Honda Patent Applications

BATTERY PACK

Granted: December 31, 2020
Application Number: 20200411819
A battery pack (11) in which a cell stack (15) having a plurality of rectangular cells (14) stacked is housed in an interior of a battery case (12) includes an end plate (20) disposed on one end side in a stacking direction of the cell stack (15), a wedge member (19) disposed on the side of the end plate (20) opposite to the cell stack (15), and a bolt (18) disposed in a bolt screw-in direction that is orthogonal to the stacking direction and urging the wedge member (19) toward a bottom…

LOAD ESTIMATION DEVICE AND PORTABLE POWER-SUPPLYING DEVICE

Granted: December 31, 2020
Application Number: 20200408847
A load estimation device measures a voltage and a current supplied to a load connected to a portable power-supply, obtains a feature amount of the load from the voltage and the current. The device obtains a stored feature amount of each of loads, and related load information indicating a plurality of loads which are used in association with each other. The device estimates a load connected to the power-supply on the basis of the obtained feature amount and a stored feature amount, and…

LOAD ESTIMATING DEVICE AND POWER GENERATOR

Granted: December 31, 2020
Application Number: 20200408818
A load estimating device measures a voltage and a current supplied to a load connected with a generator, calculates a feature amount of the load, senses a remaining amount of fuel, outputs a time during which the load is continuously operable. The device estimates what the load connected with the generator is, based on the calculated feature amount and the feature amounts stored in a storage, and determines the time during which the estimated load is continuously operable, based on a…

SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING LENDING OR BORROWING OF PORTABLE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY

Granted: December 31, 2020
Application Number: 20200408549
A system for promoting lending and borrowing of portable electrical energy storage devices is provided. The system acquires status information indicating an amount of stored electrical energy of the portable electrical energy storage devices and position information indicating a geographic position of it. The system extracts, from a user database, position information or a communication address of a portable electrical energy storage device of which stored electrical energy is sufficient…

TRAILER

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200398803
An electric self-traveling trailer capable of performing automatic following traveling to a towing elude without mechanical connection, includes a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral situation, a recognition unit configured to recognize a parking space based on a detection result of the detection unit, a setting unit configured to set a moving track used to move the trailer from a position at which the towing vehicle and the trailer have stopped to the parking space, and a…

PORTABLE POWER-SUPPLYING DEVICE

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200403439
A power-supply measures a voltage and a current supplied to a load, obtains a feature amount of the load from the voltage and the current, estimates what a load connected with the power-supply is, based on the feature amount, determines, if the load has high and low power consumption states, whether or not the load has shifted from the high power consumption state to the low power consumption state, activates the engine and supplies the power generated by a generator to the load in a…

POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200403419
The present invention provides a power management system for managing a power unit, the power management system comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain utilization plan information of the power unit pre-registered by a user of the power unit; a creation unit configured to create an operation plan of the power unit based on the utilization plan information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a setting unit configured to set an incentive to the user according to the utilization…

SERVER APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING LENDING OR BORROWING OF PORTABLE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200402151
A server receives, from a communication terminal of a first user, reception request information that indicates a request for reception of electric power, transmits, to a plurality of communication terminals, solicitation information for soliciting a user who wishes to supply the electric power based on the reception request information, receives, from a communication terminal of a second user, application information as a response to the solicitation information, and transmits the…

BOAT MANEUVERING SUPPORT DEVICE AND OUTBOARD MOTOR

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200398964
A boat maneuvering support device supports maneuvering of a boat including a first propulsion device having a variable turning angle, a second propulsion device for generating a propulsive force for moving the boat in a left-right direction, and a steering mechanism for changing a turning angle of the first propulsion device and an output of the second propulsion device. The boat maneuvering support device includes a control unit which controls the turning angle of the first propulsion…

TRAILER

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200398823
An electric self-traveling trailer capable of performing automatic following traveling to a towing vehicle without mechanical connection, includes a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral situation, a recognition unit configured to recognize a parking space based on a detection result of the detection unit, a moving control unit configured to move the trailer to the parking space, and an instruction unit configured to transmit, to the towing vehicle, a following instruction for…

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER DEVICE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200398693
A management system for managing power for a battery mounted in a parked vehicle, includes a control unit configured to, out of power feeding from an electrical grid to the battery and power transmitting from the battery to the electrical grid, be capable of the power feeding at least; and an instruction unit configured to transmit an instruction for causing an electrical device of the vehicle relating to an environment for an occupant on the vehicle to start operating when a power…

VEHICLE COOLING MECHANISM

Granted: December 24, 2020
Application Number: 20200398643
A vehicle cooling mechanism includes a first radiator configured to cool a battery of a vehicle, a second radiator configured to cool a power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from the battery and electric power supplied to the battery, and an air guide duct portion configured to guide outside air from an opening portion provided in a front end portion of the vehicle to the first radiator and the second radiator. The first radiator is arranged above the second…

ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE

Granted: December 17, 2020
Application Number: 20200395802
A rotary electric machine includes a rotor having a rotor core, an end plate disposed on a rotor core end surface, and a stator including a stator core disposed at a gap from the rotor, and a coil provided to the stator core. The stator core includes a stator yoke portion having a substantially annular shape, stator teeth portions provided along a circumferential direction and protruding radially from the stator yoke portion, and slot portions formed between adjacent stator teeth…

DRIVING APPARATUS

Granted: December 17, 2020
Application Number: 20200393019
A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 and a deceleration mechanism 50 that converts a torque of the motor 20, and transmits a resultant to the output shaft 60, and the brake mechanism 40 is arranged at a part before the deceleration…

DRIVING APPARATUS

Granted: December 17, 2020
Application Number: 20200393012
A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are disconnected, and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60, and the…

DRIVING APPARATUS

Granted: December 17, 2020
Application Number: 20200393011
A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include at least one of a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shall 60 are disconnected, in accordance with movement of an operation rod 32, and a…

BATTERY STATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND BATTERY STATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

Granted: December 17, 2020
Application Number: 20200391602
The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen…

DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

Granted: December 10, 2020
Application Number: 20200384916
A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect a state of surroundings of a mobile body, and reduce, when an object is detected during when a stationary sound is continuously output to a subject by using a plurality of sound sources that are arranged around the subject aboard the mobile body, output of the stationary sound toward the subject from a direction in which the object is detected.

TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE

Granted: December 10, 2020
Application Number: 20200389945
A transportation apparatus includes: a window member; a first heating unit arranged to heat a first region of the window member; a second heating unit arranged to heat a second region of the window member; and a control unit configured to control driving of the first heating unit and the second heating unit. The first region and the second region are adjacent regions. The control unit performs first heating control of making a heating output of the first heating unit larger than a…

GAS GENERATOR AND AIRBAG MODULE

Granted: December 10, 2020
Application Number: 20200384943
A gas generator including an outer vessel including a housing provided with a gas discharge port, the outer vessel accommodating therein an igniter and a gas generating agent, wherein any of surfaces of the outer vessel includes an annular fragile portion, and the annular fragile portion is a groove formed in a continuous annular shape or a groove formed in a discontinuous annular shape.