Honda Patent Applications

CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230303079
A control device that performs travel control of a vehicle, includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a sensor configured to detect an object in an around of the vehicle based on a reflected wave from the object. The processor is configured to: acquire detection point data of the object in a peripheral region of the vehicle based on the output information of the sensor; and recognize that a peripheral environment of the vehicle is a travel-restricted section based…

VEHICLE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230303022
A vehicle, comprising a monitoring unit configured to monitor a surrounding environment of a vehicle body, a plurality of impact absorption units, an arithmetic unit configured to identify at least two characteristic parts of an object, in a case where the object is likely to come into contact with the vehicle body, based on a monitoring result of the monitoring unit, and configured to identify contact positions of the vehicle body to be respectively contacted with the at least two…

VEHICLE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230303021
A vehicle, comprising a monitoring unit configured to monitor a surrounding environment of a vehicle body, a detection unit configured to detect an impact applied onto the vehicle body, a plurality of impact absorption units, and an operation control unit configured to selectively operate the plurality of impact absorption units, based on at least one of a monitoring result from the monitoring unit and a detection result from the detection unit.

BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230302915
The disclosure provides a brake control device for performing brake control of a vehicle. The vehicle has a regenerative braking device and a friction braking device, the regenerative braking device is configured to adjust the regenerative braking force applied to the wheels of the vehicle, and the friction braking device is configured to adjust the frictional braking force applied to the wheels. The brake control device includes a brake control unit to control the regenerative braking…

DOOR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230302883
A door structure for a vehicle is provided. A door beam includes an arch-shaped beam body in which a center in a longitudinal direction bulges more outward in a vehicle width direction than a front end part and a rear end part attached to an inner panel, and a bracket interposed between the front end part of the beam body and the inner panel. A rigidity of the bracket is lower than a rigidity of the beam body. At least a portion of the inner panel to which the rear end part of the beam…

DOOR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230302882
An inner panel of a door body includes an inner wall extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body on an inner side in a vehicle width direction, a connection wall extending toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction from the inner wall, and an outer wall extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body from an outer end of the connection wall in the vehicle width direction and joined to an outer panel. A door beam includes an arch-shaped beam body and a stay…

CATCHER STRUCTURE OF DOOR BEAM

Granted: September 28, 2023
Application Number: 20230302881
A catcher structure of a door beam is provided. A catcher mechanism is composed of an engaging hook connected to a rear end part of a door beam, and an insertion hole provided at a lower end part of a center pillar, which is a member on a vehicle body side. In a state in which a door is closed, the rear end part of the door beam, and the engaging hook and the insertion hole of the catcher mechanism are arranged at positions overlapping with each other when viewed from a vehicle width…

BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230299386
A battery cooling system includes a battery cooling flow path, a first inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, a second inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, an inflow-side three-way valve, an outflow-side three-way valve, a first supply flow path configured to connect a first outlet of the inflow-side three-way valve to the first inlet and outlet portion, a second supply flow path configured to connect a second outlet of the inflow-side three-way…

MOWER

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230292667
A mower (1) comprising: a blade (9) that mows grass; a power generation unit (5) that generates a driving force for rotating the blade (9); a housing (7) that covers the blade (9); and a milling unit (10) that subdivides grass mowed by the blade and discharged from the housing (7).

VEHICLE BODY CONVEYANCE SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294968
A vehicle body conveyance system includes: an unmanned carrier conveying a vehicle body between multiple work stations; and a positioning pin standing on a work station. The unmanned carrier is provided with a driving part, a pair of gripping parts, a lifting part, and a control part. The control part is configured to: control the gripping parts, so that a left-right width between the pair of gripping parts fits a left-right width between a pair of side sills of the vehicle body, control…

VEHICLE BODY TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294781
A vehicle body transport system includes an unmanned carrier carrying and transporting a vehicle body between work stations; and an imaging device including an imaging part imaging a traveling route of the unmanned carrier and the surroundings of the traveling route from above, an analysis part analyzing an image captured by the imaging part, and a transmission part transmitting a signal to the unmanned carrier. When a moving object other than the unmanned carrier carrying the vehicle…

ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230299393
An all-solid-state battery, comprising: an electrode body in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are stacked; and an exterior member that houses the electrode body. The exterior member includes a first region facing a stack surface of an outermost layer of the electrode body, and a second region formed between the first region and a central portion of the electrode body in a stacking direction of the electrode body, and the second…

BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230299386
A battery cooling system includes a battery cooling flow path, a first inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, a second inlet and outlet portion of the battery cooling flow path, an inflow-side three-way valve, an outflow-side three-way valve, a first supply flow path configured to connect a first outlet of the inflow-side three-way valve to the first inlet and outlet portion, a second supply flow path configured to connect a second outlet of the inflow-side three-way…

BATTERY COVER AND BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230299381
There is provided with a battery cover that can efficiently protect a battery from the ambient temperature environment. The battery cover comprises: a cover member that has a heat insulating property and encloses a battery mounted on a vehicle; an inlet formed in the cover member to introduce outside air into the cover member of the vehicle; and an outlet formed in the cover member to discharge the outside air introduced into the cover member from the inlet, the cover member includes a…

VEHICLE BODY CONVEYANCE SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294968
A vehicle body conveyance system includes: an unmanned carrier conveying a vehicle body between multiple work stations; and a positioning pin standing on a work station. The unmanned carrier is provided with a driving part, a pair of gripping parts, a lifting part, and a control part. The control part is configured to: control the gripping parts, so that a left-right width between the pair of gripping parts fits a left-right width between a pair of side sills of the vehicle body, control…

VEHICLE

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294787
A vehicle includes a drive unit, a direction input device, a mode switching operator, and a control device. The drive unit is provided at a vehicle body frame and is capable of translating in all directions on a floor surface and turning. The direction input device receives a direction input. The mode switching operator receives a mode switching input. The control device is configured to: switch a travel mode of the drive unit between a translation mode and a turning mode based on the…

VEHICLE BODY TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294781
A vehicle body transport system includes an unmanned carrier carrying and transporting a vehicle body between work stations; and an imaging device including an imaging part imaging a traveling route of the unmanned carrier and the surroundings of the traveling route from above, an analysis part analyzing an image captured by the imaging part, and a transmission part transmitting a signal to the unmanned carrier. When a moving object other than the unmanned carrier carrying the vehicle…

CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294600
A control device for controlling a vehicle that includes a headlight switchable between a first state and a second state in which the headlight is able to illuminate farther than in the first state, the control device including: a processing circuitry configured to execute automatic illumination switching control for setting the headlight to the first state or the second state and to execute an out-of-vehicle notification for switching the headlight between the first state and the second…

CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294599
A control device for controlling a host vehicle including: a processing circuitry configured to, when another vehicle traveling in a opposite direction to the host vehicle and having a possibility to collide with the host vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle, execute an out-of-vehicle notification using a headlight based on a distance between the host vehicle and the another vehicle. When the distance is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and equal to or larger than a…

VEHICLE

Granted: September 21, 2023
Application Number: 20230294475
A vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a vehicle body tilt sensor, a drive unit, and a seat. The vehicle body tilt sensor is provided at the vehicle body frame and detects a tilt angle of the vehicle body frame. The drive unit is coupled to the vehicle body frame and moves the vehicle body frame by inverted pendulum control based on the tilt angle detected by the vehicle body tilt sensor. The seat includes a seat body and a leg part. The seat is capable of being raised and lowered…