Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11942771
    Abstract: A power distribution box assembly includes a lower cover and a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a connector housing and a dress cover. A wire bundle is routed from the connector housing through an opening of the lower cover. A retention feature is provided to prevent a cantilevered force generated by a bend in the wire bundle from dislodging the connector assembly out of position with respect to the lower cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nathan Like
  • Patent number: 11942769
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a protector for a wire harness that can suppress attachment of water to a surrounding electrical component. In a longitudinal direction X along the horizontal direction of the protector main body portion 11 in a state in which a protector is mounted in a vehicle, there is a first region A1 where an electrical component E is located below a protector main body portion 11, and a second region A2 where there is no electrical component E below the protector main body portion 11. A groove 21 that is open vertically upward is provided in an outer surface of the protector main body portion 11. The groove 21 extends over the first region A1 and the second region A2, and is inclined vertically downward while extending toward the second region A2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuguo Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240096520
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a first connector and a second connector respectively provided at opposite ends of a cable, protective members that are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the cable and cover the cable, a first fixing member that is provided on the protective member closest to the first connector and configured to fix the wire harness to a mounting target, and a second fixing member that is provided on the protective member closest to the second connector and configured to fix the wire harness to the mounting target. The cable is covered with the protective members in an entire region between the first fixing member and the second fixing member. End portions of each pair of the protective members that are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction overlap with each other to slide on each other, thereby forming a sliding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akito SUGAHARA, Shinya NAKAMURA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Shigehiro KASHO, Hiroto UJIHARA, Hiroki YAMANOUCHI
  • Patent number: 11937409
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic module including a housing case for housing a relay, a heat transfer sheet placed on an inner surface of a bottom plate of the housing case, a terminal provided on one surface of the relay opposing a bottom plate, and a crank portion in which a first flat plate portion electrically connected to the terminal and a second flat plate portion that is in contact with the heat transfer sheet are coupled in a crank shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Komaki
  • Patent number: 11936136
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing body, a lock arm and a sub lock portion. The lock arm and the sub lock portion lock a mating housing to hold the housing body and the mating housing in a connected state. The lock arm is shaped to project from the housing body and be deflectable and deformable. The sub lock portion is arranged at a position facing the lock arm in a deflecting direction of the lock arm in the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Iida
  • Patent number: 11936170
    Abstract: A wire guide device is to be arranged at an end portion of a cable guide, and is internally provided with an insertion hole through which a wire is passed. The wire guide device includes a first divided part and a second divided part that can be combined in a width direction that intersects a direction in which the insertion hole is formed. The first divide part and the second divided part include locking portions that are locked to each other in the combined state, division faces that are opposed to each other in the width direction, and restriction portions (vertical movement restriction portions, and slide restriction portions) that are provided separately from the locking portions and abut against each other to restrict positional shift of the division faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Isoda, Katsuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20240084425
    Abstract: The aluminum alloy in the cross-section of the surface layer region of the aluminum alloy plate contains a compound containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, zirconium, and titanium, and aluminum. The number of fields of view containing the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 ?m or more out of 10 fields of view extracted from the cross-section is 3 or less. In the cross-section, the number density of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m is 0.0010 per ?m2 or less, and the area ratio of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more is 0.1% or more and less than 1.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Toru MAEDA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Masashi FUJIKI, Akihiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11919458
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electrical wire; and a fixing member that fixes the electrical wire to an attachment target, wherein: the fixing member has: a bolt fixing portion to be fixed to a bolt of the attachment target; and a holder that holds the electrical wire, the bolt fixing portion includes: a side surface that opposes the attachment target; a bolt insertion opening provided in the side surface and into which the bolt is to be inserted; an engagement that engages, in an axial direction, the bolt inserted into the bolt fixing portion through the bolt insertion opening; and a biasing part that is provided on the side surface and comes into contact with the attachment target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11919459
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body that includes an electric wire, an exterior tube that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire, and a first path restrictor that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the exterior tube and is configured to restrict a path of the exterior tube; and an attachment that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the first path restrictor in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11912215
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body that includes an electric wire and an exterior tube that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; a first path restrictor that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the exterior tube and is configured to restrict a path of the wire harness main body; and an attachment that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the first path restrictor in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240063497
    Abstract: A wiring module is a wiring module that is mounted on a plurality of power storage elements. The wiring module includes busbars that are connected to electrode terminals of the plurality of power storage elements, flexible substrates that are connected to busbar-side connection parts provided at the busbars, a circuit substrate that is connected to the flexible substrates, and a protector on which the busbars, the flexible substrates, and the circuit substrate are placed. An upper surface of the circuit substrate is disposed above upper surfaces of the busbar-side connection parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MATSUMURA, Shinichi TAKASE
  • Patent number: 11909138
    Abstract: A terminal includes a male terminal and a female terminal to be connected to each other. The male terminal includes a tab having a circular cross-section. The female terminal includes a body portion having a connecting space S formed inside, the tab being arranged in the connecting space S. The body portion includes a resiliently deformable resilient contact piece and a pair of receiving portions. The resilient contact piece has a variable connection surface arranged toward a center SO of the connecting space S when viewed from a connecting direction. The pair of receiving portions are arranged on a side opposite to the resilient contact piece across the connection space S and have a pair of flat fixed connection surfaces inclined to spread toward the variable connection surface. An opening angle of the pair of fixed connection surfaces is constant in the connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Keishi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11904506
    Abstract: A connector (1) is provided with a plurality of connector terminals (3), core resin portions (2A, 2B), through nuts (4) and an outer resin portion (5). An opening (402) of a screw hole (40) located in an inner end surface (42) of the through nut (4) is closed by a nut facing surface (21A) of the core resin portion (2A). The outer resin portion (5) covers the core resin portions (2A), (2B) and the through nuts (4) with exposed surfaces (25) of the core resin portions (2A, 2B) and outer end surfaces (41) of the through nuts (4) exposed. Injection marks (51) at the time of molding the outer resin portion (5) are formed on a surface of a part of the outer resin portion (5) covering an opposite side surface (22B) of the core resin portion (2B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11908604
    Abstract: Provided is a composite material molded article including soft magnetic powder and resin containing the soft magnetic powder in a dispersed state. The composite material molded article is provided with a roughened region having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 3.0 ?m or more on at least a portion of its surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Nanbara, Takashi Takada, Kazushi Kusawake
  • Patent number: 11909142
    Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a male terminal 40 including a tab 42, a housing 20 for supporting the male terminal 40, a sealing space 32 provided around the tab 42 in the housing 20, a sealing portion 90 to be accommodated into the sealing space 32 while contacting the tab 42, and a pressing portion 100 for setting the sealing portion 90 in a compressed state by being located in the sealing space 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakai
  • Patent number: 11908613
    Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil; a magnetic core arranged inside of the wound portion and an outer core portion arranged outside of the wound portion; and a resin molded portion. An interval between the wound portion and the inner core portion differs in a peripheral direction of the wound portion. The reactor includes an electrically insulating material that is interposed in a location at which the interval is the narrowest, and a thick portion that is interposed in a location at which the interval is the widest and forms a portion of the inner resin portion. The proportion of the interval of the narrowest location with respect to the thermal conductivity is less than the proportion of the interval with respect to the thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamamoto, Kohei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11908598
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire with a water-stopping portion has excellent water stopping performance and forms quickly, and a wire harness includes the insulated electric wire. An insulated electric wire includes: a conductor wherein multiple metal material elemental wires are twisted together; and an insulation covering covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes an exposed portion wherein the insulation covering is removed; a covered portion wherein the insulation covering covers the conductor, the exposed and covered portions are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction; and a water-stopping portion wherein gaps between the wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. At least a portion of the water-stopping agent contacting the wires is made of a resin material that cures upon contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Araki, Toyoki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11908610
    Abstract: An inductor includes: a magnetic core; a conduction path penetrating the magnetic core; a pedestal portion including a core holding portion that holds the magnetic core, and support portions that support, when placed on a circuit board, electronic components at a height at which the electronic components can be accommodated on the circuit board side with respect to the core holding portion; and a shield portion that is provided on the circuit board side with respect to the magnetic core, and that shields a magnetic field generated by flow of electricity in the conduction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsuchida, Shigeki Yamane, Junya Aichi
  • Publication number: 20240057294
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit assembly having a novel structure capable of reducing thermal resistance in a heat-dissipating path and increasing heat dissipation while ensuring insulation between a heat-dissipating portion and a heat-dissipation target. A circuit assembly includes: heat-generating components that generate heat as a result of a current flowing therethrough; metal plates connected to connecting portions of the heat-generating components, and each having a heat-dissipating portion configured to come into thermal contact with an external heat-dissipation target; a case accommodating the heat-generating components and the metal plates, and having opening portions that expose the heat-dissipating portions of the metal plates to an outside; and an insulating film sealing the opening portions of the case and fixed to the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji YANAGIDA, Hiroki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20240054821
    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: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    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