Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited
  • Patent number: 10170805
    Abstract: An electricity storage module that includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal that protrudes from a side edge; and holding members that are attached to the side edges at which the lead terminals are provided and that hold the power storage elements, the holding members being provided with a fuse mounting portion for mounting a fuse that is to be electrically connected to the lead terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kuboki, Hiroki Hirai, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10027672
    Abstract: An access restriction device as well as an on-board communication system and a method for communication restriction, which prevent outside leakage of information caused by unauthorized access of malicious programs to an in-car network. The communication between the in-car network of the vehicle and an external device is performed by a security controller. The security controller can perform addition or update of a program involving processing for transmission and reception of the information. The security controller performs processing for restricting access to information of the in-car network performed by program execution according to an access authorization level of each program and an access permission level of each type of information. The security controller restricts the transmission depending on the access authorization level of each program and the access permission level of each type of information in case of transmitting the information to the in-car network by the program execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Noda, Satoshi Horihata, Hiroshi Okada, Naoki Adachi
  • Patent number: 9905832
    Abstract: Provided is a battery wiring module to be attached to a single cell group in which a plurality of single cells each having a positive electrode section and a negative electrode section are lined up, and to connect the electrode sections. The battery wiring module includes a connecting member configured to connect the electrode sections, and a protector by which the connecting member is held. The protector has a positioning section that is fitted to positioned sections formed in a single cell prior to the connecting member reaching the electrode sections when the battery wiring module is attached to the single cells. The positioning section is provided projecting farther to the single cell side than the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Inventor: Osamu Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9751035
    Abstract: At the beginning of a dezincification plant used in a dezincification step in a hydrometallurgical method for nickel, a decrease throughout the dezincification plant is controlled to prevent a decrease in production volume and a cake layer is formed on a filter cloth provided to a filter device inside the dezincification plant. At the beginning of dezincification plant, a slurry containing a formed zinc sulfide is supplied to a filter for filtration and separation, an adjustment is performed in which the flow rate of the slurry is increased to reach a target flow rate in a time T2 which satisfies the following relational expression 3×T1?T2?5×T1, where T1 represents the time between starting a slurry supply and attaining the target flow rate in the case of transferring the slurry at the maximum liquid transfer capacity of a pump configured to transfer the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mitsui, Satoshi Matsubara, Osamu Nakai
  • Patent number: 9708432
    Abstract: Provided is a (meth)acrylate and a radical curable material with which the sensitivity can be enhanced to improve the curability, the increase in viscosity can be suppressed due to good compatibility with various acrylate compounds, and there is no risk that the physical properties of the curable material are deteriorated. The (meth)acrylate has one or more structures represented by Formula 1 in the molecule, and when the (meth)acrylate is used for radical curing, the sensitivity is enhanced. In Formula 1, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a C1-C10 alkyl chain, R3 is either Formula 2 or 3, and R4 is an alkyl chain constituted by carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hase, Kazuo Nakashima, Makoto Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20170164488
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a first circuit board that includes electroconductive paths; a second circuit board that includes electroconductive paths; a terminal module including (i) a plurality of terminals that connect the electroconductive paths of the first circuit board and the electroconductive paths of the second circuit board and (ii) an insulative connecting member that connects the plurality of terminals; and a retaining member that retains at least one of the first and second circuit boards. The retaining member has a fitting portion into which the connecting member is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SASAKI, Junya AICHI, Kyungwoo KIM, Shigeki YAMANE, Takehito KOBAYASHI, Yukinori KITA, Tomohiro OOI
  • Publication number: 20170120868
    Abstract: In an on-board communication system, an on-board device transmits detection signals from a plurality of antennas provided in a vehicle, and a plurality of portable devices transmits response signals corresponding to the received detection signals. The on-board device performs position detection of the portable devices by receiving the response signals transmitted from the portable devices. Prior to transmission of the detection signals, the antennas transmit a processing start signal. The processing start signal and the detection signals are signals received in common by the plurality of portable devices. Each portable device includes a portable reception unit that receives the detection signals, and a portable transmission unit that, when the portable reception unit has received the detection signals, transmits the response signals, which include information corresponding to the received detection signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyo WATANABE, Atsushi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 9591774
    Abstract: An electrical junction box having a novel structure in which a cover is externally fitted and assembled to a main body provided with a circuit board. The electrical junction box enables water that has entered the cover from reaching the circuit board via a micro-gap between the main body and the cover. At least one of an outer surface of a main body and an inner surface of a cover that oppose each other in a state in which the cover is assembled to the main body provided with a circuit board is provided with a guiding drain groove for guiding the water in the horizontal direction using capillary action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuichi Anami
  • Publication number: 20170062881
    Abstract: An electricity storage module that includes a power storage element group obtained by stacking a plurality of power storage elements each having a lead terminal that protrudes from a side edge; and holding members that are attached to the side edges at which the lead terminals are provided and that hold the power storage elements, the holding members being provided with a fuse mounting portion for mounting a fuse that is to be electrically connected to the lead terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroki HIRAI, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Toshifumi ICHIO, Kenji NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9524821
    Abstract: A reactor that is small and capable of adjusting a coupling coefficient is provided. A reactor includes a plurality of coils obtained by winding a winding wire and a core that magnetically couples the plurality of coils to each other. The plurality of coils is arranged parallel to each other such that the adjacent outer circumferential surfaces are opposed to each other. The core may include: (1) a plurality of magnetic leg portions around which the plurality of coils are respectively disposed and (2) a pair of coupling portions that are disposed at both end portions of the magnetic leg portions and that couple the end portions of the magnetic leg portions adjacent to each other. The reactor may further include a coupling coefficient adjustment means that adjusts a coupling coefficient between adjacent coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9490551
    Abstract: A fitting-equipped electrically conductive sheet and a connection fitting configured to electrically connect to another member, in which both a low connection resistance and a high fixing strength are easily achieved. The connection fitting has a crimp section that is crimped to an edge section of the electrically conductive sheet material. The crimp section includes a pair of plate-shaped holding sections between which the edge section of the sheet material is sandwiched, and a folded-back section that connects them. One of the pair of plate-shaped holding sections has a band-shaped recess on an outer surface of an intermediate region between the folded-back section and the opposite edge section, the band-shaped recess being band-shaped by being more strongly crimped to the sheet material than other parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Jison Kimu, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Takuya Tate, Masamichi Yamagiwa, Akihide Kondo, Shigeru Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20160190712
    Abstract: A fitting-equipped electrically conductive sheet and a connection fitting configured to electrically connect to another member, in which both a low connection resistance and a high fixing strength are easily achieved. The connection fitting has a crimp section that is crimped to an edge section of the electrically conductive sheet material. The crimp section includes a pair of plate-shaped holding sections between which the edge section of the sheet material is sandwiched, and a folded-back section that connects them. One of the pair of plate-shaped holding sections has a band-shaped recess on an outer surface of an intermediate region between the folded-back section and the opposite edge section, the band-shaped recess being band-shaped by being more strongly crimped to the sheet material than other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya HIROOKA, Kouji FUKUMOTO, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jison KIMU, Hiroyuki MATSUOKA, Takuya TATE, Masamichi YAMAGIWA, Akihide KONDO, Shigeru OGIHARA
  • Patent number: 9118503
    Abstract: GateWay (GW) having a shape of a substantially-flat rectangular parallelepiped and including terminals on one wide surface or both wide surfaces, GWs are stacked on each other so as to connect first corresponding terminals while connecting second corresponding terminals. The corresponding terminals are connected inside each GW, and are connected with each other via a component for transmitting a communication signal through a communication line and via a relay processing section for executing a relaying process for the communication signal. By stacking GWs on each other, the function of a multi-bus GW can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Okada
  • Patent number: 9083137
    Abstract: Plural conductive plates extend from a transparent containing unit containing the photoelectric conversion device, plural electrical circuit components are connected to the conductive plate, and the conductive plate extending from the transparent containing unit is accommodated in a housing while the conductive plate is bent. At that time, the conductive plate extending from the transparent containing unit is coupled at two portions in an extending direction by coupled-fixing members made of non-conductive synthetic resin, the electrical circuit components are mounted between the coupled-fixing members and the conductive plate is bent at portions outside these two coupled-fixing members. In the case that the conductive plate must be cut to generate a floating point portion, a floating-point fixing member is provided for coupling and fixing the floating point portion to an adjacent conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Hayashi, Satoshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8598859
    Abstract: A first current corresponding to the drain-to-source voltage of a power MOSFET can pass through an FET; and a second current corresponding to a constant voltage can pass through an FET; a third current corresponding to the difference determined by subtracting the first current from the second current can pass into threshold setting resistors from the connecting point between FETs. Consequently, divided voltages at the connecting points between the threshold setting resistors varies directly with a voltage corresponding to the difference determined by subtracting the drain-to-source voltage of the power MOSFET from the constant voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Limited, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko Furuichi, Seiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8563878
    Abstract: The grommet disclosed includes a first diameter tubular section that allows a wire harness to pass through, and a second diameter tubular section that is provided on the first diameter tubular section. The first diameter tubular section is provided with an outer tubular section that extends in the axial direction. A projecting end of the outer tubular section is connected to the second diameter tubular section. A vehicle body latch portion is provided on an outer periphery or a resin inner of the second diameter tubular section. A grommet-pushing side of the first diameter tubular section is not secured to a wire harness. A grommet-inserting side of the first diameter tubular section is secured to the wire harness. The turning portion is deformed when the grommet is inserted into a through-hole in a vehicle body panel so that the first diameter tubular section is elongated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130119975
    Abstract: A current detector includes an electronic circuit board on which a circuit for processing a detection signal of a Hall element disposed in a gap portion of a magnetic core is mounted, and a spring member such as a coil spring that is made of a conductor electrically connected to a ground pattern on the electronic circuit board, and that is supported on the electronic circuit board and is in contact with the magnetic core. The magnetic core, a busbar for current detection, and the electronic circuit board on which the Hall element is mounted are held in a fixed positional relationship by an insulating casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Nakajima, Satoru Chaen
  • Publication number: 20130113463
    Abstract: A current detection device includes a bus bar for current detection. The bus bar for current detection is constituted by a conductor provided with a first portion penetrating through a hollow portion of a magnetic material core in a first direction in which a current passes and plate-shaped second portions each linked to both sides in the first direction with respect to the first portion, the bus bar for current detection formed such that a width of the second portion is greater than a maximum width of the hollow portion of the magnetic material core and a minimum width of a contour of a section in the first portion is greater than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Susumu Fukuyama, Hirokatsu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20130098679
    Abstract: Provided is an anticorrosive polyamide resin composition having excellent anticorrosive capability by possessing excellent adhesive strength to a polyolefin resin and a metal and excellent elongation. The anticorrosive polyamide resin composition contains a resin component that contains 70 to 90 mass % of a polyamide resin, and 30 to 10 mass % of an acid-modified polyolefin resin. A maleic acid anhydride-modified polyolefin resin is preferably used as the acid-modified polyolefin resin. Polypropylene is preferably used as the polyolefin resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Takata, Hideki Imamura, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Hironobu Rachi, Takehiro Hosokawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Akiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 8270138
    Abstract: An inrush current higher than a second anomaly threshold current ILfc passes through a power MOSFET 14, when a control signal S1 of low level is applied to a gate driver 28 so that the power MOSFET 14 and the like turn to a conductive state. A first forcing shutoff operation for the power MOSFET 14 is then prevented, because a first anomaly threshold current ILoc is set to an initial level higher than the inrush current. A fuse time counter 73 starts a count-up operation in response to the occurrence of the inrush current, and continues to increment its count value until a load current IL falls below the second anomaly threshold current ILfc. According to the count value, the first anomaly threshold current ILoc is decreased stepwise with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Limited, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited
    Inventors: Seiji Takahashi, Masayuki Kato, Masahiko Furuichi