US 12,081,249 B2
Onboard relay apparatus
Hiromichi Yasunori, Yokkaichi (JP); and Makoto Chujo, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/757,802
Filed by AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045192
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131603, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-233528 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416825 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 3/58 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/0475 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An onboard relay apparatus installed in a vehicle and connected to a plurality of onboard devices and configured to relay communication to the plurality of onboard devices, the onboard relay apparatus provided on a roof of the vehicle, the plurality of onboard devices including an onboard load provided on the roof and a power supply apparatus that supplies power and a second onboard relay apparatus provided in an area other than the roof, the onboard relay apparatus comprising:
a branch line connector connected to the onboard load via a power line and a communication line provided on the roof;
a main line connector connected to the power supply apparatus and the second onboard relay apparatus via a power line and a communication line provided on a pillar of the vehicle; and
a control unit configured to control supplying and cutting off power supplied from the power supply apparatus via a power line provided on the pillar and distributed to the onboard load via one of a plurality of power lines provided on the roof, and to control relaying communication to the onboard load and the second onboard relay apparatus.