KEIHIN CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160090942 | CARBURETOR - A carburetor comprises a rotation-typed control valve which opens or closes a second bleed air passage according to an opening degree of the throttle valve. The control valve includes an upper end portion of a valve stem, and in a projection plane orthogonal to an axis of an aspirating channel, a first bleed air passage is arranged on one side of the valve stem, an upstream-side passage portion starting from the control valve of the second bleed air passage is arranged on an upper side of the aspirating channel, a downstream-side passage portion starting from the control valve of the second bleed air passage is arranged on the one side of the valve stem, and a downstream end of the downstream-side passage portion is connected to a midway portion of the first bleed air passage. | 03-31-2016 |
20160084338 | ACTIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION DEVICE - An active vibration isolation device includes: a housing fixed to a vibration isolation target; a movable shaft elastically supported by the housing displaceably in an axial direction; a yoke having an umbrella-shaped part provided consecutively and coaxially with the movable shaft and a circular cylindrical part provided consecutively with an outer circumference of the umbrella-shaped part and coaxially with the movable shaft; a ring-shaped coil fixed between the movable shaft and the cylindrical part; and first and second permanent magnets in a ring shape attached to the yoke. The first permanent magnet is smaller in diameter than the coil and is disposed inside the coil in a radial direction of the coil. The second permanent magnet is larger in diameter than the coil and is disposed outside the coil in the radial direction so that part thereof is made to face an inside of the yoke. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084337 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR FOR ACTIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM - An electromagnetic actuator for an active vibration isolation system, the electromagnetic actuator includes: a fixed core; a movable core that is opposed to the fixed core and is joined to a vibration member; and a coil unit having coils that surround part of the fixed core and the movable core. The movable core and the vibration member are vibrated in a reciprocating manner by energization to the coils, and the coils include a main coil to which an alternating current with a waveform corresponding to vibrations of a vibration generation source is input and a sub-coil that amplifies magnetic flux generated by the main coil. | 03-24-2016 |
20160081233 | POWER CONVERSION APPARTATUS - A power conversion apparatus | 03-17-2016 |
20160079744 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus has a configuration in which plate-like bus-bars are laminated via an insulating material to define a pair of bus-bars. A laminated bus-bar, in which the pair of bus-bars is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is in a vertical direction, includes a pair of voltage measuring terminals that is correspondingly branched from a part of the pair of bus-bars to extend toward a circuit board. The pair of voltage measuring terminals is arranged symmetrically with respect to the pair of bus-bars to extend upward toward the circuit board, while extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the pair of bus-bars, to be electrically connected to the circuit board. | 03-17-2016 |
20160064956 | DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE - A discharge control device controls a discharge bypass circuit for discharging a charge in a capacitor provided in a drive device for a motor that rotates wheels of a vehicle at time of a collision of the vehicle. The discharge control device includes a control circuit that makes the discharge bypass circuit start discharge if an induced voltage by the motor surpasses a predetermined threshold. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059702 | DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE - A discharge control device controls a discharge bypass circuit for discharging a charge in a capacitor provided in a drive device for a motor that rotates wheels of a vehicle at time of a collision of the vehicle. The discharge control device includes a control circuit that makes the discharge bypass circuit perform discharge for a period set on the basis of a time for which the wheels rotate due to inertia at the time of the collision of the vehicle. | 03-03-2016 |
20150331058 | VOLTAGE DETECTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a voltage detecting device including: a voltage detecting circuit that is provided for each of a plurality of battery cell groups configuring a battery and detects a voltage of the battery cell group; a control circuit that is insulated from the voltage detecting circuit and controls the battery on the basis of the voltage; a control circuit board equipped with the control circuit; a first communicating element mounted on the control circuit board; a voltage detecting circuit board that is equipped with the voltage detecting circuit and is disposed in parallel to the control circuit board; and a second communicating element that is mounted on the voltage detecting circuit board and is capable of contactless communication with the first communicating element; the first communicating element and the second communicating element being disposed opposed to each other. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331054 | VOLTAGE DETECTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a voltage detecting device including: an analog converting circuit configured to level-convert voltages of a plurality of battery cells constituting a battery into low voltages; a digital converting circuit configured to convert the low voltages output by the analog converting circuit into digital values; and a control circuit configured to be driven by a power supply provided separately to control the digital converting circuit; the analog converting circuit being driven by a first power generated from the plurality of battery cells, and the digital converting circuit being driven by a second power generated on a basis of a pulse signal generated by the control circuit. | 11-19-2015 |
20150207349 | VOLTAGE DETECTING DEVICE - A voltage detecting device includes a voltage detecting circuit configured to detect voltages of a plurality of battery cells constituting a battery; a plurality of voltage detecting lines connecting the respective battery cells to the voltage detecting circuit; discharging circuits connecting the respective voltage detecting lines to a ground, and discharging the battery cells in an overcharged state; a power adjusting section adjusting power of the battery, and supplying the voltage detecting circuit with the adjusted power as driving power; the voltage detecting circuit detecting the voltages of the respective battery cells via the voltage detecting lines; and an overvoltage protecting circuit protecting the voltage detecting circuit from voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value, the voltage being generated in the voltage detecting lines, the discharging circuits, and the power adjusting section. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207342 | VOLTAGE DETECTING DEVICE - A voltage detecting device includes a plurality of voltage detecting circuits provided for battery modules of a battery, the battery being formed by connecting, in series with each other, the battery modules each formed by connecting battery cells in series with each other, the plurality of voltage detecting circuits being configured to detect voltage of each of the battery cells; a plurality of voltage detecting lines connecting the battery cells to the voltage detecting circuits; and a control device controlling charge and discharge of the battery cells on a basis of detection information obtained from the voltage detecting circuits, a voltage detecting line having a lowest potential being connected to one of the voltage detecting circuits and a voltage detecting line having a highest potential being connected to the other of the voltage detecting circuits, being adjacent and connected to each other via a first capacitor. | 07-23-2015 |
20150061163 | CARBURETOR - A carburetor comprises an intake path, a constant volume fuel chamber and a fuel nozzle. The intake path is connected to an intake port of an engine, and is opened and closed by a throttle valve. The constant volume fuel chamber is provided below the intake path, constantly stores a certain amount of fuel, and has an upper space connected to an air vent. An upper end of the fuel nozzle opens to the intake path to spray fuel of the constant volume fuel chamber to the intake path. The fuel nozzle is connected to a fuel passage communicating to the underneath of a fuel level of the constant volume fuel chamber, and a fuel pump which feeds fuel to the fuel nozzle is interposed in the fuel passage. | 03-05-2015 |
20140374512 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE - An electromagnetic fuel injection valve includes a coil assembly fitted around an outer periphery of a fixed core, a coil housing forming a magnetic path between a valve housing and the fixed core while surrounding the coil assembly, and a synthetic resin covering layer molded so as to cover the coil housing, wherein a yoke supporting a front end of the coil assembly is formed on an outer periphery of the valve housing, the coil housing is formed from a body portion surrounding the coil assembly while being magnetically connected to the yoke and an end wall portion formed integrally with the body portion and fitted around an outer periphery of the fixed core, and a shoulder portion is formed on the outer periphery of the fixed core, the shoulder portion receiving the end wall portion and restricting the position of the coil housing in an axial direction. | 12-25-2014 |
20140352824 | HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a first pressure regulating valve for reducing an initial oil pressure of a working oil introduced from an inlet port, a solenoid-operated valve, and a second pressure regulating valve for converting the initial oil pressure of the working oil into an actuating pressure. The three valves share a single body. A joining boss and a relief valve, which is operable to release the working oil out of a passage in the body when the pressure of the working oil in the passage becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, are arranged on a closed end face of the body. The joining boss and the relief valve have respective upper surfaces that are covered by a cover. | 12-04-2014 |
20140352816 | HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a first pressure regulating valve for reducing an initial oil pressure (line pressure) of a working oil, a solenoid-operated valve for converting the oil pressure, which has been reduced in pressure, into a solenoid pressure, and a second pressure regulating valve for converting the line pressure of the working oil into an actuating pressure responsive to the solenoid pressure. The three valves share a single body. Further, an outlet passageway is formed along a thicknesswise direction of the body, with a relief valve being formed upwardly of the outlet passageway. | 12-04-2014 |
20140316646 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve includes a cylinder internal pressure sensor disposed in the vicinity of a distal end thereof. The cylinder internal pressure sensor detects a cylinder internal pressure in a cylinder and outputs a first sensor signal Ss1 responsive to the detected cylinder internal pressure. Further, a signal processor, which carries out predetermined signal processing with respect to the first sensor signal Ss1 to thereby convert the first sensor signal Ss1 into a second sensor signal Ss2, is disposed between the cylinder internal pressure sensor and a solenoid unit, which is disposed on a proximal end side of the fuel injection valve. | 10-23-2014 |
20140299373 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE - A power supply control device includes: a control board that is configured to control a voltage of a battery module; and a bus bar module that is configured to electrically connect the control board and the battery module, the control board and the bus bar module are arranged in a stacked manner, and connection terminals of the bus bar module which are connected to the battery module are exposed when viewed from the control board. | 10-09-2014 |
20140292345 | VOLTAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A voltage detection apparatus comprises discharge circuits constituted by switch elements and resistors connected in series, and respectively connected in parallel to each of a plurality of battery cells constituting a storage battery, filter circuits provided for the respective battery cells and removing noise contained in voltage inputted by the battery cells, and voltage detection units (D) and (M) which detect voltage of the respective battery cells in which noise is removed by the filter circuits. The voltage detection units correct detection results, based on time from when the switch elements of the discharge circuits change into an OFF state to timing for detecting voltage of the battery cells. With this voltage detection apparatus, it is possible to correct the detection error of the voltage of the battery cell due to the influence of the filter circuit, thus improving the detection accuracy of the voltage of the battery cell. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292109 | CURRENT SENSOR AND CONTACTOR APPARATUS - A current sensor and contactor apparatus reduces the space required for arranging a current sensor and a contactor. This current sensor and contactor apparatus comprises a current sensor, a contactor and a substrate. The current sensor has a current sensor element, the current sensor detects a current value of power inputted from the outside and outputs a detection signal indicating the current value from the current sensor element. The contactor turns on and off a power line through which the power flows based on a control signal inputted from the outside. On the substrate, the current sensor element of the current sensor is installed and also a plurality of signal lines connecting the current sensor element and the contactor are formed. The current sensor, the contactor and the substrate are integrated. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291340 | RESIN CASING - A resin casing includes a resin case and a resin cover attached to the resin case. A plurality of depressions is formed respectively on an outer surface and an inner surface of a top plate of the resin cover. The depressions are alternately arranged on the outer surface and the inner surface along a predetermined direction as seen in a plan view. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290760 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - A pressure reducing valve has a seal member, which is mounted on a side wall of a piston. The seal member is arranged between a first ring and a second ring. Consequently, depending on the direction of displacement of the piston, the first ring or the second ring is positioned on one of a displacement direction upstream side or a displacement direction downstream side of the seal member. The first ring and the second ring are made of a resin material, for example a polytetrafluoroethylene resin or a polyetheretherketone resin, having lower coefficient of friction compared with that of the seal member. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290759 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - A pressure reducing valve has a valve rod with a valve element member fitted over the valve rod. A fluid discharging structure is defined in an outer wall surface of the valve rod, or in an inner wall surface of the valve element member that surrounds the outer wall surface of the valve rod, for thereby discharging a fluid that has entered between the valve rod and the valve element member, into a valve hole. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290758 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - In a pressure reducing valve, a valve rod forms one portion of a side wall of a piston, and is connected to the piston inwardly of a sliding contact area, which is held in sliding contact with an inner wall of a body. More specifically, a connection location between the valve rod and the piston is located at the interior of the piston. | 10-02-2014 |
20140261307 | ENGINE INTAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - In an engine intake control apparatus, a cover is made of synthetic resin, a motor support plate is made of metal, a positioning boss is integrally formed on the cover, a first positioning hole arranged on a motor support plate is fitted on an outer peripheral surface of the positioning boss, and the positioning boss is positioned and fitted with a throttle valve body each other. With such an engine intake control apparatus, it is possible to perform with high accuracy the mutual positioning between the three components, i.e. the motor support plate, the cover and the throttle valve body, and it is possible to effectively improve the opening and closing accuracy for the opening and closing of the throttle valve by the motor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140210414 | STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEM - The storage battery system includes a storage battery comprising a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of voltage monitoring circuits for monitoring a voltage of the battery module; and a control device that controls charging and discharging of the storage battery on the basis of monitoring information that is obtained by carrying out communication with the voltage monitoring circuits, wherein the control device comprises a determination unit that calculates an estimated output voltage of the storage battery by using the monitoring information that is obtained from any one of the voltage monitoring circuits before occurrence of a communication failure in a case where the communication failure with any one of the voltage monitoring circuits occurs, and compares the estimated output voltage and an output voltage of the storage battery after occurrence of the communication failure to determine an abnormal site of the communication failure. | 07-31-2014 |
20140124603 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve which is configured to absorb an unbalanced load applied to sliding portions between a fixed core and a valve stem, thereby enabling a reduction in a frictional resistance of the sliding portions, a guide bush is press fitted in an inner peripheral surface of the fixed core, the valve element includes a valve part configured to cooperate with the valve seat, and the valve stem continuously provided to the valve part and extending toward the guide bush, a sliding member configured to be slidably fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the guide bush is press fitted on the valve stem, wherein an annular gap is provided at least at one of a location between the fixed core and the guide bush and a location between the valve stem and the sliding member, within sliding regions of the guide bush and the sliding member. | 05-08-2014 |
20140123952 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In a fuel injection valve support structure which can apply a substantially constant set load, the fuel injection valve has first and second load receiving portions, the first load receiving portion being supported on the engine, the second load receiving portion being supported on an elastic support member which receives a set load from a fuel supply cap. The elastic support member includes a base plate placed on the second load receiving portion, and an elastic piece curving rearward from one end toward the other end of the base plate, with an apex portion in pressure contact with the cap, the base plate has a portion overhanging from the second load receiving portion and supporting a tip end portion of the elastic piece. The overhang portion starts bending when a load the overhang portion receives from the cap through the elastic piece reaches or exceeds a predetermined value. | 05-08-2014 |
20140123933 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF DIRECT FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In a support structure of a direct fuel injection valve capable of supporting a fuel injection valve stably for a long period of time, a valve housing is made of a metal and is provided with a first load bearing portion which is to be supported by an engine in an axial direction of the valve housing, a rear end portion of the fixed core is provided with a second load bearing portion which is to be supported by a resilient holding member in the axial direction, and the first and second load bearing portions are held between the engine and the resilient holding members with a forward set load applied to the resilient holding member by a fuel distribution pipe fitted to a fuel inlet tube and fixed to the engine. | 05-08-2014 |
20140123926 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In a fuel injection valve support structure, a pair of contact surfaces are formed on an intermediate portion of the valve so as to be opposite to each other with a plane therebetween, the plane including a center axis of the valve and a center line of a coupler, the elastic support member includes a base plate placed on a second load receiving portion, an elastic piece extending from the base plate, coming into pressure contact with a fuel supply cap elastically, and biasing the valve against an engine by a reaction force resulting from the contact, and a pair of rotation locking pieces extending from the base plate and coming into contact with the respective contact surfaces to restrict rotation of the valve about the axis, and at least one of the contact surfaces has a positioning groove for elastically engaging corresponding one of the rotation locking pieces. | 05-08-2014 |
20140096745 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A fuel supply device for an engine is provided in which a throttle body is provided with an electrically operated fuel pump, wherein a base member integrally having a base portion that extends in the vertical direction on one side of the throttle body and a housing tube portion that is formed into a bottomed tube shape having an end wall communicating with the base portion is linked integrally to a body, a pump housing case that forms a fuel storage chamber is formed from the housing tube portion and a bottomed tubular housing cover joined to the housing tube portion via a seal member and is disposed beneath the body, and a vapor discharge path for discharging vapor generated in a fuel storage chamber is formed in the base portion so as to extend in the vertical direction and communicate with the fuel storage chamber. | 04-10-2014 |
20140087648 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a housing having an air flow path therein. An air guide member is provided within a mixing zone where a first air flow flowing in from a first opening provided on the air flow path within the housing and a second air flow flowing in from a second opening are mixed, and guides the first air flow and the second air flow. A slide damper adjusts an opening degree of the first opening. The air guide member has a rectifying unit rectifying the first air flow to the mixing zone, and a deflecting unit arranged closer to the second opening than the rectifying unit and deflecting a flow direction of the first air flow from a direction of the second opening. The apparatus can suppress generation of noise at the mixing zone arranged with the air guide member including the rectifying unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087646 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a case having a defrosting air outlet, a face air outlet and a foot air outlet, a mixing zone provided on a downstream side of a cold air flow path and a warm air flow path within the case and in which cold air and warm air are merged, and a face air outlet door which opens and closes the face air outlet. The face air outlet has a constantly open portion not closed by the face air outlet door. In the mixing zone, there is provided an air guide which has a warm air leading path guiding part of the warm air toward the defrosting air outlet preferentially. The air guide includes a guide wall forming the warm air leading path and having a warm air outlet which causes part of the warm air to flow toward the constantly open portion. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084195 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - A solenoid valve includes first and second attraction portions in the interior of a housing disposed on an upper part of a valve body. A movable iron core, which confronts the first and second attraction portions, is disposed displaceably in the housing. Further, in the interior of the first attraction portion, which is recessed in a concave shape, a first guide body is installed, the first guide body being formed in a cylindrical shape from a non-magnetic material, and a first rod member of the movable iron core is supported displaceably in axial directions by the first guide body. On the other hand, a cylindrically shaped second guide body is disposed on a lower end of the housing, and a second rod member of the movable iron core is supported displaceably in the axial directions by the second guide body. | 03-27-2014 |
20140074316 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF VEHICLE - In an electronic control unit that controls a control target device based on control data stored in a storage unit, when control data is written in the storage unit of the electronic control unit from a data processing device at a manufacturer side, a hash-code generation unit creates a hash code corresponding to the control data. The hash code is stored as second storage data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140048041 | IN-CYLINDER PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE OF DIRECT INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An in-cylinder pressure detecting device of a direct injection type internal combustion engine is provided in which a ring-shaped pressure detection element ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140035594 | ELECTRIC LEAKAGE DETECTING APPRATUS - An electric leakage detecting apparatus is provided with: a first protective resistor in which one end is connected to the positive terminal of a battery; a first detecting resistor in which one end is connected to the other end of the first protective resistor; a second detecting resistor in which one end is connected to the other end of the first detecting resistor; a second protective resistor in which one end is connected to the other end of the second detecting resistor, and the other end is connected to the negative terminal of the battery; a chassis ground that is connected to one end of the second detecting resistor; a switch for applying a reference voltage to one end of the second detecting resistor at an arbitrary timing; and an electric leakage determining circuit that determines the presence of an electric leakage at a midpoint of the battery. | 02-06-2014 |
20130299610 | GAS FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A gas fuel injection valve is provided in which a circular recess is formed in a front end face of a valve plunger, the circular recess being surrounded by an annular land part, which is an outer peripheral part of the front end face, an inner peripheral face of the circular recess is formed in a tapered shape so as to increase in diameter in going from a base of the circular recess toward the annular land part, an annular lip is formed on a seating member, the annular lip being joined from the inner peripheral face through to the annular land part and being seated on a valve seat, and the annular lip is disposed so that an annular ridge line of an apex of the annular lip is positioned, in a projection in the axial direction of the valve plunger, above the inner peripheral face. | 11-14-2013 |
20130279839 | ROLLING BEARING WITH SEAL - A seal lip having: a cylindrical seal surface in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of an inner race with outer side and inner side surfaces standing upright respectively from an outer end and an inner end of the seal surface and reaching a lip supporting portion of a seal member, and protruding on an inner peripheral surface of the lip supporting portion. The outer side surface is a perpendicular surface standing upright from the outer end of the seal surface in a direction perpendicular to a generating line of the outer peripheral surface of the inner race. The inner side surface includes: a perpendicular surface standing upright from the inner end of the seal surface in parallel with the outer side surface; and a conical surface inclined toward the outer side surface extending outward in a radial direction from an outer peripheral end of the perpendicular surface. | 10-24-2013 |
20130260663 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONER AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR - An air mixing damper, which is displaceable in a direction substantially perpendicular to an air flow direction, is disposed between an evaporator and a heater core in a casing that constitutes a vehicular air conditioner. In the air mixing damper, a plurality of ribs are formed so as to project on a side of a dividing wall that divides an air flow passage, and rack gears, which are enmeshed with a shaft, are formed on an inner circumferential surface on the opposite side thereof. In addition, when the air mixing damper is assembled in the casing, in a condition in which the ribs are in abutment against a sealing surface of the dividing wall, pinion gears of the shaft are enmeshed with the rack gears, whereby jostling of the air mixing damper is prevented. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259415 | ROLLING BEARING WITH SEAL - In a rolling bearing with seal, an annular lip supporting portion having a larger thickness than that of a seal lip is formed on an inner periphery side of a seal member; the seal lip protruding on an inner peripheral surface of the lip supporting portion has: a cylindrical seal surface being in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of an inner race; and an inner side surface at least part of which in a region from an inner end of the seal surface to reach the lip supporting portion stands upright from the inner end of the seal surface in a direction perpendicular to a generating line of the outer peripheral surface of the inner race; and a width of the seal surface in an axial direction is set to be larger than a height of the seal lip in a radial direction. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a rolling bearing with seal with a simple structure, which is capable of maintaining a normal seal pressure against an inner race of a seal lip even when large negative pressure or positive pressure acts on the seal lip, thus preventing leakage of grease inside the bearing. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256574 | MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPIC PLASTICALLY DEFORMED BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A material containing a soft magnetic substance is subjected to a plastic deformation such as a roll processing to obtain a rod-shaped body. Then, the rod-shaped body or a shaped body obtained by processing the rod-shaped body into a shape other than a flat plate shape is subjected to a heat treatment in the presence of a magnetic field. The rod-shaped body or the shaped body is made magnetic-anisotropic by the heat treatment thereby to obtain a magnetic-anisotropic plastically deformed body. | 10-03-2013 |
20130249121 | CARBURETOR - A carburetor includes a main fuel path connected to a main nozzle and a slow fuel path connected to a slow port. The main fuel path and the slow fuel path are separated from each other and are independently communicated to a constant fuel chamber below a fuel level of the fuel chamber. The slow fuel path includes a first slow jet located above the fuel level and a second slow jet located in the downstream of the first slow jet. A opening size of the second slow jet is smaller than that of the first slow jet, and the first and second slow jets are arranged in series. | 09-26-2013 |
20130247861 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - A valve that constitutes part of an exhaust gas recirculation valve is connected to a shaft, such that the valve is rotatable together with the shaft in the interior of a main body. An outer peripheral surface of the valve is formed in a substantial spherical shape, the axis (center of curvature) of the valve and the axis of the shaft being arranged eccentrically by a predetermined distance along a flow direction of the exhaust gas. In addition, a percentage between the eccentric distance between the center of curvature of the valve and the axis of the shaft, and the diameter of a gas inlet port of the main body into which the exhaust gas flows is 5.5% or greater. | 09-26-2013 |
20130241538 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTOR - A rotation angle detector includes: a magnet attached to a rotating shaft and magnetized in a certain direction orthogonal to an axis of the rotating shaft; and a non-rotary magneto-electric transducer placed to be opposed to an end surface of the magnet, and configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating shaft in cooperation with the magnet through magneto-electric transduction. A concave curved surface is formed in the end surface of the magnet in order to make a magnetic flux of a magnetic field facing the end surface of the magnet closer to the magnet and flattened. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a rotation angle detector which is compact in size and has a stable accuracy for detecting the rotation angle, by making the curvature of the magnetic flux near the end surface of the magnet small and placing the magneto-electric transducer in that location. | 09-19-2013 |
20130231807 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides an electronic control device including: a processing unit having a function of transition to a sleep mode; and a watch dog timer having a time counter that resets in response to a pulse signal outputted from the processing unit at certain intervals, this watch dog timer outputting a signal having a level inverted according to the existence or absence of overflow occurrence, in which the electronic control device further includes a latch circuit that latches the signal outputted from the watch dog timer and outputs a signal obtained through the latching as a first output enable signal, and the processing unit stops outputting the pulse signal before transition to the sleep mode, and carries out failure diagnosis of the watch dog timer based on the first output enable signal outputted from the latch circuit after output of the pulse signal is stopped. | 09-05-2013 |
20130220277 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE - In a fuel injection valve supporting structure, a contact surface being orthogonal to a center axis of a fuel injection valve and opposed to a fuel supply cap is formed in an intermediate portion of the fuel injection valve, a supporting member includes a base plate set on the contact surface and an elastic piece extending from the base plate, the elastic piece includes: a first elastic portion extending from the one end of the base plate and bent upwards in a U-shape; and a second elastic portion extending from the first elastic portion toward the other end while bending upwards, bringing its apex into pressure contact with the fuel supply cap, and making a tip end portion thereof slidably come into contact with the base plate, and a curvature radius of the second elastic portion is set larger than a curvature radius of the first elastic portion. | 08-29-2013 |
20130220276 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE - In a fuel injection valve supporting structure, a first contact surface being orthogonal to a center axis of a fuel injection valve and opposed to a fuel supply cap and paired second contact surfaces opposed to each other with a plane, including the center axis and a center line of a coupler, in between are formed in an intermediate portion of the fuel injection valve, and a supporting member includes: a base plate set on the first contact surface; an elastic piece extending from the base plate to elastically come into pressure contact with the fuel supply cap and bias the fuel injection valve toward an injection valve attachment hole by its reaction force; and paired turn stopper pieces each extending from the base plate to abut against the second contact surface and restrict a turn of the fuel injection valve about the center axis. | 08-29-2013 |
20130210332 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a resinous frame which includes an opening through which airflow passes, a sliding door which moves along a surface to which the opening of the frame is exposed at an upstream side of the frame and opens and closes the opening, and a draft resistance member which is disposed at a surface of the frame between a sealing surface, which abuts an end of the sliding door, and the opening when the sliding door closes the opening. | 08-15-2013 |
20130152619 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle that includes a frame having an opening through which an airflow passes, and a sliding door which adjusts an aperture ratio of the opening by being slid along a wall surface formed with the opening of the frame in an upstream side of the opening, wherein the sliding door includes: a shield plate to shield the airflow; and a seal member which extends from the shield plate in a sliding direction of the sliding door and is more easily bent than the shield plate, and which is bent by receiving the airflow, thereby coming into contact with the wall surface of the frame. | 06-20-2013 |
20130152473 | SLIDING DOOR - A sliding door that includes a shield plate which has an inner surface curved along an inner side of a predetermined arc and an outer surface curved along an outer side of the arc, and a guide portion which is provided at a side of the shield plate and slidably supports the shield plate. The sliding door comprises a receiving portion, when the sliding doors are disposed to be layered by facing the inner surface and the outer surface of each of the shield plates, which allows the other sliding door located above to be received and supported. | 06-20-2013 |
20130149953 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicular air conditioning apparatus may include a case which forms a passage for conditioned air that flows toward a vehicle interior; a partition plate which divides a space inside the case; a sliding door which moves to change a flow of the conditioned air inside the case; a rack gear provided on the sliding door; and a pinion gear which moves the sliding door by rotating while being engaged with the rack gear. The partition plate may have a guide which slidably supports an end portion of the sliding door. The case may have a seal member, and the sliding door and the seal member may be disposed to slidably oppose each other. The guide may have a cut-out portion in which the seal member is disposed, and an auxiliary guide may be provided in the cut-out portion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130099795 | ELECTRIC LEAKAGE DETECTING APPARATUS - An electric leakage detecting apparatus includes: a first voltage-dividing circuit; a second voltage-dividing circuit; a first switch which is inserted in a line connecting the first voltage-dividing circuit and the ground connection resistance; a second switch which is inserted in a line connecting the second voltage-dividing circuit and the ground connection resistance; a first voltage detecting circuit which detects an output voltage of the first voltage-dividing circuit; a second voltage detecting circuit which detects an output voltage of the second voltage-dividing circuit; and a judging circuit which judges whether the electric leakage of the high voltage battery occurs or not on the basis of the output voltage of the first voltage-dividing circuit in a case that the first switch is in ON state and the output voltage of the second voltage-dividing circuit in a case that the second switch is in ON state. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099742 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a processor performing a process necessary for a charging control based on a pilot signal, an input circuit disposed in a stage preceding an input port of the processor, and a pseudo-signal supply circuit supplying a pseudo-pilot signal to a pilot signal line under the control of the processor, and the processor performs a malfunction diagnosis for the input circuit based on a signal state of the input port when controlling the pseudo-signal supply circuit to supply the pseudo-pilot signal to the pilot signal line. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099740 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - A processor of an electronic control unit performs at least one of a first diagnosis process of determining whether or not a switching element is abnormal based on a signal output from an abnormality diagnosis circuit in a state where a first diagnosis voltage supply circuit is controlled to supply a first diagnosis voltage to a control line and a second diagnosis process of determining whether or not a pilot signal line is abnormal based on the signal output from the abnormality diagnosis circuit obtained in a state where a second diagnosis voltage supply circuit is controlled to supply a second diagnosis voltage to the pilot signal line. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099739 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a pilot voltage setting circuit that changes a voltage of a pilot signal in a stepwise manner, a processor that controls the pilot voltage setting circuit to change the voltage of the pilot signal, an input buffer that is disposed in a stage preceding a pilot signal input port of the processor, and an input buffer voltage setting circuit that changes an input voltage of the input buffer so as to be within a recommended input voltage range of the input buffer based on the change in the voltage of the pilot signal. | 04-25-2013 |
20130088237 | BATTERY-MONITORING DEVICE - The present invention provides a battery-monitoring device is provided that monitors a voltage state of each battery cell constituting a battery, including: a voltage detection circuit; a management circuit which manages voltage detection data of each battery cell using the voltage detection circuit; a communication mode converter which is connected to the voltage detection circuit through a first communication line for communicating using a clock synchronous communication mode, and is connected to the management circuit through a second communication line for communicating using a clock asynchronous communication mode; and an insulating element which is interposed in the second communication line, wherein the communication mode converter transmits the voltage detection data, received from each of the voltage detection circuits through the first communication line, through the second communication line to the management circuit. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088236 | BATTERY-MONITORING DEVICE - A battery-monitoring device that monitors a state of charge of each battery cell constituting a battery is provided, including: a voltage detection circuit that individually detects a voltage of the battery cell; a voltage comparison circuit that individually compares the voltage of the battery cell and a threshold voltage, and outputs a signal having a first level when the voltage of the battery cell is equal to or greater than the threshold voltage, and a signal having a second level when the voltage of the battery cell is less than the threshold voltage; and a determination unit that determines the overcharged state of the battery cell when at least one condition is satisfied from among two conditions of: a voltage detection value which is input from the voltage detection circuit being equal to or greater than a threshold; and a signal which is input from the voltage comparison circuit being a first level. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088202 | CELL BALANCE CONTROL UNIT - A cell balance control unit is provided, including: a discharge circuit connected to each of a plurality of battery cells constituting a battery in parallel; a voltage detecting circuit that detects a voltage of each of the battery cells; and a control device that controls each of the switching elements of the discharge circuit so that the voltage of each of the battery cells is made uniform based on voltage detection results of each of the battery cells, wherein the control device controls the switching elements of the discharge circuits connected to the adjacent battery cells in each different duty ratio, and detects disconnection of wirings extracted from both ends of each battery cell based on a potential difference between the adjacent battery cells. | 04-11-2013 |
20130077255 | SEMICONDUCTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A semiconductor control device is provided with: a plurality of semiconductor modules each having a cooling member and a semiconductor element; a circuit board mounted with a control element that controls the plurality of semiconductor modules; and a case in which the plurality of semiconductor modules and the circuit board are respectively mounted. The case is provided with a cylindrical sidewall that forms an internal space within the case, and on both ends of the sidewall, a first opening and a second opening are correspondingly formed to be opposite to each other. The plurality of semiconductor modules include a first semiconductor module mounted on the sidewall on a side of the first opening, and a second semiconductor module mounted on the sidewall on a side of the second opening. The circuit board is positioned between the first semiconductor module and the second semiconductor module, in the internal space. | 03-28-2013 |
20130075886 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided with: a semiconductor element; and a connecting conductor that electrically connects at least one of an input terminal and an output terminal of the semiconductor element to a connection terminal of an electronic device. In this semiconductor device, the connecting conductor is a block structure. | 03-28-2013 |
20130067287 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device includes: a processing unit that performs a predetermined process in accordance with a program; a watchdog timer that includes a time counter reset by a pulse signal output at a given period from the processing unit and outputs a signal having levels inverted depending on whether an overflow occurs; and a latch circuit that latches the signal output from the watchdog timer and outputs a signal obtained through the latching as a first output enable signal. The processing unit stops the output of the pulse signal, when diagnosing a malfunction of the watchdog timer, and diagnoses the malfunction of the watchdog timer based on the first output enable signal output from the latch circuit, after stopping the output of the pulse signal. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066519 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides an electronic control device including a processing unit having a function of shifting to a sleep mode in which the processing unit is adapted to start up from the sleep mode according to occurrence statuses of one or more startup factors, and shift to the sleep mode according to a system power supply voltage. | 03-14-2013 |
20130026406 | VALVE DEVICE - The on-off valve includes a body having a fluid path, a spherical valve body opening and closing the fluid path, a guide member opposing the valve body and having a flange portion radially extending outward, a first seat member slidable along an outer peripheral surface of the guide member and seating the valve body, an O-ring disposed between the first seat member and the guide member, a chamber formed of an inner wall portion of the fluid path, the outer peripheral surface, the flange portion, and the first seat member, and a spring member disposed in the chamber and urging the first seat member toward the valve body. In the on-off valve, a gap portion is formed between the inner wall portion and the first seat member and connects the valve body side of the fluid path to the chamber. | 01-31-2013 |
20130014729 | FUEL SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMAANM Saito; YoshioAACI Shioya-gunAACO JPAAGP Saito; Yoshio Shioya-gun JPAANM Kuriyagawa; YoheiAACI Shioya-gunAACO JPAAGP Kuriyagawa; Yohei Shioya-gun JP - Provided is a fuel supply control device that performs power supply control of a shut-off valve including a first valve body that is disposed at a fuel supply path ranging from a gaseous fuel tank to a regulator and is opened in advance during power supply, and a second valve body that is opened due to a decrease in a differential pressure between upstream and downstream after the first valve body is opened, and fuel injection control. The fuel supply control device includes a control unit that sets a delay time from an initiation time of power supply to the shut-off valve to an initiation time of fuel injection in correspondence with a first fuel pressure upstream of the shut-off valve and a second fuel pressure downstream of the regulator, and initiates fuel injection after the delay time has passed after the initiation of the power supply to the shut-off valve. | 01-17-2013 |
20130013256 | SHUT-OFF VALVE FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE - Provided is a shut-off valve fault diagnosis device that performs fault diagnosis on a shut-off valve having a first valve element which is opened first when the power is turned on, and a second valve element which is opened by the drop in differential pressure between upstream and downstream after the valve has been opened. The device is provided with a diagnosis processing unit that infers the open/close state of the first and second valve elements from the time variation characteristics of the downstream pressure of the valve being diagnosed, and performs fault diagnosis on the valve being diagnosed from the actual measurements of downstream pressure, on the basis of the inference results. | 01-10-2013 |
20130000752 | SHUT-OFF VALVE FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - Provided is a shut-off valve fault diagnosis device that performs fault diagnosis of a first shut-off valve that is disposed immediately after a gaseous fuel tank and a second shut-off valve that is disposed immediately before a regulator in a gaseous fuel supply system. The shut-off valve fault diagnosis device includes a diagnosis processing unit that performs a valve-shutting control of the first shut-off valve, performs a valve-shutting control of the second shut-off valve after a predetermined time has passed since the valve-shutting control of the first shut-off valve, and performs fault diagnosis of the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve based on a variation tendency in a fuel pressure between the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve after performing the valve-shutting control of the second shut-off valve. | 01-03-2013 |
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20120286085 | COIL WINDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOLDED COIL - There is provided a system for readily and efficiently fabricating a wound coil composed of a bobbinless coil. The system includes a coil winding device having an upper jig to which an upper plate is attached and a lower jig to which a lower plate is attached which are provided so as to be relatively displaceable and a tension device for applying predetermined tension to a wire rod fed from a wire rod supplying source. The coil winding device is provided with a claw section having first through third split claws that function as a winding section around which the wire rod is wound between the upper and lower plates and that slide in a radial direction when the upper jig is assembled coaxially with the lower jig. | 11-15-2012 |
20120280424 | COIL WINDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOLDED COIL - There is provided a system for readily and efficiently fabricating a wound coil composed of a bobbinless coil. The system includes a coil winding device having an upper jig to which an upper plate is attached and a lower jig to which a lower plate is attached which are provided so as to be relatively displaceable and a tension device for applying predetermined tension to a wire rod fed from a wire rod supplying source. The coil winding device is provided with a claw section having first through third split claws that function as a winding section around which the wire rod is wound between the upper and lower plates and that slide in a radial direction when the upper jig is assembled coaxially with the lower jig. | 11-08-2012 |
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20120249074 | BATTERY VOLTAGE DETECTOR - A battery voltage detector includes, but is not limited to: a voltage detection circuit; and a voltage processor. The voltage detection circuit includes, but is not limited to: a capacitor configured to be charged by a battery cell; a pair of output terminals; an output switch; and a voltage processor. While the capacitor is charged, the output switch is configured to be off-state and insulate the capacitor from the pair of the output terminals. After the capacitor is charged, the output switch is configured to be on-state and connect the capacitor to the pair of the output terminals. The voltage processor is configured to obtain, as a cell voltage, a voltage between the output terminals of the voltage detection circuit while the output switch is on-state. A high-potential output terminal of the pair of the output terminals is connected to a power line via a pull-up resistor. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248350 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR VALVE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a locking mechanism for a valve device having a valve body for retaining the valve body at a predetermined opened position, including: a disk having a rotational shaft rotatable together with a valve body driving shaft and having a cutout groove formed on an outer circumferential face thereof; a ball disposed in the cutout groove; a body member having an axial direction restriction face and an inner circumferential face; a holder member having an engaging face which has a diameter gradually decreasing toward the ball and is engageable with the ball; and a spring member biasing the holder member toward the ball, wherein said ball is clamped by and among the engaging face which is acted upon by the biasing force of said spring member, the axial direction restriction face and the inner circumferential face so that a rotational direction position of the rotational shaft is retained. | 10-04-2012 |
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20110127009 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a heater core that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a plurality of first and second tubes are provided through which heated water flows through the interior thereof, and fins having louvers therein are disposed between the first and second tubes. Further, the heater core is equipped with a first heating section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second heating section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. Between the first heating section and the second heating section, a partitioning fin is disposed for blocking communication of air mutually between the first and second heating sections. Additionally, the first and second tubes are arranged in parallel to the direction in which the partitioning fin extends. | 06-02-2011 |
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20110088880 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a heater core that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first and second fins having louvers therein are arranged between a plurality of tubes. The first fins are disposed on a first heating section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, whereas the second fins are disposed on a second heating section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. Further, as a boundary portion between the first heating section and the second heating section, partitioning fins, which do not contain any louvers therein, are disposed separately from the first and second fins. | 04-21-2011 |
20110076931 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a driving force transmission mechanism is provided, which causes a switching operation of an air mixing damper disposed in a casing to be performed under a driving action of a drive source. The driving force transmission mechanism includes a first gear installed on the drive source, a second gear enmeshed with the first gear, and a damper shaft, which is enmeshed with the second gear and with a rack member of the air mixing damper. The second gear is supported rotatably on a gear holder, while the gear holder is installed on a side surface of the casing. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073791 | LINEAR SOLENOID AND VALVE DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a liner solenoid portion, comprising: a cylindrical movable core which is attracted toward a fixed core when a coil is energized: and a cylindrical yoke which surrounds an outer circumference surface of the movable core, in which the movable core is not provided with a shaft, a first stopper which limits a displacement of the movable core to a side of a fixed core is pushed into a through hole of the fixed core at one end of the movable core along an axial direction, and a second stopper which limits a displacement in a direction to be spaced apart from the fixed core is held to a bottom surface of a housing by swaging at other end of the movable core along the axial direction. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073281 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In an evaporator that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a sensor is provided, which is capable of detecting the temperature in the evaporator. In the evaporator, the sensor is installed on a back surface side thereof facing a downstream side, and on a first cooling section, through which air from a first blower unit flows. Also, the sensor is installed at a position in the vicinity of a supply conduit that supplies a coolant medium with respect to the evaporator. At a region where a maximum low temperature in the evaporator occurs, and for which there is a fear of freezing due to moisture contained within the air, the temperature is detected by the sensor. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073273 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In an evaporator that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first fins having louvers therein are arranged between first and second tubes. Together therewith, a second fin, which does not have any louvers therein, is provided at a boundary portion between a first cooling section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second cooling section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of a casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by the first cooling section, which is partitioned by the second fin, whereas air supplied from the second blower unit passes through the second cooling section, which is partitioned from the first cooling section by the second fin. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072925 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A driving force transmission mechanism is equipped with a first gear attached to a drive source, a second gear enmeshed with the first gear, and a damper shaft enmeshed mutually with the second gear and with a rack member of an air mixing damper. A first locator part formed on the second gear is inserted in a first locator groove in the first gear, while additionally, a second locator part is inserted with respect to a second locator groove in a damper gear. Further, a first narrow tooth formed on the first gear enmeshes with a meshing groove of the first locator part, whereas a second narrow tooth formed on the damper gear enmeshes with another meshing groove of the second locator part. | 03-31-2011 |
20110061853 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR SENSOR ATTACHED TO HEAT EXCHANGER - A mounting structure is provided, for a sensor which is attached to a heat exchanger. An evaporator that is utilized in a vehicular air conditioning apparatus is equipped with a detection sensor, which is capable of detecting the surface temperature of the evaporator. In the detection sensor, a main body portion thereof on which the detector is provided is inserted between fins of the evaporator. After a cable is made to extend to a cable guide disposed on a side portion of a casing, the cable is retained by the cable guide. | 03-17-2011 |
20110061405 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE SHUTTER DEVICE, AND FAILURE DETERMINING METHOD FOR VEHICLE SHUTTER DEVICE - A vehicular air conditioner includes cabin-exterior fans that blow air with respect to a cabin-exterior heat exchanger in which a coolant is vaporized, and a plurality of openable/closable shutters disposed in a duct that communicates between the cabin-exterior heat exchanger and the exterior of the vehicle. On an upper portion of the duct, a cover is formed that covers the cabin-exterior heat exchanger, which is disposed rearwardly of the shutters, and an upper region of the radiator. Additionally, air that is raised in temperature by heat from the engine passes between the cover and both the cabin-exterior heat exchanger and the radiator, and is guided toward a forward side of the vehicle. | 03-17-2011 |
20110059685 | SLIDE DAMPER DEVICE - A slide damper device comprising: a case of an air conditioning device for a vehicle; a slide damper; a plate-like guide rail provided on an inner wall of the case; a connection member provided at a side end part of the slide damper, the connection member having a concave shape slidably fitting with the guide rail, the connection member connecting the slide damper to the guide rail, wherein an opening of a flow path provided inside the case is adjusted by sliding the slide damper. | 03-10-2011 |
20110022275 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION CONTROL DEVICE, OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM, AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION CONTROL METHOD - An occupant protection control device that performs operation control of a plurality of occupant protection devices provided in a vehicle, the occupant protection control device including a determination section that determines whether or not said vehicle has had a collision, based on acceleration data acquired from a plurality of acceleration sensors installed in predetermined locations of said vehicle, wherein when a side impact collision of said vehicle occurs, a seat belt pretensioner among said plurality of occupant protection devices is inhibited to be operated, and when a frontal oblique impact collision of said vehicle occurs, said seat belt pretensioner is operated after a curtain airbag, among said plurality of occupant protection devices, is operated. | 01-27-2011 |
20110011114 | DRAIN PAN - A drain pan is disposed below a cooling unit that cools air, receives water of condensation that falls from the cooling unit, and guides the water of condensation into an outer portion of the vehicle air-conditioning apparatus. The drain pan includes a water receiving region, and receives water of condensation; a drain port disposed at a bottom-center portion of the water receiving region; and a rib disposed upright in the bottom portion on a dividing line that passes through the drain port and divides the water receiving region. | 01-20-2011 |
20110009044 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing constituted by respective air passages, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a Lower portion of the casing. The first blower unit adjusts an inflow rate of external air by means of an adjustment damper, which is disposed to face toward an opening of a duct, and the external air flows into the casing through an intake damper. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009043 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicular air conditioning apparatus includes a casing constituted by respective air passages. The casing has a vent opening and a defroster opening at an upper portion thereof. The vent opening is disposed on a forward side of a vehicle with respect to the defroster opening. A pair of defroster ducts extend in lateral directions respectively from side portions of the defroster opening, and center vent ducts are disposed in a straight line fashion from the vent opening and oriented rearwardly of the vehicle between the pair of the defroster ducts. The center vent ducts open only in the vehicle compartment. In a bi-level mode, a third front passage on the downstream side of the evaporator extends upwardly in a straight line fashion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005734 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing constituted by respective air passages. On a lower portion of the casing, the first blower unit is connected together with a second blower unit. As a result of a controller controlling driving of an ventilation switching damper, based on a load voltage to a second blower fan of the second blower unit, a first front passage and a first rear passage are placed in communication, whereby a portion of the air from the first blower unit passes through the first front passage, a communication opening, and the first rear passage, and is supplied to a second cooling section of an evaporator, such that when the second blower fan is rotated at a low speed, freezing of water droplets in the second cooling section is avoided. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005732 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing, and a second blower unit is connected to another side portion of the casing. A rotation control device for the first blower unit and a rotation control device for the second blower unit are arranged on an exterior side of the connection duct, at a location where a flow passage cross sectional area of the connection duct is maximal. Cooling devices made up of heat radiation fins are disposed on an inner side of the connection duct corresponding to the arranged positions of the rotation control devices. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005731 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A casing comprises substantially symmetrical first and second divided casings. A second blower unit is provided at a joined region of the first divided casing and the second divided casing. Air is supplied from a first blower unit into the casing, and then, the air cooled by an evaporator and the air heated by a heater core are mixed and supplied to front seats in the vehicle. Air supplied from the second blower unit into the casing is directed toward the front seats and adjusted at a given temperature by a second cooling section of the evaporator and a second heating section of the heater core, and thereafter, supplied to rear seats in the vehicle from a third rear passage which extends so as to surround a first rear passage. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005730 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, an evaporator is retained in an inclined position in a casing including air passages. Due to air blown upward through a first front passage and a first rear passage, which are separated from each other, moisture is generated at a lower portion of the evaporator. The moisture is discharged to first drain ports by a first guide panel and to a second drain port by a second guide panel. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005720 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicular air conditioning apparatus is equipped with a casing having respective air passages therein, and first and second blower units are connected to the casing. Further, the casing is constituted by first and second divided casings. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first and second blower units. Moisture, which is generated when the air is cooled by an evaporator, is guided to forward bottom surfaces of the first and second divided casings and the moisture is discharged to the exterior from first drain ports disposed at terminal end positions of inclined surfaces that decline gradually toward opposite sides of the casing. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005719 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heater core is inclined at a predetermined angle such that an end thereof on the front side of a vehicle is positioned below the other end thereof. A supply conduit for supplying heated water and a discharge conduit for discharging the heated water having circulated through the heater core are connected to a side surface of the heater core. A baffle plate having a cross-shaped cross-section is disposed inside the heater core and extends along the direction in which the supply and discharge conduits are arranged. Heated water from the supply conduit is supplied into the heater core, flows from the end of the heater core along the upper side of the baffle plate, and thereafter turns round at the other end of the heater core. Then, the heated water flows along the lower side of the baffle plate and is discharged from the discharge conduit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005718 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first partitioning member and a second partitioning member are installed at a boundary position between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is separated into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In the case that air is not blown in either one of the passages that are disposed in the first cooling section and the second cooling section, air that flows through the other of the passages is prevented from flowing into the one passage through the interior of the evaporator. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005717 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED THEREBY - Air is supplied to the interior of a casing from first and second blower units, such that cool air that has been cooled by an evaporator and warm air that has been heated by a heater core are mixed together and blown out toward a front seat side and a rear seat side of the vehicle, respectively. At this time, a temperature control damper, which adjusts the temperature of air that is blown into the vehicle compartment, causes a flow of warm air having undergone heat exchange in the heater core to be deflected toward a direction where the evaporator is installed. Mixing of the warm air and the cool air can thus be carried out suitably by causing the flow of cool air, which has undergone heat exchange in the evaporator, and the flow of warm air to be oriented in mutually opposite directions. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005716 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by first and second ribs, and by ribs, which are formed respectively to face toward an evaporator and a heater core. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005715 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a partition plate. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005714 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. Air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by a pair of ribs, which are formed to face toward a heater core. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005713 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side of a casing constituted by respective air passages. On a lower portion of the casing, a second blower unit different from the first blower unit is connected. A center plate is disposed centrally in a lateral direction of the casing. Air is supplied from the first blower unit to the interior of the casing, whereby cool air cooled by an evaporator and warm air heated by a heater core are mixed together and blown respectively and separately to a driver's seat side and a passenger seat side of the front seats. Also, Air supplied from the second blower unit to the interior of the casing, after being adjusted to a predetermined temperature in the evaporator and the heater core, is supplied to a rear seat side of the vehicle. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005712 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heater core is inclined at a predetermined angle such that an end thereof on the front side of a vehicle is positioned below the other end thereof. A supply conduit for supplying heated water and a discharge conduit for discharging the heated water having circulated through the heater core are connected to a side surface of the heater core. A baffle plate having a substantially L-shaped cross-section is disposed inside the heater core and extends along the extension direction of the supply and discharge conduits. Heated water supplied from the supply conduit is supplied into the heater core. The water flows from the end of the heater core along the upper side of the baffle plate, and thereafter turns round at the other end of the heater core. Then, the water flows along the lower side of the baffle plate and is discharged from the discharge conduit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005711 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a pair of covers are provided on the respective sides of the casing that is constituted by respective air passages. The covers rotatably support a pivot shaft for a defroster damper and a pivot shaft for a sub-defroster damper. The sub-defroster damper is disposed in a passage directly connecting the heater core with the defroster blow-out port, and is disposed on an upstream side of the defroster damper. First and second blower units supply air into the casing. The sub-defroster damper is disposed so as to face a passage which is disposed even inside the casing. Thus, the flowing direction and the amount of air is adjusted. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005710 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a connection duct connects a first blower unit having a first blower fan to a side of a casing forming air passages, whereas a second blower unit having a second blower fan, different from the first blower unit, is connected to a lower portion of the casing. By driving the first blower fan and second blower fan simultaneously, air is supplied to a vehicle compartment from the first blower unit and the second blower unit through inside the casing. A controller controls the driving of the first blower fan and the second blower fan. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005709 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit, and which is heated by the heater core, is blown from the fifth front passage alongside the heater core directly into the sixth front passage via sub-defroster dampers, and is blown out toward the front seat of the vehicle from a defroster blow-out port, which is disposed in the sixth front passage. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005708 | HEAT EXCHANGER EQUIPPED WITH PARTITIONING MEMBERS FOR USE IN A VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a pair of first and second partitioning members. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005707 | HEAT EXCHANGER EQUIPPED WITH A PARTITIONING MEMBER FOR USE IN A VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. Air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a partition plate. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005271 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first and second partitioning members are installed at the boundary region between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is divided into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In a condition where air is not blown in either one of the passages in which the first cooling section and the second cooling section are provided, air that flows through one of the passages is prevented from flowing into the other passage while passing through the interior of the evaporator. | 01-13-2011 |
20100308244 | LINEAR SOLENOID AND VALVE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A liner solenoid comprising: liner solenoid portion, comprising: a coil; a cylindrical movable core which is attracted toward a fixed core when the coil is energized; and a cylindrical yoke which surrounds an outer circumference surface of the movable core, wherein the movable core has a shaft-less structure, a first plain bearing and a second plain bearing for slidably supporting both ends of the movable core are provided respectively at both ends of a cylindrical yoke along its axis, and the first plain bearing and the second plain bearing are provided to be projected from the inner circumference surface of the cylindrical yoke by a predetermined length T toward the movable core. | 12-09-2010 |
20100301530 | Fluid-filled type active vibration damping device and manufacturing method thereof - A fluid-filled type active vibration damping device including a vibration damping device main unit, an oscillation member, and an actuator. The actuator is constituted by an electromagnetic actuator having a stator that includes a coil fixed to a second mounting member while having a movable member linearly displaceable relative to the stator when the coil is energized. A shaft member is provided for connecting the movable member and the oscillation member with each other. A connecting portion is provided for attaching the shaft member to the movable member while permitting the shaft member to tilt as well as to undergo displacement in an axis-perpendicular direction with respect to the movable member. A displacement preventing portion is provided for fastening the movable member and the shaft member to each other by preventing tilt as well as displacement in the axis-perpendicular direction due to the connecting portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100269460 | LIQUID TRAP DEVICE FOR GAS - A liquid trap device for a gas is provided which includes a trap housing ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100243938 | FLUID PASSAGE VALVE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - An EGR valve includes a valve housing, a ball valve, a shaft, a valve holder held against the ball valve, and a valve seat. The valve holder includes a smaller-diameter portion, a larger-diameter portion, and an annular groove defined between the smaller-diameter portion and the larger-diameter portion. The annular groove is smaller in diameter than both the smaller-diameter portion and the larger-diameter portion. A chamber is defined between the annular groove and the valve housing. | 09-30-2010 |
20100239894 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR BATTERY, VEHICLE APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - In an ECU, a coolant fan performs cooling operation such that a control DUTY value is limited by a control DUTY value according to tolerable noise level of the cooling fan based on a vehicle speed in a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is lower than a predetermined limitation for highest temperature. In a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is higher than the predetermined limitation for highest temperature, the cooling fan performs the cooling operation by using an energy storage device cooling operation requirement value and an IPU cooling operation requirement value such that performance in the high-voltage battery is not affected. By doing this, a temperature controlling apparatus for batteries in which it is possible to cool the battery and solve temperature difference among a plurality of batteries can be provided. | 09-23-2010 |
20100224806 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE - A pressure-reducing valve is provided in which a diaphragm rod connected to a valve body of a valve mechanism is connected to a central part of a diaphragm having its peripheral edge part clamped between a body and a diaphragm cover, wherein the diaphragm ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100176672 | ELECTRIC MOTOR, ROTARY ACTUATOR AND ROTARY APPARATUS - A rotary actuator including: a housing that rotatably supports thereinside a rotor shaft of an electric motor; an eccentric shaft portion that is provided on a protruding end portion of the rotor shaft that protrudes outside the housing; an external gear that is rotatably supported on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing; an internal gear that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing and meshes with the external gear; and a transmitting portion that is provided on the external gear, and transmits rotation force to an external output shaft. | 07-15-2010 |
20100176666 | ELECTRIC MOTOR, ROTARY ACTUATOR AND ROTARY APPARATUS - A rotary actuator including: a housing that rotatably supports thereinside a rotor shaft of an electric motor; an eccentric shaft portion that is provided on a protruding end portion of the rotor shaft that protrudes outside the housing; an external gear that is rotatably supported on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing; an internal gear that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing and meshes with the external gear; and a transmitting portion that is provided on the external gear, and transmits rotation force to an external output shaft. | 07-15-2010 |
20100155637 | Inductance-type rotation angle sensor, method of manufacturing the same, and intake control system for engine including the same sensor - An inductance-type rotation angle sensor includes: a stator formed by printing an annularly formed magnetic conductor and a receiving conductor placed adjacent to the magnetic conductor on a glass-epoxy-resin substrate; and a rotor having an excitation conductor attached thereto in a manner opposing the magnetic conductor. In the sensor, a thermosetting-resin covering layer, which is connected together through a periphery of the substrate and a through-hole included in this substrate, is formed on both front and back surfaces of the substrate by molding; a portion of the covering layer covering the magnetic conductor and the receiving conductor is formed as a thin thickness part which is thinner in thickness than a remaining portion of the covering layer; and the stator is buried in a thermoplastic-resin control housing with the thin thickness part being exposed to an outside. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an inductance-type rotation angle sensor which is capable of restraining the change that occurs in the plate thickness of the substrate due to temperature change, and which is capable of stabilizing the detection precision of the angle change of the rotor. | 06-24-2010 |
20100133926 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - In an electromagnetic actuator including a bearing member which slidably supports a variable core, a yoke for retaining a coil assembly by cooperation with a bottom wall of a housing is connected to the housing, and the bearing member is fitted into the yoke. A support for supporting an outward-facing flange formed at one end of the bearing member is mounted on the bottom wall, and a set spring for biasing the outward-facing flange toward the support is mounted under compression between the outward-facing flange and the first yoke. A low-friction material coating made of a fluorocarbon resin is formed on at least one of opposed sliding surfaces of the bearing member and a movable core. Thus, even if wear powder is generated between the set spring of the bearing member and a portion on which the set spring is pressed, the wear powder is prevented from entering inside the bearing member. | 06-03-2010 |
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20100103622 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - The electronic control device includes: a printed circuit board; a heat-generating member having a plurality of legs which are mounted on the printed circuit board by connections between the legs and the printed circuit board; and a casing which radiates heat that is transferred from the heat-generating member, wherein: the legs are connected via press-fit connections with the printed circuit board. | 04-29-2010 |
20100020516 | TERMINAL HAVING BUS BAR - A terminal is provided with a support portion configured to be mounted on a circuit board and having electrical insulation property, and a bus bar supported on the support portion and having electrically conductive property. The bus bar includes an external connecting portion configured to be electrically connected to external equipment, a first connecting portion configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board, and a second connecting portion configured to be electrically connected to another circuit board spaced from the circuit board, without passing through the circuit board. | 01-28-2010 |
20100001215 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve, a valve housing includes: a cylinder-shaped valve seat member having a valve seat in its front end portion; a magnetic cylindrical body coaxially connected to a rear end portion of the valve seat member; a nonmagnetic cylindrical body coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the magnetic cylindrical body; and a hollow cylindrical stationary core coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the nonmagnetic cylindrical body. A valve assembly is housed in the valve housing and includes: a valve body capable of being seated on the valve seat; and a movable core connected to a rear end of the valve body and opposed to a front end of the stationary core. The valve body and the valve seat member are respectively made of different martensitic stainless steels so that a hardness of the valve body is higher than that of the valve seat member. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an electromagnetic fuel injection valve for alcohol fuel which is capable of preventing the adhesive wear from occurring in the seat portion while a valve body and a valve seat member made of martensitic stainless steel are used. | 01-07-2010 |
20100001214 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which: a suction tubular part projecting toward an inside of a nonmagnetic cylindrical body is provided to a front end portion of a stationary core; and a front end of the suction tubular part and a rear end of a movable core are opposed to each other in the inside of the nonmagnetic cylindrical body, an annular gap allowing influx of pressure fluid used for a check of liquid-tightness between the nonmagnetic cylindrical body and the stationary core is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the suction tubular part and an inner peripheral surface of the nonmagnetic cylindrical body. Accordingly, it enables a quick and efficient judgment to be made on a check on liquid-tightness of a welded part by applying fluid pressure to the inside of the valve housing after the valve housing of the electromagnetic fuel injection valve is produced. | 01-07-2010 |
20090320935 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE FOR GAS - A pressure reducing valve for gas is provided in which a valve mechanism having opening in a central part a valve hole that communicates with a low pressure passage and a low pressure chamber and including a valve body that is capable of being seated on a valve seat facing a valve chamber communicating with a high pressure passage is housed within a body such that the valve body is connected to a pressure receiving member operating in response to pressure of the low pressure passage and the low pressure chamber, wherein the body ( | 12-31-2009 |
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20090309643 | INSULATING COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an insulating communication circuit includes a first insulating circuit | 12-17-2009 |
20090309575 | MULTI-OUTPUT DETERMINATION CIRCUIT - An embodiment of the present invention provides a multi-output determination circuit that determines whether or not any one input voltage of a plurality of input voltages is equal to or higher than an upper-limit voltage value. This multi-output determination circuit includes a first diode-OR, upper-limit reference voltage generation means, and a first comparator. The first diode-OR includes a plurality of first diodes whose anodes are each connected to a respective one of the plurality of input voltages and whose cathodes are connected in common. The upper-limit reference voltage generation means has a first resistor, the first diode, and a second resistor that are connected in series between first and second power supply potentials, and generates an upper-limit reference voltage based on the voltage of the cathode of the first diode. The first comparator compares the output voltage of the first diode-OR with the upper-limit reference voltage. | 12-17-2009 |
20090296782 | TEMPERATURE DETECTOR - A temperature detector for measuring temperature of a heat exchanger of a vehicular air-conditioning unit includes a holder holding temperature measuring means for measuring the temperature of the exchanger and a harness connected to the measuring means. The holder has a through hole through which a measuring section of the measuring means extends, and first and second grip parts through which the harness extends. The first grip part has such a width dimension that the harness having a width dimension in the horizontal direction can be inserted therethrough, and the second grip part has such a width dimension that the harness having the width dimension in the vertical direction can be inserted therethrough and that the harness having the width dimension in the horizontal direction can not be inserted therethrough. Accordingly, a portion of the harness between the first and second grip parts is twisted and held by the holder. | 12-03-2009 |
20090295224 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A controlling apparatus for a motor vehicle has a high voltage direct current (dc) power supply, an inverter for converting dc power of the high voltage dc power supply into ac power, a smoothing capacitor provided between the inverter and the high voltage dc power supply, a main contactor provided between the high voltage dc power supply and the smoothing capacitor for connecting and disconnecting the high voltage dc power supply and the smoothing capacitor to and from each other, and a precharge circuit connected in parallel to the main contactor. The precharge circuit includes a discharge path connected in parallel to the main contactor for passing discharge current from the smoothing capacitor to the high voltage dc power supply from the negative electrode of the high voltage dc power supply to the negative electrode of the smoothing capacitor or from the positive electrode of the smoothing capacitor to the positive electrode of the high voltage dc power supply and a charge path connected in parallel to the main contactor for passing charge current from the high voltage dc power supply to the smoothing capacitor from the negative electrode of the smoothing capacitor to the negative electrode of the high voltage do power supply or from the positive electrode of the high voltage dc power supply to the positive electrode of the smoothing capacitor. At least one common switch element is provided in the discharge path and the charge path. | 12-03-2009 |
20090269607 | Cast product having aluminum-based film and process for producing the same - In a throttle body, a passive film and a corrosion-resistant film are stacked in that order on a substrate of aluminum. The passive film has a concave part on its corrosion-resistant film side. A metal layer is provided in the concave part. In shot blasting, upon collision of a blasting material against the corrosion-resistant film, a part of the blasting material is separated and adhered onto the resultant concaves to form the metal layer. For example, aluminum having a purity of not less than 98% is selected as the blasting material. | 10-29-2009 |
20090212761 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND VOLTAGE DETECTOR USING SAME - A DC-DC converter includes: a transformer including primary and secondary windings; a switching element that drives the primary winding; a comparator that compares a voltage induced in the secondary winding with a predetermined voltage to detect that the voltage is outside a predetermined voltage range; and a controller. The controller stops switching operation of the switching element when the voltage is outside the predetermined voltage range. Preferably, the DC-DC converter is of a flyback system. | 08-27-2009 |
20090211788 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE OF A PRINT CIRCUIT BOARD - A heat dissipating structure of a print circuit board to improve heat-dissipation efficiency for mounted electronic components while retaining required soldering strength is disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
20090173562 | CRUISE CONTROLLER FOR SADDLE-SEAT VEHICLE - In a cruise controller for a saddle-seat vehicle, it is configured to comprise desired throttle opening control execution means (ECU | 07-09-2009 |
20090169406 | Scroll Compressor - A scroll compressor, wherein a guide passage facing the supply passage of a fixed side substrate part is formed at the outer peripheral portion of a fixed scroll engaged with a movable scroll along the axial direction of the fixed scroll. A lubricating oil is stored in an oil storage tank surrounded by a set of weir walls formed along the guide passage and the movable side substrate part of the movable scroll facing a fixed side spiral wall. The movable side substrate part is radially displaced by the turning action of the movable scroll to supply the lubricating oil stored in the oil storage tank to the movable scroll side. | 07-02-2009 |
20090165750 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve is provided that includes an electromagnetic actuator (A | 07-02-2009 |
20090133658 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR ENGINE - Provided is an intake manifold for an engine, including: a plurality of intake distribution pipes arranged in a side-by-side relation to one another along one side wall; an intake inlet pipe provided in one end wall in a direction of arrangement of the intake distribution pipes; a surge chamber provided inside the intake manifold, and providing communication between the intake inlet pipe and the intake distribution pipes; and an intake guide wall provided integrally with the intake manifold, the intake guide wall extending in the direction of arrangement of the intake distribution pipes from an opening end of the intake inlet pipe, which is open to the surge chamber, to an intermediate portion of the surge chamber, and formed to temporarily guide the air, which has been introduced from the intake inlet pipe into the surge chamber, to a middle portion of the surge chamber. In the intake manifold, one of opposite side surfaces of the intake guide wall is formed as a smooth-and-flat surface which is continuous to an inner surface of the intake inlet pipe, and the other side surface of the intake guide wall, which is on the side of the intake distribution pipes, is provided with a plurality of thinned concave parts and a plurality of ribs remaining between the concave parts, the ribs extending in a height direction of the intake guide wall. This configuration achieves both the demands to make the intake guide wall thin and secure its rigidity, and concurrently to reduce resistance of air taken into the engine by smoothly guiding the air to the middle portion of the surge chamber. | 05-28-2009 |
20090114186 | BYPASS-INTAKE-FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention aims to prevent the dust passing through a gap provided for sliding movement of bypass valve from being attached to a screw mechanism, and thus to guarantee smooth motion of the screw mechanism. Provided is a bypass-intake-flow control apparatus including a throttle body in which a bypass and a valve hole that is open into the course of the bypass are formed. A bypass valve to open and close the bypass is slidably but not rotatably fitted into the valve hole. An actuator is attached to the throttle body with an output shaft arranged coaxially with the bypass valve. The screw mechanism links the output shaft and the bypass valve. A bottomed hollow portion is formed in the bypass valve with an opening facing the actuator. A dust cover that surrounds the screw mechanism in the hollow portion is attached to the throttle body. | 05-07-2009 |
20090099749 | Vehicle collision decision apparatus - The vehicle collision decision apparatus has first acceleration detectors and a second acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction, and third acceleration detectors for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a transverse direction thereof. When the vehicle is involved in an offset collision, the front airbags of the vehicle are activated based on accelerations detected by the first acceleration detectors and the second acceleration detector. Thereafter, the curtain airbags of the vehicle are reliably activated. | 04-16-2009 |
20090076704 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit that outputs a crank signal; a generator that rotates in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft, and that outputs alternating voltage signals with one-phase; and a control unit, to which the alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on the crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each time the crank signal is detected, ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals based on the determination result of the polarity, and determines that a failure has occurred in the generator when the polarity cycles do not continuously coincide multiple times with the polarity cycles at the time of forward rotation of the crankshaft. | 03-19-2009 |
20090063015 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS - A fuel injection control apparatus includes: an internal combustion, engine; a fuel injection unit provided in the internal combustion engine; an intake state detection unit that detects an intake state value indicating an intake state of the internal combustion engine, and that outputs an intake state signal; and a control unit to which the intake state signal is input, that determines based on the intake state signal whether or not the internal combustion engine is on an intake stroke, and that controls the fuel injection unit so that an initial fuel injection is performed in order to start up the engine when the control unit determines that the engine is on an intake stroke. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063014 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a fuel injection unit; an ignition unit; a crank angle detection unit; a fuel pump; a booster unit; an ignition discharge unit; and a control unit that controls the fuel injection unit, the ignition unit, and the fuel pump, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals output from the crank angle detection unit, and that performs a startup control sequence that is made up of fuel injection processing, voltage boosting processing, ignition processing, and fuel supply processing. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063008 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, performs polarity determination processing in which the control unit determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each predetermined cycle and determines a current polarity determination result, and performs reverse rotation detection processing in which the control unit obtains the current polarity determination result each time the crank signal is detected so that the control unit ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals and in which the control unit determines that the crankshaft is in reverse rotation and stops the ignition control. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059637 | INVERTER DEVICE HAVING SEPARATED MODULE TERMINAL - An inverter device is provided with a semiconductor device, an input terminal, an intermediate terminal, an output terminal and an insulated substrate on which the semiconductor device, the input terminal, the intermediate terminal and the output terminal are mounted. Each of the input terminal, the intermediate terminal and the output terminal is an separated module such that one of the input terminal, the intermediate terminal and the output terminal is spatially independent from the other. | 03-05-2009 |
20090026860 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A brushless motor has a first coupler comprising a molded body including an annular member and a plug integrally combined with a peripheral side wall of the annular member. The plug houses terminal rods therein. Bridges project radially inward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the annular member. Connectors joined to respective leads that extend from an electromagnetic coil are mounted on radial inner ends of the bridges. The bridges are provided in pairs of adjacent bridges. In each of such pairs, the bridges project in parallel with each other from an inner peripheral wall surface of the annular member. | 01-29-2009 |
20090020096 | INTAKE DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake passage is formed by connecting upper and lower cases | 01-22-2009 |
20090009009 | ACTIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A yoke of an actuator of an active vibration isolation support system, which controls an internal pressure of a liquid chamber by reciprocally oscillating a movable core by energizing a coil, includes a cylindrical portion and a flange portion. The cylindrical portion is disposed on an outer side of the yoke in a radial direction and faces an inner peripheral surface of the coil, while the flange portion faces an end surface of the coil. The yoke further includes an inner inclined surface formed in an inner side of an intersection of the cylindrical portion and the flange portion, and inclined in such a manner that an outer side thereof in the radial direction with respect to an axis of an actuator inclines upward. Accordingly, the vector of a magnetic flux generated through the energization of the coil can be oriented toward the movable core from the flange portion of the yoke via the inner inclined surface thereof. The magnetic flux is thus allowed to flow smoothly from the yoke to the movable core, so that the efficiency of the magnetic circuit is enhanced. As a result, the operational response of the actuator can be improved. | 01-08-2009 |
20080317586 | CENTRIFUGAL AIR BLOWER - A centrifugal air blower guides returning air from a fan rotated by a rotational drive source out of interference with air delivered by a fan. The centrifugal air blower includes a rotational drive source having a rotational drive shaft, a housing including a holder which holds the rotational drive source in surrounding relation thereto, and a fan coupled to the rotational drive shaft of the rotational drive source. The housing has a disk-shaped flange extending from the holder, and the flange has a plurality of air guides disposed on a surface thereof and extending toward a peripheral edge of the flange. | 12-25-2008 |
20080314348 | VALVE OPERATING SYSTEM AND ENGINE INTAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - A valve operating system that includes a drive shaft, a drive lever that is fixedly provided thereon and can pivot in a direction of movement of a valve body, a follower arm that is fixedly provided on the valve body, a link, a first connecting shaft that connects one end of the link and the drive lever, and a second connecting shaft that connects the other end of the link and the follower arm; in response to a movement of the valve body from a first position to a second position by pivoting of the drive lever, a center of the first connecting shaft approaches from one side a straight line connecting two centers of the drive shaft and the second connecting shaft, and after the valve body reaches the second position, further pivoting of the drive lever is carried out through a predetermined angle so that the center of the first connecting shaft moves to the other side of a dead point on the straight line. Thereby a valve body can be held at one position with hardly any dependence on the output of an actuator, thus greatly reducing the load on the actuator. | 12-25-2008 |
20080308059 | ENGINE INTAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - An engine intake control system that includes a first intake passage that has an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion opening in a surge chamber, a second intake passage that has an upstream end portion opening in the surge chamber so as to oppose the downstream end portion of the first intake passage across a gap, and a sleeve-shaped valve body slidably fitted around the downstream end portion of the first intake passage and moving between a first position in which it is distanced from the upstream end portion of the second intake passage and a second position in which it is in contact with the upstream end portion, wherein a linear motion guide bearing system is provided between an intake manifold and the valve body, a rail of the linear motion guide bearing system extending in a direction of movement of the valve body is secured to a support post fixedly provided on the intake manifold, and a slider movably straddle-mounted on the rail is secured to the valve body. Thereby an engine intake control system can realize smooth movement of a valve body even with lower machining precision for sliding faces of a first intake passage end portion and the valve body. | 12-18-2008 |
20080294707 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A random number generation device including a first random number generation part which generates a new random number based on a random number which was previously generated and which outputs the random number generated by the first random number generation part, the random number generation device includes: a second random number generation part which generates a random number different from the random number generated by the first random number generation part; and an operation part which outputs a random number obtained by a prescribed operation using a random number generated by the second random number generation part on a random number generated by the first random number generation part when generating a first random number after start of supplying electric power. | 11-27-2008 |
20080217438 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve, a valve housing is formed by sequentially connecting a valve seat member, a magnetic cylinder, a nonmagnetic collar, and a stationary core. A coil housing is fittingly fixed to an outer periphery of the magnetic cylinder, and houses a coil assembly provided in an outer periphery of the stationary core. The coil housing includes a shell part surrounding the coil housing, an annular bent part bent radially inward from a front end of the shell part, and a cylindrical boss part projecting forward from a front end of the annular bent part. An inner peripheral surface of the annular bent part and an inner peripheral surface of at least a rear half part of the boss part are shrinkage-fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the magnetic cylinder. Thus, it is possible to eliminate distortion propagating to the magnetic cylinder, and eliminate a gap from fitted portions between the magnetic cylinder and the coil housing to improve magnetic efficiency, thereby exerting stabile fuel injection characteristics. | 09-11-2008 |
20080216781 | DRIVE MOTOR FOR USE IN VARIABLE VALVE OPERATING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An actuator of a variable valve operating device includes an electric motor for varying the distance by which an intake valve of an internal combustion engine is lifted. The electric motor has a hollow cylindrical magnet assembly disposed around a hollow cylindrical holder, and a shaft rotatably supported in a housing, with a hollow region being defined between the shaft and the holder. The magnet assembly is skew-magnetized at a predetermined angle to the axis of the magnet assembly. | 09-11-2008 |
20080211117 | Tandem valve type throttle body for two-wheeled vehicle - To stably maintain an opening degree characteristic of a driven lever, the driven lever ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080203342 | Linear solenoid valve - A linear solenoid valve includes a solenoid having a coil wound around a coil bobbin, a fixed core, and a movable core for being attracted to the fixed core when the coil is energized, and a valve mechanism having a valve element for selectively bringing an inlet port and an outlet port into and out of fluid communication with each other responsive to a displacement of the movable core. The movable core has a nonmagnetic layer formed on an outer surface thereof and having a predetermined thickness. | 08-28-2008 |