Toyota Patent Grants - Company Legal Profiles

Sliding device

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227114
A sliding device that slidably supports a seat body of a vehicle seat is provided. The sliding device includes: a fixed rail; a movable rail; a locking member displaceable between a locking position and an unlocking position, a sliding movement of the movable rail being restricted in the locking position, and restriction of the sliding movement being released in the unlocking position; a retention spring configured to apply to the locking member a retaining force to retain the locking…

Driver assist system

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227199
A driver assist system configured to assist a driver properly to operate a vehicle, even if positional information of the vehicle and information obtained from an external source have errors, and collection of the information is delayed. A controller comprises: a position detector that detects a position of the vehicle; an obstacle detector that detects a position of an obstacle; a distance detector that determines that the vehicle overtakes the obstacle; and an information provider that…

Enhanced pairing to facilitate seamless bluetooth / WiFi connectivity

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227198
An example operation includes one or more of: detecting that a plurality of wireless devices are located in a vehicle; pairing a wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices and a head unit of the vehicle, when the wireless device is receiving or transmitting audio; and transmitting the audio through the head unit of the vehicle.

Driver assistance system and driver assistance method

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227193
The driver assistance system comprises a detector, a navigator, a stimulator, and a voice interactor. The detector detects wakefulness reduction of a driver or absent-minded driving by the driver. The navigator navigates a vehicle based on map information. The stimulator continuously or intermittently applies stimulation to the driver. The voice interactor interacts with the driver by voice. The navigator searches for a resting facility on a route from the map information in response to…

Vehicle, method of controlling vehicle, and vehicle control interface box

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227185
An ADS performs processing including setting an acceleration command to V1 when an autonomous state is set to an autonomous mode, when the acceleration command has a value indicating deceleration, when a vehicle velocity is zero, and when a standstill command is set to “Applied” and setting an immobilization command to “Applied” when a traveling direction of a vehicle indicates a standstill status, when there is a wheellock request, and when predetermined time has elapsed since…

Vehicle

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227182
A vehicle includes a power unit configured to output drive power, a brake device, and a controller configured to execute predetermined travel control to control the power unit and the brake device such that the vehicle runs according to an inter-vehicle distance from a preceding vehicle or a difference between a set vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed. The controller is configured to, when an absolute value of a controlled braking force calculated while the predetermined travel…

Driving support device, driving support method, and driving support program

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227180
A driving support device acquires a signal color and controls a vehicle speed. The device controls the vehicle before a recognizable point such that a vehicle speed at a time at which the vehicle reaches the recognizable point is equal to or lower than a target value which is a lower speed than a target value. The recognizable point is a point at which a distance to the nearest traffic light positioned in front of the vehicle is a predetermined value. The device controls the vehicle such…

Transport-related object avoidance

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227176
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a potential impact with an object at a location in a lane on a road and, when a distance away from the location exists within the lane, maneuvering, by the transport, the distance within the lane to avoid the potential impact.

Electrified vehicle

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227164
An electrified vehicle disclosed in the present specification includes: a motor configured to rotate a drive wheel of the electrified vehicle; a sensor configured to detect a motor rotation number that is the number of rotations of the motor; and a control device configured to perform feedback control of the motor rotation number based on a value detected by the sensor. The control device is configured to perform during the feedback control a process of extracting a vibration component…

Brake device for vehicle

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227155
A brake device for a vehicle includes a fluid supply portion that supplies a fluid to a wheel cylinder utilizing the fluid in a reservoir and is configured such that a piston presses brake pads against a disc rotor to apply a braking force to a wheel. The brake device includes: a fluid level sensor configured to measure a value of a fluid level in the reservoir and a controller including one or more processors and configured to: estimate a wear amount of the brake pads based on a result…

Electric motor vehicle

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: D1062526

Power supply device, non-transistory computer readable storage medium, and power supply control system

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227099
There is provided a power supply device that supplies electric power to a motor-driven vehicle including a power storage device through one of wireless supply of electric power using a wireless system and wired supply of electric power using a wired system to the motor-driven vehicle. The power supply device includes a processor configured to perform control for recommending the supply of electric power using the wired system as a power supply system for the motor-driven vehicle when…

Display control device for vehicle, display method for vehicle, and storage medium

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12227072
A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory; and a processor connected to the memory and is configured to: detect an operation of a steering switch; on the basis of the detected operation, display plural icons corresponding to the steering switch at a display section in a cabin, the plural icons including a first icon representing a first function that is implemented by a short press operation of the steering switch, and a second icon representing a second function that is…

Method for manufacturing fuel cell separator

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12226962
A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator includes heating a sheet, pressing the sheet using a first die, thereby forming the sheet so as to have a predetermined thickness, cooling, together with the first die, the sheet that has been formed so as to have the predetermined thickness, and pressing the sheet that has undergone the cooling using a second die, thereby forming a gas passage in the sheet. In the sheet, a content of a thermoplastic resin is greater than or equal to 20…

Gripping assemblies including an adhesive assembly

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12226893
A gripping assembly includes a gripping mechanism for engaging an object and an adhesive assembly coupled to the gripping mechanism. The adhesive assembly includes an adhesive sheet and an engagement mechanism operable between an active state and an inactive state. The engagement mechanism deforms the adhesive sheet to contact the object when operated in the active state.

Adjustable tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool

Granted: February 18, 2025
Patent Number: 12226891
A tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool includes a base including a first slot and a second slot extending parallel to the first slot, a first support member adjustably securable along the first slot and along a first side of the base, and a second support member adjustably securable along the second slot and along the first side of the base. A tool bit and/or a barrel of the tool may be supported by surfaces of the support members when the tool is stored in the tool holder, so that a…