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1.

CONTAPEX

      
Application Number 1892454
Status Registered
Filing Date 2025-09-19
Registration Date 2025-09-19
Owner Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials

Goods & Services

Metalworking machines and tools; mining machines and apparatus; earth moving machines; loading-unloading machines and apparatus; chemical processing machines and apparatus; machines for making textile articles; food or beverage processing machines and apparatus; agricultural machines and agricultural implements, other than hand-operated; cartridges for filtering machines; plastic processing machines and apparatus; semiconductor manufacturing machines; machines and apparatus for manufacturing rubber goods; non-electric prime movers, not for land vehicles; parts of non-electric prime movers; filters for motors and engines; particulate air filters for exhaust systems for internal combustion engines; oil filters; fuel filters; pneumatic or hydraulic machines and instruments; machine elements, not for land vehicles; shafts, axles or spindles, machine elements other than for land vehicles; bearings, machine elements not for land vehicles; shaft couplings, machine elements not for land vehicles; power transmissions and gearing, machine elements not for land vehicles; shock absorbers, machine elements not for land vehicles; air springs, machine elements not for land vehicles; springs, machine elements not for land vehicles; brakes, machine elements not for land vehicles; valves, machine elements not for land vehicles; filters for pneumatic or hydraulic machines; filters for filtering machines; screen filters made of metal for chemical processing machines; filter cartridges for chemical processing machines; filters for chemical processing machines; filter elements for chemical processing machines; membrane filters made of hollow fiber for chemical processing machines for pharmaceutical purification; hollow fiber membranes and membranes in the form of films for chemical apparatus for use in the purification of aqueous solutions of acids and bases; hollow fiber membranes and membranes in the form of films for chemical apparatus for oxygen supply. Semi-worked plastic products; filtering materials of semi-processed films of plastic; plastic fibers, other than for textile use; chemical fiber, not for textile use; chemical fiber yarn and thread, not for textile use; semi-synthetic fiber thread and yarn, not for textile use; regenerated fiber thread and yarn, not for textile use; hollow fiber membranes of plastic; connecting hoses for vehicle radiators; valves of rubber or vulcanized fiber [not including machine elements]; reinforcing materials, not of metal, for pipes; gaskets; electromagnetic interference shielding gaskets; non-metal pipe couplings and joints; hose fittings, not of metal; joint packings; sealing rings; rings of rubber for use as pipe connection seals; dynamic seals; static seals; bonded seals; adhesive sealant compounds; sealant compounds for joints; waterproof sealants; hoses made of plastic; hoses made of rubber; floating anti-pollution barriers; plastic oil fences; insulating sleeves for power lines; insulators for electrical cables; electrical insulating materials; insulating waterproofing membranes; electrical insulating tapes; electrical insulating rubber products; insulating splice covers for electrical cables; fiberglass electrical insulating tape; plastic films for electrical insulation; insulating materials; slag wool [insulator]; washers of rubber or vulcanized fiber; rings of rubber; stops of rubber; rock fiber; slag wool; carbon fibers not for textile use; rubber thread and covered rubber yarn, not for textile use; threads of plastic materials, other than for textile use; rubber cords and laces; industrial packaging containers of rubber; shock-absorbing buffers of rubber; packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials of rubber or plastics; rubber stoppers for industrial packaging containers; rubber stoppers; rubber lids and caps for industrial packaging containers; condenser paper; vulcanized fiber; vulcanized fiber for use in the manufacture of electrical insulation materials; adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for medical or household purposes; duct tapes; masking tape for industrial purposes; tinted plastic films for use on windows; flexible tubes of plastic; polymer films for use in the manufacture of electronic circuits; filtering materials of semi-processed foams of plastic; plastics in extruded form for use in further manufacturing; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; plastic sheet materials for use in manufacture; extruded plastics in the form of tubes for use in manufacture; plastic film for packing, cushioning or stuffing purposes; thermoplastic heat shrinkable tubing for managing electric cables; synthetic resins, semi-processed; unprocessed and semi-processed rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and substitutes for all these materials; rubber, raw or semi-worked; synthetic rubber; sleeves of rubber for protecting parts of machinery; flexible tubes, not of metal; soundproofing materials of rock fiber, not for building purposes; semi-finished products of plastic in the form of hollow fibers.

2.

REACTOR, MAGNETIC CORE, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18878661
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-28
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shimizu, Toru
  • Kusawake, Kazushi

Abstract

This reactor comprises: a magnetic core including a core portion which is configured in a prismatic shape; and a coil which includes a first winding portion disposed on the outer periphery of the core portion, and a second winding portion disposed on the outer periphery of the first winding portion. The first winding portion is composed of a first winding wire which is spirally wound along the outer peripheral surface of the core portion. The second winding portion is composed of a second winding wire which is wound along the outer peripheral surface of the first winding portion. The first winding wire and the second winding wire are continuous winding wires. The number of turns of the first winding portion is less than the number of turns of the second winding portion. The outer peripheral surface of the core portion includes a first plane having a plurality of groove portions arranged in a direction along the axis of the core portion. Parts of the first winding wire in each turn of the first winding portion are disposed in respective ones of the plurality of groove portions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01F 27/28 - CoilsWindingsConductive connections
  • H01F 27/24 - Magnetic cores
  • H02M 7/537 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters

3.

LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19201303
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-07
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Natsume, Kazutoshi
  • Sugahara, Ryo

Abstract

A light receiving device includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, a light-absorbing layer stacked over a surface of the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer stacked over a surface of the light-absorbing layer opposite to the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer stacked on a surface of the second semiconductor layer opposite to the light-absorbing layer and having a second conductivity type, a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the third semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is configured to form a mesa and is thicker than the light-absorbing layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10F 77/14 - Shape of semiconductor bodiesShapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
  • H10F 30/225 - Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes
  • H10F 77/124 - Active materials comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs

4.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

      
Application Number 19300105
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-08-14
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Matsumoto, Takuya

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first source finger provided on the substrate, a first gate finger provided adjacent to the first source finger in a width direction of the first source finger, a second source finger having a width smaller than a width of the first source finger, a second gate finger provided adjacent to the second source finger in the width direction of the second source finger, a first source wiring connecting the first source finger to the second source finger, a first gate wiring sandwiching the second source finger between the first gate wiring and the second gate finger, a second gate wiring intersecting the first source wiring in a non-contact manner, and connecting the first gate wiring to the first gate finger, and a first drain finger sandwiching the first gate finger and the second gate finger between the first drain finger.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10D 64/27 - Electrodes not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. gates
  • H01L 23/528 - Layout of the interconnection structure
  • H10D 64/01 - Manufacture or treatment
  • H10D 64/23 - Electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. sources, drains, anodes or cathodes

5.

RADIO WAVE SENSOR SETTING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, RADIO WAVE SENSOR SETTING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025019516
Publication Number 2025/254021
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-29
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kishi, Masaki

Abstract

This radio wave sensor setting assistance device comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a movement trajectory of one or more objects moving on a road including a crosswalk, the movement trajectory being detected by a radio wave sensor; an identification unit that identifies, from the movement trajectory of the one or more objects acquired by the acquisition unit, a target movement trajectory of a target object that moves continuously in a specific movement pattern; a first determination unit that determines, on the basis of the target movement trajectory in a coordinate space set in the radio wave sensor, a definition point that defines a detection area corresponding to the crosswalk in the coordinate space; and a second determination unit that determines the detection area in the coordinate space on the basis of the definition point determined by the first determination unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 1/16 - Anti-collision systems
  • G01S 13/91 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for traffic control

6.

SETTING SUPPORT DEVICE, SETTING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025019509
Publication Number 2025/254019
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-29
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Asano, Shunya

Abstract

A setting support device for setting a road area in a detection range of an object detection sensor, said device comprising a processing unit that executes: processing of acquiring position information of an object moving along the edges on both sides in the width direction of a road within the detection range; processing of displaying a movement trajectory of the object on a display device on the basis of the position information; processing of receiving a boundary position of the road area determined on the basis of the movement trajectory displayed on the display device; and processing of setting the road area within the detection range on the basis of the boundary position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 1/08 - Controlling traffic signals according to detected number or speed of vehicles
  • G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
  • G01S 13/91 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for traffic control
  • G08G 1/04 - Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled using optical or ultrasonic detectors

7.

ROTOR, AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE

      
Application Number JP2025018693
Publication Number 2025/253943
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-23
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Enokizono Yuta

Abstract

A rotor to be used in an axial gap type rotary electric machine includes: a tabular magnet; a support member having an opening in which the magnet is disposed; a shaft having the same axis of rotation as the support member; a first member attached to the shaft; and a fixing structure for fixing the magnet in the opening. The fixing structure includes a first support surface and a second support surface sandwiching a part of the magnet in the thickness direction of the magnet. The first support surface is a part of the first member and faces the magnet.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 1/2796 - Rotors axially facing stators the rotor consisting of two or more circumferentially positioned magnets where both axial sides of the rotor face a stator

8.

CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, FIRST CONNECTOR, AND SECOND CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18878647
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-14
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishijima, Seido
  • Kimura, Akio

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first terminal fitting projecting outward from a casing made of metal and a receptacle made of metal and projecting from the casing while surrounding the first terminal fitting. The second connector includes a second terminal fitting to be connected to the first terminal fitting, an insulating housing for accommodating the second terminal fitting and a flat plate portion made of metal and fixedly disposed on an outer surface side of the housing. In a connected state of the first and second connectors, the housing of the second connector is accommodated and arranged in the receptacle of the first connector, a contact portion of the flat plate portion is placed on and connected to a projecting end surface of the receptacle.

IPC Classes  ?

9.

AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT

      
Application Number 19230441
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-06-06
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Asami, Hirotaka

Abstract

An amplifying circuit includes a first divider that divides an input signal into a first signal and a second signal, a first amplifier that amplifies the first signal, a second amplifier that amplifies the second signal, a combiner that combines the first signal and the second signal to output the combined signal as an output signal, and at least one composite right/left-handed transmission line connected to at least one of a first line connecting the first divider to the first amplifier or a second line connecting the first divider to the second amplifier, the at least one composite right/left-handed transmission line adjusting a phase of at least one of the first signal flowing through the first line and the second signal flowing through the second line.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03F 3/60 - Amplifiers in which coupling networks have distributed constants, e.g. with waveguide resonators
  • H03F 1/56 - Modifications of input or output impedances, not otherwise provided for
  • H03F 3/24 - Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers of transmitter output stages

10.

CROSSTALK MEASURING METHOD AND CROSSTALK MEASURING PROBE

      
Application Number 18872807
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-02
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Igarashi, Shun
  • Ueda, Hiroshi
  • Yamagishi, Suguru
  • Kuwayama, Ichiro

Abstract

A crosstalk measuring method includes: preparing a printed wiring board having a first signal pattern and a second signal pattern arranged side by side at an interval in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a ground pattern disposed between the first signal pattern and the second signal pattern in the first direction and extending in the second direction; preparing a probe having a first pin, a second pin, and a shield plate that is made of a conductive material; and measuring crosstalk between the first signal pattern and the second signal pattern. Each of the first pin and the second pin has a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 29/26 - Measuring noise figureMeasuring signal-to-noise ratio

11.

LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19214163
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-21
First Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sugahara, Ryo
  • Natsume, Kazutoshi

Abstract

A light receiving device includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, a light-absorbing layer stacked over a surface of the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer stacked on a surface of the light-absorbing layer opposite to the first semiconductor layer and having a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer stacked on a surface of the second semiconductor layer opposite to the light-absorbing layer, a fourth semiconductor layer stacked on a surface of the third semiconductor layer opposite to the light-absorbing layer and having the second conductivity type, a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the fourth semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the third semiconductor layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10F 77/14 - Shape of semiconductor bodiesShapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
  • H10F 30/225 - Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes

12.

RESIN COMPOSITION FOR COATING OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER

      
Application Number JP2025001605
Publication Number 2025/253685
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-20
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tokaji Shota
  • Ebina Masataka

Abstract

This resin composition for coating an optical fiber contains a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerization initiator contains a compound represented by formula (1). In formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group; at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5is a C1-C10 alkyl group; and at least one of R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 is a C1-C10 alkyl group.

IPC Classes  ?

13.

POWER CABLE, POWER LINE, POWER CABLE ABNORMAL POINT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND POWER CABLE ABNORMAL POINT DETECTION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2025004117
Publication Number 2025/253698
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-02-07
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shimoguchi, Takefumi
  • Tang, Jinglong
  • Sato, Akira

Abstract

A power cable according to the present disclosure comprises: a cable body that includes a conductor, an insulating layer, a semiconductive layer, and a sheath; a first optical fiber through which at least detection light and backscattered light of the detection light are transmitted; at least one excitation light transmission optical fiber through which at least one excitation light is transmitted; and at least one bidirectional optical amplification relay that amplifies the detection light using the excitation light transmitted by the first optical fiber or the excitation light transmission optical fiber, and amplifies the backscattered light using the excitation light transmitted by the excitation light transmission optical fiber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 31/08 - Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks

14.

COATED CEMENTED CARBIDE AND TOOL

      
Application Number JP2024020709
Publication Number 2025/253585
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-06
Publication Date 2025-12-11
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamada, Kento
  • Misumi, Shuhei
  • Higashi, Taisuke
  • Kido, Yasuki
  • Tanaka, Yuki

Abstract

21211 μm of the external region is not more than 30%.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
  • B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
  • C23C 16/02 - Pretreatment of the material to be coated
  • C23C 16/27 - Diamond only

15.

Cutting tool for processing valve sheet

      
Application Number 29891221
Grant Number D1105185
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-03
First Publication Date 2025-12-09
Grant Date 2025-12-09
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP. (Japan)
Inventor Kojo, Hidekazu

16.

SHIELDED FLAT CABLE

      
Application Number 19213331
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-20
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakanishi, Toru
  • Sudoh, Iori

Abstract

A shielded flat cable includes a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel and including a ground line, an insulator including a first insulator disposed on an upper surface of the plurality of conductors and a second insulator disposed on a lower surface of the plurality of conductors, a metal foil disposed above the first insulator and electrically connected to the ground line, and a shield layer electrically connected to the metal foil and disposed so as to surround outer peripheries of the insulator and the metal foil.

IPC Classes  ?

17.

OPTICAL FIBER CABLE

      
Application Number 19221706
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-29
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minato, Keisuke
  • Sato, Fumiaki
  • Tsuchiya, Kenta

Abstract

An optical fiber cable includes a cable core including a plurality of optical fibers, at least one tensile strength member provided along an axis of the cable core, and a sheath covering the cable core from an outside and containing the tensile strength member. The sheath is flattened such that a long axis of the sheath overlaps a position where the tensile strength member is provided with respect to the cable core, in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to an axis of the optical fiber cable. A circularity of an outer diameter of the cable core is larger than a circularity of a surface layer of the sheath. The circularity of the surface layer of the sheath is 85% or more and 96% or less, in the cross-sectional view.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables

18.

COAXIAL CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18873327
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-25
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Natsume, Takashi
  • Tanaka, Shinji
  • Asano, Yasunori
  • Ishigure, Hiroyuki
  • Kobayashi, Yutaka

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to preferably connect a counterpart-side inner conductor to an inner conductor housed in an insulator. This coaxial connector is to be connected to a counterpart-side coaxial connector having a counterpart-side inner conductor, and comprises: an inner conductor to which the counterpart-side inner conductor is connected; an insulator including a cylindrical part in which the inner conductor is to be housed; and an outer conductor that surrounds the insulator. In the inner circumferential section of the cylindrical part, a rib is formed so as to partially project in the circumferential direction of the inner circumferential section of the cylindrical part and to extend in the axial direction of the cylindrical part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 24/50 - Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]
  • H01R 103/00 - Two poles

19.

TANK AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18874926
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-13
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Fujita, Hayato

Abstract

A tank for storing an electrolyte in a redox flow battery system includes a tank body which has an internal space separated from the outside, and a cover member, at least a surface of which is solid, wherein the cover member is disposed to float on a liquid surface of the electrolyte stored in the internal space so as to cover the liquid surface, and an area of the liquid surface that is covered by the cover member is 0.90 times or more and 0.99 times or less the entire area of the liquid surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 8/04186 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of liquid-charged or electrolyte-charged reactants
  • H01M 8/18 - Regenerative fuel cells, e.g. redox flow batteries or secondary fuel cells

20.

CONNECTOR WITH BUILT-IN FERRITE CORE

      
Application Number 18875162
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-05
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hashimoto, Yuki
  • Nishijima, Seido
  • Kimura, Akio

Abstract

A connector with a built-in ferrite core is disclosed which suppresses the damage of the ferrite core and has an excellent degree of freedom in selecting a resin material to be used. A connector 10 with a built-in ferrite core includes a terminal fitting 12, a ferrite core 14 to be arranged to surround the terminal fitting 12 and a connector housing 16 for accommodating the terminal fitting 12 and the ferrite core. The connector housing 16 includes a first resin portion 18 for holding the terminal fitting 12 in an embedded state and a second resin portion 20 for holding the first resin portion 18 and the ferrite core 14 in an embedded state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/7193 - Structural association with built-in electrical component specially adapted for high frequency, e.g. with filters with ferrite filters

21.

CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number 18875165
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-07
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Wi, Nungna
  • Hara, Teruo

Abstract

A connector is connected to a second wire and includes a first wire, a terminal, a rubber plug, and a housing for accommodating the rubber plug. The first wire includes a first core wire and a first insulation coating covering the first core wire. The second wire includes a second core wire and a second insulation coating covering the second core wire. The terminal includes a first connecting portion to be connected to the first core wire and a second connecting portion to be connected to the second core wire. The rubber plug is formed with a cavity extending in a first direction, the terminal, the first wire and the second wire being inserted inside the cavity.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/52 - Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
  • H01R 4/70 - Insulation of connections
  • H01R 107/00 - Four or more poles

22.

OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18875828
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-15
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Arao, Yuki

Abstract

An optical connector capable of reducing damage in an optical fiber and a production method for the optical connector. The optical connector is provided with a fiber member, a ferrule, and a second protective member. The fiber member includes an optical fiber and a first protective member that is provided to a first region of the optical fiber, and covers the first region. The ferrule includes a through hole through which a second region of the optical fiber is inserted. The second protective member is provided to a third region of the optical fiber situated between the ferrule and the first protective member. The second protective member covers at least one part of the third region of the optical fiber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/38 - Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means

23.

CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, BUNDLED WIRE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND IRON-BASED CATALYST FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE MATERIAL

      
Application Number JP2025002970
Publication Number 2025/248851
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-30
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inoue, Hirotaka
  • Onoki, Takamasa
  • Fujimori, Toshihiko
  • Takakura, Akira
  • Ikeda, Kazuhiro
  • Okubo, Soichiro
  • Tanioka, Daisuke
  • Karakasidis, Anastasios

Abstract

This carbon nanotube composite material contains carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles attached to the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes include metal type carbon nanotubes and semiconductor type carbon nanotubes. The probability that the carbon nanotubes have a chiral angle of 24° or more is 69% or more on the basis of number of nanotubes. The probability that the carbon nanotubes have a diameter of 2 nm or less is 94% or more on the basis of number of nanotubes. The nanoparticles include a first element. The first element is iron.

IPC Classes  ?

24.

OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL CONNECTION ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2025003237
Publication Number 2025/248852
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-31
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kumagai Tsutaru

Abstract

This optical fiber (2) comprises: a glass fiber (21) having a core (25), a cladding (26) surrounding the core, and at least one void (27) formed in the cladding and extending along the optical axis direction of the core; and a resin coating (22) covering the outer circumferential surface of the glass fiber. An exposed part (23) of the glass fiber exposed from the resin coating includes a bent section (51) that is bent with respect to the direction in which a coating part (24) of the glass fiber covered by the resin coating extends. The bent section (51) includes a bent segment that is maintained at a radius of curvature of 1.5 mm or less in a state in which bending stress does not remain. The at least one void (27) extends in the optical axis direction at least in the bending segment. Bending loss is 1.0 dB or less when bending having a radius of curvature of 1.5 mm or less is applied to the glass fiber (21) by 90 degrees.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/032 - Optical fibres with cladding with non-solid core or cladding
  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding
  • G02B 6/40 - Mechanical coupling means having fibre bundle mating means

25.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM

      
Application Number JP2025016863
Publication Number 2025/249113
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-08
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakuma Hirotaka
  • Haruna Tetsuya
  • Kobayashi Yuto
  • Kawaguchi Yuki
  • Sato Shin
  • Hayashi Tetsuya
  • Hasegawa Takemi

Abstract

This method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes: a step of chamfering a corner part 20c between a first end surface 20a of a dummy tube 20 and an outer peripheral surface 20p of the dummy tube 20; and a step of welding the first end surface 20a of the dummy tube 20 after the chamfering to an end surface 10a of a clad tube 10.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03B 37/012 - Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
  • C03B 23/207 - Uniting glass rods, glass tubes, or hollow glassware

26.

FIBER RIBBON AND OPTICAL WIRING

      
Application Number JP2025017502
Publication Number 2025/249165
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-14
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Morishima Tetsu

Abstract

This fiber ribbon comprises a plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical fibers are arranged in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the central axis of the optical fibers extends. Each of the plurality of optical fibers has one or more cores, a cladding, a resin coating, and a marker. The one or more cores are separated from the central axis. The marker is provided continuously or intermittently along the first direction on the surface of the resin coating. In each optical fiber, the arrangement of the marker and the one or more cores is constant along the first direction. The arrangement direction of the markers viewed along the central axis of each optical fiber is the same for the plurality of optical fibers. In a cross section perpendicular to the first direction of each optical fiber, the one or more cores are separated from a line segment connecting the central axis and the marker.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding
  • G02B 6/24 - Coupling light guides
  • G02B 6/36 - Mechanical coupling means
  • G02B 6/255 - Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding

27.

MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER AND MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM

      
Application Number JP2025017518
Publication Number 2025/249168
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-14
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakuma Hirotaka
  • Haruna Tetsuya
  • Kobayashi Yuto
  • Nagashima Takuji
  • Kawaguchi Yuki
  • Sato Shin
  • Hayashi Tetsuya
  • Hasegawa Takemi

Abstract

A multicore optical fiber (1) according to the present invention includes silica-based glass. The multicore optical fiber (1) comprises: a plurality of cores (2); cladding (3, 4) that surrounds the plurality of cores (2) and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the plurality of cores; and a low-refractive-index part (5) that is disposed on a line segment (m) that connects the central axes (2a) of two cores disposed closest to each other among the plurality of cores (2) in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis (1a) of the multicore optical fiber, and that has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the cladding. In the cross section, the low-refractive-index part (5) has a non-circular shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding
  • C03C 13/04 - Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions

28.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025017525
Publication Number 2025/249169
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-14
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato Yu
  • Suzuki Toshikazu
  • Ichio Toshifumi

Abstract

According to the present invention, the adverse effect of electromagnetic noise between adjacent inner conductors can be suppressed. A connector (1) comprises: a plurality of pairs of large inner conductors (70) and small inner conductors (170) for differential communication; a plurality of large dielectrics (60) and small dielectrics (160) to which the large inner conductors (70) and the small inner conductors (170) of each pair are respectively assembled; and an outer conductor (30) for accommodating the plurality of large dielectrics (60) and small dielectrics (160). The connector (1) is provided with an electrically conductive shielding member (80) which is arranged between a second connecting portion (72) of one pair of large inner conductors (70) assembled to one of the large dielectrics (60) and a second connecting portion (172) of another pair of small inner conductors (170) assembled to the small dielectric (160) adjacent to said large dielectric (60). The shielding member (80) is in contact with a separating wall (38) of the outer conductor (30).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/6585 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts

29.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025017526
Publication Number 2025/249170
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-14
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato Yu
  • Suzuki Toshikazu
  • Ichio Toshifumi

Abstract

According to the present invention, the adverse effect of electromagnetic noise between adjacent inner conductors can be suppressed. A connector (1) comprises: a plurality of pairs of large inner conductors (70) and small inner conductors (170) for differential communication; a plurality of large dielectrics (60) and small dielectrics (160) to which the large inner conductors (70) and the small inner conductors (170) of each pair are respectively assembled; and an outer conductor (30) for accommodating the plurality of large dielectrics (60) and small dielectrics (160). The connector (1) is provided with an electrically conductive shielding member (80) which is arranged between a second connecting portion (72) of one pair of large inner conductors (70) assembled to one of the large dielectrics (60) and a second connecting portion (172) of another pair of small inner conductors (170) assembled to the small dielectric (160) adjacent to said large dielectric (60). The shielding member (80) is in contact with a ground circuit (104) of a circuit board (100).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/6585 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts

30.

ELECTRICAL ARTICLE

      
Application Number JP2025017964
Publication Number 2025/249220
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-19
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ren Xiaolong
  • Kojima Hiroaki
  • Sakai Masaru

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique whereby even when a filmy base layer is used as an insert in insert molding, edge portions of the base layer can be inhibited from deforming. This electrical article comprises: a circuit component including a filmy base layer having a first surface and a second surface, which face in opposite directions, and an electroconductive layer formed on the first surface of the base layer; and a molded resin part formed by insert molding using the circuit component as an insert. The base layer comprises: a main body where the molded resin part is formed; and an extension part extending from the main body. The electroconductive layer is provided to some of the first surface of the main body. The molded resin part is formed on the electroconductive layer and on the first surface of the main body. In the molded resin part, a gate mark is provided at a position that overlaps with the extension part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
  • B29C 45/26 - Moulds
  • B32B 7/025 - Electric or magnetic properties
  • G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
  • H05K 3/00 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits

31.

CUTTING TOOL

      
Application Number JP2024019734
Publication Number 2025/248668
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-29
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hikiji, Masahito
  • Yoneda, Atsuhiro
  • Yamanishi, Takato

Abstract

232323232323233 layer, and the virtual line L3 being equidistant from the virtual line L1 and the virtual line L2.

IPC Classes  ?

32.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025017118
Publication Number 2025/249129
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Shen Ruidong

Abstract

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a connector in which movement of a retainer can be suppressed. A connector (10) comprises: a connector housing (30) that can be fitted into a mating connector (20); a retainer (50) that is attached to the connector housing (30) and thereby prevents a terminal from coming out from the connector housing (30); and a connector position assurance member (60) that prevents detachment of the connector housing (30) from the mating connector (20) by being moved from a temporary locking position to a final locking position (K2) in a state in which the connector housing (30) is fitted into the mating connector (20). The connector position assurance member (60) has an engagement protrusion (64) that engages with the retainer (50) so as to prevent movement of the retainer (50) from the connector housing (30) in a state in which the connector position assurance member (60) is at the final locking position (K2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/64 - Means for preventing, inhibiting or avoiding incorrect coupling
  • H01R 13/42 - Securing in a demountable manner

33.

WIRE HARNESS

      
Application Number JP2025017291
Publication Number 2025/249136
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-13
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizutani Miyu
  • Uno Hiroki
  • Ueno Go

Abstract

A wire harness (10) comprises: an electric wire group (11) that is routed from a vehicle body to a sliding door that can be opened and closed with respect to the vehicle body; and a plurality of separate bearing elements (12) that cover the electric wire group (11) and that are pivotably connected to each other while being arranged side by side along the extension direction of the electric wire group (11). Furthermore, the wire harness (10) is provided with a light emitting member (14) that illuminates the area around the sliding door, the light emitting member (14) being fixed to the separate bearing elements (12).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
  • B60J 5/06 - Doors arranged at the vehicle sides slidableDoors arranged at the vehicle sides foldable
  • B60Q 1/24 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments for lighting other areas than only the way ahead
  • B60Q 3/217 - Doors, e.g. door sillsSteps

34.

GLASS COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS COMPONENT

      
Application Number 19185725
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-04-22
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Arao, Hajime

Abstract

A glass component includes an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is provided inside a glass substrate and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The optical waveguide has a plurality of modified regions arranged in a direction intersecting a light guiding direction, and an assembly of the plurality of modified regions forms the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has a refractive index higher than a refractive index of a region around the optical waveguide by having the plurality of modified regions. A center-to-center spacing between the plurality of modified regions at the first end is larger than a center-to-center spacing between the plurality of modified regions at the second end. An average refractive index of the optical waveguide at the first end is smaller than an average refractive index of the optical waveguide at the second end.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/122 - Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
  • G02B 6/136 - Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method by etching
  • G02B 6/14 - Mode converters
  • G02B 6/30 - Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device

35.

MIXED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SINTERED PART

      
Application Number 19215359
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-22
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shinaji, Keita
  • Ishimine, Tomoyuki
  • Adachi, Yuki
  • Tashiro, Takayuki
  • Miura, Yui

Abstract

A mixed powder for powder metallurgy of the present disclosure includes a metal powder and a graphite powder. The graphite powder includes a spherical graphite powder. Particles of the spherical graphite powder each have an aspect ratio of 4 or less, where the aspect ratio is a ratio of a major axis length to a minor axis length. A content ratio of the spherical graphite powder to the graphite powder is 70% or greater. The graphite powder has an apparent density of 0.2 g/cm3 or greater. The graphite powder has a tap density of 0.5 g/cm3 or greater.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 1/12 - Metallic powder containing non-metallic particles
  • B22F 1/00 - Metallic powderTreatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
  • B22F 3/16 - Both compacting and sintering in successive or repeated steps

36.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

      
Application Number 19217078
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-23
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Moriyama, Yutaka
  • Hashinaga, Tatsuya

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a conductive base having a first main surface, a semiconductor chip provided at the first main surface and including a first electrode, a first insulating layer provided at the first main surface and covering the semiconductor chip; a first wiring layer provided above the first insulating layer and including a first wiring electrically connected to the first electrode, a second insulating layer provided above the first insulating layer and covering the first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer provided above the second insulating layer and including an external terminal electrically connected to the first wiring. The external terminal extends outward beyond a side surface of the second insulating layer in a plan view perpendicular to the first main surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
  • H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement
  • H01L 23/66 - High-frequency adaptations
  • H01L 25/18 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices the devices being of types provided for in two or more different main groups of the same subclass of , , , , or

37.

OPTICAL MODULATOR

      
Application Number 19220221
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-28
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Ogasawara, Makoto

Abstract

An optical modulator includes a substrate, a first Mach-Zehnder modulator portion including a first semiconductor mesa portion provided on the substrate, a first mesa waveguide provided on the first semiconductor mesa portion, and a second mesa waveguide provided on the first semiconductor mesa portion, a second Mach-Zehnder modulator portion including a second semiconductor mesa portion provided on the substrate, a third mesa waveguide provided on the second semiconductor mesa portion, and a fourth mesa waveguide provided on the second semiconductor mesa portion, at least one protruding portion provided on a bottom surface of a trench formed between the first semiconductor mesa portion and the second semiconductor mesa portion on the substrate, and a resin portion provided in the trench and embedding the at least one protruding portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02F 1/225 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour by interference in an optical waveguide structure
  • G02F 1/21 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour by interference

38.

WIRING HARNESS FIXTURE AND WIRING HARNESS

      
Application Number 18873326
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-08
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Itaka, Hiroki

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a wire harness fixture that makes it possible to easily detach an electric wire member from an attachment target and also provides a wire harness. A wire harness fixture (12) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a fixing member (20) that is fixed to an attachment target (P) and an electric wire holding member (30) for holding an electric wire member (11). The electric wire holding member (30) has a first connection portion (31). The fixing member (20) has a second connection portion (21) that is removably connected to the first connection portion (31). The electric wire holding member (30) is attached to the fixing member (20) in a separable manner by the connection between the first connection portion (31) and the second connection portion (21).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02G 3/32 - Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings using mounting clamps
  • H01R 24/20 - Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
  • H02G 11/00 - Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts

39.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18873335
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-24
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Lang, Pengfei

Abstract

The present invention can increase reliability of a function for holding a force boosting function member at a fitting start position. This connector comprises: a slider (30) that is provided to a first housing (11), and that fits the first housing (11) together with a second housing (61) by being relatively displaced to a fitting completion position from a fitting start position with respect to the first housing (11); a holding part (42) that is formed at the slider (30) and that has an arm-shaped locking piece (43) extending in a cantilever manner in the same direction as the displacement direction when the slider (30) is relatively displaced from the fitting start position to the fitting completion position; a stopper (16) that is formed in the first housing (11) and that restricts the movement, to the fitting completion position, of the slider (30) at the fitting start position as a result of coming into abutment with an abutment section (45) which is an extending end of the arm-shaped locking piece (43) in the same direction as the extending direction of the arm-shaped locking piece (43); and a buckling restriction part (39) that is provided to the slider (30) and that restricts buckling of the arm-shaped locking piece (43).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/629 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure
  • H01R 13/502 - BasesCases composed of different pieces

40.

TERMINAL-FITTED ELECTRIC WIRE

      
Application Number 18874171
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-01
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Maeda, Yusaku
  • Nakashima, Kazuo
  • Fujita, Taro
  • Tanaka, Shigeyuki
  • Fukumoto, Ryota
  • Emoto, Yasutaka
  • Sekiguchi, Mamoru

Abstract

A terminal-fitted electric wire includes: a wire portion including a terminal fitting, an insulated electric wire including a conductor and an insulation covering, and an electrical connection portion in which the terminal fitting and the insulated electric wire are electrically connected to each other; a tube member covering the outer circumference of the insulation covering in a part along the insulated electric wire; and a resin coat covering a part of the wire portion which includes the electrical connection portion of the wire portion and is in contact with at least a part of an outer surface of the tube member. The tube member is formed as a single-layered cylinder including a crosslinked polyolefin resin, and an acid-modified resin in an amount 5-40 parts by mass of resin ingredients, and a thermoplastic elastomer in an amount of 20-40 parts by mass of the resin ingredients.

IPC Classes  ?

41.

REACTOR, SEGMENT, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18875169
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-05
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nada, Masato
  • Kusawake, Kazushi
  • Yamamoto, Shinichiro

Abstract

A reactor includes a coil including a winding portion and a magnetic core. The magnetic core includes a plurality of segments including a first core piece. The first core piece is made of a composite material containing a resin and a soft magnetic powder dispersed in the resin, and includes a first part extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the winding portion and arranged at a position facing an end surface of the winding portion and a second part extending in the axial direction from the first part. The first and second parts are continuously formed without any joint. A first relative magnetic permeability of the first part for a magnetic flux along an extension direction of the first part and a second relative magnetic permeability of the second part for a magnetic flux along an extension direction of the second part are different.

IPC Classes  ?

42.

VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18876149
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-29
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitagawa, Kazuki
  • Inoue, Kazuyuki
  • Matsumoto, Tadashi

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted apparatus to be used on a vehicle-mounted network includes: a time synchronization unit configured to calculate a time difference with another vehicle-mounted apparatus by transmitting and receiving time synchronization information, which is information for time synchronization between the vehicle-mounted apparatus and the other vehicle-mounted apparatus, and to perform time synchronization with the other vehicle-mounted apparatus based on the calculated time difference; a detection unit configured to monitor first transmission information, which is information transmitted to the vehicle-mounted apparatus from the other vehicle-mounted apparatus, and to detect an abnormality in a content of the first transmission information; and an abnormality processing unit configured to perform a stop process for stopping time synchronization on the vehicle-mounted network using the time synchronization information transmitted from the other vehicle-mounted apparatus when an abnormality has been detected by the detection unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 7/00 - Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter
  • H04W 4/48 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for in-vehicle communication

43.

DEGRADATION DETERMINATION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18881518
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-10
First Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okamoto, Takahiro
  • Shimoda, Hiroki
  • Yanagida, Taiji
  • Hashikura, Manabu
  • Uchida, Koki
  • Kawakami, Takafumi

Abstract

A degradation determination device determines whether each of a first opening/closing device and a fuse provided on a power path is in a degraded state. The power path has a positive electrode-side power line and a negative electrode-side power line. The first opening/closing device and the fuse are provided on the negative electrode-side power line. The degradation determination device is provided with a first potential detection unit that detects a first potential at one end of the first opening/closing device and a second potential at the opposite end thereof, a second potential detection unit that detects a first potential at one end of the fuse and a second potential at the opposite end thereof, and a control unit that determines whether each of the first opening/closing device and the fuse is in a degraded state, based on a potential difference between the first and second potentials.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 31/327 - Testing of circuit interrupters, switches or circuit-breakers
  • G01R 31/74 - Testing of fuses

44.

CUTTING TOOL

      
Application Number JP2024019737
Publication Number 2025/248670
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-29
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Fumiyoshi
  • Paseuth, Anongsack

Abstract

SiTiSiSiTiSiSiTiSiSiTiSiSi) includes a first minimum value, a first maximum value, a second minimum value, a second maximum value, and a third minimum value along the positive direction of the X axis, and the average of the second minimum value is larger than the average of the first minimum value and the third minimum value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
  • B23C 5/16 - Milling-cutters characterised by physical features other than shape
  • C23C 16/36 - Carbo-nitrides

45.

CUTTING TOOL

      
Application Number JP2024019738
Publication Number 2025/248671
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-29
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Fumiyoshi
  • Paseuth, Anongsack

Abstract

SiTiSiSiTiSiCCNCCNN of nitrogen atoms is 0.60-0.85; the hard particles each have a laminate structure in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately laminated; the first unit layer and the second unit layer are each formed of the titanium, the silicon, the carbon, and the nitrogen; the ratio x1 of the number of silicon atoms with respect to the total of the number of titanium atoms and the number of silicon atoms in the first unit layer is greater than the ratio x2 of the number of silicon atoms with respect to the total of the number of titanium atoms and the number of silicon atoms in the second unit layer; and the ratio y1 of the number of carbon atoms with respect to the total of the number of carbon atoms and the number of nitrogen atoms in the first unit layer is greater than the ratio y2 of the number of carbon atoms with respect to the total of the number of carbon atoms and the number of nitrogen atoms in the second unit layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
  • B23C 5/16 - Milling-cutters characterised by physical features other than shape
  • C23C 16/36 - Carbo-nitrides

46.

OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE, OPTICAL CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE

      
Application Number JP2025002250
Publication Number 2025/248847
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-24
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kumagai Tsutaru

Abstract

This optical fiber tape core wire comprises: a plurality of glass fibers; and a resin coating that covers the outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of glass fibers. Each of the plurality of glass fibers has a coating part coated with the resin coating, and an exposed part exposed from the resin coating and including a tip surface. The exposed part has a bent part including a bent section maintained at a radius of curvature of 10 mm or less. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane including an arrangement direction in which the coating parts of the plurality of glass fibers are arranged and an extension direction in which the coating parts extend, the bent part is bent in a direction crossing the extension direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
  • G02B 6/04 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
  • G02B 6/08 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres the relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends, e.g. for transporting images with fibre bundle in form of plate
  • G02B 6/24 - Coupling light guides
  • G02B 6/36 - Mechanical coupling means
  • G02B 6/42 - Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements

47.

CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE, BUNDLED WIRE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE, AND IRON-BASED CATALYST FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE

      
Application Number JP2025002969
Publication Number 2025/248850
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-30
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inoue, Hirotaka
  • Onoki, Takamasa
  • Fujimori, Toshihiko
  • Takakura, Akira
  • Ikeda, Kazuhiro
  • Okubo, Soichiro
  • Tanioka, Daisuke
  • Karakasidis, Anastasios
  • Kauppinen, Esko I.

Abstract

A carbon nanotube composite according to the present invention comprises carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles attached to the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes include metal-type carbon nanotubes and semiconductor-type carbon nanotubes, and the ratio of the number of the metal-type carbon nanotubes to the total number of the metal-type carbon nanotubes and the semiconductor-type carbon nanotubes is 39% or greater. The nanoparticles include iron.

IPC Classes  ?

48.

INSPECTION CONTENT DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025017106
Publication Number 2025/249128
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Motoyama, Makoto
  • Kono, Tomoya

Abstract

A device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a device for determining an inspection content to be applied to a vehicle, the device comprising: a storage unit that stores, for each combination of on-vehicle apparatuses that can be mounted to the vehicle, correspondence data that defines the type of inspection to be executed on the combination; and a control unit that performs processing to determine the content of the inspection on the basis of identification information of the on-vehicle apparatus that has been mounted to the vehicle in the middle of a manufacturing process. The determination processing includes a first processing for specifying the combination from the identification information, and a second processing for determining that the inspection content of the type corresponding to the combination searched from the correspondence data is the inspection content to be executed in the current processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/22 - Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation or during idle time, e.g. start-up testing
  • G01M 17/007 - Wheeled or endless-tracked vehicles

49.

OPTICAL FIBER PRODUCTION METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER PRODUCTION DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2025017184
Publication Number 2025/249134
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-12
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Haruna Tetsuya
  • Hasegawa Takemi

Abstract

The optical fiber production method includes: a step for forming a glass fiber containing a plurality of cores and cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and containing silica glass as a main component by melting a glass base material using a drawing furnace and spinning the glass base material to a desired diameter; a step for warming the glass fiber using a warming furnace after the forming step; and a step for applying a resin coating material to the periphery of the glass fiber to surround the cladding after the warming step.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03B 37/10 - Non-chemical treatment
  • C03B 37/07 - Controlling or regulating
  • C03B 37/027 - Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. fibre optics
  • C03B 37/075 - Manufacture of fibres or filaments consisting of different sorts of glass or characterised by shape, e.g. hollow fibres, undulated fibres
  • C03C 13/04 - Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
  • C03C 25/104 - Coating to obtain optical fibres
  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding

50.

IN-VEHICLE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2025017745
Publication Number 2025/249196
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-15
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mashita, Makoto
  • Sasaki, Satoshi
  • Moriguchi, Masakatsu

Abstract

This in-vehicle device executes a process related to communication between in-vehicle ECUs mounted on a car. The in-vehicle device comprises: a connector to which the in-vehicle ECUs are connected; a power supply circuit to which power is supplied from a power supply device mounted on the car; a connector-side conductor that is connected to the connector and determines the reference potential on the side of the connector; a circuit-side conductor that is connected to the power supply circuit and determines the reference potential on the side of the power supply circuit; and a system-in-package (SIP) substrate that is connected to the connector-side conductor and the circuit-side conductor. The SIP substrate includes: a communication unit that is connected to the connector; a processing unit that is connected to the communication unit and executes the process related to communication between the in-vehicle ECUs; and a connection element that is interposed between the connector and the communication unit. The processing unit and the communication unit are connected to the circuit-side conductor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 12/28 - Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
  • B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems

51.

OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON, AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE

      
Application Number JP2025018084
Publication Number 2025/249239
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-19
Publication Date 2025-12-04
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tokaji Shota
  • Ebina Masataka

Abstract

This optical fiber comprises: a glass fiber that includes a core and a cladding; and a resin coating layer that covers the glass fiber. The resin coating layer includes: a cured product of a resin composition that contains a photopolymerizable compound and a phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator; and trimethyl benzoic acid. The phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator content is 0.001–0.5 mass% of the entire optical fiber, and the trimethyl benzoic acid content is 0.001–0.2 mass% of the entire optical fiber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03C 25/104 - Coating to obtain optical fibres
  • C03C 25/50 - Coatings containing organic materials only
  • C03C 25/1065 - Multiple coatings
  • C03C 25/6226 - Ultraviolet
  • C08F 2/50 - Polymerisation initiated by wave energy or particle radiation by ultraviolet or visible light with sensitising agents
  • C08F 20/10 - Esters
  • G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables

52.

WIRING MODULE

      
Application Number 18854819
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-12
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ikeda, Shuya
  • Nakayama, Osamu
  • Matsumura, Nobuyuki
  • Ikai, Yoshinori

Abstract

A wiring module to be attached to a plurality of power storage devices includes a busbar to be connected to electrode terminals of the plurality of power storage devices, a circuit board, a first wire electrically connecting the busbar to the circuit board, and a second wire, with the circuit board having formed thereon a conduction path having a first land electrically connected to the first wire, a second land electrically connected to the second wire, and a fuse part provided between the first land and the second land.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising an arrangement of two or more busbars within a container structure, e.g. busbar modules
  • H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
  • H01M 50/514 - Methods for interconnecting adjacent batteries or cells
  • H01M 50/519 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising printed circuit boards [PCB]
  • H01M 50/583 - Devices or arrangements for the interruption of current in response to current, e.g. fuses

53.

SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRE

      
Application Number 18868018
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-07
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inagaki, Makoto
  • Honda, Genki

Abstract

The superconductive wire includes a superconductive layer containing REBa2Cu3Ox. RE represents a rare earth element. The superconductive layer contains halogen. The concentration of halogen in the superconductive layer is less than 2000 ppm by mass.

IPC Classes  ?

54.

GLASS MATERIAL AND OPTICAL FIBER

      
Application Number 18871558
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-16
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sato, Shin
  • Hasegawa, Takemi
  • Ishikawa, Shinji

Abstract

This glass material is formed from silica glass and includes a Group 14 element. The glass material includes an element X that encompasses tin and/or lead, as tetravalent ions X4+ and divalent ions X2+.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03C 13/04 - Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
  • C03C 3/06 - Glass compositions containing silica with more than 90% silica by weight, e.g. quartz
  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding

55.

SUBSTRATE FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

      
Application Number 18872378
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-13
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oka, Yoshio
  • Miyata, Kazuhiro
  • Sugiura, Motohiko
  • Kiya, Satoshi
  • Nitta, Koji

Abstract

A substrate for a printed circuit board includes a base film having a main surface and an electrically conductive layer disposed on the main surface. The base film is made of a fluororesin. The electrically conductive layer is a layer including a plurality of electrically conductive particles bonded together. An amount of nitrogen present in the main surface is 0.2 atomic percent or more.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 1/03 - Use of materials for the substrate

56.

SLIDING MEMBER

      
Application Number 18873031
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-16
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakajima, Shinnosuke
  • Nakabayashi, Makoto
  • Maeda, Satoshi
  • Kubo, Yugo

Abstract

A sliding member according to the present disclosure contains, in a sliding layer, a synthetic resin, a solid lubricant, and an additive. The synthetic resin is a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a polybenzimidazole, a polyphenyl sulfone, a polyether sulfone, a polyether ether ketone, or a combination thereof. The solid lubricant is a polytetrafluoroethylene, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkoxyethylene copolymer, molybdenum disulfide, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, or a combination thereof. The contained amount of the solid lubricant in the sliding layer is 5.0-40.0 vol. %. The additive is bentonite, smectite clay mineral, silica, a polyamide, or a combination thereof. The contained amount of the additive in the sliding layer is 0.1-9.0 vol. %.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C10M 169/04 - Mixtures of base-materials and additives
  • C10M 103/06 - Metal compounds
  • C10M 107/38 - Lubricating compositions characterised by the base-material being a macromolecular compound containing halogen
  • C10M 107/44 - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • C10M 111/04 - Lubricating compositions characterised by the base-material being a mixture of two or more compounds covered by more than one of the main groups , each of these compounds being essential at least one of them being a macromolecular organic compound
  • C10M 125/26 - Compounds containing silicon or boron, e.g. silica, sand
  • C10M 149/14 - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds a condensation reaction being involved
  • C10M 149/18 - Polyamides
  • C10M 159/12 - Reaction products
  • C10N 50/08 - Form in which the lubricant is applied to the material being lubricated solid

57.

COMPOSITE MATERIAL, HEATSINK, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL

      
Application Number JP2025005440
Publication Number 2025/243621
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-02-18
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • A.L.M.T. CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasaki Keita
  • Maeda Toru
  • Watanabe Asako
  • Ito Masayuki
  • Yamagata Shin-Ichi

Abstract

This composite material contains copper and molybdenum, has a plate shape having a first surface as a main surface, has a composition in which the content ratio of copper is 20%-70% by mass, and has a structure including a matrix containing molybdenum and a first copper phase and a second copper phase dispersed in the matrix, wherein in a cross section perpendicular to the first surface, each cross-sectional area of the second copper phase is 900 μm2 or more, and each cross-sectional area of the first copper phase is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the second copper phase, the ratio of the total area of the second copper phase to the area of the cross section is 10%-50%, the aspect ratio obtained by dividing the average major axis of the second copper phase by the average minor axis thereof is 10 or more, and the relational expression Y ≤ -1.5551X + 285 is satisfied, wherein X is the content ratio of copper in the composite material, and Y is the Vickers hardness of a composite phase formed by the matrix and the first copper phase.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22C 1/04 - Making non-ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
  • B22F 1/00 - Metallic powderTreatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
  • B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
  • B22F 3/18 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sinteringApparatus specially adapted therefor by using pressure rollers
  • B22F 3/24 - After-treatment of workpieces or articles
  • B22F 3/26 - Impregnating
  • C22C 9/00 - Alloys based on copper
  • C22C 27/04 - Alloys based on tungsten or molybdenum
  • H01L 23/373 - Cooling facilitated by selection of materials for the device

58.

PRESSURE CONTACT TERMINAL FITTING AND CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025017246
Publication Number 2025/243882
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-12
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Tsuji Hayato

Abstract

The present invention prevents separation of a pressure-contacted electric wire. The pressure contact terminal fitting (20) comprises a square tube part (23) and a pressure contact part (26) formed in the square tube part (23). The pressure contact part (26) has: a pressure contact slot (27) that is formed in a holding plate part (24) constituting the square tube part (23) and extends forward from a rear end edge (24R) of the holding plate part (24); a pressure contact blade (28) that constitutes an opening edge part of the holding plate part (24) that extends in the front-rear direction of the pressure contact slot (27); and stoppers (32L, 32R) that are disposed to the rear of the pressure contact position of an electric wire (37) in the pressure contact slot (27).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/2445 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
  • H01R 4/2441 - Curved plates tube-shaped

59.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025017248
Publication Number 2025/243883
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-12
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yang Xingke
  • Moroki Souhei
  • Nozaki Takeshi

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to facilitate locking/unlocking of a housing with respect to a mating housing. This connector (10) is provided with: a housing (20) that fits with the mating housing (110); and a lock member (40) that is assembled to the housing (20) and locked to the mating housing (110). The lock member (40) moves relative to the housing (20) in a fitting direction (front-rear direction) between the housing (20) and the mating housing (110), between a lock position at which the lock member is locked to the mating housing (110) and an unlock position at which the locking to the mating housing (110) is released.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/633 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure for disengagement only
  • H01R 13/639 - Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together after engagement

60.

ON-VEHICLE BACK-UP CONTROL DEVICE

      
Application Number 18873815
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-30
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Wakazono, Keisuke
  • Masuda, Kazuki
  • Hasegawa, Takeshi
  • Sano, Yuki
  • Ueno, Yukitoshi
  • Takahashi, Ryosuke
  • Mori, Tatsunori

Abstract

An on-vehicle backup control device includes a plurality of chargers each of which supplies a charging current based on power supplied from a first power source unit, and an adjustment unit that controls the plurality of chargers. Each of the chargers performs an operation for supplying a charging current to a corresponding power storage. The adjustment unit adjusts the charging operations of the plurality of chargers so as to keep a sum of charging currents to the plurality of power storages within an acceptable range.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 1/08 - Three-wire systemsSystems having more than three wires
  • H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over

61.

ELECTRODE, BATTERY CELL, AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY

      
Application Number 18872632
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-09
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Carlit Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakaishi, Hiroyuki
  • Mukobata, Shinichirou
  • Kanemoto, Kazuyuki

Abstract

An electrode for a redox-flow battery, the electrode comprising a base material having a sheet form and a catalyst supported on the base material, wherein the base material is composed of a sintered body formed of a plurality of particles bonded to each other, the plurality of particles include titanium, the catalyst includes a first oxide provided to cover at least some of the plurality of particles, the first oxide is an oxide including ruthenium and at least one type of first element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, cerium, neodymium, and vanadium, and each of a content of iridium and a content of palladium included in the catalyst per 1 m2 of an area of the electrode is 1 g or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
  • H01M 8/18 - Regenerative fuel cells, e.g. redox flow batteries or secondary fuel cells

62.

RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18873046
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-08
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kuroda, Shinsuke

Abstract

A resource allocation method that is capable of being used in an in-vehicle device that provides driving assistance functions by communicating with a server, the resource allocation method including: executing allocation processing to allocate, to each function of the in-vehicle device, resources of the server being the service providing device covering the traveling area of the relevant vehicle and resources of the relevant vehicle, with use of a processor; and re-executing the allocation processing in response to detecting or predicting a change in a number of vehicles that are present within the traveling area and that cooperate with the server, with use of the processor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
  • H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

63.

VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, VEHICLE-MOUNTED SYSTEM, SERVER COMPUTER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18873982
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-23
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ogawa, Akihiro

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted apparatus that includes a processor configured to: determine a real-time requirement relating to received data that has been received from outside the vehicle; calculate an elapsed period that is a time from generation of original data for the received data until the received data is received by the vehicle-mounted apparatus; calculate an estimation period from reception of the received data until usage of the received data commences; and determine whether the received data is usable based on the real-time requirement, the elapsed period, and the estimation period, wherein: the real-time requirement indicates a tolerated delay from generation of the original data to the usage of the received data, the received data has been appended with time information for specifying a time when the original data was generated, and the processor calculates the elapsed period based on a reception time of the received data and the time information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08C 13/00 - Arrangements for influencing the relationship between signals at input and output, e.g. differentiating, delaying
  • G08C 15/06 - Arrangements characterised by the use of multiplexing for the transmission of a plurality of signals over a common path successively, i.e. using time division

64.

ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX

      
Application Number 18873968
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-30
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Fujisaka, Tatsuya

Abstract

An electrical junction box includes: a housing containing a relay that generates heat when energized; and a cover member that covers a terminal provided on one surface of the relay, and that covers a surrounding area of the terminal, wherein the cover member has a first air vent that allows airflow inside and outside of the cover member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 5/02 - Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus Details
  • B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
  • B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
  • H02G 3/08 - Distribution boxesConnection or junction boxes

65.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

      
Application Number 19189956
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-04-25
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Inoue, Shingo

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a base having an upper surface, at least the upper surface being made of metal; one or more components that are mounted on the base with a first conductive member interposed between the one or more components and the base and includes a semiconductor chip; a second conductive member that is provided on the base and contains a sintered metal or a metal powder-containing resin and on which the one or more components are not mounted; a resin sealing portion that is provided over the base in contact with the base, the one or more components, and the second conductive member to seal the one or more components. The second conductive member is separated from the first conductive member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 23/498 - Leads on insulating substrates
  • H01L 21/48 - Manufacture or treatment of parts, e.g. containers, prior to assembly of the devices, using processes not provided for in a single one of the groups or
  • H01L 21/56 - Encapsulations, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings
  • H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
  • H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement

66.

AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT

      
Application Number 19208932
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-15
First Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakashima, Ikuo

Abstract

An amplifying circuit includes an amplifier that amplifies a high frequency signal and outputs the high frequency signal that is amplified to an output terminal, a first resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to a wiring between the amplifier and the output terminal, a second resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the second end of the first resistor, a first capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected to a node between the second end of the first resistor and the first end of the second resistor, the second electrode being connected to a reference potential, and a second capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected to the second end of the second resistor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 23/66 - High-frequency adaptations
  • H03F 1/56 - Modifications of input or output impedances, not otherwise provided for
  • H03F 3/195 - High-frequency amplifiers, e.g. radio frequency amplifiers with semiconductor devices only in integrated circuits

67.

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MASTER STATION DEVICE, SLAVE STATION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2025001484
Publication Number 2025/243591
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-20
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyazeki Yusuke
  • Jinen Keisuke
  • Funada Tomoyuki
  • Imai Katsuyuki
  • Miyata Hiroshi

Abstract

This optical communication system comprises: a master station device, and a slave station device for transmitting and receiving a radio signal via an antenna. The master station device: receives a plurality of first communication signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands; generates a downlink optical signal including a first electric signal in which the plurality of first communication signals are multiplexed; and transmits the downlink optical signal to the slave station device. The slave station device: acquires the first electric signal from the downlink optical signal; extracts, from the first electric signal, first communication signals corresponding to a portion of the plurality of frequency bands; and transmits a downlink radio signal based on the extracted first communication signals.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 10/2575 - Radio-over-fibre, e.g. radio frequency signal modulated onto an optical carrier
  • H04B 10/272 - Star-type networks

68.

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MASTER STATION DEVICE, SLAVE STATION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2025001541
Publication Number 2025/243593
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-01-20
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyazeki Yusuke
  • Jinen Keisuke
  • Funada Tomoyuki
  • Imai Katsuyuki
  • Miyata Hiroshi

Abstract

This optical communication system comprises a master station device and slave station devices. The master station device generates a downlink optical signal including a first electric signal in which a plurality of first analog signals corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands are multiplexed, and transmits the downlink optical signal to the slave station devices. The slave station devices acquire the first electric signal from the downlink optical signal, and transmit downlink wireless signals based on the first electric signal. The slave station devices receive uplink wireless signals, and transmit, to the master station device, uplink optical signals including second electric signals based on the uplink wireless signals. The master station device acquires the second electric signals from the uplink optical signals, and acquires, from the second electric signals, a plurality of second analog signals corresponding to the plurality of frequency bands.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 10/2575 - Radio-over-fibre, e.g. radio frequency signal modulated onto an optical carrier

69.

GLASS MATERIAL AND OPTICAL FIBER

      
Application Number JP2025015569
Publication Number 2025/243759
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-04-22
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sato Shin
  • Ishikawa Shinji
  • Tokuda Kazuya

Abstract

Provided is a glass material, wherein the full width at half maximum of a first diffraction peak in an X-ray scattering spectrum is 5.9 nm-1 or less. In this glass material, the network structure of glass is less disordered regardless of the number of ring members in the main ring structure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding
  • C03C 13/04 - Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions

70.

PRESSURE-CONTACT TERMINAL

      
Application Number JP2025016469
Publication Number 2025/243814
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-01
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Man Tomohiro
  • Moroki Souhei
  • Tsuji Hayato

Abstract

A pressure-contact terminal (10) of the present disclosure comprises: a first pressure-contact part (22) that is in pressure contact with an electric wire (W), which is press-fitted in a first direction between a pair of first clamping pieces (20) such that a diameter direction aligns with the first direction; a second pressure-contact part (32) that is in pressure contact with the electric wire (W), which is press-fitted in the first direction between a pair of second clamping pieces (30) such that the diameter direction aligns with the first direction; a first guide part (23) configured so that the spacing between the pair of clamping pieces (20) becomes narrower toward the first pressure-contact part (22) in the first direction; a first cutting part (24) that connects the first pressure-contact part (22) and the first guide part (23) and cuts a coating (W2) of the electric wire (W); a second guide part (33) configured so that the spacing between the pair of second clamping pieces becomes narrower toward the second pressure-contact part (32) in the first direction; and a second cutting part (34) that connects the second pressure-contact part (32) and the second guide part (33) and cuts the coating (W2) of the electric wire (W). The first cutting part (24) and the second cutting part (34) are arranged at different positions in the first direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/2454 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions forming a U shape with slotted branches
  • H01R 4/2452 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions in serial configuration, e.g. opposing folded slots

71.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025016473
Publication Number 2025/243815
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-01
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Man Tomohiro
  • Makino Kenji
  • Tsuji Hayato

Abstract

A connector (10) according to the present disclosure is provided with: an insulation-displacement terminal (30) into which an electric wire (W) is press-fitted; a housing (20) into which the insulation-displacement terminal (30) is inserted from a rear side; and an electric wire cover (40) attached to a rear end of the housing (20). The electric wire cover (40) has a pressing part (44A) that, by being attached to the housing (20) from the rear side, pushes the electric wire (W) forward to press-fit the electric wire (W) into the insulation-displacement terminal (30). First, the insulation-displacement terminal (30) is inserted into the housing (20) from the rear side. Next, an electric wire (W) is set behind the insulation-displacement terminal (30), and the electric wire cover (40) is attached to the housing (20) from the rear side. At this time, the pressing part (44A) of the electric wire cover (40) pushes the electric wire (W) forward to press-fit the electric wire (W) into the insulation-displacement terminal (30). Therefore, the electric wire (W) can be press-fitted into the insulation-displacement terminal (30) by attaching the electric wire cover (40) to the housing (20).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/2433 - Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
  • H01R 4/245 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the additional means having two or more slotted flat portions

72.

CONTROL DEVICE, WINDING SWITCHING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025016489
Publication Number 2025/243817
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-01
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Tsuda, Masaki

Abstract

This control device controls an AC motor capable of switching the connection state of a plurality of windings between a first connection state and a second connection state. The control device comprises: a determination unit for determining whether or not a specific condition related to the AC motor is satisfied; a current control unit for increasing the amplitude of a winding current flowing through the windings when it is determined by the determination unit that the specific condition is satisfied; and an instruction unit for instructing, after increasing the amplitude of the winding current by the current control unit, a winding switching device for switching the connection state of the plurality of windings to execute zero-cross switching for switching from the first connection state to the second connection state when the winding current reaches a zero-cross point.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02P 25/18 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of AC motor or by structural details characterised by the circuit arrangement or by the kind of wiring with arrangements for switching the windings, e.g. with mechanical switches or relays
  • H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode

73.

MOTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOTOR

      
Application Number JP2025016508
Publication Number 2025/243818
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-01
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Nakaya, Ryota

Abstract

A motor comprising: a stator core including an annular yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding from the yoke in a center direction toward the center of the yoke; a plurality of coils each wound around the corresponding one of the plurality of teeth; and a coupling wedge body, wherein the coupling wedge body includes a plurality of magnetic wedges arranged between adjacent coils at end portions of the respective coils in the center direction, and a coupling part for annularly coupling the plurality of magnetic wedges.

IPC Classes  ?

74.

ON-VEHICLE SYSTEM, ON-VEHICLE DEVICE, DATA RESTORATION PROGRAM, AND DATA DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025017669
Publication Number 2025/243920
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-15
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Muratsu Kosuke

Abstract

This on-vehicle system comprises: one or more storage devices that store storage destination information indicating storage destinations of a plurality of distributed data items which are for restoring prescribed target data and are distributed and stored in the plurality of storage destinations, and restoration information indicating a method for restoring the target data by using the plurality of distributed data items; and a transmission device that transmits the storage destination information and the restoration information in the storage device to an external device.

IPC Classes  ?

75.

PROTECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS

      
Application Number JP2025017072
Publication Number 2025/243871
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-11-27
Owner SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tanaka Kosuke
  • Kawade Yoshiki
  • Tsukimori Naoto

Abstract

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, provided are a protector and a wire harness in each of which the relative positions of a plurality of protector members can be easily determined. A protector (30) which is fixed to a vehicle body has a protector member (40) which protects a part of at least one electric wire (20) in the length direction of the electric wire (20). The protector member (40) includes a first protector member (41) and a second protector member (42). The first protector member (41) has a first end surface (F1) and a first engagement part (43). The second protector member (42) has a second end surface (F2) and a second engagement part (44). The first end surface (F1) and the second end surface (F2) face each other when disposed along the length direction of the electric wire (20). The first engagement part (43) and the second engagement part (44) can engage with each other in a protrusion-and-recess relationship in a state in which the first end surface (F1) and second end surface (F2) face each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
  • B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
  • F16B 2/08 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using bands
  • F16L 3/10 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
  • F16L 57/00 - Protection of pipes or objects of similar shape against external or internal damage or wear
  • H01B 7/00 - Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form

76.

Cutting tool

      
Application Number 29921115
Grant Number D1103230
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-14
First Publication Date 2025-11-25
Grant Date 2025-11-25
Owner
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Masashi
  • Murakami, Daisuke
  • Higashi, Taisuke

77.

Cutting tool

      
Application Number 29921158
Grant Number D1103231
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-14
First Publication Date 2025-11-25
Grant Date 2025-11-25
Owner
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Masashi
  • Murakami, Daisuke
  • Higashi, Taisuke

78.

HOLDING JIG, OPTICAL CABLE HOLDING SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL CABLE DRAWING METHOD

      
Application Number 19213642
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-20
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Watanabe, Shunichi
  • Shimazu, Takayuki
  • Fukui, Junji
  • Shibata, Masahiro
  • Aoshima, Yohei

Abstract

A holding jig is attachable to a plurality of optical cables to hold the plurality of optical cables in parallel to each other. The holding jig includes a plurality of gripping portions. Each of the plurality of gripping portions is configured to grip a sheath of an optical cable. Each of the plurality of gripping portions includes a first end portion and a second end portion and extends in a first direction. The first direction is, in a state in which the sheath of the optical cable is gripped, a direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion which is along an axis of the optical cable and also a direction parallel to the axis of the optical cable. The plurality of gripping portions are coupled side by side so as to grip the plurality of optical cables arranged in parallel.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables

79.

BATTERY PACK

      
Application Number 18863231
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-23
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Isaji, Yusuke
  • Kuboki, Hideyuki

Abstract

A battery pack includes an assembled battery, a lower case, an upper case, and a bus bar module which includes an external connection positive terminal and an external connection negative terminal, a side wall of the upper case has an external connection connector attached thereto in advance, the external connection connector includes an external connection positive bus bar having one end fastened to the external connection positive terminal and an external connection negative bus bar having one end fastened to the external connection negative terminal, and the upper case is attached to the lower case so that the one end of the external connection positive bus bar and the external connection positive terminal will be arranged to be fastenable to each other and the one end of the external connection negative bus bar and the external connection negative terminal will be arranged to be fastenable to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
  • H01M 50/284 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB]
  • H01M 50/367 - Internal gas exhaust passages forming part of the battery cover or caseDouble cover vent systems
  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising an arrangement of two or more busbars within a container structure, e.g. busbar modules
  • H01M 50/519 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising printed circuit boards [PCB]
  • H01M 50/569 - Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals

80.

VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18872674
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-01
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kono, Hitoshi
  • Maeda, Hideki

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted device includes a processor capable of setting three or more authority levels related to memory access, wherein a higher authority level than authority levels of an OS and an application is set for an abnormality notification function of notifying a memory access violation to an outside of the vehicle-mounted device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 12/14 - Protection against unauthorised use of memory
  • G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities

81.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18873328
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-02
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Wi, Nungna
  • Hara, Teruo

Abstract

A connector of the present disclosure is connectable to a mating connector including a mating receptacle and includes a housing including a tower portion fittable into the mating receptacle and a rubber plug to be externally fit to the tower portion. The rubber plug includes an annular water stop portion to be arranged between an outer peripheral surface of the tower portion and an inner peripheral surface of the mating receptacle with the tower portion fit in the mating receptacle, a tubular vibration resistance portion extending forward along the outer peripheral surface of the tower portion from the water stop portion and a turn-up suppressing portion bridged in a front end part of the vibration resistance portion for suppressing the rubber plug from being turned up rearward by being caught by a front end part of the tower portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/52 - Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases

82.

TERMINAL DEVICE

      
Application Number 18873334
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-05-23
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yang, Xingke

Abstract

Provided is a terminal device with which it is possible to simplify a connection structure and the work of connecting wires. A connector (10), serving as this terminal device, comprises: a first piece (42, 42A, 42B) and a second piece (43, 43A, 43B) which are formed of a conductive plate and which are integrally connected so as to be openable via a folded-back section (41, 41A, 41B); and a retaining part (27, 27A, 27B) that maintains the closed state of the first piece (42, 42A, 42B) and the second piece (43, 43A, 43B) in which the same are closed so as to sandwich a wire (90) therebetween.

IPC Classes  ?

83.

CUTOFF CONTROL DEVICE

      
Application Number 18873899
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-15
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Kawakami, Takafumi

Abstract

A cutoff control device controls a cutoff unit. An in-vehicle system includes a power storage unit, a power line for power transmission between the power storage unit and a load, and a cutoff unit to switch between allowing and cutting off power supply from the power storage unit to the load through the power line. The cutoff control device includes a current detection unit, a voltage detection unit, and a control unit. The current detection unit detects the current flowing through the power line. The voltage detection unit detects the voltage in the power line. The control unit instructs the cutoff unit to cut off power if the current detection unit detects a predetermined current increase and the voltage detection unit detects a predetermined voltage decrease.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02H 3/38 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to both voltage and currentEmergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to phase angle between voltage and current
  • H02H 3/10 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess current additionally responsive to some other abnormal electrical conditions
  • H02H 3/24 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage
  • H02H 7/18 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for batteriesEmergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for accumulators

84.

ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINED MODEL

      
Application Number JP2024017675
Publication Number 2025/238691
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-13
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwasaki Rui
  • Takakuwa Tatsuya

Abstract

An analysis system 1 comprises: an acquisition unit 10 that acquires diffraction image data of a sample having a nanotube structure; a learning unit 13 that generates a trained model trough machine learning of a training model by using the diffraction image data acquired by the acquisition unit 10; and an analysis unit 15 that analyzes the crystal structure of the sample having a nanotube structure by using the trained model generated by the learning unit 13.

IPC Classes  ?

85.

OPTICAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER, OPTICAL RELAY DEVICE, AND SETTING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2025013891
Publication Number 2025/239060
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-04-07
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takizawa, Yasuhiro
  • Umeda, Daisuke

Abstract

This optical remote control system comprises a first optical transceiver including an optical transmission/reception unit, a first optical relay device for relaying optical signals transmitted through an optical transmission path connected to the optical transmission/reception unit, an estimating unit for estimating a transmission distance along the optical transmission path, and a determining unit for determining setting information on the basis of the transmission distance estimated by the estimating unit, wherein: the first optical relay device includes an OLT function unit that transmits a time-division multiplexed optical signal including a control signal; the first optical transceiver includes an ONU function unit that receives the control signal included in the time-division multiplexed optical signal; the transmission distance includes a first distance between the first optical relay device and the first optical transceiver, calculated on the basis of an RTT measured by the OLT function unit; and the first optical transceiver sets the optical transmission/reception unit on the basis of the setting information determined by the determining unit.

IPC Classes  ?

86.

OPTICAL CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2025015568
Publication Number 2025/239152
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-04-22
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Haji Kohei
  • Morishima Tetsu

Abstract

An optical connector (1) according to the present disclosure comprises: a plurality of optical fibers (10); a ferrule (20) that includes a first accommodation hole and a plurality of second accommodation holes; a boot (30) that includes an insertion hole; and a holding member (40) that holds the plurality of optical fibers. The outer wall surface of the boot (30) includes a first reference surface (S1) that is in contact with the inner surface of the first accommodation hole. The inner wall surface of the boot (30) includes a second reference surface (S2) facing the side opposite to the first reference surface. When a direction in which the plurality of second accommodation holes are arranged is defined as an angle reference direction (D1) and a direction in which the plurality of optical fibers are arranged is defined as a fiber arrangement direction (D2), in a cross-section of the boot perpendicular to the axial direction, a total angle obtained by summing up a first angle (Θ1) of the second reference surface with respect to the first reference surface along the angle reference direction and a second angle (Θ2) in the fiber arrangement direction with respect to the second reference surface is less than 3 degrees.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 6/40 - Mechanical coupling means having fibre bundle mating means
  • G02B 6/02 - Optical fibres with cladding

87.

TERMINAL FITTING

      
Application Number JP2025017088
Publication Number 2025/239297
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yang Xingke

Abstract

A terminal fitting (10) comprises: a terminal connection portion (10A) which is connected to a counterpart terminal (P); and an electric wire connection portion (10B) that is continuous with the rear end of the terminal connection portion (10A) and extends backward, and which is connected to an electric wire (30). The electric wire connection portion (10B) has: a bottom wall (10E) extending in the front-rear direction; a pair of side walls (10F) protruding in one direction in the plate thickness direction of the bottom wall (10E) from each of a pair of side edges of the bottom wall (10E) extending in the front-rear direction; and a pair of pressure contact blades (10G) expanding in a direction intersecting the bottom wall (10E) and each side wall (10F), and projecting from the pair of side walls (10F). Each pressure-contact blade (10G) has: a pressure-contact blade body portion (10J) provided on the protruding-end side of the side walls (10F); and a holding portion (10K) that is provided on the bottom wall (10E) side and holds the electric wire (30). The pair of holding portions (10K) have a separation dimension (S2) greater than a separation dimension (S1) of the pair of pressure contact blade body portions (10J).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/2466 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the contact members having a channel-shaped part, the opposing sidewalls of which comprise insulation-cutting means
  • H01R 13/10 - Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades

88.

TERMINAL FITTING

      
Application Number JP2025017089
Publication Number 2025/239298
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yang Xingke

Abstract

This terminal fitting (10) comprises: a terminal connection portion (10A) to be connected to a counterpart terminal (P); and an electric wire connection portion (10B) that is continuous with the rear end of the terminal connection portion (10A), extends backward, and is connected to an electric wire (30). The wire connection portion (10B) includes a bottom wall (10E) extending in the front-rear direction, a pair of side walls (10F) protruding one way in the plate thickness direction of the bottom wall (10E) from each of a pair of side edges extending in the front-rear direction of the bottom wall (10E), and a pair of pressure contact blades (10G) projecting inward from the side walls (10F). Each pressure contact blade (10G) includes: a pressure contact blade body (10J) that is provided on the protruding end side of the side wall (10F) for cutting open a cladding (32) of the electric wire (30); and a connection portion (10K) that is provided on the bottom wall (10E) side, and that is to be connected to a core wire (31) of the electric wire (30). The front-rear-direction dimension of each of the pressure contact blade bodies (10J) is smaller than the front-rear-direction dimension of each of the connection portions (10K).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/2466 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation-penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the contact members having a channel-shaped part, the opposing sidewalls of which comprise insulation-cutting means
  • H01R 13/10 - Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades

89.

TERMINAL FITTING

      
Application Number JP2025017090
Publication Number 2025/239299
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-09
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yang Xingke
  • Makino Kenji

Abstract

This terminal fitting ensures stable contact pressure with an electric wire. A terminal fitting (A) comprises: a terminal body (10) having a first holding piece (12U) and a second holding piece (12L) that sandwich a core wire (41) of an electric wire (40); and a slide member (30) that is attached to the terminal body (10) to displace the first holding piece (12U) and the second holding piece (12L) so as to approach each other. The first holding piece (12U) has a first edge portion (21U) and a first accommodation portion (23U) formed therein. The first edge portion (21U) has a shape extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of the core wire (41) and bites into the core wire (41). The first accommodation portion (23U) is defined in the circumferential direction by the first edge portion (21U) and can accommodate a part of the core wire (41). The second holding piece (12L) has a second edge portion (21L) and a second accommodation portion (23L) formed therein. The second edge portion (21L) has a shape extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of the core wire (41) and bites into the core wire (41). The second accommodation portion (23L) is defined in the circumferential direction by the second edge portion (21L) and can accommodate a part of the core wire (41).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 4/50 - Clamped connectionsSpring connections using a cam, wedge, cone or ball
  • H01R 13/04 - Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
  • H01R 13/10 - Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
  • H01R 13/11 - Resilient sockets

90.

SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2025017459
Publication Number 2025/239371
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-14
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Saitoh, Yu

Abstract

A silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a silicon carbide substrate that has a first main surface and a second main surface and that has, in a plan view perpendicular to the first main surface, an active region and a termination region which surrounds the active region. The silicon carbide substrate has a first semiconductor region that is of a first conductivity type, a plurality of second semiconductor regions that are of a second conductivity type and that are provided in the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region that is of the second conductivity type, that is provided in the active region, that constitutes the first main surface, and that is annular in the plan view. The plurality of second semiconductor regions are disposed in the active region and the termination region along a first axis that is parallel to the first main surface, and extend along a second axis that is parallel to the first main surface and perpendicular to the first axis. The second semiconductor regions each have a fourth semiconductor region that overlaps the third semiconductor region in the plan view and that is electrically connected to the third semiconductor region, and have a fifth semiconductor region in the termination region. The minimum value of a first width of the fifth semiconductor region is smaller than the minimum value of a second width of the fourth semiconductor region.

IPC Classes  ?

91.

RADIO WAVE SENSOR, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2025017675
Publication Number 2025/239416
Status In Force
Filing Date 2025-05-15
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Higashi, Atsushi

Abstract

One aspect of the present disclosure is a device that is a radio wave sensor that uses radio waves of a prescribed frequency to perform sensing. The radio wave sensor comprises a transmission/reception unit that transmits and receives the radio waves and a processor that generates detection results that include the positions and speeds of targets on the basis of the transmitted and received radio waves and outputs a communication frame that includes storage fields for the detection results. The storage fields include a field that stores count information for the number of pedestrians that pass through a crosswalk. The number of pedestrians is a converted value that is calculated on the basis of a count area that includes at least one of the targets.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 1/01 - Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
  • G01S 13/34 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated using transmission of continuous, frequency-modulated waves while heterodyning the received signal, or a signal derived therefrom, with a locally-generated signal related to the contemporaneously transmitted signal
  • G01S 13/91 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for traffic control

92.

SKIVING CUTTER

      
Application Number JP2024037955
Publication Number 2025/238898
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-24
Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shiro, Kentaro
  • Higashi, Taisuke
  • Kukino, Satoru
  • Kido, Yasuki
  • Okamura, Katsumi
  • Matsuda, Yusuke

Abstract

Provided is a skiving cutter which rotates on the axis. The skiving cutter includes a plurality of cutting blades arranged annularly around the axis. The skiving cutter comprises a base part and a blade edge part. The blade edge part is continuous with the base part. The blade edge part and the base part are arranged in a first direction that is the forward direction of the skiving cutter along the axis. The base part is made of a cemented carbide or a high-speed steel. The blade edge part comprises a blade edge layer and a cemented carbide layer. The blade edge layer forms the plurality of cutting blades. The cemented carbide layer is interposed between the blade edge layer and the base part. The blade edge layer is made of any one selected from among sintered cubic boron nitride, diamond, and special cemented carbides.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 21/10 - Gear-shaper cutters having a shape similar to a spur wheel or part thereof
  • B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
  • B23B 27/20 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with diamond bits
  • B23F 21/28 - Shaving cutters

93.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE

      
Application Number 19203570
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-09
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ugaji, Ryosuke

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor substrate includes forming a first nitride semiconductor layer including aluminum, on a substrate that is at a first temperature; changing a temperature of the substrate and the first nitride semiconductor layer to a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature; and forming a second nitride semiconductor layer including aluminum, on the first nitride semiconductor layer that is at the second temperature. In the forming of the first nitride semiconductor layer, a first V/III ratio to a supply amount of a Group V element to a supply amount of a Group III element is higher than a second V/III ratio to a supply amount of the Group V element to a supply amount of the Group III element in the forming of the second nitride semiconductor layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23C 16/455 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for introducing gases into the reaction chamber or for modifying gas flows in the reaction chamber
  • C23C 16/30 - Deposition of compounds, mixtures or solid solutions, e.g. borides, carbides, nitrides
  • H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

94.

NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

      
Application Number 19205192
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-05-12
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Takayama, Daiki

Abstract

A nitride semiconductor device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer including a channel layer and a barrier layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, and a third nitride semiconductor layer. The channel layer and the barrier layer are interposed between the second nitride semiconductor layer and the third nitride semiconductor layer. In a cross-sectional view including a first axis and a second axis, the second nitride semiconductor layer includes a first covering portion covering a portion of a third surface of an insulating layer, and the third nitride semiconductor layer includes a second covering portion covering a portion of the third surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10D 62/13 - Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. source or drain regions
  • H10D 30/01 - Manufacture or treatment
  • H10D 30/47 - FETs having zero-dimensional [0D], one-dimensional [1D] or two-dimensional [2D] charge carrier gas channels having 2D charge carrier gas channels, e.g. nanoribbon FETs or high electron mobility transistors [HEMT]
  • H10D 62/85 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs

95.

VEHICLE-MOUNTED CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18854827
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-28
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Endo, Masahiro

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted control device includes: a first processing unit configured to execute relay processing for relaying a message to be communicated between a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices; a second processing unit configured to execute vehicle-related processing different from the relay processing; and a determination unit configured to dynamically determine a first period for executing the relay processing to be executed by the first processing unit and a second period for executing the processing to be executed by the second processing unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 12/46 - Interconnection of networks
  • H04L 12/12 - Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
  • H04W 4/46 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]

96.

CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONNECTION STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 18868695
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-30
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamamoto, Masamichi
  • Nakatsugi, Kyouichirou
  • Koinuma, Takayoshi
  • Matsumoto, Masahiro
  • Hattori, Shiho
  • Yoshida, Narumi

Abstract

A connection structure includes a plurality of insulated electric wires, a plurality of connected portions, and an adhesive. Each of the plurality of insulated electric wires has a central conductor and an insulating layer covering a peripheral surface of the central conductor. The central conductor is exposed from the insulating layer at a tip portion of each of the plurality of insulated electric wires in an axial direction. The plurality of connected portions are arranged in rows. The tip portions of the plurality of insulated electric wires are respectively soldered to the plurality of connected portions. The adhesive is adhered to a side surface of the tip portion of at least one of the plurality of insulated electric wires.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 12/53 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
  • H01R 4/02 - Soldered or welded connections
  • H01R 4/04 - Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one anotherMeans for effecting or maintaining such contactElectrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation using electrically conductive adhesives
  • H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
  • H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve

97.

DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, AND DETECTION METHOD

      
Application Number 18870607
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-14
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyoshi, Takanori
  • Fukuda, Kunito
  • Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki
  • Masukawa, Kyosuke
  • Ueda, Hiroshi

Abstract

This detection device is a detection device configured to detect an abnormality in a network. In the network, transmission and reception of a plurality of messages including a response message are performed by a plurality of communication apparatuses. The detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of load information respectively indicating communication loads at a plurality of locations in the network, the plurality of pieces of load information respectively indicating communication loads due to the messages whose transmission sources are corresponding ones of the communication apparatuses; and a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in the network, based on consistency between the plurality of pieces of load information acquired by the acquisition unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

98.

ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18874312
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-16
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Iwasaki, Rui

Abstract

An anomaly detection system includes: a sensor provided to a tool, the sensor being configured to measure a physical quantity, of the tool, that varies while a machine tool is machining a machining target object by means of the tool; and an anomaly detection device configured to detect an anomaly in the tool, based on measurement data obtained by the sensor. The anomaly detection device includes: a synchronization unit configured to achieve synchronization between target data being measurement data in time series obtained by the sensor, and reference data being a measurement result in time series of the physical quantity when the tool is in a normal state; a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the reference data and the target data; and an anomaly detection unit configured to detect an anomaly in the tool by comparing the distance with a threshold.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance

99.

IN-VEHICLE RELAY APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 17597994
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-07-16
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner
  • AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Japan)
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Sano, Yuki

Abstract

An in-vehicle relay apparatus configured to reduce an adverse effect from an unauthorized apparatus being connected to a communication line in a vehicle. The in-vehicle relay apparatus is to be connected to a plurality of communication lines mounted in a vehicle, and relays transmission/reception of data between the communication lines. The in-vehicle relay apparatus includes a relay restricting unit restricting data transmitted by a communication apparatus newly connected to one communication line from being relayed to another communication line. A behavior analysis unit analyzes an operation performed by the communication apparatus, based on correspondence information between an input value that is input to the communication apparatus and an operation result of the communication apparatus in response to the input value. A restriction cancelling unit cancels relay restriction performed by the relay restricting unit, in accordance with a result of analysis performed by the behavior analysis unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 3/36 - Repeater circuits
  • H04L 9/40 - Network security protocols
  • H04L 12/46 - Interconnection of networks
  • H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

100.

CONNECTOR

      
Application Number 18871482
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-05
First Publication Date 2025-11-20
Owner SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iida, Kyohei
  • Kobayashi, Yutaka

Abstract

An outer housing according to an aspect of the present disclosure has a first opening where the mating terminals are inserted along a first direction and a second opening for the wires to pass through along a second direction crossing the first direction. An inner housing is disposed inside the outer housing and holds the terminals therein. One of a first inner housing holder and a second inner housing holder is selectable as an inner housing holder to be attached to the second opening. The first inner housing holder includes a first mounting portion that is fitted into the second opening and a fixed leg that is fixed to a device to which a mating connector is attached. The second inner housing holder includes a second mounting portion fitted into the second opening.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01R 13/533 - Bases or cases made for use in extreme conditions, e.g. high temperature, radiation, vibration, corrosive environment, pressure
  • H01R 13/6581 - Shield structure
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