Driving support device and driving support method
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180139
A driving support device includes an output unit configured to output information, a recognition unit configured to recognize surrounding vehicles existing around a subject vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine control modes of in-vehicle devices of the subject vehicle on the basis of a position of a surrounding vehicle existing on an adjacent lane adjacent to a subject lane on which the subject vehicle exists among one or more surrounding vehicles recognized by the…
Vacuum pressure transformation vessel and method of use
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180422
A method of forming a ceramic-metal composite part is described herein. The method includes maintaining molten metal in an interior of a housing in a liquefied state, the interior including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a port defined therebetween. The method further includes sealing the port such that the molten metal in the first chamber is maintained at a first liquid level, suspending a part at a height within the first chamber above the first liquid level, forming a…
Drive unit
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180218
A drive unit includes: a pedal crankshaft to which a pedal stepping force of a rider is applied; an electric motor that detects a torque input to the pedal crankshaft and generates a drive force; and a transmission that changes shift of the drive force of the electric motor and delivers the drive force to the pedal crankshaft, the transmission includes a main shaft that supports a plurality of drive gears and a counter shaft that supports a plurality of driven gears that engage with the…
Mobile cart and methods of handling vehicle parts therewith
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180206
A mobile cart for use in handling vehicle parts, that includes a base subassembly including a first side and a second side, and a storage subassembly coupled to the base subassembly. The storage subassembly includes a first row of swing arms extending along the first side, and a second row of swing arms extending along the second side. The swing arms in the first row and the second row are positionable between an upright position and a lowered position. When in the upright position, a…
Vehicle body lower structure
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180197
A vehicle body lower structure includes: an undercover having an opening and a first fixing portion disposed around the opening; a cover member having a second fixing portion and detachably attached to the undercover to close the opening; and a fixing member configured to detachably attach the second fixing portion to the first fixing portion, the fixing member being fixed to the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion from a lower side of the undercover. The undercover…
Lower structure of vehicle
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180195
A lower structure of a vehicle includes front side frames, a vehicle body strength member, a floor panel, and a power supply unit, in which the front side frames are formed to have cross-sectional shapes that open upward at least at rear sections thereof, the power supply unit is disposed below a floor panel, the floor panel includes a pair of reinforcing panel portions which are respectively joined to the rear sections of the front side frames and cover the rear sections from above, and…
Vehicle control device
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180166
Provided is a vehicle control device which, when traffic participants are waiting in the vicinity of a railroad crossing for a train to pass, appropriately controls driving of a vehicle about to pass through the railroad crossing. Entry of the vehicle into the railroad crossing is restrained until a waiting time elapses since when the railroad crossing transitioned from a passage blocking state to a passage allowing state, the waiting time being set in accordance with the kind or the…
Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle, and control method
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180164
The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus for controlling traveling of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a stop control unit configured to move the vehicle in a vehicle width direction and stop the vehicle in a traveling state; a notification unit configured to make a notification of the stop of the vehicle; and a change unit configured to change a notification method by the notification unit in accordance with a stop mode of the vehicle stopped by the stop control…
Vehicle control system
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180163
In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop area when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, the control unit extracts a plurality of available stop areas according to information from at least one of an external environment recognition device and a map device, and selects…
Vehicle control device
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180143
A surroundings recognition unit recognizes the road environment and traffic participants around the host vehicle. A condition satisfaction determination unit determines whether or not first to fifth conditions are satisfied, on the basis of recognition results from the surroundings recognition unit. When causing the host vehicle to travel in a lane of a traveling road adjacent to the edge of the traveling road, a control unit changes travel control content and/or notification control…
Vehicle body structure of automobile
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180008
A sun shade apparatus is provided. Each of a pair of right and left roof side rails is constituted of upper and lower members which are joined to each other. A dimension in an up-down direction can be reduced while a closed cross-sectional area required for the roof side rail is ensured to maintain a strength and a rigidity thereof, and a height of a vehicle cabin can be ensured by compactly disposing a sun shade apparatus under a lower surface of a roof panel while enhancing side…
Autonomous parking apparatus
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180136
An autonomous parking apparatus incorporated into a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a detector detecting a creep torque acting on an axle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform instructing a self-parking of the vehicle, determining whether it is necessary to perform a creep torque reduction control based on a creep torque detected when the self-parking is instructed, and controlling the transmission in…
Sensor attachment structure and energy absorption structure
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180101
A sensor attachment structure includes an energy absorption member, a sensor attachment portion provided to the energy absorption member and configured to attach a sensor case that houses a pressure sensor, and a cover that defines a space to house the sensor case between the cover and the sensor attachment portion. The sensor case is attached to the sensor attachment portion by locking. At least one of the sensor case, the sensor attachment portion, and the cover includes a fall…
Power supply system, transportation device, and power transmission method
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180050
A power supply system includes a first energy storage, a second energy storage, a power transmission circuit, and circuitry. The first energy storage outputs first output power to an electric load. The second energy storage outputs second output power to the electric load. The circuitry is configured to acquire a demand power to be supplied to the electric load. The circuitry is configured to acquire a remaining capacity value indicating remaining capacity in the second energy storage.…
Mobile modular battery charging and exchange system
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180049
A method and system for mobile charging and exchange includes a vehicle having a vehicle storage space and a selectively removable charging bin mounted into the vehicle storage space. The selectively removable charging bin has one or more form fitted receptacle slots for receiving a battery device and each receptacle slot has a connection therein to a power source of the vehicle. A processor is operatively connected for computer communication to the vehicle and a user device using a…
Electric vehicle cooling system
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180044
Enclosed herein is an electric motor vehicle cooling system that cycles liquid coolant from an electric motor vehicle charging station into an electric motor vehicle and back, to cool batteries of the electric motor vehicle during charging. The liquid coolant is pumped by a pump in the electric motor vehicle charging station through channels in a cable that is plugged into the electric motor vehicle. The cable has an adaptor with ports to allow the liquid coolant to exit the electric…
Non-contact power transmission system
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180036
Provided s a non-contact power transmission system with which it is possible to individually detect the position of a receiving unit with respect to a transmission unit, even if there are positions at which the same microvoltage values are indicated, even if the distance differs, due to the shape of the transmission coil of the transmission unit and the receiving coil of the receiving unit. At a position at which the position differential value of the detected microvoltage exceeds a zero…
Saddle-type electric vehicle
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180019
An electric bicycle includes a motor that includes a stator and a rotor and that is driven by a battery, a reduction gear, an output shaft configured to output power of the motor, a sprocket fixed to the output shaft, a housing, and a water jacket configured to cool the motor. The water jacket includes a flange section protruding outward in a radial direction of the stator, the flange section being formed in the water jacket at a side opposite to the reduction gear in a vehicle width…
Torque rod
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180015
Provided is a torque rod (1, 101, 202, 301) configured to be connected between a vehicle body (2) and an engine (3) to restrict a movement of the engine relative to the vehicle body. The torque rod includes a rod main body (11, 211, 307), and a bushing assembly provided at one end (14) of the rod main body. The bushing assembly includes a mounting bracket (21, 203, 303) configured to be mounted to the vehicle body or the engine via a bolt (22) passed therethrough in an axial direction, a…
Vehicle having improved transmission of torque and suppression of rotation of driving device unit
Granted: November 23, 2021
Patent Number:
11180014
A vehicle includes: a battery provided below a vehicle interior with a floor panel therebetween; and a driving device unit supported by a vehicle frame member via a front portion and a rear portion. A center of gravity of the battery is positioned forward compared to a rear wheel axle that connects the left rear wheel with the right rear wheel, a center of gravity of the driving device unit is positioned rearward compared to the rear wheel axle, the front portion is positioned forward…
