Stator coil with improved terminal arrangement
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244198
A stator coil includes a coil group of coils of three phases of a U-phase, a V-phase and a W-phase, each including a plurality of straight portions inserted into slots of a stator core, the coil group being folded back in a state where input terminals and midpoint terminals are closely arranged, so that forward portions and backward portions of the plurality of straight portions are laminated, and the input terminals and the midpoint terminals of the respective three-phase coils are…
Stator assembly apparatus and stator assembly method
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244195
Provided is a stator assembly apparatus configured to assemble a stator, the apparatus including: a plurality of guide members that are provided in a manner enabling insertion into and withdrawal from inside the electrically-insulating members in a central axial direction of the stator core, and are arranged in a radial direction of the slots in a state of having been inserted inside the electrically-insulating members; a presser configured to press the coil radially outward with respect…
Rotary electric drive unit
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244124
An electrical connection structure includes a case in which a first electric motor and a second electric motor are housed, and electrical equipment that controls the first electric motor or the second electric motor. The first electric motor is electrically connected to a first three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via a connecting member. The second electric motor is electrically connected to a second three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via the connecting member.…
Power supply system and method of power supply
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12243998
A power supply system of the embodiment includes a fuel cell which is able to generate power, a power storage device which stores the power generated by the fuel cell, a converter which converts power from the fuel cell or the power storage device and switches between supply of power from the fuel cell to an auxiliary device and supply of power from the power storage device to the auxiliary device, and a controller which controls at least the switching of the converter.
V2X warning system for identifying risk areas within occluded regions
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12240450
There is provided a control apparatus that identifies an area for which an analysis is not required based on information of an image captured from a position of a movable object, identifies a first time period that is a time period for the movable object to reach the identified area, calculates a second time period that is an arrival time period to reach a movement area of the movable object from a position in the identified area, sets, in the identified area, a risk area where an object…
Wheel for automobile
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1064978
Front cowl for motorcycle
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1064937
Display method and system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233919
Provided is a vehicle control device including: a storage device storing a program; and a hardware processor executing the program stored in the storage device to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; determine whether or not the surrounding situation includes a road division line; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving…
Learning method and open circuit voltage estimation method of open circuit voltage estimation model of secondary battery, and state estimation method of secondary battery
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235325
A learning method of an open circuit voltage estimation model includes training the open circuit voltage estimation model to learn a relationship of the open circuit voltage estimation input data obtained by preprocessing terminal currents and terminal voltages of a secondary battery with an open circuit voltage of the secondary battery. The open circuit voltage estimation input data includes time-series data of: the terminal currents; the terminal voltages; and difference gradients of…
Outboard motor
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234000
An outboard motor 10 includes a first drive shaft 26, a second drive shaft 27, and a decelerator 28. The first drive shaft 26 outputs a torque from a drive motor 25. The second drive shaft 27 is disposed parallel to the first drive shaft 26 and transmits the torque to a propeller shaft 31 to which a propeller 32 is connected. The decelerator 28 is disposed between the first drive shaft 26 and the second drive shaft 27 and transmits the torque from the first drive shaft 26 to the second…
Charging control apparatus, moving body, charging control system, and charging control method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233736
With a charging control apparatus, first, a chargeable amount is acquired. Then, the charging control apparatus calculates a minimum SOC that is the lowest SOC needed by the vehicle for the following travel. Then, the charging control apparatus sets a target SOC that restricts deterioration of the battery and is greater than or equal to the minimum SOC. Alternatively, the charging control apparatus sets a target charging amount that restricts deterioration of the battery and is less than…
Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233896
A driving assistance device includes a storage device configured to store a program and a processor connected to the storage device. The processor executes the program stored in the storage device to acquire information about a target position decided on as a position relative to another moving object located in a second lane when a host moving object merges or changes lanes from a first lane to the second lane and cause a speaker to output a sound obtained by combining a basic sound for…
Control device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233873
A control device for performing a travel control of a vehicle includes: a lane change intention detection unit configured to detect an intention of a driver to change a lane based on a predetermined operation on an operation device by the driver; and a travel control unit configured to determine whether a lane change of the vehicle is possible based on a surrounding situation, and to control the lane change based on a detection result of the lane change intention detection unit and a…
Vehicle system for determining recommended lane
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233872
A vehicle system includes: a controller configured to communicate with a map server; and a vehicle position acquiring device configured to acquire own vehicle position information. The controller includes: a vehicle position determining unit configured to determine a lane in which an own vehicle is traveling based on the own vehicle position information; a recommended lane determining unit configured to determine a recommended lane; and a storage unit configured to store preference of an…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233866
A vehicle control device includes: a recognition part recognizing a first road marking line on a first side of a lane traveled by a vehicle; an obtaining part obtaining information on a second road marking line on the first side of the lane from map information; and a support part that executes a support processing for preventing the vehicle from deviating from a road marking line when a probability that the vehicle deviates from the road marking line is greater than or equal to a…
Vehicle behavior control method
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233842
A vehicle behavior control method is suitable for a vehicle behavior control device. The vehicle behavior control device includes: a lateral acceleration sensor, detecting lateral acceleration occurring in a vehicle body; a wheel speed sensor, detecting a wheel speed of a wheel; a steering angle sensor, detecting a steering angle of the wheel; a steering angle lateral acceleration calculation unit, calculating steering angle lateral acceleration from the wheel speed and the steering…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233834
A vehicle control device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; an input unit configured to receive an input operation from an occupant of the host vehicle; a controller configured to perform automatic stop control of decelerating and stopping the host vehicle when the input operation is received by the input unit; and a setter configured to perform a setting process of setting a first time after the input operation has been received by…
Vehicle body structure fitted with environment sensor
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233802
A vehicle body structure includes an environment sensor (22) positioned in an inner space defined between a bumper face and an internal structural member, and attached to the internal structural member, and a cover member (23) including a lower wall (24) extending from the internal structural member to a point adjacent to the bumper face to substantially close the inner space from below. The cover member including a main part (28) forming a base end part thereof and a tip end part (29)…
Exterior light structure for vehicle
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233773
An exterior light structure is mounted in a vehicle including fender members and a hood member. The fender members are disposed in side parts of a vehicle body. The hood member is disposed adjacent to upper parts of the fender members. The exterior light structure includes lamp bodies 22. The lamp bodies 22 are disposed between the upper parts of the fender members and side edge parts of the hood member substantially in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction. The lamp bodies 22…
Vehicle system, control method of vehicle system, and control program of vehicle system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233750
A vehicle system includes a fuel cell system, a battery, a drive device that operates with power, a load different from the drive device, a positional information acquisition unit, a traveling route setting unit, and a control device configured to control power to be supplied to the load from the fuel cell system and the battery based on positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition unit and a traveling route set by the traveling route setting unit.
