Patents Assigned to Honda Môtor Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240152151
    Abstract: A mobile charging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a battery for charging a work machine; a movement unit that causes the mobile charging apparatus to autonomously move; and a controller that executes a program to perform control such that the movement unit moves the mobile charging apparatus to a predetermined position to wait for the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hashizume, Ryuichi Kimata, Keiichiro Bungo, Koichi Tsuno
  • Publication number: 20240149741
    Abstract: A battery transport support device (10) that comprises: a communication unit (11) that acquires charging batter information from a charging device (20), the charging batter information including identification information for batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20); a specification unit (12) that references a storage unit (14) that stores identification information for users in association with identification information for batteries (BAT) that belong to the users and, on the basis of the charging battery information, specifies the number of batteries (BAT) included in the batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20) that belong to one of the users; and a derivation unit (13) that, on the basis of the number of batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user and the number of batteries (BAT) that can be carried by transport devices, derives a transport device needed to transport the batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user to a transport destination that corresponds to the one u
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro NAKAMURA, Yusuke NAKAJIMA, Michiyo INOUE, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240149747
    Abstract: A battery temperature control method for controlling a temperature of a battery mounted on a vehicle by a temperature control device, the method comprises: a travel plan acquisition step of acquiring a travel plan of the vehicle, a battery input and output acquisition step of acquiring a required input and output of the battery, a target temperature acquisition step of acquiring a first battery temperature threshold, a battery temperature transition prediction step of predicting a temperature transition of the battery when the vehicle travels according to the travel plan, a temperature control amount prediction step of acquiring a predicted temperature control amount of the battery at a first time or a first position in the travel plan, an excessive temperature control amount calculation step of calculating an excessive temperature control amount, a temperature control restriction step, and a temperature control step of controlling the temperature of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OGAKI, Shuhei KOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240149628
    Abstract: A control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body; a reception unit configured to receive selection of a target position from a user of the moving body; a movement control unit configured to execute movement control for moving the moving body to the target position based on the recognition data; and a height control unit configured to execute height control of the moving body in accordance with progress of the movement control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAGARA, Yuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240149974
    Abstract: A vehicle management method includes assembling a vehicle body of a vehicle and a power source to be mounted on the vehicle, acquiring, at a first time, first gear-ratio-related information which is information related to a gear ratio of a transmission section, the transmission section being a whole or part of a power transmission mechanism between the power source and a wheel of the vehicle, storing the first gear-ratio-related information in a storage unit mounted on the vehicle or a storage unit of an external device provided to be capable of communication with the vehicle, acquiring, at a second time after the first time, second gear-ratio-related information which is information related to the gear ratio of the transmission section, and comparing the first gear-ratio-related information stored in the storage unit with the second gear-ratio-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NOMURA, Hirotaka ONUKI, Makoto HATTORI, Masayuki SUNAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240149894
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a surrounding condition of a vehicle; a driving control unit configured to control acceleration, deceleration, and steering of the vehicle based on a recognition result; and a vehicle abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in an electric parking brake device. When an abnormality in the driver is detected during traveling of the vehicle, the driving control unit performs control to decelerate the vehicle to a predetermined speed greater than zero by braking by a brake device. In a case where an abnormality in the electric parking brake device is detected before or at a time the vehicle is decelerated to the predetermined speed, the driving control unit causes the vehicle to perform traveling along a traveling road until the recognition unit recognizes a preceding vehicle after the vehicle is decelerated to the predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma KOBAYASHI, Yuko SUGIMURA, Yuichi MASUKAKE, Yugo KAJIWARA, Yuichi KOMORI, Shohei NOAI
  • Patent number: 11979590
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a framework for predicting future frames using diverse sampling are provided. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future frames includes receiving a video having a first frame from a first time and a second frame from a second time. The first frame and the second frame are represented in image space. The method also includes updating a prediction model based on the video. The method further includes determining whether a stopping condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the stopping condition has been satisfied, the method includes generating a plurality of future frames for a third time after the second time. The plurality of future frames is generated based on a normalized distance metric that preserves distance of samples in the latent space to the image space. The method yet further includes selecting a candidate frame from the plurality of future frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hengbo Ma, Chiho Choi
  • Patent number: 11975723
    Abstract: A travel control system for a vehicle includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an obstacle around the vehicle; a tire parameter estimation unit that estimates a tire parameter of a tire of the vehicle; and a travel plan unit that sets a travel route, an amount of acceleration and deceleration, and an amount of turning based on the obstacle and the tire parameter. The travel plan unit sets the travel route, the amount of acceleration and deceleration, and the amount of turning so as to suppress an excess amount of a slip ratio of the tire relative to an adhesion limit slip ratio while avoiding approach to the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyohei Sakagami
  • Patent number: 11978287
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; detect agitation of the user; and suitably display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, and the at least one processor is configured to change a procedure screen to be displayed on the display in response to detection of agitation of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamaoka, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Yu Takiguchi, Hitomi Hamamura
  • Patent number: 11975356
    Abstract: Provided is a resin curing device capable of improving work efficiency when curing a liquid resin. A controller (2) of a resin curing device (1) controls opening degrees of three valves (51 to 53) so that a gas flow passage becomes a circulation passage (40) when an execution condition of an operation of feeding air to a curing furnace (10) is satisfied, and controls the opening degrees of the three valves (51 to 53) so that the gas flow passage becomes a bypass passage (41) when the execution condition is not satisfied (STEPS 30 to 41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamamoto, Nobuhisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11979079
    Abstract: In an electric motor cooling structure for cooling an electric motor provided in a power unit by jetting an oil to the electric motor, an oil passage for passing the oil therethrough is formed between a cover member covering the electric motor from outside and a lid member fitted to the cover member. The cover member is formed with a plurality of jet holes as through-holes communicating with the oil passage, and the plurality of jet holes are oriented in the same direction as an axial direction of the motor. The oil passage is formed in an annular shape as viewed in the axial direction of the electric motor. The cover member is formed with a second oil passage for supplying the oil to a rotary shaft of the electric motor. Such cooling structure efficiently cools the electric motor while suppressing processing cost with a simple oil passage structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Omori, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Yuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 11975787
    Abstract: The control device (20) corrects a basic movement command for a mobile body (1), which is based on an operator's maneuvering operation, in accordance with a positional relationship between the mobile body and an obstacle, and performs movement control of the mobile body (1) in accordance with the corrected movement command. The control device (20) is configured to correct the basic movement command, when a distance d between the obstacle and the mobile body (1) has become a predetermined value d1 or less, to cause a yaw rate in a direction away from the obstacle to be additionally generated on the mobile body (1), and also configured to correct the basic movement command so as to cause a rate of increase in magnitude of the yaw rate with respect to a decrease of the distance to be increased as the distance d is closer to the predetermined value d1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Goto, Shinya Shirokura, Makoto Hasegawa, Kazumasa Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11975783
    Abstract: To simplify the configuration, decrease the number of parts, and reduce the manufacturing cost, a windshield device for a saddle-ride type vehicle includes: a screen 5 whose height is adjustable; a holder 11 holding the screen; a bracket 12 fixed to a vehicle body side member 7 and having a guide hole 71; an arm 13 arranged between the holder and the bracket; a first shaft 51 rotatably coupling the holder and the bracket and configured to move along the guide hole; a second shaft 52 arranged parallel to the first shaft and coupling the holder and one end of the arm; a third shaft 53 arranged parallel to the first shaft and coupling the bracket and another end of the arm; and an operation member 15 provided at an end portion of the first shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Naoi, Shinichiro Ishida, Naoki Hara
  • Patent number: 11977009
    Abstract: An analysis device of an embodiment is an analysis device of an active material layer of an electrode of a secondary battery, and includes a processor configured to execute a program to acquire image data that represents active materials in the active material layer processed by ion milling and voids or fillings between the active materials by a difference in brightness, and compare patterns of the difference in brightness between the image data in at least two different states of the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakurai, Hideki Sakai, Tatsuya Hattori, Yuji Isogai
  • Patent number: 11975796
    Abstract: A driving support system (1) for motorcycles including: an external sensor unit (2) which recognizes a road state ahead of one's own vehicle; a collision risk determination unit (62) which determines a level of collision risk between one's own vehicle and an object ahead of one's own vehicle based on a recognition result of the external sensor unit 2; an automatic braking control unit (61) which executes automatic braking to automatically operate a brake device (83) in response to the determination result by the collision risk determination unit (62); and a departure risk determination unit (64) which determines a level of departure risk of one's own vehicle to outside of one's own vehicle travel lane in a case of executing the automatic braking. The automatic braking control unit (61) ends execution of the automatic braking in a case of being determined that the departure risk is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Hiroki Tanaka, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11976583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for coolant that stores the coolant for cooling an internal combustion engine. The reservoir tank includes: a tank chamber that stores the coolant; an opening, which is disposed in an upper part of the tank chamber, through which the coolant flows in and flows out, and in a circumferential wall of which a breathing hole is formed; and a first communication passage, a second communication passage, and a third communication passage that respectively communicate with the opening and the tank chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miyo Kitamura, Shinji Shimoyama, Keijiro Koide, Masahiro Kato, Tatsuya Kurimoto, Tatsuki Tanaka, Koji Sato, Takumi Tokinoya
  • Patent number: 11975644
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including a side body component and a transverse body component, and a vehicle seat attached to the each of the side and transverse body components. The vehicle seat includes a seat main frame including an attached seat back, a side member attached to the seat main frame, the side member defining an outboard bolster for the seat back and an armrest, and a seat base attached to the seat main frame. A first connection bracket is secured to the transverse body component adjacent an outboard side edge portion of the seat back, and the outboard bolster of the side member is connected to the first connection bracket. A second connection bracket is secured to the side body component and extended toward the seat main frame, and the armrest of the side member is connected to the second connection bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Suzuki, Fernando M. Rosero, Eric D. Daume
  • Patent number: 11975583
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an acceleration sensor detecting collision, an electric actuator disposed outside a vehicle body, a battery and a boosting circuit supplying a high voltage to the electric actuator, and an electric suspension control ECU controlling the boosting circuit and the electric actuator, and in a case where the acceleration sensor detects the collision, the electric suspension control ECU limits the supply of the high voltage to the electric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Konada, Satoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 11975782
    Abstract: A decorative molded component includes: a substrate having a shell extending along a mating surface and a through hole adjacent to the shell and defined along the mating surface; and a molded body coated to the mating surface, the molded body covering the through hole to be continuous from a skin bonded to the shell. The decorative molded component improves appearance while keeping the functions of the two members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikue Sato, Hiroki Sakata, Kosaku Mizutani
  • Patent number: D1025897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Azuma, Kuniharu Wakata