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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12004 (2013.01); B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12085 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle wiring system includes a plurality of functional units to be mounted in a vehicle, an optical transmission line that is wired between the functional units and configured to transmit an optical signal of the functional units, an optical coupler that is disposed in a partial section of the optical transmission line and constitutes a part of the optical transmission line, and a structural member that constitutes a part of the vehicle and is at least partially transparent. The optical coupler has an optical waveguide that passes through the structural member.