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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
