Electric compressor
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276279
An electric compressor includes a compression member configured to compress fluid, an electric motor configured to drive the compression member, an inverter configured to drive the electric motor, a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, and a soundproof cover covering the housing. The housing includes a plurality of housing elements. The soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing. The facing portion has a groove that surrounds a…
Noncontact power supply device
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278499
A noncontact power supply device provided with one or more coil units and a cover housing the coil units inside of it. The cover is formed by joining a first sheet arranged at one surface sides of front and back surfaces of the coil units and a second sheet arranged at the other surface sides, the first sheet is a sheet covering the one surface sides of the coil units, the second sheet is a sheet having another surface part covering the other surface sides of the coil units and side…
Fuel cell bipolar plate flow field having hybrid interwoven channel pattern
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278404
A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a method of designing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell having a hybrid flow field structure that includes a plurality of parallel feed flow channels fluidically connected to an inlet bipolar plate region, a plurality of parallel exit flow channels fluidically connected to an outlet bipolar plate region, and an interwoven pattern formed by a plurality of simplified periodic array flow field structure generated based on flow patterns…
Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278274
A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes forming a constituent layer and forming a super junction structure. The formation of the super junction structure includes forming a film-forming mask on the constituent layer, forming an opening portion at the film-forming mask, forming a mask-forming trench at the constituent layer and adopting a portion of the constituent layer surrounding the mask-forming trench as a silicon carbide mask through etching by…
Vehicle communication systems and methods for detecting and capturing relevant object data
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277776
Vehicle communication systems and methods for identifying and classifying objects as relevant to an occupant of a vehicle. A method includes capturing first object data at a first vehicle, classifying the first object data as relevant or non-relevant based on a first user profile associated with the first vehicle, and transmitting a transmission package including the first object data to a server in response to classifying the first object data as relevant.
Center, update control method, non-transitory storage medium, OTA master, and software update system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277413
A center configured to communicate with an OTA master and a malfunction management server includes a processor. The malfunction management server is configured to store malfunction occurrence information. The processor is configured to receive the malfunction occurrence information from the malfunction management server and an inquiry about presence or absence of an update of software of an electronic control device from the OTA master. The processor is configured to determine, when the…
Map management system and map management method
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276979
A map management system stores map information used by an automated driving vehicle. The automated driving vehicle detects an obstacle based on the map information, or acquires a margin distance when stopping in front of an obstacle based on the map information. When requiring a remote operator's decision about an action with respect to the obstacle, the automated driving vehicle issues a support request that requests the remote operator to give support. The map management system…
Radar device and signal processing method of radar device
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276719
A radar device includes a transmitter module configured to generate transmission waves including: generating a first chirp chain at a first chirp rate for a transmission wave to be output including: generating a first transmission signal including at least one modulated signal to be output at a first angle; and generating a second transmission signal to be output at a second angle different from the first angle; and generating a second chirp chain at a second chirp rate for the…
Battery management system, battery management method, and method of manufacturing battery assembly
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276702
A battery management system includes a control device and a storage. The storage stores at least one trained neural network. The trained neural network includes an input layer that accepts input data that represents a numeric value for each pixel in an image where a prescribed CCV waveform (a CCV charging waveform or a CCV discharging waveform) of a secondary battery is drawn in a region constituted of a predetermined number of pixels, and when input data is input to the input layer, the…
Control device for vehicle
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276336
The vehicle includes a power source, a power transmission device that transmits power from the power source to a drive wheel, and an operation device that is operated by a driver to an operation position corresponding to a shift position of the power transmission device. The control device of the vehicle includes a shift control unit that changes an N-position switching time from when the vehicle is operated to the neutral operation position until when the vehicle is switched to the…
Tow hook for vehicles
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
D1070670
Fiber bundle winding device
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275611
A fiber bundle winding device includes: a traverse guide configured to guide a fiber bundle to a bobbin; and a controller configured to control the traverse guide according to a rotation of the bobbin. The traverse guide is movable parallel to a center axis of the bobbin. The controller can perform: first movement control that moves the traverse guide to wind the fiber bundle onto the bobbin in a predetermined first area extending in a direction of the center axis of the bobbin; and…
Vehicle control device, storage medium storing computer program for vehicle control, and method for controlling vehicle
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275406
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to set location 1 on an adjacent lane to be used for determining that an own vehicle is to travel ahead of another vehicle and set location 2 on the adjacent lane for determining to create a space allowing the other vehicle to move ahead of the own vehicle, determine whether a relationship 1 is satisfied in which a location of the own vehicle is ahead of the other vehicle while the other vehicle moves to location 1, determine whether a…
Vehicle control system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275373
A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first…
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and central ECU
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275362
A vehicle control system includes a central ECU (Electronic Control Unit), a first ECU and a second ECU. The first ECU outputs an event signal, which expresses that an event relating to a vehicle has occurred, to the central ECU. In response to acquisition of the event signal, the central ECU refers to setting information in which the event and an action which are set in advance, on a per user basis, correspond to one another, and outputs a control signal, which instructs execution of…
Regenerative braking control system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275331
A regenerative braking control system for a vehicle can include one or more user interface elements located in a cabin of the vehicle. The one or more user interface elements can correspond to a plurality of regenerative braking settings. Each of the plurality of regenerative braking settings can correspond to a different amount of regenerative braking torque to apply to one or more wheels of the vehicle. The regenerative braking control system can include a processor operatively…
Vehicle and vehicle control method
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275330
A vehicle includes a battery including an all-solid-state battery configured to be externally chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of the vehicle, a heater configured to heat the battery, and a control device configured to control the heater. The control device controls the heater such that when a predetermined condition related to the external charging is satisfied, the temperature of the battery during execution of the external charging is higher than when the…
Charging system, vehicle position management program for charging system, and vehicle position management method for charging system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275324
A charging system is provided. The charging system includes an arm mechanism configured to grasp a charging cable extending from the charging apparatus and connecting a charging cable to a vehicle-to-be-charged. The charging system includes a control unit configured to indicate the vehicle-to-be-charged a charging position for connecting the charging cable thereto. The control unit is configured to give a parking position adjustment instruction to either one of the vehicle-to-be-charged…
Power control device
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275317
A power control device for controlling a power supply system, the power control device including a DCDC converter for supplying power of a battery to a load, and an alternator connected in parallel with a DCDC converter for supplying generated power to the load, the power control device including: a monitoring unit for monitoring a current output from DCDC converter to the load; and a control unit for controlling an operation of DCDC converter and the alternator, wherein the control unit…
Image display control device, image display control method, and computer-readable storage medium
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275304
In a display control device, in a case in which a total number of image pages displayable at a meter display is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control device displays a same number of dots as the total number of image pages, and displays a page indicator that specifies a dot corresponding to the displayed image page. Further, in a case in which the total number of image pages exceeds the predetermined value, a page indicator is displayed in which a cursor is…
