Liquid-type room-temperature fluoride ion batteries
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261270
The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
Facilitating transactions between users in a virtual world environment
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260503
An electronic device and method for rendering a virtual world for facilitating transactions between users is provided. The electronic device controls a display device to render a virtual world with a set of virtual elements to represent a set of real-world locations of a geographical area. The electronic device selects a virtual element from the set of virtual elements and further controls the display device based on the selection to render a set of objects inside the virtual world. The…
Information management device, information management system and information management method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259999
An information management device or the like capable of quickly and appropriately inquiring of a user propriety of using at least a part of personal information data is provided. A DA unit 2 as the information management device includes a controller 2a and a wireless communication circuit 2c. The controller 2a acquires, when an activation request to any one of a plurality of application software is generated, the personal information data used by the one piece of application software and…
Fan assembly
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258971
A fan assembly includes a fan having a shroud having an inner surface defining a flow chamber and an outer surface defining a plurality of teeth arrayed circularly around a circumference of the shroud. The fan also includes a plurality of blades arranged circularly around a central axis of the fan and extending radially inwardly from the shroud towards the central axis of the fan. Each of the plurality of blades is arranged inside the flow chamber and includes an outer edge connected to…
Saddle-ride vehicle
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258087
In the saddle-ride vehicle, a front fork includes a fender support portion, the fender support portion is located on an inner side of a vehicle body relative to an inner surface of the front fender, and a fork guard is disposed on a rear side of the fender support portion, and the fork guard extends to an inner side of the vehicle body relative to the fender support portion. In the saddle-ride vehicle, the front fender includes an extending portion extending from the inner surface of the…
Vehicle controller, vehicle, and vehicle control method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258017
A vehicle controller includes: a surrounding area recognition unit that detects a state surrounding a subject vehicle; a human detection unit that detects a specific target object in a specific area into which entry of the specific target object is restricted; an automated driving control part that provides control such that the subject vehicle follows a vehicle traveling ahead thereof, based on a result detected by the surrounding area recognition unit. The automated driving control…
Vehicle control device, vehicle, method of controlling vehicle control device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12258007
This invention provides a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle, which comprises a first detection unit configured to detect an out-of-lane region outside a lane in which the vehicle is traveling; a second detection unit configured to detect an obstacle; and a determination unit configured to determine that performing steering control in the out-of-lane region is approved by a driver when the vehicle enters the out-of-lane region in response to a steering operation by the…
Radiator support arrangement for a saddle-ride vehicle
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252204
A saddle-ride vehicle is a saddle-ride vehicle in which a radiator is disposed in front of a down tube hanging down from a head pipe, the saddle-ride vehicle including: a radiator shroud provided at the radiator, the radiator being supported only by the radiator shroud, the radiator being supported by a vehicle body via the radiator shroud.
Conductor forming apparatus and conductor forming method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12255506
A conductor forming apparatus that forms a wave winding coil group by folding a conductor, in which the conductor forming apparatus includes: a folding jig that is arranged on an inside of a folding direction of the conductor, the folding jig including a support plate with a tip serving as a starting point for folding the conductor, and a plurality of guide protrusions arranged on a side of the tip of the support plate so as to hold the conductor before folding from both sides in a width…
Active noise reduction system, active noise reduction method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254861
An active noise reduction system includes a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound, a plurality of noise microphones configured to generate a plurality of noise signals based on a noise, and a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the plurality of noise signals, wherein the controller is configured to acquire the plurality of noise signals output from the plurality of noise microphones, select a reference signal and an…
Control-by-wire system for a walk-behind self-propelled machine, lawnmower including same, and method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12250904
A control system can be used for a walk-behind self-propelled machine that includes a handle, a power source, a drive assembly, and an implement selectively driven by the power source. The control system can include a touch sensor located on the handle configured to transmit a contact signal indicative of an operator of the walk-behind self-propelled machine physically contacting the handle at a predetermined location. The system can further include a controller that is in electrical…
Steering device for vehicle
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252197
A steering device for a vehicle includes: an operation member configured to be operated by a driver; a turning member mechanically separated from the operation member and configured to turn a wheel; a turning device configured to drive the turning member; and a controller configured to control the turning device, wherein the controller has: a first control mode in which a maximum turning angle of the wheel is set to a first angle corresponding to a maximum angle for mechanically turning…
Vehicle body lateral section structure
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252176
A vehicle body lateral section structure (10) is provided with a center pillar inner (41), a center pillar stiffener (42), a partitioning member (13), a filling material, a center pillar outer (43), and a sound insulation member (14). The center pillar stiffener forms a first closed cross-sectional portion (50) together with the center pillar inner. The partitioning member partitions a filling space (62) communicating with a first filling port and a second filling port inside the first…
Vehicle body
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252175
A vehicle body (12) includes: a center pillar (26); a side sill; and a side outer panel (25, 61), in which the side outer panel (25, 61) includes: a base portion (52) that swells from the outer surface, enters the side sill (27) from the center pillar (26), and forms a front ridge (48, 64), and a rear ridge (51, 66); a front side sill portion (25b, 61b) that extends in a front-rear direction in front of the base portion (52) and forms a first groove (55, 76) between the front side sill…
Information terminal, control method, and computer-readable recording medium
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252171
A portable information terminal for a user of a moving object includes: a display configured to perform a position instruction operation on a display image, and a controller configured to perform movement control of the moving object based on a specific operation from the user on the display. The controller is configured to cause the display to display a guidance image that prompts the specific operation when waiting for receiving the specific operation, store position information of the…
Alert system and recording medium
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252149
The alert system includes a projection device, a display control unit, and a target object recognition unit. When a state changes from a state where a target object is not recognized by the target object recognition unit to a state where a target object is recognized by the target object recognition unit, the display control unit causes the projection device to output an alert display on a front window such that the length of the alert display is gradually shortened toward a position…
Driver assistance system and vehicle including the driver assistance system based on determining a perceived situation from multiple possible situations
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252119
A computer-implemented method comprises sensing an environment of the ego-agent that includes at least one other agent. The method predicts possible behaviors of the at least one other agent based on the sensed environment, and plans trajectories of the ego-agent for each possible behavior of the at least one other agent to generate a set of planned trajectories. The method proceeds with determining an actual trajectory of the ego-agent, and comparing the determined actual trajectory of…
Vehicle horn configuration structure
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252086
The vehicle horn configuration structure includes: a bumper beam arranged at a front of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle left-right direction; a bumper cover arranged at a position forward of the bumper beam in a vehicle front-rear direction; a horn component arranged at a position rearward of the bumper beam in the vehicle front-rear direction, and arranged at a position so that a sound-emitting part faces downward in a vehicle up-down direction and is located above a lower end of…
Vehicle temperature control system
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252003
A vehicle temperature control system includes: a first temperature control circuit; a second temperature control circuit; a heat exchanger in which heat exchange between a first temperature control medium and a second temperature control medium is performed; and a control device. The control device is capable of controlling a flow rate control valve based on a temperature of the first temperature control medium and a temperature of the second temperature control medium. In a case where…
Game theoretic decision making
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12251631
Aspects related to game theoretic decision making may be implemented utilizing a sensor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor may detect other vehicles and corresponding attributes as an observation. The memory may store instructions. The processor may execute the instructions to perform acts, actions, or steps, such as constructing a search tree based on the observation, an initial belief, and a vehicle identified as a current opponent vehicle, performing a Monte Carlo Tree Search…
