Patents Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • VEHICLE REAR BODY STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20170057548
    Abstract: A vehicle rear body structure 10 includes a left rear frame 13 that is formed to have a closed section. The left rear frame 13 has a lower member 22 that is formed to have a thickness dimension larger than an upper member 23 thereof. The left rear frame 13 has a first soft zone 24, a second soft zone 25, and a third soft zone 26. The first to third soft zones 24, 25, and 26 are portions with lower strength. The second soft zone 25 is provided in a ring shape throughout the circumference of the left rear frame 13. The first soft zone 24 and the third soft zone 26 are arranged in a lower half part of the left rear frame 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Hirokazu Nishiami
  • Scooter-type vehicle
    Patent number: 9580132
    Abstract: A scooter-type vehicle having a storage portion that is formed so as to open in a leg shield, and that is covered by a lid member. An upwardly open storage box is formed on a back surface of the lid member, and the storage box is openably and closably mounted on a lower portion of an opening of the storage portion via a hinge. An axis of the hinge is obliquely arranged such that, as viewed in a plan view, an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the axis of the hinge is positioned more on a front side in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle than a center side of the axis of the hinge in the vehicle width direction. The lid member moves so as to fall obliquely in the rearward and outward direction so that the lid member is opened while avoiding a rider's leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kanta Yamamoto
  • Fuel cap provided with breather mechanism
    Patent number: 9579971
    Abstract: In a fuel cap provided with a breather mechanism, a cap openably and closably covers a fuel filler of a fuel tank. The cap includes a breather passage for communication between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank. The breather passage is provided with a breather valve mechanism and a resonator chamber as a silencing mechanism. The breather mechanism is a valve having a spring capable of retaining a pressure within the fuel tank up to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Koishikawa, Takeshi Uemae, Takashi Toriki, Yoji Fukui, Takumi Sakamoto, Takeshi Shimura, Shinji Kobayashi, Satoshi Okayama
  • Heat exchanging device of lubrication oil
    Patent number: 9581235
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling lubrication oil which circulates in a vehicle transmission is provided with a first oil circulating circuit through which a clutch oil for lubricating a first and second clutch of the transmission circulates, a second oil circulating circuit through which a gear oil circulates to lubricate mechanisms other than the first and the second clutches, and a cooling water circulating circuit through which a cooling water circulates to cool an engine and a motor. Also provided is a first heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the second lubrication oil, and a second heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hidaka, Akio Muto, Masashi Eto
  • Battery temperature regulating system
    Patent number: 9583801
    Abstract: A temperature regulating system for regulating the temperature of a battery in a vehicle. The system regulates airflow to the battery for cooling or warming the battery based on the speed of the vehicle and the temperature of the battery. The system provides active cooling airflow to the battery when the battery temperature is above a recommended temperature range, or when the battery temperature is within the recommended temperature range and the speed of the motor vehicle is below a speed threshold. The system provides passive cooling airflow when the battery temperature is within the recommended temperature range and the speed of the motor vehicle is above a speed threshold. The system provides active warming airflow when the battery temperature is below the recommended temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Leonard Steinmeyer, Deryk Baker, Robert Settles, Jr., Charles Richard Owens, Jr., Duong Hoang Vu
  • Vehicle brake device
    Patent number: 9580056
    Abstract: A target control value of the brake fluid pressure generated in dependence on the braking operation amount is set by using a first coefficient determined in dependence on the vehicle speed in an early phase of a braking operation performed by a vehicle operator and a second coefficient determined in dependence on the braking operation amount and the vehicle speed during a later braking action. The increase in the braking force for the buildup control can be restrained in an early phase of the braking operation so that the onset of deceleration in an early phase of the braking action for the given braking operation can be made gradual in a manner corresponding to the vehicle speed while a favorable buildup control is achieved by increasing the deceleration as the vehicle speed decreases in the course of the braking action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishino, Shuichi Okada, Kohei Akamine, Kunimichi Hatano
  • Thermostable cellobiohydrolase and amino acid substituted variant thereof
    Patent number: 9580702
    Abstract: A thermostable cellobiohydrolase including a cellobiohydrolase catalytic domain, the cellobiohydrolase catalytic domain including: (A) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; (B) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence obtained by deletion, substitution or addition of at least one amino acid of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having at least a cellobiohydrolase activity under conditions of 75° C. and pH 5.5; (C) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having at least a cellobiohydrolase activity under conditions of 75° C. and pH 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Okuma, Asuka Yamaguchi, Migiwa Suda, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Yasuhiro Kondo, Tomohiko Kato, Daisuke Shibata
  • Object recognition device
    Patent number: 9582886
    Abstract: An object recognition device includes: a radar that detects objects in the vicinity of a vehicle a camera that detects objects by capturing an image of the vicinity of the vehicle an identical object recognition unit configured to recognize that an object detected by the radar and an object detected by the camera are the same object when the objects are present within a predetermined position range. The identical object recognition unit determines whether the objects are the same object by reducing the predetermined position range when detection using the radar device or the camera is interrupted and then detection is started again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Sasabuchi, Katsuya Mizutani
  • Control method of differential pressure water electrolysis system
    Patent number: 9580821
    Abstract: In a control method of a differential pressure water electrolysis system, a reference water level of a gas-liquid separator for normal operations is set to discharge a liquid water stored in the gas-liquid separator to a discharge tube. A depressurization reference water level which is a lower water level than the reference water level is set to discharge the liquid water stored in the gas-liquid separator to the discharge tube upon depressurizing. A depressurization valve is opened to reduce pressure at a cathode side after operation of a differential pressure water electrolysis device has been stopped, in a state with voltage applied. A permissible water level upper limit value at which an open/close valve is opened is switched from the reference water level to the depressurization reference water level when the depressurization valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takeuchi, Akihiro Noda, Yuji Yamakawa
  • Sound source separating device and sound source separating method
    Patent number: 9583119
    Abstract: A sound source separating device includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect sound signals using a plurality of microphones; a sound source localizing unit configured to localize a sound source on the basis of the sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit; a sound source separating unit configured to separate the sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit into sound sources corresponding to the number of fixed sound sources and fixed sound source directions without using the sound source localization result from the sound source localizing unit; and a speech extracting unit configured to extract speech signals of the fixed sound sources on the basis of the sound source localization result from the sound source localizing unit and the sound source separation result from the sound source separating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Takeshi Mizumoto, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Harness routing structure for saddled vehicle
    Patent number: 9580128
    Abstract: A harness routing structure for a saddled vehicle includes a side body cover section, a center cover, a fuel tank having a fuel filler opening at an upper surface, and a refueling tray configured to be supported by the fuel tank, in the harness routing structure for a saddled vehicle used in the saddled vehicle having a straddling space disposed at an upper side of the center cover and through which a passenger passes his/her legs to ride the vehicle, a main harness extending from a front side of the straddling space to a rear side of the straddling space is routed below the center cover, is passed through a side of the refueling tray, and is routed between the side body cover section and the refueling tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki Sasage, Kazunori Yoshimura
  • Cylinder head casting apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 9579719
    Abstract: A casting apparatus for forming a cylinder head. The apparatus is configured to inhibit gate stick by promoting top-down directional solidification of molten metal in the mold cavity by any one or more of specific placement of gate pins in relation to apertures used to deliver molten metal to the mold cavity, circulating a cooling medium through the gate pins in a parallel fashion, configuring the gates so that a volume on the lower side of the gate is larger than a volume on the upper side of the gate, and insulating the inside surfaces of feeder lids and feeder bowls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Drew Howell, Matthew Pettus
  • Radiator structure for two-wheeled vehicle
    Patent number: 9581073
    Abstract: A radiator structure for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a radiator main body having a front surface positioned to face a running direction, and a radiator grill having a mesh part which is positioned in front of the radiator main body to cover the radiator main body. The radiator grill is positioned behind a front wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and has a mud guard portion which fills in the mesh part in a region SWF onto which the front wheel is projected as viewed from the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mai Nishimura, Daichi Ito
  • Control apparatus of automatic transmission and automatic transmission of vehicle
    Patent number: 9581240
    Abstract: A control apparatus of an automatic transmission includes a first anomaly determination device and an energization interrupting device. The first anomaly determination device is configured to determine whether high-pressure anomaly has occurred in a first pressure regulating device. The high-pressure anomaly is to cause the first pressure regulating device to perform regulation to high pressure only. The energization interrupting device is configured to interrupt energization to a first switching device in a case where the first anomaly determination device determines that the high-pressure anomaly has occurred in the first pressure regulating device and in a state where a first switching valve is located at a first position connected to a first oil passage so as to supply hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic oil regulated by the first pressure regulating device to a second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Yamashita
  • Engine start controller for hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9580069
    Abstract: When driver's deceleration intention is detected during traveling by a motor generator with an engine being stopped, a clutch is engaged to start the engine, and thereafter disengaged. When an engine speed after engine start is lower than a reference rotational speed being an input shaft rotational speed produced by driving force reversely transmitted from drive wheels, the engine speed is increased to a target rotational speed lower than the reference rotational speed. When the engine speed reaches the target rotational speed, output from the engine is decreased and the clutch is reengaged. Thus, while engine stall when activating the engine brake, which is due to the engine speed too low after engine start, is avoided by increase in the engine speed, the clutch is reengaged earlier so as to activate the engine brake fully, generating deceleration feeling the driver expects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakanishi, Masato Shigenaga
  • Cooling structure for saddle-type vehicle
    Patent number: 9580142
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a saddle-type vehicle includes a main frame; an engine; an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a front portion of the engine; fuel tanks disposed laterally of the engine; and a skid plate covering front portions of the engine and the exhaust pipe. The skid plate includes openings defined in a central upper portion thereof for introducing ram air from a front of the vehicle toward the engine. The openings are covered with a mesh member. The skid plate has first bulging portions bulging forwardly on both sides of the openings. The fuel tanks include bulging tank portions disposed rearward of and along the first bulging portions and covering front portions of the engine. Ram air guided toward a central area in a vehicle widthwise direction by the first bulging portions passes through the mesh member and the openings to cool the exhaust pipe and the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Sasaki
  • Saccharifying enzyme composition and method for producing saccharified solution using the same
    Patent number: 9580735
    Abstract: A saccharifying enzyme composition, by which excellent saccharification performance can be attained even with a low usage thereof, as well as a method for producing a saccharified solution using the same are provided. The saccharifying enzyme composition subjects lignocellulose-based biomass as a substrate to a saccharification treatment. The saccharifying enzyme composition comprises an endoglucanase not containing a cellulose-binding domain, a cellobiohydrolase containing a cellulose-binding domain, and a ?-glucosidase containing a cellulose-binding domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maiko Fukuura, Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Migiwa Takeda, Takeshi Ara, Daisuke Shibata
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D780065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Haihua Wu, Sung Jun Bae
  • Internal-combustion engine
    Patent number: D780225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Misako Hashimoto
  • Headlight for a motorcycle
    Patent number: D780354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Futamata, Hirofumi Yaegashi