Vehicle frame structure
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202544
The disclosure provides a vehicle frame structure capable of achieving light weight and cost reduction while maintaining good structural rigidity. A vehicle frame structure includes a side frame and a support frame. The side frame is disposed at a side portion of a vehicle and extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. The support frame is disposed below the side frame to support a suspension member and includes a body portion, an arm portion extending upwards from the body portion, and…
Power transmission device and electric power device
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12206207
Provided is a power transmission device with which it is possible to minimize transmission of an excessive external force. This power transmission device has an input lever, an output lever, and a housing that are capable of moving relative to each other and that are mechanically connected to each other so as to be capable of transmitting power therebetween. The power transmission device has: a main spring disposed on a first power transmission path that is for transmitting power between…
Battery module
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12206133
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series. Each of the battery cells has a rectangular thin plate shape, and includes a thin plate-shaped positive electrode tab and a thin plate-shaped negative electrode tab, which are provided on one side of the battery cell. Among the battery cells, the side of one battery cell where the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are provided and the side of another battery cell where the positive electrode…
Customer service system, server, control method, and storage medium
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12205122
A customer service system for providing customer service using a robot for customer service is provided. A first acquisition unit acquires first information regarding a topic provided by a person in charge of response in a negotiation between a visitor and the person in charge of response. A second acquisition unit acquires a detection result regarding speech and behavior of the visitor by the robot. An estimation unit estimates a reaction of the visitor on a basis of the detection…
Recommending new musical tracks for playlists
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12204583
An electronic device and method for recommending new musical tracks for playlists. The electronic device detects a playback of a musical track associated with a first music listening service and identifies a list of tracks by accessing user data associated with a second music listening service that is different from the first music listening service. The list of tracks includes at least one of a set of playlists or a music library of favorite tracks. The electronic device determines the…
High-pressure tank and method for manufacturing high-pressure tank
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203596
A high-pressure tank is provided with a liner made of resin, a reinforcing layer including a plurality of fiber layers formed by winding fiber a plurality of times around the outer surface of the liner, and a cap fixed to the axial end portion of the liner and including a supply and discharge hole that supplies and discharges fluid to and from the liner. A starting end, which is a start of winding of the fiber, is disposed overlapping the cap.
Electrochemical compressor
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203455
The present disclosure is intended to provide an electrochemical compressor capable of preventing a liquid, such as water, from accumulating inside a piston. An electrochemical compressor according to an embodiment includes a housing chamber and a drain path. The housing chamber houses an elastic body that presses an electrochemical cell with its elastic force, and is configured to receive part of a gas compressed by the electrochemical cell, the part of the gas flowing into the housing…
Vehicle hood
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12203308
A hood for a vehicle is movable between an open position and a closed position for covering a vehicle compartment. The hood includes a hood body having an exterior facing surface and an interior facing surface. A first bracket attached to the interior facing surface of the hood body includes a bottom end having a downward opening slot a rotatable hinge attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment for moving the hood body between the open position and the closed position. A second…
Vehicle having a saddle riding vehicle and a sidecar coupled to the saddle riding vehicle
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202564
A vehicle includes a saddle riding vehicle and a sidecar coupled to the saddle riding vehicle. The sidecar includes a wheel configured to facilitate a movement of the sidecar on a road, and at least one electric motor operatively coupled to the wheel to rotate the wheel. At least two bars extend from the sidecar to the saddle riding vehicle and couples the sidecar to the saddle riding vehicle. Moreover, the vehicle includes load sensors mounted on the at least two bars to detect a…
Vehicle body transport system
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202560
A vehicle body transport system includes an unmanned carrier carrying and transporting a vehicle body between work stations; and an imaging device including an imaging part imaging a traveling route of the unmanned carrier and the surroundings of the traveling route from above, an analysis part analyzing an image captured by the imaging part, and a transmission part transmitting a signal to the unmanned carrier. When a moving object other than the unmanned carrier carrying the vehicle…
Torsion beam joint structure
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202312
There is provided a torsion beam joint structure in a torsion beam suspension including a torsion beam and right and left trailing arms connected to end portions of the torsion beam. The torsion beam has front and rear wall portions, an upper wall portion, and an opening provided at a lower side in an upper-lower direction of the vehicle. The front wall portion and the rear wall portion have a set of joint portions on their right side and left side in the vehicle width direction, by…
Movement control system, movement control method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing control program, and control device
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202525
A movement control system includes: a moving object; a first control device capable of communicating with the moving object; and a second control device configured to relay the communication between the moving object and the first control device. When communication between the first control device and the second control device is not restricted, the first control device performs first automatic movement control on the moving object via the second control device, and when the…
Vehicle control apparatus
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202496
A vehicle control apparatus that provides control over a brake device or a power plant device of a host vehicle includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire information on state of the brake device and the power plant device and information on front wheel steering angle; a determination part configured to determine whether or not an abnormality has occurred in a turnability improvement control; a deceleration force computation part configured to compute a required…
Vehicle, vehicle control method, and program
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202490
A vehicle including: a communicator configured to communicate with an external terminal; an acquirer configured to acquire detection results acquired by sensors disposed in predetermined portions of the vehicle; an estimator configured to estimate submerged portions of the vehicle that is submerged on the basis of the detection results acquired by the acquirer; and a controller configured to change a communication destination of the vehicle by controlling the communicator in accordance…
Driving support device, vehicle, driving support method, and storage medium
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202487
The present invention provides a driving support device that performs driving support of a vehicle, comprising: a speed detector configured to detect a speed of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control lane change support from a traveling lane in which the vehicle travels to an adjacent lane, in a case where the speed of the vehicle detected by the speed detector is equal to or greater than a threshold, wherein the controller is configured to execute the lane change support…
Road information processing system
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202474
A road information processing system including: a lane departure prevention information acquisition unit for acquiring lane departure prevention information indicating a time point at which a lane departure prevention process by a lane departure prevention function was executed, and a point where the lane departure prevention process was executed, on a vehicle having the lane departure prevention function; a vehicle behavioral information acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle behavioral…
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202470
A vehicle control apparatus having an unintended start suppression function of suppressing an unintended start is provided. The apparatus comprises a distance detection unit configured to detect a distance to an obstacle; a speed detection unit configured to detect a speed of an ego-vehicle; and a suppression support unit configured to perform suppression support for the speed of the ego-vehicle based on the speed and the distance to the obstacle, wherein the suppression support unit…
Vehicle power supply system
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202418
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…
Systems and methods for selecting a charging entity based on occupancy status
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202372
Systems and methods for selecting a charging entity based on occupancy status are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a current geo-location and state of charge of a requesting vehicle and a plurality of charging entities that are within a remaining distance of the requesting vehicle. Occupancy statuses for one or more charging entities of the plurality of charging entities are determined based on a number charging vehicles and a charging parameter. The method…
Power supply system and moving body
Granted: January 21, 2025
Patent Number:
12202358
A power supply system 1 includes: a variable voltage power supply 7 that outputs power of a variable voltage E1 from a pair of secondary-side input/output terminals 72p and 72n; a first power line 21 and a second power line 22 that connect the pair of secondary-side input/output terminals 72p and 72n and a load 4; a first switch unit 31 that is provided on the first power line 21; a third power line 23 that connects both ends of the first switch unit 31; and a bypass line 25 that…
