Door opening prevention system for motor vehicles
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221815
A system for preventing sliding vehicle doors from opening during collisions is disclosed. The system includes at least one roller assembly of a sliding door connected to a guiderail on a vehicle body. The roller assembly includes a protruding member that interfaces with a protrusion engaging member attached to the vehicle body. During normal operation, the protruding member clears the protrusion engaging member. During a collision in which the sliding door is pushed laterally outwards,…
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12225428
A vehicle control device including: a first terminal position recognition unit that recognizes a first position of a user terminal with respect to a vehicle by activating a first prescribed number of a plurality of second communication antennas and by performing second wireless communication between the vehicle and the user terminal; and a terminal distance recognition unit that: recognizes a distance between the vehicle and the user terminal by activating a second prescribed number,…
Imaging system, guidance control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12225282
Provided is an imaging system including an imager configured to image a ridable moving object positioned at a registered photo spot, and a processor configured to execute a program to cause a guide to guide the ridable moving object on which a user gets and which is positioned near the photo spot to a recommended position in the photo spot.
Aircraft
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224688
An aircraft includes: rotors each driven by an electric motor; a PCU that converts AC power output from a generator into DC power; an inverter that converts DC power supplied from the PCU into AC power and outputs the AC power to the electric motor; a DC wire that connects the PCU and the inverter; and an AC wire that connects the inverter and the electric motor. The AC wire is disposed in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which rotation shafts of the generator and a gas turbine…
Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224646
In a combined power system, a rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine includes a hollow cylindrical outer shaft and an inner shaft inserted into the hollow interior part of the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a projecting distal end exposed from the outer shaft. On the projecting distal end, a rotational parameter detector, a retaining member and a restraining member are disposed. The retaining member supports the rotational parameter detector at the projecting distal end.…
Power output device, power input device, and power output/input device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224609
A better power output device is provided. A charging and power supply device having a power source in a housing, wherein the housing has USB power output terminals to which a load that receives DC output power is connected, AC power output terminals to which a load that receives AC output power is connected, a USB switch that receives an instruction from a user to output power from the USB power output terminals, and an AC switch that receives an instruction from the user to output power…
Containing device
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224607
A containing device equipped with: a casing formed in a substantially polyhedral shape, the casing having six substantially quadrilateral faces facing mutually different directions; and a containing part formed in the casing, the containing part containing a contained object so as to be insertable/removable. An opening continuous with the containing part, or a peripheral edge part of an opening continuous with the containing part, is disposed at a position corresponding to a first side,…
Determination device, determination method, and computer-readable recording medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223777
A determination device may include an acquisition unit configured to acquire first degradation values that indicate respective degradation degrees of a plurality of components of a same type, and regard the respective first degradation values of the plurality of components as respective first usage values of a plurality of usage environments in which the plurality of components are used. The determination device may include a determination unit configured to determine, based on a target…
Autonomous work machine, autonomous work machine control method, and storage medium
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222721
An autonomous work machine that works in a work area, comprising: a detection unit that detects a plurality of markers arranged to define the work area; a specifying unit that specifies marker information based on a detection result of the detection unit; a setting unit that sets a virtual line connecting the plurality of markers based on the marker information specified by the specifying unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous work machine such that the autonomous work…
Sound reducing device for internal combustion engine
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221908
A sound reducing device (30) for an internal combustion engine (1, 101) comprises a chamber forming member (33) defining a sound reducing chamber (32) having a prescribed column length jointly with a belt cover, and the sound reducing chamber communicates with the belt chamber via an opening (31), and the opening opposes a part of a timing belt passed around the cam pulley.
Front grille for automobile
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1060146
Object detection device, object detection method, and storage medium
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217473
An object detection device includes a storage device which has stored a program, and a hardware processor, in which the hardware processor executes the program stored in the storage device, thereby acquiring a captured image in which a road is captured, generating a low-resolution image in which an image quality of the captured image is lowered, defining one or more partial area sets with each of the one or more partial area sets defined by cutting out a plurality of partial areas from…
System and method for providing enriched connected vehicle mobility communication
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217044
A system and method for providing enriched connected vehicle mobility communication that include receiving data associated with an operation of at least one of: a vehicle and an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The system and method also include publishing a publish/subscribe (pub/sub) message that pertains to the data associated with the operation of at least one of: the vehicle and the IoT device to an IoT broker that is configured to manage the pub/sub message and communicating the…
Autonomous vehicle object classifier method and system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216475
Object identification may be provided herein. A feature extractor may extract a first set of visual features, extract a second set of visual features, concatenate the first set of visual features, the second set of visual features, and a set of bounding box information, determine a number of object features and a global feature for a scene, and receive ego-vehicle feature information associated with an ego-vehicle. An object classifier may receive the number of object features, the…
Route generation device for autonomous mobile body
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215982
The route generation device includes a controller configured to generate, in response to acceptance of an allowable arrival time period assigned to at least one of the plurality of destinations, an input of information regarding specifics of a task to be performed at the at least one destination, and setting of a required time period according to the specifics of the task, a route that allows the autonomous mobile body to arrive at the at least one destination within the allowable…
Gas turbine engine
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215589
A gas turbine engine includes: a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel, coaxially configured and rotating integrally; a rotary shaft, including an outer shaft portion, a penetration portion, and an inner shaft portion; and a thrust cancel disc, provided between inner surfaces of the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel. The compressor wheel has a hollow portion through which the inner shaft portion passes. The turbine wheel has a first thread portion protruding from the inner surface,…
Vehicle side structure
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215533
The disclosure provides a vehicle side structure. The vehicle side structure is for being mounted near a door, and includes: an electric motor disposed inside the door to drive a door glass up and down; a fitting member, fitting the door and a vehicle body; and a connecting member, connecting the fitting member and the electric motor.
Battery temperature adjustment system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214697
A battery temperature adjustment system includes: a battery; a cooling device to which electric power from an external power source and electric power from the battery are selectively supplied and configured to cool the battery; and a control device configured to control the cooling device to adjust a state of charge of the battery and a battery temperature. The control device stores a deterioration sensitivity map in which a deterioration sensitivity is preset according to the state of…
Object manipulation
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214502
A robot for object manipulation may include sensors, a robot appendage, actuators configured to drive joints of the robot appendage, a planner, and a controller. Object path planning may include determining poses. Object trajectory optimization may include assigning a set of timestamps to the poses, optimizing a cost function which may be a cost function for finger sliding based on a penalty for a sliding distance, a change in desired normal direction, and a wrench error associated with…
Spatter detection method
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214438
A spot welding method includes supplying a welding current having a pulse-shaped waveform to a workpiece by alternately executing a step of maintaining the welding current within a set peak current range and a step of decreasing the welding current from the peak current range toward a bottom current and then increasing the welding current toward the peak current range when an effective value of the welding current reaches a set target range for a plurality of cycles. The spatter…
