Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited
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Patent number: 10723292Abstract: A vehicular high-voltage wire to be electrically connected to an in-vehicle high-voltage battery, the vehicular high-voltage wire including a core wire that is formed of a conductor and is to be electrically connected to the high-voltage battery, an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the core wire, and a cylindrical cover that covers an outer circumference of the insulating covering, wherein: the core wire, the insulating covering and the cylindrical cover are coaxially provided, and the cylindrical cover is formed by weaving a plurality of strands including a first strand formed of a conductor and a second strand formed of a reinforced fiber having insulation properties with a higher strength than the first strand.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITEDInventor: Masahiro Hagi
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Patent number: 10676053Abstract: A power source device that includes a first battery; a second battery; a power supply line that supplies power to a plurality of loads; a power source line that connects the first battery and the power supply line; a first fuse that is connected between the power source line and the power supply line; a fuse portion whose current capacity is made smaller or larger than a current capacity of the first fuse depending on whether a potential of the power source line is higher or lower than a reference potential; and a first switch that is connected between the second battery and the fuse portion, and is connected to the power supply line via the fuse portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kosei Maekawa
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Publication number: 20200156566Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member includes an electrically conductive shield pipe, a braided member obtained by braiding metal strands into a tubular shape, and a first coupling member that is ring-shaped and arranged on the outer circumferential surface of a portion of the braided member that has been fitted around the shield pipe. The first coupling member is configured to couple the braided member to the shield pipe by constricting the braided member circumferentially inward, and is made of a different type of metal from the braided member. Also, an insulating film is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the first coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Hirotaka BABA
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Patent number: 10615580Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electrical wire; a rod-shaped rigidity body, which is fixed to a portion of the electrical wire along a lengthwise direction of the electrical wire, to provide the portion of the electrical wire with rigidity; and a corrugated tube covering the electrical wire and entirely covering the rigidity body.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Kouji Fukumoto, Masaharu Suetani
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Publication number: 20200076129Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuta KITAHARA, Hirotaka BABA
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Publication number: 20200075195Abstract: Conductive wires that constitute a shielding braided member each include a core wire that is made up of insulating reinforced fibers, and a sheath member that is made of a metal material that covers the outer circumferential surface of the core wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Hirotaka BABA, Yuta KITAHARA
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Patent number: 10468200Abstract: A power supply device that includes a plurality of capacitors including a plurality of lead terminals; a circuit board including a conductive path; a relay terminal configured to connect the lead terminals to the conductive path of the circuit board; and a cover configured to cover the plurality of lead terminals of the plurality of capacitors, wherein the plurality of capacitors are oriented such that the respective lead terminals are disposed on an inner side, and the relay terminal includes a plurality of pressure contacts configured to come into pressure contact with a plurality of lead terminals of the plurality of capacitors, the lead terminals having the same potential, and a board connector configured to be connected to the conductive path of the circuit board, a number of the board connector being smaller than a number of the plurality of pressure contacts.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kyohei Morita, Tatsuya Sumida
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Publication number: 20190299885Abstract: A vehicular high-voltage wire to be electrically connected to an in-vehicle high-voltage battery, the vehicular high-voltage wire including a core wire that is formed of a conductor and is to be electrically connected to the high-voltage battery, an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the core wire, and a cylindrical cover that covers an outer circumference of the insulating covering, wherein: the core wire, the insulating covering and the cylindrical cover are coaxially provided, and the cylindrical cover is formed by weaving a plurality of strands including a first strand formed of a conductor and a second strand formed of a reinforced fiber having insulation properties with a higher strength than the first strand.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITEDInventor: Masahiro HAGI
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Publication number: 20190299884Abstract: A wire harness that includes a plurality of wires that include a plus high-voltage wire and a minus high-voltage wire, the plus high-voltage wire and the minus high-voltage wire being configured to be electrically connected to an in-vehicle high-voltage battery; a sheathing material for collectively enclosing the plurality of wires, the sheathing material being tube-shaped; and a cover that covers an outer periphery of the sheathing material, the cover being tube-shaped and made of an insulating reinforced fiber, wherein the sheathing material includes a metal pipe having a bend that is bent along a wiring line, and wherein the cover is provided in an area at least including the bend of the metal pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITEDInventor: Masahiro HAGI
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Publication number: 20190273367Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electrical wire; a rod-shaped rigidity body, which is fixed to a portion of the electrical wire along a lengthwise direction of the electrical wire, to provide the portion of the electrical wire with rigidity; and a corrugated tube covering the electrical wire and entirely covering the rigidity body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Masaharu SUETANI
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Publication number: 20190206604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki TSUCHIDA, Shigeki YAMANE, Hirotoshi MAEDA, Takuya OTA, Junya AICHI
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Patent number: 10297998Abstract: An electrical junction box that includes a circuit board on which a coil element is installed; a partition wall that surrounds the coil element and separates an installation region on the circuit board on which the coil element is installed from a region around the installation region; a frame that is formed in one piece with the partition wall and surrounds the circuit board; a heat dissipation plate on which the circuit board and the frame are placed; and a cover that covers the circuit board from the frame side, wherein the coil element is fixed to the partition wall using a synthetic resin material, and wherein the frame and the heat dissipation plate are positioned relative to each other through a recess-projection engagement, and the cover is fixed to the heat dissipation plate using screws.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchida, Shigeki Yamane, Hirotoshi Maeda, Takuya Ota, Junya Aichi, Yoshihiro Tozawa
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Publication number: 20190118735Abstract: A circuit assembly where the circuit board includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface and on which a plurality of bus bars are routed, the inductor includes a main body and a terminal that is led out from the main body and has a shape that is bent toward the circuit board, and a leading end of the terminal is connected through a screwing member to a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars exposed from an opening provided on the circuit board, the screwing member is held in an insulating holder housed in a housing recess provided in the heat dissipation plate, and the heat dissipation plate is overlaid so as to transfer heat on the circuit board on the second surface of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuya OTA, Shigeki YAMANE, Hirotoshi MAEDA, Toshiyuki TSUCHIDA, Junya AICHI
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Publication number: 20190067925Abstract: An electrical junction box that includes a circuit board on which a coil element is installed; a partition wall that surrounds the coil element and separates an installation region on the circuit board on which the coil element is installed from a region around the installation region; a frame that is formed in one piece with the partition wall and surrounds the circuit board; a heat dissipation plate on which the circuit board and the frame are placed; and a cover that covers the circuit board from the frame side, wherein the coil element is fixed to the partition wall using a synthetic resin material, and wherein the frame and the heat dissipation plate are positioned relative to each other through a recess-projection engagement, and the cover is fixed to the heat dissipation plate using screws.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki TSUCHIDA, Shigeki YAMANE, Hirotoshi MAEDA, Takuya OTA, Junya AICHI, Yoshihiro TOZAWA
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Publication number: 20190039572Abstract: An in-vehicle device controls activation and deactivation of a monitoring device configured to monitor a suspicious person around the vehicle, and if a suspicious person is detected by the monitoring device, the in-vehicle device executes predetermined processing related to security of a user of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device includes a transmission unit configured to, if a motor of the vehicle is stopped, intermittently transmit a signal from a transmission antennas with which the vehicle is provided, a reception unit configured to receive a response signal transmitted from a portable device that has received this signal, and a controller configured to activate the monitoring device if the response signal is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kentaro TANI
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Publication number: 20190044257Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuo NAKASHIMA, Katsufumi MATSUI
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Publication number: 20190027295Abstract: A reactor that includes a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes a plurality of core pieces that are located inside and outside the winding portion, and one or more gap portions that are interposed between core pieces that are adjacent to each other; an interposed member that is interposed between the coil and the magnetic core; and a resin mold portion that covers at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the magnetic core without covering an outer circumferential surface of the winding portion so that the outer circumferential surface of the winding portion is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo HIRABAYASHI, Masayuki KATO, Takashi MISAKI, Seiji SHITAMA, Shinichiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190027304Abstract: A reactor that includes an assembly that includes a coil with a pair of winding portions that are arranged side by side, and a magnetic core; a sensor that acquires information regarding a physical value related to the reactor and outputs the information to an external device, and a sensor holder for fixing the sensor to the assembly, wherein the sensor holder is a member that is separate from the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi MISAKI, Kazuhiro INABA
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Publication number: 20190016303Abstract: Provided is a vehicle door unlocking system and an on-board control device that can ensure security when the vehicle doors are unlocked. The vehicle door unlocking system includes: a mobile device that is provided with an operation unit for accepting an operation to unlock the plurality of doors of a vehicle, and is configured to transmit an operation signal when the operation unit has accepted the operation; and an on-board control device configured to perform, upon receiving the operation signal from the mobile device, control to unlock the plurality of doors based on the received operation signal. The on-board control device includes: a detection unit configured to detect the mobile device, and is configured to unlock only a specific door of the plurality of doors provided on the vehicle upon receiving the operation signal from the mobile device without the mobile device being detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kazutaka NAITOU
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Publication number: 20190013144Abstract: Provided is a reactor including: an assembly that has a coil that has a pair of winding portions that are arranged side by side, and a magnetic core; a base member that has a mount plate on which the assembly is mounted; and a sensor assembly that has a sensor main body that detects a physical value related to the reactor, and a wiring portion extending from the sensor main body. The reactor includes a wire catch member provided on the assembly or the base member, the wire catch member allowing a part of the wiring portion to be arranged thereon, and a cable tie for fixing the wiring portion to the wire catch member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro INABA