Front grille for automobile
Granted: September 28, 2021
Patent Number:
D931769
Vehicle body side structure and partition member
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124239
The present invention provides a vehicle body side structure including a partition member that is improved comparing a conventional structure in its partitioning property for foamable resin when the foamable resin is injected into a hollow portion of a center pillar. The vehicle body side structure of the present invention includes: a side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a center-pillar outer part extending upward on the side sill; a center-pillar inner part disposed…
Valve
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11127959
A valve is disposed in a reactant gas system apparatus of a fuel cell system. The valve includes a housing having an internal channel as a passage of water, and heaters in the form of rods inserted into the housing. An orifice having a small channel cross sectional area is provided at a predetermined position of the channel. The heaters are inclined from a solenoid of the valve in an axial direction of the housing, and front ends of the heaters are positioned close to the orifice.
Active vibratory noise reduction system
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11127391
An active vibratory noise reduction system includes: a canceling vibratory sound generator; an error signal detector for detecting a canceling error between the canceling vibratory sound and a vibratory noise as an error signal; and an active vibratory noise controller for generating, based on the error signal, a control signal for controlling the canceling vibratory sound generator. The active vibratory noise controller is provided with a stability improving unit including: a correction…
System and method for determining at least one demand response overhead percentage
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11127056
A system and method for determining at least one demand response overhead percentage that include receiving at least one demand response signal. The system and method also include analyzing event data to determine at least one event. The system and method additionally include determining the at least one demand response overhead percentage based on the event data. The system and method further include communicating the demand response overhead percentage to at least one electric vehicle.
Traffic guide object recognition device, traffic guide object recognition method, and storage medium
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11126864
A traffic guide object recognition device includes an imager configured to image surroundings of a vehicle and a recognizer configured to recognize surrounding circumstances of the vehicle. The recognizer selects a traffic guide object which the vehicle is to follow on the basis of forms of traffic guide objects in an image captured by the imager out of traffic guide objects which are provided near the vehicle.
System and method for touchpad display interaction with interactive and non-interactive regions
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11126282
A vehicle infotainment system is provided. The vehicle infotainment system includes a display screen, a touchpad remote from the display screen, and a controller communicatively coupled to the display screen and to the touchpad. The controller is configured to virtually divide the touchpad into a main menu configuration. The controller is also configured to display a main menu of indicators corresponding to inactive applications, wherein the main menu occupies the entire display screen.…
Vehicle inspection device
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11125859
The vehicle inspection device is used to adjust an optical axis of a radar device R in a vehicle in which the radar device R that acquires external environment information is attached to a vehicle body. The vehicle inspection device includes: a target robot T including a corner reflector 75 that reflects an electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar device R, and an electromagnetic wave characteristic measurement device 76 that measures characteristics of the electromagnetic wave…
Detachable workpiece support
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11125258
A connector includes a first connector body with an attachment hole and a second connector body provided with a shaft portion. A keyway is formed in a sidewall of the shaft portion. Moreover, the first connector body includes a pivoting member pivoting by being pressed by the shaft portion rotating inside the attachment hole and an elastic member for returning the pivoting member that has pivoted to an original position. The pivoting member is provided with an engaging portion engaging…
Panoramic roof stiffener reinforcement
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124241
A vehicle roof stiffener includes a metal or metal alloy frame defining a central opening and at least one corner. The vehicle roof stiffener also includes a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion including at least one transition structure comprising a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The FRP portion is located in the at least one corner. In some examples, the frame includes an opening in the at least one…
Airbag system
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124146
An airbag system includes a main airbag device provided in front of an occupant and having a first bag body deployed by being inflated by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, a seat airbag device provided in a seat back of a vehicle seat and having a second bag body deployed by being inflated in an area including a front of a torso of the occupant at behind the first bag body by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, and a screen airbag device having a third bag body…
Control apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124084
A control apparatus includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires information indicating a future movement destination of a vehicle provided with a driving power source; and a control unit that causes power transfer to be performed between the vehicle and a second vehicle provided with a driving power source based on a power demand in a power network that supplies power in a region of the future movement destination of the vehicle.
Vehicle
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124069
The abnormality determination unit of a motorcycle determines the presence or absence of abnormalities in a clutch switch and/or a cruise cancel switch on the basis of the clutch operation signal output from the clutch switch and the cruise cancel signal output from the cruise cancel switch.
Tank cap structure and saddle-type vehicle
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11124061
A tank cap structure of an embodiment includes a cap body, a grip portion, a valve device, and a ratchet mechanism. The valve device includes a valve case which has a cylindrical shape about a screw axis and accommodates a float, and a valve body which has a tapered shape thinner than the valve case and extends toward an opening. The cap body includes a cylindrical receiving portion which has a cylindrical shape about the screw axis. A seal-receiving portion receiving a seal member held…
Cutter housing assembly for a lawnmower, lawnmower having same, and convertible lawnmower
Granted: September 21, 2021
Patent Number:
11122738
A cutter housing for a lawnmower can include first and second cutting chambers with first and second chamber walls and first/second discharge openings. First and second ring gates that have openings and blocking segments can be concentrically placed within respective first and second chamber walls, and rotatably attached to the cutter housing. The first and second ring gates can be rotated between: (a) an opened position in which the first/second ring gate is positioned with the…
Rotor of rotating electrical machine
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121598
A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnetic pole portions arranged along a circumferential direction, and a plurality of arc magnets constituting the magnetic pole portions. Each magnetic pole portion includes a magnet portion of at least two layers along a radial direction. In front view, the rotor core includes an outer diameter side magnet insertion hole, an inner diameter side magnet insertion hole, and a refrigerant flow path hole provided…
On-board vehicular communication system
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11122489
A system and method of obtaining update information include receiving a request for an update from a mobile device, determining whether the request for update is for a scheduled update or an unscheduled update, in response to determining that the request for update is for an unscheduled update: requesting a first update information from a high-speed provider, receiving the first update information from the high-speed provider, and sending the first update information to the mobile…
Inverter generator
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121653
In an inverter generator having a generator unit including three phase windings driven by an engine, a converter having multiple switching elements and configured to convert alternating current outputted from the generator unit to direct current, an inverter configured to convert direct current outputted from the converter to alternating current and output the alternating current to a load, and a converter control unit configured to determine PWM control ON-time period and drive the…
Drive unit
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121603
A circuit unit of a drive unit includes a plate-shaped heat sink that extends in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a motor, and a lower case arranged on a lower side of the heat sink. In the drive unit, a fastening member, which is formed on the lower case, is fastened to a housing, and a height of a fastening surface, which is located on an upper end of the fastening member, is positioned within a height range that spans from a lower surface to an upper surface of the…
Stator of rotary electric machine
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121602
A stator of a rotary electric machine comprises a stator core, a coil; and a plurality of bus bars. When viewed from a rotational axis direction of the rotary electric machine, the first terminal parts of the plurality of bus bars are arranged next to one another substantially in an upper and lower direction on the outside of the stator core in the radial direction, and the second terminal parts of the plurality of bus bars are arranged next to one another substantially in a horizontal…
