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US 11,338,746 B2Granted
Automobile architecture
AssigneesSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenta Kobayashi, Akira Kitabata, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa, Taiko Sato, Hiroyuki Ishikawa
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Abstract
An automobile architecture includes a composite cable, a main electronic control unit, a subsidiary electronic control unit, a motor sensor, and a wheel velocity sensor. In the architecture, the composite cable connects the main electronic control unit and the subsidiary electronic control unit, and the motor sensor and the wheel velocity sensor are connected to the subsidiary electronic control unit.
Claims13
An architecture comprising:
- a composite cable including a first connector and a second connector having a sub wire extending from the second connector, the sub wire has a third connector connected to the sub wire;
- a main electronic control unit, the first connector being connected to the main electronic control unit;
- a subsidiary electronic control unit, the second connector being connected to the subsidiary electronic control unit, and the composite cable connects the main electronic control unit and the subsidiary electronic control unit;
- a motor sensor;
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- a wheel velocity sensor, the third connector being connected to the wheel velocity sensor, and the motor sensor and the wheel velocity sensor are connected to the subsidiary electronic control unit, the wheel velocity sensor transmits a signal that passes through the composite cable via a circuit in the subsidiary electronic control unit, and the signal transmitted by the wheel velocity sensor is received by the main electronic control unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.