A water electrolysis stack includes: a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and a plate-shaped current collector provided on one of both sides of the electrolyte membrane in the thickness direction thereof; a water introduction unit for introducing water from the outside; a water flow path member disposed so as to face the current collector and provided with a water flow path for guiding, along the surface direction of the current collector, the water introduced into the water introduction unit; and a pumping unit for pumping the water to the water introduction unit. The pumping unit continuously changes the pumping amount of the water, thereby pulsating the water flowing through the water flow path along the surface direction of the current collector.
C25B 15/08 - Supplying or removing reactants or electrolytesRegeneration of electrolytes
C25B 9/23 - Cells comprising dimensionally-stable non-movable electrodesAssemblies of constructional parts thereof with diaphragms comprising ion-exchange membranes in or on which electrode material is embedded
C25B 9/77 - Assemblies comprising two or more cells of the filter-press type having diaphragms
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VEHICLE SEAT AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF VEHICLE SEAT
A vehicle seat and an assembling method of the vehicle seat are provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat frame, having a side frame; an airbag module, fixed onto the side frame; a liner, covering the seat frame; a covering, covering the seat frame and the liner, the covering being provided with a tearing portion that is ruptured when an airbag is expanded; a first lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the first lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; a second lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the second lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; and a first hook portion, disposed at an inner end of one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth, and configured to hook and fix one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth onto the side frame.
B60R 21/2165 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated conditionArrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components characterised by the covers for the inflatable member characterised by a tear line for defining a deployment opening
B60R 21/207 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated conditionArrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in vehicle seats
A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes: a bypass line that is capable of introducing a heat medium that has passed through a first module into a second module 11b differing from the first module; an upstream-side four-way valve and a downstream-side four-way valve that are disposed for each of the modules, and that are capable of switching between a hot water line, a cold water line, and a bypass line for a passage through which the heat medium is to be supplied to the module, and adjusting the flow rate of the heat medium to pass through the module; and a control device that changes, in accordance with the state of an adsorbent by controlling the upstream-side four-way valve and the downstream-side four-way valve, switching control for switching the passage for the heat medium and flow rate control for adjusting the flow rate of the heat medium.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
A control device for controlling an electric motor that rotates a rotor, the control device including: a determination unit configured to determine control to be performed based on a rotational speed of the rotor, the control being either rotational speed control for controlling the electric motor so as to rotate the rotor at a target value of the rotational speed of the rotor or constant torque control for controlling the electric motor at a constant torque regardless of the rotational speed of the rotor; and a control unit configured to perform one of the rotational speed control or the constant torque control in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit.
B64C 27/57 - Mechanisms for controlling blade adjustment or movement relative to rotor head, e.g. lag-lead movement characterised by the control initiating means, e.g. manually actuated automatic or condition responsive, e.g. responsive to rotor speed, torque or thrust
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LITHIUM-METAL-BATTERY DEGRADATION-STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE, METHOD OF DETERMINING DEGRADATION STATE OF LITHIUM METAL BATTERY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A lithium-metal-battery degradation-state determination device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire resistance value information relating to a resistance value obtained by applying a voltage to a lithium metal battery including a negative electrode containing lithium, and determine a degradation state of the lithium metal battery based on a first map, created in advance and indicating a relationship between a thickness of the negative electrode and the resistance value, and the acquired resistance value information.
A gas separation membrane includes a porous substrate, a first gas separating layer impregnated and formed onto one surface of the porous substrate, and a second gas separating layer disposed so as to overlap the first gas separating layer, the first gas separating layer having higher gas permeability and lower gas selectivity than the second gas separating layer.
A battery temperature control system includes: a battery; a cooling unit configured to cool the battery; a heating unit configured to heat the battery; a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the battery; and a temperature control unit configured to control the cooling unit and the heating unit, the temperature control unit is configured to be capable of switching between a cooling state, a heating state, and a stopped state, and the temperature control unit is configured to switch between the cooling state and the heating state at least once when the temperature of the battery approaches a target temperature.
H01M 10/65 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
A storage medium of an embodiment is a non-transient storage medium storing computer-readable instructions to be executed by a computer. The instructions include recognizing a surrounding conditions of a vehicle based on detection result of an external environment detection device, setting a first target speed of the vehicle based on the surrounding conditions, setting a second target speed of the vehicle based on map information, selecting one of the first target speed and the second target speed and controlling a speed of the vehicle based on the selected target speed, setting a target speed by combining the first target speed and the second target speed at a ratio according to traveling conditions of the vehicle when a curved road is present in a traveling direction of the vehicle, and controlling the speed of the vehicle based on the set target speed.
The electrochemical hydrogen compression system includes: a hydrogen compression stack for compressing hydrogen gas supplied to an anode and discharging from a cathode through an electrolyte membrane compressed, high-pressure hydrogen gas; a hydrogen supply device for supplying the hydrogen gas to the anode of the hydrogen compression stack through a hydrogen supply flow path, and a pressure swing adsorption device having a plurality of adsorption towers for dehumidifying the high-pressure hydrogen gas discharged from the hydrogen compression stack; and a return flow path configured to return the hydrogen gas for recovery used for recovery of the adsorption towers to the hydrogen supply flow path or the hydrogen supply device.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
Fuel cell system includes: fuel cell stack configured to generate power by anode/cathode gas in anode/cathode flow path: anode/cathode supply flow path supplying anode/cathode gas to anode/cathode flow path; anode/cathode discharge flow path discharging anode/cathode off-gas from anode/cathode flow path; combining portion combining anode/cathode off-gas flowing through anode/cathode discharge flow path; discharge pipe guiding combined gas combined in combining portion to outside; anode discharge valve configured to control flow of anode off-gas toward combining portion; and control unit configured to control opening and closing of anode discharge valve. Control unit: acquires hydrogen concentration of combined gas; and controls opening and closing of anode discharge valve to repeat opening/closing operation of opening for opening time based on hydrogen concentration and closing in case where power generation amount of fuel cell stack is equal to or less than power generation threshold.
A centrifugal casting device casts a cast product by pouring molten metal into a mold while rotating the mold, and includes: a control unit for controlling the rotational speed of the mold; and a determination unit for determining whether or not the head position of the molten metal flowing in the direction of a rotation axis of the mold has reached a predetermined position. The control unit rotates the mold at a first rotational speed, and rotates the mold at a second rotational speed in a case where the determination unit determines that the head position has reached the predetermined position.
B22D 13/12 - Controlling, supervising, specially adapted to centrifugal casting, e.g. for safety reasons
B22D 13/02 - Centrifugal castingCasting by using centrifugal force of elongated solid or hollow bodies, e.g. pipes, in moulds rotating around their longitudinal axis
A saddle riding vehicle includes a meter device configured to display vehicle information, a right cowl disposed in front of the meter device and overlapping with the meter device when seen in a front view of the vehicle, and a USB charger having a connection port that is able to be connected to external equipment, the USB charger is disposed between a rear end of the meter device and a front end of the right cowl in a vehicle forward/rearward direction and is disposed outside of an outer side of the meter device in a vehicle width direction, the meter device and the right cowl are fixed to a vehicle body via the same support frame, and the USB charger is fixed to the support frame.
A cabin environment control apparatus includes a microprocessor connected to an air-conditioning device configured to adjust a temperature in a cabin of a vehicle according to a designated air-conditioning temperature. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a degree of fatigue of an occupant of the vehicle based on biological information of the occupant, and instructing the air-conditioning device to change the air-conditioning temperature from a first temperature designated by the occupant to a second temperature lower than the first temperature when the degree of fatigue of the occupant is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
A method for producing a synthesis gas for producing a fuel from a biomass raw material includes supplying hydrogen to the biomass raw material such that a mass ratio represented by [mass of hydrogen gas]/[mass of biomass] is 0.01 to 0.03, in which supplying steam is not provided.
A management controller includes a generating unit for generating a data frame, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the data frame. A junction box controller includes a receiving unit for receiving the data frame, a determining unit for determining commands for a plurality of devices, respectively, based on information written to the data frame, and a control unit for controlling the devices based on the commands determined by the determining unit.
B64C 27/68 - Transmitting means, e.g. interrelated with initiating means or means acting on blades using electrical energy, e.g. having electrical power amplification
B64C 29/00 - Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
Provided is a gas collection apparatus that can suppress power consumption at a time of normal operation, and can reliably keep a valve fully closed even in a case where supply of power is lost while performing a desorption process. A carbon dioxide collection apparatus is a gas collection apparatus that is provided with: a reactor; a fan; and a third valve and a fourth valve that are of a butterfly type and are provided at a gas inlet and a gas outlet of the reactor, plate-shaped valve bodies of the third valve and fourth valve that are configured to rotate around rotary shafts, a center of rotation of the rotary shafts being offset from a center position of the valve bodies, seen from a normal direction for a plate surface of the valve bodies.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
F16K 1/22 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation crossing the valve member, e.g. butterfly valves
A tank arrangement construction includes two or more first tanks and one or more second tanks are arranged such that tank axes thereof are parallel to each other with the connections are aligned on the same side. The first tanks are arranged in a first direction intersecting with directions of the tank axes. The second tank is offset from the first tanks arranged in the first direction, in a second direction intersecting the directions of the tank axes and the first direction. A diameter D1 of each first tank and a diameter D2 of each second tank are different from each other. The first tanks and the second tanks are arranged in a zigzag pattern. The first tanks and the second tanks lap each other as viewed in the first direction.
A vehicle communication apparatus includes a microprocessor connected to a first sensor detecting a condition in a cabin of a vehicle and a second sensor detecting a traveling speed or position of the vehicle, and an output device. The microprocessor is configured to perform: detecting occupants riding on the vehicle, based on detection data of the first sensor; detecting a stop of the vehicle based on detection data of the second sensor; and when getting-off of one or more of the occupants and continuation of riding of one or more of the occupants are detected, and the stop of the vehicle is detected, starting wireless communication with the terminal carried by an occupant whose getting-off is detected via a communication module and transmitting a signal requesting a setting for having an output destination of the video signal as the output device to the terminal.
A vehicle communication apparatus includes a microprocessor connected to a first sensor detecting a condition in a cabin of a vehicle, a second sensor detecting a traveling speed or current position of the vehicle, and an output device provided in the cabin. The microprocessor is configured to perform: detecting a plurality of occupants riding on the vehicle, based on detection data of the first sensor; detecting a stop of the vehicle based on detection data of the second sensor; and when getting-off of one or more of the plurality of occupants and continuation of riding of one or more of the plurality of occupants are detected, and the stop of the vehicle is detected, performing wireless communication with a terminal carried by an occupant whose getting-off is detected and outputting a communication signal received from the terminal to the output device.
A cabin environment control apparatus includes a microprocessor connected to a sound output device provided in a cabin of a vehicle. The microprocessor is configured to perform: calculating a degree of fatigue of an occupant of the vehicle based on biological information of the occupant; generate a signal for reproducing sound content to the sound output device; and controlling the sound output device to add a reverberation effect to the sound content and reproduce the sound content when the degree of fatigue of the occupant is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
B60K 35/26 - Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor using acoustic output
B60K 35/28 - Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics informationOutput arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
B60K 35/80 - Arrangements for controlling instruments
A content reproduction apparatus is configured to reproduce content in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: communicating with terminals carried by a plurality of occupants riding in the vehicle, via a wireless communication; acquiring a conversation in the vehicle by the plurality of occupants as conversation information in a state where each of the plurality of occupants can be specified; detecting a conversation amount within a predetermined period based on the conversation information; acquiring content managed by a terminal among the terminals, carried by a predetermined occupant among the plurality of occupants, via the communication when it is determined that the conversation amount within the predetermined period is less than a predetermined value, and reproducing the content.
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
H04N 21/4363 - Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
A CO2 electrolysis device includes a CO2 electrolytic laminate constituted by a plurality of CO2 electrolysis cells, which are laminated, end plates provided on both ends of the CO2 electrolytic laminate in a lamination direction, and collars that are provided on both ends of the CO2 electrolytic laminate in a first direction perpendicular to the lamination direction and that are disposed between the end plates, the collars being longer than the CO2 electrolytic laminate in the lamination direction, and the end plates having a shape bent inward in the lamination direction at a central portion of the CO2 electrolytic laminate in the first direction.
A navigation apparatus includes a microprocessor communicatively connected to an input device and an output device. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring position information indicating a current position of a vehicle; receiving an input of destination information indicating a destination and an input of purpose information indicating a purpose; referring to map information including road map information and facility information; temporarily setting a predetermined range including the destination as a first destination based on the destination information and the road map information; setting a specific position narrower than a range of the first destination as a second destination based on the purpose information and the facility information; setting a route based on the position information of the vehicle and a position information of the second destination; and outputting route guidance information based on the route and the position information of the vehicle.
A method for bending a segment coil includes a first operation of twisting and bending a first coil end row in one circumferential direction and a second operation of twisting and bending, in the other circumferential direction, a second coil end row adjacent to the first coil end row in the radial direction of a stator core. The timing at which the first coil end row reaches the movement completion position through the first operation is made different from the timing at which the second coil end row reaches the movement completion position through the second operation. A device for bending a segment coil performs the method described above.
A grinding system includes a grinding device that meshes and synchronously rotates a gear-shaped workpiece and a grinding tool, thereby grinding a workpiece tooth surface of the workpiece with a helical grinding tooth surface of the grinding tool, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a synchronization error between the workpiece and the grinding tool during grinding of the workpiece tooth surface, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the synchronization error, whether an abnormality has occurred in the grinding of the workpiece tooth surface.
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses and methods for vehicle-to-vehicle communications for blind spot notification. More particularly, this disclosure describes providing a flashing notification in a preceding vehicle when another vehicle passes aside of it. In an illustrative embodiment, a vehicle having a transmitter establishes a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with a preceding vehicle. An instruction or command may be provided through the established communication when the following vehicle begins its passing maneuver. After receiving the instruction, the preceding vehicle may begin to flash its headlight corresponding to the side on which the following vehicle is passing on. After the vehicle has passed the preceding vehicle, the flashing headlight may be stopped.
H04W 4/46 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (USA)
Inventor
Harutyunyan, Avetik
Li, Xufan
Bao, Zhenan
Xu, Chengyi
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to vibration sensors. The vibration sensors can include a vibration sensor including at least an aperture. A polymer including a n elastomer is disposed on the frame. A nanoribbon network is disposed on the polymer. Two or more electrodes are disposed on the nanoribbon network. The two or more electrodes have a spacing of about 500 nm to about 2000 μm.
G01H 11/06 - Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by detecting changes in electric or magnetic properties by electric means
B82B 1/00 - Nanostructures formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units
B82B 3/00 - Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units
B82Y 15/00 - Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors
A stator includes: a stator core in which a plurality of slots is formed; and a coil being open winding, in which one pole of one phase includes n (even number) slots, the number of phases is m (2 or 3), an end portion of a winding start is electrically joined to a wire inserted in an outermost diameter turn of a slot, an end portion of a winding end is electrically joined to a wire inserted in an outermost diameter turn of a slot, and a wire wound up to an end of an innermost diameter turn of a slot and a wire inserted in a slot shifted by (n−1)×m−1 slots in a winding direction or a direction opposite to the winding direction from the slot in which the wire is inserted in the innermost diameter turn of the slot are electrically joined.
This windscreen device includes a windscreen, a holder configured to support the windscreen, a bracket configured to vertically movably support the holder together with the windscreen and fixed to a vehicle body, and a shaft extending in a vehicle leftward/rightward direction and configured to pass through and connect first connecting parts of the holder and second connecting parts of the bracket in the vehicle leftward/rightward direction, one of the first connecting parts and the second connecting parts is shaft holding parts configured to relatively immovably hold the shaft when seen in the vehicle leftward/rightward direction, the other of the first connecting parts and the second connecting parts is slide groove forming parts that form a slide groove extending in a vehicle upward/downward direction and allow the shaft holding parts to slide in a groove length direction of the slide groove, a height of the windscreen is adjustable together with the holder by sliding the shaft holding parts along the slide groove, the slide groove forming parts are provided with fitting members that are supported by the shaft and able to move integrally with the shaft in the vehicle leftward/rightward direction, and fitting concave portions that partially expand lateral grooves and allow the fitting members to fit are formed at a plurality of places at intervals in the groove length direction of the slide groove, the fitting members and the fitting concave portions constitute lock actuating parts configured to switch between a locked state in which the shaft holding parts are unable to slide with respect to the slide groove forming parts and a lock released state in which the shaft holding parts are able to slide with respect to the slide groove forming parts, the shaft is provided with an operating part configured to move the shaft and the fitting members in the vehicle leftward/rightward direction and switch between the locked state and the lock released state of the lock actuating parts, and the operating part is provided only on one side of the shaft in the vehicle leftward/rightward direction.
Propulsion device control apparatus controlling boat propulsion device includes: lever instructing propulsion direction and target propulsion force; and controller controlling propulsion device based on instruction from lever. Propulsion device includes: right propulsion device on starboard side; left propulsion device on port side; and middle propulsion device between right propulsion device and left propulsion device. Lever includes: right lever corresponding to one of right propulsion device and left propulsion device; and left lever corresponding to other of right propulsion device and left propulsion device. Controller switches between: normal mode controlling middle propulsion device based on instruction from right and left levers; and preset mode controlling middle propulsion device based on instruction from preset lever. Controller controls middle propulsion device in normal mode when right and left levers are normal, while limits propulsion force corresponding to one and switches from normal mode to preset mode when one fails.
A reinforcement assembly for a side sill includes a first reinforcement structure arranged inside a cavity of the side sill and including a plurality of first segments arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each first segment includes a plurality of first cones arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of first bridges interconnecting the first cones. A second reinforcement structure is coupled to the first reinforcement structure and is arranged inside the cavity. The second reinforcement structure includes a plurality of second segments arrayed in the longitudinal direction with each second segment including a plurality of second cones arrayed in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second bridges interconnecting the plurality of second cones. The first cones are arranged facing the second cones and engaged with the second cones. Also, the first reinforcement structure and the second reinforcement structure are made of resin.
A terminal operation management apparatus includes: a communication terminal position recognition section that recognizes a position of a communication terminal relative to a display apparatus, the communication terminal existing around the display apparatus; and a terminal operation permission determination section that enables operation of the display apparatus through the communication terminal when the position of the communication terminal relative to the display apparatus is a predetermined position.
A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle has circuitry configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of the vehicle; specify a lane position and/or a lane type of a first lane, in which the vehicle travels, on a road having the first lane; acquire information on a curvature of a curve when the curve is detected ahead of the vehicle in the first lane based on a recognition result; and control acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle based on a specification result and the acquired information on the curvature. The circuitry is configured to control acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle to achieve a target speed according to the lane position and/or the lane type of the first lane and the curvature of the curve.
When executing a depressurizing process of a hydrogen compression device and a water electrolysis device, on-off valves that supply a hydrogen gas or an oxygen gas to a fuel cell are placed in an opened state, and further, a set pressure of supply pressure reducing valves are adjusted to a value that is lower than a set pressure of bypass pressure reducing valves. Gas remaining in gas depressurizing regions is supplied, via the bypass pressure reducing valves, to the fuel cell.
H01M 8/04082 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
H01M 8/04119 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyteHumidifying or dehumidifying
H01M 8/0656 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants by electrochemical means
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GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION DEVICE
Provided are a gas diffusion electrode that enables efficient production of C2 compounds at high current density; and an electrochemical reaction device including such a gas diffusion electrode. The gas diffusion electrode is for electrochemically reducing one or both of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. The gas diffusion electrode includes a gas diffusion layer; and a catalyst layer provided on a surface of the gas diffusion layer. The catalyst layer includes catalyst particles including a copper (Cu) component; and hydrophobic particles including a fluororesin. In the catalyst layer, the catalyst particles have a mass per unit area (M1) of 0.70 mg/cm2 or more, and the hydrophobic particles have a mass per unit area (M2) with a ratio (M2/M1) of M2 to M1 being 0.10 or more and 1.70 or less.
C25B 9/19 - Cells comprising dimensionally-stable non-movable electrodesAssemblies of constructional parts thereof with diaphragms
C25B 11/095 - Electrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of at least one catalytic element and at least one catalytic compoundElectrodes formed of electrocatalysts on a substrate or carrier characterised by the electrocatalysts material consisting of two or more catalytic elements or catalytic compounds at least one of the compounds being organic
A windshield device includes: a fixing member configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and having first and second guide holes that are laterally spaced from each other; a shaft extending laterally and movably inserted in the first guide hole and the second guide hole; a holding member supported on the shaft; and a screen supported by the holding member. The first guide hole is provided with multiple first lock holes, and the second guide hole is provided with multiple second lock holes at positions laterally corresponding to the first lock holes. A first fitting part that can be selectively fitted in one of the first lock holes is fixed to the shaft, and a second fitting part that can be selectively fitted in one of the second lock holes is supported on the shaft to be movable in an axial direction of the shaft within a predetermined range.
This robot control system comprises: a robot having a plurality of joints; a sensor for acquiring a state quantity of the robot; a part designation unit for designating a robot part to be operated of the robot; a freedom degree determination unit for determining the degree of freedom to be used of the robot; and a control unit that receives inputs of the state quantity of the robot, the robot part, a target position of the robot part, and the degree of freedom to be used, and outputs a joint angle target for moving the robot part to the target position in a three-dimensional space.
This remote control system remotely controls an end effector which has a finger portion with joints, and comprises: a first detection unit for detecting a fingertip position of an operator; a second detection unit for detecting a joint angle of a finger of the operator; a determination unit for determining the operation content of the operator; a priority decision unit for deciding whether priority should be given to the fingertip position of the operator or the joint angle of the operator when calculating a joint angle of the finger portion of the end effector, in accordance with the operation content determined by the determination unit; a calculation unit for performing a joint angle optimization calculation including the priority determined by the priority decision unit; and a control unit for outputting the joint angle calculated by the calculation unit as a control command to the end effector.
A stator core (24) of a stator (10) is provided with a plurality of U-shaped split cores (241). Each among the plurality of split cores (241) is formed from a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets (S) laminated in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the stator core (24). Each split core (241) is provided with a connection part (32) that connects a first leg part (301) and a second leg part (302), which both extend in the radial direction of the stator core (24), to each other. Each connection part (32) has a linear portion (36) extending in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction and the radial direction of the stator core (24), and the linear portion (36) faces a separation region (B) provided between coils (26) in the radial direction of the stator core (24).
This robot remote operation control system comprises: three or more end effectors in a robot; a movement mechanism that moves each of the end effectors; a first control unit that controls an operation of at least one of the end effectors in accordance with motion by an operator; an operation designation unit that determines an action start point of the end effector on the basis of the motion by the operator and designates an operation from the action start point of the end effector; a path generation unit that generates a restricted path of the end effector from the operation which has been designated by the operation designation unit; and a second control unit that operates, on the path, at least one end effector among end effectors which are not controlled by the first control unit.
Provided is a saddled vehicle for which storage sections and lid provided to a leg shield are easily assembled. The saddled vehicle comprises: a leg shield (42); and a storage body (100) that is provided to the leg shield (42) and has storage sections (110, 120) and a lid (130). An attachment opening (42a) is formed in the leg shield (42) and the attachment opening (42a) is formed so as to be slightly larger than the outer periphery of the lid (130). The storage sections (110, 120) are formed with a lid receiving surface (127), and the lid (130) is supported by the storage sections (110, 120) so as to be capable of opening and closing. In a state in which the storage sections (110, 120) and the lid (130) are assembled and formed into a single unit, the storage body (100) is fixed to the inner surface of the leg shield (42) from the inner side of the leg shield (42).
This information processing device for assisting a rental service of batteries in a plurality of battery storage locations for storing a plurality of batteries comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring usage information related to a battery storage location that a borrowing applicant, who desires to borrow a battery, previously used for returning a battery; and a selection unit for selecting, on the basis of the usage information, a rental battery to be lent to the borrowing applicant from among the plurality of batteries stored in the battery storage location.
This rotary electric machine (10) comprises an annular bus ring (18) to which a coil (16) is connected. The bus ring (18) has a protrusion (34) that protrudes radially outward from a ring body (30). The protrusion (34) has a radial end portion (52) provided radially outward from the radially inner end portion (142a) of a stator core (14A). The radial end portion (52) of the protrusion (34) abuts the inner peripheral end (281) of the coil (16), which is wound around a winding portion (142).
H02K 3/38 - Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation around winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
A rotary electric machine (10) is provided with: a coil (16) wound around a stator core (14A); and an annular bus ring (18) to which the coil (16) is connected. The bus ring (18) has a ring body (30) and a protrusion (34) that protrudes radially outward from the outer peripheral portion of the ring body (30). The protrusion (34) has a ring-side engagement part (68) that engages with the stator core (14A), and the stator core (14A) has a stator-side engagement part (70) that engages with the ring-side engagement part (68).
H02K 3/38 - Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation around winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
A bus ring (18) is provided with an inner ring part (38), an outer ring part (40), and a bridge part (32) that connects the inner ring part (38) and the outer ring part (40). The inner ring part (38) is provided with: first insertion grooves (42) (a U-phase insertion groove (42u), a V-phase insertion groove (42v), a W-phase insertion groove (42w)) which are provided on a first ring end surface (381) and into which a U-phase bus bar (36u), a V-phase bus bar (36v), and a W-phase bus bar (36w) are inserted; and a second insertion groove (44) which is provided on a second ring end surface (382) and into which the neutral wire bus bar (48) is inserted. When viewed in the axial direction of the bus ring (18), the second insertion groove (44) and the bridge part (32) overlap each other.
This sorting device for sorting crushed pieces of specific materials from a plurality of crushed pieces obtained by crushing a vehicle body structure comprises: an infrared imaging unit for imaging the crushed pieces; and a processing unit for sorting the crushed pieces of the specific materials on the basis of the temperature distribution of the crushed pieces in an infrared image captured by the infrared imaging unit.
The present invention prevents electric power that is being supplied to a step-down transformer from being cut off from at least one of a first battery and a second battery when changing the connection state of the first battery and the second battery. An electric power supply device 5 comprises a first battery BT1 and a second battery BT2 that supply electric power to a first load L1, and a step-down transformer DR that steps down the voltage of at least one of the first battery BT1 and the second battery BT2 and supplies electric power to a second load L2, wherein: the first battery BT1 and the second battery BT2 are configured to be capable of being connected to the first load L1 and the step-down transformer DR in series, in parallel, or individually; and the electric power supply device furthermore comprises a first diode D1 that is provided between the positive electrode of the first battery BT1 and the positive electrode of the step-down transformer DR and is connected such that the direction from the positive electrode of the first battery BT1 toward the positive electrode of the step-down transformer DR is the forward direction thereof, a second diode D2 that is provided between the positive electrode of the second battery BT2 and the positive electrode of the step-down transformer DR and is connected such that the direction from the positive electrode of the second battery BT2 toward the positive electrode of the step-down transformer DR is the forward direction thereof, and a third diode D3 that is provided between the negative electrode of the first battery BT1 and the negative electrode of the step-down transformer DR and is connected such that the direction from the negative electrode of the step-down transformer DR toward the negative electrode of the first battery BT1 is the forward direction thereof.
The present invention is provided with: a membrane electrode assembly (C1) in which a pair of electrodes are disposed on both membrane surfaces of an electrolyte membrane; a separator (C2) made of a plate-shaped member; and a bipolar plate (BP) which is composed of a pair of separators (C2) overlapped and joined in the plate thickness direction and which is laminated in the plate thickness direction alternately with the membrane electrode assembly (C1). The bipolar plate (BP) is provided with a cell voltage measurement unit (20) having a connection terminal (21) on the periphery of each separator (C2), the connection terminal being connectable to an external connector. The cell voltage measurement unit (20) is provided with a reinforcement rib (23) at least at a peripheral portion thereof that is connected to the connection terminal (21), the reinforcement rib protruding in the plate thickness direction of the bipolar plate (BP).
A carbon dioxide process apparatus includes: a recovery device that recovers carbon dioxide; an electrochemical reaction device that electrochemically reduces the carbon dioxide; and an electric energy storage device, the recovery device includes: a carbon dioxide absorption portion, the electric energy storage device includes: an electric energy storage portion constituted of a nickel hydrogen battery, at a time of discharging, an electrolytic solution is circulated in an order of the carbon dioxide absorption portion, a negative electrode-side flow path of the electric energy storage portion, the electrochemical reaction device, a positive electrode-side flow path of the electric energy storage portion, and the carbon dioxide absorption portion, and at a time of charging, the electrolytic solution is circulated in an order of the carbon dioxide absorption portion, the positive electrode-side flow path, the electrochemical reaction device, the negative electrode-side flow path, and the carbon dioxide absorption portion.
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
A CO2 conversion method includes: generating CO and H2O by a RWGS reaction from CO2 and H2; generating C2H4 and H2 by CO electrolysis from the CO and H2O; and using the H2 generated by the CO electrolysis as the H2 of the RWGS reaction.
A carbon dioxide process apparatus includes: a recovery device that includes a carbon dioxide absorption portion which dissolves carbon dioxide in an electrolytic solution of a strong alkali and absorbs the carbon dioxide; an electrochemical reaction device to which the electrolytic solution in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved by the carbon dioxide absorption portion is supplied and which electrochemically reduces the carbon dioxide; an anion exchange type fuel cell that supplies electric energy to the electrochemical reaction device; a carbon dioxide concentration gas supply passage that supplies a carbon dioxide concentration gas generated by the fuel cell to the electrolytic solution which is discharged from the recovery device and before being supplied to the electrochemical reaction device; and a hydrogen supply passage that supplies hydrogen generated by the electrochemical reaction device to the fuel cell.
B01D 53/96 - Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
C25B 9/23 - Cells comprising dimensionally-stable non-movable electrodesAssemblies of constructional parts thereof with diaphragms comprising ion-exchange membranes in or on which electrode material is embedded
C25B 15/08 - Supplying or removing reactants or electrolytesRegeneration of electrolytes
H01M 8/0656 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants by electrochemical means
A security system for a vehicle includes at least one ultrawide band sensor configured to be mounted to the vehicle, to detect a presence of an authorization device in a vicinity of the vehicle, and to monitor a height of the vehicle from a ground surface, wherein the authorization device enables a user to access the vehicle.
B60R 25/31 - Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems of human presence inside or outside the vehicle
B60R 25/104 - Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles actuating a signalling device characterised by the type of theft warning signal, e.g. visual or audible signals with special characteristics
B60R 25/24 - Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
To provide a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus that can suppress deterioration of an adsorbent material therein even in a high ambient air temperature environment. A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus 1 includes: an ambient air temperature sensor that acquires an ambient air temperature at a location where a reactor is disposed; a carbon dioxide sensor that acquires a carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere; a humidity sensor that acquires a humidity in the atmosphere; and a flow rate controller that adjusts a flow rate of the gas flowing in the reactor by controlling the fan, an intake valve, and an exhaust valve based on the ambient air temperature, the carbon dioxide concentration, and the humidity so that the temperature of an adsorbent material in an adsorption step of adsorbing carbon dioxide on the adsorbent material does not exceed a preset threshold.
An operation method learning system acquires observed data of a robot at a first time, calculates a first feature amount based on the observed data using a first encoder, calculate a second feature amount at the first time based on an action of the robot at a second time, a second feature amount at the second time, and the first feature amount at the first time using a recursive second encoder that holds the second feature amount at the second time, determines an action of the robot at the first time on the basis of the second feature amount at the first time, and learns at least the first encoder and the second encoder using contrastive learning.
G06N 3/088 - Non-supervised learning, e.g. competitive learning
G06N 3/008 - Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life based on physical entities controlled by simulated intelligence so as to replicate intelligent life forms, e.g. based on robots replicating pets or humans in their appearance or behaviour
G06N 3/0442 - Recurrent networks, e.g. Hopfield networks characterised by memory or gating, e.g. long short-term memory [LSTM] or gated recurrent units [GRU]
A conversation apparatus configured to support a conversation between occupants of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a microprocessor connected to: a camera configured to capture images of a first occupant and a second occupant of the vehicle, an audio input device, and a display device. The microprocessor is configured to perform: outputting an image of the second occupant captured by the camera to the first occupant via the display device; detecting an utterance of the first occupant by the audio input device; detecting a gaze of the first occupant based on an image of the first occupant captured by the camera; and outputting the image of the second occupant to the display device while the gaze of the first occupant directed toward the display device is being detected.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
B60R 1/29 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area inside the vehicle, e.g. for viewing passengers or cargo
G10L 25/78 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
A content reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce content in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: communicating with terminals carried by a plurality of occupants riding in the vehicle, via wireless communication; acquiring content managed by the terminals, via the wireless communication; reproducing the content; acquiring personal information stored in each of the terminals, via the wireless communication; and generating relationship level information indicating strength of a relationship between the plurality of occupants based on the personal information. The microprocessor is configured to perform the acquiring of the content including enabling acquisition of the content with a higher degree of privacy as the relationship is stronger, based on the relationship level information.
B60K 35/28 - Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics informationOutput arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
A cutting apparatus including a placing table, a first and second workpiece pressing portions, and a blade portion moving up and down in thickness direction of the workpiece between the first and second workpiece pressing portions. The blade portion includes a first blade surface extending upward from a tip of the blade portion and facing the first workpiece pressing portion, and a second blade surface extending along the second workpiece pressing portion from the tip of the blade portion. The cutting apparatus includes a blow part supplying blow gas to a region around the tip of the blade portion through a gap between the first blade surface and the first workpiece pressing portion, and a suction part sucking gas in the region around the tip of the blade portion through a gap between the second blade surface and the second workpiece pressing portion.
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B26D 1/09 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type with a plurality of cutting members
58.
CAN TYPE BATTERY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN TYPE BATTERY
A can type battery includes a can body, an electrode laminate accommodated in the can body and constituted by a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte layer, and a holding member disposed in a void between the can body and the electrode laminate and configured to hold the electrode laminate in the can body, and the holding member includes a hollow bead formed of a thermoplastic resin, a metal layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the hollow bead, and a fluid contained in an internal space of the hollow beads, and is a filling member that includes a metal-coated hollow bead contained in the rubber elastic body, wherein the metal-coated hollow bead or the rubber elastic body has a second volume after heating which is greater than a first volume before heating.
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/474 - Spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragmsManufacturing processes thereof characterised by their position inside the cells
H01M 50/48 - Spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragmsManufacturing processes thereof characterised by the material
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell stack constituted by stacking a plurality of power generation cells; an injector configured to inject fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack; and a control unit configured to set an injection cycle of the injector and to control the injector to inject the fuel gas in the injection cycle. The control unit controls the injector to inject the fuel gas earlier than lapse of the injection cycle when a pressure difference between the pressure detected by the pressure sensor and a target pressure becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
A battery module includes a cell stack that includes battery cells and heat exchangers, a holding mechanism that holds the cell stack by pressing both stacking-direction end portions of the cell stack inward in the stacking direction, and a fall-off prevention mechanism that prevents at least the heat exchangers from falling off the cell stack.
H01M 50/264 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
A grinding system includes a signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a first signal and a second signal, a synchronization signal generation unit configured to generate, based on the first signal and the second signal, a synchronization signal for synchronously rotating a first rotating body with respect to a second rotating body, a command signal generation unit configured to generate a command signal based on the synchronization signal and a pre-determined canceling signal for suppressing the fluctuation of the rotational speed of the first rotating body caused by the cogging of a motor that rotates the first rotating body, and a signal output unit configured to output the command signal generated by the command signal generation unit and control the motor.
A reinforcement assembly for a side sill of a vehicle includes a pair of reinforcement structures adapted to be arranged inside a cavity of the side sill. Each reinforcement structure includes a plurality of cones arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of bridges interconnecting the plurality of cones. Each cone includes a base and a wall. Also, each of the cone associated with at least one of the reinforcement structures includes a first portion having the base and a first wall structure of the wall extending in a lateral direction from the base and arranged at a first angle relative to a horizontal axis. A second portion of the cone has a second wall structure extending in the lateral direction from the first wall structure and disposed at a second angle. The second angle is different from the first angle.
A relief valve includes a cylinder having a cavity, a valve element displaceable in the axial direction of the cylinder in the cavity, and a spring member for urging the valve element toward a valve seat of the cylinder. The head portion of the valve element has a first surface axially opposed to the inlet, a second surface axially opposed to the valve seat, a protrusion projecting from between the first surface and the second surface toward the valve seat, and a passage provided in the protrusion.
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
64.
CONTENT OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A content output control device includes: a degree-of-immersion reduction state recognition unit configured to recognize, based on biological information, that a user is in a degree-of-immersion reduction state indicating that a degree of immersion with respect to content output from a content output device is reduced; and an output content switching unit configured to execute content switching processing of switching, while first content is output from the content output device, when the user is recognized to be in the degree-of-immersion reduction state, the content output from the content output device to second content that is different from the first content.
An electric motor assembly for a vehicle includes an electric motor having a motor housing and a pair of engagement structures arrayed circularly around a circumference of the motor housing and attached to an outer surface of the motor housing. The electric motor assembly also includes a bracket removably coupled to the pair of first engagement structures and adapted to be removably connected to a frame of the vehicle.
B62M 7/00 - Motorcycles characterised by position of motor or engine
66.
PIPE IN GASIFICATION SYSTEM, GASIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNTHESIS GAS USING THE SAME, AND FUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID FUEL USING THE SAME
There is provided a pipe through which a biomass raw material supply device for supplying a biomass raw material to a gasification device and a synthesis gas production device including a gasification furnace for gasifying the biomass raw material to produce a synthesis gas communicate with each other, the synthesis gas production device including a gasification furnace temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of an upper end portion of the gasification furnace, the pipe including: a pipe temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature inside the pipe; and a pipe cooling unit for cooling at least a part of the pipe.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY (Japan)
Inventor
Sakata, Takayuki
Sorazawa, Mitsumasa
Fujinaga, Yushi
Takahashi, Satoru
Namihira, Takao
Sasamoto, Ryo
Abstract
Provided is a peeling apparatus for a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode composite, the peeling apparatus including: a current-carrying area including an electrode; a shock wave delivery area configured to house a positive electrode plate; a partition plate configured to partition between both the areas; and a power supply device configured to supply electric power to the electrode, the peeling apparatus being configured to peel off the positive electrode composite from the positive electrode current collector of the positive electrode plate in such a manner that a discharge occurs between the electrode and the partition plate and a shock wave generated in the current-carrying area is delivered through the partition plate to the positive electrode plate in the shock wave delivery area.
A vehicle control device includes a first-acquisition-part that acquires first-information related to curved road existing in advancing direction of a vehicle, a second-acquisition-part that acquires second-information including acceleration-operation-amount of driver of the vehicle, and a controller that performs notification-control to notify the driver to adjust speed of the vehicle to be equal to or lower than a target speed, which is based on the first-information, and refers the second-information during execution of the notification-control and stops the notification-control when the acceleration-operation-amount is increased predetermined value or more from reference value, when the vehicle is traveling on section which is from predetermined distance before entrance of the curved road until the entrance of the curved road or traveling on the curved road, the reference value is set according to the acceleration-operation-amount when the notification-control was started until predetermined time elapses from the start of the notification-control.
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
B60T 7/12 - Brake-action initiating means for automatic initiationBrake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger
69.
REINFORCEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A SIDE SILL OF A VEHICLE
A reinforcement assembly for a side sill includes a first reinforcement structure arranged inside a cavity of the side sill and including a plurality of first cones arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The reinforcement assembly also includes a second reinforcement structure coupled to the first reinforcement structure and includes a plurality of second cones arranged facing the first cones. Each second cone includes a tray shaped structure having a base and a wall extending in a lateral direction away from the first cone. The wall includes a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion. Further, each second cone includes a first leg extending in the lateral direction from an end of the wall towards the base and connected to the top wall portion, and a second leg connected to the bottom wall portion at a lateral offset from an end of the wall.
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
Provided is a method of treating a battery-derived mixture, which is a mixture containing a positive electrode material of a battery containing any one or more of nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and an organic substance, the method including: placing the battery-derived mixture in a treatment environment adjusted to a predetermined temperature and predetermined humidity; supplying reactive oxygen species to the treatment environment, thereby causing the reactive oxygen species to react with water present in the treatment environment to generate a hydroxyl radical; and decomposing the organic substance by the generated hydroxyl radical.
Provided is a battery that makes it possible to firmly fix cells to a housing of the battery while increasing the number of cells per unit volume, ultimately contributing to greater energy efficiency. This battery has a plurality of cells (21) and a housing (3) that houses the plurality of cells (21). Each of the cells (21) is in mutual contact at a side face (21d) thereof with at least one other cell (21), and one end of each cell (21) is fixed to the housing (3) by a fixing means (29).
H01M 50/289 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs
H01M 50/213 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casingsRacksSuspension devicesCarrying devicesHolders characterised by their mounting method
H01M 50/293 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs characterised by the material
H01M 50/545 - Terminals formed by the casing of the cells
H01M 50/55 - Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on the same side of the cell
72.
PORTABLE ENERGY ACCUMULATOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Provided is a mechanism for effectively prompting return of a portable energy accumulator to a storage device. This portable energy accumulator comprises: a connection unit for connecting to a charger; a timekeeping unit that measures an elapsed time from when the portable energy accumulator is removed from a storage device which, unlike the charger, keeps the portable energy accumulator in storage; and a control unit that, on the basis of the elapsed time measured by the timekeeping unit, suppresses or prohibits, or promotes or permits, charging performed by the charger connected to the portable energy accumulator.
An electric vehicle (10) is provided with a swing arm (14) that is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft (28) provided to a vehicle body frame (18) and that supports a rear wheel (12R) at the other end. A case (32) of the swing arm (14) has a motor accommodation part (36) that opens outward in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body frame (18) and accommodates a motor (16). A stator (58) of the motor (16) is fixed to a cover part (34) that covers an opening (40) of the motor accommodation part (36), and a control device (24) is disposed between the stator (58) and the cover part (34).
A sorting device according to the present invention is used for selecting a desired crushed piece from a plurality of crushed pieces obtained by crushing a vehicle body structure, said sorting device comprising a detection means for detecting the doses of infrared light radiated from the crushed pieces to be sorted, an acquisition means for acquiring the emissivity of the crushed pieces on the basis of the detection result, and a classification means for classifying the crushed pieces on the basis of the acquisition result.
This robot control system is a control system for a hybrid robot that uses a combination of two or more robots, each of which is controlled by an individual controller, the robot control system comprising: a controller that acquires a robot state and issues a drive command for a robot; and an integrated controller that performs control in a state in which the two or more robots are combined. The integrated controller comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a robot command value and a robot state held by each of the controllers; a calculation unit that calculates, from the robot state, an appropriate correction amount for the hybrid robot, in which the two or more robots are combined; and a distribution unit that distributes the correction amount to each of the controllers.
This electric vehicle (10) comprises a motor (16) that drives a rear wheel (12R), and a bus ring (44) that is attached to a stator core (42A) of the motor (16). The bus ring (44) comprises a plurality of first fastening parts (701) and a plurality of second fastening parts (702). The plurality of first fastening parts (701) fasten the bus ring (44) together with the stator core (42A) to a motor housing part (36) of a swing arm (14). The plurality of second fastening parts (702) fasten a control device (24) to the bus ring (44).
H02K 3/50 - Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
H02K 5/24 - CasingsEnclosuresSupports specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
H02K 11/30 - Structural association with control circuits or drive circuits
The present invention increases the torque and the maximum joint angle of a link without increasing the thrust of a linear motion actuator or the movable width of a drive mechanism. A link mechanism 3 comprises: a plurality of links 4 that are connected in series via joints 5; and a first drive mechanism 6 for driving the plurality of links 4. The first drive mechanism 6 comprises: one or more lockers 8 that are pivotally supported by the links 4; a first actuator 7 for driving the links 4; and a plurality of rods 9 for connecting the links 4, the lockers 8, and the first actuator 7 in series. The base end 10 of at least one of the lockers 8 is offset from a joint 5 in a corresponding one of the links 4.
This fuel cell stack comprises: a cell laminate configured by alternately laminating a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a plurality of separators in a predetermined direction; a pair of end units arranged adjacent to the two ends of the cell laminate in the predetermined direction; and a positioning guide member. Each of the plurality of membrane electrode assemblies has a rim-shaped frame made of resin for supporting an outer edge of an assembly including an electrolyte membrane and an electrode. The plurality of separators comprise a first and second separator arranged at one end and the other end in the predetermined direction, and an intermediate separator arranged between the first and second separators. The second separator and the intermediate separator each have a bonded part bonded to a single frame adjacent to a surface on one side of each of the second separator and the intermediate separator. Positioning parts are provided to the frame and to the first separator.
a, and at least a portion of the excess edge portion 25 is sandwiched between the first lower plate 81 and the first upper plate 85 in a state in which the lower die 60 and the upper die 66 are clamped.
B29C 51/08 - Deep-drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only
B29C 51/14 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawingApparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets
B29C 51/44 - Removing or ejecting moulded articles
A mower includes: a plurality of wheels; at least one cutter blade that cuts turfgrass; and a blade accommodating section that accommodates the cutter blade, in which the blade accommodating section includes an upper wall section and a peripheral wall section, the peripheral wall section has an inside accommodating three or more of the cutter blades side by side, the cutter blades rotating in the same direction, a partition member is provided between the two cutter blades accommodated in one end side of the upper wall section, and the partition member is not provided between the cutter blades accommodated in the other end side of the upper wall section.
A01D 34/66 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle with two or more cutters
A vehicle system is configured for translating and displaying signs. The vehicle system includes at least one computer configured to access to a database of model signs, where the database is stored local to the at least one computer and includes translations associated with the model signs. The system also includes a camera configured to generate image data, and transmit the image data to the at least one computer, where the at least one computer determines whether the image data indicates a detected sign, and whether the detected sign matches one of the model signs in the database. The system also includes a display operatively connected with the at least one computer for displaying a translation associated with a matching model sign in the database when the at least one computer determines that the image data indicates a detected sign that matches one of the model signs.
B60K 35/28 - Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics informationOutput arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
G06F 40/58 - Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestriansRecognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G08G 1/0967 - Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
84.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF VEHICLES USING A DRONE
A vehicle including an integrated advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) vehicle controller, a plurality of sensors, and a drone is provided. The vehicle controller includes a memory configured to store program instructions, and a processor configured to execute the program instructions. The plurality of sensors include at least a first sensor configured to transmit data to the vehicle controller. The drone is removably coupled to the vehicle. The drone includes at least a second sensor configured to transmit data to the processor. The vehicle controller is programmed to determine whether to launch the drone from the vehicle when the vehicle approaches a pre-defined operating environment, and to selectively change operation of the vehicle at least partially based on data received from the drone.
An electronic device and a method for safety and control enhancement in tele-operated physical human-robot interactions. The electronic device receives robot capability parameters, touch parameters, and control parameters to control physical interaction of the human machine interactions (HMI) device. The electronic device controls the physical interaction of the HMI device based on the robot capability parameters, the touch parameters, and the control parameters. The electronic device determines a physical response of the user, based on the control of the physical interaction of the HMI device and determines safety metrics of the user, based on the physical response, the robot capability parameters, and the touch parameters. The electronic device determines control metrics associated with an operator, based on the robot capability parameters, and the control parameters. The electronic device controls the physical interaction of the HMI device further based on the control metrics and the safety metrics.
An electronic device and a method for safety parameter-based touch-interaction control of a human-machine interaction (HMI) device. The electronic device receives touch parameters and control parameters to control a physical-interaction of the HMI device and the user. The electronic device controls the physical interaction of the HMI device, based on the received touch parameters and the received control parameters. The electronic device determines a physical response of the user, based on the control of the physical interaction of the HMI device. The electronic device may determine safety metrics associated with the user, based on the determined physical response and the received touch parameters. Furthermore, electronic device determines correlation information based on the control of the physical-interaction of the HMI device and the determined safety metrics. The electronic device to controls the physical-interaction of the HMI device, further based on the determined correlation information.
Provided is a solid-state battery including: an electrode laminate in which a negative electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode are sequentially laminated, wherein the solid electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer, the first solid electrolyte layer being disposed on a side closer to the negative electrode, the second solid electrolyte layer being disposed on a side closer to the positive electrode, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer, an inclined surface is formed at least at one end portion of the positive electrode mixture layer, and when the electrode laminate is viewed in a top view from a lamination direction of the electrode laminate, an outer peripheral part of the first solid electrolyte layer is located outward of an outer peripheral part of the positive electrode mixture layer.
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
88.
MOVING SUPPORT DEVICE, MOVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
The moving support device is used in a mobile body including: a driving operation section mechanically separated from a mechanism section for an operation target; and a moving control section that switches between a manual driving mode of performing a moving control in accordance with an operation of the driving operation section by a driver and an automated driving mode of performing the moving control that is automated without relying on the operation of the driving operation section by the driver. The moving support device includes an operation recommendation section that outputs operation recommendation information to prompt the operation of the driving operation section from an information output device that outputs information by means of at least one of an image or a sound used in the mobile body, while the mobile body moves in the automated driving mode.
A display device mounted on a vehicle, including: a display unit, wherein the vehicle has a driver's seat for a driver who drives the vehicle to sit and an occupant seat for a passenger of the vehicle to sit, the driver's seat and the occupant seat being arranged side by side, and the display unit is provided extending from the driver's seat to the occupant seat; an operation unit that receives an operation onto an operation area provided on the display unit; a display control unit that causes content to appear on a display area of the display unit; and a control unit that adjusts at least one of the operation area and the display area on the display unit depending on a driving state of the vehicle and a use state of a steering operation unit of the vehicle.
An electric apparatus includes: an electric power storage device; a rotary electric machine; an electric power control unit; and an angle sensor that acquires a phase of a rotor of the rotary electric machine. The electric power control unit acquires a target DC component of a current that flows through the β-phase first coil and the β-phase second coil of the rotary electric machine by electric power supplied from an external AC electric power source in accordance with a stop phase of the rotor acquired by the angle sensor at the time of stopping of the rotary electric machine and charges the electric power storage device by an electric power conversion operation based on the target DC component.
A reactor includes a coil provided for every phase aligned in a predetermined phase alignment direction, and a first bus bar extending in the phase alignment direction. Each coil includes a first terminal which is a portion of a flat wire-shaped part of the coil. A normal direction of the first terminal is a phase alignment direction. The first bus bar includes a connection portion for every coil. The normal direction of each connection portion is the phase alignment direction. For each of the connection portions of the first bus bar, the connection portion contacts in the phase alignment direction against the first terminal of the coil corresponding to said connection portion.
The vehicle control device decreases the second driving force at a first rate of decrease when limiting the second driving force in a state where the second driving force limiting process is not executed, and decreases the second driving force at a second rate of decrease smaller than the first rate of decrease when the second determination unit determines that the second condition is fulfilled in a state where the second driving force limiting process is executed.
B60W 30/184 - Preventing damage resulting from overload or excessive wear of the driveline
B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
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CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control apparatus recognizes a state of a target outside a moving object, recognizes a traveling lane on a movement route on which the moving object travels, and generates information of a virtual traveling lane which is a straight traveling lane on the basis of information of the recognized traveling lane and a state of the recognized target; the apparatus sets, on the virtual traveling lane, a search region for calculating a risk, and calculates the risk in the set search region. In a case where the traveling lane has a road shape including a curved shape, the apparatus converts each position of the traveling lane so that a curved portion of the traveling lane becomes a straight traveling lane along a traveling direction, and generates information of the virtual traveling lane.
An active vibration control device includes: an outer cylinder; an inner cylinder arranged on an inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder; an electromagnetic coil; a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body; a first fluid chamber filled with a magneto-rheological fluid; a second fluid chamber adjacent to the first fluid chamber and filled with a fluid; an outer cylinder flange; and an inner cylinder flange arranged to be separated from the outer cylinder flange in an axial direction, the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber are partitioned from each other in the axial direction by a flexible member, the second fluid chamber is formed to be sandwiched between the inner cylinder flange and the outer cylinder flange, and portions of the first fluid chamber form flow passages of the magneto-rheological fluid that are located on a magnetic circuit.
F16F 13/10 - Units comprising springs of the non-fluid type as well as vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or fluid springs comprising both a plastics spring and a damper, e.g. a friction damper the damper being a fluid damper, e.g. the plastics spring not forming a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper the plastics spring forming at least a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper the wall being at least in part formed by a flexible membrane or the like
B62D 27/04 - Connections between superstructure sub-units resilient
F16F 13/30 - Units comprising springs of the non-fluid type as well as vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or fluid springs comprising both a plastics spring and a damper, e.g. a friction damper characterised by adjusting or regulating devices responsive to exterior conditions comprising means for varying fluid viscosity, e.g. of magnetic or electrorheological fluids
A power transmission device has a power transmission unit which transmits power to a power reception device by contactless power transmission, a power conversion unit which supplies power to the power transmission unit, and a control unit which acquires information about a terminal voltage of a power supply unit charged with power received by the power reception device and controls the power conversion unit. The control unit acquires type information indicating a type of a power reception device, acquires control information corresponding to the power reception device based on the type information from a storage unit that stores control information required for each type of the power reception device, and executes power feeding control for controlling supply power via the power conversion unit such that the terminal voltage comes to a target voltage, based on the acquired control information.
An information processing system includes a processing device and power transmission systems. Each power transmission system includes a power supply device provided where a moving object having a secondary battery can be stopped, and a moving object device mounted on the moving object and performing contactless power transmission with the power supply device. The processing device communicates with one device of those devices. The one device acquires a positional deviation between the power supply device and the moving object device, acquires a voltage of the secondary battery, acquires transmittable power based on the acquired positional deviation and voltage from a storage storing information associating the positional deviation, the voltage of the secondary battery, and transmittable power under a condition thereof, and outputs information indicating the transmittable power to the processing device. The processing device derives total power from respective transmittable powers, and performs processing based on the total power.
B60L 53/67 - Controlling two or more charging stations
B60L 53/122 - Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, i.e. supplying electric power to the coil
B60L 53/39 - Means for automatic or assisted adjustment of the relative position of charging devices and vehicles specially adapted for charging by inductive energy transfer with position-responsive activation of primary coils
A power reception device including a power reception unit which receives power transmitted from a power transmission device by contactless power transmission, a power supply unit which is allowed to be charged with power received by the power reception unit and allowed to supply stored power to a load, a detection unit which detects a terminal voltage of the power supply unit, and a control unit which controls a variable capacitance of the power supply unit based on a change amount of the terminal voltage detected by the detection unit.
The present invention provides a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus that is configured to execute a desorbing step and an absorbing step through heat control by a heat pump-type heat source device, and is capable of suppressing the overall heat load fluctuation of the apparatus, enabling continuous operation. A heat exchanger of a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes: a heat source low-temperature water circuit; a hot water supply line that supplies hot water from a hot water tank to a module; a hot water return line that returns hot water having heated the module 11 to the hot water tank; a cold water supply line that supplies cold water from the cold water tank to the module; and a cold water return line 111b that returns cold water having cooled the module to the cold water tank.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
99.
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control device executes traveling control processing of controlling traveling of a moving body without relying on an operation of an occupant of the moving body, causes a target display to display a screen subjected to a selection operation by the occupant from a first display screen for display related to a control state of the traveling control processing and a second display screen not for display related to the control state of the traveling control processing, and switches from the second display screen to the first display screen and causes the display to display the first display screen without relying on a selection operation of the occupant in a case in which it is judged to actually control traveling of the moving body in the traveling control processing when the occupant has selected causing the display to display the second display screen.
The present invention provides a highly energy-efficient carbon dioxide recovery apparatus capable of efficiently execute heating and cooling even when equipment requiring different temperature ranges coexists. The heat exchange device of the carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes: a heat source low-temperature water circuit that includes a cold water tank that stores cold water cooled by a heat source device, and circulates cold water between the cold water tank and the heat source device; and an equipment heat recovery circuit that branches from a heat source low-temperature water circuit, passes through target equipment for executing an absorbing step or a desorbing step, connects to an inlet side of the heat source device, and returns the cold water having recovered exhaust heat from the target equipment, to the heat source device.
B01D 53/04 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography with stationary adsorbents
