Honda Patent Applications

POWER STORAGE DEVICE, VEHICLE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Granted: January 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230006453
A power storage device (4) includes a power storage unit (1211) including a plurality of cells, and a BMU (1212) configured to control the power storage unit (1211). The BMU (1212) includes an upper limit power acquisition unit (23) configured to acquire, based on a SOC and a temperature of the power storage unit (1211), an upper limit power that is an upper limit of a power output from the power storage unit (1211) or a power input to the power storage unit (1211).

SERVER, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

Granted: January 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230005036
A server comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire price information that includes a price to be paid for purchasing a battery and that is presented by a first user who desires to reuse the battery, the battery being mounted on a vehicle capable of travelling with an electric motor as a power source, a provision unit configured to provide a second user who owns the vehicle with the price information that is acquired by the acquisition unit, a decision unit configured to decide…

TARGET INSTALLATION APPARATUS

Granted: January 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230001996
There is provided a target installation apparatus. A rod-shaped member is capable of being arranged to extend in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle ahead of or behind the vehicle, and is provided with a target point indicating an installation position of the target. A reference member is formed such that reference points are positioned on left and right outer sides in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle when the reference member is arranged with respect to the vehicle. A…

VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Granted: January 5, 2023
Application Number: 20230001868
A vehicle power supply system, mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, includes: a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply. A starter motor that starts the internal combustion engine is connected to the main power supply system. At least one of a vehicle control device, configured to control the main power supply system, the backup power supply system, the…

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number: 20220416561
A power supply system connected to a motor unit of an electric vehicle, the power supply system includes: a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a voltage control unit; and a switch. The fuel cell is directly connected to the motor unit, the secondary battery is connected to the motor unit via the voltage control unit, and the switch is configured to switch between a first state in which the secondary battery and the voltage control unit are connected in parallel with the fuel cell and a…

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OCV ADJUSTMENT METHOD

Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number: 20220410761
An information processing apparatus is provided. Acquisition means acquires first information regarding OCVs of a plurality of secondarily used vehicle batteries. Determination means determines a combination of the vehicle batteries based on the first information such that the OCV of the vehicle batteries falls within a target range with charging and discharging between the vehicle batteries.

LAWN MOWER

Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number: 20220408651
A lawn mower (10) includes a rotating shaft (16) that is connected to a lawn mowing motor (17) and extends in a substantially vertical direction; a blade (15) that rotates integrally with the rotating shaft (16); and a housing (18) that rotatably accommodates the blade (15) and has an open bottom. The housing (18) is provided with a grindstone (32) capable of coming into contact with the blade (15) from below the blade (15), and the grindstone (32) is capable of moving between a…

BATTERY SYSTEM

Granted: December 15, 2022
Application Number: 20220399737
A battery system for supplying power to a load, the battery system comprising a plurality of batteries each including a battery unit and a management unit that manages a deterioration state of the battery unit, and a control unit that controls charging/discharging of each of the plurality of batteries, wherein the plurality of batteries are different from each other in deterioration states of battery units, and the control unit determines a distribution ratio representing a ratio of an…

DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: December 8, 2022
Application Number: 20220389996
A drive control device includes: an estimated longitudinal acceleration acquisition part acquiring an estimated longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle based on an estimated driving force of the vehicle and a wheel speed of main drive wheels of the vehicle; an estimated lateral acceleration acquisition part acquiring an estimated lateral acceleration of the vehicle; an estimated tire load calculation part calculating an estimated tire load of the main drive wheels based on the estimated…

FORCE DETECTOR

Granted: December 8, 2022
Application Number: 20220390305
A force detector includes a low load cell, a high load cell, a first presser and a second presser. The first presser and the second presser have pressing surfaces having different areas from each other. When the same force acts on the first presser and the second presser, the low load cell and the high load cell are configured so that their outputs indicate different values from each other.

PRIMARY PUCCH TPC INDEX AND A SECONDARY PUCCH TPC INDEX IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

Granted: December 1, 2022
Application Number: 20220386245
A wire device receives: configuration parameters of: a primary cell with a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and a secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH; a transmit power control (TPC) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); a primary TPC index of the primary PUCCH; and a secondary TPC index of the secondary PUCCH. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) associated with the TPC RNTI. The secondary TPC index identifies a TPC command in an array…

GROMMET

Granted: December 1, 2022
Application Number: 20220381346
A grommet G according to the present invention is provided with, on the outer side of a second flexible portion 22, a padding portion 4. With this, of a pressing force F which acts from the cylindrical base part 1 side to the seal portion 3 side, a panel parallel component F1 parallel to a dash panel DP is hardly transmitted. On the other hand, a panel vertical component F2 vertical to the dash panel DP is easily transmitted. Consequently, the panel vertical component F2 becomes…

CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION

Granted: December 1, 2022
Application Number: 20220381338
Disclosed is lateral pressure control of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with a transmission ratio changed by changing groove widths of a drive pulley and a driven pulley, a drive force from a drive source being transmitted to a wheel. A control part controlling respective lateral pressures of the drive pulley and the driven pulley is provided. The control part sets an increase correction amount of the lateral pressure of the drive pulley to a first lateral pressure increase…

CHARGING SYSTEM

Granted: November 3, 2022
Application Number: 20220348099
A charging system which charges a power storage device mounted on a moving object, includes: an electric power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from a commercial power supply; a kinetic energy storage device that stores kinetic energy; and a rotary electric machine that is electrically connected to the electric power conversion device and is mechanically connected to the kinetic energy storage device.

AN OMNI-DIRECTION WHEEL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE OMNI-DIRECTION WHEEL SYSTEM

Granted: October 27, 2022
Application Number: 20220339963
The present disclosure generally relates to an omni-direction wheel system and methods for controlling the omni-direction wheel system. The omni-direction wheel system includes a plurality of suspension systems that operate independently of one another. Each suspension system may include an electromagnetic steering hub configured to rotate a wheel 360 degrees about a vertical axis based on a polarity of an electromagnetic signal applied to the electromagnetic steering hub. The suspension…

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Granted: October 20, 2022
Application Number: 20220335449
An information management system is provided. By performing designated filter processes on data collected via a network, a post number set, an estimation number set, and a sales number set are acquired for each type of product handled by a designated entity. By combining the post number set, the estimation number set, and the sales number set based on a unified notation common to each set, combined data in which a post number, an estimation number, and a sales number are associated for…

CRITICAL CARE SYSTEM, CRITICAL CARE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, TRANSPORTATION MEANS DETERMINATION SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION MEANS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM

Granted: October 20, 2022
Application Number: 20220331973
The disclosure provides a critical care system, a critical care system control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program. A critical care system includes: a photographing device which is capable of remotely controlling at least one of a position and a direction; a critical care tool storage part which stores a critical care tool; a critical care robot which includes at least one end effector that allows for remote control; a terminal with which…

MANAGEMENT SERVER, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: October 20, 2022
Application Number: 20220331967
A management server according to an embodiment includes a communication part, an acquisition part, an intention estimation part, and a motion control part. The communication part communicates with one or more robot devices and one or more operation terminals that remotely operate at least one of the one or more robot devices via a network. The acquisition part acquires an operation content inputted by the operation terminal. The intention estimation part estimates an intention of an…

JOINT DEVICE

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220323242
An electric prosthetic limb is provided with: a below-knee side member; an above-knee side member; a knee joint mechanism that connects the below-knee side member and the above-knee side member in a manner such that an angle formed therebetween is variable; and an extendable device that is capable of extending and contracting to change the angle formed between the below-knee side member and the above-knee side member. The extendable device is provided with a motor and a transmission…

GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, GRIPPING POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220324105
The disclosure provides a gripping position determination device, a gripping position determination system, a gripping position determination method, and a recording medium. The gripping position determination device for a robot hand having a plurality of multi joint fingers includes: a frictional force distribution calculation part estimating, from a predictive control of a gripping force when an object is gripped by at least two fingers, a frictional force between one of the gripping…