Patents Assigned to Toyota
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Patent number: 10914255Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine having a particulate matter removal filter to remove particulate matter, in an exhaust system, and a control device to control the engine such that the vehicle travels in a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which both fuel efficiency and ride quality are achieved and a second mode in which the engine is operated at a load higher than a predetermined load. When an accumulation quantity of the particulate matter in the particulate matter removal filter is equal to or more than a threshold, the control device notifies a driver that traveling in the second mode is recommended. When the driver selects the second mode in response to the notification, it is possible to restrain an uncomfortable feeling to be given to the driver, even if the engine is operated at a high load for regenerating the filter.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuaki Higa, Shinichi Sugai, Daisuke Itoyama, Tsubasa Migita, Mitsuyori Matsumura
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Patent number: 10914224Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an exhaust pipe having an interior through which exhaust gas flows, a pressure delivery pipe connected to the exhaust pipe, an interior of the pressure delivery pipe communicating with the interior of the exhaust pipe, a pressure sensor connected to the pressure delivery pipe, the pressure sensor detecting a pressure of the interior of the exhaust pipe, and a fastener that fixes the pressure delivery pipe to the exhaust pipe. A part of the fastener is exposed in the interior of the exhaust pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Jumpei Shioda
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Patent number: 10916808Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a sulfide solid-state battery provided with: a negative electrode collector containing copper; a negative electrode mix layer disposed on the negative electrode collector, and containing a negative electrode active material; a positive electrode mix layer containing a positive electrode active material; a sulfide solid electrolyte layer sandwiched between the negative electrode mix layer and the positive electrode mix layer, and having a protruding portion that protrudes from a peripheral edge of the negative electrode mix layer and extends up to the negative electrode collector; and a reference electrode disposed in the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Nagase
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Patent number: 10914101Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle door assembly including a door handle assembly and a door latch assembly that includes a door latch device operatively connected to the door handle assembly using a latch release lever that moves along a travel path to place the door latch device in an unlatched configuration. A latch release blocking structure is located within an interior volume of the vehicle door assembly. The latch release blocking structure includes a first leg that is mounted to a support portion. An overhang portion is connected to the first leg. The overhang portion extends over at least a portion of the travel path of the latch release lever. A second leg extends from the overhang portion toward the support portion to a free end that is spaced from the mounting structure providing a gap along the travel path of the latch release lever.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Yoshiki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10916026Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a method of determining stereo depth of an object. One method includes obtaining an image captured with a stereo camera arrangement. The stereo camera arrangement can be installed in one of a vehicle and a robotic apparatus, for example. The image captures a portion of the environment associated with the stereo camera arrangement. The method can further include identifying an object in the image, determining an object class for the object, determining a size parameter of the object, determining a size parameter of the object class, determining a maximum disparity for the object with the size parameter of the object and the size parameter of the object class, and determining a stereo depth of the object based on the maximum disparity.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.Inventor: Junya Ueno
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Patent number: 10913883Abstract: A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M. The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether. R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O which is a number of 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom. A shear viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Shogo Kamenoue, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Masayuki Nagasawa
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Patent number: 10914208Abstract: An in-vehicle internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cylinder head includes a plurality of communication passages connected to the oil chamber. The cylinder block includes an oil passage for returning oil accumulated in the oil chamber into the oil pan. The communication passages include a first communication passage having a first opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head and a second communication passage having a second opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head. The first opening is located below the second opening. An extending wall extending in a direction intersecting the cylinder arrangement direction is provided between the first opening and the second opening on the upper surface of the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Komada, Kunihiko Sakata
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Patent number: 10913413Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to automatically adjusting a climate of a vehicle based on detecting the type of clothing a vehicle occupant is wearing. In one embodiment, the method includes, in response to acquiring an identifier from a reader, where the identifier being associated with a tag affixed to a wearable article in proximity of the reader, determining a type of the wearable article based on the identifier. The method includes controlling a climate control system based at least in part on the type of the wearable article.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
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Patent number: 10914371Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a multi-purpose removable gear shift knob disposed on a gear shift lever in a vehicle. In one aspect, a removable gear shift knob includes a body comprising a central aperture for receiving the gear shift lever and a plurality of compartments disposed around the central aperture. An individual compartment of the plurality of compartments is configured to hold one or more accessories, where the one or more accessories are selected from: one or more screwdriver bits, one or more light emitting diodes (LED), and a battery.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: James D. Cunningham, Scott L. Frederick, Paxton S. Williams
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Patent number: 10916034Abstract: A host vehicle position estimation device includes an object determination unit configured to determine whether or not a planar object is included in a captured image, on which a host vehicle travels, a center point information acquisition unit configured to, when the planar object is included in the captured image, acquire center point information of the planar object including at least one of longitudinal center coordinate and lateral center coordinate of the planar object in the captured image, a longitudinal distance calculation unit configured to calculate a longitudinal distance as a distance between the host vehicle and the planar object in a front-rear direction of the host vehicle, and a host vehicle position estimation unit configured to estimate a host vehicle position using the positional information of the planar object on the map and the longitudinal distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Kitago, Kojiro Tateishi
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Patent number: 10914189Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel, a turbine housing including a waste gate port allowing exhaust gas to flow by bypassing the turbine wheel, and a waste gate valve configured to open and close the waste gate port. The waste gate valve is configured such that a valve body including a valve plate configured to close the waste gate port by abutting against the turbine housing and a valve stem is tilted with respect to a swing arm. A stopper abutting against the valve body when an abutting surface of the valve plate is apart from the turbine housing and the waste gate port is in an open state is disposed in the turbine housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoto Nakamura
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Patent number: 10914258Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is operated so as to increase an upon-stopping fuel pressure in accordance with an increase in an upon-stopping vehicle speed, the upon-stopping fuel pressure being a fuel pressure in a state in which an internal combustion engine is intermittently stopped, the upon-stopping vehicle speed being a vehicle speed upon intermittently stopping the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Usui, Yusuke Suzuki, Koji Miwa
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Patent number: 10913433Abstract: A disc brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad; a pressing device configured to press the inner pad and the outer pad against a rotor, the pressing device including a first presser member and a second presser member that are movable parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor, and a frame that is a frame-shaped rigid body and is movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis; and a housing mounted on a non-rotating body, the housing holding the pressing device, the housing including a pad pin that hold the inner pad and the outer pad so as to be movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis, the pad pin being held by the housing at both ends of the pad pin in the direction parallel to the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10914604Abstract: A navigation system that includes a processor, a satellite antenna communicatively coupled to the processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, a route list stored in the one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory module that cause the navigation system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive the signal from the global positioning system satellite; transform the signal into a current location of the navigation system; track a travel route relative to the current location until conclusion of the travel route; determine whether at least one route candidate from the route list includes the travel route; and generate an inquiry to identify the travel route as a consistent route in response to determining at least one route candidate from the route list does not include the travel route.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Steven Baker
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Publication number: 20210031798Abstract: In a vehicle travel system for a vehicle that is switchable at least between manual driving and remote driving, the vehicle includes a memory, and a processor connected to the memory. The processor acquires driver information related to a driver that manually drives the vehicle. The driver information indicates a specific situation during a time of manual driving. The processor enables manual driving to be switched to remote driving upon occurrence of the specific situation indicated by the acquired driver information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohta TARAO, Hiroki AWANO, Kuniaki JINNAI, Yoshihiro MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20210033059Abstract: An engine controller includes an ignition timing control unit and a rich imbalance determining unit. The rich imbalance determining unit designates one of multiple cylinders as a subject cylinder for determination and executes lean active control that commands a smaller amount of fuel injection for the subject cylinder than for the other cylinders. The rich imbalance determining unit determines whether an air-fuel ratio of the subject cylinder deviates to be richer based on a rotational fluctuation amount of a crankshaft during the execution of the lean active control. The ignition timing control unit executes an advancement limiting process that limits advancement of the ignition timing by the knock control during the execution of the lean active control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norihito HANAI, Takayuki HOSOGI, Kenji SENDA, Rihito KANEKO, Masaaki YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210031797Abstract: A vehicle running control device that acquires a running path of a vehicle to a destination and path information relating to autonomous driving of the vehicle on the running path; that, on the basis of the path information relating to autonomous driving, predicts a remote driving segment of the running path in which running control of the vehicle in a remote driving mode is required; that, before the vehicle reaches the predicted remote driving segment, makes a request to a remote operation equipment for entry of operation information relating to remote driving; and that, when running is being controlled in an autonomous driving mode and the operation information relating to remote driving is entered through the remote operation equipment, switch to operate in the remote driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miyako HAYASHIDA, Toshinari OGAWA, Kosuke FUJIMOTO, Hideo HASEGAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
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Publication number: 20210036460Abstract: A connector includes a terminal that is to be contacted with a conductive member of a wire, a housing in which the terminal is arranged, and a holding member that is fit in the housing and in contact with the terminal to hold a position of the terminal. At least one of the terminal and the housing includes a pressing portion that presses the conductive member in a direction such that the conductive member comes in contact with the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya MIYAMURA, Masaaki TABATA, Yasuo OMORI, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hisashi KOJIMA, Takeshi MISAIJI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210031242Abstract: A spray apparatus that includes a stand, a motor secured to the stand, a spray applicator secured to the stand, and a rotatable disc secured to the stand relatively above the spray applicator such that the rotatable disc is positioned within a spray field of the spray applicator. The rotatable disc is coupled to the motor such that the rotatable disc is configured to rotate in response to activation of the motor. The rotatable disc is configured to receive an overspray from the spray field to generate a spray pattern from the spray applicator. The apparatus includes a scraper positioned in fixed engagement with the rotatable disc, where the scraper is configured to remove accumulated overspray from the rotatable disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Wayne M. Linton, Adan Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20210035038Abstract: Provided is a system including a vehicle loaded with equipment to be used in a health checkup, a server configured to decide a dispatch schedule of the vehicle, and a terminal apparatus used by the user. The server sets the equipment to be loaded onto the vehicle based on information about the user transmitted from the terminal apparatus or information about the user stored in a database, and additionally decides the dispatch schedule for the vehicle. The terminal apparatus and the vehicle receives the dispatch schedule from the server, and the vehicle is driven based on the dispatch schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yukari SUZUKI, Naoki YAMADA, Toshihiro ARAI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Keiichi UNO
