An all-solid-state battery (1A) comprises a collector foil assembly (20A) that includes a plurality of collector foils that electrically connect an electrode stack (10) and a tab lead (30A). The collector foil assembly (20A) comprises a stacked portion (24) in which a plurality of collector foils are stacked so that adjacent collector foils are in contact with each other, and an interposed portion (23) that is formed from a plurality of collector foils extending from the electrode stack (10) toward the stacked portion (24). The stacked portion (24) includes a curved portion (242) that is formed by bending the plurality of collector foils.
In an electric vehicle having an electric powertrain including an inverter and a rotary electric machine, when the rotary electric machine is rotating, heat generated in the electric powertrain is used to warm up a battery. In this instance, a d-axis current command value, which is a command value for a d-axis current of the rotary electric machine, is calculated on the basis of a torque command value for the rotary electric machine and the rotation speed of the rotary electric machine. The d-axis current command value is corrected on the basis of the temperature of the battery, whereby a corrected d-axis current command value is calculated. A q-axis current command value, which is a command value for a q-axis current of the rotary electric machine, is calculated on the basis of the torque command value and the corrected d-axis current command value. On the basis of the increment of the corrected d-axis current command value with respect to the d-axis current command value, a compensation value for compensating torque ripple changed by the correction of the d-axis current command value is calculated. The q-axis current command value is corrected using the compensation value, whereby a corrected q-axis current command value is calculated. The electric powertrain is driven on the basis of the corrected d-axis current command value and the corrected q-axis current command value.
B60L 9/18 - Electric propulsion with power supply external to the vehicle using AC induction motors fed from DC supply lines
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
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
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CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Provided is a control method for an electric vehicle that includes a motor, an inverter that sends and receives power to/from the motor, and a battery that is warmed up by exhaust heat from the motor and/or the inverter. The control method involves calculating a first current command value on the basis of a torque command value, calculating a voltage command value for operating the inverter on the basis of a value obtained by multiplying the difference between the first current command value and a current detection value for the motor by a prescribed gain, and, when it has been determined to be necessary to warm up any warm-up target from among the motor, the inverter, and the battery, calculating a second current command value for causing the motor and the inverter to produce heat and transitioning the current command value for calculating the voltage command value from the first current command value to the second current command value. The gain at the time that the current command value is transitioned from the first current command value to the second current command value is set to a second gain that is greater than a first gain that is the gain immediately before the current command value is transitioned from the first current command value to the second current command 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
B60L 58/27 - 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 heating
H01M 10/667 - Heat-exchange relationships between the cells and other systems, e.g. central heating systems or fuel cells the system being an electronic component, e.g. a CPU, an inverter or a capacitor
A brake control device (100) comprises: a first control unit (3) that drives a hydraulic brake for braking a vehicle; a failure detecting unit that detects failure of the first control unit (3); a second control unit (4) that causes a motor responsible for driving the vehicle to function as an electricity generator, and that drives a regenerative brake that applies a braking force by means of resistance; a third control unit (5) that drives an electric parking brake that brakes the vehicle by means of an electric signal; and a target braking amount calculating unit that detects an amount of depression of a brake pedal (11) and calculates a target braking amount. If the failure detecting unit detects a failure of the first control unit (3), the third control unit (5) determines a first instruction for controlling the electric parking brake in accordance with the target braking amount. The second control unit (4) determines a second instruction for controlling the regenerative brake on the basis of the target braking amount and the first instruction.
One embodiment of the present invention is a control method for a bidirectional charge/discharge device that can be connected between a battery of an electric automobile and a power system. The bidirectional charge/discharge device comprises: a battery voltage acquisition unit that acquires the voltage of the battery; a DC/DC converter that is configured to be connected to the battery and that has a switching element; an AC/DC converter that is configured to be connected to the power system and that has a switching element; a smoothing capacitor that is disposed between the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter; a voltage sensor that senses the voltage between the two ends of the smoothing capacitor; and a control unit that controls the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter. The control unit, in a standby state, performs control so that operation of the DC/DC converter is halted and the AC/DC converter operates intermittently, thereby maintaining the voltage between the two ends of the smoothing capacitor so as to be equal to or greater than the system voltage of the power system and less than the voltage of the battery.
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
Provided is a dialog method by a controller (20) which is mounted on a vehicle (1) and which is provided with a dialog processing unit for performing predetermined processing in response to an utterance of an occupant of the vehicle (1). The controller (20) performs: a number-of-occupants detection step for detecting or estimating the number of occupants of the vehicle (1); and a dialog start step for starting the dialog processing unit (225). In the dialog start step, if the number of occupants is one, the dialog processing unit (225) is started at a timing when it has been detected or estimated that the number of occupants is one.
This vehicle control method causes a controller to execute: processing (S1) for determining whether or not a host vehicle traveling in a merging lane merging with a main lane can change lanes to the main lane; processing (S2) for determining whether or not there is a preceding vehicle traveling in the merging lane in front of the host vehicle; and processing (S6) for, when it is determined that the host vehicle can change lanes to the main lane and there is a preceding vehicle, delaying a lane change of the host vehicle to the main lane until the preceding vehicle starts a lane change to the main lane.
If a radiator (2) is disposed on the vehicle rearward side of an outside air introduction port (1) for introducing outside air from outside frontward of the vehicle, and an outside air temperature sensor (3) is disposed in a vehicle frontward-side space of the radiator (2), an air guide (4) for guiding traveling wind to the radiator (2) is provided with a lateral partition wall section (5) which extends to the vehicle frontward side along a vehicle width direction end section and which constitutes a partition wall on the vehicle lateral side of the vehicle frontward side space of the radiator (2), and the outside air temperature sensor (3) is attached to a sensor support section (6) which is provided so as to project inward in the vehicle width direction from the lateral partition wall section (5) of the air guide (4) toward the vehicle frontward-side space of the radiator (2).
This electric motor comprises a stator in which teeth that have coils are disposed so as to be separated from each other in the circumferential direction, a rotor in which permanent magnets are provided to portions that correspond to the teeth, and magnetic wedges that are provided between the distal ends of adjacent teeth. The saturation magnetic flux density of the magnetic wedges is equal to or less than the saturation magnetic flux density of the teeth.
This vehicle travel assistance method reduces the risk of collision with a moving object that exists in the vicinity of an edge of a road on which a vehicle is travelling. The method detects a moving object in a region in the vicinity of one road edge that is among left-right road edges of a road on which a vehicle is travelling and that is closer to the vehicle (S2); calculates the density of moving objects in the region in the vicinity of said one road edge (S3); and controls travel of the vehicle so as to further reduce the risk of collision with a moving object when the calculated density is high, as compared to a case where the calculated density is low (S4, S5).
Provided is a vehicle travel assistance method in which if there is an obstacle in front of a vehicle, a braking force is generated to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle. In the method: it is determined whether the vehicle is in a manual driving state or an automatic driving state (S2); the manner of changing the braking force is changed according to whether the vehicle is in the manual driving state or in the automatic driving state (S5); and a braking device is controlled so that the braking force changes more rapidly if the vehicle is in the automatic driving state as compared to when the vehicle is in the manual driving state (S6).
Provided is an automatic driving assistance method for assisting in driving a vehicle (10) that travels by automatic driving using a computer, said automatic driving assistance method comprising: a following vehicle monitoring step for monitoring a following vehicle (80) using a surroundings detection sensor (111); and a request step for transmitting, to a control device (20), stuck state information requesting intervention in the vehicle (10), on the basis of a prescribed event related to the traveling of the following vehicle (80) when the vehicle (10) stops or decelerates.
In this background image display method for a display, a local sunrise time and a local sunset time are determined on the basis of location information and date information, a sunrise time slot for displaying a first image set (S1) is set on the basis of the local sunrise time, a sunset time slot for displaying a second image set (S2) is set on the basis of the local sunset time, and a daytime time slot with a variable time length for displaying a third image set (S3) is set between the sunrise time slot and the sunset time slot. Furthermore, in this method, all the images of the first image set (S1) are sequentially displayed in the sunrise time slot, all the images of the second image set (S2) are sequentially displayed in the sunset time slot, and at least some of the images in the third image set (S3) are displayed in the daytime time slot.
An electronic control module 1 comprises: a plate-shaped first circuit board 20 and a plate-shaped second circuit board 30 respectively having a plurality of electronic components 21, 31 mounted on surfaces thereof; and a bracket 40 that has a frame shape along the outer periphery of the first circuit board 20 and the second circuit board 30, and is provided between the first circuit board 20 and the second circuit board 30 to support the same in the vertical direction. The bracket 40 has a first opening 41 and a second opening 42 that connect the inside and outside of a space surrounded by the first circuit board 20, the second circuit board 30, and the bracket 40. The second opening 42 is formed in the upper portion of the bracket 40.
An internal combustion engine (1) includes a cylinder head (2), a cylinder block (3), an oil pan (4) attached to a lower part of the cylinder block 3, and a front cover 6 that covers a front surface of an internal combustion engine body (5). The cylinder head (2) and the cylinder block (3) constitute the internal combustion engine body (5). An internal combustion engine (1) has an oil pump (7) attached to an oil pan (4), and an oil cooler (8) attached to the outer side of an end wall (10) on one end side of the oil pan (4). Even when the total length of the internal combustion engine body (5) along a cylinder row direction is short, the overall length of the internal combustion engine (1) along the cylinder row direction can be kept from becoming long while a layout configuration for attaching the oil cooler (8) to the internal combustion engine (1) is established.
Provided is a vehicle drive control method that, when a parking lock of an electric vehicle is released, controls the output torque of a drive motor mounted in the electric vehicle. In the vehicle drive control method, a first gradient estimation value determined on the basis of the longitudinal acceleration of the electric vehicle is acquired, and a second gradient estimation value determined on the basis of the rotation state of the drive motor is acquired. When the first gradient estimation value and the second gradient estimation value satisfy a prescribed first control permission condition, the output torque is set to a shock suppression torque for suppressing a shock which is generated when releasing the parking lock. When the first gradient estimation value and the second gradient estimation value do not satisfy the first control permission condition, the output torque is set to a prescribed basic torque.
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
[Problem] To suppress increases in ventilation resistance when air in a vehicle cabin is discharged. [Solution] The present invention includes: a rear panel 40; a drafter 80 that is provided in the rear panel and discharges air in a vehicle cabin from an exhaust port to outside of the vehicle; and a cover 90 that is provided on the rear panel so as to cover the drafter. The cover includes an opening 91 having an area larger than the opening area of the exhaust port.
In order to configure a substrate for a control unit (32) that controls a motor (31) of an electric power steering device (3) so that said substrate is a single substrate, provided is an automobile front body structure (1) comprising: a front suspension member (11) that supports a steering rack (23); and the electric power steering device that includes the motor and the control unit. A longitudinal direction (L) of a main surface (321) of the control unit is formed to be larger than the diameter (D) of an outside surface (311) of the motor. The motor and the control unit are disposed between a front cross member (111) of the front suspension member and the steering rack. The control unit is disposed so that the longitudinal direction of the main surface is non-parallel to a straight line (T) connecting the front cross member and the steering rack in a cross section perpendicular to a left-right direction of the automobile.
In this vehicle travel assistance method, when there is an obstacle in front of a vehicle, a braking force for avoiding a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle is generated. The method includes: determining whether the vehicle is in a manual driving state or an automated driving state (S2); modifying, on the basis of whether the vehicle is in the manual driving state or the automated driving state, the way the braking force is changed, according to the degree of approach between the vehicle and the obstacle (S5); and controlling a braking device so that, in the manual driving state compared to the automated driving state, a change in braking force occurs after the vehicle has approached closer to the obstacle (S6).
The present invention provides a means that makes it possible to reduce the amount of flux used in a rare earth oxide recovery method which uses a boron-containing flux. The present invention provides a rare earth oxide recovery method for recovering a rare earth oxide from waste that contains matter containing a rare earth element, said method comprising: a melt preparation step (1) for heating and melting the waste and at least one borate selected from the group consisting of alkali metal borates and alkaline earth metal borates and/or a precursor thereof to prepare a melt containing at least a rare earth oxide, the borate, and an oxide of an easily oxidizable metal; and a separation step (2) for separating, from the melt, a Fe-C phase and a rare earth enriched phase in which the rare earth oxide is concentrated in the borate.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computer programs; computer software; computer programs, downloadable; computer software, downloadable; computer software for smartphones; computer application software, downloadable; computer application software for mobile phones, portable media players, tablet computers, and automobile operating computers; computer software for use in vehicle telecommunications services; computer software for receiving promotions, coupons, and campaigns in relation to automobiles; electronic publications, downloadable.
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.
A capacitor according to the present invention includes a dielectric film that has a first surface and a second surface that faces the opposite direction from the first surface, a high-potential-side first electrode that is provided on the first surface of the dielectric film, and a low-potential-side second electrode that is provided on the second surface of the dielectric film. The work function of the first electrode is greater than the work function of the second electrode.
H01L 27/04 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including integrated passive circuit elements with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the substrate being a semiconductor body
A capacitor according to the present invention includes a substrate, two or more grooves, a dielectric layer, a conductive layer, a first contact hole, a second contact hole, a first electrode, and a second electrode. Two or more grooves are formed in a first main surface of the substrate. At least two or more dielectric layers and conductive layers are alternately stacked on the first main surface and in the grooves. The first contact hole and the second contact hole are formed above the first main surface. The first electrode is partially embedded in the first contact hole and is electrically connected to one or two or more first conductive layers of the two or more conductive layers. The second electrode is partially embedded in the second contact hole and is electrically connected to one or two or more second conductive layers of the two or more conductive layers. As viewed from the normal direction of the first main surface, two or more grooves are arranged in the transverse direction of the grooves, and the first contact hole and the second contact hole are disposed so as to sandwich a region including the plurality of grooves from the longitudinal direction of the grooves.
H01L 27/04 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including integrated passive circuit elements with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the substrate being a semiconductor body
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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME
This semiconductor device has: a bonding substrate; a first conductor film; and one or more dielectric films and a second conductor film. The bonding substrate comprises a first substrate having a first groove penetrating between a first main surface and a second main surface, and a second substrate having a second groove penetrating between a third main surface and a fourth main surface, the first substrate and the second substrate being bonded to form the bonding substrate. The first conductor film is formed so as to be in contact with at least, among all the surfaces of the bonding substrate, the first main surface, the fourth main surface, a wall surface of the first groove, and a wall surface of the second groove. The one or more dielectric films and the second conductor film are alternately laminated on the first conductor film.
H01L 21/822 - Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components the substrate being a semiconductor, using silicon technology
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NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INTERMEDIATE LAYER FOR LITHIUM PRECIPITATION TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM PRECIPITATION TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME
The present invention provides a means capable of improving discharge capacity during high-rate discharge, in a lithium precipitation type secondary battery. Provided is a negative electrode intermediate layer for a lithium precipitation type secondary battery, the negative electrode intermediate layer including, as main components, a structural material composed of a material that does not occlude and release lithium, and an electronic conductor that covers at least a part of the surface of the structural material.
Provided is a method for controlling an electric vehicle having a front motor for driving front wheels and a rear motor for driving rear wheels, wherein pitching of the electric vehicle is controlled by moving a driving force between the front wheels and the rear wheels. In this control method, a standard pitch response, which is a standard response related to pitching of the electric vehicle, is calculated on the basis of a driving force command value for commanding driving forces of the front wheels and the rear wheels, an actual pitch response, which is an actual response related to pitching of the electric vehicle, is acquired, and a driving force movement amount representing a driving force to be moved between the front wheels and the rear wheels is calculated on the basis of the standard pitch response and the actual pitch response. A correction driving force movement amount is calculated by subjecting the driving force movement amount to phase-advancing compensation processing for advancing a phase of a predetermined frequency band including a resonance frequency of pitching, a correction driving force command value is calculated by correcting the driving force command value using the correction driving force movement amount, and the front motor and the rear motor are driven on the basis of the correction driving force command 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
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INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
This information processing method for executing control to cause a vehicle to travel automatically along a travel route to a set destination includes: acceptance processing for accepting a movement instruction from a user located outside the vehicle; detection processing for detecting a specific object among at least a portion of the user and the surroundings of the user; and setting processing for setting the position of the user as the destination and setting a stopping position at the destination on the basis of the detection result of the specific object.
A vehicle lower structure according to the present invention comprises a battery pack that is provided below a front seat of a vehicle and above a floor panel, a fan that is provided below a center console and above the floor panel and cools the battery pack, and a floor carpet that is laid between the center console and the fan and has a vertical wall that extends downward from a lower end of a rear part of the center console behind the fan.
[Problem] To provide a battery case capable of reducing destruction of a core part by suppressing local breakage thereof even when a local load is input to a sandwich panel. [Solution] In a battery case 10 for housing a traction battery 12, at least one of an upper panel part 13, a lower panel part 14, and a side panel part 15 is composed of a sandwich panel 20. The sandwich panel includes: an outer peripheral frame 21; a bar member 22 that partitions an inner space 30 surrounded by the outer peripheral frame into a plurality of chambers 31; a core part 23 stored in each of the chambers; and a first panel 24 and a second panel 25 that sandwich the outer peripheral frame, the bar member, and the core part.
H01M 50/231 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by the material of the casings or racks having a layered structure
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
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DRIVING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE
A controller (20) detects an object around a vehicle (Vh) on the basis of an image obtained from a camera (10) mounted on the vehicle (Vh), and calculates position information indicating the relative positional relationship between the vehicle (Vh) and the object on the basis of the image. The controller (20) calculates a reliability indicating the certainty of the position information calculated for the object, generates driving assistance information for the occupant to recognize the position information of the object on the basis of the position information and the reliability relating to the object, and displays the driving assistance information on a display (13).
B60R 1/20 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
To achieve both load bearing performance when a curtain airbag is deployed and energy absorption performance when luggage is impacted. The upper interior structure of a cabin (1) is provided with a pillar trim (5) and a roof trim (6) in a B-pillar part (4). A defined space (P) has a curtain airbag (10) and a jump bracket (20). The jump bracket (20) has a rib (23) extending downward from the back surface of an upper surface (21), and a protruding part (25) positioned on the vehicle-lower side of a rib (23) with a facing gap (T) therebetween. In the rib (23) and the protruding part (25), a mutual facing gap (T) undergoes approaching deformation in response to a deployment load (Ft) of a curtain airbag (10), and the mutual facing gap (T) undergoes widening deformation in response to a load (Fn) from the cabin (1) side.
B60R 21/213 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated conditionArrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in vehicle roof frames or pillars
Provided is a battery module that makes it possible to prevent or suppress concentration of stress on a tab connection portion between adjacent battery cells. In this battery module (110), a plurality of battery cells (1) in which the stacking-direction thickness changes due to charging and discharging are stacked. In the adjacent battery cells (1), in which tab leads (31, 32) are connected to each other, a tab connection portion that connects the tab leads (31, 32) is connected at a position that is displaced toward one side, and the tab lead (31) on the side where the stacking-direction distance is long due to the displacement has a flexible curved portion (40) that is curved so as to protrude outward in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction of the battery cells (1).
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
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INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
An information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention: acquires, for each period, information indicative of the drive torque amount on a driveshaft of a target vehicle; acquires, for each period, information capable of identifying a stroke amount of a suspension of the target vehicle; and determines, in a certain period and from the drive torque amount in the certain period and the stroke amount in the certain period, a torque limit amount that is an amount for limiting the drive torque amount in a period after the certain period.
An information processing device according to the present embodiment acquires a captured image, which is an image of a wheel of a target vehicle captured by a camera disposed above a suspension of the target vehicle, and estimates a stroke amount of the suspension from the acquired captured image.
B60G 17/018 - Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements characterised by the use of a specific signal treatment or control method
A rotary electric machine 100 comprises: a stator 1 that has a slot 9 and a winding 10; and a rotor 2 that has permanent magnets 3 and a rotor core 12 and is arranged relative to the stator 1 with an air gap 13 therebetween. The permanent magnets 3 comprise: main magnets 31 that each have magnetic poles oriented in the radial direction of the rotor 2; and auxiliary magnets 32 that are adjacent to the main magnets 31 and that each have magnetic poles oriented in the circumferential direction of the rotor 2. The main magnets 31 and the auxiliary magnets 32 are alternately arranged according to the Halbach array on the surface of the rotor core 12. The spacing between the auxiliary magnets 32 and the stator 1 is configured to be larger than the spacing between the main magnets 31 and the stator 1.
Provided is a rotating electric machine comprising: a stator 1 having a slot 9 and a winding 10; and a rotor 2 having a permanent magnet 3 and a rotor core 12, the rotor being disposed with an air gap 13 between the rotor and the stator 1. The permanent magnet 3 comprises: a main magnet 31 that is arranged at a magnetic pole center and that has a magnetic pole oriented in a radial direction of the rotor 2; and an auxiliary magnet 32 that is adjacent to the main magnet 31 and that has a magnetic pole oriented in a circumferential direction. The main magnet 31 and the auxiliary magnet 32 are alternately arranged on an outer peripheral side of the rotor core 12 according to a Halbach array. In a radial direction cross section of the rotor 2, the main magnet 31 is formed in a trapezoidal shape in which the length of one side facing the stator 1 is shorter than the length of the other side located on the side opposite the stator 1. The rotor core 12 has, on the stator 1-side surface thereof, a groove-shaped main magnet fixation part 21 that is formed so as to correspond to the cross-sectional shape of the main magnet 31, and the main magnet 31 is fitted into and fixed to the main magnet fixation part 21.
Provided is an automatic driving assistance method for assisting in driving a vehicle (10) that travels by automatic driving using a computer, said automatic driving assistance method comprising: a notification step for transmitting stuck state information from the vehicle (10) to notify a control device (20) of stoppage of the vehicle (10) when the vehicle (10) has stopped at the same position for a time period at least equal to a time threshold; a necessity determination step for determining, in response to the stuck state information, whether or not a control person's intervention in the driving of the vehicle (10) is necessary; and a notification condition setting step for setting the time threshold. If it is determined, in response to the stuck state information transmitted from the vehicle (10), that the intervention is necessary, the time threshold is set to a predetermined first time in the notification condition setting step, and if it is determined, in response to the stuck state information transmitted from the vehicle (10), that the intervention is not necessary, the time threshold is set to a second time longer than the first time.
In the present invention, when a vehicle (V) is to be parked at a target parking position, and within first target information that is stored in advance in association with the target parking position and that identifies the target parking position, there is a first portion (41a) that does not match second target information around the vehicle (V) acquired when the vehicle (V) is to be parked at the target parking position, replacement target information corresponding to the first portion (41a) is extracted from reference target information stored in advance, and the first portion (41a) of the first target information is replaced with the replacement target information.
A vehicle control device (100) controls the travel of an ego vehicle (1) on the basis of a target trajectory and a target inter-vehicle distance between the ego vehicle and a forward object present in front of the ego vehicle (1). A sensor (200) detects, while the ego vehicle (1) is traveling, a preceding vehicle and a next preceding vehicle ahead in the travel lane of the ego vehicle (1). When it has been determined that the next preceding vehicle is stopped and the preceding vehicle is changing lanes to a neighboring lane, the vehicle control device (100) sets, as the target inter-vehicle distance, a distance longer than a first distance, which is the target inter-vehicle distance during normal traveling, or sets a trajectory leading to the neighboring lane as the target trajectory.
B60W 30/16 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
B60W 30/17 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle with provision for special action when the preceding vehicle comes to a halt, e.g. stop and go
The present disclosure provides a means by which the charge/discharge efficiency of a closed-type lithium-oxygen battery can be improved. Provided is a battery for a closed-type lithium-oxygen battery, said battery having: electrodes in which an electrode active material layer containing lithium oxide, a catalyst, and a gel-forming polymer is disposed on the surface of a current collector; and an electrolyte layer in which an electrolyte solution is impregnated in a separator disposed adjacent to the electrodes, wherein the porosity x [%] of the electrode active material layer, the ratio y [%] of the volume of the gel-forming polymer to the volume of the electrode active material layer, and the liquid absorption ratio z [%] of the gel-forming polymer with respect to the electrolyte solution satisfy 0 < yz / x ≤ 8.7.
This secondary battery comprises: a laminate in which a plurality of positive electrode layers and negative electrode layers are alternately laminated with solid electrolyte layers interposed therebetween; positive electrode tab leads extending from each positive electrode current collector foil; negative electrode tab leads extending from each negative electrode current collector foil; tab lead assemblies for positive electrodes and negative electrodes, in which predetermined tip-side ranges of each tab lead belonging to the same electrode overlap each other; and a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab, the tab lead assemblies and the electrode tabs being joined by means of a joining member, wherein first through-holes into which the joining member is inserted are provided in the tab lead assemblies, second through-holes into which the joining member is inserted are provided in the electrode tabs, the joining member is provided with a body part that is inserted into the first through-holes and the second through-holes, and head parts that are provided at both ends in the axial direction of the body part and sandwich the overlapping portion of the tab lead assemblies and the electrode tabs from both sides in the overlapping direction, and at least one among the first through-holes or the second through-holes have a size that allows a movement of the joining member inside the hole.
In an information processing device according to an embodiment of this disclosure, a first OS, which is a real-time OS that is activated when a target vehicle is activated, acquires a video obtained by photographing the periphery of the target vehicle by a camera provided in the target vehicle, and displays the acquired video on at least one of a first display and a second display.
[Problem] To suppress a sense of incongruity from being imparted to a driver. [Solution] A device for controlling a vehicle that travels due to a driving force of a drive source being transmitted to drive wheels via a continuously variable transmission, wherein when the temperature of the driving force or the continuously variable transmission is lower than a predetermined temperature, the oil pressure of a continuously variable transmission is increased compared to when the temperature is higher, and when the temperature of the driving force or the continuously variable transmission is lower than the predetermined temperature but the rotation speed of the drive source has changed from being outside of a predetermined range to inside the predetermined range, the increase in oil pressure is reduced.
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
[Problem] To provide a battery pack suitably connected by laser welding regardless of the presence or absence of a gap between metal members being overlap-welded, or even when the metal members are of different types. [Solution] The battery pack has: a battery module having a plurality of unit cells each having a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab; and a bus bar welded and connected to at least one of the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab. The material of either the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab is different from the material of the bus bar. A welded portion 73 between at least one of the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab and the bus bar is connected by laser welding in which a laser beam 70 is scanned. The trajectories of the laser beam form a shape in which a first portion 71 having overlapping trajectories and a second portion 72 having non-overlapping trajectories are repeated. In addition, the connection strength at the welded portion is obtained at intervals in either the first portion or the second portion.
H01M 50/516 - Methods for interconnecting adjacent batteries or cells by welding, soldering or brazing
H01M 50/505 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising a single busbar
H01M 50/521 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteriesInterconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing characterised by the material
H01M 50/55 - Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on the same side of the cell
H01M 50/562 - Terminals characterised by the material
50.
POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR CLOSED-TYPE LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES, AND CLOSED-TYPE LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERY USING SAME
The present disclosure provides a means capable of improving peeling strength in a positive electrode for closed-type lithium-oxygen batteries that use polyvinylidene fluoride as a binder. Disclosed is a positive electrode for closed-type lithium-oxygen batteries, the positive electrode comprising: a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer that is disposed on a surface of the current collector and contains lithium oxide, a catalyst, and polyvinylidene fluoride that serves as a binder. The content of the polyvinylidene fluoride in the positive electrode active material layer is 20 mass% or less with respect to 100 mass% of the total solid content of the positive electrode active material layer at the time of complete battery discharge. In the Raman spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, the ratio B/A of the intensity B of a peak top of a peak appearing in the range of 1110-1160 cm-1to the intensity A of a peak top of a peak appearing in the range of 2940-2990 cm-1 is 3.8 or less.
This door handle device comprises: a base that is provided to a door panel and has a hole that connects the inside and the outside of the door panel; a handle body that has an arm that is inserted into the hole and connected to a door latch mechanism; and a cover that is provided to an opening of the hole. The handle body is rotatably attached to the base by a relative movement with respect to the base while the arm is inserted into the hole. The cover covers at least a portion of an arm passing area due to the relative movement within the opening.
E05B 85/16 - Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
E05B 79/06 - Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
52.
VEHICLE INSPECTION METHOD AND VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM
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
53.
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 battery manufacturing method including: a step in which laminates 30, in which a positive electrode layer 40, an electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer 50 are laminated along a lamination direction, are sandwiched by an exterior body 70; a step in which pressure is applied to both surfaces of the laminates 30 in a direction along the lamination direction thereof by means of the exterior body 70; and a high humidity holding step in which the laminates 30 and the exterior body 70 are held in an environment of higher humidity than before applying pressure to the laminates 30 in a state in which the laminates 30 have pressure applied thereto.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
55.
POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR CLOSED-TYPE LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERY, AND CLOSED-TYPE LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERY USING SAME
The present disclosure provides a means by which the amount of oxygen gas generated in a closed-type lithium-oxygen battery can be reduced even when the battery is charged to near the theoretical capacity of lithium oxide, which is the positive electrode active material. Disclosed is a positive electrode for a closed-type lithium-oxygen battery, the positive electrode comprising a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the surface of the current collector and containing a lithium oxide, a catalyst, and a binder, wherein at least a portion of the lithium oxide is coated with a branched polymer having a branched structure.
A battery holding mechanism (1) is provided with: a tray (10) which has a rectangular shape in a top view and on which a battery is placed; and a bracket (40) which is provided at the center of the tray (10) in the longitudinal direction and holds the battery. The tray (10) has a cutout (15) in an end section of at least one of a left end portion (113) and a right end portion (114) in the short direction. The cutout (15) is provided at either the front wall part (121) side or the rear wall part (122) side relative to the center in the longitudinal direction in the end section of said at least one end portion.
This vehicle seat comprises a pad (23) which is composed of a cushion material, a cover section (24) which covers the pad (23), and a hook-and-loop fastener (25) which is provided on the pad (23). The cover section (24) is provided with a back surface section (24B) which faces the pad (23). The back surface section (24B) is provided with a high-density section (24C) which is composed of a fiber structure or a net-like structure, and a low-density section (24D) which is composed of a fiber structure that has a lower density than the high-density section (24C) or a net-like structure that has a lower density than the high-density section (24C). The low-density section (24D) is provided at a position corresponding to the hook-and-loop fastener (25).
Provided is an electric vehicle control method for controlling an electric vehicle comprising: a drive system including an electric motor for traveling and an inverter that drives the electric motor; and a battery that is charged by electric power supplied from an external power source and that supplies electric power to the drive system. The electric vehicle includes two of the drive systems for front-wheel driving and for rear-wheel driving. One of the drive systems has a boost function for boosting the electric power supplied from the external power source by a switching operation of the inverter. In the electric vehicle control method, if the battery is at a low temperature when the external power source is connected, a controller executes, before boost charging is started, battery warming-up control in which the temperature of the battery is raised by operating the drive system for front-wheel driving and the drive system for rear-wheel driving in a state in which a driving force is not generated in the electric motor, and supplying a heat medium heated by heat exchange with both of the drive systems to the battery. When the battery temperature reaches a target temperature, the controller terminates the battery warming-up control of the drive system having the boost function and starts boosting by the boost function, and controls an inverter frequency and a current value of the drive system having the boost function during execution of the battery warming-up control to values determined from a magnitude of a thermal stress generated in the inverter due to a temperature difference ΔT between the heat medium and a heating element of the drive system and a required life of the inverter.
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposesMonitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 58/24 - 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
59.
BATTERY WARM-UP CONTROL METHOD AND BATTERY WARM-UP CONTROL DEVICE
Provided is a battery warm-up control method configured so that, in an electric vehicle, a battery is warmed up using heat generated by causing a d-axis current to flow to a rotating electric machine, the electric vehicle comprising: an electric power train that includes a rotating electrical machine and an inverter having a plurality of switching elements; and a battery that supplies power to the electric power train. In this battery warm-up control method, the rotating electrical machine is made to rotate to a warm-up position where the total phase current for causing the d-axis current to flow is maximized, and the d-axis current is caused to flow at the warm-up position so as to generate heat and warm up the battery using the heat. On the basis of the warm-up position used to warm up the battery, cumulative deterioration of the switching elements due to warming-up of the battery is estimated; and, on the basis of the cumulative deterioration, a warm-up position to be used to warm up the battery the next time is determined from among a plurality of warm-up positions so that the phase current for causing the d-axis current to flow flows more to the switching elements with less cumulative deterioration than to the switching elements with greater cumulative deterioration.
B60L 58/27 - 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 heating
H02P 29/62 - Controlling or determining the temperature of the motor or of the drive for raising the temperature of the motor
A battery inspection method including: a step for applying pressure to both surfaces of a plurality of laminates 1 in a direction along the lamination direction of the plurality of laminates 1 by means of an exterior body 70; a step for holding the plurality of laminates 1 in an environment of higher humidity than before applying pressure to the plurality of laminates 1 in a state in which the plurality of laminates 1 have pressure applied thereto, and measuring the amount of hydrogen sulfide generated by the plurality of laminates 1; and a step for determining occurrence of lamination deviation in the plurality of laminates 1 on the basis of the amount of hydrogen sulfide generated.
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
H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
61.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING DC RESISTANCE OF BATTERY
In the present invention, when calculating the DC resistance of a lithium secondary battery (20) by linear regression on the basis of currents and voltages measured at a plurality of measurement points of the lithium secondary battery in which a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte, and a negative electrode layer are laminated in this order, the quantity of change in the DC resistance corresponding to the change in pressure applied to the lithium secondary battery (20) between the plurality of measurement points is estimated, and correction using the quantity of change in the DC resistance is performed in the calculation of the DC resistance by linear regression.
G01R 27/02 - Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant
G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
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
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
62.
DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
The present invention, when executing assistance control for overtaking in which a host vehicle (V) traveling along a first lane (L1) overtakes a preceding vehicle (Vx) traveling ahead of the host vehicle (V) by travelling along a second lane (L2) adjacent to the first lane (L1), involves: setting a first proposal condition that is for proposing a first lane change from the first lane (L1) to the second lane (L2) by the host vehicle (V) and includes a condition that a prescribed first entry space (A1) allowing the host vehicle (V) to enter the second lane (L2) should be detected, and a second proposal condition that is for proposing a second lane change of returning from the second lane (L2) to the first lane (L1) by the host vehicle (V) after overtaking the preceding vehicle (Vx) and includes a condition that a prescribed second entry space (A2) allowing the host vehicle (V) to enter the first lane (L1) should be detected; and setting the length (D2) of the second entry space (A2) in the travel direction longer than the length (D1) of the first entry space (A1) in the travel direction.
B60W 40/02 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to ambient conditions
63.
LAYERED STRUCTURE OF ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY
The present invention provides a layered structure of an all-solid-state battery having a plurality of layered structures in which a positive electrode layer and a frame that surrounds the periphery of the positive electrode layer are integrated, wherein the interface between the positive electrode layer and the frame of one of the plurality of layered structures and the interface between the positive electrode layer and the frame of another of the plurality of laminated structures, which is different from the one structure, are in different positions from one another as viewed from the layering direction of the structure.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
A notification method according to the present invention is a notification method for a notification system in which: an image including the surrounding conditions of a vehicle is obtained by a sensor of the vehicle; at least one of a future trajectory and speed of the vehicle is predicted from the surrounding conditions being acquired; and the driver is notified of the trajectory and speed by image display or voice guidance. When at least one of a future trajectory and speed of the vehicle is predicted, the presence probability of the vehicle at each location where the vehicle may be present after a predetermined set time is calculated, and at least one of the future trajectory and speed of the vehicle is predicted on the basis of the presence probability being calculated.
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 power conversion device (1) is provided with an inverter circuit (10) and a rectifier circuit (20). The inverter circuit (10) converts the power input to a pair of input terminals (lt1, lt2) and outputs the converted power. The rectifier circuit (20) includes a diode (D) connected to a pair of output terminals (Ot1, Ot2). The rectifier circuit (20) rectifies the output power of the inverter circuit (10) and outputs the rectified power to the pair of output terminals (Ot1, Ot2). The power conversion device (1) is provided with first and second coolers (30c, 30a). The first cooler (30c) is connected to the cathode terminal side of the diode (D) and cools the diode (D). The second cooler (30a) is connected to the anode terminal side of the diode (D) and cools the diode (D). The first and second coolers (30c, 30a) are connected to the ground potential, respectively.
H02M 7/06 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode
H02M 7/12 - 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
69.
SWITCHING DEVICE, POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AND SWITCHING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD
In a switching device (1), a first switching element (104) and a second switching element (105) switch, in accordance with the inversion of the polarity of AC power, switching operations between a first input terminal (101) and a second input terminal (102) to which the AC power is inputted. A first input unit (22) and a second input unit (32) cause a first control signal and a second control signal corresponding to a first operation and a second operation of the switching operations to be inputted from a first signal source (21) and a second signal source (31) to the first switching element (104) and the second switching element (105). First changing units (221, 222) and second changing units (321, 322) respectively switch the impedance states of the first input unit (22) and the second input unit (32) in accordance with the polarity of the AC power.
H02M 1/08 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
H02M 5/27 - Conversion of AC power input into AC power output, e.g. for change of voltage, for change of frequency, for change of number of phases without intermediate conversion into DC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a thyratron or thyristor type requiring extinguishing means for conversion of frequency
A battery module 1 includes: a battery laminate 10 including a plurality of battery cells 11 electrically connected in series and laminated on each other; and a holding member holding the plurality of battery cells 11 from a side surface of the battery laminate 10 and formed of an electroconductive material. The holding member is an electroconductive member extending along the direction in which the plurality of battery cells 11 are laminated, and has a side wall part 430 covering at least a part of a side surface of the battery laminate 10 close to the bottom surface of the battery laminate. The side wall part 430 includes a first side wall portion in which the distance between the side wall part 430 and the battery laminate 10 is a first distance, and a second side wall portion in which the distance between the side wall part 430 and the battery laminate is a second distance which is longer than the first distance.
H01M 50/264 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
H01M 50/211 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for pouch cells
H01M 50/262 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks
71.
VEHICLE MASS ESTIMATION METHOD AND VEHICLE MASS ESTIMATION SYSTEM
In the present invention, the longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle is detected by a longitudinal acceleration sensor, and by inputting the driving force of the vehicle to a vehicle model having an equation representing the relationship of the longitudinal acceleration, the driving force, the vehicle mass, and acceleration error that occurs in the longitudinal acceleration sensor, the equation having the vehicle mass and the acceleration error as state variables, the estimated value of the longitudinal acceleration assumed to be detected by the longitudinal acceleration sensor and prior estimated values of the state variables are calculated. The estimated values of the state variables are calculated on the basis of the prior estimated values, the estimated value of the longitudinal acceleration, and the difference between the estimated value of the longitudinal acceleration and the detected value of the longitudinal acceleration detected by the longitudinal acceleration sensor, and the state variables in the equation are updated by the estimated values of the state variables.
G01G 19/03 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing during motion
The present invention includes: a first step in which the longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle is detected by a longitudinal acceleration sensor; a second step in which, by inputting a drive force into a vehicle model that comprises an equation representing the relationships of longitudinal acceleration, drive force of the vehicle, vehicle mass, and acceleration error occurring in the longitudinal acceleration sensor and having the vehicle mass and the acceleration error as state variables, an estimated value for the longitudinal acceleration expected to be sensed by the longitudinal acceleration sensor and preliminary estimated values for the state variables are calculated; a third step in which estimated values for the state variables are calculated on the basis of the preliminary estimated values and the difference between the estimated value for the longitudinal acceleration and a detected value for the longitudinal acceleration sensed by the longitudinal acceleration sensor; and a fourth step in which the state variables in the equation are updated using the estimated values for the state variables. If the rate of change of a first parameter that is correlated with the drive force is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the third step and the fourth step are executed; and if the rate of change of the first parameter is less than the first threshold value, the third step and the fourth step are halted.
G01G 19/03 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing during motion
In the present invention, when autonomous lane-change control is executed in response to a driver of a vehicle (V) operating a direction indicator lever of a direction indicator of the vehicle (V) to change lanes from a current lane in which a vehicle (V) is traveling to an adjacent lane in the direction corresponding to the operation performed by the driver, and it is determined that an adjacent lane does not exist in the direction corresponding to the operator performed by the driver, the driver is not notified that a lane change by the autonomous lane-change control cannot be executed.
The present invention provides a parking assistance method that performs parking control in which a host vehicle is caused to automatically travel to a target parking position. Provided is a parking assistance method wherein: a first parking control method which is stored in association with a target parking position is used as a parking control method for controlling the travel of a host vehicle in parking control, so as to perform parking control to the target parking position at least once (S3); a reference parking control method, which is stored in advance in an external device provided outside the host vehicle, is received from the external device as a parking control method for controlling the travel of a vehicle other than the host vehicle in the parking control (S4); and after the host vehicle is parked at the target parking position using the first parking control method, a second parking control method obtained by correcting the first parking control method on the basis of the reference parking control method received from the external device is presented to a user of the host vehicle (S5, S6).
When a drive mode is a sand mode, a controller (20) sets a front base slip amount maximum (Svfr) on the basis of the throttle openness (θa) and the vehicle body speed (Vm). When an acceleration request of an occupant has been determined, the controller (20) performs addition processing in which the value that results from adding an additional slip amount (Svb) to the front base slip amount maximum (Svfr) is ultimately fixed as a front slip amount maximum (Svfm). The controller (20) sets a rear slip amount maximum (Svrm) on the basis of the throttle openness (θa) and the vehicle body speed (Vm). The controller (20) then controls the slip amount of a front wheel (2f) so as to be less than or equal to the front slip amount maximum (Svfm), while also controlling the slip amount of a rear wheel (2r) so as to be less than or equal to the rear slip amount maximum (Svrm).
In order to block current at a desired location, the present invention comprises: a battery module (11) that includes a plurality of stacked battery cells (2); a pressurization mechanism (18) that pressurizes a pressurization region (R) of the battery module (11); a pair of conductive members (3, 3) that are provided in the pressurization region (R), are electrically connected to terminals (22, 23) of the battery cell (2) or the terminals of the battery module (11), and are capable of moving into contact with or away from each other; and a controller (12) that controls the pressurization of the pressurization mechanism (18). The controller (12) removes the pressurization of the pressurization mechanism (18) when a predetermined abnormality is detected.
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
77.
PARKING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND PARKING INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE
In a case where a provision request to request parking information (50) of a parking position in a private parking lot is received, when the requester's identification information is registered in private parking information (53) in association with the parking position, private parking information (53) that is for limited user is provided, and when the requester's identification information is not registered in the private parking information (53) in association with the parking position, the private parking information (53) is not provided to the requester's vehicle.
An electrical connection box (3) is provided with: a first case (41) having a peripheral wall (412) that opens to one side in a first direction; and a ground terminal (7) that is grounded and fixed to the first case (41). When viewed from the one side in the first direction, an exposed fixing part (413) that is exposed to the one side in the first direction on the inside of the peripheral wall (412) is formed in the first case (41). A ground terminal fixing part (414) for grounding and fixing the ground terminal (7) and a fixing member fixing part (415) for fixing the first case (41) to a fixing member (2) are formed in the exposed fixing part (413).
H02G 3/16 - Distribution boxesConnection or junction boxes structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box
H01R 9/00 - Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocksTerminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a caseBases therefor
H05K 7/00 - Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
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 has: an internal combustion engine (1); a throttle valve (6) disposed in an intake passage (3) and controlling the intake air amount; a second passage (33) connected to the intake passage (3) on the upstream side of the throttle valve (6) and capable of introducing fresh air into a crankcase (39); a third passage (34) connected to the intake passage (3) on the downstream side of the throttle valve (6) and capable of introducing blow-by gas into the intake passage (3); and a pressure sensor (53) capable of detecting an intake pressure in the intake passage (3) on the downstream side of the throttle valve (6). When the internal combustion engine (1) is motored while the degree of opening of the throttle valve (6) is reduced to a predetermined degree of opening, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the third passage (34) is diagnosed on the basis of the intake pressure detected by the pressure sensor (53) during the motoring.
[Problem] To prevent a harness connector provided on a fuel tank from interfering with surrounding components. [Solution] The present invention includes: a passage that allows for the circulation of exhaust air from a battery cooling fan between a rear seat and a floor; and a fuel tank disposed under the floor at the rear seat and comprising a fuel pump pm, wherein the fuel pump comprises, in an upper part thereof, a harness connector ct, the passage comprises a first recessed portion 32, a second recessed portion 33, a third recessed portion 34, and a fourth recessed portion 35 provided in a lower part of a cushion of the rear seat and a first raised portion 43, a second raised portion 44, a third raised portion 45, and a fourth raised portion 46 provided in connection with the first recessed portion, the second recessed portion, the third recessed portion, and the fourth recessed portion and protruding downward, and the first raised portion, the second raised portion, the third raised portion, and the fourth raised portion are disposed in front of and behind and/or to the left and right of the harness connector.
This retractable door handle (1) for a vehicle is provided with a stopper (15) provided inside a door panel (3). In a case in which a handle part (4) rotates about a second axis (X2) together with an arm (7) while maintaining an angle with respect to the arm (7), when the angle causes a first end part (4A) and an inner peripheral edge (5a) of an opening (5) to contact each other, the stopper (15) comes into contact with the handle part (4) and restricts the handle part (4) from rotating together with the arm (7) about the second axis (X2). When the angle does not cause the first end part (4A) and the inner peripheral edge (5a) of the opening (5) to contact each other, the stopper (15) does not come into contact with the handle part (4), and does not restrict the handle part (4) from rotating together with the arm (7) about the second axis (X2).
E05B 85/16 - Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
83.
VEHICLE MASS ESTIMATION METHOD AND VEHICLE MASS ESTIMATION SYSTEM
This vehicle mass estimation method involves: detecting a front-rear acceleration of a vehicle by means of an acceleration sensor; inputting a driving force of the vehicle into a vehicle model to calculate an estimated value of the front-rear acceleration that is expected to be detected by the front-rear acceleration sensor, and prior estimated values of state variables of an equation of the vehicle model, the equation representing a relationship between the front-rear acceleration, the driving force, the vehicle mass, and an acceleration error occurring in the front-rear acceleration sensor, and the state variables being the vehicle mass and the acceleration error; calculating estimated values of the state variables on the basis of the prior estimated values and a value obtained by multiplying the difference between the estimated value of the front-rear acceleration and the detected value of the front-rear acceleration detected by the front-rear acceleration sensor by a correction gain; updating the state variables of the equation on the basis of the estimated values of the state variables; calculating the correction gain via a Kalman filter algorithm that incorporates system noise and that uses the driving force as an input value; and changing the system noise on the basis of a variable that is correlated with time.
G01G 19/03 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing during motion
A battery pack comprising: a case; a partition plate that divides the interior of the case into a plurality of areas; an in-area battery housed in each area; and a connection part that connects the in-area batteries in series. A communication opening for allowing communication between adjacent areas is formed in the partition plate, and a lower end of a positive electrode terminal portion constituting a positive electrode and a lower end of a negative electrode terminal portion constituting a negative electrode of the in-area battery are positioned lower than the communication opening.
H01M 50/291 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs characterised by their shape
H01M 50/572 - Means for preventing undesired use or discharge
85.
PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
In this parking assistance method for performing parking control for causing a host vehicle to travel automatically to a target parking position: parking control to the target parking position is performed at least once using a first parking control method that is stored in association with the target parking position as a parking control method for controlling travel of the host vehicle in the parking control (S3); and, if the host vehicle is parked in the target parking position by manual driving after the host vehicle has been parked in the target parking position using the first parking control method, a second parking control method, obtained by modifying the first parking control method on the basis of the manual driving operation of the host vehicle, is presented to the user of the host vehicle (S6, S7).
A first processor 10 of a parking assistance device 200 refers to a first reference feature 51 which is stored in a first storage device 5 of a host vehicle and is a feature of each parking position in which the host vehicle parked in the past, calculates a target parking position on the basis of the first reference feature when a first reference feature to be compared with a capture feature recognized from detection information from a sensor 2 of the host vehicle is identified, refers to a second reference feature 71 which is stored in a second storage device 7 of a server 300 and is a feature of each parking position in which another vehicle parked in the past and calculates a target parking position based on the second reference feature 71 to be compared with the capture feature when the abovementioned first reference feature is not identified, and executes parking control for autonomously moving the host vehicle to the target parking position.
An information processing device (S) is provided with a controller (12) that performs: processes (S3, S10) for identifying users (U1, U2) who use service vehicles provided for a vehicle dispatch service; a process (S10) for determining whether or not the identified user (U1) is a user to be approved who requires approval from an approver user (Ua), who is a user other than the identified users, for use of the vehicle dispatch service; and a process (S13) for presenting a first notification including a choice of whether or not to approve ride-sharing of a service vehicle (Va) by a first user (U1) and a second user (U2), who are said users, to the approver user (Ua) for the first user (U1), who is the user to be approved among the first user (U1) and the second user (U2).
[Problem] To provide a means capable of preventing the loss of solid electrolyte from a solid electrolyte layer and preventing the occurrence of a short circuit between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. [Solution] An electrode for a secondary battery is provided with: a current collector foil 11; an electrode active material layer 12 arranged on a surface of the collector foil 11 and containing electrode active material; a solid electrolyte layer 13 containing solid electrolyte, covering the electrode active material layer 12, and having an end part in contact with the collector foil 11; and a protection part 14 arranged at a part where the end part and the current collector foil 11 are in contact with each other, and having elasticity. A cross section of the protection part in the stack direction has a tapered shape that widens toward the current collector foil, and an outer peripheral end of the protection part coincides with an outer peripheral end of the current collector foil in a plan view.
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
90.
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 controller (16) acquires information about a vehicle target location designated by a user, executes autonomous driving control for traveling by autonomous driving toward the target location, and controls a light that is provided to a vehicle and irradiates outside the vehicle on the basis of the target location detected by a sensor 11 during execution of the autonomous driving control.
According to the present invention, an internal combustion engine having an exhaust turbocharger (3) comprises: a catalytic converter (13) disposed in an upstream-side exhaust pipe (8) connecting a cylinder (2) and an exhaust turbine (7) of the exhaust turbocharger (3); a bypass passage (14) for releasing a part of an exhaust gas flowing through the catalytic converter (13) to a downstream-side exhaust pipe (9); a waste gate valve (15) for adjusting the flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage (14); a first exhaust sensor (16) disposed upstream of the catalytic converter (13) in the upstream-side exhaust pipe (8); and a second exhaust sensor (17) disposed downstream of a confluence portion (A) between the downstream-side exhaust pipe (9) and the bypass passage (14) in the downstream-side exhaust pipe (9). A control device diagnoses deterioration of the catalytic converter (13) on the basis of a comparison between a first signal from the first exhaust sensor (16) and a second signal from the second exhaust sensor (17).
Provided is a charging control method in which, in a vehicle equipped with an electric motor unit including a motor and an inverter, and a high-power battery for supplying power to the electric motor unit, the high-power battery is warmed up by heat generated by applying a current to the electric motor unit before or in parallel with charging from an external charging facility to the high-power battery by step-up charging via the electric motor unit. In this charging control method, when warm-up is started and the upper limit current that can be received by the high-power battery is a prescribed value or lower, a relay disposed between the electric motor unit and the high-power battery is opened to cut off electrical connection between the electric motor unit and the high-power battery, and a current is applied from the external charging facility to the electric motor unit. In particular, the current applied to the electric motor unit is made larger than the current applied to the electric motor unit when the upper limit current is applied to the high-power battery while the relay is closed.
H01M 10/667 - Heat-exchange relationships between the cells and other systems, e.g. central heating systems or fuel cells the system being an electronic component, e.g. a CPU, an inverter or a capacitor
B60L 58/27 - 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 heating
94.
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
The present invention comprises: a cell main body part in which a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a second electrode layer are stacked in this order; and a metal support body which supports the cell main body part. The metal support body comprises a support part which comprises a support surface that supports the first electrode layer-side main surface of the cell main body part, and an opposite surface on the reverse side of the support surface, and which can communicate a gas between the support surface and the opposite surface. An adhesive layer that is bonded to the support surface is disposed in a facing region of the support surface, the facing region facing the peripheral edge part of the first electrode layer. The region of the first electrode layer positioned inside the peripheral edge part is bonded to the support surface, and the peripheral edge part of the first electrode layer is bonded to the adhesive layer.
H01M 8/1226 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte characterised by the electrode/electrolyte combination or the supporting material characterised by the supporting layer
C25B 1/042 - Hydrogen or oxygen by electrolysis of water by electrolysis of steam
C25B 9/00 - Cells or assemblies of cellsConstructional parts of cellsAssemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assembliesProcess-related cell features
C25B 9/63 - Holders for electrodesPositioning of the electrodes
C25B 13/02 - DiaphragmsSpacing elements characterised by shape or form
C25B 13/04 - DiaphragmsSpacing elements characterised by the material
C25B 13/07 - DiaphragmsSpacing elements characterised by the material based on inorganic materials based on ceramics
H01M 8/12 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte
H01M 8/1213 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte characterised by the electrode/electrolyte combination or the supporting material
Provided is a vehicle seat on which a child seat can be easily mounted. A seat (1) comprises: a seat back (20); a seat cushion (10) that includes a cushion frame (11), a cushion pad (12) covering the cushion frame (11), and a trim cover (13) covering the cushion pad (12); and connection members (31) for connecting to a connector (CN) provided to a child seat. When viewed in a top view, the cushion pad (12) has provided therein, in an adjacent region (AR) separated from/brought into contact with the seat front side of leading end portions of the connection members (31), wires (110) having greater rigidity than the cushion pad (12). The upper surface of the cushion pad (12) is provided with, in the adjacent region (AR), press felts (14) having greater rigidity than the cushion pad (12).
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.
Provided is a battery temperature control method for controlling a battery temperature regulation system comprising: an air conditioning case that accommodates a heat exchanger, a heating device, and a regulator that regulates the mixing ratio of air that has passed through the heat exchanger and air that has passed through the heating device; a first air passage for supplying outside air introduced into the air conditioning case to a battery case; a second air passage for supplying the air that has passed through the heat exchanger to the battery case; a third air passage for supplying the air that has passed through the heating device to the battery case; a fourth air passage for supplying the air that has passed through the regulator to the battery case; a fifth air passage for supplying air in a vehicle cabin to the battery case; a case inner passage that is provided in the battery case and that is a battery temperature regulation passage; and a sixth air passage for recirculating air that has passed through the case inner passage in the battery case, wherein a controller regulates the amount of air supplied to the battery case from each air passage from the first air passage to the fifth air passage, according to the temperature of the battery.
H01M 10/663 - Heat-exchange relationships between the cells and other systems, e.g. central heating systems or fuel cells the system being an air-conditioner or an engine
H01M 10/6563 - Gases with forced flow, e.g. by blowers
H01M 10/6565 - Gases with forced flow, e.g. by blowers with recirculation or U-turn in the flow path, i.e. back and forth
Provided is a cooling control method for cooling an ePT (10) having an inverter (11), an electric motor (12), and a reducer (13) by using an ePT cooling circuit (20), the cooling control method comprising implementing: an outside air temperature acquisition step for acquiring an outside air temperature; a heat quantity comparison step for comparing heat removal amounts, due to cooling water, of the inverter (11) and the reducer (13); and a circulation control step for circulating the cooling water in the order of the inverter (11), the electric motor (12), and the reducer (13) when the outside air temperature is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, and when the outer air temperature is less than the first threshold value and the heat removal amount of the inverter (11) is less than the heat removal amount of the reducer (13), and circulating the cooling water in the order of the reducer (13), the electric motor (12), and the inverter (11) when the outside air temperature is less than the first threshold value and the heat removal amount of the inverter (11) is greater than the heat removal amount of the reducer (13).
A vehicle control device (1) acquires at least one of surrounding environment information about the surrounding environment of a user of a vehicle that is located outside the vehicle and user information about the user, determines a type of directing control for operation of the vehicle on the basis of at least one of the surrounding environment information and the user information, and executes directing control in accordance with the determined type of directing control.
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
B60S 1/06 - Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by the drive
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
An internal combustion engine having an exhaust supercharger (3) is provided with: a catalytic converter (13) disposed in an upstream-side exhaust pipe (8) connecting a cylinder (2) of the internal combustion engine and an exhaust turbine (7) of an exhaust supercharger (3); a bypass passage (14) bypassing the exhaust turbine (7) and releasing part of exhaust gas flowing through the catalytic converter (13) to a downstream-side exhaust pipe; and a waste gate valve (15) provided in the bypass passage (14). The waste gate valve (15) and the bypass passage (14) are arranged so that condensed water accumulated on the downstream side in the catalytic converter (13) can be guided to a downstream-side exhaust pipe (9).
F02B 37/18 - Control of the pumps by bypassing exhaust
F01N 3/033 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters in combination with other devices
