HYDROGEN CHARGING EQUIPMENT, HYDROGEN CHARGING METHOD
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250109825
Suppressing unintentional lowering of the filling volume to the hydrogen tank. Before hydrogen charging to the hydrogen tank, the control of cooling the pipe by circulating a refrigerant to at least a portion of the pipe for hydrogen charging to the hydrogen tank.
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112939
A communication system configured to provide a communication network to a communication device includes a control device. The control device is configured to execute: a reception process of receiving, from an organization outside the communication system, threat information regarding a threat to the communication device that uses the communication network; and a protection process of protecting the communication device based on the received threat information.
SYSTEM TO DISPLAY A VIVID IMAGE ON SOLAR CELLS HAVING FLEXIBLE PROPERTIES
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112590
Systems herein relate to a device having a lens that directs angles of light toward solar cells and display sections having components that improve image clarity, reflectivity, and vividness. In one embodiment, a system includes a lens that directs incident light within a first angular range for absorption and a second angular range toward viewing material. The system also includes that the viewing material is within sections of the lens and forms an image. The system also includes…
BATTERY PACK
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112299
A battery pack of the present disclosure includes a lower case and an upper case, wherein the lower case and the upper case face each other in a first direction, and the lower case and the upper case have a joining portion joining the lower case and the upper case, and the joining portion is positioned so as to overlap the energy storage device when viewed from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the lower case has a partition wall disposed so as to surround the…
THERMAL MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112298
The thermal management circuit includes a battery circuit (first circuit), a refrigeration cycle, and a heat dissipation circuit (second circuit). The heat dissipation circuit includes a flow path (first flow path), a flow path (second flow path), and a flow path (third flow path). The flow path connects the port (outlet port) of the condensing portion and the upstream-side HT radiator (upstream-side radiator). The flow path branches from a flow path connecting the upstream-side HT…
BATTERY MODULE
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112292
A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells each including a metal layer and a heat seal layer, the plurality of battery cells having a laminate film in which an electrode body is accommodated and a heat seal layer in a peripheral edge portion is joined; a case in which the battery cells are accommodated in a state of being laminated in a thickness direction; and a heat conductive member provided on an inner wall of the case so as to be in contact with the metal layer exposed…
AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR PROTON BATTERY, AND PROTON BATTERY
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112283
An aqueous electrolyte solution for a proton battery of the present disclosure contains water and pyrophosphoric acid (H4P2O7) dissolved in water at a concentration of 6 mol or more per kilogram of water, and does not have a freezing point at ?60° C. or higher. The proton battery of the present disclosure includes the aqueous electrolyte solution of the present disclosure. The proton battery of the present disclosure includes the aqueous electrolyte solution of the present disclosure.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINGING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SERIES FOR IONS IN INORGANIC SOLID MATERIALS
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250111906
A system includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to calculate joint probability functions for electronic chemical potential and oxidation states for ion types of a solid inorganic material, calculate a likelihood score for a plurality of oxidation state sets for the individual ion types in the solid inorganic material, and select one set of oxidation state…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING A SAFE PARKING LOCATION FOR PARKING A VEHICLE
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250111779
Systems and methods for recommending a safe parking location are disclosed herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a safe parking location for a vehicle from a plurality of parking locations based on reason information and transmit a location of the safe parking location to the vehicle. The reason information is based on vehicle network activity occurring in vehicles…
SYSTEM TO DISPLAY A VIVID IMAGE ON SOLAR CELLS USING SOLAR INK
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250110326
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a device having a lens that directs angles of light toward solar ink and display sections having components that improve image clarity, reflectivity, and vividness. In one embodiment, a system includes a lens that directs incident light within a first angular range for absorption and a second angular range toward viewing material. The system also includes that the viewing material within sections of the lens and forms an…
CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250109719
Processing circuitry controls a fuel injection amount of a direct injection valve provided in an internal combustion engine that uses hydrogen as fuel. An amount of combustion gas that flows back into the direct injection valve due to occurrence of pre-ignition is defined as a backflow amount. A single combustion cycle starting from a cylinder where fuel injection is performed subsequent to a cylinder where the pre-ignition has occurred is referred to as a subsequent cycle. The…
DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVER SUPPORT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250108863
A driving support apparatus is configured to execute, as a deviation control, at least one of a deviation waring for informing a driver of a host vehicle that the host vehicle deviates from a travel area and a vehicle control for controlling a travel state of the host vehicle so that the host vehicle does not deviate from the travel area. The driving support apparatus is configured to suspend or terminate the deviation control when an override condition is satisfied while the deviation…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISENGAGING AND TRANSFERRING CONTROL OF A GROUPED VEHICLE
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250108838
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to disengaging a grouped vehicle by transferring control to an operator safely from a communication interruption. In one embodiment, a method includes predicting a communication interruption between a leading vehicle and a following vehicle that are traveling on a road as a group. The method also includes, upon communication parameters being unsatisfied, controlling the following vehicle automatically using an actual path…
CUSTOMIZABLE CAR SETUP OPTIMIZATION AND STRATEGY BASED ON INDIVIDUAL DRIVING STYLE AND PREFERENCES
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250108819
Systems and methods are provided for determining vehicle configurations. The system can receive simulation data or actual driving data of a driving track corresponding to a driver and associate the simulation data or actual driving data with one or more driving parameters. A driver style can be determined based on the one or more driving parameters. A vehicle configuration can be determined for a vehicle of the driver based on the determined driver style. The system can display one or…
STAGGERING DETERMINATION DEVICE, STAGGERING DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250108805
The staggering determination device includes a staggering determination unit that determines whether or not there is a fluctuation in traveling of the own vehicle, and in a case where there is a target in the vicinity of the own vehicle traveling and a face or a line of sight of the driver of the own vehicle is directed to the target, the threshold value changing unit changes the fluctuation determination threshold used by the threshold value changing unit for determining whether or not…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CUP HOLDER WITH INTEGRATED GRATE AND DRIP TRAY
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250108746
Apparatuses, systems, and methods include a container receptacle configured to receive a beverage container. The container receptacle includes a perforated bottom surface configured to allow a spilled liquid and/or debris to pass therethrough. A drip tray extends beneath the container receptacle so as to collect the spilled liquid from the container receptacle. A bottom surface of the drip tray can be inclined so that liquid and/or debris is directed to a low point of the drip tray for…
SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104137
A system includes a management server, a plurality of first terminals corresponding to respective first objects, and a plurality of second terminals corresponding to respective second objects. The management server is configured to accept setting of correlative relations between the first objects and the second objects, by receiving association requests in accordance with usage relations being generated between the first objects and the second objects. The management server is configured…
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104472
A controller is provided which acquires user identification information that is identification information of a user of a vehicle; acquires an authentication face image that is an image associated with the user identification information and is an image of a face for authentication of the user of the vehicle; acquires a user's face image that is an image generated by photographing the user of the vehicle with a camera disposed outside the vehicle; performs face authentication based on a…
INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104433
An information providing method in an information providing system is a method for providing information about a plurality of spots to a user by a server and a terminal device. Each of the plurality of spots is associated with a plurality of images that are different from one another in category. The information providing method includes: identifying a target spot from the plurality of spots (e.g., step S122, step S124); and selecting, from the plurality of images associated with the…
LOADED ATTITUDE STATE DETECTING DEVICE
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104267
A loaded attitude state detecting device is configured to detect loaded attitude states of pallets and cargos when a forklift performs loading/unloading of at least one stage of the pallets with cargos placed thereon, and includes: a detecting unit configured to acquire loaded attitude detection data of the pallets and the cargos by detecting loaded attitudes of the pallets and the cargos; an area extracting unit configured to extract areas of the pallets and the cargos in the loaded…
