Connecting means between two parts of a bus bar
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272840
A connection that provides an electrical junction between a first portion of an electrically conducting bus bar and a second portion of the bus bar includes a male portion to be secured to the first portion of the bus bar and a female portion to be secured to the second portion of the bus bar. The male portion and the female portion are able to fit into one another respectively by following a first translational movement of the female portion relative to the male portion along a first…
Method of manufacturing battery electrode
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272811
A method of manufacturing a battery electrode includes a powder supply step, a vibration step, a sorting step, a moving step, and a deposition step, in the powder supply step, a powder 60 composed of granulated particles is supplied, in the vibration step, vibration is applied to the powder, in the sorting step, the powder is caused to pass through at least one opening H1, H2 to adjust a particle diameter of the granulated particles to a particle diameter that allows passing through the…
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272244
A collision risk calculation unit (12) calculates a collision risk between a vehicle B and each of a plurality of objects C to G present in a traveling direction of the vehicle B. An object selection unit (13) determines a transmission order of pieces of information on the individual objects C to G based on the collision risk, and transmits the pieces of object information to the vehicle B based on the transmission order.
Vehicle control method, and vehicle control device
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12270352
When a vehicle accelerates due to an upshifting of a transmission, a recirculation valve is opened and ignition period is retarded so that the torque generated in an internal combustion engine decreases. When upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle is completed, retarding of the ignition period is ended and the recirculation valve is closed at different timings. As a result, the amount of torque recovery at the end of the upshifting of the transmission of the vehicle can be…
Method for controlling series hybrid vehicle, and series hybrid vehicle
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12269455
A series hybrid vehicle control method charges a battery with electric power generated by an electric power generation motor driven by an internal combustion engine, and electric power regenerated by a drive motor. The control method starts generating the electric power by the engine if a requested output exceeds a power generation start threshold value, and stops generating electric power by the engine if the requested output falls below a power generation stop threshold value. A…
Vehicle seat provided with an installed safety system
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12269410
A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat pan, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of the seat. Each component includes an airbag cushion and a strap sewn to the airbag cushion. The strap is fixed to an upper area of the backrest and an anti-submarining hump of the seat pan. The backrest includes a seat cushion and a rigid shell surrounding the seat cushion. Each strap passes between the seat cushion and the shell. The seat includes a seat belt provided with a retractor…
Accent lighting systems for cupholders in vehicles
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12269392
An accent lighting system for a vehicle that includes a light module, which may be flexible or rigid in construction, and a transmitter. The light module includes a first inductive member, and the transmitter includes a second inductive member that is configured for electromagnetic communication with the first inductive member so as to create current in the first inductive member and thereby power the light module. The light module may be reconfigurable between unfolded and folded…
Front grille for automobile
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
D1069657
Vehicle travel assistance method and vehicle travel assistance device
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12263842
A travel assistance method and device, when performing a first lane change with autonomous lane change control and then performing a second lane change for traveling along a set travel route, determines whether or not a distance from a position at which the first lane change has concluded to a position at which the second lane change can be started is a predetermined distance or less. When it is determined that the distance is the predetermined distance or less, whether assistance with…
Method for manufacturing electrode for lithium ion battery
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266780
A manufacturing method is provided for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a current collector and an electrode active material layer. In the method, an electrolytic solution is added to particles created by pulverizing a mixture containing electrode active material particles and a pressure sensitive adhesive resin to obtain an electrode active material composition. The electrode active material composition is molded into sheet form on a current collector using a…
Stop position control system, stop position control method, and stop position control device
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12263839
A stop position control system of the present invention includes a controller configured to control the stop position of a stop vehicle that is to stop in a stop area. In the stop position control system, vehicle information on the stop vehicle and luggage information on luggage possessed by a user who is using the stop vehicle are acquired, a necessary stop interval required for loading/unloading the user's luggage from the stop vehicle in the stop area is set based on the vehicle…
Meeting support system, meeting support method, and program
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262277
A meeting support system includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal, and a controller configured to generate support information to be sent to the first communication terminal before the first communication terminal arrives at the destination. The controller acquires position information of the first and communication terminals, calculates first and second movement progresses based on the acquired…
Abnormality detection device and abnormality detection method
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257704
An abnormality detection device detects an abnormality of a device based on time-series data acquired from a device having a movable part. The abnormality determination device determines whether time-series data at a specific time have increased or decreased with respect to time-series data from a certain time prior to the specific time as the specific time is shifted, indicates an increase or decrease of the time-series data by defined numerical values, and detects an abnormality of the…
Method for detecting an exit lane for a motor vehicle
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254705
A method for detecting an exit lane for a motor vehicle includes: detecting, in images acquired by an onboard camera, marking lines on the ground on the right and on the left laterally delimiting the main traffic lane, determining first and second heading angles with respect to the detected marking lines, providing a first, standard exit lane detection state, based on the comparison of the first and second heading angles with a predetermined threshold, and providing a second, coaxial…
Display control device and display control method
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12254166
A controller is configured to control an image displayed on a touch-operable display. The controller includes a processor that executes a program to control the image to display a first object and a second object such that at least a part of the second object is displayed as overlapping the first object. The processor detects a start trigger indicating that a user has started scrolling to the left or right on the display, and increases a relative position between a first object and a…
Information processing method, information processing system, information processing device, and information terminal
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12253366
An information processing method, an information processing system, an information processing device, and an information terminal of the present invention, accepts a destination for the vehicle, then searches for the travel route to the destination and sets as a first travel route, and sets a travel start time to start traveling on the first travel route. Then, vehicle information is acquired for the vehicle in advance of the travel start time by a prescribed time after the setting of…
Parking assistance method and parking assistance device
Granted: March 18, 2025
Patent Number:
12252114
A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of…
Parking assistance method and parking assistance device
Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12246704
A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking…
Silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition including organic group having ammonium group
Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12248251
A composition for forming a resist underlayer film containing a hydrolysis condensate prepared through hydrolysis and condensation of a hydrolyzable silane, wherein the hydrolyzable silane contains a hydrolyzable silane of Formula (1): R1aR2bSi(R3)4?(a+b)??Formula (1) wherein R1 is an organic group having a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, or a tertiary amino group and is bonded to a silicon atom via an Si—C bond; R2 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogenated alkyl…
Vehicle constant speed travel control method and vehicle constant speed travel control device
Granted: March 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12246712
A vehicle constant speed travel control method and device are provided in which a target driving power is calculated based on a difference between a target vehicle speed and a vehicle speed, and then a target accelerator pedal opening for calculating a gear ratio in constant speed travel control is set based on the target driving power. Then, a target gear ratio based on the target accelerator pedal opening and based on a towing state of the vehicle is set where the target gear ratio set…
