NONCONTACT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, SERVER, AND NONCONTACT POWER SUPPLY METHOD
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145044
A noncontact power supply system is provided with a mobile unit, a ground power supply apparatus configured to be able to supply power by noncontact to the mobile unit and a server configured to be able to communicate with the mobile unit and the ground power supply apparatus respectively. The server is configured to set a system utilization price of the noncontact power supply system based on the demand for power and, when an intent by the mobile unit for utilization of the noncontact…
POWER DEVICE PROGNOSTICS WITH QUANTUM SENSING THROUGH 2-D MATERIALS
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250151340
Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for predicting a remaining useful life of semiconductors utilizing quantum sensors. A layer of 2-D material of the quantum sensor is excited via a microwave field source and a light source of a quantum sensor while also subject to a magnetic field, where the quantum sensor is located adjacent a semiconductor device. The excitation of the layer of 2-D material is sensed, via a photodetector of the quantum sensor. A magnetic field, a temperature,…
CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145143
An engine is controlled based on a wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the engine outputs the maximum torque in a state where the throttle valve opening degree is maximum, and a non-wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the exhaust state of the engine is improved as compared with the wide-open-throttle operation line. A CD mode or a CS mode is selected to drive hybrid electric vehicle. When CD mode is selected, the use of…
VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145142
A vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a transmission that is provided between a power source and drive wheels, and that is configured to switch a gear ratio manually by a user, and a sound generator that is configured to artificially generates a sound when the vehicle is traveling. The sound generator includes at least a processor. The processor is configured to execute at least one of raising a frequency of the sound the higher the gear ratio of the…
VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145080
A vehicle headlight control apparatus controls a headlamp capable of adjusting the amount of light for each of a plurality of light distribution areas. The vehicle headlight control apparatus includes: a high-luminance target detection unit that detects a high-luminance target ahead of a vehicle based on a camera image of a camera; a dimming control unit that performs dimming control to reduce the amount of light in the light distribution area including the high-luminance target based on…
CUSHION BODY FOR VEHICLE SEAT
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145068
A cushion body for vehicle seat which is placed on variety of battery cases attached on a floor, wherein the cushion body has an upper surface and a lower surface and when a shape of an upper surface of the battery cases attached on the floor are superimposed on each other, the lower surface of the cushion body has a shape that does not interfere with the upper surface of any of the battery cases and contacts with a part of the upper surface of any of the battery cases.
VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145053
The vehicle includes an object device and a first power storage device and a second power storage device that can be connected in parallel to the object device. The first power storage device includes a first battery. The second power storage device includes a second battery. When a voltage difference between a voltage of the first battery and a voltage of the second battery is greater than a reference value, at least one of the first battery and the second battery is not connected to…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145051
A battery electric vehicle includes: a traction motor; an inverter driving the motor; a first battery; an electric device running on electric power from the first battery; a detachable portable second battery; a first connecting and disconnecting device connecting and disconnecting a power line connected to the inverter and the first battery to and from each other; a second connecting and disconnecting device connecting and disconnecting the power line and the second battery to and from…
BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145050
A battery management device for managing a battery mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit that acquires, from the vehicle, data including information on a current of the battery and information on activation of the vehicle; a derivation unit that derives, based on the data, an integrated value of a current charged and discharged by the battery and an average value of a current charged and discharged by the battery during an activation period of the latest vehicle; and a…
BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145049
A battery management device for controlling a charge of a battery during parking of a vehicle includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information on a dark current flowing out of the battery every time a predetermined timing comes; a prediction unit that predicts a charge consumed by the battery from a timing of current time to a timing of next time based on the information on the dark current acquired by the acquisition unit; an estimation unit that estimates a charge of the battery…
EMOTION-INDUCING DEVICE, EMOTION-INDUCING METHOD, AND DATABASE AND ODOR CLASSIFICATION INDICATORS USED FOR SAID EMOTION-INDUCING DEVICE AND SAID EMOTION-INDUCING METHOD
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250144363
An emotion-inducing device includes an inference means that infers a current emotion and an analysis means that obtains, based on a database, odor information bringing the current emotion closer to an expected emotion. The database associates an odor component with an induced emotion that can occur due to the odor component. The emotion-inducing device may further include an emission means that emits at least one type of odor component based on the odor information. The database is…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145035
A battery electric vehicle includes a controller, a battery and a plurality of charging ports. Each of the charging ports allows a charging plug of a charging apparatus to be connected. The charging apparatus is configured to supply electric power to the battery. Each of the charging ports is provided with a flap. The controller is configured to, while the flap of any one of the charging ports is open, lock the flap of each of the remaining charging ports.
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145032
ECU performs a process including: a step of determining whether or not the current value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the open state; a step of determining whether or not the previous value of the value indicating the state of the lid is a value indicating the closed state; a step of performing an offset learning process if the current value is a value indicating the closed state; and a step of using the current value as the value of the previous…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145023
A battery electric vehicle includes: a driving operation member configured to be used to drive the battery electric vehicle; and a pseudo shifting operation member that imitates an operation member configured to be used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle. A controller that controls the battery electric vehicle is configured to execute, according to selection by a driver, a control mode in which an operation of the pseudo shifting…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145020
A battery electric vehicle includes a driving operation member for driving the vehicle, a processing circuit, and a memory storing a database that manages vehicle models obtained by modelling virtual vehicles among which acceleration characteristics for a driver's driving operation vary. The processing circuit is configured to read, from the database, a vehicle model of an intended virtual vehicle selected from among the virtual vehicles by the driver, acquire an operating status of the…
COOLING CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145017
A cooling control device for an electrified vehicle comprising: a first electric oil pump for supplying oil to a first motor for driving a front wheel; and a second electric oil pump for supplying oil to a second motor for driving a rear wheel, wherein the device is capable of switching between a four-wheel drive travel mode and a two-wheel drive travel mode in which a second motor is used as a driving force source; wherein when a two-wheel drive travel mode is selected, the device…
FUEL CELL POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145014
A vehicle includes a fuel cell power management system including: a fuel cell; a battery; a charge sensor operatively coupled to the battery; a speedometer; and a processor that includes a memory. The processor is configured to calculate a mapping of desired fuel cell power output as a function of the battery charge and the speed of the vehicle and, using the mapping, the battery charge, the speed of the vehicle, and a motor power request, calculate the desired traction power output of…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250145005
A battery electric vehicle includes an electric motor as a driving source. The battery electric vehicle includes: a driving operation member that is used to drive the battery electric vehicle; a pseudo shifting operation member imitating an operation member that is used to perform a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle; a processor that controls the battery electric vehicle according to operation of the driving operation member; and an in-vehicle…
IN-VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250144974
The in-vehicle temperature control system of the present disclosure includes a low-temperature coolant circuit and a high-temperature coolant circuit that are capable of exchanging heat through a refrigerant circuit, a low-temperature side heat exchanger provided in the low-temperature coolant circuit, a high-temperature side heat exchanger provided in the high-temperature coolant circuit, and a common heat radiation unit. The in-vehicle temperature control system executes heat radiation…
Actuation Devices Including Fast and Slow Actuators and Methods for Forming the Same
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250144790
Actuation devices and methods for using same are disclosed. The actuation device includes a first actuation layer including a plurality of first actuators operable within a first frequency range, and a second actuation layer provided on the first actuation layer, the second actuation layer including a plurality of second actuators operable within a second frequency range different from the first frequency range.
