Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160090883 | BREATHER APPARATUS - A breather apparatus is provided in a cylinder head having an intake camshaft and an exhaust camshaft that drive an intake valve and an exhaust valve, respectively. The breather apparatus includes, spaces separated from each other by partition walls and in communication with each other through an opening formed in the partition walls, the spaces having a blow-by gas flowing from a crankcase side passing sequentially therethrough. The spaces include a first space and a second space. The first space is formed in a region between the intake valve and the exhaust valve in the cylinder head. The second space is provided across the first space from a crankcase side, separated from the first space by a partition wall disposed substantially along a plane including shaft centers of the intake camshaft and the exhaust camshaft, and receives the blow-by gas flowing from the first space. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090119 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An electric power steering apparatus includes steering mechanisms that direct left and right front wheels of a vehicle equipped with the electric power steering apparatus according to rotation of a steering shaft to which a steering wheel is coupled, a first motor and a second motor that give an assist torque to the steering mechanisms, and a controller that controls the assist torques generated by the first motor and the second motor. The controller causes the first motor to generate the torque in a direction of the steering operation when a generation of the assist torque is started. The controller causes the second motor to generate the torque after a rotation of the first motor is detected. The torque of the second motor is smaller than the torque of the first motor and opposite from the direction of the steering operation. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090025 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT DEVICE - A vehicle headlight device includes a variable light distribution mechanism that is able to change an illuminating area of light emitted ahead of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle headlight device from at least one light source, and is able to illuminate part of the illuminating area at a higher intensity than other parts, a direct field of vision estimator that estimates a direct field of vision on which a vehicle operator is assumed to keep his/her eyes within an area ahead of the vehicle; and a light distribution controller that sets the illuminating area so as to contain the direct field of vision estimated by the direct field of vision estimator, and controls the variable light distribution mechanism to illuminate an area corresponding to the direct field of vision at a higher intensity than a periphery of the area. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090024 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT DEVICE - A vehicle headlight device includes optical systems that are respectively provided to light sources, and illuminate ahead of a vehicle by light emitted from the light sources, with light distribution patterns of which illuminating areas are offset to each other at least in vertical directions, a stoppable distance calculator that calculates a stoppable distance of the vehicle, and a light source controller that controls the light sources to be turned on and off so that an area ahead of the vehicle and away from the vehicle by the stoppable distance is illuminated by at least one of the optical systems. | 03-31-2016 |
20160084730 | ULTRASONIC TESTING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC TESTING METHOD - An ultrasonic testing device includes: a liquid tank that stores the liquid into which the differential casing is to be immersed; a workpiece holder that holds the differential casing and immerses the differential casing into the liquid in the liquid tank; an ultrasonic probe that conducts an ultrasonic testing of the welded part of the differential casing by irradiating the ultrasonic wave to the welded part and receiving a reflected wave; an image processing module that generates an ultrasonic image based on the reflected wave received by the ultrasonic probe; and a replacer that replaces gas inside an air gap formed at a weld toe of the welded part with test liquid. The replacer replaces the gas inside the air gap by the test liquid before the ultrasonic probe irradiates the ultrasonic wave. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083016 | VEHICLE BODY SKELETON STRUCTURE - A vehicle body skeleton structure includes: a skeleton member bent to have a predetermined shape; and at least one reinforcement member welded to the skeleton member along a plurality of weld lines to be joined to a surface of the skeleton member, and bent along the surface. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082687 | HEMMED STRUCTURE AND HEMMING METHOD - A hemmed structure includes a first member and a second member. The first member is a sheet-like member including a thermoplastic resin and includes an inner bent portion formed at a position at which an end portion of the first member is bent. The second member is a sheet-like member a metal material and includes an outer bent portion formed at a position at which an end portion of the second member is bent. The outer bent portion is disposed so as to wrap around the inner bent portion, and the end portion of the second member is disposed inside the inner bent portion. A brittle portion is formed on an inner surface of the inner bent portion. | 03-24-2016 |
20160059386 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment device includes an injection part and a circulating system. The injection part injects media toward a workpiece made with a composite material. The media each has a weight difference from a resinic particle dropping from the composite material. The weight difference is not less than a threshold or more than the threshold. The circulating system recovers the injected media and supplies the recovered media to the injection part. The circulating system has an impurity separation part that removes at least one of impurities and media, of which particle sizes have become small, each included in the recovered media. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059385 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment device includes at least one nozzle that injects media toward a workpiece, a first lank that supplies the media to the at least one nozzle, a movement structure that moves the at least one nozzle and the first tank, and a second tank that supplies the media to the first tank. The second tank is not moved by the movement structure. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059382 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment method includes: setting a blast treatment condition for a composite material to make a degree of activation on the surface of the composite material within an appropriate range, based on reference information; and manufacturing a blast treated product by the blast treatment of the composite material under the blast treatment condition set to make the degree of the activation within the appropriate range. The reference information shows a relation between a strain amount of a test piece caused by blast treatment under a predetermined blast treatment condition and a degree of activation on a surface of a sample of a composite material by blast treatment, for activating the surface of the sample before painting or bonding, under the predetermined blast treatment condition. | 03-03-2016 |
20160046776 | PREPREG, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING PARTICLES | 02-18-2016 |
20160039984 | PREPREG, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING PARTICLES | 02-11-2016 |
20160039070 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment device includes at least one nozzle, a movement structure and at least one weight member. The at least one nozzle injects blast media. The movement structure reciprocates the at least one nozzle along a track. The at least one weight member cancels a vibration caused by reciprocating the at least one nozzle. Further, according to one implementation, a blast treatment method includes injecting blast media from at least one nozzle; manufacturing a blast treated product by reciprocating the at least one nozzle along a track; and canceling a vibration, caused by reciprocating the at least one nozzle, by at least one weight member. | 02-11-2016 |
20160032065 | PREPREG, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING PARTICLES | 02-04-2016 |
20160023659 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller includes a camera unit that detects driving conditions of a preceding vehicle; a re-acceleration determiner that determines based on the driving conditions of the preceding vehicle whether or not a re-acceleration state in which the preceding vehicle decelerates and then accelerates occurs; and a rotation controller that, if it is determined that the vehicle is in a re-acceleration state, maintains the engine speed of the engine not less than a lower limit. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023281 | DRILL AND DRILLING METHOD FOR WORKPIECE - A drill includes a cutting edge. The cutting edge has a point angle which is continuously decreased from a center-position point angle A (herein, 0° | 01-28-2016 |
20160016534 | Four-Point Seat Belt Device - A four-point seat belt device includes right and left lap belts to press the hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat, two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger, a driving unit to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts, and a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle. The driving unit controls the lap belts in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching. | 01-21-2016 |
20150360684 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A travel control apparatus for a vehicle detects a vehicle to be passed that is an target of passing and is located in front of a vehicle equipped with the travel control apparatus in a traveling lane thereof on the basis of peripheral environment information and travel information, detects a following vehicle that is behind the vehicle in the traveling lane thereof as a following vehicle in the original lane on the basis of the peripheral environment information, monitors the vehicle to be passed and the following vehicle in the original lane, and variably controls a passing maneuver with respect to the vehicle to be passed on the basis of a monitoring result. | 12-17-2015 |
20150336182 | DRILL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DRILL - According to one implementation, a drill has at least one cutting edge. A projected shape of a passing area of a ridgeline of the at least one cutting edge when the at least one cutting edge is rotated around a tool axis becomes a line-symmetric and discontinuous line along a parabola, two parabolas, an ellipse or two ellipses. The projected shape is drawn on a projection plane parallel to the tool axis. | 11-26-2015 |
20150330477 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device is disposed between an engine and a transmission and has a torque distribution mechanism that is provided with a first input element connected to the engine, a second input element connected to the engine via an elastic member, a first output element connected to the transmission, and a second output element connected to the transmission. The damper device further has a first clutch that is disposed between the first output element and the transmission, and is switched between an engaged state of connecting the first output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the first output element from the transmission, and a second clutch that is disposed between the second output element and the transmission, and is switched between an engaged state of connecting the second output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the second output element from the transmission. | 11-19-2015 |
20150274208 | VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE - A reinforcement part formed in an intermediate position of either one of left and right front side frames. The reinforcement part has an enhanced strength against a deformation due to a compressive load in front-and-rear directions and a bending load caused when a tip end of the front side frame is pressed from outside in the vehicle width directions, rather than a strength of an area forward of the reinforcement part. A fragile part is formed in an intermediate position of the other front side frame. The vulnerable part has a reduced strength against a deformation due to a bending load when a tip end of the other front side frame is pressed from inside in the vehicle width directions. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274103 | IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE - An energy absorbing member is fixed to a vehicle body. A joint has in a state where the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the front-back direction of the vehicle. Proximal and distal ends of the joint are respectively connected to the member and a bumper beam. The joint causes a collision load from the hamper beam to the vehicle body to act upon the member while collapsing in the longitudinal direction. A distal end has an inclined shape such that a distance from the member deceases gradually from the center toward the outside in the width direction of the vehicle. The distal end has a gradual increase region where a width in the height direction of the vehicle increases gradually and a gradual decrease region where the width in the height direction of the vehicle decreases gradually, from the center toward the outside in the width direction of the vehicle. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273996 | PROTECTION STRUCTURE OF BATTERY MODULE MOUNTED IN REAR OF VEHICLE BODY - A battery module is mounted in the rear of a vehicle body and attached to at least one rear side frame extending rearward in the vehicle body such that the rear side module protrudes rearward beyond the battery module. One or a plurality of slope members is provided at the rear of the battery module. Each of the slope members forms a frontward rising inclined surface that protrudes above the rear side frame at the rear of the battery module. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273984 | VEHICLE HAVING AIR-CONDITIONING FUNCTION AND DISPLAY FUNCTION - A vehicle includes: a front panel provided in front of an occupant traveling in the vehicle; an air-conditioning duct that forms at least one air outlet, through which a conditioned airflow is blown, in an upper portion of the front panel; a wind direction adjustment member capable of adjusting the conditioned airflow blown out of the air outlet such that the conditioned airflow flows from the air outlet toward the occupant; and at least one display member that displays information to the occupant. The display member is provided in the air-conditioning duct or the air outlet. The wind direction adjustment member is provided so as not to interfere a path between an image displayed by the display member and the occupant. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273973 | VEHICLE IN WHICH LEFT AND RIGHT WHEELS ARE ATTACHED TO VEHICLE BODY BY SUB-FRAME MODULE - In a sub-frame module that is used to attach a set of left and right wheels in pair to a vehicle body, a sub-frame attached to the vehicle body and left and right hub carriers, to which the left and right wheels in pair are attached, are connected by left and right link arms to be capable of swinging. A stabilizer is laid across the left and right rear link arms, and a holder that holds the stabilizer is supported by an vehicle body side member that is provided in a bush attached to the vehicle body. The holder is fixed to the vehicle body by attaching the vehicle body side member to the vehicle body. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273788 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY - A honeycomb structural body includes multiple cores, at least face sheet, and at least one reinforcement sheet. The multiple cores each have a honeycomb structure, and are bonded to each other with foamed adhesive in a direction in which the number of multiple pores formed by the honeycomb structure increases. The at least one face sheet is adhered to the multiple cores so as to cover the multiple pores. The reinforcement sheet is placed between the multiple cores and the at least one face sheet, at a position where the reinforcement sheet covers the foamed adhesive. | 10-01-2015 |
20150269925 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A vehicle approach notification apparatus includes: a notification sound signal generator that generates and outputs a notification sound signal that serves as a sound signal to be supplied to an external speaker that outputs a notification sound toward an outside of a vehicle; and a cancellation signal generator that generates a cancellation signal that serves as a sound signal to be supplied to a compartment speaker to output a sound and that has an antiphase with respect to a phase of the notification sound signal output from the notification sound signal generator. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266076 | HOT-PRESS DEEP-DRAWING FORMING METHOD AND HOT-PRESS DEEP-DRAWING FORMING METHOD APPARATUS - A hot-press deep-drawing forming apparatus includes a punch that constitutes a lower die and a die that constitutes an upper die. The punch has an inner-face forming surface that forms the inner face of a product, and a bent corner against which a scrap section S of a workpiece W abuts. The die has an outer-face forming surface that forms the outer surface of the product. A blank holder and a pre-forming die that clamp the scrap section are caused to move, together with the die, until the clamped scrap section abuts the bent corner. The movement of the blank holder and the pre-forming die is stopped after the scrap section has abutted the bent corner. | 09-24-2015 |
20150251394 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, in particular, capable of achieving high CAI. The composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein a cured product of a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring of formula (1) and epoxy resin is impregnated with at least polyamide 12 powder: | 09-10-2015 |
20150247826 | VIBRATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND VIBRATION DETECTION METHOD - A vibration detection apparatus includes a ring laser resonator, a fiber Brag grating and a detection system. The ring laser resonator generates a laser beam propagating a ring shaped optical path. The fiber Bragg grating is disposed in the ring laser resonator such that the laser beam enters the grating, and has a transmittance distribution characteristic of transmitted light in a wavelength direction, which changes in accordance with vibration of an object. The detection system detects the vibration based on the transmitted light through the fiber Bragg grating. | 09-03-2015 |
20150233167 | VEHICLE HAVING OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL FUNCTION - A vehicle such as an automobile includes: a vehicle body having an opening; an opening-closing member that closes the opening; a drive member that drives the opening-closing member so as to open and/or close the opening; a controller that controls the drive member to control the opening-closing member between a fully open position and a fully closed position; and an elastic member provided at a mating portion of the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body and inserted between the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body. The controller controls the drive member in a stopping state of the vehicle and opens the opening-closing member from the fully closed position so as to reduce a pressure acting upon the elastic member. | 08-20-2015 |
20150231977 | BATTERY VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND BATTERY VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD - A battery voltage control device includes a step-up module that steps up a voltage of a battery and applies the voltage to a driving motor, an image analysis processing module that acquires and analyzes a piece of image information of an outside of a vehicle that is obtained through imaging, and driving state forecast module that forecasts a driving state including starting or stopping of the vehicle based on a piece of environment information of the outside of the vehicle that is obtained through analysis of the piece of image information and controls step-up by the step-up module based on the forecast driving state. | 08-20-2015 |
20150197148 | SHUTTER ABNORMALITY NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE DUCT - A shutter abnormality notification apparatus issues a notification of an abnormality in a shutter of a variable duct that is provided in a vehicle front end to be capable of adjusting an amount of introduced outside air by moving the shutter. The apparatus includes: an electric circuit that becomes conductive when the shutter and a receiver that receives the shutter contact each other in a duct seal constituted by the shutter and the receiver while the shutter is in the closed position; and a notifier that issues a warning when the electric circuit becomes non-conductive even though an opening operation instruction has not been issued in relation to the shutter in the closed position. | 07-16-2015 |
20150191089 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electric vehicle includes an electric motor outputting regenerative torque to a drive shaft connected to an axle shaft, a hydraulic brake providing braking force for the vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a regeneration coordination switch in which at least part of the regenerative torque from the electric motor is gradually switched to the braking force from the hydraulic brake. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a vibration suppression control that restrains vibration of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to increase frequency of execution of the vibration suppression control when the regeneration coordination switch is performed, as compared to frequency of execution of the vibration suppression control when the regeneration coordination switch is not being performed. | 07-09-2015 |
20150186734 | ARROW SIGNAL RECOGNITION DEVICE - Based on an image captured by an onboard camera, an arrow signal detector sets an arrow signal area on the basis of a signal light distance between a lit red signal light of a traffic light and a vehicle equipped with the arrow signal recognition device, counts the number of color tone effective pixels assumed as being lit within each arrow signal area, further searches for and counts color tone ineffective pixels in the color tone effective pixels on the basis of pixel information on the vicinity of each color tone effective pixel, and calculates an arrow effective pixel number from the difference between the number of color tone effective pixels and the number of color tone ineffective pixels. | 07-02-2015 |
20150183433 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device is capable of executing follow-up control having a follow-up mode based on inter-vehicle distance in which cruise control is performed based on a target inter-vehicle distance and a follow-up mode based on vehicle speed in which cruise control is performed based on a target vehicle speed. The vehicle control device includes a forward monitoring unit that monitors information in the advancing direction of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle control device, and a follow-up control unit that eases the follow-up in the follow-up control and executes a deceleration operation of the vehicle when at least either one of a situation in which a preceding vehicle is predicted to decelerate and execution of a braking operation of the preceding vehicle is detected based on the information in the advancing direction. | 07-02-2015 |
20150183426 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - When driving support control starts, a control start condition is examined. It is examined whether or not all determination items set for the control start condition are OK, (whether the control start condition is established). If at least one of the determination items is NG, the determination condition is determined not to be established and the determination items determined to be NG are extracted. The determination item due to which a driver suspects that a fault has occurred is selected from the extracted determination items on the basis of a vehicle speed and a duration time in which the determination item is determined to be NG. The selected item is stored as an NG code. | 07-02-2015 |
20150159708 | POWER TRAIN CONTROL DEVICE - A power train control device includes: an automatic neutral clutch that adjusts driving force transmitted from an engine to a transmission mechanism constituting an automatic transmission; a transfer clutch that adjusts driving force transmitted from the transmission mechanism constituting to a driving system component which drives driven-wheels; an automatic neutral clutch control unit that releases the automatic neutral clutch if predetermined automatic neutral control conditions are satisfied; and a transfer clutch control unit that controls engaging force of the transfer clutch based on a running state of a vehicle equipped with the power train control device. When returning from automatic neutral control, the transfer clutch control unit temporarily releases and then re-engages the transfer clutch, during a period from start to completion of engaging of the automatic neutral clutch. | 06-11-2015 |
20150132553 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving high levels of CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently, in particular, capable of achieving high ILSS at high CAI, temperature, and humidity. The fiber-reinforced composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein at least polyethersulphone particles are impregnated with a cured product of epoxy resin and a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring represented by formula (1): | 05-14-2015 |
20150122522 | TIGHTENING DEVICE AND TIGHTENING METHOD - A tightening device and a tightening method are able to check that a fastening member has been fastened to a desired set torque or greater after being tightened, without loosening the fastening member. The tightening device executes a first tightening process of adjusting the output of a motor after measured torque that is measured by a torque detector has reached a preset first control start torque, such that the measured torque reaches a preset first set torque in a phased manner through repeated increases and decreases in torque, and blocking power supply to the motor when the measured torque reaches the first set torque, and then executes a second tightening process of driving the motor at an initial output that is less than in the first tightening process, adjusting the output of the motor after the measured torque that is measured by the torque detector has reached a preset second control start torque, such that the measured torque reaches a preset second set torque in a phased manner through repeated increases and decreases in torque, and blocking power supply to the motor when the measured torque reaches the second set torque. | 05-07-2015 |
20150120086 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An equipment operation controller implements control to disable an operation of equipment that is operated inside a vehicle cabin and not perform functions of the equipment according to such the operation, when a vehicle is traveling at or above a prescribed speed. However, even when the vehicle is traveling at or above the prescribed speed, if a travel assistance unit implements a control for travel assistance and a determination unit determines to permit the operation of the equipment then the operation of the equipment is enabled. The determination unit determines whether or not to permit the operation of the equipment, based on a risk evaluated based on information on the outside of the vehicle acquired by an outside information acquisition unit, and a state of the vehicle, and determines to permit the operation of the equipment when the risk is equal to or lower than a prescribed level. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114138 | TIGHTENING DEVICE - A tightening device is able to check that a fastening member has been fastened to a desired set torque or greater after being tightened, without loosening the fastening member. The tightening device is provided with a mode switching switch for switching between a first tightening process of adjusting the output of a motor after measured torque that is measured by a torque detector has reached a preset first control start torque, such that the measured torque reaches a preset first set torque in a phased manner through repeated increases and decreases in torque, and blocking power supply to the motor when the measured torque reaches the first set torque, and a second tightening process of driving the motor at an initial output that is less than in the first tightening process, adjusting the output of the motor after the measured torque that is measured by the torque detector has reached a preset second control start torque, such that the measured torque reaches a preset second set torque in a phased manner through repeated increases and decreases in torque, and blocking power supply to the motor when the measured torque reaches the second set torque. | 04-30-2015 |
20150102666 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes: a low-voltage battery, a high-voltage battery having a voltage higher than that of the low-voltage battery; an output detector that detects an output of the low-voltage battery; a collision detector that detects a vehicle collision, an information recorder to which the low-voltage battery is connected as a power supply and which records collision information from the collision detector; a power supply relay unit that is provided between the high-voltage battery and the information recorder and switched between an opened state in which the high-voltage battery and the information recorder are separated and a closed state in which that are connected; and a controller that switches the power supply relay unit from the opened state to the closed state in the case when a vehicle collision a reduction in the output of the low-voltage battery are detected. | 04-16-2015 |
20150092989 | VEHICLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle external environment recognition device includes a three-dimensional position deriving module that derives three-dimensional positions in real space of subject parts in images that are obtained by imaging a detection area, an object identifying module that groups the subject parts of which differences in the three-dimensional position are within a predetermined range to identify an object, an edge intensity deriving module that horizontally divides an area containing the object to set divided areas, and derives an edge average that is an average value of edge intensities based on a luminance value of each pixel within each of the divided areas; and a floating matter identifying module that compares the edge average with a predetermined threshold, and identifies the object to be likely floating matters when the edge average is less than the threshold. | 04-02-2015 |
20150057916 | ONBOARD DISPLAY DEVICE - A minimum remaining driving range estimated to be the distance which the vehicle can travel on the remaining battery power, in a case where a power load which accessories capable of receiving electric power from a battery place on the battery is the greatest within a variable range in accordance with input of operations, and a maximum remaining driving range estimated to be the distance which the vehicle can travel on the remaining battery power, in a case where the power load is the smallest within the variable range, are displayed on a display unit. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056882 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, in particular, capable of achieving high CAI. The composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein a cured product of a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring of formula (1) and epoxy resin is impregnated with at least polyamide 12 powder: | 02-26-2015 |
20150010760 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A fiber-reinforced composite material can achieve dynamical properties at high levels, and can simultaneously improve Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness G | 01-08-2015 |
20140379166 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM - A vehicle drive assist system includes: a lane line recognizing unit that recognizes left and right lane lines defining a lane along which a vehicle equipped with the drive assist system travels; and a drive assist unit that sets lane departure determination thresholds along the left and right lane lines, and performs a drive assist operation based on a relative position of the vehicle to the lane departure determination threshold. The drive assist unit sets a left lane departure determination threshold on the basis of an inner edge of unmelted snow when a left lane line of a traveling lane is recognized based on a front-view image of the vehicle, captured by the lane line recognizing unit, but a right lane line which is covered with the unmelted snow cannot be recognized. | 12-25-2014 |
20140355827 | AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS - In an ambient environment determination apparatus, an imager obtains a picture capturing an area ahead of a vehicle, and a street lamp is detected for each detection frame unit of the picture. Then, an urban area determination process is performed that determines whether or not the ambient environment of the vehicle is an urban area based on both of a street lamp detection result of a current detection frame unit and a street lamp detection result of a past detection frame unit of the picture. Further, in a period after the vehicle turns right or left, determination responsiveness with regard to determination whether or the ambient environment is a urban area or a non-urban area is enhanced than that in a period other than the period after the right or left turn. | 12-04-2014 |
20140352644 | MOUNT STRUCTURE OF INTAKE AIR FLOW CONTROL VALVE DEVICE - In an intake air flow control valve device a flange formed in a housing of the intake air flow control valve device is bolted to a cylinder head via a first gasket and a second gasket along opening outer peripheries of a first intake air passage and a second intake air passage, which are opened to a mount surface of the flange between the flange and a mount surface of the cylinder head. | 12-04-2014 |
20140348603 | DRILLING APPARATUS AND DRILLING METHOD - A drilling apparatus includes: a drill rotatable about a center axis and capable of advancing and retracting along the axis; and a pressing unit for pressing a work in an advancing direction of the drill. The drilling apparatus advances the drill while rotating the drill about the center axis to form a hole in the work, in a state in which the work is pressed by the pressing unit. A pressing force applied on the work by the pressing unit is set to a predetermined pressing force based on machining reaction applied to the drill from the work during drilling and the pressing force causing deformation of the work in the advancing direction of the drill. The predetermined pressing force can suppress deformation of the work and displacement of the drill due to the machining reaction. The machining reaction and the pressing force are calculated beforehand in a drilling test. | 11-27-2014 |
20140343191 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to inhibit a decrease in strength attribute to the interface between a simple-shape portion and a complicated-shape portion. This fiber-reinforced resin composite material comprises: a simple-shape portion formed from at least one sheet-shaped prepreg material obtained by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin; and a complicated-shape portion obtained by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin, the complicated-shape portion having been integrated with the simple-shape portion. The resin used for the preprg material comprised the same components as the resin used for the complicated-shape portion. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341249 | DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A diagnosis device for a temperature sensor provided to a power transmission device transmits driving force generated by a driving power source of a vehicle. The diagnosis device includes: an output voltage estimating unit to calculate an output voltage estimation value of the temperature sensor, based on the operating state of the vehicle; and an output voltage stuck malfunction determining unit to determine an output voltage stuck malfunction of the temperature sensor, in a case where the amount of change of the output voltage estimation value is equal to or above a first threshold value, and the amount of change of output voltage of the temperature sensor is equal to or below a second threshold value. | 11-20-2014 |
20140338629 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTAKE MANIFOLD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD - A method for manufacturing an intake manifold is provided that is capable of suppressing deterioration in the dimensional accuracy by correcting warping and deformation caused during molding. When an intake manifold that is made of plastic and has a surge tank and intake pipes extending from the surge tank is manufactured, distal members, which form the distal ends of the intake pipes, are positioned on a jig. In this state, the distal members and the main bodies of the intake pipes are fixed to each other by vibration-welding. | 11-20-2014 |
20140331790 | WHEEL REACTION FORCE DETECTING APPARATUS - A wheel reaction force detecting apparatus includes a mount fixed to a suspension device, a hub to which a wheel is fixed, a sensing unit including a cylinder disposed inside the hub and substantially coaxial with an axle of the wheel, and a component force detector to detect a component force on the wheel. The hub is rotatably supported around the axle with respect to the mount. The cylinder has a first end fixed to the mount and a second end connected to the hub with a hub bearing disposed therebetween. The component force detector is disposed on the cylinder in the sensing unit. The hub bearing includes an inner race fit on a sensitive unit and an outer race fit on the hub. A position of the outer race is adjustable in an axial direction of the axle with respect to the inner race. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331789 | WHEEL COMPONENT FORCE DETECTING APPARATUS - A wheel component force detecting apparatus for detecting a component force on a wheel includes a cylindrical axle flange, an electric motor, and a wheel unit. The electric motor includes a stator and an armature. The wheel component force detecting apparatus includes a pair of sensing units each including a cylinder and a bridge circuit. The cylinder is mounted outside the circumferential surface of the axle flange and has a first end fixed to the axle flange and a second end fixed to the stator. The bridge circuit includes a plurality of strain gages disposed on the cylinder. The pair of sensing units is symmetrical in the axial direction of the axle flange with respect to the stator. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331757 | BUSH COMPONENT FORCE DETECTION DEVICE - A bush component force detection device detects a component force acting on a cylindrical bush which is inserted into a hole provided in a frame of a vehicle to pivotally support a rod-like member inside thereof. The device includes: a cylindrical inner ring provided between a bush and a hole and mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the bush; a cylindrical outer ring disposed outwardly of the inner ring with a predetermined space from the inner ring and mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the hole; and a sensing unit that is a cylindrical member disposed in the space between the inner ring and the outer ring substantially concentrically to the rod-like member, the sensing unit having one end connected with the inner ring, the other end connected with the outer ring, and strain gauges disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the sensing unit. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331756 | BUSH COMPONENT FORCE DETECTION DEVICE - A bush component force detection device detects a component force acting on a bush which is press-fitted into a hole provided in a frame of a vehicle. The bush component force detection device includes: a cylinder which is inserted into the hole with predetermined space therefrom and has strain gauges; elastically deformable outer-side projections that extend in an axial direction of the cylinder and project radially outward from an outer surface of the cylinder; and elastically deformable inner-side projections that extend in an axial direction of the cylinder and project radially inward from an inner surface of the cylinder. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331755 | BUSH COMPONENT FORCE DETECTION DEVICE - A bush component force detection device detects a component force acting on a cylindrical bush inserted into a hole provided in a frame of a vehicle to pivotally support a rod-like member inside thereof. The bush component force detection device includes: an outer ring provided between the bush and the hole with predetermined space from the bush and configured to surround an outer circumferential surface of the bush and to be attached on an inner circumferential surface of the hole; and a sensing unit. The sensing unit is a cylindrical member disposed between the bush and the outer ring and configured to surround the bush, and has one end of connected with an outer side of the bush, the other end connected with the outer ring, and strain gauges disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. | 11-13-2014 |
20140330528 | System and Method for Damage Diagnosis - The object of the invention is to provide a damage diagnostic system that uses a damage detection system that obtains propagation intensity distribution data, which is expanded in the two dimensions frequency and propagation time, by converting the output value from an oscillation detection sensor that was obtained when oscillation is performed by an oscillator, and for one mode or two or more modes that are selected from the fundamental mode and higher mode of Lamb waves, obtains certain characteristic values from the data, for example three indices, which are the slope of the mode dispersion of the A1 mode (rate of change of the propagation time with respect to the frequency), the amount of decrease in the propagation time of the A1 mode, and the amount of increase in the propagation time of the S0 and S1 modes, and outputs the measurement results. The measurement results are displayed on a display device. | 11-06-2014 |
20140318502 | PORTABLE ENGINE - A portable engine includes: an internal combustion engine to burn fuel so as to output power; a fuel tank to store the fuel; a fuel pump to transfer the fuel from the fuel tank to the internal combustion engine; a U-shaped fuel pipe to transfer the fuel is disposed, and at a lowest portion of a fuel passage of the fuel pipe; and a fuel drainer capable of discharging the fuel in the fuel pipe to outside. The U-shaped fuel pipe is disposed between the fuel tank and the fuel pump, and the fuel drainer is disposed at a lowest site of a fuel passage of the fuel pipe. | 10-30-2014 |
20140303851 | FOUR-POINT SEAT BELT DEVICE - A four-point seat belt device includes: a right hip belt and left hip belt to press against the hip bone of a passenger: a right shoulder belt and a left shoulder belt to press against both shoulders: a drive unit to retract the right and left hip belts, and the right and left shoulder belts: an engagement detection unit to detect that the right and left hip belts and the right and left shoulder belts are engaged via a buckle: and a detection unit to detect that the right hip belt and the left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger. The drive unit retracts the right and left hip belts after the engagement detection unit detects an engagement and the detection unit detects that the right hip belt and left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger. | 10-09-2014 |
20140297152 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A high-voltage system control device is used for a vehicle provided with a high-voltage system including a motor as a power source and a battery to supply electric power to the motor. The device includes: an inter-vehicle distance detection unit to detect an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and an target such as a preceding vehicle; an automatic brake to automatically brake the vehicle according to the inter-vehicle distance; and a cut-off control unit to cut off the high-voltage system when the automatic brake is activated. When the vehicle is traveling at a high vehicle speed and the automatic brake is activated, the high-voltage system is cut off with a main relay. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297151 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A first travel controller of a control device for a vehicle sets a first target drive force based on preceding vehicle information to control a power source when a follow-up system is in an active state. A second travel controller sets a second target drive force based on a driver's operation to control the power source when the follow-up system is in an inactive state. A third travel controller sets a third target drive force that changes from the first target drive force toward to the second target drive force to control the power source when the follow-up system is switched from the active state to the inactive state. The third travel controller makes a difference between a change rate of the third target drive force set after the cancel operation and a change rate of the third target drive force set after the brake operation. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297137 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL ACTUATOR - A diagnostic device diagnoses a hydraulic pressure control actuator which drives a line pressure control valve to regulate a pressure of hydraulic oil between upper and lower limit line pressures, so that the pressure approaches a predetermined target line pressure. The diagnostic device includes: an actual hydraulic pressure detection unit to detect an actual hydraulic pressure; a determination value setting unit to set a high pressure fixation determination value which is increased as the driving revolution rate is increased so as to substantially match a characteristic of the actuator at a time of high pressure fixation; and a fixation determination unit to determine high pressure fixation of the actuator when the actual hydraulic pressure substantially matches the high pressure fixation determination value with a difference between the target line pressure and the upper limit line pressure not lower than a predetermined value. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297077 | POWER GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an engine and a motor-generator as power sources and has an inter-vehicle distance detection unit to detect an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle. A power generation amount is restricted according to the inter-vehicle distance in a power generation travel mode in which power of the engine drives the motor-generator while being transferred to the drive wheels. Output torque of an engine drivetrain is reduced according to the restricted power generation amount. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295749 | VARIABLE DUCT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A variable duct apparatus for a vehicle including first and second louvers to rotate around first and second axes to open and closed positions, the variable duct apparatus including: a link to connect first and second louvers; first and second stoppers disposed at the first and second louvers to control the first and second louvers at an open position; a motor to rotate the first louver; and a control device to perform an opening or closing operation for rotating the first louver to the open or closed position by supplying current to the electric motor until a lock current is detected. The control device includes an abnormality determining unit to determine that an operating state is abnormal when an operating angle of the first louver from a start of the opening or closing operation until detection of the lock current is out of a predetermined reference operating angle range. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294489 | MEMBER JOINING METHOD AND MEMBER JOINING STRUCTURE - A member joining method includes the steps of forming an opening in an intermediate member composed of one part or at least two superposed parts, embedding an insert member formed of metal in the opening, placing a skin member formed of metal on an outer surface of the intermediate member such that the intermediate member is held on an inner side of the skin member, and joining the skin member to the insert member. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292695 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292281 | PREDOPING MATERIAL, ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE DEVICE - A predoping material is used for an alkali metal ion electric storage device and is represented by Formula (1): | 10-02-2014 |
20140291944 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device has longitudinal force compliance steer properties to steer a rear wheel to toe-in or toe-out according to increase in longitudinal force applied to wheel treads of a rear wheel. The suspension device includes: a hub bearing housing; suspension links having both edges pivotally attached to a vehicle body and a hub bearing respectively, to support the hub bearing housing; a suspension spring generating reaction force corresponding to relative displacement amount in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; a damper generating damping force corresponding to relative speed in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; and a toe change generating unit generating toe change in a direction where toe change due to longitudinal force compliance properties is temporarily cancelled out or suppressed at an early stage of turning of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291053 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure includes a main frame, an upper frame disposed in an upward direction and an outward direction of the main frame, an engine, and a reinforcing unit different from an upper suspension holder for supporting an upper suspension. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290599 | ACTIVE GRILLE SHUTTER - An active grille shutter controls opening and closing of a variable duct device which uses movable louvers to open and close an opening provided at the front end of a vehicle to introduce moving air. The active grille shutter includes: thermal load state detection units each configured to detect a thermal load state of the vehicle; and an opening and closing control unit configured to set the variable duct device in a closed state in a normal condition, and to set the variable duct device in an open state when it is determined that the thermal load state of the vehicle is a predetermined high thermal load state. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287870 | HYBRID SYSTEM OF ENGINE AND MOTOR GENERATOR - An engine is provided with an output shaft and a motor generator connection shaft of a crankshaft at ends of a crank case and adapted such that the output shaft can be connected with an external driven apparatus. A motor generator has stators relatively fixed to the crank case and a rotor coupled with the motor generator connection shaft and rotating relative to the stators. An external apparatus connection shaft is connected with the rotor and disposed at an end of the motor generator on the opposite side of the engine. A clutch is disposed between the motor generator connection shaft and the rotor. A power storage unit stores electric power generated by the motor generator and supplies the electric power to the motor generator. A controller switches between an electric power generation function and a motor function, and engages and disengages the clutch. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284947 | VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle front body structure includes: a vehicle body structural member disposed below a front end of a hood and extends substantially along the vehicle width direction; and an energy absorbing member that protrudes toward a vehicle front side from the vehicle body structural member, extends substantially along the vehicle width direction, and deforms so as to absorb energy upon a collision. The energy absorbing member is secured to the vehicle body structural member at opposite ends of the energy absorbing member in the vehicle width direction. A clearance is defined between a central part of the energy absorbing member in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle body structural member. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284136 | INTAKE SOUND INTRODUCING APPARATUS - An intake sound introducing apparatus has, for example, a branch pipe, a sound creator, a communication pipe, and a resonator. The branch pipe branches from an intake pipe of the engine. The sound creator includes a vibrator that vibrates with the intake pulsation of the intake sound propagating within the branch pipe. The communication pipe provides communication between the inside of a casing of the sound creator and the inside of the cabin. The resonator is provided in the communication pipe. | 09-25-2014 |
20140274562 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device is provided between an engine and a transmission and has a torque distribution mechanism that is provided with a first input element connected to the engine, a second input element connected to the engine via a first elastic member, a first output element connected to transmission, and a second output element connected to the transmission via a second elastic member. The damper device further has a first clutch that is provided between the first output element and the transmission and that is switched between an engaged state of connecting the first output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the first output element from the transmission, and a second clutch that is provided between the second output element and the transmission and that is switched between an engaged state of connecting the second output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the second output element from the transmission. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274561 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device is disposed between an engine and a transmission and has a torque distribution mechanism that is provided with a first input element connected to the engine, a second input element connected to the engine via an elastic member, a first output element connected to the transmission, and a second output element connected to the transmission. The damper device further has a first clutch that is disposed between the first output element and the transmission, and is switched between an engaged state of connecting the first output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the first output element from the transmission, and a second clutch that is disposed between the second output element and the transmission, and is switched between an engaged state of connecting the second output element to the transmission and a released state of disconnecting the second output element from the transmission. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274524 | DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device is disposed between an engine and a transmission. The damper device includes a differential mechanism. The differential mechanism includes a first input element connected to the engine, a second input element connected to the engine, and an outputting element connected to the transmission. The damper device also includes a first spring disposed between the engine and the first input element, an inertia member disposed between the first spring and the first input element, and a second spring disposed between the transmission and the outputting element. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274505 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR SFHIT CONTROL ACTUATOR - A diagnostic device for a shift control actuator of a CVT includes: a variator; a chamber that is filled with and discharges hydraulic fluid for an upshift and a downshift, respectively; an upshift control valve for filling hydraulic fluid into the chamber; a downshift control valve for discharging hydraulic fluid from the chamber; a fail-safe valve for suspending the discharge of hydraulic fluid from the chamber when the upshift control valve is in a filling state; actuators for driving the upshift and downshift control valves; and a shift controller for controlling the actuators so that an actual shift ratio approaches a target ratio. The shift controller determines the state of the actuators with the information on the actual shift ratio when the controller instructs a downshift or an upshift. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267621 | STEREO CAMERA UNIT - A stereo camera unit includes a camera stay, a pair of lenses fixed to the camera stay, image-capturing devices for receiving light condensed by the lens, and a mount board mounting the image-capturing devices. The mount board is fixed to the camera stay via fastening members such as a screw, whereby the relative position of the lens with respect to the image-capturing device is determined. A metal core substrate having a same metal material as the camera stay in a core layer is employed for the mount board. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265292 | FOUR-POINT SEAT BELT DEVICE - A four-point seat belt device includes right and left lap belts to press the hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat, two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger, a driving unit to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts, and a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle. The driving unit controls the lap belts in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching. | 09-18-2014 |
20140252704 | ENGINE MOUNT STRUCTURE FOR APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ENGINE - An engine mount structure for an apparatus equipped with an engine mounts an engine on a resin casing with an elastic body therebetween. The structure includes: a base plate arranged so that one side thereof faces the engine and the other side thereof faces the casing; a cylindrical elastic body that protrudes toward the engine from the base plate and is provided at an end portion thereof on an engine side with a securing member on which the engine is fixed; and a bolt that protrudes toward the casing from the base plate and couples the casing and the base plate to each other. An area where the bolt is disposed on the base plate protrudes in a stepped shape toward the engine from an area where the elastic body is disposed on the base plate. | 09-11-2014 |
20140245838 | WHEEL OPERATING FORCE SENSOR - A wheel operating force sensor includes: an attachment fixed to a vehicle body member supported by a suspension device; a hub to which a wheel is fixed and which is rotatably supported about a wheel axis with respect to the attachment; a sensing body having a tube formed substantially concentrically with the wheel axis, one end of the tube being fixed to the attachment, and the other end being connected to the hub, with a hub bearing being interposed between the other end and the hub; and a component force sensing unit having a bridge circuit including per component force at least four strain gauges that are provided on a circumferential surface of the tube of the sensing body. The hub bearing has: a radial bearing provided between the sensing body and the hub and receiving a load in a radial direction; and a thrust bearing provided between the sensing body and the hub and receiving a load in a thrust direction, and moreover provided separately from the radial bearing. | 09-04-2014 |
20140236379 | VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CHARGING METHOD - In response to connection of a vehicle with an external power supply, a PLG-ECU performs a first charging operation of controlling a charger using a target value which is set to a state of charge lower than a predetermined full state of charge, until the state of charge of a power storage device reaches the target value. After the state of charge reaches the target value, the PLG-ECU stops charging of the power storage device, and restarts charging of the power storage device so that the state of charge reaches the predetermined full state of charge at a scheduled time to end charging which is specified through the use of an input unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140230760 | FREEZE DETECTING DEVICE FOR ACTIVE SHUTTER OF VEHICLE - A freeze detecting device for an active shutter of a vehicle includes an engine control unit that outputs an opening signal, opens an active shutter, takes in travelling wind to an engine compartment, and inhibits heat damage when an external air temperature is at or below a freezing determination temperature and also a load state is high. On the other hand, when an opening signal is output from the engine control unit but the active shutter does not perform an opening action, a determination of being frozen solid is made, a warning is displayed on the display to warn the vehicle driver. | 08-21-2014 |
20140218751 | DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICE AND DISPLACEMENT MEASURING METHOD - Displacement measuring device with light irradiation system, first and second FBGs and detecting system. The first FBG has first transmittance distribution or first reflectance distribution. The second FBG has second transmittance distribution or second reflectance distribution. The detecting system detects light passed through the first and second FBGs of which at least one of the first transmittance distribution and the second transmittance distribution changes in a wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to a displacement amount of an object, or amplitude of the light passed through the first and the second FBGs of which at least one of the first reflectance distribution and the second reflectance distribution changes in the wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to the displacement amount of the object, and acquires an index to indicate the displacement amount based on the amplitude. | 08-07-2014 |
20140212658 | BENZOXAZINE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Provided are a fiber-reinforced composite material capable of achieving excellent CAI, ILSS, and bending fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, and maintaining a high glass transition temperature of the resin material therein, and prepreg and a benzoxazine resin composition therefor. The composition contains, at a particular ratio, (A) a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring represented by formula (1), (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a curing agent, (D) a toughness improver, and (E) polyamide 12 particles of a particular particle size, and component (D) is dissolved: | 07-31-2014 |
20140210602 | VEHICLE APPROACH INFORMING DEVICE - A vehicle approach informing device includes: an informing sound output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to inform of approach of the vehicle by transmitting sound to the outside; a distance measurement unit to detect a current position of the vehicle and to measure a distance between the detected current position and a predetermined position; and a sound volume control unit configured to set a sound volume outputted by the informing sound output unit to a predetermined normal sound volume when the distance measured by the distance measurement unit is equal to or longer than a first distance, and to set the sound volume to a lower level than the normal sound volume when the distance measured by the distance measurement unit is shorter than the first distance. | 07-31-2014 |
20140192410 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR IMAGING APPARATUS - A vehicle exterior imaging apparatus includes a photo-receiving element, a transparent member that is disposed on a front face of the photo-receiving element and introduces light into it, and a movable body movable between a covering position for covering part or all of a front face of the transparent member with the movable body being spaced apart from the transparent member, and an evacuated position evacuating from the front face of the transparent member with respect to the covering position. The movable body has a higher surface wettability in a portion opposing to the transparent member at the covering position than the one of the front face of the transparent member. The movable body evacuates water adhered to the surface of the transparent member in a moving direction of the movable body during the movement of the movable body from the covering position to the evacuated position. | 07-10-2014 |
20140188345 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - In a vehicle driving assistance device, a steering controlling unit estimates lane lines behind a subject vehicle based on lane lines recognized ahead of the subject vehicle and a running state of the subject vehicle, determines whether or not there is a passing vehicle on an adjacent lane based on the estimated lane lines behind the subject vehicle and a solid substance that is detected behind the subject vehicle by a solid substance detecting unit. If there is a passing vehicle a set distance behind the subject vehicle, the steering controlling unit corrects a steering angle of steering control set based on the lane lines ahead of the subject vehicle toward a direction in which the subject vehicle moves wary from the passing vehicle. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185647 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A diagnostic device for a temperature sensor is provided in a power transfer device that transfers drive power generated by a drive power source in a vehicle. The diagnostic device includes: a warm-up state determining unit to determine whether the drive power source is in a predetermined warm-up completion state; and a low temperature offset malfunction determining unit to determine a low temperature offset malfunction in the temperature sensor when the warm-up state determining unit determines that the warm-up completion state is established, and the detected value from the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined low temperature threshold. | 07-03-2014 |
20140176069 | VEHICLE - In a vehicle, a lamp for illuminating a charging connector is provided in a charging port, and lighting and extinction of the lamp are controlled by a light emission controller. The light emission controller causes the lamp to emit light when an outer door is opened. Further, the lamp is extinguished after detecting that the outer door has been closed, the vehicle is traveling at a predetermined speed, an ignition switch has been switched ON, a door locking operation has been performed, or charging has begun. | 06-26-2014 |
20140175830 | RECTIFIER OF VEHICLE WHEEL HOUSE - A rectifier of a vehicle wheel house to rectify an air flow in the wheel house housing a wheel includes an air passage configured to introduce running wind from a forward position of a vehicle; and an air blowing port which is formed at a partition wall member included in a partition wall of the wheel house on the vehicle body side, and configured to allow the running wind through the air passage to strike an outer circumferential surface of the wheel. | 06-26-2014 |
20140172284 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display device for a vehicle is provided in a vehicle having idling stop function and includes: a fuel economy display unit to display fuel economy information on the vehicle; an first fuel economy display unit to calculate a first fuel economy based on a distance traveled and fuel consumption in a first period; and a second fuel economy calculation unit to calculate an second fuel economy based on a distance traveled and fuel consumption in a second period shorter than the first period. The device also includes a display control unit to control display of the fuel economy display unit based on a fuel economy difference between the first and second fuel economies. When the second fuel economy reaches a reference value before performing idling stop, the fuel economy display control unit controls the fuel economy display unit based on the last fuel economy difference without updating the difference. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172237 | VEHICLE-OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle-occupant protection system in a vehicle has a first sensor and a second sensor on a lateral side closer to a seat of an occupant. The first sensor is either forward of or lateral to the seat of the occupant in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The second sensor is rearward of the first sensor. The system further includes a collision determination section, which concludes an occurrence of a collision when a signal of the first sensor exceeds a determination threshold value in a situation where a signal of the second sensor has not exceeded a determination threshold value. Upon concluding the occurrence of the collision, the collision determination section activates a movement restraint device to restrain the occupant from moving away from the seat. | 06-19-2014 |
20140159517 | AXIAL GAP-TYPE POWER GENERATOR - An axial gap-type power generator has: a rotor fixed to a crankshaft of an engine; a stator fixed to a crankcase of the engine and opposing the rotor across a spacing in an axial direction; and a housing to house the rotor and the stator and to fix the stator. The stator is configured by arraying, in a peripheral direction, a plurality of coils C each configured through winding of a winding about a stator core. The housing is formed of a resin-based material. Winding ends of the coils are wired using connector fittings each of which is formed of a metal plate, is held on the housing, and has a clamp into which the winding end is inserted and clamped. | 06-12-2014 |
20140156158 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle driving support control apparatus receives lane line information given from a first environment recognizer and information on a target three-dimensional object given from a second environment recognizer. The apparatus estimates the visual range of a driver based on the lane line information, and estimates the driving lane based on at least either one of the lane line information and the target three-dimensional object information, and estimates the driving track of the vehicle. Based on the estimated driving lane and driving track, the apparatus estimates a deviation position where the subject vehicle will deviate from the driving lane on the basis of the driving lane and the driving track estimated. If the deviation position is beyond the visual range, the apparatus executes at least either one of notification to the driver and automatic braking in accordance with the possibility of deviation from the driving lane. | 06-05-2014 |
20140149013 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT CONTROL APPARATUS - A collision prevention controller mounted on a subject vehicle receives lane line information from a first environment recognizer and three-dimensional object information on a target three-dimensional object from a second environment recognizer, estimates the visual range of the driver based on the lane line information, determines whether the target three-dimensional object is located outside of the visual range of the driver, and determines the possibility of a collision of the target three-dimensional object and the subject vehicle. When the target three-dimensional object is located outside of the visual range of the driver, the collision prevention controller executes at least either one of notification to the driver or application of automatic braking in accordance with the possibility of collision with the subject vehicle. | 05-29-2014 |
20140144744 | Clutch Controller - A claw clutch includes first and second rotors disposed coaxially with each other, and is switched between an engaged state engaging teeth of the rotors and a disengaged state releasing the engagement. An actuator moves either one of the rotors in an axial direction to switch the clutch between the states. A synchronization controlling unit controls an electric motor coupled to the second rotor to cause its rotation number to approach the rotation number of the first rotor when the clutch is switched to the engaged state. An engagement controlling unit that controls the actuator moves either one of the rotors to a position where the teeth are engaged before a difference in rotation speed between the rotors falls within a predetermined range and the rotation number of the second rotor reaches that of the first rotor when the clutch is switched to the engaged state. | 05-29-2014 |
20140142827 | VEHICLE BRAKE PRESSURE CONTROLLER - A brake controlling unit detects a brake actuation object based on images captured by a running environment recognizing unit and sets a target brake pre-pressure actuation distance based on a relative speed between the brake actuation object and a subject vehicle. When an actual distance between the subject vehicle and the brake actuation object reaches the target brake pre-pressure actuation distance, the brake controlling unit outputs to a brake driving unit a driving signal that generates a brake pre-pressure to make the brake clearance of a brake minimal. | 05-22-2014 |
20140136037 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - A vehicle capable of traveling using electric power from a power storage device mounted thereon has an ECU executing, when traveling by electric power from the power storage device: the step of calculating a reference electric consumption based on an average operating point determined by an average vehicle speed and average driving force for every predetermined period; the step of calculating an actual electric consumption based on power consumption and travel distance during the period; the step of calculating a predicted electric consumption by a smoothing processing based on the reference electric consumption and actual electric consumption; and the step of calculating an allowed travel distance RMD that the vehicle can travel by the electric power remaining in the power storage device, based on the predicted electric consumption and the SOC of the power storage device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132769 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - An exterior environment recognition device includes: a specific object detection unit to detect a specific object on the basis of a color image; a data retaining unit to associate and retain the specific object and a luminance range indicating the color of the specific object; and a transparency reduction determination unit to compare a luminance of the color image of the specific object and a luminance range associated with the specific object, and to determine a reduction in transparency of a transparent body located in an image-capturing direction of the onboard camera. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132006 | AXIAL GAP TYPE GENERATOR - There is provided an axial gap type generator. The an axial gap type generator includes: generator cases are fixed to a crank case of an engine; a rotor yoke housed inside the generator cases and fixed to a crankshaft of the engine; a first stator core and a second stator core fixed to inner faces of the generator cases and disposed flanking the rotor yoke in a rotation axis direction; generator case supports for supporting the generator case in such a manner that a surface section of the generator case opposing the crank case has a spacing between the surface section and the crank case. | 05-15-2014 |
20140121929 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller has multiple vehicle control modes that have different output characteristics of a travel power source relative to an accelerator operation amount. The vehicle control modes include a poor road travel mode used during travel on a poor road, and a first normal travel mode and a second normal travel mode that are used during travel other than on a poor road. A rate of increase in an output of the travel power source relative to a predetermined accelerator operation amount during an initial stage of an accelerator operation is set to increase steadily in order of the poor road travel mode, the first normal travel mode, and the second normal travel mode. When the poor road travel mode is selected, a mode transition to the first normal travel mode is permitted but a mode transition to the second normal travel mode is prohibited. | 05-01-2014 |
20140095019 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a wire that is mounted on a vehicle body to which an external force is applied according to a running state during running of the vehicle, and applies a tension to the vehicle body; an actuator to adjust the tension of the wire to change a rigidity of the vehicle body; and a controller to output a control signal to the actuator. The controller determines the running state, outputs to the actuator a control signal designating a tension according to the determined running state, and controls distortion of the vehicle body. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092250 | VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A visual guidance system includes an image display to present an image overlaid on a windshield in front of a driver of a vehicle and a processor to output image information on the image display. The processor outputs image information for presenting a virtual line extending from an upper side of the driver to a visual guidance target seen within the windshield in such a manner that the virtual line is overlaid on the windshield. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092134 | VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A visual guidance system includes an image display to present an image overlaid on a windshield in front of a driver of a vehicle, a processor to output image information on a virtual line to display visual guidance to the image display, and a steering input detector to detect a steering input. The processor presents an attention attracting indication about an object outside of the vehicle in synchronization with the virtual line in such a manner that the virtual line extends from above the driver along a course of the vehicle seen within the windshield, and a pointing end of the virtual line is overlaid on a road surface on the course seen within the windshield. The processor outputs image information for changing the attention attracting indication to be less conspicuous than the virtual line in accordance with a steering input signal given by the steering input detector. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090911 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR ADJUSTABLE AIR DIFFUSER - An adjustable air diffuser is disposed in an airflow channel into which travelling wind is directed through an opening provided in a bumper face. The diffuser substantially opens and closes the airflow channel by using a movable louver blade driven by an actuator. An upper part of the diffuser is disposed to face a rear wall of the bumper face and is attached to a bumper beam extending substantially along a vehicle width direction. A lower part of the diffuser is either one of attached to a vehicle body structural member and a load transmission member projecting forward from the vehicle body structural member. The upper part of the diffuser and the bumper beam are connected with each other with an upper bracket having a weak portion that is configured to be broken in response to pivotal movement of the diffuser relative to the bumper beam. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090459 | ENGINE STROKE DETERMINATION APPARATUS - There is provided an engine stroke determination apparatus. The engine stroke determination apparatus is for determining stroke of a single-cylinder four-stroke engine and includes a transistor igniter. The apparatus is configured to determine a compression stroke and an exhaust stroke by comparing voltages of ignition signals that are output in the compression stroke and the exhaust stroke by the transistor igniter. | 04-03-2014 |
20140088833 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - When there is a curve in a forward driving path of a vehicle, a wheel clutch for a turning outer wheel of a rear shaft is engaged and a wheel clutch for a turning inner wheel of the rear shaft is disengaged during driving of the curve. When there is no curve, both of the right and left wheel clutches are engaged when it is estimated the vehicle receive a predetermined disturbance input during forward driving. Then, a target yaw moment of a vehicle is calculated. If an average speed of the right and left wheels of a front shaft is more than the speed of the turning outer wheel, the wheel clutch for the turning outer wheel is engaged when the target yaw moment is applied to the vehicle, so that the engaging force of a transfer clutch is controlled based on the target yaw moment. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087903 | CHAIN TENSIONER LEVER - A chain tensioner lever has a chain guide surface which is formed such that in its main area extending from an end near a boss to an end near a piston contact, a curved track that slides along a timing chain in the chain travel direction has a continuously varying radius of curvature. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084635 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a main frame having a plurality of members; and a reinforcing member that is made of a reinforced resin and that is disposed at a junction where two members out of the plurality of members intersect a point from two directions or a bent portion of one member. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084633 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a main frame having a plurality of members; and a reinforcing member that is made of a reinforced resin and that is disposed at a junction where three members out of the plurality of members intersect a point from three directions, or at a junction where one or two members intersect a point from any of three directions. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084631 | FRONT PILLAR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A front pillar structure for a vehicle includes a windshield; a front door; a front pillar located between the windshield and the front door; a pillar outer cover disposed on an outer surface of the front pillar; and a side mirror. A flow passage for flowing air is formed between the pillar outer cover and the front pillar. An inlet port and an air outlet port are respectively formed at the front and rear of the flow passage. The flow passage is provided with ribs to separate air and rain water from each other. The air outlet port is open toward the rear of the vehicle at a position slightly higher than the upper edge of the door mirror. The air outlet port has a longitudinal dimension approximately one-fifth of the longitudinal dimension of the inlet port. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084630 | PILLAR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A pillar structure for a vehicle includes: a glass to form a vehicle compartment; a pillar to support a roof panel; and a pillar outer cover disposed at an outer side of the pillar. A flow passage is provided between the pillar and the pillar outer cover. The flow passage includes an inlet port, an air-water separator, an air outlet port, and a discharge port. The air outlet port is disposed at a position with a pressure lower than a pressure in a vicinity of the inlet port during running of the vehicle. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084624 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR ADJUSTABLE AIR DIFFUSER - An adjustable air diffuser is disposed in an airflow channel into which a travelling wind is directed through an opening provided in a bumper face. The diffuser opens and closes the channel by movable louver blades driven by an actuator. An upper part of the diffuser is disposed to face a rear wall of the bumper face and is attached to a bumper beam extending along a vehicle width direction. A lower part of the diffuser is attached to a vehicle body structural member. The attachment structure includes a column that is disposed behind the adjustable air diffuser. A lower end of the column is attached to a lower end of the adjustable air diffuser. Weak portions are provided on the column such that the column breaks when the column interferes with another member behind the column. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084608 | VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE - A front vehicle structure includes: a bumper fascia; a radiator panel upper disposed in a vehicle width direction behind the bumper fascia; and an upper energy absorbing (EA) member for pedestrian protection. The upper EA member is provided in the vehicle width direction in a substantially Σ shape as a side view between the top of the bumper fascia and the radiator panel upper. A rear of the upper EA member for pedestrian protection is fixed to the radiator panel upper. An upper projection and a lower projection are respectively formed above and below the upper EA member. | 03-27-2014 |
20140076268 | ENGINE - An engine includes: a cylinder; a first bearing that is at least partially integrally formed with the cylinder and configured to rotatably support a first shaft of a crankshaft; a second bearing that is at least partially integrally formed with the cylinder and configured to rotatably support a second shaft of the crankshaft; and a first crankcase member and a second crankcase member that include a resin-based material, and respectively constitute part and remaining part of a crankcase that houses the crankshaft. A connecting portion between the first crankcase member and the second crankcase member is continuously connected along substantially an entire length by at least one of fitting, bonding, and welding. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076080 | TRANSMISSION - In a transmission, an input shaft connected to a startup clutch includes a first input shaft and a second input shaft. Drive gears are fixed to a first main shaft and a second main shaft, and driven gears are provided on an output shaft to be free to rotate relative thereto. The driven gears are connected to and disconnected from the output shaft by a gear switching mechanism. A shaft switching mechanism that switches a power transmission path between the first main shaft and the second main shaft is provided on the first main shaft, the second main shaft, and the second input shaft. A damping mechanism is provided between the first input shaft and the second input shaft in order to cut spike torque generated when the power transmission path is switched, to a set torque. | 03-20-2014 |
20140070522 | DISPOSITION STRUCTURE FOR CURTAIN AIRBAG SYSTEM - A disposition structure for a curtain airbag system in which the airbag, when deployed, deforms an end of a roof trim toward the inside of a passenger compartment. An airbag guide support retains an airbag guide in a normal position in which an end of the airbag guide is kept away from an upper end of a pillar trim and a top surface of the airbag guide faces the under surface of the folded airbag. When the airbag is inflated and deployed, the airbag guide receives a downward pressing force from the inflating airbag on the top surface of the airbag guide and moves to a position of action in which the airbag guide covers the upper end of the pillar trim from above. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069677 | AIR CONTROL DEVICE AND AIR CONTROL METHOD - An air control device includes an air suction port, air discharge ports, and an air control system. The air suction port takes in air. The air discharge ports discharge the taken-in air. The air control system discharges the air through the air discharge ports alternately for respective preset times. An air control method includes: taking in air; and discharging the air alternately through air discharge ports for respective preset times. | 03-13-2014 |
20140062409 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - In control over a power supply system that includes a plurality of parallel connected batteries, electric power is supplied from the plurality of batteries to an electrical device at a total output upper limit value that is obtained by applying a first computing to individual output upper limit values of the plurality of batteries, and, when there is an abnormality in at least one of the plurality of batteries, the at least one of the plurality of batteries, having an abnormality, is isolated, and a total output upper limit value is set by applying a second computing to the battery having no abnormality, the total output upper limit value being smaller than the total output upper limit value obtained through the first computing. | 03-06-2014 |
20140054053 | TOOL DRIVING DEVICE, TOOL DRIVING METHOD, AND TOOL FEEDING MECHANISM FOR TOOL DRIVING DEVICE - A tool feeding mechanism for a tool driving device includes a cylinder mechanism, a positioning mechanism, and a holding mechanism. The cylinder mechanism moves a tool rotation driving device to hold and rotate a tool, in a tool axis direction on an exterior of a cylinder tube using power of a piston. The positioning mechanism is connected to the cylinder tube side of the cylinder mechanism either directly or indirectly in order to position the cylinder mechanism relative to a workpiece. The holding mechanism holds the tool rotation driving device such that the power of the piston in the cylinder mechanism is transmitted to the tool rotation driving device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140046564 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - In a control device for four-wheel drive vehicle, yaw moment for suppressing understeer tendency of the vehicle is calculated as target yaw moment. If the average wheel speed of right and left wheels of a front shaft is more than the wheel speed of a turning outer wheel of a rear shaft, a control unit performs control as follows: when the target yaw moment Mzt is applied to the vehicle, a wheel clutch of the turning outer wheel is engaged, and a wheel clutch of a turning inner wheel is disengaged, so that the engaging force of a transfer clutch | 02-13-2014 |
20140041473 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission includes an input shaft to receive the rotation of an engine, drive gears attached to the input shaft so as to freely rotate, an output shaft to output rotation following a gear shift, driven gears that are attached to the output shaft so as to freely rotate and mesh with the drive gears, an engagement mechanism to fix a gear to be used in a gear shift, from among the drive gears, to the input shaft to be incapable of relative rotation prior to a gear shift, and a selector mechanism to fix, during the gear shift, the driven gear of a corresponding gear position, which meshes with the drive gear fixed to the input shaft by the engagement mechanism, to the output shaft to be incapable of relative rotation. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041472 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission includes an input shaft for receiving rotation of an engine, an intermediate shaft connected to the input shaft via a damping mechanism, drive gears, driven gears, and an output shaft. Rotation of the input shaft is transmitted to the driven gears, which are inserted into the output shaft to be free to rotate, via the damping mechanism, the intermediate shaft, and the drive gears. A gear shift is performed by fixing one of the driven gears to the output shaft to be incapable of relative rotation using a selector mechanism. An impact generated when the gear is fixed is absorbed and dampened by the damping mechanism, which is interposed between the input shaft and the intermediate shaft. | 02-13-2014 |
20140032051 | POWER-STEERING CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE - A basic assist torque is set on the basis of the vehicle speed and the steering torque, and when the vehicle changes from a straight driving state to a curve driving state, a correction amount for the basic assist torque is calculated, which is to offset steering torque characteristic values which has been predetermined depending on a steering angle, in a direction opposite to the steering direction by correcting an absolute value of the basic assist torque to reduce its action on the steering direction depending at least upon the curvature radius of the driving road in front of the vehicle, and the basic assist torque is corrected with the basic assist torque correction amount and the controlled/corrected torque (assist torque) is output to a motor drive unit. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028051 | VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE - A vehicle front structure includes: an exterior member provided at a lower portion of a front end of a vehicle; and an energy absorbing bracket having front and rear ends, the front end facing a rear surface of the exterior member and the rear end being mounted on a vehicle structural member. The energy absorbing bracket has an upper surface which is disposed to be inclined downward toward a front of the vehicle, and the inclination increases continuously or stepwise from a rear of the vehicle to the front of the vehicle, lower vehicle width direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in a vehicle width direction, and are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction, and lower vehicle front-rear direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed in the vehicle width direction. | 01-30-2014 |
20130322962 | JOINT STRUCTURE FOR FIBER REINFORCED RESIN AND METAL - There is provided a joint structure for a fiber reinforced resin and a metal. In the joint structure, respective end portions of a fiber reinforced plastic and a metallic material are joined to each other. A large number of projections having a height that enables the projections to contact fibers constituting the fiber reinforced plastic are formed on a joint surface of the metallic material serving as a part of a joint surface between the fiber reinforced plastic and the metallic material. | 12-05-2013 |
20130320709 | FRONT VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - There is provided a front vehicle body structure. The structure includes a front-side frame which is disposed on each side of a power unit in a vehicle width direction, and extends in a fore-and-aft direction; and a load-transfer member disposed outside in the width direction, near a front-end of the front-side frame, a rear end of the load-transfer member being fixed to a certain position of a outer lateral side of the front-side frame in the width direction, the certain position being located forwardly of a center of the power unit in the fore-and-aft direction, a front-end of the load-transfer member being disposed forwardly and outwardly of the rear end. A load to the front-end of the load-transfer member in a rearward direction of the vehicle causes a vicinity area of the fixed position to be displaced in a direction in which the vicinity area approaches the power unit. | 12-05-2013 |
20130312991 | ATTACHMENT FOR DUST COLLECTION FOR CUTTING MACHINING, DUST COLLECTING DUCT FOR MACHINE TOOLS, TOOL HOLDER FOR MACHINE TOOLS, AND MACHINE TOOL - An attachment for dust collection for cutting machining includes a rotation mechanism and a dust collection enclosure for enclosing at least part of a tool. The dust collection enclosure is rotatably configured by being fixed to the rotation mechanism. A gap for checking a machining state is provided in the dust collection enclosure. | 11-28-2013 |
20130297159 | VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT - There is provided a vehicle control unit. The vehicle control unit provides an automatic mode that automatically determines a gear ratio in accordance with an operational status of a vehicle and a temporary manual mode that, with a driver's operation, selects any one predetermined gear ratio from among predetermined gear ratios set in advance and automatically switches a mode of operation to the automatic mode according to the operational status of the vehicle. When switching a mode of operation from the automatic mode to the temporary manual mode through a downshift operation that changes a gear ratio to a lower one in a transmission and an engine speed is lower than a reference rotational speed set in accordance with a vehicle speed, the vehicle control unit selects any one of the predetermined gear ratios such that the engine speed is equal to or more than the reference rotational speed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130273755 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a battery system for a vehicle. The battery system includes: a battery module; a junction box which connects the battery module to other electronic components; and a case which includes the battery module and the junction box. The junction box is integrally mounted on a side surface of the battery module which is fixed to the case, and at least the junction box is non-contact with an inner surface of the case. | 10-17-2013 |
20130261951 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a driving support apparatus for a vehicle. A driving control unit determines whether or not a three-dimensional object ahead is a three-dimensional object having high reliability as a control object for an automatic brake control based on a condition set beforehand, when possibility of collision between the vehicle and the three-dimensional object ahead is determined to be high. When the reliability of the three-dimensional object ahead as the control object is determined to be low and the amount of increase in the accelerator opening degree is equal to or larger than a set value, the driving control unit cancels the execution of the automatic brake control. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261916 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a driving support apparatus for a vehicle. When a height of a three-dimensional object extracted as a control subject is less than a set height, and as the height of the control subject becomes lower, a driving control unit increases the range of the braking control that is sequentially inhibited in the stepwise manner from the highest braking level to the lowest braking level. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259309 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - There is provided a driving support apparatus. A recognition controller determines whether an object detected by processing a captured image by an object detection unit is a smoke-like object or not in a smoke-like object determination unit. When the detected object is determined to be the smoke-like object, the recognition controller checks a range distribution in a region of the smoke-like object, adds the result as attribute information of “density”, and transmits the resultant to a controller. The controller decides in a support operation level decision unit whether a pre-crash brake control can be executed or not and an intensity of an operation based on the attribute information of the smoke-like object. Thus, even if the smoke-like object is detected, an appropriate driving support process according to the condition can be executed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257274 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - There is provided an apparatus for controlling a head lamp for a vehicle. A control condition determining unit determines whether a condition for controlling a head lamp is established or not based upon whether a vehicle ahead is present or not, and a distance between the vehicle ahead and the vehicle. When the control condition is determined to be established, an illumination range control unit compares a reference pattern stored and held in a reference pattern holding unit and an illumination pattern of the head lamp recognized by an illumination pattern recognition unit, and controls the illumination range of the head lamp via an actuator in order that both patterns agree with each other. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257098 | VEHICLE - There is provided a vehicle. The vehicle of a first aspect of the present invention includes a main frame constituted by a structure in which an outer member and an inner member are connected to each other. A reinforcing member (reinforcement pillar center outers) made of reinforced plastics is interposed between the outer member and the inner member. The vehicle of a second aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of members. One (a pillar center inner) of at least two members (for example, a pillar center inner and a panel side outer) connected to each other is made of reinforced plastics. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257028 | FRONT VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - There is provided a front vehicle body structure including: a front sub frame mounted below front side frames; a tie rod disposed forwardly of an axle; a tie rod pressing member having a pressing portion which is mounted on the front sub frame forward of the tie rod and presses the tie rod when a collision occurs; and a rotational movement generating member for causing the tie rod pressing member to generate a rotational movement by deforming an area on which the tie rod pressing member is mounted in the front sub frame, by the load received when a collision occurs. The pressing portion is displaced by the rotational movement from a first position which is out of a steering range of the front wheels to a second position at which the pressing portion swings outward in the vehicle width direction and which allows pressing of the tie rod. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255024 | WINDSHIELD WASHER SYSTEM - There is provided a windshield washer system. The windshield washer system includes: washer nozzles for injecting washer fluid onto a top portion of a windshield, in which an imaging area is included in a field of view of an imaging device that is located in a vehicle cabin; and a washer fluid supplier for supplying the washer fluid to the washer nozzles by pressurizing the washer fluid. The washer nozzles include a first nozzle having a spray pattern covering an area other than the imaging area and a second nozzle having a spray pattern covering the imaging area. The spray pattern of the second nozzle is narrower than the spray pattern of the first nozzle. | 10-03-2013 |
20130253756 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a vehicle control system configured to select one of driving modes which are associated with abnormalities of control units and are previously defined in a mapping table, and to output an execution command via CAN bus to a corresponding control unit that achieves the selected driving mode. In the above process, the driving modes stored in a driving mode change instruction unit each provide a driving state which enables a vehicle to perform safety driving reliably, while maintaining a minimum necessary driving performance even when an abnormality occurs in the relevant control units. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252785 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a shift-by-wire control system including a range switching device that switches engagement or disengagement of a forward engagement element and a reverse engagement element by using an actuator, a range switching operation unit by which a driver inputs a range switching operation, and a range switching control unit that controls the actuator of the range switching device on the basis of the state of the range switching operation unit. The shift-by-wire control system further includes vehicle start preparation state determination units for determining a vehicle start preparation state. When the vehicle start preparation state determination unit determines that the vehicle start preparation state is incomplete, the range switching control unit executes running prohibition control by which the forward engagement element and the reverse engagement element are all disengaged, regardless of the state of the range switching operation unit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252784 | FAILSAFE DEVICE FOR SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM - There is provided a failsafe device for a shift-by-wire system, including: a parking range operation unit with which a diver inputs a request to shift to a parking range; a control unit that changes the state of an automatic transmission to a parking range state in response to the shift request from the parking range operation unit; a failure determination unit that determines whether or not the actual state of the automatic transmission is the parking range state; and a brake device that brakes wheels of a vehicle with an actuator. The control unit brakes the wheels with the brake device when the failure determination unit determines that the actual state of the automatic transmission is not the parking range state after the request to shift to the parking range has been issued from the parking range operation unit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248268 | HYBRID VEHICLE - There is provided a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle including: a propeller shaft that transmits a driving force in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and a battery unit that is disposed below the propeller shaft under the floor of the vehicle body so that the battery unit is detachable from the vehicle body when the propeller shaft is pushed down. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248264 | VEHICLE - There is provided a hybrid vehicle according to the present invention, which is driven using the power of an engine and the power of a drive motor which is driven by an electric power supplied from a battery module, the vehicle including: a propeller shaft which is disposed below a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and is configured to transmit the power of the engine and the power of the drive motor to a rear wheel; and a battery pack having the battery module, the battery pack being disposed below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft. The battery pack has a recess formed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the propeller shaft is housed in an air guide duct defined by the floor panel and the recess of the battery pack. | 09-26-2013 |
20130236701 | JOINT STRUCTURE FOR FIBER REINFORCED RESIN AND METAL, AND JOINING METHOD FOR FIBER REINFORCED RESIN AND METAL - There is provided a joint structure for a fiber reinforced resin and a metal. In the structure, multiple single elements are laminated such that the step-shaped structures are superposed in a thickness direction. Each element is constituted by a metallic material including a step-shaped structure having an end portion that gradually becomes thinner towards an end surface thereof so as to form a step-shaped joint surface, and a fiber reinforced plastic laminated such that an end portion thereof covers the step-shaped structure smoothly. The metallic material and the plastic are adhered, and adjacent elements are joined by superposed surfaces thereof. A main welding portion is formed on an outer end of the metallic material by welding mating surfaces of adjacent metallic materials. A secondary welding portion is formed on the plastic side of the main welding portion on all the metallic materials by welding them in the thickness direction. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233115 | VEHICLE - There is provided a vehicle including a peripheral steering wheel, a grip forming a part of the wheel and being held by a user, and input units formed inside the wheel. Each input unit includes a first input switch to be actuated by a pressing action of a user's thumb, a second input switch to be actuated by a pressing action of the user's thumb, and a third input switch provided between the first input switch and the second input switch to be actuated by a sliding action of the user's thumb on the third input switch on the wheel while the user is holding the grip. The input by the first input switch allows a cyclic change to be performed for changing drive modes. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233114 | VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL - There is provided a vehicle steering wheel including a circular rim, a grip forming a part of the rim and being held by a user, and input units formed inside the rim. Each input unit includes first and second input switches to be actuated by a pressing action of a user's thumb, and a third input switch provided between the first and second input switches to be actuated by a sliding action of the user's thumb on the third input switch while the user is holding the grip. The first input switch is located at a position of the user's thumb that can be placed without applying any force when the user is holding the grip. The second input switch is located at a lower position where the user's thumb can be placed without changing positions of other four fingers when the user is holding the grip. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233110 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - Provided is a range switching device for performing switching among drive, reverse, and neutral ranges of a transmission. The device includes a first switching valve driven by a first actuator and a second switching valve driven by a second actuator. The valves switch an oil channel to transmit the oil pressure from an oil pressure supply source between first state and second states. When the first and second switching valves are in the first and second states respectively, the oil pressure is transmitted to the forward fastening element. When the first and second switching valves are in the second state and first states respectively, the oil pressure is transmitted to the reverse fastening element. When both the valves are in the first or second state, oil pressure transmission to the forward and reverse fastening elements is substantially blocked. | 09-12-2013 |
20130223942 | Milling Insert and Milling Tip-Replacement-Type Rotary Cutting Tool - Disclosed is a milling insert, in which cutting resistance is reduced, wear advance of cutting edges is suppressed, and elongation of a lifetime is achieved, and is an indexable face milling cutter. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223689 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - Provided is an exterior environment recognition device including: a parallax deriving unit for obtaining parallax by means of the pattern matching; a position information deriving unit for deriving a relative distance from the parallax; a grouping unit for grouping a block of which difference of the relative distance is included within a predetermined range, and specifying specified objects; a specified object selection unit for selecting a specified object; an offset amount deriving unit for, when the relative distance of the selected specified object becomes less than a threshold value determined in advance, deriving an amount of offset in accordance with the relative distance; and an offset execution unit for offsetting the image by the amount of offset. When the amount of offset is not zero, the position information deriving unit limits deriving of the relative distance in an image other than an image range corresponding to the selected specified object. | 08-29-2013 |
20130220052 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device for performing switching the range of a transmission includes first control valve, a second control valve having a characteristic opposite to the first control, and first, second, third and fourth switching valves for controlling the transmission of oil pressures. The first and second switching valves cooperatively control the transmission of the oil pressure from the first control valve to a forward or reverse driving element (R). The third and fourth switching valve cooperatively control the transmission of the oil pressure from the second control valve to the forward or reverse driving element (R). The third and fourth switching valves each perform a substantially same oil pressure transmission when the state of the second and third actuators is reversed with respect to the first switching and second switching valves, respectively. | 08-29-2013 |
20130218433 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - There is provided a vehicle driving support device. The vehicle driving support device according to the present invention calculates a time-to-collision to an obstacle ahead. When the time-to-collision is shorter than a predetermined threshold value, which means the possibility of the collision between the obstacle and a vehicle is determined to be high, and in at least either one of cases in which an engine automatic stop controller automatically stops an engine and in which a brake negative pressure is higher than a set pressure, so that the negative pressure of a brake booster is insufficient, the device outputs a signal to a brake controller so as to start a pump of a brake driver for realizing a prefill function in which a brake pad of each wheel is pressed against a braking surface of a disc rotor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214462 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM VANADIUM PHOSPHATE-CARBON COMPOSITE - A process for producing a lithium vanadium phosphate-carbon composite includes a first step that includes mixing a lithium source, a tetravalent or pentavalent vanadium compound, a phosphorus source, and a conductive carbon material source that produces carbon through pyrolysis, in an aqueous solvent to prepare a raw material mixture, a second step that includes heating the raw material mixture to effect a precipitation reaction to obtain a reaction mixture that includes a precipitate, a third step that includes subjecting the reaction mixture that includes the precipitate to wet grinding using a media mill to obtain a slurry that includes ground particles, a fourth step that includes spray-drying the slurry that includes the ground particles to obtain a reaction precursor, and a fifth step that includes calcining the reaction precursor at 600 to 1300° C. in an inert gas atmosphere or a reducing atmosphere. A lithium vanadium phosphate-carbon composite produced by the process may provide a lithium secondary battery with excellent battery performance (e.g., high discharge capacity) when used as a cathode active material. | 08-22-2013 |
20130209190 | COVER FOR CUTTING TOOL, HOLDER FOR CUTTING, AND CUTTING DEVICE - A cutting tool cover set to a cutting tool which includes a hollow shaft body and at least one insert attached to an end face of the shaft body and cuts by bringing the insert into contact with a work while rotating the shaft body. The cutting tool cover includes: a body portion fixed to a top end portion of the shaft body; and an extension portion extended outward from the circumferential edge of the body portion in the entire circumference of the top end portion of the body portion to cover the surface of the work. | 08-15-2013 |
20130192917 | VEHICLE HOOD MOVING DEVICE - There is provided a vehicle hood moving device for a vehicle having a hood movably supported at a vehicle body front. The hood moving device includes a first magnet disposed in the hood, a second magnet provided to the inside of an engine room and disposed so as to face the first magnet, a collision detecting sensor to detect that a pedestrian collides with the vehicle, and a collision predicting device to detect whether or not a pedestrian has a danger of colliding with the vehicle. When detection is made with these sensors and predicting device that a pedestrian has collided with the vehicle or has a danger of colliding with the vehicle, the hood is moved as to the vehicle body by magnetic force of the first magnet and second magnet. The second magnet is an electromagnet, and the first magnet is a permanent magnet. | 08-01-2013 |
20130187489 | AXIAL GAP TYPE GENERATOR - There is provided an axial gap type generator exhibiting improved precision in positioning stator cores. An axial gap type generator comprises a generator case fixed to a crank case of an engine, a rotor yoke housed inside the generator case, and fixed to a crankshaft of the engine, and a first stator core and a second stator core fixed to generator case inner faces, and disposed flanking the rotor yoke in a rotation axis direction. The generator case is configured through direct connection of a first member to which the first stator core is fixed and a second member to which the second stator core is fixed. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187393 | AXIAL GAP TYPE GENERATOR - There is provided an axial gap type generator. The axial gap type generator includes: a stator core fixed to a crank case of an engine; a rotor yoke fixed to a crankshaft of the engine and opposing the stator core across spacing in an axial direction of the crankshaft; a first planar section provided in the crankshaft and formed to have a planar shape that is perpendicular to a rotation center axis; a second planar section provided at a base, at which the rotor yoke is mounted on the crankshaft, and disposed opposing the first planar section; and a shim clamped between the first planar section and the second planar section. | 07-25-2013 |
20130182111 | VEHICLE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - There is provided a vehicle driving environment recognition apparatus. When an onboard camera does not recognize a vehicle ahead during when a vehicle runs at night, an exposure amount of the onboard camera is set to a first exposure amount mode. When the vehicle ahead is not recognized, or only a light source of an oncoming vehicle is recognized, the exposure amount of the onboard camera is set to a second exposure amount mode. In the first exposure amount mode, a low-luminance detection exposure amount and a high-luminance detection exposure amount are alternately switched for each frame, and an image is captured with the switched exposure amount. In the second exposure amount mode, the exposure amount is fixed to the low-luminance detection exposure amount. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180500 | IDLING STOP DEVICE - There is provided an idling stop device. An ECU sets a lighting color index by recognizing a lighting color of a traffic light in front of a vehicle based upon external environment captured by an onboard camera, sets a distance index based upon a distance between the traffic light and a vehicle just in front of the vehicle, and sets a brake index based upon whether a brake lamp of the vehicle just in front of the vehicle is turned on or not. The ECU adds up these indices to obtain an ISS general index, sets a basic ISS speed based upon the ISS general index, and sets an ISS start speed based upon the basic ISS speed and a mode-based coefficient set based upon an engine mode. | 07-18-2013 |
20130177205 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD - There are provided an environment recognition device and an environment recognition method. An exterior environment recognition device obtains an image in a detection area, generates a block group by grouping, based on a first relative relationship between blocks, multiple blocks in an area extending from a plane corresponding to a road surface to a predetermined height in the obtained image, divides the block group into two in a horizontal direction of the image, and determines, based on a second relative relationship between two divided block groups, whether the block group is a first person candidate which is a candidate of a person. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175812 | VEHICLE BUMPER STRUCTURE - There is provided a vehicle bumper structure. The vehicle bumper structure includes a bumper face exposed outward from a vehicle at a front end of a vehicle body, and a load transmission member having a front end opposing a surface of the bumper face at a vehicle rear side and a rear end secured to a vehicle body structural member. The load transmission member has a groove in either of an upper portion and a lower portion thereof. The groove serves as a starting point for bending the load transmission member in response to a compressive load in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle. | 07-11-2013 |
20130174804 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY AND FUEL TANK OF GASOLINE-ELECTRIC HYBRID VEHICLE - There is provided a mounting structure for a battery and a fuel tank of a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle. The mounting structure allows the battery to be disposed on one side of a propeller shaft, and the fuel tank to be disposed on the other side of the propeller shaft. The propeller shaft is disposed in the center of the vehicle and below the bearing surface of the rear seat, under the floor of the vehicle body so as to substantially extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle. | 07-11-2013 |
20130136552 | DRILL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT - A drill includes a substantially cylindrical cutting portion includes a first region located at a front end portion, and a second region which has a step whose diameter increases as going from the first region to a rear end in a sectional view perpendicular to a rotation axis, and which is continuous with the first region in an end of the second region on a side of the step, and using this drill, a method of manufacturing a machined product is provided. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133961 | BODY STRUCTURE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - There is provided a body structure of a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle is driven using power of an engine and power of a drive motor driven by electrical power supplied from a battery module. The body structure includes a propeller shaft disposed in a lower side of a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle so as to extend in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle and configured to transmit the power of the engine and the power of the drive motor to at least a rear wheel; and an integrated battery pack below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft. The integrated battery pack has at least the battery module. The battery pack includes a recess to house the propeller shaft. | 05-30-2013 |
20130129150 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD - There is provided an exterior environment recognition device and an exterior environment recognition method. The exterior environment recognition device obtains a first image in a first exposure mode according to a level of light of an exterior environment, and obtains a second image in a second exposure mode of which exposure time is different from the first exposure mode and which allows determination as to whether a light emitting source is emitting light by itself or not. The exterior environment recognition device identifies, based on the first image, a vehicle area occupied by a vehicle preceding in a detection area, identifies a position of the light emitting source, based on luminance of the second image, and associates the position of the light emitting source and the vehicle area. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127415 | ELECTRIC CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC CHARGER - There is provided an electric charging system in which an electric charger and an electric vehicle are connected by a charging cable. The electric charger calculates a voltage drop amount in the charging cable on the basis of a supplied current at the electric charger side and an electric resistance of the charging cable. The electric charger also compares a determination voltage with a supplied voltage at the electric charger side and determines that a battery has been charged to a fully charged state when the supplied voltage reaches the determination voltage. The determination voltage used for such full charge determination is updated by adding the voltage drop amount to a basic determination voltage that is set in advance. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127414 | ELECTRIC CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - In an electric charging system (and electric vehicle), Electric-charger-side data Ds are calculated by subjecting an electric-charger-side supplied voltage Vs to filter processing, and electric-vehicle-side data Dr are calculated by subjecting an electric-vehicle-side received voltage Vr to filter processing. A reference point α | 05-23-2013 |
20130127413 | ELECTRIC CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - There are provided an electric charging system and an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle has a battery and is provided with power receiving terminals for charging. A converter is provided between the battery and the power receiving terminals, and relays are provided between the converter and the power receiving terminals. An electric charger is provided with a power converter that outputs charging power and power supply terminals connected to the power converter. When the interruption of charging power supply from the power converter fails during charging, the converter is actuated and the stored electric power of the battery is boosted and supplied to the relays. | 05-23-2013 |
20130123066 | OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided an output control device for a vehicle. The device includes an accelerator operator to receive an output adjustment operation of a drive power of a vehicle; a brake operator to receive a braking operation of a braking device; an accelerator operation amount detection unit for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator operator; a brake operation force estimation unit for estimating an operation force of the brake operator; and an output suppression control unit for suppressing an output of the drive power regardless of a state of the accelerator operator, in the case where for a predetermined time or longer, a state continues in which the operation amount of the accelerator operator is greater than or equal to a predetermined accelerator threshold value, and the operation force estimated by the brake operator is greater than or equal to a predetermined brake threshold value. | 05-16-2013 |
20130104995 | VEHICLE, AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130095391 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In a lithium on secondary battery, lithium ions are reversibly absorbed to and released from a negative electrode. A positive electrode includes lithium vanadium phosphate. A non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes fluorinated carbonate as a solvent. | 04-18-2013 |
20130085655 | Speed limiter - Provided is a speed limiter, wherein a vehicle speed is detected, and a speed limit displayed on a speed sign is detected based on an image captured by a front monitoring camera. A speed difference between the vehicle speed and the speed limit is calculated, and an accelerator sensitivity gain is set using the speed difference as a parameter. Then an accelerator opening degree is corrected with the accelerator sensitivity gain to obtain a pseudo accelerator opening degree. A target throttle opening degree is set based on the pseudo accelerator opening degree and an engine rpm. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085634 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - There is provided a control apparatus for hybrid vehicle. A motor/generator and a drive wheel are connected via a power transmission path. Further, an engine is connected to the power transmission path via a friction clutch. An EV mode using the motor/generator is implemented by disengaging the friction clutch, whereas an HEV mode using the motor/generator and the engine is implemented by engaging the friction clutch. When the engine is started in order to shift to the HEV mode during travel in the EV mode, the engine is rotated by a starter motor, and damping torque Tm | 04-04-2013 |
20130084790 | VEHICLE, COOLING APPARATUS, AND COOLING METHOD - There are provided a vehicle, a cooling apparatus, and a cooling method. The vehicle includes passenger space to accommodate a user gets, a tank to store the compressed air, and a control unit to release the compressed air stored in the tank into the passenger space. The passenger space is cooled by discharging the compressed air into the passenger space. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084789 | VEHICLE, COOLING APPARATUS, AND COOLING METHOD - There are provided a vehicle, a cooling apparatus, and a cooling method. The vehicle includes passenger space that accommodates a user, a tank that is capable of storing compressed air, and a control unit to release the compressed air stored in the tank into the passenger space. The control unit controls releasing so as to release part or the whole volume of the compressed air stored in the tank into the passenger space. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084500 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A positive-electrode material includes lithium vanadium phosphate particles having an average primary particle diameter from 0.3 μm to 2.6 μm and crystallite sizes from 24 nm to 33 nm. The lithium vanadium phosphate particles are coated with a conductive carbon of a range of 0.5 mass % to 2.4 mass % with respect to a total lithium vanadium phosphate particles. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084499 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a positive electrode active material includes a carbon-coated lithium vanadium phosphate and a lithium nickel composite oxide. A negative electrode active material includes a carbon-based active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions. When a first charge capacity of a negative electrode per unit area is “x” (mAh/cm | 04-04-2013 |
20130084492 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a first active material of a positive electrode includes at least one of carbon-coated LiFePO | 04-04-2013 |
20130080003 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - In a vehicle control apparatus, an engine torque calculating unit calculates a developing engine torque Te, and a torque increase/decrease amount calculating unit calculates a torque increase or decrease amount Tmax of an engine which can be increased or decreased. A mode coefficient setting unit sets a mode coefficient k corresponding to a driving mode, and an allowable inertia calculating unit multiplies the torque increase or decrease amount Tmax by the mode coefficient k to calculate an allowable inertia torque Timax. A shift speed calculating unit calculates a shift speed V | 03-28-2013 |
20130078522 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - There is provided is a lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material containing a vanadium-based compound; and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material into which lithium ions can be inserted/deinserted reversibly. A vanadium-based compound is dispersed in the negative electrode active material layer. As a result, a vanadium-based compound, corresponding to the vanadium-based compound contained in the positive electrode active material is dispersed in the negative electrode active material layer. | 03-28-2013 |
20130078489 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR IN-VEHICLE BATTERY - There is provided a cooling structure for an in-vehicle battery. The cooling structure for an in-vehicle battery includes: a battery pack housing a battery cell in a case and loaded into a lower part of a vehicle body; an intake duct for introducing cooling air into the battery pack; and an exhaust duct for discharging the cooling air discharged from the battery pack. A part of at least one of the intake duct and the exhaust duct is disposed along an end of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and has a lower crushing strength with respect to an input in the vehicle width direction than the battery pack. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077825 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a color reproducing unit for reproducing a luminance of a color phase, which is not set to each pixel of a pair of image data composed of Bayer array, based upon the adjacent pixels; and a matching processing unit for extracting blocks with a predetermined size from the pair of image data whose luminance is reproduced, and executing a matching process so as to specify blocks having high correlation. The color reproducing unit and the matching processing unit respectively execute the luminance reproduction and the matching process with only a color phase with the highest degree of occupation in the Bayer array. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076122 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CHARGING ADAPTER - There are provided a power supply system, an electric vehicle and a charging adapter. Electric power from a commercial power supply is distributed to electric lines by way of a distribution board and provided to electric apparatuses and an electric vehicle from the electric lines. When power consumption of electric apparatuses exceeds a predetermined value upon charging the electric vehicle, charging power to be supplied to the electric vehicle is decreased. Decreasing the charging power to the electric vehicle can avoid the restriction of the use of the electric apparatuses, thereby improving user's satisfaction. | 03-28-2013 |
20130075378 | SPOT WELDING APPARATUS - There is provided a spot welding apparatus. The apparatus includes fixed and movable electrodes to hold and press a workpiece therebetween, and a sub pressure force applicator having a sub pressure unit that moves and selectively stops at a plurality of positions including a sub pressure position where the sub pressure unit is adjacent to the fixed electrode and in contact with the workpiece so as to apply a sub pressure, and a sub-pressure-non-requiring position where the sub pressure unit is located away from the workpiece. Spot welding is performed by applying current between the electrodes while holding the workpiece between the fixed electrode together with the sub pressure unit located in the sub pressure position and the movable electrode. Spot welding is also performed by applying current between the electrodes while holding the sub pressure unit in the sub-pressure-non-requiring position and holding the workpiece between the electrodes. | 03-28-2013 |
20130075173 | BATTERY SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a battery support structure for a vehicle. The battery support structure for a vehicle includes: a battery pack formed by housing a secondary battery in a case and disposed in a lower part of a vehicle body; and a deformable bracket that supports one end portion of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction. The deformable bracket deforms in response to an input from one end of the battery pack in the vehicle width direction so as to cause the other end of the battery pack to move in an input direction and descend relative to the vehicle body. | 03-28-2013 |
20130071749 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND STORAGE DEVICE - There is provided a positive electrode active material production method, a positive electrode, and a storage device. A production method of a positive electrode active material having a LiVPO | 03-21-2013 |
20130068196 | OPERATION DEVICE FOR ENGINE - There is the operation device for an engine. An operation device for an engine performs a throttle operation of the engine which is disposed apart from an operation unit operated by an operator. The operation device includes: a link member rotatable with respect to a base in response to an operation of the operation unit; a cam member fixed to the base, and disposed at a distance from the center of rotation of the link member, the distance changing continuously according to the angular position of the cam member around the center of rotation; a cam follower connected to the link member and configured to along the cam member; and a throttle drive member for connecting the cam follower to a throttle operation unit of the engine. | 03-21-2013 |
20130038044 | STEERING DEVICE - There is provided a steering device. The steering device has an airbag module that is disposed inside a steering wheel for steering a vehicle and that protects a vehicle occupant during a collision of the vehicle with another object by deploying an airbag body toward the vehicle occupant. The steering device includes a detecting unit that detects the collision of the vehicle with another object in advance; and an adjusting unit that positionally adjusts the steering wheel to a neutral position when the collision of the vehicle with another object is detected by the detecting unit, the neutral position of the steering wheel being a position of the steering wheel when the vehicle is traveling straight. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037528 | SPOT WELDING APPARATUS - There is provided a spot welding apparatus. The spot welding apparatus includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that clamp and press a workpiece formed of stacked plates of different rigidities, and a control pressing force applicator that causes a control pressing force applying actuator to bring a receiving unit provided at a distal end of a control pressing force applying arm into contact with the workpiece so as to apply a control pressing force to the workpiece. The control pressing force applying arm is made of a non-magnetic material. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037525 | SPOT WELDING APPARATUS - There is provided a spot welding apparatus. The spot welding apparatus includes a pressing force actuator that causes a movable electrode to move to a pressing force applying position where the movable electrode applies a pressing force to a workpiece together with a fixed electrode, a control pressing force applying actuator that causes a receiving unit to move to a control pressing force applying position where the receiving unit is located adjacent to the fixed electrode and comes into contact with the workpiece so as to apply a control pressing force, and a welding transformer. The control pressing force applying actuator and the welding transformer are linearly aligned at a rear side of the pressing force actuator that is arranged at a front side of a support bracket. | 02-14-2013 |
20130034399 | THROW AWAY TYPE ROTARY CUTTING APPARATUS AND TIP HOLDER - The invention is provided to improve the cooling efficiency for cooling a throw away tip regardless of whether a tip holder is rotating. A throw away type rotary cutting apparatus comprises a throw away tip having a cutting edge formed thereon, a tip holder having a support section that holds the throw away tip, a drive unit that supports and rotates the tip holder, and a mounting table that can move relative to the axis of rotation of the tip holder, wherein the tip holder further comprises an inlet path that is formed in the position of the axis of rotation and through which coolant is introduced, a heat exchange section that performs heat exchange between the introduced coolant and the throw away tip, and a discharge path that discharges the coolant after heat exchange. Cooling efficiency is improved by cooling the throw away tip from mainly the inside of the tip holder. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032015 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A cutting device | 02-07-2013 |
20130009598 | ELECTRIC CHARGING SYSTEM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC CHARGER - There are provided an electric charging system, an electric vehicle and an electric charger. Upon charging a battery, power supply lines of an electric charger are connected to the power receiving lines of an electric vehicle 12. The power receiving lines have a relay. The electric charger has a voltage sensor that measures a voltage between the power supply lines. The electric charger has a voltage processing portion that applies filtering to the voltage. Upon charging when charging power is supplied from the electric controller, a filtering process with a stability-oriented first filter is applied to the voltage. Upon a relay failure diagnosis that performs a failure diagnosis of the relay based on a change in the voltage due to opening and closing of the relays, a filtering process with a second filter that has a higher responsiveness is applied to the voltage. | 01-10-2013 |
20130006477 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a control device for vehicle. A sideslip speed which is the moving speed of a vehicle in the width direction is calculated on the basis of an estimated running position of the vehicle after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from a time at a starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path, and the actual running position of the vehicle after the predetermined time interval has elapsed from the time at the starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001936 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding an air bag body upon the collision, which is housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the center pad being provided so as not to rotate along with the steering wheel, the air bag body having a first chamber and a second chamber which is configured to be expanded between the occupant and the lower edge of the steering wheel in the vertical direction of the vehicle. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001935 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding a head protection air bag body and a chest protection air bag body upon the impact which are housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the occupant protection device including an inflation and expansion mode control unit configured to inflate and expand the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body mutually independently in accordance with a collision mode of the vehicle, and to control inflation and expansion modes of the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body when inflated and expanded. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001934 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - There is provided an occupant protection device. An airbag device includes an airbag that is stored in a center pad of a steering wheel of a vehicle and is expandable toward an occupant side upon a collision of the vehicle. The center pad is disposed to have a non-rotating structure independent from the steering wheel. The airbag includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion which are disposed at opposing edges of the airbag in a width direction of the vehicle and are expandable to extend toward a rear side of the vehicle. | 01-03-2013 |
20120321403 | DRILL BIT - Provided is a step-shaped drill bit including at least two stepped cutting edges that are axially provided. A cutting edge of a first step from a tip is formed so as to satisfy at least one of the following conditions. That is, a number of blades is smaller, a point angle of the cutting edge is larger, or a clearance angle of the cutting edge is larger than that of cutting edges of a second and subsequent step(s). As a result, a thrust resistance during a perforation can be reduced compared with a case in which the first step cutting edge is formed such that the number of blades, the point angle of the cutting edge and the clearance angle of the cutting edge are the same as those of the second and subsequent step(s). | 12-20-2012 |