Structure for protecting drive device
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11953084
A drive device protection structure has a rotary electric machine, a gearbox connected the rotary electric machine, an undercover disposed underneath the drive device and a protecting plate provided to the undercover. The rotary electric machine has a rotary electric machine housing that has a rotary electric machine flange. The gearbox has a gearbox housing that has a gearbox flange. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are connected together. The rotary electric…
Hood release lever cover assembly for a vehicle
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11952810
A release lever cover assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket assembly, a first release lever, and a release lever cover. The bracket assembly is configured to be connected to a vehicle body structure of the vehicle. The first release lever is pivotally connected to the bracket assembly. The first release lever is movable between a first position and a second position in which a vehicle component is released. The release lever cover is slidably connected to the bracket assembly. The…
Bracket for tailgate actuation system in vehicles
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11952053
A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a vehicle body having an outer body panel; a tailgate that is movable in relation to the vehicle body via a tailgate actuation system between a closed position and an open position; and a bracket that is configured to receive the tailgate actuation system. The bracket includes a main body portion and an appendage that extends transversely from the main body portion such that the appendage engages the vehicle body to inhibit rotational deflection of…
Structure of disconnect plug for electric vehicle
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11951846
In a structure of a disconnect plug of an electric vehicle, a plug bracket is raised from an inside of a battery unit to an inside of a bulge formed on a floor panel under rear seats for preventing a submarine motion of a passenger. In addition, a disconnect plug is detachably attached to a front face of a plug bracket, and an opening for accessing to the disconnect plug is formed on a front wall of the bulge. Further, a cover for covering the opening capable of being opened and closed…
Malfunction-type determination device and malfunction-type determination method
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11951615
A driving force sensor detects a driving force in a rotating mechanism provided in an apparatus. A vibration sensor detects vibrations of the apparatus. A control unit determines a type of a malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with a combination of the detected driving force and the detected vibrations.
Headlamp for automobile
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
D1022271
Driving assist method and driving assist device
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11945436
A vehicle speed/headway control function and a lane-keeping function are provided as driving assist functions to assist in a driving operation by a driver. A mode-switching controller is provided for switching between the modes. In the lane-keeping assist mode, it is assessed whether or not a traveling condition has been met that an actual vehicle speed of the host vehicle exceeds a speed limit of a roadway on which the host vehicle is traveling during lane-keeping travel in which…
Vehicle assist method and vehicle assist device
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11948372
A vehicle assist device includes a camera that captures the surroundings of a host vehicle at different times, and a controller that processes the plurality of images captured at different times by the camera. The controller extracts a stationary object region, which is a region corresponding to a stationary object, from each of a plurality of images captured at different times, aligns the plurality of images based on the movement amount of the stationary object in the image in the…
Navigation map learning for intelligent hybrid-electric vehicle planning
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11946760
Activating an engine of a HEV to charge a battery includes obtaining a first GPS trace from a first trip of the HEV along a first route, where the first GPS trace includes first trace metadata; obtaining a second GPS trace from a second trip, where the second GPS trace includes second trace metadata; adding, to a navigation map, an aggregation of the first trace metadata and the second trace metadata for edges of the navigation map; using the navigation map to obtain an activation action…
Explainability and interface design for lane-level route planner
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11945441
Providing explanations in route planning includes determining a route based on at least two objectives received from a user, where a second objective of the at least two objectives is constrained to within a slack value of a first objective of the at least two objectives; receiving, from the user, a request for an explanation as to an action along the route; and providing the explanation to the user. The explanation describes an extent of violating the slack value.
Vehicle front-arrangement structure and vehicle equipped with vehicle front-arrangement structure
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11945281
A vehicle front arrangement structure includes high-voltage equipment, air conditioning equipment that includes an air-conditioner blower, and a high-voltage connector part. The high-voltage equipment and air conditioning equipment are arranged in front of a vehicle. The high-voltage connector part is provided at a vehicle rearward end portion of the high-voltage equipment to connect a high-voltage wire harness. The high-voltage connector part is arranged so as to be displaced in at…
Baffle plate and seal member of a driving force transmission device
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11940043
A baffle plate (4) including a body portion (5), a cover portion (8, 9) and a seal member (88, 98), a final gear (25) and a driven sprocket (DS) disposed in an accommodating chamber (Sa, Sb) of the baffle plate (4), an oil pump (OP) serving as a source of oil (OL) for lubrication, and an oil pan (16) are provided. At least one of the body portion (5), the cover portions (8, 9) and the seal members (88, 98) includes a material that shrinks as the temperature of the oil (OL) decreases. The…
EGR control method and EGR controller
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11939928
An EGR valve is provided in an EGR passage circulating a part of an exhaust gas of an exhaust pipe in an intake pipe as an EGR gas, the EGR valve adjusting an EGR gas amount flowing in the EGR passage when an engine is in an EGR region, a differential pressure device is provided in the intake pipe, the differential pressure device adjusting a differential pressure of the EGR valve, a control unit is provided to control the EGR valve and the differential pressure device, and the EGR…
Information service method for vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch system, and information service device
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11938965
Vehicle allocation system includes an information provision apparatus, a first apparatus: control apparatus, and a user's second apparatus: user terminal apparatus. Processor of the information provision apparatus calculates a first driving plan for a vehicle in response to request information. When a second driving plan different from the first driving plan is calculated based on detection information acquired from the vehicle, the processor determines the cause of a change in the…
Voice dialogue device, voice dialogue system, and control method for voice dialogue system
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11938958
The present disclosure including determining that a state of a load on an occupant in a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a traveling state of the vehicle (100), an external environment state of the vehicle, and a state of the occupant in the vehicle, and executing a dialogue with the occupant by executing a dialogue program corresponding to the state of the load on the occupant.
Method and device for controlling vehicle motion during acceleration in the lateral direction
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11938951
A vehicle motion control method controls a motion state of a vehicle during a vehicle transient motion in which an acceleration in a lateral direction is generated in the vehicle. The vehicle motion control method includes: setting a corrected longitudinal acceleration for correcting a basic longitudinal acceleration determined in accordance with a required driving force for traveling of the vehicle; and determining a target longitudinal acceleration from the basic longitudinal…
Control method for fuel cell system, and fuel cell system
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11938840
A control method includes acquiring the operation stop request of the fuel cell system, acquiring a next vehicle operation start timing, and calculating a first energy cost and a second energy cost at a predetermined timing after acquiring the operation stop request and the next vehicle operation start timing. The first energy cost is an energy cost required from the predetermined timing to completion of warming up of the fuel cell when a warm-up control is executed using the heater in…
Device for cooling and lubricating an electric power train of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle
Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number:
11938807
A device cools a power train of a vehicle including an electric machine with a wound rotor coupled to a speed reducer. The device includes: an oil cooling circuit for cooling the electric machine, the circuit include a heat exchanger connected to an oil tank and a water circuit that connects members of the power train through the radiator of the vehicle; a temperature adjuster of the oil flow supplied at the outlet of the exchanger to a distribution circuit projecting the oil to elements…
Abnormality determination apparatus, abnormality determination system, and abnormality determination method
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11931904
An abnormality determination apparatus of the present invention acquires state data from work equipment provided with an attaching part to which a plural kinds of work parts are attached in a replaceable manner, identifies the kind of a work part attached to the attaching part, sets, corresponding to the identified kind of the work part, abnormality determination data for determining an abnormality of the work equipment, acquires, from among state data acquired from the work equipment,…
Contactless electricity supply system for vehicle
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11932127
A contactless electricity supply system for a vehicle includes a power transmitter coil unit provided on a ground-side and a lifting device for lifting up the power transmitter coil unit from the ground. The power transmitter coil unit supplies electricity to a power receiving coil unit by magnetic coupling therewith. The power transmitter coil unit includes a case that houses a power transmitter coil. A bulge is formed on an upper face of the case around a winding center axis of the…
