ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074205
An electrified vehicle includes: a mode switch that gives an instruction of switching being performed in order of a first mode, a third mode and a second mode, among the first mode, the second mode and the third mode; and a control device that sets a traveling mode to one of the modes in accordance with the mode switch operation and controls a motor and an auxiliary machine in accordance with the traveling mode. When the mode switch has been operated while the traveling mode is the first…
CAPABILITY SIGNALING FOR QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENTS
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250081022
A method of capability signaling for quality of experience (QoE) measurement includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a capability message comprising one or more capability information elements (IEs) associated with QoE; based on the one or more transmitted-capability IEs, receiving by the UE from the BS, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising first configuration parameters for QoE measurements and reporting; and transmitting, by the…
DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074414
A driving assistance device that stores information about a running route of a vehicle driven by a driver in a storage device, and when the driver issues an automatic running command, sets a target running route based on the information on the running route stored in the storage device, and controls a running control device so that the vehicle drives by automatic running along the target running route, and the driving assistance device, when a vertical acceleration magnitude equal to or…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074401
To effectively prevent the driver from being troublesome, provided is a vehicle control device configured to execute an alarm and an automatic brake for avoiding an own vehicle from collide with an object, when a distance between the own vehicle and the object becomes less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The vehicle control device is configured to determine whether or not a specific condition in which a current position of the own vehicle is located at a predetermined…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE WITH REMOVABLE RETAINING FEATURE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074329
Apparatuses, systems, and methods include a vehicle center console including a first surface configured to receive a mobile device thereon and a second surface facing the first surface and having a removable mobile device retaining apparatus mounted to the second surface. The mobile device is configured to be received between the first surface and the mobile device retaining apparatus. The mobile device retaining apparatus includes a body having a wall and a flexible contacting surface…
ACTIVE AERODYNAMICS FOR FOOT STEP
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074313
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a vehicle aerodynamic system include an air dam adapted to be mounted adjacent a front bumper of a vehicle. The air dam can be moveable between a stowed position (e.g., when the vehicle is operating at higher speeds) and a deployed position (e.g., when the vehicle is operating at lower speeds). The air dam includes an air dam panel moveable between the stowed position and a step position. In the step position, the air dam panel is configured as a step…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR CHARGING FACILITY, CONTROL METHOD FOR CHARGING FACILITY, AND CHARGING SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074241
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment determines the output power maximum value and the output current maximum value by using the voltage VB of the battery prior to starting the charge. The output power maximum value and the output current maximum value are set to be smaller when the voltage is low than when the voltage is high. The outputtable current value is calculated based on the maximum output power value, and the outputtable current value is set to be smaller when the voltage is low…
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074240
The vehicle control device detects an update request for the control program from the external server to the in-vehicle ECU while the in-vehicle battery is being charged by the external power source. The vehicle control device performs a process of prohibiting the in-vehicle ECU from executing the update while the vehicle is being charged at least in part when the request for the update is detected.
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074239
EVSE (electric equipment) externally feeds the power of the battery to the electric load. EVSE externally charges the power of the power grid to the battery. The vehicle-side ECU and ECU are connected by a CPLT signal line. When a short circuit occurs EVSE of the charger/discharger during external power supply or external charge, ECU identifies a short circuit location based on the detected current sensor. Also, from ECU to ECU of the vehicle, information on the point of short circuit is…
BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074206
The motor control unit reduces the drive braking torque for applying the braking force to the drive wheel by the reverse rotation timing predicted by the reverse rotation prediction unit at the latest, and the friction braking unit increases a friction braking force applied to the drive wheel by the friction braking device so that the friction braking force exceeds the braking force provided by the drive braking torque by the reverse rotation timing predicted by the reverse rotation…
EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250073640
An exhaust gas purification device capable of reducing pressure loss and improving exhaust gas purification performance. Exhaust gas purification device including honeycomb substrate and outflow cell side catalyst. Honeycomb substrate includes porous partition wall defining plurality of cells extending from inflow side end surface to outflow side end surface. Plurality of cells include inflow and outflow cells adjacent across partition wall. Inflow cell has open inflow and sealed outflow…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074190
The control unit of the information processing device detects that a specific switch among the plurality of existing switches for operating each of the plurality of devices existing in the vehicle is operated by a predetermined method in which the function of the corresponding device is not exerted. The control unit of the information processing device transmits a command for causing the user terminal used by the user associated with the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation in…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074170
In the information processing device, weather information predicts rain or snow around the parking location of the target vehicle, the control unit determines whether there is a roof at the parking location. Further, when it is determined that there is no roof at the parking location, the control unit sends inquiry information for inquiring whether to close the open and close roof to the user of the target vehicle. When the control unit receives an instruction to perform close control of…
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074154
An HEV mode and a BEV mode is a hybrid electric vehicle capable of traveling, comprising: a radiator; an air conditioner including a condenser and a pressure sensor for performing air conditioning in a room; a cooling fan that operates in response to the rotation of the engine to blow cooling air to the radiator and the condenser; and a control unit that controls the operation of the engine and the air conditioner, wherein the control unit reduces the amount of heat dissipation of the…
VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074133
The vehicle behavior control device includes a controller and an actuator that applies a control force to wheels of the vehicle through position control by the controller. The actuator is configured to apply a control force to the wheel by deforming the transmission member. The controller is configured to calculate a required control force for the actuator, adjust the required control force in consideration of the assumed reaction force, and perform position control of the actuator based…
VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074132
A vehicle behavior control apparatus comprises first to fourth suspensions provided on first to fourth wheels of a vehicle, respectively. The first to fourth suspensions include first to fourth actuators that apply vertical control forces to the first to fourth wheels, respectively. When a failure occurs in the fourth actuator other than the i-th actuator (i=1 to 3) among the first to fourth actuators, the vehicle behavior control apparatus executes the following first to third process.…
SUSPENSION CONTROL SYSTEM
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074129
A first acquisition unit acquires a road surface displacement-associated value related to up-down direction displacement of a road surface forward of a vehicle. A second acquisition unit acquires a state related to up-down direction displacement of a sprung structure or an unsprung structure of the vehicle. A deriving unit derives, in time series data of the road surface displacement-associated value or the state that is acquired, a ratio between a magnitude of a component of a first…
SUSPENSION DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250074128
A suspension device installed in a vehicle includes a motor, a torsion bar, a linking member, and a support member. A first portion of the torsion bar is linked to an output shaft of the motor. The linking member is configured to link between a second portion of the torsion bar and an unsprung member. The support member is configured to support the motor on a sprung structure via a first elastic member, and is disposed such that the motor and the torsion bar integrally turn in a…
BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIAL COATING DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250073746
A battery electrode material coating device includes a conveying unit that conveys a conductive base material, a hopper configured to be capable of accommodating powder and having a conductive screen, a voltage applying unit capable of applying a voltage between the conveying unit and the hopper, and an ultrasonic transducer connected to a sidewall of the hopper.
BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIAL APPLICATION DEVICE
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250073745
The battery electrode material application device includes a conveyance unit that transports a conductive base material, a hopper configured to accommodate powder, a conductive screen disposed between the base material transported by the conveyance unit and the hopper, a voltage application unit that can apply a voltage between the conveyance unit and the screen, and an inclined plate that extends obliquely downward from the screen.
