Yamaha Motor Patente

A cell handling apparatus includes: a first plate including a first cell containing portion capable of containing a cell; a second plate including a second cell containing portion capable of containing a cell; a head that sucks a cell from the first cell containing portion, discharges a sucked cell to the second cell containing portion, and transfers a cell between the first plate and the second plate; and a recognition processing unit that recognizes a cell in the first cell containing portion and the second cell containing portion. The recognition processing unit performs processing of assigning a first identification code for recognizing a first cell contained in the first cell containing portion, a second identification code for recognizing the first cell transferred to the second cell containing portion, and cooperation information for associating the first identification code and the second identification code.

A cell handling apparatus includes: a container; a camera; a head; and a correction control unit. The container includes a translucent and shape-deformable bottom surface that holds a cell, and a state checking portion for recognizing the shape deformation. A tip is attached to the head and the head executes an operation of approaching the bottom surface from above to suck a cell on the bottom surface and an operation of discharging a cell toward the bottom surface. The correction control unit is configured to correct position coordinates of the head. The correction control unit is configured to detect contact of a tip end of the tip with the bottom surface based on a state change of the state checking portion in an image of the bottom surface captured by the camera.

A watercraft battery management system includes a charge level sensor (71) to detect a charge level of a watercraft battery (40) mounted on a watercraft (51), a power supply request transmitter (72, 73) to transmit a power supply request when the charge level of the watercraft battery (40) detected by the charge level sensor (71) is within a predetermined low charge level range, and a power supply request receiver (5, 24) to receive the power supply request transmitted by the power supply request transmitter (72, 73). A battery monitoring kit provided on the watercraft (51) may include the charge level sensor (71) and the power supply request transmitter (72, 73). The power supply request receiver (5, 24) may be mounted on a vehicle (1) including a power supply device (90) to be used to charge the watercraft battery (40).

A cell recognition apparatus includes: a cell containing portion capable of containing a cell; an imaging unit configured to image the cell containing portion; and a recognition processing unit configured to recognize a cell in the cell containing portion based on an image acquired by the imaging unit. The recognition processing unit performs processing of assigning a first identification code for recognizing a whole cell contained in the cell containing portion, a second identification code for recognizing a cell element included in the whole cell, and cooperation information that associates the first identification code with the second identification code.

The boat propulsion device includes a propeller, an electric motor, a controller, and a communication device. The electric motor rotates the propeller. The electric motor includes a rotor including permanent magnets, and a stator that includes a plurality of coils arranged along a rotation direction of the rotor and that faces the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor. The controller controls driving of the electric motor. The controller includes a memory. The communication device communicates with an external device. The controller receives a correction request from the external device via the communication device, and rewrites correction values of electrical angles of current flowing through the plurality of coils, which are stored in the memory, based on the correction request.

An outboard motor comprises a steering shaft, a base, a cowl, a drive unit, a winding member, and an electric cable. The base rotatably supports the steering shaft. The drive unit includes a propeller and an electric motor. The drive unit is rotatable together with the steering shaft. The winding member is connected to the steering shaft. The winding member is rotatable together with the steering shaft. The winding member includes a winding shaft that extends in the axial direction of the steering shaft. The electric cable is connected to the electric motor. The electric cable extends from the electric motor to inside the cowl. The electric cable is wound around the winding shaft.

An electric boat propulsion device includes a cylindrical duct; a propeller rotatably supported inside the duct, the propeller having blades arranged around a propeller axis extending along a central axis of the duct, and a cylindrical rim surrounding the blades; and an electric motor that rotates the propeller relative to the duct, the electric motor having a stator provided on the duct and a rotor provided on the rim. The duct has an accommodation space, and an inner wall constituting the accommodation space includes a conductive wall. The electric boat propulsion device further includes a circuit board including a contact region that contacts the conductive wall and a non-contact region separated from the conductive wall, the circuit board having a detection sensor that outputs a signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the rotor, and a circuit pattern formed in the non-contact region so as to avoid the contact region.

There is described a straddled vehicle wherein high stress is unlikely to be generated at the mounting portion of the fuel pump unit during acceleration and deceleration, and it is possible to reduce the size of the bottom portion of the fuel tank; the straddled vehicle is a motorcycle including a fuel tank (20) having a front wall (21), a pump bracket (30) mounted on the front wall (21), and a fuel pump unit (50) mounted on the pump bracket (30) and arranged inside the fuel tank (20); the fuel pump unit (50) including a filter unit (52) through which fuel is sucked in, a unit lower portion (54) extending upward from the filter unit (52), a unit upper portion (56) extending forward from the unit lower portion (54) and connected to the pump bracket (30); and a pump (55A, 55B) provided in the unit lower portion (54) or the unit upper portion (56).

A straddled vehicle includes a pair of left and right retractable footboards. The pair of left and right retractable footboards are: disposed forward of a pair of left and right main footrests; members different from the pair of left and right main footrests; and configured to allow a main rider who is driving the straddled vehicle to place his/her feet thereon instead of on the pair of left and right main footrests while sitting on a main rider seat. The pair of left and right retractable footboards each include a main rider foot placement surface configured such that the main rider who is driving the straddled vehicle places his/her feet thereon while sitting on the main rider seat, and are each configured to be able to maintain two stable stationary states. The straddled vehicle is capable of improving the degree of freedom of a foot placement position at which a main rider places his/her foot while driving the straddled vehicle; improving the footing of the main rider; and improving the visibility of the main rider's foot and therearound.

A boat propulsion device includes an electric motor and a motor drive device that drives the electric motor. The motor drive device includes a power input terminal, a ground terminal connected to a ground line, a drive circuit supplying electric power to the electric motor, an electrical resistive element, and a connection device. The connection device executes a first connection pattern in which the power input terminal is electrically connected to the power line via the electrical resistive element, and a second connection pattern in which the power input terminal is electrically connected to the ground line via the electrical resistive element.

A boat propulsion device includes a drive source and a drive control device that controls the drive source. The drive control device includes a housing, a control board, an auxiliary member, and a fixing member. The control board includes a substrate that is positioned along the inner wall surface of the housing and electronic components mounted on the substrate to control the drive source. A portion of the substrate is sandwiched between the auxiliary member and the inner wall surface. The fixing member extends from the auxiliary member to the inner wall surface and fixes the auxiliary member to the housing.

A boat control system includes a first and a second boat propulsion devices, and a controller. The controller executes, a first output control to control each of the first and the second boat propulsion devices at an output below a first upper limit value when neither the first nor the second boat propulsion device meets an output limiting condition to limit the output, and executes, a second output control to control each of the first and the second boat propulsion devices at an output below a second upper limit value that is lower than the first upper limit value when one of the first and the second boat propulsion devices meets the output limiting condition.

An electric boat propulsion device includes: a rotor having a rotation shaft; a stator core; windings wound around the stator core; a motor control circuit; and a connecting member having a conductor electrically connecting the windings and the motor control circuit, the connecting member being arc-shaped along the circumferential direction of the rotation shaft. The angle between a first imaginary line connecting the rotation shaft and one end of the connecting member and a second imaginary line connecting the rotation shaft and the other end of the connecting member is 240 degrees or less.

A boat control system controls a boat. The boat control system includes a boat propulsion device and an operation device. The boat propulsion device includes an electric motor and a first controller that controls the drive of the electric motor. The operation device accepts operations. The operation device outputs an operation signal in response to the operation. The first controller switches between a first steering mode in which the first controller controls the drive of the electric motor based on the operation signal and a second steering mode in which the first controller controls the drive of the electric motor based on an automatic control signal to automatically direct the boat to a destination point.

A boat control system controls a boat. The boat control system includes a boat propulsion device and a specific device. The boat propulsion device includes an electric motor and a first controller that controls the drive of the electric motor. The specific device is communicatively connected to the first controller. The first controller performs a specific process other than the drive control of the electric motor based on information transmitted from the specific device.

The boat propulsion system includes a boat main propulsion device, a boat auxiliary propulsion device having a maximum output smaller than the maximum output of the boat main propulsion device, and a controller provided in the boat auxiliary propulsion device, and when a first condition of the boat auxiliary propulsion device is met, the controller performs an information process to notify the outside of the occurrence of the first condition.

There is disclosed an exhaust pipe (20) including a first pipe (31) at least a part of which is arranged inside a case (13), with a first catalyst (41) arranged inside the first pipe (31), and a second pipe (32) arranged inside the case (13); the case (13) including a protruding portion (13a) that protrudes in a direction away from an axis (32c) of the second pipe (32) in a cross section perpendicular to the axis (32c) of the second pipe (32); the oxygen sensor (46) being connected to the second pipe (32) and to the protruding portion (13a) of the case (13).

The present invention relates to an engine unit 21 and a straddled vehicle 1. The engine unit 21 includes an engine 22, a motor 24, a first sensor 23, and a controller 25. The motor 24 is connected to the engine 22. The motor 24 is configured to rotate the engine 22. The first sensor 23 detects a rotation speed G of the engine 22. The controller 25 performs a first assist control DA1 based on a detection result of the first sensor 23. In the first assist control DA1, the controller 25 causes the motor 24 to rotate the engine 22. When the rotation speed G is lower than a first threshold H1, the controller 25 starts the first assist control DA1. The first threshold H1 is lower than an idle speed range J of the engine 22.

The present watercraft operating system (100) includes a marine propulsion device (3) and a watercraft operating controller (30). Under a compass direction keeping control for keeping a watercraft (10) oriented in a target compass direction, the watercraft operating controller (30) turns a propeller (14) between a first steering position and a second steering position at a predetermined time interval. The first steering position is a position where the thrust is applied to the watercraft (10) in a back-and-forth direction and a right-and-left direction. The second steering position is obtained by reversing the first steering position in either the back-and-forth direction or the right-and-left direction. The watercraft operating controller (30) controls the magnitude of the thrust and a rotational direction of the propeller (14) such that the watercraft (10) performs bow turning toward the target compass direction when the propeller is located in each of the first and second steering positions. The watercraft operating controller (30) controls the rotational direction of the propeller (14) such that a direction of the thrust in the back-and-forth direction generated at the first steering position and a direction of the thrust in the back-and-forth direction generated at the second steering position are opposite when the watercraft (10) is caused to perform bow turning in the same direction at the first steering position and the second steering position.

A watercraft operating system (100) includes a plurality of marine propulsion devices (1a, 1b), a joystick (26), a setting device (27), and a controller (30). The joystick (26) is operable to tilt in a back-and-forth direction and a sideways direction intersecting with the back-and-forth direction. The setting device (27) is operable to select one from a plurality of thrust modes including a limiting mode and a non-limiting mode. The limiting mode limits a forward thrust and a rearward thrust, whereas the non-limiting mode does not limit at least one of the forward thrust and the rearward thrust. The forward thrust is generated by each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices (1a, 1b) in accordance with operating the joystick (26) to tilt forward, whereas the rearward thrust is generated by each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices (1a, 1b) in accordance with operating the joystick (26) to tilt rearward. The controller (30) controls a rudder angle and an output of each of the plurality of marine propulsion devices (1a, 1b) in accordance with the one selected from the plurality of thrust modes, a tilt direction of the joystick (26), and a tilt amount of the joystick (26).

The present watercraft operating system (100) includes a marine propulsion device (3), an operating portion (4), an input device (27), and a watercraft operating controller (30). The marine propulsion device (3) generates a thrust for propelling a watercraft (10). The operating portion (4) includes a joystick (26) operable to tilt. The input device (27) outputs an operating signal. The watercraft operating controller (30) controls both a magnitude and an orientation of the thrust in accordance with operating the operating portion (4). When receiving the operating signal, the watercraft operating controller (30) determines whether or not the joystick (26) is located in a neutral position. When the joystick 26 is located in the neutral position, the watercraft operating controller (30) transitions to a holding standby state. When the joystick (26) is operated to tilt in the holding standby state, the watercraft operating controller (30) transitions to a holding control state for holding the thrust or a watercraft speed.

The present watercraft operating system (100) includes a marine propulsion device (3) and a watercraft operating controller (30). The watercraft operating controller (30) executes a position keeping control for controlling the marine propulsion device (3) such that a watercraft (10) is kept located in a target spot. The position keeping control includes a first bow turning control not only controlling an output of the marine propulsion device (3) and a rotational direction of a propeller (14) but also controlling a rudder angle to fall within a predetermined angular range based on information regarding the target spot of the watercraft (10) and information regarding a position of the watercraft (10) and a second bow turning control not only controlling the rotational direction of the propeller (14) but also controlling the rudder angle to a first angle greater than a maximum rudder angle in the predetermined angular range based on the information regarding the target spot of the watercraft (10) and the information regarding the position of the watercraft (10).

The watercraft propulsion system (100) includes first and second propulsion devices (3, 4), a joystick (6), a joystick button (61), and a main controller (101). The first and second propulsion devices (3, 4) are attached to a hull (2) of a watercraft. The joystick (6) operates the first and second propulsion devices (3, 4). The joystick button (61) is operated for issuing a command of transitioning to a joystick mode (M2) for operating the first and second propulsion devices (3, 4) with the joystick (6). The main controller (101) deactivates the joystick mode (M2) based on change in state of the first and second propulsion devices (3, 4) between a stopped state and a started state under the joystick mode (M2).

The present watercraft propulsion system (100) includes a principal propulsion device (3), an auxiliary propulsion device (4), a tilt cylinder (62), a keeping mode setting button (82, 83, 84), and a main controller (101). The principal propulsion device (3) is attached to a hull (2) of a watercraft. The auxiliary propulsion device (4) is attached to the hull (2) and uses an electric motor as a power source thereof. The tilt cylinder (62) changes a tilt angle (θ) of the auxiliary propulsion device (4) with respect to the hull (2). The keeping mode setting button (82, 83, 84) issues a command for executing a keeping mode of keeping the hull (2) either disposed in a predetermined target position (Tp) or oriented in a predetermined target compass direction (Td). When the command for executing the keeping mode is issued by the keeping mode setting button (82, 83, 84), the main controller (101) executes the keeping mode by setting either the predetermined target position (Tp) or the predetermined target compass direction (Td) based on the tilt angle (θ) of the auxiliary propulsion device (4).

The present watercraft propulsion system (100) includes a principal propulsion device (3), an auxiliary propulsion device (4), a steering actuator (33), a steering motor (56), and a main controller (101). The principal propulsion device (3) is attached to a hull (2) of a watercraft. The auxiliary propulsion device (4) is attached to the hull (2) and has a smaller rated output than the principal propulsion device (3). The steering actuator (33) changes a rudder angle of the principal propulsion device (3). The steering motor (56) changes a rudder angle of the auxiliary propulsion device (4). The main controller (101) controls the steering actuator (33) and the steering motor (56) such that a rudder rate of the principal propulsion device (3) is made smaller than a rudder rate of the auxiliary propulsion device (4) when steering of the hull 2 is executed in a state that not the principal propulsion device (3) but the auxiliary propulsion device (4) only generates a thrust.

A straddled vehicle (1) includes a handle grip (12, 13), a switch case (15), and a first operation switch (16). The switch case (15) is disposed inward of the handle grip (12, 13) in the vehicle (1) width direction. The switch case (15) includes an opening (21). The first operation switch (16) is a seesaw type switch and protrudes from the opening (21). The first operation switch (16) includes an outer switch (32) and an inner switch (33). The inner switch (33) is integrated with the outer switch (32). The inner switch (33) is disposed inward of the outer switch (32) in the vehicle (1) width direction. The length of the inner switch (33) in the vehicle (1) width direction is longer than the length of the outer switch (32) in the vehicle (1) width direction.

The present teaching aims to provide a straddled vehicle capable of providing a visibility of a flasher from an inner viewing angle, and also capable of suppressing a size increase of a peripheral part of a headlight while suppressing a size increase of a dummy tank or a cover in vehicle width direction in a front view. A straddled vehicle 1 of the present teaching has a flasher outer lens 51 disposed in a forward surface portion 11 of a cover 10. The flasher outer lens 51 is located farther rearward Y2 than the axis La of a front fork 22 at a handlebar neutral position Pn in a side view. At least a half of an up-down full length D1 of the flasher outer lens 51 is located farther upward H1 than a lower end 41a of a headlight outer lens 41 at the handlebar neutral position Pn. The flasher outer lens 51 has a horizontally elongated shape in a front view of the flasher outer lens 51.

An operating rod (32) is movable in an axial direction relative to an axle (31) between a wheel lock position, in which a wheel lock member (33) is positioned at the engaging position, and a wheel lock release position, in which the wheel lock member (33) is allowed to move to the release position. The operating rod (32) is pushed from the wheel lock release position toward the wheel lock position by an elastic force of the first elastic member (38) and is movable from the wheel lock position to the wheel lock release position by a pushing force applied by a user. The stopper member (34) engages with the operating rod (32) when the operating rod (32) is positioned in the wheel lock release position and retains the operating rod (32) at the wheel lock release position against the elastic force of the first elastic member (38). This facilitates the attachment of a wheel (10) to a frame (50).

An electric wheelchair (100) includes an electric motor (21) mounted on a right wheel (10R), an electric motor (21) mounted on a left wheel (10L), a battery (30) that supplies a current to the electric motors (21), and a battery holder (40) that is disposed closer to the right wheel (10R) than a center of the electric wheelchair (100) in a left-right direction and houses the battery (30). The battery holder (40) opens toward an inward direction, which is a direction facing the center of the electric wheelchair (100) in the left-right direction, and toward a top of the electric wheelchair (100). The structure of the battery holder (40) enables to reduce the width of the vehicle body in the left-right direction when a frame (50) of the electric wheelchair (100) is folded without reducing the capacity of the battery (30).

A leaning vehicle capable of offering increased suppression of an influence that an operation of a brake device gives to a riding posture of a rider who is holding a handlebar in a leaning state is provided. The leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a rear wheel, a front fork, a front wheel, a handlebar, a power source, an automatic transmission, a front brake device, a rear brake device, a brake drive device, and a vehicle following control device. The vehicle following control device, after starting a decelerating control on a leaning vehicle, makes the automatic transmission perform a shift-down operation so as to reduce the amount of descent of the handlebar caused by the operation of the front brake device. The automatic transmission is a device for changing the speed ratio of rotation of the rear wheel. Given that the rotation speed of an output shaft of the power source is unchanged, the shift-down operation by the automatic transmission reduces the rotation speed of the rear wheel, and increases the torque of the power source as viewed from the rear wheel. Accordingly, due to the shift-down operation, a braking force of the rear wheel exerted by a resistance of the power source increases.

There is disclosed a suspension device (1) includinga cylinder (10), a piston rod (20), a spring (30), a spring bearing (43) supporting a first end (31) of the spring (30), a stopper (13) projecting outward in a radial direction of the cylinder (10), and an adjuster (50) supporting a second end (32) of the spring (30) and being supported by the stopper (13), the adjuster (50) being rotatable relative to the cylinder (10); the adjuster (50) including a spring seat (60) having a plurality of cam surfaces (66), each having a different position in the axial direction of the cylinder (10) and being engaged with the stopper (13), and a grip (70) that rotates together with the spring seat (60) and has a gripping surface (70a) to be gripped by a hand of an operator. (Figure 2).

A straddled vehicle (10) includes a cowl (20) having a winglet (30), the straddled vehicle (10) being capable of providing a target aerodynamic performance while suppressing an increase in size of the winglet (30), and ultimately of the straddled vehicle (10), in the vehicle (10) width direction. A non-tunneled air guide path (40A) formed above an upper winglet portion (32) is configured to extend in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle (10) along an upper outward-inclined cowl front surface (22), which is a portion (32) of the cowl front surface (22), the portion being located farther upward than the upper winglet portion (32) and inclined outward in the vehicle (10) width direction. A tunneled air guide path (40A) formed below the upper winglet portion (32) and enclosed by a lower surface of the upper winglet portion (32), an inner side surface of a lower winglet portion (34) in the vehicle (10) width direction, and a part of the cowl front surface (22) is configured to extend in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle (10) along a lower inward-inclined cowl front surface (22), which is a portion of the cowl front surface (22), the portion being located farther downward than the upper winglet portion (34) and inclined inward in the vehicle (10) width direction.

There is disclosed a straddled vehicle (1) including a body frame (2), a seat (5), a foot board (24), a front cover (21), a leg shield (22), and a protector (41, 42); the body frame (2) including a head pipe (13); the leg shield (22) including an inner rack (26) that opens upward; the leg shield (22) being disposed behind the head pipe (13); the leg shield (22) extendingupward from the foot board (24); the protector (41, 42) being disposed on the outer lateral side of the leg shield (22); the inner rack (26) including a storage space (31), a rear wall portion (33), and a side wall portion (35, 36); the rear wall (33) portion being disposed behind the storage space (31); the side wall portion (35, 36) being disposed on the outer lateral side of the storage space (21);. the side wall portion (35, 36)extending from the rear wall portion (33) toward the front cover (21) in the side view of the vehicle (1); the protector (41, 42) overlaps at least a portion of the side wall portion (35, 36) in the side view of the vehicle (1).

The present teaching aims to provide a straddled vehicle capable of suppressing a decrease in the amount of a radiator-passing wind stream in traveling, while suppressing an influence that heat caused by the radiator-passing wind stream gives to a rider and/or an electrical part disposed rearward of a radiator. A straddled vehicle 1 of the present teaching includes a radiator 60 including a radiator core 62, fans 70, a radiator cover 80, and a forward member 50. The radiator cover 80 covers at least a part of a wind stream amount increase region in which the amount of a radiator-passing wind stream increases in traveling. The radiator cover 80 has a rear partition wall portion 81, to restrict an inflow of the radiator-passing wind stream into a rearward space, and also has a pressure drop portion 83 for letting a part of the radiator-passing wind stream escape to the rearward space, the pressure drop portion 83 being disposed at a position opposed to the wind stream amount increase region.

The boat propulsion device includes an engine, a propeller shaft, a transmission device, a rotating member, a non-rotating member, an elastic member, a housing, a housed member, and a pusher. The transmission device includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The rotating member rotates with the propeller shaft. The rotation of the non-rotating member is restricted. The elastic member exerts a force to cause the rotating member and the non-rotating member to contact each other. The housing has a first surface sloping from the center side toward the outer side in the radial direction. The housing rotates with the propeller shaft. The housed member contacts the first surface and is movable in the radial direction. The pusher has a first part contacting the housed member and a second part contacting one of the rotating member and the non-rotating member located on the other side in the axial direction.

A boat propulsion device includes an engine, a propeller shaft, a transmission device, a cover, a shoe pin, a shoe, and an elastic member. The transmission device includes a drive gear and a driven gear that meshes with the drive gear. The cover covers the propeller shaft. The shoe pin positions between the propeller shaft and the cover. The shoe pin rotates around the propeller shaft with the propeller shaft. The shoe attached to the shoe pin rotates around the shoe pin. The shoe includes a first part located on one side and a second part located on the other side of the direction that intersects the radial direction of the propeller shaft with respect to the shoe pin. The center of gravity of the shoe is located in the first part. The elastic member exerts a force, causing the second part and the cover to contact each other.

A leaning vehicle capable of controlling a driving force of a left front wheel and a driving force of a right front wheel independently of each other. A leaning vehicle (1) includes: a vehicle body frame (10) including a head pipe (12); a left front wheel (20L); a right front wheel (20R); a steering shaft (31) rotatable left and right together with the left front wheel (20L) and the right front wheel (20R); a handle bar (30); a link mechanism (40) that links together the vehicle body frame (10), the left front wheel (20L) and the right front wheel (20R) so that the vehicle body frame (10), the left front wheel (20L) and the right front wheel (20R) can tilt together; a left in-wheel motor (50L) provided on the left front wheel (20L); and a right in-wheel motor (50R) provided on the right front wheel (20R).

A straddled vehicle 1 includes a head tube 3, a front fork 7, a front wheel 8, a left shroud 31L, a right shroud 31R, a radiator 11, and a radiator grille 20. The radiator 11 is located rearward of the front fork 7 and between the left shroud 31L and the right shroud 31R. The radiator grille 20 is located rearward of the front fork 7, between the left shroud 31L and the right shroud 31R, and forward of the radiator 11. The radiator grille 20 includes a plurality of louvers 40. The louvers 40 are lined in a transverse direction Y. It is assumed that, among all the louvers 40, a louver 40 closest to a vehicle center plane C is a first louver 41. The first louver 41 projects more forward than the louvers 40 other than the first louver 41.

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