Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20240195266
    Abstract: A rotor may include: a rotor shaft; a rotor core attached to the rotor shaft and comprising a plurality of magnet slots and magnets, wherein at least one magnet of the magnets has an elongated cross-sectional shape and is fixed by being pressed against a part of an inner surface defining a corresponding one of the magnet slots of the rotor core. The rotor is configured so that coolant flowing through the rotor shaft reaches a surface of a long side of the at least one magnet that is exposed inward in a radial direction of the rotor core in the corresponding magnet slot and moves along an axial direction of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta TABUCHI, Hiroki Kato, Hideaki Miyazono, Kiichi Yokoyama, Hironori Asaoka, Fumiaki Yamato
  • Publication number: 20240195598
    Abstract: The vehicle control system includes an abnormality diagnosis unit for determining whether a synchronization abnormality between a master ECU and a slave ECU has occurred. The abnormality diagnosis unit transmits and receives a signal between the master ECU and the slave ECU and acquires time information. The slave ECU calculates a delay time of transmission based on the acquired time information. Then, the abnormality diagnosis unit first determines whether or not there is a periodic shift. When determining that there is no periodic deviation, the abnormality diagnosis unit determines whether or not there is an offset deviation based on the difference obtained by subtracting the delay time from the second time and the first time. The abnormality diagnosis unit determines that a synchronization abnormality has occurred when it is determined that there is a periodic deviation or when it is determined that there is the offset deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OTA, Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Kenichiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240196293
    Abstract: A method of handover signaling for quality of experience (QoE) measurement includes transmitting, by a first base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), one or more messages that include first configuration parameters for QoE measurement and reporting, and second configuration parameters for radio conditions measurement and reporting, receiving, by the first BS from the UE one or more QoE measurement reports based on the first configuration parameters, and one or more radio conditions measurement reports based on the second configuration parameters; receiving, by the first BS from a second BS, an application protocol message with one or more information elements (IEs) associated with QoE support at the second BS; and determining, by the first BS, to handover the UE from the first BS to the second BS, based on: the QoE measurement reports, the radio conditions measurement reports and the values of the one or more IEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Alireza BABAEI
  • Publication number: 20240195240
    Abstract: The rotor includes (a) a cylindrical outer peripheral annular portion centered on the axis, an inner peripheral cylindrical portion provided on the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral annular portion, and a plurality of connecting portions connecting the outer peripheral annular portion and the inner peripheral cylindrical portion, (b) the outer peripheral annular portion, a plurality of teeth protruding on the inner peripheral side at predetermined angular intervals centered on the axis C is provided, (c) between the plurality of teeth, N poles and S poles in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral annular portion are arranged so as to alternately face each other, respectively, (d) the connecting portion, a tooth portion sandwiched either between the N poles or between the S poles of the permanent magnets in the circumferential direction, the inner peripheral cylindrical portion is provided only between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HATTORI, Kenta INUZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240188848
    Abstract: The learning system includes a data generation unit configured to generate learning data based on rehabilitation data and a learning unit configured to perform machine learning using the learning data. A sensor is provided to detect a plurality of motion amounts in a walking motion of a trainee, and it is evaluated that, when one of the motion amounts matches one of abnormal walking criteria, that the walking motion is an abnormal walking pattern that meets the matched abnormal walking criterion. The data generation unit generates each of the pieces of rehabilitation data before and after a change in the results of evaluation of the abnormal walking pattern as learning data. The learning unit sequentially inputs each of the pieces of rehabilitation data as one data set, thereby performing machine learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa OTSUKI, Issei NAKASHIMA, Manabu YAMAMOTO, Hodaka KITO
  • Publication number: 20240191745
    Abstract: At a position of a depth of the first predetermined value from the surface of the gear portion, a surface treatment that satisfies a range of a required hardness defined in advance of the gear portion is performed. A surface treatment is performed at a depth of a second predetermined value from a surface of a bearing portion, the surface treatment satisfying a required hardness in a range prescribed in advance for the bearing portion. Since the second predetermined value is deeper than the first predetermined value, the hardness distribution is made different between the gear portion and the bearing portion. The required hardness in the gear portion and the required hardness in the bearing portion are respectively satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichiro YASUI, Masayuki ISHIBASHI, Yoshihiko UKAI
  • Publication number: 20240195248
    Abstract: A motor may include: a stator with a coil; and a rotor radially inside the stator, wherein the rotor includes a rotor shaft, a core supported rotatably with the shaft, and a first end plate attached to a first end of the core, the core including a magnet held in the core, a magnet slot that holds a magnet, and a coolant path extending along an axial direction of the core, the coolant path disposed between a radially-inner end surface of the magnet and the magnet slot, and the first end plate including a flange radially outside the radially-inner end surface of the magnet, the flange protruding toward the core along the axial direction of the core, and the flange being configured to form a cavity between the first end plate and the first end, wherein the cavity delivers the coolant supplied from the rotor shaft to the coolant path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ASAOKA, Fumiaki YAMATO, Kiichi YOKOYAMA, Hiroki KATO, Kenta TABUCHI, Hideaki MIYAZONO
  • Publication number: 20240195033
    Abstract: A battery including: an electrode body; a terminal that is electrically connected to the electrode body; a laminate film that covers an entire surface of the electrode body and a surface of a portion of the terminal, and that includes at least a metal layer; and a fusing resin layer, serving as a resin layer, which is interposed between the terminal and the metal layer, the fusing resin layer including insulating particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichi KAKISHITA
  • Publication number: 20240194851
    Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery includes a substrate and an active material layer. The active material layer is placed on a surface of the substrate. In a surface of the active material layer, one or more grooves are formed. The groove extends linearly in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the active material layer. The groove has an open portion on a periphery of the active material layer. The open portion opens in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The groove includes a first region and a second region. The second region is interposed between the open portion and the first region. In a cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the groove extends, the first region has a first cross-sectional area, and the second region has a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area is smaller than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruka SHIONOYA, Katsushi Enokihara
  • Publication number: 20240195032
    Abstract: An electrode body includes a substrate serving as a collector, a mixture layer formed on the substrate and containing an electrode active material, and an insulation layer formed on the substrate adjacent to the mixture layer. The insulation layer contains an insulative material. In an interfacial region of the mixture layer and the insulation layer, the mixture layer extends over and overlaps the insulation layer that covers a surface of the substrate. Further, an interfacial surface of the insulation surface interfacing the mixture layer includes undulations having an undulation width that is greater than a particle size of the electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Takashi NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20240190230
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body side connector electrically connectable to the battery side connector and a holding portion that holds the vehicle body side connector. The holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable along a fitting direction in which the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector are fitted to each other while the battery side connector is connected to the vehicle body side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro Okano, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Nobuhiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20240191787
    Abstract: To provide an extension/contraction mechanism that can lessen increase stress imposed on belts. An extension/contraction mechanism according to the present disclosure includes a telescopic extension/contraction part, in which the extension/contraction mechanism includes a first drive source connected to a screw shaft in such a way that it can transmit a drive force, a first belt holder that accommodates a second belt in such a way that the second belt can be sent out to the screw shaft or the second belt can be wound-up from the screw shaft, a second belt holder that accommodates a first belt in such a way that the first belt can be wound-up from the screw shaft, and a first belt holder drive part and a second belt holder drive part. The first and second belt holder drive parts rotate the first and second belt holders independently of the rotation of the screw shaft, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitaka HADA
  • Publication number: 20240190284
    Abstract: A management apparatus manages charging of electrified vehicles with at least one charger. The management apparatus includes a processor programmed to adjust allocation between a booking time slot to book charging with the at least one charger and a free time slot to allow charging with the at least one charger without a booking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu YUMITA, Kuniaki NIIMI, Keisuke KOMORI, Masayoshi SUHAMA, Atsushi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240190427
    Abstract: A vehicle control device recognizes a border of a traveling area of a vehicle based on image data acquired when a camera photographs a forward view of the vehicle, and performs at least one of a departure alarm and a departure control when the vehicle is predicted to depart from a reference line set based on the border or when the vehicle has departed from the border. Furthermore, the vehicle control device determines whether a particular registered three-dimensional object that is previously registered exists, based on the image data, and makes it easier to recognize the border in a predetermined easing area set based on the position of the registered three-dimensional object on the image data, than in a normal area on the image data other than the easing area, when it is determined that the registered three-dimensional object exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chenyu WANG
  • Publication number: 20240190288
    Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station which has a first stop area and a second stop area and in which removal of a first battery from a vehicle body and attachment of a second battery to the vehicle body are to be performed; a removal device that is provided below the first stop area and removes the first battery from the vehicle body stopped in the first stop area; and an attachment device that is provided below the second stop area and attaches the second battery to the vehicle body stopped in the second stop area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soshiro MURATA, Hiroshi UMENO, Takahiro NOMURA, Yuya ONOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240190429
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus having a meter display ECU and a vehicle speed control ECU. The meter display ECU acquires the GNSS speed of the host vehicle, calculates the gain error of the detected vehicle speed, and calculates a meter display speed based on the detected vehicle speed, the gain error, and the offset value. The meter display ECU calculates an offset value ensure that the meter display speed equals or exceeds both the detected vehicle speed and the GNSS speed, based on past gain error calculations. The vehicle speed control ECU calculates the meter display speed using the gain error and offset value acquired from the meter display ECU and the detected vehicle speed acquired from the vehicle speed sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240190291
    Abstract: A control device controls a vehicle including: a power train including a battery and an electric motor, and configured to perform regenerative traveling by using the electric motor as a generator during deceleration of the vehicle; and an auxiliary device operated by the electric power from the battery. The control device includes an electronic control unit configured to control regenerative power of the electric motor during the regenerative traveling. In a first traveling condition where a battery input limit as allowable maximum charging power of the battery becomes tight during the regenerative traveling, the electronic control unit is configured to: calculate an input limit for regeneration by adding a consumed power of the auxiliary device to the battery input limit being a negative value; and execute first regenerative power control for controlling the regenerative power so as not to exceed the input limit for regeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke FURUHASHI, Shunya KATO
  • Publication number: 20240190430
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance apparatus executes an autonomous acceleration/deceleration control to maintain an own vehicle moving speed within a predetermined speed range, or maintain an inter-vehicle distance within a predetermined distance range, executes a coasting control when the deceleration of the own vehicle is requested in a situation where the autonomous acceleration/deceleration control is being executed, and executes a power running control when the acceleration of the own vehicle is requested in the situation where the autonomous acceleration/deceleration control is being executed. The vehicle driving assistance apparatus terminates executing the autonomous acceleration/deceleration control when a predetermined condition relating to at least one of a gradient of a road on which the own vehicle is moving and the moving speed of the own vehicle in the situation where the autonomous acceleration/deceleration control is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki KAMATANI
  • Publication number: 20240190365
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic system includes a vehicle ECU, a wire harness, and an accessory ECU. The wire harness includes a wire harness connector provided at an end of the wire harness. The accessory ECU includes a wire harness interface, a connection port, and a vehicle ECU interface. The wire harness interface electrically connects to the wire harness connector. The connection port electrically connects to an electronic device. The vehicle ECU interface electrically connects to the vehicle ECU. The accessory ECU is provided between the wire harness connector and the vehicle ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Stephen L. Robertson
  • Publication number: 20240194943
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which the reversibility of the deposition and dissolution reaction of a metal Li can be improved while inhibiting an occurrence of short circuit. The above object is achieved by providing an all solid state battery utilizing a deposition and dissolution reaction of a metal Li as an anode reaction, the all solid state battery comprising: an anode current collector, a porous layer comprising a resin, a solid electrolyte layer, a cathode active material layer, and a cathode current collector, in this order; wherein an electric resistance of the porous layer is 1 ? or more and 690 ? or less; and a thickness of the porous layer is 14 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ximeng LI, Masafumi NOSE