Patents Assigned to Honda Môtor Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11958105
    Abstract: A molding system includes a mold and a fluid delivery system. The mold includes a fluid permeable material that defines a mold cavity and is permeable to a cooling fluid. The mold is configured to mold a molten material arranged in the mold cavity. The fluid delivery system is in fluid communication with the fluid permeable material, and is configured to deliver the cooling fluid via nozzles to the fluid permeable material. When the molten material is arranged in the mold cavity, the fluid delivery system delivers the cooling fluid to the fluid permeable material at a delivery pressure that is intentionally varied, such that the cooling fluid permeates through the fluid permeable material to cool and solidify the molten material arranged in the mold cavity to form a solidified outer skin. The delivery pressure may be varied, e.g. increased, as a thickness of the solidified outer skin increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Benjamin Jacob Gerding
  • Patent number: 11959543
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a lubricating structure for a vehicle power transmission device that may effectively lubricate a transfer device and a differential device without increasing the amount of oil. The lubricating structure includes: a first guide wall positioned above a bearing; a second guide wall provided below an oil reservoir and extending toward a central axis of a final driven gear; and an oil catch member that receives oil guided by the second guide wall and supplies the oil to a differential device and the bearing. The oil catch member includes a first inclined part inclined so that a direction of the first guide wall is lowered, a notch formed at a position facing an opening formed in a differential case, and a groove for oil guiding that extends toward the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuto Kanase, Nobutaka Fukamizu, Seiji Ishii, Takeo Furuta
  • Patent number: 11958465
    Abstract: The vehicle control system includes a braking force generating device (6, 22) configured to generate a braking force to shift a load of a vehicle to a side of front wheels thereof at an initial stage of a cornering, and a control device (31) configured to control the braking force generated by the braking force generating device. The control device calculates an additional deceleration (Gxadd) according to vehicle state information, calculates a lateral jerk equivalent value (Jy) according to the vehicle state information, and sets a lateral jerk correction coefficient (Kj) for weakening the additional deceleration. The control device corrects the additional deceleration by the lateral jerk correction coefficient (K), and calculates an additional braking force (Fbadd) to be generated by the braking force generating device according to the corrected additional deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Okubo, Shigeru Doi, Ryo Koyama
  • Patent number: 11961989
    Abstract: A control method for a fuel cell system, the fuel cell system including a hydrogen storage part and a fuel cell stack that generates electric power using hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen storage part, the fuel cell system being mounted on a towed portion of a moving body that includes the towed portion and a towing portion, the fuel cell system being electrically connected to the towing portion, the towing portion including a battery and a drive device performing driving in response to supply of electric power, the towed portion being towed by the towing portion, the control method includes: acquiring remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the battery, and starting supply of electric power to the towing portion when it is determined that the remaining amount of the battery is equal to or less than a threshold based on the remaining amount information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Murakami, Shinji Matsunaga, Takashi Arai, Akiji Ando, Takashi Yanagiura, Kazunori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240116374
    Abstract: A control system, adapted for a boat including a motor driving a propeller; a battery supplying electricity to the motor; an actuator moving the battery in a front-rear direction of a boat; a rail guiding a movement of the battery; a sensor detecting a travel speed of the boat, or detecting an electricity consumption amount of the battery. The control system includes a control unit, including a processor, configured to control the actuator to change a position of the battery based on the travel speed of the boat, or based on the electricity consumption amount of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240118695
    Abstract: A terminal device, adapted to control a drone to support navigation of a boat, the terminal device including a control unit and a display unit. The control unit including a processor, configured to obtain a speed of the boat, and receive an image that is imaged by the drone. The display unit including a display for displaying the image that is imaged by the drone, wherein the terminal device is configured to control an altitude of the drone based on the speed of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Takashi HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20240116608
    Abstract: A system, adapted to determine that automatic docking of a boat is completed. The system including a control unit including a processor configured to switch a control mode of the control unit to an automatic docking mode; output a control signal for controlling an automatic steering of the boat when the control mode is switched to the automatic docking mode; obtain a vibration that is exerted on the boat, wherein, when the control unit is in the automatic docking mode, the control unit is configured to end the automatic docking mode when the control unit detects the vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke NOJIRI, Ryota HISADA
  • Publication number: 20240115998
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst filter which has enhanced soot collection performance without increasing pressure loss caused by the formation of a catalyst layer in a partition wall of a wall flow type substrate. A gasoline engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst filter for purifying exhaust gas of a gasoline engine includes: a wall flow type substrate in which an introduction-side cell having an open exhaust gas introduction-side end, and a discharge-side cell adjacent to the introduction-side cell and having an open exhaust gas discharge-side end are defined by a porous partition wall; and a catalyst layer formed in a pore of the partition wall. An absolute value of a maldistribution degree of the catalyst layer formed in the pore of the partition wall is 4.50 or less. A wash coat amount, excluding a mass of a platinum group, of the catalyst layer formed in the pore of the partition wall, is 40 g/L or more and 50 g/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Shinichiro OTSUKA, Yoshiaki HATAKEYAMA, Mahiro SHIROTORI
  • Publication number: 20240116384
    Abstract: A power supply system for moving body, includes, a power generation unit, a power storage unit, a converter provided between the power generation unit and the power storage unit, the converter including a power storage unit-side converter terminal and a power generation unit-side converter terminal, an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect to an external device, a first switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the external connection terminal, the power storage unit, and the power storage unit-side converter terminal, a second switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the external connection terminal, a third switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the power generation unit, and a control device configured to control the first switching unit, the second switching unit, and the thi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryota KITAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240117875
    Abstract: On a partition wall splitting the interior of a case into a gear chamber and a motor chamber, a through hole and a gutter member are provided. The through hole is provided for communication between the gear chamber and the motor chamber. The gutter member extends into the gear chamber below the through hole, and a tip end part thereof is provided above an oil storage part. Oil guided from the motor chamber into the gear chamber through the through hole of the partition wall is guided to the oil storage part through the gutter member, so that, for the oil storage part provided at a wall part not the partition wall of the case and not in contact with the partition wall, more oil can be stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moe WATANABE, Yoshihito Kurizuka, Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240118228
    Abstract: A system, adapted for a boat to accumulate and utilize information of a port, the system including a control unit having a processor configured to function as a determining part that determines an open berth of the port; and a display part that displays the open berth determined by the determining part on a display. The control unit determines the open berth based on a first data and a second data, the first data includes information of the port obtained at a first timing by a sensor disposed on the boat, the second data includes information of the port obtained at a second timing, wherein the first timing is different from the second timing, and the first timing is a present time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11955872
    Abstract: A drive device includes: a drive unit including a rotary electric machine and a drive unit case that houses the rotary electric machine; a control unit including a control device configured to control the rotary electric machine; and a connection unit including a connection line that electrically connects the rotary electric machine and the control device. The control unit is disposed at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the drive unit case. A space portion is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the drive unit case and the control unit. The connection unit is provided such that the connection line electrically connects the rotary electric machine and the control device through the space portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kunii
  • Patent number: 11952070
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a front cowl configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, a shield arranged above the front cowl, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit includes at least an image capturing unit that is positioned above a lower end of the front cowl and in a central portion of the straddle type vehicle in a vehicle width direction, and is arranged in a position where the shield does not interfere with an image capturing range. The image capturing unit is arranged behind an upper portion of the front cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11951942
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a key authentication unit for permitting use of a vehicle in a portable key ride mode when an authentication with a portable key is successful, and permitting use of the vehicle in an electronic key ride mode when an authentication with an electronic key is successful; a power state recognition unit for recognizing a state of power of the vehicle; a door opening and closing recognition unit for recognizing an open and closed state of a door of the vehicle, a notification control unit for issuing a first notification in the portable key ride mode and issuing a second notification in the electronic key ride mode, when the door opening and closing recognition unit recognizes that the driver's seat door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state while the power state recognition unit recognizes that the power is on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Hiruta, Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11956498
    Abstract: Movie creation method for creating movie by photographing video clips, including: executing movie project. Movie project includes: determining number of video clips to be photographed by camera; outputting control signal to camera to photograph determined number of video clips; outputting control signal to positioning unit to acquire position information on photographing location of each of video clips; calculating total travel distance for photographing determined number of video clips by connecting photographing location by straight line in order of photographing; setting first incentive for user of camera based on total travel distance; setting second incentive for user when photographing location is predetermined location; calculating first travel distance required to set first incentive; calculating second travel distance required to set second incentive; and outputting control signal to display to display first travel distance and second travel distance on one single display screen in order of distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Ikarashi, Takaya Higuchi, Haruka Miyata, Arisa Omura
  • Patent number: 11952067
    Abstract: An airbag device for saddle-type vehicles including: an inflator; an airbag adapted to be expanded by gas discharged from the inflator; and a retainer accommodating the airbag, in which the inflator and the retainer are disposed as separate members. The retainer is provided on a turning axis of a handle stem in a side view of a vehicle, the inflator 53 provided around a head pipe in a top view of the vehicle, and the retainer and the inflator are coupled to each other with a connection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Aikyo
  • Patent number: 11953892
    Abstract: A selection support device that supports selection of a work machine to be used for work from among a plurality of work machines, the selection support device including: a history information acquisition unit configured to acquire history information on a use history of each work machine; a specifying unit configured to specify a degree of use of each work machine based on the history information; and a selection unit configured to preferentially select a work machine with a small degree of use as a work machine to be used for work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi Hirakawa, Satoshi Murata, Sota Sakaguchi, Shohei Namiki, Ryota Hisada, Ryuichi Kimata
  • Patent number: 11954921
    Abstract: A system and method for improving driver situation awareness prediction using human visual sensory and memory mechanism that includes receiving data associated with a driving scene of a vehicle and an eye gaze of a driver of the vehicle. The system and method also include analyzing the data and extracting features associated with objects located within the driving scene and determining a situational awareness score that is associated with a situational awareness of the driver with respect to each of the objects located within the driving scene. The system and method further include communicating control signals to electronically control at least one system of the vehicle based on the situational awareness score that is associated with each of the objects located within the driving scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haibei Zhu, Teruhisa Misu, Sujitha Catherine Martin, Xingwei Wu, Kumar Akash
  • Patent number: 11953895
    Abstract: A fraudulent diagnostic machine detection apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of fraudulent processing due to a fraudulent diagnostic machine being connected in parallel with a legitimate diagnostic machine is a fraudulent diagnostic machine detection apparatus comprising node ECUs of a diagnosis target connected to a communication line and a gateway connected between the communication line and a diagnostic machine connection coupler, wherein the gateway detects an electrical circuit change caused by a pin connection of the diagnostic machine connection coupler being branched and the plurality of diagnostic machines being connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Yokota, Tatsuro Saito
  • Patent number: 11952068
    Abstract: Intake efficiency in an intake system is improved. An intake system takes air through an air inlet duct extending from an air cleaner case, and includes a vortex generator that causes the flow of the intake air inside the air inlet duct to rotate around an axis of the air inlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Haramoto, Hiroki Mori, Satoshi Seo, Yasunori Iwaya