Centrifugal compressor
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215710
A centrifugal compressor includes: a compressor impeller; a motor including a stator and a rotor; and a housing. The rotor includes a tubular member, a magnetic body, a first shaft member and a second shaft member, an axial passage, and a plurality of radial passages. A dimension of each of the radial passages in a circumferential direction of the second shaft member gradually increases toward a radially outward side of the second shaft member. Each of the radial passages includes an…
Stator for electric motor
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218553
A stator for an electric motor includes: (a) a tubular stator core having slots provided through the stator core in a direction of a rotation axis of the stator core; (b) coils inserted through the slots; (c) a conductive member electrically connected to the coils; (d) a temperature sensor attached to the conductive member; and (e) a resin portion provided to cover at least a part of the conductive member and at least a part of the temperature sensor. The conductive member is provided…
Method of predicting liquid regions and vapor regions in bipolar plates of a fuel cell
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218392
A method of designing a fuel cell includes executing one or more programs on one or more computing devices having one or more processors to predict a location of one or more liquid regions and one or more vapor regions in microchannels at an air layer of a plate of the fuel cell. Based on the prediction, fluid flow networks for the air layer, a hydrogen layer, and a coolant layer of the fuel cell are simultaneously optimized via homogenized flow optimization. In response to the results…
Method for producing electrode
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218336
According to the present disclosure, an electrode having an electrode mixture layer with a desired film thickness can be stably produced. A producing method disclosed herein includes detecting the surface position of a mixture coated film by a first sensor; detecting the surface position of a second roll by a second sensor; detecting the film thickness of the mixture coated film based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor; and adjusting a relatively rotation…
Rare-earth magnet and method of manufacturing the same
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217907
A rare-earth magnet and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: preparing Sm—Fe—N magnetic powder; preparing reforming material powder containing metallic zinc; mixing the magnetic powder and the reforming material powder to obtain mixed powder; subjecting the mixed powder to compression molding in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body; subjecting the magnetic-field molded body to pressure sintering to obtain a sintered body; and…
Information processing device, information processing method, storage medium, and information processing system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217556
An information processing device includes at least one processor. The processor communicates with a vehicle and receives deterioration information that is involved in deterioration of a part provided within a cabin of the vehicle; stores the received deterioration information; and estimates a deterioration degree of the part on the basis of the stored deterioration information.
Parked car classification based on a velocity estimation
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217514
A method controlling an ego vehicle in an environment includes determining, via a flow model of a parked vehicle recognition system, a flow between a first representation of the environment and a second representation of the environment. The method also includes determining, via a velocity model of the parked vehicle recognition system, a velocity of a vehicle in the environment based on the flow. The method further includes determining, via a parked vehicle classification model of the…
Artificial intelligence and content delivery during charging
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216721
An example operation includes one or more of determining an expected charging duration of an electric vehicle (EV) at a charging point, determining content preferences of an occupant associated with the EV, wherein the content preferences are based on profile data of the occupant associated with the occupant, and delivering content to the EV, based on the expected charging duration and the content preferences.
Mobile computing network programming for queried content capture
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216672
Mobile computing network programming for queried content capture is performed by receiving, from a client device, a query for a target content of data capturable by a fleet of mobile computing networks, the query including a target content identifier that identifies the target content, programming a task to capture the target content, the task programmed to be executed by each mobile computing network using available resources of the mobile computing network, transmitting the task to…
Systems and methods for machine learning evaluation pipeline
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12216647
Provided are a method, system, and device for a neural architecture search (NAS) pipeline for performing an optimized neural architecture search (NAS). The method may include obtaining a first search space comprising a plurality of candidate layers for a neural network architecture; performing a training-free NAS in the first search space to obtain a first set of architectures; obtaining a second search space based on the first set of architectures; performing a gradient-based search in…
Rear portion for an automobile
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1060175
Exhaust gas purification apparatus and exhaust gas purification method
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215617
An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes: an oxidation reduction catalytic converter; a selective reduction catalytic converter disposed downstream of the oxidation reduction catalytic converter; and a controller configured to perform a first control or a second control based on mixing ratios when a temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature. The first control is performed when the mixing ratio downstream of the selective reduction catalytic converter is greater than…
Forklift and control method for forklift
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12215012
A forklift includes a vehicle body, a fork that mounts a pallet, and a sensor provided in an insertion portion of the fork. The forklift inserts the insertion portion into an insertion opening, while moving the fork. When the sensor detects a proximity state, in which the insertion portion has approached a facing surface to such an extent that a distance between the insertion portion and the facing surface is less than or equal to a specified value, the forklift executes a stopping…
Steering control device
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214834
A steering control device controls a turning motor that generates a turning force for causing turning wheels of which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is cut off to turn. The steering control device includes a first processor configured to change a steering angle ratio which is a ratio of a turning angle of the turning wheels to a steering angle of the steering wheel according to a vehicle speed through control of the turning motor and a second processor configured to…
Steer-by wire steering system
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214833
A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle, comprising: an operation member operable by a vehicle driver; an urging device configured to generate an urging force to urge the operation member; a steering device configured to steer a wheel; and a controller configured to control the urging device and the steering device. In a normal operation, the controller enables the wheel to be steered in accordance with an operation of the operation member and causes the urging force to function as…
Shared clutch control for manual transmission with a hybrid drive
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214668
Systems and methods of controlling a clutch in a hybrid vehicle with a manual transmission, are provided. With the goal of enabling autonomous/assisted clutch control in a hybrid vehicle, while preserving the familiar mechanical feeling at the clutch pedal that driving enthusiasts prefer, embodiments of the disclosed technology use a shuttle valve to blend control of clutch engagement between a driver and an ECU. In these embodiments, a clutch pedal in the vehicle may be mechanically…
Vehicle electric fluid machine
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214647
A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg having an insertion hole; a fastener having a shaft portion inserted into the insertion hole and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion, elastic vibration dampers disposed on opposite sides of the mounting leg in its axial direction, each of the elastic…
Retainer installation tool
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214475
A retainer installation tool can facilitate installation of a retainer onto a vehicle body structure. In some arrangements, the retainer can be for a vehicle sonar sensor, and the vehicle body structure can be a bumper. The retainer installation tool can help to ensure proper placement of retainer, sufficient adhesion time, and/or placement of an adhesive. The retainer installation tool can include an outer casing. The retainer installation tool can include a central shaft extending…
Supported catalyst particles
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12214334
A supported catalyst particles include oxide carrier particles and noble metal particles supported on the oxide carrier particles, wherein the mass of the noble metal particles is less than or equal to 5 mass % based on the mass of the oxide carrier particles, and the average particle size of the noble metal particles measured by transmission electron microscopy is 1.0-2.0 nm, with the standard deviation ? less than or equal to 0.8 nm.
Vehicle wheel
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
D1060182
