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Apparatus for multiplexing between on-board units in a vehicle

US6020811A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1996
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/01115
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiplexing apparatus multiplexes between processing units and a battery unit of a vehicle which are connected to one another by wire harnesses, by grouping a variety of on-board controlled objects into a plurality of neighboring controlled objects and controlling each of respective processing units. The wire harness has electric conductors of which the outer peripheral portion are covered with a first insulating layer, an electric conductivity layer which covers the electric conductors, a second insulating the peripheral portion of the electric layer which covers conductivity layer, a circuit for applying an electric potential to the electric conductivity layer, and a monitor for the electric potential of the electric conductivity layer.

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