Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090183706 | ENGINE START CONTROL APPARATUS AND ENGINE START CONTROL METHOD - When cranking is started, a control unit of an ECU determines an advance amount by which an intake valve closing timing is advanced from a fully retarded position toward a bottom dead center, and transmits the determined advance amount to a variable valve timing mechanism. After cranking is started, the control unit determines that there is an abnormality in the variable valve timing mechanism, when the advance amount is larger than 0, and when an actual intake valve closing timing, determined using an intake cam angle from a cam angle sensor and a crank angle from a crank angle sensor, is not advanced from the fully retarded position. When it is determined that there is an abnormality in the variable valve timing mechanism, the control unit outputs a control signal to an inverter to increase an output torque of a motor, which is a driving source for cranking. | 07-23-2009 |
20090229897 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - An engine control system includes an engine that outputs a rotation of a crankshaft through a torsional damper; a calculation portion that calculates a value of engine torque based on an angular acceleration of the crankshaft and a moment of inertia of the crankshaft; and a correction portion that calculates a correction value based on a torsional angle of the torsional damper, and corrects the calculated value of the engine torque using the correction value. | 09-17-2009 |
20090306841 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DIAGNOSIS OF VEHICLE - A vehicle ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100133024 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: an engine driven with gasoline; a lid member opening/closing an opening of an accommodation room that accommodates a nozzle receiving unit when gasoline is supplied; a rotating electric machine driven on electric power; a charging/power feeding unit receiving electric power; a lid member opening/closing an opening of an accommodation room accommodating a charging/power feeding unit; and an open/close control mechanism setting the other of the lid member and the lid member in the closed position when one of the lid member and the lid member is set in the open position. | 06-03-2010 |
20110196545 | CHARGING SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND CHARGING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - An ECU operates a charging unit such that a power storage device is charged by an electric power from a power supply. When a vehicle moves while charging the unit charges the power storage device, the ECU stops charging the unit to discontinue the charging of the power storage device. The ECU diagnoses a state of the charging unit after the charging of the power storage device is stopped. The ECU determines whether the charging of the power storage device is able to be resumed based on the diagnostic result. When determining that the charging of the power storage device is able to be resumed, the ECU resumes the charging of the power storage device by resuming the operation of the charging unit. | 08-11-2011 |
20110299873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus having LED unit capable of being in an exposing position or a retracted position, and a cartridge capable of being inserted into or pulled out along the LED unit in the retracted position. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a first moving member pressed and moved by an openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and switching a cartridge from a state where the cartridge is positioned in an image forming position to a state where the positioning is released; and a second moving member pressed and moved by the openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and moving the exposure member from an exposure position to a retracted position, wherein when the positioning of the cartridge is released, a reaction force applied from the first moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a first peak, when the exposure member is moved to the retracted position, a reaction force applied from the second moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a second peak, and timing of the first peak is different from timing of the second peak. | 12-08-2011 |
20120296503 | CRANKING TORQUE CONTROL APPARATUS - A cranking torque control apparatus ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130017926 | CRANKING TORQUE CONTROL APPARATUSAANM Miwa; KojiAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Miwa; Koji Susono-shi JPAANM Kawai; TakashiAACI Gotemba-shiAACO JPAAGP Kawai; Takashi Gotemba-shi JP - A cranking torque control apparatus ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130142538 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material by exposing a photosensitive member with a light emitting member in a state where a cartridge including the photosensitive member is mounted in an apparatus main body includes a light emitting member, a support member, and a duct formed in the support member. The light emitting member includes a plurality of light emitting portions arranged in an array. The support member supports the light emitting member. The duct forms an air supply path extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge to cool the cartridge mounted in the apparatus main body. | 06-06-2013 |
20140241753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an LED unit capable of being in an exposing position or a retracted position, and a cartridge capable of being inserted into or pulled out with the LED unit in the retracted position. | 08-28-2014 |
20140300316 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A power supply device which performs power supply from an outside to a vehicle includes: a power source section for performing the power supply to the vehicle; and a control device that performs control of the power source section. The control device obtains information about power reception efficiency of the vehicle as an object of the power supply and determines a power reception efficiency range and a fee that correspond to the obtained information from a plurality of power reception efficiency ranges and plurality of fees that are set corresponding to the plurality of power reception efficiency ranges. The power supply device preferably further includes a power transmission section for receiving the power from the power source section and contactlessly performing power transmission to the vehicle. | 10-09-2014 |
20140371967 | VIBRATION DAMPING CONTROL APPARATUS - A vibration damping control apparatus is mounted on a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and a motor generator coupled with the engine. The vibration damping control apparatus (i) calculates pulsating torque of the engine and inertia torque of the engine, (ii) sets, as consumption torque, a value obtained by subtracting the inertia torque from the pulsating torque, (iii) sets, as shaft torque of an output shaft of the engine, a value obtained by subtracting the consumption torque from base torque of the motor generator, (iv) calculates vibration damping torque which is torque for suppressing a variation in the shaft, and (v) controls the motor generator such that torque outputted from the motor generator is a sum of the base torque and the vibration damping torque. | 12-18-2014 |