Patents Assigned to Honda Motors Co., Ltd.
  • Oil passage structure for hydraulic clutch of an engine
    Patent number: 8701849
    Abstract: A lubricating oil passage 113 includes an upstream oil passage 113a defined coaxially in a rotational shaft 71 for supplying lubricating oil to lubricated parts and a downstream oil passage 113b connected to the upstream oil passage 113a for supplying lubricating oil to canceler chambers 97, 107. The downstream oil passage 113b may be smaller in diameter than the upstream oil passage 113a and having at least a portion extending parallel to the axis of the rotational shaft 71. Control oil passages 111, 112 which have axes parallel to the axis of the rotational shaft 71 are defined in the rotational shaft 71 such that at least a portion of the control oil passages 111, 112 is disposed in a range wherein the downstream oil passage 113b is provided in a direction along the axis of the rotational shaft 71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujimoto, Kinya Mizuno, Yoshiaki Tsukada
  • Cargo cover for movable seat
    Patent number: 8702145
    Abstract: A cargo area assembly for a movable seat in an automotive vehicle includes a configurable panel covering at least a portion of a storage compartment located rearwardly of the seat. The configurable panel and a removable panel cooperate to cover the storage compartment, if desired, in a full forward and full rearward position of the seat. The configurable panel incorporates hinges to allow various positioning of panel portions and storage alternatives, and the removable panel is dimensioned for storage in the tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Cao, Ross L. Burghardt
  • Vehicle instrument panel structure
    Patent number: 8702144
    Abstract: There is provided a structure with which a lid can be easily removed from a vehicle instrument panel, and the lid hardly drops off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Kamioka, Nam Seok Kang
  • Method of controlling braking in a vehicle
    Patent number: 8706358
    Abstract: A braking control system includes sensors for detecting pressure applied to a brake pedal. The system can also include a pressure sensor capable of detecting the hydraulic pressure of the braking system. The system can also include a position sensor for detecting a position of the brake pedal. The pressure applied to the brake pedal is compared to either the hydraulic pressure or the pedal position. If the resulting measurements are not correlated properly, braking countermeasures are applied. Braking countermeasures can include engine braking, regenerative braking, hydraulic assist, and brake pad assist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David S. DeWitt
  • Multi-link, adjustable-stroke type engine
    Patent number: 8701623
    Abstract: A multi-link, adjustable-stroke type engine includes: a timing gear provided on and concentrically with a crankshaft; an eccentric gear provided on an eccentric shaft and meshing with the timing gear so that rotation of the timing gear is transmitted to the eccentric gear; a lubricating oil passage provided in a cylinder barrel for supplying lubricating oil to lower shaft end portions of the crankshaft and eccentric shaft; and an ejection section provided in the lubricating oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil toward a meshing engagement section between the timing gear and the eccentric gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Kono, Kotaro Sugi
  • Accelerator pedal device
    Patent number: 8706374
    Abstract: An accelerator pedal device provided with a driving control device. The driving control device generates a braking force for braking a vehicle when the operation quantity of an acceleration pedal is below a first threshold value, and generates a driving force for driving the vehicle when the operation quantity exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value. The driving control device does not generate either the driving force or the braking force, and allows the vehicle to drive inertially, when the operation quantity ranges from the first threshold value to the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takiguchi, Yoichi Sugimoto, Koichiro Takemasa, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Exhaust system for motorcycle
    Patent number: 8701823
    Abstract: A muffler of a motorcycle having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter d1 of a rectilinear portion of a branch pipe is disposed at a transverse portion of an exhaust pipe. Since the muffler is formed to be roughly elliptic in sectional shape, the outside diameter of the muffler is represented by a major diameter da as the length in the direction of a major axis and a major diameter db as the length in the direction of a minor axis. When the muffler is disposed between a swing arm and a seat to be along the transverse portion of the exhaust pipe, the muffler can be disposed on the more vehicle front side while securing the capacity thereof. Therefore, protrusion of the muffler toward the rear of the vehicle is suppressed, and the external appearance of a vehicle rear portion is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsushima, Yusuke Inoue, Shiro Yama, Seiichiro Eguchi, Yosuke Inoue
  • Battery cooling system and method
    Patent number: 8701811
    Abstract: A vehicle including a battery residing in a compartment having at least one vented wall. The vehicle further includes an at least partially hollow frame having an air inlet. A conduit extends between the frame and the battery box providing fluid communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James S. Robinson, Michael W. Maurer, Christopher D. Meeks, Jason A. Widmer
  • Structure for vehicle body front portion
    Patent number: 8702158
    Abstract: A structure for a vehicle body front portion, provided with a cross-member (24) which is provided to a dashboard lower panel (19) on the engine room (13) side thereof and is extended between left and right front side frames (16, 16). The cross-member (24) is divided into left and right cross-members (65, 66). A cup-shaped joint cover (22) is sandwiched between the left and right cross-members (65, 66).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kihara, Shuji Ichikawa, Daisuke Naoi
  • ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140103708
    Abstract: An electric power transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes: a radio receiver that is capable of receiving a radio wave of a predetermined frequency transmitted from outside of the vehicle, and that is capable of executing a search operation of searching for the radio wave by shifting reception frequency from a current reception frequency at a predetermined shift speed, and stopping shifting of the reception frequency when a radio wave is received at or above a predetermined receiving intensity; and an on-vehicle device that interrupts transmission of the electric power to a mobile device performed by an electric power transmitter while the radio receiver is executing the search operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kanahara, Motohisa Hirose, Takashi Azegami, Yuji Yokota
  • SEAT BELT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140103696
    Abstract: A control device controls driving of a motor such that a clutch of a power transmission mechanism is moved to a disconnecting position and thereby a belt reacher device is moved around in a forward direction of a vehicle by a return spring of the belt reacher device, if a change from an open state to a closed state of a door is detected by a door switch. The control device controls driving of the motor such that a webbing is winded and thereby the belt reacher device is moved around to a retracted position in a backward direction of the vehicle, if a determination is made that no occupant seated in a passenger seat is detected by an output of an OFF signal from a buckle switch of the passenger seat and a determination is made that start-up of the vehicle is detected by an output of an ON signal from an ignition switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shotaro Odate
  • FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE FUEL CELL SYSTEM DISCHARGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140106251
    Abstract: A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell, a collision prediction device, a discharge device, and a controller. The fuel cell includes a gas channel to which a reactant gas is to be supplied to generate electricity. The collision prediction device is configured to predict probability of collision of the vehicle. The discharge device is configured to discharge the electricity from the fuel cell. The controller is configured to control the discharge device to discharge the electricity from the fuel cell in a case where the collision prediction device predicts that the probability of collision of the vehicle is higher than a predetermined probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi OHTANI, Kazuyoshi MIYAJIMA, Akihiro SUZUKI
  • APPARATUS HAVING SCRAP-GUIDING REGIONS POSITIONED ON CUTTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140102273
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising a cutting assembly being configured to cut an object, and scrap-guiding regions being positioned on opposite sides of the cutting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: William Moore
  • Vehicular Engine Assembly Having Snorkel and Vehicle Including Same
    Publication number: 20140102818
    Abstract: A vehicular engine assembly includes an engine, a panel, and a snorkel. The panel is associated with the engine and includes a panel surface, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first and second side walls extend substantially upwardly from the panel surface and define a channel. The channel is configured to receive an elongated member. The snorkel includes an attachment tab having a leg member and a foot portion. The foot portion is adjacent to and overlies at least a portion of each of the first and second side walls. The foot portion cooperates with the first and second side walls to constrain the elongated member within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirukawa, Eric Douglas Moseley, Yoshiyuki Sato
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140107840
    Abstract: An apparatus executes movement control that causes a robot arm equipped with a camera to move up to an object, thereby enabling a manipulator to move to an object quickly, accurately, and stably as a control system. Specifically, when the object is not detected, the apparatus executes teaching playback control to cause a manipulator to move along a path up to a target position set in advance based on a position of the object. When the object is detected, the apparatus defines a position closer to the object than the target position as a new target position, sets a new path up to the new target position, executes teaching playback control to cause the manipulator to move along the new path until a switching condition for switching the movement control is fulfilled. When the switching condition is fulfilled, the apparatus executes visual servo control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Nakajima, Hideari Kamachi, Gentoku Fujii
  • WORKPIECE FEEDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140102861
    Abstract: In a workpiece feeding apparatus having a rotating shaft adapted to rotate to separate and individually feed a plate-like workpiece suspended side by side in an axial direction along a helical region formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and drop the plate-like workpiece from an edge thereof and a motor rotating the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft includes a first rod connected to the motor, and a second rod rotatably connected to the first rod and having a helical region formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second rod and a workpiece hanger at the edge to extend perpendicular to the axial direction and to be bent at a distal end, such that the second rod stops rotating when the workpiece is hung from the distal end of the workpiece hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA SUN CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshio Uchinashi
  • DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140106929
    Abstract: Provided are a drive system and a method for controlling the drive system which reduce a shock to a third shaft at the start of an internal combustion engine during EV driving. The drive system includes an engine, a first shaft connected to a crankshaft, a second shaft, a first clutch, a motor generator, a third shaft, a first transmission, a one-way clutch, and an ECU for controlling a gear ratio of the first transmission and the first clutch. The first transmission includes a rotating ring, a rocking portion, and a rotation radius variation mechanism. If an angular velocity of the rocking portion is higher than or equal to a rotational speed of the third shaft, the one-way clutch transmits a power in only one direction of the rocking portion to the third shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Iwadare, Satoshi Kodo
  • SWITCH IMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140103803
    Abstract: A switch image control system includes at least one first switch having a first image viewable when a backlighting is applied to the at least one first switch. The system also includes at least one second switch having a second image viewable when the backlighting is applied to the at least one second switch. The backlighting is independently applicable to either or both of the at least one first switch and the at least one second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rody Hardy, Natarajan S. Manakkal
  • ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140103149
    Abstract: An electrostatic painting apparatus includes a painting gun having at one end thereof a paint spray section, and a connection section detachably connectable to an external paint supply section for receiving a supply of paint from the supply section and supplying the received paint to a paint storage section that stores and supplies the supplied paint to the painting gun. The connection section is surrounded and protected by a peripheral wall, so that paint can pass by the other end of the painting gun without reaching the connection section. Consequently, the connection section can be prevented from being undesirably smeared with the paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Takebe, Naoki Kishimoto, Masaaki Shoji, Toshiyuki Kokubo, Takayuki Ueki
  • CATHODE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140103263
    Abstract: Provided is a cathode material capable of obtaining high energy density and superior instantaneous output characteristics in a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery (1), and includes FeF3 and LiV3O8 as a cathode active material. A mass ratio of FeF3 to LiV3O8 of the cathode material is in a range of 86:14 to 43:57. The cathode material further comprises a conductive auxiliary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Isogai, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kaoru Omichi