wire conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanori Wakamatsu, Jun Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20200335901
    Abstract: A connector that includes a wire; a housing having a wire draw-out surface, the wire being drawn out rearward from the wire draw-out surface; a shield provided with a peripheral wall extending rearward from an outer peripheral position of the wire draw-out surface and a rear wall extending in a diameter reducing direction from a rear end of the peripheral wall; and a water stop having a housing sealing surface and a wire sealing surface provided to intersect each other, the rear wall of the shield contacting the water stop to bring the housing sealing surface into contact with the wire draw-out surface, the peripheral wall of the shield directly contacting the water stop to bring the wire sealing surface into contact with the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMADA, Hirotaka BABA, Junichi MUKUNO
  • Patent number: 10811822
    Abstract: A service plug includes a body portion including a pair of power bus bars that are connected to a power supply circuit by being connected to a first terminal of a connector, a switching lever portion including an interlock terminal that brings the power supply circuit into a closed state when being in a state of conduction with a second terminal of the connector, and brings the power supply circuit into an open state when being in a state of non-conduction with the second terminal of the connector, and a power interruption portion that brings the interlock terminal 32 of the switching lever portion into a state of non-conduction with the second terminal to bring the power supply circuit into an open state by using an actuator that is operated in accordance with a collision detection signal for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Kitahara, Hirotaka Baba
  • Patent number: 10777918
    Abstract: A terminal block that includes a housing having a resin part; a bus bar integrally including an embedded part embedded in the resin part and a connecting part projecting outward from the resin part; and a seal sealing a gap existing between the embedded part and the resin part, wherein the seal is formed by an adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Katsufumi Matsui
  • Patent number: 10771034
    Abstract: A conductive path with noise filter that includes a plurality of conductive path main bodies; a plurality of insulating layers that surround respective outer circumferences of the conductive path main bodies; a plurality of conductors that are provided with the insulating layers being sandwiched between the conductors and the conductive path main bodies and form respective capacitors; a plurality of inductors that are connected to the respective conductors; and an electrical connector that includes a plurality of fitting portions into which the respective inductors can be fitted and that is attached to an electrical connection holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Hirata, Takeshi Aizawa