Headrest, vehicle seat and vehicle
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173820
A headrest disposed in an upper portion of a seat of a vehicle is configured such that a plurality of through holes are arranged in a vertical direction, the through holes extending through the headrest in a horizontal and front-rear direction.
Airbag device for saddle-type vehicle
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173978
To be able to compactly dispose an airbag device for a saddle-type vehicle provided with an airbag deployable upward. An airbag device for a saddle-type vehicle includes: an inflator; an airbag adapted to be expanded by gas discharged from the inflator; and a retainer accommodating the airbag. The airbag is deployed upward from an opening of the retainer. The retainer is disposed in front of a head pipe adapted to support a handle for steering. A wind screen is disposed above the…
Vehicle body front structure
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173964
In a vehicle body front structure including a dashboard panel (10), a damper housing (18) attached to a front side of the dashboard panel, and a component mounting part reinforcing plate (24) attached to the dashboard panel, a dashboard panel reinforcing plate (40, 48, 50) extends between the attachment part of the dashboard panel for the vehicle body structure member and the attachment part of the dashboard panel for the component mounting part reinforcing plate, and is attached to the…
Vehicle body front structure
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173963
This vehicle body front structure includes a front side frame (14) which extends in a forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body, and a side wall member (52) which is provided outside the front side frame (14) in a vehicle width direction and joined to the front side frame (14), wherein the front side frame (14) has at least three folding portions, which include a first folding portion (24), a second folding portion (25), and a third folding portion (26) capable of being bent by an…
Vehicle front structure
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173960
A vehicle front structure includes a left-right pair of front pillars extending in an up-down direction and a left-right pair of upper members respectively connected to the front pillars at lower portions thereof and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. Each front pillar includes a forward front pillar and a rearward front pillar extending in the up-down direction and has a front pillar inner part and a front pillar outer part. The front pillar inner part extends from a position…
Hybrid vehicle drive apparatus
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173915
A drive apparatus of a hybrid vehicle including a first and second rotors arranged movably in axial direction so as to separate from or approach each other, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform selecting a drive mode from among drive modes including a first mode in which the engine drives a planetary gear mechanism, a second mode in which the engine is stopped, and a third mode in which the engine is driven through the planetary gear mechanism, and…
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173906
A vehicle control system includes a vehicle selector configured to select, from among other vehicles present near an own vehicle, another vehicle that the own vehicle is to follow when traveling in front of a gate as a following target vehicle, and a gate passage controller configured to cause the own vehicle to travel following the following target vehicle selected by the vehicle selector when passing through the gate.
Airbag system
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173865
An airbag system includes a front airbag device that is provided in front of an occupant and that includes a front bag body configured to be deployed by being inflated by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, a door-side guide device that is provided on a door, and that includes a door-side guide member which displaces laterally toward the occupant from an inner side surface of the door during input of the impact and which is configured to guide the occupant toward the front…
Occupant protection device, method for controlling occupant protection device and program
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173860
An occupant protection device includes: a collision prediction unit configured to predict a collision state including a collision direction in a vehicle; a seat direction detection unit configured to detect a direction of a seat that is rotatable around a vertical axis of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle; a driving unit configured to adjust a degree of tension of a seatbelt; and a control unit configured to control the driving unit in accordance with the collision direction with…
System and method for providing vehicle occupant monitoring
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173859
Vehicle occupant monitoring systems and methods detect that an outer handle of the vehicle is used to open a door, and determine a key fob state of the vehicle. On condition that the key fob state of the vehicle is undetected, at least one type of alert is transmitted to a mobile device associated with the vehicle.
V1G or V2G selection
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173804
According to one aspect, a charging station or a system for adjustment of electric vehicle (EV) charging timing, power, or location in coordination with the electrical grid (V1G) or vehicle to grid bidirectional power flow (V2G) selection may include a memory, a processor, and a charge controller or controller. The memory may receive a profile associated with an electric vehicle (EV). The profile may be indicative of a V1G/V2G charging schedule preference for the EV. The processor may…
Vehicle body front structure for electric vehicle
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173776
In a vehicle body front structure for an electric vehicle, including a battery pack mounted beneath a vehicle body floor, a bracket and a rear end part of a vehicle body frame are each inclined downward from an upper front to a rear. When viewed in a fore-and-aft direction, at least part of the bracket overlaps the rear end part. Therefore, the rear end part, moving rearward due to frontal collision, abuts against the bracket, and the frame slips and drops downward from the upper front…
Disengaging socket extension
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173586
A socket extension assembly adapted to be driven by a power tool is disclosed. The shell surrounds a connector and drive subassembly that are fixedly attached to one another and in axial alignment. A biasing member is interposed between the shell and subassembly to provide disengagement of the drive and shell in a natural state, and engagement and transmission of rotation when axial force is applied to mate the drive and shell. This enables a fastener to be loaded into the socket as…
Laser processing method and laser processing device
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173573
Provided are a laser processing method and a laser processing device which prevent a laser irradiation unit from colliding with an edge of a plate material when the laser irradiation unit returns to a portion just above the plate material from an outer part of the portion just above the plate material. The laser processing method for cutting a plate material by laser irradiation, the method including: a plate material end portion holding process of holding a position of an end portion of…
Drilling jig and drilling method using this drilling jig
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
11173535
A drilling jig for drilling a punching hole with a boundary between a basis material and a coating of a workpiece less noticeable, and a drilling method using this drilling jig. It includes a male blade, a female blade, and a hexagon bolt; the male blade and the hexagon bolt are capable of being coupled to each other; a screw hole, through which the hexagon bolt is inserted, and a blade portion are formed in the male blade; the blade portion has a planar blade surface; a shaft insertion…
Front bumper for automobile
Granted: November 16, 2021
Patent Number:
D935959
Fuel cell system
Granted: November 9, 2021
Patent Number:
11171346
A fuel cell system includes a gas liquid separator and a valve device. The gas liquid separator separates water from a fuel off gas discharged from a fuel cell stack. The valve device is provided in a discharge channel for discharging water separated from the gas liquid separator. The valve device includes a fluid inlet for guiding fluid at least containing water in the gas liquid separator toward the valve main body. A heating device is provided at an inner hole of the fluid inlet.
Driving device, component set, and assembly method
Granted: November 9, 2021
Patent Number:
11171540
A driving device includes a motor unit including a motor, and a speed reducer attached to the motor unit. The speed reducer includes a plurality of gears combined to decelerate an output of the motor, and a gear case configured to support the plurality of gears and attached to the motor unit. The gear case is selected from a plurality of types of gear cases. The plurality of types of gear cases are different from one another in an arrangement of the plurality of gears and a position of…
Electric power control device
Granted: November 9, 2021
Patent Number:
11171505
An electric power control device includes: an ECU; a DC power supply; a backup power supply which has a control power supply as an operation source, supplies electric power to the ECU when an electric power supply from a battery to the ECU is stopped, and supplies electric power to the DC power supply when an electric power supply from the battery to the DC power supply is stopped; a first ground line connected to a ground terminal of the DC power supply; a second ground line connected…
Electricity storage cell and manufacturing method of electricity storage cell
Granted: November 9, 2021
Patent Number:
11171382
The electricity storage cell is an electricity storage cell in which battery elements are accommodated inside a cell can and an opening portion on the top of the cell can is sealed by an opening sealing body; inside the cell can, there is an expansion force absorber which is capable of absorbing expansion force of the battery elements by receiving expansion of the battery elements and compressing; the battery elements are disposed between the expansion force absorber and an inner wall…
