US 12,238,174 B2
In-vehicle system
Tsuyoshi Kontani, Yokkaichi (JP); and Shinichi Tanabe, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/756,915
Filed by AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/043697
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/111928, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-221518 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010094 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/12 (2022.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/12 (2013.01) [B60R 16/023 (2013.01); H04B 3/36 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle system that is installed in a vehicle and that includes a plurality of relay devices,
wherein the plurality of relay devices are installed in a plurality of installation areas partitioned in the vehicle and comprise a plurality of connectors corresponding in number to the plurality of installation areas,
the number and shapes of the plurality of connectors are standardized between the plurality of relay devices,
harnesses extended from the plurality of installation areas are connected to the plurality of connectors either directly or via relay connectors,
the plurality of relay devices include:
a first relay device in which harnesses extended from different installation areas are connected to the plurality of connectors; and
a second relay device other than the first relay device, and
the number of relay connectors connected to the first relay device is no greater than the number of relay connectors connected to the second relay device.