Honda Patent Applications

CELL LAMINATE

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240213632
A cell laminate includes: a plurality of laminated cells that are laminated, wherein the plurality of laminated cells include a plurality of first laminated cells and a plurality of second laminated cells, each of first electrode tab leads of the plurality of first laminated cells and second electrode tab leads of the plurality of second laminated cells has a bent portion, and wherein a bent portion of a second electrode tab lead of a second laminated cell closest to the plurality of…

CELL LAMINATE

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240213625
A cell laminate includes: a plurality of laminated cells which are laminated, wherein each laminated cell includes a sealing portion on a peripheral edge, and is configured such that a tab lead extends from the sealing portion in a direction perpendicular to a lamination direction, the tab leads of at least four laminated cells among the plurality of laminated cells are electrically connected to each other via a conductive connection member having a plate shape, each tab lead connected…

BATTERY PACK

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240213602
A battery pack is disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle and attached to a vehicle body. The battery pack incudes a battery, and a case including a side wall at a peripheral edge and housing the battery. The case includes a protruding portion that is provided at an outer side surface of the side wall and protrudes outward of the case. The protruding portion includes a case fixing portion fixed to the vehicle body, and a clamped portion sandwiched by a jig in an upper-lower direction…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240208528
A control device of a moving body, includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire external environment recognition data of the moving body; a movement control unit configured to perform movement control of the moving body based on the external environment recognition data; and a moving body height detection unit configured to detect a moving body height of the moving body. The external environment recognition unit corrects the external environment recognition…

WEED CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240206456
A weed control system includes an autonomous work device, and the autonomous work device includes driving means configured to move the autonomous work device, sensor means configured acquire a sensor signal from the environment of the autonomous device, and a control circuit configured to control the driving means to navigate the autonomous work device in the environment. The weed control system includes at least one disposable releasable shading plate arranged on a release mechanism of…

WEED CONTROL WITH AN AUTONOMOUS WORK DEVICE

Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number: 20240206455
A weed control method for an autonomous work device comprising driving means configured to move the autonomous work device in an outdoor environment, sensor means configured to sense an environment of the autonomous work device and to generate a sensor signal based on the sensed environment, and a control circuit configured to control the driving means to navigate the autonomous work device in the environment based on the sensor signal. The weed control method comprises a step of…

BATTERY MODULE

Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number: 20240204324
A battery module includes laminated cells laminated in a horizontal direction, an intermediate plate provided in an intermediate portion in a lamination direction, a pair of end plates provided on both end portions of the laminated cells in the lamination direction, and a pair of restraining members facing each other in a first direction orthogonal to the lamination direction and coupled to the end plates to restrain the laminated cells. Each laminated cell includes an electrode tab…

METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING REPRESENTATIVES FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN CONCEPTS

Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number: 20240202378
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for performing a design process by processing design data of a physical object. The method includes acquiring a dataset including design data samples of design data, determining at least one design concept including design data samples from the acquired dataset based on at least a similarity of feature values of design features, calculating a local similarity measure between at least two description spaces for each design…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: June 20, 2024
Application Number: 20240199054
A control device of a moving body, the control device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with an information terminal portable by a user of the moving body; a movement control unit configured to perform movement control on the moving body based on a movement control instruction from the information terminal; a positional relationship determination unit configured to determine a relative positional relationship between the information terminal and the moving body;…

CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION ASSEMBLY

Granted: June 13, 2024
Application Number: 20240195036
A conductive connection assembly is connected to a cell group including a plurality of stacked battery cells. The conductive connection assembly includes: a conductive connection member configured to be connected to the cell group; and a cover covering the conductive connection member. The conductive connection member is connected to the cell group by a fastening member, the cover is provided with an insertion hole configured to allow a tool for fastening the fastening member to be…

PLATE MEMBER JOINT STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD

Granted: June 6, 2024
Application Number: 20240182120
A plate member joint structure formed in a tubular shape includes: a first plate member including a pair of flange portions and having a hat-shaped cross section; and a second plate member in contact with and joined to the pair of flange portions of the first plate member, wherein each of the pair of flange portions of the first plate member has a first surface in contact with the second plate member and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface of each of the…

BATTERY AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240178697
A battery includes two storages, a positive node connecting positive terminals of the two storages, a negative node connecting negative terminals of the two storages, a main contactor, a cutoff fuse, a connection circuit connecting the negative terminal of the first storage and the positive terminal of the second storage, a first contactor provided in the connection circuit, a second contactor provided between the positive node and a first connection portion connecting the positive…

FUEL CELL SYSTEM

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240178414
A fuel cell (FC) system is provided, having a FC stack supplied with a reaction gas and performing power generation by electrochemical reaction of the reaction gas. The FC system includes a supply passage, supplying the reaction gas to the FC stack; a discharge passage, distributing an off-gas discharged from a discharge outlet of the fuel cell stack; a bypass passage, communicate between the supply passage and the discharge passage; a cooling passage, provided in the discharge passage…

VEHICLE

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240174132
A vehicle includes a drive source, a battery and a controller. The battery includes two storages, a positive node connecting positives of the storages, a negative node connecting negatives of the storages, a connection circuit connecting the negative of the first storage and the positive of the second storage, a first contactor in the connection circuit, a second contactor and a first fuse provided between the positive node and a first connection portion connecting the positive of the…

POWER STORAGE SYSTEM

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240174099
A power storage system includes a first battery including two power storages, and a switch unit which switches between two voltage states in series and in parallel, a three-phase motor having a neutral point, an inverter connected on a power transmission path between the first battery and the three-phase motor, a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion on a power transmission path between the inverter and the first battery, a branch circuit branched from the DC power…

POWER STORAGE SYSTEM

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240174090
A power storage system has a battery, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion positioned on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery. The battery includes two power storages and a switch unit that switches between a first voltage state where…

MUFFLER STRUCTURE

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240167404
A muffler structure is arranged on an exhaust pathway of an internal combustion engine and includes a pipe having a bent portion. Further, a vortex generating portion is arranged on an upstream side of the bent portion of the pipe in the exhaust pathway.

BATTERY STORAGE DEVICE

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240170795
This battery storage device includes: a body unit which includes a battery storage portion provided with an insertion/removal opening; an opening/closing unit which opens/closes the insertion/removal opening; and an input terminal pin, wherein a battery is stored in the battery storage portion so as to be insertable/removable through the insertion/removal opening. The input terminal pin is displaceably provided. The battery storage device further includes a connection terminal…

FUEL BATTERY STACK

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240170693
A fuel battery stack includes: fuel battery cells including a first anode electrode and a first cathode electrode on both surfaces of a first electrolyte, the first anode electrode and the first cathode electrode each constituting plural electrode regions divided by division grooves, a plurality of unit cells being constituted by a stacking structure including one electrode region on one surface side of the both surfaces, one electrode region on the other surface side facing the one…

METHOD FOR IMPROVING AUTOMATED SCHEDULING, SCHEDULING SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULING

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240169288
A method, scheduling server and system for improving automated scheduling are provided. The automated scheduling is at least partially based on user settings input by users includes: obtaining user settings for the users, the user settings defining user preferences and personal constraints of each user, obtaining system boundary conditions from a schedule goal and technical conditions to achieve a desired goal and calculating a schedule. The acceptance probabilities for alternative user…