HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160141586 | VEHICLE BATTERY UNIT AND HARNESS HOLDER - A vehicle battery unit includes at least one first battery, at least one second battery, and a harness. The at least one first battery has a first battery connector. The at least one second battery has a second battery connector. A harness has harness connectors connected to the first battery connector and second battery connector. The harness holds the harness in such a manner that connecting portions of the harness connectors are directed toward a direction substantially perpendicular to a battery arranging direction in which the at least one first battery and the at least one second battery are arranged. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139798 | PROGRAM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The purpose of the present invention is to control an information terminal, equipped with a touch panel and installed in a vehicle, in a manner in which it can be operated without affecting driving. A drive mode application causes an information terminal, controlling the running of an application through first control on the basis of a user operation received via a touch panel, to function as: a connection detection unit, which detects a connection to a vehicle; a function limiting unit, which controls the running of the application through second control, different from the first control, on the condition that the connection to the vehicle is detected; and a display switching unit, which, on the basis of a sliding operation in a first direction received via the touch panel while a first application is being displayed, displays the first application and a second application. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138305 | SMART ENTRY SYSTEM - A smart entry system includes a driver seat unlock sensor and a centralized control unit. The driver seat unlock sensor is provided in the vicinity of the door handle of the door of the driver seat of a vehicle to detect an intention of an operator of unlocking. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor and establishment of communication with a mobile device carried by the operator in a predetermined communication range in the vicinity of the vehicle, unlocks a driver seat door lock. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor for less than a predetermined time, unlocks only the driver seat door lock. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor for the predetermined time or more, unlocks all the door locks. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137249 | HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE FOR SADDLED VEHICLE - A harness routing structure for a saddled vehicle includes a side body cover section, a center cover, a fuel tank having a fuel filler opening at an upper surface, and a refueling tray configured to be supported by the fuel tank, in the harness routing structure for a saddled vehicle used in the saddled vehicle having a straddling space disposed at an upper side of the center cover and through which a passenger passes his/her legs to ride the vehicle, a main harness extending from a front side of the straddling space to a rear side of the straddling space is routed below the center cover, is passed through a side of the refueling tray, and is routed between the side body cover section and the refueling tray. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137221 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS AND STEERING EFFORT ASSIST CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An electric power steering apparatus provides a steering assist force to the steering system of a vehicle by controlling driving of an assist motor in accordance with a steering force acting on the steering wheel. The electric power steering apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor that obtains a measured yaw rate of the vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor that detects the speed of the vehicle, a steering angle sensor that detects the steering angle of the steering wheel, and a torque estimating apparatus that estimates a self-aligning torque on the basis of the vehicle speed and data having a smaller absolute value among the measured yaw rate and the steering-angle standard yaw rate and that corrects the steering assist force on the basis of the estimated self-aligning torque. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137127 | ROAD SIGN INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD IN VEHICLE - In a sign information display system or method, if a road sign is recognized by a sign recognition device, a display control device determines whether or not it will cause a sign information display device to display first sign information, which is information concerning the road sign, on the basis of a driving state of a front vehicle driving in front of the vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136921 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MEMBER - Since a continuous fiber of a fiber-reinforced resin member includes an axial fiber aligned in the axial direction and an axially right-angled fiber aligned at right angles to the axial direction, and the density of the axially right-angled fiber of a first layer on the outer side of the corner part is made higher than the density of the axially right-angled fiber of a second layer on the inner side of the corner part, when an axial load is input and the fiber-reinforced resin member breaks, the axially right-angled fiber disposed at high density in the outside first layer of the corner part is actively stretched and breaks, thereby enabling a large energy-absorbing effect to be exhibited. Moreover, the fiber-reinforced resin member has a simple structure in which merely the density of the axially right-angled fiber in its interior is changed, thereby minimizing any increase in the production cost. | 05-19-2016 |
20160131008 | EXHAUST PURIFYING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The device includes an exhaust passage having an upstream end connected to an exhaust port of the engine and a downstream end provided with a catalytic converter, a secondary air passage having a downstream end connected to an intermediate point of the exhaust passage and an upstream end communicating with the atmosphere, and a reed valve provided in an upstream end of the secondary air passage to permit air flow from the atmosphere to the exhaust passage but not in the opposite direction. The reed valve has a resonance frequency which is z times the prescribed exhaust frequency of the engine, where z is an integer. The length of the secondary air passage is selected that the pulsation effect of air in the secondary air passage may be advantageously utilized. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130708 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - A differential pressure water electrolysis system includes high-pressure water electrolysis cells and a high pressure hydrogen manifold. The high-pressure water electrolysis cells are stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the high-pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode current collector, a cathode current collector, a tabular anode separator, a tabular cathode separator, a sealing member, and a resin frame member. The resin frame member is disposed between the tabular anode separator and the tabular cathode separator so as to surround the sealing member and the anode current collector. The resin frame member includes a water supply port to introduce water for electrolysis and a water discharge port to discharge a surplus of the water after electrolysis. The high pressure hydrogen manifold is provided so as to distribute hydrogen in the stacking direction and so as to be encircled by the sealing member. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129774 | ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE - The stiffness in supporting an electric motor is increased in an electric motor mounting structure for mounting an electric motor for driving the wheels on the vehicle body. In an electric motor mounting structure for mounting an electric motor ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160129489 | A WIRE ROD HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH OF 950 TO 1600MPa FOR MANUFACTURING A STEEL WIRE FOR A PEARLITE STRUCTURE BOLT, A STEEL WIRE HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH OF 950 TO 1600MPa FOR A PEARLITE STRUCTURE BOLT, A PEARLITE STRUCTURE BOLT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wire rod having a tensile strength of 950 to 1600 MPa for manufacturing a steel wire for a pearlite structure bolt according to the present invention includes a predetermined chemical composition and is manufactured by hot rolling and then direct isothermal transformation treating, in which when an amount of C in terms of mass % is indicated as , a structure at an area from a surface of the wire rod to a depth of 4.5 mm includes 140× area % or more of a pearlite structure, the average block size of a pearlite block at the area from the surface of the wire rod to the depth of 4.5 mm is 20 μm or less, in which the average block size is measured in a transverse section of the wire rod, and the average lamellar spacing of the pearlite structure at the area from the surface of the wire rod to the depth of 4.5 mm is more than 120 nm to 200 nm. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129466 | PAINT ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPRAY PAINTING A WORKPIECE - A paint robot system includes a paint spray gun configured to spray paint onto a workpiece. The paint spray gun has a nozzle where the paint exits the paint spray gun. A robot arm moves the paint spray gun relative to the workpiece. A processor module receives a color input relating to a color of paint for the workpiece. The processor module determines a paint spray gun distance based on the color input, where different colors have different paint spray gun distances. The processor module controls the robot arm to position the nozzle at the paint spray gun distance. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129465 | VEHICLE HOOD FIXTURE - A temporary supporting fixture for use during painting of a vehicle hood. The fixture has a first elongated beam with a first length and includes at least two adjustable length hook members extending from an engagement side for releasable attachment to the hood. A second elongated beam having a second length greater than the first length is also provided and includes at least two hook elements extending from the engagement side of the fixture and configured for releasable attachment to the hood. The second elongated beam further includes at least two adjustable extensions protruding from the engagement side of the fixture and configured for engagement with a surface of the hood. The second beam further includes an at least generally tangential projection configured to engage a striker of the hood. At least two struts extend between the first and second elongated beams. An extension beam including an adjustable length hook member configured for releasable attachment to the hood extends from the first elongated beam in a direction away from the second elongated beam. | 05-12-2016 |
20160126778 | NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM - A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124511 | VEHICLE OPERATING DEVICE - A vehicle operating device includes: a pad surface that is operated by contact with a finger of an operator; an X-direction actuator and a Y-direction actuator that move the pad surface in directions parallel to the pad surface; a track pad that detects a contact position of the finger of the operator on the pad surface; and a display controller and a display unit that display at least one item on a display screen, change a display mode on the display screen in accordance with the contact operation with the finger of the operator on the pad surface, and sets a virtual cursor that virtually moves on the display screen. When the virtual cursor reaches a boundary of the item, the X-direction actuator and the Y-direction actuator move the pad surface in a direction of the contact operation of the finger of the operator. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122885 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - A differential pressure water electrolysis system includes high-pressure water electrolysis cells, first and second end plates, and a high pressure hydrogen manifold. The high pressure hydrogen manifold is provided to distribute hydrogen in a stacking direction. Each of the high-pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode current collector, a cathode current collector, an anode separator, a cathode separator, an elastic member, a manifold member, and a cylindrical porous member. The manifold member is disposed between the anode separator and the electrolyte membrane to surround the high pressure hydrogen manifold and includes a seal chamber in which a sealing member is disposed to encircle and seal the high pressure hydrogen manifold. The cylindrical porous member is disposed in the manifold member between the seal chamber and the high pressure hydrogen manifold. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121761 | SEAT FOR VEHICLES - A seat for vehicles includes: a seat back frame; and a shoulder and back supporting member that is mounted on the seat back frame to support a back of an occupant. The seat back frame includes a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame mounted on an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in a forwardly and rearwardly swingable manner, and the shoulder and back supporting member is disposed from an area corresponding to the shoulder of an occupant to an area corresponding to the waist of the occupant and is supported by the | 05-05-2016 |
20160121712 | FLUID STORAGE APPARATUS - A fluid storage apparatus includes a guiding mechanism that linearly guides a flexible container in accordance with expansion and contraction of the flexible container. The guiding mechanism includes a guiding column that is disposed adjacent to the flexible container and that extends linearly and a slider that has a guiding hole, in which the guiding column is inserted, and that is formed on an upper edge portion of the flexible container. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121711 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM SUPPORTING STRUCTURE - An internal combustion engine exhaust system supporting structure includes a body fastening portion, an exhaust fastening portion, a bracket, and a stay. The body fastening portion is provided on a power plant or a vehicle body located on a side of an exhaust passage extending from an internal combustion engine to a rear of a vehicle so that exhaust emissions flow from the internal combustion engine to the rear of the vehicle. The bracket is fastened to the body fastening portion. The stay is fastened to the exhaust fastening portion and has lower stiffness than the bracket. The bracket and the stay are fastened to each other at a connecting portion so that a vertical distance between the exhaust fastening portion and the connecting portion in a vertical direction is greater than a vertical distance between the body fastening portion and the connecting portion in the vertical direction. | 05-05-2016 |
20160119586 | REARVIEW OBSTRUCTION CAMERA SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A rearview obstruction camera system provides rearward view if visibility to a driver as a result of cargo impacts a view directly out the rear windshield. Likewise, an occupant(s) sitting in the rear seats can obstruct the view of the driver out the rear the vehicle. In both instances the rearward view is potentially compromised. By using a sensor(s), the rearview obstruction camera system can detect if the line of sight of the driver out the rear of the vehicle is obstructed. If obstructed, the rearview camera captures a live feed of traffic behind a vehicle and the image is displayed in front of the driver (e.g. on the rearview mirror, navigation display, or the like). | 04-28-2016 |
20160114662 | TAILGATE-EQUIPPED VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A tailgate-equipped vehicle body structure includes a tailgate for opening and closing a rear opening section provided in a rear section of a vehicle, and a sub door provided on the tailgate for opening and closing a sub door opening section provided in the tailgate. The upper surface of a lower edge portion of the rear opening section and the upper surface of a lower edge portion of the sub door opening section are located in substantially flush with each other. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114661 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160114380 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TARGET CLEANING DIE SURFACES OF A DIE OF A PRESS MACHINE - A stamping system includes a press machine having installed an upper die with an upper die surface and a lower die with a lower die surface. The upper die surface and the lower die surface each have a non-planar geometry. The press machine presses a workpiece between the upper die surface and the lower die surface during a pressing operation. A die cleaning machine is provided having a brush configured to remove foreign debris from at least one of the upper die surface and the lower die surface during a cleaning operation, wherein the die cleaning machine is configured to maneuver the brush in various orientations relative to the press machine to clean the non-planar upper die surface or the non-planar lower die surface. | 04-28-2016 |
20160111985 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - On the basis of an energization phase signal being output from a rotational phase sensor and changing its output at every predetermined rotational phase corresponding to a stepwise change (increase or decrease) in rotational phase, a motor controller switches a phase current passing through the corresponding phase coil, and changes the magnitude of the phase current passing through the corresponding phase coil such that an actual motor torque detected by a torque sensor coincides with a target motor torque. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109214 | ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - An alignment adjustment device includes an actuator that is fixed to a vehicle body side support member and that is connected to an outer peripheral surface of a hub carrier so as to rotate the hub carrier. An intersection between a first axis and a second axis and an intersection of a universal joint are both positioned inside a wheel, and the intersection of the universal joint is inside the hub carrier. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109000 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - In a continuously variable transmission, driving force from a drive source is transmitted via the path: first input switching mechanism→first input path→first countershaft→first pulley→endless belt→second pulley→second countershaft→first output path→second input shaft→first output switching mechanism→output shaft to thus establish a LOW mode. A large torque that is transmitted in the LOW mode passes through the first output switching mechanism, but since the second input shaft is relatively rotatably disposed on the outer periphery of the first input shaft and the first output switching mechanism is disposed on the second input shaft, it is possible to enhance the rigidity of the input shaft due to the double tube structure formed from the first input shaft and the second input shaft and to support the first output switching mechanism with high rigidity without carrying out special reinforcement. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107700 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes an outer panel which includes a side sill outer part and a center pillar outer part, a rear fender which is overlapped the outside of the outer panel, an inner panel which is mounted on the vehicle cabin side of the outer panel and a stiffener. The center pillar outer part includes an inclined part which is inclined backward and upward. The inner panel and the stiffener include an inner protrusion and a stiffener protrusion, respectively, which protrude backward and downward from the inclined part. A lower end of the rear fender is joined to the inner protrusion and the stiffener protrusion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160103499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING GESTURES - A gesture control system includes a processor, the processor in communication with a plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to perform the steps of detecting, using the plurality of sensors, a gesture in a volume occupied by a plurality of occupants, analyzing a prior knowledge to associate the gesture with one of the plurality of occupants, and generating an output, the output being determined by the gesture and the one of the plurality of occupants. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102741 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - In a continuously variable transmission, driving force from a drive source is transmitted via a path to establish a LOW mode. A large torque that is transmitted in the LOW mode passes through a first output switching mechanism. Since a countershaft is relatively rotatably disposed on an outer periphery of an input shaft, and the first output switching mechanism is disposed on the countershaft, the countershaft which transmits a large torque is disposed on an outer peripheral side of a double tube and supported directly by a transmission case, and the input shaft which transmits a relatively small torque is supported via the countershaft, thereby making it possible to support the first output switching mechanism with high rigidity without carrying out special reinforcement. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102732 | METAL BELT FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - In a metal belt for a continuously variable transmission having a saddle face of a metal element and a rocking edge positioned at substantially the same position in the radial direction, a rocking edge is provided at a radially outer end of a front face of a body part, the rocking edge being a fulcrum for pitching of the metal element of the metal belt which is wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley and transmits a driving force between the two pulleys, and a recess is provided extending from a front face of a neck part to a front face of the body part. Thus, it is possible to minimize a space created between the front and rear metal elements and reduce the bending stress applied to the metal elements, thereby minimizing degradation of the power transmission efficiency. | 04-14-2016 |
20160101677 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE HAVING DETACHABLE ROOF - A vehicle body structure having a detachable roof, in which a front seal member is provided in a roof opening, and the front seal member is in contact with a press end of a soft top. The front seal member includes a first stopper member provided adjacent to a first seal member and a second stopper member provided adjacent to a second seal member. The press end is in contact with both the first stopper member and the second stopper member in a condition that sealing is maintained by both the first seal member and the second seal member. | 04-14-2016 |
20160099475 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a metal separator. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, first and second electrodes, and a resin frame member. The resin frame member is provided on an outer peripheral portion of the membrane electrode assembly. The metal separator is stacked on the membrane electrode assembly in a stacking direction and includes a reactant gas channel, a reactant gas manifold, and a flat portion. The resin frame member of the membrane electrode assembly has an outer shape to be disposed further inward than the reactant gas manifold and includes a connection channel portion that is disposed outward from an electrode surface and that connects the reactant gas manifold and the reactant gas channel to each other. The flat portion is provided in contact with the connection channel portion. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098972 | COLOR MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of techniques or systems for color management are provided herein. A graphic input may be received which includes pixels associated with color codes. Respective pixels or portions of the graphic input may be binned or indexed into color code bins. Each color code bin may be indicative or be associated with a color or color code. Sample color gradients may be assigned color codes based on counts for respective color code bins. A background or layers may be generated based on the sample color gradients. Additionally, patterns or aspects may be generated for the background or layers. In this manner, color management may be provided in the form of a dynamic, changing, or moving background which may be unique to the graphic input due to the patterns (e.g., movement patterns, shape patterns, movement speed, etc.) and sample color gradients determined based on the graphic input. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098912 | NOTIFICATION DEVICE - A notification device includes an identification information acquisition section that acquires identification information output from an in-vehicle device in response to a change of a vehicle condition, a sound source data acquisition section capable of performing an acquisition operation of acquiring sound source data from an outside, a storage section capable of storing the sound source data for notification acquired by the sound source acquisition section and association data in which the identification information and the sound source data for notification are associated with each other, and a control section that outputs the sound source data for notification on the basis of the association data when the identification information acquisition section acquires the identification information. The sound source data acquisition section and the storage section are provided in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is provided with an association data edit section capable of editing the association data. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096560 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes a flow redirecting member that introduces a traveling wind in a direction toward a wheel arch for a rear tire. The flow redirecting member has an inlet portion through which the traveling wind is introduced and an outlet portion through which air having been introduced through the inlet portion is ejected to the wheel arch side. The inlet portion is positioned in front of the wheel arch. The outlet portion has a slit shape extending along a surface of the rear tire on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096420 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE WITH DETACHABLE ROOF - A detachable-roof-equipped vehicle body structure includes a seal member provided in a roof opening section, and a soft top constructed to abut against the seal member. The seal member includes first and second seal units, and the soft top includes a flexible sheet for covering the roof opening section and a reinforcing member of higher rigidity than the sheet. The reinforcing member is abutted, from above, against both of the first and second seal units. The structure also includes a connecting bag part secured to the sheet, left and right side rails attached to the sheet, and a wire member inserted through the bag part and extending between the side rails. The wire member includes a small-diameter portion, and large-diameter portion each provided on a position spaced from a corresponding one of the side rails. | 04-07-2016 |
20160091089 | SHIFT DRUM ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION - A shift drum angle detecting device for a transmission includes shift forks, a shift drum, a first sensor shaft, a first angle sensor, a speed increasing mechanism, and a second angle sensor. The first angle sensor is to detect a rotational angle of the first sensor shaft to output a first output value based on the rotational angle. The speed increasing mechanism includes a speed increasing drive member, a speed increasing driven member, and a second sensor shaft. The second angle sensor is provided to the second sensor shaft to detect a rotational angle of the second sensor shaft and to output a second output value based on the rotational angle. A rotational angle of the shift drum is to be detected based on the first output value output from the first angle sensor and the second output value output from the second angle sensor. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091088 | GEAR-SHIFTING MECHANISM DRIVING DEVICE - A gear-shifting mechanism driving device for allowing a speedy and accurate gear-shifting operation has a light weight even in the case where a shift spindle is short. The gear-shifting mechanism driving device includes a transmission for selectively establishing a gear combination by the turning of a shift spindle for turning a master arm, and an actuator as a power source for turning the shift spindle, in which the gear-shifting mechanism driving device includes a reduction gear shaft provided in a power transmission path between the actuator and the shift spindle, a first gear provided on one end side of the reduction gear shaft to receive power from the actuator side, and a second gear provided on another end side of the reduction gear shaft to transmit power to the shift spindle side. The reduction gear shaft is made of a torsion bar. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091077 | POWER UNIT - A power unit having a casing for rotatably supporting a driving force output power shaft and for protecting an oil seal provided between the casing and the driving force output power shaft. A first casing for rotatably supporting input power shafts and a second casing disposed at a position offset in an axial direction from the input power shafts and having an output power shaft supporting portion on which a driving force output power shaft provided in the transmission. The first and second casings are disposed adjacent each other such that the output power shaft supporting portion projects to a side farther than the first casing. A breather chamber is formed between first and second case members which cooperate with each other to configure the second casing disposed above a projection of one end portion of the driving force output power shaft from the output power shaft supporting portion. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091049 | BALANCER APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A gear transmission mechanism is provided between a crankshaft and the balancer shaft. The balancer shaft includes a pair of bearing portions supported for rotation on a crankcase and a gear wheel supporting portion formed in a tapering shape such that a diameter thereof decreases away from one bearing portion. A tubular boss portion is provided integrally on the driven gear wheel and has a tapering attachment hole in which the gear wheel supporting portion is fitted. A fitting recessed portion in which a pin which has an axial line along a radial direction of the balancer shaft and is fitted at a half portion on one end side thereof in a large diameter end portion of the gear wheel supporting portion is fitted at a half portion on the other end side thereof is provided on the boss portion on the large diameter end side of the attachment hole. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090907 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR VEHICLE - In an internal combustion engine for a vehicle wherein a crankshaft is supported for rotation on a crankcase and a speed change gear shaft which extends in parallel to the crankshaft and forms part of a transmission for changing the speed of rotational power from the crankshaft is supported for rotation on the crankcase such that it is disposed on one side of the crankshaft with a plurality of oil filters being mounted from the same direction to enhance the maintenance. A cover is coupled to a crankcase on one end side of a crankshaft in an axial direction, and a plurality of oil filters are attached to an outer side wall of the cover on the opposite side to a transmission with respect to the crankshaft and are disposed in an upwardly and downwardly juxtaposed relationship with each other. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090880 | BREATHER CHAMBER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A breather chamber for an internal combustion engine wherein the breather chamber has a large size that is formed while an increase in the size of the internal combustion engine is suppressed. The breather chamber of an internal combustion engine includes looped cam chains for transmitting the power of a horizontally disposed crankshaft to camshafts provided in cylinder heads and includes cam chain chambers disposed alongside portions of cylinder block portions which intersect the direction of the crankshaft. The breather chamber is located on a side of a plane formed by a rotation locus of the cam chain in the direction of the crankshaft in the cam chain chamber. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090152 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A cooling structure for a saddle-type vehicle includes a main frame; an engine; an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a front portion of the engine; fuel tanks disposed laterally of the engine; and a skid plate covering front portions of the engine and the exhaust pipe. The skid plate includes openings defined in a central upper portion thereof for introducing ram air from a front of the vehicle toward the engine. The openings are covered with a mesh member. The skid plate has first bulging portions bulging forwardly on both sides of the openings. The fuel tanks include bulging tank portions disposed rearward of and along the first bulging portions and covering front portions of the engine. Ram air guided toward a central area in a vehicle widthwise direction by the first bulging portions passes through the mesh member and the openings to cool the exhaust pipe and the engine. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090145 | SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle type vehicle includes a parking operator for allowing the lever to be lengthened without affecting the surrounding members. A parking lever is arranged more forward than the tip of a first finger of an operator when the first finger is fully extended forward. Therefore, there is no concern that the hand holding the left grip section may touch the parking lever. Thus, the lever can be sufficiently lengthened. In addition, the parking lever is sufficiently far from the grip section toward the vehicle front. As a result, there is no concern that the parking lever may interfere with a normal gripping operation. In addition, a handle switch or other part can be readily arranged on a switch box on the base portion of the grip section without being affected by the parking lever. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090142 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - An electrical component mounting structure for a motorcycle includes a vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame includes: main frames extending downwardly toward rear from a head pipe, the main frames for suspending a power unit; and pivot frames extending downward from rear ends of the main frames to be disposed at left and right in a vehicle width direction. An electrical component including a first ECU is supported in this electrical component mounting structure. In this electrical component mounting structure, the power unit includes a crankcase and a cylinder portion that protrudes from the crankcase, and the first ECU is disposed, in a side view, anterior to the left and right pivot frames, posterior to the cylinder portion, and above the crankcase. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090138 | HEADLIGHT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A headlight structure for ensuring easy structural designing of a light guide member to enhance the degree of the freedom of shape. Reflectors and left and right lenses are disposed respectively on the left and right sides of the center of a vehicle body. Second light sources are attached respectively to the left and right of a light guide member which is roughly W-shaped. Attachment portions and connection portions are hidden by a light-blocking light cover. The left and right reflectors and left and right including shining portions that are visible through the lenses wherein light evenness can be enhanced within an externally visible region. The headlight can be easily enlarged in size and in diameter. The second light sources make it is easy to design the structure of the light guide member for enhancing the degree of the freedom of shape. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090124 | VEHICLE BODY REAR STRUCTURE - A rear sub-frame supporting a portion of left and right suspension devices on the rear side is connected to left and right rear side frames. A pair of left and right braces, the front end portions of which are joined to side sills and the rear end portions of which are joined to a middle area of the rear sub-frame in the vehicle width direction, are provided. Support recesses that swingably support control arms of the suspension devices are provided on the rear sub-frame. Intermediate areas of the left and right braces are each connected to a corresponding one of the left and right support recesses. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090092 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A transmission system of a vehicle includes a starting clutch, a change clutch, a stepped transmission, a single spindle, a gear position sensor, an actuator, and a transmission controller. The change clutch and the stepped transmission are operated via the single spindle. The gear position sensor is to detect a shift stage of the stepped transmission. The actuator is to rotate the single spindle. The transmission controller, in a case where an engine is started in a state in which the shift stage of the stepped transmission is set in second gear or higher, is configured to control the actuator to carry out shift-down operation and configured to limit output of the engine so that an engine rotation speed becomes a value smaller than a predetermined value until the shift stage of the stepped transmission is set in neutral or first gear. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090082 | DRIVING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driving system for a vehicle includes a drive source, a driven portion, a wet multiple disc connection/disconnection unit provided on a power transmission path between the drive source and the driven portion, and a connection/disconnection unit controller configured to control a release and an application of the connection/disconnection unit, wherein the driving system further includes a time counter configured to obtain a continuous applied time that is an elapsed time from a start of a latest application of the connection/disconnection unit. | 03-31-2016 |
20160084343 | DAMPER UNIT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A damper unit of an internal combustion engine includes an input-side rotor, an output-side rotor, first coiled springs, second coiled springs, an input-side sliding contact surface, and a biasing member. The input-side rotor includes a first spring holder, a second spring holder, and a connecting portion. The second spring holder is arranged on a second side of the output-side rotor, has a facing side facing the output-side rotor, and has second spring accommodation portions on the facing side each of which accommodates each of the second coiled springs. The input-side sliding contact surface is provided in the second spring holder so as to be in sliding contact with an output-side sliding contact surface of the output-side rotor. The biasing member is provided between the first spring holder and the output-side rotor to press the output-side rotor toward the second spring holder. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084152 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas concentration parameter sensor, a cylinder gas amount parameter acquisition device, an air-fuel ratio controller, an operation status determination device, and a determination value setting device. The air-fuel ratio controller is to perform an air-fuel ratio fluctuation control to control an air-fuel ratio in the internal combustion engine to fluctuate in a predetermined state. The operation status determination device is to determine an operation status of the internal combustion engine or an auxiliary device of the internal combustion engine based on an exhaust gas concentration parameter detected by the exhaust gas concentration parameter sensor in a case where an amount of a cylinder gas represented by a cylinder gas amount parameter acquired by the cylinder gas amount parameter acquisition device is equal to or larger than a predetermined determination value while the air-fuel ratio fluctuation control is being performed. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084147 | OIL SUPPLY STRUCTURE OF WATER-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oil supply structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine includes an oil cooler for improving oil circulation efficiency by making an oil passage of a lubrication system short. In addition, weight of the oil cooler is reduced by reducing the number of parts. The oil supply structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine includes an oil pump drive shaft of an oil pump that is coaxially coupled with one end of a balancer shaft placed parallel with a crankshaft and a water pump drive shaft of a water pump that is coaxially coupled with the other end of the balancer shaft. In the oil supply structure, an oil cooler is provided in the vicinity of the oil pump together with an oil filter. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083854 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS APPARATUS - A differential pressure water electrolysis apparatus includes high-pressure water electrolysis cells and a pressing mechanism. The high-pressure water electrolysis cells are stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the high-pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, a member, an anode current collector, a cathode current collector, an anode separator, and a cathode separator. The electrolyte membrane has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in the stacking direction. The member has a surface which has an opening and which is in contact with the electrolyte membrane. The anode current collector is disposed on the first side of the electrolyte membrane. The cathode current collector is disposed on the second side of the electrolyte membrane. The anode separator has an anode chamber in which the anode current collector is accommodated. The pressing mechanism is to press the high-pressure water electrolysis cells in the stacking direction. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083244 | REFUELING AUXILIARY DEVICE - A capless refueling mechanism includes a fill opening side shut-off valve disposed near the fill opening, and a fuel tank side shut-off valve disposed nearer to a fuel tank than the fill opening side shut-off valve. The refueling auxiliary device has a guide pipe section and a funnel section, and pressing of the fill opening side shut-off valve and the fuel tank side shut-off valve via an end of the guide pipe section causes a valve element to be moved away from a seat portion and insertion of a nozzle into the funnel section allows refueling. The outer circumferential surface of the guide pipe section is provided with an enlarged diameter section that regulates a valve opening degree of the valve element of the fuel tank side shut-off valve. | 03-24-2016 |
20160078757 | MAP GENERATION SYSTEM, MAP GENERATION DEVICE, MAP GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A map generation system includes: an extraction unit that collects vehicle speed information, which includes at least a speed, acceleration, and deceleration, from a vehicle and that extracts rapid deceleration information, which includes a first location where a rapid deceleration event satisfying predetermined conditions has occurred, and a traveling direction of the vehicle at the time when the rapid deceleration event has occurred from the collected vehicle speed information; a storage unit that stores map data; a division unit that generates mesh map data by dividing the map data stored in the storage unit into a plurality of meshes in a predetermined size and a predetermined number of divisions; and an estimation unit that estimates a location that requires caution when the vehicle travels therethrough, as a caution-required place, based on the rapid deceleration information extracted by the extraction unit and the mesh map data generated by the division unit. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076638 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROLLER - A stay time integrating device integrates stay time of an accelerator pedal in each pedal stroke position within a predetermined stroke range including a click position. A click stroke calculating device calculates a click stroke based on a pedal stroke position where stay time calculated by the integrating device is the shortest. Thus, it is possible to correctly calculate the click stroke with which the accelerator pedal is actually depressed beyond the click position. In accordance with the click stroke, a control stroke calculating device updates a relationship of the control stroke with a pedal stroke. Accordingly, even if the click stroke varies from one vehicle to another, kick-down which a driver intends can be performed in synchronism with depression of the accelerator pedal beyond the click position by compensating for the variation. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076494 | MOTORCYCLE - In an air cleaner unit having a casing body of carbon fiber and configured to introduce outside air into an engine, a lamination layer part formed by laminating plural kinds of materials is arranged in a region of at least a portion of the air cleaner unit. The lamination layer part is formed of a carbon fiber layer and an elastic material layer. The casing body is provided with an opening to be connected to an air intake duct. The lamination layer part is formed of a first lamination layer part and a second lamination layer part of which the elastic material layer is thicker than that of the first lamination layer part. The second lamination layer part is arranged around the opening. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076278 | DOOR LOCK SYSTEM - A door lock system includes a trunk partitioned from a passenger compartment of a vehicle, a hood that opens and closes the trunk, a door lock mechanism that locks a door of the vehicle independently from locking of the hood, a control unit that controls driving of the door lock mechanism in response to predetermined communication performed with an electronic key carried by a user, and an opening detection unit that detects whether the hood is open. If the opening detection unit detects that the hood is open, the control unit inhibits the door lock mechanism from locking the door even when the predetermined communication is performed. | 03-17-2016 |
20160075380 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body side structure includes a pair of left and right pillars, a center bulk, and gussets. The pair of pillars extend in an up-down direction in side parts of a vehicle body. The center bulk is disposed behind a seat of a vehicle and extends between the pillars in a vehicle width direction. The gussets are connected to the pillars and the center bulk. The gussets each include a first connecting portion connected to a corresponding one of the pillars, a second connecting portion connected to the center bulk, a retractor attachment portion provided below the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion and serving as a component attachment portion where a vehicle body component is attached, and a fragile portion provided between the second connecting portion and the retractor attachment portion. | 03-17-2016 |
20160075247 | PRIORITY BASED VEHICLE CONTROL STRATEGY - A method for sending a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) request that includes receiving a V2G request for a specific geographical region; determining which of a plurality of vehicles are in the specific geographic region; determining a subset of the plurality of vehicles located in the specific geographic region that meet at least one criteria to join the V2G request, wherein the at least one criteria uses historical data of the plurality of vehicles to reduce battery degradation of the plurality of vehicles; and sending a signal to the subset of the plurality of vehicles to join the V2G request. | 03-17-2016 |
20160069383 | BALL JOINT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a technique whereby a DLC film having a desired surface roughness and a desired film hardness can be easily formed within a short period of time while preventing cost increase so that a large quantity of boll joints, which are less expensive and yet have stable sliding characteristics, can be supplied. A method for manufacturing a ball joint provided with a ball stud that has a spherical surface section and a holder section that pivotally holds the spherical surface section, said method comprising: an intermediate underlayer-forming step for forming an intermediate underlayer, that has a fine irregular surface structure, on the surface of the spherical surface section using a sputtering method; and an amorphous hard carbon film-forming step for forming an amorphous hard carbon film, that has a root mean square roughness on the surface of 6.5-35 nm, on the intermediate underlayer using a PIG plasma film formation method. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068976 | WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - A water electrolysis system includes a water electrolysis apparatus, an electric component, and a casing. The electric component is to operate the water electrolysis apparatus. The casing includes a housing chamber, an electric component chamber, and a buffering chamber. The housing chamber has a first ventilation air inlet to introduce external air into the housing chamber and houses the water electrolysis apparatus. The electric component chamber has a second ventilation air inlet to introduce the external air into the electric component chamber and houses the electric component. The first ventilation air inlet and the second ventilation air inlet are separate from each other. The buffering chamber is in communication with the first ventilation air inlet and the second ventilation air inlet. An air pressure in the buffering chamber is to be maintained at atmospheric pressure. | 03-10-2016 |
20160067061 | INTEGRAL ADMITTANCE SHAPING FOR AN EXOSKELETON CONTROL DESIGN FRAMEWORK - An assistive exoskeleton control system has a controller generating a positive assistance by shaping a closed loop integral admittance of a coupled human exoskeleton system to a desired assistance ratio A | 03-10-2016 |
20160065516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFE COMMUNICATION - A method and system for use in managing communication messages are provided. The system includes a display unit and one or more processors communicatively coupled to one or more memory devices and the display unit. The one or more processors are programmed to receive an incoming message for a driver of the vehicle, determine if the driver is experiencing a high-intensity situation, automatically respond to the incoming message with a reply message to the sender of the incoming message if the driver is experiencing the high-intensity situation, and automatically notify the driver, after the high-intensity situation has ended, that the incoming message was received. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062635 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for application management are provided herein. For example, a system for application management may launch or execute multiple applications, such as a first application and a second application. The system for application management may provide a user with different ways of multi-tasking or ways to switch between applications, such as providing or generating home screen shortcuts for a most recently utilized application or a most frequently launched application. Additionally, the system for application management may enable multi-tasking or swapping of applications when a user double taps a home button, initiates a swipe gesture, hits a task swap button, speaks a voice command, etc. In this manner, application management is provided such that a user may engage in the use of multiple applications or switching between in a quick or efficient manner. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060771 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - A differential pressure water electrolysis system includes high pressure water electrolysis cells stacked and fastened in a stacking direction. Each of the high pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode feed conductor, a cathode feed conductor, an anode separator, a cathode separator, an elastic member, a hydrogen manifold, a conductive member, a sealing member, a conductive sheet, and an insulation member. The conductive member is disposed between the cathode separator and the electrolyte membrane to provide the hydrogen manifold. The conductive sheet is disposed so as to extend from a first portion between the conductive member and the electrolyte membrane to a second portion between the cathode feed conductor and the elastic member. The insulation member is disposed in a center portion of the cathode feed conductor and between the conductive sheet and the electrolyte membrane. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060666 | THERMOSTABLE XYLANASE BELONGING TO GH FAMILY 10 - A thermostable xylanase having a xylanase catalytic domain including: (A) a polypeptide including the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, (B) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which at least one amino acid has been deleted, substituted, or added in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having xylanase activity at least under conditions of 85° C. and pH 6.0, or (C) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having 80% or greater sequence identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having xylanase activity at least under conditions of 85° C. and pH 6.0. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059864 | PRIVACY MANAGEMENT - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for privacy management are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, privacy management may be provided by adjusting the way a system provides notifications, handles communications, or executes applications based on the presence or positioning of one or more occupants within a vehicle. In other words, a vehicle may provide notifications in a first manner when merely a driver is present but provide notifications in a second manner (e.g., different than the first manner) when an additional occupant is detected. Sensors may be utilized to detect the presence or positioning of occupants and communications or applications may be managed accordingly. In this manner, privacy management is provided, thus enhancing security of applications or communications utilized by occupants of a vehicle, such as a driver, for example. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059734 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a fuel storage container, a container installation space, a fill lid box, and a fuel gas detector. The fuel cell is to generate power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas. At least part of the fuel storage container is disposed in the container installation space. The fill lid box includes a gas fill port inside the fill lid box and has a communication hole to connect an inside of the fill lid box with the container installation space. The fuel gas is to be supplied through the gas fill port into the fuel storage container from an outside of the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel gas detector is disposed inside the fill lid box to detect a fuel gas leakage and to detect a fuel gas density in the container installation space. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059658 | DAMPER - A damper includes a polarized capacitor electrically connected to an electromagnetic motor. The surface area at a first fluid chamber side of a piston head is different from the surface area at a second fluid chamber side of the piston head in a cylinder. A positive electrode side of the polarized capacitor is connected to the electromagnetic motor at a side at which output voltage from the electromagnetic motor is positive when the piston head is displaced toward the first fluid chamber side. | 03-03-2016 |
20160054348 | VEHICLE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR PROTECTION STRUCTURE - In a vehicle including a pulse ring that rotates together with a wheel, a wheel speed sensor that has a detection portion close to the pulse ring, and a bracket that fixes the wheel speed sensor, a tubular protective wall surrounding the detection portion is provided on the bracket so that an end part, on the pulse ring side, of the protective wall is closer to the pulse ring than the detection portion) of the wheel speed sensor is. This enables the wheel speed sensor to be protected without adding a special component. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053960 | REAR COMBINATION LAMP FOR VEHICLE - In a rear combination lamp for a vehicle in which a tail lamp light source and a stop lamp light source are covered from the rear of the vehicle with an outer lens, the tail lamp light source and the stop lamp light source are covered with a first inner lens, and a second inner lens that is subjected to processing so as to have a lower light transmittance than that of the first inner lens and so that diffused light is formed for covering the first inner lens from the rear of the vehicle in a region in which at least the first inner lens and the tail lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle while avoiding a region in which at least the first inner lens and the stop lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053875 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In a crank-type vehicle power transmission apparatus, since an outer member of a one-way clutch has a large swing angular velocity when an amount of eccentricity of an input side fulcrum is large and a small swing angular velocity when the amount of eccentricity of the input side fulcrum is small, a projection fixed to the outer member is detected by a proximity sensor, the swing angular velocity of the outer member is calculated from a time gap of detection signals outputted by the proximity sensor, and the amount of eccentricity of the input side fulcrum can be estimated based on the swing angular velocity. Since the cumulative value of the detection signals is not used in the course of estimating the amount of eccentricity, the occurrence of error in estimation due to an accumulation of errors can be avoided. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053852 | METAL BELT FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A metal belt for a continuously variable transmission includes a metal element wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley and transmits a driving force between the two pulleys, in which a rocking edge is provided at the radially outer end of a front face of a body part. The rocking edge being a fulcrum for pitching of the metal element, and a recess is formed in a rear face of a neck part, and therefore, when the metal element on the rear side is displaced toward the radially outer side with respect to the metal element on the front side, the rocking edge of the metal element on the rear side enters a ring slot and the recess of the metal element on the front side, and the metal element on the rear side moves so as to be closer to the metal element on the front side. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052576 | SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY TRANSPORT DEVICE - Disclosed is a suspension assembly transport device ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160052511 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a push-start mode and a motor start mode. The push-start mode transmits a driving force from driving wheels to the engine via a first transmission route at a speed detected by a speed detection means equal to or more than a predetermined speed to start the engine. The motor start mode starts the engine using a driving force of the motor at a speed equal to or less than the predetermined speed as well as in a stopped state. At a speed outside a speed range that either mode is executable when a start command of the engine occurs in driving only using the electric motor as the driving source, a control means performs the driving force reduction control for reducing a driving force transmitted from the electric motor to the driving wheels of the vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052404 | WIRELESS CHARGING - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for vehicle-to-vehicle wireless charging are provided herein. A first vehicle may be equipped with a first vehicle-to-vehicle wireless charging system and a second vehicle may be equipped with a second vehicle-to-vehicle wireless charging system. The first vehicle may be placed in a charge providing mode and the second vehicle may be placed in a charge receiving mode. Respective vehicles may detect or monitor for hazards prior to, during, or after wireless charging. When hazards are detected, notifications may be provided to promote safety while wireless charging occurs. The first vehicle may be pulled alongside, in front of, or behind the second vehicle within a charging proximity to facilitate wireless charging. Control may be provided such that charging or starting the second vehicle is possible without exiting the first vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052373 | WINDSHIELD CONTROL DEVICE - A windshield control device is configured such that a position and/or an angle in a height direction of a windshield attached to a front part of a vehicle is optionally adjusted by an actuator. The windshield control device includes receiving means that receives a signal related to a head set having a microphone used by a rider, and control means that drives and controls the windshield. The control means upwardly moves the windshield according to the signal received by the receiving means. The signal is a tone signal input from the microphone or a manipulated signal of an active switch for operating the head set or the receiving means. The windshield is upwardly moved according to magnitude of the tone signal input from the microphone after the receiving means is operated. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052093 | WELDING ASSEMBLIES FOR DRESSING ELECTRODE TIPS AND METHODS OF DRESSING ELECTRODE TIPS - A welding assembly includes a tip dress unit for dressing an electrode tip and a tip cleaning unit having a brush rotating during a cleaning operation. The tip cleaning unit is used to clean the electrode tip prior to the electrode tip being moved to the tip dress unit. The brush may be a wire brush. The brush may clean multiple electrode tips simultaneously. The brush may remove debris, such as sealer, oil, or particles from the electrode tip. The tip cleaning unit may include a shield at least partially surrounding the brush. | 02-25-2016 |
20160046335 | VEHICLE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT STRUCTURE - A vehicle luggage compartment structure includes a storage recess that is provided in a vehicle luggage compartment so as to store a spare tire, a lid that closes the storage recess, a rear panel that is provided so as to form a rear part of the storage recess, and a separate component that is detachably mounted substantially in the center of the rear panel on the side of the luggage compartment. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046297 | DRIVING EVALUATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DRIVING EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A driving evaluation system includes: a passage determination unit configured to, when traveling through a caution-required location included in caution-required location information that indicates a plurality of caution-required locations that are determined in advance to be points where caution is required when a vehicle passes through the point based on the traveling history of a plurality of vehicles that is generated in advance, determine whether or not a vehicle has passed through the caution-required location in a safe traveling manner, based on a traveling aspect of the vehicle in the caution-required location; and a driving evaluation unit configured to, immediately after the vehicle passes through the caution-required location, evaluate the traveling aspect of the vehicle in the caution-required location based on a determination result determined by the passage determination unit and notify a driver of the vehicle of an evaluation result. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046283 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid vehicle includes a battery, a generation unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator configured to supply electric power generated to a motor or the battery, the motor, and a mount which connects the internal combustion engine to a vehicle body. An internal combustion engine control device for the vehicle includes a generation unit activation determination portion which determines whether or not the generation unit needs to be activated to operate, a mount displacement quantity deriving portion which derives a mount displacement quantity indicating an extended/contracted length of the mount, and an internal combustion engine control portion which prohibits a start of the internal combustion engine a case the mount displacement quantity exceeds a threshold. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046220 | VEHICLE SEAT COVERING ASSEMBLY - The vehicle seat cover assembly covers a portion of a vehicle seat back. The vehicle seat cover assembly comprises a base member including a first portion and a second portion. The base member includes at least one connecting component to permit interlocking engagement therewith, a covering configured to be connected to the base member to cover a portion of the base member, and, a fastening member including at least one fastening component configure to attach the covering to the base member. The covering is positioned intermediate to the fastening member and the base member such that the fastening component of the fastening member engages the connecting component of the base member thereby attaching the covering to the base member. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046191 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor disposed so as to be offset to one side with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-to-rear direction and a frame member for supporting the motor via at least two supporting devices. A first fixing portion which is situated relatively closer to the one side is formed in a higher position in a vertical direction than a second fixing portion which is situated closer to the other side. An electric wire fixing portion of the motor is formed in a position below an imaginary straight line which passes through a center of the first fixing portion and a center of the second fixing portion, in a side view of the motor. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046177 | VEHICLE - In this vehicle, a rear opening is formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, a tailgate capable of opening and closing the rear opening is attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down, a passenger opening is formed that allows passengers to enter and exit through the tailgate, and a seat is provided adjacently to the rear surface. The passenger opening is formed in a portion of the rear surface in the vehicle width direction. One end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned on one end of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction, and the other end of the seat in the vehicle width direction is positioned in a portion overlapping with the passenger opening in the vehicle width direction. | 02-18-2016 |
20160045965 | TAP SLEEVE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - A tap sleeve for accepting one of a variety of different tap tools for use to repair thread damage to an item being assembled on an assembly line. The tap sleeve is configured with a handle portion configured to be held by the worker, and a base portion for securing the tap tool and limiting the depth in which the tap tool can be inserted, while avoiding damaging the surface of the item being worked and while preventing the hand of the user from slipping toward the tap tool. Optionally, a removable head can be used to adapt the tap sleeve for use with another tool, such as a wrench, to provide additional torque. | 02-18-2016 |
20160043427 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENT CONNECTION MECHANISM OF FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL STACK - An electric component connection mechanism of a fuel cell stack includes a fuel cell stack body, terminal plates, end plates, and a housing. A plurality of fuel cells that generate electricity by electrochemical reaction of a fuel gas and an oxidant gas are stacked in the fuel cell stack body. The terminal plates are disposed on both ends of the fuel cell stack body in a stacking direction of the fuel cells. The end plates are stacked on the terminal plates on the sides opposite to the fuel cell stack body. The terminal plates include terminals that penetrate through and protrude out of the end plates. The terminals are connected to high-voltage cables. Moving mechanisms that support the terminal plates while allowing the terminal plates to advance and retreat in the stacking direction with respect to the end plates are provided. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043421 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM ION EXCHANGER - An ion exchanger includes an apparatus body having a lower filter and an upper filter. Ion exchange resin fills a space between the lower filter and the upper filter. A water supply port is provided at a lower position of the apparatus body, and a water discharge port is provided at an upper position of the apparatus body. An air container is provided at an upper position of the apparatus body, and an electric conductivity meter is provided in the air container at a position above the water discharge port. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042900 | CIRCUIT BREAKER DEVICE - A circuit breaker device is provided with a main contactor part that can switch between connection and disconnection of a battery and a circuit, and a circuit breaker ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160040314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ELECTRODEPOSITION COATING PROCESS - A method and apparatus for reducing imperfections in an electrodeposition coating process. An apparatus includes a frame and at least one air nozzle coupled to the frame for blowing a low pressure, high volume air on an object that has undergone electrodeposition coating. A first method includes the steps of electrically depositing a material on an object, blowing a low pressure, high volume air on the object, and curing the electrically deposited material to the object. A second method includes the steps of electrically depositing a material on an object, blowing a high pressure, low volume air on the object, blowing a low pressure, high volume air on the object, and curing the electrically deposited material to the object. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILLING A VEHICLE COMPONENT WITH FLUID - A fluid fill system includes a fill nozzle having a head configured to be received in a reservoir of a vehicle component for filling the reservoir with a fluid and a fluid fill sensor system having an air hose coupled to the head. The fluid fill sensor system has a pressure sensor pneumatically sensing when the fill nozzle is properly seated with the vehicle component by sensing an increase in a pressure of the fluid fill sensor system. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039428 | AUTOMATIC OPERATION VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An automatic operation vehicle control apparatus includes a contact detecting unit, an override detecting unit, and an automatic operation control unit. The contact detecting unit detects the presence of contact of a hand or hands of a driver with a steering wheel of a vehicle. The override detecting unit detects the presence of override on the steering wheel by the driver on the basis of the result of the detection by the contact detecting unit. The automatic operation control unit switches the operation mode at least including the automatic operation and the manual operation of the vehicle on the basis of the result of the detection by the override detecting unit. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039405 | VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle provided with left and right electric motors electrically connected to a battery and mechanically connected respectively to left and right vehicle wheels, a power generator mechanically connected to an internal combustion engine being electrically connected to the battery, wherein the battery is reliably protected during traction control and at other such times. Two electric motors, specifically first and second electric motors, are temporarily handled integrally to determine a torque down amount (TD), which is the total allowable power variation width (α) of the two electric motors, on the basis of left and right total power (Y), and the respective motive powers of the first and second electric motors are controlled while being limited by values obtained by simply dividing the determined torque down amount (TD) equally, whereby the allowable input/output power (allowable input power (Z)) of the battery is reliably protected. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039391 | VEHICULAR WIPER DEVICE - A vehicular wiper device is provided with a snowfall determination unit that determines whether a predetermined snowfall condition is satisfied. When the snowfall determination unit determines that a predetermined snowfall condition is satisfied, a controller that controls a wiper motor changes lower reverse positions of wiper blades to lower reverse positions during snowfall that are on the lower side with respect to lower reverse positions during normal times. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039362 | EXTERIOR MEMBER AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A vehicle includes a transparent panel provided on an external surface of the vehicle and spaced from an internal component part disposed at a vehicle inner side and an exterior member at least one of whose end portions is adjacent to the transparent panel and which is disposed on the external surface so as to be substantially parallel to the transparent panel. The exterior member includes a light transmissive layer located at a vehicle outer side and a print layer that is located at the vehicle inner side of the light transmissive layer and in contact with the light transmissive layer and that includes a printed pixel pattern in which pixels are two-dimensionally arranged. The print layer is printed such that when the exterior member is viewed from outside the vehicle, a virtual image of the pixel pattern appears on the vehicle inner side of the print layer. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039273 | VEHICLE - A vehicle having a rear opening formed across the entire rear surface of the vehicle body, a tailgate attached to the vehicle body so as to be capable of swinging up and down and so as to open and close the rear opening, a passenger opening formed in a portion of the tailgate in the vehicle width direction for allowing passengers to board, and a door attached to the tailgate so as to be capable of opening and closing the passenger opening. A door latch which maintains the door in a closed state is attached to the door. A release operation means which can release the door latch is provided on the surface of the door inside of the vehicle. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039039 | ALUMINUM RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING TIP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An electrical resistance spot welding tip for joining a plurality of aluminum alloy workpieces includes a cylindrical body extending along a central axis defined through the body between a first end and an opposing second end of the cylindrical body. A spherically domed central region is formed at the first end of the cylindrical body. The spherically domed central region has an outer boundary defining a diameter of the spherically domed central region. An annular outer ring is positioned coaxially about the spherically domed central region. The annular outer ring has an end surface defined in a plane perpendicular to the central axis. A distance between a point on the spherically domed central region defined at the central axis and the end surface of the annular outer ring is dependent on a thickness of each of the plurality of aluminum alloy workpieces. | 02-11-2016 |
20160033020 | VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicular power transmission device including a crank type continuously variable transmission is provided in which when the vehicle transitions to the deceleration traveling state, a second one-way clutch ( | 02-04-2016 |
20160032881 | VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicular power transmission including a crank type continuously variable transmission is provided in which when the rotational speed of an engine during deceleration fuel cut-off is at least a first rotational speed, which is an upper limit of rotational speed at which plunging of a starter motor is possible, but less than a second rotational speed, which is a lower limit of rotational speed at which self-ignition of the engine is possible. The engine is cranked and restarted by transmitting the driving force of an electric motor of a shift actuator to an input shaft via first and second engagement portions. This eliminates the need for restarting the engine with the starter motor by waiting until the rotational speed of the engine has become less than the first rotational speed, thus reducing the time required for restarting the engine. Moreover, the electric motor can be made small. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032816 | UNIFLOW TWO-STROKE ENGINE - A uniflow two-stroke engine includes: a cylinder receiving a piston such that the piston can reciprocate therein and defining a combustion chamber above the piston; an exhaust port having one end in communication with an upper end portion of the cylinder; a scavenging port having a scavenging orifice at one end, the scavenging orifice being in communication with a lower part of a side portion of the cylinder such that the scavenging port is selectively brought into communication with and shut off from the combustion chamber by the piston; and an exhaust gas recirculation passage having one end in communication with a part of the side portion of the cylinder above the scavenging port and the other end in communication with the scavenging port such that the exhaust gas recirculation passage is selectively brought into communication with and shut off from the combustion chamber by the piston. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031520 | HANDLEBAR FIXING STRUCTURE - A handlebar fixing structure enabling a handlebar to be attached to a high position to provide high vibration absorbency. The handlebar fixing structure includes a handlebar, a handlebar post supported above a steering system, and a handlebar clamper for fixing the handlebar to the handlebar post. The handlebar clamper includes a first damper member and a second damper member disposed so as to sandwich a cylindrical portion of the handlebar post and the handlebar from a direction orthogonal to the vehicle widthwise direction. An elastic member is interposed between the first clamper member and the handlebar post and between the second damper member and the handlebar post. The first damper member and the second clamper member are coupled with each other by a bolt and include abutting faces for abutting with each other so as to receive an axial force of the bolt. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031511 | LINK MECHANISM PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A link mechanism includes a shock absorber rod pivotally supported in an upwardly and downwardly swingable manner on a body frame. A shock absorber arm is disposed between a pair of left and right rod portions constituting the shock absorber rod. A front end portion of the shock absorber arm is connected to a lower end portion of a shock absorber unit, a rear upper end portion is connected to a swing arm, and a rear lower end portion is connected to a rear end portion of the shock absorber rod. A link guard covers at least an area from a front end portion of the shock absorber rod to the front end portion of the shock absorber arm on the lower side thereof to be fixed to and to spread over the pair of left and right rod portions. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031341 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply control apparatus for a vehicle having a battery portion having a plurality of batteries of which a connection mode is switched to a series mode or a parallel mode, a device which can give or be given electric power to or from the battery portion, and a switching portion which switches the connection mode of the batteries to a series mode or a parallel mode has requiring portions which output respective requirements of the battery portion and the device in relation to the connection mode of the batteries based on respective conditions of the battery portion and the device, a determination portion which determines which of a series requirement and a parallel requirement is greater in number, and a determination. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031326 | VEHICULAR BRAKE SYSTEM - The present invention addresses the problem of providing a vehicular brake system that uses both friction braking force generated by an electrical braking unit and regenerative braking force generated by a regenerative braking unit, and can reduce a shortage in braking force when a slip has occurred on a wheel and antilock control is activated. The vehicular brake system includes: an electrical braking unit that supplies operational pressure generated in operational fluid by an electrical brake actuator to wheel cylinders and thereby applies friction braking force to wheels; a regenerative braking unit for applying regenerative braking force generated by an electrical motor to a driving wheel; and an antilock control unit for activating antilock control that increases and decreases the friction braking force to stop slip of a wheel. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031312 | CO-INJECTED SEALING STRUCTURE OF AN AIR RECIRCULATION PREVENTION DEVICE - An airflow directing assembly and associated method of assembling same, includes an air deflector having a first portion mounted in the vehicle engine compartment rearwardly of the bumper beam and including a separating wall that extends between and segregates a first, upper air flow path from a second, lower air flow path. The airflow directing assembly includes a second, flexible seal portion extending from the air deflector first portion in a direction toward the bumper beam. The flexible seal portion is configured for sliding, sealing engagement with a surface of a vehicle engine compartment component such as the bumper beam to accommodate build variation during vehicle assembly. | 02-04-2016 |
20160029243 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An in-vehicle terminal device includes: a wireless LAN communication section capable of performing wireless communication over a short range; a cellular communication section capable of performing wireless communication over a longer range than the wireless LAN communication section; and a communication method selection section which selects the wireless LAN communication section or the cellular communication section according to a real-time communication requirement for data to be transmitted to or received from outside of a vehicle. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027305 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A notification system includes: a first extraction unit configured to extract caution-required locations present within a predetermined distance range centered on a current position of a vehicle from a plurality of caution-required locations of which the positional information is previously acquired; a second extraction unit configured to extract caution-required locations present within a predetermined angle centered on a current traveling direction of the vehicle from the plurality of caution-required locations; a third extraction unit configured to extract, as a notification target point, a caution-required location where the current position of the vehicle is present within a predetermined angle range centered on the orientation of a link through which the vehicle is determined to pass by referring to map data holding information of a plurality of links in which positions and orientations are matched with each other, from caution-required locations extracted in common by both the first extraction unit and the second extraction unit; and an execution unit configured to execute a caution-required location traveling notification in accordance with the approach of the vehicle to the notification target point extracted by the third extraction unit. | 01-28-2016 |
20160025501 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND RECALLING LOCATION DATA - A system and method for recalling and utilizing location data are presented. A connection between a device and a vehicle is detected. After the connection is detected, a first set of data stored on the device is identified. The first set of data includes a last known location of the vehicle. A current value of a vehicle sensor is compared to a historical value of the vehicle sensor. The historical value was captured from the vehicle sensor at about a time the first set of data was stored on the device. When the current value of the vehicle sensor is the same as the historical value of the vehicle sensor, the first set of data is used to define a current location of the vehicle. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023632 | SEAT BELT DEVICE - A seat belt device includes: a belt reel that winds a webbing; an electric motor that drives the belt reel to wind; a collision prediction unit that predicts a collision with an object; and a controller that is connected to the collision prediction unit via a network and that performs winding control of the electric motor when a collision with the object is predicted by the collision prediction unit. After the controller receives information on collision prediction from the collision prediction unit via the network, even when a communication failure occurs between the controller and the collision prediction unit, the controller performs control to cause the electric motor to continue winding control. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023551 | VARIABLE RATIO THROTTLE PEDAL - A pedal assembly includes a one-piece accelerator pedal without moving linkages that is mounted to a pin for rotational movement relative to a mounting stay. The throttle cable is operatively connected to the accelerator pedal for movement thereby as the pedal rotates, at least one of the pedal and mounting stay configured to provide a first ratio of pedal stroke movement relative to cable stroke movement at initial depression of the accelerator pedal, and a different, second ratio of pedal stroke movement relative to cable stroke movement upon further depression of the accelerator pedal. | 01-28-2016 |
20160020684 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a first inverter that converts a first direct-current voltage into a first alternating-current voltage and outputs the first alternating-current voltage, and a second inverter that has an output connected in series with an output of the first inverter and converts a second direct-current voltage into a second alternating-current voltage synchronized with the first alternating-current voltage and outputs the second alternating-current voltage. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017990 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In an apparatus for detecting abnormal hydraulic pressure of an automatic transmission having first and second input shafts that input rotation of an engine through first and second clutches and an idler shaft that inputs the rotation through a third clutch, and equipped with a hydraulic pressure supply circuit having a first pressure-regulating valve that generates line pressure, a line pressure-regulating valve that controls operation of the first pressure-regulating valve based on a line pressure command value, and first, second and third hydraulic pressure detectors that detect the hydraulic pressures of first, second and third oil passages respectively, it is determined whether abnormality that makes the high pressure abnormally high has occurred in the line pressure-regulating valve based on the hydraulic pressures detected by at least one of the first, second and third hydraulic pressure detectors and a line pressure command value, when predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle are satisfied. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017989 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In an apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission connected to a prime mover mounted on a vehicle, having a torque converter equipped with a lock-up clutch, when the automatic transmission is gear-shifted to a predetermined gear at deceleration of the vehicle and it is determined that predetermined operating conditions of the vehicle are satisfied, a lock-up clutch engaging circuit is formed through a hydraulic supply circuit. Next it is determined whether engage-position sticking malfunction of the lock-up clutch has occurred based on a ratio of an input rotational speed of the automatic transmission relative to an output rotational speed of the prime mover when the lock-up clutch engaging circuit has been formed, and fail-safe control is then implement when the sticking is determined. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017965 | LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator includes: a pinion shaft coaxially coupled to a motor shaft; a driven gear that is engaged with a pinion gear on the pinion shaft; a nut that rotates with the driven gear; a feed screw mechanism that converts rotation movement of the nut into linear movement of a rod; a coupling part allowing an outer peripheral surface of the motor shaft to be serration coupled to an inner peripheral surface of a vertical hole in the pinion shaft; and a pressurizing unit that generates a pressure that axially acts between e motor shaft and the pinion shaft in the coupling part. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017820 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - An engine fuel supply apparatus includes: a fuel chamber provided in a carburetor; a first communication passage for opening the interior of the fuel chamber to the atmosphere; a second communication passage for communicating the interior of the fuel chamber with the interior of a Venturi section; and a passage switching section capable of switching between the first and second communication passages and mechanically connected to the main switch so that it can operate in response to the main switch shifting between an ignition position and a stop position. The passage switching section switches the second communication passage to the first communication passage in response to the main switch shifting from the stop position to the ignition position and switches the first communication passage to the second communication passage in response to the main switch shifting from the ignition position to the stop position. | 01-21-2016 |
20160016472 | VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicle display apparatus includes a left decorative panel and a right decorative panel each including a first instrument panel and a second instrument panel, a left rotating mechanism that rotates the left decorative panel about an axis of rotation and changes which of the first instrument panel and the second instrument panel to be allowed to face toward a driver in a vehicle, and a right rotating mechanism that rotates the right decorative panel about an axis of rotation and changes which of the first instrument panel and the second instrument panel to be allowed to face toward the driver in the vehicle. | 01-21-2016 |
20160016430 | VEHICLE WHEEL - A vehicle wheel of the present invention, includes: a sub air chamber member which serves as a Helmholtz resonator and is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion in a tire air chamber; a first standing wall surface formed such as to stand from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion outward in radial direction and extend in circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface; and a second standing wall surface formed on the well portion such as to face the first standing wall surface in width direction of the outer circumferential surface. | 01-21-2016 |
20160016252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTIVE SPOT WELDING - An apparatus and corresponding methods are disclosed to resistively spot weld a stack of sheet metal having a plurality of sheets of sheet metal. In one embodiment, a method includes contacting a first welding tip to a first side of the stack and contacting a second welding tip to a second side of the stack, the second side comprising a thinnest exterior sheet of the stack, the second welding tip including a contacting surface area less than the first welding tip; applying a squeeze pressure to the stack; and applying a current to the stack by applying a first current pulse for a first duration followed by applying a second current pulse for a second duration longer than the first duration and with a lower current than a current of the first current pulse. | 01-21-2016 |
20160004367 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle display apparatus includes a ring dial rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a surface of a steering wheel, a first rotation angle detector configured to detect rotation of the ring dial, a capacitive electrode disposed radially outside the ring dial so as to surround the ring dial and configured to detect at least a user's touch, and a display panel configured to cause transition of a screen in response to detection of rotation of the ring dial by the first rotation angle detector and detection of the user's touch by the capacitive electrode. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003661 | OIL LEVEL GAUGE MOUNTING STRUCTURE - An oil level gauge mounting structure includes an oil level gauge, a dipstick insertion hole, a peripheral wall, and an opening portion. The oil level gauge includes a grip portion and a dipstick. The grip portion has a finger insertion hole which defines a finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole and into which a finger of an operating person is to be inserted from the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole. The peripheral wall surrounds the grip portion from directions except the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole so as to define an insertion recess portion to receive the grip portion in a state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole. The opening portion is open in the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole in the state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003636 | MULTI-LEVEL NAVIGATION MONITORING AND CONTROL - Multi-level navigation monitoring and control is provided. A system includes a lane marking manager determining a first boundary line, a second boundary line, and a centerline of a current lane of travel. The system also includes a confidence level determiner assigning a first confidence level to the first boundary line, a second confidence level to the second boundary line, and a third confidence level to the centerline. Further, the system includes a user interface outputting representations of the first boundary line, the second boundary line, and the centerline based, at least in part, on the first confidence level, the second confidence level, and the third confidence level. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003208 | HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SUPPLY SYSTEM - A hydraulic pressure supply system, which is capable of properly controlling a degree of engagement of a clutch, thereby making it possible to improve vehicle drivability. The hydraulic pressure supply system includes a first hydraulic pressure supply device that uses an internal combustion engine as a motive power source and supplies hydraulic pressure to the clutch, and a second hydraulic pressure supply device that supplies hydraulic pressure to the clutch by being driven by a motive power source other than the engine, detects a vehicle speed and a rotational difference parameter that represents a difference in rotational speed between an output shaft of the clutch and an input shaft of the clutch, and controls clutch supply hydraulic pressure which is hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch, according to the detected vehicle speed and rotational difference parameter, when restart conditions of the engine are satisfied. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003112 | OIL CIRCULATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oil circulation device for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pan, a partition, and a communication groove. The oil pan is disposed below a cylinder block and includes a bottom wall and a sidewall to define a recessed portion that opens upward. The partition extends upward from the bottom wall so as to have a protruding end and divide the recessed portion into a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion. The communication groove extends downward from the protruding end of the partition in a thickness direction of the partition to connect the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001738 | VEHICLE WEBBING GUIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body includes a pillar member disposed on an outer side of a cabin in a vehicle width direction and a side wall member located closer to inside in the vehicle width direction than the pillar member and coupled to the pillar member. The guide member for guiding drawing of a webbing includes a front edge fixing portion coupled to the pillar member, a rear edge fixing portion coupled to the side wall member, and a guide body whose two ends are coupled to the front and rear edge fixing portions and which forms a webbing drawing opening together with the pillar member and the side wall member. The front and rear edge fixing portions are separated from each other with an interval greater than or equal to a width of the webbing and coupled to the pillar member and the side wall member. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001675 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first voltage adjusting device, a second voltage adjusting device, and a controller. The controller is to control the first voltage adjusting device and the second voltage adjusting device. The controller is to switch the second voltage adjusting device from a direct coupling state to a voltage adjusting state in a case where a first absolute value of a first difference between a secondary voltage of the second voltage adjusting device applied across a load and a fuel cell voltage is less than a predetermined allowable voltage value or in a case where a second absolute value of a second difference between a fuel cell current being to flow from the fuel cell into the first voltage adjusting device and a target current value of the fuel cell current exceeds a predetermined allowable current value. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001652 | FUEL TANK STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A fuel tank structure for a saddle-ride vehicle for discharging fuel leaking out from a filler neck between a cover member and a fuel tank. The fuel tank structure includes a filler neck having a collar portion projecting upwardly from an upper surface of a fuel tank with a tank cap to seal the filler neck. A tank cover includes a cover opening portion into which the collar portion is inserted for covering the circumference of the filler neck. The tank cap has an extending wall portion for surrounding the outside of the collar portion and extending to a position below the cover opening portion so that fuel leaking from the filler neck is discharged through a clearance between the fuel tank and the tank cover. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001621 | ELECTROMAGNETIC DAMPER - An electromagnetic damper is attached to a vehicle and causes oscillation damping force using a motor driven with energy from a power source. The electromagnetic damper includes an electrical circuit that causes a coil of the motor to be short-circuited in a state where the energy from the power source to the motor is interrupted. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001596 | VEHICLE WHEEL - A vehicle wheel of the present invention, includes: a sub air chamber member which serves as a Helmholtz resonator and is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a well portion in a tire air chamber; a first standing wall surface formed such as to stand from the outer circumferential surface of the well portion outward in radial direction and extend in circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface; and a second standing wall surface formed on the well portion such as to face the first standing wall surface in width direction of the outer circumferential surface. | 01-07-2016 |
20150380788 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL AUTOMOBILE - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an electrical storage device, a fuel-cell-side converter, an electrical-storage-device-side converter, and a controller. The fuel cell is to output fuel cell voltage. The fuel-cell-side converter is configured to apply the fuel cell voltage to a load in a direct connection state or configured to apply a stepped-up fuel cell voltage to the load. The electrical-storage-device-side converter is configured to apply a stepped-up electrical storage device voltage to the load. The controller is configured to control duty of the electrical-storage-device-side converter so that the fuel cell voltage changes smoothly in a case where a state in which the fuel cell voltage is controlled by the fuel-cell-side converter is switched to a state in which the fuel-cell-side converter is set to the direct connection state and the fuel cell voltage is controlled by the electrical-storage-device-side converter. | 12-31-2015 |
20150380755 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a voltage adjustment device, a controller, and a moisture content detector. The voltage adjustment device is configured to adjust output voltage from the fuel cell and configured to apply the output voltage to a load. The controller is configured to supply an instruction signal including an alternating current signal and a target value of the output voltage to the voltage adjustment device to control the voltage adjustment device. The moisture content detector is configured to detect an alternating current signal component included in the output voltage to detect actual moisture content in the fuel cell based on the alternating current signal component. The controller is configured to increase the actual moisture content before setting the voltage adjustment device to a direct connection state. | 12-31-2015 |
20150380753 | METHOD FOR STOPPING FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method for stopping a fuel cell system includes supplying a fuel gas containing a fuel to an anode of a fuel cell which is to generate electric power. An oxidant gas containing an oxidant is supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell. A concentration of the oxidant gas in the cathode is reduced. An output voltage of the fuel cell is lowered while a slope of a change in the output voltage with respect to elapsed time is controlled such that an output current of the fuel cell has a predetermined relationship with a predetermined current reference value. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379871 | CONGESTION SIGN DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONGESTION SIGN DETECTION DEVICE - A congestion sign detection method that is executed by a congestion sign detection device | 12-31-2015 |
20150379773 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display device for a vehicle includes a decorative member; a light source that emits light to the decorative member; and a virtual image generation unit that displays a virtual image between a driver of the vehicle and the decorative member. The light source is disposed closer to the driver than the decorative member, and is alternately switchable between a light-on state and a light-off state when the virtual image generation unit displays a virtual image. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378598 | TOUCH CONTROL PANEL FOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes a display device located in a vehicle. The display device displays a plurality of display icons with one of the display icons representing an active display icon. A touchpad is located in the vehicle remote from the display device. The touchpad provides virtual buttons corresponding to the display icons that have relative orientations corresponding to the display icons. The touchpad establishes a home location on the touchpad based on a location where a user of the vehicle touches the touchpad. The home location corresponds to the active display icon such that the virtual button representing the active display icon is located at the home location and the other virtual buttons are oriented about the home location. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377303 | MULTIPLE PLATE CLUTCH - In a multiple plate clutch having a main spring which is provided between a clutch center fixed in an axial direction and a pressure plate displaceable in the axial direction and presses plural clutch plates in a clutch engagement direction, and a lifter plate for lifting the pressure plate in a clutch release direction, a sub spring for urging the pressure plate in the clutch engagement direction through the lifter plate is provided between the clutch center and the lifter plate, and the lifter plate is lifted by a predetermined amount or more to cut off the urging force of the sub spring to the pressure plate. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377194 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE SUPERCHARGER - An internal-combustion-engine supercharger includes a centrifugal compressor, a pre-compression flow path, a post-compression flow path, a bypass passage, and a control valve. The centrifugal compressor is disposed in an intake passage of an internal combustion engine and has an impeller to compress and discharge intake air using a radial centrifugal force generated by rotating the impeller. The intake air in the post-compression flow path is to be recirculated to the pre-compression flow path via the bypass passage. A connecting portion between the bypass passage and the pre-compression flow path is disposed at a position other than an extreme-bottom surface portion located at a lowest portion in a flow path section of the pre-compression flow path in a state where the internal-combustion-engine supercharger is installed in a vehicle. The control valve is disposed in the bypass passage to control a recirculation flow rate of the intake air. | 12-31-2015 |
20150376731 | STEEL WIRE FOR SPRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A steel wire for a spring, in which the sag resistance and the fatigue characteristics are improved by production processes without addition of alloy elements, is provided. The spring has a structure obtained by quenching and tempering and includes a first layer at a surface thereof, a second layer interior to the first layer, and a third layer, which is interior to the second layer and reaches a center of the spring, and the second layer has lower hardness than the first and the third layers. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375717 | VARIABLE HEADLIGHT WASHER SPRAY APPARATUS AND METHOD DEPENDENT ON OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE - A temperature-dependent spray assembly for a headlight and associated method of spray washing a headlight are provided. The spray assembly includes a nozzle assembly having an opening directed toward a headlight lens surface. A sensor monitors an outdoor temperature. A controller is in operative communication with the sensor and the nozzle assembly, and the controller provides a signal indicative of one of (i) a temperature at or above a predetermined temperature and (ii) a temperature below the predetermined temperature whereby the nozzle assembly is operated in a first manner at or above the predetermined temperature and in a different, second manner below the predetermined temperature. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375325 | ADAPTIVE WELDING APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ADAPTIVE WELDING APPARATUS - An apparatus for adaptive welding is provided. The apparatus includes an arc welding robot having a repositionable arc welding gun. The arc welding robot is configured to position the arc welding gun at a location of a joint formed at an interface of at least a first workpiece and a second workpiece. The apparatus further includes a thermographic imager that is configured to measure a temperature of at least one of the first workpiece and the second workpiece at the location. The apparatus also includes a controller that is in signal communication with the arc welding robot and the thermographic imager. The controller is configured to select a weld schedule for forming a weld at a location based at least in part on the temperature measured with the thermographic imager and a joint profile of the location before the weld is formed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375287 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SHAPE A WORKPIECE - Methods and apparatus to shape a workpiece are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus includes a first die and a second die movable relative to the first die. The apparatus also includes a punch assembly movable relative to the second die and the first die during a stroke cycle of the second die to a position adjacent a workpiece disposed between the second die and the first die. The punch assembly includes a punch to be actuated to pierce the workpiece when the punch assembly is in the position adjacent the workpiece. | 12-31-2015 |
20150374119 | ADJUSTABLE SHELF RACK HAVING A MODULAR SHELVING SYSTEM - A shelf for a modular shelving system includes a frame having a rectangular configuration. A front shelf member has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A rear shelf member is positioned parallel with the front shelf member and has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A first side shelf member is coupled to and extends between the front shelf member first end portion and the rear shelf member first end portion. A second side shelf member is coupled to and extends between the front shelf member second end portion and the rear shelf member second end portion. A cross-member extends between and is removably coupled to the first side shelf member and the second side shelf member. One or more support assemblies are removably coupled to the cross-member and reconfigurable to facilitate supporting a plurality of different dunnage. | 12-31-2015 |
20150372624 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - An electric motor control system includes an inverter, an element temperature observation data acquiring device, a rotational speed upper limit setting device, and a rotational speed limiter. The inverter includes switching elements. The element temperature observation data acquiring device is configured to acquire element temperature observation data indicating an observation value of a temperature of the switching elements of the inverter. The rotational speed upper limit setting device is configured to set a rotational speed upper limit of an electric motor in accordance with the observation value of the temperature of the switching elements so as to satisfy a first condition that a voltage applicable to the switching elements in a case where the electric motor is operated at the rotational speed upper limit is lower than or equal to a withstand voltage of the switching elements. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372328 | OPERATION METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An operation method of a fuel cell system includes providing a turbo pump to supply an oxidant gas to a fuel cell to generate power through a reaction between a fuel gas and the oxidant gas. A branch valve to regulate a flow rate of the oxidant gas which flows through a branch passage that connects an oxidant gas supply passage and an oxidant off-gas discharge passage is provided. The turbo pump and the branch valve are controlled to regulate a flow rate of the oxidant gas to be supplied to the fuel cell in an extremely low power generation mode in which an extremely low generation power is requested. The extremely low generation power is less than or equal to a predetermined generation power corresponding to a minimum flow rate of the oxidant gas that is supplied by the turbo pump. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370329 | VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - A vehicle operation input device includes an option display unit that displays a plurality of options on a display, an operation input unit having an operation surface, where the operation input unit generates operating information indicating a position in the operation surface at which a finger of the operator touches the operation surface, a finger position detecting unit that detects a position of part of an arm of the operator and obtains the position as the positional information regarding the finger of the operator, and a control unit. The control unit sets a particular option among the plurality of options immediately beneath the finger in accordance with the positional information regarding the finger obtained by the finger position detecting unit. An example of the particular option is at least one of the options located in the middle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369363 | HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic pressure supply apparatus for automatic transmission having a first and a second regulator valves | 12-24-2015 |
20150367801 | AIRBAG DEVICE AND COVERING METHOD FOR AIRBAG BODY - Two twist-preventing members are respectively placed against the top and the bottom of an airbag body. The length direction of the twist-preventing members aligns with the length direction of the airbag body. The airbag body, the twist-preventing members, and a tab have been covered with a heat-shrinkable film in said state, and the heat-shrinkable film has been shrunken by heat. | 12-24-2015 |
20150364061 | TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDING - A training system for a motorcycle has a plurality of sensor monitoring operating conditions of the motorcycle. A navigation system indicates a location and a route traveled by the motorcycle. A processor is coupled to the plurality of sensors and the navigation system. A memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: analyze the operating conditions monitored by the plurality of sensors along the route; and provide feedback to increase a riding performance when re-riding the route. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362323 | SERVER DEVICE, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information terminal transmits present position information and acceleration information to a server device. The server device receives the present position information and the acceleration information of the information terminal, generates congestion prediction degree using the acceleration information, associates the congestion prediction degree with map data such that the congestion prediction degree can be displayed on a road map, and transmits association information indicating the association. The information terminal displays the congestion prediction degree on the road map on the display device using the association information transmitted from the server device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362060 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION - A lubrication system for a transmission includes a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, and a hollow cylindrical member. The first tubular portion has a cavity and includes a flange at one end adjacent to a gear shaft of the transmission. The first tubular portion has a first enlarged-diameter part extending in an axial direction from a joint at which the first tubular portion is joined to the second tubular portion. The second tubular portion has a second enlarged-diameter part that extends in the axial direction from the joint and has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the first enlarged-diameter part. The hollow cylindrical member is disposed in the first and second tubular portions and tightly fitted in the first and second enlarged-diameter parts of the first and second tubular portions joined to each other. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362024 | ROTARY-MEMBER LUBRICATING STRUCTURE - A rotary-member lubricating structure includes a housing, a baffle portion, a support portion, and a bolt. The baffle portion has a shape conforming to a shape of a rotary member included in a speed-changing mechanism and covers the rotary member to collect or discharge scattered lubricating oil. The baffle portion includes a first partial baffle portion provided on a first side of the rotary member and a second partial baffle portion provided on a second side of the rotary member. The first partial baffle portion has a protrusion protruding radially outward from an outer circumference of the baffle portion and a fastening hole provided in the protrusion and extending through the first partial baffle portion in an axial direction of the rotary member. The second partial baffle portion has a filling portion to fill a recess in the first partial baffle portion provided due to the protrusion. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360715 | VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE - The steering device includes first and second motors for steering which have common electric characteristics; first and second current sensors detecting first and second current values in the first and second motor, respectively; and abnormality diagnosis units. The abnormality diagnosis units make an abnormality diagnosis indicating that the steering device is abnormal when difference between the first and second current values exceeds a predetermined threshold value. When some abnormality occurs in the current detecting units for detecting the magnitudes of a current flowing through the steering motor, an abnormality diagnosis is rapidly made by comparing the difference with the predetermined value. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360563 | VEHICLE ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPARATUS - A vehicle accelerator pedal apparatus including: a pedal-side arm supported, so as to allow rotation toward the front and rear of the vehicle, by a support shaft in a housing; a pad in the pedal-side arm that can be operated by stepping; and a reaction force application mechanism for applying reaction force to the pedal-side arm. The reaction force application mechanism includes a drive source for generating the reaction force, and a transmission member for transmitting the reaction force generated by the drive source to the pedal-side arm. The reaction force application mechanism is arranged higher than the housing. The pedal-side arm has an extension part that is extended on the opposite side from the pad across the support shaft, and from the pedal-side arm to the transmission member. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360560 | AUTOMOTIVE FUEL TANK - A fuel tank includes a tank body having an outer wall formed of a synthetic resin layer having a multilayer structure. The tank body has at least an inner body layer (an inner adhesive layer and an inner base layer) and an outer body layer (a skin layer, an outer base layer, and an outer adhesive layer) between which a barrier layer is interposed. A structure having an air layer therein is attached to the outer side of the skin layer of the outer body layer. | 12-17-2015 |
20150353075 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A hybrid vehicle determines whether or not the drive mode thereof is shifted from a series drive to an engine direct coupled drive with a power transmission engaging/disengaging portion applied, derives a rotational speed at a drive wheel side of the power transmission engaging/disengaging portion which corresponds to a driving speed as an applying rotational speed of an internal combustion engine at which the power transmission engaging/disengaging portion is applied, and applies the power transmission engaging/disengaging portion by controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine when a difference in rotational speed between the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and the applying rotational speed becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value after the shift to the engine direct coupled drive is determined. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353007 | ACTIVE SOUND EFFECT GENERATING APPARATUS - A control signal generating unit in an active sound effect generating apparatus adjusts the amplitude of a control signal by varying the amplitudes of reference signals in accordance with an amount of change in frequency and a load of a driving source. | 12-10-2015 |
20150352974 | FUEL-CELL VEHICLE - A fuel-cell vehicle includes a storage container, a fuel cell system, a state detector, a transmitter, a request detector, and a controller. The controller includes a signal generator and a communication starting device. The signal generator is configured to determine a transmission value indicating a physical state detected by the state detector so as to generate a data signal in accordance with the transmission value. The signal generator is configured to set the transmission value to a reference value preset based on the physical state detected by the state detector if the fuel cell system is not running and configured to set the transmission value to a value obtained by correcting the reference value so that an amount of the fuel gas to be monitored by an external filling device increases if the fuel cell system is running. | 12-10-2015 |
20150349394 | COOLING STRUCTURE OF POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A cooling structure of a power storage device includes a cooling plate, a partition member, and a heat conduction material. The cooling plate is to cool a storage battery bank including storage batteries which are stacked. The partition member is disposed between the storage battery bank and the cooling plate and includes divided areas. At least one of the storage batteries is provided in each of the divided areas. The heat conduction material is accommodated in at least one of the divided areas and is in contact with the at least one of the storage batteries and the cooling plate. | 12-03-2015 |
20150349355 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a separator, and a sealing member. The sealing member is provided on a separator surface and includes a base seal portion, a protruding seal portion, a first recessed portion, and a second recessed portion. The protruding seal portion protrudes from the base seal portion in a stacking direction so as to block leakage of at least one of a fuel gas, an oxidant gas, and a coolant which flow along the separator surface. The first recessed portion is disposed on a first side of the protruding seal portion. The second recessed portion is disposed on a second side of the protruding seal portion opposite to the first recessed portion. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion have a height in the stacking direction smaller than a height of the base seal portion in the stacking direction. | 12-03-2015 |
20150345633 | SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a controller. The controller is configured to control the automatic transmission. The automatic transmission includes a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, a first clutch, a second clutch, and gear trains. In a case where a standby shift stage does not lie between a predetermined current shift stage and a target shift stage, the controller controls the first clutch to be disengaged and the second clutch to be engaged, and then controls a synchronizing device among synchronizing devices for the predetermined current shift stage to be disengaged and a synchronizing device among the synchronizing devices for the target shift stage to be engaged during a disengagement of the first clutch, and then controls the second clutch to be disengaged and the first clutch to be engaged. | 12-03-2015 |
20150345381 | ENGINE GENERATOR - An engine generator has an opening and closing mechanism including: a control shaft provided to a valve shaft of a choke valve to be rotatable relative thereto within a predetermined angular range; an urging member urging the valve shaft relative to the control shaft in a direction in which an opening degree of the choke valve decreases; a restriction mechanism that sets a minimum opening degree of the choke valve by restricting a range of rotation of the control shaft; a choke operating portion which, upon operation, drives the restriction mechanism in a direction in which the minimum opening degree of the choke valve decreases; and a negative pressure mechanism driven by a negative pressure generated during an operation of the engine to cause the control shaft to rotate to increase the minimum opening degree of the choke valve within the range of rotation restricted by the restriction mechanism. | 12-03-2015 |
20150345366 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH CARTRIDGE STYLE WATER PUMP ASSEMBLY - An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block having a cylinder head connected to an upper end thereof. A front end of the cylinder block has a coolant introduction passage. A timing chain provided at the front end is engaged to a camshaft sprocket associated with the cylinder head. A timing chain cover is mounted to and spaced forward of the cylinder block front end. A water pump assembly includes a pump housing and an impeller assembly. The pump housing is directly secured to the cylinder block and interposed between the timing chain cover and the front end of the cylinder block. The pump housing has a pump chamber in fluid communication with the coolant introduction passage. The impeller assembly is removably mounted in the pump chamber without removal of the timing chain cover. An end of an impeller drive shaft extends forward of the timing chain cover. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343957 | INTEGRATED DEVICE HOLDER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Some embodiments are directed to a holder assembly that includes a lower covering portion that covers and thereby retains a lowermost portion of a mobile electronic device, the lower covering portion being integrated with a rear of a vehicle seat. The holder assembly also includes an upper support portion that supports a top portion of the mobile electronic device, the upper support portion being integrated with the rear of the vehicle seat. The upper support portion and lower covering portion are configured to cooperatively: 1) hold the mobile electronic device in the orientation to enable a passenger in a rear compartment of the vehicle to view the screen of the mobile electronic device upon the mobile electronic device being manually engaged with the holder assembly, and 2) enable the manual disengagement of the mobile electronic device from the holder assembly. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343740 | VARIABLE ELASTIC MODULUS MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A variable elastic modulus material includes first elastic members in which particles that are magnetically polarized under the influence of magnetic field are dispersed and a second elastic member that is different from the first elastic members and serves as a base material. The first elastic members are disposed in the second elastic member. In a method for producing a variable elastic modulus material, supplying a base material of a second elastic member to a molding die with first elastic members being arranged in the molding die. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343520 | CYLINDER HEAD CASTING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A casting apparatus for forming a cylinder head. The apparatus is configured to inhibit gate stick by promoting top-down directional solidification of molten metal in the mold cavity by any one or more of specific placement of gate pins in relation to apertures used to deliver molten metal to the mold cavity, circulating a cooling medium through the gate pins in a parallel fashion, configuring the gates so that a volume on the lower side of the gate is larger than a volume on the upper side of the gate, and insulating the inside surfaces of feeder lids and feeder bowls. | 12-03-2015 |
20150338229 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM INITIATING CONVERSATION WITH DRIVER - An in-vehicle system determines whether conditions are satisfied, including a favorite order being known and a current time of day being within a time period of a predefined time day. If the conditions are satisfied, a conversation is initiated to ask whether the favorite order is desired. When a response indicates that the favorite order is desired, the favorite order is placed and navigation guidance is provided for driving to a vendor. In some embodiments, when second conditions are met, including a monitored portion of a current route matching a previously monitored portion of a route when an order was placed and a monitored time of day matching a previously monitored time of day, within a predefined time period, a speech conversation is initiated to ask whether the order is desired. If the driver indicates the desire for the order, the order is placed. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336565 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THERFOR - A control unit of a hybrid vehicle derives maximum assisting electric power and maximum chargeable electric power of a battery, and permits a shift to an engine direct coupled drive in the event that an imaginary operation point of an internal combustion engine where the maximum assisting electric power is supplied to a motor and an imaginary operation point of the internal combustion engine where the maximum chargeable electric power is stored in the battery, at a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine which corresponds to a required driving force required on the hybrid vehicle when the hybrid vehicle executes the engine direct coupled drive, are positioned inside an area where energy efficiency of the hybrid vehicle becomes higher when the hybrid vehicle executes the engine direct coupled drive than when the hybrid vehicle executes a series drive. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336561 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system in which quick response and improvement in fuel economy are compatible. A hybrid vehicle driving system | 11-26-2015 |
20150336558 | HYBRID-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid-vehicle control device of the invention includes an internal combustion engine starting section for starting an internal combustion engine | 11-26-2015 |
20150336508 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a driving support device including: a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control according to approach of another vehicle to a own-vehicle, the another vehicle being in an area which is defined based on a reference azimuth as viewed from the own-vehicle on which the driving support device is mounted, the reference azimuth being centered on the area; and a determination unit configured to determine the reference azimuth to be one of a first azimuth and a second azimuth based on information regarding turn of the own-vehicle, the first azimuth being defined along a direction of a central axis of the own-vehicle, the second azimuth being different from the first azimuth. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336177 | DIAMOND TIP CUTTING TOOL - A diamond tip cutting tool adapted to be positioned in a cutter includes a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) chip and a cartridge defining an opening. The opening is adapted to receive the PCD chip. A wedge clamp is removably coupled to the cutter to secure the PCD chip in the opening. | 11-26-2015 |
20150333346 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes a stacked body, a fluid manifold, a first terminal plate, a first insulator, a first end plate, a terminal electrode, and a heat pipe assembly. The first terminal plate is provided on a first end of the stacked body in a stacking direction. The first insulator is provided on the first terminal plate in the stacking direction. The first end plate is provided on the first insulator in the stacking direction. The terminal electrode is connected to the first terminal plate and protrudes from the first end plate in the stacking direction. The heat pipe assembly includes a heat receiving portion and a heat dissipation portion. The heat receiving portion is disposed in the fluid manifold to receive heat from a fluid. The heat dissipation portion is connected to the terminal electrode to release heat received at the heat receiving portion to the terminal electrode. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333305 | STORAGE BATTERY MODULE - A storage battery module includes a storage battery group, first and second end plates, a coupling band, and a pressing device. The storage battery group includes storage batteries stacked in a stacking direction and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the stacking direction. The first and second end plates are provided at the first and second ends, respectively. The coupling band couples the first and second end plates to each other. The pressing device includes pin-shaped members pressing the storage batteries in a pressing direction and a fixing portion fixing the pin-shaped members to the coupling band. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331472 | DUAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A dual power supply system includes a first power storage battery, a second power storage battery, and a power controller. The first power storage battery is to supply power to a load and has a first internal resistance. The second power storage battery is to supply power to the load and has a second internal resistance higher than the first internal resistance. The power controller is configured to control the second power storage battery to be charged and discharged. The power controller is configured to prohibit the second power storage battery from being charged while the load is in operation. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330504 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE - A control apparatus of an automatic transmission includes a first anomaly determination device and an energization interrupting device. The first anomaly determination device is configured to determine whether high-pressure anomaly has occurred in a first pressure regulating device. The high-pressure anomaly is to cause the first pressure regulating device to perform regulation to high pressure only. The energization interrupting device is configured to interrupt energization to a first switching device in a case where the first anomaly determination device determines that the high-pressure anomaly has occurred in the first pressure regulating device and in a state where a first switching valve is located at a first position connected to a first oil passage so as to supply hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic oil regulated by the first pressure regulating device to a second clutch. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330476 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - An elastic partition member located in the partition member is integrally provided with a relief valve that opens and closes a leak passage to suppress the generation of the cavitation phenomenon. A pair of relief valves is formed in a crescent shape on the outer circumferential side of the movable diaphragm section in opposed relation. The crescent shape of the relief valve is formed by an inner circumferential side of elliptical arc shape and an outer circumferential side of circular arc shape. A valve length of the relief valve varies in the longitudinal direction such that a middle portion in the longitudinal direction is largest. is easily deformed when the extraordinary vibration is inputted. Each end portion in the longitudinal direction of the relief valve is short in valve length and high in rigidity whereby to prevent the leak when the normal vibration is inputted. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329066 | TAILGATE LINER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE TAILGATE - A tailgate on a vehicle and a method of forming a tailgate for a vehicle includes a tailgate frame, a tailgate liner secured to the tailgate frame and a tailgate liner fixedly secured to the tailgate liner. The tailgate liner is formed of a first material and the tailgate liner insert is formed of a second material that is different from the first material. The tailgate liner insert adapted to be accommodated within an insert aperture defined in the tailgate liner. The tailgate liner insert having an integrally molded feature. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328979 | VEHICLE COOLING STRUCTURE - A technique for increasing the capacity of air passing through a radiator main body, in a vehicle having a radiator. A vehicle includes a radiator main body for cooling a refrigerant introduced from an engine main body with a fan for conveying air to the vicinity of the radiator main body. A baffle member capable of sucking air from or blowing air into the radiator main body is attached to the radiator main body. A connecting duct for conveying air to the baffle member from the fan is provided between the baffle member and said fan. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328730 | FASTENING METHOD, ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURE OF ENGINE OIL FILL EXTENSION TUBE - Fastening method, assembly and structure of engine oil fill extension tube can include an oil fill extension tube and a self-locking washer. The oil fill extension tube can include a plurality of locking edges disposed towards a first distal end of the oil fill extension tube, where the plurality of locking edges can define boundaries of a plurality of slots. The self-locking washer can include a plurality of teeth disposed on its top surface. The self-locking washer can be oriented over an opening in the oil pan, after which the oil fill extension tube can be threaded into the opening. The plurality of slots and plurality of teeth can be ratcheted together to fasten the oil fill extension tube into the oil pan when the oil fill extension tube is rotated clockwise. The washer can further include a locking extension to securely engage a portion of the oil pan. | 11-19-2015 |
20150321692 | VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS - A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering reaction force generating device including a steering reaction force motor, a turning device including a turning motor, a clutch device including an electromagnetic solenoid configured to mechanically engage and disengage the steering reaction force generating device and the turning device, a turning motor temperature sensor configured to detect a motor temperature value of the turning motor, a current integrated value acquiring unit configured to acquire a current integrated value of the turning motor, an abnormality diagnostic unit configured to diagnose whether the turning motor temperature sensor is normal, and a drive control unit configured to control the drive of the electromagnetic solenoid on the basis of the current integrated value of the turning motor acquired by the current integrated value acquiring unit if the abnormality diagnostic unit diagnoses the turning motor temperature sensor as being in an abnormal state. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321570 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM - An electric vehicle charging control system includes a battery for operating the electric vehicle that is charged by a charging connection to a charging station. A user interface is associated with the electric vehicle and includes a display and a user input device. A communication system communicates with the charging station. The communication system receives a congestion signal from the charging station when a second electric vehicle is waiting for charging by the charging station. After the congestion signal is received, the user interface prompts an operator of the electric vehicle that the second electric vehicle is waiting for charging by the charging station. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321509 | VEHICLE WHEEL - This vehicle wheel is provided with only two sub air chamber members each as a Helmholtz resonator having an sub air chamber which communicates with a tire air chamber via a communication hole, and characterized in that the respective communication holes of the sub air chamber members are provided apart from each other in a wheel circumferential direction so as to form approximately a right angle around a wheel rotation center. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321248 | APPARATUS FOR INJECTING MOLTEN METAL INTO A DIE CAST MACHINE AND METHODS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR COOLING THE SAME - An apparatus for injecting molten metal into a die cast machine is provided. The apparatus includes a molten metal reservoir having a first open end in fluid communication with a die casting mold and a second open end. The molten metal reservoir includes at least one first cooling fluid path positioned about at least a portion of an outer surface of the molten metal reservoir and in thermal contact with the molten metal reservoir. The apparatus further includes a plunger sized to fit within the second open end. The plunger includes a plunger tip and a second cooling fluid path defined within the plunger tip and in thermal contact with the molten metal reservoir. A plurality of thermal actuators are also provided. Each of the plurality of thermal actuators controls a volume of cooling fluid flowing through one first cooling fluid path of the at least one first cooling fluid path or the second cooling fluid path. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321241 | BLANKING DIE AND METHOD OF BLANKING SHEET METAL THEREWITH - An example of a blanking die includes a blanking apparatus configured to form a series of at least two metallic blanks from sheet metal, and an ejection apparatus configured to eject a first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction and a second one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in said predetermined direction. | 11-12-2015 |
20150318608 | VEHICLE RADAR COVER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vehicle radar cover assembly and method includes a radar bracket for securing a radar unit to the vehicle, a radar cover for inhibiting undesirable matter from interfering with the radar unit, and at least one fastener securing both the radar bracket and the radar cover to the vehicle. The radar bracket includes at least one bracket mounting aperture. The radar cover includes at least one cover mounting aperture. The at least one fastener is received through aligned ones of the at least one bracket mounting aperture and the at least cover mounting aperture. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316147 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A predetermined transmission ratio of a direct coupling mechanism arranged in parallel to the continuously variable transmission and directly connects the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotation of the input shaft to the output shaft at that predetermined transmission ratio is set to the minimum transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission, and the direct coupling mechanism is connected to the input shaft through a third clutch. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316132 | STEPLESS TRANSMISSION - A one-way clutch | 11-05-2015 |
20150316121 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A liquid sealed vibration isolating device is integrally provided with an elastic movable diaphragm and a relief valve. A pair of parallel straight line sections is on opposite sides of a circular elastic partition member. The elastic movable diaphragm includes a center of the elastic partition member and is surrounded by a pair of opposed circular arc sections and a pair of straight line sections formed by cutting an outer circumferential part of the elastic partition member. The relief valve is radially outward of the straight line section of the elastic partition member. A part of the elastic movable diaphragm reaches the circular arc section corresponding to the outer circumferential part of the elastic partition member so as to be increased in area as much as possible to absorb an internal pressure of a primary liquid chamber and to achieve low dynamic spring. | 11-05-2015 |
20150314811 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE - In a vehicle front structure, without increasing the thickness of the material of a damper housing structure and reinforcement portions, an adequate mechanical strength in supporting the damper can be ensured, and the cost of the manufacturing facilities can be minimized. The damper housing structure is formed by a damper base, a damper housing main body, a front reinforcement portion and a rear reinforcement portion, and the damper base. Each of the damper housing main body, the front reinforcement portion and the rear reinforcement portion includes a closed cross section portion extending linearly with a same cross section. | 11-05-2015 |
20150314810 | STRUCTURE FOR FRONT SECTION OF VEHICLE BODY - A structure for the front section of a vehicle body is provided with: a pair of left and right front side frames; a sub-frame which is disposed between the front side frames; a pair of left and right first mount members which are disposed below the front side frames; first affixation members which affix the first mount members to the lower sections of the front side frames; first support members which are provided within the front side frames and which support the first affixation members; and reinforcement members which reinforce damper housings. The reinforcement members are joined to the upper sections of the front side frames. The first support members are affixed to the inner surfaces of the front side frames at positions below the portions to which the reinforcement members are joined. | 11-05-2015 |
20150314712 | ADJUSTABLE ARM REST AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF - Some embodiments are directed to an adjustable arm rest attachment mechanism that includes an outer bearing non-rotatably fixed to a seat and defining a first guide groove. An inner bearing is non-rotatably fixed to an arm rest, and defines a second guide groove. The inner bearing is rotatable relative to the outer bearing, and is disposed over the outer bearing. A pin extends through the second guide groove and into the first guide groove. The pin and the first and second guide grooves are configured such that, if the arm rest is rotated downward within an adjustment zone, then wall surfaces of the first guide groove selectively engage and disengage the pin, and simultaneously, wall surfaces of the second guide groove selectively engage and disengage the pin, thereby creating a varying frictional force capable of impeding further rotation of the arm rest. | 11-05-2015 |
20150314457 | LIFTER CUPS - Lifter cups are provided for engaging and lifting objects and include a mounting portion and a flexible engaging portion. The flexible engaging portion is configured to form a sealing disk for engaging the object. The sealing disk has channels diffusing fluid from the contact surface with the object. The channel walls have raised portions separated by concentric slits. For handling objects of magnetic material, a permanent magnet may be recessed into the flexible engaging portion. When the sealing disk engages with the surface of the object, the magnet exerts a magnetic force on the object sufficient to support holding the object for additional lateral support when lifting away from the center of gravity of the object. A transfer assembly and a method of configuring a lifter device for use in a stamping process for manufacturing a vehicle are also provided. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310284 | ROAD ENVIRONMENT RECOGNIZING APPARATUS - A road environment recognizing apparatus includes an edge image generator, a first area extractor, and an object recognizer. The edge image generating unit generates an edge image by extracting edge points from an image of a road captured by a camera. The edge points have amounts of change in luminance from surroundings, which are higher than or equal to a predetermined value. The first area extractor extracts a first area from the edge image. The first area is partitioned by the edge points and has a luminance higher than the luminances of the surroundings. If a second area having a luminance lower than the luminances of the surroundings exists around the first area in the edge image, the object recognizer recognizes a projection on the road on the basis of a third area resulting from joining of the first area and the second area. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING A DESTINATION POINT TO A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for sending a destination point to a vehicle navigation system from a portable electronic device. The method and system include connecting one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. The method and system additionally include identifying a user classification category of one or more users that are operating the one or more portable electronic devices that are connected to the navigation system. Additionally, the method and system include sending the desired destination point from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system based on the user classification category. The sending of the desired destination point occurs upon determining that the navigation system is locked out and includes the navigation system computing a navigational route to the desired destination point sent from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308550 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicle power transmission device equipped with a crank type transmission unit is provided in which since a first sprocket provided on an input shaft upstream portion and a second sprocket provided on an output shaft downstream portion are connected by an endless chain, and a dog clutch is disposed between the input shaft main body portion and the input shaft upstream portion, when the input shaft main body portion is seized and becomes non-rotatable, the dog clutch is disengaged so as to detach the input shaft upstream portion from the input shaft main body portion, and the driving force of an engine is transmitted to the output shaft downstream portion via the input shaft upstream portion, the first sprocket, the endless chain and the second sprocket, thereby enabling the vehicle to travel in the minimum necessary way. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308356 | BI-FUEL ENGINE - Provided is a bi-fuel engine including a pressure supply passage extending from a crankcase chamber, and branching into a first branch passage and a second branch passage at a branching portion, a gas fuel valve provided in the gas fuel supply passage and connected to the first branch passage so that the gas fuel supply passage may be opened when pressure is supplied to the gas fuel supply passage, and may be closed when pressure is not supplied to the gas fuel supply passage, a liquid fuel pump provided in the liquid fuel supply passage and configured to feed the liquid fuel under pressure to the intake system by a pulsating pressure supplied via the second branch passage, and a switch valve provided in the branching portion to switch between the first and second branch passages for conducting pressure supplied from the pressure source via the pressure supply passage. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308061 | DRIVE SHAFT BEARING STRUCTURE ASSEMBLIES FOR SNOWBLOWER TRACK-TYPE DRIVEN SPROCKET AND RELATED METHODS - Drive shaft bearing structure assemblies and methods for a snowblower can include a transmission and at least one drive shaft coupled to the transmission. The assembly can further include a transmission casing containing the transmission. The transmission casing can include at least one bearing structure. The bearing structure can be configured to receive a portion of the drive shaft during axial rotation of the shaft. In some aspects, there can be two drive shafts. In this aspect, the bearing structure can be configured to receive a first portion of each of the two drive shafts during axial rotation of the drive shafts. In another aspect, the bearing structure is bolted onto the transmission casing as a journal bearing. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307155 | REAR WHEEL SUSPENSION STRUCTURE OF MOTORCYCLE - In a rear wheel suspension structure of a motorcycle includes a body frame, a swing arm swingably supported by the body frame through a pivot shaft and a drive shaft for transmitting drive power to a rear wheel. A drive shaft insertion hole is formed in the swing arm with the drive shaft being inserted in the insertion hole. The pivot shaft is arranged so as to overlap with the drive shaft insertion hole in a side view. The pivot shaft is provided as a one-side supporting shaft. Another-side supporting shaft is provided independent from each other on the left and right. A thrust bearing and a radial bearing are arranged between the swing arm and the one-side supporting shaft as well as the another-side supporting shaft provided in the swing arm. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307069 | STOP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A stop control system for a vehicle is provided, which is capable of stably performing cranking for restarting an internal combustion engine and positively preventing the vehicle from moving by properly increasing a braking force of the vehicle, during an idle stop. In the stop control system for a vehicle according to the present invention, the engine | 10-29-2015 |
20150306956 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING ENGINE SPEED - Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus for limiting engine speed using any one of multiple engine components. The apparatus includes a user interface manually actuable to select at least one of the multiple engine components for limiting engine speed. The user interface includes an identification signal generator and transmitter that is configured to, upon selection of the multiple engine component(s), generate and transmit an identification signal that identifies the engine component(s) that was selected. The apparatus also includes a controller that is configured to, upon receipt of the identification signal, provide an instruction to the identified engine component(s), such that the identified engine component(s) operates to limit engine speed upon occurrence of conditions warranting that engine speed be limited. | 10-29-2015 |
20150306716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SEARCH AND FEEL ASSEMBLY FUNCTION - A system and method for implementing a search and feel function on a robot for installing parts on a workpiece. An air switch feature is provided on a gripper of the robot to determine the presence and proper placement of a part in a desired receptor location on the workpiece. The air switch feature is used to detect whether or not a particular part, such as a bolt or other part being inserted by the robot, has been properly gripped by the gripper, and whether the part has been properly placed in the desired position. | 10-29-2015 |