Cooling system for an electric machine
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294242
A cooling system cools an electric machine including a casing, a rotor rotatably supported by the casing, and a stator fixed to the casing. The cooling system includes a flow circuit that brings a cooling liquid into contact with active parts of the electric machine. A main reservoir is provided in a lower portion of the casing. A pump injects the cooling liquid into the flow circuit. The level of cooling liquid in the casing interfaces with a lower portion of the rotor when the pump…
Construction zone determining method and construction zone determining device
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12293590
A processor determines whether a construction related item has been detected or not ahead of a subject vehicle based on vehicle surrounding information obtained by a sensor and determines that a point separated by a predetermined distance ahead of the subject vehicle from the construction related item is an end point of the road construction section when determining that the construction related item has been detected. The predetermined distance when the construction related item is…
Information processing device and information processing method
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12293387
An information processing device includes a database, an acquisition unit, a specification unit, a movement plan unit, and a transmission unit. The database stores providers providing a user with experiences and provision places where the providers allow providing the experiences while associating one another. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire experience desire data relating to an experience that the user desires. The specification unit is configured to specify, based on the…
Lane recognition method and lane recognition device
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292305
A lane recognition method and a lane recognition device operate such that when a travel lane of a vehicle is recognized by performing cross-check between first boundary information about a boundary dividing lanes acquired from map information and second boundary information about the boundary dividing the lanes acquired from a detection device of the vehicle, a movable center line is detected from at least one of the first boundary information and the second boundary information. The…
Vehicle travel route control system, vehicle travel route control device, and vehicle travel route control method
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292294
A vehicle travel route control system controls a plurality of vehicles having an autonomous driving function or a driving assist function, wherein a vehicle dispatch information data server creates a travel route map, in which driving mode switching position at which vehicles have switched over during travel to the manual driving mode from the autonomous driving mode, have been added to a road map. Based on the travel route map, a travel route that avoids the driving mode switching…
Door opening/closing device and operation detection device, and door opening/closing method and operation detection method
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291902
A door opening/closing device includes an operation handle, a detection unit provided in the operation handle and configured to detect a contact state of a user with the operation handle, a door driving unit configured to open or close a door, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine that a first operation involving a direction is a user operation in which a user comes into contact with the operation handle, when the detection unit detects the first operation and a…
Cell culture container having minute volume
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291701
The invention relates to a cell culture container that inhibits adhesion of cells, a method for manufacturing the same and a method for producing cell aggregates using the same. The cell culture container has a coating film containing a copolymer having a recurring unit which contains a group represented by formula (a) and a recurring unit which contains a group represented by formula (b): wherein Ua1, Ua2, Ub1, Ub2 and Ub3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or…
Electric vehicle and control method thereof
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291106
A method for controlling an electric vehicle driven by a plurality of electric motors including a first electric motor, in which a lubricant, which is used for lubricating the electric motors and power transmission systems therefor, is used for cooling the electric motors is provided. The method includes setting torque distributions for the plurality of electric motors on the basis of a driving force required by the electric vehicle controlling the drive of the plurality of electric…
Method for initializing the charge state of a battery
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291124
A method for estimating the charge state of a battery includes initializing the charge state, including estimating an initial charge state value. The initializing includes: receiving a stored charge state value for a sleep mode time of the battery, computing a charge state value from a measurement of the no-load voltage at the terminals of the battery at a wake-up time of the battery, and computing an error in the measurement of the no-load voltage due to the relaxation of the battery.…
Vehicle seat assembly
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291134
A vehicle seat assembly includes a pivot structure, a seat and a bushing. The pivot structure has at least one link member that includes a pivot pin extending through an opening in the at least one link member. The pivot pin defines a pivot axis about which the at least one link member pivots. The seat is attached to the pivot structure. The pivot structure and the seat are configured to move between a seating or in-use orientation and a rear access orientation. The bushing is fitted…
Vehicle front end assembly
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12291140
A vehicle front end assembly includes a front fascia a first lamp assembly, a second lamp assembly and a first support. The front fascia is configured to be attached to a front portion of a vehicle frame structure. The first lamp assembly is attached to the front fascia. The second lamp assembly is configured to be attached to the portion of a vehicle frame structure. The first support includes a vehicle attachment portion and a first lamp attachment portion. The vehicle attachment…
Vehicle fuel level estimation
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286009
Estimating fuel consumptions of a vehicle is disclosed. A first fuel consumption value in a first time interval is estimated using fuel-sender resistance data. A second fuel consumption value in a second time interval is estimated using fuel-injected mass data. At least the first fuel consumption value and the second fuel consumption value are combined to obtain a fuel consumption value. The fuel consumption value is then output.
Drive unit for series hybrid vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12289029
A drive unit includes an electric drive motor for driving and an electric generator motor in a series hybrid vehicle. Each of the motors includes a helical cooling passage helically surrounding an outer periphery of its stator. The first and second electric motors are housed in an outer housing such that the rotor axes are parallel. The helical cooling passages of the motors are connected in series via a connecting passage. The coolant outlet of the upstream helical cooling passage is…
Rotating electric machine and installation configuration of rotating electric machine on vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12289028
A rotating electric machine includes a tube-shaped outer housing and a tube-shaped inner housing that forms a coolant flow channel between the outer housing and the inner housing. The inner housing is fixed with the outer housing by press-fitting or shrink-fitting at one end thereof in its axial direction and fastened with the outer housing at another end by plural bolts. One or more non-contacting sections, in which an inner circumferential surface of the outer housing and an outer…
Pump structure of internal combustion engine
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286910
An oil structure of an internal combustion engine includes a main oil pump configured to suck lubricating oil stored in a crankcase and feed the lubricating oil to respective engine parts and a scavenge pump configured to recover the lubricating oil from any lubricated engine part and return the lubricating oil into the crankcase. The scavenge pump has: an oil suction passage extending from the lubricated engine part to a suction side of the scavenge pump; and an air introduction passage…
Metal oxide particles containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286562
A substrate is coated with a transparent coating film using a coating liquid for forming a transparent coating film including metal oxide particles and a matrix formation component. The metal oxide particles each include a metal oxide particle containing titanium oxide coated with silicon dioxide-stannic oxide complex oxide, including a titanium oxide-containing core particle; and a coating layer with which the titanium oxide-containing core particle is coated and that is made of silicon…
Method for controlling vehicle and system for controlling vehicle
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286093
A vehicle control system increases the travel distance of a vehicle by inhibiting reduction in the SOC of a battery even when the output of an engine is limited. The control system is characterized by comprising: an electric motor that drives a vehicle: an engine that drives a power generator that generates electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a battery that is configured to be chargeable by the power generator and that is electrically connected to the electric motor; and…
Vehicle control method and vehicle control device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286075
A vehicle control method and a vehicle control device are configured to control the movement of a vehicle based on operation of a terminal device located outside the vehicle. The vehicle receives from the terminal device a first signal indicating that a first button of the terminal device has been pressed. The vehicle doors are unlocked based on the reception of the first signal, and the vehicle is placed in a state in which movement control is permitted.
Mounting structure for electrical device
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12286006
A mounting structure for an electrical device includes a vehicle electrical device and a supporting member which supports the electrical device. The supporting member includes: a body portion to which the electrical device is supported and fixed; and a front extension portion extending from the body portion toward a vehicle front side further than an end portion of the electrical device at a vehicle front side. The body portion and an end portion of the front extension portion at the…
Vehicle mounted structure for battery pack
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12280647
A mounting structure is provided for mounting a battery pack on a floor of a vehicle cabin. The installation structure includes a bottom plate of a housing of the battery pack, cooling pipes provided inside or on a surface of the bottom plate for circulating coolant, and a plate-shaped underguard. The underguard has upwardly protruding ribs and downwardly protruding ribs that are alternately arranged. The cooling pipes are provided inside or on the surface of the bottom plate of the…
