Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
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Patent number: 12087475Abstract: A wire harness includes a shielded electric wire that includes a first coated electric wire that includes a first core electric wire and a first insulating coating that covers the first core electric wire, an electromagnetic shield member that covers the first coated electric wire, a sheath that covers the electromagnetic shield member, and a shield member exposed portion from which the sheath is removed and the electromagnetic shield member is exposed, an insulating cover that covers the shield member exposed portion, and a waterproofing agent applied to the shield member exposed portion and permeated into the electromagnetic shield member. The waterproofing agent is in tight contact with an inner circumferential surface of the sheath and an outer circumferential surface of the first insulating coating. The cover covers a portion of the shield member exposed portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Arakawa
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Patent number: 12088042Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector with which it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of components. A retainer comprises a main body part having a plurality of through-holes through which a plurality of electric wires respectively pass, and a plurality of retaining parts protruding from the main body part and respectively retaining the plurality of electric wires. Each of the plurality of retaining parts has an elastic piece elastically deformable in a second direction crossing a first direction in which the retaining parts protrude. A plurality of supporting members are respectively attached to the outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of retaining parts. The supporting members each press the elastic piece against the outer peripheral surface of the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Masato Kamemura
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Patent number: 12077108Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the exhaust pipe; and a second wire to be routed on an opposite side of the first wire to the exhaust pipe, wherein the first wire has: a conductor and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor; and a metal tube housing the conductor and the insulation coating.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Naoki Seto
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Patent number: 12077109Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a wire harness support member that makes it easier to increase the range in which a position tolerance of a bolt can be handled. A support member according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a main body portion that includes a holding portion for holding an electric wire; and a bolt fixing member that is a separate member from the main body portion. The bold fixing member includes a fixing hole into which a bolt provided on a vehicle body side is inserted and fixed, and an insertion portion serving as a supported portion. The main body portion includes a groove portion that is formed along a direction that intersects an axial direction of the bolt (height direction), and the groove portion movably supports the insertion portion in the length direction of the groove portion (height direction).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Ando
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Patent number: 12080447Abstract: A wire harness according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first wire harness that includes a first electric wire, a first shielding member, and a first connector; a second wire harness that includes a second electric wire, a second shielding member, and a second connector; and a connection member that electrically connects a drain wire of the first shielding member and a drain wire of the second shielding member to each other. A drain wire drawn out from an end portion of the first shielding member on the first connector side is grounded. A drain wire drawn out from an end portion of the second shielding member on the second connector side is inserted into a vacant cavity of the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kenji Sugahara
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Patent number: 12081002Abstract: A wire harness including: a first electric wire; a first tube in which the first electric wire is housed; a clamp that holds the first tube; and a first tape having a surface that is less likely to slide against the clamp than a surface of the first tube, wherein the clamp is brought into contact with the first tape that is wound onto and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and is attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaya Fujikura, Takao Suga
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Patent number: 12081001Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wiring body including a wire-like transmission member and a sheet to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; a cover that covers the wiring body; and a buffer member, in which the wire-like transmission member includes a transmission wire body and a coating layer that covers the transmission wire body, the cover is a member harder than the coating layer, and the buffer member is provided at at least one end of the cover, and is disposed between the wire-like transmission member and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaki Mizushita, Ryusuke Kudo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano, Kenta Arai
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Patent number: 12080982Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a supporting member 11 including an opening open in a first direction D1, a terminal 12 supported by the supporting member 11, and a wire 13 connected to the terminal 12. The terminal 12 extends inwardly of the opening from an inner surface of the opening and extends to outside of the supporting member 11 through the opening. The supporting member 11 includes a pull-out portion 24 from which the wire 13 is pulled out. The wire 13 is pulled out from the pull-out portion 24 away from the opening along a second direction D2 intersecting the first direction D1. The supporting member 12 includes a first protection wall 31 extending along the first direction D1 between a tip part 12a of the terminal 12 and the pull-out portion 24.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kyoko Fukuyama
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Relay device, vehicle communication system, vehicle, communication method, and communication program
Patent number: 12081394Abstract: An information of a network to which a new function unit has been added is easily acquired. A relay device installed in a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect a new function unit being a function unit that is newly added to a network including an existing function unit being one or a plurality of function units; a relay unit configured to relay a frame between the function units; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the frame, relayed by the relay unit, between the new function unit detected by the detection unit and the existing function unit, function unit information that includes information regarding a network configuration of a layer of a lower order than an application layer, the function unit information being of at least one of the new function unit and the existing function unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Suyama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Yusuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go, Yosuke Shimizu -
Patent number: 12082384Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; an electromagnetic wave absorber provided on an outer circumference of a portion of the wire in a length direction of the wire; a protector that has an accommodation configured to accommodate the wire and accommodate the electromagnetic wave absorber; and a first fixing member configured to fix the electromagnetic wave absorber to the protector.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Fuchigami
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Publication number: 20240286563Abstract: A protector that includes a tube configured to cover an electric wire, wherein the tube includes: a base configured to extend partially around the electric wire in a circumferential direction; a first lid configured to be combined with the base to extend entirely around the electric wire in the circumferential direction; and a second lid provided at a position shifted from the first lid in a length direction of the tube, and configured to be combined with the base to extend entirely around the electric wire in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kanji ZAMAMI
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Publication number: 20240292513Abstract: A circuit structure that is for a vehicle and includes a relay having a plurality of terminals is provided. The circuit structure includes an insulating plate member, the relay being mounted on one surface of the insulating plate member, and a first heat dissipation plate member provided on the other surface of the insulating plate member. The insulating plate member is provided with a first through hole in which a first busbar connected to a first terminal of the relay is housed. The first busbar is in contact with the first heat dissipation plate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Hideki GOTO
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Publication number: 20240290521Abstract: A grommet including: a tube into which an electric wire can be inserted, wherein: a corrugated tube covers the electric wire, the tube extends so as to have a length in an axial direction thereof, the tube includes: a fastener provided in a portion of the tube in the axial direction and to which a binding band is fastened from an outer periphery of the fastener with the corrugated tube being inserted thereinto; and protrusions that are provided adjacent to the fastener in the axial direction of the tube, that protrude outward in a radial direction of the tube, and for which a protruding amount is set so that the protrusions protrude more outward than the binding band in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kanji ZAMAMI
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Publication number: 20240291832Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle device configured to transmit, in an in-vehicle network, messages to which identification information is added. The messages include a periodic message and an event message. The in-vehicle device includes: a creation unit configured to create the periodic message and the event message; and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the periodic message and the event message created by the creation unit. In transmitting the event message, after a waiting time elapses from a transmission timing of a previously transmitted message among the messages to which the identification information of the same value as that of the event message to be transmitted is added, the transmission control unit transmits the event message to which the identification information of the same value is added. The waiting time is longer than half a transmission cycle of the periodic message and is shorter than the transmission cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi UEDA
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Patent number: 12075463Abstract: A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects a new function unit as a function unit to be newly added to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; a generation unit that acquires function unit information of the new function unit detected by the detection unit and function unit information of the on-vehicle function unit, and generates, based on the respective pieces of function unit information, configuration information of a new network that is the network in which the new function unit is further included; and an acquisition unit that acquires, from a database in a storage device, feasibility information indicating feasibility of the new network and corresponding to the configuration information generated by the generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Yano, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Hagihara
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Publication number: 20240283676Abstract: A vehicle-mounted relay device for relaying Ethernet frames includes a plurality of PHY units corresponding to a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices, a switch unit to which the plurality of PHY units are connected, and a control unit configured to monitor operating states of the plurality of PHY units. The plurality of PHY units include a predetermined PHY unit whose operating state switches between a sleep state and an active state in response to reception of a predetermined control signal that differs from the Ethernet frames. When an Ethernet frame to be transmitted from the predetermined PHY unit has been detected during a period where the predetermined PHY unit is in the sleep state, the control unit executes switching control to switch the predetermined PHY unit to the active state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Darmawan GO, Tomohiro OTSU, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240278787Abstract: This in-vehicle device includes: an in-vehicle server capable of executing one or a plurality of sub-functions forming a subset of a function of an external server, the in-vehicle server being configured to use data received from outside and output subset information capable of replacing a part of the information; a function selection unit configured to select, in response to a fact that reception of the information from the external server has been suspended, at least one of the sub-functions executed by the in-vehicle server, in accordance with a priority based on a traffic environment; a reception determination unit configured to determine that the reception of the information from the external server has been suspended; and a vehicle inside-outside collaboration device configured to provide, in accordance with determination by the reception determination unit that the reception has been suspended, the subset information from the in-vehicle server to the driving support device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventor: Akihiro OGAWA
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Patent number: 12068502Abstract: Provided is a battery wiring module according to which a load that acts on module-side terminals accompanying expansion or contraction of battery cells can be reduced. A housing includes a wire accommodating portion for accommodating wires, multiple terminal accommodating portions for accommodating module-side terminals, and first elastic joining portions that join the wire accommodating portion and the terminal accommodating portions in an elastically-deformable manner in the direction in which the battery cells are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Ryota Mori, Hisayoshi Yaita, Masami Suzuki, Maya Nakasuka
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Patent number: 12065085Abstract: A harness component according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an electrical connection box, and a harness fixing piece included in a housing of the electrical connection box includes a first wall portion that extends in a length direction of a wire harness, the wire harness being arranged on an inner surface of the first wall portion; a second wall portion that is arranged outside of a lower end, which is an end portion of the first wall portion in a length direction of the wire harness, and is continuous along a lower end; and a bottom portion that extends outward from the lower end of the first wall portion and supports the second wall portion away from the outer surface of the first wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Ippei Nonaka
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Publication number: 20240275109Abstract: A connector disclosed in the present specification includes a connector body including an opening, two power terminals each including a through hole, and an interlock terminal. The two power terminals and the interlock terminal are disposed within the opening. Two tabs are provided on a side surface of the connector body, and each include a hole. In a plan view of the opening, the two power terminals and the interlock terminal are disposed such that a triangle connecting a center of the interlock terminal and centers of the through holes of the two power terminals is an isosceles triangle. The center of the interlock terminal corresponds to a vertex angle of the isosceles triangle. The two tabs are disposed in diagonal areas among four areas divided by a bisector of the vertex angle of the isosceles triangle and a straight line extended from a base of the isosceles triangle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuaki Ishiura, Masaya Murata, Yuki Wada, Keiichi Yoshida