Honda Patent Applications

HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314083
A heat exchanger includes a partition wall that separates two fluids having different temperatures. A plurality of grooves having a depth of 100 ?m to 400 ?m are formed in a thickness direction of the partition wall on a first wall surface of the partition wall which is a surface on a side in contact with a fluid of the two fluids that has a lower heat transfer coefficient.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230317938
A method for manufacturing a positive electrode material of a solid-state battery, the method includes a first mixing to mix a positive electrode active material with a conductive aid to generate a first powder, a second mixing to mix a solid electrolyte with the conductive aid to generate a second powder, and a third mixing to mix the first powder with the second powder to generate a third powder. According to the method, it is possible to reduce the amount of a dispersion medium when…

INTERACTIVE SYSTEM

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230317076
The disclosure provides an interactive system that is easy to manage. The interactive system includes an expert for each topic and an expert selector that selects the expert according to a content of an utterance of a user. The expert includes multiple components. One of the components determines whether information required for a goal of an interaction is complete; and in response to that there is missing information, generates a task for obtaining the missing information, adds a…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230316916
A control device includes circuitry configured to: detect a first parking candidate position based on external environment recognition data of a moving body and a second parking candidate position registered in advance by a user of the moving body; cause a display device to display detected parking candidate positions; receive, from a user of the moving body, selection of a target parking position from among the displayed parking candidate positions; and park the moving body at the…

CHARGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230315372
A battery charge management system for managing charge of a battery mounted on a moving object includes processing circuitry configured to: cause a display unit to display a SOC image of the battery; acquire power consumption history of the battery; and estimate a SOC consumption amount consumed in one day based on the power consumption history. The processing circuitry allocates one segment of the SOC image displayed on the display unit to the SOC consumption amount consumed in one day,…

TORQUE SENSOR FAULT DETECTION METHOD

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314255
A torque sensor fault detection method is provided. When a torque sensor is normal when a vehicle is going straight, the torque sensor points to a torque midpoint, but when the vehicle is going straight on an inclined road, the torque midpoint is offset due to the slope of the road surface, and the torque sensor is mistakenly detected to be faulty. If a direction of a rudder angle is opposite to an offset direction of a detection value of the torque sensor, it may be judged that the…

MAP GENERATION APPARATUS

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314164
A map generation apparatus including an external circumstance detection part and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform detecting a travel trace of a subject vehicle, associating a front lane before entering an intersection with a rear lane after passing through the intersection, and generating a map of a traveling lane from the front lane to the rear lane. The traveling lane includes a first lane and a second lane adjacent to the first lane or branching from the…

HEAT PIPE, HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT PIPE

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314089
A heat pipe including: a heat receiving chamber; a heat dissipation chamber; a tubular connecting pipe; and wicks. Each of the heat receiving chamber and the heat dissipation chamber has, when viewed from a first direction, a greater width in a second direction than a width of the connecting pipe in the second direction. The wicks are formed side by side at least in the second direction. The wicks are formed in a groove shape on inner wall surfaces of the heat receiving chamber, the heat…

HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314087
A heat exchanger including: a first flow path configured to allow a first fluid to flow therethrough; a second flow path adjacent to the first flow path and configured to allow a second fluid to flow therethrough; and a housing accommodating the first flow path and the second flow path. The heat exchanger performs heat exchange inside the housing between the first fluid flowing through the first flow path and the second fluid flowing through the second flow path. Inside the housing, the…

HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314084
A heat exchanger includes a partition wall that separates two fluids having different temperatures. The partition wall includes a side circumferential portion, and a bottom portion configured to close an opening on one side of the side circumferential portion. Fins are formed on an outer surface of the partition wall, and arranged side by side in a circumferential direction around a center of a cylinder of the side circumferential portion. Each of the fins includes a base portion…

HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314082
A heat exchanger including: a first flow path surrounded by a first flow path wall; a second flow path surrounded by a second flow path wall formed separately from the first flow path wall; and a third flow path formed by a space between the first flow path wall and the second flow path wall. The first flow path is configured to allow a first fluid to flow therethrough, the second flow path is configured to allow a second fluid to flow therethrough, and the third flow path is configured…

HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230314081
A heat exchanger, includes: a core portion: a first flow path which is provided in the core portion and through which a first fluid flows; and a second flow path which is provided in the core portion and through which a second fluid flows. The first fluid flowing through the first flow path and the second fluid flowing through the second flow path exchange heat through a partition in the core portion. The first flow path includes: a plurality of main flow paths: an introducing chamber;…

CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313885
The disclosure reduces the number of factors to be considered in the switching control of the shift stages, thereby simplifying the switching control. In a control device of an automatic transmission, when a detection part detects that a shift position has been switched from one of a forward range and a reverse range to the other, among multiple hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms, a hydraulic pressure command value is fixed for the hydraulic friction engagement mechanisms that do…

LUBRICATING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313879
The disclosure provides a lubricating structure for a vehicle power transmission device that may effectively lubricate a transfer device and a differential device without increasing the amount of oil. The lubricating structure includes: a first guide wall positioned above a bearing; a second guide wall provided below an oil reservoir and extending toward a central axis of a final driven gear; and an oil catch member that receives oil guided by the second guide wall and supplies the oil…

MULTIPLE-DISC FRICTION CLUTCH

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313844
A multiple-disc friction clutch that has an excellent operability, enables smooth starting, and is easy to adjust in clutch capacity, is provided. A multiple-disc friction clutch includes clutch centers, which is a first clutch center and a second clutch center. The first clutch center is axially supported by an output rotation shaft in a relatively non-rotatable manner. The second clutch center is supported by the first clutch center in a relatively rotatable manner. Elastic members are…

TORQUE LIMITER

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313843
A torque limiter that enables setting a larger torque capacity although being compact and easy to incorporate into a power transmission mechanism, is provided. A torque limiter is incorporated into a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power from a starter motor to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The torque limiter includes a driven gear for receiving power from the starter motor and a transmission gear for transmitting power. The driven gear and the transmission…

INTAKE SYSTEM

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313745
An intake system of an internal combustion engine, in which a phase angle between throttle valves is provided in order to perform combustion appropriate for each cylinder so as to stabilize a number of revolutions and thereby suppress generation of unburned gas, is provided. The intake system is provided to intake passages of an internal combustion engine with parallel cylinders. The intake system includes a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power from a power source to…

POWER UNIT

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313734
A power unit has an internal combustion engine and a first auxiliary machine. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft and a balancer shaft. The first auxiliary machine operates on rotational power generated in the internal combustion engine. The first auxiliary machine is driven by rotational power of the balancer shaft.

CHARGE CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230313593
A charge control system for a battery mounted on a vehicle configured to perform charge in a state where a charge lid is opened, the charge control system including: a vehicle stop determination unit configured to determine that the vehicle is stopped at a charge site: a charge necessity determination unit configured to determine necessity of charging the battery; a charge lid automatically opening unit configured to perform an automatic opening operation of automatically opening the…

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230303169
A control device including circuitry configured to: obtain an external environment recognition image representing a recognition result of a surrounding area of a moving body; and display the external environment recognition image on a display device. The circuitry is further configured to: enable displaying of a moving guide representing a predetermined position in a traveling direction of the moving body and a stop guide representing a position where movement of the moving body is to be…