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Granted Patent B2
US 10,919,465 · App. 16/231,401 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Vehicular circuit body

Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu (Shizuoka, JP); Koichi Uezono (Shizuoka, JP); Kousuke Kinoshita (Shizuoka, JP); Atsushi Nakata (Shizuoka, JP); Yasuyuki Saito (Shizuoka, JP); Kazuyuki Oiwa (Shizuoka, JP); Terumitsu Sugimoto (Shizuoka, JP); Taku Furuta (Shizuoka, JP); Noriaki Sasaki (Shizuoka, JP); Yukinari Naganishi (Shizuoka, JP); Sadaharu Okuda (Shizuoka, JP); Kunihiko Yamada (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0239B60K37/00B60R16/02B60R16/0207B60R16/0215B60R16/0238B60R16/03B60R16/033B60R16/0315H01B7/0045H01R13/44H01R13/62H01R13/64H02G3/081H04L12/10H04L12/42H04L12/66H01R9/2483H01R2201/26H02G3/32H04L67/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,919,465
App. No.
16/231,401
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle, includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, in which the trunk line includes power source lines of two systems and a communication line.

Claims (53)

1. A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle, comprising:

a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and

a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line,

wherein the trunk line includes power source lines of two systems respectively having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity,

wherein the power source lines of two systems extend between the control boxes,

wherein each of the power source lines extends into a first control box of the plurality of control boxes,

wherein the trunk line includes a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals is connected to a respective one of the power sources lines at a location on the respective one of the power source lines that is inside the first control box, and each of the terminals is in electrical communication with the first control box,

wherein the first control box includes a circuit board and a plurality of mating terminals electrically connected to the circuit board, and

wherein each of the terminals includes,

a flat plate portion that abuts the respective one of the power source lines, and

a mating portion that engages a respective one of the mating terminals.

2. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power source lines of two systems transmit power of the same voltage.

3. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power source lines of two systems transmit power of different voltages.

4. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second control box of the plurality of control boxes is located further toward a downstream side than the first control box with respect to a power source, and

wherein the first control box transmits power to the second control box by using only one of the power source lines of two systems.

5. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a branch line that is connected to an accessory provided in the vehicle.

6. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 5 ,

wherein one end of the branch line is connected to one of the control boxes.

7. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power source lines of two systems extend in parallel.

8. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power source lines of two systems are stacked on each other.

9. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a main power source; and

a sub-power source,

wherein a first line of the power source lines of two systems is electrically connected to the main power source, and

wherein a second line of the power source line of two systems is electrically connected to the sub-power source.

10. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 9 ,

wherein power from the main power source enters the trunk line via a first one of the control boxes, and

wherein power from the sub-power source line enters the trunk line via a second one of the control boxes.

11. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first line of the power source lines of two systems are configured to transmit power from the first one of the control boxes to a third one of the control boxes, and

wherein the second line of the power source lines of two systems are configured to transmit power from the second one of the control boxes to the third one of the control boxes.

12. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first control box includes a controller that is configured to,

identify the accessory from a plurality of accessory kinds,

select a type of power supply from a plurality of power supply types, and

supply the type of power supply selected by the first control box to the accessory.

13. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first control box includes a plurality of switching elements connected between the power source lines and the branch line, and

wherein the controller is configured to,

detect a failure in any of the switching elements, and

selecting a path through a different one of the switching elements that avoids a failed one of the switching elements.

14. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of control boxes includes a second control box configured to be located on a floor of the vehicle when the second control box is mounted to the vehicle,

wherein first control box is configured to be spaced above the floor when the first control box is mounted to the vehicle, and

wherein a front end of the trunk line is connected to a bottom side of the first control box from below when the first and second control boxes are mounted to the vehicle.

15. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the power source lines extends through the first control box and extends into a second control box of the plurality of control boxes.

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 Dec 22, 2018
From: TAKAMATSU, MASAHIRO; UEZONO, KOICHI; KINOSHITA, KOUSUKE; NAKATA, ATSUSHI; SAITO, YASUYUKI; OIWA, KAZUYUKI; SUGIMOTO, TERUMITSU; FURUTA, TAKU; SASAKI, NORIAKI; NAGANISHI, YUKINARI; OKUDA, SADAHARU; YAMADA, KUNIHIKO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047847/0793 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2016-125287 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
JP 2016-125896 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
JP 2016-131167 · Jun 30, 2016 · national
JP 2016-187627 · Sep 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017023305 · Jun 23, 2017
Related Publication 20190118742A1 · Apr 25, 2019
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