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Battery case structure for electric-powered vehicles, and electric-powered vehicle

Granted: October 19, 2021
Patent Number: 11148516
Provided are: a battery case structure for electric-powered vehicles wherein restrictions on the size or the like of a battery mountable on electric-powered vehicles are alleviated, and the attaching/detaching operability is improved; and an electric-powered vehicle. A battery case structure is equipped with: a cover member which is disposed below the center in the longitudinal direction of a main frame and rocks in the transverse direction of the vehicle; and a lower frame which is…

Motorcycle or motorcycle replica

Granted: October 19, 2021
Patent Number: D933536

Motorcycle or motorcycle replica

Granted: October 19, 2021
Patent Number: D933535

Vehicle

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142096
A vehicle provides a comfortable space for a wide range of passengers. The vehicle (1) includes a plurality of seats (31) arranged in a fore and aft direction in laterally middle part of a cabin (5) of the vehicle, each seat facing laterally outward. Each seat is provided with a seat cushion (32) that can be flipped up around a laterally inner edge thereof.

Connector

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11146016
A connector includes a housing formed with a L-shape in a side view having a connection portion capable of fitting to a mating connector, a terminal mounted on the housing by inserting a connection terminal portion into a terminal accommodation portion of the connection portion, an electric wire connected to the electric wire of the terminal and led out from the housing, a ferrite core mounted on the electric wire and assembled from the rear side of the housing, and a cover mounted on…

Vehicular roof structure

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142257
A vehicular roof structure has a roof side rail joined to a roof panel. The roof panel includes an inclined joining section, a vertical section and a horizontal joining section. The inclined joining section has an outer side portion of the roof panel that is bent inward in a vehicle width direction, and the roof side rail is joined thereto. The vertical section is provided on the inclined joining section on a rearward side of the vehicle body, and the outer side portion of the roof panel…

Seat haptics

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142216
Systems and techniques for managing seat haptics are described herein. A system for managing seat haptics may include a seat equipped with an actuator, a processor, and a controller. The processor may receive a signal from a vehicle system. The controller may control the actuator to operate according to a first mode at a first time and operate according to a second mode at a second time based on the signal received from the vehicle system, such as a navigation system or sensor system.…

Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142204
In a vehicle control device and a vehicle control method, the vehicle control device comprises a lane recognition unit adapted to recognize lane types of a host vehicle lane and an adjacent lane, a control condition setting unit adapted to set first to third control conditions in order to make a lane change depending on the lane types that were recognized by the lane recognition unit, and a vehicle control unit adapted to carry out a lane change control with respect to a host vehicle on…

Vehicle control device

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142197
In this vehicle control device, a low-level short-term trajectory generating unit generates a short-term trajectory by using the newest dynamic external environment recognition information while also using the same static external environment recognition information (lane shape information, or the like) as the static external environment recognition information used by a high-level medium-term trajectory generating unit. Performing such control prevents inconsistency between the external…

Vehicle control device

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142189
A forward movement limit determination unit determines to execute a forward movement limit in the case it is recognized that there is an intersecting road or an entering vehicle, and further, it is recognized that an event that limits traveling of a host vehicle is occurring on a more forward side of the travel direction of the host vehicle than an intersecting position or an entry position. In the case it is determined that the forward movement limit is to be executed, a vehicle control…

Automobile body

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: D932939

Series power storage dual voltage power supply device

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142091
A power supply device includes: a first power storage device; a second power storage device that outputs voltage higher than the output voltage of the first power storage device and is connected in series to the first power storage device; a voltage converter connected to the output terminal of the first power storage device to output converted voltage; a second load connected to the output terminal of the voltage converter; and a control unit that controls the voltage converter at fixed…

Control device for controlling vehicle, method for controlling vehicle, and storage medium

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142069
A control device that controls a vehicle obtains information of a user of the vehicle, and controls, based on the information of the user, output of the vehicle on a per-user basis.

Electric vehicle

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142064
In an electric vehicle including a motor shaft connected to a drive motor, a counter shaft coupled with the motor shaft, a drive shaft coupled with the counter shaft, a drive wheel coupled with the drive shaft, a plurality of bearings configured to support the counter shaft, and a plurality of gears configured to rotate integrally with the counter shaft, a torque sensor is disposed in a region in which a slope of a bending moment occurring on the counter shaft is minimum at a time that…

Drive unit

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11142057
A drive unit includes a drive source, a case which is connected to the drive source and accommodates an electric motor, a control device which is mounted on an upper surface of the case and controls the electric motor, and an auxiliary machine placed on an upper surface of the drive source. The drive source and the control device are connected by a reinforcing member, and the reinforcing member is arranged so as to surround at least a part of the auxiliary machine in a top view.…

Apparatus and method for cooling lawnmower components

Granted: October 12, 2021
Patent Number: 11140821
A lawnmower and lawnmower cooling system can include a housing configured to contain a motor, a battery assembly, a motor driver, and a controller. The housing can include at least one air inlet located adjacent to the top surface of the deck. The housing can include a driver chamber, a battery chamber, a motor chamber, and at least one air outlet. A fan can be mounted in the housing such that, when the fan operates, air enters the air inlet, flows through the driver chamber away from…