A gradient parameter indicating a road surface gradient of the electric vehicle is acquired, a temperature parameter indicating a temperature in a motor control system including the electric motor is acquired, a torque restriction process is executed in which when at least one of the gradient parameter and the temperature parameter is equal to or larger than a corresponding one of predetermined threshold values respectively defined therefor, and the upper limit of the request torque is set to a correction torque upper limit smaller than a predetermined basic torque upper limit. In the torque restriction process, a first torque is determined based on the gradient parameter, a second torque for providing a predetermined acceleration to the electric vehicle is determined, and the correction torque upper limit is determined by correcting the basic torque upper limit with reference to the first torque and the second torque.
B60L 7/14 - Dynamic electric regenerative braking for vehicles propelled by AC motors
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performanceAdaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
A vehicle body structure includes a side member that extends forward from a lower portion of a bulkhead, which separates a front section of a vehicle body from a passenger compartment, and has a closed cross-section; a hood ridge member that extends from a joint portion of an upper portion of the bulkhead and an A-pillar and has a closed cross-section; and a joint member that extends downward from a front end of the hood ridge member and has a closed cross-section. The side member includes a front section that is provided at a predetermined length range from a front end thereof and has a constant first horizontal width, a rear section that is provided behind the front section and has a second horizontal width smaller than the first horizontal width, and a transitional section that is provided between the front section and the rear section and whose horizontal width gradually changes from the first horizontal width to the second horizontal width. An inclined face directed laterally outward and rearward is formed on an outer side face of the transitional section. A front end of the joint member is joined to the side member at the front section and the inclined face of the transitional section.
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
The management server executes a dispatching processing for the user. The management server comprises a communication unit that receives at least one of the departure place and the destination from the user, a control unit that sets the boarding place and disembarking place of the vehicle assigned to the user based on at least one of the received departure place and destination, and a communication unit that outputs the boarding place and disembarking place to the user. The control unit sets at least one of a first exercise section, in which the user moves while doing exercise with the boarding place as an end point, and a second exercise section, in which the user moves while doing exercise with the disembarking place as a start point, based on movement information related to the user.
Provided are a first conversion circuit having a first switching element for converting a power input from an input terminal into first AC power; and a second conversion circuit having a second switching element for selecting polarity of an output, converting the first AC power input from the first conversion circuit and outputting it to the output terminal. It is determined whether an input power to the input terminal is AC or DC and the operation of the first switching element and the second switching is controlled so that the second conversion circuit outputs DC power when it is determined that the input power is AC. The operation of the first switching element and the second switching element is controlled so that the second conversion circuit outputs a DC current or second AC power when it is determined that the input power is DC.
H02M 1/10 - Arrangements incorporating converting means for enabling loads to be operated at will from different kinds of power supplies, e.g. from AC or DC
H02M 7/217 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
A vehicle inspection method for a vehicle including a controller configured to control vehicle speed in an automated manner, based on a forward looking image, the vehicle inspection method including: supporting a wheel of the vehicle by a vehicle support device; acquiring a vehicle speed signal of the vehicle supported by the vehicle support device; generating a virtual image of an environment seen in a forward direction from the vehicle in such a way that the virtual image synchronizes with the vehicle speed signal; and displaying the virtual image in such a way that a camera, the camera being mounted on the vehicle and configured to generate the forward looking image, captures the virtual image.
G07C 5/12 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time in graphical form
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
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FAILURE PREDICTION INFORMATION OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE
Failure prediction information output control device has a failure prediction unit (6) predicting failure of vehicle based on vehicle signal, a failure time estimation unit (7) estimating a time when the failure of the vehicle occurs based on the predicted failure, a data base (2) storing identification information of a management and repair participant of the vehicle, an occupant detection unit (3) detecting identification information of an occupant, a judgment unit (4) judging whether the occupant is the management and repair participant, and an output control unit (9) which, when it is judged that the time when the failure of the vehicle occurs in a case where the occupant is a user who is not the management and repair participant at a time when the failure of the vehicle is predicted is out of a vehicle usage period, does not output notification information about the predicted failure to the occupant.
G07C 5/12 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time in graphical form
G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
G06Q 10/20 - Administration of product repair or maintenance
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
A hydraulic circuit includes a first oil path, a second oil path, a hydraulic control circuit, a third oil path, a check valve, and a relief valve. The first oil path links to a discharge port of a first oil pump. The second oil path links to a discharge port of a second oil pump. In the hydraulic control circuit, a first regulator valve is disposed downstream of a confluence point of the first oil path and the second oil path. The third oil path connects a suction port of the first oil pump and a strainer. The check valve is provided in the third oil path and restricts a movement of oil toward the strainer side. The relief valve is provided in the third oil path and discharges oil in the third oil path to an outside when a pressure in the third oil path exceeds a reference pressure.
F15B 13/02 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors
F15B 11/17 - Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action with two or more servomotors using two or more pumps
F15B 20/00 - Safety arrangements for fluid actuator systemsApplications of safety devices in fluid actuator systemsEmergency measures for fluid actuator systems
F15B 21/041 - Removal or measurement of solid or liquid contamination, e.g. filtering
A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material disposed on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, in which lithium metal is deposited on the negative electrode current collector when charging; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The lithium secondary battery is characterized that a carbon particle layer containing carbon particles having a intensity ratio R (IG/ID) of G-band peak intensity (IG) and D-band peak intensity (ID) measured by raman scattering spectroscopy of 7 or greater, is arranged on at least a part of a region, where the positive electrode active material layer faces the negative electrode current collector, of a main surface of the negative electrode current collector facing the solid electrolyte layer.
A vehicle control device includes a computer memory, an environmental sensor and a processor. The computer memory is configured to store vehicle trajectories in association with road segments of a map. The environmental sensor is configured to detect traveling environment of a host vehicle. The processor is configured to determine one of the vehicle trajectories along which the host vehicle is traveling, determine whether switching from the one of the vehicle trajectories to the other one of the vehicle trajectories is needed, and control a turn signal of the host vehicle according to a detection result of the environment sensor in response to determining that the switching from the one of the vehicle trajectories to the other one of the vehicle trajectories is needed.
B60Q 1/34 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction
B60Q 1/50 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
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VEHICLE STOP POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE STOP POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD
A vehicle stop position determination system includes an environmental sensor, a vehicle sensor and a processor. The environmental sensor is configured to detect traveling environment of a host vehicle to collect traveling environment data. The vehicle sensor is configured to detect driving status of the host vehicle to collect driving status data. The processor is configured to determine, as a stop position for a road intersection, a position of the host vehicle at a timing when the driving status data indicates that the host vehicle is stopping and the traveling environment data indicates a predetermined condition based on a relative position of the host vehicle relative to the road intersection.
A secondary battery has a power generating element including a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer comprises a first layer in contact with a solid electrolyte layer and containing a positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte and a binder, and a second layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector and containing a positive electrode active material and a binder. The solid electrolyte in the first layer is 1% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total solid content contained in the first layer, and the solid electrolyte in the second layer is 0% by mass, or is more than 0% by mass or less than 1% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of a total solid content contained in the second layer.
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell module and an oxidant gas temperature adjustment device for adjusting a temperature of an oxidant gas supplied to the fuel cell module. The fuel cell module includes a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell. The first fuel cell is at least configured to reform a fuel gas. The fuel cell system includes a temperature control unit for setting a target temperature of the oxidant gas supplied to the fuel cell module such that a temperature of the first fuel cell and a temperature of the second fuel cell do not exceed a prescribed upper-limit temperature and controlling the oxidant gas temperature adjustment device based on of the target temperature, and the temperature control unit calculates the target temperature.
A cargo compartment monitoring device and a cargo compartment monitoring method acquire cargo information including at least information indicating a position of a cargo loaded in a cargo compartment of a vehicle in the cargo compartment, via an acquiring unit, record the cargo information related to the cargo newly loaded on the vehicle in association with a user when the new user boards the vehicle, determine whether the cargo information has been updated, determines whether the vehicle has arrived at a destination point of the user, and notify a first alert via the notifying unit in a case of determining that the cargo information has not been updated and the vehicle has arrived at the destination point.
A rotary electric machine includes a motor housing, and the motor housing has a recessed portion in an upper portion. The inverter device includes an inverter housing having a lid shape, an electric component is disposed toward the rotary electric machine on an inner surface of the inverter housing, and the inverter housing is fixed to the motor housing such that an accommodation chamber in which the electric component is accommodated is formed by the inverter housing and the recessed portion. In the accommodation chamber, the electric component includes a first electric component and a second electric component having a temperature higher than that of the first electric component, and the first electric component and the second electric component are disposed apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotary electric machine.
A screen display of a touch panel type display includes a first layer positioned in front and a second layer positioned behind the first layer. An information processing method for controlling the screen display, which is executed by a controller, includes detecting an operation on the screen display; when the operation is a scroll operation, executing scroll processing of scrolling the first layer; and when an object arranged on the first layer has been scrolled by the scroll processing and reached an edge of the screen display, executing transfer processing of transferring the object having reached the edge from the first layer to the second layer.
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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RESTART CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
A rotation speed and crank angle of the internal combustion engine are obtained each time when a crank angle sensor signal is input, which is output by a crank angle sensor at each predetermined crank angle, for each forward and reverse rotation direction, after the automatic stop. A prediction time expected for the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine to reach a starter allowable rotation speed range where the starter motor can be driven is calculated, based on the rotation speed and crank angle, and it is set to a timer. A timer value is updated each time when the crank angle sensor signal is input, and is subtracted with the lapse of time. It is determined whether or not the restart request has already been made when the timer value reaches 0, and when it has already been made, the drive of the motor starter is started.
A travel plan generation device includes a controller configured to: generate a travel plan in which a vehicle passes through a first supply facility for supplying energy of the vehicle; acquire first supply availability information indicating a vacancy state of a first supply facility after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan; notify notification information indicating that there is no available charging station; determine whether or not supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the first supply availability information of the first supply facility; and when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identify a second supply facility different from the first supply facility and generate the travel plan in which the vehicle passes through the second supply facility instead of the first supply facility.
[PROBLEMS] To enable execution of a state diagnosis for an electric oil pump while reducing a sense of discomfort given to a driver.
[PROBLEMS] To enable execution of a state diagnosis for an electric oil pump while reducing a sense of discomfort given to a driver.
[SOLUTIONS] Provided is a vehicle control device that controls a vehicle including an automatic transmission, the automatic transmission including a first oil pump driven by a first drive source that drives a drive wheel and a second oil pump driven by a second drive source, wherein the vehicle control device drives the second oil pump when the first drive source is started, and drives the second oil pump when a time during which the second oil pump is not driven after the first drive source is started continues for a predetermined time or longer, and a drive time for the second oil pump when the first drive source is started is longer than a drive time when the time during which the second oil pump is not driven continues for the predetermined time or longer.
B60W 50/02 - Ensuring safety in case of control system failures, e.g. by diagnosing, circumventing or fixing failures
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
The inhibitor switch includes: a movable member that moves relative to a stationary member in a first axis direction; a movable contact provided at a portion of the movable member facing the stationary member; and a stationary contact provided at a portion of the stationary member facing the movable member, in which the movable member includes a connection portion with a shaft member that moves in a second axis direction according to a selection range, the connection portion is connected to the shaft member in a radial direction of a second axis, and the connection portion is provided with a regulation portion configured to regulate inclination of the movable member with respect to the shaft member.
A speech interaction device comprising a processor for controlling a speech interaction of a user, the processor configured to: recognize interaction contents of the user before interruption of the speech interaction; extract, on a basis of the interaction contents, a keyword in the speech interaction before the interruption as a pre-interruption keyword; to generate, on a basis of the extracted pre-interruption keyword, an icon image representing the interaction contents before the interruption; and generate a control command to display the generated icon image. The processor is configured to update, after the icon image is displayed, the icon image displayed to the user on a basis of a topic subject in which the user may have an interest and/or a driving load of the user who drives a vehicle during the interruption of the speech interaction.
A system for controlling a motor vehicle hybrid powertrain includes a set of calculators and a switch that determine the operating point and the overall consumptions of the powertrain and a combustion engine raw torque setpoint, determine a gradient of an equivalence factor as a function of the consumptions of the powertrain, determine a crankshaft torque gradient as a function of the target torque required at the wheel and of the step-down gear ratio, determine combustion engine torque gradient minimum and maximum values as a function of the gradient of the equivalence factor, of the crankshaft torque gradient, and of look-up tables, and determine an optimal torque setpoint as a function of the raw torque setpoint and of the combustion engine torque gradient minimum and maximum values.
B60W 20/11 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand using model predictive control [MPC] strategies, i.e. control methods based on models predicting performance
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60W 30/188 - Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power
B60W 50/00 - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
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Parking assisting method and parking assistance device
Whether an own vehicle is positioned in a parking space of a first type including a plurality of parking sections or the own vehicle is positioned in a vicinity of a parking space of a second type in which a single vehicle can be parked is determined. In a case where the own vehicle is determined to be positioned in the parking space of the first type, data representing a relative positional relationship between a target object indicating a parking section and a parking position in the target parking section are stored in a storage device, and in a case where the own vehicle is determined to be positioned in a vicinity of the parking space of the second type, data representing a relative positional relationship between a target object detected in the vicinity of the parking space and a target parking position are stored in the storage device.
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
The display device includes an image display body whose optical state changes between a transparent state and an opaque screen state, and an image projection unit that projects visible light onto the image display body in the screen state to display an image. The image display body includes a display function layer having liquid-crystal molecules and a photoresponsive alignment change-inducing material, and a reflective layer laminated on the display function layer. The reflective layer has a reflection peak wavelength within 10% of the maximum absorption peak wavelength of the photoresponsive alignment change-inducing material, and the reflectance is 10% or less in the wavelength range of 100 nm or more from the reflection peak wavelength.
In a parking assist method, a surrounding image that is a color image obtained by capturing surroundings of an own vehicle is acquired, the surrounding image is converted to a first multi-gradation image in such a way that a luminance difference between a region in which a ratio of a green component is low and a region in which the ratio of the green component is high in the surrounding image increases, a feature point is extracted from the first multi-gradation image, and a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to a target parking position is calculated based on the extracted feature point.
G06V 10/77 - Processing image or video features in feature spacesArrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using data integration or data reduction, e.g. principal component analysis [PCA] or independent component analysis [ICA] or self-organising maps [SOM]Blind source separation
G06V 10/60 - Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
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
A low-pressure casting apparatus includes a lower mold disposed on a holding furnace, an upper mold configured to be raised and lowered relative to the lower mold, and a plurality of side molds disposed above the lower mold. A cavity is formed between the lower mold, the upper mold and the side molds. The lower mold includes a lower cast main part forming an inner bottom surface of the cavity, and a lower mold base part holding the lower cast main part. The lower cast main part has a sprue bushing that opens into the cavity. At least one of the side molds is advanceable and retractable relative to a mold center. The lower mold base part has guide pillars that restrict advanced positions of the side molds. The horizontal adjustment gap is provided between the lower cast main part and the lower mold base part.
A controller sets a stop candidate position at a stop line positioned on a travel route of a subject vehicle, executes deceleration control which decelerates the subject vehicle for the subject vehicle to stop before the stop candidate position, and autonomously controls traveling of the subject vehicle such that the subject vehicle passes the stop candidate position in a state where the setting of the stop candidate position is canceled or the stop candidate position is set when an accelerator operation is performed by a driver of the subject vehicle after the stop candidate position has been set.
An arc welding method melts and joins at least a part of a workpiece having a plurality of overlapping non-ferrous metal plates. The arc welding method includes forming a machined hole in a welded portion of the workpiece. The machined hole is a non-through-hole that penetrates a non-ferrous metal plate on an arc-radiation side, and reaches a non-ferrous metal plate on a side farthest from an arc welder to form a partial recess portion. The arc welding method further includes causing arc radiation from an opening side of the machined hole to melt and weld a back surface of the non-ferrous metal plate furthest from the workpiece without using a backing jig on an opposite side of the workpiece.
B23K 31/12 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to investigating the properties, e.g. the weldability, of materials
In the manufacture of a panel body composed of a first panel, which has a structure in which two panel materials of different sheet thicknesses are butted and joined, and a second panel, which is arranged on the outside of the first panel and connected thereto by hemming, the first panel is pressed so that the main surfaces of the two panel materials on the joined portion side form a single plane, and a sloped portion due to the difference in sheet thickness appears on the rear side thereof, the main surface of the first panel on the joined portion side is arranged on the second panel side, and hemming of the second panel is performed against the edge portion of the first panel that includes the sloped portion, thereby achieving good interior and exterior appearance quality of the panel body.
B21D 35/00 - Combined processes according to methods covered by groups
B21D 39/02 - Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by platingTube expanders of sheet metal by folding, e.g. connecting edges of a sheet to form a cylinder
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
A sliding member is provided with a sliding film at least on a surface of the sliding member. The sliding film contains copper-based alloy particles including titanium and has a titanium oxide layer in part of an interface between the particles forming the sliding film. The titanium content of the copper-based alloy particles is 3.5 mass % or more and 11.0 mass % or less. The sliding member is part of an internal combustion engine.
A sliding member includes at least one surface having a particle aggregate of base material particles and hard particles. The hard particles are iron-based alloy particles containing molybdenum silicide in an amount of 35% to 90% by area. The sliding member has a wear resistance equivalent to that of a sliding member that uses cobalt-based hard particles.
A vehicle selects a parking position or a neutral position when a state in which a P range button (2) or an N range button (4) is operated overlaps a state in which a D range button (5) or an R range button (3) is operated. Thereafter, the vehicle maintains the parking position or neutral position when the operation of P range button (2) or N range button (4) is released to switch to a state in which D range button (5) or R range button (3) is operated. This allows the vehicle to suppress a false start and inhibit the selection of a shift position that is different from the intention of the driver.
An information processing method and an information processing device generate a cluster made up of ranging points that are within a predetermined distance from each other, based on a point cloud data, detect a moving direction of the ranging point included in the cluster from a first timing to a second timing, set a height condition, an arrangement condition, and a deviation condition, and recognize the cluster as a curb on the road surface, in a case of determining that all of the primary conditions including the height condition, the arrangement condition, and the deviation condition, are satisfied.
G01S 17/93 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
G01S 7/48 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group
G01S 17/42 - Simultaneous measurement of distance and other coordinates
G06V 10/762 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using clustering, e.g. of similar faces in social networks
G06V 20/56 - Context or environment of the image exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
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INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
An information providing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an intersection area on a travel route, the intersection area intersecting with an area in which another moving object can move; a recognition unit configured to recognize a travel environment around a vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the travel environment, whether or not the vehicle can pass through the intersection area; and a notification unit configured to notify an onboard terminal and/or an electronic terminal in the vehicle of a cause of the vehicle being unable to pass through the intersection area when the determination unit determines that the vehicle cannot pass through the intersection area. When notifying the cause using a display device, the notification unit lowers a contrast of a display portion of the intersection area relative to a display portion of the travel route and increases a degree of emphasizing a display portion of the cause.
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
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 composite cylinder block for an internal combustion engine includes a main block body made of a metal material and an outer member made of a synthetic resin material. The main block body has a lower deck, a base part and a cylinder wall. The outer member has an upper deck and a water jacket constituting wall surrounding the cylinder wall to define a water jacket. An outer-member-side mating surface is provided with a welding rib on a lower end of the water jacket constituting wall and is heat-welded to a top surface of the base part by heating the main block body from the lower side and pressing the outer-member-side mating surface against the main block body. The welded surfaces of the main block body and the outer member are in one plane orthogonal to a cylinder axis direction.
A vehicle selects a parking position when a state in which a P range button (2) is operated overlaps a state in which an N range button (4) is operated. Thereafter, the vehicle maintains the parking position when the operation of P range button (2) is released and switched to the state in which N range button (4) is operated. This allows the vehicle to suppress the selection of a shift position that is different from the intention of the driver.
A hybrid vehicle includes a generator capable of generating and supplying power to a battery; a drive motor that drives driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle with power supplied from the battery or power generated by the generator, an internal combustion engine that drives the generator; and a first exhaust purification device for exhaust purification arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The hybrid vehicle is configured to perform catalyst temperature rise control to retard an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine when a temperature of the first exhaust purification device is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature level. In the catalyst temperature rise control, a retardation amount of the ignition timing in a state where the hybrid vehicle experiences more vibration than in a stop state of the hybrid vehicle is set larger than that in the stop state of the hybrid vehicle.
B60W 20/16 - Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect for reducing engine exhaust emissions
B60K 6/26 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the motors or the generators
B60K 6/40 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
A contact determination method determines contact of a driver with a steering wheel based on an electric signal detected from a sheet-shaped electrode portion, the electrode portion being formed by laminating a first electrode and a second electrode with an insulator interposed between and being provided to cover an outer peripheral portion of the steering wheel. The contact determination method includes a detection step of detecting a capacitance and an impedance generated in the electrode portion, and a determination step of determining, based on the capacitance and the impedance detected in the detection step, whether a hand of a driver is in contact with the steering wheel and whether the electrode portion is abnormal. In the determination step, the electrode portion is determined to be abnormal when the capacitance exceeds a first threshold and the impedance is less than a second threshold.
G01V 3/08 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices
A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a control valve, a heat exchanger, a first chamber that accommodates the power transmission mechanism, and a second chamber in which the control valve is arranged upright. The housing includes a case, a first cover joined to the case forming the first chamber with the case, and a second cover joined to the case from a front of the vehicle forming the second chamber with the case. The heat exchanger is attached to a vehicle front side of the first cover. As viewed from the direction of the axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism, at least a part of the heat exchanger is provided in a positional relationship overlapping the control valve.
A power transmission device includes a power transmission mechanism having a plurality of rotating elements, a case that houses the power transmission mechanism, a sensor disposed at a bottom of the case, and an electrical wire that electrically connects the sensor and a connector section. As viewed from a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism, the electrical wire is routed to pass between the plurality of rotating elements to a top of the case, with the connector section being disposed at the top of the case.
An opposed piston type monoblock brake caliper is monolithically formed of metal. The brake caliper includes a first body provided on one side of a disc accommodation space and a second body provided on the other side of the disc accommodation space. The brake caliper also includes a first bridge section and a second bridge section, each of which connects the first body and the second body. A brake fluid path is formed in the first body, the second body and the first bridge section to connect a first cylinder in the first body and a second cylinder in the second body. A bleeder path to which a bleeder bolt is attached is formed inside the first bridge section. The bleeder path is connected to a small cross-sectional-area section of the brake fluid path inside the first bridge section.
F16D 55/226 - Brakes with substantially-radial braking surfaces pressed together in axial direction, e.g. disc brakes with axially-movable discs or pads pressed against axially-located rotating members by clamping an axially-located rotating disc between movable braking members, e.g. movable brake discs or brake pads with a common actuating member for the braking members the braking members being brake pads in which the common actuating member is moved axially
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
F16D 55/00 - Brakes with substantially-radial braking surfaces pressed together in axial direction, e.g. disc brakes
A connector-attached wire harness includes a connector that includes a housing, a plurality of plate-like terminals accommodated in the housing, and a plurality of nuts respectively sandwiched between tip end portions of the plurality of terminals and the housing, a plurality of plate-shaped counterpart terminals that are overlapped on and fastened to the tip end portions of the plurality of terminals by bolts, respectively, and a plurality of electric wires to which the plurality of counterpart terminals are respectively connected at ends thereof. The housing includes a bottom portion on which the plurality of nuts are mounted, a first wall portion standing from the bottom portion between the counterpart terminal and the counterpart terminal adjacent to each other, and a pair of second wall portions standing from the first wall portion in an arrangement direction of the counterpart terminals and respectively covering the adjacent counterpart terminals.
A control device for a transmission is used in a transmission that is provided with a continuously variable transmission mechanism including a primary pulley to which a drive force of a drive source mounted on a vehicle is input, a secondary pulley that transmits the drive force of the drive source to a drive wheel, and an endless annular member that is wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley. The control device includes a controller configured to perform a gear shift control of changing a transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission mechanism to a high side when rotational oscillation occurs in a rotation member of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and then the rotational oscillation decreases a rotation speed of the rotation member.
F16H 61/662 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion specially adapted for continuously variable gearings with endless flexible members
An airless tire includes a plurality of spokes having elasticity and provided radially from an outer circumferential side of a wheel coupled to a vehicle toward an inner circumferential side of a tread that comes into contact with a road surface; and an intermediate ring having elasticity and provided to connect to the plurality of spokes between the wheel and the tread. Each of the spokes having a bent portion between an end portion on the wheel side and an end portion on the tread side, the bent portion is bending with respect to a direction connecting these end portions. The intermediate ring are connected to the bent portion. Each of the spokes has a plurality of bent portions, and the bent portions each have a minor angle that is formed to decrease from the end portion on the wheel side to the end portion on the tread side.
A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a partition section that supports the power transmission mechanism and divides an interior of the housing, a strainer arranged at a bottom of the housing, and a pump supported by the partition section. The housing defines a first chamber located on one side of the partition section in a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission device, and a second chamber located on the other side of the partition section. The strainer has a first connection port that connects to the pump, and a second connection port that connects to a second oil path inside the partition section, the second connection port connecting to the second oil path from a direction of assembly of the pump onto the partition section.
A seat frame for a vehicle includes a pair of side arms of a bottom frame that supports buttocks and thighs of an occupant from below, and a pair of cross members that connect front sections and rear sections of the side arms, respectively. At least two S-springs are stretched between the two cross members or the two side arms, and a retention member is attached between the S-springs. A tensible wire is attached between one of the two cross member or one of the two side arms to which the S-spring is attached and the retention member.
A fault diagnosis technique for two purge control valves in an evaporated fuel processing device is provided. Diagnosis is performed in first and second stages. The diagnosis for the first stage is performed during normal purging to determine whether a purge passage pressure when the two purge control valves are both controlled into an open state is equal to or lower than a first threshold value. When the purge passage pressure is higher than first threshold value, a counter is incremented, and when the counter value reaches a predetermined value, a fault is determined, and the diagnosis for the second stage is performed. In the second stage, the purge control valves are forcibly controlled into an open state one by one, and it is determined whether the purge passage pressure is equal to or lower than a second threshold value. The fault location can then be identified.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
52.
Method and device for controlling vehicle acceleration on a curved road using curve information
When accelerating a vehicle toward a set speed after the vehicle travels on a curved road at a vehicle speed equal to or lower than a speed limit based on the curved road, a driving support method and a driving support device accelerate the vehicle by a first acceleration in a case of acquiring a curve information related to the curved road, and accelerate the vehicle by a second acceleration smaller than the first acceleration in a case of not acquiring the curve information.
A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, and a control valve configured to control a pressure of oil supplied to the power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes an input shaft, an intermediate shaft, and an output shaft. The housing defines an insertion hole for a charging pipe. The output shaft is located farther toward a rear of a vehicle than the input shaft. The intermediate shaft is located above the output shaft. The control valve is arranged upright on a vehicle front side of the input shaft. The housing is provided with a recessed portion that is recessed inwardly in a region of the housing below the intermediate shaft and further toward the rear of the vehicle than the output shaft. The insertion hole is provided in a bottom section of the recessed portion when viewed from above.
F16H 57/021 - Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
F16H 47/08 - Combinations of mechanical gearing with fluid clutches or fluid gearing the fluid gearing being of the hydrokinetic type the mechanical gearing being of the type with members having orbital motion
F16H 57/031 - GearboxesMounting gearing therein characterised by covers or lids for gearboxes
F16H 57/04 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling
A space in a case in which oil is stored is partitioned by a baffle plate into a first space in which a driven sprocket provided on an input shaft of an oil pump is disposed and a second space in which an oil strainer in communication with the oil pump is disposed. At least a part of the driven sprocket is immersed in the oil in the first space. The baffle plate includes a base portion and a cover portion coupled to the base portion to cover the driven sprocket. The base portion and the cover portion are engaged with each other by an engagement piece that extends from one of the base portion and the cover portion and is engaged with an outer surface on the other of the base portion and the cover portion, and are coupled with each other by a bolt at a position different from an engagement position of the engagement piece.
A method of controlling a battery having a plurality of cells is executed by a processor. The method includes detecting voltages of the plurality of cells; calculating a voltage difference between a highest voltage and a lowest voltage of the plurality of cells based on the detected voltages; and executing an output restriction on the battery when the voltage difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined first voltage difference threshold value.
B60L 58/25 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by controlling the electric load
B60K 11/06 - Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units with air cooling
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
G01R 31/3835 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC involving only voltage measurements
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-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
56.
Positive Electrode Material and Secondary Battery Using the Same
A positive electrode material contains a porous carbon material, a positive electrode active material containing sulfur, and a lithium halide, wherein at least a part of the positive electrode active material and at least a part of the lithium halide are placed inside the pores of the porous carbon material. The positive electrode material provides a means for further reducing an internal resistance of a secondary battery.
A power transmission device includes a case that houses a power transmission mechanism, a control valve arranged upright inside the case, and first and second pumps configured to supply oil to the control valve. The case has a first support wall that supports an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism, a second support wall that supports the control valve and is arranged aligned with the axis of rotation, a first chamber located on one side of the first support wall, a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber across the second support wall, and a third support wall extending from the second support wall along the axis of rotation to the other side of the first support wall. The first pump is mounted on the first support wall inside the first chamber. The second pump is mounted on the third support wall inside the second chamber.
A control device for a vehicle is used in a vehicle that travels by transmitting a driving force from an engine to a drive wheel via a clutch. The control device includes a controller configured to perform an engine stop control in which, when an accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling, a supply of a fuel to the engine is stopped and the clutch is released to enter a driving force cut-off state; a first control in which, when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed higher than a first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state, the engine is activated and the clutch has a torque transmission capacity; and a second control in which, when the accelerator is operated while the engine has the rotation speed equal to or lower than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state, the engine is activated after the engine stops and the clutch has the torque transmission capacity after the engine is activated.
B60W 10/02 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of driveline clutches
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
F02D 41/04 - Introducing corrections for particular operating conditions
F02D 41/06 - Introducing corrections for particular operating conditions for engine starting or warming up
F02N 11/04 - Starting of engines by means of electric motors the motors being associated with current generators
F02N 11/08 - Circuits specially adapted for starting of engines
A structure of charging port of vehicle includes: a first connector including a first female terminal or a first male terminal which is inserted into and removed from the first female terminal in a direction parallel to a first axis, the first connector to which a first charging gun is connected; and a second connector including a second female terminal or a second male terminal which is inserted into and removed from the second female terminal in a direction parallel to a second axis, the second connector to which a second charging gun is connected. The first connector is disposed below the second connector. The first connector and the second connector are aligned in an up-down direction. Each of the first axis and the second axis is formed by a straight line in which a vehicle body outer side is positioned upper than a vehicle body inner side.
B60L 53/16 - Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 53/10 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehiclesCharging stations or on-board charging equipment thereforExchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
H01R 24/68 - Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall mounted on directly pluggable apparatus
A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a control valve configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the power transmission mechanism, an oil pump configured to supply oil to the control valve, a partition section that divides an interior of the housing into a first chamber that accommodates the power transmission mechanism and a second chamber in which the control valve is arranged upright, and a communication path communicating between the first chamber and the second chamber. An opening area of the communication path is set so that an amount of the oil flowing from the second chamber into the first chamber through the communication path is less than an amount of the oil drained into the second chamber from the control valve while the vehicle is in motion.
A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a control valve configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the power transmission mechanism, a first pump and a second pump configured to supply oil to the control valve. The housing includes a first chamber that accommodates the power transmission mechanism and the first pump, and a second chamber that is arranged adjacent to the first chamber in a horizontal line direction. In the first chamber, the first pump is arranged such that an axis of rotation of the first pump extends along a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism. In the second chamber, the control valve is arranged upright. In the second chamber, the second pump is arranged upright with an axis of rotation of the second pump extending along a vertical direction.
A power transmission device includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a partition section that is provided in the housing and that supports the power transmission mechanism, a first oil path that is provided inside the partition section, a second oil path that is provided inside the partition section, a recess that is provided in the partition section, and a filter member that is disposed inside the recess. The recess is provided with an opening facing a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission device. The first oil path and the second oil path communicate via the recess.
F16H 57/04 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling
F16H 47/06 - Combinations of mechanical gearing with fluid clutches or fluid gearing the fluid gearing being of the hydrokinetic type
F16H 47/08 - Combinations of mechanical gearing with fluid clutches or fluid gearing the fluid gearing being of the hydrokinetic type the mechanical gearing being of the type with members having orbital motion
A power transmission device includes a case, a control valve, and an electric pump. The case has a first chamber that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, and a second chamber in which the control valve is arranged upright, with pressure regulating valves being aligned in a vertical direction. An axis of rotation of a motor of the electric pump is aligned in the vertical direction. The control valve and the electric pump are arranged in a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism. The electric pump has a first flange section where a first arm of a jig engages, and a supported section supported by a second arm of the jig. The supported section forms a circular basic cross-sectional shape in a plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the motor. The first flange section extends from an outer circumference of the supported section.
In response to an engine temporary stop request, a quantity of oxygen stored in a catalytic converter is reduced by controlling an in-cylinder air fuel ratio to be richer than stoichiometric. The quantity of stored oxygen is calculated while the engine is operating. An amount of air fuel ratio enrichment is set based on the quantity of stored oxygen calculated when the stop request occurs, such that the amount of air fuel ratio enrichment decreases as the quantity of stored oxygen decreases. An opening of a throttle valve is reduced in response to the stop request. Engine stop is permitted when the reduction of the opening of the throttle valve causes an internal pressure of an intake passage downstream of the throttle valve to reach a predetermined negative pressure, and the air fuel ratio enrichment operation causes the quantity of stored oxygen to reach a predetermined target value.
F02D 41/24 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operationControl specially adapted for catalytic conversion
For a hybrid vehicle where a high-power unit is mounted, a cooling system includes a first cooling system for cooling the high-power unit. The first cooling system includes a main passage for allowing a first coolant to circulate through the main passage; a radiator for performing heat exchange with the first coolant; a cooler for cooling supercharged intake air supplied to an internal combustion engine; a bypass passage connected to the main passage so as to bypass the radiator; and a bypass valve for controlling a flow rate of the first coolant flowing through the bypass passage. The cooler is located downstream of the high-power unit and upstream of the radiator in a direction of flow of the first coolant. The bypass valve is controlled to prevent the first coolant from flowing to the radiator, when the first coolant has a temperature lower than a first predetermined value.
A power transmission device includes a case that houses a power transmission mechanism, a control valve configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the power transmission mechanism, and an electric pump configured to supply oil to the control valve. The case has a first chamber that houses the power transmission mechanism, and a second chamber that is arranged adjacent to the first chamber. The control valve and the electric pump are arranged upright in the second chamber. In the case, a first recess that is recessed from above the electric pump toward the electric pump is formed in a region that overlaps the electric pump, as viewed from above along an axis of rotation of the electric pump, and a connector of the electric pump is arranged such that a connection part with a mating connector faces up in the first recess.
A transmission includes: a case configured to store oil; a gear power transmission mechanism supported by the case and configured to operate in a state where a part of the gear power transmission mechanism is immersed in the oil stored in the case; a chain power transmission mechanism supported by the case; and a transmission mechanism supported by the case. The case includes a rib configured to cover the chain power transmission mechanism at an upper side of the chain power transmission mechanism in a vertical direction. The rib internally includes an oil passage for supplying oil to the transmission mechanism.
F16H 57/04 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling
F16H 9/18 - Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by endless flexible members without members having orbital motion using belts, V-belts, or ropes engaging a pulley built-up out of relatively axially-adjustable parts in which the belt engages the opposite flanges of the pulley directly without interposed belt-supporting members using two pulleys, both built-up out of adjustable conical parts only one flange of each pulley being adjustable
F16H 37/08 - Combinations of mechanical gearings, not provided for in groups comprising essentially only toothed or friction gearings with a plurality of driving or driven shaftsCombinations of mechanical gearings, not provided for in groups comprising essentially only toothed or friction gearings with arrangements for dividing torque between two or more intermediate shafts with differential gearing
F16H 57/021 - Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
F16H 57/031 - GearboxesMounting gearing therein characterised by covers or lids for gearboxes
F16H 57/035 - Gearboxes for gearing with endless flexible members
F16H 57/05 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling of chains
F16H 61/662 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion specially adapted for continuously variable gearings with endless flexible members
A discharge device includes an exhaust duct extending in a lateral direction of a vehicle from a battery mounted under the vehicle to a trim space. The exhaust duct is provided with a partition extending in a direction of the exhaust to form a front flow path and a rear flow path. The rear flow path has a cross-sectional area that is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the front flow path. A merging area is provided on the outlet side of the exhaust duct between the rear flow path and the front flow path. An air flowing to the front flow path is drawn due to the negative pressure of air flowing through the rear flow path for forming an exhaust flow toward the rear of the vehicle within the trim space.
A manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for manufacturing a winding field rotor in which it is possible to coat the entirety of coil surfaces with varnish, without requiring a complicated operation or action. The manufacturing method for a wound-field rotor involves supplying a varnish material through a gap between the rotor shaft and the flange part on one axial-end side to immerse the coil end part on the one axial-end side at a lower side of the rotor assembly in the varnish material, while rotating the rotor assembly whose axial direction is aligned horizontally.
A drive unit for an electric vehicle, comprising a drive unit including a rotary electric machine disposed in a motor room of the electric vehicle and an inverter unit electrically connected to the rotary electric machine and a mount bracket configured to support the drive unit in the motor room, is provided. The rotary electric machine includes a motor housing. The inverter unit is placed on an upper surface of the motor housing and fixed to the motor housing at a fixing point disposed at an outer edge portion of the inverter unit. The motor housing includes an upright wall that is upright above the motor housing on an outer side of the fixing point of the inverter unit in a vehicle width direction. One end of the mount bracket is fixed to an upper surface of the upright wall.
B60L 50/51 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells characterised by AC-motors
H02M 7/00 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power outputConversion of DC power input into AC power output
73.
Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device
A driving assistance method causes a controller to perform processing of making a proposal of a lane change to a passenger when an index value based on relative speed of a preceding vehicle with respect to an own vehicle is less than a threshold value and canceling the proposal of the lane change when a lane change execution condition is not satisfied. The controller performs processing including: accepting setting of the threshold value; and not presenting a lane change proposal after the proposal of the lane change is canceled depending on the travel environment until a set time elapses from a time point when the proposal of the lane change is canceled, even when the index value is less than the threshold value, and the set time is set to a longer time when the threshold value is high than when the threshold value is low.
A vehicle control device operates to: obtain road information of a subject vehicle traffic lane in which the subject vehicle travels and road information of a branching traffic lane branching from the subject vehicle traffic lane when the branching traffic lane is present in a traveling direction of the subject vehicle; determine whether driver operation information indicating an intention of traveling in a planned traveling lane on the planned traveling route has been obtained or not, with the branching traffic lane as the planned traveling lane; determine whether a road structure requiring deceleration of the subject vehicle is present in the planned traveling lane; and perform a deceleration control of the subject vehicle based on the road information when determining that the driver operation information has been obtained and determining that the road structure requiring deceleration of the subject vehicle in the planned traveling lane is present.
A travel assistance method sets a target slip angle, estimates or detects an actual slip angle, sets a target braking/driving force by, when a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in a turning direction of the vehicle is defined as positive and a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in an opposite direction to the turning direction is defined as negative, correcting a required braking/driving force in such a manner as to increase a braking/driving force for a rear wheel or reduce a braking/driving force generated on a front wheel when the actual slip angle is larger than the target slip angle and correcting the required braking/driving force in such a manner as to reduce a braking/driving force for the rear wheel or increase a braking/driving force generated on the front wheel when the actual slip angle is smaller than the target slip angle.
A method for producing a lithium deposition type all-solid state battery having reliably suppressing short circuits is provided. The all-solid state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an intermediate layer interposed between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer, where the intermediate layer includes at least one type of a lithium reactive material. The method includes performing a first charging step on an uncharged all-solid state battery from an uncharged state to a capacity C1[mAh/cm2], thereby forming an all-solid state battery precursor, and performing a second charging step on the all-solid state battery precursor from a capacity C2 [mAh/cm2].
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
To provide a resin composition and a molded body. The resin composition contains 2 to 15 parts by mass of an elastomer, 3 to 20 parts by mass of a hydroxy group-containing compound, and 3 to 20 parts by mass of conductive carbon, relative to 100 parts by mass of resin components including polybutylene terephthalate resin, wherein the hydroxy group-containing compound has a concentration of hydroxy group as proportion of the peak area derived from hydroxy group relative to the whole peak area in 1H NMR analysis [(Peak area derived from hydroxy group/Whole peak area)×100] in the range of 0.5 to 15.0%.
A liquid crystal optical element includes an optical function layer and two transparent substrates. The optical function layer is sandwiched between two transparent substrates. The optical function layer contains liquid crystal molecules and a photoisomerization material. The liquid crystal optical element switches between a light-transmitting state and a light-scattering state according to an orientation state of the liquid crystal molecules. The optical function layer holds the liquid crystal molecules and the photoisomerization material within a mesh structure formed of a resin-particle aggregate. Therefore, light can be strongly scattered when the liquid crystal optical element is in a screen state, and a high-contrast image is obtained when visible light is projected onto the liquid crystal optical element.
G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
A hydraulic circuit including: a torque converter control valve, and a lock-up control valve, in which the lock-up control valve includes a valve body that is displaceable in an axial direction, an actuator that causes the valve body to displace toward a first valve position on one side in the axial direction, an urging member that causes the valve body to displace toward a second valve position on the other side in the axial direction, a first port to which oil having a line pressure as a source pressure is supplied, a second port that communicates with a first oil passage connected to the piston oil chamber, a third port that communicates with the first oil passage, and a drain port, the valve body is displaceable between the first valve position and the second valve position, the first valve position allowing the first port and the second port to communicate with each other, the second valve position allowing the second port and the drain port to communicate with each other, and oil flowing in from the third port urges the valve body toward the second valve position.
A method of controlling knocking of an internal combustion engine has, when knocking having a knock judgment threshold value or more is detected, retard-correcting an ignition timing at a predetermined retardation speed, while the knocking is not detected, gradually advancing the ignition timing at a predetermined advance speed so as to approach an MBT point, performing an ignition timing correction for aiming for a first trace-knock state, and when an accelerator opening is a full-open-equivalent opening or more and also for a delay period until a predetermined catalyst protection increasing control is started, performing an ignition timing correction for aiming for a second trace-knock state in which the ignition timing is controlled to a relatively advance side as compared with that in the first trace-knock state.
A vehicle roof rack assembly including a tube. The tube is to be installed to a vehicle roof, and includes a main section and a rearward portion. The main section extends along an outboard lateral side of the vehicle roof. The rearward portion has a first part and a second part, the first part extends along the outboard lateral side of the vehicle roof rearward of the main section, and the second part extends inwardly relative to the vehicle roof from the first part and rearward of at least a portion of the antenna. The second part has a non-linear structure so as to remain outside of an interference perimeter of an antenna to be disposed on the roof of the vehicle, such that the second part is spaced apart from the antenna by at least a predetermined distance.
A lithium secondary battery using a sulfur-containing component is provided. The lithium secondary battery is capable of suppressing a short circuit and achieving excellent battery performance in a lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode current collector containing copper. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector containing copper, and a lithium metal anode when the lithium secondary battery is in at least partially charged state, a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an ion-conductive reaction suppression layer on a surface of the solid electrolyte layer and positioned in between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode current collector, and a layer containing copper sulfide having a thickness of 100 nm or less interposed between the negative electrode current collector and the ion-conductive reaction suppression layer or the lithium metal anode.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
83.
POWER CONVERSION METHOD AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE
A power conversion device has a class-E power conversion circuit. The Class-E power conversion circuit has a Class-E inverter circuit and a rectifier circuit connected to the Class-E inverter circuit and rectifying a high-frequency alternating current generated by the Class-E inverter circuit to a direct current or low-frequency AC voltage. The Class-E inverter circuit includes an AC voltage input unit into which an AC voltage is input, a switch for switching the current on/off, an input choke inductor connected to at least one end of the switch and the AC voltage input unit, and an LC resonance circuit connected to the rectifier circuit. The control unit sets the On-Duty of the switch based on an output current or output power output from the class-E power conversion circuit.
H02M 1/10 - Arrangements incorporating converting means for enabling loads to be operated at will from different kinds of power supplies, e.g. from AC or DC
H02M 3/00 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
84.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing device includes a controller configured to perform processing including: receiving a state of notification performed by a predetermined notification device configured to notify, based on a detection result of a state of a unit in a predetermined device, a state of the unit; acquiring voice data uttered by a user; generating, according to the received state of notification, reply data with respect to the acquired voice data; and outputting the generated reply data.
A door latch device includes an open link and a ratchet lever. The open link includes: a lever body; an inertia lever; and a release biasing member. Further, the inertia lever is capable of transmitting an operating force to the ratchet lever only when the door handle is opened when the lever body is disposed at the unlocked position and disposed at the operating position, and, between the lever body and the inertia lever, there are included a shifting biasing member that shifts the inertia lever to a shift position with respect to the lever body in a movement mode different from rotation that takes place when the inertia lever rotates to the sensing position and regulating members that prevent the inertia lever from moving from the shift position to the operating position across the sensing position when the inertia lever is shifted to the shift position.
The metal powder forming method is a metal powder forming method for forming metal powder by cutting a surface of a metal workpiece, including a plastic forming step for forming a second surface having a plurality of protrusions aligned at least in one direction on a first surface of the workpiece with a plastic forming tool, and a cutting step for forming the metal powder by cutting the plurality of protrusions with a cutting tool.
B22F 9/04 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereofApparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling
87.
HEAT-GENERATING MATERIAL, AND HEAT-GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING HEAT USING THE SAME
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Uchimura, Masanobu
Nakamura, Masanori
Kishida, Masahiro
Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi
Matsune, Hideki
Imoto, Itsuki
Satoh, Yuya
Abstract
A method of supplying heat includes: providing a heat generating material including: a first metal having a melting point of 230° C. or more, and a second metal having a melting point higher than the melting point of the first metal; and heating the heat generating material in the presence of hydrogen gas to a temperature that is equal to or more than a melting point of the first metal, thereby causing the heat generating material to generate excess heat.
A method for producing a lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery improving discharge capacity is provided. The lithium deposition type lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a functional layer interposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode having an electron insulating property and lithium-ion conductivity, where the functional layer is more stable than the solid electrolyte in reductive decomposition. The method includes performing a first charging step on an uncharged lithium secondary battery from uncharged state until a thickness of lithium metal deposited by the first charging step becomes 90% or more of a thickness of the functional layer, thereby forming a lithium secondary battery precursor, and performing a second charging step on the lithium secondary battery precursor.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
Included are a connector housing holding a terminal connected to an end portion of an electric wire, a tubular shield shell surrounding the connector housing, a tubular braided wire surrounding the electric wire extending in a first direction from the connector housing, a tubular rubber boot surrounding the braided wire, a first tightening member tightening the rubber boot, and a second tightening member tightening the braided wire. The shield shell has a tubular boot attachment portion and a tubular wire attachment portion. The rubber boot has a tubular boot body and an annular sealing portion. The tubular boot attachment portion has, on an outer peripheral side thereof, a tubular sealing surface with which the sealing portion comes into contact, and a first protrusion portion protruding outward in a radial direction from a portion on the first direction side of the sealing surface.
A solid oxide fuel cell includes: a plurality of laminated power generation cells each including a solid electrolyte layer, an anode electrode disposed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer, a cathode electrode disposed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer, and a porous metal support layer disposed on both an anode electrode side and a cathode electrode side and supporting the electrodes; a separator provided between the power generation cells and separated from the porous metal support layer; and an interconnector located between the separator and the porous metal support layer. The interconnector includes an anode-side interconnector welded to the separator, and a cathode-side interconnector joined to the separator by a joining method other than welding.
H01M 8/0258 - CollectorsSeparators, e.g. bipolar separatorsInterconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
A battery pack in which a battery assembly is housed in a battery housing, in which a bottom portion of the battery housing includes first fixing portions, a partitioning portion, and an insulating portion. The battery assembly includes a laminated body which is formed by alternately laminating secondary batteries and spacers, end spacers, and second fixing portions. The first fixing portions and the second fixing portions are provided to face each other so as to be coaxial. A bottom portion of the spacer extends in the lamination direction of the battery assembly so as to cover a lower surface of one of adjacent secondary batteries. The spacer and the end spacer have one or more specified configurations.
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
H01M 50/262 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks
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 50/691 - Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casingsCleaning battery or cell casings
94.
Battery Module and Charge/Discharge Control Device
A battery module includes a battery cell, a plurality of temperature detection units, and a cell state monitoring circuit. The temperature detection unit is provided at a first installation point on the tab or on the bus bar, and the temperature detection unit is provided at a second installation point on the outer surface of the battery cell. The second installation point is located at the position farthest from the tab on the outer surface of the battery cell. The cell state monitoring circuit calculates the temperature of the battery cell based on the outputs of the plurality of temperature detection units.
H01M 10/46 - Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus
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
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
95.
VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING PROGRAM USED THEREIN
Update data is acquired from an external instrument (10) to a master device (1), and the update data acquired to the master device (1) is written to a data storage side of a storage unit (201) included in an electronic control device (2) according to an instruction from the master device (1). After the update data is written to the data storage side, a first detection unit (102) is used to determine whether or not a vehicle is parked, and when a determination is made using the first detection unit (102) that the vehicle is parked, an instruction is given to the electronic control device (2) to activate a program stored in the data store side and rewritten with the update data. Then, when the program is activated according to the instruction to activate the program, a second detection unit (202) different from the first detection unit (102) is used to determine whether or not the vehicle is in a parking state, and when the second detection unit (202) is used to determine that the vehicle is in the parking state, the program is activated, thereby updating the program for the vehicle.
B60W 40/10 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to vehicle motion
96.
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle that transmits a driving force input from an engine to a driving wheel via a continuously variable transmission mechanism, in which in a case where an accelerator is in a non-depressed state during traveling, a first traveling state is established in which fuel supply to an engine is stopped and a clutch between the engine and the driving wheel is disengaged, when the accelerator is depressed during traveling in the first traveling state, the engine is started and the clutch is engaged to increase a hydraulic pressure supplied to the pulleys, and a timing at which the hydraulic pressure supplied to the pulleys becomes higher due to the accelerator being depressed during traveling in the first traveling state is later than a timing at which the hydraulic pressure supplied to the pulleys becomes higher due to the accelerator being further depressed when the vehicle is not in the first traveling state.
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
In a voice recognition method in which utterance content of a user of a vehicle is acquired and a target constituent object that is a constituent object mentioned in the utterance content among a plurality of constituent objects constituting the vehicle is estimated, a mentioned position that is a position mentioned in the utterance content is identified based on the utterance content, and with reference to a storage device storing constituent object positions each of which is a position at which one of the plurality of constituent objects is installed or a learning model that has learned the constituent object positions, a constituent object that is installed at a constituent object position matching the identified mentioned position is estimated as a target constituent object.
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
B60K 35/10 - Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
G10L 15/02 - Feature extraction for speech recognitionSelection of recognition unit
G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
98.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A BATTERY DEVICE OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE CONTAINING A VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT OF THE CELLS CONNECTED TO AN INTERCONNECTION BAR
A management system and method enables a more suitable estimation of the voltage of the cells connected to an interconnection bar so as to optimize the durability and operation of the performance of the processing device.
G01R 31/388 - Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC involving voltage measurements
B60L 58/18 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries of two or more battery modules
G01R 31/374 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC] with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
G01R 31/396 - Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
99.
TORQUE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD AND TORQUE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE
A torque distribution control method for an electric vehicle that performs torque distribution control for a plurality of driving wheels, the torque distribution control method including calculating a torque distribution value of any one of the plurality of driving wheels based on a first parameter, and calculating a correction value for the torque distribution value based on a deviation between an actual value and a target value of a second parameter, and correcting the torque distribution value with the calculated correction value, wherein the correction value is limited based on the torque distribution value.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performanceAdaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
100.
FLYING CAPACITOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRELOADING THE CAPACITORS OF SUCH A DEVICE
A flying capacitor device, such as an inverter arm or a boost converter, includes a plurality of N switching cells which are nested in one another and a balancing circuit which is adapted to have a resonant frequency equal to the switching frequency of the transistors. The balancing circuit is connected, on the one hand, at a midpoint and at a terminal of a capacitor of the last cell.
H02M 7/483 - Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltage levels
B60L 15/00 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performanceAdaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train
H02M 1/12 - Arrangements for reducing harmonics from AC input or output
H02M 3/07 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using resistors or capacitors, e.g. potential divider using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
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