| Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Patent applications |
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| 20120083993 | ENGINE CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An engine controlling apparatus includes a setting unit that sets a demand torque to an engine, a detection unit that detects a fluctuation of an external load, and a correction unit that corrects the demand torque. The apparatus includes a target torque calculation unit that calculates a target torque based on the demand torque, a control unit that controls an amount of air to be introduced into the engine so that an output torque may come close to the target torque, and an ignition timing detection unit that detects an ignition timing of the engine. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120071296 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR TORQUE - In a vehicle that generates creep torque using an electric motor, a controlling means that causes, on the basis of the results of the detecting by the vehicle speed detecting means and the braking operation detecting means, the electric motor to generate the creep torque, wherein if the brake is operated when the creep torque is generated, the controlling means decreases the creep torque by a first level, if the brake is not operated when the creep torque is generated, the controlling means increases or decrease the creep torque in a level range on the basis of the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detecting means, and the first level is a decreasing level larger than a possible maximum decreasing level in the level range. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20110309674 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE POWER CONTROL DEVICE - A power control system includes a vehicle having a first battery and a second battery separate from the first battery; a power converter provided at a building, the power converter converting power charged in the first battery and supplying the converted power to electrical equipment; a first connection line connecting the first battery and the power converter and supplying the power from the first battery to the power converter; and a second connection line connecting the second battery and the power converter and supplying control power to activate the power converter from the second battery to the power converter. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110279083 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A charging system of electric vehicles comprises: a delivery box | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110260659 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control apparatus of an electric vehicle, which is operable to be driven by supplying electric power from a battery to an electric motor to drive the electric motor and operable to perform regeneration charge, includes: a request torque calculating unit calculating a request torque of the electric motor; a motor control unit controlling the electric motor based on the request torque; and a torque suppression unit performing a feed forward control for setting the request torque based on a rotational angular speed of the electric motor so that an integrated value of a torque and a rotational angular speed of the electric motor at time when the electric motor is driven or the regeneration charge is performed is identical to an integrated value of the torque and the rotational angular speed stored at a point of time when the battery voltage or the battery current reaches the limit level. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20100182154 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The invention provides a battery management system which can reliably and easily manage a power unit of an electric vehicle. The power unit includes a plurality of battery modules. The battery management system includes: a power source for a motor, the power source being constituted by a plurality of battery modules having battery cells; battery module status sensors mounted on the battery modules on the one to one basis, detecting voltages and temperatures of the battery modules; and a control unit judging statuses of the battery modules on the basis of data detected by the battery module status sensors. The battery module status sensors are mutually connected in series by a communication line for transmitting numbering data, and each battery module status sensor assigning itself with an ID code on the basis of ID information received from an upstream battery module status sensor, and transmitting the ID information as well as the ID code to a downstream battery module status sensor. The control unit is connected to the battery module status sensors via the communication line for transmitting the numbering data and a communication line for transmitting various data except for the numbering data, and locates an abnormal battery module on the basis of detection information received via the communication line for transmitting the numbering data and the communication line for transmitting various data except for the numbering data. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100175940 | BATTERY POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery positioning structure reliably positions battery modules on a vehicle chassis even when battery modules have different sizes and heights. The battery positioning structure includes a bracket having at opposite ends not only check plates which are configured to be positioned on a body of the electric vehicle but also locks at opposite side edges of the bracket, the bracket being configured to be attached to outer surfaces of the battery modules and to unite the battery modules, and bands configured to extend across the bracket, and linked to the locks at opposite ends of the bracket. The battery modules and the bracket are positioned on the body of the electric vehicle. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100164438 | BATTERY CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a battery controlling apparatus for a vehicle and effectively prevents overcharge upon battery charging with a simple configuration. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100116568 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The invention provides an electric vehicle which can cool a power unit by cold airstreams without causing dew drops and a temperature rise in a vehicle interior. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100116232 | VARIABLE VALVE GEAR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine provided with a camshaft phase change mechanism for variably controlling opening and closing timings of an intake valve, the camshaft phase change mechanism and a variable valve lift mechanism are controlled so that the closing timing of the intake valve is advanced beyond a predetermined range T | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100096248 | TOUCH SWITCH STRUCTURE - A touch switch structure is provided that can be preferably used for an automotive instrument panel and can securely prevent misjudgments and incorrect detections with respect to operations on the switch. For that purpose, the touch switch structure comprises a base material | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100065018 | IN-CYLINDER INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention provides an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine that is capable of controlling gas flow velocity in the vicinity of an ignition part of a spark plug and maintaining an air-fuel mixture suitable for ignition for a long time. The engine includes deflecting parts | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100032073 | Noise reducing device, manufacturing method for the noise reducing device, and pneumatic tire having the noise reducing device - Provided are: a noise reduction device with an improved adhesion of objects formed of a porous material and with a reduced processing time; a method of manufacturing the noise reduction device; and a pneumatic tire including the noise reduction device. The noise reduction device of the present invention includes: objects formed of a porous material; a band member for attaching the objects to the inner surface of a tire at two positions spaced at substantially equal intervals in the tire circumferential direction; and locking members formed of a thermoplastic resin. The band member is formed of a thermoplastic resin. Each object is disposed at a predetermined position in the tire circumferential direction, between the band member and the corresponding locking members. The locking members are bonded to the band member through the objects by thermal fusion. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100012244 | TIRE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - There is provided a tire noise reduction device and a pneumatic tire, in which tire vibration can be reduced while durability is maintained and tire noise is further reduced. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090242299 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery unit is provided under a floor panel. The battery unit is arranged between a pair of right and left side members. The battery unit is provided with a battery case. The battery case includes a tray member and cover member. Electric components are contained in the battery case. Beam members made of metal are attached to the tray member. Both end portions of these beam members are supported by the side members. The tray member includes a resin and insert members made of metal provided inside the resin. The insert members include metal plates arranged on the front side and rear side of the electric components. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090236162 | BATTERY CASE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery case for containing therein battery modules includes a tray member, cover member, and seal member. The seal member is applied to a joint part between the tray member and cover member. Insert members made of metal are embedded in the resin of the tray member. Each of the insert members is provided with an embedded bolt a threaded part of which protrudes upward, and embedded nuts. The battery case is provided with first fastening sections and second fastening sections. In the first fastening section, a nut member is screwed onto the embedded bolt from above the cover member. In the second fastening section, a bolt member is screwed into the embedded nut from above the cover members. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090090446 | TIRE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - Disclosed is a tire noise reduction device to be mounted on the inner surface of the tread portion of a pneumatic tire facing its cavity. The tire noise reduction device includes an annular fixing elastic band and sound absorbing members disposed on the inner surface of the tread portion opposite to each other at two locations around its circumference by the fixing elastic band. The fixing elastic band has an outer peripheral length L defined in a certain range in relationship with the mass Wa of the sound absorbing members, the total mass We of the tire noise reduction device, and the inner peripheral length Li of the tire. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090064594 | Structure of Window Opening of Car Door - According to the invention, a car door has a window opening defined by an upward part extending from a rear upper end of a door panel and a sash assembly; a stationary panel fitted in a rear window opening defined by the sash assembly and a center sash; a curved edge of the upward part defines a bottom of the window opening; and a weather strip including a part engaging a periphery of the stationary panel, attached to the periphery of the window opening, serving as a seal, and having an inner lip extending from an inner edge of the part engaging the periphery of the stationary panel and an outer lip extending toward and being in contact with an external part of the curved edge of the outer panel. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090038232 | Structure of car door - A car door is constituted by a main body which includes an outer panel and an inner panel combined together, a door lower half, and a rising part extending upward from the door lower half and facing with a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof, and a bracket-shaped sash assembly constituted by a front longitudinal sash whose bottom edge is joined to a front upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending from an upper part of the front longitudinal sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090031973 | Engine equipped with adjustable valve timing mechanism - An engine equipped with an adjustable valve timing mechanism includes: an inlet valve opening term varying mechanism, which is included in the adjustable valve timing mechanism, varying an opening term of an inlet valve; and an inlet valve opening term controller controlling the inlet valve opening term varying mechanism according to a running state of the engine, the inlet valve opening term varying mechanism setting the opening term of the inlet valve to an first inlet term while the engine runs at relatively high load and relatively high speed, the inlet valve opening term varying mechanism also setting the opening term of the inlet valve to a second inlet term, termination timing of the inlet valve opening of which is retarded compared to the termination timing of the inlet valve opening in the first inlet term, while the engine runs at relatively low load and relatively low speed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090030572 | TURNING BEHAVIOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A turning behavior display device, operable to display control condition of a turning behavior control unit which controls turning behavior of a vehicle in a turning direction by using a relative difference between a first torque acting on one of left and right wheels of the vehicle and a second torque acting on the other of the left and right wheels of the vehicle, includes: first display portions, provided for the left and right wheels, and adapted to increase or decrease in the turning direction in accordance with the relative difference from a reference section used when the first torque is equal to the second torque. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090020087 | Valve Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a valve mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and it is an object of the invention to make it possible to carry out changeover of the driving mode rapidly and with certainty. To this end, the valve mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes a first rocker arm ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20080302649 | Structured touch switch - The present invention relates to a structured touch switch, which is of an electrostatic capacity type. The structured touch switch comprises a substrate made of a material having a non-conductive characteristic, a conductive member made of a material having a conductive characteristic and formed integrally with the substrate so that a portion of the conductive characteristic member appears at a surface of the substrate and a detection electrode positioned at a backside of the substrate and in opposed relation to the conductive member in a state where a space is defined with respect to the conductive member. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080265788 | EL LIGHT EMITTING TOUCH SWITCH - A touch switch is composed of an EL light emitting layer configured by stacking a fluorescent layer and an insulation layer between first electrodes and a second electrode, a judgment means for making a judgment on touch manipulation with the first electrode by an operator and an EL driving unit for driving the EL light emitting layer for light emitting, with each of a plurality of first electrodes, each of plurality of fluorescent layers and each of plurality of insulation layers being provided as a set and the second electrode being provided as a single electrode with respect to the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the judgment means makes a judgment on which of the plurality of first electrodes has been touched by an operator on the basis of a high-frequency component inputted from the second electrode through the first electrode each time the touch switch is touched by an operator. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080242467 | Transmission for vehicles - A transmission for vehicles is composed of an input shaft provided with a plurality of drive gears and connected to a drive shaft of an engine, an output shaft disposed parallel to the input shaft, driven gears which mesh with the drive gears, individually, and are rotatably disposed on the output shaft, a synchromesh mechanism which includes a sleeve axially movable relative to the output shaft and engages with a side of the driven gears, thereby connecting the driven gears to the output shaft, and a parking gear formed integrally on a hub of the synchromesh mechanism, the parking gear radially overlapping a bearing from outside. Thus, there may be provided a transmission for vehicles that requires less component parts and has a small transverse dimension. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080242466 | Transmission for vehicles - A transmission for vehicles is provided with a plurality of drive gears, an input shaft connected to the drive shaft of an engine, an output shaft disposed parallel to the input shaft, a driven gear which meshes with each drive gear and is rotatably disposed on the output shaft, a synchromesh mechanism which has a sleeve movable in the axial direction of the output shaft, is engageable with a side portion of the driven gear, and couples the driven gear to the output shaft, and a parking gear formed integrally with the sleeve of the synchromesh mechanism. The parking gear and the bearing on the shaft end radially overlap each other. With this structure, the transmission is composed with a small number of components and has a reduced width. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080227304 | Cable connection structure in electric vehicle - The cable connection structure in an electric vehicle includes a main body of the electrical machinery having an inclined face with respect to the detaching direction; a terminal connector unit being formed contiguously to and separately from the main body and having an insertion opening through which the cable is inserted into the terminal connector unit and a contact face which intimately contacts with the inclined face; a busbar projecting into the terminal connector unit through connecting openings formed on the inclined face and the contact face and having one terminal being connected to the inside of the main body and the other terminal being electrically connected to the terminal of the cable inside the terminal connector unit; and one or more connection bolts, penetrating the inclined face and the contact face, for detachably coupling the main body and the terminal connector unit, improving maintenance efficiency and reducing the costs. | 09-18-2008 |
