Patents Assigned to Honda Motor Co.
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Patent number: 11981344Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determining part configured to determine a target relative position with respect to other vehicle, which is traveling in a movement destination lane that is a merging destination or a lane change destination of a host vehicle, for entering the movement destination lane based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and a notification controller configured to output a notification sound, which differs between a case in which acceleration is required for the host vehicle and a case in which deceleration is required for the host vehicle, from a speaker in order to perform an alignment with respect to the target relative position determined by the determining part in an advancing direction of the host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Yasui
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Patent number: 11981384Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a gearbox having a clutch operated by actuation of a slave cylinder, a hydraulic actuator having a master cylinder configured to generate a hydraulic pressure in a working fluid, a hydraulic valve unit configured to control transmission of the hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder to the slave cylinder, a master-side connecting pipeline, and a slave-side connecting pipeline, wherein the hydraulic valve unit Is disposed at a position closer to the slave cylinder than the hydraulic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisuke Kajihara, Akira Tokito, Junya Ono
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Patent number: 11981271Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle body soundproof structure Sp that is configured to block noise from outside a vehicle, and comprises a window panel 24 fixed in a window frame 22 located on a side portion of a vehicle body 10, an interior material 50 provided at a vehicle interior side of the window frame 22 and having an upper end portion 52 extending diagonally upward in a direction toward the window panel 24, and a soundproof member 60 fixed to the upper end portion 52 of the interior material 50. The soundproof member 60 is provided in contact in a compressed state with an inner surface of the window panel 24 so as to fill a gap G formed between the upper end portion 52 of the interior material 50 and the window panel 24.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshio Kitagawa
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Patent number: 11981186Abstract: A method and system for a responsive climate control interface are disclosed. The climate control interface includes an interactive element further comprised of a climate settings map and a climate setting selector. The climate setting selector can be moved to different locations on the climate settings map in order to select a climate setting with a particular temperature and fan speed. The appearance of both the climate settings map and the climate setting selector can be changed as the climate change selector is moved in order to visually indicate temperature and fan speed settings. The system also includes a haptic feedback module that can convert climate settings into haptic feedback levels.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Tarchala, Hanna Gee, Megan Colleen Sundquist
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Patent number: 11981195Abstract: Embodiments of a surface heat exchanger for a vehicle are described. In one embodiment, a surface heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins on a first outer surface The surface heat exchanger is mounted within an interior of a duct of a vehicle. An inlet of the duct is located on a side of the vehicle forward of a rear axle of the vehicle and an outlet of the duct is located rearward of the inlet. The plurality of fins of the surface heat exchanger are exposed to the interior of the duct. The plurality of fins are configured to transfer heat to airflows interacting with the plurality of fins as the airflows pass through the duct.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pirooz Moradnia, Matthew L. Metka, Pratap Thamanna Rao, Daniel A. Favela Tentori, Brian R. Reynolds, David W. Halt
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Patent number: 11981225Abstract: This display device comprises a display provided in a moving body, a range calculation unit for calculating reachable range that the moving body can reach on the basis of the amount of remaining energy that the moving body has, and a display control unit for displaying the moving body, a prescribed facility (charging station), and the reachable range on a screen of the display such that the same are superimposed on a map and displaying the prescribed facility so as to be fixed at a prescribed position on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tasuku Saka, Masayuki Morita, Tomohisa Manabe, Nobuya Nishimura
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Patent number: 11981323Abstract: A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of a plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) included in the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and, when at least one of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) determines which of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is to be actuated according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa Nose, Tsutomu Tamashima, Kiyotaka Sakai, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Yuta Kanbe
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Patent number: 11981325Abstract: A control device includes: a retry determination unit configured to determine whether to execute retry control based on a current position of a moving object and a target position when the moving object is moved to the target position by automatic steering; and a notification control unit configured to transmit a retry notification, including information indicating that the retry control is to be executed based on a determination result of the retry determination unit, to a terminal device. The notification control unit transmits the retry notification to the terminal device when the retry control, executed after at least a part of the moving object reaches the target position, is determined, and the notification control unit does not transmit the retry notification to the terminal device when the retry control, executed before at least a part of the moving object reaches the target position, is determined.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuro Fujiwara, Akiko Sato, Junpei Noguchi, Gaku Shimamoto, Takeshi Sasajima, Hiroki Takaku, Masafumi Sagara
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Patent number: 11984681Abstract: The present invention relates to a male connector and to an accommodating device. The male connector comprises a plurality of male terminals and a support base. The plurality of male terminals are connected to a plurality of female terminals. The support base holds the plurality of male terminals with spacing therebetween in a line-up direction. The plurality of male terminals protrude upwards from an upper surface of the support base. An incline section is formed on the upper surface of the support base, said incline section having a height difference in an intersecting direction that intersects a plane including the protrusion direction and the line-up direction of the plurality of male terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuo Shigemizu
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Patent number: 11981996Abstract: A method of making an atomic layer nanoribbon that includes forming a double atomic layer ribbon having a first monolayer and a second monolayer on a surface of the first monolayer, wherein the first monolayer and the second monolayer each contains a transition metal dichalcogenide material, oxidizing at least a portion of the first monolayer to provide an oxidized portion, and removing the oxidized portion to provide an atomic layer nanoribbon of the transition metal dichalcogenide material. Also provided are double atomic layer ribbons, double atomic layer nanoribbons, and single atomic layer nanoribbons prepared according to the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Xufan Li
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Patent number: 11984111Abstract: A vehicle includes options including function selection buttons and selection buttons respectively associated with operations of a plurality of functions mounted on the vehicle, and a sound controller is capable of changing a sound output from a speaker array to a sound that arrives from a target virtual sound source set at a predetermined position, and changes the position of the target virtual sound source for each of the options.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Kohei Noguchi
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Patent number: 11984626Abstract: A control apparatus controls an electric power supply apparatus configured to supply electric power to a working machine. The electric power supply apparatus is provided with a fuel cell. The control apparatus is provided with a restriction request acquisition unit configured to acquire a restriction request for requesting restriction of the supply of the electric power via a communication network, and a restriction unit configured to restrict the supply of the electric power in a case where the restriction request acquisition unit acquires the restriction request. The control apparatus may be provided with an end detection unit configured to detect end of use of the working machine. The restriction unit may decide to start the restriction in a case where, after the restriction request acquisition unit acquires the restriction request, the end detection unit detects the end of the use of the working machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takamasa Mori, Nobutaka Nakajima
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Patent number: 11984769Abstract: A rotary electric machine system of a combined power system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotary electric machine housing in which the rotary electric machine is accommodated, and a rotation parameter detector that detects a rotation parameter of a rotating shaft constituting the rotary electric machine. The rotating shaft includes a first end part and a second end part, a first bearing is provided between the first end part and the housing, and a second bearing is provided between the second end part and the housing. The first end part includes a protruding distal end that passes through the first bearing and protrudes to an exterior of the housing. The rotation parameter detector is disposed on the protruding distal end.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
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Patent number: 11981255Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control a self-vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising: a first detection unit configured to detect a direction change of an oncoming vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect another vehicle on a diagonally rear side of the self-vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a notification unit on the basis of detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit, wherein the control unit controls the notification unit to notify the other vehicle of the direction change of the oncoming vehicle in a case where the direction change of the oncoming vehicle has been detected and the other vehicle has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tsuyoshi Nojiri
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Patent number: 11982321Abstract: A multiple-disc friction clutch includes clutch centers, which are first and second clutch centers. The first clutch center is axially supported by an output rotation shaft in a relatively non-rotatable manner. The second clutch center is supported by the first clutch center in a relatively rotatable manner. Elastic members are interposed between the first and the second clutch centers and are compressed and deformed by relative rotation of the first and the second clutch centers so as to transmit power. The second clutch center has a side wall that faces a pressure plate and has an opening part that penetrates in an axial direction, at a position facing the elastic member of the side wall. A push rod is inserted and fitted in the opening part and is moved in the axial direction by compression deformation of the elastic member so as to press the pressure plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoya Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11983936Abstract: A data collection device of an embodiment includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program to acquire an image obtained by capturing surroundings of a first vehicle, determine whether the first vehicle has performed a lane change during a determination period based on information indicating a traveling history of the first vehicle, and collect the image included in the determination period as training data for a determination model that determines whether there is an obstacle in a road in a case where it is determined that the first vehicle has not performed a lane change.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Konishi
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Patent number: 11984568Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery sets in which first unit cells and second unit cells are adjacent to each other. In the first unit cell, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are oriented and extend in a first direction from a first end portion of a first main body. In the second unit cell, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are oriented and extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a first end portion of a second main body. Then, in the battery set, at least a part of the first main body and the second main body overlap and are in contact with each other. Further, a heat conductive material that conducts heat from the first unit cell or the second unit cell is in contact with the battery set.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenro Udono, Tomoyo Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11981389Abstract: A compactable vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a body, a steering assembly coupled to the body, and a seating assembly coupled to the body. The steering assembly includes a wheel assembly, an elongated structure retractably coupled to the body, and a handlebar. The elongated structure includes a first end, a second end coupled to the wheel assembly, and a slot that extends between the first end and the second end. The handlebar is pivotally disposed in the slot. The seating assembly includes a support member retractably coupled to the body and a seat pivotally coupled to the support member.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael Jin Kim, Jackie P Porchay
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Vehicle display control device, control method of vehicle display control device, and storage medium
Patent number: 11981206Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to estimating curvature of a road on which a host vehicle will travel based on at least an output of a detection device that detects a target object present in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, causing a display device to display a surrounding situation display image including a host vehicle icon representing the host vehicle and an image of a road marking whose shape is determined based on the curvature, and decreasing reference curvature of the image of the road marking included in the surrounding situation display image if a prescribed condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Sakai, Satoko Yokochi -
Patent number: 11981234Abstract: Systems and mechanisms for facilitating concurrent positional adjustments of a seat with one or more steering controllers along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, are disclosed. The embodiments provide a mechanism by which operators of a wide range of body types may comfortably occupy and use vehicles configured with lap bar controls, such as zero-turn radius mowers. In one example, the seat and steering controllers are both mounted on a support structure that is configured to be movable relative to a chassis of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Teegan L. Aldridge, Vincent A. Prinzo