Motor driver and motor driving system

    公开(公告)号:US11539312B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16943669

    申请日:2020-07-30

    申请人: ROHM CO., LTD.

    摘要: The present invention provides a motor driver and a motor driving system capable of suppressing power consumption when a motor is in a brake state. The motor driver of the present invention includes: a half-bridge power output section, including a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor; a high-side driving circuit, driving the high-side transistor; and a control portion. When switching to a brake mode, the low-side transistor is turned on and the control portion turns off the high-side driving circuit.

    VEHICULAR WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220396242A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17806802

    申请日:2022-06-14

    IPC分类号: B60S1/08 B60S1/38 B60R11/04

    摘要: A vehicular windshield wiper control system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing through a windshield of the vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). Electronic circuitry of the ECU includes an image processor. The system, based on processing of image data captured by the camera, is operable to determine presence of a substance at an outer surface of the windshield. The system includes a windshield wiper having a rubber wiping blade and a cleaning element. The system is operable to (i) cause the rubber wiping blade to engage the windshield and/or (ii) cause the cleaning element to engage the windshield. Responsive to determining presence of the substance, the system causes the cleaning element to engage the windshield. With the rubber wiping blade and/or cleaning element engaging the outer surface of the windshield, the system moves the rubber wiping blade and/or cleaning element along the windshield.

    Droplet sensor
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11525776B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16503862

    申请日:2019-07-05

    摘要: A droplet sensor includes an optical cover that forms part of a spheroid, a major axis of the spheroid being a vertical axis, a light emitting/receiving device disposed at a position offset from a first focal point of the spheroid along the major axis, and a reflector disposed in vicinity of a second focal point of the spheroid. The optical cover has an effective detection area between the light emitting/receiving device and the reflector. The effective detection area satisfies a total internal reflection condition at an interface with a gas, and does not satisfy the total internal reflection condition at an interface with a liquid. The reflector reflects, towards a light receiving surface of the light emitting/receiving device, light totally reflected by the effective detection area, or reflects, towards the effective detection area, light directly incident on the reflector from the light emitting/receiving device.

    AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220388545A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17545657

    申请日:2021-12-08

    摘要: An apparatus and a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle depending on weather are provided. The apparatus obtains information including at least one of an image around the autonomous vehicle, sensing information of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) of the autonomous vehicle, sensing information of a rain sensor of the autonomous vehicle, an operation state of a windshield wiper of the autonomous vehicle, climate information through vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, an acceleration of the autonomous vehicle, or wheel sensor information of the autonomous vehicle and determines whether the climate state is an inclement weather state, based on the information including the at least one of the image around the autonomous vehicle, the sensing information of the LIDAR, the sensing information of the rain sensor, the operation state of the windshield wiper, the climate information through the V2X communication, the acceleration, or the wheel sensor information.

    BRUSHLESS DIRECT-CURRENT ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WIPER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220348166A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17627411

    申请日:2020-06-29

    摘要: The invention relates to a geared motor comprising a first brushless electric motor part having a stator, a rotor and a drive shaft, a second part having an output shaft and a reduction gear mechanism and an electronic part. The reduction gear mechanism comprises an output shaft, a worm and a toothed wheel designed to be engaged by the worm and to drive the output shaft in rotation. The geared motor comprises at least one rolling guide bearing disposed on the drive shaft and a multipolar magnet for measuring the position of the rotor. The rolling bearing is disposed between the measurement magnet and the worm such that the electric motor can be controlled depending on the measurement of the position of the rotor.

    Droplet sensor
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11486827B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US17029457

    申请日:2020-09-23

    申请人: Hideo Kurosawa

    发明人: Hideo Kurosawa

    IPC分类号: G01N21/552 B60S1/08

    摘要: A droplet sensor includes an optical cover having an ellipsoid surface that is a portion of a spheroid, a light source disposed at or in proximity to a first focal point of the ellipsoid surface, and a light detector disposed at or in proximity to a second focal point of the ellipsoid surface. The ellipsoid surface includes an effective detection area configured to reflect light emitted by the light source toward the light detector, and an amount of light reflected by the effective detection area changes in accordance with adhesion of droplets on the ellipsoid surface. The optical cover includes a space having a hemispherical surface, the space being centered at the second focal point. The hemispherical surface includes a transmission scattering surface on a region that receives the light reflected by the effective detection area.

    Cab for construction machine
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11479210B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16990314

    申请日:2020-08-11

    摘要: Provided is a compact and high-strength cab capable of securing an excellent field of view for work. The cab includes a guard protecting a cab body, and a wiper having a blade to wipe a front window member and a blade actuator for actuating the blade. The guard includes a pair of side pillars and an actuator housing beam interconnecting the side pillars and housing the blade actuator. The actuator housing beam includes a hollow beam body formed with a body opening and a front-rear partition plate partitioning the inside of the beam body into front and rear sections. The body opening allows the blade actuator to be assembled to the front-rear partition plate therethrough.

    Rotary Wiper System
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220203938A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17672119

    申请日:2022-02-15

    申请人: Waymo LLC

    摘要: The disclosure provides for a wiper system for cleaning a surface of a sensor housing, such as a sensor housing positioned on top of a vehicle. The wiper system includes a plurality of windows spaced around a sensor housing, and a plurality of wipers positioned around the sensor housing, each of the wipers includes a wiper blade configured to clean a corresponding window of the plurality of windows. The wiper system further includes a drive system including a moveable part coupled to a motor. The motor is configured to drive the drive system to simultaneously rotate the plurality of wipers around the sensor housing such that the plurality of wipers remove debris from the plurality of windows.

    Wiper device
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11370393B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16845179

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    发明人: Takayuki Imamura

    摘要: A wiper device including a wiper member that includes a wiper arm to which a wiper blade is coupled, a base end portion of the wiper arm being supported by a support section provided at a vehicle, and the wiper member being configured to of undergo displacement relative to the vehicle, a drive wheel that is rotatably supported by the wiper member at a position of the wiper member which is separated from the support section, and that rolls across a running face provided at the vehicle so as to displace the wiper member relative to the vehicle, and a motor that is supported by the wiper member so as to undergo displacement together with the wiper member, and that drives rotation of the drive wheel.

    Dual action wiper system
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11364878B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16916758

    申请日:2020-06-30

    摘要: A wiper system for a vehicle is provided. The wiper system includes a driving assembly. The wiper system further includes a supplementary wiper having a first end that is coupled to a first pivot point of the driving assembly. When the wiper system is activated, the driving assembly is configured to swing the supplementary wiper about the first pivot point from a resting position to an extended position. The supplementary wiper is configured to be statically disposed at the extended position to prevent water from passing over one of two A-pillars of the vehicle to a side window of the vehicle. When the wiper system is deactivated, the driving assembly is configured to stow the supplementary wiper back from the extended position to the resting position.