VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136072
A vehicle braking control apparatus includes a controller and a determiner. The controller is configured to switch between a braking-force generating control and a braking-force release control. The controller causes a braking device mounted on a vehicle to generate a braking force in the braking-force generating control and causes the braking device to release the generated braking force in the braking-force release control. The determiner is configured to determine whether an…
POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250141237
The management server executes processing including a step of determining whether to acquire the second data from EVSE, a step of determining whether to acquire the first data from DCM when it is determined to acquire the second data from EVSE, a step of calculating an offset quantity when it is determined to acquire the first data from DCM, a step of executing a synchronization processing, and a step of executing power control.
CABLE ADJUSTER
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250137482
A cable adjuster has a main case, an outer casing fixing member, a number of sliders, and a locking member. The main case is configured to insert the inner cable in the cable axial direction. The outer casing fixing member affixes to an end of a pre-branch outer casing, which is the tube section of the outer casing before branching, to the main case. The sliders are arranged in parallel in the slots formed in the main case so as to slide in the cable axial direction. The sliders affixes…
ALARM SYSTEM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136138
An alarm system is an alarm system to be mounted in a vehicle, and includes a display, an imager, and a controller. The display is used for displaying information for an in-vehicle apparatus. The imager is capable of acquiring an image including a face of a driver. The controller displays information regarding a travel condition of the vehicle on the display, upon determining, based on the image, that a situation in which the driver looks at the display has continued for a predetermined…
INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136137
An information providing apparatus notifies an operator of an own vehicle of an applied traffic regulation to be applied to the own vehicle. The information providing apparatus acquires an image-recognized traffic regulation by an image recognition of recognizing a captured image of a view ahead of the own vehicle. The image-recognized traffic regulation is displayed in a road sign captured in the captured image and is to be applied to vehicles travelling in a traffic lane where the own…
DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO THE DETECTION OF COMPROMISED VEHICLES
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136131
A method for detecting and responding to the detection of a compromised vehicle comprises: receiving one or more monitored inputs of a vehicle; predicting, using at least one of the monitored inputs, a predicted vehicle trajectory; detecting a detected vehicle trajectory; comparing the predicted vehicle trajectory to the detected vehicle trajectory; determining a trajectory deviation value of the predicted vehicle trajectory and the detected vehicle trajectory; in response to determining…
VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136119
A vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving at a predetermined level or more at which monitoring obligation around the vehicle is unnecessary includes a vehicle surroundings confirmation device that is attached to the outside of the vehicle in order for a vehicle occupant to confirm a situation outside the vehicle, and a control device. The vehicle surroundings confirmation device is configured to switch between a first state in which the vehicle surroundings are confirmable to…
TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136111
A travel control device includes an automatic braking device that automatically brakes an own vehicle; and a driving support ECU configured to acquire information on one of a curvature and a curvature radius of a traveling road in front of the own vehicle, calculate a target vehicle speed of the own vehicle based on the information, and automatically decelerate the own vehicle by the automatic braking device so that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle becomes the target vehicle speed…
VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136097
The driving support ECU calculates a first avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure only by automatic braking, a second avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by forward automatic steering, and a third avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by reverse automatic steering when it is determined that there is a possibility that the host…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MAXIMUM PHASE RECOVERY ENVELOPE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136089
Systems and methods for determining a maximum phase recovery envelope are disclosed herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory having a vehicle control module. The vehicle control module includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a critical point on a phase plane indicating a maximum defined recovery point a vehicle can recover from, perform forward and reverse simulations from the critical point to define…
SEAT CUSHION
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250134262
A seat cushion includes a seat pad and a panel frame having a planar shape and configured to support the seat pad from a pad back side. The seat pad includes a pair of ischium supporting portions configured to support right and left ischia of a seated occupant, and a pair of recessed pad back recesses formed on pad back surfaces of the pair of ischium supporting portions. The panel frame includes a pair of release portions that are recessed toward a frame back side or form through holes…
ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAME
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136049
A system for the protection of an electronic device in a vehicle includes a housing, a capsule, a trigger mechanism, and a supply of expandable material. The electronic device is positioned within the housing. The trigger mechanism is coupled to the capsule. The supply of expandable material is configured to move from a compressed state to an expanded state. The supply of expandable material is positioned within the capsule in the compressed state and positioned surrounding the…
VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE-TRAILER SYSTEM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136022
A vision system for a vehicle-trailer system includes a vehicle-mounted receiver, a pair of spaced-apart vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas, and a dual-antenna trailer-mounted camera system including a Wi-Fi camera configured to transmit waveforms incorporating video data to the receiver via the vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas. The vision system is configured to estimate and apply phase shifts to video signals prior to transmission of the signals to the receiver. This may provide (at the…
SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A LID OF A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEPTACLE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250136001
A storage receptacle assembly for a vehicle includes a lid support structure having a base, a wall extending from the base, and a slot having a first edge formed in the base and a second edge formed in the wall. A projection engagement structure is positioned below the slot and includes a floor, a shoulder extending upwardly from the floor, and a ramp extending upwardly from the shoulder. A lid includes a projection structured to extend into the slot and to reside above the ramp when the…
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135989
A battery electric vehicle includes a recess provided on a vehicle body, a charging port disposed in the recess and configured to allow connection of a battery charging plug, a cover that opens and closes an opening of the recess, and an indicator that is provided in the recess or on an outer surface of the cover. The indicator is configured to be turned off when the cover is locked, and configured to be turned on when the cover is unlocked.
VEHICLE AND SYSTEM
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135937
The vehicle is configured to provide electrical equipment and power transfer. The vehicle is configured to perform power transfer in either the first control mode or the second control mode. The first control mode is a control mode in which power transfer is performed based on an instruction determined by the vehicle. The second control mode is a control mode in which power transfer is performed based on an instruction determined by the electrical equipment. The vehicle is configured to…
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135911
An electrified vehicle includes a drive device including a driving motor for traveling and a power storage device for exchanging electric power with the motor, a drive device that controls the drive device so as to travel by switching between the manual driving mode and the automated driving mode, and a control device that cuts the creep torque when the creep torque is satisfied when the creep torque is outputted from the motor. In the automatic operation mode, the control device relaxes…
CHARGE DISCHARGE DEVICE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135892
A charge discharge device includes: a bidirectional charger for converting a power from an external power supply into DC power, and converting DC power of the battery into AC power; and a controller for controlling the bidirectional charger. Further, the bidirectional charger includes an AC/DC converter, a DC/DC converter, an output terminal electrically connected to a power line, and a switch provided between the power line and the output terminal, the output terminal is electrically…
COMPONENT OF SUSPENSION STRUCTURE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250135819
Provided is a component of a suspension structure, which can achieve weight reduction while ensuring rigidity. As the component of the suspension structure for a vehicle, a lower arm includes a body made of metal. A reinforcing member that increases a rigidity of the body is securely attached along an edge of the body. The reinforcing member is made of a resin material or a rubber material.
SEAT COVER FIXING STRUCTURE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250134277
There is provided a seat cover fixing structure for fixing a cover end of a seat cover to a pad back surface of a seat pad. The seat cover fixing structure includes: a planar cover side surface member that forms a retracting portion to be retracted along the pad back surface of the cover end; and a planar pad side surface member including a sewn portion that is to be sewn to a back surface member integrally molded along the pad back surface of the seat pad to form a free end portion that…
