Battery use system, charging device, information processing device, battery use method, program, and storage medium
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128787
A battery use system includes a battery removably mounted on an electric power device, a charging device configured to charge the battery, and a server configured to communicate with the charging device. The charging device is configured to transmit the identification information of the battery accommodated in the accommodation unit to the server via a first communicator and control charging of the battery and/or detachment of the battery on the basis of reception information received by…
Travel route control of autonomous work vehicle
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12130633
An autonomous work vehicle is adapted to be guided by a signal emitted by a wire disposed at a working area. The autonomous work vehicle includes a control unit comprising a processor, and at least one sensor detecting the signal emitted by the wire. The wire includes an area wire surrounding the working area, and a shortcut wire disposed inside the working area. When the at least one sensor detects the shortcut wire while the autonomous work vehicle is tracing the area wire at a…
Water jacket and method of manufacturing water jacket
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12130094
A water jacket includes a housing configured to be disposed on or adjacent to an outer periphery of a heat generating portion, and a coolant channel provided inside the housing. The coolant channel includes a plurality of main tubular channel portions that extend linearly and are configured to be arranged along and in proximity to the outer periphery of the heat generating portion, an inflow-side manifold portion that collectively connects upstream end portions of the main tubular…
Hydrogen production apparatus
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12129564
In a hydrogen production apparatus, a front end of a housing is closed by an opening/closing door. In a closed state of the opening/closing door, the upper end of the upper rod and the lower end of the lower rod in the opening/closing switching mechanism are disposed behind the first front frame piece and the second front frame piece of the housing, respectively. The axial distance between the upper end of the lower collar member and the second stopper is greater than the axial distance…
Saddled vehicle, vehicle, and occupant-protecting equipment
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128978
A saddled vehicle includes a seat for an occupant and an airbag provided in front of the seat; and the airbag includes an upwardly deploying portion that is deployed upward when deployed, a first deploying portion that extends rearward and outward with respect to the upwardly deploying portion, from an upper part of the upwardly deploying portion when deployed, and a downwardly deploying portion that bends and extends downward from the first deploying portion when deployed.
Vehicle control device
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128912
In case a vehicle speed control is performed in response to a failure in a steer-by-wire steering system, the vehicle is prevented from accelerating following a speed reduction caused by a braking operation of the vehicle operator. The speed limit control limits a traveling speed of the vehicle below an upper limit speed upon detecting a fault in the steering system, and is configured to set a target deceleration of the vehicle according to the limited traveling speed, perform a…
Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128884
The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus that controls traveling of a vehicle, comprising: a detector configured to detect a surrounding situation of the vehicle; a control unit configured to activate driving assistance of the vehicle in a case where a positional relationship between a target object that has been detected by the detector and the vehicle satisfies an activation condition; an identification unit configured to identify a traveling position of the vehicle;…
Driving assistance device, monitoring device, driving assistance method, and storage medium
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128883
A driving assistance device includes a storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium. The processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize an object around a moving body, perform first control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by steering, perform second control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by braking, derive an estimated value of a…
Vehicle, and method for controlling vehicle
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128882
A vehicle 1 as a host vehicle includes: detection unit that detects a translationally-moving two-wheeled vehicle 9 traveling in front of or alongside the host vehicle; an on-board communication device capable of communicating with a communication device mounted on the vehicle 9; an ECU that determines whether the host vehicle is at either one of blind spots BR and BL of the vehicle 9, based on a detection result of the detection unit, and that transmits a warning notification from the…
Cart with powered folding in a battery electric vehicle
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128858
A cart with powered folding and unfolding capability is provided. The cart has a cradle for holding a load, a frame supporting said cradle, said frame including a U-shaped leg member defining a pair of free ends connected to said cradle and a cross-bar end connected to a pair of wheels for ground engagement to enable said cart to roll along the ground, at least one leg pivot motor coupled to said leg member to enable powered folding of said leg member with respect to said cradle. The…
Vehicle
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128754
A vehicle includes: a rotating electrical machine configured to drive the vehicle; a high-voltage power source configured to supply electricity for driving the rotating electrical machine; main and backup low-voltage power sources; a normal load configured to operate on the electricity supplied from the main low-voltage power source; a critical load configured to operate on the electricity supplied from the backup low-voltage power source; and a floor panel. The critical load includes an…
Vehicle body structure
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128751
This vehicle body structure includes a power storage device which is disposed in a recessed part formed in a floor part of a vehicle, in which the power storage device includes a laminate in which a plurality of cells are laminated, a pair of side plates provided at both end portions of the laminate in a vehicle width direction, a rear plate disposed on a vehicle rear side in the laminate, and a support member fixing the power storage device to the vehicle and supporting it in a…
Touch sensation sensor, sensitivity switching circuit, and sensitivity switching method
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12128562
A touch sensation sensor is mounted to a hand part of a robot and includes: an obtaining means, obtaining at least one of visual sensation information, which is target object information relating to a target object operated by using the hand part, and touch sensation information, which is the target object information at a time when the target object operated by using the hand part is gripped; and a control device, changing a sensitivity mode of the touch sensation sensor in accordance…
Rear combination lamp for automobile
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
D1049440
Wheel for automobile
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
D1048990
Trunk spoiler for a vehicle
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
D1048972
Motor scooter and/or replica thereof
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
D1048944
Movie creation method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and movie creation apparatus
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12125502
A movie creation method for creating a movie by combining a plurality of video clips photographed by a camera, includes: executing a movie project. The movie project includes: determining a number of the video clips to be combined as a video; outputting a control signal to the camera to photograph the determined number of the video clips; outputting a control signal to a positioning unit to acquire position information on photographing locations of the video clips; calculating a total…
On-vehicle device and control method of on-vehicle device
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12127284
An on-vehicle device is connectable to a mobile terminal by a plurality of cooperation methods by use of a plurality of wireless connections, and includes a first connection control unit which performs connection to a first mobile terminal by a first cooperation method by use of a first wireless connection, a second connection control unit which performs connection to the first mobile terminal by a second cooperation method by use of a second wireless connection, and a display unit which…
Control device, power supply device, work machine, control method, and computer-readable recording medium
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12126062
A control device for controlling a power supply device that supplies power to a work machine includes a load amount acquisition unit configured to acquire load information indicating a load amount of the work machine during a work period of the work machine, and an output condition determination unit configured to determine an output rate of a fuel cell based on the load amount indicated by the load information during the work period. The power supply device includes the fuel cell. The…