Vehicle electronic control system, and method for updating program used therein
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223310
An electronic control system for vehicles includes an electronic control device and a master device. The master device is connected to at least two or more groups of electronic control devices each including the electronic control device and gives an instruction to the electronic control device. The electronic control device includes a storage unit including a data storage side; a second detection unit that detects a state of a vehicle; a rewrite execution unit that writes update data…
Systems and methods for teaching control button functionality to an occupant of a vehicle
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222981
Systems and methods for teaching control button functionality to an occupant of a vehicle are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system for teaching control button functionality to an occupant of a vehicle includes a plurality of adjustable vehicle components, an audio device, a plurality of control buttons, and a controller. The audio device is configured to receive an audible trigger from the occupant. The plurality of control buttons are each configured to cause an adjustment of at…
Resist underlayer film forming composition having a disulfide structure
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222651
A resist underlayer film having, in particular, a high dry etching speed; the resist underlayer film formation composition; a resist pattern formation method, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The resist underlay film formation composition contains: a bifunctional or higher compound having one or more disulfide bonds; a trifunctional or higher compound and/or a reaction product; and a solvent. The bifunctional or higher compound is a dicarboxylic acid containing a…
Vehicle latch testing assembly
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221816
A vehicle latch testing assembly includes a base, a latch assembly fixed to the base, a striker assembly configured to engage the latch assembly, and a strain gauge connected to the striker assembly. An operating member is connected to the strain gauge and pivotally connected to the base. The operating member is configured to move between a first position and a second position to apply a first force to the latch assembly.
Vehicle engine cradle structure
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221162
A vehicle engine cradle structure includes a front member, a rear assembly and a side member. The front member extends in a vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard end and a second outboard end. The rear assembly extends in the vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard area and a second outboard area opposite the first outboard area. The first side member has a first forward end, a first rearward end and a first forward outboard portion all being formed as a single…
Vehicle door assembly
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12221038
A vehicle door assembly includes an interior trim panel having a projecting structure, a foam support structure and a foam member. The interior trim panel defines an audio speaker opening with the projecting structure at least partially surrounding the audio speaker opening. The foam support structure is shaped and dimensioned to attach to the projecting structure. The foam support structure has a receiving surface. The foam member is shaped to conform to the foam support structure and…
Composite cylinder block
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215649
A cylinder block (1) includes a main block body (2) made of a metal material and an outer member (3) made of a resin material and welded to the main block body (2). The main block body (2) has a cylinder wall (13) defining therein a cylinder bore (16) and a second columnar part (14B) formed at a position apart from the cylinder wall (13). The outer member (3) has a second columnar part insertion hole (53) and defines a water jacket between the outer member (3) and the cylinder wall (13).…
Software updating device, software updating method, and software updating program
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217043
A software updating device is provided executes a process for updating software that operate a vehicle-mounted equipment. The software updating device includes a controller and a chargeable onboard battery. The controller acquires the software and applies the software to control the equipment. The chargeable onboard battery supplies electric power to the controller. The controller executes the software update process using the electric power supplied from the onboard battery, when the…
Riding-together vehicle control device and system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215983
A vehicle control device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a riding cancel switch and a controller. In a case where a first user in the vehicle permitted a riding-together with a second user, after the vehicle stopped at a riding location where the second user will ride on the vehicle, then, when the riding cancel switch is operated before a door of the vehicle is fully opened, the controller prohibits unlocking of the door or opening of the door.
Transmission, method for controlling transmission, and non-transitory computer- readable medium
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215784
A transmission comprising: a primary pulley; a secondary pulley; a transmission member wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; an oil pump configured to supply oil; a hydraulic control circuit configured to adjust a pressure of the oil supplied from the oil pump to a line pressure which is a source pressure of a primary pulley pressure supplied to the primary pulley and a secondary pulley pressure supplied to the secondary pulley; a line pressure detection unit…
Vehicle control method, and vehicle control device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215644
An engine controller inhibits a fuel cut when it is predicted that a lockup clutch is released after elapse of a predetermined period of time, at the time of the starting of the fuel cut. Specifically, engine controller is configured to predict (calculate) the vehicle speed after a predetermined period of time, and inhibit the fuel cut when the predicted (calculated) vehicle speed after the predetermined period of time is equal to or less than a lockup release speed. With this, it is…
Chiral azobenzene dopants with increased delta helical twisting power
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215269
A chiral azobenzene dopant with helical twisting power has a structure represented by the following formula (I): wherein Z and Z? are independently selected from the group consisting of naphthalene and phenanthrene; when Z or Z? is naphthalene, the naphthalene optionally has R3 at the 6 position and R4 at the 6? position; when Z or Z? is phenanthrene, the phenanthrene optionally has R3 at the 7 position and R4 at the 7? position; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the…
Multilayer object and release agent composition
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215259
The invention provides a laminate having a first substrate formed of a semiconductor substrate; a second substrate formed of a light-transmissive support substrate; and an adhesive layer and a release layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, characterized in that the release layer is a film formed from a releasing agent composition containing a polynuclear phenol derivative represented by formula (P) (wherein Ar represents an arylene group), a cross-linking…
Travel assistance method and travel assistance device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214803
A travel assistance method is executed by a processor and comprises: acquiring, from a device for storing map information, information on static traveling path boundaries between a traveling path of a subject vehicle and other than the traveling path; acquiring, from a sensor for detecting surrounding environment of the subject vehicle, information on dynamic traveling path boundaries different from the static traveling path boundaries; generating, based on the information on the static…
Parking assistance method and parking assistance device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214778
A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target…
Parking assist method and parking assist device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214777
A parking assist method performs a parking assist control of a host vehicle based on a target travel path when a distance between a self-position and a target parking position is determined to be equal to or less than a first predetermined distance, a parking assist permission condition is satisfied, and a shift operation for switching direction has been detected. The parking assist permission condition is satisfied where either a condition in which a predetermined time or longer has…
Driving force control method and driving force control device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214768
A step corresponding control of adjusting driving force of the front wheel motor and driving force of the rear wheel motor when the vehicle passes through a step is executed. In the step corresponding control, after a front wheel ride-up timing at which the front wheel rides up the step and before a rear wheel ride-up timing at which the rear wheel rides up the step, a first control mode in which the front wheel motor is regenerated and the rear wheel motor is powered is executed. In the…
Vibration dampening engine mount and modular vibration dampening engine mount system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214665
A vibration dampening engine mount configured to mount an engine to a vehicle frame includes: a first bolt receiver having a first through hole configured to receive a first bolt; a second bolt receiver having a second through hole configured to receive a second bolt; and a mass damper connector integrally connecting the first bolt receiver and the second bolt receiver, wherein the vibration dampening engine mount has a predetermined mass.
Catalyst composition and carbon material having nitrogen-containing group
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12208374
When a metal catalyst is used as a catalyst in a catalyst layer of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, improvement in catalytic activity and improvement in durability of the metal catalyst are intended. The catalyst composition of the present invention comprises a metal catalyst, a carbon material having a nitrogen-containing group on which the metal catalyst is carried, and an ionomer.
Hybrid vehicle control method and hybrid vehicle control device
Granted: January 28, 2025
Patent Number:
12208788
A hybrid vehicle control method for a hybrid vehicle having a drive motor, a battery supplying electric power to the drive motor, and an engine for power generation configured to supply electric power to the battery and the drive motor includes operating the engine at a higher engine rotation speed in an operating state in which a fuel consumption device that contributes to improved fuel consumption performance does not operate than in an operating state in which the fuel consumption…
