METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AVOID A TARGET WITH EULER-SPIRAL PATH REFINEMENT
Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240034311
A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with at least two perception sensors to avoid a target. The control method includes: determining data of the sensors, fusing the data of the sensors so as to determine the steering wheel angle, the vehicle speed and the vehicle heading, planning an avoidance path to avoid the target, taking the form of a Euler spiral, refining the avoidance path depending on the steering wheel angle, on the vehicle speed and on the vehicle heading and based on…
CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240035424
An internal combustion engine is mounted for power generation in a series hybrid vehicle and has an exhaust system with an upstream-side catalytic converter and a downstream-side catalytic converter. After starting of the internal combustion engine, the operation of the internal combustion engine is continued, without stopping the internal combustion engine even when the power generation request ceases, until completion of the warm-up of both of the upstream-side catalytic converter and…
FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL
Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240039010
A fuel cell having a plurality of power generating cells stacked in a thickness direction via an interconnector, the power generating cells comprising a solid electrolyte plate, an anode electrode disposed on one side of the solid electrolyte plate, and a cathode electrode disposed on the other side of the solid electrolyte plate, the interconnector electrically connecting the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode having a support layer…
PENDULUM TYPE MOUNT SYSTEM
Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240034143
A pendulum type mount system includes a pair of upper mounts that mount upper portions of a powerplant unit on a vehicle body, and a pair of first and second lower torque rods. The first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane including a gravity center of the powerplant unit. A first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod. A distance…
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AVOID A TARGET WITH EULER-SPIRAL PATH REFINEMENT
Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240034311
A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with at least two perception sensors to avoid a target. The control method includes: determining data of the sensors, fusing the data of the sensors so as to determine the steering wheel angle, the vehicle speed and the vehicle heading, planning an avoidance path to avoid the target, taking the form of a Euler spiral, refining the avoidance path depending on the steering wheel angle, on the vehicle speed and on the vehicle heading and based on…
CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240025413
Provided is a control method for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a driving source, the control method for the vehicle including: executing automatic stop control of automatically stopping the internal combustion engine when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied, and executing automatic restart control of automatically restarting the internal combustion engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied during execution of the automatic stop control;…
APPARATUS
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240026964
An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion.
APPARATUS
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240027145
An apparatus includes a case including a heat exchange unit; an inflow port through which a fluid flows into the heat exchange unit; and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged from the heat exchange unit. In the case, the inflow port and the discharge port are opened in a facing surface facing a component to which the apparatus is assembled, the inflow port is disposed to face a fluid outlet of the component, and a partition wall that separates an inflow port side and a…
CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240025413
Provided is a control method for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a driving source, the control method for the vehicle including: executing automatic stop control of automatically stopping the internal combustion engine when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied, and executing automatic restart control of automatically restarting the internal combustion engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied during execution of the automatic stop control;…
APPARATUS
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240026964
An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion.
APPARATUS
Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240027145
An apparatus includes a case including a heat exchange unit; an inflow port through which a fluid flows into the heat exchange unit; and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged from the heat exchange unit. In the case, the inflow port and the discharge port are opened in a facing surface facing a component to which the apparatus is assembled, the inflow port is disposed to face a fluid outlet of the component, and a partition wall that separates an inflow port side and a…
INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL UNIT ON VEHICLE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240023267
A high voltage electrical unit is installed above a floor of a vehicle between left and right seats. A bracket is fixed on the floor between the left and right seats, and the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on a bracket top plate of the bracket. A protect cover for covering the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on the bracket. Strength of the protect cover against a lateral load is made higher than strength of the bracket against the lateral load.
BUMPER REINFORCEMENT
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240017690
A bumper reinforcement includes a main body made of metal, a reinforcing channel member, and a resin block. A mounting portion of a crash box is formed at a vicinity of each end of the main body. The reinforcing channel member includes a web, an upper flange and a lower flange that are placed on an outer panel, an upper panel and a lower panel of the main body at the mounting portion of the crash box, respectively. The reinforcing channel member is extended outward from the each end of…
QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240019401
A quality evaluation device operates to: detect a defect present in a component based on a detection result obtained by a non-destructive inspection method; extract feature amounts of the defect from detection information of the defect; specify an evaluation target site in which the defect is present in the component; acquire one or more usage state information values associated with the evaluation target site, the usage state information values being estimated values that represent…
CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240018917
A first output limit value is determined as an intersection point of a knock-limit output line which is set according to an exhaust gas recirculation rate and ignition timing and an exhaust-temperature-limit output line which is set according to the exhaust gas recirculation rate and ignition timing; a second output limit value is determined as an intersection point of the knock-limit output line and an air-quantity-limit output line which is set according to the exhaust gas…
BUMPER REINFORCEMENT
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240017690
A bumper reinforcement includes a main body made of metal, a reinforcing channel member, and a resin block. A mounting portion of a crash box is formed at a vicinity of each end of the main body. The reinforcing channel member includes a web, an upper flange and a lower flange that are placed on an outer panel, an upper panel and a lower panel of the main body at the mounting portion of the crash box, respectively. The reinforcing channel member is extended outward from the each end of…
INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL UNIT ON VEHICLE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240023267
A high voltage electrical unit is installed above a floor of a vehicle between left and right seats. A bracket is fixed on the floor between the left and right seats, and the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on a bracket top plate of the bracket. A protect cover for covering the high voltage electrical unit is fixed on the bracket. Strength of the protect cover against a lateral load is made higher than strength of the bracket against the lateral load.
QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240019401
A quality evaluation device operates to: detect a defect present in a component based on a detection result obtained by a non-destructive inspection method; extract feature amounts of the defect from detection information of the defect; specify an evaluation target site in which the defect is present in the component; acquire one or more usage state information values associated with the evaluation target site, the usage state information values being estimated values that represent…
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240019266
An information processing apparatus includes a communicator for communicating with an on-vehicle communicator mounted on a vehicle and a communication terminal to be operated by a user, and a controller configured to acquire, from the on-vehicle communicator, an update history of at least some of map data stored in a storage medium of the vehicle, determine whether the map data needs to be updated on a basis of the update history, transmit an inquiry signal to the communication terminal…
CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Granted: January 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240018917
A first output limit value is determined as an intersection point of a knock-limit output line which is set according to an exhaust gas recirculation rate and ignition timing and an exhaust-temperature-limit output line which is set according to the exhaust gas recirculation rate and ignition timing; a second output limit value is determined as an intersection point of the knock-limit output line and an air-quantity-limit output line which is set according to the exhaust gas…
