Nissan Patent Applications

HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYDRAULIC ACTUATION MACHINE, HYDRAULIC CONTROL METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC ACTUATION MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240052857
A hydraulic control device for a hydraulic actuation machine including a main oil pump configured to supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine, a sub oil pump configured to temporarily supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine based on a drive request so as to compensate for an oil shortfall when supply of oil from the main oil pump to the hydraulic actuation machine is stopped or insufficient, and a drive unit configured to drive the sub oil pump, wherein when an elapsed time…

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044404
[PROBLEMS] When an acceleration request from a driver is large, upshift is performed under a high engine rotation speed. [SOLUTIONS] Provided is an automatic transmission, including: a torque converter that is disposed downstream of a drive source in a power transmission path and is provided with a lockup clutch; and a transmission mechanism that is disposed downstream of the torque converter and changes a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft, in which in a state where…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240042855
An information processing device and an information processing method control a display unit including a display area that is transparent to surrounding of a vehicle such that the surrounding is visible from a driver's seat of the vehicle, determine whether an object is within a range of a predetermined distance from the vehicle or a route on which the vehicle is scheduled to travel, based on information of the object located in the surrounding of the vehicle, increase a ratio of the…

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044404
[PROBLEMS] When an acceleration request from a driver is large, upshift is performed under a high engine rotation speed. [SOLUTIONS] Provided is an automatic transmission, including: a torque converter that is disposed downstream of a drive source in a power transmission path and is provided with a lockup clutch; and a transmission mechanism that is disposed downstream of the torque converter and changes a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft, in which in a state where…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240042855
An information processing device and an information processing method control a display unit including a display area that is transparent to surrounding of a vehicle such that the surrounding is visible from a driver's seat of the vehicle, determine whether an object is within a range of a predetermined distance from the vehicle or a route on which the vehicle is scheduled to travel, based on information of the object located in the surrounding of the vehicle, increase a ratio of the…

DEVICE

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240035559
A device includes a case; a first rotating body that has at least a part immersed in the oil in an oil bath; a second rotating body disposed in the case at a position not immersed in the oil in the oil bath; a plate; a first wall portion provided on the plate between the first rotating body and the second rotating body; a second wall portion provided above the first wall portion in a gravity direction and extending toward a direction away from the first rotating body; and a fourth wall…

FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240039010
A fuel cell having a plurality of power generating cells stacked in a thickness direction via an interconnector, the power generating cells comprising a solid electrolyte plate, an anode electrode disposed on one side of the solid electrolyte plate, and a cathode electrode disposed on the other side of the solid electrolyte plate, the interconnector electrically connecting the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode having a support layer…

CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240035424
An internal combustion engine is mounted for power generation in a series hybrid vehicle and has an exhaust system with an upstream-side catalytic converter and a downstream-side catalytic converter. After starting of the internal combustion engine, the operation of the internal combustion engine is continued, without stopping the internal combustion engine even when the power generation request ceases, until completion of the warm-up of both of the upstream-side catalytic converter and…

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AVOID A TARGET WITH EULER-SPIRAL PATH REFINEMENT

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034311
A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with at least two perception sensors to avoid a target. The control method includes: determining data of the sensors, fusing the data of the sensors so as to determine the steering wheel angle, the vehicle speed and the vehicle heading, planning an avoidance path to avoid the target, taking the form of a Euler spiral, refining the avoidance path depending on the steering wheel angle, on the vehicle speed and on the vehicle heading and based on…

PENDULUM TYPE MOUNT SYSTEM

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034143
A pendulum type mount system includes a pair of upper mounts that mount upper portions of a powerplant unit on a vehicle body, and a pair of first and second lower torque rods. The first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane including a gravity center of the powerplant unit. A first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod. A distance…

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLOSED CROSS-SECTION STRUCTURAL MEMBER

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034044
A method of manufacturing a closed cross-section structural member includes a first panel and a second panel joined to each other to form a closed cross-section, and a fiber reinforced plastic (“FRP”) material bonded to the first panel. The method includes: attaching the FRP material to the first panel with an adhesive; curing the FRP material and the adhesive by heating the FRP material and the adhesive together with the first panel; and joining the second panel to the first panel…

PENDULUM TYPE MOUNT SYSTEM

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034143
A pendulum type mount system includes a pair of upper mounts that mount upper portions of a powerplant unit on a vehicle body, and a pair of first and second lower torque rods. The first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane including a gravity center of the powerplant unit. A first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod. A distance…

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AVOID A TARGET WITH EULER-SPIRAL PATH REFINEMENT

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034311
A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with at least two perception sensors to avoid a target. The control method includes: determining data of the sensors, fusing the data of the sensors so as to determine the steering wheel angle, the vehicle speed and the vehicle heading, planning an avoidance path to avoid the target, taking the form of a Euler spiral, refining the avoidance path depending on the steering wheel angle, on the vehicle speed and on the vehicle heading and based on…

CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND CATALYST WARM-UP CONTROL DEVICE

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240035424
An internal combustion engine is mounted for power generation in a series hybrid vehicle and has an exhaust system with an upstream-side catalytic converter and a downstream-side catalytic converter. After starting of the internal combustion engine, the operation of the internal combustion engine is continued, without stopping the internal combustion engine even when the power generation request ceases, until completion of the warm-up of both of the upstream-side catalytic converter and…

DEVICE

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240035559
A device includes a case; a first rotating body that has at least a part immersed in the oil in an oil bath; a second rotating body disposed in the case at a position not immersed in the oil in the oil bath; a plate; a first wall portion provided on the plate between the first rotating body and the second rotating body; a second wall portion provided above the first wall portion in a gravity direction and extending toward a direction away from the first rotating body; and a fourth wall…

FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240039010
A fuel cell having a plurality of power generating cells stacked in a thickness direction via an interconnector, the power generating cells comprising a solid electrolyte plate, an anode electrode disposed on one side of the solid electrolyte plate, and a cathode electrode disposed on the other side of the solid electrolyte plate, the interconnector electrically connecting the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode having a support layer…

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLOSED CROSS-SECTION STRUCTURAL MEMBER

Granted: February 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240034044
A method of manufacturing a closed cross-section structural member includes a first panel and a second panel joined to each other to form a closed cross-section, and a fiber reinforced plastic (“FRP”) material bonded to the first panel. The method includes: attaching the FRP material to the first panel with an adhesive; curing the FRP material and the adhesive by heating the FRP material and the adhesive together with the first panel; and joining the second panel to the first panel…

CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE

Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number: 20240025413
Provided is a control method for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a driving source, the control method for the vehicle including: executing automatic stop control of automatically stopping the internal combustion engine when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied, and executing automatic restart control of automatically restarting the internal combustion engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied during execution of the automatic stop control;…

CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE

Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number: 20240025413
Provided is a control method for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a driving source, the control method for the vehicle including: executing automatic stop control of automatically stopping the internal combustion engine when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied, and executing automatic restart control of automatically restarting the internal combustion engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied during execution of the automatic stop control;…

APPARATUS

Granted: January 25, 2024
Application Number: 20240026964
An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion.