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Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,429 · App. 16/293,219 · Granted May 19, 2020

Circuit body for vehicle

Inventors: Masashi Nakamura (Utsunomiya, JP); Masahiro Furukawa (Utsunomiya, JP); Satoshi Enomoto (Utsunomiya, JP); Akiyoshi Kanazawa (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
B60R16/03B60R16/0207B60R16/0238B60R16/0315H02B1/26H02H7/226
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Patent No.
US 10,654,429
App. No.
16/293,219
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness are configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes.

Claims (14)

1. A circuit body for a vehicle, the circuit body being mounted on a vehicle body to supply electric power from a power source to an electric component and to transmit a communication signal, the circuit body comprising:

a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body and configured to control input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal;

a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and

a branch harness connecting one of the control boxes to the electric component,

the control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness being configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other, the power circuit supplying the electric power from the power source to the electric component through the control boxes, the signal circuit transmitting the communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and at least a third one of the control boxes.

2. The circuit body according to claim 1 , wherein:

the power circuit is connected to a negative terminal of the power source through one of the grounding routes that goes through the vehicle body; and

the signal circuit is connected to the negative terminal of the power source through one of the grounding routes that does not go through the vehicle body.

3. A circuit body according to claim 2 , wherein:

the trunk harness includes a power line for transmitting the electric power, a communication line for transmitting the communication signal, and a signal earth line corresponding to a grounding route for the signal circuit; and

the branch harness includes a power line for transmitting the electric power, a communication line for transmitting the communication signal, a signal earth line corresponding to the grounding route for the signal circuit, and a power earth line corresponding to a grounding route for the power circuit,

wherein the signal circuit includes the communication line.

4. A circuit body according to claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the control boxes and the electric component is configured to ground the power circuit to the vehicle body.

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 Mar 6, 2019
From: NAKAMURA, MASASHI; FURUKAWA, MASAHIRO; ENOMOTO, SATOSHI; KANAZAWA, AKIYOSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048512/0548 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-041026 · Mar 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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