Toyota Patent Applications

NETWORK NODE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND USER TERMINAL

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240414688
A network node that constitutes a wireless communication network includes one or more processors configured to: receive a sensing configuration parameter for each user terminal from a plurality of user terminals; receive a sensing requirement from a first user terminal; and transmit information about a second user terminal with the sensing configuration parameter that matches the sensing requirement to the first user terminal.

POWER STORAGE DEVICE

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413504
A power storage device includes a pair of restraint plates configured to sandwich and restrain a stacked body, a pair of current collector plates, and a pair of insulating plates in a first direction; and a terminal base configured to be provided on a side surface of at least one of the restraint plates extending in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and a second direction, and the first direction, and have a terminal bolt fixed thereto. The at least one of the…

HIGH CAPACITIVE ELECTRODE

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413302
An electrode for a solid-state metal ion battery having an active material composition containing an intimate mixture of a metal-ion active material, a metal ion salt and an iron oxyhalide compound of formula (I) is provided. FeOX ??(I) wherein X is F, Cl, Br or L. A content of the metal-ion active material, metal ion salt and compound of formula (I) is from 70 to 100 vol % of the active material composition.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIPOLAR ELECTRODE LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIPOLAR BATTERY

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413292
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a bipolar electrode laminate in which a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer can each have a desired density and a small manufacturing process. The method of the present disclosure for manufacturing a bipolar electrode laminate comprising, providing a first electrode mixture, and the second electrode mixture comprising an electrolyte component, forming the first electrode mixture…

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240412260
An information processing system that performs information processing related to a car sharing service includes an in-vehicle camera installed in a vehicle provided for a car sharing service, and a server that calculates an evaluation value related to handling of the vehicle by a user of the car sharing service based on a video inside the vehicle captured by the in-vehicle camera.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FLOW FIELD PLATE DESIGN FOR POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE-MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405231
A method, computer program product, and bipolar plate structure for a fuel cell stack inside a polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack. The bipolar plate structure may be created, wherein creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming a z-shaped pattern for a plurality of hydrogen flow channels. Creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming a z-shaped pattern for a plurality of air flow channels. Creating the bipolar plate structure may include forming an…

POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND VEHICLE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405302
A power storage device is a power storage device including: a battery cell having a sulfide solid electrolyte; a case that accommodates the battery cell; and at least one gas collection unit that is disposed in the case and that detects hydrogen sulfide, wherein a protruding portion is formed in a bottom surface of an inner surface of the case, and the gas collection unit is disposed in the protruding portion.

Lithium Metal Secondary Battery

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405256
A lithium metal secondary battery comprises a power generation element and an electrolyte. The power generation element includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a base material and raised portions. The base material is electrically conductive. The raised portions are electrically insulating. Depressed portions are formed on a surface of the base material. The raised portions are provided on a surface of the base material. The raised portions…

LAMINATED BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BATTERY

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405253
A laminated battery includes an electrode body and a laminate film that covers and seals the electrode body inside. The laminate film has a fused portion formed by superposing end portions of the laminate film and fusing together their inner surfaces. The fused portion has three or more bend portions including two or more fold portions that are bent in angular or arcuate shapes so as to have an angle of 90° or less and one distal end-side bend portion that is bent in an angular or…

POWER STORAGE CELL

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405252
A power storage cell includes a wound electrode assembly which includes: a positive plate (a first electrode); a negative plate (a second electrode); and a separator, and a securing member for securing the wound electrode assembly so that the wound electrode assembly is maintained in a wound state. The wound electrode assembly includes an end surface (a first end surface) on one side in Z direction (axial direction) in which a winding axis extends, and an end surface (a second end…

NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR FILAMENT WINDING MACHINE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240399647
Control closely based on sets of winding data of a fiber bundle is performed even if at least one set of the winding data is skipped. A controller includes a data conversion unit, a reference data setting unit, a transfer unit, and a selector. The data conversion unit converts sets of first winding data generated based on winding conditions into sets of second winding data in which a processing order number is associated with information of a state of a winder. The reference data setting…

COATING SOLUTION

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405224
A coating solution used for forming a coating film on a surface of a positive electrode active material, wherein the coating solution includes a solvent and a solute, the solvent includes water, the solute includes M element, the M element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and boron, a content of the M element in the coating solution is 0.05% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less, a content of lithium in the coating solution is less than 0.1% by…

METHOD FOR ACHIEVING UNIFORM CARRIER CONCENTRATION IN EPITAXIAL LAYER, AND STRUCTURE CREATED BY MEANS OF SAID METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405076
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique for uniformizing a carrier concentration of an epitaxial layer. The present invention is a method for uniformizing the carrier concentration of an epitaxial layer, the method including a growth step S10 of growing the epitaxial layer 20 under an equilibrium vapor pressure environment on the bulk layer 10. As described above, including the growth step S10 of growing the epitaxial layer 20 under an equilibrium vapor…

METHOD FOR IMPROVING DOPANT ACTIVATION RATE AND STRUCTURE CREATED BY MEANS OF SAID METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240404827
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique for improving an activation rate of dopant of an epitaxial layer. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel technique for suppressing variation in activation rate of dopant in the epitaxial layer. The present invention is a method for improving the activation rate of dopant of an epitaxial layer 20, including a growth step S10 of growing the epitaxial layer 20 having the dopant on a bulk layer 10 under…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240404329
An information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an information processing device that collects data from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the information processing device acquires a predetermined condition for extracting, from a plurality of vehicles, a vehicle possessing first data, which is data desired by a user who receives the information provision, from the plurality of vehicles; and a control unit that refers to a first database that…

ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240404105
An estimation device used to cause a mobile object to move by driverless driving includes one or more processors configured to: perform first matching using three-dimensional point cloud data on the mobile object acquired by a first distance measurement device, and calculate at least one of a position and an orientation of the mobile object as a first calculation result derived from the first matching; perform second matching using three-dimensional point cloud data on the mobile object…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403917
The information processing device determines a first facility that is within a predetermined range from a current position of the vehicle and is a candidate for proposing a visit to a user of the vehicle. Further, the information processing device acquires the first genre to which the first facility belongs. In addition, the information processing device acquires the second genre to which the facility visited by the vehicle within a predetermined period up to the present time belongs.…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE TASKS

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403834
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to recommending road infrastructure maintenance tasks based on vehicle sensor data and infrastructure map data. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to infer a perceived infrastructure element by a motorist within an environment based on sensor data collected from a sensor system of a vehicle.…

EV BATTERY DEGRADATION IN A FLEET

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240403804
An example operation includes one or more of determining objects to be delivered by a group of vehicles, and choosing a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a most degraded battery to transport a heaviest object of the objects.

SYSTEM AND METHOD

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402730
A system includes a mobile body detector configured to detect mobile body information, a position estimation unit configured to estimate at least any one of a position and an orientation of the mobile body, a controller configured to generate a control command for causing the mobile body to travel via remote control, and a blind spot detector configured to detect blind spot information.