Honda Patent Applications

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…

THERMOSETTING ADHESIVE SHEET AND SUB-GASKET FOR FUEL CELL

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240158668
A thermosetting adhesive sheet 10 for sealing the periphery of a membrane electrode assembly, which is composed of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and electrodes placed on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane contains an adhesive layer 14. The adhesive layer 14 is formed of a cured product of an adhesive composition containing a polyurethane resin having a reactive functional group and a cross-linking agent, where the adhesive layer 14 has a gel fraction of 60 mass %…

DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240157949
A driving ability determination system, includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire travel data of a vehicle; a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first evaluation value indicating characteristics of steering by a driver of the vehicle based on the travel data acquired by the acquisition unit; and a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second evaluation value indicating characteristics of steering by the driver of the vehicle based on travel data in a…

BATTERY TEMPERATURE REGULATING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240157848
A battery temperature regulating method includes: acquiring outside temperature information representing a future outside temperature transition around the vehicle, searching for an intersection time, which is a time when the outside temperature becomes a threshold temperature, predicting, based on the outside temperature information, a future temperature transition of the battery when it is assumed that predetermined temperature regulation is performed each time the battery reaches the…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240149628
A control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body; a reception unit configured to receive selection of a target position from a user of the moving body; a movement control unit configured to execute movement control for moving the moving body to the target position based on the recognition data; and a height control unit configured to execute height control of the moving body in…

MOBILE CHARGING APPARATUS

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240152151
A mobile charging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a battery for charging a work machine; a movement unit that causes the mobile charging apparatus to autonomously move; and a controller that executes a program to perform control such that the movement unit moves the mobile charging apparatus to a predetermined position to wait for the work machine.

VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240149974
A vehicle management method includes assembling a vehicle body of a vehicle and a power source to be mounted on the vehicle, acquiring, at a first time, first gear-ratio-related information which is information related to a gear ratio of a transmission section, the transmission section being a whole or part of a power transmission mechanism between the power source and a wheel of the vehicle, storing the first gear-ratio-related information in a storage unit mounted on the vehicle or a…

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240149894
A vehicle control device includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding condition of a vehicle; a driving control unit configured to control acceleration, deceleration, and steering of the vehicle based on a recognition result; and a vehicle abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in an electric parking brake device. When an abnormality in the driver is detected during traveling of the vehicle, the driving control unit performs control to…

BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240149747
A battery temperature control method for controlling a temperature of a battery mounted on a vehicle by a temperature control device, the method comprises: a travel plan acquisition step of acquiring a travel plan of the vehicle, a battery input and output acquisition step of acquiring a required input and output of the battery, a target temperature acquisition step of acquiring a first battery temperature threshold, a battery temperature transition prediction step of predicting a…

BATTERY TRANSPORT SUPPORT SYSTEM, BATTERY TRANSPORT SUPPORT DEVICE, BATTERY TRANSPORT SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING BATTERY TRANSPORT SUPPORT PROGRAM

Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number: 20240149741
A battery transport support device (10) that comprises: a communication unit (11) that acquires charging batter information from a charging device (20), the charging batter information including identification information for batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20); a specification unit (12) that references a storage unit (14) that stores identification information for users in association with identification information for batteries (BAT) that belong to the users and,…

RENTAL FEE CALCULATION DEVICE, RENTAL FEE CALCULATION METHOD, AND RENTAL FEE CALCULATION PROGRAM

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240144330
A rental fee calculation device for calculating a rental fee for renting a battery to be rented when the battery is rented to a user via a battery storage apparatus configured to allow the battery to be attached and detached includes: a first fee calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee based on a rental period from when the battery is removed from the battery storage apparatus to when the battery is returned; a second fee calculation unit configured to calculate a second fee…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240140470
A control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment; an automatic driving control unit configured to perform automatic driving control; a storage unit configured to store target position information; and a target position detection unit configured to detect a target position. When the target position is detected, the automatic driving control unit executes first determination processing of determining…

COURSE GENERATION DEVICE, COURSE GENERATION METHOD, MEDIUM, AND MOVING BODY

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240140431
A course generation device generates course information indicating a course on which a moving body moves. The device outputs a course that the moving body is traveling and a course in the movement destination, generates the course connecting the course that the moving body is traveling to the movement destination, as a curve, estimates or detects an avoidance area to be avoided in traveling, based on an image captured by a camera, and selects again at least one of a start point and an…

MOVING BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND MOVING BODY STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240140404
A moving body control device includes: an external environment recognition unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The control unit registers a feature related to a designated parking position based on recognition data of an external environment of a moving body as a registered feature, and performs an automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the designated parking position based on the recognition data and the registered feature. The control unit updates the…

VEHICLE BODY REAR STRUCTURE

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240140150
The disclosure provides a vehicle body rear structure, which can reduce damage to the vehicle during a collision from the rear. The vehicle body rear structure includes a chassis rear, a hook reinforcement part fixed to a lower surface of the chassis rear; and a hook fixed on a back side of the chassis rear through the hook reinforcement part, in which the hook reinforcement part includes a plurality of part members independent from each other, the plurality of part members are connected…

Vehicle body front structure

Granted: April 25, 2024
Application Number: 20240132158
The disclosure provides a vehicle body front structure with a good rigidity. The vehicle body front structure includes a partition disposed in front of the vehicle and configured to support a heat exchanger, a box-shaped part disposed at a lower part of a column member of the partition, continuously connected with the column member of the partition in a height direction of the vehicle, and extending downward to a lower portion than a lower part of the partition.

BRAKE SYSTEM FOR SADDLED VEHICLE

Granted: April 25, 2024
Application Number: 20240132029
To provide a brake system for a saddled vehicle that exerts proper braking force control considering changes in the driver's posture during deceleration. A brake system for a saddled vehicle including a control device exerting automatic control over a brake fluid pressure of a front-wheel brake and that of a rear-wheel brake according to various information, and a throttle position detector for detecting a throttle position of a rotary-type throttle operating element mounted on a…

VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240123798
A vehicle air conditioning system, having a simple structure and preferable reliability, and capable of suppressing increases in energy consumption and cost, is provided. The vehicle air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning unit, configured to adjust a temperature in a vehicle compartment and including a blower and a temperature control module; and a dehumidification device, configured to adjust a humidity in the vehicle compartment, disposed between the blower and an…

BRAKE SYSTEM FOR SADDLED VEHICLE

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240123956
To provide a brake system for a saddled vehicle that suppresses the speed at which the vehicle transitions to a front-dropping posture, thereby enhancing the driver's sense of security. A brake system for a saddled vehicle includes a control device exerting automatic control over a brake fluid pressure of a brake according to various information, and a pitch angular velocity detector for detecting a pitch angular velocity of the vehicle according to an output of a pitch angular velocity…

BRAKE SYSTEM OF SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE

Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number: 20240123955
To provide a brake system for a saddled vehicle that ensures vehicle's stable behavior when a brake operating element is operated during automatic control. A brake system for a saddled vehicle includes: a control device exerting automatic control over a brake fluid pressure; and a front-wheel brake operating element and a rear-wheel brake operating element for a driver to manually operate a front-wheel brake and a rear-wheel brake. When an operation force is applied to at least one of…