Vehicular circuit body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10946818-B2
Application number	US-201816231508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 24, 2016
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line and is routed in a vehicle body, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. In a vehicle, a first power source supplies power to an accessory mounted on the vehicle and a second power source supplies power which is higher in voltage than the power of the first power source to a drive source of the vehicle. The vehicular circuit body further includes a voltage drop unit that reduces the voltage of the power supplied from the second power source, to the voltage of the power of the first power source. To the power source line of the trunk line, the power from the first power source is supplied, and the power from the second power source is supplied through the voltage drop unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular circuit body comprising:
a trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and
a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line,
wherein a first power source and a second power source are disposed in a vehicle configured by the vehicle body, the first power source being configured to supply power to an accessory that is mounted on the vehicle, and the second power source being configured to supply power which is higher in voltage than the power of the first power source to a drive source of the vehicle,
wherein the vehicular circuit body further includes a first DC/DC converter that reduces the voltage of the power supplied from the second power source, to the voltage of the power of the first power source, and
wherein, to the power source line of the trunk line, the power from the first power source is supplied, and the power from the second power source is supplied through the first DC/DC converter,
wherein the second power source is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle,
wherein at least a part of the trunk line is routed in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle,
wherein the first DC/DC converter is connected to the power source line in a rear end of the trunk line,
wherein the vehicular circuit body further comprises:
a high-voltage power source line that is routed in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, and that connects the drive source and the second power source to each other;
a second DC/DC converter that connects the power source line and the high-voltage power source line to each other in a front end of the trunk line; and
a first fusible link connected between the first power source and the second DC/DC converter, and a second fusible link connected between the first power source and the trunk line, such that power is continuously supplied from one of the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter when a short-circuit occurs in either the front end of the trunk line or the rear end of the trunk line.

2. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a branch line including one end connected to one of the plurality of control boxes and the other end directly or indirectly connected to the accessory.

3. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the trunk line further includes an earth line having a predetermined current capacity.

4. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the voltage of the power of the first power source is 12 volts.

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