Patents Assigned to Honda
  • ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140124278
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a first power drive device, a second power drive device, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, a baffle member, a first air guide passage, and a second air guide passage. The baffle member closes a space defined between the first power drive device and the second power drive device at a first end and a second end of the space. The first air guide passage houses the first heat sink. The first air guide passage is provided between a first partition wall and the first power drive device. The second air guide passage houses the second heat sink. The second air guide passage is provided between the first partition wall and the second power drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki TAKAMURA, Koji AOKI
  • TORQUE CONVERTER STATOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140123637
    Abstract: Among first and second stators of a torque converter supported on a fixed part by a one-way clutch corresponding to the stators, the number of second stator blades of the second stator on the downstream side in the direction of flow of oil is larger than the number of first blades of the first stator on the upstream side, and the maximum value t2 for blade thickness of the second stator blade is smaller than the minimum value t1 for blade thickness of the first stator blade. Therefore, it is possible to ensure that there is a sufficient gap (?) between a trailing edge of the first stator blade and a leading edge of the second stator blade, thus preventing the flow of oil from being stopped by the gap (?), and it is possible to align effectively the flow of oil by means of the second stator blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: YUTAKA GIKEN CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Okaji, Hiroya Abe, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomohiko Usui, Akira Kitajima, Tomohiko Tsuchiya
  • FUEL SEPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140124419
    Abstract: A fuel separation device includes a raw fuel tank, a separator, a first density sensor, and a state determination element. The raw fuel tank is to store raw fuel. The separator is to separate the raw fuel supplied from the raw fuel tank into high-octane fuel and low-octane fuel. The high-octane fuel contains a high-octane component by a larger amount than an amount of a high-octane component in the raw fuel. The low-octane fuel contains a high-octane component by a smaller amount than the amount of the high-octane component in the raw fuel. The first density sensor is configured to output a signal corresponding to a density of the high-octane component contained in the low-octane fuel. The state determination element is configured to determine a state of the separator in accordance with the density indicated by the signal output from the first density sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Daiko TSUTSUMI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
  • VEHICULAR DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140125876
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes an information display portion disposed on a housing provided forwardly of a driver's seat. The information display portion has a display screen disposed in opposed relationship to the driver's seat. The display device further includes a holder unit disposed rearwardly of the housing in opposed relationship with the information display portion, and a mobile terminal detachably retained between the holder unit and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Nakayama, Yoshimitsu Ishida, Koji Aoki
  • ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND STRUCTURE TO MOUNT ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE TO VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140127548
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes at least first to third storage modules and storage-module busbars. The at least first to third storage modules each include a plurality of storage cells. The at least first to third storage modules are arranged next to each other. Storage-module terminals of the at least first to third storage modules are adjacent to each other. The storage-module terminals of the at least first to third storage modules are electrically connected to each other with the storage-module busbars. The storage-module busbars includes a long storage-module busbar and a short storage-module busbar. The long storage-module busbar is provided at a first side of the at least first to third storage modules. The short storage-module busbar is provided at a second side of the at least first to third storage modules. The long storage-module busbar is longer than the short storage-module busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki ISHIBASHI, Kanae OHKUMA, Makoto WADA, Tomomi KURITA, Tetsuya SUGIZAKI
  • VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140125794
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting objects in an environment of a vehicle. The method and system includes calculating an index value indicating a level of received near infrared light based on a difference between gradient values of color pixels and clear pixels in an original image and generating a color image by allocating corrected color gradient values allocated to each clear pixel and color pixel in the original image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TADAHIKO KANOU, MASAHIKO ADACHI
  • METHOD OF ESTIMATING MAGNET TEMPERATURE FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINERY
    Publication number: 20140126607
    Abstract: A magnet temperature calculator estimates a magnet temperature of a rotary electric machine using at least parameters related to a transmission that is coupled to the rotary electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoyoshi Oya, Yuta Ito
  • VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140125472
    Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft device (60) is configured from: a box-like case body (132) having on the bottom (161) a hole (173) through which air comes in and goes out; a movement display member (170) of which the center is arranged along the perpendicular line extending from the center of the hole (173), and which is secured to the ceiling (162) of the case body by means of a tool (176) inserted from the hole (173) and transmits the movement, state to the outside of the case body (132); and a substrate (67) which is built into the case body (132) and on which electronic components for actuating the movement display member (170) are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: KOSTAL ELECTROMECANICA LTDA., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Naoyuki Yamate, Yoshiaki Hirakata, Hitoshi Tsusaka, Wayne Alves
  • VEHICULAR WHEEL
    Publication number: 20140125114
    Abstract: A vehicular wheel is formed by casting and includes a hub; a rim; and a plurality of spokes which extend toward the rim in the radial direction from the hub and are arranged in the circumferential direction. The wheel further includes connecting portions on an inner peripheral surface of the rim respectively connecting the plurality of spokes to the rim. Weight-mounting surfaces are formed at the center of the inner peripheral surface of the rim in the widthwise direction and arranged between respective connecting portions. The weight-mounting surfaces are formed so as to be substantially parallel to a rotational center line of the wheel. A molding seam which is formed at an interface between split faces of a wheel mold is arranged at a position spaced away from the weight-mounting surface in the widthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita MIKURA, Hidetoshi TOYODA
  • MOBILE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140129087
    Abstract: In a mobile vehicle 1 having a vehicle body 2, a front wheel 3f, and a rear wheel 3r, the steering control wheel 3f can be steered by a steering actuator 8 about a steering axis Csf which is tilted backward. The steering actuator 8 is controlled by a control device 15. The height a, from a ground surface 110, of the intersection point Ef of the steering axis Csf of the steering control wheel 3f and a virtual straight line connecting the ground contact point of the steering control wheel 3f and the center of axle of the steering control wheel 3f in a basic posture state of the mobile vehicle 1 is set to satisfy a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Kazushi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Yoichi Nishimura, Taihei Setoguchi, Naoyuki Saito, Kenji Muto, Keisuke Koitabashi, Shunichi Nakabayashi
  • COOLING STRUCTURE FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140125162
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotating electric machine includes a stator, a plurality of refrigerant supply ports, and a refrigerant supply passage. The stator includes a stator core, an insulating member, and a plurality of coils. Each of the plurality of coils includes a corner portion having an arc shape when viewed in a radial direction. The plurality of refrigerant supply ports are arranged at a distance from the plurality of coils in a rotational axis direction. Each of the plurality of refrigerant supply ports is arranged at a position opposite to the corner portion located at a vertically upper side, on both sides of an imaginary vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro TSUCHIE
  • SLIDING PARKING SWITCH
    Publication number: 20140123803
    Abstract: A sliding parking switch assembly and method for a vehicle includes a transmission operating mode selector for an automatic transmission moveable between a park position and a drive position and a parking switch slidably moveable between a parking brake engaged position and a parking brake disengaged position. The parking switch blocks movement of the transmission operating mode selector from the park position to the drive position when the parking switch is in the parking brake engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hajime Yamada
  • METHOD OF ESTIMATING MAGNET TEMPERATURE FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINERY
    Publication number: 20140126606
    Abstract: In a magnet temperature estimating method, in the event that a rotor of a rotary electric machine is cooled by a cooling oil, a magnet temperature calculator estimates the magnet temperature of magnets provided on the rotor, based on losses of the rotary electric machine including a loss of the rotor and the temperature of the cooling oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Ito, Satoyoshi Oya
  • SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20140125373
    Abstract: A semiconductor inspection device (1) equipped with a contacting unit (7) having a contacting side surface (7a) electrically contacting a semiconductor element (3), and which inspects the semiconductor element (3) by making the contacting unit (7) electrically contact the semiconductor element (3). The contacting side surface (7a) is provided with a plurality of projecting units (13), and the semiconductor element inspection device (1) is equipped with a hitting mark detecting unit (11) configured to detect hitting marks of the projecting unit (13) transferred to the semiconductor element (3) when the contacting side surface (7a) contacts the semiconductor element (3), and a control unit (17) configured to determine whether or not an inspection of the semiconductor element (3) is performed appropriately, on the basis of the hitting marks detected by the hitting mark detecting unit (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Shinyu Hirayama, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Yoko Yamaji
  • OUTER HANDLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR
    Publication number: 20140123716
    Abstract: An outer handle device is provided in which a cylinder lock placed adjacent to an opposite end portion of an outer handle and operatively connected with a latch mechanism is attached to an outer panel, the outer handle having one end portion pivotally supported by the panel. The device includes a base member sandwiched between an outer surface of the panel and the cylinder lock and a bracket which sandwiches the panel between the bracket and the base member, and is fastened to the cylinder lock. In a temporarily mounted state where the base member and the bracket are held by the panel by engagement of the bracket with the base member, the cylinder lock can be inserted from the outer side of the panel into the base member and the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA LOCK
    Inventors: Akinori HIDAKA, Isao TODAKA
  • VEHICULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140125583
    Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part and adapted to be disposed in a predetermined position in a vehicle. The mobile display part is configured to display contents such that at least one of a display size and a display position of each of the contents is changed in accordance with positions of eyes of a driver sitting on a driver's seat in the vehicle with respect to a reference position in the vehicle. Preferably, the mobile device has an imaging unit for picking up an image and recognizes the positions of the driver's eyes and the reference position from the image picked up by the imaging unit. The vehicular display system may further include a vehicle on-board unit fixedly mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Aoki, Yoshimitsu Ishida, Masaru Nakayama
  • FUEL-PIPING ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140123951
    Abstract: A fuel-piping attachment structure includes a fuel piping, at least one fastening portion, and a protective member. The at least one fastening portion is to be joined to an internal combustion engine main body to support the fuel piping with respect to the internal combustion engine main body. The protective member includes at least one base portion to be joined to the internal combustion engine main body. All of the at least one fastening portion are disposed on a first side in a Z direction with respect to the axis of the fuel piping. All of the at least one base portion are disposed on a second side in the Z direction with respect to the axis of the fuel piping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio IMAKITA, Fumio KANEDA, Hiroyuki KOJIMA
  • ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140124277
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes a driver's seat, a left rear seat, a right rear seat, a center console, a first battery group, and a second battery group. The left rear seat and the right rear seat are provided side by side in a rear of the driver's seat. The center console is arranged between the left rear seat and the right rear seat and extends backwardly from the driver's seat. The first battery group includes batteries arranged under the driver's seat. The second battery group includes batteries arranged under the center console and under the left rear seat and the right rear seat in the rear of the driver's seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinori KURAKAWA, Koji AOKI, Seiji KATO, Masaru NAKAYAMA
  • BALANCER DEVICE FOR PARALLEL TWIN CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140123928
    Abstract: A device is provided for reducing first cylinder vibratory force F1 and second cylinder vibratory force F2 which are generated when a crankshaft is rotated, in a parallel twin cylinder internal combustion engine in which a crankshaft is provided with a first crankpin and a second crankpin at a predetermined phase angle and a cylinder block is formed with a first cylinder and a second cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro IIDA, Hiroto TAKEICHI
  • VEHICULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140128049
    Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part, and a vehicle on-board unit which is previously fixed in the vehicle. An application of the mobile device is booted up by a boot-up signal produced by setting the mobile device in the vehicle. Preferably, the application receives vehicle information (e.g., a vehicle speed) collected in the vehicle from the vehicle on-board unit, and displays the vehicle information on the mobile display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Aoki, Yoshimitsu Ishida, Masaru Nakayama