Vehicular circuit body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10988092-B2
Application number	US-201816231407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 24, 2016
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, 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. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular circuit body comprising:
a plurality of control boxes disposed in a distribution manner along a vehicle body and including a first control box, a branch control box and a second control box;
a first trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, the first trunk line is routed in the vehicle body to extend in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body;
a second trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, the second trunk line is routed in a vehicle body to extend in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body, and a routing material that constitutes the power source line of the second trunk line includes a first end that terminates at the first control box and a second end that terminates at the second control box, and the routing material of power source line of the second trunk line extends through the branch control box from the first end to the second end in the leftward-and-rightward direction;
a power source;
a main power source cable extending from the power source to one of the control boxes; and
a rising portion extending from the first trunk line to the branch control box, and a routing material constituting the rising portion includes a first end that terminates at the branch control box,
wherein the first trunk line extends from one of the control boxes in the front-and-rear direction, and
wherein the branch control box distributes power from one of the first trunk line and the second trunk line to the other one.

2. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first trunk line portion is disposed substantially at a center of the vehicle body in the leftward-and-rightward direction.

3. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the branch control box is connected to the intermediate part of the second trunk line portion, and
wherein the first trunk line portion extends from the branch control box and through a third one of the control boxes, and the first trunk line portion includes a second end that is connected to and terminates at a fourth one of the control boxes.

4. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the routing material that constitutes the second trunk portion also constitutes the power source line of the second trunk portion, and
wherein the communication line of the second trunk line portion includes a first communication line routing material that terminates at each of the first control box and the branch control box and a second communication line routing material that terminates at each of the second control box and the branch control box.

5. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first trunk line includes a routing body that terminates at a third control box and a fourth control box, and
wherein the branch control box is spaced above the first trunk line at a location relative to the front-and-rear direction that is between the third and fourth control boxes.

6. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 , wherein the first trunk line portion is disposed along a vehicle interior floor of a vehicle, and wherein the second trunk line portion is disposed in an instrument panel of the vehicle.

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

8. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the trunk line is formed of a routing material having at least one kind of conductor among a flat conductor, a round bar conductor, and a stranded wire.

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

10. The vehicular circuit body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion are configured in a T shape.

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