Honda Patent Grants

Setting apparatus

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12167501
A setting apparatus includes: a CPU and a memory connected to the CPU. The memory is configured to store information regarding each of a plurality of users individually using a single space. The CPU is configured to perform: identifying a user to use the space; authenticating the user identified in the identifying; setting devices provided in the space based on the information stored in the memory. The information stored in the memory includes: first information; and second information…

Battery charge difference calculation system

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12166371
A power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of power supply lines, a plurality of batteries, a diode, a difference calculating unit 11, 12, 13, or 14, and a difference summing unit 16. The difference calculating unit 11, 12, 13, or 14 is configured to calculate a difference between demanded electric power P1, P2, P3, or P4 in the corresponding power supply line and a charge state of the corresponding battery. The difference summing unit 16 is configured…

Power supply device

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12166349
A power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of power supply lines, a plurality of batteries, a current value calculation part 11, a demanded battery power calculation part 12, and a power summation part 13. The current value calculation part 11 calculates the C-rates CR1, CR2, CR3 and CR4 of the batteries based on the charge levels of the batteries. The demanded battery power calculation part 12 calculates a demanded power P or Q of the batteries based…

Mobile object control device, mobile object control method, and storage medium

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12165422
A mobile object control device of an embodiment includes a lane marking candidate recognizer configured to recognize candidates for a lane marking that demarcates a traveling lane in which a mobile object travels from an image including surroundings of the mobile object captured by an imaging unit, a virtual line setter configured to set at least one or more virtual lines outside of the lane marking recognized in the past as a lane marking that demarcates the traveling lane, when viewed…

Deceleration detection apparatus

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12165421
A deceleration detection apparatus including an object detection device that detects an object around a subject vehicle, a rainfall detection device that detects a rainfall state around the subject vehicle, a brightness detection device that detects a brightness around the subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether a forward vehicle traveling in…

Self-position estimation method

Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number: 12164305
In a self-position estimation method, an actual self-position of a mobile object 1 is specified from self-positions each estimated by using a plurality of algorithms. The plurality of algorithms includes an MCL algorithm (11) and an algorithm (12) different from the MCL algorithm. In a case where reliability of an estimated value of the self-position obtained by using the MCL algorithm is low, the estimated value of the self-position obtained by using the MCL algorithm is corrected using…

Battery module and battery pack

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12160019
This battery module is provided with a plurality of battery cells each comprising an all-solid battery having laminated therein a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. Each of the battery cells has a pair of electrode terminals protruding from opposing lateral faces of the battery cell. The plurality of battery cells are arranged so as to be parallel to the lamination planes of the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, and…

Power conversion device, method of controlling power conversion device, and storage medium

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12160182
A power conversion device includes a first converter configured to convert at least first battery power output by a first battery into first output power of a first voltage waveform based on an output waveform profile that has been input or set and output the first output power and a first generator configured to generate and output second output power based on the first battery power. Third output power of an alternating current (AC) control waveform generated by adding the first output…

Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12160154
In a rotating electric machine system, a rotating shaft retaining permanent magnets includes an oil guiding member. An annular gap is formed between the rotating shaft and the oil guiding member. Lubricating oil that has flowed through a second oil supply passage formed in a rotating electric machine housing is supplied to an annular gap. The annular gap communicates with a rotor internal oil passage.

Battery terminal fixing apparatus and method for power equipment

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12160127
A power equipment battery terminal fixing apparatus is disclosed and can include a housing including a frame and a connector biased away from the frame by a spring device. A battery case can be configured to slide into the frame of the housing along a sliding axis. The battery case can include a notch located at a bottom surface of the battery case and configured to receive the connector from the housing therein. The connector can include electrical contacts and alignment elements on a…

Front combination lamp for an automobile

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: D1053408

Active noise reduction system, active noise reduction method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12159614
An active noise reduction system includes a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound for canceling a noise, a noise signal generator configured to generate noise signals based on the noise, and a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the noise signals, wherein the controller is configured to acquire buffer data in which the noise signals are stored in a time series, generate a plurality of divided data by dividing the…

Vehicle recognition device, vehicle control system, vehicle recognition method, and storage medium

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12159469
A vehicle recognition device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a value of a parameter relating to a degree of dirtiness of an in-vehicle LIDAR device detecting objects using light or a radiowave close to light; and a judgment unit configured to judge a state of the in-vehicle LIDAR device to be an abnormal state in a case in which the value of the parameter continuously exceeds a threshold during a first period, and the amount of change of the value of the parameter in…

Vehicle light body

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12158252
The purpose is to facilitate the adjustment of the size of a light emitting region of a lens structure. A lens structure for a vehicle light body includes a light emitting part and a base. The light emitting part includes an introduction reflective surface which causes light from the base to completely reflect as parallel light to the Z? direction, and a back-side reflective surface arranged to the Z direction in the light emitting back surface. Each back-side reflective surface has a…

V-type engine, outboard motor, and watercraft

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12158091
A V-type engine in which exhaust pipe arrangement is easily performed and purification of exhaust gas can be performed by a single catalyst. Cylinders where pistons operate are arranged in a V-shape, a crankshaft driven by the driving of the pistons is disposed vertically, exhaust pipes communicating with exhaust openings in the respective banks of a cylinder head are included, rear exhaust pipes in the respective banks are merged outside on a side of the crankshaft, and a catalyst…

Pinch sensor coupler assembly, vehicle door having same and manufacturing method thereof

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12158035
Some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter are directed to a vehicle door that includes a door frame and a door trim with pinch sensor located adjacent the door frame. A door harness coupler can hang within the door frame prior to assembly of the door, and can be connected to a pinch sensor coupler adjacent the door trim to electrically connect the pinch sensor to a controller and/or door actuator. Thus, the pinch sensor can be installed at the end of a door assembly line.

Frictional drive unit

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12157535
To provide a frictional drive unit that can arrange drive rollers with high density and facilitate an attachment operation of the drive rollers, a frictional drive unit 2 includes a pair of drive disks 4, a plurality of drive rollers 5 rotatably supported by an outer circumferential portion of each drive disk, a pair of actuators 8 configured to independently rotate the pair of drive disks, and an annular main wheel 7 arranged between the pair of drive disks and coming into contact with…

Vibration reducing for power steering inversely proportional to the steering angle

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12157525
An electric power steering device includes a torque sensor provided between a steering wheel and steered wheels mounted on a vehicle body; an assist device that adds an assist force when the steered wheels are steered according to a torque detected by the torque sensor; and a vibration suppressor that outputs a vibration suppressing force from the assist device to suppress a vibration of a steering system according to a signal of a predetermined frequency band of the torque.

Solid-state reinforced door ring

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12157515
A door ring assembly is provided. The door ring assembly includes a frame member that includes a reinforcement. The reinforcement is solid-state bonded to the frame member. The frame member further includes a body and a first leg. The first leg extends outward from the body. Further, the first leg intersects with the body to form a corner radius, and the reinforcement is positioned on at least a portion of the corner radius.

Road surface evaluation apparatus

Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number: 12157486
A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of each of a plurality of vehicles, including a position and an acceleration of each of the plurality of vehicles while traveling, and a map information including road information on a road where the plurality of vehicles travel; evaluating a surface roughness of the road based on accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired in the acquiring within a predetermined…