324 patents
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Utility
Object Detection Device and Movable Body Control Device
11 Aug 22
An object detection device includes: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a transmission wave from a movable body moving on a road surface and receive a reflected wave from an object; and a generation unit configured to generate road surface information regarding a change in the road surface based on a difference between echo information indicating a change over time in an intensity of the reflected wave received by the transmission and reception unit and reference echo information indicating a predetermined change over time in an intensity of a reflected wave from the road surface.
Ippei Sugae, Kosuke Wakita
Filed: 8 Feb 22
Utility
Vehicle Drive Transmission Device
11 Aug 22
A drive mechanism that drives an axially moving portion in an axial direction includes a drive portion that reciprocates a first member along an intersecting direction that is a direction that intersects the axial direction, a conversion portion that converts a reciprocating motion of the first member along the intersecting direction into a reciprocating motion of a second member along the axial direction, and a connecting portion for connecting the second member and the axially moving portion such that the axially moving portion reciprocates along the axial direction as the second member reciprocates along the axial direction.
Masaki KAWAMOTO, Tomoka YAMAMOTO
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Stator and Busbar Module
11 Aug 22
A stator of the present disclosure includes a stator core, a stator coil wound around the stator core, and a busbar module electrically connected to the stator coil and fixed to a coil end portion formed on one end side of the stator core.
Yasunori SUZUKI, Akihide TAKEHARA, Takuya KITAO, Ryoji NAKAJIMA
Filed: 2 Feb 22
Utility
Circuit Board
11 Aug 22
A circuit board being able to easily ensure flatness of solder placed on a substrate for bonding an electronic component and improve bonding reliability of the electronic component by the solder, includes: a substrate having a plurality of layers made of a conductive material; a land provided on a first layer arranged on one side of the substrate, to which the electronic component is soldered; a heat sink provided on a different layer arranged on the substrate; a via hole provided on the substrate from a part of the land over to a part of the heat sink and electrically connected to the land and the heat sink; and an insulating resist disposed on the land and surrounding the entire circumference of the via hole.
Kohei HAYASHI, Shuichi TAKEMOTO, Yuji KONDO, Takaya SUZUKI
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
4 Aug 22
A rotor support member includes: a tubular portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting a rotor of a rotary electric machine; and a flange portion provided to extend along a radial direction on an inner side in radial direction with respect to tubular portion at a position adjacent to a first engagement device on a first side in the axial direction, and connected to tubular portion.
Keishi MORITA, Hiroshi ISHIYAMA
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
4 Aug 22
A first inner support member that supports a first friction member of a first engagement device from an inner side in a radial direction includes a tubular support portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting the first friction member, and a radially extending support portion provided to extend to the inner side in the radial direction from the tubular support portion.
Keishi MORITA, Hiroshi ISHIYAMA
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Bumper Reinforcement
4 Aug 22
A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall disposed behind the front wall, at least one horizontal wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall, and a cutout in the at least one horizontal wall.
Takahiro NAITO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Hiroyuki YATSUNAMI
Filed: 1 Feb 22
Utility
Cover Device
4 Aug 22
A cover device includes a cover that is displaced between a covering position where an upper side of a striker is covered, and an exposure position where the striker is exposed upward, and an open-close mechanism that displaces the cover to the covering position when a slide door performs an opening operation, and displaces the cover to the exposure position when the slide door performs a closing operation.
Hisashi ITONAGA, Tomohito KIRYU, Toshimitsu MORIOKA, Koichi MORITA
Filed: 20 Jan 22
Utility
Touch Sensor Unit
4 Aug 22
A touch sensor unit, that is installed on one of an opening provided in a vehicle and an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, includes: a touch sensor having a long sensor body; and a bracket configured to hold the touch sensor in a longitudinal direction of the sensor body and fixed to one of the opening and the opening and closing body.
Yuki OSAKI, Tomohiro IKAI
Filed: 26 Jan 22
Utility
Stator Cooling Structure
4 Aug 22
A stator cooling structure including a supporting member that is a single piece member having a cylindrical form going in an axial direction of a rotating electrical machine and that supports a stator core of the rotating electrical machine and forms a passage through which fluid for cooling passes.
Satoshi MURAKAMI, Masaki IKEDA, Toshihiko OKAZAWA
Filed: 29 Jul 20
Utility
Gas-liquid Separator
21 Jul 22
A gas-liquid separator includes a housing, an inlet in the housing, a flow passage which is in communication with the inlet and through which a water-containing gas supplied through the inlet flows in a vertical direction, a gas-flow director configured to change a flow direction of the water-containing gas flowing through the flow passage from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and a gas-liquid separating portion configured to bring the water-containing gas, supplied from the gas-flow director into the housing, into contact with a plurality of separation blades in sequence to separate water from the water-containing gas.
Hitoshi OKUNO, Takami HOSOI, Hiroaki NISHIUMI
Filed: 12 Jan 22
Utility
Opening and Closing Body Control Apparatus for Vehicle
21 Jul 22
An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sunroof device that opens and closes a movable panel provided in a roof opening of a vehicle; a shade device that opens and closes a light shielding member provided below the movable panel; and a drive circuit that supplies drive power to first and second motors that drive the sunroof device and the shade device, respectively.
Tatsuo KAMAKURA, Yi ZHANG, Atsushi TAKEMOTO
Filed: 28 Dec 21
Utility
Control Apparatus for Vehicle
21 Jul 22
A vehicle control apparatus includes (a) a clutch control portion configured to output a hydraulic-pressure command value for supplying a hydraulic pressure to a clutch actuator of a clutch disposed between an engine and an electric motor, when the engine is to be started by being cranked by the electric motor, and (b) a learning control portion configured to execute a plurality of leanings for correcting a relationship representing a correlation between the hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic-pressure command value, wherein at least one of the leanings is a higher priority learning, and at least one of the leanings is a lower priority learning.
Keigo MATSUBARA, Masayuki BABA, Tomoya INAYOSHI, Masakazu KAIFUKU
Filed: 21 Jan 22
Utility
Object Detection Device
21 Jul 22
An object detection device includes: a transmission unit transmitting a first transmission wave; a reception unit receiving a first reception wave reflected by an object; a signal processing unit sampling a first processing target signal according to the first reception wave and acquiring a difference signal based on a difference between the first processing target signal for at least one sample at a certain detection timing, and the first processing target signal for a plurality of samples in at least one of first and second periods; a threshold setting unit setting a threshold as a comparison target with the value of the difference signal, based on variation in the values of the first processing target signal for the plurality of samples; and a detection unit detecting information about the object at the detection timing based on a comparison result between the value of the difference signal and the threshold.
Ippei SUGAE
Filed: 7 Apr 22
Utility
Object Detection Device
14 Jul 22
An object detection device includes: a transmitter transmitting a transmission wave to an outside including a road surface; a receiver receiving a reflected wave of the transmission wave being reflected by an object as a reception wave; a CFAR processor acquiring a CFAR signal at a predetermined detection timing by CFAR processing based on a value of a first processing target signal based on a reception wave received at the detection timing and an average value of values of second processing target signals based on the reception waves received in predetermined sections before and after the detection timing; and an estimator estimating an absorption and attenuation value corresponding to the average value based on a road surface reflection estimation expression that defines a relation between the average value and the absorption and attenuation value in advance.
Ippei SUGAE, Shingo FUJIMOTO, Kosuke WAKITA
Filed: 5 Jan 22
Utility
Rotary Driving Device
14 Jul 22
The rotary driving device includes a shaft which has one end and the other end in the axial direction and is provided with an oil passage through which lubricating oil flows from one end to the other end, a transmission case accommodating the shaft therein, and a bearing arranged at the other end of the shaft in the transmission case and rotatably supporting the shaft.
Yuki KATAYAMA, Kazuyuki SAKAGUCHI, Hiroshi IEIRI
Filed: 3 Jan 22
Utility
Control Board
30 Jun 22
A board main body part has a multilayer structure with even-numbered layers including a first layer formed on a surface part on one side and a second layer formed on a surface part on the other side.
Yoshinobu ITO
Filed: 25 Nov 20
Utility
Vehicular Door Device
30 Jun 22
A vehicular door device includes an inclinable lever provided at an open-side end portion of a door opening being opened and closed by a door, based on an operation of a link mechanism formed of first and second link arms, a biasing member that biases the inclinable lever and holds the inclinable lever in an erect state, and a check mechanism that engages with the inclinable lever in the erect state by movement of the door to a full opened position, and holds the door at the full opened position.
Seiichi Sumiya
Filed: 2 Dec 21
Utility
Friction Engagement Device
30 Jun 22
A friction engagement device includes an elastic member between a piston and a friction plate in an axial direction.
Hikaru SUGIURA, Keita INDA, Tatsuya OKISHIMA, Toshihiko KAMIYA, Masashi IKEMURA
Filed: 27 Jan 20
Utility
Pulse Rate Detection Device and Pulse Rate Detection Program
23 Jun 22
A pulse rate detection device includes: a moving image obtaining device configured to obtain a moving image captured by photographing a body surface of a subject, a pulse rate obtaining device configured to obtain a pulse rate of the subject on the basis of change of a pixel value of the body surface in the moving image, a reliability obtaining device configured to obtain reliability of the obtained pulse rate; and an output device configured to output the obtained pulse rate if the obtained reliability thereof is equal to or greater than predetermined reliable criteria.
Michael JONES
Filed: 27 Mar 20