US 12,245,335 B2
Switch module, master switch unit, and slave switch unit
Jun Goto, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,272.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-171994 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117037 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 84/20 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2637 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch module comprising:
a master switch unit comprising:
a master substrate;
a determination unit mounted on the master substrate and configured to determine an ON/OFF state of a switch portion connected to the determination unit;
a master-side switch portion mounted on the master substrate and connected to the determination unit; and
at least one master-side connector mounted on the master substrate and connected to the determination unit; and
at least one slave switch unit comprising:
a slave substrate;
a slave-side switch portion mounted on the slave substrate; and
a pair of first slave-side connectors mounted on the slave substrate and connected to the slave-side switch portion; and
a pair of second slave-side connectors mounted on the slave substrate and connected to each other, wherein
the at least one master-side connector of the master switch unit is a plurality of master-side connectors,
the at least one slave switch unit is a plurality of slave switch units,
one of the plurality of master-side connectors is connected to one of the pair of first slave-side connectors of a first slave switch unit from among the plurality of slave switch units,
another of the plurality of master-side connectors is connected to one of the pair of second slave-side connectors of the first slave switch unit,
the other of the pair of second slave-side connectors of the first slave switch unit is connected to one of the pair of first slave-side connectors of a second slave switch unit from among the plurality of slave switch units, and
the other of the pair of first slave-side connectors of the first slave switch unit is connected to one of the pair of second slave-side connectors of the second slave switch unit.