Patents Assigned to Honda
  • Grab handle assembly for use in a vehicle
    Patent number: 10071665
    Abstract: A grab handle assembly for use in a vehicle includes a bracket for mounting on a vehicle frame, a speaker assembly mounted on the bracket and a grab handle mounted on the bracket. The speaker assembly is located between the bracket and the grab handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christina M. Ibrahim, Johnny T. Nguyen, Rafael E. Velasco
  • Portable electric vehicle battery discharger with physically removable power discharge modules
    Patent number: 10075005
    Abstract: A battery discharge device using a plurality of power modules for varying a discharge capacity of the device, and its method of use. The device can be used to discharge high-voltage, high-energy density battery packs such as might be used in hybrid or electric vehicles. The device can discharge the energy of the battery pack at a relatively constant power rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert W. Fisher
  • Saddle-ride vehicle
    Patent number: 10071783
    Abstract: In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cylinder includes a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover that covers an upper portion of the cylinder head, a vehicle body frame includes a head cover adjoining portion that adjoins the cylinder head cover. At least a part of the cylinder head cover overlaps the head cover adjoining portion as viewed from a direction along a cylinder axis that is a center axis of the cylinder. The head cover adjoining portion extends rearward such that the cylinder head cover is exposed outside in a side view. The foregoing configuration seeks to affect the ease of mounting and dismounting a saddle-ride vehicle having a power unit with a cylinder arranged upward and the vehicle body frame for supporting the power unit by reducing the left-right width of a vehicle body frame while allowing a cylinder head cover to be attachable and detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamashita, Yuzuru Ishikawa, Toru Ukawa, Daisuke Umikawa
  • EJECTION NOZZLE MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180251100
    Abstract: An ejection nozzle member attached to a vehicle-mounted camera is formed from an elastic material, and includes a cover member mounted on an upper surface of a casing, the cover member having therein an air passage to which compressed air is supplied. A pair of seal members are formed in an air ejecting unit, from which the compressed air is ejected, on outer sides of the air passage in a widthwise direction. The seal members are formed in lip shapes, protruding downward and toward the center in the widthwise direction on a side of the air passage. When the ejection nozzle member is attached to the camera, distal ends of the seal members are placed in contact mutually on the side of the air passage, and are pressed toward the casing by the compressed air that flows in the air passage to thereby be placed in intimate contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Honda Access Corp., KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Mitsunari, Kazuki Hikawa, Takumi Yonezawa, Akinobu Kubota
  • FUEL CELL STACK AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF SAME
    Publication number: 20180254503
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack and a method of assembling a fuel cell stack includes compressing fuel cells along their stacking axis. A compression retention device made up of an enclosure may be used with one or more optional insertable shims to correct for any stack height variations. Significantly, the enclosure is formed to allow the stack to be loaded in compression by a press such that the cells that make up the stack are placed into and maintained in a substantially compressed state while the compression force is not imparted to the enclosure. By resolving any stack height variances while the cells of the stack are maintained in their substantially compressed state, assembly operations are simplified in that repeated compression and decompression of the stack is avoided while trying to ensure that the stack and enclosure are joined into their final assembly form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David A. Martinchek, Robert C Thompson, Masaaki Sakano, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF DRIVE SHAFT
    Publication number: 20180251186
    Abstract: In a support structure of a drive shaft in which a power transmission mechanism transmitting the power of a power source and a driving wheel are fixed to a drive shaft rotatably supported by a support portion provided in a vehicle, a female screw portion is formed in the inner peripheral surface of a hollow portion formed at an end portion of the drive shaft. The power transmission mechanism is fixed to the drive shaft by fastening a bolt screwed with the female screw portion. A step portion is provided between a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft. The position in the axial direction of the power transmission mechanism fixed to the small-diameter portion side is regulated by the step portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi TSUDA
  • GEAR SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE, A VEHICLE USING THE SAME, AND GEAR SHIFT CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20180252312
    Abstract: A gear shift mechanism controlled by a gear shift control device includes a plurality of engagement mechanisms and engages three engagement mechanisms to establish any one of a plurality of shift stages. The gear shift control device is adapted to change speed to a desired shift stage set by a manual operation. If a gear shift to the desired shift stage involves the skipping of one or more shift stages and the switching of two or more engagement mechanisms among the plurality of engagement mechanisms that are currently engaged, then the gear shift control device performs the gear shift to the desired shift stage such that the engagement mechanisms to be switched via a shift stage or stages to be skipped are switched one by one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Sasahara, Shintaro Kameda, Christopher Hopp
  • FRONTAL AIRBAG SYSTEMS FOR OBLIQUE IMPACT
    Publication number: 20180251093
    Abstract: An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted at a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes an airbag comprising a center cushion and a pair of side cushions each coupled to the center cushion on opposing sides of the center cushion. The side cushions can each have a triangular shape with an apex extending rearward further than at least a portion of an occupant-facing surface of the center cushion. The side cushions can be oriented with respect to each other at opposing angles relative to the center cushion such that an overall geometrical shape of the airbag is wider at a forward reaction base area of the airbag than at a rearward occupant-receiving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Autoliv ASP, Inc., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Larry D. Rose, Eric M. Heitkamp
  • IMPREGNATION TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING IMPREGNATION PROPERTY USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180250894
    Abstract: An impregnation test apparatus includes: (1) a main body portion including a stage part having a recessed part in which an object to be impregnated is mounted, a bottom part of the recessed part provided with a plurality of through holes, an upper lid part mounted on the stage part, the upper lid part provided with a plurality of through holes in a parallel direction to the through holes, and a hollow part formed therein by mounting the upper lid part on the stage part, (2) an impregnation liquid supply portion connected to the main body portion and supplying the impregnation liquid to the hollow part of the main body portion through the through hole formed in the stage part, and (3) a fixing mechanism fixing the object to be impregnated mounted on the stage part into the hollow part by mounting the upper lid part on the stage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Toho Chemical Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KIMURA
  • Busbar terminal, busbar terminal connection structure, and busbar terminal connection method
    Patent number: 10069261
    Abstract: A busbar terminal includes a fastening portion, a crimping portion, and a torsion portion. The fastening portion is electrically connected to a terminal base. The crimping portion is electrically connected to a conducting wire. The torsion portion electrically connects the fastening portion and the crimping portion. The torsion portion includes a twisted part between the fastening portion and the crimping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu Sakurada
  • Welding method and welding device
    Patent number: 10065262
    Abstract: A resistance welding device is provided with a lower tip and an upper tip that serve as welding tips, and pressing rods that serve as pressing members. The upper tip and the pressing rods press a stacked body, which is to be welded, from the metallic plate side, which is the outermost member of the stacked body. The lower tip presses the stacked body from the lowermost metallic plate side. In this state, and electric current is conducted from the upper tip to the lower tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Goto, Shinichi Miyasaka, Tatsuro Ikeda, Yushi Aoki, Mitsutaka Igaue
  • Vehicle assembly
    Patent number: 10065694
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a steel vehicle body with a vehicle body component defined by a pair of body members. The vehicle body component defines a body adhesive bonding zone. Front and rear roof rails span laterally between the body members. An aluminum vehicle roof component includes a roof panel having a peripheral flange structure which defines a roof adhesive bonding zone corresponding to the body adhesive bonding zone. Forward and rear support brackets extend laterally across the roof panel, a portion of each support bracket is located on the flange structure inwardly of the roof adhesive bonding zone. The support brackets are configured to provide a vertical spacing between the flange structure and the vehicle body. The vehicle roof component is bonded to the vehicle body via an adhesive applied to the body and roof adhesive bonding zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam J. Rompage, Edward W. Bach, Kevin D. Helton, Masahiro Ishikawa
  • Control system and control method for driving device, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10065527
    Abstract: In a control system and control method for a driving device, opposite distribution control is performed (e.g., steps 1, 4 to 7), whereby a left driving force and a right driving force are controlled such that a yaw moment in a direction opposite to a turning direction of the vehicle acts on the vehicle, whereby a left-right driving force difference is generated which is a difference between the left driving force and the right driving force. During performance of the opposite distribution control, when deceleration of the vehicle is obtained, limit control is performed (e.g., step 8), whereby the left driving force and the right driving force are controlled such that a change in the left-right driving force difference becomes smaller than a change in a left-right driving force sum, which is the sum of the left driving force and the right driving force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Honda
  • Transmission apparatus and power unit for a vehicle, and vehicle including same
    Patent number: 10066744
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes a shift spindle having a clutch actuator, and also includes a shift actuator adapted to operate a shift drum. The apparatus also includes a motor for rotating the shift spindle, and a controller for controlling the motor. In use, the clutch actuator is rotated prior to the shift actuator when the shift spindle is rotated to a shift-down side. The controller rotates the shift spindle to a shift-up side and stores, as a standard duty, a driving duty of the motor at the time when a rotary angle of the shift drum reaches a drum angle threshold. Then, the controller rotates the shift spindle to a shift-down side, and learns a rotary angle of the shift spindle at the time when the standard duty is generated, as a touch point at which the clutch is initially partially engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Ono, Jun Adachi
  • Automatic operation vehicle
    Patent number: 10067511
    Abstract: An automatic operation vehicle that automatically performs an operation in an operation area is provided. A survey unit acquires the position information of the marker using a first angle between the moving direction and a direction to the marker from a first point through which the vehicle passes during the movement in a constant moving direction, a second angle between the moving direction and a direction to the marker from a second different point through which the vehicle passes during the movement in the moving direction, and a distance between the first point and the second point. The survey unit determines the first point and/or the second point during the movement of the vehicle in the moving direction such that the angle difference between the first angle and the second angle becomes close to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shiromizu, Tsutomu Mizoroke, Makoto Yamanaka, Yoshihisa Hirose, Minami Kigami, Kensei Yamashita
  • Console apparatus for automobile
    Patent number: 10066425
    Abstract: A console apparatus for an automobile includes: a console main body (11), disposed between a left seat and a right seat of the automobile; arm rests (15a, 15b), supported at the console main body (11) in a manner of being capable of sliding in the front-rear direction of the automobile; a locking unit, locking the forward slide of the arm rests (15a, 15b) when the arm rests (15a, 15b) are located at a moving rear end position (P2); an unlocking unit, unlocking the arm rests (15a, 15b) locked by the locking unit at the moving rear end position (P2) according to an unlocking operation; and a force applying unit, applying a forward force to the arm rests (15a, 15b) when the arm rests (15a, 15b) are located at the moving rear end position (P2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saikawa, Takaaki Sakaguchi
  • System and method for applying vehicle settings to a vehicle
    Patent number: 10065657
    Abstract: A method and system for applying vehicle settings to a vehicle is provided. The method and system include determining if a portable device is connected to the vehicle. The method and system also include identifying a first settings profile that is linked to the portable device upon determining that an auto-link functionality is enabled on the vehicle. The method and system further include determining if a user input is received to link a second settings profile to the portable device and identifying the second settings profile that is linked to the portable device. The method and system also include applying a settings profile to control a vehicle system during a current drive cycle of the vehicle, wherein the settings profile applied to control a vehicle system includes the first settings profile or the second settings profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Porembski, Daniel Galano
  • Front cowl for a motorcycle
    Patent number: D827505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tsukui, Takashi Watanabe
  • Wheel for an automobile
    Patent number: D827545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Morikawa
  • Wheel for an automobile
    Patent number: D828268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakamura