Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130025407 | STARTER WITH COMPACT STRUCTURE - An electromagnetic switch is disclosed as having an electromagnetic switch, operative to open or close a main contact of a motor circuit, and a solenoid having a function to push a pinion gear to a position away from a motor. The electromagnetic switch and the solenoid are placed in series in a unitary structure such that the electromagnetic switch and the solenoid have a switch case and a solenoid case both of which are integrally formed with each other to be contiguous in an axial direction. | 01-31-2013 |
20130057062 | WIRING METHOD AND WIRING SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURES - A unitized wiring portion (wiring unit) has a hard pipe member, a wire provided in the pipe member, and outside wiring connectors connected at each end of the wire. A plurality of wiring units are prepared in advance wherein wiring units are divided into multiple groups having different length of wires and so on. The wiring units are arranged in a structure (e.g. a vehicle body) and the outside wiring connectors are connected to each other to form a wiring network. The wiring units are fixed to frame and/or reinforcing members to thereby increase mechanical strength of the structure. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063239 | TRANSFORMER INCORPORATED IN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils. | 03-14-2013 |
20130069591 | BATTERY CHARGING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A battery charger of a battery charging apparatus is disposed on an exterior case of an engine in such a manner that a generated heat is transferred therebetween. An ECU drives a cooling system when an engine temperature and temperature of the battery charger satisfy a predetermined cooling temperature condition. A cooling capacity for cooling the battery charger is improved by establishing a heat radiation passage to radiate a heat from the battery charger efficiently. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070502 | POWER CONVERTER DESIGNED TO ENHANCE STABILITY IN OPERATION - A power converter equipped with a plurality of semiconductor modules, a cooling device, a control circuit board, a smoothing capacitor, and a discharging resistor. The discharging resistor mounted on the control circuit board in parallel connection to the smoothing capacitor. The control circuit board has fabricated thereon a timing controller working to control timings of on/off operations of the semiconductor modules, a driver coupled to control terminals of the semiconductor modules to control voltage applied to the control terminals, and a power supply circuit working to transform a voltage input to the control circuit board into operating voltages for the timing controller and the driver. The driver is disposed between at least one of the timing controller and the power supply circuit and the discharging resistor, thereby protecting the timing controller and/or the power supply circuit mounted on the control circuit board from thermal energy radiating from the discharging resistor. | 03-21-2013 |
20130074324 | REACTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A reactor which may be employed in an inverter for automotive vehicles. The reactor includes a coil, a core, a casing, and a positioning member. The core is made of a solidified magnetic powder/resin mixture and has the coil embedded therein. The positioning member is disposed in the casing to position the coil relative to the casing and equipped with fins configured to stir the magnetic powder/resin mixture before solidified. Specifically, the positioning member is designed to perform two functions: one is to fix the location of the coil within the casing, and the other is to stir the magnetic powder/resin mixture through the fins, thus eliminating the need for removing a portion of the magnetic powder/resin mixture adhered to the fins, which leads to improved productivity of the reactor. | 03-28-2013 |
20130074793 | HYDRAULIC BRAKING DEVICE AND VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A sealing structure has a permanent magnet and a magnetic-flux guiding member for guiding magnetic flux of the permanent magnet to a brake shaft of a brake rotating member. The magnetic-flux guiding member surrounds an outer periphery of the brake shaft so as to form a sealing gap around the brake shaft. The sealing gap is communicated to a fluid chamber, in which magnetic viscous fluid is filled. A fluid sealing member is provided at the brake shaft at a housing outer side of the magnetic-flux guiding member to form an intermediate fluid chamber, in which an intermediate fluid made of non-magnetic liquid is filled. | 03-28-2013 |
20130075256 | GAS SENSOR ELEMENT, GAS SENSOR, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A gas sensor element includes an insulating ceramic base, a solid electrolyte body, and a heating element. The solid electrolyte body is disposed in an opening of the insulating ceramic base and has a measuring electrode affixed to one of major surfaces thereof and a reference electrode affixed to the other major surface. The measuring electrode is exposed to gas to be measured. The reference electrode is exposed to a reference gas. The heating element works to activate the solid electrolyte body and is mounted on one of opposed surfaces of the insulating ceramic base on the same side as the major surface of the solid electrolyte body on which the reference electrode is disposed. Specifically, the insulating ceramic base is located between the solid electrolyte body and the heating element, thereby ensuring a desired degree of electric insulation between the heating element and the reference electrode. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076188 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of pairs of magnetic poles. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil that is comprised of a plurality of phase windings wound on the stator core. The stator core has, for each of the phase windings of the stator coil, n circumferentially-consecutive single-phase slots, in which only the phase winding is received, per magnetic pole of the rotor, where n is a natural number not less than 2. Each of the phase windings of the stator coil has first to kth sections that are sequentially arranged from one end to the other end of the phase winding, where k is a natural number not less than 2. The first section is received in different ones of the single-phase slots for the phase winding from the kth section. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076330 | POWER CONVERTER - A power converter includes a control circuit provided with a set signal generator, a current command generator, a reset signal generator, a drive signal generator, and a pulse-width limiter. The set signal generator generates a set signal at every predetermined cycle. The current command generator generates a current command based on an output voltage command and an output voltage. The reset signal generator generates a reset signal based on an input current and the generated current command. The drive signal generator generates a drive signal which turns on in synchronisation with the generated set signal to turn on a switching element and which turns off in synchronization with the subsequently generated reset signal to turn off the switching element. The pulse-width limiter limits a pulse-width of the drive signal according to an input voltage and the output voltage, or according to the input voltage and the output voltage command. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079987 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - In a vehicle control device, a dynamic characteristics description unit includes a model element simulating dynamic characteristics of motion or deformation of a controlled object. By using the model element, this unit simulates hysteresis characteristics caused during a process of motion or deformation of the controlled object based on at least one of an estimated value of the input manipulated variable and an estimated value of a disturbance input inputted in the controlled object, and defines a control target index of a motion state of the controlled object. A correction amount computing unit calculates a correction amount which adjusts the manipulated variable in such a way that the control target index related to the hysteresis characteristics becomes a desired state. A command output unit corrects manipulated variable based on the correction amount to produce a command for the corrected manipulated variable to output it to the controlled object. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081855 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, ELECTRIC CONTACT ELECTRODE, ELECTRIC CONTACT FILM, CONDUCTIVE FILLER, ELECTRIC CONTACT STRUCTURE USING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A composite material includes a metal matrix of a metal and a reducing agent. The reducing agent is dispersed in the metal matrix and is capable of reducing an oxide of the metal at room temperature. Even when the oxide of the metal is generated on a surface of the composite material, the reducing agent reduces the oxide of the metal to the metal | 04-04-2013 |
20130082516 | SIGNAL AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In a signal and power transmission system, a primary coil and a secondary coil magnetically coupled to the primary coil and connected to an electrical path are provided. An encoder encodes a target signal to be transmitted to produce a pulse code signal, and a voltage applying unit applies a voltage signal based on the pulse code signal to the primary coil as an input voltage signal. A decoder decodes an output voltage signal induced in the secondary coil using a variation in the output voltage signal into a decoded signal corresponding to the target signal. The output voltage signal is induced in the secondary coil based on the input voltage signal. A rectifier rectifies a current flowing through the electrical path connected to the secondary coil according to the output voltage signal induced in the secondary coil, thus outputting a rectified current as power. | 04-04-2013 |
20130087015 | STARTER - In a starter, an output shaft is coaxially disposed with a rotating shaft of a motor and has male helical splines formed on its outer surface. A pinion tube has female helical splines formed on its inner surface and is fitted on the output shaft with the female helical splines in mesh with the male helical splines. A pinion is provided on a non-motor-side end portion of the pinion tube so as to rotate with the pinion tube. A shift lever is configured to shift both the pinion tube and the pinion relative to the output shaft and thereby bring the pinion into mesh with a ring gear of an engine. Further, there is provided means for restricting relative rotation between the pinion tube and the output shaft when a one-way clutch is in an overrun state where the clutch inhibits torque transmission from the output shaft to the motor. | 04-11-2013 |
20130087016 | STARTER - In a starter, an output shaft is coaxially disposed with a rotating shaft of a motor. A pinion tube is helical-spline-fitted on the output shaft and has a pinion mounted on a non-motor-side end portion thereof. A shift lever is driven by an electromagnetic solenoid to shift both the pinion tube and the pinion relative to the output shaft in a direction away from the motor and thereby bring the pinion into mesh with a ring gear of an engine. A one-way clutch includes an outer arranged so as to be rotated by torque generated by the motor, an inner integrally formed with a motor-side end portion of the output shaft, and a plurality of intermediate members that are arranged between the outer and the inner so as to allow torque transmission from the outer to the inner and inhibit torque transmission from the inner to the outer. | 04-11-2013 |
20130087017 | STARTER - The pinion tube is supported by an output shaft in an inner circumference of a cylindrical hole, an inner circumference side pressure-receiving range α that receives a contacting pressure from the output shaft is formed on a sliding surfaces, the pinion tube is further supported by a bearing from a perimeter side thereof, and a perimeter side pressure-receiving range that receives the contacting pressure from the bearing is formed on a sliding surfaces. There exists an overlapping range that overlaps in the axial direction in the inner circumference side and the perimeter side pressure-receiving ranges, and a length of the overlapping range in the axial direction is always equal to a length of the perimeter side pressure-receiving range in the axial direction even if the pinion tube moves in the axial direction. | 04-11-2013 |
20130087851 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A semiconductor device includes a vertical semiconductor element having a super junction structure constructed of a first conductivity-type drift layer disposed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and second conductivity-type regions having a stripe shape defining a longitudinal direction in one direction and being arranged at a predetermined column pitch in the drift layer. When a surplus concentration obtained by dividing a difference between an electrical charge of the second conductivity-type region and an electrical charge of a first conductivity-type region by the column pitch is i, a depth of the super junction structure is z, a surplus concentration gradient as a change of the surplus concentration i per unit depth dz is di/dz, and a central withstand voltage in which a margin is added to a desired withstand voltage is Vmax, the super junction structure is configured such that the surplus concentration gradient di/dz satisfies a relation of | 04-11-2013 |
20130088215 | POSITION DETECTOR - In a position detector utilizing a Hall effect, a magnet is disposed to move relative to a circuit board. A conductive element is printed on the circuit board. A control circuit is mounted on the circuit board and is connected to the conductive element through a position detection wiring. The control circuit supplies an electric current to the conductive element through the position detection wiring such that the electric current flows in the conductive element in a first direction, detects a potential difference in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the conductive element, and performs an operation according to a position of the magnet relative to the conductive element based on the potential difference detected. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088241 | FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL DETECTION APPARATUS - A failure detecting apparatus that detects an isolation failure between a plurality of coils included in a signal detection apparatus. The failure detecting apparatus includes a voltage applying unit that applies a DC voltage to a coil in the plurality of coils; a differential signal generating unit that generates a differential signal from a voltage at the coil and a predetermined voltage; a threshold voltage setting circuit that outputs a threshold voltage; and a comparator that compares the differential signal with the threshold voltage, thereby detecting whether or not an isolation failure exists. The differential signal generating unit includes either first setting unit for setting an absolute value of the differential signal to be amplified with a predetermined gain or second setting unit for setting the predetermined voltage to be different from a ground potential, and the predetermined gain is set to a value different from one and zero. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090804 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR VEHICLE - An electronic control unit includes a threshold acquiring element, a behavior determining element and a storing element. The threshold acquiring element acquires a threshold for defining a determination condition. The threshold is set to correspond to a road condition on which a vehicle travels. The behavior determining element determines whether a vehicle behavior satisfies the determination condition defined by the threshold. The storing element stores predetermined operation data of the vehicle when the behavior determining element determines that the vehicle behavior satisfies the determination condition. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091323 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a flash memory; a memory controller for executing an initialization process; a backup power source; a power source; a controller; and a power source controller. According to incompletion of initialization, the controller executes standby/boot process. According to completion of initialization, the controller executes the boot process. According to reception of data backup instruction, the controller stores data in the memory. The power source controller switches to a trigger standby mode. According to trigger, the power source controller inputs the energization instruction to the power source. According to termination of trigger, the power source controller inputs the data backup instruction to the controller. According to completion of backup, the power source controller halts to input the energization instruction, and switches to the trigger standby mode. According to incompletion of backup, the power source controller resets the switch and the power source. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092077 | INDICATOR DISPLAYING DEVICE - A combination meter has an indicator for radiating light having entered from an entrance portion thereof and a display panel having a displaying portion illuminated by light passing through such portion. A cylindrical body is inserted into a panel-side opening of the display panel. The cylindrical body has a body-side supporting portion so as to hold the display panel between the body-side supporting portion and a housing-side supporting portion. An outer peripheral reflecting portion formed in the cylindrical body reflects light toward a housing-side reflecting portion of a housing. Light emitted from a light source not only illuminates the indicator but also is reflected by the respective reflecting portions to illuminate the displaying portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094092 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS - A head-up display apparatus forms a virtual image of a display image viewed from a viewpoint region by projecting the display image onto a projection face. The apparatus includes a screen member and an optical device. The screen member includes an image formation face that forms the display image. The optical device includes a reflection face, which receives and reflects the display image by the image formation face, to project onto the projection face. The image formation face includes, in a grid array, convex portions and concave portions, which are convex and concave from a virtual reference face and alternated with each other along x axis and y axis. A perpendicular line to the virtual reference face at any position of the image formation face passes through an outside of the reflection face of the optical device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096769 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an abnormality detection unit, a storage unit, and a communication unit. The abnormality detection unit detects a vehicle abnormality, and the storage unit stores, at the time the vehicle abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit, predetermined driving information of the vehicle in a memory unit. In addition, the communication unit transmits the driving information stored in the memory unit to a remote center, where the driving information is stored along with vehicle identification information for identifying the vehicle. The communication unit may interrupt a communication process that is being performed in order to transmit the driving information to the remote center after the storage control unit stores the driving information in the memory unit. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096812 | SENSOR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A sensor signal processing device includes an AD conversion section, a filter section, a timing signal generation section, and an arithmetic section. The timing signal generation section generates a signal synchronized with a crank angle of an engine based on a signal indicating the crank angle and generates a data acquisition timing signal by compensating the signal synchronized with the crank angle with a delay time of the filter. The arithmetic section acquires a plurality of sensor signals, which is transmitted from a sensor, converted from an analog signal to a digital signal by the AD conversion section, and filtered by the filter section, in a term before and after receiving the data acquisition timing signal and generates a data synchronized with the data acquisition timing signal. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096828 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A vehicle navigation system includes: a route guidance element for searching an optimum route from a current position of a vehicle to a destination according to a normal map data and for guiding the optimum route by displaying the optimum route on a map screen image of a display; a deviation route retrieving element for retrieving a deviation route, which has a possibility that a user may deviate from the optimum route and enter into the deviation route although the vehicle is incapable of driving along the deviation route; and an attention notification element for outputting attention notification information in order to prevent the user from entering into the deviation route when the route guidance element guides the optimum route. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096829 | ROAD INFORMATION UPDATING SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A road information update system comprising a navigation apparatus and an information center is disclosed. The navigation apparatus collects a travel trace when traveling a new road not present in a road map data, and sends the collected travel trace to the information center. The information center compares multiple road map data to extract a new road and an abandoned road, and generates multiple road change models based on the abandoned road and the new road. The information center receives the travel trace in the new road from the navigation apparatus, and estimates the new road and the abandoned road based on the received travel trace in the new road and the road change models. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097564 | INPUT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - In an input apparatus, a display portion displays a plurality of function items on a screen to form a plurality of rows that are parallel in a predetermined row direction. The function items are provided with selection regions, respectively. One of the selection regions is selected, using a pointer according to a predetermined selection manipulation, and is determined according to a predetermined determination manipulation. When a first function item in a first row of the plurality of rows is selected, a selection region of the first row is enlarged in a direction directing at a row next to the first row. | 04-18-2013 |
20130098155 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A physical quantity sensor includes a sensor portion, a casing, and a vibration isolator. The casing includes a supporting portion with a supporting surface that is located to face an end surface of the sensor portion. The vibration isolator is located between the end surface of the sensor portion and the supporting surface of the casing to join the sensor portion to the casing. The vibration isolator reduces a relative vibration between the sensor portion and the casing. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098324 | ASSEMBLY OF SPARK PLUG AND ENGINE MAIN BODY - An assembly includes an engine main body, a spark plug and a gasket. The spark plug is mounted to the engine main body by tightening a male-threaded portion of the spark plug into a female-threaded portion of the engine main body with the gasket elastically deformed between a seat surface of the engine main body and a seating surface of the spark plug. The gasket is made of a metallic material whose yield stress or 0.2% proof stress is not lower than 200 N/mm | 04-25-2013 |
20130099493 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-GENERATOR - A control apparatus for a motor-generator includes a stator including multi-phase coils, a rotor, a multi-phase inverter one arm of which includes a switch element and a free-wheeling element, and a power supply connected between a neutral point of the coils and a negative electrode of the inverter. When the switch elements are driven by rectangular wave, the low-side switch element connected to the high-side switch element is subject to PWM switching control while the high-side switch element is off. When a time point, at which the high-side switch element is turned off, is defined as a base point, if α is defined as a time when switching of the low-side switch element starts, and β is defined as a time when the switching ends, β-α is 120 degrees in electrical degree or more, α is more than 0 degrees, and β is less than 180 degrees. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099559 | Power Supply System - A power supply system includes a plurality of DC-DC converters and at least one operating unit. The DC-DC converters are connected in parallel to one another. The at least one operating unit operates the DC-DC converters such that power is supplied through the DC-DC converters to a predetermined power-supplied object. The at least one operating unit includes a voltage controller, a current limiter, and a specified value increasing unit. The voltage controller operates the DC-DC converters such that output voltages thereof are controlled to be respective target voltage. The current limiter operates the DC-DC converters such that output currents thereof are limited to respective specified value, when the output currents exceed the respective specified value. The specified value increasing unit increases the respective specified value for at least one of the DC-DC converters, when output current of the at least one of the DC-DC converters exceeds the specified value. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099618 | DOUBLE-STATOR MOTOR - A double-stator motor of an example embodiment includes: an annular rotor connected to a rotary shaft and integrally rotates with the rotary shaft, an inner stator arranged radially inward of the rotor, and an outer stator arranged radially outward of the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of segments annularly arranged in the circumferential direction, spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and a plurality of permanent magnets each interposed between circumferentially adjacent segments, the permanent magnets being alternately magnetized in the circumferentially opposite direction. The rotor, the inner stator and the outer stator have the same number of poles. The inner and outer stator windings of the inner and outer stators, respectively, are connected so that their phases are reversed to each other. Thus, the magnetic fields generated by the magnetomotive forces of the inner and outer stators are applied to specific segments in parallel. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099741 | IN-VEHICLE CHARGE CONTROL SYSTEM - In an in-vehicle charge control system, a charge control section controls a charge device to start charging a traveling battery when a set determination section determines that a charge plug of an external power source is set to a charge port of a vehicle and a location determination section determines that the vehicle is at a location other than a base. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099747 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE SYSTEM FOR BATTERY PACK - A charge/discharge system is provided to shuttle electric energy in a battery pack made up of battery cells connected in series. The charge/discharge system includes an electric energy storage, a switch, and a charge/discharge controller. The charge/discharge controller selectively places the switch in a charging mode to charge electric energy from one or a selected number of ones of the battery cells to one or a selected number of other ones of the battery cells to minimize a variation in state of charge among the battery cells. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099748 | BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A battery monitoring apparatus for monitoring a battery condition of an assembled battery. In the apparatus, a monitoring unit is powered by the assembled battery and transitions from a normal mode, in which power supply from the assembled battery to the monitoring unit is maintained, to a dark-current mode, in which the power supply is partially interrupted, in response to a mode-switching instruction signal from a control unit. Upon reception of a mode confirmation signal from the control unit during the normal mode, the monitoring unit transmits a response signal to the control unit. The control unit transmits the mode-switching instruction signal to the monitoring unit, and thereafter transmits the mode confirmation signal to the monitoring unit. Upon reception of the response signal to the mode confirmation signal from the monitoring unit, the control unit determines that the dark-current mode of the monitoring unit is malfunctioning. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099793 | BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A battery monitoring apparatus for monitoring a battery condition of an assembled battery. In the apparatus, a control unit transmits, to a monitoring unit that is powered by the assembled battery and monitors its battery condition, a first mode-switching instruction signal for instructing the monitoring unit to transition from a normal mode to a dark-current mode. Subsequently, the control unit transmits to the monitoring unit a second mode-switching signal for instructing the monitoring unit to transition from the dark-current mode to the normal mode, and acquires an increased count value of a timer circuit in the monitoring unit for a time period from transmission of the first mode-switching instruction signal to transmission of the second mode-switching instruction signal. When it is determined that the increased count value is greater than an abnormality diagnosis criterion value, then the control unit determines that the dark-current mode of the monitoring unit is malfunctioning. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099849 | RINGING SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT - A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected between a low potential reference point and a low side line of the transmission line, and a ringing suppression section. The ringing suppression section turns on the high side switch based on a difference between a potential of the high side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the high side switch. The ringing suppression section turns on the low side switch based on a difference between a potential of the low side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the low side switch. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100634 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY - An electric power supply includes: a first board on which at least switching elements Q | 04-25-2013 |
20130102127 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having an ohmic electrode is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes: forming a metal thin film on a rear surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming an ohmic electrode by laser annealing by irradiating the metal thin film with laser beam; and dicing the semiconductor substrate into chips by cutting at a dicing region of the semiconductor substrate. In forming the ohmic electrode, laser irradiation of the metal thin film is performed on a chip-by-chip basis while the dicing region is not being irradiated with the laser beam. | 04-25-2013 |
20130112164 | LASER IGNITION APPARATUS - A laser ignition apparatus includes a housing that has a male-threaded portion for fixing the housing and a hexagonal portion for tightening the male-threaded portion. Between a combustion chamber-side end of the male-threaded portion and an anti-combustion chamber-side end of the hexagonal portion, there is defined a non-optical element arrangement region in which none of an introducing optical element, an enlarging optical element and a focusing optical element of the apparatus is arranged. At one of a combustion chamber-side end and an anti-combustion chamber-side end of the non-optical element arrangement region, there is formed a reference surface that extends perpendicular to an axial direction of the housing. One of the introducing optical element, the enlarging optical element and the focusing optical element is received in the housing in such a manner as to be elastically pressed against the reference surface from outside of the non-optical element arrangement region. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113333 | MULTI-GAP TYPE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - In a multi-gap type electric rotating machine, side cores include an outside-side core connected to one end side of an outside core, and an inside-side core connected to one end side of an inside core. The outside-side core includes an outer-side rotor-opposite portion which projects from the inner periphery end of the outside core and is opposite to an end face at the outer periphery side of a rotor. The inside-side core includes an inner-side rotor-opposite portion which projects from the outer periphery end of the inside core and is opposite to an end face at the inner periphery side of the rotor. The outside-side core and the inside-side core are arranged so as to be opposed to each other in the radial direction thereof with a gap being interposed between the inner periphery end of the outer-side rotor-opposite portion and the outer periphery end of the inner-side rotor-opposite portion. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114178 | RELAY DRIVE UNIT - A relay drive unit drives a relay by supplying a power source voltage from a battery. The relay drive unit includes a power source voltage detector, a drive signal generator, and a relay drive circuit. The power source voltage detector detects the power source voltage. The drive signal generator generates a PWM signal as a drive signal for maintaining the relay in an ON state. The PWM signal has a preset duty ratio according to a magnitude of the power source voltage detected by the power source voltage detector. The relay drive circuit turns a supply of the power source voltage from the battery on/off based on a duty ratio of the drive signal generated by the drive signal generator. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114212 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electrically conductive material used in the formation of heat-releasing filled via holes in an electronic component-incorporated multilayer circuit board with a heat radiation member, in which the electrically conductive material comprises metal particles as a conductive metal which is a mixture of a first conductive metal consisting of silver (Ag) or copper (Cu) and a second conductive metal consisting of tin (Sn), and a ratio of the atomicity of tin to the atomicity of silver or copper and tin is 27 to 40%, and an electronic device using the same. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114647 | COMMUNICATIONS RELAY SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE IN THE SAME - A communications relay system for establishing data communications between an external device and a plurality of communication devices. In the system, the plurality of communication devices and a relay device are connected to a communication path to form a communication network. The relay device is operable to relay communications between the external device and the plurality of communication devices when being connected to and powered by the external device. With this configuration, the system is capable of reducing power consumption in the relay device to thereby reduce power consumption over the communication network. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116012 | HANDS-FREE DEVICE - A hands-free device disposed in a vehicle identifies a speech direction of an outgoing voice when a hands-free call operation is received. The device extracts callee information from the outgoing voice provided by an occupant to identify a portable communication terminal. In particular, the portable communication terminal is identified when the callee information extracted is registered in a telephone book data of the portable communication terminal. When the speech direction of the outgoing voice is identified as a driver side, the portable communication terminal identified is linked to the driver as a driver-linked terminal. Accordingly, a call being received by a portable communication terminal that is linked to the driver is performed as a hands-free call, whereas a call being received by a portable communication terminal not linked to the driver is not performed as a hands-free call. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117706 | VEHICULAR MANIPULATION APPARATUS - A remote manipulation apparatus includes a main body and a manipulating handle manipulated by a user to move to cover all the orientations from a manipulation basis position defined on a basis of the main body. Movement of the manipulating handle relative to the manipulation basis position corresponds to movement of a pointer image relative to a screen basis position on a screen of a display apparatus. An auxiliary navigational display window includes a specified button image assigned with pointer-pulling information. When the auxiliary navigational display window appears on the screen, the manipulating handle is automatically driven to a position that corresponds to a position of the specified button image on the screen so that the pointer image is moved onto the specified button image that is assigned with the pointer-pulling information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130118242 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING HOUSING FOR THE DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes a housing, a sensor, and a conduction member. The housing defines a bypass flow passage through which taken-in air passes. The sensor is accommodated in the bypass passage and produces an electrical signal as a result of heat transfer between taken-in air and the sensor. The conduction member includes first and second terminals. The first terminal outputs the electrical signal produced by the sensor to outside. The second terminal supplies electric power to the sensor. The housing is provided through an assembly process and a molding process. In the assembly process, the conduction member is held by a primarily shaped product defining the bypass passage to provide an assembly. In the molding process, the assembly, with the conduction member held by the primarily shaped product, is inserted into a predetermined die and a secondary molded part is injection-molded in the die. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119112 | REFLOW SOLDERING SYSTEM - A reflow soldering system wherein a heating oven is provided with a contact heating unit which has a transport rail and a top heat transfer heater, and with a hot gas blowing heating unit, the transport rail and top heat transfer heater are respectively provided with heaters which heat the outer edge part of the printed circuit board, and the transport rail or top heat transfer heater moves in an up-down direction so that the transport rail and top heat transfer heater clamp and heat the outer edge part of the printed circuit board. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119146 | CARD KEY HAVING FUNCTION OF PERFORMING RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - A card key includes a circuit board and a plate-shaped key body. The circuit board is mounted with electronic parts that configure an electronic circuit for performing radio communication with an on-vehicle device. The key body is mounted with the circuit board which is covered with a resin material. The key body has a principal front surface on the side of which the electronic parts are mounted, and has a main body recess sunk to a predetermined depth level from the principal front surface and a key component accommodating recess further sunk to a level deeper than the main body recess and opened in a bottom surface of the main body recess. The key body forms an outline of the card key together with a sheet body fitted to the main body recess. The key component accommodating portion is formed between the sheet body and the key component accommodating recess. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119782 | ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - A control unit for a rotary electric machine includes a first current command module, a second current command module, a change module, and a return module. The first module performs a first current command on a maximum efficiency characteristic line on a d-q plane thereby to drive the machine at a maximum efficiency. The second module performs a second current command on a switching line set at a retard angle side relative to the maximum efficiency characteristic line. The change module changes a control mode from a rectangular wave voltage phase control mode to an overmodulation current control mode when an operation point of the machine reaches the switching line. The return module returns the current command from the second command to the first command after performance of the second command for a predetermined period. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119789 | MULTIPLE-GAP ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The multiple-gap electric rotating machine includes a rotor cantilever-supported at a first axial end thereof by a rotor arm coupled to a rotating shaft. The rotor includes a laminated core of core sheets made of soft magnetic material and an end-surface core disposed on a surface of the laminated core on a second axial end of the rotor. The laminated core includes segments joined in a ring and each formed with a salient pole structure at each of radially inner and outer peripheries thereof. The end-surface core includes soft magnetic sections made of steel and non-magnetic sections made of stainless steel, which are joined together in a ring. The laminated core is held between the rotor arm and the end-surface core, and fixed to the rotor arm by rivets penetrating through the rotor arm, laminated core and the end -surface core. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119833 | ON-VEHICLE MOTOR INCLUDING DETECTOR FOR DETECTING STATE OF MOTOR - A motor mounted on a vehicle includes a housing; a shaft rotatably supported by the housing via a bearing; a rotor fixed to the shaft; a stator; and a detector that detects a rotational speed of the rotor. The stator includes: a stator core disposed at an outer circumferential side of the rotor to face the rotor in the radial direction along which the rotor and the stator are arranged to be adjacent each other; and a stator coil being wound around the stator core, the stator coil having a stator coil end formed at one end side of the stator coil in the axial direction. The detector is disposed between the stator coil end and the bearing that supports both ends of the shaft, and at least a part of detector is disposed to be overlapped in the radial direction with the stator coil end and the bearing. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120574 | STATE MONITOR APPARATUS - In a state monitor process, it is determined whether a stop state, which requires a stop of a function of a state monitor apparatus, takes place based on detection signals from sensors, namely, it is determined whether an installed position of the state monitor apparatus is displaced from a fixing position or prespecified position. When the installed position of the state monitor apparatus is not displaced from the fixing position, it is determined that the stop state does not take place, permitting a light emitter to irradiate a defined irradiated area with near-infrared lights to capture an image of a driver. When the installed position of the state monitor apparatus is displaced from the fixing position, it is determined that the stop state takes place, executing a restriction process including a reduction process to reduce an emission of the near-infrared lights and a warning output process. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121052 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER HAVING PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR MODULES ARRAYED IN SUCCESSIVE LAYERS - In an electric power converter, a stacked-layer unit has a plurality of semiconductor modules arrayed as layers along a stacking direction, each semiconductor module containing a semiconductor element and a pair of power terminals protruding outward in a protrusion direction at right angles to the stacking direction, each pair consisting of an AC terminal and a positive-polarity or negative-polarity power terminal. The semiconductor modules are arranged with the positive-polarity and negative-polarity power terminals in a single column at one side of the stacked-layer unit, and respectively connected to a positive-polarity busbar and negative-polarity busbar which are located at that side and which are separated by a fixed spacing in the protrusion direction, while the AC terminals of each layer-adjacent pair of semiconductor modules are connected in common to a corresponding one of a plurality of AC busbars. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121502 | VEHICULAR SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS - A vehicular apparatus receives music data from a portable terminal through a first communication device and stores the music data to a memory unit. The vehicular apparatus then outputs the music data stored to a music playback apparatus. The vehicular apparatus continues the output of the music data stored in the memory unit even after disconnection of the first communication device with the portable terminal, and the vehicular apparatus output the music data when the vehicular apparatus receives the music data from the portable terminal through a second communication device, without interrupting the playback of the music data over the switching of communication devices. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122969 | HANDSFREE APPARATUS FOR USE IN VEHICLE - At least one of outbound call history data, inbound call history data, and phone book data is transferred to a handsfree apparatus for use in a vehicle at a predetermined timing for the purpose of obtaining near realtime update of the inbound/outbound call history data from a cellular phone. By utilizing simultaneous connection of HFP and PBAP, the handsfree apparatus establishes a Bluetooth communication with the cellular phone through HFP first, and then establishes another communication through PBAP simultaneously, for receiving the inbound call history data and the outbound call history data stored before establishing the Bluetooth communication from the cellular phone. The handsfree apparatus can thus be capable of placing a call by using the outbound call history data and the inbound call history data stored in a work memory after receiving those data. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123970 | TRANSFER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - In a transfer system, a storage data and a specific equipment data indicating a specific equipment are generated. When a transfer command indicates the specific equipment as one of a previous location and a subsequent location, a priority level of the transfer command is increased. A transfer command having a highest priority level is selected. When an available carrier that is not assigned with a transfer command is not accessible within a previous area in which the previous location of the transfer command selected belongs to, when the priority level of the transfer command selected has been increased, and when an alternative carrier that is assigned with the transfer command and is transferring without carrying the cassette is accessible within the previous area, the transfer command selected is assigned to the alternative carrier. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125635 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes an air flow meter (AFM), a straightening grid, and a mesh member. The AFM includes an air inlet and is configured to measure a flow rate of air flowing into the air inlet. The straightening grid includes a straightening plate having only one crossing region and is disposed on an upstream side of the AFM in a flow direction of air to straighten a flow of air toward the AFM through the straightening plate. The mesh member is formed in a netted manner and is disposed between the straightening plate and the AFM. | 05-23-2013 |
20130125862 | FUEL-PRESSURE-SENSOR DIAGNOSIS DEVICE - A fuel-pressure-sensor diagnosis device is applied to a fuel injection system having a plurality of fuel pressure sensors detecting a fuel pressure which is provided to a fuel injector of each cylinder, and a control portion controlling the fuel injectors by using a computed result which is computed based on a variation in the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor due to a fuel injection. Two pressure sensors of which pulsation values of the detected fuel pressure are in a specified range are selected among the multiple fuel pressure sensors. For example, a pair “A” refers to the sensors # | 05-23-2013 |
20130127608 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle display apparatus includes a display section, an estimation section, and a controller. The display section has a screen and displays an image on the screen so that a user views a design in the image at a position away from the screen by a predetermined distance in a direction perpendicular to the screen. The estimation section estimates whether a movement of a line of sight of the user to the screen from a region outside the screen occurs. The controller gradually increases the distance, when the estimation section estimates that the movement occurs. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127610 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An information providing apparatus includes a tactile information provider and a controller. The tactile information provider is arranged within a rim portion of a steering wheel of a vehicle and provides a tactile sense to a driver. The controller controls the tactile information provider to provide support information to the driver. The support information is defined as information that supports a driving of the vehicle. The tactile information provider includes a trench arranged in a circumferential direction of the rim portion, a ring-shaped ring portion, and a driving portion. The ring portion is rotatably arranged in the trench and has an exposed surface such that the exposed surface contacts with at least one hand of the driver. The driving portion is controlled by the controller to drive the ring potion rotate in the circumferential direction to provide the support information to the driver. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130070 | BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit has battery cells having electrode terminals, bus bars having voltage potential detection terminals, a control board having a voltage detection circuit and a discharge duct. In the battery cell, the electrode terminals of the battery cells are electrically connected to the voltage potential detection terminals of the bus bars. The voltage potential detection terminals of the bus bars are electrically connected to the voltage detection circuit formed on the control board through metal conductive members or lines. The voltage detection circuit detects a voltage potential of each of the battery cells through the metal conductive members. The metal conductive members are not dedicated components, and integrated with the discharge duct by insert molding. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130071 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack has battery cells and bus bars. Each of the battery cells is covered with an exterior case. All the battery cells are electrically connected in series through the bus bars. The battery cells are divided into a first stacked group and a second stacked group arranged adjacent to each other in a lateral direction of the battery pack. The battery cells in each stacked group are stacked in a thickness direction of the battery pack. The stacked groups have a different number of the battery cells in order to make a stair structure. An electrode terminal of one end terminal of the battery cells connected in series is arranged adjacent to the stair structure. A control board is arranged on a lower step part of the stair structure. Devices formed on the control board detect a state of each battery cell. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131925 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle behavior control apparatus disposed in a subject vehicle performs a steering angle control of the subject vehicle. The apparatus acquires lead vehicle information transmitted from a lead vehicle to determine a virtual shape of a road (i.e., a virtual road shape) based on a travel locus of the lead vehicle. A virtual road border distance is calculated as a distance from the subject vehicle to a road border of a virtual curve road positioned straight in front of the subject vehicle. The apparatus, calculates an appropriate turn radius for travel along the virtual curve road and, based on the appropriate turn radius, calculates an appropriate distance from the subject vehicle to the virtual road border positioned in front of the subject vehicle. A steering unit then controls a steering angle of the subject vehicle by maintaining the virtual road border distance with the appropriate distance. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132018 | POSITION DETECTOR - In a position detector for detecting a position of a detection body, a signal processing circuit processes a signal outputted from a magnetic field detection element. A first storage circuit stores the signal outputted from the magnetic field detection element and outputs a signal to an external device through an output circuit in a normal operation mode. A second storage circuit stores an output value of the first storage circuit. When a malfunction determination circuit determines an instantaneous power interruption mode, a signal route changing circuit prevents a signal transmission between the first storage circuit and the second storage circuit and a signal transmission between the first storage circuit and the output circuit, prevents the second storage circuit from updating data for a certain period of time, and permits the second storage circuit in which updating is prevented to output a signal to the output circuit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132686 | Data Rewrite System For Vehicle, In-Vehicle Apparatus And Rewrite Apparatus - A data rewrite system including an in-vehicle apparatus and a rewrite apparatus is disclosed. The in-vehicle apparatus stores multiple operation data units in multiple storage areas and outputs version informations of the operation data wilts and information about the storage areas to the rewrite apparatus. The rewrite apparatus selects a target storage area, which is a target for data update, from the storage areas of the in-vehicle apparatus by comparing the versions informations of the operation data units with version informations of update data units. The rewrite apparatus updates the selected target storage area with the update data unit that corresponds to the operation data unit in the target storage area. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133410 | TEST SYSTEM AND TEST METHOD OF FLUID PUMP - A test system of a fluid pump which has a pump includes a test fixture which supports the fluid pump, a fluid flow path, and a connecting pipe arranged at the test fixture and having one end side connected to a discharge port of the pump and the other end side connected to the fluid flow path. The connecting pipe has a main pipe member, a movable pipe member arranged slidably inside the main pipe member and having an end which is positioned sticking out from the main pipe member, and a seal clamp provided at an end of the movable pipe member. When the movable pipe member receives fluid pressure inside of the main pipe member, the seal clamp which is pushed against the discharge port of the pump holds the discharge port of the pump liquid-tightly. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133466 | ACCELERATOR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A pedal boss, to which an accelerator pedal is fixed, has a projection-receiving space, which circumferentially extends on a circumferential side of a closing-side end wall in an accelerator-opening direction and receives a projection. When the pedal boss is rotated in an accelerator-closing direction, the pedal boss is rotatable to an accelerator-full-closing position of the pedal boss without being stopped by the projection through engagement with the projection regardless of a rotational position of the projection. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133599 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A first housing has a first concave portion that opposes to a vane rotor, and the first concave portion has an inside diameter larger than an inside diameter of a first through hole of the first housing. A boss part of the vane rotor has a first convex portion projected into the first concave portion. A reed valve is arranged between an end surface of the first convex portion and a bottom surface of the first concave portion, and has an outside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the first through hole. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133634 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - While an engine is at idling state with an EGR valve fully closed, an EGRLQ is detected or estimated. When the EGRLQ exceeds a specified threshold, a target intake manifold pressure is established so that the EGRLQ becomes less than the specified value and an IAFRI-control is executed so that the intake manifold pressure becomes the target pressure. An intake air flow rate QIN can be increased and a differential pressure DP between upstream and downstream of the EGR valve | 05-30-2013 |
20130134339 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE - An electromagnetic valve includes a flow passage, a valve member, an actuator having a coil and a movable core, an intermediate member, a connecting member, a housing, and a dividing unit. The housing includes a hollow part between the housing and the actuator. The hollow part communicates with the flow passage. The dividing unit includes a through hole which passes through the dividing unit in its axial direction. The dividing unit divides the hollow part between a communicating chamber that is capable of communicating with the flow passage, and a cancel chamber that is cut off from an outside thereof. The intermediate member includes a communicating passage between the intermediate member and the movable core. The communicating passage communicates between the flow passage and the cancel chamber via the through hole and the communicating chamber. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134920 | MOTOR APPARATUS - A motor apparatus includes a full-pitch winding type reluctance motor which has three phase coils formed of full-pitch windings, and a controller which controls applying current to each coil of the three phases. When changing from a state where current is applied to a first phase coil and a second phase coil to a state where current is applied to a third phase coil and the first phase coil, the controller displaces the timing when decreasing the current of the second phase coil is started and the timing when increasing the current of the third phase coil is started from each other. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134952 | PHASE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING PHASE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT HAVING PHASE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - In a power supply circuit, an error amplifier controls a main transistor based on a detection voltage according to an output voltage and a reference voltage corresponding to a target voltage of the output voltage such that the output voltage coincides with the target value. A phase compensation circuit for the power supply circuit includes a level shift circuit and a phase compensation capacitor. The level shift circuit generates a shift voltage by shifting a dc component of the output voltage toward a ground potential by a predetermined voltage, and outputs the shift voltage from an output terminal of the level shift circuit. The phase compensation capacitor is disposed on a route between the output terminal of the level shift circuit and an input terminal of an amplifier circuit of the error amplifier. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135093 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes: multiple switchable display elements for displaying one of display items in a display group that is assigned each switchable display element; an operation device for outputting an operation signal according to an operation of a user; a determination device for determining an operation mode of the operation of the user with respect to the operation device, according to the operation signal; and a display control device for independently controlling each switchable display element to execute a switching and displaying operation according to the operation mode. In the switching and displaying operation, the display control device controls one of switchable display elements to switch a current display item to another display item according to a predetermined switching order of display items every time the operation device outputs the operation signal. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138345 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes an exit route determine unit and a route guidance unit. The exit route determination unit determines whether an exit route of a route guidance from a branch point corresponds to a learned road link. The route guidance unit provides route guidance by presenting a progress direction toward the exit route from the branch point in a first mode or a second mode. Per the first mode, the progress direction is based on an existing road link, and per the second mode, the progress direction is based on the existing road link and the learned road link. Accordingly, the route guidance unit presents the progress direction in: (i) the first mode when the exit route from the branch point does not correspond to the learned road link, and (ii) the second mode, when the exit route from the branch point corresponds to the learned road link. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139772 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A fluid brake device includes a case defining a fluid chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid, a brake rotor having a magnetic part received in the fluid chamber, a coil that generates magnetic flux by being supplied with electricity, and a controller that controls electricity supplied to the coil. Magnetic particles are suspended in the magnetorheological fluid, and the magnetic flux passes through the magnetic part. The controller continues supplying the electricity to the coil while the brake rotor has a half rotation from a stop state where the brake rotor is stopped at a startup time at which the brake rotor starts rotating. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140477 | ELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND CONTROL VALVE INCLUDING THE ELECTRIC ACTUATOR - An electric actuator includes a direct current (DC) motor, a deceleration mechanism having an input gear, an intermediate gear, an output gear, and an output shaft, and a return mechanism. The return mechanism includes a first resilient member and a second resilient member. The first resilient member is configured to apply resilient force, which urges a movable body in a direction to return the movable body from its displacement position to initial position, to the output shaft or the output gear. The second resilient member is configured to apply resilient force, which urges the movable body in the direction to return the movable body from its displacement position to initial position, to a motor shaft, the input gear, or the intermediate gear. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140883 | VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE POWER INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE ELECTRICAL LOAD - A vehicle power management system judges whether or not a vehicle is in an excess energy state capable of generating an excess power in addition to a required generated power without consuming drive energy for running of the vehicle. If judged that the vehicle is in the excess energy state, first power value information is generated as power value information indicating a power value which is derived on the basis of a balance between a power supply and a power demand for the supplied power. In at least one of loads, when the first power value information is generated during operation of the load, a power consumption of the load is increased during a part or all of a period where the the first power value information is generated so as to be larger than a power consumption of the load immediately before the first power value information is generated. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141031 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - When a failure of a feedback control operation of an electric motor is sensed, a control unit changes the feedback control operation to an open loop control operation. At the time of executing the open loop control operation, the control unit sequentially changes the exciting phase of the motor without executing feedback of information of the count value of the encoder counter and rotates a rotor of the motor until a count value of an exciting phase change counter reaches an open loop target count value, which corresponds to a target rotational position of the rotor. When the control unit changes the feedback control operation to the open loop control operation, the control unit sets the open loop target count value by correcting a feedback target count value based on an exciting phase deviation correction value for the count value of the encoder counter. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141279 | POSITIONING SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEIVER, POSITIONING SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A positioning signal receiver is disclosed. The receiver stores a correction table indicating a correspondence between a predetermined temperature and a drift amount of a frequency of a reference signal outputted from an oscillator unmounted in the receiver when the oscillator unmounted in the receiver has the predetermined temperature. The receiver further stores a specified frequency that is the frequency of the reference signal outputted from the oscillator incorporated into the receiver and having a specified temperature. The receiver estimates a drift amount of the frequency of the reference signal outputted from the oscillator incorporated into the receiver, based on a temperature data detected with a temperature sensor, the stored correction table and the stored specified frequency. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142019 | VEHICULAR APPARATUS AND MUSIC PIECE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A vehicular apparatus in a traveling vehicle automatically records, to a storage device, a tag data and a place and time data associated with the tag data. The place and time data respectively representing a place and a time a music piece that corresponds to the tag data recorded under control of a control unit was played. The control unit displays the tag data together with the place and time data, which is associated with the tag data, on a display unit for reminding a user of the music piece associated with the tag data, without distracting the user from the drive operation of the vehicle. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142389 | EYE STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING OPEN AND CLOSED STATES OF EYE - An eye state detection apparatus includes a camera, a first calculator, a memory, a second calculator, and a third calculator. The camera obtains a plurality of face images of a driver. The first calculator calculates an opening amount of an eye of the driver based on each face image. The memory stores the opening amounts calculated by the first calculator. The second calculator groups the opening amounts into a plurality of groups in a sequential manner, calculates a group distribution of each group, calculates an entire distribution of all of the opening amounts, and sets the entire distribution as a reference distribution when a difference among the group distributions is within a predetermined range. The third calculator calculates an opening degree of the eye based on the reference distribution of the opening amounts when the reference distribution of the opening amounts is calculated by the second calculator. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142648 | ROTATING MACHINE - The rotating machine includes a rotating shaft, a case surrounding the rotating shaft, the case being provided with a fluid storing chamber and formed with a housing section. The rotating machine further includes a bearing disposed in the housing section and supporting the rotating shaft, and a ring-like seal member disposed between the fluid storing chamber and the bearing for suppressing the fluid from flowing through a clearance between the rotating shaft and the case. The case is formed with a drain hole for making communication between atmosphere and a space surrounded by the seal member and the bearing within the case and discharging the fluid leaking from the fluid storing chamber and passing the seal member to enter the space, and an atmosphere introducing hole for introducing outside air into the space to keep the space at atmospheric pressure. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144478 | SHIFT RANGE SWITCHER - A shift range switcher includes a motor for switching a shift range and a controller for energizing the motor. The controller estimates temperatures of the motor and controller. The controller adds to the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the controller due to energization of the motor. The controller subtracts from the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the controller due to de-energization of the motor. The controller adds to the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the motor due to the energization. The controller subtracts from the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the motor due to the de-energization. The controller prohibits or restricts operations of the controller and the motor when at least one of the controller and motor estimated temperatures reaches an allowable temperature limit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144515 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE WARMING-UP - A vehicle has an engine as a driving source. The vehicle has a charge system which generates electric power by using a part of rotational output of an engine, and charges a battery by the generated electric power. Optimal shaft efficiency points are combinations of revolution speed and torque of the engine for maximizing the shaft efficiency. Optimal shaft efficiency line passes through the optimal shaft efficiency points for each engine output level. Warming-up operation line is defined by shifting the optimal shaft output efficiency line to a side to increase heat loss. An engine controller stores the lines. The engine controller performs a warming-up operation by operating the engine at a revolution speed and a torque on the warming-up operation line. The engine controller controls the battery to reduce possibilities of a full charge at a next warming-up. | 06-06-2013 |
20130146799 | OIL PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - An oil pressure control device includes a valve body and a spool valve arranged in the valve body. When the valve body is mounted to a vehicle, the valve body is arranged in air, and has a concave portion which stores oil at a position facing on an upper side. The spool valve has a damper chamber and an orifice causing the damper chamber to communicate with outside. The concave portion is arranged to communicate with a clearance defined between a sleeve of the spool valve and the valve body, and the orifice is opened in a bottom part of the concave portion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147406 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTIPHASE ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control system controls a multiphase rotating machine by a 120° energization process and a PWM process. In the 120° energization process, respective ones of switching elements of a high side arm and switching elements of a low side arm of a power conversion circuit are turned on. In the PWM process, the switching elements of the power conversion circuit turn on/off so that two phases that are connected to the switching elements that are in the on-state are alternately rendered conductive to the high potential side input terminal and the low potential side input terminal of the power conversion circuit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147666 | RADAR SYSTEM - A radar system for detecting positions of targets using a high resolution algorithm is presented. The number of incorrect target detections due to incorrect estimation of the number of radar reflections is reduced. A two-dimensional (azimuth and distance) peak having maximum power is detected, and a virtual beam formed centering on that peak. If that two-dimensional peak is buried in the virtual beam it is assumed to be a noise peak and removed. This is repeated for all two-dimensional peaks, thereby removing noise peaks and reducing the number of unnecessary target detections. The system can also correctly detect peaks that are close together at a certain resolution but have a power larger than the virtual beam. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an electronic device, a circuit substrate is provided with at least one electronic circuit, and a case accommodates the circuit substrate. The case has a pair of groove portions and a side opening portion. The groove portions are provided, such that edge portions of the circuit substrate are slidable and inserted into the groove portions from the side opening portion. A box-shaped cover is disposed to close a bottom opening portion of the case. The cover includes a pair of side walls having top end portions, and a plurality of protrusion portions projecting from the top end portions of the side walls. The protrusion portions are inserted into a space between the edge portions of the circuit substrate and the groove portions, at a bottom side of the circuit substrate, to fix the circuit substrate. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150078 | SERVICE PROVISION SYSTEM - Under a state where a vehicular navigation apparatus and a cellular phone connect a Bluetooth communication link, the cellular phone acquires position information that is detected by the vehicular navigation apparatus and transmits the position information to a server. The server determines a position of a user who is provided with a service based on the position information received from the cellular phone, and provides the service to the user of which the position is determined. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151030 | DRIVING CONDITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A driving condition determination apparatus includes: an image obtaining device for obtaining a driver face image; a direction detector for detecting a face direction and/or a visual line direction of the driver; a steering wheel angle detector for determining whether a steering wheel angle exceeds a threshold value; and a determination device for determining whether the face direction and/or the visual line direction, which has been detected within a time interval just before the steering wheel angle exceeds the threshold value, satisfies a first condition and/or a second condition. The first condition is that the face direction and/or the visual line direction turns to a rearview mirror of the vehicle, and the second condition is that the face direction and/or the visual line direction turns to a door mirror or a side mirror on a side, to which the steering wheel is turned. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151051 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The control apparatus is for an electric rotating machine which is mounted as an engine on a vehicle together with a power conversion circuit to be connected to the electric rotating machine, and a cooling apparatus for circulating coolant to the electric rotating machine and the power conversion circuit through a circulation channel, including. The control apparatus includes a limiting means for performing a limiting operation to limit an amount of electric power supply from the inverter to the electric rotating machine each time a circulation starting timing of the coolant comes, and a terminating means for terminating the limiting operation after a lapse of a predefined period from start of the limiting operation. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151116 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An electronic control unit (ECU), for use with an internal combustion engine, determines whether an abnormal combustion has occurred in the engine. The ECU uses a sensor signal amplifier to amplify a sensor signal from a sensor by changing an amplification power of the sensor signal and an A/D converter to convert the sensor signal amplified to a digital signal (i.e., a digitized sensor signal). The ECU uses an abnormal combustion detector to determine whether an abnormal combustion has occurred based on a characteristic of a waveform of the digitized sensor signal, and performs an abnormal combustion prevention control to prevent the abnormal combustion when an abnormal combustion is detected. An amplification controller is used to set the amplification power of the sensor signal amplifier based on the amplitude of the digitized sensor signal and a determination result of the abnormal combustion by the abnormal combustion detector. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151130 | IDLE REDUCTION CONTROLLER FOR ENGINE - When a vehicle speed is decreased to a first deceleration threshold value which is greater than zero, an idle reduction controller executes a first engine-shut-down to automatically shut down an engine. In a monitoring period from when the vehicle speed falls below a second deceleration threshold value which is greater than the first deceleration threshold value until when the vehicle speed becomes the first deceleration threshold value, when a steering operation is conducted by a driver, the first engine-shut-down is prohibited. Then, when the vehicle speed exceeds the second deceleration threshold value, a prohibition of the first engine-shut-down is canceled. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151141 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A control unit of a navigation apparatus disposed in a vehicle controls a display screen to display a main guidance route. When the vehicle departs from the main guidance route to enter a sub-guidance route at a branch point positioned along the main guidance route, a display mode of a first route between the branch point and a connection point at which the sub-guidance route connects to the main guidance route is gradually changed from a first mode to a third mode, which is a non-display of the guidance route. In addition, the display mode of a second route, which is the sub-guidance route, gradually changes from a second mode to the first mode. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151647 | METHOD FOR REWRITING PROGRAM, REPROGRAM APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - A reprogram apparatus does not transmit a reprogram data set as it is. The reprogram data set has a plurality of unit blocks and is used for rewriting a program in a memory of a subject electronic control unit (ECU). A consecutive range having at least the predetermined number of consecutive specified unit blocks is extracted. Range size information indicating a range size of the extracted consecutive range is transmitted to the subject ECU. The reprogram data set excluding the specified unit blocks included in the consecutive range is transmitted to the subject ECU on a unit-block-by-unit-block basis. The subject ECU restores the data corresponding to the consecutive range containing the specified unit blocks, which are not received from the reprogram apparatus, based on the range size information received. The reprogram data set is thereby restored. Rewriting of the program is executed using the reprogram data set restored. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151660 | DELAY SYSTEM, DELAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONSTITUTING DELAY SYSTEM - A delay system which has a communications device connected to a communications network and a relay device which is connected between the communications network ad an external device. The relay device is configured to divide data received from the external device into a plurality of data fragments each containing divided data, and send a sequence of messages, the messages corresponding to the respective divided data and dummy messages being included in the sequence of messages according to a communications rule. The communications device is configured to reconstitute the data from the external device on the basis of the message group from the relay device according to the communications rule. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152023 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays function items on a display window. The input unit selects and determines one function item with a pointer. The control unit controls a movement of the pointer by setting coordinates of the pointer based on position information transmitted from the input unit. Each function item includes a button region and a selection region. When the pointer moves to one of the button region and the selection region, the function item is selected. When the pointer is set to an equivalent stop state in the selection region, coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a stop state position. When the pointer is set to the equivalent stop state in the button region, the coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a predetermined position of the button region. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152350 | GAS SENSOR ELEMENT, GAS SENSOR, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A gas sensor element includes an insulating ceramic base, a solid electrolyte body, and a heating element. The solid electrolyte body is disposed in an opening of the insulating ceramic base and has a measuring electrode affixed to one of major surfaces thereof and a reference electrode affixed to the other major surface. The measuring electrode is exposed to gas to be measured. The reference electrode is exposed to a reference gas. The heating element works to activate the solid electrolyte body and is mounted on one of opposed surfaces of the insulating ceramic base on the same side as the major surface of the solid electrolyte body on which the reference electrode is disposed. Specifically, the insulating ceramic base is located between the solid electrolyte body and the heating element, thereby ensuring a desired degree of electric insulation between the heating element and the reference electrode. | 06-20-2013 |
20130152684 | SENSOR FOR DETECTING ACCELERATION AND ANGULAR VELOCITY - A sensor includes an acceleration detector, an angular velocity detector, a driver, and first to fourth springs. Each detector includes a pair of fixed electrodes, a pair of movable electrodes, and a pair of supporting members for supporting the movable electrodes. The driver causes the supporting members to vibrate in opposite phases in a first direction. The first spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector and has elasticity in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector to a base and has elasticity in both directions. The third spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector to the supporting members of the angular velocity detector and has elasticity in both directions. The fourth spring couples the supporting members to the movable electrodes of the angular velocity detector and has elasticity in the second direction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130152702 | TORQUE SENSOR APPARATUS - A torsion bar has first and second end portions that are fixed to input and output shafts, respectively, to coaxially connect between the input and output shafts. A multipolar magnet is fixed to the input shaft. First and second magnetic yokes are fixed to the output shaft. Magnetic sensors are held between magnetic flux collecting portions of first and second magnetic flux collecting rings, which are magnetically coupled to the first and second magnetic yokes, respectively. In each of the magnetic flux collecting portion, a connecting section and a mounting section are configured such that a width of the connecting section is smaller than a width of the mounting section. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154354 | VEHICULAR POWER SOURCE SYSTEM - A controller is provided in an in-vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling a backup power source to maintain continuous power supply to a memory in a standby state of ACC-OFF using a battery of a vehicle. The controller reduces dark current in the standby state by reducing an output voltage of the backup power source of the ECU depending on a state of the battery of the vehicle. The controller may be provided to not only the single ECU but also other ECUs in the vehicle, thereby reducing the dark current in the whole of the vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154356 | MOTOR-DRIVEN REFRIGERATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle has a low-voltage power generator driven by an engine, a standard low-voltage battery and a standard low-voltage electric load. Additional equipment has an additional low-voltage battery for supplying electric power to an additional low-voltage electric load. The additional low-voltage battery is charged with electric power from the low-voltage power generator. The additional equipment further has a high-voltage battery for supplying electric power to a high-voltage electric load, and a converter for converting low-voltage electric power from the low-voltage power generator to high-voltage electric power. When relays are opened during a period in which engine operation is stopped, the electric power is supplied from the additional low-voltage battery to the converter, so that the high-voltage electric power is supplied to the high-voltage electric load, such as a motor-driven compressor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154537 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus that controls rotation of a rotor of an electric motor powered from an electric power source includes a learning portion that executes an initial drive learning process, and a controller that executes a normal drive operation to sequentially change an exciting phase of the electric motor based on a count value of a counter which is corrected by a correcting portion such that the rotor is rotated to a target position after an initial drive operation is finished. The learning portion re-executes the initial drive learning process after a predetermined condition is satisfied, when the initial drive learning process is failed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155562 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE - A high-side output transistor and a low-side output transistor of an output circuit control voltages of conductors, which connect a power supply terminal and ground, and outputs a voltage signal to an output terminal through an output conductor. A voltage output circuit detects a voltage applied to the high-side output transistor based on a potential difference of a first resistor provided closer to the output terminal side. A comparator circuit outputs a signal to turn off a first switch and a second switch provided in the conductors, when the output voltage of the voltage output circuit exceeds a reference voltage Vr. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157444 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SUPER JUNCTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having a super junction structure includes: multiple first columns extending in a current flowing direction; and multiple second columns extending in the current flowing direction. The first and second columns are alternately arranged in an alternating direction. Each first column provides a drift layer. The first and second columns have a boundary therebetween, from which a depletion layer expands in case of an off-state. At least one of the first columns and the second columns have an impurity dose, which is inhomogeneous by location with respect to the alternating direction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157807 | VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle driving system control apparatus includes a power transmission device and a power transmission control section. The power transmission device includes an engine input shaft, a motor input shaft, an output shaft, an engine-side gear mechanism transmitting a power of the engine input shaft to the output shaft, a motor-side gear mechanism transmitting a power of the motor input shaft to the output shaft, a first clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the engine input shaft and the motor input shaft, a second clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the motor-side gear mechanism and the output shaft, and a third clutch enables and disables a power transmission between the engine-side gear mechanism and the output shaft. The power transmission control section determines statuses of the clutches and required torques of motor generators in correspondence with a rotation speed of an axle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158780 | IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - When any one of multiple driving informational parameters has shown a predetermined change in a determination process, an in-vehicle electronic apparatus sets 1 to a change history provided per each driving informational parameter. When the change history of any one of the driving informational parameters is 1 in the storage process, the in-vehicle electronic apparatus determines that any one of the driving informational parameters has shown the predetermined change between the previous process and current process. Then, the in-vehicle electronic apparatus stores a current time as a change time in a corresponding area provided in an RAM to the driving informational parameter that has shown the predetermined change and sets the change history to 0. When the predetermined vehicle behavior occurs, the in-vehicle electronic apparatus stores, in an SRAM or EEPROM, the change time stored in the RAM and an occurrence time when the predetermined vehicle behavior occurs. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158830 | Leading Vehicle Detecting Apparatus And Inter-Vehicular Control Apparatus Using Leading Vehicle Detecting Apparatus - A leading vehicle detecting apparatus and inter-vehicular control apparatus which can reduce delay in deciding accurately whether or not the own vehicle is following a particular leading vehicle are provided. The leading vehicle detecting apparatus includes: a signal acquiring section that acquires position signals outputted from a position detecting section that detects the position of the leading vehicle, and detection signals outputted from state detecting sections that detect a state of an own vehicle cruising line; a storage section storing in advance a probability map showing the probability of the own vehicle following the leading vehicle, based on distance from an expected cruising line of the own vehicle to leading vehicle the position; and a calculating section that calculates the expected cruising line based on is the detection signals, and judges whether the own vehicle is following the leading vehicle based on the expected cruising line, position signals, and probability map. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158872 | Information Communication System, Data Providing Device And In-Vehicle Device - An information communication system includes: an in-vehicle device for displaying a region information map, which includes a branch point, regions ahead of the branch point, and routes connecting to each region; and a data providing device for supplying a region information map display data to the in-vehicle device. The data providing device includes: a data retrieving device for retrieving the region information map display data from a data storage device; a recommended route drawing data generation device for providing a recommended route; a drawing execution element display data generation device for providing a drawing execution element; and a data transmission device. The in-vehicle device includes: a display for displaying the region information map and the drawing execution element; and a recommended route drawing device for drawing the recommended route when a user operates the drawing execution element. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158945 | ANGLE DETECTOR - An angle detector detects an operation angle of an electric actuator having an electric motor. The electric motor generates rotation force when being energized. The angle detector includes a controller. The controller calculates an average current flowing through the electric motor during operation of the electric actuator. The controller calculates the operation angle of the electric actuator from a predetermined formula by using the average current. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159466 | VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicular communication control apparatus for relaying messages between external tools connected to an IP-based network and an in-vehicle ECU connected an in-vehicle LAN is disclosed. When the apparatus forwards a message from a first external tool to the in-vehicle ECU, the apparatus stores a class of the forwarded message until communication attributed to the forwarded message is ended. Upon receipt of a message from a second external tool, the apparatus determines whether or not an interference is caused by the messages from the first and second external tools, based on the stored class of the massage. When the interference is not caused, the apparatus forwards the message from the second external tool to the in-vehicle electronic control unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159954 | DESIGN METHOD OF ON-BOARD WIRING - A design method of on-board wiring for a designed circuit includes determining a severity as a crosstalk prevention index for a pair of wires based on a generated noise level of a damaging side wire and a permissible noise level of a damaged side wire. The pair of wires is then assigned a severity class (SC) based on the severity determined. The SC is a pre-defined value range(s) for severity classification. Based on a preset SC specific permissible value list, one or more by-design permissible values belonging to the SC is generated for a design element of the pair of wires. A layout of the pair of wires on a board is constructed based on the by-design permissible value. | 06-20-2013 |
20130160536 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - In a condition where an engine is running, a fuel injector injects no fuel, and a fuel pump discharges no fuel so that a fuel pressure in a common-rail is kept constant, an ECU computes an actual torque based on a current engine speed and determines whether the actual torque is increased or decreased relative to a predetermined reference torque. Moreover, in the same condition as above, a fuel pressure in the common-rail is detected. Based on variations of the actual torque and the fuel pressure in the common-rail, the ECU determines whether an abnormality occurs and identifies a type of the abnormality. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160600 | ACCELERATOR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - At a supporting member, an angle between an imaginary extension plane of an outer surface of a first partition wall and an imaginary extension plane of an upper surface of a pedal arm is one of an obtuse angle and a right angle. An angle between an imaginary extension plane of an outer surface of a third partition wall and an imaginary extension plane of a lower surface of the pedal arm is one of an obtuse angle and a right angle. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160723 | COOLANT CIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINE - A coolant circulation system for an engine includes a cylinder block passage and a cylinder head passage, which are provided respectively in a cylinder block portion and a cylinder head portion of the engine. These two passages serve as passages through which a coolant flows to cool the cylinder block portion and the cylinder head portion. The cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage are connected in parallel to each other. The coolant circulation system further includes a first heat exchanger connected to the cylinder block passage, a second heat exchanger connected to the cylinder head passage, a radiator connected to both the cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage, and a control unit capable of controlling flow rates of the coolant flowing through the cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage respectively. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161051 | ELECTRONIC KEY FOR VEHICLE - An electronic key for a vehicle includes a casing body, a lid, and a decorating member. The decorating member has a fixing part held between the casing body and the lid. The decorating member and one of the casing body and the lid have a restriction section at a position away from a fitting plane position of the casing body and the lid in a fitting direction. The restriction section becomes an engagement state when a force is applied in an engagement direction that crosses the fitting direction and the restriction section restricts release of the engagement state when a force is applied in an engagement releasing direction opposite from the engagement direction. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161550 | SPRING LOAD ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sleeve has a female thread, which is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve. An adjust screw adjusts a spring load of a spring, which is placed in an inside of the sleeve. The adjust screw has a male thread, which is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the adjust screw and is threadably engaged with the female thread. The sleeve has at least one protrusion that is formed integrally with the rest of the sleeve and is urged against the adjust screw toward the spring in an axial direction to urge the male thread against the female thread and thereby to provide a predetermined degree of sealing between the male thread and the female thread. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162098 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A motor part of a fuel pump is a brushless motor having a stator and a rotor. The stator has a core, a coil set and an insulator, which holds the core and the coil set in an insulated manner. The coil set has a plurality of coils wound about a tooth part and a plurality of crossing wires connecting the coils. The insulator is formed by stacking central ring parts of a plurality of stator units in an axial direction. At least one of crossing wire holder parts is formed of a combination of guide projections, which are formed on the different central ring parts. The length of the brushless motor in the axial direction can thus be shortened. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162794 | DRIVER MONITORING APPARATUS - A driver monitoring apparatus includes a detection section, a warning section and a changing operation section. The detection section detects at least one of a face direction and an eye direction of the driver, and generates a detection information regarding the at least one of the face direction and the eye direction detected. The warning section determines whether the driver has an inattentive drive by comparing the detection information to a reference information, and generates a warning when it is determined that the driver has the inattentive drive. The changing operation section receives an operation for changing the reference information, and changes a current reference information set before receiving the operation to a new reference information according to the operation received. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163825 | HEAD MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS - A head movement detection apparatus capable of more reliably detecting a head movement of a subject. In the apparatus, an image capture unit captures a facial image of the subject. A trajectory acquisition unit acquires a trajectory of a facial feature point of the subject over time from a sequence of facial mages captured by the image capture unit. A storage unit stores a set of features of a trajectory of the facial feature point during a specific head movement made by the subject. A head movement detection unit detects the specific head movement made by the subject on the basis of a degree of correspondence between the set of features of the trajectory previously stored in the storage unit and a corresponding set of features of a trajectory acquired by the trajectory acquisition unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163877 | MIRROR CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A mirror controller includes: a face position detector for, analyzing a face image of a driver, and for detecting face position information; an angle calculator for calculating an optimum angle of a mirror of a vehicle according to the face position information so that the driver looks at a predetermined region via the mirror; and a controller for controlling an angle adjuster to adjust the angle of the mirror to be the optimum angle when a driving speed detected by a speed sensor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, or when a face direction detected by a face direction detector is different from a direction toward the mirror. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166127 | VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle driving system control apparatus includes a regeneration control section that performs a regeneration control when a vehicle is decelerated. In the regeneration control, the regeneration control section drives at least one of a first motor generator and a second motor generator with a power of an axle so as to charge a battery with an electric power generated with the at least one of the first motor generator and the second motor generator. The regeneration control section selects a mode of the regeneration control by controlling engagement and disengagement statuses of first to third clutches in correspondence with at least one of a target energy regeneration amount, a required brake torque and a vehicle speed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166154 | STEERING WHEEL POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A steering wheel position control system includes a head position acquisition part for acquiring a position of a head part of a driver, a seat movement detection part for detecting movement of a seat, on which the driver is seated, a steering wheel position calculation part for calculating a position of a steering wheel based on the position of the head part acquired by the head position acquisition part when the movement of the electric power seat is detected by the seat movement detection part, and a steering wheel position change part for moving the steering wheel to the position of the steering wheel calculated by the steering wheel position calculation part. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166172 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE - A first integrated circuit includes a first voltage output circuit for outputting a voltage, which proportionally increases in correspondence to an angular position of a throttle valve, a first protective resistor, a first output terminal connected to the first protective resistor, and a first abnormality detection circuit for outputting a first abnormality detection signal based on a voltage produced by the first protective resistor. A second integrated circuit is configured similarly to the first integrated circuit by a second voltage output circuit, a second protective resistor, a second output terminal, and a second abnormality detection circuit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166181 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes an engine control device, an auxiliary control device adapted to control an auxiliary driven by power of an engine, a device for estimating a plurality of drive patterns for controlling the auxiliary, a fuel consumption rate relating value calculation device, and a selection device. The fuel consumption rate relating value calculation device calculates fuel consumption rate relating values of the engine required to drive the auxiliary by the engine according to the respective estimated plurality of drive patterns by use of characteristic data of the engine. The selection device selects a single drive pattern for driving the auxiliary based on the estimated plurality of drive patterns by use of the calculated fuel consumption rate relating values. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166290 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A voice recognition apparatus includes a command recognizer and a data recognizer. The command recognizer recognizes a command portion of a voice input and outputs a command based on a voice recognition result of the voice input. The data recognizer recognizes a data portion of a voice inputs and outputs a data based on a voice recognition result of the voice input. The data recognizer further includes a plurality of data-category recognizers respectively using a data-category dictionary for recognizing the data portion of the voice input and outputting a data result. A voice recognition result selection unit of the voice recognition apparatus selects one of the data results from the data-category recognizers based on the command recognized by the command recognizer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167077 | Display System, Display Apparatus, Manipulation Apparatus And Function Selection Apparatus - A display system includes a screen panel, an input unit, a switch section, and a resizing section. The screen panel switches a display mode between a window selection mode and a function selection mode. The input unit includes an input panel arranged apart from the screen panel, and defines an arrangement of input regions corresponding to an arrangement of display windows displayed in the window selection mode of the screen panel. When a target input region is manipulated, the switch section sets the target input region as a selected input region, and the resizing section enlarges a size of the selected input region and rearranges an enlarged selected input region on the input panel. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167686 | STARTER - In a starter, an output shaft is supported by a main tube body according to a direct contacting structure that outer surfaces other than a male helical spline and inner surfaces other than a female helical spline of a pinion tube contact directly. Thereby, the output shaft can be supported by the pinion tube without other parts. As a result, a clearance that occurs in a radial direction can be limited to a clearance in the radial direction formed between an outer surfaces of the output shaft and an inner surfaces of the pinion tube regarding a support of the output shaft by the pinion tube, and since an inclination of the pinion tube and the pinion relative to the output shaft can be suppressed, a life improvement effect of the starter can be enhanced. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168136 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A multilayer printed circuit board includes an insulating substrate, circuit layers arranged in the insulating substrate, an electronic component, an electrode disposed on the circuit layer exposed from a surface of the insulating substrate and including a soldered portion at which a terminal of the electronic component is soldered, an internal layer conductor disposed on the circuit layer located inside the insulating substrate and defining through holes in a radial manner centering on the soldered portion, a heat releasing conductor disposed on the circuit layer next to the circuit layer on which the internal layer conductor is disposed, and connection vias inserted in the through holes and coupling the electrode and the heat releasing conductor so as to enable a heat transfer between the electrode and the heat releasing conductor. The internal layer conductor and the heat releasing conductor overlap a whole area of the soldered portion. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168581 | PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A first resilient member generates a resilient force to urge a valve portion in a valve-closing direction. A second resilient member generates a resilient force against the resilient force of the first resilient member. The resilient force of the first resilient member and the resilient force of the second resilient member are set to be balanced with each other when the valve portion is placed in a lift position that is between a full-closing position of the valve portion, in which the valve portion is seated against a valve seat to fully close a fluid passage, and a full-opening position of the valve portion, in which the valve portion is fully lifted away from the valve seat to fully open the fluid passage. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168730 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING LATERAL INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - A semiconductor device having a lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor includes a first conductivity type drift layer, a second conductivity type collector region formed in a surface portion of the drift layer, a second conductivity type channel layer formed in the surface portion of the drift layer, a first conductivity type emitter region formed in a surface portion of the channel layer, and a hole stopper region formed in the drift layer and located between the collector region and the emitter region. Holes are injected from the collector region into the drift layer and flow toward the emitter region through a hole path. The hole stopper region blocks a flow of the holes and narrows the hole path to concentrate the holes. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169077 | ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE - An electric rotary machine has a motor frame having a cooling fluid passage, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the motor frame, a rotor fixed to the rotary shaft, and a stator. The stator has a core having a ring shape and a stator winding wound around the core. The stator core is arranged to face an outer periphery of the rotor in a radial direction. An inlet section and an outlet section are formed in the motor frame. Cooling fluid is introduced into the cooling fluid passage through the inlet section and discharged from the outlet section. A partition wall section is formed on the motor frame and divides the cooling fluid passage into a cooling fluid inlet passage and a cooling fluid outlet passage. Through an opening formed in the partition wall section, the cooling fluid inlet passage and the cooling fluid outlet passage communicate with each other. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169171 | LIGHT EMISSION DRIVER DEVICE - A light emission driving device includes a shunt resistor, a driver circuit and a correction circuit. The shunt resistor converts a magnitude of a driving current flowing in a LED group into a voltage value. The driver circuit | 07-04-2013 |
20130169205 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A MG-ECU is provided in a hybrid vehicle having an MG and an engine and starts the engine by controlling the MG. When the MG-ECU detects a disconnection in any one of three-phase power supply wires, which supply the MG with power, the MG-ECU permits driving of the MG on condition that the engine is requested to be started. The MG-ECU limits a command torque for the MG is limited to be equal to or less than a predetermined torque value than in a case of presence of no disconnection, when the MG is permitted to be driven. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169421 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicular power line communication system includes a looped twisted pair wire, a master, and a slave. The master outputs a high-frequency signal to the twisted pair wire to transmit power and a signal. The slave includes a looped aperture antenna that receives high-frequency power of the twisted pair wire and a received power measurement portion that monitors received power received at the aperture antenna. The aperture antenna includes an aperture region facing an aperture region between twisted portions of the twisted pair wire. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170160 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a circuit substrate, a bottom case, and a top case. The circuit substrate has a plurality of slits penetrating therethrough. The bottom case has a groove portion positioned at an inside surface of the bottom case such that edge portions of the circuit substrate are slidable and inserted into the groove portion. Besides, a plurality of pin-shaped protrusion portions is provided in the bottom case to be snib-fitted with the top case, and each protrusion portion has a plurality of locking portions at a tip end portion. Each protrusion portion elastically biases the circuit substrate toward the top side of the bottom case and presses the circuit substrate to a top surface of the groove portion by locking the locking portions to the circuit substrate after the locking portions are respectively inserted into the slits. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171925 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - A control apparatus of a capacitive touch sensor includes a capacitive sensor, a radio receiver, a setting unit, and a charge control unit. The capacitive sensor is coupled to a manipulation panel and detects an approach of a finger of a user to the manipulation panel and a touch of the finger on the manipulation panel. The radio receiver receives a radio broadcast at a radio receiving frequency. The setting unit sets a sensing frequency to a selected value, which is determined from a plurality of selectable sensing frequency values, corresponding to the radio receiving frequency. The charge control unit is coupled to a switching unit, and controls the switching unit to operate at the sensing frequency in order to charge and discharge an electrostatic capacitance generated between the capacitive sensor and the finger. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173158 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus having a road learning function is disclosed. When a new road is learned and a new road link is connected to one of a map road link present in a ready-made map data and a previously-learned road link, the navigation apparatus designates the one of the map road link and the learned road link as a base link and generates a supplement link that extends along the base link from a base-link-side end point of the new road link to an end point of the base link. The navigation apparatus specifies an entrance link and an exit link connected to a process target point on the guidance route, and determines content of the route guidance by using the base link corresponding to the supplement link when the entrance link or the exit link is the supplement link. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173767 | In-Vehicle Controller And Non-Transitory Tangible Computer Readable Medium - An in-vehicle controller includes: a first control element for outputting a first output, which corresponds to functional safety standards, in response to a input; a first platform element for controlling a first software in the first control element; a second control element for outputting a second output, which does not correspond to the functional safety standards, in response to the input; a second platform element for controlling a second software in the second control element; and a comparison coupling element for comparing and coupling the first output and the second output, and for outputting a coupled output to an external control object device. The first platform element controls the first software in the first control element independently from the second platform element, which controls the second software in the second control element. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174689 | LINK APPARATUS - A link apparatus includes a cam plate, a lever and an accommodation member. The cam plate has a cam groove. The lever has a roller engaged with the cam groove and a pin which is inserted through a center of the roller so that the roller is rotatably supported on the pin. The accommodation member accommodates the cam plate and the lever. The accommodation member and the pin have a distance “A” therebetween. The roller has a thickness “B” along an axial direction of the pin. The value of the distance “A” is smaller than the value of the thickness “B”. | 07-11-2013 |
20130174807 | ELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR VEHICLE - A speed-reducing-gear device includes a plurality of gears, which are arranged to amplify rotational force received from an electric motor. A face width of a plurality of external teeth, which are circumferentially placed one after another in a toothed section of a final gear among the plurality of gears, varies in a rotational direction of the final gear, and the face width is measured in an axial direction of the final gear. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175148 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a touch plate, a film sensor, an electrode portion, and a wire portion. The touch plate has a front side touched by the finger in the finger manipulation. The film sensor is bonded to a rear side of the touch plate. The electrode portion and wire portion are provided on the film sensor and connected to each other. The touch plate is composed of a plurality of different members including at least a first member and a second member. The plurality of different members have respective dielectric constants and being layered and laminated, respectively, in a plate thickness direction of the touch plate. The plurality of different members have different dimension ratios in the plate thickness direction to provide different dielectric constants depending on the electrode portion and the wire portion and provide a uniform plate thickness over a whole of the touch plate. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175959 | DRIVER FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTARY MACHINE USING THE SAME - In a driver, a charging module stores negative charge on the gate of a switching element via a normal electrical path to charge the switching element upon a drive signal representing change of an on state to an off state. This shifts the on state of the switching element to the off state. An adjusting module changes a value of a parameter correlating with a charging rate of the switching element through the normal electrical path as a function of an input signal to the driver. The input signal represents a current flowing through the conductive path, a voltage across both ends of the conductive path, or a voltage at the gate. A disabling module disables the adjusting module from changing the value of the parameter if the drive signal represents the on state of the switching element. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175963 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus that controls a motor which switches an operating position of a control object and that is powered from a power source through a switching portion which is turned on or off by an operating portion includes a control portion executing a return control after an abutment control. The control portion maintains the switching portion on until the return control is completed so as to continue powered from the power source, when the operating portion is operated to turn the switching portion off in a time period from when the abutment control is started to when the return control is completed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177207 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus displays a detection line on a display unit, with side portions of the detection line positioned on far-off spots that are farther than a spot on which a center portion of the detection line is positioned. In addition, based on the distance of the respective spots on which the portions of the detection line are positioned, the apparatus includes a parameter table that defines different parameters for a short distance portion, a middle distance portion, and a long distance portion of the detection line. The apparatus detects a moving object based on an actual-detected brightness change of a pixel along the detection line and a predefined brightness change of a pixel along the detection line that is defined by the parameter of the parameter table. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining device; an image dividing device that divides the image through a fine structure retrieving filter and a basic structure retrieving filter into a detail signal component and a basic signal component, the detail signal component including an edge component, a texture component, and a noise component, and the basic signal component being other than the detail signal component; an image correcting device that retrieves a focused picture cell, determines whether the focused picture cell represents the noise, corrects the detail signal component to reduce the noise component in the focused picture cell when the focused picture cell represents the noise; and an image synthesizing device that synthesizes a basic structure image provided by the basic signal component and a corrected fine structure image provided by the corrected detail signal component. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178008 | METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a sensor portion, a cap portion, and an ion-implanted layer. The sensor portion has a sensor structure at a surface portion of a surface. The cap portion has first and second surfaces opposite to each other and includes a through electrode. The surface of the sensor portion is joined to the first surface of the cap portion such that the sensor structure is sealed between the sensor portion and the cap portion. The ion-implanted layer is located on the second surface of the cap portion. The through electrode extends from the first surface to the second surface and is exposed through the ion-implanted layer. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179019 | DRIVE FORCE OUTPUT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An engine shaft of an engine, rotatable shafts of two motor generators and a drive force output shaft are interconnected with each other through a drive force transmission arrangement. When a torque of one of the motor generators is limited, an ECU computes a torque correction amount of the other one of the motor generators in a manner that limits at least one of a change in a torque of the engine shaft, a change in a torque of the drive force output shaft and a change in an output of a battery based on a torque limit amount of the one of the motor generators and corrects the torque of the other one of the motor generators with the computed torque correction amount. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179020 | DRIVE FORCE OUTPUT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An engine shaft of an engine, rotatable shafts of motor generators and a drive force output shaft are interconnected with each other through a drive force transmission arrangement. An ECU computes a torque command value of each of the motor generators through use of an equation of torque equilibrium, which corresponds to the drive force transmission arrangement, based on an engine shaft demand motor generator torque and an output shaft demand motor generator torque. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179379 | Preceding-Vehicle Identifying Apparatus And Following-Distance Control Apparatus - The preceding vehicle identifying apparatus calculates an integrated probability of existence of a curved road ahead of an own vehicle based on at least two of the curvature of the curved road, the track of a vehicle running ahead of the own vehicle and the own vehicle' having entered the curved road. The preceding vehicle identifying apparatus further calculates an own-vehicle lane probability which is a probability that the vehicle is running in the same lane as an own-vehicle lane in which the own vehicle is running based on the distance between a predicted running line of the own vehicle and the track of the vehicle running ahead of the own vehicle, and compensates the calculated own-vehicle lane probability based on the integrated probability. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180698 | CORRUGATED PLATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Flat-plate connecting portions are formed in a band plate by a connecting-portion forming unit. The flat-plate connecting portions are cut off by another connecting-portion forming unit except one flat-plate connecting portion so as to form a corrugated-plate connecting portion. A corrugated-plate portion is formed by a corrugation forming unit, so that the corrugated-plate portion has multiple projections arranged in a width direction of the band plate and each of the projections extends in a plate feeding direction. The corrugated-plate connecting portion corresponding to a predetermined connecting number is cut off so as to form a corrugated fin having a predetermined number of corrugated-plate portions. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181149 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE - An electromagnetic valve includes a rod, an armature fixed to the rod, and a stopper that limits motion of the armature to one side in an axial direction of the rod. The armature has a rod hole through which a fixed potion of the rod extends to be fixed to the armature. The rod includes a flange portion that is located on the one side in the axial direction with reference to the fixed portion. The flange portion is larger than the fixed portion in a radial direction of the rod. The armature includes a contact portion adjacent to an opening of the rod hole that is open toward the one side in the axial direction, and the contact portion contacts the flange portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181151 | SOLENOID ACTUATOR - A press-fit space is formed between a hole end wall portion of a stator core and a closing end wall portion of a stopper, which are axially opposed to each other in a press-fit hole of the stator core. At least one of the hole end wall portion of the stator core and the closing end wall portion of the stopper, which are axially opposed to each other, has a recess that increases a volume of the press-fit space formed between the hole end wall portion of the stator core and the closing end wall portion of the stopper. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181555 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A stator coil includes first to fourth in-slot portions and first and second turn portions. Both the first and third in-slot portions are received in one slot of a stator core, while both the second and fourth in-slot portions are received in another slot. The first and second turn portions both protrude from an axial end face of the stator core and respectively connect the pair of the first and second in-slot portions and the pair of the third and fourth in-slot portions. The second turn portion is located inside the first turn portion. When viewed along an axial direction of the stator core, the first and second turn portions extend so as to cross each other with a reference line C interposed therebetween; the reference line C is defined to extend along a circumferential direction of the stator core through an intersection between the first and second turn portions. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181639 | MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM - A first drive circuit of a motor drive apparatus drives a motor by converting electric power of a battery. A relay is connected in high potential line between the battery and an inverter. A diode is connected in parallel to the relay. The diode conducts a current in a regeneration direction, which is from a high potential side of the inverter to a high potential electrode of the battery, under a state that the relay is in the off-state. Thus, an inductive voltage, which is generated by the motor when a reverse input torque is applied from a load side, is led to the battery through the diode, and switching elements forming the inverter are protected from the inductive voltage. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181640 | DRIVER FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTARY MACHINE USING THE SAME - In a driver, a changing module changes a rate of discharging the control terminal of a switch at least between a first value and a second value lower than the first value. A measuring module measures a value of a parameter as a function of a current flowing through the conductive path of the switch during a drive signal being in an on state. A control module controls the changing module, as a function of the value of the parameter, to select the first value or the second value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch upon the drive signal directing a change from the on state of the switch to an off state thereof. The control module discharges the control terminal of the switch using the selected value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181749 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT - The drive circuit is for turning on and off a switching element having an open/close control terminal, an input terminal and an output terminal by moving electrical charge in the open/close control terminal in accordance with an on-manipulation command and an off-manipulation command received from outside. The drive circuit includes an active gate control means for changing a moving speed of the electrical charge midway between when movement of the electrical charge is started and when the movement is completed, and a determination means for making at least one of a determination on a change timing to change the moving speed and a determination on whether or not a change of the moving speed by the active gate control means should be made. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181795 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE - An electromagnetic valve includes a coil that generates a magnetic force, a stator core arranged radially inward of the coil, an armature moved toward the stator core in an axial direction of the coil by the magnetic force, a yoke arranged on radially outward of the coil, a housing axially contacting the yoke and including a slide hole supporting the armature slidably, and a ring-shaped magnetic plate. The ring-shaped magnetic plate faces to the armature on a radially inner side of the magnetic plate, and faces to the yoke via a clearance on a radially outer side of the magnetic plate. The magnetic plate radially contacts the housing on the one side in the axial direction with reference to a position where the yoke contacts the housing, and on a radially outer side of an inner surface of the slide hole. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181835 | THEFT TRACKING DEVICE - A theft tracking device includes a circuit board, a battery, a battery case, a housing, and an engagement part. The circuit board specifies a current position and transmits current position information regarding the current position specified through a wireless communication: The battery case houses at least a part of the battery. The housing houses the circuit board, the battery case and the battery housed in the battery case. The engagement part is provided by the housing, and engages with the battery case such that a first space of the housing in which the circuit board is located is separated from a second space of the housing that faces the battery. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184937 | VEHICULAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - In a vehicular power supply system, a main battery supplies electric power to both main machine drive circuit, which drives a main motor for driving a vehicle, and a steering assist drive circuit, which drives a steering assist motor of a power steering apparatus. A main machine switching circuit, which is capable of shutting off power supply to the main machine drive circuit, and an auxiliary machine switching circuit, which is capable of shutting off power supply to the steering assist drive circuit are provided in parallel. As long as the auxiliary machine switching circuit is turned on, power supply to the steering assist drive circuit is continued even when the main machine switching circuit is turned off. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184939 | COLLISION SAFETY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular collision safety control apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image acquirer for acquiring an image of a face of an occupant of the vehicle, a face position acquirer for acquiring a position of the face in a three-dimensional space based on the image, a distance calculator for calculating a distance between the acquired position of the face and a reference position located in front of the face, an airbag activator for increasing airbag pressure to a predetermined pressure in response to impact detection, and a setting device for setting a waiting time from the impact detection to start of airbag inflation, so that as the calculated distance is smaller, a pressure-reach time for the airbag pressure to reach the predetermined pressure is smaller. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185389 | In-Vehicle Gateway Apparatus, Communication System For Vehicle And Program Product For Transmitting Vehicle Related Data Set - An in-vehicle gateway apparatus includes a first communication section and a second communication section. The first communication section receives a vehicle related data set including multiple data elements from a data transmit apparatus. The second communication section transmits a processed data set processed based on the vehicle related data set to an in-vehicle LAN group including a first in-vehicle LAN and a second in-vehicle LAN. The second in-vehicle LAN has a communication speed lower than a communication speed of the first in-vehicle LAN. The second communication section transmits a first processed data set processed based on the vehicle related data set to the first in-vehicle LAN, and transmits a second processed data set processed based on the vehicle related data set and having less data elements than the first processed data set to the second in-vehicle LAN. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185766 | COMMUNICATIONS RELAY APPARATUS - A communications relay apparatus for relaying communications between an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the apparatus via an in-vehicle local area network (LAN) and an external device connected to the apparatus via a communication path different from the in-vehicle LAN. In the apparatus, a data transfer unit forwards relay data received from the ECU to the communication path and forwards relay data received from the external device to the in-vehicle LAN. But the data transfer unit is inhibited from forwarding reprogramming data for reprogramming the ECU received from the external device to the in-vehicle LAN. An authentication unit authenticates a vehicle user, and when the vehicle user is successfully authenticated, then permits the data transfer unit to forward the reprogramming data to the in-vehicle LAN. | 07-18-2013 |
20130186228 | ACCELERATOR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A first outer wall of a boss portion has a first projection, which projects toward a first inner wall of a support member. A second outer wall of the boss portion has a second projection, which projects toward a second inner wall of the support member. The first inner wall of the support member has at least one projection, which projects toward the first outer wall. The second inner wall of the support member has at least one projection, which projects toward the second outer wall. | 07-25-2013 |
20130186238 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC ALLOY POWDER - In a manufacturing method of magnetic alloy powder including an alloy of Fe and Ni, a precursor made of powdered chloride expressed as FeCl | 07-25-2013 |
20130187509 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stator for an electric rotating machine. The method includes the steps of: (1) forming a plurality of planar electric wires, each of the planar electric wires including a plurality of in-slot portions to be received in slots of a stator core and a plurality of turn portions to be located outside of the slots to connect the in-slot portions; (2) rolling each of the planar electric wires through plastic deformation into a spiral or circular-arc shape; (3) forming a hollow cylindrical stator coil by assembling the rolled electric wires through operations of making relative axial movement therebetween; and (4) assembling the stator core and the stator coil together to form the stator. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187513 | STATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A core segment sub-assembly has a first holding groove, which holds a start part of a coil wire of a three-phase winding, and a second holding groove, which holds an end part of the coil wire of the three-phase winding, at positions on an axial end surface of an annular covering part and shifted in a circumferential direction relative to a tooth covering part, on which the winding is provided. The first holding groove and the second holding groove sandwiches the tooth covering part and are separated more from each other as extending in a radially outward direction. The positions and the directions of the first holding groove and the second holding grooves are matched to the paths of the coil wire wound by a flyer type winding machine. The stator can thus be made suited to a winding process by the flyer type winding machine. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187793 | SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS - A sound output apparatus for a vehicle includes a sound input device, a sound signal generation section, a sound output device, a road-information acquisition section, and a specified-direction determination section. The sound input device collects sounds outside of the vehicle. The sound signal generation section generates an output signal based on the sounds outside of the vehicle collected. The sound output device outputs a sound to a vehicle interior of the vehicle based on the output signal generated. The road-information acquisition section acquires road information in proximity of the vehicle. The specified-direction determination section determines a specified direction which is previously associated with the road information. The sound signal generation section generates the output signal such that a direction of sound-image localization of a sound outputted by the sound output device accords with the specified direction determined by the specified-direction determination section. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189595 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PERFORMING GAS PURGE TO ADJUST AMOUNT OF WATER THEREIN - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell having laminated cells; a measuring unit that measures an impedance of the cell and a purging unit that performs purging to discharge residual water from a gas passage. The cell includes a wet region and a dry region which are set depending on a distribution of water in the cell when the purging is executed so as to set a total amount of water in the fuel cell to be a necessary amount of water to start up the fuel cell; the measuring unit measures the impedance at a local portion located at a boundary portion between the wet region and the dry region in the cell; and the purging unit terminates the purging when the impedance measured by the measuring means is larger than a predetermined reference threshold value. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190982 | LANE DEPARTURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A lane departure control system is provided which steers a vehicle toward the center of a lane of a road at a first yaw rate by a controlled angle when the vehicle is determined to be about to deviate from the lane. Afterwards, when the vehicle is determined to be traveling toward a virtual line defined near a lane boundary, the system steers the vehicle by a correction angle so as to orient the vehicle parallel to the virtual line at a second yaw rate. The system changes the value of the first yaw rate at a first rate within the controlled angle and also changes the value of the second yaw rate at a second rate within the correction angle. An absolute value of the second rate is set smaller than that of the first rate, thereby minimizing an undesirable physical load on a driver of the vehicle. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190983 | LANE DEPARTURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A lane departure control system is provided which works to control a lane departure of a vehicle. The lane departure control system determines a controlled angle between a heading direction and a target direction of the vehicle running in a lane. When the vehicle is expected to unintentionally leave the lane, the system steers the vehicle toward the center of the lane by the controlled angle at at least a first yaw rate in a first angular range and a second yaw rate in a second angular range following the first angular range. Each of the first and second yaw rates is changed at a constant rate. This results in simplified calculation of the schedule of changing the first and second yaw rates. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190984 | LANE DEPARTURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A lane departure control system is provided which works to control a lane departure of a vehicle using a steering mechanism. The lane departure control system determines a deviation angle between a direction in which the vehicle is pointing and a boundary line of a lane. When the vehicle is expected to unintentionally leave the lane, the lane departure control system calculates an assist angle between a target angular direction of the vehicle and the boundary line and outputs a control signal to the steering mechanism to steer the vehicle in a direction away from the boundary line toward the center of the lane by the sum of the deviation angle and the assist angle. The lane departure control system determines the assist angle as a function of the deviation angle. Such calculation results in a decreased load on the system in controlling the steering of the vehicle. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190985 | LANE DEPARTURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A lane departure control system is provided which works to control a lane departure of a vehicle. When the vehicle is expected to unintentionally leave a lane of a road, the system steers the vehicle toward the center of the lane at a first yaw rate. Afterwards, when the vehicle is determined to be traveling toward a virtual line extending parallel to the boundary line, the system directs the vehicle parallel to the virtual line at a second yaw rate. The system keeps an absolute value of the first yaw rate below a first upper limit and also keeps an absolute value of the second yaw rate below a second upper limit that is less than the first upper limit. This provides an improved comfortable ride to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is directed parallel to the virtual line. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191132 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A vehicle-to-vehicle communication device generates voice information that includes a voice message and added information regarding an output of the voice message. The voice information is transmitted in one direction of a subject vehicle via a transmission unit, and voice information from another vehicle is received via a reception unit. The vehicle-to-vehicle communication device plays the voice message of the voice information received by the reception unit based on the added information of the voice information. In such manner, information regarding a travel situation is appropriately transmitted by the vehicle-to-vehicle communication device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130192210 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An emission control system for an engine includes a catalyst and an exhaust-gas sensor provided downstream of the catalyst in a flow direction of exhaust gas. The exhaust-gas sensor includes a sensor element that includes a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte body located between the electrodes. The emission control system further includes a constant current supply portion that changes an output characteristic of the exhaust-gas sensor by applying a constant current between the electrodes, a rich direction control portion that performs a rich direction control after a fuelling-stop control, and a characteristic control portion that performs a rich responsiveness control during the rich direction control. In the rich direction control, an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is made to be richer. In the rich responsiveness control, the constant current supply portion increases a detection responsiveness of the exhaust-gas sensor with respect to rich gas. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192211 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An emission control system for an engine includes a catalyst and an exhaust-gas sensor provided downstream of the catalyst in a flow direction of exhaust gas. The exhaust-gas sensor includes a sensor element that includes a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte body located between the electrodes. The emission control system further includes a constant current supply portion that changes an output characteristic of the exhaust-gas sensor by applying a constant current between the electrodes, a catalytic-state determination portion which determines a rich/lean state of the catalyst, a rich direction control portion which performs and terminates a rich direction control depending on the rich/lean state of the catalyst, a lean direction control portion which performs a lean direction control after the rich direction control, and a characteristic control portion which performs a lean responsiveness control at least during the lean direction control. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192329 | PROTRUSION FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING PROTRUSION PART FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A protrusion forming device includes a holding portion holding an object that is be processed, a tool bit having a cutting portion capable of cutting an object held by a holding portion, and a drive portion capable of driving the tool bit. The tool bit is movable along a cut-in pathway so that the cutting portion is inserted into the object. The cutting portion is movable along a further-cut pathway so as to form a protrusion part that is cut in a linear shape and is connected to the object. The tool bit continuously contacts the protrusion part while moving along a forming pathway such that the protrusion part extends perpendicular to an outer surface of the object. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192354 | AIRFLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A first passage has a branch position where a second passage is branched from the first passage to move air along a reference vector. The second passage accommodates a thermal sensor. The first passage has a throttle at a downstream of the branch position. The throttle has a throttle wall surface having a normal vector directed inwardly. A width direction is perpendicular to both a flow direction of air in the throttle and the reference vector. The throttle wall surface has a specific region, in which the normal vector includes a vector component in the width direction, and an angle θ between the normal vector and the reference vector is in a range of 90 degrees<θ<180 degrees. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192549 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A control system for a variable valve timing apparatus that changes a valve timing of an internal combustion engine using a motor which is controlled by operating a switching element includes: an oil temperature estimating portion; a substrate temperature estimating portion; and a current limit controller. The oil temperature estimating portion estimates a temperature of lubricating oil of the engine. The substrate temperature estimating portion estimates a temperature of a substrate to which the switching element is mounted based on the temperature of the lubricating oil. The current limit controller limits a current flowing through the switching element based on the temperature of the substrate in a manner that a temperature of the switching element is restricted from exceeding a predetermined upper limit value. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192551 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A valve timing controller includes a reed valve interposed between an end surface of a vane rotor and an end surface of a driven shaft. The reed valve has a fixed part, a first reed part and a second reed part. Each of the first reed part and the second reed part has each lower limit pressure for allowing working oil to flow from a first supply passage to a second supply passage. The lower limit pressure of the first reed part is different from the lower limit pressure of the second reed part. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192563 | FUEL SUPPLY PUMP - A fuel supply pump includes a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump. The low-pressure pump pumps up fuel from a fuel tank. The high-pressure pump includes a pressurizing chamber to which fuel pumped up by the low-pressure pump is supplied, and pressurizes fuel in the pressurizing chamber. The high-pressure pump further includes a cam shaft, a cam, a plunger, a housing, and a bush. The cam is provided eccentrically to a central axis of the cam shaft and is rotated integrally with the cam shaft. The plunger is driven by the cam to pressurize fuel in the pressurizing chamber. The housing accommodates the cam shaft. The bush is fixed to the housing to bearing-support the cam shaft. The housing includes a cooling passage, through which fuel discharged from the low-pressure pump flows on an outer peripheral side of the bush to serve as a medium for cooling the bush. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192570 | IGNITION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition apparatus is provided with a Zener diode as a limiter device, which limits a primary voltage of an ignition coil to be less than a Zener voltage, and a switching circuit, which prohibits a limiter function of the Zener diode at a start of discharge and switches the limiter device to perform the limiter function for a predetermined time period following the start of discharge. A secondary voltage is limited to be more than a secondary limit value. Even when blowout arises in discharging, re-discharging is avoided from arising immediately after the blowout and exhaustion of a spark plug caused by repetition of discharging is avoided. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192697 | CHECK VALVE - A valve member having a valve part and a piston part is accommodated in a piston accommodation cylinder part of a case reciprocatably, and a damper chamber that is substantially a sealed space is formed in an anti-valve seat side in the valve member so that fluid flows without flowing via the damper chamber. Accordingly, since the fluid does not pass through the damper chamber, a fluid force that occurs in the piston part due to a fluid flow does not change easily, thus it becomes difficult to increase hunting at the valve members. Moreover, in a vibrational component in the valve member reciprocating direction of the valve members, amplitude of the vibration can be decreased by a damping force generated in the damper chamber. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192699 | UREA-WATER PUMP DEVICE - A urea-water pump device for an exhaust gas cleaner includes a pump, a motor, a temperature detection portion, a setting portion, and a changing portion. The pump is accommodated in a tank and supplies urea-water stored in the tank. The motor drives the pump. The temperature detection portion directly or indirectly detects a temperature of the urea-water stored in the tank. The setting portion sets an upper-limit-value of a current supplied to the motor. The changing portion changes the upper-limit-value of the current supplied to the motor, based on the temperature of the urea-water detected by the temperature detection portion. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192929 | OIL-PRESSURE SUPPLY DEVICE - An oil-pressure supply device includes an oil-pressure control portion, a first filtration portion which traps foreign materials in oil before a mechanical pump, a second filtration portion which traps foreign materials in oil before an electric pump, a first branch passage provided between the mechanical pump and the first filtration portion, a second branch passage provided between the electric pump and the second filtration portion, a third branch passage provided between a discharge port of the electric pump and the oil-pressure control portion, a fourth branch passage through which surplus oil is discharged, a switching portion set at a first position where the first branch passage is connected to the third branch passage when the first filtration portion is recovered, or set at a second position where the second branch passage is connected to the fourth branch passage when the second filtration portion is recovered. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193748 | CHECK VALVE AND BRAKING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In a check valve in which a valve part is disposed in a valve part accommodating recess movably relative to a piston part, among the valve part accommodating recess, an anti-valve seat side accommodation space formed between a surface of the valve part accommodating recess in an anti-valve seat side of the valve part and a wall surface of the valve part accommodating recess are communicated to exit side fluid passages. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193782 | DOUBLE DRIVE SHAFT MOTOR OF MAGNETIC FLUX MODULATION TYPE - In a double drive shaft motor, a stator and a field rotor are arranged at a radially outer side of a magnetic modulation rotor. The stator and the field rotor are arranged in series in an axial direction of the motor. This structure increases an amount of a winding coil of the stator and magnets in the field rotor, and an output torque of the motor. When a field magnetic flux passes through soft magnetic material members in the magnetic modulation rotor, because the generation and the reception of the magnetic flux can occur at a radially same side of the magnetic modulation rotor, this structure cancels an eddy current generated in the soft magnetic members and supporting members made of non-magnetic metal which tightly support the soft magnetic member. This structure provides a reduced axial size of the motor with high performance. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193812 | ROTARY ACTUATOR - An inner ring of a bearing is affixed to an end of the rotor spindle and is immovable relative to the rotor spindle in the axial direction. An outer ring of the bearing is located radially outside of the inner ring via a roller body. An outer ring affixed portion is integrally affixed to the outer ring and is immovable relative to the outer ring in the axial direction. An inner ring receiving portion is located between the inner ring and a bottom portion of a housing and is in contact with the inner ring. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193910 | ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An electric power transmission device transmits an electric power of a power supply to a battery. The electric power transmission device includes relay capacitor, power supply side switching element, and a battery side switching element. The relay capacitor is located between the power supply and the battery, and stores an electric power of the power supply. The power supply side switching element opens and closes a first electrical path between the power supply and the relay capacitor. The battery side switching element opens and closes a second electrical path between the relay capacitor and the battery. The power supply side switching element has a pair of ends in the first electrical path, one of which is connected to the relay capacitor and the other is not connected to another capacitor that is short-circuited with the relay capacitor when the power supply side switching element is closed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194006 | DEAD TIME GENERATION CIRCUIT AND LOAD DRIVING APPARATUS - A dead time generation circuit includes a high-side control signal generation circuit and a low-side control signal generation circuit which are separate circuits. The high-side control signal generation circuit inverts a level of a high-side control signal from a driving prohibition level to a driving permission level when a time corresponding to a first clock number has elapsed in a state where a control signal keeps a first level after the control signal transitions from a second level to the first level. The low-side control signal generation circuit inverts a level of a low-side control signal from the driving prohibition level to the driving permission level when a time corresponding to a second clock number has elapsed in a state where the control signal keeps the second level after the control signal transitions from the first level to the second level. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194029 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a touch plate, a decoration layer, a film sensor, an electrode portion, a wire portion, and a guard layer. The touch plate is a basal plate for finger manipulation. The decoration layer is on a front side of the touch plate to decorate the front side. The film sensor is bonded to a rear side of the touch plate. The electrode portion is on the film sensor. The wire portion is on the film sensor and connected to the electrode portion to transmit a signal outputted from the electrode portion. The guard layer contains a guard layer formation material to suppress an electrostatic capacity between the finger and the wire portion. The guard layer formation material is combined into the decoration layer such that the decoration layer and the guard layer are provided as a single integrated member. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194099 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus detects drowsiness of a driver of a vehicle while having a drowsy driving preventing function for awaking the driver having feeling of drowsiness. When erroneous detection of drowsy driving occurs frequently, the driver may deactivate the drowsy driving preventing function into an off state. The driving assistance apparatus determines a stress of the driver due to driving based on travel states of the vehicle obtained from a navigation apparatus such as traffic around the vehicle, a width and shape of a road traveled, installation states of traffic signals, and a velocity and steering angle of the vehicle. When the stress due to driving changes from a high status to a low status, the driver is regarded as being in a state of tending to be drowsy. The drowsy driving preventing function is thereby activated or turned on into an on state compulsorily. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194107 | SOUND FIELD CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A sound field control apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage device for storing HRTFs in association with head shapes, a recognition device for recognizing a head shape of a target person with a head shape detection device, a HRTF selection device for selecting the HRTF corresponding to the recognized head shape from the stored HRTFs, a signal processor for obtaining a virtual sound source acoustic signal based on the selected head-related transfer function, and a notification sound output control device for controlling a notification sound output device by using the virtual sound source acoustic signal so that the target person hears the notification sound from a predetermined virtual sound source. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194214 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An input device with touch input function has an input member which is operable to input at least one of shifting operation and pushing operation. The input member has a touch input device which is responsive to touch of a user. The input device has an operation sensor which detects the operation on the input member. The input member and the operation sensor provides an input unit which is supported by a support member in a manner that the input unit is movable among a lock position and an unlock position with respect to a base member on which the input unit is supported. The input device has a lock mechanism which locks the input member in inoperable condition at the lock position and which releases the input member in operable condition at the unlock position. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194216 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus for, in response to a user's sliding operation on an operation surface, inputting a coordinate point in the operation surface to move a pointing image to a target button image is disclosed. The apparatus acquires the coordinate point in the operation surface and sets, as a characteristic line, a tendency of trace of the coordinate point in the user's sliding operation directed to a lateral direction or a longitudinal direction of the operation surface. The apparatus corrects the coordinate point with reference to the set characteristic line so that the trace of the coordinate point is corrected to be a horizontal line or a vertical line. The apparatus outputs the corrected coordinate point for moving the pointing image. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195144 | Temperature Sensor Supporting Device And Temperature Sensor Attachment Structure - A temperature sensor supporting device includes a supporting body having first and second groove portions, a separation preventive part, and a pair of harnesses connected to a temperature sensor. The first groove portion is set to have such a groove width size as to permit clamping of proximal end parts of the harnesses inward of the supporting body when the proximal end parts are viewed as a single overlapping line from a first angle. The second groove portion is set to have such a groove width size as to permit clamping of intermediate parts of the harnesses inward of the supporting body when the intermediate parts are viewed as two lines from a second angle. The proximal end parts and the intermediate parts are clamped respectively in the first and second groove portions so that the sensor is positioned and fixed with the sensor disposed outside the supporting body. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195692 | SUPPLY PUMP - A supply pump includes a housing, a tappet, a guide groove, and a stopper pin. The housing includes a cylindrical sliding wall. The tappet is configured to be reciprocated along the sliding wall. The guide groove is provided for one of the housing and the tappet. One end of the guide groove includes a tapered surface. The stopper pin is provided for the other one of the housing and the tappet. The stopper pin is fitted into the guide groove to stop rotation of the tappet relative to the housing. When the tappet is displaced abnormally in an upper direction, the tapered surface is pressed on an end of the stopper pin to be engaged with the stopper pin. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196610 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus are capable of wireless communication with each other. The first communication apparatus has a normal operation mode and a tuning mode that differs from the normal operation mode and allows a variable matching portion to adjust a matching state. When the tuning mode is selected, the first transmission portion transmits an operation mode transition request signal to the second communication apparatus. A first reception portion receives a tuning reference signal transmitted from the second communication apparatus in response to the operation mode transition request signal. A reception signal intensity measurement portion measures a reception signal intensity of the received tuning reference signal. The variable matching portion adjusts a matching state based on the measured reception signal intensity of the tuning reference signal. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197758 | VEHICLE AUTOMATIC STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus that for automatic steering control that reduces occupant discomfort and stress is provided. A lane width of a subject lane and a current in-lane ratio are detected. If an off-lane obstacle which may place stress on the occupant is present within a prescribed area, a relative position between each off-lane obstacle and the vehicle is determined. A target in-lane ratio is determined based on the relative position. Specifically, when the off-lane obstacles are present on both the left and right sides of the subject lane, the target in-lane ratio is such that lateral distances to both off-lane obstacles are equal. When the off-lane obstacle is present on only one of either the left or right of the subject lane, the target in-lane ratio is set such that a lateral position away from the off-lane obstacle by a lateral distance set in advance is the target lateral position. | 08-01-2013 |
20130199478 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A valve timing controller includes a lock mechanism that locks a rotation phase at a main lock phase when an internal combustion engine is started with an ambient temperature more than or equal to a preset temperature. The main lock phase represents a rotation phase set for closing an intake valve at a later timing later than a timing when a piston reaches a bottom dead center of a cylinder in the internal combustion engine. The lock mechanism locks the rotation phase at a sub lock phase representing a rotation phase advanced rather than the main lock phase in the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is started with an ambient temperature lower than the present temperature. | 08-08-2013 |
20130199485 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an ignition system of an internal combustion engine which can appropriately judge deterioration of a spark plug is disclosed. The ignition system includes a spark plug and a Zener diode. These are connected in parallel. In the ignition system, a constant-voltage path whose one of two ends is grounded is connected to the connecting path which connects the center electrode of the spark plug to a secondary coil. The constant-voltage path includes a Zener diode and a resistor. In a case where electric current is detected at the resister in a term from the start of current supply to a primary coil to the end, the control apparatus judges the spark plug being deteriorated. | 08-08-2013 |
20130199504 | VAPORIZED-FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A first purge passage is connected to an intake-air passage at a downstream side of a throttle valve. A second purge passage is connected to the intake-air passage at an upstream side of a supercharging device. A first and a second check valve are respectively provided in the first and second purge passages. A control unit determines to which operating condition (from a first to a third operating condition) engine operation corresponds, based on downstream-side and upstream-side pressure of the throttle valve. A change of in-tank pressure of a fuel tank is detected in a condition that an air-communication valve is closed but a purge control valve is opened. The control unit diagnoses which of the valves is not normally operated and whether such valve is fixed to a valve opened or a valve closed position, based on the change of in-tank pressure for each of engine operating conditions. | 08-08-2013 |
20130199510 | IGNITION SYSTEM - An ignition system is provided, in which a Zener diode is connected in parallel with a spark plug, to suppress torque variation from becoming large in an engine when deterioration of the spark plug is advanced. Specifically, the ignition system includes a secondary coil having an end connected to a center electrode of the spark plug via a connecting path. The connecting path is connected to a constant-voltage path having a grounded end and including the Zener diode. The time from when an ignition signal is switched off until when ignition timing occurs is measured for a plurality of times. The difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among the plurality of measurements is defined to be a variation range. A breakdown voltage of the Zener diode is adjusted based on requirements such as for rendering the variation range to be a predetermined time or smaller. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200698 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An internal power circuit lowers a battery voltage supplied always from an external side to generate a standby power voltage. A timer continues to measure an elapse of time in a standby state, after a main relay is turned off and supply of a power voltage is interrupted. A measured time data of the timer is saved to a save register during a time measurement operation of the timer. When a stop condition for stopping the time measurement operation of the timer is satisfied, a control circuit stops the operation of the internal power circuit. When the main relay is turned on, the internal power circuit is activated to start its operation again by the control circuit so that the measured time data saved to the save register is restored to the timer. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200816 | IGNITION SYSTEM - An ignition system is provided, which can restrict decreasing of constant-voltage duration of a spark plug and effectively prevents the occurrence of an accidental fire in an engine. A typical ignition system includes a secondary coil having one end connected to a positive side of a battery via a low-voltage side path and the other end connected to a center electrode via a connecting path which connects the secondary coil and the spark plug. A constant-voltage path having a grounded end is connected to the connecting path. A block diode is arranged between the secondary coil and a point where the constant-voltage path is connected with the connecting path. A Zener diode is disposed within the constant-voltage path. Each anode of the block diode and the Zener diode is mutually connected. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200826 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control unit determines whether a rotor of an electric motor is in rotation or not after the motor control unit is started up but before an initial operation, based on an encoder count value after the start-up of the motor control unit. When the electric motor is stopped, the initial operation is carried out so as to learn a correction value of phase difference between the encoder count value and an actual current-supply phase. When the electric motor is still rotated due to its inertia, a motor-stop control is carried out before the initial operation in order to completely stop the rotation of the rotor. In the motor-stop control, electric power is supplied to windings of two phases at the same time. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200875 | ELECTRIC POWER DETECTION SYSTEM - An integration circuit charges a capacitor by a charge current corresponding to a current flowing in a detection resistor provided in an electric power supply path extending to a DCM. A comparison circuit outputs a comparison signal, which changes to one of a high level and a low level in accordance with an integration value corresponding to a charge voltage of the capacitor. A discharge switch discharges the capacitor and stops discharge of the capacitor, when the comparison signal is at the high level and the low level, respectively. A control circuit determines an estimation value of electric power supplied from a battery to a DCM based on a count of edges, at which the signal level of the detection signal changes. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200982 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT - A magnetic component includes a plurality of coils, a magnetic core, and a shield. The coils form at least one of a primary coil and a secondary coil to which a voltage corresponding to a voltage induced to the primary coil is induced. The magnetic core penetrates through the coils. The shield is disposed at least one of between different coils in the coils and between one or more of the coils and the magnetic core. Each of the coils and the shield are respectively pattern-formed on substrates. Each of the coils and the shield have a stacking structure. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201063 | ANTENNA INTEGRATED WITH SOLAR BATTERY - An antenna is integrated with a solar battery. The antenna has a radiation-element portion arranged above the solar battery. The radiation-element portion is made of metallic wire rods and formed in a net-like fashion. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201126 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an input unit, which is a separate component from a display unit. The input unit includes a first operable region and a second operable region partitioned from each other. The first operable region accepts an input operation with a first finger of a user for indicating information on the display unit. The second operable region accepts an input operation with a second finger, which is different from the first finger, for indicating information on the display unit. A display control unit modifies indication of the information correspondingly to an input operation with the first finger in the first operable region and an input operation with the second finger in the second operable region. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201540 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A HUD device includes a stepper motor, which rotates a reflection mirror for adjusting a display position of a virtual image. The stepper motor has an electric stabilization point and a mechanical stabilization point. A control system controls a drive signal for the stepper motor in response to an adjustment instruction. Pole teeth of a specified phase, which provides a greater magnetic attraction force with the rotor when not powered than by pole teeth of other phase, is set as stabilization pole teeth. The control system continues to apply the drive signal until the target stabilization point is attained even after the adjustment instruction is stopped. The target stabilization point is set to the electric stabilization point, at which the holding torque is provided by the stabilization pole teeth of the specified phase. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202466 | SUPPLY PUMP - A supply pump includes a housing, a tappet and an anti-rotation pin. The housing has a cylindrical slide wall and an attachment hole. The tappet is provided in the housing to be slidably reciprocatable along the slide wall, and the tappet has an elongated hole. The anti-rotation pin includes an end pin inserted into the attachment hole to be attached to the housing, and a plug fixed to the housing to prevent the end pin from dropping out of the attachment hole. The end pin is fitted into the elongated hole of the tappet to prevent the tappet from rotating with respect to the housing. The end pin is provided separately from the plug. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203340 | VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicular communication apparatus includes: a first acquisition portion acquiring a first content delivered by a radio wave from a broadcast station; a second acquisition portion acquiring a second content delivered by a communication line network; a reproduction portion reproducing the first and second contents; a determination portion determining whether a radio wave reception condition is poor; and a controller changing a content to be reproduced by the reproduction portion from the first content to the second content when the determination portion detects poor radio wave reception condition under a condition that the reproduction portion reproduces the first content, the second content being a same or a similar type of the first content. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204459 | IN-VEHICLE OPERATION APPARATUS - An in-vehicle operation apparatus has an operation switch, a candidate selection operation unit, and a command assignment operation unit, all of which are operable by a user. The operation switch may control multiple in-vehicle devices based on a desired command assigned thereto. In particular, the candidate selection operation unit selects a plurality of candidate commands from among a plurality of commands respectively for in-vehicle devices. The command assignment operation unit selects and assigns the desired command from among the plurality of candidate commands to the operation switch. Accordingly, the operation switch controls the in-vehicle device associated with the desired command. Thus, the apparatus reduces the amount of operation switches required and allows the user to easily select and assign a command to the operation switch for controlling a desired in-vehicle device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204512 | ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS PERFORMING AUTOMATIC ENGINE RESTART FOR ENSURING BRAKE BOOSTER ASSISTANCE AFTER AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP - On a vehicle equipped with a vacuum-assist type of brake booster utilizing the intake air pressure of the vehicle engine, an engine control apparatus automatically stops the engine under certain conditions and subsequently automatically restarts the engine if it is determined that the brake booster pressure has fallen below a predetermined value. The engine control apparatus also effects such automatic restarting if a predetermined maximum time interval has elapsed since the automatic engine stop occurred. This ensures that even when the booster pressure value cannot be reliably obtained after an automatic engine stop has occurred, the engine will be restarted before the booster pressure falls excessively. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204520 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A vehicle navigation system disposed in a vehicle executes a route guidance function that calculates a first route by prioritizing a special lane over a normal lane as a route calculation condition and performs route guidance when a special lane use option is turned on. A determination unit determines whether the vehicle is traveling in a parallel route section in which the special lane and normal lane are in parallel. If the vehicle is traveling in the parallel route section, a second route calculation unit calculates a second route towards the destination based on an assumption that the vehicle is traveling in the normal lane. In addition, a second route guidance unit outputs a second guidance phrase at a second guidance point, such that the second guidance phrase includes a conditional phrase that conveys that the vehicle is not in the special lane. | 08-08-2013 |
20150025802 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes a control unit for determining whether an approach route to a branch point, which is a route guidance object, and an exit route from the branch point correspond to a learned road link of a learned road data. The control unit provides a normal guidance, instructing a progress direction guidance for the branch point, when none of the approach and exit routes is determined to correspond to a learned road link. Alternatively, the control unit provides a learned road guidance, which is different from the normal guidance, when at least one of the approach route and the exit route is determined to correspond to a learned road link, where the learned road guidance reflects the learned road link in the route guidance. | 01-22-2015 |