30.6 An electromagnetic clip connector for in-vehicle LAN to reduce wire harness weight by 30%

Author

Kosuge, A. ; Ishizuka, Shuhei ; Lechang Liu ; Okada, Atsushi ; Taguchi, M. ; Ishikuro, Hiroki ; Kuroda, Tadahiro

Author_Institution

Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

9-13 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

496

Lastpage

497

Abstract

Heavier wire harnesses decrease the fuel efficiency of vehicles. The number of wires has increased sharply with presently over one hundred electronic control units (ECUs). Connectors also add to the weight (Fig. 30.6.1(a)). The connectors used in vehicles occupy a considerable space because heavy protection is required against transmission interruption caused by vibration. In addition, a significant number of wires are used together in a junction box to increase total wire length (e.g. 55L when 10 ECUs are connected) and thus weight increases accordingly.

Keywords

automotive electrics; automotive electronics; electric connectors; local area networks; vibrations; wires (electric); ECU; connectors; electromagnetic clip connector; electronic control units; fuel efficiency; in-vehicle LAN; transmission interruption; vibration; wire harnesses; Clocks; Connectors; Electromagnetics; Encoding; Local area networks; Noise; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0918-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2014.6757528

Filename

6757528