Vehicular circuit body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10850688-B2
Application number	US-201816231383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2018
Priority date	Jun 24, 2016
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

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, a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, and a branch line that directly or indirectly connects a control box to an accessory. The trunk line includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The branch line includes a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The communication line of the trunk line has a transmission path for an optical signal. The communication line of the branch line has a transmission path for an electric signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle, comprising:
a trunk line that extends in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle and in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle to form a T shape;
a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line; and
a branch line that directly or indirectly connects a control box to an accessory,
wherein the trunk line includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity,
wherein the power source line extending in the leftward-and-rightward direction extends uninterrupted through one of the control boxes,
wherein the power source line extending in the front-and-rear direction is detachable to the power source line extending in the leftward-and-rightward direction in the one of the control boxes,
wherein the branch line includes a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity,
wherein the communication line of the trunk line has a transmission path for an optical signal that is in communication with at least one of the control boxes, and
wherein the communication line of the branch line has a transmission path for an electric signal that is in communication with the at least one of the control boxes.

2. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the branch line further includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity.

3. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one communication line of the trunk line directly connects two of the plurality of control boxes to each other.

4. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one of the control boxes includes a circuit that is in communication with each of the transmission path for an optical signal and the transmission path for an electric signal, and the circuit is configured to convert the optical signal into the electrical signal and convert the electrical signal into the optical signal.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Takamatsu Masahiro
• Uezono Koichi
• Kinoshita Kousuke
• Nakata Atsushi
• Saito Yasuyuki
• Oiwa Kazuyuki
• Sugimoto Terumitsu
• Furuta Taku
• Sasaki Noriaki
• Naganishi Yukinari
• Okuda Sadaharu
• Yamada Kunihiko

Classifications

• H02G3/081

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title

• H02G3/32

  using mounting clamps · CPC title

• H02G3/08

  Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K37/20

  Dashboard panels · CPC title