公开(公告)号：US11584388B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US16754971

申请日：2017-10-10

Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ,  Renault S.A.S.

Inventor： Yoshiro Takamatsu

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G06V20/56

Abstract: A driving control method is provided in which a processor configured to control driving of a vehicle acquires detection information around a vehicle on the basis of a detection condition that can be set for each point; extracts events which the vehicle encounters, on the basis of the detection information; creates a driving plan in which a driving action is defined for each of the events on the basis of the detection information acquired in the events; executes a driving control instruction for the vehicle in accordance with the driving plan; and determines the detection condition on the basis of the content of the driving action defined for each of the events.

公开(公告)号：US11565701B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US17258782

申请日：2018-07-11

Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ,  Renault S.A.S.

Inventor： Yoshiro Takamatsu ,  Susumu Fujita

IPC: B60W30/18 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G08G1/0962

Abstract: A driving assist method minimizes an incidence of lane changing within a circulatory roadway. In this driving assist method, a recognition assessment processor assesses the travel of a host vehicle, calculates a travel route over which the host vehicle is to travel, and executes a driving assist control based on the travel route. The recognition assessment processor further assesses whether the host vehicle has arrived at a roundabout having a circulatory roadway to which three or more radial roadways are connected. When an assessment has been made that the host vehicle has arrived at the roundabout, a position of a host vehicle entrance and a position of a host vehicle exit are specified. Furthermore, an entrance position is set based on a positional relationship between the host vehicle entrance and the host vehicle exit.

公开(公告)号：US20230021008A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17786367

申请日：2020-12-15

Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S

Inventor： Nicolas BESNARD ,  Victor CHAUDOY ,  David LERAY

IPC: H01M10/0562 ,  H01M10/0565 ,  H01M50/15 ,  H01M4/66

Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a casing that: includes a lower first element in the form of a vessel, the internal surface of which is at least partially covered by a layer of conductive material so as to form the current collector of the first electrode with a first polarity; includes an upper second element in the form of a cover for closing the vessel; houses a three-dimensional electrode structure with a first electric polarity; houses a three-dimensional electrode structure with a second electric polarity opposite to the first electric polarity; and contains an electrolyte as an ionic conductive medium. The three-dimensional electrode structure with the second electric polarity includes a series of electrodes with a second polarity, each of which is an elongated body with a vertical orientation.

公开(公告)号：US11557674B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17262001

申请日：2018-07-27

Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. ,  RENAULT S.A.S.

Inventor： Toshiharu Marui ,  Tetsuya Hayashi ,  Keiichiro Numakura ,  Wei Ni ,  Ryota Tanaka ,  Keisuke Takemoto

IPC: H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate (10); a semiconductor layer (20) disposed on a main surface of this substrate (10); and a first main electrode (30) and a second main electrode (40), which are disposed on the substrate (10) separately from each other with the semiconductor layer (20) sandwiched therebetween and are individually end portions of a current path of a main current flowing in an on-state. The semiconductor layer (20) includes: a first conductivity-type drift region (21) through which a main current flows; a second conductivity-type column region (22) that is disposed inside the drift region (21) and extends in parallel to a current path; and an electric field relaxation region (23) that is disposed in at least a part between the drift region (21) and the column region (22) and is either a low-concentration region in which an impurity concentration is lower than in the same conductivity-type adjacent region or a non-doped region.

公开(公告)号：US20220399618A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17642880

申请日：2020-09-08

Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.

Inventor： Samuel CREGUT ,  Masato ORIGUCHI ,  Irina MARINCAS ,  Antoine SAINT-MARCOUX

IPC: H01M50/578 ,  H01M50/581 ,  H01M50/583

Abstract: A system for protecting a device having variable internal resistance includes a protection fuse capable of blowing when a current having an intensity greater than an intensity threshold passes through. The system also includes an estimator suitable for estimating the internal resistance of the device, and a safety device suitable for limiting and/or preventing use of the device when the internal resistance is greater than a resistance threshold beyond which the protection fuse is inoperative.

公开(公告)号：US11476326B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17423966

申请日：2019-01-21

Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. ,  RENAULT s.a.s.

Inventor： Toshiharu Marui ,  Tetsuya Hayashi ,  Keiichiro Numakura ,  Wei Ni ,  Ryota Tanaka ,  Keisuke Takemoto

IPC: H01L21/04 ,  H01L21/76 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L21/761

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor base body, and a first main electrode and a second main electrode provided on the semiconductor base body. The semiconductor base body includes a drift region of a first conductivity type through which a main current flows, a column region of a second conductivity type arranged adjacent to the drift region in parallel to a current passage of the main current, a second electrode-connection region of the first conductivity type electrically connected to the second main electrode, and a low-density electric-field relaxation region of the first conductivity type having a lower impurity concentration than the drift region and arranged between the second electrode-connection region and the column region.

公开(公告)号：US20220320534A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17640089

申请日：2020-07-29

Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. ,  AVL LIST GMBH ,  RENAULT S.A.S.

Inventor： Masahiro USUDA ,  Susumu MAESHIMA ,  Tomokatsu HIMENO ,  Vincent LAWLOR ,  Daniel MAIR ,  Robert POESCHL ,  Bernd REITER

IPC: H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/0612

Abstract: A combustor, including: a catalyst bed portion supporting a catalyst capable of promoting a combustion reaction of fuel; a vaporizer which is arranged on the downstream side of the catalyst bed portion with respect to a flow of the fuel going through the catalyst bed portion and is configured to be able to use a combustion gas generated from the combustion reaction as a hot fluid; a manifold portion which is outside the catalyst bed portion and guides air in a direction opposite to the flow of the fuel going through the catalyst bed portion and has a wall portion on which a sidewall of the vaporizer is projected; and a fuel introducing portion configured to penetrate the wall portion of the manifold portion so that the fuel evaporated by the vaporizer can be introduced into the manifold portion.

公开(公告)号：US20220314773A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17639292

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Renault S.A.S.

Inventor： Benoit ARSAC ,  Christian G. GAUTHIER ,  Laura HERICHER ,  Mikel LARRABEITI-JAUREGI ,  Sebastien ROUDIER

IPC: B60K1/04 ,  H01M50/209 ,  H01M50/264

Abstract: A power supply assembly includes: a casing having a base and at least two side walls; and a set of battery modules. Each of the modules includes a battery having two opposing ends, and two opposing flanges covering the ends. The modules are installed on the base in a plurality of rows of modules arranged in line with one another. The rows are arranged such that the flanges are aligned edge to edge. The aligned flanges are joined to the base of the casing so as to form rigid cross members inside the casing.

公开(公告)号：US11460841B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16969080

申请日：2019-02-21

Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc. ,  United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA ,  Renault S.A.S.

Inventor： Siddharth Thakur ,  Armelle Guerin ,  Atsuhide Kobashi ,  Julius S. Gyorfi ,  Mark B. Allan

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  H04W4/024 ,  H04W4/48 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  B60W50/14 ,  G01C21/34

Abstract: An apparatus for remote support of autonomous operation of a vehicle includes a processor that is configured to perform a method including receiving, from a vehicle traversing a driving route from a start point to an end point at a destination, an assistance request signal identifying an inability of the vehicle at the destination to reach the end point, generating a first map display including a representation of a geographical area and the vehicle within the geographical area, receiving, from the vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensing devices of the vehicle, generating a remote support interface including the first map display and the sensor data, and transmitting instruction data to the vehicle that includes an alternative end point at the destination responsive to an input signal provided to the remote support interface.

公开(公告)号：US11458429B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16400828

申请日：2019-05-01

Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc. ,  Renault S.A.S.

Inventor： Vikram Krishnamurthy ,  Kusha Nezafati ,  Cameron Hansen ,  Robert Haran

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  B01D46/00

Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in inspecting a vehicle's air filter. The system includes a receptacle defining an enclosed interior space that is configured to receive the air filter, and a light source that is positioned within the receptacle. The receptacle includes an upper wall with an aperture that is arranged in generally parallel relation to the air filter, and the light source is configured to support the air filter such that the light source backlights the air filter to facilitate capture of an image of the air filter through the aperture in the upper wall of the receptacle.