Toyota Patent Applications

SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE BATTERY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015305
A solid-state battery includes an electrode, and the electrode includes: a resin current collector including a resin and a conductive material; an active material layer including an active material; and an intermediate layer disposed between the active material layer and the resin current collector and in which at least one component included in the active material layer and at least one component included in the resin current collector are present in a mixed state.

SEAT WITH SPEAKER

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250016496
A seat with a speaker includes: a support part including a cushion and configured to support a body of a sitter; and a speaker unit configured to output a sound in a first direction which is one direction of out-of-plane directions of the vibrating plate, wherein: the cushion includes an accommodation hole accommodating the speaker unit; and a sound which has been outputted in a second direction opposite to the first direction among the out-of-plane directions of the vibrating plate…

ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015645
A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor including a magnetic body and a shaft member, a stator including a stator core and coils, and a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft member. the stator core includes a yoke and teeth. The following equation is satisfied: La/2?Lb/2=Lc+Ld, wherein a point at a center of the yoke is defined as a center point, La/2 represents a length from the center point to an intersection point, Lb/2 represents a length from the center point to an…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A COMPACT RECEIVER ASSEMBLY TO WIRELESSLY CHARGE AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015634
A method, computer program product, and receiver assembly. The receiver assembly may be created, wherein creating the receiver assembly may include placing a printed circuit board (PCB) coil pad of a PCB inside a cavity of a non-metal enclosure. Creating the receiver assembly may include placing a mesh frame on top of the PCB coil pad. Creating the receiver assembly may include placing one or more ferrite plates on top of the PCB coil pad based upon, at least in part, a configuration of…

BATTERY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015461
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery capable of suppressing the temperature increase of an electrode terminal even when the battery is, for example, fast-charged. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a battery comprising an electrode body, and an exterior body including an inner region configured to house the electrode body, and the battery includes an electrode terminal placed so as to extend from the inner region to an outer region of the…

LAMINATED BATTERY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015407
The laminated battery of the present disclosure includes an electrode body and a laminate film that covers and encloses the electrode body. The laminate film has a fused portion in which end portions are superposed to each other and an inner surface is fused. The fused portion is bent along a folding line extending in a longitudinal direction of the fused portion. The fused portion has a surface facing the electrode body in a region closer to the distal end than the folding line, and has…

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY CASE

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015397
A method of manufacturing a battery case includes: preparing a tubular body having a first opening end and a second opening end that are respectively located at opposite sides in one direction; closing the first opening end with a first plate member; closing the second opening end with a second plate member; in a state where the first opening end is closed with the first plate member and the second opening end is closed with the second plate member, cutting the tubular body, the first…

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015370
A communication device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit that executes an activation process by receiving electricity supply from an external battery or sends a report through the communication unit by receiving electricity supply from an internal battery instead of the external battery, when an electric power source is turned on, in which the control unit has a first mode in which the control unit continues the activation process by the electricity supply from the…

POWER STORAGE CELL

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015366
The power storage cell includes a case, an electrolyte solution, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator, and an interposition film. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are alternately stacked. The separator separates the first electrode from the second electrode. The interposition film is interposed between the first electrode and the separator. The interposition film includes a first region and a second…

MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015330
Provided is a membrane electrode assembly having excellent durability. A membrane electrode assembly includes: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer disposed on one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane; and a cathode catalyst layer disposed on the other surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly includes metal ions selected from cerium ions and manganese ions and a host compound capable of forming an inclusion…

STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SYSTEM

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014033
A non-transitory storage medium stores a program for the terminal device, and the program is executed by a control unit of the terminal device, so that the control unit outputs information for an interface that prompts the user to use the payment service provided by the operator, and sends the authentication information of the user input in response to the interface to an information processing device that executes processing for the payment service, and when another service provided by…

SOLID-STATE BATTERY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015301
A solid-state battery includes an electrode. The electrode includes a resin current collector including a resin, a spherical carbon material, and a fibrous carbon material and an active material layer including an active material.

CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND FLUORIDE ION BATTERY

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015285
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a novel cathode active material that can be used in a fluoride ion battery. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a cathode active material used in a fluoride ion battery, the cathode active material comprising: a composition represented by Pb2MF6, in which M is at least one of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni.

MAGNETIZATION METHOD AND MAGNETIZATION APPARATUS

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014798
A magnetization method capable of magnetizing a magnetic material in such a manner that the magnetic material produces a magnetic orientation in a direction inclined from a predetermined direction is provided. A magnetization method includes: a step of arranging a plurality of magnetic material pieces so that they includes a magnetic material piece that can produce a magnetic orientation in a direction inclined from a predetermined direction; a first magnetization step of magnetizing a…

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014459
An information management system includes a data management device and a server. The data management device records the management information including the identification information of the power storage device, the identification information of the user using the power storage device, and the hash value of the use history information of the power storage device in the distributed ledger. The server is configured to be able to read management information. The server is configured to be…

TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE, TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL METHOD, AND TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014457
A traffic light control device includes one or more memories, and one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories. The one or more processors configured to perform processes including acquiring detection results of a moving object in a plurality of detection target areas around a crosswalk including the crosswalk, perceiving a combination of presence or absence of the moving object in each of the areas based on the acquired detection results, and controlling a…

METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AN INTERSECTION AREA FROM A SEGMENTATION MASK

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014330
An intersection area extraction method comprising acquiring a mask image; determining whether a target point selected from the mask image is an intersection point; and obtaining an intersection area by applying a clustering algorithm to intersection points, which are obtained by performing said determining step for a plurality of points in the mask image, and determining a resulting cluster area as the intersection area. The determination of a target point being an intersection point…

METHOD FOR GENERATING A ROAD NETWORK USING SEGMENTATION MASK

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014329
A method comprising: selecting a position corresponding to a road from a mask image of road area, estimating road information at the first point; selecting a second point that is advanced a predetermined distance from the first point; and storing a link between the first point and the second point as a road link if it is determined that the link between the first point and the second point does not intersect any other road link already stored, wherein if it is determined that the link…

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014093
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller comprising one processor configured to perform: receiving first information giving an instruction to output information on a payment amount in a case of re-signing up for a first plan involving an initial cost at the time of signing of a lease contract and not involving an early termination charge during a lease contract period or a second plan not involving the initial cost at the time of signing of the lease contract and…

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014061
An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit gives an incentive to the purchaser every time the purchaser of the vehicle logs in to the service that provides the information of the vehicle at predetermined time intervals during a target period from when the vehicle is ordered until when the vehicle is delivered.