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| 20100099309 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, and a torque converter interposed between the engine and a drive shaft and equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to have a throttle opening detector that detects throttle opening of a throttle valve of the engine, a throttle opening change amount calculator that calculates a change amount of the calculated throttle opening, and a clutch ON unit that makes the lockup clutch ON when the calculated change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and keeps the lockup clutch ON during a predetermined time period. With this, it becomes possible to improve acceleration performance immediately after the engine speed is accelerated. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100099310 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor mounted on a stern of a boat and having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, a drive shaft that connects the engine and the propeller, and a torque converter that is interposed between the engine and the drive shaft and is equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to have a planing determiner that determines whether the boat is planning and a clutch ON unit that makes the lockup clutch ON when the boat is determined to be planing. With this, it becomes possible to appropriately make the lockup clutch ON after completing acceleration, thereby improving speed performance. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100099311 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor mounted on a stern of a boat and having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, a drive shaft that connects the engine and the propeller, a torque converter that is interposed between the engine and the drive shaft and is equipped with a lockup clutch, a water pump connected to the drive shaft to be driven by the drive shaft, and a shift mechanism interposed between the drive shaft and the propeller, comprising a neutral position detector that detects the shift mechanism being set in a neutral position; and a clutch ON unit that makes the lockup clutch ON to increase operation speed of the water pump when it is detected that the shift mechanism is set in the neutral position. With this, it becomes possible to improve cooling performance, thereby preventing a defect such as overheat of the engine. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100099538 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller and a torque converter interposed between the engine and a drive shaft and equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to, based on input rotation speed and output rotation speed of the torque converter, calculate a speed ratio of the torque converter and a change amount of the input rotation speed, and make the lockup clutch ON/OFF based on the calculated speed ratio and change amount. With this, it becomes possible to appropriately make the lockup clutch ON/OFF, thereby improving speed performance. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100267293 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor mounted on a boat and having a torque converter equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to calculate a speed ratio of the torque converter based on an input rotation speed and output rotation speed of the torque converter, detect manifold absolute pressure of the engine, control the lockup clutch to ON when the calculated speed ratio has been equal to or greater than a reference value, and control the lockup clutch to OFF when the manifold absolute pressure has been decreased by a first predetermined value or more. With this, it becomes possible to prevent the boat speed from decreasing even when the resistance of water flow acting on the boat increases due to the influence of a wave etc., thereby maintaining the maximum speed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100267294 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor mounted on a boat and having a torque converter equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to have a clutch controller that controls the lockup clutch to ON when a speed ratio of the torque converter is equal to or greater than a reference value, the clutch controller being configured to determine whether a throttle valve is at about a fully-opened position and to control the lockup clutch to ON when the speed ratio becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value set smaller than the reference value before the speed ratio reaches the reference value, and the throttle valve is discriminated to be at about the fully-opened position. With this, it becomes possible to reliably make a lockup clutch ON when the acceleration is completed, so that the boat speed can reach the maximum speed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100267296 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor mounted on a boat and having a torque converter equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to regulate a trim angle relative to the boat by trim-up operation and trim-down operation; calculate a speed ratio of the torque converter based on an input rotation speed and output rotation speed of the torque converter; and control operation of the trim angle regulator based on the calculated speed ratio. With this, it becomes possible to mitigate a deceleration feel to be generated after the acceleration is completed, and easily sets a trim angle of after the trim-up operation to an optimal value. | 10-21-2010 |
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| 20110143609 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, engine speed is detected, it is determined whether acceleration is instructed when the second speed is established, and operation of the transmission is controlled to change the gear position from the second speed to the first speed when the acceleration is determined to be instructed, and then change back the gear position from the first speed to the second speed based on the detected engine speed, thereby enabling to control the transmission optimally. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143610 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, it is determined whether acceleration is instructed to the engine when the second speed is established and whether a preset condition is met, and operation of the transmission is controlled to change the gear position from the second speed to the first speed when the acceleration is determined to be instructed and the preset condition is met, thereby improving the acceleration performance of immediately after the acceleration is started. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143611 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, a change amount of throttle opening and a change amount of manifold absolute pressure of the engine are detected, and operation of the transmission is controlled to change the gear position from the second speed to the first speed based on the change amounts of the throttle opening and manifold absolute pressure, thereby enabling to appropriately control the operation of the transmission to suppress the decrease in boat speed even when the resistance of water flow acting on a boat during cruising is increased due to influence of a wave, etc. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143612 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an apparatus for controlling operation of an outboard motor having an internal combustion engine and a transmission being selectively changeable in gear position to establish speeds including at least a first speed and a second speed and transmitting power of the engine to the propeller with a gear ratio determined by established speed, it is determined whether acceleration is instructed to the engine when the second speed is established and operation of the engine is controlled to increase a fuel amount to be supplied to the engine when detected engine speed is greater than a predetermined speed, thereby improving the performance immediately after acceleration is started. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20090095957 | Display device and method of manufacturing display device - To provide a display device, including a polysilicon thin film transistor, which achieves a reduction of an off current with a simple configuration and with only a slight increase in a number of processes. A display device includes: an insulating substrate, and a thin film transistor formed on the insulating substrate, wherein a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor has a polysilicon layer, a first amorphous silicon layer formed above the polysilicon layer, and a second amorphous silicon layer formed above the first amorphous silicon layer. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090218574 | Display device and manufacturing method therefor - A display device includes a thin film transistor above a substrate, in which the thin film transistor is configured to include a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed to stride over the gate electrode on the gate insulating film, an inter-layer insulating film formed to cover the semiconductor layer, and a pair of electrodes formed to be connected to each of sides of the semiconductor layer interposing the gate electrode therebetween through contact holes formed through the inter-layer insulating film, high concentration impurity layers are formed at each connecting portion of the electrodes of the semiconductor layer, and an annular low-concentration impurity layer is formed to surround at least one of the high concentration impurity layers. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100032681 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a transparent substrate; gate electrodes which are stacked on the transparent substrate; semiconductor films which are stacked above the gate electrodes and constitute thin film transistors together with the gate electrodes; source electrodes and drain electrodes which are formed above the semiconductor films; an insulation film which is stacked between the source electrodes and the semiconductor films and between the drain electrodes and the semiconductor films; and contact holes which are formed in the insulation film so as to connect the source electrodes and the drain electrodes with the semiconductor films. The semiconductor film includes a connection region which is positioned at least below the contact hole and is connected with the source electrode, and a connection region which is positioned at least below the contact hole and is connected with the drain electrode, and impurities are implanted into the connection regions. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100096632 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A second insulation layer which is formed by stacking a plurality of layers made of different materials in a mutually contact manner is formed such that the second insulation layer covers a source region and a drain region and also covers a gate electrode from above. A first contact hole which reaches one of the source region and the drain region and a recessed portion which is arranged above the gate electrode but is not communicated with the gate electrode are simultaneously formed on the second insulation layer by dry etching. A first line layer is formed so as to cover the first contact hole. After forming the first line layer, a bottom surface of the recessed portion is etched by dry etching thus forming a second contact hole which reaches the gate electrode in the first and second insulation layers. A second line layer is formed on the second contact hole. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100096645 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a display device and a display device which can reduce the number of times that an insulation substrate is put into a CVD device and is taken out from the CVD device are provided. The manufacturing method of a display device includes the steps of forming a conductive layer including first electrode films and second electrode films, a first insulation layer, semiconductor films, a second insulation layer and a protective layer on an insulation substrate; forming first resist films having a predetermined thickness which are arranged in first regions above the semiconductor films, opening portions which are arranged in second regions above the second electrode films and second resist films having a large thickness which are arranged in regions other than the first regions and the second regions on the protective layer; etching portions below the second regions, removing the first resist films by ashing; forming first holes which reach the semiconductor films below the first regions and second holes which reach the second electrode films below the second regions; removing the second resist films, and forming lines which are connected to the semiconductor films and lines which are connected to the second electrode films. | 04-22-2010 |
