IP Library Granted Patent US 10,800,361
Granted Patent B2
US 10,800,361 · App. 16/198,666 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Circuit body for vehicle

Inventors: Masashi Nakamura (Tochigi, JP); Masahiro Furukawa (Tochigi, JP); Satoshi Enomoto (Tochigi, JP); Akiyoshi Kanazawa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/03B60R16/0207B60R16/0215H02G3/0481H02G3/081H02G3/086H01B7/0045H01B7/0853H02G3/00H02G3/18
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Patent No.
US 10,800,361
App. No.
16/198,666
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The circuit body has a loop structure in which at least part of the plurality of control boxes are annularly connected via the trunk line harness.

Claims (22)

1. A circuit body for a vehicle which is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to electrical components and communication of various communication signals with the electrical components, the circuit body comprising:

a plurality of control boxes separately disposed and configured to control input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal;

a plurality of trunk line harnesses, each of the trunk line harnesses is connected to and terminates at a respective pair of the control boxes; and

a plurality of branch line harnesses, each of the branch line harnesses being configured to connect a corresponding one of the control boxes to a corresponding one of the electrical components,

wherein each of the trunk line harnesses is connected to and terminates at the respective pair of control boxes such that the circuit body has a loop structure in which at least part of the plurality of control boxes are annularly connected via the trunk line harnesses,

wherein each of the control boxes includes a plurality of connector accommodation holes, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of connector accommodation holes has a different size from another one of the plurality of connector accommodation holes such that the size of the plurality of connector accommodation holes corresponds to a magnitude of current configured to flow through at least one of the plurality of trunk line harnesses and at least one of the plurality of branch lines harnesses connected thereto.

2. The circuit body for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the trunk line harnesses comprises a power line for transmitting electric power and a communication line for transmitting a communication signal.

3. A circuit body for a vehicle which is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to electrical components and communication of various communication signals with the electrical components, the circuit body comprising:

a plurality of control boxes separately disposed and configured to control input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal;

a plurality of trunk line harnesses, each of the trunk line harnesses is connected to and terminates at a respective pair of the control boxes; and

a plurality of branch line harnesses, each of the branch line harnesses being configured to connect a corresponding one of the control boxes to a corresponding one of the electrical components,

wherein the plurality of control boxes comprises a first control box to be disposed in an engine room of the vehicle and a second control box to be disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and

one of the trunk line harnesses that terminates at the first control box and the second control box extends through a member having a tubular shape,

wherein a wall is interposed between the engine room and the passenger compartment, the wall having a through hole,

wherein the member is configured to be inserted and fixed to the through hole, and

wherein only one of the plurality of trunk line harnesses connects at least one of the plurality of trunk line harnesses disposed at a right side of the vehicle body with at least one of the plurality of trunk line harnesses disposed at a left side of the vehicle body.

4. The circuit body for a vehicle according to claim 3 ,

wherein the member is a grommet.

5. The circuit body for a vehicle according to claim 3 ,

wherein each of the trunk line harnesses comprises a power line for transmitting electric power and a communication line for transmitting a communication signal.

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 Nov 21, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, MASASHI; FURUKAWA, MASAHIRO; ENOMOTO, SATOSHI; KANAZAWA, AKIYOSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047566/0436 →
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