| Mazda Motor Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20160138468 | VEHICLE ENGINE SPEED DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle engine speed display device is provided with an engine speed detection unit which detects an engine speed, an engine speed display unit which displays an engine speed, and a display control unit which controls the engine speed display unit on the basis of the detected engine speed. The display control unit determines whether a phase of a gear shift operation is an inertia phase when gear shift control of an automatic transmission is executed, and sets display responsiveness of a tachometer with respect to the detected engine speed higher than display responsiveness to be set when the phase is not the inertia phase, when the phase of the gear shift operation is determined to be the inertia phase. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160129944 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE SIDE PORTION - A roof reinforcement ( | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160122561 | MULTILAYER COATING FILM AND COATED ARTICLE - This multilayer coating film includes a first coat | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122513 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN MOULDED ARTICLE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THERMOPLASTIC RESIN MOULDED ARTICLE - A thermoplastic resin molding according to the present invention contains carbon fibers. An amount of the carbon fibers falls within a range from 0.4 mass % to 10 mass %. An average length of the carbon fibers falls within a range from 0.5 mm to 15 mm. The thermoplastic resin is polypropylene. The polypropylene includes polypropylene containing at least one of a carboxyl group, a carbonyl group, or a hydroxyl group. Surfaces of the carbon fibers contain at least one of a carboxyl group, a carbonyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a Cl group. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121874 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine: a regenerative motor for use when the hybrid vehicle runs, the motor having characteristics such that the motor efficiency is 90% or more at a rotational speed of 75% of the maximum rotational speed of the motor when the load of the motor is 10% or more of the maximum load of the motor; and a transmission which transmits the power of the engine to a wheel drive shaft. The motor is coupled to the wheel drive shaft without being coupled to the transmission. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121852 | DEFROSTER STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A defroster structure for a vehicle includes a duct guiding conditioned air sent out of an air conditioning unit to an outlet. The outlet is provided at a center of an upper surface of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction along a lower end of a windshield. The duct includes an upstream portion, a downstream portion, and a curved portion curved and connecting the upstream and downstream portions together. An air passage in the duct has a partition dividing the air passage in a vehicle longitudinal direction into central and side air supply passages, which distribute air to a center and right and left sides of the windshield in the vehicle width direction. The partition extends from a point upstream of the curved portion of the duct to the downstream portion. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121266 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - Provided is a system where a composite catalyst into which an LNT catalyst and an oxidation catalyst are combined, a catalyzed particulate filter, an injector configured to inject a urea water solution into an exhaust gas passage, and an SCR catalyst are arranged in this order in an upstream-to-downstream direction of the flow of the exhaust gas. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160114669 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine: a regenerative motor for use when the hybrid vehicle runs, the motor having characteristics such that motor efficiency is 90% or more at a rotational speed of 1.5 times of a rotational speed of the motor where the motor efficiency is highest when the load of the motor is 10% or more of the maximum load of the motor; and a transmission which transmits the power of the engine to a wheel drive shaft. The motor is coupled to the wheel drive shaft without being coupled to the transmission. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160108870 | INTAKE SYSTEM OF ENGINE - An intake system of an engine includes an engine and an intake manifold. The intake manifold defines individual intake air passageways each connecting one of cylinders to a volume chamber. Each of the individual intake passageways includes a first route and a second route. The first route has a natural frequency, of an air column, synchronized with a first revolution higher than an engine revolution for maximum torque such that a dynamic supercharging effect is obtained at the first revolution. The second route has a natural frequency, of an air column, synchronized with a second revolution higher than the engine revolution for maximum torque such that a dynamic supercharging effect is obtained at the second revolution. The second revolution differs from the first revolution. A difference between the first and second revolutions is set lower than or equal to 15% of a maximum engine revolution. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160091087 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a torque converter including a lockup clutch, and a lockup controller configured to controllably move the lockup clutch from a released state in an engagement direction when the vehicle has just started. The apparatus further includes a rolling-down sensor configured to sense whether or not the vehicle that has just started has rolled down, and a lockup retarder configured to retard the movement of the lockup clutch in the engagement direction if the vehicle is sensed to have rolled down. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091085 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control device of an automatic transmission configured such that: a first gear stage is formed by engagement of an LR brake and a low clutch; a third gear stage by engagement of the low clutch and an R35 brake; and a reverse gear stage by engagement of the LR brake and the R35 brake. The hydraulic control device includes a cut valve configured to be switched between a first state where a source pressure port of a third linear solenoid valve (SV) configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the R35 brake is connected to an oil pressure source and a second state where the pressure is discharged from the port. The cut valve becomes the second state when the third gear stage is shifted to the first gear stage, and the oil pressure supplied to the low clutch is less than a predetermined oil pressure. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089966 | REAR VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There are provided an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin, a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin, a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body, a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window, and a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin. This shielding member is provided not to be storable in the storage room. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089965 | REAR VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There is provided a deck lid provided to move so as to cover an opening portion of a roof storage room in a roof closed state in which an openable roof covers over a passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which a portion of the openable roof is stored in the roof storage room and to open the opening portion of the roof storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state. This deck lid comprises a base portion, a pair of right-and-left protrusion portions which are integrally formed at both end portions, in a vehicle width direction, of the base portion, protrude upward relative to the base portion, and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion which interconnects respective upper portions of the pair of protrusion portions in the vehicle width direction. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089961 | VIEW ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A view adjustment device of a vehicle which adjusts a view recognized by a driver through a windshield glass comprises a visual-stimulation indicating mechanism capable of indicating shielding portions in a view area of the diver and a controller to control an indication manner of the visual-stimulation indicator. The controller comprises a traveling-direction determination portion to determine a traveling direction of the vehicle, a traveling-speed determination portion to determine a traveling speed of the vehicle, and an indication control portion to control the visual-stimulation indicating mechanism. The indication control portion is configured such that when it is determined that the vehicle travels in a straight direction, the high-speed shielding portion is indicated at a position located relatively on a leftward side, in a vehicle width direction, compared to the low-speed shielding portion or the middle-speed shielding portion. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160083019 | BONNET STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A bonnet inner panel includes a central protrusion portion protruding upward in a vehicle elevational view and a rear protrusion portion located in back of the central protrusion portion, which are arranged side by side in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a deep-drawn groove is provided between the both protrusion portions to extend in a vehicle width direction, and a hinge reinforcement is provided to extend from a position beside the rear protrusion portion to a position at a rear end of the central protrusion portion, passing through beside the deep-drawn groove. Thereby, the hinge support rigidity of the rear portion of the bonnet having the central protrusion portion can be increased, so that occurrence of any improper deflection or vibration caused to the bonnet by the traveling vibration, the traveling-air pressure or the like can be prevented. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083015 | SIDE VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There are provided a hinge pillar comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically, a hinge pillar reinforcement provided in the closed cross section, a front door attached to the hinge pillar via a pair of upper-and-lower door hinges, and a hinge bracket attaching the lower door hinge to the hinge pillar reinforcement, the hinge bracket being provided to face a front wheel in a longitudinal direction. Herein, the hinge bracket has a lower strength than a portion of the hinge pillar reinforcement where the hinge bracket is provided. Accordingly, when receiving a collision load from the front wheel, the hinge bracket changes a contact portion of the front wheel to the hinge pillar so as to guide the retreating front wheel outward in a vehicle width direction. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082814 | DOOR ATTACHMENT PORTION STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DOOR ATTACHMENT PORTION OF VEHICLE - A hinge pillar reinforcement, a front door, and a hinge bracket are provided. The hinge bracket includes a hinge attachment wall portion, a pair of front-and-rear vertical wall portions, a pair of upper-and-lower lateral wall portions, a pair of front-and-rear vertical flange portions respectively extending inward, an upper lateral flange portion including an upper resilient portion and extending upward from an inward end portion of the upper lateral wall portion, and a lower lateral flange portion including a lower resilient portion and extending downward from an inward end portion of the lower lateral wall portion. The pair of vertical flange portions are joined to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of the pillar reinforcement, and the upper lateral flange portion and the lower lateral flange portion are joined to the pillar reinforcement. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160069281 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - If an engine body is under a load greater than a predetermined load, a controller selects a first fuel feeding mode in which more fuel is fed during a compression stroke than during an intake stroke if the engine body has a temperature equal to or below a predetermined temperature, and selects a second fuel feeding mode in which more fuel is fed during the intake stroke than during the compression stroke if the temperature of the engine body is higher than the predetermined temperature. Immediately after a switch from the first fuel feeding mode to the second fuel feeding mode as the temperature of the engine body rises, the controller sets a correction factor for making an augmenting correction to a fuel amount to be greater than that before the switch. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069280 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - A controller (an engine controller | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160067690 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - This catalyst includes a lower catalytic layer | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160061166 | INTAKE MANIFOLD STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE - A structure of an intake manifold ( | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059832 | PEDAL STROKE SENSOR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A stroke sensor is arranged to be offset downward relative to a pedal rotational axis, and link arms which interlock the stroke sensor with a pedal are provided. The link arm includes an engaged portion (groove), with which an engaging portion provided on the side of the pedal is slidably engaged. Herein, the engaged portion (groove) is configured such that the engaging portion is slid vertically along the engaged portion (groove) by a specified length that is long enough to allow falling-off of the pedal. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059810 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There are provided an outside crash can provided on an outward side of an inside crash can, extending obliquely forward and outward from a front-end side middle portion of the front side frame and connecting to an outward end portion of a bumper reinforcement and a second set plate connecting the inside crash can and the outside crash can to the front side frame. The second set plate includes a middle wall extending longitudinally, a front end wall extending inward from a front end of the middle wall, and a rear end wall extending outward from a rear end of the middle wall, a rear end-side portion of the inside crash can is connected to the front and rear end walls, and a rear-end side portion of the outside crash can is connected to the middle and rear end walls. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059683 | REAR VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A holding device to hold an openable roof when the openable roof is stored is provided at a front portion of a storage partition. There is provided a changing member to change a hook having an open position from its open position to its pre-lock position by being pressed down by the hook taking the open position when the openable roof is operated for storage in the storage partition. The changing member is provided adjacently to the holding device. Thereby, a rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which can surely change the hook from its open position to its pre-lock position can be provided. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059681 | OPENABLE VEHICLE ROOF STRUCTURE - An openable roof includes an expandable and retractable awning frame, and an awning cloth for covering the outside of the awning frame. The awning frame is provided with an awning bow which supports the awning cloth when the awning frame is expanded. The awning bow includes a pair of left and right leg portions extending in up and down directions, and an upper side portion which connects between upper ends of the leg portions in a vehicle width direction. Each of the leg portions of the awning bow is formed with two or more bent parts. At least one pair of the bent parts on each of the leg portions are configured such that moments generated in the awning bow due to a tensile force exerted from the awning cloth when the openable roof is in an expanded state act in such directions as to cancel out each other. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160039271 | VIEW ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF VEHICLE - There are provided view adjustment areas respectively at an upper edge part, a lower edge part, and right-and-left side edge parts of a windshield glass, wherein the view adjustment areas are configured to be respectively switchable between in a transparent state in which forward visibility is ensured and in a translucent or non-transparent state in which the forward visibility is limited (for example, adhesion of a liquid-crystal film). Thereby, the size or the shape of the window-frame structure of the windshield glass which is physically unchangeable can be visually changed. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160033028 | STRUCTURE FOR LUBRICATING TRANSMISSION - An oil feeding member ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033012 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160031485 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There are provided a cowl panel provided above a dash panel partitioning an engine room from a vehicle compartment and extending in a vehicle width direction, a suspension tower protruding toward an inside of the engine room and supporting a front suspension, and a connecting bracket connecting the suspension tower and the cowl panel and configured to slant rearward and upward, wherein the connecting bracket comprises a front-end flange portion and a rear-end flange portion, the front-end flange portion is joined to a slant portion formed at a rear portion of a top of the suspension tower which is configured to slant rearward and downward, and the rear-end flange portion is configured to rise upward via a bending portion and joined to a vertical wall portion of the cowl panel. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160031484 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - There are provided a pair of right-and-left front side frames which extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a pair of right-and-left apron reinforcements which extend straightly in the vehicle longitudinal direction above and outward, in a vehicle width direction, of the pair of front side frames, a pair of right-and-left fender panels which cover respective outward sides, in the vehicle width direction, of the pair of apron reinforcements, a pair of right-and-left connecting frames which connect respective front end portions of the pair of apron reinforcements to the pair of apron reinforcements, and a pair of right-and-left connecting brackets which connect respective front-end side portions of the pair of fender panels to the pair of apron reinforcements. The connecting bracket is arranged substantially at the same longitudinal position as a connection portion of the apron reinforcement and the connecting frame in a plan view. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160025190 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025035 | HEAT-INSULATING LAYER ON SURFACE OF COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A heat-insulating layer ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160023685 | REAR VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A rear pillar inner provided at a side panel inner and extending upward from a front-side upper portion of a rear wheel house, a rear pillar reinforcement joined to an outside portion of the rear pillar inner, and an outside reinforcing member connecting an outside portion of the side panel inner and the rear wheel house are provided. The rear pillar reinforcement has a rear-side pillar-reinforcement ridge portion extending vertically. The outside reinforcing member has a front-side reinforcing-member ridge portion extending vertically. A lower end portion of the rear pillar reinforcement and an upper end portion of the outside reinforcing member are joined such that the both ridge portions are arranged to align substantially straightly, when viewed from the side, and to slant in such a manner that an upper side thereof is positioned relatively forward compared to a lower side thereof. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160023683 | SIDE VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A ridgeline portion is provided at a pillar inner panel such that the ridgeline portion extends substantially vertically from a side sill (a roof side rail), and a load-transmission restraint portion is provided between the ridgeline portion and a welding portion of a pillar end portion where the pillar inner panel is welded to a pillar outer panel or a pillar reinforcement, and the side sill (the roof side rail), the load-transmission restraint portion being configured to have a longitudinal width which is wider than that of a central portion, in the vertical direction, of a center pillar and be substantially flat. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160023654 | DRIVING-TORQUE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS OF FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A controller to control a driving-torque distribution to a front wheel and a rear wheel comprises an obtainment portion to obtain a vehicle's lateral acceleration, an engine's output torque, and a vehicle's turning radius during turning of a vehicle, a determination portion to determine a rear-wheel driving-torque distribution rate denoting a rate of the driving torque to be transmitted to the rear wheel relative to the driving torque corresponding to the engine's output torque based on the obtained vehicle's lateral acceleration, engine's output torque, and vehicle's turning radius, and a control-signal output portion to output a control signal to a driving-torque transmission device to adjust the driving torque transmitted to the rear wheel such that the driving torque to be distributed to the rear wheel is controlled according to the determined rear-wheel driving-torque distribution rate. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160016587 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes a first frictional engagement element (a low clutch | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160016455 | CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A front-seat air conditioner and a rear-seat air conditioner, which are independent from each other, are provided. An engine is automatically stopped under preset stop conditions. When the engine is automatically stopped in a case in which the number of passengers is a specified preset number (five, for example) or larger during heating, the operation of the rear-seat air conditioner is stopped (reduction of power consumption) and the operation of the front-seat air conditioner is continued (prevention of windshield glass from being fogged). Thereby, the windshield glass can be prevented from being fogged during the engine's automatic stop, reducing the power consumption of air conditioning. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20150377151 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - The invention relates to a control device for a multi-cylinder engine provided with an oil pump, a hydraulically operated valve characteristic control device which changes valve characteristics of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve; and a hydraulically operated valve stop device which stops at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve when a reduced cylinder operation is performed. The control device for a multi-cylinder engine is provided with a valve control unit which operates the valve stop device after an operation of the valve characteristic control device is completed when the valve characteristic control device is operated at a time of request for the reduced cylinder operation. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150367794 | UPPER VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUN ROOF - A connecting reinforcement interconnecting a fixing plate which is a window-frame member to reinforce a sun roof opening and a roof side rail at a position corresponding to a center pillar is provided. The connecting reinforcement is positioned forward of the roof reinforcement, has a specified second sectional shape, and extends in a vehicle width direction roughly horizontally. A rear edge portion of the connecting reinforcement and a front edge portion of the roof reinforcement are connected to each other, and an inboard edge portion of the connecting reinforcement and a front edge portion of the roof reinforcement are connected via the fixing plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150353142 | CENTER CONSOLE STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A pair of left and right pads ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150344074 | REAR VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - Disclosed is a rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle, which comprises a rear floor panel, and a rear side frame joined to a lower surface of the rear floor panel to extend in a front-rear direction. A bottom wall of the rear side frame has a bottom reinforcing portion formed to protrude upwardly or downwardly, and a standing wall of the rear side frame located on a vehicle-widthwise inner side has a side reinforcing portion formed to protrude outwardly in the vehicle width direction. The bottom reinforcing portion includes a top, an outer inclined section extending from the top obliquely outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and an inner inclined section extending from the top obliquely inwardly in the vehicle width direction, wherein the inner inclined section has an inclination angle less than an inclination angle of the outer inclined section. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150337751 | CATALYST ADVANCED WARMUP CONTROL DEVICE FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - When a catalytic converter in an exhaust passage is in an un-activated state, an intake air amount is increased, as compared to when the converter is in an activated state under the same engine operation condition, and an ignition timing is retarded beyond a TDC of a compression stroke. The ignition timing is set such that a retard amount thereof from the TDC becomes larger as an external load causing a rotational resistance of an engine becomes lower. A valve opening start timing of an exhaust valve is set such that, when the external load is lower than a given reference load, the valve starts opening, before an in-cylinder pressure reaches a peak, according to combustion of an air-fuel mixture ignited at the above ignition timing, in a subsequent expansion stroke, wherein the in-cylinder pressure is based on an assumption that the valve is maintained in a valve-closed state. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150330270 | VALVE SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A valve system includes: a cam shaft including a shaft section and a plurality of cam element sections; and a plurality of operation members that moves the cam element sections in an axial direction. The plurality of operation members include a common operation member that is provided in common between end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and continuous in ignition order and that engages with the respective end face cams when both the cam element sections are close to each other, and individual operation members that are individually provided for end face cams opposed to each other of the cam element sections of two cylinders disposed adjacent to each other and discontinuous in ignition order and end face cams located at opposite ends of a cylinder row and that engage with the respective end face cams. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150276045 | BRAKE ELEMENT FOR TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFOR - A first piston ( | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150276041 | STRUCTURE FOR LUBRICATING TRANSMISSION - An oil-feeding member ( | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150273982 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A blower fan is driven, and conditioning air flows down through an evaporator and then is supplied into a vehicle compartment. An idling-stop condition in a roof-open state is set to make an idling stop to be relatively easily attained, compared to a roof-closed state, so that a fuel economy can be improved. When an outside-air temperature is a specified temperature or higher or a solar-radiation intensity is a specified degree or greater at an engine's automatic stop, the blower fan is driven, so that the conditioning air is supplied toward a passenger in a manner of an electric fan. The evaporator through which the conditioning air flows down is sufficiently cool at the timing right after the automatic stop of the engine. Accordingly, it is preferable to configure such that the sufficiently-cooled conditioning air is supplied for a properly-long period of time. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150273574 | CASTING APPARATUS AND CASTING METHOD - A casting apparatus is provided with a die; an injection device including a tubular sleeve which communicates with a cavity of the die, and a plunger which injects a molten metal into the cavity; and first and second suction devices, each of which sucks air from the interior of the tubular sleeve. The tubular sleeve communicates with the cavity. The tubular sleeve includes a supply port through which the molten metal is supplied, and an opening which is formed near the supply port for drawing air. The first suction device sucks the air from the interior of the tubular sleeve through the opening. The second suction device sucks the air from the tubular sleeve through a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the tubular sleeve and an outer circumferential surface of the plunger. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150273496 | COATING METHOD AND COATING DEVICE - The present invention is intended to solve a problem that a coating film has an uneven thickness in the case where a coating target | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150267807 | SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There are provided an operational member and a body portion supporting the operational member rotatably from a home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction from its rotated position. A shift range is changed to a drive range or a reverse range when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in a specified direction from the home position. A shift mode is changed to a first mode or a second mode, which have different gear ratios from each other, when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in an opposite direction to the specified direction from the home position. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150266376 | SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There are provided an operational member and a body portion supporting the operational member rotatably, clockwise or counterclockwise, from a home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction from its rotated position. The body portion is configured to allow the rotated or moved operational member to return to the home position automatically. A shift range is changed to a neutral range when the operational member is rotated from the home position, and the shift range is changed to a traveling range (a drive range or a reverse range) when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated from the home position. Herein, changing of the shift range to the drive range or the reverse range depends on the direction of the rotation of the dial from the home position. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150266352 | SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE - A torsion beam is configured in an arch shape and comprised of an open cross-section member including an arch lower-half portion and an arch upper-half portion. A sectional shape of the arch lower-half portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the arch lower-half portion is configured to be substantially horizontal when a vehicle is in a standard state, and a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the torsion beam is configured such that a front edge portion of the arch lower-half portion and a front edge portion of the arch upper-half portion are located substantially at the same position in a vehicle longitudinal direction when the vehicle is in a full-rebound state. Thereby, the rigidity and the productivity can be endured, attaining low floor-level of the vehicle. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150258889 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS - A driving force distribution control apparatus includes: a driving force transmission device including a clutch which can change distribution of a driving force to front wheels and rear wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle; and a controller which controls an engagement force of the clutch in accordance with a traveling state. The controller includes a different-diameter tire detector which detects an attachment of a different-diameter tire to one of the front wheels and the rear wheels when a rotation speed ratio between the front wheels and the rear wheels continues to be equal to or larger than a reference rotation speed ratio for a predetermined time. The different-diameter tire detector performs detection of the attachment of the different-diameter tire when it is determined that the wheels are unlikely to slip based on an outside condition. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150252772 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In order to suppress engine stall and rotation fluctuation after an engine is started in an internal combustion engine capable of using an alcohol-containing fuel, a PCM ( | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150252721 | VEHICLE POWER GENERATING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a vehicle power generating apparatus which comprises: a generator; a rotary engine configured to serve as an engine for driving the generator, and installed in the vehicle in a posture where an output shaft thereof extends in an up-down direction; and an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe each connected to the rotary engine. The rotary engine comprises a pair of upper and lower side housings, and a rotor housing located between the upper and lower side housings. the rotor housing and the lower side housing are formed with an intake port and an exhaust port, respectively. The intake pipe is connected to a side surface of the rotor housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the intake port, and the exhaust pipe is connected to the lower side housing in such a manner as to be communicated with the exhaust port. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150251169 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD USING SAME - An exhaust gas purify catalyst includes a substrate ( | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150243046 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display control device for a vehicle, which is applied to a vehicle provided with an outside camera to image scenery in front of the vehicle and a display portion visible and operable for a driver, comprises an optical-flow presumption portion which presumes an optical flow based on the front scenery imaged by the outside camera, an additive-display-line setting portion to set an additive-display line to be applied to the display portion according to the optical flow presumed by the optical-flow presumption portion, and a display control portion to conduct a display control for the display portion based on the additive-display line set by the additive-display-line setting portion. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150240750 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR ENGINE - An exhaust device for an engine includes an engine main body having a cylinder head provided with a manifold exhaust passage formed with a gathering exhaust port, a turbo supercharger, a catalyst device provided adjacent to the turbo supercharger, and a processing device disposed on the same side as the cylinder head surface of the engine main body. The processing device includes an exhaust gas processing device and an EGR device. The turbo supercharger guides exhaust gas discharged from the gathering exhaust port upward. The catalyst device includes a carrier, and a container which allows the exhaust gas to pass through a lower region of the carrier. The EGR device and the exhaust gas processing device are at least disposed below the catalyst device. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150240706 | TURBOCHARGED ENGINE - An engine includes: a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor; an EGR passage connecting an exhaust passage on an upstream side of the turbine and an air intake passage on a downstream side of the compressor; an EGR valve provided in the EGR passage; a bypass passage that bypasses the turbine; and a waste gate valve provided in the bypass passage. In the engine, when a boost pressure is increased to a limit pressure, a first boost pressure control is executed, in which the EGR valve is opened and the waste gate valve is closed. After the first boost pressure control starts, when an engine speed is increased to a prescribed value, a second boost pressure control is executed, in which the waste gate valve is opened in addition to the EGR valve. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150239471 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - Even if an adjustable speed limitation function (ASL) sets a vehicle speed upper limit to a relatively low vehicle speed, a control unit | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150239400 | REAR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A trunk panel comprises a bottom portion, a first standing wall portion, and a second standing wall portion. A protrusion portion is provided at a rear end portion of the bottom portion and the second standing wall portion to protrude upward. This protrusion portion is spaced apart from the first standing wall portion such that a passage is formed between the protrusion portion and the first standing wall portion, wherein the passage is configured to allow water to flow down from a portion of the bottom portion which is located forward of the protrusion portion toward a rear end portion of the bottom portion and the second standing wall portion. Thereby, any bad influences of rainwater or the like, which may be brought to various kinds of members around or arranged below a rear lamp, can be properly restrained. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150232126 | REAR SUB FRAME OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A rear sub frame comprising a pair of side members, a front cross member, and a rear cross member. The front cross member is configured in substantially a V shape in a front view such that the front cross member slants continuously from both end portions thereof toward a central portion, in a vehicle width direction, thereof which is located below a rear differential, and that a center position, in the vehicle width direction, of a bottom portion of the front cross member which corresponds to an apex portion of the V shape is offset from a center of a vehicle body in the vehicle width direction toward a specified side which matches an offset-arrangement side of a ring gear arranged in the rear differential. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150231710 | METHOD FOR MACHINING CENTER HOLES OF FORGED ROTARY BODY AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINING CENTER HOLES OF FORGED ROTARY BODY - Disclosed is a technique of achieving weight reduction of a forged rotary body while improving productivity of the forged rotary body. Temporary center holes are set for each of two or more samples extracted from one forging lot of a plurality of forged rotary bodies produced within a time period after a die misalignment adjustment through before a next die misalignment adjustment. Then, a virtual final shape of each of the samples is simulated on an assumption that machining is performed on the basis of the temporary center holes, and a rotational imbalance amount is calculated. Then, an average value of the rotational imbalance amounts in all of the samples in the same forging lot is calculated, and center-hole positions which allow the average value to become zero are set as center hole machining positions for all of the forged rotary bodies in a corresponding forging lot. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150226147 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ENGINES - An alternator configured to acquire a motive force from an engine to generate electricity and a capacitor capable of storing therein the electricity generated by the alternator are provided. An electricity consumption amount required during learning is calculated, and a capacitor electricity amount is compared with the calculated electricity consumption amount, and when the capacitor electricity amount is equal to or less than the calculated electricity consumption amount, the alternator is operated to generate electricity until the capacitor electricity amount is increased beyond the calculated electricity consumption amount. On the other hand, when the capacitor electricity amount is greater than the calculated electricity consumption amount, or when the capacitor electricity amount is increased beyond the calculated electricity consumption amount according to electricity generation by the alternator, the learning is performed while using the capacitor electricity without performing electricity generation by the alternator. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150225026 | FRONT AIR-FLOW STREAMLINING STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - In a front air-flow streamlining structure of an automotive vehicle comprising a cover front portion of an under cover of a vehicle front portion and an air dam provided at a front bumper, a deflector is provided between the air dam and a front wheel house to be spaced rearward apart from the air dam, to project downward, and to extend in a vehicle width direction, an outward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the air dam is provided substantially continuously to the deflector, a pocket portion enclosed by the cover front portion, the air dam, and the deflector is provided such that an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, thereof opens, and a traveling-air intake portion which opens so as to take in traveling air toward the pocket portion is provided at the air dam. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150225020 | JOINT STRUCTURE FOR MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF METAL - A Joint structure for members of different kinds of metals comprises a first member formed from a metal sheet, and a second member formed from a metal sheet having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of the metal sheet for the first member, wherein the first member and the second member are superimposed on each other and spot-joined together at a plurality of positions in a first direction, and the second member has a bead portion extending along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, at a position between adjacent ones of the spot-joined points. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150219181 | PISTON STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE - An engine piston structure includes: a piston ( | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150217810 | VEHICLE UNDERBODY STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A rear frame includes: a first inclined part having a rearward rising incline, a trailing arm attachment part extending horizontally at the rear side of the first inclined part, and a second inclined part having a rearward rising incline at the rear side of the trailing arm attachment part. An upward-convex first protrusion, in which at least a portion of the front end section of a trailing arm is accommodated, is formed in the trailing arm attachment part, a downward-convex second protrusion is formed in the front section of the first inclined part, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion are disposed so as to mutually overlap in the vehicle width direction. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150211468 | AUTOMATIC STOP DEVICE FOR VEHICLE ENGINES - An automatic stop device for a vehicle engine includes: an automatic stop control unit which performs automatic engine stop when a predetermined automatic stop initiating condition is established while the vehicle is stopped, and prohibits automatic engine stop when the automatic stop initiating condition is not established; a restart control unit which performs automatic engine restart when a predetermined automatic stop cancelling condition is established after the engine is automatically stopped; and a storage unit which stores a cause of prohibiting automatic engine stop when automatic stop of the engine is prohibited while the vehicle is stopped, or a cause of performing automatic engine restart when the engine that has been automatically stopped is automatically restarted. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150211099 | COOLING METHOD AND COOLING DEVICE FOR AL ALLOY MANUFACTURED CASTING - A method includes product side showering of showering a first surface (the surface of a product ( | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150204419 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION - When a reverse select operation is performed, a pre-balk lever ( | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150204233 | HEAT-INSULATING STRUCTURE OF MEMBER FACING ENGINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A heat-insulating layer exhibiting high resistance to cracks, peeling, deformation, and gasoline and high heat insulation is obtained on the wall surface of an engine member ( | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150203061 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A power supply system comprises an electricity storage device provided at a vehicle's front portion, a front relay device provided at the vehicle's front portion and distributing power to a first electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's front portion, a central relay device provided in a vehicle compartment and distributing power to a second electric load including electric loads arranged in the vehicle compartment, a rear relay device provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and distributing power to a third electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's rear portion, a first power line connecting the electricity storage device and the front relay device, a second power line connecting the front relay device and the central relay device, and a third power line connecting the front relay device and the rear relay device. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150202655 | LAMINATED COATING FILM AND COATED ARTICLE - A laminated coating film ( | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150197142 | LOCK DEVICE OF ROOF MEMBER OF OPEN CAR - A slide member to lock a roof member stored in a storage space by its rearward sliding and unlock the roof member by its forward sliding is provided. An operational member to rotate around a first rotational axis includes an operational portion to be operated from an inside of a vehicle compartment. A slide member slides longitudinally when a middle member rotates around a second rotational axis. The middle member is linked with the operational member such that it rotates in an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the operational member. The second rotational axis is located at a lower level than the first rotational axis such that the slide member slides forward to an unlock position when the middle member rotates according to an upward rotation of the operational portion. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150158449 | SEATBACK BAR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A guard bar has an inverse-U shape, and its inward end portion is configured to pass through a cross bar and be welded to the cross bar and its outward end portion is fixed to the cross bar via a junction member. The junction member has a reinforcement portion which is fastened together with a link bracket and the cross bar. Thus, there can be provided a seatback bar structure of a vehicle which can properly attach the guard bar, considering the manufacturing accuracy of extrusion molding of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and also can properly transmit a load inputted to the guard bar in a vehicle's rollover to a leg portion and side panels so as to achieve appropriate load dispersion. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150158445 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A protecting member comprises a pair of right-and-left brackets extending obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener extending in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the brackets. The stiffener has a closed cross section extending in the vehicle width direction, and an upper face of its central portion in the vehicle width direction has a concaved portion. A lower face of the stiffener extends horizontally substantially straightly. It is preferable that the closed cross section of the central portion of the stiffener be configured such that its vertical distance is relatively small and its longitudinal width is relatively large, compared with the other part of the stiffener. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150147566 | COATING OF INNER PLATE PART OF VEHICLE - A coating of an outer plate contains a perylene-based pigment, and satisfies (R | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145237 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A steering member comprises a beam member extending in a vehicle width direction, a steering bracket supporting a steering device, and side brackets fixed to hinge pillars. The beam member includes a weak portion provided between the steering bracket and the side brackets on a driver-seat side and configured to be weak against a load inputted in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and an extension portion provided to extend toward a vehicle outward side beyond the side bracket provided on a passenger-seat side and configured to prevent the steering member receiving the input load from sliding toward the passenger-seat side by contacting the hinge pillar. Accordingly, the steering device can be prevented from moving inward in a vehicle frontal collision, thereby restraining a passenger with an airbag properly. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150136512 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A vehicle comprises a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction and a shock absorbing member fixed to a front face of the bumper reinforcement and extending in the vehicle width direction along the bumper reinforcement. The shock absorbing member comprises a base portion extending vertically along the front face of the bumper reinforcement and a projection portion extending forward from a lower end portion of the base portion and being resiliently-downward deformable relative to the base portion. Thus, the vehicle comprising the shock absorbing member provided in front of the bumper reinforcement with the leg-flicking function for the pedestrian protection can be provided. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150120121 | MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A movement control device for a vehicle comprises a yaw-acceleration calculation portion to calculate a target yaw acceleration of the vehicle, a turn-back steering determination portion to determine whether a turn-back steering of the vehicle is conducted or not, and a drive-force control portion to a drive force of the vehicle. The control of the drive-force control portion is configured such that when the turn-back steering is not conducted, the amount of drive-force decreasing is increased with a specified increasing rate as the target yaw acceleration increases, the specified increasing rate becoming smaller as the target yaw acceleration increases, and when the turn-back steering is conducted, the drive force is increased in a case in which an absolute value of a steering angle of the vehicle decreases. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150114342 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT-INJECTION ENGINE - A controller injects fuel into a cylinder at a high fuel pressure of 30 MPa or higher, at least in a period between a terminal stage of a compression stroke and an initial stage of an expansion stroke when an operating mode of an engine body is at least in a first specified sub-range of a low load range, and at least in a second specified sub-range of a high load range. The controller sets an EGR ratio in the first specified sub-range to be higher than an EGR ratio in the second specified sub-range, and advances start of fuel injection in the first specified sub-range to start of fuel injection in the second specified sub-range. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150087503 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - An exhaust gas purification catalytic material for purifying exhaust gas from an engine includes ZrLaY composite oxide containing ZrO | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084375 | VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE - A pair of right-and-left extension members which deform and absorb an impact at a vehicle frontal collision, in cooperation with a pair of front side frames, are provided. The extension members are configured to be joined to respective middle portions, in a height direction, of a pair of tower portions of a sub frame at their rear end portions, to project forward, bending outward at a level below the front side frames, and to be comprised of a pair of members having a closed cross section, respectively. The rear end portions of the extension members joined to the tower portions are positioned so that a center line of a longitudinal direction of each of the extension members at the rear end portion is located at an inward position relative to a center line of a standing-vertical direction of each of the tower portions. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150083514 | VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCUTRE - A vehicle-body front structure includes a tower portion comprising a pole portion which extends substantially vertically and a tower top portion which is positioned at an upper portion of the pole portion and projects from the pole portion longitudinally along a front side frame, constituting attachment portions of an upper arm of a front-wheel suspension. A stabilizer-support pedestal for supporting a stabilizer is provided to be connected to the pole portion and the tower top portion. Thus, the pole portion of the sub frame can be properly reinforced by using the stabilizer-support pedestal, so that the rigidity of the upper portion of the pole portion can be properly increased. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150080134 | LUBRICATION STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMISSION - A guide groove including a groove section extending from the vicinity of an entrance of a main passage to a side opposite the entrance is formed on the inner circumferential surface of a main passage. The groove section is provided in an inclined fashion with respect to the axial direction such that lubricating oil inside the groove section is sent towards the side opposite the entrance by rotation of a rotary shaft in a predetermined direction. Of a plurality of subsidiary passages, the entrance of a subsidiary passage that is most distant from the entrance of a main passage is disposed in the guide groove. In a lubrication structure for a transmission, insufficient lubrication is effectively prevented in parts requiring lubrication corresponding to the subsidiary passages, irrespective of the positions of the subsidiary passages in the axial direction, while avoiding increase in the size of the transmission. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150075891 | ELECTRICITY-STORAGE DEVICE ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - An arrangement structure of an electricity-storage device of a vehicle, which comprises a pair of right-and-left front side frames, a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion at rear end portions of the front side frames, and a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames. The electricity-storage device is arranged on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of the front side frame at a position between the dash panel and the front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that the electricity-storage device overlaps a rear end portion of the front side frame (the kick-up portion, the protrusion portion) in a vehicle side view. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150075468 | VALVE GEAR OF ENGINE - A cam element portions is configured such that respective maximum lift portions (lift ending points) of both-side end-face cams thereof are provided at respective phases which are different from each other in a rotational direction and that a maximum value of a length, in an axial direction, between respective cam faces of the both-side end-face cams which are provided at the same phase is set to be a distance, in the axial direction, between a first operational member and a second operational member or smaller. Accordingly, in a valve gear of an engine in which cams operative to control opening/closing of a valve are switchable, it can be properly prevented that a camshaft locks and stop rotating because of an operational malfunction of an operational member or the like. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150075467 | VALVE GEAR OF ENGINE - A cam element portion comprises a slant portion (reverse-rotation return slope portion), which is positioned on a rotary-delay side from a maximum-lift portion (lift ending point) of an end-face cam and slants inward toward the rotary-delay side from an outer peripheral face of the end-face cam. Accordingly, in a valve gear of an engine in which cams operative to control opening/closing of a valve are switchable, it can be properly prevented that the cam element portion is switched unexpectedly and improperly or an operational member breaks down which are possibly caused by an engine's reverse rotation. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150068343 | SHIFT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a shift device of the present invention, a shift range is switched to a drive range or a reverse range when a switch portion is operated additionally to moving of an operational member. Switching to a drive range is executed when the switch portion is operated further in a state in which the mount of move of the operational member tilted in a first direction from a home position exceeds a first threshold, and switching to a reverse range is executed when the switch portion is operated further in a state in which the mount of move of the operational member tilted in a second direction from the home position exceeds a second threshold which is greater than the first threshold. Accordingly, quick and easy selection of a traveling range can be conducted, ensuring the safety. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150061254 | SUSPENSION DEVICE OF VEHICLE - Suspension arms comprise five arms of a trailing arm, a leading arm, an upper arm, a lower arm, and a control arm. A lower-arm connection portion of a knuckle to the lower arm is positioned in front of a trailing-arm connection portion of the knuckle to the trailing arm as well as a wheel axis. Accordingly, the anti-swing rigidity of a wheel can be increased sufficiently. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150054307 | VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A protecting member includes a pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The protecting member has a load/deformation characteristic including a first stage from a collision start, a second stage after the first stage, and a third stage after the second stage. Herein, the first stage is set so as to restrain the obstacle from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, the second stage is set so as to absorb collision energy to restrain a local deformation of the obstacle, and the third stage is set so as to flick the obstacle up. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054306 | VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from respective front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames are provided. A stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam is attached to respective front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The stiffener is configured such that its front end portion slants downward and forward and has an open cross section, and its rear end portion thereof has a closed cross section. An obstacle can be prevented from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, and also the sufficient energy absorption in a collision and the prompt flicking-up of an obstacle can properly achieved. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150051800 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control method for an automatic transmission in which a starting gear shift stage is attained by fastening a predetermined brake element and a predetermined clutch element includes a step of supplying, when a command, which is for fastening the predetermined brake element and the predetermined clutch element that is to be fastened to input output rotation on an engine side to a transmission mechanism, and which is also for attaining the starting gear shift stage is detected, hydraulic pressure to the clutch element and then fastening the clutch element, and a step of supplying, after the step, the hydraulic pressure to the brake element to start the fastening of the brake element and controlling rotation, which is input to the transmission mechanism, to a target number of rotations. It is possible to satisfactorily attain the starting gear shift stage without a shock while dispensing with a one-way clutch. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150046054 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A braking device for a vehicle comprises an accelerator-opening detector, a distance detector, an obstacle detector, and an ECU which is configured to perform the process of executing automatic braking when the distance detected by the distance detector is a specified distance or less during traveling of the vehicle, cancelling the automatic braking when the accelerator opening detected by the accelerator-opening detector is a specified opening or greater, and prohibiting the cancelling of the automatic braking when the front obstacle is detected by the obstacle detector while the vehicle stops or travels at a low speed which is a specified speed or less. Thereby, the braking device for a vehicle which can surely reduce the damage caused by the vehicle's collision with the front obstacle can be provided. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042128 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR PANEL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME - A floor panel comprises: an article storage portion formed to protrude downwardly at a position spaced apart from each of two frame members on vehicle widthwise opposite sides thereof; and a pair of right and left lateral coupling portions each provided between a respective one of the frame members and the article storage portion. A storage bottom of the article storage portion has an upwardly or downwardly convex curved surface, and a storage wall of the article storage portion is configured such that each of right and left upper ends thereof is located below a corresponding one of two joint sections between respective ones of the lateral coupling portions of the floor panel and respective ones of the frame members. At least one of the pair of lateral coupling portions is formed by a downwardly inclined planar or curved surface. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150030832 | TRANSPARENT LAYERED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A transparent layered structure having a high abrasion resistance and a high scratch resistance and a method for producing such a transparent layered structure are provided. A transparent layered structure ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150021115 | FRONT SUBFRAME STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE - A front subframe structure includes a pair of left and right side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a center cross member of a closed cross-section structure extending in a vehicle-width direction to couple the a pair of left and right side members together, an inclined member having a pair of left and right inclined portions extending obliquely, in a plan view, outward in a vehicle-widthwise direction from a rear portion of a vehicle-widthwise middle portion of the center cross member, and a mount attaching portion of a powertrain mount housed in the center cross member and located behind a front edge of the center cross member and in front of a coupling portion between the inclined member and the center cross member. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150019091 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a vehicle control system capable of selectively setting one of a normal mode and a sport mode as a vehicle travel mode, wherein normal-mode and sport-mode target acceleration characteristics are set in such a manner that a sport-mode target acceleration is greater than a normal-mode target acceleration, when compared under the same conditions in terms of accelerator angle and vehicle speed, and a difference between the sport-mode target acceleration and the normal-mode target acceleration becomes smaller along with an increase in the vehicle speed, when compared under the same condition in terms of the accelerator angle. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20140380243 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A dial switch is operative to be rotated or tilted and to be pushed down, which can select any one of icons displayed on a menu screen of a display portion and display information regarding a function of an onboard apparatuses corresponding to a selected icon on the display portion. A central pushing switch is configured to function as a home key such that a default-state menu screen is displayed on the display portion whenever this switch is pushed down. Left or right pushing switches is configured to function as a shortcut key such that information regarding a function of an onboard apparatus corresponding to left-positioned or right-positioned icons positioned on left and right sides of a central icon is displayed on the display portion whenever the left or right pushing switches is pushed down. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140368000 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR REAR SUB-FRAME - A rear subframe comprises: a pair of right and left side member segments; and a front cross member segment and a rear cross member segment each coupling the side member segments together. The rear cross member segment has: a central portion; and a front branch portion and a rear branch portion branched forwardly and rearwardly from each of vehicle-widthwise outer ends of the central portion, while extending in the vehicle width direction. Each of the side member segments has a bent portion with its axis extending in a curved manner between a coupling portion between the front branch portion and the side member segments, and a coupling portion between the rear branch portion and the side member segments. The bent portion has a wall thickness set to be less than that of a region of the side member segment located forward of the bent portion. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140364305 | EXHAUST GAS COMPONENT PURIFICATION CATALYTIC MATERIAL AND CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTER WITH THE CATALYTIC MATERIAL - An exhaust gas component purification catalytic material | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140354009 | VEHICLE FRAME STRUCTURE - A frame body ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140345998 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - Automatic transmission | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140339856 | AUTOMOTIVE REAR VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - Disclosed is an automotive rear vehicle body structure which comprises a rear subframe ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140335778 | VEHICLE SHUTTER - Provided is a vehicle shutter capable of detecting a flap to which power transmission is cut off by providing turn restriction units each having a simple structure in flaps. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140319812 | VEHICLE-OCCUPANT PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE-OCCUPANT PROTECTION METHOD - The strength of an instrument panel member ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140312654 | FRONT SUBFRAME STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A front subframe structure for an automotive vehicle comprises: a pair of right and left side members each provided with an arm support member for supporting a suspension arm is mounted; a cross member disposed between the left and right side members to couple together respective locations in the side members at each of which the arm support member is provided; and an oblique member extending from central portion of the cross member, in each of right and left directions of the vehicle and obliquely rearwardly and outwardly in the vehicle width direction, wherein each of the side members has a rear end joined to a rear portion of a respective one of the oblique members, and wherein the rear portion of the oblique member is provided with a tunnel-lower-frame coupling portion couplable to a tunnel lower frame, and a floor frame attaching portion attachable to a floor frame. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140299107 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF SPARK IGNITION GASOLINE ENGINE - An engine body includes a cylinder with a geometrical compression ratio of 15 or higher, and is supplied with fuel containing at least gasoline. When an operating mode of the engine body is in a high load range, a controller (i.e., a PCM | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140291056 | GRILL SHUTTER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A grill shutter unit comprises a shutter unit provided in back of a traveling-air introductory port formed at a front end of a vehicle body and including shutter members, and a traveling-air guide member including a guide frame portion provided at an outer peripheral edge portion of the shutter unit and a seal portion provided to extend forward continuously from a front end of the guide frame portion and be made from soft synthetic resin having more flexibility than the frame portion, wherein the grill shutter unit is configured such that when the shutter members are closed, a seal portion of the traveling-air guide member is pressed against an outer peripheral wall face of the traveling-air introductory port by pressure of traveling air shut off by the shutter members closed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140283785 | CONTROL DEVICE OF SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - A control device of a spark-ignition engine is provided. The control device includes a main body of the engine, a fuel injection valve, an ignition plug, and a controller. According to an operating state of the engine, the controller switches an ignition mode between a compression-ignition mode in which compression-ignition combustion is performed by causing the mixture gas to self-ignite and combust, and a spark-ignition mode in which spark-ignition combustion is performed by igniting the mixture gas with the ignition plug to combust. The controller switches the ignition mode from the spark-ignition mode to the compression-ignition mode by performing a transition mode in which a temperature inside the cylinder is forcibly decreased and combustion is performed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140283784 | CONTROL DEVICE OF SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - A control device of a spark-ignition engine is provided. The control device includes a main body of the engine, a fuel injection valve, an ignition plug, and a controller. According to an engine operating state, the controller switches between a compression-ignition mode in which compression-ignition combustion is performed, and a spark-ignition mode in which spark-ignition combustion is performed. The controller switches from the spark-ignition mode to the compression-ignition mode by performing in order, a first stage where an air-fuel ratio of mixture gas is set to a predetermined value and the spark-ignition combustion is performed, a second stage where the air-fuel ratio of the mixture gas is set leaner than the first stage and the compression-ignition combustion is performed, and a third stage where the air-fuel ratio of the mixture gas is set richer than the second stage and the compression-ignition combustion is performed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140283765 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an engine cooling system which comprises: a head-side circulation pathway through which coolant from a water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder head and an EGR cooler; a block-side circulation pathway through which the coolant from the water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder block; and a switching valve unit operable, during cold operation of the engine, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along the head-side circulation pathway, and, when a temperature of the engine is raised up to a predetermined value, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along not only the head-side circulation pathway but also the block-side circulation pathway. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140265470 | SEAT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A seat structure for a vehicle of the present invention comprises a seat cushion frame, slide mechanisms including a pair of guide rails provided at a vehicle floor and a pair of sliders, a pair of connecting members connecting the pair of sliders and the seat cushion frame, a connection position of the connecting members and the seat cushion frame being located inward in a seat width direction relative to a connection position of the connecting members and the sliders, and a coupling member coupling the pair of connecting members in a vehicle width direction so as to restrain the pair of connecting members from moving inward in the seat width direction in a rear-end collision of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140261308 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus has: an air mix damper; an actuator for driving the air mix damper; a target opening degree determination device operable to determine a target opening degree of the air mix damper; a drive frequency reduction device operable, during automatic stop of an engine, to reduce a drive frequency of the actuator; a target opening degree correction device operable, during automatic stop of the engine and when a current target opening degree is greater than a previous target opening degree, to increase the current target opening degree, and, when the current target opening degree is less than the previous target opening degree, to reduce the current target opening degree; and a drive control device operable, during running of the engine, to control the actuator based on the target opening degree, and, during automatic stop of the engine, to control the actuator the corrected target opening degree. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140252739 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A longitudinal member is configured to transmit a part of a collision load occurring in a vehicle head-on collision to a suspension cross member by way of a front portion, a bending portion, and a rear portion. A lower arm, a portion of which is co-fastened to a vehicle body together with a fastening portion, is configured to transmit another part of the collision load occurring in the vehicle head-on collision to the fastening portion from the front portion. Accordingly, the rear end of the sub frame can be properly detached from the vehicle body in the vehicle head-on collision even in a case in which any weak portion extending in a vehicle width direction may not be provided. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140251706 | VEHICLE RADIATOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE - Provided is a vehicle radiator support structure which comprises: a plurality of upper holding members each attached to an upper shroud member which is one of a plurality of structural members of a vehicle body and configured to hold an upper portion of a radiator in such a manner as to restrict a horizontal relative displacement thereof; at least one pair of lateral elastic members each attached to a respective one of right and left lateral portions of the radiator; and at least one pair of lateral engagement members each attached to another one of the structural members other than the upper shroud member and configured to come into contact engagement with at least an upper portion of a respective one of the lateral elastic members. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140251252 | COMPRESSION SELF-IGNITION ENGINE - A compression self-ignition engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body and an intake passage, and CI combustion is performable in a part of an engine operating range. The intake passage includes a high-temperature passage provided with a heater for heating intake air, a low-temperature passage provided with a cooler for cooling the intake air, a manifold section where the high-temperature and low-temperature passages merge together, and a downstream passage connecting the manifold section with the engine body. A throttle valve for adjusting a flow rate of the intake air is provided in each of the high-temperature and low-temperature passages. At least in an engine operating range where the CI combustion is performed, openings of the throttle valves are controlled to bring a temperature of the intake air within the manifold section into a predetermined temperature range, based on temperature conditions of the heater and the cooler, respectively. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140250874 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR MULTICYLINDER ENGINE - An exhaust device includes a plurality of independent exhaust passages connected to an exhaust port of one cylinder or a plurality of cylinders that are non-sequential in exhaust order, and a mixing pipe into which exhaust that has passed through the respective independent exhaust passages flows. The downstream ends of the respective independent exhaust passages are connected in a bundled form to the upstream end of the mixing pipe. A cavity expansion chamber is disposed in an exhaust passage downstream from the mixing pipe. The cavity expansion chamber is disposed in a position (at a distance L2) such that, in the intermediate speed range, a negative pressure wave generated due to an exhaust pressure wave generated by opening an exhaust valve being reflected by the cavity expansion chamber reaches the exhaust port during an overlap period of the exhaust valve and an intake valve of the cylinder. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140246879 | DOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - An impact bar includes a U-shaped portion formed by a vertical face portion and upper-and-lower lateral face portions at its front end. The impact bar further includes upper-and-lower outer face portions. A pair of first joint portions which are formed so as to extend upward and downward from respective front ends of the upper-and-lower lateral face portions are joined to a lateral face portion of a door inner panel. A pair of second joint portions which are formed so as to extend forward from respective front ends of the upper-and-lower outer face portions are joined to a longitudinal face portion of the door inner panel. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140238326 | VALVE OPERATING DEVICE OF ENGINE - A valve operating device for an engine is provided. The device includes at least two cam elements per one shaft. End face cams are formed in opposing end faces of two adjacent cam elements, and the end face cams respectively have protruding portions being formed offset in phase so that the protruding portions overlap in the axial directions when the two cam elements are close to each other. A control member is provided, the control member is projected to an actuated position at which the control member is projected to engage with the end face cams so as to separate the adjacent cam elements from each other when the cam elements are close to each other, and the control member is retreated to a non-actuated position at which the control member is retreated from the actuated position. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140238323 | VALVE OPERATING DEVICE OF ENGINE - A valve operating device for an engine is provided. The device includes a cam element formed with an end face cam in one end thereof, and a control member driven by an actuator to project to an actuated position at which the control member is projected to engage with the end face cam so as to move the cam element in one of the axial directions, and retreat to a non-actuated position at which the control member is retreated from the actuated position. The cam element has a slope inclining in a circumferential direction of the cam element and for, when the control member is at the actuated position, sliding in contact with a contact part provided at the control member so as to forcibly move the control member back to the non-actuated position after the movement of the cam element via the end face cam is finished. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140237991 | EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - An exhaust apparatus for a multi-cylinder engine which is capable of suppressing deterioration in ejector effect with a simple configuration comprises: a plurality of independent exhaust ducts each having an upstream end connected to an exhaust port of one cylinder or exhaust ports of two or more cylinders which are non-successive in terms of exhaust order; and a merged portion configured to allow exhaust gas passing through each of the independent exhaust ducts to flow thereinto and formed to be gradually reduced in diameter toward a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction. The independent exhaust ducts are connected to an upstream end of the merged portion in such a manner that downstream ends thereof are bundled together. An O2 sensor is provided in the merged portion or a portion of an exhaust duct line downstream of the merged portion, to partially block an exhaust gas flow passage. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140235434 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a Rh-containing catalyst layer provided on a base material. The Rh-containing catalyst layer includes a binder material of Rh-doped CeZr-based composite oxide containing Ce and Zr and doped with Rh. The binder material has been previously subjected to a reduction treatment. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140235433 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a Rh-containing catalyst layer provided on a base material. The Rh-containing catalyst layer includes Rh-supporting Zr-based composite oxide in which Rh6 is supported on Zr-based composite oxide containing Zr and a rare earth metal except Ce. The Rh-supporting Zr-based composite oxide has been previously subjected to a reduction treatment. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140222311 | VARIABLE CYLINDER ENGINE - A variable cylinder engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body having a plurality of cylinders, a cooling mechanism for cooling the engine body by using a coolant, and a controller for controlling a temperature of the coolant and changing the number of active cylinders according to an operating state of the engine. The controller reduces the number of active cylinders in a reduced-cylinder operating range set within a partial engine load range, and expands the reduced-cylinder operating range to a higher engine load side as the coolant temperature becomes lower. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222275 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SETTING SPECIFICATIONS OF ENGINE AND MOTOR/GENERATOR IN HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140217777 | VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a vehicle front body structure comprising a cross-sectionally closed front side frame installed to extend in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The front side frame has a depressed section formed in a lower region of a vehicle-width directional inner wall surface portion thereof in such a manner as to be depressed toward a vehicle-width directional outward side. The front side frame is internally provided with a reinforcing member extending over a front-rear directional dimension of the depressed section. An upper portion of the reinforcing member is joined to at least one of a vehicle-width directional intermediate region of an upper wall portion of the front side frame and an area of the upper wall portion located outward side of the intermediate region, and a lateral portion of the reinforcing member is joined to a wall surface portion corresponding to the depressed section. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140216904 | FALLING-OFF STRUCTURE OF OPERATIONAL SWITCH FOR VEHICLE - A switch body portion attached to a center console includes a dial switch. The switch body portion is held on the side of the enter console for attachment through engaging of front engagement portions and a rear engagement portion. When an external force having a specified magnitude or greater acts on the dial switch from the rear, the engaging of the front engagement portions is released, so that the switch body portion falls off downward, rotating around the rear engagement portion. Accordingly, an impact which may occur when some object hits against the dial switch projecting upward from an upper face of the center console from the rear can be properly absorbed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140216397 | DIESEL ENGINE - An injector of a diesel engine has a first injection valve and a second injection valve disposed to face each other with respect to the center of a combustion chamber. Assuming that a straight line passing through the first injection valve and the second injection valve is a symmetrical line, one of two regions obtained by dividing a planar region of a combustion chamber ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140216396 | DIRECT INJECTION GASOLINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DIRECT INJECTION GASOLINE ENGINE - A direct injection engine includes an ignition assistance section applying energy to fuel injected into a cylinder using an injector to assist auto-ignition combustion of the fuel when the engine is within an auto-ignition combustion operation range. A start time of fuel injection is set within a period from a terminal stage of a compression stroke to a compression top dead center. The energy is applied to the fuel injected into the cylinder in a period from start of the fuel injection to an initial stage of an expansion stroke such that a time of a specific crank angle when an increase rate of in-cylinder pressure, which is a ratio of a change in the in-cylinder pressure to a change in a crank angle in motoring the engine, reaches a negative maximum value overlaps a combustion period when a combustion mass percentage of the fuel ranges from 10% to 90%. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140216368 | VARIABLE CYLINDER ENGINE - A variable cylinder engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body having a plurality of cylinders, a cooling mechanism for cooling the engine body, and a controller for controlling the cooling mechanism and changing a number of active cylinders according to an operating state of the engine. The controller reduces the number of active cylinders in a reduced-cylinder operating range set within a partial engine load range, and in a first reduced-cylinder range set within a high load part of the reduced-cylinder operating range, the controller improves a cooling performance of the cooling mechanism compared with that in a second reduced-cylinder range set within a low load part of the reduced-cylinder operating range. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140205508 | CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTER - A filter is configured for efficient combustion of particulates accumulated on a catalyst layer | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140202407 | STARTING DEVICE OF SPARK-IGNITION MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A starting device of a spark-ignition multi-cylinder engine is provided. The device includes a multi-cylinder engine body having cylinders, fuel injection valves, ignition plugs, an intake valve drive mechanism for opening and closing intake valves, a hydraulic variable valve phase mechanism for changing a close timing of each intake valve, an engine-driven hydraulic pressure supply source for supplying a hydraulic pressure, and a start controller for controlling the fuel injection valves, the ignition plugs, and the variable valve phase mechanism. When the supplied hydraulic pressure is below a predetermined pressure, the variable valve phase mechanism locks the close timing. When an engine temperature in an engine-start is high, the start controller retards a fuel injection timing of the cylinder on intake stroke at an engine stopped timing and retards an ignition timing thereof. The start controller does not retard the close timing of the intake valve until the engine-start completes. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140183834 | SUB FRAME STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A sub frame attached to a vehicle-body rear portion from below comprises a pair of right-and-left side members and a front cross member which interconnects substantially respective central portions, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the side members. As attachment portions for attaching lower links, there are provided a central attachment portion which is provided at an interconnection portion between the side member and the front cross member, a front attachment portion which is provided at the side member at a position located in front of the interconnection portion, and a rear attachment portion which is provided at the side member at a position located in back of the interconnection portion. Thereby, a sub frame structure of an automotive can be superior in the light weight, ensuring the support rigidity of the suspension links. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140183833 | STRUCTURE OF FRONT PORTION OF VEHICLE BODY - Front side frames | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140175839 | UPPER VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A pair of right-and-left roof rails, a roof panel provided between the roof rails, a roof reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction below the roof panel, a center pillar, and a gusset joined to an end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the roof reinforcement are provided. Further, a node-shaped plate member is provided inside the roof rail at a position which overlaps the roof reinforcement longitudinally and vertically. Accordingly, buckling of a portion of the roof reinforcement which is located in the vicinity of a roof side can be restrained. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140175835 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A cowl panel comprises an upper face portion, a protrusion portion, a vertical wall portion, and a lower face portion. A front end of the protrusion portion is configured in a curve shape in a plan view such that a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the front end is positioned forward the most. A lower end of the vertical wall portion is configured such that at least a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the lower end extends substantially straightly in the vehicle width direction. Accordingly, the flexibility of interior design can be improved, and also both the NVH performance and the pedestrian protection performance can be ensured. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140175825 | SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - It is intended to provide a sound insulation structure for a vehicle, which is capable of adequately retaining an elongated line component, such as a wiring harness, a pipe or a cable, while suppressing deterioration in sound insulation performance by a sound insulator. In the sound insulation structure, a sound insulator is provided in a void space surrounded by: a front fender panel; a cowl side member disposed on a vehicle inward side with respect to the front fender panel to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a mud guard disposed just below the front fender panel and the cowl side member to form a wheel housing. The sound insulator is formed using an elastically-deformable urethane foam. The sound insulator is formed with a slit capable of clamping a regenerative brake wiring harness laid to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction and pass through the void space. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140149008 | CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control method for an automatic transmission includes a step of canceling the shift performed by a shift operation for performing shifting in the same direction as that of the shifting performed by automatic shift control, when the shift operation is performed before the input revolution speed correlation value of the automatic transmission becomes a predetermined value, after the automatic shift control has been started in a manual shift mode, a step of switching a shift stage display at a timing at which the shift operation that is to be canceled has been performed, and a step of switching the shift stage display at a timing at which the input revolution speed correlation value becomes the predetermined value when a shift operation is not performed within a period of time from when the automatic shift control is started till when the input revolution speed correlation value becomes the predetermined value. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140132029 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF DOOR MIRROR - At least two reinforcing members are provided apart from each other in a vertical direction, a connecting member formed integrally with or separately from a door mirror reinforcement is provided, and the connecting member interconnects the two reinforcing members vertically at a position which is located in back of front ends of the two reinforcing members. Accordingly, the better visibility can be provided, the attachment rigidity can be increased, and the door strength can be properly improved. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140129105 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROLLER AND FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution controller comprises: a control device determining the value of torque which must be transmitted to a rear wheel; and a driving force transmission device transmitting torque corresponding to the torque value determined by the control device to the rear wheel. The control device reduces a torque value calculated based on an opening degree of an accelerator and a rotational speed difference when the rotational speed of an engine is lower than a first threshold value but higher than a second threshold value. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125085 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A HUD unit is provided at an upper portion of a meter unit such that a half mirror is positioned in front of a display surface of the meter unit and an upper face of the half mirror is capable of constituting a design face. A support bracket is attached to an instrument panel member supporting an instrument panel. A front end portion of the HUD unit is attached to the support bracket so as to be supported at the support bracket. Accordingly, manufacturing of two different models with or without the HUD unit can be facilitated, driving assist information can be displayed with as less changing of driver's eyes or focus of driver's eye as possible, and a mounting state of the HUD unit can be stabilized. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140117685 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A panel member having a U-shaped cross section includes step portions at an upper face portion and a lower face portion, and a distance, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the step potions from a panel member formed substantially in a flat-plate shape, is configured such that the distance at a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of a bumper reinforcement is the maximum and the distance decreases gradually toward an outward direction of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle-body structure which can properly ensure the bending strength and also attain the light weight of the bumper reinforcement, improving the load transmission from the bumper reinforcement to crash cans, can be provided. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140109569 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINE - Disclosed is an exhaust gas recirculation system for an engine ( | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140091593 | VEHICLE STRUCTURE - A vehicle structure, comprising a front wheelhouse covering a front wheel, the front wheel comprising a rear face and a slant face which slants forward and inward from an inward end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of the rear face, a footrest, on which a passenger's foot is placed, the footrest being arranged near and on an inward side of the slant face of the front wheelhouse in a plan view of a vehicle, and a gusset connected to the rear face of the front wheelhouse and extending inward from a connection portion thereof to the rear face, wherein an inward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the gusset is arranged in the vicinity of a front-side portion of the footrest such that the footrest is restrained from moving forward by contacting the inward end portion of the gusset in a vehicle collision. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140084632 | FRONT BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A vehicle front body structure comprises: a hood for covering a top of an engine compartment provided in a front section of a vehicle; an engagement element provided at a front section of the hood; a radiator shroud provided at a front section of the engine compartment; an engagement counterpart element provided in front of the radiator shroud and engageable with the engagement element; a wire arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and pass through a position in front of the radiator shroud, and coupled to the engagement counterpart element; and a support supporting the engagement counterpart element with respect to the radiator shroud. The support has a protruding portion which protrudes toward a position capable of hindering at least a part of the wire from being visually seen from a front side of the vehicle body. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140077771 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - [Problem] To enable effectively utilizing electrical energy of a vehicle and effectively preventing early deterioration of the second electricity storage unit. [Solution] Provided is a vehicle control device for supplying electricity to an electrical load component of a vehicle. The vehicle control device comprises: a first electricity storage unit ( | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140074378 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition direct injection engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body having a cylinder, intake and exhaust valves for opening and closing intake and exhaust ports that open to the cylinder, respectively, a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cylinder, a catalyst in an exhaust passage, and a controller for operating the engine body by controlling the intake and exhaust valves and the fuel injection valve. The controller performs a fuel cut by suspending the fuel injection during engine deceleration in a non-operated accelerator state, and when the engine speed drops to a predetermined speed, the controller resumes the fuel injection. During the fuel cut, the controller opens the exhaust valve on an intake stroke and then opens the intake valve, and after closing the exhaust valve and when mixture gas is blown back to the intake port, the controller closes the intake valve. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140070982 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle obstacle detection device comprises: a radar unit provided between a back surface of a bumper and a wheel and configured to detect an obstacle by transmitting a radio wave through the bumper; and a misdetection prevention member for preventing misdetection in the radar unit by suppressing the occurrence of an own-vehicle's wheel reaching wave which is a part of a transmission wave and which passes between a transmitter section of the radar unit and the back surface of the bumper and reaches the wheel of the own vehicle. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140069382 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition direct injection engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body, a fuel injection valve, a fuel pressure setting mechanism, an ignition plug, and a controller. The controller switches between a compression-ignition mode where the engine body is operated to perform compression-ignition combustion and a spark-ignition mode where the engine body is operated to perform spark-ignition combustion. Immediately after switching from the spark-ignition mode to the compression-ignition mode, the controller operates the engine body in a compression-ignition initial mode where the fuel pressure is set to be 30 MPa or above and the fuel injection valve is controlled to perform the fuel injection in a period from a late stage of the compression stroke to an early stage of the expansion stroke so that the gas mixture self-ignites to combust. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140067241 | POWER-SOURCE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to a power-source apparatus for a vehicle comprising a generator driven by an engine of the vehicle having a function of an idle stop and generating power, a power-storage device storing the power generated by the generator thereat, and a control device. The power-storage device supplies the power to an electric load of the vehicle when the engine is stopped by means of the idle stop. The control device is configured to restart the engine when a voltage of the power-storage device decreases below a lower-limit value after the engine is stopped by means of the idle stop, and stop the engine again when a specified requirement for determining a sufficient recovery of the voltage of the power-storage device by means of the engine's restart is met. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062414 | POWER-SOURCE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A power-source apparatus for a vehicle comprises a generator driven by an engine and generating power, a power-storage device storing the power generated by the generator thereat and supplying the power stored thereat to an electric load, and a control device configured to detect a deterioration state of the power-storage device and change a voltage of the power-storage device during a soak in accordance with the deterioration state of the power-storage device detected. Thereby, the improvement of the fuel economy can be achieved and also the necessary durability of the power-storage device can be ensured. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062130 | SIDE VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A load transmitting member comprising a rising face portion rising from a floor panel and a facing face portion facing a portion of the side panel between a rear edge portion of a rear-door opening portion and a rear-wheel house portion and having its short longitudinal width is arranged on an inward side of a side panel. The load transmitting member is fixed to a front portion of the rear-wheel house portion directly or via a bracket. The load transmitting member can be arranged so as not to prevent a smooth ingress/egress action of a passenger, and a proper load-transmission function of the load transmission member when the impact load is inputted to a rear door from the vehicle side can be attained so as to effectively restrain the rear door from coming into a vehicle compartment. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140060493 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body, a fuel injection valve, an ignition plug, an EGR introduction system, and a controller for operating the engine body by controlling the fuel injection valve, the ignition plug, and the EGR introduction system. The controller controls to combust mixture gas by compressing to self-ignite within a compression self-ignition combustion applying range, and to combust the mixture gas by a spark-ignition using the ignition plug within a spark-ignition combustion applying range. Substantially throughout the spark-ignition combustion applying range, the controller controls the EGR introduction system to introduce cooled EGR gas, and within the compression self-ignition applying range, the controller controls the EGR introduction system to introduce hot EGR gas. The controller controls the EGR introduction system to introduce the hot EGR gas and the cooled EGR gas within a low engine load part of the spark-ignition combustion applying range. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140060490 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition direct injection engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body, a fuel injection valve, a fuel pressure setting mechanism, an ignition plug, and a controller. Within a low engine speed operating range of a predetermined high engine load range, the fuel pressure setting mechanism sets a fuel pressure to 30 MPa or above, the fuel injection valve injects fuel between late stage of compression stroke and early stage of expansion stroke, and the ignition plug performs spark-ignition after the fuel injection completes. Within a high engine speed operating range of the high engine load range, the fuel injection valve injects fuel between intake stroke to mid-stage of compression stroke, and the ignition plug performs the spark-ignition. The ignition timing is changed according to an octane number, the changing width of the ignition timing is shorter within the low engine speed range than the high engine speed range. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140060489 | SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition direct injection engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body, a fuel injection valve, a fuel pressure setting mechanism, an ignition plug, and a controller. The controller operates the engine to perform compression-ignition combustion within a first operating range, and controls the ignition plug to operate the engine to perform spark-ignition combustion within a second operating range. Within a specific part of the first range, the controller sets the fuel pressure to 30 MPa or above, and retards the compression ignition to after a compression top dead center by controlling the injection valve to inject fuel into a cylinder in a period from a late stage of compression stroke to an early stage of expansion stroke. Below the specific part, the controller controls the fuel injection valve to inject the fuel into the cylinder in a period from intake stroke to a mid-stage of the compression stroke. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140054928 | REAR VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A floor panel, a rear end member which is provided at a rear portion of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle width direction, and a rear end trim which covers a surface on a baggage-compartment side of the rear end member are provided. A step portion is formed at a connection portion connecting an upper portion of the rear end member and a lower portion of the rear end member which is positioned in front of and below the upper portion. An opening is formed at the step portion. An attachment portion, by which the rear end trim is attachable to the rear end member, is provided at the rear end trim. This attachment portion is configured to be inserted from above into the opening for engagement. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140054927 | SIDE VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A load transmission portion which projects toward a roof rail outer panel is provided at a position between the roof rail outer panel and a roof rail inner panel which is located substantially at the same longitudinal-position as an upper end of a pillar outer panel. Accordingly, a center pillar can be properly restrained from coming into a vehicle compartment, restraining any improper increase of the number of components. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140041828 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus comprising: an air-conditioning system which automatically controls a vehicle interior temperature to conform to a target vehicle interior temperature, in accordance with a first group of given parameters; an engine control section which automatically stops an engine of a vehicle, when a given automatic stop condition including a condition concerning a deviation between the target vehicle interior temperature and an actual vehicle interior temperature is satisfied during a stop of the vehicle; and an automatic stop condition changing section which changes the deviation condition in a direction for allowing the engine to become more likely to be automatically stopped, when a passenger makes a manual operation during the automatic control of the air-conditioning system to change a second parameter other than the first group of given parameters, in a direction for easing the air-conditioning control. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140033845 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A method comprises a pre-charge step of pre-charging operating oil; a holding step of holding an operating pressure at an oil pressure less than an oil pressure during the pre-charge, for a given period of time; and a raising step of raising the operating pressure to cause an engagement-side friction element to be engaged. The method further comprises a setting step of setting a pre-charge period in the pre-charge step. The setting step includes predicting a timing at which the engagement-side friction element is to be engaged; actually measuring a timing at which the engagement-side friction element has been actually engaged; and setting the period of the pre-charge step to allow a difference between the timings to become smaller. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140028044 | DOOR TRIM STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A pocket member includes a flat-shaped first floor portion located forward and extending substantially horizontally and a flat-shaped second floor portion located in back of the first floor portion and rising obliquely rearward from the first floor portion. A trim recess portion recessed outward in a vehicle width direction is formed at a portion which is located above a trim opening portion and between a door armrest portion and a speaker storage portion which respectively protrude toward a vehicle-compartment side. The trim recess portion is configured to extend obliquely forward and upward from the trim opening portion along the direction substantially perpendicular to the second floor portion. Accordingly, an appropriate storage position of any stored bottle containers, regardless of its size (a large-sized one, a small-sized one) can be provided. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140018974 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - There is provided a vehicle driving support device including: a change amount calculating part | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140011937 | POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION FOR AUTOMOBILE PARTS, AND AUTOMOBILE EXTERIOR PARTS - A polypropylene-based resin composition suitable for molding of especially an automobile bumper having good formability, high rigidity, excellent appearance, and high surface impact strength is provided. This composition includes: 30-62 wt. % of a propylene copolymer having an MFR of 40-70 g/10 min.; 5-20 wt. % of a propylene-based block copolymer including a crystalline polypropylene part having a high MFR and a specific ethylene-propylene copolymer part and having an MFR of 100-130 g/10 min; 10-20 wt. % of two types of ethylene-α-olefin copolymer elastomers each having a specific MFR and a specific density; and 23-30 wt. % of talc having a specific particle size. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20130332211 | METHOD OF CREATING WORK INSTRUCTION SHEET AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WORK INSTRUCTION SHEET CREATION - It is an object to accurately perform a sequence of steps from setting of a process to creation of a work instruction sheet, based on design information. Provided is a work instruction sheet creation method which comprises: a preparation step of preparing specification information specifying what types of operation targets are included in each of a plurality of operation specifications, a setting step of setting, based on the specification information, process-related information with respect to each of the operation targets, to thereby create setting data including at least the operation targets, the operation specification and the process-related information; and a creation step of creating the work instruction sheet using the setting data. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130320931 | POWER-SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A battery, a regenerative generator, a capacitor capable of storing power generated by the regenerative generator, and a DC/DC convertor capable of allowing an output current to flow up to a specified permissible limit value are provided. The capacitor is connected to a first circuit portion connecting the regenerative generator and the DC/DC convertor. The battery is connected to a second circuit portion connecting the DC/DC convertor and electric loads. Thereby, power from the capacitor is supplied to electric loads by way of the DC/DC convertor until the output current of the DC/DC convertor reaches the specified permissible limit value, whereas power from the battery is supplied to the electric loads after the output current of the DC/DC convertor has reached the specified permissible limit value. A specified electric load is turned OFF when the power from the battery is supplied. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130320716 | VEHICLE UPPER STRUCTURE - Provided is a vehicle upper structure which is capable of increasing, in a simple manner, a section modulus (resistive force) against a bending moment to be imposed on a roof reinforcement by a swinging phenomenon of a gusset occurring when a side impact load input into a center pillar and a roof side rail member is applied to the roof reinforcement from the gusset during a vehicle side impact event, to allow the load to be effectively dispersed to the roof reinforcement. The vehicle upper structure comprises a roof side rail member | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130312242 | METHOD OF INSTALLING INSTRUMENT PANEL MODULE TO VEHICLE - Provided is a method which comprises: an attaching step of attaching a pair of installation jigs, respectively, to right and left opposite lateral portions of a support member; a clamping step of clamping the clampable surface portion of each of the installation jigs by a clamping unit of a transfer device; a temporarily mounting step of transferring the instrument panel module to the front of the passenger compartment by the transfer device to temporarily mount each of the right and left mounting brackets to a sidewall of a vehicle body; and a fastening step of, after the temporarily mounting step, detaching the installation jigs from the support member, and fastening each of the right and left mounting brackets to the sidewall of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction by a fastening bolt. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130307328 | HARNESS ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A feeder circuit for a main relay to control ON of OFF of an electric supply from a high-voltage battery is constituted at least by a first harness, the main relay, a second harness and switch means which are connected in series from a plus-terminal side of a low-voltage battery to a vehicle-body ground side. The first harness and the second harness are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a specified range having a specified length so that both thereof in the above-described specified range are damaged in a vehicle collision or the like. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130306041 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - An exhaust gas recirculation device is provided. The device recirculates, from an exhaust system to an intake system, a part of exhaust gas from a plurality of cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine as EGR gas. The device includes a single EGR pipe extending from the exhaust system toward the intake system, an EGR manifold branching from a downstream end portion of the EGR pipe toward each cylinder, and an EGR valve for adjusting an EGR gas amount. The EGR manifold has one or more common EGR passages having a single pipe portion and branched pipe portions, and one or more independent EGR passages. Each shape of the common and independent EGR passages is set so that a communicating path in the EGR manifold communicating an arbitrary cylinder with a cylinder where combustion is performed subsequently thereto has the same volume for any cylinder combination having the adjacent combustion order. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130306025 | INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A multi-cylinder engine intake and exhaust having a plurality of independent exhaust passages each connected to an exhaust port in a respective one of a plurality of cylinders, a collecting pipe connected to downstream ends of the plurality of independent exhaust passages, and a volume-enlarged portion provided downstream with respect to the collecting pipe. Each of at least a downstream portion of each of the plurality of independent exhaust passages and at least an upstream portion of the collecting pipe is formed such that a cross-sectional area thereof gradually decreases toward a downstream direction. The volume-enlarged portion is formed such that a cross-sectional area thereof is relatively increased so as to cause a positive pressure wave of exhaust gas reaching the volume-enlarged portion to be reflected and converted to a negative pressure wave. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130284146 | MULTI-CYLINDER GASOLINE ENGINE - A multi-cylinder gasoline engine is provided. The engine includes an engine body having a plurality of cylinders, an exhaust manifold through which exhaust gas discharged from each of the cylinders of the engine body passes, and a controller for controlling various instruments provided to the engine body and the exhaust manifold. The engine body includes a switch mechanism. The exhaust manifold includes a plurality of independent exhaust passages, a gathering section, a negative pressure generating device, bypass passages, and openable-and-closable flow switch valves. The controller controls the injector, the ignition plug, the switch mechanism, and the flow switch valve so that a CI combustion is performed within a predetermined first operating range and an SI combustion is performed within a second operating range set on a higher engine load side than the first operating range. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130275016 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS - The present invention provides an automatic transmission control apparatus which comprises a first temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of hydraulic oil stored in an automatic transmission; an automatic transmission control device installed in a same casing as that in which the hydraulic oil is stored; a second temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of the automatic transmission control device; and a malfunction determination section for comparing the temperature of the automatic transmission control device detected by the second temperature detection device with the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the first temperature detection device to determine whether or not a malfunction occurs in the first temperature detection device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130256051 | VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A first projection portion projecting outward, in a vehicle width direction, from a front side frame is provided. A front end of the first projection portion is located at the same position, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, as a connection portion of a crash can to the front side frame or located in back of the connection portion. An outward side face of the first projection portion is configured to slant rearward and inward in a plan view. The first projection portion and a power unit are arranged to overlap each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Accordingly, an impact transmitted to a vehicle-compartment side in a small overlap collision can be reduced, restraining repair costs of the crash can broken in a low-speed collision as well as maintaining appropriate design flexibility of a vehicle-body front portion. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130241185 | KNEE BOLSTER OF VEHICLE - A knee bolster comprises a curved arm projecting rearward from its one end portion and extending downward in a side view, the other end portion of which is configured as a free end, an inside arm provided inside the curved arm and interconnecting an upper portion and a lower portion of the curved arm, and an impact absorbing member arranged at the other end portion of the curved arm so as to be deformable when the curved arm is deformed by receiving an impact load so that the impact absorbing member is caught between the curved arm deformed and a vehicle-body-side member attached to a vehicle-body member. Accordingly, a load from a knee of a passenger moving forward in a vehicle collision can be received surely and the collision impact can be absorbed properly, thereby protecting the passenger's knee effectively, avoiding improper interference with any surrounding components. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130233281 | CONTROL DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - A control device of a diesel engine is provided. The diesel engine includes an injector for injecting fuel into a cylinder, and a turbocharger for compressing intake air by using exhaust energy. The control device includes a calculating module for setting a basic injection timing determined according to an operating state of the engine, as a timing of injecting the fuel from the injector, and an injection control module for injecting the fuel from the injector at the set basic injection timing at least while the engine is in a steady operation. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130231809 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID AUTOMOBILE - A method of controlling a hybrid automobile is provided. Only a drive force of the motor is outputted to wheels by stopping the engine while operating the motor when a required drive force is below a predetermined switch value, and at least a drive force of the engine is outputted to the wheels by operating at least the engine when the required drive force is above the switch value. The method includes estimating, when the required drive force is below the switch value, a switching possibility of the required drive force increasing above the switch value, operating the engine so that a temperature of a catalyst becomes a first temperature when the estimated switching possibility is above a predetermined level, and operating the engine so that the temperature of the catalyst becomes a second temperature lower than the first temperature when the estimated switching possibility is below the predetermined level. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130221705 | BODY FRONT STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A body front structure for an automobile includes: fenders; an engine compartment; a bonnet; a cowl grille; a center seal which is installed on an upper portion of a vertical wall section of the cowl grille; and side seals which are made from a material that is more flexible than the vertical wall section of the cowl grille. A void where the vertical wall section is not present is formed between each fender and an outside end portion of the vertical wall section of the cowl grille in the vehicle width direction. The side seals each have a seal section which abuts against the bonnet in a closed state and a supporting section which supports the seal section from below, and extend substantially in the vehicle width direction so as to close off the void. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130218443 | KNOCK CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a knock control device of an internal combustion engine equipped with a control unit which updates a background level based on an output signal from a knock sensor and detects the generation of a knock by comparing a variation of the background level with a knock determination value, a determination as to whether the knock is generated is performed by ((variation of first filter value of peak hold value)>((1−filter coefficient)/(1+filter coefficient)×(predetermined value larger than maximum value of variation of peak hold value in case where knock is not generated))). | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130207834 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR APPARATUS - A vehicle-mounted radar apparatus for transmitting radar waves toward the outside of a vehicle mounting the apparatus thereon and receiving the radar waves reflected from an object to thereby acquire information about the object. In the apparatus, a target detection unit transmits and receives the radar waves to detect positions of targets. An object position determination unit determines a position of the object reflecting the radar waves on the basis of the positions of the targets. A representative target selection unit selects a representative target from the targets. A same-object target selection unit selects targets belonging to the same object as the representative target. A large-vehicle determination unit determines whether or not the object is a large vehicle on the basis of a number of targets selected by the same-object target selection unit and reflection wave received powers for the respective targets. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207833 | VECHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR APPARATUS - A vehicle-mounted radar apparatus for transmitting radar waves toward the outside of a vehicle mounting the apparatus thereon and receiving the radar waves reflected from an object to thereby acquire information about the object. In the apparatus, a target detection unit transmits and receives the radar waves to detect positions of targets. An object position determination unit determines a position of the object reflecting the radar waves on the basis of the positions of the targets. A representative target selection unit selects a representative target from the targets detected by the target detection unit. A same-object target selection unit selects targets belonging to the same object as the representative target. A large-vehicle determination unit determines whether or not an extent of the targets selected by the same-object target selection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value for large-vehicle determination. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207832 | VECHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR APPARATUS - A vehicle-mounted radar apparatus for transmitting radar waves in a forward traveling direction of a vehicle mounting the apparatus thereon (radar-mounting vehicle) and receiving the radar waves reflected from an object to acquire information about the object. In the apparatus, a target detection unit transmits and receives the radar waves to detect positions of targets. A representative target selection unit selects a representative target from the targets detected by the target detection unit. A same-object target selection unit selects targets belonging to the same object as the representative target. An object position determination unit calculates a value of a predefined function of lateral positions of two or more targets of all the targets selected by the same-object target selection unit as a lateral position, along a vehicle-width direction of the radar-mounting vehicle, of the specific reflecting object. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130200678 | MECHANISM FOR OPERATING VEHICLE SPLIT SEAT - The present invention provides a mechanism for operating a vehicle split seat whereby operation levers of two seat backs can be arranged compactly on a wall surface of a luggage compartment or the like such that the two operation levers have the same pivot support point, without impairing operability of the levers. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130200650 | LOWER VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A gusset member which is provided in back of a front wheel and connects a dash panel and a hinge pillar is provided. A first reinforcing member which is connected to the gusset member to reinforce a lower portion of the hinge pillar is provided. Accordingly, a cabin deformation of a vehicle side portion as a whole can be properly restrained, thereby ensuring a sufficient space of a vehicle compartment. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130199495 | INTAKE AND EXHAUST APPARATUS OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - An intake and exhaust apparatus of a multi-cylinder engine is provided. The engine is provided with a plurality of cylinders having intake and exhaust valves for opening and closing intake and exhaust ports, respectively. The apparatus includes an intake system including intake ports of respective cylinders, independent intake passages connected with the respective intake ports, a surge tank connected with upstream ends of the independent intake passages, and an air cleaner connected with the surge tank. The apparatus also includes an exhaust system including independent exhaust passages connected with an exhaust port of one cylinder or exhaust ports of the plurality of cylinders that are not continuous in exhausting order, and a collecting pipe connected with downstream ends of the independent exhaust passages in a bundled manner, and for collecting exhaust gas ejected from the downstream ends of the independent exhaust passages. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130192343 | KNOCK DETECTION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In order to obtain a knock detection device of an internal combustion engine which satisfies two objects of following capability and separation from a continuous knock generation state, when a background level is calculated by ((current background level)=(filter coefficient)×(previous background level)+(1−filter coefficient)×(output signal from knock sensor)), updating quantity of the background level is limited by ((1−filter coefficient)×(value not lower than maximum value of output signal from knock sensor at time when knock is not generated)). | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130180507 | INTAKE DEVICE OF ENGINE - An intake device of an engine comprises an intake manifold of a four-cylinder inline engine and a water-cooling type of intercooler. The intake manifold includes a downstream branch pipe portion connecting to cylinders, a chamber portion connecting to the downstream branch pipe portion, and an upstream intake pipe portion connecting to the chamber portion. A rectangular opening portion having a vertically-long shape is formed at the upstream intake pipe portion. The intercooler includes an intercooler body portion having a pair of faces which has the widest face-area and faces to each other in an engine width direction. The intercooler body portion is installed in the chamber portion, by being inserted through the rectangular opening portion, so as to divide an inside of the chamber portion into two parts in the engine width direction thereby. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130175131 | TORQUE CONVERTER - A torque converter includes, in a case coupled to an output shaft of an engine, a torus formed from a pump, a turbine and a stator having a one-way clutch on the inside thereof, and a lock-up clutch. In addition, in this torque converter, a fluid from a pump is introduced from a space between a stator shaft (F | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130168989 | VEHICULAR FASTENING STRUCTURE - A vehicular fastening structure for fastening a cabin | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130168938 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A vehicle suspension support structure including a lower arm ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130167509 | CONTROL DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - A control device of a diesel engine with a turbocharger is provided. The device includes an engine body having a cylinder, a fuel injection valve, a turbine of the turbocharger, a bypass passage for bypassing the turbine, a bypass valve for opening and closing the bypass passage, an oxidation catalyst for purifying HC, and a DPF for capturing soot. The device includes a fuel cutting module for stopping, when the diesel engine is in a deceleration state, a main injection of the fuel performed on compression stroke, a DPF regenerating module for performing, when a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is satisfied, a post injection on expansion stroke to supply HC to the oxidation catalyst and regenerate the DPF by heat generated from an oxidation reaction of HC, and a bypass valve control module for controlling the bypass valve. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130167508 | CONTROL DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE - A control device of a diesel engine is provided. The device includes an engine body having a cylinder, a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cylinder, a valve timing control module for changing opening and closing timings of at least an intake valve or an exhaust valve, an oxidation catalyst arranged within an exhaust passage for purifying HC discharged from the cylinder, and a DPF arranged downstream of the oxidation catalyst for capturing soot within exhaust gas. The device also includes a DPF regenerating module for supplying, when a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is satisfied, HC to the oxidation catalyst to regenerate the DPF by heat generated from an oxidation reaction of HC, and a fuel cutting module for stopping, when the diesel engine is in a deceleration state, a main injection of the fuel that is performed on a compression stroke of the cylinder. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130166183 | KNOCK CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a knock signal normalization portion that normalizes a knock signal using base statistics calculated on the basis of the knock signal. The knock signal normalization portion calculates base statistics on the basis of a last value and a current value of the knock signal and normalizes the knock signal using a base statistic interpolated according to an operating state. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130158763 | CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE-ONBOARD ELECTRIC SOURCE - There are provided a deterioration degree determining module configured to determine whether or not a real-deterioration degree exceeds an estimated-deterioration degree by comparing the real-deterioration degree detected by a real-deterioration degree detecting module and the estimated-deterioration degree memorized by an estimated-deterioration degree memorizing module, and an upper-limit voltage controlling module configured to set an upper-limit voltage of charging of a capacitor by a generator at a limit voltage which is lower than a specified voltage and corresponds to an excess degree of the real-deterioration degree over the estimated-deterioration degree when it is determined that the real-deterioration degree exceeds the estimated-deterioration degree. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130152901 | MULTI-CYLINDER SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - An engine has a geometric compression ratio of higher than 12, and includes an exhaust manifold, a variable exhaust valve timing mechanism, an ignition timing controller, and an effective compression ratio adjuster. The exhaust manifold has a plurality of branched exhaust passages connected to the respective exhaust ports of the individual cylinders; a plurality of first collector segments each of which joins the branched exhaust passages for the cylinders which are not adjacent in the exhaust order sequence; a plurality of middle exhaust passages connected to the downstream of the first collector segments, respectively; and a second collector segment that joins the middle exhaust passages. In at least low and middle speed ranges in a high load region of the engine, the effective compression ratio is set to have a value larger than 10 and the ignition timing is retarded, and the valve opening time of the exhaust valve is changed according to the engine speed so that a predetermined amount of a valve overlap period is ensured and that negative pressure waves from exhaust pressure pulses reach an exhaust port during the valve overlap period in a plurality of engine speed ranges. This effectively reduces knocking in low and middle speed ranges in a high load region of the engine while achieving high torque by keeping the compression ratio high. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130151128 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - There are provided a combustion start determination unit that determines whether or not the inner-cylinder state of an internal combustion engine has changed from a non-combustion state to a combustion state; and a filter coefficient changing demand unit that outputs a filter coefficient changing demand until a predetermined filter coefficient changing period elapses from the time instant when the combustion start determination unit determines that the inner-cylinder state of the internal combustion engine has changed from the non-combustion state to the combustion state to the time instant. Based on the filter coefficient changing demand, at least one of a background level calculation unit and a standard deviation calculation unit changes the value of a filter coefficient utilized in a filtering operation to the one with which a filtering effect is weakened. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151127 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes a pseudo knock determination unit that determines whether or not a pseudo knock has been produced in a knock detection window, based on at least one of the frequency, a status amount indicating a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine, a status amount indicating a load of the internal combustion engine, and a status amount indicating an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine; and a moving-average processing unit that sets a second period to a period that is approximately the same as a first period, in the case where it has been determined that the pseudo knock was not produced, and that does not implement moving-averaging or sets the second period to a period that is narrower than the first period, in the case where it has been determined that a pseudo knock was produced. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130140123 | TORQUE CONVERTER - Provided is a torque converter ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130138328 | START CONTROL DEVICE OF COMPRESSION SELF-IGNITION ENGINE - A start control device of a compression self-ignition engine is provided. The device includes: a determining module for determining whether a piston of a compression-stroke-in-stop cylinder that is stopped on a compression stroke according to an automatic stop is within a specific range set on a bottom dead center side of a predetermined reference stop position; an injection control module for controlling each fuel injection valve to inject fuel into the compression-stroke-in-stop cylinder first after the piston of the compression-stroke-in-stop cylinder is determined to be stopped within the specific range and the engine restart condition is satisfied; and an in-cylinder pressure estimating module for estimating an in-cylinder pressure of the compression-stroke-in-stop cylinder at a first top dead center on the compression stroke in the restart, where the piston of the compression-stroke-in-stop cylinder reaches after the restart starts. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134736 | INSTRUMENT PANEL SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - An instrument panel which is supported at a cowl panel at a front-side portion thereof is provided. The cowl panel includes an upper face wall which faces to a windshield from below, a bending portion which is formed at a rear end of the upper face wall and bendable in a vehicle collision, and a rear face wall which extends downward from the bending portion and has a lower portion connecting to a dash panel. The instrument panel includes a first restriction portion to restrict a downward move of the instrument panel by contacting the upper face wall of the cowl member, and a second restriction portion to restrict an upward move of the instrument panel by said rear face wall of the cowl member at a lower portion of the front-side portion thereof. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134723 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE - A door handle device includes: a base member having handle supporting portions provided between a pair of supporting boards facing each other; a handle grip provided with an arm portion protruding at one end of the handle grip, shaft support portions provided on an extreme end of the arm portion and pivotally supported by the handle supporting portions of the base member, and an operating portion provided at the other end of the handle grip and configured to operate a lever provided on the base member; and a double torsion spring having a restriction portion extending between the pair of supporting boards of the base member, and hooked to the supporting boards of the base member by its own biasing force, in which a recessed portion with which the restriction portion of the double torsion spring is engaged is formed in the arm portion of the handle grip. | 05-30-2013 |
