Charging system
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286024
A charging system which charges a power storage device mounted on a moving object, includes: an electric power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from a commercial power supply; a kinetic energy storage device that stores kinetic energy; and a rotary electric machine that is electrically connected to the electric power conversion device and is mechanically connected to the kinetic energy storage device.
Rotary electric machine with rotor with through holes and magnet insertion holes
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12289017
A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core. The rotor core is a stacked body in which a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets are stacked. The electromagnetic steel sheet includes an inner annular portion and an outer annular portion. A first insertion hole into which a rotating shaft is inserted is formed in the inner annular portion. A rotor inner diameter is defined as twice a distance from a center of the first insertion hole to an inner circumferential edge of…
Fuel cell system and method for manufacturing the same
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12288914
An opening is formed at an end portion of a stack case that houses a fuel cell stack. A unit cell constituting a fuel cell stack is provided with a cell voltage detection terminal at a position facing an opening. A conductor extends from the cell voltage detection terminal. The opening is covered with a porous cover that is formed with a plurality of through-holes. The porous cover is formed with an annular protrusion on an end face facing the cell voltage detection terminal. The annular…
Aircraft
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286211
Four or more rotors installed on an aircraft include: a pair of first rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged in front of a front wing about a position overlapping the central axis of a fuselage in plan view; and a pair of second rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged between the front wing and a rear wing about a position overlapping the central axis of the fuselage in a plan view. The distance between the fuselage and the second rotors in the width direction is…
Steering system for vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286168
In a steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle, a control unit (16) controls an operation of a steering actuator to cause the steered angle of wheels to be in a prescribed relationship to a steering angle, and an operation of the reaction force actuator (15) including a pair of reaction force motors (14) to cause the reaction force to be a value (Tt) corresponding to a steered state of the wheels, wherein the control unit is provided with a failure detection unit (36) configured to…
Vehicle body lower structure
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286166
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. Specifically, the airflow guiding plate includes a front airflow guiding plate and a rear airflow guiding plate. The front airflow guiding plate is rotatably arranged on the vehicle body with its front end, and the rear airflow guiding plate…
Moving body control apparatus, moving body, and moving body control method
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286155
A moving body control apparatus includes a cancel control section performing control to cancel a lane change when a first cancel condition and a second cancel condition for cancelling the lane change are satisfied. When the first cancel condition is satisfied with the grip of an occupant on a manipulator being a prescribed level or greater, if a distance in a vehicle width direction between a moving body and a lane marker is a first distance threshold value or greater, the cancel control…
Proceed-or-stop determination apparatus
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286136
Proceed-or-stop determination apparatus, includes: camera mounted on self-driving vehicle and configured to acquire image in traveling direction of the vehicle; speed acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling speed of the vehicle; position acquisition unit configured to acquire position of the vehicle with respect to stop position corresponding to traffic light in the traveling direction; and controller. The controller is configured to perform: recognizing the traffic light at…
Control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286116
A control device includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a first type of a first sensor and output information of a second type of a second sensor each configured to detect an object in an around of a vehicle, the processor performing first processing of recognizing a first range including a specific object among a plurality of ranges set in a peripheral region of the vehicle based on the output information of the first sensor, and second processing of…
Control device, control method, and storage medium storing control program
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286098
A control device includes an imaging unit configured to acquire imaging data of surroundings of a moving body, a reception unit configured to receive selection of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to execute automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the imaging data and the predetermined parking position, and to register the predetermined parking position as a…
Wheel for an automobile
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
D1072701
Front bumper for automobile
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
D1071803
Blade control assembly, lawnmower, and method for operating a blade control assembly
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12279552
A blade control assembly for a lawnmower can include a controller configured to selectively transition between a sleep mode and an operational mode. The controller can be configured to transition from the sleep mode to the operational mode when the controller receives a first ON signal. The controller can be configured to cause a power source to transition from an idle state in which a blade of the lawnmower is stopped to a driving state in which the power source rotationally drives the…
Remote control system
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280498
A remote control system includes: a coordinate origin setting part for setting coordinate origins of an operator and an end effector; an operator joint angle information acquisition part for acquiring information on a joint angle of a finger of the operator; an operator finger length measurement part for measuring a length of each link of the finger of the operator; an operator fingertip position calculation part for calculating a tip position of each finger of the operator viewed from a…
Blowout structure of air conditioner
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280636
A blowout structure of an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a wind direction adjuster that is arranged in a case, can change a direction of wind blown out according to a rotation angle, and closes a ventilation passage inside the case so as to inhibit blowout of the wind. Inside the case, a contact surface with which a wind direction adjuster 2 in a state of closing the ventilation passage comes into contact and a reverse surface that allows an airflow flowing…
Electric device arranged on the powertrain of a vehicle
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280650
A vehicle includes: an electric device mounted on the vehicle; a functional component placed on the electric device to extend further rearward than the electric device in plan view when mounted on the vehicle; a cable connecting the electric device and a battery mounted on the vehicle; and a cable mount that is provided below and within a plane of projection of the functional component on the electric device and has a terminal port facing downward in a vertical direction when mounted in…
Attention attracting system and attention attracting method
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280716
An attention attracting system includes plural HMI devices notifying occupants; and an attention attracting device notifying the occupants of presence of a risk of contact between a subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a risk identification section identifying a risk level of the risk of the contact and a notification section: executing a first notification to notify a driver of the presence of the risk of the contact through a…
Alerting system and alerting method
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280717
An alerting system includes a processor that, when a risk indicator indicating a risk of colliding with an object in front falls in a predetermined value range, executes a notification at a predetermined conspicuousness level to a driver via an HMI device, decides on a notification parameter set including parameters defining a notification output timing and the conspicuousness level, records presence or absence of a reactive behavior of the driver to the notification executed using the…
Routing structure of wire harness of sensor for door of automobile
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280724
To provide an inexpensive routing structure, which is improved in sealing performance with no harm in noise insulation performance, of a wire harness of a sensor for a door of an automobile. The routing structure includes a wire harness of a sensor. The sensor couples to a flange of a rear door of the automobile with a bracket, and detects an electric signal which provides an indication that an object is between the rear door and a front door. The wire harness passes through a through…
Air exhausting method of vehicle brake system
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280754
An air exhausting method of a vehicle brake system is provided. The air exhausting method of the vehicle brake system includes: a first step of actuating a slave cylinder on a pressurization side in a state where a switching valve communicates the slave cylinder with a brake fluid pressure control device, so that air retained in a passage section from the slave cylinder to the brake fluid pressure control device is exhausted from an air exhausting hole; a second step of actuating the…
