SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF ELECTROCATALYST-LOADED DISK ELECTRODES
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250044255
Systems and methods described herein relate to assessing the quality of electrocatalyst-loaded disk electrodes. In one embodiment, a system that assesses the quality of electrocatalyst-loaded disk electrodes receives one or more images of a disk electrode on which an electrocatalyst has been deposited to produce an electrocatalyst-loaded disk electrode. The system also processes the one or more images using a machine-learning-based model trained to generate a prediction of a…
STATOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250047181
A stator manufacturing device includes: an abutment member configured to form a bending start point in a lead wire segment coil among a plurality of segment coils inserted into a slot of a stator core, wherein the abutment member is configured to abut on a side surface of a projecting portion protruding from the slot of the lead wire segment coil from the outside in the radial direction of the stator core to form the bending start point; and a lead wire holding portion for holding the…
POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250047104
The power management system includes HEMS controllers and energy management servers. The power management control includes a plan control that instructs HEMS controller to control HEMS based on the power supply and demand plan, and an edge control that instructs HEMS controller to control HEMS based on the actual status of HEMS surplus power and the demand power. During the planning control, the energy management server instructs HEMS controllers to perform the edge-control while at…
UNIT CELL
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046925
A unit cell in which a first current collector layer, a first electrode active material layer, an electrolyte layer, a second electrode active material layer, and a second current collector layer are laminated in this order, wherein the first electrode active material layer is laminated only on the inner region, and the second current collector layer is folded so as to enclose the electrolyte layer and the second electrode active material layer, and is joined to the first current…
AIR-COOLED FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046848
To provide a fuel cell system capable of suppressing generation of dew condensation and freezing of valves and pipes. An air-cooled fuel cell system, wherein the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen system for supplying hydrogen to the fuel cell, a reaction air system for supplying reaction air to the fuel cell, and a cooling air system for supplying cooling air to the fuel cell; wherein the fuel cell comprises a reaction air flow path and a cooling air flow path and has a…
CONDITION-ESTIMATING DEVICE, FAULT-DETERMINING DEVICE, AND CONDITION-ESTIMATING/FAULT-DETERMINING DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046842
A condition-estimating device includes a first device that updates a parameter Pm[i] and an internal state Qn[i] included in a voltage estimation model of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, a second device that successively acquires a current I[i] and a measured voltage value Vmes[i], a third device that calculates an estimated voltage value Vest[i] by using the voltage estimation model including the updated Pm[i] and Qn[i], and a fourth device that corrects a correction factor CF[i] used…
AIR-COOLED FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046836
To provide a fuel cell system capable of suppressing deterioration of a fuel cell. An air-cooled fuel cell system, wherein the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen system for supplying hydrogen to the fuel cell, a reaction air system for supplying reaction air to the fuel cell, and a cooling air system for supplying cooling air to the fuel cell; wherein the fuel cell comprises a reaction air flow path and a cooling air flow path and has a flow path structure in which the…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046126
When the vehicle is in the parked state, the information processing device mounted on the vehicle acquires information on the state of the cooler box mounted on the vehicle, and performs processing related to notification of information on the state of the cooler box to the user terminal associated with the vehicle. The information processing device determines whether or not to notify the user terminal of the information regarding the state of the cooler box mounted in the vehicle…
PARKING LOT DETERMINATION DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND PARKING LOT DETERMINATION METHOD
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250046100
To effectively determine that a vehicle is traveling a parking lot, provided is a parking lot determination device for recognizing, based on image data acquired by capturing a periphery of a vehicle, a parking space and/or a parked vehicle in the periphery of the vehicle, and determining that the vehicle is traveling in a parking lot when a determination condition that a predetermined number or more of adjacent parking spaces and/or adjacent parked vehicles are recognized is satisfied,…
BATTERY STATE-OF-HEALTH PREDICTION
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250044359
A system for determining a future state-of-health (SOH) of a battery includes a memory communicably coupled to a processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to acquire battery data of a battery for which a future SOH is to be predicted. The instructions also cause the processor to identify a selected model from an ensemble of models according to at least a time to the future SOH and a time length of the battery data. The instructions…
DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250042397
A driver assistance device includes an in-vehicle sensor configured to acquire target information about a target that is present around a host vehicle, and a processor configured to perform a driver assistance process of determining a driver assistance level, which is a degree of assistance in a driving maneuver, based on the target information, and controlling the host vehicle so that assistance of the driver assistance level is provided to the driver. During the driver assistance…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250044112
In the information processing device, the control unit acquires the current position of the vehicle and the living area of the user of the vehicle. In response to the current position of the vehicle being out of the living area of the user, the control unit specifies a genre for proposal that is a genre in which the number of visits is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value among genres of the facilities that the user has visited in the vehicle in the past. The control…
HYDROGEN FILLING DEVICE TO A DETACHABLE HYDROGEN TANK
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250043916
To provide a hydrogen filling device for a detachable hydrogen tank (hydrogen cartridge) capable of preventing unintentional release of hydrogen. A device for filling hydrogen into a desirable hydrogen cartridge is provided. A connecting part connected with the hydrogen cartridge to fill the hydrogen cartridge with hydrogen. A locking mechanism for regulating detachment of the hydrogen cartridge from the device. The locking mechanism is connected to the hydrogen cartridge using a…
SWITCHING DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250043874
The switching device includes a six-way valve. The six-way valve includes a lower body (first valve element), an upper body (second valve element), and a drive plate (third valve element). The switching device switches the overlapping state in the Z direction (axial direction) between the opening (first opening) of each of the plurality of groove portions (first groove portions) of the lower body, the groove portion of the upper body (second groove portion), and the through hole of the…
SWITCHING DEVICE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250043872
The switching device includes a ten-way valve. The ten-way valve includes a lower body (first valve body), an upper body (second valve body), and a drive plate (third valve body). The switching device rotates each of the upper body and the drive plate relative to the lower body to switch an overlapping state in the Z direction (axial direction) between an opening (first opening) of each of the plurality of grooves (first grooves) of the lower body, a groove (second groove) of the upper…
GUIDE JIG
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250043825
There is provided a guide jig including a guide jig body and an engagement portion provided on the guide jig body and configured to be engaged with an engagement partner with the guide jig body positioned with respect to the engagement partner. The guide jig body includes a guide through hole provided as a through hole extending toward a relevant portion with the engagement portion engaged with the engagement partner and configured to guide the direction of insertion of an insertion…
CAB MOUNT
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250042477
A cab mount including: an upper mount and a lower mount configured to be assembled as sandwiching a first vehicle member; a fixing shaft inserted through the upper mount and the lower mount so as to fix the cab mount to a second vehicle member; an elastic body constituting the upper mount; an insertion rubber part provided at a lower end of the elastic body and configured to extend between the first vehicle member and the fixing shaft in a radial direction; and a reinforcement member…
PERSONALIZED TAKEOVER PREDICTION WITH DRIVER TACTILE INPUTS
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250042444
Systems and methods of transitioning a vehicle from being autonomously controlled by an autonomous vehicle control system to being controlled by a driver upon the driver taking over driving of the vehicle are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain tactile information corresponding to the driver of the vehicle while the vehicle is being autonomously controlled by the autonomous vehicle control system; predict, using the tactile information, when the driver will be ready to take…
METHODS AND SYTEMS FOR PERSONALIZED NOTIFICATIONS AMONG MOVING OBJECTS
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250042432
Methods and systems for personalized notifications are provided. The methods and systems may include determining a comfort level of a user based on a reaction of the user to a road situation associated with road traffic, defining a zone of the user based on the comfort level, the zone including a location of the user, providing a notification to a vehicle, the notification including information associated with the zone, in response to a result of a comparison of the zone and a trajectory…
OFFERING UNUSED FEATURES ON A VEHICLE
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250042411
An example operation includes one or more of determining a feature is not utilized by an occupant of a first vehicle, offering the feature in a second vehicle when the occupant is associated with the second vehicle, determining that the feature was used in the second vehicle for a minimum period of time, and offering the feature in the first vehicle.
