Patent Applications by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on March 13th, 2025

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.: 17 patent applications

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has applied for patents in the areas of F04D25/02 (2), F04D19/00 (2), F04D29/32 (2), G06Q10/20 (1), F04D29/053 (1) F04D25/02 (2), B23K20/125 (1), B25J9/1689 (1), B29B17/0404 (1), B60R16/0215 (1)

With keywords such as: vehicle, surface, portion, direction, fan, component, shroud, front, side, and dust in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20250083250. BONDING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Akiyoshi MIYAWAKI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Taichi KURIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yuto IKE of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B23K20/12

CPC Code(s): B23K20/125

Abstract: a bonding device is used to bond a plate assembly including a first plate and a second plate and includes an anvil, a probe, a shoulder component, a driving mechanism, a power supply, and a control part. the anvil is configured to support a first surface of the plate assembly provided by the first plate. the probe is disposed at a position corresponding to the anvil to be opposite to a second surface of the plate assembly provided by the second plate. the shoulder component is disposed around the probe and has a via for the probe to pass through and an abutting surface for pressing the second surface. the anvil has a hemispherical surface facing the first surface and a receiving surface disposed at a position corresponding to the abutting surface. the anvil contacts the first surface with the hemispherical surface and the receiving surface.

20250083325. SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC TELEOPERATION INTENTION ESTIMATION_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Mingyu CAI of Tustin CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Karankumar Ashokbhai PATEL of San Jose CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Soshi IBA of Mountain View CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Songpo LI of San Jose CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B25J9/16, G05B13/02

CPC Code(s): B25J9/1689

Abstract: a system and method for robotic teleoperation enable a teleoperated robotic element to perform a sequence of actions based on intention estimation, eliminating the need for continuous human control. the system includes a robotic teleoperation input that receives motion inputs and gaze data from a human operator performing a robotic teleoperation task. a robotic teleoperation feature extractor analyzes and processes the motion inputs and the gaze data into sequential input data. a multi-window model assigns hierarchical prediction windows to the input data, generating windowed sequential data. a hierarchical neural network processes the windowed sequential data to determine low-level action intentions and high-level task intentions, and generates an intention estimation based on the low-level action intentions and the high-level task intentions. a hierarchical dependency model incorporates hierarchical dependent loss to refine the intention estimation.

20250083363. RESIN RECOVERY METHOD_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Ryosuke KODAIRA of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yoshitaka SUZUKI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yoichiro SUZUKI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Kohei FUKUNISHI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B29B17/04, B29B17/02

CPC Code(s): B29B17/0404

Abstract: a method for recovering resin from a salvage vehicle is provided that includes the steps of: dismantling the salvage vehicle to obtain a salvage vehicle shell; shredding the salvage vehicle shell to obtain a first shredder dust; air sorting the first shredder dust to obtain first low-specific-gravity dust and first high-specific-gravity dust which is higher specific gravity than the first low-specific-gravity dust; and wet gravitational sorting the first high-specific-gravity dust, in which interior components containing fiber are removed upon dismantling the salvage vehicle, and further including steps of shredding the interior components to obtain second shredder dust; and air sorting the second shredder dust to obtain second low-specific-gravity dust and second high-specific-gravity dust which is higher specific gravity than the second low-specific-gravity dust.

20250083623. SUSPENDED STRUCTURE OF LOWER PART OF VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Yasuo SHIMIZU of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B60R16/02

CPC Code(s): B60R16/0215

Abstract: a suspended structure for suspending a suspended object from a lower part of a vehicle includes: a front structure connected to the lower part of the vehicle and connected to a vehicle front side of the suspended object; and a rear structure connected to the lower part of the vehicle and connected to a vehicle rear side of the suspended object. the rear structure is configured to guard the suspended object from the rear of the vehicle and detach from the lower part of the vehicle in response to a predetermined pushing force being applied from the rear of the vehicle. the front structure is configured so that at least a portion deforms to allow the suspended object to escape toward the front of the vehicle in response to the rear structure detaching from the lower part of the vehicle.

20250083632. FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Takeshi SASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Shuhei KUWAHATA of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Shota ANEGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B60R21/36, B60S1/18

CPC Code(s): B60R21/36

Abstract: a front structure of a vehicle includes a front vehicle component and a wiper device installed on the front vehicle component. the wiper device includes a first supporting component and a second supporting component. the first supporting component rotatably supports a first wiper component and is installed at a first position in the front vehicle component close to a driver's seat side. the second supporting component is spaced apart from the first supporting component, rotatably supports a second wiper component, and is installed at a second position in the front vehicle component closer to a center side than the first position in a vehicle width direction. the front structure of the vehicle further includes a driver's seat side pedestrian airbag installed between the first position and the second position in the front vehicle component.

20250083655. AIR EXHAUSTING METHOD OF VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Eisuke HORII of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Hiroyuki IWASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B60T17/22, B60T13/66, F15B1/26, F15B13/04

CPC Code(s): B60T17/222

Abstract: an air exhausting method of a vehicle brake system is provided. the air exhausting method of the vehicle brake system includes: a first step of actuating a slave cylinder on a pressurization side in a state where a switching valve communicates the slave cylinder with a brake fluid pressure control device, so that air retained in a passage section from the slave cylinder to the brake fluid pressure control device is exhausted from an air exhausting hole; a second step of actuating the slave cylinder on a depressurization side after the first step in a state where the air exhausting hole is closed, so that air retained in a bypass passage moves toward the passage section; and performing the first step again after the second step, so that air moved from the bypass passage to the passage section is exhausted from the air exhausting hole.

20250083764. SADDLE-RIDE VEHICLE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Jun Tanaka of Wako-shi (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Tomoya Ohashi of Wako-shi (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Takashi Sasaki of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Keigo Mine of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Shunsuke Higo of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yusuke Nagashima of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): B62J17/10, B62J43/16

CPC Code(s): B62J17/10

Abstract: this saddle-ride vehicle includes: a shroud intake provided with a suction opening and disposed on the left and right sides of an energy storage unit, the shroud intake guiding traveling wind below a seat; and a shroud wing having a lower surface that guides traveling wind to the suction opening and an upper surface that causes the traveling wind to flow to the side of a vehicle body. the shroud wing includes a wing body portion further inward in the vehicle width direction than a side portion. the wing body portion includes a first pointed portion on the front side and inside in the vehicle width direction, and a second pointed portion on the rear side and outside in the vehicle width direction. the wing body portion, the suction opening, the energy storage unit are arranged in this order from the front in a vehicle body side view.

20250084230. METHOD FOR RECOVERING MONOMER_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Ryosuke KODAIRA of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yoshitaka SUZUKI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Ryo NAKAI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): C08J11/16, C08J11/08, C08J11/24, C08J11/26

CPC Code(s): C08J11/16

Abstract: provided is a method for recovering a monomer from a resin composition comprising a polyester and a polyurethane, the method comprising: depolymerizing the polyester and the polyurethane contained in the resin composition in the presence of a solvent capable of swelling the polyester and the polyurethane, an alcohol, and a base; extracting a depolymerized product of polyester and a depolymerized product of polyurethane with a hydrophilic solvent and a hydrophobic solvent, respectively; and acid precipitating the depolymerized product of the polyester extracted with the hydrophilic solvent.

20250084546. CATALYST, CATHODE, AND ELECTROLYTIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Phuong Tu MAI of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Daisuke KURASHINA of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Teruyuki USHIJIMA of Saitama (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): C25B11/075, C25B3/26, C25B11/032, C25B11/065

CPC Code(s): C25B11/075

Abstract: a catalyst is provided. the catalyst used for electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide includes copper particles supported on a surface of a diamond-like carbon particle, a part of the surface of the diamond-like carbon particle being covered with the copper particles.

20250084804. INJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Taijiro Kawamura of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): F02D41/40, F02D41/30

CPC Code(s): F02D41/402

Abstract: injection control apparatus includes: injector, drive circuit including battery, booster circuit, and current supply circuit, and controller configured to perform: setting target number of injections and target injection timing per combustion cycle based on operating condition of engine; determining whether first interval from valve opening timing of first injection to valve opening timing of second injection is first threshold value or longer and whether second interval from valve opening timing of second injection to valve opening timing of third injection is second threshold value or longer based on target number of injections and target injection timing, first, second, and third injections being three consecutive injections in one single combustion cycle or two consecutive combustion cycles; and reducing target number of injections when it is determined that first interval is shorter than first threshold value and second interval is shorter than second threshold value.

20250084853. FAN ASSEMBLY_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Pirooz Moradnia of Dublin OH (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Jason A. Widmer of Marysville OH (US) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): F04D25/02, F04D19/00, F04D29/053, F04D29/32

CPC Code(s): F04D25/02

Abstract: a fan assembly includes a fan having a shroud having an inner surface defining a flow chamber and an outer surface defining a plurality of teeth arrayed circularly around a circumference of the shroud. the fan also includes a plurality of blades arranged circularly around a central axis of the fan and extending radially inwardly from the shroud towards the central axis of the fan. each of the plurality of blades is arranged inside the flow chamber and includes an outer edge connected to the inner surface of the shroud. the fan assembly further includes a drive assembly arranged outside the shroud and operatively engaged with the plurality of teeth of the shroud to rotate the fan around the central axis.

20250084854. FAN ASSEMBLY_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Pirooz Moradnia of Dublin OH (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Jason A. Widmer of Marysville OH (US) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): F04D25/02, F04D19/00, F04D19/02, F04D29/32

CPC Code(s): F04D25/02

Abstract: a fan assembly includes a first fan adapted to rotate in a first direction and a second fan adapted to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction. the first fan includes a shroud having an inner surface defining a flow chamber, and a plurality of first blades arranged circularly around a central axis of the first fan and extending radially inwardly from the shroud towards the central axis of the first fan. each of the plurality of first blades is arranged inside the flow chamber and includes an outer edge connected to the inner surface of the shroud. the second fan has a plurality of second blades arranged inside the flow chamber and coaxially to the plurality of first blades. the second fan is arranged upstream or downstream of the first fan.

20250084902. CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Yasushi Fujimoto of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yoshiaki Tsukada of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Junya Ono of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Takashi Ozeki of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Koichi Furusato of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Yuma Kaibe of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Ryohei Tsuzuki of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Tatsuya Ryuzaki of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): F16D48/06

CPC Code(s): F16D48/06

Abstract: this clutch control device includes a clutch apparatus configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator configured to output a driving force for actuating the clutch apparatus, and a driving mechanism configured to receive the driving force of the clutch actuator and actuate the clutch apparatus, and the driving mechanism is able to apply a driving force in either a disconnecting direction or a connecting direction to the clutch apparatus.

20250086775. TOOL MANAGEMENT VEST_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Aaron C FONG of Manhattan Beach CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Pardeep KUMAR of Kaithal (IN) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, A41D1/00, G06F1/16, G06Q10/20, G06T7/194, G06T7/50

CPC Code(s): G06T7/0004

Abstract: the present disclosure relates to a wearable device and more particularly, to a vest management system for identifying broken or damaged equipment or tools within a manufacturing context and providing a notification to replace the equipment. in one illustrative embodiment, the vest may incorporate at least one camera on a forward position. the camera on the vest may scan an environment to detect tools within it. once a tool is identified, the tool may be inspected to determine whether it is worn or damaged. this may be performed through image mapping or recognition. after identifying a damaged tool, a notification may be provided by the vest to a network administrator where replacement parts may be ordered.

20250086815. IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Takamasa Koshizen of Wako-shi (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Fumiaki Sato of Funabashi-shi (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): G06T7/536, G06T7/11, G06T7/73, G06T11/00, G06V20/58

CPC Code(s): G06T7/536

Abstract: an image processing device includes an object detection portion detecting an object in an image captured in a substantially horizontal direction by an image sensor; a distance estimation portion estimating, when the detected object is a vehicle, a distance between the vehicle and the image sensor; a virtual line drawing portion drawing a virtual line extending in a lateral direction of the image at a position at the same height as an upper end of the vehicle in the image; a segmentation execution portion executing segmentation processing of extracting a road region in which the vehicle is traveling from the image when the estimated distance is shorter than a threshold; and a vanishing point determination portion determining a height position of a vanishing point in the image on the basis of the virtual line when the estimated distance is equal to or longer than the threshold and determining the height position of the vanishing point on the basis of the extracted road region when the estimated distance is shorter than the threshold.

20250088050. ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Shoi Yamanaka of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd., Tatsuya Ohzu of Tokyo (JP) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): H02K1/276

CPC Code(s): H02K1/276

Abstract: a rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. a magnetic pole of the rotor includes a magnet hole, a permanent magnet, a first void portion, a second void portion, and a rib. the magnet hole extends so as to cross a magnetic pole centerline in a circumferential direction and is formed in substantially an arc shape when seen in an axial direction such that both end portions approach an outer circumferential edge portion of the rotor. the first void portion is formed between both end portions of the magnet hole in an extension direction and the permanent magnet. the second void portion extends separately from the magnet hole on extension of both end portions of the magnet hole in the extension direction. the rib connects an outer region and an inner region of the first void portion and the second void portion in a radial direction.

20250088649. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBUST MULTI-VIEW IMAGE TRANSLATION FOR ROBOTICS_simplified_abstract_(honda motor co., ltd.)

Inventor(s): Jeremiah M. COHOLICH of Atlanta GA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Karankumar Ashokbhai PATEL of San Jose CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Jinda CUI of San Jose CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd., Soshi IBA of Mountain View CA (US) for honda motor co., ltd.

IPC Code(s): H04N19/42, H04N19/136, H04N19/20

CPC Code(s): H04N19/42

Abstract: systems and methods for multi-view image translation are provided. images from multiple views of objects in a scene that includes robotic elements are encoded into the feature space. encoded features are combined with positional encodings of the objects and proprioception data associated with robotic elements. the encoded features pass through an attention layer that processes the features in the feature space and outputs translated images. the attention layer removes robotic element features and restores missing object features in the translated images using object features associated with other camera views of the scene. translated images are decoded into a desired output space.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. patent applications on March 13th, 2025