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20120226406 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - When the gearshift position SP is the N position and the accumulated charge ratio SOC of the battery is less than or equal to the threshold value Slow (step S | 09-06-2012 |
20130049973 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - The calculation unit converts into a battery age each parameter calculated for a different factor of degradation of a battery. If at least one of the battery ages has reached an upper limit age, the determination unit determines that it is necessary to conduct a battery diagnosis. Once it has been determined that it is necessary to conduct the battery diagnosis, the display control unit causes a display device to display a diagnosis request message. After displaying the diagnosis request message has started if there is no result of the battery diagnosis received the electric power limiter unit limits electric power charged to and discharged from the battery. After the electric power charged to/discharged from the battery is limited if there is no result of the battery diagnosis received the start-up prohibition unit prohibits starting a system driving the vehicle. | 02-28-2013 |
20130264975 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A converter is disposed between a first battery and a power line for transmitting power inputted to and outputted from a motor for traveling. A second battery, on the other hand, is connected to the power line with a relay being interposed therebetween. A control unit controls the relay to be turned on or off in accordance with an operating state of the motor. | 10-10-2013 |
20130317715 | Control Device for Vehicle - An ECU determines whether or not there is an abnormality (shift pattern abnormality) in a combination of shift signals provided from a shift position sensor. After occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU determines whether or not a first condition that a shift pattern changes into a normal pattern of a drive range is satisfied, and whether or not a second condition that a vehicle is running (a driver has an intention to cause the vehicle to run) is satisfied. When occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU stops generation of driving force of the vehicle and prohibits switching to the drive range. When the above-mentioned first condition and second condition are satisfied after occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU switches the shift range to the drive range indicated by the shift pattern and recovers the driving force. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317720 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - During the deactivation of a driving system of a vehicle, an ECU determines whether or not a P range abnormality occurs which exhibits that a shift signal transmitted from a shift position sensor includes a P signal and an MJ signal corresponding to the P range as well as a different-type signal other than the P signal and the MJ signal. When the P range abnormality occurs, the ECU determines whether or not the vehicle-stopped state can be assured based on whether or not a brake-ON state (a hydraulic braking force or a parking braking force are beyond the range capable of maintaining vehicle-stopped state) is present. In a case where a P range abnormality occurs, when ECU determines that the vehicle-stopped state can be assured, the ECU allows the activation of the driving system. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320766 | ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM - An electric storage system includes an electric storage apparatus, relays, a plurality of smoothing capacitors, and a current limiting resistance. The electric storage apparatus has a plurality of electric storage elements connected in series. Each of the electric storage elements includes a current breaker breaking an electric current path inside the electric storage element. The plurality of smoothing capacitors are connected in series between a positive electrode line and a negative electrode line which connect the electric storage apparatus to a load. Each of the relays is placed on the positive electrode line, the negative electrode line, and an intermediate line. The intermediate line connects a connecting point of two of the electric storage elements included in the electric storage apparatus and a connecting point of the plurality of smoothing capacitors. The current limiting resistance is also placed on the intermediate line. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325275 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An ECU determines whether or not there is an abnormality (shift pattern abnormality) in a combination of shift signals provided from a shift position sensor. After occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, ECU determines whether or not a first condition that a shift pattern has changed into a normal pattern of a drive range, a second condition that a brake is ON and a vehicle is in a stop state is satisfied, and a third condition that an accelerator is OFF satisfied. When occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, ECU stops generation of driving force of the vehicle and prohibits switching to the drive range. When ECU determines that the above-mentioned first to third conditions are satisfied after occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, ECU switches the shift range to the drive range indicated by the shift pattern. | 12-05-2013 |
20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032029 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electrically powered vehicle includes an electric motor for generating a vehicle driving force in accordance with an accelerator operation amount by a driver, and a notification unit for notifying the driver of information about accelerator operation by the driver in a mode which makes the driver sense the accelerator operation amount more easily in the case where a wheel is in contact with an obstacle than in the case where the wheel is not in contact with the obstacle. | 01-30-2014 |
20140074372 | VEHICLE - An ECU includes a collision determination unit, a condition determination unit, and an output suppression unit. The collision determination unit monitors an acceleration detected by a collision sensor, and determines that a vehicle collision has occurred when the acceleration is greater than a predetermined value. The condition determination unit determines whether or not a vehicular speed absolute value is smaller than a threshold vehicular speed in a determination period lasting from the determination of collision for a predetermined time. The output suppression unit suppresses an output of a vehicle driving force when the vehicular speed absolute value is smaller than the threshold vehicular speed in the determination period. | 03-13-2014 |
20140217812 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes: a storage device configured to store power used for traveling; an auxiliary battery configured to store power supplied to an auxiliary load; a converter configured to charge the auxiliary battery by using power supplied from the storage device; and a shut-off device configured to switch between a supply condition in which power is supplied to the auxiliary load from the auxiliary battery and a shut-off condition in which power is not supplied to the auxiliary load from the auxiliary battery. During control of the electric vehicle, the converter is controlled such that an output voltage of the converter is higher when the shut-off device is in the shut-off condition than when the shut-off device is in the supply condition. | 08-07-2014 |
20150229143 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - An electrical storage system includes a relay switching between an on state where an electrical storage device ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150229154 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - An electrical storage system includes: an electrical storage device ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150255979 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - An electrical storage system includes an electrical storage device ( | 09-10-2015 |
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20090145375 | Cooling system - A cooling system includes a first cooling system in which coolant is supplied from a radiator to a motor so as to cool the motor, and then the coolant is supplied to banks of an engine through a circulation passage and split flow passages so as to cool the engine; and a second cooling system in which the coolant delivered from the radiator through a branch passage is further cooled by a radiator, and the cooled coolant is supplied to a drive circuit so as to cool the drive circuit. With this configuration, it is possible to efficiently cool the motor, the engine, and the drive circuit whose suitable operating temperatures are different from each other, and to make the configuration of the cooling system simple. | 06-11-2009 |
20100019729 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE WITH THE SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a charging unit receiving electric power from an external power source and externally charging a power storage unit. When a connector unit is coupled to the vehicle and a state ready for charging by the external power source is attained, a controller predicts degradation ratio of the power storage unit at the time point of completion of external charging based on degradation characteristic of the power storage unit in connection with SOC and battery temperature obtained in advance, and sets target state of charge of each power storage unit based on the battery temperatures so that the predicted degradation ratio does not exceed tolerable degradation ratio at the time point of completion of external charging. Then, the controller controls corresponding converters such that SOCs of power storage units attain the target states of charge. | 01-28-2010 |
20120099618 | SECONDARY BATTERY TEMPERATURE-ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An alternating current impedance-estimating section (106) estimates an alternating current impedance (Rh) of the secondary battery based on electric current (I) and voltage (V) of the secondary battery detected when a ripple generating section causes a ripple current to flow in the secondary battery. A temperature estimating section ( | 04-26-2012 |
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20090130538 | Battery Apparatus, Vehicle Having the Same Mounted Thereon, and Failure Determining Method for the Battery Apparatus - The high-voltage battery unit | 05-21-2009 |
20100087973 | Hybrid car control device, control method and recording medium for recording program to put the control method into practice - An HV_ECU executes a program including the steps of: determining whether or not an EV switch is turned on until a monitoring timer expires when a system startup switch is turned on, latching the ON state of the EV switch if the EV switch is turned on and confirming an EV mode request on system startup, detecting various state quantities of a vehicle, and starting up a system in an EV mode without starting an engine if an EV mode prohibiting condition is unsatisfied. | 04-08-2010 |
20100204861 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SECONDARY BATTERY - During use of a secondary battery, a concentration change ratio estimating unit estimates a ratio of change in electrolytic solution concentration based on a charging/discharging current. According to the estimated ratio of change, a concentration estimated value calculating unit sequentially calculates an electrolytic solution concentration estimated value during the use of the secondary battery. Based on the estimated electrolytic solution concentration estimated value, a determining unit determines whether or not the electrolytic solution concentration is within a normal range. When the electrolytic solution concentration is outside the normal range, a charging/discharging condition modifying unit modifies a charging/discharging condition of the secondary battery to bring the electrolytic solution concentration back to the normal range, thus avoiding a tendency of overcharge or a tendency of overdischarge. | 08-12-2010 |
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20110030280 | DOOR DEVICE OF SMALL-SIZED VEHICLE - A door device of a small-sized vehicle, that enables easily interlocking a door lock and a lever is provided. An openable door | 02-10-2011 |
20110062748 | DOOR DEVICE FOR SMALL-SIZED VEHICLE - Provide a door device of a small-sized vehicle that can secure space for occupants. An openable door | 03-17-2011 |
20140291052 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - An inner cowl and a radiator upper cowl surround a radiator cover. An air guide is provided inside a radiator. A first air duct sends traveling air flow to the radiator while a second air duct, spaced laterally inwardly from the radiator, bypasses the radiator and sends cool traveling air flowing toward a driver's legs via a slit provided in a rear radiator cover. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291961 | REAR STRUCTURE AND REAR EQUIPMENT FOR STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - In a rear structure for a straddle type vehicle including a front seat, on which a rider sits, seat rails for supporting a rear seat, on which a pillion passenger sits behind the rider, grab rails, which are attached on a vehicle body on the sides of the rear seat, a backrest, detachably attached to the rear portion of the vehicle, and a space for the pillion passenger to hold the grab rail, which is formed between the grab rail and the vehicle body. The grab rail is configured such that a grip portion extends in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the backrest is disposed inside the grip portion, is supported at the front and rear of the grip portion by the grab rail and overlaps the grip portion in a side view. | 10-02-2014 |
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20130197157 | COPOLYMER OF CONJUGATED DIENE COMPOUND AND NON-CONJUGATED OLEFIN, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSS-LINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE - In a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the conjugated diene unit has a cis-1,4 bond content of greater than 70.5% and the non-conjugated olefin is contained in an amount of 10 mol % or more. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197179 | COPOLYMER OF A CONJUGATED DIENE COMPOUND AND A NON-CONJUGATED OLEFIN, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE - Provided is a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the copolymer being a random copolymer including randomly arranged monomer units of the conjugated diene compound and of the non-conjugated olefin, in which the non-conjugated olefin is preferably an acyclic olefin, the non-conjugated olefin preferably has 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and specific examples of the non-conjugated olefin preferably include ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene. | 08-01-2013 |
20130210994 | COPOLYMER OF CONJUGATED DIENE COMPOUND AND NON-CONJUGATED OLEFIN, RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE - The present invention provides a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, in which the conjugated diene unit has cis-1,4 bonds and the non-conjugated olefin contains many ethylene structures. In a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and an unconjugated olefin other than the conjugated diene compound, the conjugated diene unit has a cis-1,4 bond content of 50% or more and the unconjugated olefin is contained in an amount of 20 mol % or more. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211010 | COPOLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE - Provided is a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the copolymer being a block copolymer, the conjugated diene compound unit having 1,2 adduct (including 3,4 adduct) content of 5% or less or the conjugated diene compound unit having a cis-1,4 bond content of more than 92%, in which preferred examples of the conjugated diene compound include 1,3-butadiene and isopropylene, and preferred examples of the non-conjugated olefin include ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene. | 08-15-2013 |
20140005296 | COPOLYMER OF CONJUGATED DIENE COMPOUND AND NON-CONJUGATED OLEFIN, RUBBER COMPOSITION, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE | 01-02-2014 |
20140005321 | COPOLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE SIDE USE, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE | 01-02-2014 |
20140005327 | COPOLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE | 01-02-2014 |
20140018493 | COPOLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE - The present invention provides a random copolymer that is used for manufacturing a tire having excellent rollability and wear resistance and that includes randomly arranged monomer units of a conjugated diene compound and of a non-conjugated olefin, a rubber composition containing the random copolymer, a cross-linked rubber composition obtained by crosslinking the rubber composition, and a tire manufactured by using the rubber composition or the cross-linked rubber composition. A copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, including a random copolymer having randomly arranged monomer units of the conjugated diene compound and of the non-conjugated olefin, and containing, by more than 30 mol %, a unit derived from the conjugated diene compound. | 01-16-2014 |
20140171596 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER - The method for manufacturing a polymer of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a polymer where a hydroxy group is added to a terminal of either one of a homopolymer of a non-conjugated olefin, a homopolymer of a conjugated diene compound, and a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the method comprising: a first reaction step of reacting a hydrocarbon containing at least either one of the non-conjugated olefin and the conjugated diene compound with an organic aluminum compound, using a rare earth element compound-containing catalyst; a second reaction step of reacting a first reactant obtained from the first reaction step with oxygen; and a third reaction step of reacting a second reactant obtained from the second reaction step with at least either one of water and alcohol. | 06-19-2014 |
20150080525 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE CONTAINING RUBBER COMPOSITION - Provided is a rubber composition including a rubber component. The rubber component contains at least a polymer that is a synthesized polyisoprene or an isoprene copolymer and that has 20% or less gel fraction. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120196993 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPOLYMER - This invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and an unconjugated olefin other than the conjugated diene compound having a high cis-1,4 bond content of a conjugated diene compound portion, and more particularly to a method for producing a copolymer characterized by comprising a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene compound and an unconjugated olefin other than the conjugated diene compound in the presence of a polymerization catalyst composition including at least one complex selected from a metallocene complex represented by the following general formula (I): | 08-02-2012 |
20130197174 | COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and an olefin other than the conjugated diene compound, where a conjugated diene compound and an olefin other than the conjugated diene compound is copolymerized in the presence of a polymerization catalyst composition containing components: (A) a rare earth element compound or a reactant of the rare earth element compound and a Lewis base; and (B) at least one selected from a group consisting of an ionic compound (B-1) composed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation, an aluminoxane (B-2), and at least one kind of halogen compound (B-3) selected from among a Lewis acid, a complex compound of a metal halide and a Lewis base, and an organic compound containing active halogen (when containing at least one of (B-1) and (B-3), the polymerization catalyst composition further contains component (C): an organometallic compound). | 08-01-2013 |
20130211032 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHAIN STRUCTURE OF COPOLYMER - The present invention provides a method for controlling the chain structure of a copolymer. The disclosed method is capable of controlling the arrangement of monomeric units in a copolymer, and of selectively forming a random copolymer, tapered copolymer, multiblock copolymer and block copolymer. In the method for controlling the chain structure of a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the introduction of the conjugated diene compound is controlled in the presence of the non-conjugated olefin so as to control the chain structure of the copolymer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130324660 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE SIDE USE, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE - The present invention provides a rubber composition that is used for manufacturing a rubber excellent in weather resistance, fracture resistance and crack growth resistance, and that contains a conjugated diene compound/non-conjugated olefin copolymer, a conjugate diene-based polymer and a non-conjugated diene compound/non-conjugated olefin copolymer, a rubber composition for tire side use using the rubber composition for tire sidewall members, a crosslinked rubber composition obtained by crosslinking the rubber composition, and a tire. The rubber composition includes: (A) a conjugated diene compound/non-conjugated olefin copolymer containing a conjugated diene compound-derived unit by at least 40 mol %; (B) a conjugated diene-based polymer; and (C) a non-conjugated diene compound/non-conjugated olefin copolymer containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. | 12-05-2013 |
20140179861 | COPOLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE - Provided is a block copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, a rubber composition including the block copolymer, a crosslinked rubber obtained by crosslinking the rubber composition, and a tire using the rubber composition or the crosslinked rubber composition. The copolymer of the present invention is a block copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and a non-conjugated olefin, the copolymer having a peak area in a temperature range in a range of 70° C. to 110° C. that accounts for at least 60% of a peak area in a range of 40° C. to 140° C. and a peak area in a range of 110° C. to 140° C. that accounts for 20% or less of a peak area in a range of 40° C. to 140° C., the peak areas being measured by the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) according to JIS K 7121-1987. | 06-26-2014 |
20150025173 | POLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYMER, CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION OBTAINED BY CROSSLINKING RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE HAVING CROSSLINKED RUBBER COMPOSITION - Provided are: a polymer capable of providing a crosslinked rubber composition with improved durability (i.e., breaking resistance, abrasion resistance, and crack growth resistance) and a method for producing the same, a rubber composition containing the polymer, a crosslinked rubber composition obtained by crosslinking the rubber composition, and a tire having the crosslinked rubber composition. The polymer is either a synthesized polyisoprene or an isoprene copolymer, and contains a residual catalyst in an amount of 300 ppm or less. | 01-22-2015 |
20150112021 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER COMPOSITION, AND POLYMER COMPOSITION - A method for producing a polymer containing silica that does not involve long kneading time, and a polymer composition having an intended low heat generation property. A polymerization catalyst composition is produced by mixing and aging a second element and a third element, and then adding a first element to the mixture to react the first element with the mixture. The first element contains a compound that contains a rare earth metal element, the second element contains a compound represented by the following formula (X), and the third element contains silica. YR | 04-23-2015 |
20150232602 | ISOPRENE COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A copolymer having properties (durability (fracture resistance, abrasion resistance, and crack-growth resistance)) similar to those of natural rubber and a method of producing the copolymer are provided. An isoprene copolymer has a styrene block or a butadiene block at a terminal thereof, wherein styrene monomers account for less than 5 mol % of all monomers forming the isoprene copolymer having the styrene block; butadiene monomers account for 10 mol % or less of all monomers forming the isoprene copolymer having the butadiene block; and cis-1,4 bond content of a portion derived from isoprene accounts for at least 95% in total. | 08-20-2015 |