IP Library Granted Patent US 8,645,023
Granted Patent B2
US 8,645,023 · App. 13/504,773 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Wire harness and electronic device control system

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Patent No.
US 8,645,023
App. No.
13/504,773
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness includes a standard connection circuit part which connects a standard electronic device and an ECU, and an optional connection circuit part which connects optional electronic devices and the ECU. The optional connection circuit part includes a communication connector which is provided to be connectable to the optional electronic devices, and an optional circuit which connects the ECU to the communication connector. The communication connector performs multiplex communication which multiplexes communication of the optional electronic devices and the ECU.

Claims (19)

1. A wire harness for communicably connecting a plurality of electronic devices which are mounted in a vehicle and an electronic control unit which controls the electronic devices, the wire harness comprising:

a standard connection circuit part which connects the electronic control unit and a standard electronic device which is mounted in the vehicle among the plurality of electronic devices; and

non-standard connection circuit part which connects the electronic control unit and non-standard electronic devices which are mounted in the vehicle among the plurality of electronic devices, wherein

the non-standard connection circuit part includes a communication connector which is provided to be connectable to one or more of the non-standard electronic devices, and a connection circuit which connects the communication connector to the electronic control unit, and

the communication connector is configured to perform multiplex communication which multiplexes communication of the one or more of the non-standard electronic devices which are connected to the communication connector and the electronic control unit, with the electronic control unit via the connection circuit, and

the multiplexed communications are received by the electronic control unit via one transmission line.

2. An electronic device control system which includes a plurality of electronic devices mounted in a vehicle, an electronic control unit which controls the plurality of electronic devices, and a wire harness which communicably connects the plurality of electronic devices and the electronic control unit, wherein

the wire harness comprises the wire harness as defined in claim 1 ,

the electronic control unit includes a standard electronic device control unit which controls the standard electronic devices, and a non-standard electronic device control unit which controls the non-standard electronic devices,

the standard electronic device control unit is connected with the standard electronic devices through the standard connection circuit part, and

the non-standard electronic device control unit is connected with the non-standard electronic devices through the non-standard connection circuit part.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the standard electronic device is directly connected to the electronic control unit via the standard connection circuit part, and

the non-standard electronic devices are indirectly connected to the electronic control unit via the communication connector provided in the non-standard connection circuit part.

4. A wire harness for communicably connecting a plurality of electronic devices which are mounted in a vehicle and an electronic control unit which controls the electronic devices, the wire harness comprising:

a first connection circuit part which includes a first wiring path directly connecting the electronic control unit and at least one first electronic device which is mounted in the vehicle among the plurality of electronic devices; and

a second connection circuit part which includes a second wiring path indirectly connecting the electronic control unit and second electronic devices which are mounted in the vehicle among the plurality of electronic devices, wherein

the second connection circuit part includes a communication connector which is provided in the second wiring path to be connectable to one or more of the second electronic devices, wherein the second wiring path includes a connection circuit which connects the communication connector to the electronic control unit and a connection line which connects the communication connector to each of the second electronic devices, and

the communication connector is configured to perform multiplex communication which multiplexes communication of the second electronic devices with the electronic control unit via the connection circuit, and

the multiplexed communications are received by the electronic control unit via one transmission line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2012
From: AOKI, YOSHIHITO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028121/0013 →