Patents Assigned to Honda Motor., Ltd.
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Patent number: 9639084Abstract: An autonomous action robot includes: a sound acquisition unit that acquires an acoustic signal; a sound source localization unit that estimates a direction of a sound source with respect to the acoustic signal; a distance measurement unit that performs measurements related to distance for a predetermined range; a map information generation unit that generates two-dimensional map information and that estimates a self-location of the autonomous action robot, using information of the distance; a sound source direction determination unit that re-estimates the direction of the sound source based on the two-dimensional map information, the estimated self-location information, and the estimated sound source direction; an action generation unit that generates an action plan based on the two-dimensional map information and the sound source direction estimated by the sound source direction determination unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous action robot according to the action plan.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakadai
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Publication number: 20120174575Abstract: A fluid pressure booster for a braking device includes a control piston on which an input brake operation acts in an advancing direction, and a reaction force based on fluid pressure of a booster fluid pressure generation chamber acts in a retracting direction. A pressure increasing valve is provided between a valve chamber communicating with a fluid pressure generation source and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. A pressure reducing valve is provided between a release chamber communicating with a reservoir and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. At least one contraction portion is formed between an outer periphery of a front portion of the pressing rod and an inner periphery of a front portion of a valve seat member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicants: HONDA MOTOR., LTD., NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Kouji Sakai, Kenji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110062748Abstract: Provide a door device of a small-sized vehicle that can secure space for occupants. An openable door 70 is provided to a side of a vehicle body to cover an opening and a convex portion 75 that gets on a footboard 62 when the door 70 is closed is provided to an inside lower part of the door 70.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR., LTD.Inventors: Kihoko Kaita, Masahiro Inoue, Yukinori Kawaguchi, Yoshiyuki Sato, Kazunori Kuroda
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Patent number: 7875401Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a heat exchanger, a reformer, and a casing containing the fuel cell stack, the heat exchanger, and the reformer. A chamber unit is formed at an end plate of the fuel cell stack. The air heated by the heat exchanger temporarily fills the chamber unit. The heat exchanger and the reformer are directly connected to the chamber unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor, Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Tsunoda, Hiroki Homma, Tetsuya Ogawa
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Patent number: 7845544Abstract: In a friction stir welding method for friction stirring and welding a material by using a rotating tool having a shoulder and a pin at a front portion of a shaft portion and ejecting a cooling agent from a cooling nozzle to the tool to be cooled thereby, the cooling agent is ejected to a middle portion in an axial direction of the tool to thereby prevent thermal expansion in an axial direction of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor., Ltd.Inventors: Haruo Machida, Tadashi Goto
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Patent number: 7784172Abstract: A forming machine for forming a loop winding having a plurality of meandering parts and disposed in a stator of a motor which includes: a first die unit having a plurality of first dies spaced from each other at regular intervals in a circumferential direction; and a second die unit having a plurality of second dies which are spaced from each other at the same intervals as the regular intervals in a circumferential direction and which are each disposed between adjacent ones of the first dies, wherein each of the second dies has a winding holding part for holding a loop winding; and the first die unit and the second die unit are each provided with a winding diameter reducing means for reducing the loop winding in the radial direction thereof according to a displacement of the first die unit in the axial direction relative to the loop winding held by the winding holding parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignees: Honda Motor., Ltd., Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Daijiro Takizawa, Hisashi Katoh, Tadanobu Takahashi, Sunao Morishita, Kei Oohori
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Publication number: 20090247358Abstract: A shift transmission control device of a vehicle includes a transmission, a clutch, a shift transmission controller, and a shift inhibition state detector. The shift transmission controller is configured to control the transmission and the clutch. The shift inhibition state detector is configured to detect based on a running state of the vehicle that a predetermined shift inhibition condition is satisfied. The transmission is capable of providing a preliminary change gear ratio while the predetermined change gear ratio at which the rotational drive force is transmitted to the drive wheel is maintained. The shift transmission controller is configured to control the transmission to inhibit a change of the predetermined change gear ratio at which the rotational drive force is transmitted to the drive wheel and to provide the preliminary change gear ratio in response to the running state of the vehicle when the shift inhibition condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kojima, Shigeru Tajima, Yoshiaki Tsukada
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Publication number: 20090110816Abstract: A powder coating apparatus is provided with: a coating booth, wherein a work to be coated is moved by a conveyer in the coating booth; and a coating gun that sprays powder coating material to the moving work. In the powder coating apparatus, the coating booth includes a movable wall on at least one of aside wall and a ceiling wall of the coating booth. The movable wall is configured to move in accordance with the work passing the coating booth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki YAMAGUCHI, Haruhisa Kaiju
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Publication number: 20090081072Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet is manufactured by preparing a slab having a thickness of 5 to 15 mm with a continuous casting machine by a continuous casting process using molten alloy containing following components: 0.40% to 0.65% of Mg, 0.50% to 0.75% of Si, 0.05% to 0.20% of Cr, and 0.10% to 0.40% of Fe, remainder being Al, the components being essential elements, and optionally up to 0.15% Cu, 0.10% Ti; winding the slab into a coil; hot-rolling or directly coiling up the slab; cold-rolling the slab into a sheet; subjecting the sheet to solution heat treatment with a continuous annealing furnace; and then pre-aging the sheet. The aluminum alloy sheet has the same composition as the molten alloy, has a grain size of 10 to 25 ?m, is superior in bake hardenability, bendability, and surface quality (orange peel), and can be manufactured with low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2005Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicants: NIPPON LIGHT METAL CO., LTD, HONDA MOTOR., LTD., NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Toshiya Anami, Ichiro Okamoto, Hitoshi Kazama, Kunihiro Yasunaga, Noboru Hayashi, Kevin Gatenby, Simon Barker, Edward Luce
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Publication number: 20080014806Abstract: An outboard motor S has a first drive shaft 31 directly interlocked with an engine E, a second drive shaft 32, an intermediate gear mechanism 33 interlocking the first drive shaft 31 and the second drive shaft 32, an output gear mechanism 50 driven by power transmitted thereto through the second drive shaft 32, a propeller shaft 17 driven for rotation by power transmitted thereto through the output gear mechanism 50, and a gear case 13 holding the output gear mechanism 50. The second drive shaft 32 extends downward beyond a vertical position corresponding to the lower end of the first drive shaft 31. The gear case 13 is provided with water intakes 98 through which a water pump 90 sucks water in a space between the first drive shaft 31 and the output gear mechanism 50 with respect to a vertical direction on the front side of the second drive shaft 32. The space for the water intakes 98 can be easily secured because the second drive shaft 32 is disposed on the rear side of the first drive shaft 31.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Ide, Mitsuaki Kubota, Masahiro Akiyama
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Publication number: 20060088752Abstract: A fuel cell stack has fuel cell units. Each of the fuel cell units includes first and second membrane electrode assemblies and first to third separators sandwiching the first and second membrane electrode assemblies. A positioning mechanism is used for positioning the first to third separators in alignment with each other. The positioning mechanism includes a first protruded portion and a second protruded portion. The first protruded portion protrudes from one surface of the second separator for positioning the first separator. The second protruded portion protrudes from the other surface of the second separator for positioning the third separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor, Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sakano, Masaru Oda, Ryugo Suzuki
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Patent number: D592575Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Ltd., Ltd.Inventors: Anthony M. Schroeder, Nicholas Renner, Asao Itaya, Jessica Vera, Hideaki Yamazumi, Hiroyuki Miyazaki