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Granted Patent B2
US 11,923,691 · App. 17/054,659 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Vehicle roof

Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamamoto (Mie, JP); Housei Mizuno (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H02J50/12H02J50/005H02J2310/40
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Patent No.
US 11,923,691
App. No.
17/054,659
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the invention is to make it possible to retain a wire for contactless energy transmission in a certain path with a simple configuration without using insert molding. A component for contactless energy transmission includes a base member including a flat portion, and a wire for contactless energy transmission, the wire being fixed onto a main surface of the flat portion while being arranged along a certain path.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle roof in which a component for contactless energy transmission is incorporated, the component comprising a base member including a flat portion and a plurality of wires for contactless energy transmission, each of the plurality of wires comprising a core and an insulating coating that covers the core,

wherein each of the plurality of wires includes a coil portion, the coil portion being incorporated in such a manner as to enable contactless energy transmission between the coil portion and a terminal device carried by a person seated on a seat, and

the coil portions of the plurality of wires are provided above a driver's seat, a passenger seat, and a back seat, respectively, on the single base member,

the coil portions are fixed to the single base member in a state in which each of the plurality of coil portions is fixed along a certain path that forms a planar spiral loop on the main surface of the flat portion of the single base member in a state in which the coil portions do not contact each other, and

a portion of a first wire of the plurality of wires crosses another portion of the first wire.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base member is a bendable member.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base member is a vehicle body component that is hard enough to retain a certain shape.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of wires further includes a first leading path portion connected to a starting end of the coil portion and a second leading path portion connected to a terminating end of the coil portion, and

the second leading path portion crosses the coil portion.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first leading path portions and the second leading path portions of the plurality of wires are led out from the coil portions toward a first corner of the single base member while not contacting each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, YASUYUKI; MIZUNO, HOUSEI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054337/0840 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-099250 · May 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210083519A1 · Mar 18, 2021