641 patents
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Utility
Driver assistance device
21 Feb 23
A driver assistance device according to an embodiment includes a coupling angle acquirer that acquires a coupling angle between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; and a notifier that issues a given notification in the towing vehicle when the towing vehicle is driven with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle differing in orientation at a given value or more based on the coupling angle, the towing vehicle moves in a given distance or less while maintaining a steering angle, and the steering angle of the towing vehicle enables the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle to be placed in a serial state with the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle substantially matching with each other in orientation.
Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto, Itsuko Fukushima, Takayuki Nakasho
Filed: 3 Oct 18
Utility
Damper device
21 Feb 23
A damper device includes rotating elements including an input element and an output element, first elastic bodies that each transmit torque between the input element and the output element, a plurality of second elastic bodies that act in parallel with the plurality of first elastic bodies when torque transmitted between the input element and the output element is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and a rotary inertia mass damper.
Takuya Yoshikawa, Tomonori Kinoshita, Tetsuro Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Kato, Yoichi Oi
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Fuel cell gas/liquid separator including first container for negative electrode exhaust and second container for positive electrode exhaust
21 Feb 23
A gas and liquid separator includes a first separating portion configured to separate a liquid droplet from a first exhaust gas discharged from a negative electrode of a fuel cell, a first container accommodating the first separating portion, a first storage reservoir storing water flowing down from the first separating portion, a second container provided at a lower side of the first storage reservoir, a second storage reservoir provided at a lower portion of the second container, and a valve apparatus including a valve discharging water stored in the first storage reservoir, wherein a second exhaust gas discharged from a positive electrode flows in the second container, and water discharged from the first storage reservoir is stored in the second storage reservoir.
Katsuhiro Kajio, Toshihiro Kobayashi
Filed: 26 May 20
Utility
Vehicle door lock structure
21 Feb 23
A vehicle door lock structure includes: a housing; an active lever supported by the housing to be displaceable relative to the housing between locked position where the active lever prohibits opening of a vehicle door by a door opening operation of a door operation handle provided on the vehicle door and an unlocked position where the active lever allows the opening of the vehicle door by the door opening operation of the door operation handle; and a spring configured to selectively hold the active lever at either the locked or unlocked position.
Yusuke Yamada, Masanari Iwata, Yoshiki Odaka
Filed: 11 Dec 19
Utility
Gas-liquid separator
14 Feb 23
A gas-liquid separator includes a housing being supplied with water-containing gas, a gas-liquid separation portion being provided inside the housing and separating water from water-containing gas, a water storage portion being arranged on a bottom portion of the housing and storing water separated by the gas-liquid separation portion, and a valve mechanism enabling discharge of and stop of the discharge of water in the water storage portion via a discharge flow path communicating with the water storage portion.
Takashi Mishima, Ryuta Hayami
Filed: 14 Apr 20
Utility
Fixing structure
14 Feb 23
A fixing structure includes a housing including a first hole, an input member including a second hole, and rotating relative to the housing, depending on input of rotational force, a torsion spring being biased so as to return, to a predetermined reference position, a position of the input member relative to the housing, and a fixing member inserted into the first hole and the second hole in a state where the input member is rotated against biasing force of the torsion spring from the reference position to a predetermined rotational position.
Kohei Sakakibara, Naoya Yoshizawa
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Position detection system and processing device
14 Feb 23
A position detection system includes: a first device that is separate from a moving object, and is provided such that a position of the first device can be specified; and a second device that is mounted on the moving object.
Ippei Sugae, Hisashi Inaba
Filed: 15 Jan 19
Utility
Control Apparatus for Vehicle
9 Feb 23
A vehicle control apparatus output a packing hydraulic-pressure command value and a cranking hydraulic-pressure command value higher than the packing hydraulic-pressure command value.
Keigo MATSUBARA, Masayuki BABA, Tomoya INAYOSHI
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Line-of-sight measurement device
7 Feb 23
A line-of-sight measurement device includes: an imaging unit that images a face of a subject; a light illumination unit that illuminates light to an eye of the subject; a camera coordinate system eyeball center coordinate calculation unit that estimates coordinates of an eyeball center, from a face image imaged by the imaging unit; a pupil center calculation unit that estimates coordinates of an apparent pupil center, from a pupil center position on the face image; an eyeball position orientation estimation unit that calculates an optical axis vector toward the pupil center from the eyeball center on the basis of the coordinates of the eyeball center and the apparent pupil center; a corneal reflection image calculation unit that obtains coordinates of a corneal reflection image on the basis of the coordinates of the eyeball center, the optical axis vector, and a predetermined eyeball model; and an image coordinate calculation unit that estimates image coordinates of a corneal reflection image on the face image, from the coordinates of the corneal reflection image.
Shin-ichi Kojima, Shin Osuga, Takashi Kato, Yuya Yamada, Takeshi Matsumura
Filed: 11 Feb 20
Utility
Bumper reinforcement
7 Feb 23
A bumper reinforcement includes a bumper reinforcement body, a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a weakened portion.
Shizuma Uju, Jun Shobo, Kyosuke Matsui, Tomoki Mitsuya
Filed: 5 Feb 21
Utility
Protector with sensor
7 Feb 23
A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door.
Michihiko Matsumoto, Toshimichi Kawaguchi, Daisuke Hayashi, Wataru Hattori
Filed: 20 Apr 21
Utility
Door Handle Apparatus for Vehicle
2 Feb 23
A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes: a grip that is allowed to be gripped from a vehicle exterior of the door panel, the grip being supported so as to be rotatable around a shaft extending in a predetermined direction, rotating in a first direction from a first state in which an outer surface of the grip is located in a same plane as an outer surface of the door panel to be transitionable to a second state in which the grip protrudes from the outer surface of the door panel, and rotating in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second state to be transitionable to the first state; a biasing device that causes the grip to rotate in the second direction; and a resistance force generation device that generates a resistance force.
Mizuya SAKAMOTO
Filed: 11 Jul 22
Utility
Door Handle Apparatus for Vehicle
2 Feb 23
A door handle apparatus for a vehicle is assembled to a door panel of the vehicle.
Mizuya SAKAMOTO
Filed: 11 Jul 22
Utility
Information Processing System
2 Feb 23
Provided is a system including a position acquisition unit that acquires a designated position; and an output control unit that causes an output unit to output cluster information based on a result of clustering target objects to be clustered by using a feature amount corresponding to each of the target objects, in which the target objects are a plurality of objects about a plurality of facilities, the cluster information being information on clusters to which objects about associated facilities belong, in which the facilities are associated with the position.
Taichi NAKAMURA, Ze WU
Filed: 18 Jul 22
Utility
Manufacturing method of differential device
31 Jan 23
A first abutting surface, a first welding surface, a first facing surface are formed in a differential case.
Hiroyuki Ono, Yusuke Suzuki
Filed: 15 Aug 18
Utility
Damper device
31 Jan 23
A damper device includes first to third rotating elements rotatable about a rotational center; a first elastic element located between the first and third rotational elements and compressed by relative rotation of the first rotational element to the third rotational element in one rotational direction; a second elastic element located between the second and third rotational elements and compressed by relative rotation of the third rotational element to the second rotational element in the one rotational direction, a support member intervenient between the third rotational element and the first elastic element to support the first elastic element; and a restrictor provided with the third rotational element to rotatably support the support member in a plane orthogonal to the rotational center, to restrict the support member from rotating beyond a certain angle and from moving away from the third rotational element in rotational directions.
Satoshi Kubota
Filed: 17 Nov 17
Utility
Rotary electric machine and wheel steering system of vehicle
31 Jan 23
Provided is a rotary electric machine including a stator including a plurality of stator pieces, a rotor being arranged inside the stator and rotating about a rotation axis, a housing holding the stator and the rotor, a lid member preventing the stator and the rotor from coming out of the housing, and a cylindrical frame forming the stator by containing the plurality of stator pieces and being internally mounted in the housing, in which a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion for fixing the frame to the housing are disposed at both end portions of the frame along an extending direction of the rotation axis.
Hideaki Kato, Hiroaki Yui, Shinpei Fujii
Filed: 10 Mar 21
Utility
Rotating Electrical Machine Control Device
26 Jan 23
Two inverters (10) provided at respective both ends of open-end windings (8) are appropriately controlled.
Subrata SAHA, Hiroki IWAI, Takashi KOSAKA, Hiroak MATSUMORI, Naoto SAITO, Yoshinobu ITO, Isao FUJIWARA
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Lock Release Control Device for Opening and Closing Body
19 Jan 23
A lock release control device for an opening and closing body configured to control an opening and closing body that opens and closes an opening portion of a vehicle.
Ryo ASAMI, Noriyuki KAMIYA, Kohei KOBAYASHI
Filed: 22 Jun 22
Utility
Superimposed-image Display Device
19 Jan 23
Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed.
Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai
Filed: 13 Jul 22