Honda Patent Applications

STEERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220134990
An in-vehicle steering device, comprising a steering wheel, and an airbag mechanism that is built in the steering wheel and includes an airbag body deployable to a vehicle body rear side, wherein the steering device further comprises an in-vehicle component built in the steering wheel, and the in-vehicle component has a recessed groove portion for guiding the airbag body to be deployed when the airbag body is deployed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

HOUSING

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220140423
A housing that houses a fuel cell system including: a hydrogen storage unit having a hydrogen supply/discharge hole and capable of storing hydrogen; a fuel cell stack that generates electric power using the supplied hydrogen; a pipe having one end connected to the supply/discharge hole and the other end connected to the fuel cell stack, and supplying the hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage unit to the fuel cell stack; and a power storage unit that stores at least electric power…

HOUSING

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220140381
A housing that houses a fuel cell system including: a hydrogen storage unit; a fuel cell stack that generates electric power using hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen storage unit; a pipe that connects the hydrogen storage unit and the fuel cell stack; and a power storage unit, the housing includes: an upper surface portion; a plurality of side surface portions; a ventilation hole, provided with the upper surface portion, configured to ventilate an inside and an outside of the housing; a…

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING TRAFFIC ESTIMATION USING TOP VIEW SENSOR DATA

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220139213
A method and a system for controlling at least one of a traffic infrastructure device, an actuator of a traffic participant based on enhanced traffic data is provided. The method comprises steps of monitoring, by a trigger processor, an area; generating, by the trigger processor, trigger data in case a trigger event is determined in the monitored area and providing the generated trigger data indicating an area-of-interest to an image data source; obtaining image data on the…

INTERACTIVE REMINDER COMPANION

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220139200
The present disclosure relates to a system for reminding a person to perform an activity. The system comprise a robot configured to carry out different behaviors, wherein the activity and its corresponding trigger condition are set by a user and the system selects, from the different behaviors, a first behavior assigned to the activity, senses the person, determines, based on the sensors information, whether or not the activity is performed by the person in accordance with the trigger…

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A PERSON IN ASSESSING AN ENVIRONMENT

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220139194
The disclosure regards a method and a system for assisting a person in assessing an environment. The method includes selecting a set of one or more entities present in the environment, obtaining coordinates in the environment and extents of each entity of the set, estimating a location and shape of each entity of the set on the basis of the obtained coordinates and extends of the respective entity, determining an area of interest on the basis of the estimated location and shape of each…

VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220135149
A vehicle body side structure is provided. A vehicle body side structure includes a front fender, a side sill garnish, and an aerodynamic duct. The front fender has a fender recess portion below a first wheel arch portion. The side sill garnish has a second wheel arch portion that faces the fender recess portion at the outer side in the vehicle width direction at interval and faces a rear end of the first wheel arch portion. The aerodynamic duct is interposed between the second wheel…

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220135129
Provided are a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and non-transitory storage medium. The vehicle control device includes: an acquisition part, acquiring a positional relationship between a vehicle and a lane; a control part, performing in-lane travel control that causes an actuator included in a steering device of the vehicle to output a force for causing the vehicle to travel in the lane within a range not exceeding an upper limit based on the positional relationship; and…

MOVING BODY

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220135102
In this moving body, a walking assist device (1) is provided with: a plurality of drive wheels (50) capable of rotating about a plurality of rotational axes (51) disposed on a circumference centered on the same axis line (C); and a huh case (60) for supporting the plurality of rotational axes (51) so as to be able to revolve around the axis line (C). A first motor (10) is connected to the plurality of drive wheels (50) in a power transmissible manner so as to allow the plurality of drive…

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220135031
Provided are a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a non-transitory storage medium. The vehicle control device includes: an acquisition part, acquiring a positional relationship between a vehicle and a lane; a control part, performing in-lane travel control that causes an actuator included in a steering device of the vehicle to output a force for causing the vehicle to travel in the lane within a range not exceeding an upper limit based on the positional relationship;…

FUEL CELL VEHICLE

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220134891
A fuel cell vehicle includes a cabin arranged at a vehicle front portion and provided with a seat therein where an occupant is seated, a fuel cell mounted below the cabin, and an accommodation space formed below the cabin and accommodating the fuel cell. An upper side of the accommodation space is covered with a ceiling surface formed by a bottom portion of the cabin, and a rear side of the accommodation space is opened. The ceiling surface is provided with a detector configured to…

TONNEAU COVER DEVICE

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220134852
The disclosure provides a tonneau cover device. The tonneau cover device includes a tonneau cover installed on the rear portion of the vehicle and a tonneau cover bracket attached to the rear end portion of the tonneau cover, and the tonneau cover bracket extends in the width direction of the vehicle. A columnar portion serving as a rotation axis of the tonneau cover and a handle portion arranged in front of the columnar portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and extending…

System and method for continuously sharing behavioral states of a creature

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220134544
The present disclosure relates to a system for continuously sharing behavioral states of a creature. The system comprises a robot configured to carry out different behaviors, at least one sensing means for automatically sensing the creature, a determining means for continuously determining the state of the creature based on information derived from the at least one sensing means and a selecting means for selecting, from the different behaviors, a behavior that is assigned to the…

MATERIAL LAYER FORMING DEVICE

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126529
The disclosure provides a material layer forming device that can reduce scattering of a raw material blown out from a nozzle to efficiently deposit the raw material on a required portion of a blowout target surface. A fiber layer forming device 1A is a device that blows out short fibers F1 to a blowout target surface (wall surface 4b) and deposits the short fibers F1 on the blowout target surface to form a sheet-like fiber layer F2. The fiber layer forming device 1A includes a nozzle 10…

BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY MODULE

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220131241
A battery cell includes: an electrode unit including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a current collector, and a separator; a housing unit accommodating the electrode unit; a first insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the electrode unit and the housing unit, an internal terminal disposed inside the housing unit and electrically connected to the current collector; a second insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the internal terminal and the…

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126830
A vehicle control device recognizes an intersection present in front of a vehicle proceeding in a first direction on a first road, a first another vehicle proceeding in a second direction opposite to the first direction on the first road to approach the intersection, and a second another vehicle traveling after the first another vehicle, controls the vehicle based on a first relative relation between the first another vehicle and the vehicle and a second relative relation between the…

CONNECTION MEMBER

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126740
Provided is a connection member that is to be bridged between a seat back and a luggage room floor, and stretches and contracts as at least one of the seat back and the luggage room floor moves. The connection member has a main body portion formed into the shape of a thin plate or a sheet; and a plurality of long convex portions provided on the main body portion in a parallel manner. The long convex portions are extendedly provided in a direction orthogonal to a direction along which the…

MOLDED PRODUCT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED PRODUCT

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126737
A foam molded product having a reinforcement layer including a short fiber provided on a surface layer is a cushion member of a seat cushion on which an occupant sits in a vehicle seat. A reinforcement range with the reinforcement layer is set in a predetermined range of an exterior surface along a lower surface of the seat cushion. In the reinforcement range, a plurality of recesses recessed from the exterior surface toward inside of the foam molded product are formed, and the…

ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126668
An electric vehicle includes a seat which is supported on a floor panel via a support member, a battery pack which is disposed behind the seat, and an air intake duct which has an air inlet and through which air taken in from the air inlet is supplied to the battery pack. The air inlet is disposed at a position overlapping the support member as viewed from above, and is located between the floor panel and the support member in an up-down direction.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED PRODUCT

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220126530
A method of manufacturing a foam molded product having a reinforcement layer including a short fiber provided on a surface layer. The method includes the following steps. In a fiber layer formation step, the short fiber is adhered to and deposited on a cavity surface of a mold to form a fiber layer. In a covering step, a silicone rubber sheet is arranged on the mold to cover the fiber layer. In a compression step, air is sucked between the silicone rubber sheet and the cavity surface to…