KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160141953 | ON-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - An inverter includes a bus bar as a wiring and a ferrite core that covers the bus bar to absorb electromagnetic noise from the bus bar. The bus bar and ferrite core are integrated by mold forming using a resin material in a state of exposing a part of the ferrite core. | 05-19-2016 |
20160134226 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ON-VEHICLE ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - A control device for an on-vehicle electric compressor controls and drives an electric motor arranged in the on-vehicle electric compressor. The control device includes a temperature acquisition unit, a current detector, a threshold current value setting unit, and a motor current controller. The temperature acquisition unit acquires a temperature of the control device. The current detector detects a motor current, which is current that flows through the electric motor. The threshold current value setting unit sets a threshold current value in accordance with the temperature of the control device acquired by the temperature acquisition unit. The motor current controller controls the motor current based on a detection result of the current detector so that the motor current becomes less than or equal to the threshold current value. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131439 | CHEMICAL HEAT STORAGE DEVICE - A chemical heat storage device that heats a heating target provided in an exhaust pipe | 05-12-2016 |
20160131098 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - An object of the present invention is to further improve the characteristic of the fuel spray of a fuel injection valve which has a plurality of stepped injection holes having a hole diameter of an outlet side injection hole larger than a hole diameter of an inlet side injection hole and which injects fuel from the stepped injection holes into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. A cutout portion, which guides a flow of gas flowing into an outlet side injection hole from a lateral position of a fuel outlet of the outlet side injection hole during fuel injection, in a circumferential direction of the outlet side injection hole, is provided for at least one of both lateral portions between which the fuel outlet is interposed along with an arrangement direction of a plurality of injection holes, on a circumferential edge of the fuel outlet of the outlet side injection hole, in relation to at lease some of the injection holes of a fuel injection valve having the plurality of stepped injection holes. | 05-12-2016 |
20160123202 | CHEMICAL HEAT STORAGE DEVICE - A chemical heat storage device heats a subject to be heated existing in a pipe. The chemical heat storage device includes a reactor that generates heat by chemically reacting with a reaction medium, an absorber that causes an absorbent to absorb and stores the reaction medium, and a connection tube that is connected to the reactor and absorber, for the reaction medium to migrate through. The reactor includes a solid reaction material disposed along an outer peripheral surface of a place where the subject exists in the pipe and a casing that seals the reaction material so as to form a space along an outer peripheral surface of the reaction material. One end of the connection tube is open to the space. | 05-05-2016 |
20160114659 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure includes a sliding door configured to open and close a door opening formed in a side portion of a vehicle body, and a slide supporting mechanism configured to slide the sliding door. The slide supporting mechanism includes a middle slide rail disposed so as to extend in an opening-and-closing direction of the sliding door, and a guide body that is guided by the middle slide rail. The guide body includes two first rollers, two second rollers, a body portion, and an arm portion. The body portion rotatably supports the two first rollers and the two second rollers. The arm portion couples the sliding door and the body portion. The arm portion is disposed, on at least one of the sliding door and the body portion, to be turnable around a shaft parallel to rotary axes of the first rollers. | 04-28-2016 |
20160101970 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LOAD HANDLING DEVICE - An apparatus for controlling a load handling device of an industrial vehicle is provided. The load handling device includes a mast assembly and a load handling attachment attached to the mast assembly. The apparatus includes a tilt angle detector that detects a tilt angle of the mast assembly, a controller that regulates a lifting speed of the load handling attachment, and a determination device that determines whether or not the load handling attachment is being lifted off the ground. When the determination device determines that the load handling attachment is being lifted off the ground, the controller permits the load handling attachment to be lifted at a speed faster than the regulated lifting speed. | 04-14-2016 |
20160101705 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF BATTERY AND BATTERY CHARGER, AND BATTERY CHARGER - A management system and a management method of a battery and a battery charger, and a battery charger are provided that can obtain information on the state of a battery and information on the usage state of a battery charger even during charging so as to monitor/control the battery and the battery charger even during the charging. | 04-14-2016 |
20160096419 | VEHICLE BACK DOOR DEVICE WITH DAMPER STAY STORAGE STRUCTURE - A back door device includes a hinge, a back door, and a damper stay. The hinge is provided on a roof of a vehicle and arranged at a position forward of a rear edge of the roof. The back door is configured to pivot vertically about the hinge to selectively open and close a door opening and includes a back door rear end portion and a back door roof portion. The back door roof portion includes a storage projection, which projects upward from an upper surface of the back door roof portion. The damper stay includes a first end, which is connected to the roof at a position rearward of the hinge, and a second end, which is connected to an inner wall of the storage projection. When the back door is closed, the damper stay is stored in the storage projection. | 04-07-2016 |
20160094109 | INDUCTION MACHINE - An induction machine includes: a stator having a stator core and a coil; a rotor, which has a shaft, a rotor core secured to the shaft, and a secondary conductor; a bearing supporting the shaft; a cooling fan having a blade; and a cooling fan fixture. The secondary conductor includes a rotor bar and an end ring. The blade is located axially outward of the end ring, and the distal end of the blade in the axial direction extends axially outward of the coil end of the coil. The cooling fan has a securing portion located radially inward of the end ring and a cylindrical extended portion extending from the securing portion to the blade. The securing portion is secured to the rotor with the cooling fan fixture. The bearing is located axially inward of the distal end of the blade. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090987 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor includes an inverter housing accommodating an inverter, a compressor housing accommodating a compression mechanism and an electric motor, and a seal member having an annular shape and interposed between an end surface of a peripheral wall of the compressor housing and an end surface of the inverter housing. The compressor housing has the peripheral wall in which the inverter is disposed. The seal member is retained to the inverter housing by a retaining structure which is disposed inside the peripheral wall of the compressor housing. The retaining structure includes a first projection and a second projection. The first projection is formed on the seal member and projects radially inward. The second projection is formed on the inverter housing. The first projection is located between the second projection and the end surface of the inverter housing so as to restrict movement of the seal member in a direction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160083233 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LOAD HANDLING DEVICE - An apparatus for controlling a load handling device of an industrial vehicle includes a lifted height detector that detects a lifted height of the load handling device, a tilt angle detector that detects a tilt angle of the load handling device, a loading pump that pumps hydraulic oil from a hydraulic tank in the industrial vehicle and supplies the hydraulic oil to a lift cylinder and a tilt cylinder, a drive that drives the loading pump, and a controller that controls the flow rate of hydraulic oil supplied to the lift cylinder and the tilt cylinder. When the forward tilt angle of the load handling device is greater than a first regulation tilt angle and a lifted height of the load handling device is higher than a predetermined reference height, the controller regulates the flow rate of hydraulic oil supplied to the lift cylinder. | 03-24-2016 |
20160075068 | INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE - An injection molding device includes an injection plunger for injecting a molding material into a mold and pressurizing the molding material. The injection molding device further includes an injection cylinder, an injection module performing injection and a pressure boost module assisting pressure boost. The injection cylinder includes an operation cylinder, a motor, and a screw and a nut converts rotation of the motor into linear movement via the ball screw. The pressure boost module includes a compressed hydraulic oil storage part, a motor, a screw rotated by the motor and a nut that converts the rotation of the motor into linear movement, a compression member that compresses the hydraulic oil stored in the compressed hydraulic oil storage part, and a valve that allows or stops flow of the hydraulic oil stored in the compressed hydraulic oil storage part into the injection cylinder. | 03-17-2016 |
20160067896 | ROTARY VALVE DEVICE - A rotary valve device includes a valve body having a valve hole and a plurality of ports connected to the valve hole. The rotary valve device further includes a rotary valve having communication passages and a motor driving to rotate the rotary valve to regulate flow of a fluid. The valve body has a first and a second supply passage that interconnect the valve hole and the ports. The second supply passage is connected to the valve hole at a position that is closer to an axial end of the valve hole than the first supply passage. The fluid supplied from the second supply passage has lower pressure than the fluid supplied from the first supply passage. Sealing members are interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the valve hole and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary valve at respective opposite ends of the valve hole. | 03-10-2016 |
20160064716 | BATTERY MODULE - This battery module is provided with: a cell having a connection terminal; and a bus bar that is connected to the connection terminal and has an upright standing part that extends in the direction in which the connection terminal protrudes. The bus bar is connected, via a conductive wire, to an object to be connected, which is provided at a position separate from the connection terminal in the extending direction of the upright standing part. The cell is configured so as to be charged and discharged through the bus bar and the conductive wire. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064714 | ACCUMULATOR DEVICE - An electricity storage device includes a first electrode sheet, separators, and a second electrode sheet. The separators each include primary protrusions, which are located on the opposite sides of the first electrode sheet and protrude from the first electrode sheet, and secondary protrusions, which are located on the opposite sides of the first electrode sheet and protrude from the first electrode sheet in a direction different from the protrusion direction of the primary protrusions. The primary protrusions are welded to each other in a first weld region, and the secondary protrusions are welded to each other in a second weld region. The region width of the first weld region in the protrusion direction of the primary protrusions is greater than the region width of the second weld region in the protrusion direction of the secondary protrusions. | 03-03-2016 |
20160056690 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - The rotating electric machine includes a housing, a pair of bearings that is fixed by the housing, a shaft supported at opposite ends thereof by the respective bearings, a rotor mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, and a stator disposed in such a manner as to surround the rotor. A rotational speed detection gear is mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith at a position between the rotor and one of the bearings and in a vicinity of the bearing, and the rotational speed detection gear has a plurality of gear teeth at an outer circumference thereof. A rotational speed detector is provided at a position in the housing so as to face the gear teeth of the rotational speed detection gear. A rotating member for generating a flow of air is disposed in the housing. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056495 | ACCUMULATOR DEVICE - The electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case, and a holding tape. The electrode assembly further includes a bottom surface, which is supported by an inner bottom surface of the case, two end faces in a lamination direction, which are joined to the bottom face, two side surfaces, which are joined to the bottom surface and intersect with the end surfaces, and two corner sections, which are formed from the bottom surface and the side surfaces. Each corner section includes a chamfered section, and a border section between the chamfered section and the bottom surface. The holding tape covers the border section from the bottom surface in a direction parallel to the bottom surface and orthogonal to the stacking direction, further inward of the electrode assembly than the side surface. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056445 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS - An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly having primary electrodes and secondary electrodes, a case having a wall with an inlet, and an insulator. The electrode assembly has a facing surface facing the wall of the case. The primary electrodes have primary tabs protruding from one edge. The second electrodes have secondary tabs. The group of primary tabs and the group of secondary tabs each have a first side and a second side on the opposite sides. In each of the group of primary tabs and the group of secondary tabs, the first side faces the facing surface, and the second side is bent to face the wall of the case. The inlet is located at a position sandwiched regions of the wall onto which the primary tab group and the secondary tab group are projected when the wall is viewed from a direction perpendicular to the facing surface. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054393 | BATTERY-MONITORING SYSTEM AND IDENTIFYING-INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - Each of a plurality of monitoring units ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160049702 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery module including a plurality of cells, a housing that accommodates the battery module and is thermally coupled to the battery module, and a temperature adjuster that is thermally coupled and attached to the housing. The temperature adjuster changes a temperature of the housing. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047367 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH-PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator includes a partition body and a movable body, which moves in a direction along the rotational axis of the rotary shaft. The movable body includes a guide surface, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a sliding portion, which slides on the rotary shaft or on the partition body. When viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface is configured such that a perpendicular line or a normal line to the guide surface intersects with the rotational axis of the rotary shaft in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047366 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A fourth pin that slides on a rotary shaft is provided to a swash plate. A guiding surface for guiding the fourth pin is provided to the rotary shaft. The fourth pin is guided by the guiding surface, the swash plate is supported by the rotary shaft via the fourth pin, and a force having a component in a direction orthogonal to the direction of movement of a movable body acting on the swash plate is thereby reduced. Accordingly, there is a reduction in the force, which has a component in a direction orthogonal to the direction of movement of the movable body, acting on a coupling section of the movable body via a third pin from the swash plate. As a result, when the inclination of the swash plate is changed, unwanted tilting of the movable body relative to the direction of movement is suppressed. | 02-18-2016 |
20160040674 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor includes a compression part, a motor that drives the compression part, a cylindrical housing that accommodates therein the compression part and the motor, a supporting member, and a first vibration damper. The supporting member supports the housing and is configured to be fixed to a target to which the compressor is attached. The first vibration damper is disposed between the housing and the supporting member so as to keep the housing free from contact with the supporting member and the target. The first vibration damper has therein a hollow enclosed space. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040642 | POWER SUPPLY FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a power supply for a vehicle, including a generator, a lead battery, an electric storage device that is connected in parallel to the lead battery and to the generator, a starter circuit that has a capacitor and a starter and is connected in parallel to the lead battery and to the generator, and at least two switches of a first switch connected in series to the lead battery, a second switch connected in series to the power supply, and a third switch connected in series to the starter circuit. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040094 | REFRIGERATOR OIL COMPOSITION AND REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM - Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition, which is to be used for a refrigerant including a mixture of an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound, a saturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound and CO | 02-11-2016 |
20160036359 | INVERTER APPARATUS - An inverter apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a capacitor, and a control unit. In the first control mode, the control unit shifts a phase of at least one of PWM signals of three phases such that a time period during which polarities of output voltages of three phases are the same is shorter in the first control mode than the time period in the second control mode; and controls the inverter circuit so as to supply a direct current to the three-phase AC motor as a d-axis current by outputting the PWM signals of three phases, each having a phase after the phase shift processing. In the second control mode, the control unit controls the inverter circuit so as to supply an alternating current to the three-phase AC motor by outputting the PWM signals of three phases, each having a phase before the phase shift processing. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032930 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor is provided to more securely suppress breakage of an electric component. An inverter cover forms an accommodation space. A bus bar constituting a portion of an electric circuit for driving an electric motor is accommodated in the accommodation space. The inverter cover has a rib projecting into the accommodation space. The bus bar is placed on the rib. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032910 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - Provided is a compressor, in which discharge capacity is changed by an actuator, exhibiting high controllability while realizing reduction in size. In the compressor, a movable body includes a rear wall, a circumferential wall, and a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism includes a first arm provided with a first pulling point and a second arm provided with a second pulling point. In the compressor, when the inclination angle of a swash plate is increased, the movable body pulls the swash plate via the first and second arms. At this time, in the compressor, pulling force can be applied at two points, i.e., at the first pulling point and the second pulling point. Consequently, in the compressor, even when the size of the rear wall and the circumferential wall is increased, the rigidity of the first and second arms can be made lower. | 02-04-2016 |
20160025084 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber a swash plate chamber and a cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a drive shaft, a swash plate and a link mechanism provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate. The compressor further includes a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning member and a moving member, and a pressure control chamber formed therebetween. A support member is fitted on the drive shaft, and the contact of the support member with the moving member determines maximum inclination angle of the swash plate. A thrust bearing supports a thrust force. The support member includes a cylindrical portion that projects beyond the one end of the drive shaft. The position of the cylindrical portion is adjustable in the direction of the drive shaft. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023558 | NONCONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM - By comparing a vehicle ID transmitted between an excitation coil | 01-28-2016 |
20160006022 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A negative-electrode active material is used, the negative-electrode active material including: a nanometer-size silicon material produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH) | 01-07-2016 |
20160003227 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber and a cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a drive shaft and a swash plate that is mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith. The compressor further includes a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a moving body and a pressure control chamber formed between the partitioning body and the moving body into which a refrigerant is introduced from the discharge chamber for moving the moving body. A connecting member and a connecting unit are disposed on radially opposite side of the drive shaft. The compressor further has an urging member that urges the moving body that reduces the inclination angle of the swash plate. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003120 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas control system of an internal combustion engine includes a urea water tank, a heater, a purifying device, a notification device, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether frozen urea water is left or not. The controller is configured to determine whether liquid urea water capable of being pumped out is not left or not. The controller is configured to estimate a suppliable amount of the urea water to the urea water tank in response to a state where the frozen urea water is left, and the controller configured to control the notification device so as to give a notification for prompting a supply of the suppliable amount of the urea water to the urea water tank in response to a state where liquid urea water capable of being pumped out is not left. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002017 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR FORKLIFT - A hydraulic control device for a forklift includes: a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms including a lifting/lowering hydraulic cylinder and a tilting hydraulic cylinder; a hydraulic pump; an electric motor; a discharge control mechanism; a proportional valve; a flow rate control valve; and a controller. When the lifting/lowering hydraulic cylinder performs a lowering operation of the fork and a hydraulic mechanism other than the lifting/lowering hydraulic cylinder simultaneously performs a further operation, the controller controls an open degree of the proportional valve in accordance with a rotation speed difference of a required lowering operation rotation speed for the hydraulic pump, which is required to perform the lowering operation at an instructed speed that is in accordance with an operation amount of the lifting/lowering control member, and a required further operation rotation speed for the hydraulic pump, which is required to perform the further operation. | 01-07-2016 |
20150380729 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material composite formed by compositing a lithium silicate-based material and a carbon material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material containing a silicon, and an electrolyte. The lithium-ion secondary battery satisfies 0.8 | 12-31-2015 |
20150373836 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor device including a mounting substrate, a semiconductor element mounted on the mounting substrate, a laminated body laminated by a positive terminal plate and a negative terminal plate with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a shield plate bonded to the laminated body with a second insulating layer interposed therebetween on the side of the laminated body that is opposite from the mounting substrate. The positive terminal plate and the negative terminal plate are electrically connected to the semiconductor element. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372322 | STRUCTURE FOR SECURING HYDROGEN TANK IN FUEL-CELL-TYPE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL UNIT - Structure for securing hydrogen tank in fuel-cell-type industrial vehicle, wherein said hydrogen tank is characterized in that: a fuel cell unit accommodating a fuel cell is installed in an accommodation compartment for accommodating a battery, the accommodation compartment being provided to a vehicle body; a weight member for weight adjustment and a cross-sectionally cylindrical hydrogen tank are accommodated inside the fuel cell unit; a cross-sectionally-arcuate tank supporting surface that imitates the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank is formed on the top surface of the weight member; and the hydrogen tank is supported on the tank supporting surface and secured by a fixing band provided around the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372265 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module has a plurality of battery bodies. Each of the battery bodies is constituted by a battery holder and a battery cell held by the battery holder and also has two connecting terminals of different polarities. The battery bodies are arranged side by side. The connecting terminals of adjacent battery bodies are connected to each other by a bus bar, and the battery bodies are thereby connected in series. Each battery holder has an indicator that prevents the bus bars from being connected to a part located between bus bars that are adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction of the battery bodies. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369871 | STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATION METHOD - A state-of-charge estimation device includes a transition estimation unit, when a transition from a charge mode to a discharge mode starts, which starts current integration by use of a measured current and obtains a second state of charge by use of a first state of charge at the start of the transition and a current integration value, so as to estimate that the second state of charge is a state of charge upon transition until a target state of charge is reached that is determined by a current integration value obtained for a predetermined time period after the start of the transition, and/or when a transition from a discharge mode to a charge mode starts, which starts current integration by use of a measured current and obtains a sixth state of charge by use of a third state of charge at the start of the transition and a current integration value. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369869 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING CAPACITY OF BATTERY - A method and a device are provided for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. Transient characteristics are generated that represent a correlation between the remaining capacity and a closed circuit voltage, the correlation transitioning from one of a charging-side and a discharging-side characteristic to the other when the charging/discharging of the battery has been switched, on the basis of map data of a charging-side characteristic that is only conducted from a fully-discharged to a fully-charged state and a discharging-side characteristic that is only conducted from the fully-charged to the fully-discharged state, the characteristics representing a correlation between the remaining capacity and the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery. When charging and discharging of the battery have been switched, the remaining capacity of the battery is estimated from the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery by using the transient characteristics until polarization of the battery enters a saturated state. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369519 | SOLAR-HEAT COLLECTION TUBE - A solar-heat collection tube includes: a central metal tube through which a heat medium flows; a glass tube, which covers the outer periphery of the central metal tube such that an annular vacuum space is defined between the glass tube and the central metal tube; and a metal thermal-expansion-difference absorption portion, which absorbs the thermal expansion difference between the central metal tube and the glass tube. The glass tube includes an end portion having an end surface. The thermal-expansion-difference absorption portion is formed from metal, and includes a connecting end connected to the end portion of the glass tube. The connecting end is formed to be gradually reduced in thickness. The connecting end is connected to the glass tube in a state in which the connecting end enters the end portion of the glass tube through the end surface of the glass tube. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369233 | COMPRESSOR - An oil separation member has a partition member that partitions between a discharge chamber and a discharge passage. A circular ring portion is provided in the partition member in a manner extending toward the discharge passage. An introduction hole that communicates the discharge chamber and the discharge passage with each other is formed in the circular ring portion. The introduction hole extends in a tangential direction to the circular ring portion. | 12-24-2015 |
20150364798 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive-electrode active-material layer is formed of positive-electrode active-material particles including an Li compound or solid solution selected from the group consisting of Li | 12-17-2015 |
20150364786 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a battery assembly having battery structures arranged side by side, the battery structures each having a battery body and a battery holder, and a pressure application member. Each battery holder has a first surface, a second surface, a projecting portion, which projects from the first surface and has a distal end face, and a receptacle portion recessed in the second surface. The projecting portion of each battery holder is inserted into the receptacle portion of the adjacent battery holder in a state in which the distal end face is free of contact with the adjacent battery holder. Each battery body contacts the adjacent battery body such that at least one of the first and second surfaces of the battery holder, which holds a battery body, is free from contact with the adjacent battery holder. | 12-17-2015 |
20150357991 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - A receiving device includes: a secondary coil capable of wirelessly receiving alternating current power; a load having an impedance that varies in accordance with a value of input power; a variable impedance conversion unit located between the secondary coil and the load; a plurality of adjusting resistors located at an output side of the variable impedance conversion unit, wherein the adjusting resistors respectively have resistances that are fixed regardless of the value of the input power and differ from each other; and a switch that switches a subject supplied with power output from the variable impedance conversion unit to one of the load and the adjusting resistors. When the impedance of the variable impedance conversion unit is variably controlled, the subject supplied with the power output from the variable impedance conversion unit is switched to one of the adjusting resistors. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357844 | VEHICULAR ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - There is provided a vehicular electric compressor capable of discharging electric charges of a capacitor surely and quickly in the event of an impact. The vehicular electric compressor includes: a compressing unit; an electric motor for rotating the compressing unit; and a driving circuit for driving the electric motor. The driving circuit includes: a capacitor; a circuit board provided with an electrically discharging circuit for discharging electric charges accumulated in the capacitor; and a positive electrode interconnection and a negative electrode interconnection configured to electrically connect the capacitor and the circuit board to each other. The vehicular electric compressor further includes a conductive member configured to come into contact with the positive electrode interconnection and the negative electrode interconnection, which are connected to the capacitor, when the positive electrode interconnection and the negative electrode interconnection are moved upon application of external force to the capacitor. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357641 | ACTIVE MATERIAL EXCELLING IN HIGH-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS - An active material expressed by a general formula; Li | 12-10-2015 |
20150357622 | LITHIUM ION ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A lithium ion secondary battery ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150357616 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a battery cell, a heat transfer plate, and a holder. The heat transfer plate is arranged side by side with the battery cell and has an edge and is thermally coupled to the battery cell. The holder holds the battery cell and that has a cutout section to which the heat transfer plate is fitted. The edge of the heat-transmitting plate has a first engagement section that is at least one of a first recess and a first protrusion. The holder has a second engagement section that is at least one of a second protrusion, which is fitted to the first recess and a second protrusions, which is fitted to the first protrusion. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355285 | STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATION METHOD - A state-of-charge estimation device and method are provided that estimate a state of charge in a battery having a large polarization, requiring a long time for depolarization, and having a large charge/discharge hysteresis in its SOC-OCV characteristics. The state-of-charge estimation device includes a voltage measuring unit which measures a closed circuit voltage in a battery, a charge estimation unit which estimates a state of charge in a charge mode by referring to charge mode information that associates a closed circuit voltage with a state of charge in the battery, and a discharge estimation unit which estimates a state of charge in a discharge mode by referring to discharge mode information that associates a closed circuit voltage generated by use of a discharge pattern of the battery with a state of charge in the battery by use of the measured closed circuit voltage. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354359 | TURBOCHARGER IMPELLER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TURBOCHARGER, AND TURBOCHARGER UNIT - A turbocharger impeller is provided with a hub portion with a plurality of vane portions extending outwardly thereof. The hub portion is substantially shaped as a truncated cone with a diameter that gradually increases along a rotation axis. The vane portions are formed on a surface of the hub portion and guide a fluid flowing along the rotation axis radially outward relative to the hub portion. Grooves are formed in and/or on surfaces of the vane portions along a direction of the fluid flowing radially outward during rotation of the impeller. Protruding crest portions are formed between adjacent grooves. Crest portions in a central region near the rotation axis are lower in height than crest portions in an outer region further away from the rotation axis. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351239 | SUBSTRATE AND METAL LAYER MANUFACTURING METHOD - This substrate includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a metal layer of a metal plate bonded to the first surface. The insulating substrate has a through hole. The metal layer includes: a bent section that is inserted through the through hole and bulges from the first surface toward the second surface; and outer periphery sections that are positioned around the bent section and are bonded to the first surface. The bent section has a first end and a second end positioned on opposite sides, and is bent with respect to the outer periphery sections at the first end and the second ends. The outer periphery sections are divided into a first outer periphery section and a second outer periphery section, which are respectively continuous with the first end and the second end of the bent section. | 12-03-2015 |
20150349337 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A negative-electrode active material is used for a negative electrode, the negative-electrode active material including: agglomerated particles including nanometer-size silicon produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH) | 12-03-2015 |
20150349306 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module is provided and includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries and a battery cover, wherein the rechargeable batteries are disposed adjacent to each other, each of the rechargeable batteries has a battery case having a wall portion equipped with an open valve that is constructed so as to open when the inner pressure of the battery case rises up to a threshold value, and the battery cover faces the wall portion. The battery cover has a plurality of cover members provided side by side in a direction toward which the rechargeable batteries are disposed adjacent to each other. The cover members include at least adjacent first and second cover members. The first cover member has a first edge portion and the second cover member has a second edge portion overlapped with the first edge portion. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346758 | POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT - At normal times other than a restarting of an engine after being idling-stopped, a voltage Va | 12-03-2015 |
20150343891 | EXHAUST STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - An exhaust structure includes a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The first exhaust path includes a box outlet and at least an exhaust duct that includes a duct inlet arranged below a rear seat and configured to open toward a battery. The second exhaust path is communicated with the box outlet. A deck board is disposed in a luggage room. The second exhaust path includes space defined by a front end portion of the deck board closer to a front of a vehicle and at least a portion of the backrest of the rear seat and a gap defined by a front surface of the front end portion of the deck board and a portion of a back surface of the backrest opposite the front surface. Gas used for cooling down the battery is released from the gap to the luggage room via a duct exhaust conduit, a box exhaust conduit, a first interspace exhaust conduit, and a second interspace exhaust conduit. | 12-03-2015 |
20150340936 | VEHICLE DRIVE APPARATUS - When sub-field magnets | 11-26-2015 |
20150340663 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case that houses the electrode assembly, and an insulating sheet, which insulates the electrode assembly and the case from each other. The electrode assembly has a first end face, which is orthogonal to the stacking direction, two primary faces, which are located on both sides in the stacking direction, and a tab, which extends on the first end face in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. The insulating sheet has a folded box shape, and further has two primary face covering portions, which respectively cover the primary faces of the electrode assembly, and non-primary-face covering portions, which cover the first end face of the electrode assembly and faces other than the primary faces thereof and are continuous with the primary face covering portions. The non-primary face covering portions overlap at least partially with each other. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337707 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust gas purification apparatus having an SCR catalyst, with which a misdiagnosis of an abnormality in the SCR catalyst even though the SCR catalyst is normal can be suppressed. In the present invention, a NO | 11-26-2015 |
20150325832 | BATTERY - A flat electrode body of a battery has a first-side curved end positioned on a first side of an electrode body width direction and a second-side curved end positioned on a second side. A positive electrode innermost curved portion of a positive electrode sheet is disposed inside the first-side curved end. When the dimension from a positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the first side of the electrode body is defined as a distance and the dimension from the positive electrode connecting portion to the end on the second side of the electrode body is defined as a distance, the positive electrode connecting portion being in the positive electrode protrusion wound portion and connected to a terminal connecting portion of a positive terminal member, the terminal connecting portion is connected to the positive electrode connecting portion at a position satisfying the condition Ha≧1.1Hb. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322948 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor includes a housing a compression mechanism, an electric motor and a motor driving circuit. The motor driving circuit includes a circuit board and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. The electric compressor further includes a bus bar, a shield plate having a bolt hole and an intervening portion interposed between the bus bar and the shield plate. The bus bar, intervening portion and the shield plate are integrated by a resin member. A part of the intervening portion on a side thereof opposite from the shield plate and/or a part of the bus bar on a side thereof opposite from the shield plate is exposed without being covered with the resin member. A surface of the shield plate around the bolt hole on a side thereof opposite from the intervening portion is exposed without being covered with the resin member. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321562 | METHOD OF LIMITING VEHICLE SPEED DURING EVACUATION RUNNING, AND VEHICLE - The present application relates to a vehicle and a method of limiting a vehicle speed during evacuation running designed to prevent a normal battery block from being overcharged by regenerative electric power during evacuation running, in which a vehicle driven by a parallely connected battery blocks runs under a condition in which some abnormal battery blocks are separated. The method may include determining whether a vehicle is performing evacuation running, calculating receivable regenerative electric power for the battery blocks used for running of the vehicle, calculating a limit speed of the vehicle according to the receivable regenerative electric power, and limiting the speed of the vehicle to the limit speed or to a speed lower than the limit speed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150318585 | BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY MODULE - A battery module joined to a joint body. Each heat transfer plate of the battery module has a sandwiched portion provided between adjacent battery cells and a joined portion. A first heat conductive layer that contacts a battery cell and has a first thickness is provided on the sandwiched portion of each heat transfer plate. A second heat conductive layer is provided on the facing surface of each heat transfer plate other than the heat transfer plate that is the closest to the joint body when the joined portion is joined to the joint body. The second heat conductive layer is configured to contact the joint body. The second heat conductive layer on the heat transfer plate that is the farthest from the joint body when the joined portion is joined to the joint body has a second thickness, which is greater than the first thickness. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318526 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case, a safety valve, and a cover member. The case accommodates the electrode assembly. The safety valve is arranged in the case and opens to discharge gas out of the case when an inner pressure of the case exceeds a release pressure. The cover member is arranged in the case opposing the safety valve and includes a flow passage for the gas. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318523 | BATTERY PACK AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A battery pack includes a battery module including a plurality of rechargeable batteries, an electronic component that contributes to charging and discharging of the rechargeable batteries, and an installation body including an extending portion, which extends vertically. The installation body includes a placing portion, which projects from the extending portion in a direction crossing the vertical direction. At least one of the battery module and the electronic component is installed in the extending portion while being placed on the placing portion. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318520 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module is provided with: battery holders, which have accommodation sections; rechargeable batteries arranged side-by-side while being respectively received in the accommodation sections; a metal plate member, which is provided at least between rechargeable batteries adjacent to each other in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side; and a pressure application member, which presses the rechargeable batteries and the plate member in the direction of the side-by-side arrangement. The battery holders respectively have openings into which the plate members are fitted. The plate members are fitted into the openings to protrude from the battery holders in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are arranged side-by-side. | 11-05-2015 |
20150311845 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - A motor drive device drives a multi-phase synchronous motor in an electric compressor. The multi-phase synchronous motor includes a rotor that is provided with a permanent magnet and a stator having coils of different phases. The motor drive device includes an inverter that supplies current to the coils and a control unit that controls the inverter. The control unit executes an initial angular position calculation processing of detecting a d-axis and a q-axis as an initial angular position of the rotor, a rotating processing of rotating the d-axis and the q-axis in a direction opposite to rotation of the rotor, an acceleration processing of accelerating the rotation of the rotor, and a sensorless control processing of controlling the rotation of the rotor. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311819 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes a three-phase inverter, which has switching elements, and a controller, which is programmed to perform two-phase modulation control on switching of the switching elements between an ON state and an OFF state. The controller computes the power factor of a load. The controller determines whether or not the computed power factor is less than a preset threshold value. If the computed power factor is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the controller performs a phase shift to shift the central time point of an ON period or an OFF period for two phases other than a stop phase in the two-phase modulation control by 180 degrees, and if the computed power factor is less than the threshold value, the controller supplies the switching elements with ON and OFF control commands to perform the two-phase modulation control without performing the phase shift. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311812 | ACTIVE CLAMP FORWARD DC-DC CONVERTER CIRCUIT - There is provided an active clamp forward DC-DC converter circuit that includes an insulated transformer having a primary coil and a switching circuit connected to the primary coil of the insulated transformer. The switching circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit that is connected in parallel to the first circuit. The switching circuit further includes a first rectifying element or a second rectifying element or a third power storage element. The first circuit includes a first switching element and a second switching element that are connected in series. The second circuit includes a third switching element, a fourth switching element, a first power storage element and a second power storage element that are connected in series. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311772 | SLIP RING DEVICE - There is provided a slip ring device in which three ring members through are provided so as to be lined up in sequence along an axial line of an input shaft and brushes contact with the ring members respectively, three inner bus bars are provided and are supported by a sleeve portion of the input shaft, and contacting groove portions are provided so as to dent in the radially outwards direction into the inner circumferential surfaces of the ring members and extend along the axial line direction, with one end portions of the inner bus bars being set into these contacting groove portions respectively. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307362 | NANOMETER-SIZE SILICON MATERIAL AND NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A nanometer-size silicon material produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane exhibits Raman-shift peaks existing at 341±10 cm | 10-29-2015 |
20150300690 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTION TUBE - A solar heat collection tube includes a center metal tube that allows a heat medium to flow therethrough, a glass tube that covers the outer circumference of the center metal tube to form an annular void between the glass tube and the center metal tube, and an absorber configured to absorb a difference in the thermal expansion between the center metal tube and the glass tube. The absorber has a connection cylinder and metal bellows. The metallic bellows are connected in series by the connection cylinder. The bellows are arranged to overlap in the radial direction with the connection cylinder located therebetween. | 10-22-2015 |
20150300380 | LIFTING DEVICE - An electromagnetic switching valve, for which the maximum opening is set to be small, is disposed on piping between a lift cylinder and a hydraulic pump motor. A pilot check valve, for which the maximum opening is set to be larger than the electromagnetic switching valve, is disposed on piping, different from the piping, between the lift cylinder and the hydraulic pump motor. In addition, during lowering operations, first, the electromagnetic switching valve is opened, and then after the same is opened, the pilot check valve is opened after a prescribed time has passed. Thus, the shock generated when lowering an object to be raised/lowered is reduced and a fork is operated quickly. | 10-22-2015 |
20150300238 | COOLING FAN DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - This cooling fan device for a vehicle comprises: a fan shroud which is shaped as a box accommodating a radiator and/or a condenser, and which has an opening in the front side in the travel direction of the vehicle and a fan coupling surface in the rear side in the travel direction; at least two cooling fans disposed in the fan coupling surface, the cooling fans having center axes vertically separated from each other by a predetermined distance; and a shield rib extending downward from the top of the fan coupling surface, protruding toward the radiator and/or the condenser, and having a top end and a bottom end, the shield rib being provided to the fan coupling surface between the adjacent cooling fans. The top end and/or the bottom end of the shield rib have a cutout section allowing air to pass between the adjacent cooling fans. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299913 | TUBULAR FIBER STRUCTURE AND FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A tubular fiber structure, which includes a tubular section and a flange section that is on at least one end of the tubular section and which is formed by shaping a wound fabric base material. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298632 | VEHICULAR EXTERIOR MEMBER ATTACHING STRUCTURE AND ATTACHING METHOD - A vehicle exterior member attaching structure for attaching a vehicle exterior member onto a protruding target location of a vehicle includes a vehicle engagement portion, an attachment hole, a covering portion, an engagement portion, and an attachment piece. When inserted into the attachment hole, the attachment piece positions the covering portion at a temporary position with respect to the target section. When the covering portion is pulled toward the vehicle engagement portion and the attachment piece is pressed against the rim of the attachment hole, the attachment piece is rotated in a direction opposite to the direction in which the covering portion is pulled. In a state in which the covering portion is positioned at a desired position, the attachment piece returns to an original position to maintain engagement between the vehicle engagement portion and the engagement portion. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298569 | VEHICLE - A vehicle is configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle. The vehicle includes the in-vehicle battery, a charger and a control device. The charger is configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery. The control device is configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user. Furthermore, the control device is configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period. | 10-22-2015 |
20150295514 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes an inverter circuit, which has switching elements in a bridge connection, a capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the input side of the inverter circuit, a temperature detector, which detects the temperature of the capacitor, a battery charge information acquisition section, which acquires charge information related to a battery connected to the input side of the inverter circuit, and a warm-up controller. When the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector is lower than a prescribed temperature, the warm-up controller determines a warm-up current based on the battery charge information acquired by the battery charge information acquisition section and the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector, and controls the switching elements of the inverter circuit to supply the warm-up current to the coil of an electric motor connected to the output side of the inverter circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295490 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes an inverter circuit, which has switching elements in a bridge connection, a capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the input side of the inverter circuit, a control device, which controls the inverter circuit, a temperature detector, which detects the temperature of the capacitor, a degree-of-deterioration determiner, which determines the degree of deterioration of the capacitor, and a warm-up controller. When the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector is lower than a prescribed temperature, the warm-up controller controls the switching elements of the inverter circuit to supply a direct current set based on the degree of deterioration and the temperature of the capacitor to the coil of an electric motor connected to the output side of the inverter circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295239 | POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Providing a positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery, the positive-electrode active material contributing to upgrading the rate characteristic and cyclability, and providing a lithium-ion secondary battery including the same. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295230 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A negative-electrode active material is provided, the negative-electrode active material including: a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH) | 10-15-2015 |
20150294782 | INDUCTION DEVICE - There is provided an induction device including a first coil formed by winding a plurality of times a conductive wire that is covered with an insulating layer, a second coil formed of a metal pattern, and a coil support member disposed between the first coil and the second coil. The first coil and the second coil are magnetically connected to each other. There is also provided a transformer including a primary coil formed by winding a plurality of times a conductive wire that is covered with an insulating layer, a secondary coil formed of a metal pattern, and an insulating sheet that is disposed between the primary coil and the secondary coil. The primary coil and the secondary coil are magnetically connected to each other. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292463 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - An engine is started to meet the driver's benefit in a vehicle control device for executing a control for starting the engine automatically if the engine has not been started for a predetermined period. The vehicle control device | 10-15-2015 |
20150291090 | CUP HOLDER FOR VEHICLE | 10-15-2015 |
20150291016 | REINFORCING STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE DOOR - A reinforcing structure of a vehicle door enables a part to be housed in the vehicle door and prevents a luggage compartment space from being decreased and an inner panel from being damaged by the weight of the part. A back door | 10-15-2015 |
20150289411 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes: a housing; semiconductor modules; a first heat exchanger having a first passage, wherein a heat generating component is thermally coupled to the first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger provided inside the housing; a supply port connected to a supply pipe for supplying coolant; a discharge port connected to a discharge pipe, wherein the discharge pipe discharges coolant from the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger to a coolant supply source; a discharge port connected to a discharge pipe, which discharges coolant from the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger to the coolant supply source; and communication lines which allow the first passage and a second passage to communicate with each other. | 10-08-2015 |
20150289375 | MODULE FOR FACILITATING POSITIONING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - This module includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which are positioned on opposite sides to each other, a first metal layer that is provided on the first surface of the insulating substrate and include a metal plate, a second metal layer provided on the second surface of the insulating substrate, a first circuit board including the insulating substrate, the first metal layer, and the second metal layer, an electronic component joined to the first metal layer, and a positioning portion, which is located on the joint surface between the first metal layer and the electronic component, at which the first metal layer and the electronic component are engaged with each other through a recess-projection relationship. The insulating substrate is located between the second metal layer and a part of the first metal layer where the positioning portion is located. | 10-08-2015 |
20150289371 | SUBSTRATE (As Amended) - A substrate includes an insulating substrate, a metal layer formed on one surface of the insulating substrate, and an electronic component soldered to the surface of the metal layer. The metal layer is formed of a metal plate. The surface of the metal layer has a soldering area, and a groove portion positioned on the outer periphery of the soldering area. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288120 | SLIP RING STRUCTURE - A slip ring structure for facilitating an adjusting operation after assembling is provided. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285532 | HEAT CONVERSION MEMBER AND HEAT CONVERSION LAMINATE - The present invention addresses the problem of providing a heat conversion member capable of efficiently converting light to heat. This heat conversion member includes at least one type of semiconductor, and is characterized in that the band gap of the semiconductor is 0.5-1.2 eV. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285234 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH-PLATE COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing in which a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a cylinder bore are formed, a drive shaft, a swash plate, an actuator, and a control mechanism that controls the actuator. A pressure regulation chamber is formed in the housing. The actuator includes a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism includes a control passage that connects together the discharge chamber, the pressure regulation chamber, and the control pressure chamber, and a control valve that, by adjusting the degree of opening of the control passage, changes the pressure in the control pressure chamber to allow the movable body to move. Refrigerant in the discharge chamber flows into the control pressure chamber via the pressure regulation chamber. The pressure regulation chamber functions as a muffler that reduces the pulsation of the refrigerant. | 10-08-2015 |
20150282313 | WIRING BOARD AND WIRING BOARD PRODUCTION METHOD - A wiring board includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second substrate including a first surface. A solder hole is arranged at least in the first surface of the first substrate. A solder hole is arranged at least in the first surface of the second substrate. The second substrate is coupled to the first substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are electrically connected with each other. The first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate are flush with each other and configured such that a part of one surface of a mask is placed on the first surface of the first substrate and another part of the surface of the mask is placed on the first surface of the second substrate. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280582 | RESONANCE DC/DC CONVERTER - In a resonance DC/DC converter, an input circuit has a configuration including a DC power source, a resonance auxiliary coil, a primary-side coil, a switching element connected in series, and a rectifying element and a resonance capacitor connected to the switching element in parallel. Here, there are provided an inductance value shifting circuit configured to shift an inductance value of the resonance auxiliary coil, and a control device configured to control the inductance value shifting circuit and shift the inductance value of the resonance auxiliary coil in accordance with a voltage value of the DC power source so that a voltage across the primary-side coil becomes constant. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280242 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Providing a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery exhibiting superior rate characteristic and cyclability even under high-voltage application environments. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280191 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device includes a case and a pressure release valve. The pressure release valve includes arcuate portions, intersecting grooves, and arcuate grooves that are connected to the ends of the intersecting grooves and extend along the arcuate portions. When imaginary straight lines extend along the intersecting grooves and intersect the circumferential edge of the pressure release valve, a first region, which is surrounded by the imaginary straight lines and the circumferential edge of the pressure release valve, and a second region, which is surrounded by the imaginary straight lines and the circumferential edge of the pressure release valve, are defined. The part of the first region that is in contact with the arcuate portions is larger than the part of the second region that is in contact with the arcuate portions. The area of the first region is greater than the area of the second region. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279550 | REACTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a reactor includes: assembling an assembly constituted by a coil and a bobbin by inserting the bobbin, which includes a tube portion and a flange portion, through the coil so that a tip of the tube portion protrudes from the coil; forming a cavity by installing the assembly in a first die so that a portion of a coil lateral face comes into contact with a cavity face of the first die, and closing a second die so that the second die is opposed to the first die; and extending first press rods from a cavity face of the second die toward the bobbin in the cavity, and injecting a resin into the cavity while pressing both ends of the bobbin in an axial direction of the coil from an opposite side to the portion of the coil lateral face. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275936 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A hydraulic mechanism is mounted on a forklift. The hydraulic mechanism has a control valve and a pressure compensation circuit for compensating pressure within the hydraulic mechanism. The pressure compensation circuit has a relief pressure valve and an unloading valve for releasing pressure within the pressure compensation circuit to a discharge oil passage. Upon instructed to perform cargo handling operation, the unloading valve is switched to an open state, and the relief pressure valve is thereby actuated, so that rapid increase of pressure within the circuit is avoided. Further, the unloading valve is switched to an open state, and the pressure within the hydraulic mechanism is thereby released to the discharge oil passage, so that the cargo handling operation by the tilt cylinder and the lift cylinder is restricted. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275885 | COMPRESSOR - A rear housing includes a first passage extending from an accommodation chamber towards a communication hole of a valve-forming plate. A cylinder block includes a connection portion to be connected to an external device, an outlet space opening towards the connection portion, and a second passage extending from the outlet space towards the communication hole of the valve-forming plate. A discharge passage includes a discharge chamber, the accommodation chamber, the first passage, the communication hole, the second passage, and the outlet space. The flow passage area of the communication hole is larger than at least one of the flow passage area of the first passage and the flow passage area of the second passage. The discharge passage can be designed with high flexibility. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275880 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - An actuator of a compressor includes a partitioning body, which is rotatable integrally with a drive shaft and loosely fitted to the drive shaft in the swash plate chamber, a movable body, which is coupled to a swash plate and movable relative to the partitioning body along the axis of the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber, the pressure of which moves the movable body. A control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. A link mechanism shifts a top dead center of a first head of a piston over a longer distance than a top dead center of a second head of the piston when the inclination angle of the swash plate changes. The actuator is located at the same side as the first cylinder bore, which accommodates the first head, as viewed from the swash plate. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275879 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The swash plate is rotatable together with the drive shaft in a swash plate chamber. The conversion mechanism reciprocates the piston in a cylinder bore. The actuator is operative to change the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator is rotatable integrally with the drive shaft. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body and the link mechanism are located at opposite sides of the swash plate. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275878 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a swash plate rotated with a drive shaft in a swash plate chamber, a link mechanism that changes an inclination angle of the swash plate, an actuator rotated integrally with the drive shaft, and an actuator control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body fitted to the drive shaft in the swash plate chamber, a movable body that is coupled to the swash plate and moved relative to the partitioning body along the axis of the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber, the pressure of which moves the movable body. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The swash plate includes a fulcrum point, coupled to the link mechanism, and an action point, coupled to the movable body. The fulcrum point and the action point are located at opposite sides of the drive shaft. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275877 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - An actuator of a variable displacement swash compressor includes a partitioning body that is movable along the axis of a drive shaft, a movable body that changes the inclination angle of a swash plate, and a control pressure chamber defined by the partitioning body and the movable body. The movable body is moved by drawing refrigerant in the control pressure chamber from a discharge chamber. The swash plate is configured to contact and move the partitioning body as the inclination angle increases. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275876 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, pistons, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The housing includes a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and cylinder bores. The control mechanism controls the actuator. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. At least one of the suction chamber and the swash plate chamber is a low pressure chamber. The control mechanism includes a control passage, which connects the control pressure chamber, the low pressure chamber, and the discharge chamber, and a control valve, which adjusts the open degree of the control passage. The control passage is partially formed in the drive shaft. The movable body increases the inclination angle of the swash plate when the pressure of the control pressure chamber increases. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275875 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a control valve having a valve body and a solenoid portion A refrigerant circuit has first and second pressure monitoring points. A load based on a point-to-point differential pressure, which is a differential pressure between the pressure at the first and second pressure monitoring points, is applied to the valve body. At least one of a load based on a DS differential pressure, which is a differential pressure between the pressure in a discharge pressure zone and the pressure in a suction pressure zone, and a load based on a CS differential pressure, which is a differential pressure between the pressure in the control pressure chamber and the pressure in the suction pressure zone, acts on the valve body in the same direction as the direction of the load applied to the valve body based on the point-to-point differential pressure. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275874 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - The valve body has a first valve part and a second valve part. The first valve part has an end surface seal part that is brought into contact with a seat part of a first valve seat part and closes a bleed passage. The second valve part has an external surface seal part that enters the second valve hole and closes the supply passage. When the opening degree of the first valve part is maximum, the seal length of the external surface seal part along the moving direction of the valve body is shorter than the distance between the end surface seal part and the seat part along the moving direction of the valve body. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275873 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The swash plate is rotatable together with the drive shaft in a swash plate chamber. The conversion mechanism reciprocates the piston in a cylinder bore. The actuator changes the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator is rotatable integrally with the drive shaft. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body is adapted to pull the swash plate and increase the inclination angle when the pressure of the control pressure chamber increases. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275872 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber in communication with the suction chamber, a first cylinder block having a plurality of first cylinder bores and a second cylinder block having a plurality of second cylinder bores. The first cylinder bores and the second cylinder bores cooperate to form plural pairs of the first and second cylinder bores. The first cylinder block and the second cylinder block have on outer peripheral side thereof a first projection and a second projection projecting radially, respectively. The first projection and the second projection cooperate together to form an oil separation chamber, an oil reserve chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber and a gas release passage that provides fluid communication between the oil reserve chamber and the intermediate pressure chamber. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275871 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In the compressor of the present invention, guide surfaces are formed on a lug plate and guided surfaces are formed on swash plate arms. The guide surfaces and the guided surfaces are respectively in linear contact with one another at a first abutment position when an inclination angle is maximum and are in linear contact with one another at a second abutment position when the inclination angle is minimum. The guide surfaces are formed such that portions between the first abutment position and the second abutment position are convex toward the guided surfaces. In the compressor, a contact angle at the first abutment position can be made large, and a contact angle at the second abutment position can be made small. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275799 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle has an engine, a drive wheel, and a power transmission mechanism that transmits power of the engine to the drive wheel wherein the power transmitted through the power transmission mechanism causes creeping of the vehicle. The industrial vehicle includes a control unit that controls an engine speed of the engine and a vehicle speed detection unit that detects a vehicle speed of the vehicle. The control unit controls the engine speed at a first engine speed when the vehicle is in a non-traveling state, and when the vehicle speed has exceeded a predetermined vehicle speed, the control unit controls the engine speed at a second engine speed that is lower than the first engine speed, and the second engine speed is set to generate a desired creeping speed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275798 | VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A HYDRAULICALLY-OPERATED DEVICE - A vehicle equipped with a hydraulically-operated device includes an engine that drives the hydraulically-operated device, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the engine or hydraulic oil and a control unit that controls the engine. The control unit is allowed to control torque of the engine in accordance with a predetermined specified torque limit value when the control unit is in an Eco-mode, and does not control the torque of the engine in accordance with the specified torque limit value in the Eco-mode when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is a predetermined specified release temperature or lower. The release temperature is set as a temperature at which output of the engine is hard to be stabilized. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275752 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING IN-CYLINDER PRESSURE SENSOR - When only smoke is generated, the sensor sensitivity is not substantially changed from the initial value. When both smoke and unburned HC are generated, the number of times the sensor sensitivity becomes lower than the initial value is increased. From these results, it can be understood that a deposit is formed in the presence of unburned HC and smoke existing simultaneously. The degree of reduction in sensor sensitivity becomes higher if the smoke concentration is increased when the unburned HC concentration condition is fixed. From this result, it can also be understood that while the coexistence of smoke and unburned HC is a prerequisite, unburned HC contributes largely to the formation of a deposit. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274497 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle includes an engine, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic operation device, a supply passage, a drainage passage, an unloading valve that connects the supply passage and the drainage passage to each other, and a controller that controls open/closed state of the unloading valve. If an on-load period at the time of application of load on the engine is less than a first predetermined time, the controller performs open/close control of causing the unloading valve to enter the closed state to set an on-load state, thereby increasing pressure of hydraulic oil passing through the supply passage and then causing the unloading valve to enter the open state. | 10-01-2015 |
20150267717 | TURBO TYPE FLUID MACHINE - A turbo type compressor of the present invention comprises a housing, a rotating shaft, and first and second impellers. The rotating shaft is supported by the housing to be rotatable around a rotational axis. A cylinder portion is provided on the rear end side of the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is supported by a first radial foil bearing provided on the radially outer circumference of the cylinder portion and a second radial foil bearing provided on the radially inner circumference of the cylinder portion. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267709 | MOTOR-DRIVEN TURBO COMPRESSOR - In the compressor of the present invention, an intermediate pressure port through which a first discharge chamber and a first chamber communicate with each other is formed in a front housing. In the front housing, an injection port through which a receiver and a second chamber communicate with each other is formed. An intermediate pressure refrigerant discharged to the first discharge chamber flows into the first chamber through an intermediate pressure port. An injection refrigerant separated by the receiver flows into the second chamber. In the compressor, it is possible to cool an electric motor with the intermediate pressure refrigerant and the injection refrigerant. The intermediate pressure refrigerant and the injection refrigerant circulate through a second suction port as a mixed refrigerant. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267707 | MOTOR-DRIVEN TURBO COMPRESSOR - In a compressor of the present invention, an intermediate pressure port through which a first discharge chamber and a motor chamber communicate with each other is formed in a front housing. A refrigerant having an intermediate pressure is discharged to the first discharge chamber. Consequently, it is possible to guide the refrigerant having the intermediate pressure in the first discharge chamber to the motor chamber, and cool an electric motor, which generates heat during actuation, with the refrigerant having the intermediate pressure. In the compressor, a first impeller and a second impeller are disposed such that large diameter portions of the first impeller and the second impeller face each other. The second impeller is smaller in diameter than the first impeller. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267692 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In a compressor of the present invention, a first acting portion and a second acting portion are formed at a rear end of a first cylinder portion of a movable body. The first and the second acting portions are formed by stepping across a top dead center surface, and are plane-symmetrical with respect to the top dead center surface. Further, an affected portion is formed on a front surface of a swash plate. The first and the second acting portions and the affected portion are located eccentrically to a top dead center position corresponding portion side from a drive shaft axis. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267691 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator capable of changing the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body. The movable body includes a sliding portion that slides on the rotary shaft or the lug member and a movable body-side transmission portion that engages with the swash plate at a position radially outward of the rotational axis of the swash plate. The movable body-side transmission portion is configured such that a perpendicular line or a normal to the movable body-side transmission portion and the rotational axis of the rotary shaft intersect with each other in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion when viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to the first direction. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267632 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR CARGO HANDLING VEHICLE - A power control device for a cargo handling vehicle provided with a cargo handling apparatus operated by a hydraulic oil from a hydraulic pump driven by an engine includes a controller and an engine speed sensor detecting an engine speed. The controller controls an engine torque to be limited by using an engine torque limit value for limiting the engine torque, and controls the engine torque limit on the engine by an engine torque limiting unit to be canceled when the engine speed detected by the engine speed sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined first engine speed. | 09-24-2015 |
20150260175 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In the compressor of the present invention, a throttle hole is formed in a connection portion. The throttle hole extends from a control pressure chamber toward the inside of an outer sliding portion. In the compressor, when the pressure in the control pressure chamber is regulated, in addition to respective opening degree adjustments of a high-pressure passage and a low-pressure control valve, a refrigerant gas is discharged from the inside of the control pressure chamber to a swash plate chamber through the throttle hole. Lubricant is discharged from the throttle hole together with the refrigerant gas. Consequently, in the compressor, the lubricant is less easily stored in the control pressure chamber, and lubricant shortage in the swash plate chamber less easily occurs. | 09-17-2015 |
20150259184 | TRAVELING CONTROL DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A vehicle control device controls a maximum velocity of a forklift by restricting a maximum speed of an engine. Further, the vehicle control device monitors a vehicle velocity. When the vehicle velocity is equal to or higher than a restriction triggering vehicle velocity obtained by subtracting a predetermined velocity from the maximum velocity, the vehicle control device restricts the maximum speed of the engine. | 09-17-2015 |
20150258952 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a front wheel housing, an axle, a disk wheel fixed to the axle in the front wheel housing and a tire mounted on the disk wheel. The vehicle further includes a breaking member that is provided projecting from the vehicle body toward the disk wheel. The breaking member breaks the disk wheel when the vehicle body is crashed at a front thereof at a predetermined speed or higher. | 09-17-2015 |
20150256149 | NOISE FILTER - A noise filter disclosed herein is configured to suppress a common mode voltage that is generated in cables connected to an electric power converter. The noise filter includes: detecting capacitors connected to the cables, respectively, and configured to detect the common mode voltage; an operational amplifier having a positive input terminal via which the common mode voltage detected by the detecting capacitors is inputted; an emitter follower circuit having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and having an output terminal connected to a negative input terminal of the operational amplifier; and a transformer configured to apply a compensating voltage to each of the cables by applying a voltage at the output terminal of the emitter follower circuit to each of the cables in opposite phase. | 09-10-2015 |
20150255991 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - A power receiving device receives alternating current power in a wireless manner from a power supply device including an alternating current power supply and a primary coil. The power receiving device includes a secondary coil, a variable load, an impedance conversion unit, and an acknowledgement unit. Under a situation in which the acknowledgement unit acknowledges that the value of the alternating current power output from the alternating current power supply is unvaried, the impedance of the impedance conversion unit is variably controlled when an electrical property that is dependent on a relative position of the primary coil and the secondary coil varies. | 09-10-2015 |
20150255831 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND WELDING METHOD - An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly configured such that first and second electrodes are layered. The electrode assembly includes two tab groups in each of which tabs of the first electrodes or the second electrodes having the same polarity are bundled. Each tab group and a conductive member are welded with each other by a welding portion. The welding portion has a mixed portion configured by mixing at least one of a metal that forms metal foils and a metal that forms the conductive member with a dissimilar metal that is different from the metal of the metal foils and has a higher electric resistivity than that of the metal of the metal foils. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252798 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator. The actuator includes a partition body, a movable body, and a coupling member located radially outward of the rotary shaft of the swash plate. The movable body has a guide surface for changing the inclination angle of the swash plate and a sliding portion that slides on the rotary shaft or the partition body. When viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface has a curved shape that is configured such that a normal of the guide surface and the rotational axis of the rotary shaft intersect in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion in the entire range of change in the inclination angle. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251545 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - A power receiving device receives alternating current power in a wireless manner from a power supply device including a primary coil that receives the alternating current power. The power receiving device includes a secondary coil, a variable load, a first impedance conversion unit, a second impedance conversion unit, a fixed load, and a switch. The switch switches an output destination, to which the alternating current power received by the secondary coil is output from the first impedance conversion unit, to the fixed load or to the second impedance conversion unit and the variable load. | 09-10-2015 |
20150249373 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR FOR VEHICLE - A compressor equipped with an electric motor having a stator including a stator core, coils, and a string. The stator core is formed of laminated core plates and has crimped portions in boundaries between a yoke and bases of teeth. The crimped portions are spaced at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the stator core. Coil ends are laced by the string in such a way that the string is not passed through teeth spaces having the crimped portions disposed outward thereof in a radial direction of the stator core, but passed through the teeth spaces that are located adjacently on opposite sides of each of the teeth spaces having the crimped portions disposed radially outward thereof and also passed through at least one of any two adjacent of the teeth spaces. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249239 | CELL MODULE AND CELL PACK - A battery module includes a first battery stack, a second battery stack, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first and second battery stacks each have a plurality of rechargeable batteries. The first battery stack has an end adjacent to the second battery stack, and the second battery stack has an end adjacent to the first battery stack. The first bracket is provided at the end of the first battery stack. The second bracket is provided at the end of the second battery stack and has the same shape as the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket has insertion protrusions and receiving recesses that are alternately arranged. One of the insertion protrusions of the second bracket is inserted into the receiving recess formed between adjacent two of the insertion protrusions of the first bracket. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247651 | THERMAL STORAGE DEVICE - A thermal storage device includes a reactor for generating heat by chemically reacting with ammonia; an absorber, provided with an absorbent, for storing ammonia absorbed by the absorbent; and a connection line for connecting the reactor and absorber to each other and moving ammonia between the reactor and absorber. The reactor has a thermal storage member provided so as to cover an outer peripheral portion of the catalyst, a porous sheet provided so as to cover an outer peripheral portion of the thermal storage member, and a casing for enclosing the thermal storage member and porous sheet. One end of the connection line penetrates the casing and opens to the porous sheet. | 09-03-2015 |
20150246505 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE - A three-dimensional fiber-reinforced composite includes a laminate having a plurality of fiber bundle layers that are layered in a lamination direction and include first and second outermost layers, a matrix resin; and a binding yarn. The binding yarn has first and second traverse yarn sections, and a surface-layer yarn section. The surface layer yarn section has bifurcated sections extending in opposite directions from the first and second traverse yarn sections on the surface of the second outermost layer. An additive and the matrix resin are arranged in a space enclosed by the bifurcated sections and the fiber bundles of the second outermost layer adjacent to the bifurcated sections, and also in a space between each of the first and second traverse yarn sections and fiber bundles adjacent thereto, and in a space between the first and second traverse yarn sections. | 09-03-2015 |
20150244215 | PERMANENT MAGNET EMBEDDED TYPE ROTOR OF ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An outer edge of a first through hole near an outer periphery of a first core plate is closer to a permanent magnet than an outer edge of a second through hole near an outer periphery of a second core plate. Further, a second bridge length is less than a first bridge length. | 08-27-2015 |
20150244190 | VOLTAGE EQUALIZER - A voltage equalizer includes voltage detectors that detect voltages of respective cells, switches, and a controller that repeatedly sets a lowest voltage among voltages detected by one of the voltage detectors to be a target voltage Vt | 08-27-2015 |
20150243935 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - An electrical storage device includes a case, an electrode assembly accommodated in the case, an electrode terminal, a terminal insulating member, and an annular sealing member. The electrode terminal has a base located inside the case and a polar column portion, which projects from the base. An inner surface of the case at the circumference of the through hole and/or a tip end of the terminal insulating member on the side corresponding to the base has a tapered portion. A cross-sectional shape of the tapered portion in a direction in which the base and the inner surface face of the case each other is inclined to the outside in the radial direction of the through hole from the side corresponding to the base toward the through hole. | 08-27-2015 |
20150239719 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery pack, which is placed in the vehicle body. The battery pack includes a counterweight and at least one battery cell, which partially contacts the counterweight. The battery pack is arranged in the vehicle body such that a contact portion of the counterweight that contacts the at least one battery cell exchanges heat with relative wind by a greater amount than a non-contact portion of the at least one battery cell that have no contact with the counterweight. | 08-27-2015 |
20150235755 | PLANAR COIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TRANSFORMER AND PLANAR COIL - A planar coil includes an effective line segment, which extends over at least one turn and is configured such that a current flows therein, and a dummy line segment, which extends over at least one turn and is configured such that a current does not flow therein. | 08-20-2015 |
20150229132 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER DEVICE - A power-receiving device includes a secondary coil, which wirelessly receives AC power from a power-supply device having a primary coil, a variable load, in which an impedance changes in accordance with the power value of the input power, a PFC circuit having a first switching element, and a DC/DC converter having a second switching element. The PFC circuit rectifies the AC power received by the secondary coil and improves the power factor by adjusting the duty cycle in switching operation of the first switching element in accordance with the impedance fluctuation of the variable load. The DC/DC converter is configured to convert the voltage of the DC power to a different voltage and output the converted voltage to the variable load, and to adjust the duty cycle in switching operation of the second switching element in accordance with the impedance fluctuation of the variable load. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228959 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE MODULE - An electricity storage device includes a case, an electrode assembly housed in the case, and a positive electrode (negative electrode) terminal sending and receiving electricity to and from the electrode assembly. The positive electrode (negative electrode) terminal includes a cylindrical part having a part projecting outside the case. The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical part has a male screw with which a nut for fastening the positive electrode (negative electrode) terminal to the case is threadedly engaged from the outside of the case. The inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical part has a female screw having a screw direction opposite the male screw. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228939 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - An electrical storage device includes a case body having an opening, a lid, which closes the opening and has a through hole, an electrode assembly accommodated in the case body, and an electrode terminal. The electrode terminal has a base and a polar column portion, which projects from the base and shaped to pass from the inside of the case body through the through hole and protrude to the outside. A sealing member is sandwiched between the inner surface of the lid and a seat surface of the base. In a root portion of the polar column portion coupled to the base, in at least a part of the polar column portion around an axis thereof, a tapered portion, which spreads in the cross-sectional shape toward the base along the axis of the polar column portion, is provided. The sealing member is arranged radially outside of the tapered portion. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228398 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an insulation sheet. A primary winding and a primary switching element are mounted on the first substrate. A secondary winding formed by a pattern of a metal plate is mounted on the second substrate. The second substrate overlaps the first substrate. The insulation sheet is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224737 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A three-dimensional fiber-reinforced composite includes a laminate having fiber bundle layers that are laminated in the laminating direction and include first and second outermost layers, primary and secondary retention yarns, and a binding yarn. The binding yarn includes a fold-back section, primary and secondary traverse yarn sections, a surface yarn section that extends along the surface of the second outermost layer in the direction substantially perpendicular to the secondary retention yarn, and a bifurcated section that is formed on the surface of the second outermost layer and connected to the primary and secondary traverse yarn sections. The bifurcated section is formed by crossing the surface yarn section that extends in opposite directions in the outside in the laminating direction of the secondary retention yarn. | 08-13-2015 |
20150221910 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a sealed case and a battery cell accommodated in the sealed case. The sealed case includes a case body, which has an opening, and a lid member, which is fixed to the case body by a plurality of bolts and closes the opening. When distances between adjacent ones of the bolts are compared, the distance between a specific adjacent pair of the bolts is greater than that between any other adjacent pair of the remaining bolts. | 08-06-2015 |
20150221579 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a laminating direction of first to fifth ceramic sheets, a first slit and a second slit are positioned closer to a first mounting section and a second mounting section than a first communication hole, a second communication hole, a third communication hole and a fourth communication hole. Moreover, an overlapping section where each first slit and the first communication hole overlap, and an overlapping section where each second slit and the third communication hole overlap, are positioned in the vicinity of an area where the first mounting section and the second mounting section are disposed when viewed from the laminating direction of the first to fifth ceramic sheets. | 08-06-2015 |
20150219082 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - Setting of the pressure sensing mechanism which controls an opening degree of the first valve body is changed by transmitting driving force of the driving force transmission member to the first valve body via the second valve body. According to this configuration, when the second valve body has been opened while conduction of electricity to the electromagnetic solenoid has been stopped, the refrigerant gas from the discharge chamber is supplied to the control pressure chamber via the passage, the valve chamber, the communication opening, the insertion hole, the first passage, the second passage, the housing chamber, the passage, the second pressure adjusting chamber, the communication hole, the first pressure adjusting chamber, the first shaft inner passage, and the second shaft inner passage. | 08-06-2015 |
20150217638 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FUEL LID - A support structure for a fuel lid attached by a hinge to a vehicle body is provided with an annular rubber seal, which is provided on the vehicle body to surround an oil filler port in the vehicle body. The rubber seal has a top surface and an inner circumferential surface. The support structure includes a contact plate provided on a back surface of the fuel lid. The contact plate contacts the rubber seal when the fuel lid is in the closed state. The contact plate has an upper surface contact portion for contacting the upper surface of the rubber seal, and an inner-surface contact portion for contacting the inner circumferential surface of the rubber seal. | 08-06-2015 |
20150211533 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor capable of appropriately starting a motor depending on a condition of a compressing unit is provided. The electric compressor includes: an AC motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet and a stator where a multi-phase coil is wound, and driving a scroll compressor; and an inverter apparatus controlling the AC motor. The inverter apparatus includes: a switching circuit supplying the AC motor with current; and a motor control unit controlling the switching circuit. The motor control unit: measures an elapsed time from a stop to a start of the AC motor for controlling the switching circuit depending on a load on the scroll compressor; calculates a target acceleration of the rotor followed when starting the AC motor, based on the measured elapsed time; and controls the switching circuit so that the rotor is started with the target acceleration. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211505 | DOUBLE-HEADED PISTON TYPE SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a housing and a rotary shaft. The housing defines a swash plate chamber and includes a cylinder block, a front housing member coupled to a front end of the cylinder block, and a rear housing member coupled to a rear end of the cylinder block. The rotary shaft is supported by the housing. A protrusion is provided in a suction chamber of the rear housing member and protrudes toward an opening of an axial passage formed in the rotary shaft. A restrictor through which refrigerant passes when flowing from the suction chamber to the axial passage is formed between the protrusion and the rear end of the rotary shaft. The protrusion has a distal end sized such that the distal end can be inserted in the opening of the axial passage. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211502 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - An inclination angle of a swash plate of a swash plate type variable displacement compressor is rapidly changed to the maximum when electric current is supplied to an electromagnetic solenoid and therefore the compressor is operated at the maximum displacement. When a second valve body is opened, a first valve body is closed; when the second valve body is closed, a valve opening of the first valve body is controlled. Under the circumstance that electric current is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid and an instruction for operating the compressor at the maximum displacement is issued, when the first valve body is closed, the second valve body is opened. In addition to supply of refrigerant gas from a discharge chamber to a control pressure chamber through a first supply passage, refrigerant gas is supplied from the discharge chamber to the control pressure chamber through a second supply passage. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211500 | CHECK VALVE FOR COMPRESSOR - In a check valve for a compressor, a valve element includes an abutting surface and an outer circumferential surface. A valve hole includes a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. A communicating window has such a shape that an opening area thereof gradually becomes larger with increasing distance from a valve seat. The check valve has an open state, a fully closed state, and a buffering state. When the abutting surface separates from the large-diameter portion and the outer circumferential surface opens the communicating window, the open state is defined. When the abutting surface closes the large-diameter portion and the outer circumferential surface interrupts communication through the communicating window, the fully closed state is defined. When the abutting surface separates from the large-diameter portion and the outer circumferential surface interrupts communication through the communicating window, the buffering state is defined. The hunting phenomenon is suppressed. | 07-30-2015 |
20150207438 | INVERTER APPARATUS - Provided is an inverter apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of overcurrent in an AC motor and stably controlling driving of the AC motor. The inverter apparatus controlling the AC motor included in an electric compressor includes a shunt resistor for detecting current flowing in the AC motor, and a limit value control unit controlling a current limit value for a detected current detected at the shunt resistor. The limit value control unit determines whether the number of times the detected current becomes equal to or more than the first threshold within a first predetermined time is equal to or more than a first number of times. The limit value control unit decreases the current limit value when the number of times the detected current becomes equal to or more than the first threshold within the first predetermined time is equal to or more than the first number of times. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207375 | INTERPHASE INSULATING SHEET FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR FOR VEHICLE - Annular portions of a first interphase insulting sheet have void portions. After a U-phase coil is inserted in wave winding, bridge portions are mounted to slots for an adjacent V-phase coil. The void portions are formed at positions corresponding to the bridge portions that are disposed between any two of coil ends. The annular portions are stretched to form a generally pentagon shape, which facilitates mounting of the V-phase coil. The void portions formed at positions that do not need insulation will not impair the insulating function of the first interphase insulating sheet. The void portions formed in alignment with extension of the bridge portions will not cause a drop in the strength of the annular portions. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207132 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING CURRENT INTERRUPTION DEVICE - An electric storage device comprises the current interruption device which includes a deformable plate electrically connected to a first conductive member and a second conductive member to constitute part of a conductive path. The deformable plate deforms to interrupt the conductive path, when a pressure inside the casing rises. The first conductive member, the second conductive member, and the current interruption device are disposed between the terminal attachment wall and the electrode assembly. The first conductive member extends along the terminal attachment wall to connect the tab and the current interruption device. The second conductive member is connected to the current interruption device at a location that is farther from the terminal attachment wall than a connection between the first conductive member and the current interruption device, and extends along the terminal attachment wall to connect the current interruption device and the electrode terminal. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207124 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - The electric storage device disclosed herein is a stacked type electric storage device. The electric storage device includes a separator insulating a first electrode from a second electrode. The electric storage device includes a first conductive path from a first electrode terminal to the first electrode, a second conductive path from a second electrode terminal to the second electrode, and a current interruption device disposed between the second electrode terminal and the second electrode, the current interruption device being configured to interrupt the second conductive path. The separator includes a first surface part covering the one surface of the first electrode, a second surface part covering the other surface of the first electrode, and a connection part connected to both the first and second surface parts. The connection part is disposed between the current interruption device and an end of the first electrode on a current interruption device side. | 07-23-2015 |
20150204328 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - There is provided an electric compressor to be fixed an object including a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a housing, a supporting member, and a plurality of vibration damping members. One of the housing and the supporting member has a recess and the other of the housing and the supporting member has a projection that is disposed in the recess and engaged with the recess to form a plurality of accommodating spaces on opposite sides of the projection, respectively. A filling rate of each vibration damping member in the corresponding accommodating space is changeable. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the electric compressor, including preparing a plurality of vibration damping members, choosing one of the vibration damping members, and providing the supporting member to the outer peripheral surface of the housing while accommodating the chosen vibration damping members in the respective accommodating spaces. | 07-23-2015 |
20150203339 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle is provided with a vehicle body, battery cells, which are the electric power source for the industrial vehicle and are located within the vehicle body, and a counterweight, which is located within the vehicle body. The counterweight has a weight portion and a weight body that extends from the weight portion. The battery cells are provided on both sides of the weight body and are thermally coupled to the weight body. | 07-23-2015 |
20150200547 | POWER-RECEIVING DEVICE AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power-receiving device includes a secondary-side coil which can receive a first alternating current power without contact from a power-sending device having a primary side coil into which first alternating current power is input. The power-receiving device comprises a first power transmission path, a second power transmission path, a common path positioned in common with the first and second power transmission paths, and a voltage regulator arranged on the common path. The voltage regulator rectifies the first alternating current power received by the secondary coil or the second alternating current power from a connecting portion, converts the rectified power to a predetermined specific voltage value, and outputs the power. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198161 | SCROLL TYPE COMPRESSOR - A scroll type compressor includes a housing, a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing and having an eccentric pin projecting from an end of the rotary shaft, a fixed scroll member and a movable scroll member facing the fixed scroll and forming a pair of compression chambers therewith. The scroll type compressor further includes a balancer-integrated bush having an eccentric hole to receive the eccentric pin and disposed between the eccentric pin and the movable scroll. The balancer-integrated bush is configured to receive rotational force from the rotary shaft to cause the movable scroll member to make an orbital movement. An elastic member provided between the rotary shaft and the balancer-integrated bush in an elastically deformed state to always apply a preload to the movable scroll member via the balancer-integrated bush in a direction that increases an orbital radius of the movable scroll member. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198159 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a discharge housing member, which includes a discharge chamber and an oil separation chamber. The discharge housing member includes a cylindrical wall defining the discharge chamber and the oil separation chamber. The discharge chamber includes a partition that is continuous with and protrudes from the cylindrical wall. The cylindrical wall extends from an upper section of the discharge chamber toward a lower section of the discharge chamber. The cylindrical wall includes a communication hole connecting the discharge chamber to the oil separation chamber. The partition extends from the upper section of the discharge chamber toward the lower section of the discharge chamber and defines a first space and a second space in the discharge chamber. The first space and the second space are connected to each other at least at the lower section of the discharge chamber through a clearance between the partition and the circumferential wall. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196953 | INJECTION APPARATUS - In an injection apparatus, a first cylinder and second cylinder for driving an injection cylinder connected to an injection plunger are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the injection cylinder. A piston of the first cylinder and a piston of the second cylinder are synchronously driven by driving means. A directional control valve and first flow rate adjustment circuit are provided between one end of the injection cylinder and one end of the first cylinder. Moreover, second flow rate adjustment circuit is provided between the other end of the injection cylinder and the other ends of the first and second cylinders. | 07-16-2015 |
20150192127 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes suction, discharge, and intermediate pressure housings. The accommodation housing includes a compression mechanism, which compresses refrigerant, and injection ports, which deliver intermediate pressure refrigerant to the compression mechanism from an external refrigerant circuit. The compressed refrigerant is discharged into the discharge housing. The intermediate pressure housing includes an intake port, which draws in the intermediate pressure refrigerant, an accommodation recess, which is connected to the intake port, and supply passages, which connect the accommodating recess to the injection ports. The accommodation recess accommodates the valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a valve plate, which has a valve hole that connects the intake port and the supply passages, and a reed valve formation plate including a reed valve, located between the valve plate and the supply passages, to open and close the valve hole. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192126 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - There is provided an electric compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a motor housing having an injection port that communicates with one of compression chambers that is in the middle of the compression, a discharge housing having a discharge chamber into which compressed refrigerant is discharge, and an intermediate pressure housing disposed between the motor housing and the discharge housing. The intermediate pressure housing has an introduction port for introducing intermediate pressure refrigerant from an external refrigerant circuit and a communication passage between the introduction port and the injection port of the motor housing. The introduction port and the communication passage cooperate with the injection port to allow the intermediate pressure refrigerant to be injected into the compression chamber. The communication passage has in the middle thereof a muffler chamber. A partition member separates the muffler chamber and the discharge chamber. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192124 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An electric compressor is provided with a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a motor housing, discharge housing and an intermediate pressure housing. The compression mechanism has a compression chamber and is driven by the electric motor. The motor housing accommodates therein the electric motor and the compression mechanism and formed therein an injection port. The discharge housing has therein a discharge chamber into which compressed refrigerant is discharged. The intermediate pressure housing has therein an introduction port for introducing intermediate pressure refrigerant from an external refrigerant circuit and a communication passage that provides communication between the introduction port and the injection port of the motor housing. The motor housing, discharge housing and the intermediate pressure housing has a bolt fastening hole, and a bolt is inserted in the bolt fastening holes to integrally fix the motor housing, discharge housing and the intermediate pressure housing. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192049 | CATALYTIC REACTOR AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAID CATALYTIC REACTOR - A catalytic reactor includes a catalytic reaction section, which has a purification catalyst for gas purification, and a warming-up section, which is located at a position capable of heat-exchanging with the purification catalyst and has a chemical heat storage material that generates heat when ammonia is fixed and absorbs heat when ammonia is desorbed. The catalytic reactor is further includes an ammonia supply section, which has an adsorbent capable of adsorbing ammonia and transfers ammonia to and from the warming-up section through the adsorption and desorption of the ammonia, and an ammonia depressurization section, which has an ammonia fixation section for fixing ammonia and reduces the partial ammonia pressure of at least the interior of the warming-up section after ammonia is desorbed from the chemical heat-storage material. | 07-09-2015 |
20150188127 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS - ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Providing a negative-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, the negative-electrode material including lithium silicate particles coated by a carbonaceous substance, a production process for the same, a negative electrode for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187686 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor device that includes a circuit board, a semiconductor element mounted to the circuit board, a control signal terminal disposed on the opposite side of the semiconductor element from the circuit board, and a bonding wire connecting the semiconductor element and the control signal terminal. | 07-02-2015 |
20150184646 | SUCTION THROTTLE MECHANISM OF COMPRESSOR - A suction throttle mechanism of a compressor includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve housing. The valve housing and the valve seat are formed as separate bodies, and the valve housing and the valve seat are spaced away from each other. The valve housing has guide portions which make sliding contact with the valve body to thereby allow the valve body to move in a contact-separate direction. When the valve body is separated from the valve seat, a fluid flowing from an inlet port toward the valve body through the valve seat passes between the valve seat and the valve housing to enter a suction chamber. | 07-02-2015 |
20150180313 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine comprises: a rotating shaft; and a rotor which includes a conductor capable of generating a rotating magnetic field and is provided on a peripheral surface of the rotating shaft so as to be rotatable integrally therewith. The rotating shaft includes: an oil supply passage passing within the rotating shaft; and an oil supply hole which extends from the oil supply passage to the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and opens opposite to the rotor. The rotor includes an oil passage which is disposed so as to face the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and which communicates with the oil supply hole. | 06-25-2015 |
20150176877 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - There is provided a motor-driven compressor including a semiconductor device that comprises a compression mechanism, a motor, a housing, a wall, an electronic component, and a resin member. The motor drives the compression mechanism. The housing accommodates therein the compression mechanism and the motor. The wall extends from an outer surface of the housing so as to surround a part thereof and have an opened end and cooperates with the outer surface of the housing to form a casing. The electronic component is accommodated in the casing and includes a semiconductor module that includes a circuit board connected to the outer surface of the housing and a semiconductor element mounted to the circuit board. The resin member seals an entirety of the electronic component in the casing. | 06-25-2015 |
20150159658 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor driven by a motor driver, which includes a switching element that converts DC voltage from a battery to AC voltage. A temperature detector detects the temperature of the switching element. A voltage detector detects DC voltage applied to the switching element from the battery. A control unit suspends the switching operation of the switching element when the detected temperature rises to a temperature threshold. The control unit reduces counter electromotive force generated by the electric motor. The controller changes the temperature threshold such that the temperature threshold gradually increases from when the detected DC voltage is the highest voltage in the applicable voltage range of the battery to when the detected DC voltage is the lowest voltage in the applicable voltage range. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159655 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor driven by a motor driver, which includes a switching element that converts DC voltage from a battery to AC voltage. A control unit controls the switching operation of the switching element. A temperature detector detects the temperature of the switching element. The control unit suspends the switching operation of the switching element when the temperature detected by the temperature detector rises to a temperature threshold. The temperature threshold includes a first temperature threshold, corresponding to a withstand temperature of the switching element, and a second temperature threshold, which is higher than the first temperature threshold. The control unit switches the temperature threshold from the first temperature threshold to the second temperature threshold when the control unit activates a field weakening control that reduces counter electromotive force generated by the electric motor. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159652 | SCROLL-TYPE COMPRESSOR - An orbiting scroll | 06-11-2015 |
20150159651 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor driven by a motor driver, which includes a switching element that converts DC voltage from a battery to AC voltage. A control unit controls the switching operation of the switching element. A temperature detector detects the temperature of the switching element. A voltage detector detects DC voltage applied to the switching element from the battery. The control unit suspends the switching operation of the switching element when the temperature detected by the temperature detector rises to a predetermined temperature threshold. The control unit also reduces counter electromotive force generated by the electric motor. The temperature threshold includes a first temperature threshold, corresponding to a withstand temperature of the switching element, and a second temperature threshold, which is higher than the first temperature threshold. The control unit switches the temperature threshold between the first and second temperature thresholds. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159645 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In a compressor that changes a discharge capacity by using an actuator, a variable displacement swash plate type compressor capable of realizing reduction in manufacture cost is provided. | 06-11-2015 |
20150152731 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - In a motor-driven scroll compressor of the present invention, a double-sided sliding bearing is provided a space between a drive bush and a boss portion. The double-sided sliding bearing has a cylindrical outer sliding member that is provided in the boss portion, and a cylindrical inner sliding member that is provided in the bush portion. In an outer boundary zone of an inner circumferential surface of the boss portion and an outer circumferential surface of the outer sliding member, and an inner boundary zone of an inner circumferential surface of the inner sliding member and an outer circumferential surface of the bush portion, relative rotation is generated. The outer sliding member and the inner sliding member have different lengths in an axial direction, and thereby form a first and a second steps at both ends in the axial direction. | 06-04-2015 |
20150151624 | BATTERY UNIT HOLDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A battery unit holding device that holds a battery unit in place includes a fixing part, a fixed part, and a positioning part provided between the vehicle body and the battery unit for positioning the battery unit on the vehicle body. The fixed part has a support shaft extending in a first direction that corresponds to one of a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the vehicle body and supports the load acting downwardly on the battery unit. The fixing part is movable along the support shaft while holding the support shaft at a middle position thereof. When a first impact greater than a first preset force is applied to the vehicle body in the first direction, the positioning part permits the fixing part to move in the first direction along the support shaft from the middle position of the support shaft. | 06-04-2015 |
20150147658 | SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIAL AND SECONDARY-BATTERY ACTIVE MATERIAL INCLUDING SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIAL - Providing a silicon-containing material having a novel structure being distinct from the structure of conventional silicon oxide disproportionated to use. | 05-28-2015 |
20150147205 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR FOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - An electric compressor to be mounted on an engine in an engine compartment of a vehicle includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a motor driving circuit, a housing, a first mounting leg and a second mounting leg. The housing accommodates therein the compression mechanism, the electric motor and the motor driving circuit. The first mounting leg projects from the housing at a position adjacent to the compression mechanism. The second mounting leg projects from the housing at a position adjacent to the motor driving circuit. Each of the first mounting leg and the second mounting leg includes a fastening portion to be fastened to a portion of the engine and a connecting portion that connects the fastening portion with the housing. The connecting portion of the first mounting leg is made to be broken more easily than connecting portion of the second mounting leg. | 05-28-2015 |
20150145290 | VEHICLE ROOF STRUCTURE - A vehicle roof structure includes a solar cell unit having a plurality of solar cells arranged in a planar form at intervals from one another, a roof panel disposed to cover the solar cell unit from above, and a reinforcing member disposed under the solar cell unit. The reinforcing member supports the solar cell unit with a plurality of supporting parts provided at positions corresponding to the intervals left between the plurality of solar cells. The vehicle roof structure can prevent the solar cells from breaking down under stress. | 05-28-2015 |
20150145289 | VEHICLE ROOF STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VEHICLE ROOF UNIT - A vehicle roof structure includes a solar cell unit including a plurality of solar cells arranged in a planar form, a plate-like roof panel made of a resin having transparency and disposed to cover the solar cell unit from above, and a plurality of reinforcements each being implemented by a metallic member and disposed to support the solar cell unit from below and to extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction and/or a vehicle width direction. The vehicle roof can be reduced in weight. | 05-28-2015 |
20150140401 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A rechargeable battery includes positive and negative electrodes and first and second separator portions. The positive electrode includes a positive metal foil and a positive active material layer. A positive active material-free portion is formed on a first end of the positive electrode. The positive active material layer extends to a second end. The negative electrode includes a negative metal foil and a negative active material layer. A negative active material-free portion is formed on a third end of the negative electrode. The negative active material layer extends to a fourth end. Each of the first and second separator portions includes a strong bonding portion and a weak bonding portion. The strong bonding portion is located proximate to the first end and extends along the first end. The weak bonding portion is located proximate to the second end and extends along the second end. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140345 | REFINISH COATING SYSTEM AND REPAIRING METHOD FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESIN GLAZING - A refinish coating system comprising (I) an intermediate coating composition and (II) a topcoat coating composition is useful for repairing a damage area of a silicone hard coat layer on an automotive resin glazing substrate. The intermediate coating composition (I) comprises (A) a reactive siloxane compound and (B) silica. The topcoat coating composition (II) comprises (C) an alkoxysilane having a UV-absorbing functional group, (D) a multifunctional alkoxysilane, (E) a reactive siloxane compound, (F) colloidal silica, and (G) phosphoric acid. The system forms a coating having the same appearance and physical properties as the underlying silicone hard coat layer. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139818 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes a compression unit that includes movable and fixed scrolls and a compression chamber, an electric motor that includes a rotor and drives the compression unit, a motor drive circuit that drives the electric motor, an injection port that draws intermediate pressure refrigerant into the compression chamber, a controller that performs rotation control on the rotor, and a voltage detector that detects a terminal voltage of the electric motor. The compression unit compresses low pressure refrigerant drawn into the compression chamber to discharge high pressure refrigerant. The controller is configured to output a stop instruction to deactivate the rotation control of the rotor, determine a rotation condition of the rotor based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector after outputting the stop instruction, and perform, based on the determination, restart preparation control that includes outputting a lock instruction to electrically stop rotation of the rotor. | 05-21-2015 |
20150137344 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device has a circuit board including an insulation layer, a wiring layer formed on one surface of the insulation layer, and a buffer layer formed on the other surface of the insulation layer, a semiconductor element bonded to the wiring layer, a radiator member bonded to the buffer layer of the circuit board, and a resin member to seal the semiconductor element and an entire surface of the circuit board including an outer peripheral surface of the buffer layer in the circuit board. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device includes bonding the buffer layer of the circuit board to the radiator member, bonding the semiconductor element to the wiring layer of the circuit board, and sealing the semiconductor element and an entire surface of the circuit board including an outer peripheral surface of the buffer layer in the circuit board with resin after the two bonding steps. | 05-21-2015 |
20150135688 | HEAT STORAGE DEVICE - A heat storage device includes a reactor, arranged in an exhaust system, having a formed body chemically reacting with ammonia and generating heat, and an ammonia reservoir, connected to the reactor, for storing ammonia. The ammonia reservoir incorporates therein an absorbent physically absorbing ammonia. The ammonia reservoir has a heat-exchanging structure and is temperature controlled by heat exchange with an external heating medium. | 05-21-2015 |
20150132156 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes, a housing, a swash plate disposed in the housing and having therethrough an insertion hole, a rotary shaft inserted through the insertion hole of the swash plate, a plurality of pistons engaged with the swash plate, and a connecting member disposed between the rotary shaft and the swash plate and connecting the rotary shaft and the swash plate so as to change inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. A pair of projections are provided in the insertion hole so as to extend toward the rotary shaft and restrict the movement of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. The paired projections are spaced away from each other so as not to be in contact with the rotary shaft simultaneously. | 05-14-2015 |
20150125738 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device includes positive electrodes, negative electrodes separators each of which is located between a positive electrode and a negative electrode and insulates the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other, and an electrode assembly, which is configured by stacking the positive electrodes, the negative electrodes, and the separators. The power storage device further includes an insulating member including sandwiching portions. Each sandwiching portion is formed by two insulating portions that sandwich a positive electrode non-application portion from both sides in the stacking direction of the electrode assembly. When viewed in the stacking direction of the electrode assembly, each insulating portion is arranged at least between a positive electrode border and a negative electrode border. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125317 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor according to the present invention includes a housing having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a plurality of cylinder bores, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a plurality of pistons reciprocally received in the respective cylinder bores, a conversion mechanism, an actuator that changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a control mechanism that controls the actuator. The link mechanism disposed between the drive shaft and the swash plate allows a change in inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to a plane extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft. The conversion mechanism converts the rotation of the swash plate into reciprocal movement of the pistons in the cylinder bores with a stroke length according to the inclination angle of the swash plate. | 05-07-2015 |
20150122465 | HEAT SINK DEVICE - A refrigerant inlet header | 05-07-2015 |
20150118551 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material layer comprises a coating layer for coating at least part of surfaces of positive electrode active material particles. The coating layer comprises alternate layers of a cationic material layer containing a cationic material having a positive zeta potential and an anionic material layer containing an anionic material having a negative zeta potential under neutral conditions, and a material layer having a zeta potential of opposite sign to that of the positive electrode active material particles is bonded to the surfaces of the positive electrode active material particles. The coating layer is thin and uniform, and has a high strength for bonding to the positive electrode active material particles, so the coating layer suppresses direct contact of the positive electrode active material particles and an electrolytic solution even when a nonaqueous secondary battery is used at a high voltage. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118074 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - In a swash plate type variable displacement compressor, a lug plate includes a cylinder chamber and first and second guide surfaces. Inner peripheral edges of the first and second guide surfaces are defined respectively at parts where the peripheral edge of the cylinder chamber and the guide surfaces overlap with each other. When the inclination angle of a swash plate of the compressor is maximum, first and second guided surfaces and the first and second guide surfaces, respectively are brought into line contact with each other at a first position. At this time, first and second slide contact widths are maximum. When the inclination angle of the swash plate is minimum, the first and second guided surfaces and the first and second guide surfaces, respectively are brought into line contact with each other at a second position. At this time, the first and second slide contact widths are minimum. | 04-30-2015 |
20150112578 | VEHICULAR POWER-SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power-supply circuit | 04-23-2015 |
20150111110 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A solid electrolyte has a sheet shape, and is composed of an oxide sintered body. The solid electrolyte includes a layer-shaped dense portion whose sintered density is 90% or more, and a porous portion formed on a superficial side of the solid electrolyte so as to be continuous from at least one of opposite surfaces of the dense portion, and having a porosity of 50% or more. A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, the positive electrode and negative electrode arranged at opposite facing positions interposing the solid electrolyte. | 04-23-2015 |
20150104342 | SCROLL-TYPE COMPRESSOR - The orbiting base plate | 04-16-2015 |
20150104334 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a control pressure chamber and a displacement control valve that controls the pressure of the control pressure chamber. The displacement control valve includes an electromagnetic solenoid, a driving force transmission member, a valve body, and a pressure sensing mechanism. An accommodation chamber accommodates the pressure sensing. A valve chamber accommodates the valve body having a valve opening degree determined by an urging force applied to the valve body through the driving force transmission member and by an urging force applied to the valve body by the expansion and contraction of the pressure sensing mechanism. The valve body and the pressure sensing mechanism form a valve unit. When the electromagnetic solenoid is deactivated, the pressure of the accommodation chamber acts on a back surface of the pressure sensing mechanism so that a force in the open direction is applied to the valve unit. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102023 | PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT FOR WINDOW AND WINDOW FOR VEHICLE - A planar heating element for a window includes a resin base having a flat or curved surface, a heating element formed of a conductive sheet having a uniform specific resistance and provided to spread in the form of a planar shape along the shape of the surface of the resin base, and conductive current supply portions provided to extend in the form of bands on opposite ends of the heating element, so as to allow a current to pass through the heating element. The heating element has a locally increased specific resistance portion whose specific resistance locally increases when a current is passed through the heating element from the current supply portions. | 04-16-2015 |
20150099167 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material layer comprises positive electrode active material particles containing a Li compound or a Li solid solution selected from Li | 04-09-2015 |
20150099154 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - The electric storage device is provided with a case body and an electrode assembly accommodated in the case body. The electrode assembly includes positive and negative electrode sheets each having an active material layer. The case body includes at least one primary inner wall surface, at least one secondary inner wall surface, and corner surfaces. A plane that includes the boundary line between a primary inner wall surface and the corresponding corner surface and faces the corresponding secondary inner wall surface is defined as an imaginary boundary plane. An edge of the active material layer of a positive electrode sheet facing the corresponding secondary inner wall surface is positioned on the surface of the imaginary boundary plane, or is positioned in a region spaced further apart from the secondary inner wall surface facing the edge than the position of the imaginary boundary plane. | 04-09-2015 |
20150096286 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine purifies exhaust gas in a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The device includes a confluent path. The confluent path extends from a confluent section of the first exhaust path and the second exhaust path. A first auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the first exhaust path. A second auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the second exhaust path. A main NOx catalyst is provided in the confluent path. A first addition section adds an ammonia source in a first addition amount to a section upstream of the first auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the first auxiliary NOx catalyst. A second addition section adds an ammonia source in a second addition amount to a section upstream of the second auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the second auxiliary NOx catalyst. | 04-09-2015 |
20150094936 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle which is equipped with an engine and having an Eco-mode in which torque of the engine is restricted includes an accelerator, an accelerator opening detector that detects an opening of the accelerator, a vehicle speed detector that detects a speed of the vehicle, an engine speed detector that detects a speed of the engine, and a torque restriction releasing unit which, when the torque of the engine is restricted, if conditions that the opening of the accelerator detected by the accelerator opening detector is a first predetermined value or greater, that the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector is a second predetermined value or smaller and that the engine speed detected by the engine speed detector is a third predetermined value or smaller are satisfied, releases the torque restriction. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093263 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a collection and supply mechanism. The collection and supply mechanism has collection passages, supply passages, an annular space, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The inlet port is communicable with a working collection passage of the collection passages. The outlet port is communicable with a working supply passage of the supply passages. When the inclination angle of the swash plate is maximum, residual refrigerant gas in a compression chamber of collection phase is collected through the working collection passage and the collected refrigerant gas is supplied to a compression chamber of supply phase. On the other hand, when the inclination angle is less than the maximum, residual refrigerant gas is supplied no more into the supply-phase compression chamber. | 04-02-2015 |