Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20250151203
    Abstract: This transmission board production method is for producing a plurality of transmission boards from a panel having a copper foil on a surface thereof, the plurality of transmission boards each including a transmission path, the transmission board production method including: a resist formation step of forming a photoresist on the copper foil; an exposure step of irradiating the photoresist with light via a photomask; a resist removal step of removing, of the photoresist, either of a part irradiated with the light and a part not irradiated with the light; and an etching step of performing wet etching at a part, of the copper foil, exposed through the resist removal step, using an etching solution. The photomask includes a pattern for forming the transmission path included in each of the plurality of transmission boards, so that the transmission paths are along each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TANAKA, Yuta MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12294252
    Abstract: A busbar unit is provided with a busbar, a temperature sensor and a covering member made of insulating resin for covering the busbar and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor includes a thermistor element and a case for accommodating the thermistor element. The busbar includes a sensor holding portion for holding the temperature sensor. The sensor holding portion includes a first supporting portion having a first contact surface, a second supporting portion having a second contact surface facing the first contact surface and a coupling portion coupling one end parts of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The sensor holding portion holds the temperature sensor by sandwiching the case by the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The covering member covers outsides of the sensor holding portion and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Ito
  • Patent number: 12294182
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor. The housing includes a fitting hole into which the second outer conductor is fitted. The first outer conductor includes a first lock portion. In the state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face the back side in the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole. The second outer conductor includes a second lock portion that is locked to the first lock portion in the state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position. In the state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Takahiro Chikusa, Yasuo Imai, Ai Hirano
  • Patent number: 12294181
    Abstract: Technology of the present invention suppresses a decrease in the impedance of an inner conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 21, an outer conductor 41 that surrounds the inner conductor 21, and a dielectric 61 arranged between the inner conductor 21 and the outer conductor 41. The dielectric 61 includes a cavity 63 that extends in a predetermined direction and a locking hole 64 formed in an inner peripheral face of the cavity 63. The inner conductor 21 includes an inner conductor body 23 arranged in the cavity 63, and a locking portion 24 that bulges from the inner conductor body 23 and can enter and be locked to the locking hole 64. The locking portion 24 extends along the predetermined direction and is shaped as a double-supported beam whose upper and lower end portions are supported by the inner conductor body 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Ai Hirano, Takahiro Chikusa, Yasuo Imai
  • Patent number: 12294174
    Abstract: The present invention aims to stably arrange a ferrite core in a housing. A connector 10 includes a ferrite core 12, and a housing 11 including a receiving portion 20 that receives the ferrite core 12. At least one of an inner peripheral surface 23 of the receiving portion 20 and an outer peripheral surface 12A of the ferrite core 12 includes a protrusion (first protrusion 21, for example) that is in contact with the other peripheral surface so as to hold the ferrite core 12 within the receiving portion 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Okano, Takashi Nobukuni
  • Patent number: 12294173
    Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a connector housing 11 formed with a first cavity 16 extending in a front-rear direction, a first terminal 12 accommodated in the first cavity 16, a front mask 13 to be attached to a front end part of the connector housing 11, and a lid member 14 to be mounted on an upper surface of the connector housing 11. The front mask 13 is attached to the connector housing 11 from above. The lid member 14 at least partially covers an upper surface of the front mask 13. The front mask 13 includes a front cavity 35 extending in the front-rear direction. A front end part of the first terminal 12 is accommodated in the front cavity 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei Takagi
  • Publication number: 20250140033
    Abstract: A management device to be used in an in-vehicle network including a plurality of function units installed in a vehicle includes: a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the vehicle; and an allocation unit configured to change allocation of transmission bands of a plurality of logical paths between the function units in accordance with the state of the vehicle indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta OGATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hideyuki TANAKA, Junji YANO, Darmawan GO
  • Publication number: 20250140441
    Abstract: A wire harness configured to be attached to a vehicle, the wire harness includes: a wire; a first route regulator attached to the wire; and a second route regulator attached to the first route regulator, wherein: the first route regulator includes a first body and a first insertion opening, and the second route regulator includes a second body and a second insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Shogo NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12288970
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a busbar, a box main body in which the busbar is provided, and a cover that covers the box main body. The cover has an engaging part. The box main body has an engaged part that is engaged with the engaging part to combine the box main body and the cover. A recessed part is formed in an outer peripheral wall of a unit that is formed by combining the box main body and the cover. The recessed part houses a lock part that is formed by engagement between the engaging part and the engaged part. The recessed part has a depth dimension with which the lock part is positioned closer to a central side of the unit than an end surface of the outer peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Asuka Mori
  • Publication number: 20250132977
    Abstract: A central ECU serving as a communication control device is provided with a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor receives a change notification relating to a change of an intra-vehicle network communication setting from a center server; and determines whether or not new setting information of the intra-vehicle network that is required in association with the change notification is memorized at at least one of the central ECU and an Ethernet switch. When it is determined that the setting information is memorized at neither the central ECU, or the Ethernet switch, the processor requests the setting information from the center server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE, Ryo YAMANE, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Kenta OGATA, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Darmawan GO
  • Publication number: 20250132979
    Abstract: A central ECU serving as a communication control device includes a reception unit that receives a change notification related to a change in a communication setting of an in-vehicle network, a determination unit that determines whether or not an Ethernet switch connected to the communication control device is operable according to new settings information needed to accompany the change notification, and an inquiry unit that prompts a user to indicate whether or not to reflect the settings information in the Ethernet switch in cases in which the Ethernet switch has been determined to be operable according to the settings information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE, Yoshio ITO, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Kenta OGATA, Darmawan GO, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hirofumi URAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12284263
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes: an optical coupler; a first in-vehicle device group composed of a plurality of in-vehicle devices connected to a first end of the optical coupler; and a second in-vehicle device group composed of a plurality of in-vehicle devices connected to a second end of the optical coupler. The in-vehicle devices in the first in-vehicle device group are communicable with the in-vehicle devices in the second in-vehicle device group via a common transmission path in the optical coupler. The in-vehicle devices in the second in-vehicle device group are communicable with the in-vehicle devices in the first in-vehicle device group via a common transmission path in the optical coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Ueno, Susumu Takeshima
  • Patent number: 12284762
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a first conductive member; a second conductive member; and a holding member that is insulating and holds the first conductive member and the second conductive member; wherein the first conductive member has a first exposed surface exposed from the holding member, the second conductive member has a second exposed surface exposed from the holding member, the holding member includes an insulating portion located between the first exposed surface and the second exposed surface, and a conductive film covers at least a part of the first exposed surface and at least a part of the second exposed surface, while extending over the insulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Sasaki, Junya Aichi, Hiroto Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12283402
    Abstract: A suspension wiring module includes a suspension wiring member including a transmission line main body and at least one coating layer that covers the transmission line main body. At least one section of the suspension wiring member is defined as an exterior section that is provided outside of a cabin of a vehicle. In the exterior section, an arc-shaped groove is formed in an outer coating that is the outermost one of the at least one coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Murata, Kenta Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12283772
    Abstract: The detecting member includes deflectable and deformable resilient portions and the second housing includes an interfering portion for interfering with the resilient portions. The resilient portions have a deflected state attained by interfering with the interfering portion to be deflected and deformed, a returned state attained by being displaced in a return direction from the deflected state and a transition state for transitioning from the deflected state to the returned state. The interfering portion is provided with detection guiding portions. The detection guiding portions guide the detecting member to the detection position by sliding in contact with the resilient portions by a resilient restoring force of the resilient portions in the transition state of the resilient portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12283774
    Abstract: It is aimed to avoid making a movable arm portion difficult to deflect. A connector is provided with a male housing (10) connectable to a female housing (40), a sealing ring (15) to be mounted on an inner peripheral surface of the male housing (10) for sealing between the inner peripheral surface of the male housing (10) and an outer peripheral surface of the female housing (40), resiliently deformable movable arm portions (30) formed on the male housing (40), and stoppers (37) for restricting a movement of the sealing ring (15). The movable arm portion (30) includes a fulcrum portion (31) and a displacing portion (32) extending from the fulcrum portion (31) and displaceable in a direction intersecting an extending direction. The stopper (37) projects from the displacing portion (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Saito, Yuma Mamiya
  • Publication number: 20250125601
    Abstract: A power distribution box assembly for supporting a wire harness assembly having a connector includes a lower cover, a bracket and a clip. The lower cover includes a mounting portion having a first hole. The bracket is attached to the mounting portion and includes a second hole, a portion of the bracket is spaced apart from an outer surface of the lower cover. The clip engages the second hole of the bracket so as to attach to the connector to the bracket. The power distribution box assembly is configured to distribute power to the vehicle and provide a structure for mounting a component and mitigating the damage to the electric components housed therein due to an impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Max MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 12278027
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a base member having a holding surface; and at least one wire-like transmission member held on the holding surface, wherein at least one missing wire-like transmission member identification mark indicating at least one missing wire-like transmission member position is provided on the holding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Masaki Mizushita, Tetsuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12276672
    Abstract: An object is to further improve the waterproofness between an end portion of a wiring member and a resin molded part. Disclosed is a sensor device including: a sensor element; a wiring member connected to the sensor element; a first resin molded part that covers the sensor element and an end portion of the wiring member; and a second resin molded part molded separately from the first resin molded part and combined with the first resin molded part into an integral piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Masaharu Nakamura, Rieko Nagao, Hiroki Muramatsu, Koichi Kato, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Kyungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12278865
    Abstract: Provided is a relay device including: a relay unit configured to perform a relay process for a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of function units; and a relay management unit. The relay unit receives, from a function unit, a target frame. When a content of the target frame satisfies a predetermined condition, the relay management unit stores, in the target frame, position information which is information regarding a position, in the in-vehicle network, of a function unit as a request source of a service related to the target frame or a function unit as a request destination of the service related to the target frame, and outputs the target frame having the position information stored therein, to the relay unit. The relay unit transmits the target frame received from the relay management unit, to a function unit which is a destination of the target frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go