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20090027212 | DROWSY STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A blink detection section generates an eye-closure signal indicating the duration of a period for which the driver closes his/her eyes. An eye-closure count section calculates the respective occurrence frequencies of single eye closures in a prescribed measurement period for a first eye-closure period threshold and a second eye-closure period threshold, based on the eye-closure signal and the respective eye-closure period thresholds. A drowsy state determination section compares the respective occurrence frequencies with the first eye-closure frequency threshold and the second eye-closure frequency threshold to determine which of the drowsiness levels corresponding to the respective thresholds the drowsiness level of the driver is at. | 01-29-2009 |
20090048737 | AWAKE STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE - An awake state estimation portion calculates an average steering angle, an average steering angular speed and a corrective steering angle on the basis of the steering angle acquired from a steering angle detection portion. The awake state estimation portion acquires the traveling speed of the vehicle from a vehicle speed detection portion. The awake state estimation portion corrects the calculated corrective steering angle by a correction value commensurate with the type of the traveling path on which the vehicle is traveling, and estimates the degree of the awake state of the driver on the basis of the post-correction corrective steering angle. Besides, the awake state estimation portion specifically determines the correction value commensurate with the type of the traveling path on which the vehicle is traveling, on the basis of at least one of the steering angle, the average steering angular speed and the traveling speed. | 02-19-2009 |
20100047648 | Hydrogen Separation Membrane with a Carrier, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Separation Apparatus Having Same, and Method of Manufacturing Same - A method of manufacturing a hydrogen separation membrane with a carrier is characterized by including a first step of providing, between the hydrogen separation membrane and the carrier that supports the hydrogen separation membrane, a low-hardness metal membrane having a hardness that is lower than the hardness of the hydrogen separation membrane, and a second step of joining the hydrogen separation membrane, the low-hardness metal membrane, and the carrier by a cold joining method. In this case, it is possible to suppress the deformation of the hydrogen separation membrane, the low-hardness metal membrane, and the carrier and, as a result, it is possible to prevent damaging of the hydrogen separation membrane. The adhesion of the contact between the hydrogen separation membrane and the carrier is also improved. The result is that it is not necessary to increase the severity of the cold joining conditions. | 02-25-2010 |
20120191312 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A drive control device for a vehicle includes an additional operation reaction force applying part that is configured to apply an additional operation reaction force to an accelerator pedal depending on the speed of depression of the accelerator pedal and the speed of the vehicle, and a lower limit changing part that is configured to change the lower limit of the speed of depression, above which the additional operation reaction force is applied, depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle. Therefore, the drive control device can apply an additional operation reaction force appropriately depending on the vehicle speed and the speed of depression of the accelerator pedal in each traveling direction. | 07-26-2012 |
20120208170 | VISUAL TRAINING DEVICE, VISUAL TRAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A visual training device includes a training image display unit that outputs a training image including a given first figure that appears at substantially irregular intervals of time at a particular position in a peripheral portion of a screen of a display, and an processed image output unit that superimposes the training image output from the training image display unit, on a video content received from an outside, and outputs a resulting image to the display. | 08-16-2012 |
20130030673 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An electronic control unit executes torque suppression control for reducing engine torque at the time of strong accelerator operation on the basis of an execution condition that a period of time elapsed from when an ignition switch is turned on is shorter than a prescribed period of time. By so doing, the torque suppression control is executed only when the elapsed period of time is short, a vehicle is still running in a parking lot and it is less likely that a driver performs accelerator operation with the intention to suddenly accelerate the vehicle; whereas, when the elapsed period of time is longer than a certain period of time and the vehicle is presumably running on an ordinary road, the torque suppression control is not executed, and acceleration of the vehicle along with the driver's intention is allowed. | 01-31-2013 |
20130131945 | VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD - An electronic control unit performs driving force reduction control to reduce the driving force of a driving wheel of the vehicle. Then, if an accelerator pedal is operated after the lapse of a predetermined time since detection of an obstacle that may collide with a vehicle, the electronic control unit brakes the driving wheel as driving force reduction control. | 05-23-2013 |
20140045038 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND VEHICLE - An assembled battery including a plurality of cells of cylindrical shape arranged in a plane including a diameter direction, each of the cells including a groove portion extending in a circumferential direction, and a fixing plate including an engagement portion engaging with each of the groove portions of the cells to fix the plurality of cells. A bus bar electrically connecting terminal electrodes of adjacent two of the cells may be fixed to the fixing plate. | 02-13-2014 |
20150064521 | BATTERY, ASSEMBLED BATTERY, AND VEHICLE - A battery includes a battery module provided by covering a group of batteries including arranged cells with an insulating external material, the battery module folded at an area where a conductive member connecting adjacent ones of the cells is located, a case having a hermetically sealing structure to house the battery module, and a coolant passage in which a coolant is passed along a face of the case closest to the conductive member, wherein the case has an internal pressure higher than an external pressure. | 03-05-2015 |
20150107345 | Cooling Device for Internal Combustion Engine and Failure Diagnosis Method for Cooling Device for Internal Combustion Engine - An ECU sets a leakage flow rate flowing through a radiator circulation passage in a closed state of a thermostat valve, calculates an estimated temperature of coolant water in the radiator circulation passage based on a set leakage flow rate and a detected water temperature of an engine-side coolant water temperature sensor, and performs a failure diagnosis for the thermostat valve based on a difference between the calculated estimated temperature and the detected water temperature of the radiator-side coolant water temperature sensor. The leakage flow rate during operation of the electric pump is set to be a larger value as compared to the leakage flow rate during stopping of the pump. As a result, a diagnostic can be prevented by improving an accuracy of failure detection for the thermostat valve. | 04-23-2015 |
20150111094 | STORAGE BATTERY - A storage battery includes a power storage element, a battery case, an internal insulating member, a second electrode terminal, an external insulating member. The power storage element has a stacked structure of a positive plate, a negative plate, and a separator. The battery case includes a first case and a second case that create a space to house the power storage element. The battery case is electrically connected with one electrode of the power storage element and includes a first electrode terminal. The internal insulating member is disposed in the space. The second electrode terminal is connected with the other electrode via the internal insulating member and disposed on a periphery of the battery case at a position different from the connecting part. The external insulating member insulates the second electrode terminal from the battery case. | 04-23-2015 |
20150191078 | VEHICLE INCLUDING SHUTTER DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE OF COOLANT WATER OF ENGINE - A grille shutter is a device configured to adjust a temperature of coolant water of an engine by adjusting an amount of outside air introduced into a radiator of the engine. An ECU performs a failure diagnosis for the engine based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine. When the grille shutter is immovable in an opened state of the grille shutter regardless of an operating command to the grille shutter, the ECU renders the failure diagnosis process for the thermostat valve not to be executed. As a result, an incorrect operation of various controls executed based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine can be suppressed. | 07-09-2015 |
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20110187183 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A controller causes a first power converter and a second power converter to cooperate, and achieve bidirectional transmission of electric power between a first power storage device and an electric load, bidirectional transmission of electric power between a second power storage device and the electric load, and bidirectional transmission of electric power between the first power storage device and the second power storage device. This can provide a vehicle power supply apparatus which is equipped with the power storage devices having different characteristics and offers improved performance. | 08-04-2011 |
20110190970 | POWER GENERATION DEVICE EQUIPPED ON VEHICLE - A structure for controlling an engine is simplified in a power generation device equipped on a vehicle which generates power by a driving force of an engine. An operation unit ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110198933 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT SYSTEM - A power conversion circuit system comprises a primary conversion circuit, a secondary conversion circuit, and a control circuit for controlling the primary and secondary conversion circuits. The primary conversion circuit comprises a primary full bridge circuit, which includes a bridge section composed of both a primary coil in a transformer and a primary magnetic coupling reactor in which two reactors are magnetically coupled, a first input/output port disposed between a positive bus bar and a negative bus bar of the primary full bridge circuit, and a second input/output port disposed between the negative bus bar of the primary full bridge circuit and a center tap of the primary coil in the transformer. The secondary conversion circuit has a configuration similar to that of the primary conversion circuit. | 08-18-2011 |
20120242291 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a first battery and a second battery connected electrically in parallel and performing charge and discharge, and a heater generating heat. The first battery can perform charge and discharge with a current larger than that of the second battery. The second battery has an electric storage capacity larger than that of the first battery. The heater is placed at a position closer to the first battery than the second battery. | 09-27-2012 |
20130236759 | BATTERY HOLDER - A battery holder is equipped with a support unit having a battery holding hole, and a holder unit interposed between the battery holding hole and the battery. The holder unit has a first spacer and a second spacer. The first spacer has a support part that supports the battery in the support unit. The second spacer is formed using a material with a lower melting point than the melting point of the material of the first spacer, this is inserted in the heat shielding space, and when the second spacer is melted by heat and flows out from the heat shielding space, the constitution is such that the heat shielding space shifts the heat insulation space. | 09-12-2013 |
20140038020 | POWER STORAGE APPARATUS - A power source apparatus having an assembled battery including a plurality of batteries of cylindrical shape arranged in a diameter direction of the battery within a case includes a holding member which holds the plurality of batteries from the diameter direction and is in contact with the inner face of the case to divide the internal space of the case into a cooling path in which a coolant flows and a gas discharge path in which gas is discharged from the battery in a battery abnormality, wherein the holding member is a solid plate member conducting heat of the battery. | 02-06-2014 |
20140166379 | VEHICLE - A vehicle has a motor and an engine each serving as a driving source for running the vehicle, and assembled batteries each capable of supplying an electric power to the motor. The assembled batteries include a high-power assembled battery and a high-capacity assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is capable of charge and discharge with a current relatively larger than that in the high-capacity assembled battery, and the high-capacity assembled battery has an energy capacity relatively larger than that of the high-power assembled battery. In running of the vehicle using an output from the motor with the engine stopped, the high-capacity assembled battery supplies a more electric power to the motor than that in the high-power assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is placed in a riding space where a passenger rides, and the high-capacity assembled battery is placed in a luggage space different from the riding space. | 06-19-2014 |
20140196964 | VEHICLE - A vehicle has a motor and an engine each serving as a driving source for running the vehicle, and assembled batteries each capable of supplying an electric power to the motor. The assembled batteries include a high-power assembled battery and a high-capacity assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is capable of charge and discharge with current relatively larger than that in the high-capacity assembled battery, and the high-capacity assembled battery has energy capacity relatively larger than that of the high-power assembled battery. In running of the vehicle using output from the motor with the engine stopped, the high-capacity assembled battery supplies more electric power to the motor than that in the high-power assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-inside space accommodating a passenger or baggage, and the high-capacity assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-outside space located on an outer face of a vehicle body. | 07-17-2014 |
20140216842 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor serving as a driving source for running the vehicle, and a high-power assembled battery and a high-capacity assembled battery each capable of supplying an electric power to the motor and placed in a luggage space. The high-power assembled battery is capable of charge and discharge with a current relatively larger than that in the high-capacity assembled battery. The high-capacity assembled battery has an energy capacity relatively larger than that of the high-power assembled battery and has a higher dependence of battery characteristic on temperature than that of the high-power assembled battery. The high-capacity assembled battery is placed over the high-power assembled battery in the vehicle. | 08-07-2014 |
20140295242 | ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of cells and a holding member holding the plurality of cells, wherein a thermal resistance value between each of first cells of the plurality of cells and the holding member is lower than a thermal resistance value between each of second cells of the plurality of cells adjacent to the first cell and the holding member, the first cell being located at an end portion of the holding member in a state in which the plurality of cells are held by the holding member. | 10-02-2014 |
20140335387 | ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM - An electric storage system includes electric storage blocks and a controller determining the state of each of the electric storage blocks. The plurality of electric storage blocks are connected in series, and each of the electric storage blocks has a plurality of electric storage elements connected in parallel. Each of the electric storage elements has a current breaker breaking a current path within the electric storage element. The controller acquires at least one parameter of an internal resistance and a full charge capacity of each of the electric storage blocks, and uses a change rate between the acquired parameter and a reference value to specify the number of current breakers in a broken state (the number of breaks) in each of the electric storage blocks. The reference value refers to the value of the parameter in the electric storage block not including the current breaker in the broken state. | 11-13-2014 |
20140345961 | VEHICLE | 11-27-2014 |
20140356689 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY UNIT - An object of the invention is to provide an easy sealing technique of a battery element. A battery module has a battery element placed in the frame shape of an insulating middle frame body. This battery element is covered across the middle frame body by a positive electrode-side plate and a negative electrode-side plate to be contained. In the battery module, an insulating outer peripheral frame body is provided to cover outer peripheral plate sections of the positive electrode-side plate and the negative electrode-side plate along a circumference in a frame shape to include circumferential end faces of the positive and negative electrode-side plates and a circumferential end face of the middle frame body. | 12-04-2014 |
20150068826 | VEHICLE - A vehicle having a battery mounted thereon is provided. The battery includes a cell group having a plurality of cells, each of the cells including an electrolytic solution and a power-generating element within a case of cylindrical shape, and a holding member holding each of the cells in a diameter direction of the cell, wherein the cell group is placed in an area inside an edge of the holding member when viewed from a height direction of the vehicle. Each of the cells can be arranged to extend in the height direction of the vehicle. The holding member may be a heat dissipation plate allowing heat exchange between the cells. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072211 | BUS BAR HOLDING MEMBER AND BATTERY PACK - A bus bar holding member comprises a plurality of bus bars arranged to connect terminals of respective batteries in each battery array group in parallel, and a resin support member comprising a resin stacking section which is stacked on a surface of the plurality of bus bars and a resin intervening section which intervenes between the plurality of bus bars to electrically insulate the plurality of bus bars from each other. The bus bar comprises a base plate on which the resin stacking section is stacked, and a jagged edge formed along an edge of the base plate. The jagged edge is formed in a wavy shape crossing a reference line, which is a straight line along an array direction of the batteries in each battery array group between an adjacent pair of the battery array groups. | 03-12-2015 |
20150097425 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor serving as a driving source configured to run the vehicle, and a high-power and high-capacity assembled batteries, each of the assembled batteries being formed to include secondary batteries configured to supply an electric power to the motor, the secondary batteries of the assembled batteries being housed in different cases. The high-power and high-capacity assembled batteries are arranged around a luggage space located in a rearward portion of the vehicle. The high-power assembled battery is chargeable and dischargeable with a current larger than a current in the high-capacity assembled battery. The high-capacity assembled battery has an energy capacity larger than an energy capacity of the high-power assembled battery. The high-capacity assembled battery is arranged above or below the high-power assembled battery in the vehicle, and at least a portion of the high-capacity assembled battery protrudes from the high-power assembled battery rearward in the vehicle. | 04-09-2015 |
20150311484 | BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY - A battery including a plurality of cells housed in a battery container, wherein the battery container is formed of an insulating material and includes a plurality of housing portions formed by an inner wall portion of the battery container, each of the housing portions housing an associated one of the cells, and a conductive member for use in connecting the plurality of cells is embedded in a wall portion of the battery container. The housing portion has a shape conforming to an outer face of the cell and is in contact with the outer face of the cell. | 10-29-2015 |
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20140283795 | EVAPORATED FUEL TREATING DEVICE AND FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD - An evaporated fuel treating device for an engine having an intake pipe, the evaporated fuel treating device includes a fuel evaporation system, a purge valve, a non-return valve, a seal valve mechanism, and an ECU. The system includes a fuel tank, an adsorber, purge passage. The adsorber adsorbs evaporated fuel. The purge valve adjusts a flow rate of the evaporated fuel flowing in the purge passage. The non-return valve prevents a reverse flow of gas in the purge passage from inside of the intake pipe towards the adsorber. The seal valve mechanism seals the system. The ECU configured to (a) open and close the purge valve after causing, the seal valve mechanism to seal the system, when the engine is stopped, and (b) detect an open failure state of the non-return valve based on a pressure difference inside the system when the purge valve is opened and closed. | 09-25-2014 |
20150127213 | FAULT DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND FAULT DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A learning unit learns a difference between a detected value ECT and a detected value RCT when it is determined that the detected value ECT and detected value RCT are stable while an engine is at a stop. A diagnostic unit performs a fault diagnosis for the engine based on the difference between the detected value ECT and detected value RCT having been corrected through use of a learned value learned by the learning unit. Accordingly, a fault diagnostic system for an internal combustion engine and a fault diagnostic method for an internal combustion engine can be achieved in which accuracy in fault diagnosis for the internal combustion engine can be improved and an erroneous diagnosis can be restrained. | 05-07-2015 |
20150152775 | COOLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ECU performs a failure diagnosis for a thermostat valve after starting of an engine based on an output of an engine-side coolant water temperature sensor and an output of a radiator-side coolant water temperature sensor. When an electric pump operates in accordance with a heating request or the like of an air-conditioning device during stopping of the engine, the thermostat valve attains a closed state. When the electric pump operates during stopping of the engine before the current starting of the engine, starting of the failure diagnosis performed after starting of the engine is delayed as compared to the case where the electric pump does not operate during stopping of the engine. Consequently, erroneous determination can be suppressed in the failure diagnosis for the thermostat valve. | 06-04-2015 |