Ejection device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234947
An ejection device includes an insertion portion that is held by an operator and inserted toward a relevant portion in a narrow space. The insertion portion includes an ejection unit that is a fluidic substance supply pipe of which distal end portion is closed. A side surface of the distal end portion of the ejection unit includes at least one fluidic substance ejection port that extends from an outer peripheral surface to an inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion and from…
Communication device and video transmission system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238454
A communication device transmits a video to a reception-side device connected via N communication lines. N is an integer of 2 or more. The communication device includes a controller. The controller spatially separates an image of one frame into N separate images. Then, the controller transmits the N separate images to the reception-side device in parallel via the N communication lines, respectively.
Power reception device and non-contact power transmission system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237694
A power reception device includes: a power reception coil that receives power transmitted from a power transmission coil in a non-contact manner; and a control device that executes a short-circuit mode in which a plurality of switching elements provided between the power reception coil and a load are caused to perform switching operations to short-circuit between output terminals of the power reception coil. Further, when a phase of a current and a phase of a voltage in the power…
Power management system, server, and power supply and demand adjustment
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237685
A power management system includes a CEMS server that outputs a DR request to a plurality of power adjustment resources such that balancing is achieved every prescribed time period. The plurality of power adjustment resources include: a power-storage-type DER that stores the supply power in an energy form of at least one of electricity, heat and gas fuel; and a consumption-type DER that consumes the supply power by at least one of air conditioning and lighting. In a case where it is…
Sealed battery and assembled battery
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237463
The present disclosure provides a joining technique capable of improving strength and reducing electrical resistance of a connecting portion that performs heterometal interjunction in a sealed battery. A mode of the sealed battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a battery case, a positive electrode internal terminal, a positive electrode external terminal, a negative electrode internal terminal, and a negative electrode external terminal. In the sealed battery, in a…
Method for manufacturing SiC substrate
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237378
An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a new technology for producing a SiC substrate in which strain is removed and capable of achieving a flat surface as flat as a surface that has been subjected to CMP. The present invention, which solves the above object, is a method for producing a SiC substrate, the method including an etching step of etching a SiC substrate having arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of a surface of equal to or less than 100 nm in an atmosphere…
SiC semiconductor substrate, and, production method therefor and production device therefor
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237377
An object of the present invention is to provide a SiC semiconductor substrate having a growth layer with a controlled step height, a manufacturing method thereof, and a manufacturing device thereof. The method includes: a growth process that grows a SiC substrate 10 in a SiC—Si equilibrium vapor pressure environment. In this way, when the SiC substrate 10 is grown in the SiC—Si equilibrium vapor pressure environment, it is possible to provide a SiC semiconductor substrate in which…
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237225
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a substrate made of a compound semiconductor containing a first element and a second element that is bonded to the first element and has an electronegativity smaller than that of the first element by 1.5 or more; causing an electric current to flow in the substrate; and dividing the substrate at a position including a current region where the electric current is caused to flow and along a cleavage plane of the…
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236787
An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles configured to perform automated driving includes a controller configured to execute operations, the operations including receiving, from each of the plurality of vehicles, a notification of a content of an abnormality, in-vehicle images, and the number of persons in the vehicle, prioritizing the plurality of vehicles based on determination results by determining, for each of the plurality of…
Method of testing hiding power of coating
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235101
A method of testing the hiding power of a coating using a plurality of black-and-white hiding testing materials each having a black-and-white pattern includes: arranging the plurality of testing materials side by side spaced substantially equal to each other; applying the coating to the plurality of testing materials, altering the number of times of the coating for each testing material such that film thickness values of the plurality of testing materials is different stepwise; curing…
Systems and methods for simulated rumble strips using fully actuating vehicle seat
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233899
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to generating a response of a vehicle to a virtual rumble strip. In one embodiment, a method includes determine that a virtual boundary corresponding to a real-world location in proximity of a vehicle has been crossed as the vehicle travels based upon first sensor data generated by the vehicle. The method further includes determine information about an environment of the vehicle as the virtual boundary is crossed based upon…
Power transmission device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234905
A power transmission device includes: a case including a first oil reservoir configured to be able to store oil, a second oil reservoir configured to be able to store the oil, and a partition wall configured to separate the first oil reservoir and the second oil reservoir; the oil sealed in the case; a rotating member configured to be able to be in contact with the oil in the first oil reservoir; and an oil supplying unit configured to be able to supply the oil in the second oil…
Extension-retraction device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234893
The extension-retraction device according to the present disclosure is an extension-retraction device in which a first belt and a second belt wound around the outside of the first belt are spirally wound around a tubular structure. The second belt includes an engaging pin having a fitting portion that fits into a hole of the first belt and an insertion portion that protrudes from the fitting portion and is inserted into the hole of the first belt. The fitting portion has a cylindrical…
Monitoring a state of a shape memory material member
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234811
A state of a shape memory material member in an actuator can be monitored and controlled to protect the shape memory material member. When activated, the actuator can be configured to morph into an activated configuration in which a dimension (e.g., the height) of the actuator increases. A sensor configured to acquire sensor data. A portion of the shape memory material member can operatively engaging the sensor. One or more processors can be operatively connected to monitor a state of…
Management system for internal combustion engine
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234788
Provided is a management system for an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger, the management system including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of decrease in efficiency of a compressor of the turbocharger, and an information generation unit configured to generate information about maintenance based on the amount of decrease in efficiency.
Control unit for engine system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234783
A control unit for an engine system including an engine and a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas from the engine, the control unit includes an engine control unit, a detection unit, a determination unit, and a stopping unit.
Lifting robots
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12234137
Robots for lifting objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a robot includes a rail system, a body structure coupled to the rail system, a first arm coupled to a first side of the body structure, one or more first arm actuators providing the first arm with multiple degrees of freedom, a second arm coupled to a second side of the body structure, one or more second arm actuators providing the second arm with multiple degrees of freedom, and a lift actuator operable to move the body…
Control device for vehicle
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233972
A control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of control circuits configured to control a control object by starting in response to powering-on of a vehicle and to perform power latch control for continuing to be supplied with electric power in a predetermined period in response to powering-off of the vehicle. Each of the control circuits is configured to perform starting after all of the control circuits have recognized the powering-on of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is…
Steering system based on intended yaw rate during loss of traction
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233970
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to steering a vehicle based on an intended yaw rate during loss of traction. In one arrangement, a method for steering a vehicle during loss of traction is disclosed. The method includes detecting a slipping tire of a vehicle losing traction with a road. The method also includes decoupling control of a pair of front tires of the vehicle by a steering wheel of the vehicle. The method also includes identifying an intended yaw…
Vehicle parking assist apparatus
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12233909
A vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires and registers first information on a parking lot from a camera image when a vehicle stops by the parking lot. The vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires and registers second information on the parking lot from the camera image when completing parking the vehicle in the parking lot by a parking assist control. The vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires the information on the parking lot as current parking lot information from the camera…
