Vehicle body lateral section structure and method of manufacturing vehicle body lateral section structure
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187343
A vehicle body lateral section structure includes: a side panel outer (2) that is made of an aluminum alloy; a reinforcing member (4) that is made of steel and overlaps inside the side panel outer (2); an inner panel (3) that is made of steel and overlaps inside the reinforcing member (4); a plurality of mechanical coupling portions (5) that are provided at an interval (P1) of 40 mm or more and 80 mm or less in a longitudinal direction of the opening flange; and resistance welded…
Charging system
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191695
A charging system includes an AC power source, a plurality of rectifier circuits, a plurality of positive electrode side current cutoff circuits, and a control device. The plurality of rectifier circuits are connected between the AC power source and each of a plurality of battery modules. Each rectifier circuit supplies DC power obtained by rectifying AC power supplied from the AC power source to each battery module. The plurality of positive electrode side current cutoff circuits are…
Control apparatus, movable object, control method, and terminal
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190732
A control apparatus includes a risk area specification unit to specify a risk area outside a movable object, a transmission control unit to perform control to transmit alert information related to a position of the risk area to an outside of the movable object, a reception control unit to perform control to receive response information including information related to a position of another movable object that is response information to the alert information which is transmitted by the…
Control apparatus, movable object, control method, and computer readable storage medium
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190729
A control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to perform control to receive, when a movable object is located at a first point, presence information of a risk area including a plurality of position coordinates specified through image recognition by another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether the movable object is in a vicinity of the risk area based on the plurality of position coordinates included in the presence information of the…
Vehicular software update management system and execution by electronic control unit
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190096
A program management device including a communication unit that communicates with an external device, a control unit that executes a vehicle control program for controlling the vehicle, a first memory where the vehicle control program is stored, a second memory where the vehicle control program is stored, a third memory where an irrespective program is stored to perform control that is irrespective of driving of the vehicle, and a program update unit that executes first processing of…
Control device and terminal device
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190092
A control device mounted on a vehicle and configured in such a manner that a program incorporated in a first vehicle control unit can be updated by first updating means and a program incorporated in a second vehicle control unit can be updated by second updating means that is different from the first updating means, the control device including a request reception unit causing the first updating means to receive an acquisition request of acquiring version information about a version of…
Control system, mobile object, control method, and storage medium
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12189391
A control system of a mobile object that can move in any one operation mode determined from a plurality of operation modes is provided. The control system includes: a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the storage device to: generate evaluation information for a trajectory of the mobile object including a trajectory on a sidewalk; each of the plurality of operation modes being…
Control apparatus for vehicle
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188554
Provided is a control apparatus for vehicle that enables a driver to activate and deactivate a freewheeling mode at his/her discretion. A control apparatus 1 for vehicle switches the vehicle to a freewheeling mode in which power generated by an engine 2 of the vehicle is not transmitted to drive shafts 7 of the vehicle. The control apparatus 1 for vehicle includes: a decelerator having a plurality of deceleration gear stages for changing deceleration of the vehicle; and a manipulator 10…
Rotor for radial turbine
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188370
An impeller (58) for a radial turbine comprises a substantially conical hub (70), and a plurality of impeller blades (80) arranged along an outer periphery of the hub at regular intervals, wherein a tip end (80D) of each impeller blade is provided with a fin (82) projecting in a thickness-wise direction of the impeller blade over a prescribed region (X) extending along a chord length thereof from a first point (P1) at a first distance from an upstream end (80A) of the tip end to a second…
Vehicle body lower structure
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187357
Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The vehicle body lower structure further includes: a shaft member, which extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle, thereby rotatably connecting the front end of the airflow guiding plate…
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method for changing travel control according to a recognition status of driving lane
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187284
A vehicle control device of the embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle and a driving controller configured to control one or both of steering and a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, in which the driving controller causes the vehicle to travel by executing any one of a plurality of driving modes including at least a first driving mode and a second driving mode in which a task…
Vehicle control device
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187255
The present invention provides a vehicle control device that enhances safety in an event of a collision of a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes: a speed calculator that calculates a vehicle speed at a time of collision when the collision of the vehicle is detected by the collision detection sensor, and a driving assist controller that performs automatic brake control based on the vehicle speed at the time of collision calculated by the speed calculator, wherein when a brake…
Connection structure of battery pack and vehicle body, and vehicle
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187209
A connection structure of a battery pack and a vehicle body including a left stringer, a right stringer, and a crossbeam, includes at least a first connection member configured to connect the battery pack and the crossbeam. The first connection member includes a first inclination plate and a second inclination plate arranged at intervals along a left-right direction, the first inclination plate is positioned at a side of the second inclination plate to be close to the right stringer, one…
Movable body control device, movable body, movable body management system, movable body control method, and program
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187170
A movable body control device controls a movable body on which a worker performing a work task at a workplace is capable of boarding and which is capable of adjusting the height of a boarding part on which the worker boards. The movable body control device includes: an acquisition part that acquires, from a terminal device that is carried by the worker and that accepts information which is input by the worker in accordance with the work task, information based on input information which…
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187157
A vehicle control device includes processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery, acquiring at least first actual output power of the first battery, calculating a first upper power limit value based on the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value based on the state of the second battery, and controlling a power conversion process…
Vehicle control system, method and storage medium for determination and display of driver grip on a steering operation element
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12187121
A vehicle control system includes a steering operation element configured to receive a steering operation of a vehicle by a driver, a grip detector configured to detect a gripping state of the steering operation element by the driver of the vehicle, and a display processor configured to cause a display device to display a notification image indicating at least the gripping state. The notification image includes a first graphic deformable based on a circle within an entire image area. The…
Instrument panel for automobile
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
D1055822
Control device
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179659
A control device for controlling a host vehicle including: a processing circuitry configured to, when another vehicle traveling in a opposite direction to the host vehicle and having a possibility to collide with the host vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle, execute an out-of-vehicle notification using a headlight based on a distance between the host vehicle and the another vehicle. When the distance is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and equal to or larger than a…
Method for avoiding interference of welding equipment, and device for controlling welding equipment
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179366
The present invention includes a reference parallel line creation step of creating a pair of parallel lines that are respectively in contact with outer edges of a workpiece cross-section without traversing the workpiece cross-section and that are located on an extension plane of the workpiece cross-section, a first determination step of comparing a width between the pair of parallel lines that have been created in the reference parallel line creation step with a maximum separation…
Wheel for automobile
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
D1055829
