Patents Assigned to Honda Môtor Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11962050
    Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
  • 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: 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: 11958493
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently of an operation of a driver of the vehicle; and a mode decider configured to decide on any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle. The recognizer recognizes a sign existing within a reference range of a route along which the vehicle travels. The mode decider changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when the driving mode of the vehicle is the second driving mode and when the number of signs recognized by the recognizer exceeds a first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Hitakatsu, Toshikazu Suwa, Masaki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11958201
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visuo-tactile object pose estimation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving image data about an object and receiving depth data about the object. The method also includes generating a visual estimate of the object based on the image data and the depth data. The method further includes receiving tactile data about the object. The method yet further includes generating a tactile estimate of the object based on the tactile data. The method includes estimating a pose of the object based on the visual estimate and the tactile estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nawid Jamali, Huckleberry Febbo, Karankumar Patel, Soshi Iba, Akinobu Hayashi, Itoshi Naramura
  • Patent number: 11958506
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a position of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes in which tasks imposed on an occupant of the vehicle are different, and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode which is to be performed by the driving controller. The recognizer recognizes first road information including road marking objects near the vehicle with respect to a position of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from an external sensor, recognizes second road information including road marking objects near the vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the vehicle, and performs a process of recognizing the position of the vehicle through matching between the first road information and the second road information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koichiro Wada, Yudai Hasegawa
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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: 11955799
    Abstract: Provided is a supply-and-demand management apparatus including: a result management unit that manages a power supply result indicating a result of power supplied among a plurality of customers of a community; and a deriving unit that derives, based on power supply results from a first customer to other customers from among the plurality of customers, an incentive to supply power from the first customer to a second customer from among the other customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamada, Koichiro Takemasa, Kazuyoshi Miyajima, Keiichi Takikawa, Yuiko Koga
  • Patent number: 11952016
    Abstract: A driving assistance control section of a vehicle control apparatus has an operation state of a driver's vehicle transition from a stop state to a start-stand-by state keeping a second assistance state, if an accelerating operation larger than a predetermined first threshold acceleration is performed and there is an ahead-located vehicle, and has the driving assistance state transition from the second assistance state to a first assistance state and has the operation state transition from the stop state to the start-stand-by state if an accelerating operation larger than a predetermined second threshold acceleration is performed over a longer time than a predetermined threshold duration and there is an ahead-located vehicle, if follow-up running control is being performed in the second assistance state in which it is not necessary for a driver to hold a steering wheel to continue to have a driving assistance function performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakanishi, Kentaro Ishisaka, Yuki Imanishi, Takuma Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11955617
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack includes a first battery module and a second battery module, a fan which includes a blade body configured to rotate about a rotary shaft, the fan being configured to supply air to the first battery module and the second battery module, and a housing configured to accommodate the first battery module, the second battery module, and the fan. The first battery module and the second battery module are arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. In the first battery module, the plurality of cells are bound in the first direction by a binding member. The binding member is a plate-like member which is made of metal. The fan is arranged in such a manner that the rotary shaft faces the binding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Kaneshima, Kazuya Nakano, Tsubasa Ikeya