Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell system that includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks and an exhaust combustor that combusts exhaust gas. The exhaust combustor is located at least between two fuel cell stacks and adjacent to each of the two fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus including a heat sink to which a heat generating body is joined, a main flow generation device configured to generate a main flow for cooling the heat sink, and an induced flow generation device configured to electrically generate an induced flow. The induced flow generation device is provided to a support member facing the heat sink.

Abstract: A current detection device (100) includes a shunt resistor (1) connected in series to a path through which a current flows; a first circuit (2) that converts a voltage across the shunt resistor (1) into a predetermined differential voltage; a second circuit (3) to which the predetermined differential voltage is input from the first circuit (2) via a pair of wirings (55) and that amplifies the predetermined differential voltage; a constant current circuit (4) connected between the pair of wirings (55); and an arithmetic circuit (5) that operates the current flowing through the path based on the voltage amplified by the second circuit (3).

Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and an electric battery placed beneath the floor. The vehicle also includes a layer of sound-deadening foam inserted between the floor and the battery such that the layer has an upper surface that is in contact with the floor and a lower surface that is in contact with the battery. At least one the two surfaces forms at least a seal intended to increase the sound-deadening of the foam between the floor and the battery.

Abstract: A battery for storing electrical energy includes: a plurality of battery modules that are electrically connected by an electrical circuit, and a switching unit that includes a plurality of switches arranged on the electrical circuit and designed to connect the battery modules in series in the electrical circuit during a phase of the battery being charged by a charger. The switching unit also includes a system for balancing the charging of the battery modules, which is arranged on the electrical circuit and modifies the electrical circuit to divert a portion of the current being delivered to one of the battery modules which is being overcharged to another of the battery modules which is being undercharged, in a mixed phase during which the battery is simultaneously being charged by the charger and discharged into a consumer circuit that the battery is supplying with electrical power.

Abstract: A method manages a network of storage batteries for supplying electric current to an engine of an electrically propelled motor vehicle. The network includes a first storage battery and at least a second storage battery connected in parallel, each storage battery being connected to the rest of the network via a relay which enables the storage battery to be isolated from every other storage battery. The method includes acquiring a state of charge for each storage battery, determining, by a computer, a control setpoint for each relay based on the acquired states of charge, and controlling the relays based on each determined control setpoint. In the acquiring, the computer acquires a value of a first parameter relating to a level of wear of each storage battery. In the determining, each control setpoint is determined based on the value of the first parameter.

Abstract: An electronic control system for vehicles includes an electronic control device and a master device. The master device is connected to at least two or more groups of electronic control devices each including the electronic control device and gives an instruction to the electronic control device. The electronic control device includes a storage unit including a data storage side; a second detection unit that detects a state of a vehicle; a rewrite execution unit that writes update data acquired from the master device to the data storage side to rewrite a program; an activation determination unit that determines whether or not to activate the program rewritten with the update data; and an activation execution unit that activates the program.

Abstract: A method for determining a trajectory of a motor vehicle includes identifying a plurality of objects present in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. For each object, the method includes: a) determining a speed of impact between the object of interest and the motor vehicle, b) determining a risk of injury in the event of a collision with the motor vehicle at the determined impact speed, c) determining the probability of a collision resulting in an injury between the object of interest and the motor vehicle, depending on the determined risk of injury. The method subsequently includes determining a plurality of possible trajectories for the motor vehicle, and determining the trajectory to be followed by the motor vehicle by optimising a cost function which depends on the determined collision probabilities and which minimises the risk of collision resulting in an injury between each object and the motor vehicle.

Abstract: An assembly actively controls the rolling noise for a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a path control device that includes another sensor fastened on the steering knuckle, such as an accelerometer. The path control device is capable of transmitting, to the anti-noise device, measurements obtained by the other sensor. The anti-noise device is capable of generating an anti-noise signal depending on the acceleration measurements obtained and controlling its transmission via the loudspeaker.

Abstract: A method for determining a type of parking space for a motor vehicle includes detecting a target, evaluating an orientation of the target relative to a road, and determining a type of parking space on the basis of the evaluated orientation. The detecting the target is implemented by a frontal camera of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator of an axial flow electric machine includes cutting slots on a lateral part of a strip of sheet metal, cutting recesses on an opposite lateral part of the strip to form coolant flow channels, winding the strip according to a radial stack, the recesses being cut by a double perforation symmetrical to a line orthogonal to the length of the strip, the recesses being cut on a first radial periphery of the stator winding at a distance from the radial section of the stator passing through the line, until they meet on the radial section at an opposite radial periphery of the stator winding, forming V-shaped channels meeting at the ends of the legs of the V's during the winding.

Abstract: The state of charge of a traction battery of a hybrid vehicle power train is managed by, during a phase of running of the vehicle to a current destination, predicting a temperature that a battery will reach, after the power train is switched off, at a time of departure to a future destination; estimating, as a function of the battery temperature previously predicted, a minimum state of charge of the battery making it possible to provide, during a phase of running to the future destination, a predefined minimum power level; and maintaining the state of charge of the battery close to the minimum state of charge.

Abstract: A method controls a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous driving structure, sensors, fusion circuitry, and a road navigation assistance device. The method includes: determining a first value when the estimated trajectory of the vehicle intersects or approaches the central line of a traffic lane, determining a second value when the closest target object on the vehicle's driving line is also detected by a telemetry sensor, determining a third value when a collision will occur by comparing the distance between the closest target object and the vehicle to a predetermined threshold, determining a fourth value when the space between the vehicle and the closest target object is empty based on data from the telemetry sensor, and determining a fifth value when there is congestion on the trajectory of the vehicle, and then determining whether the autonomous driving structure can be activated based on only the first to fifth values.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat device that includes a headrest to support a head of an occupant seated on a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat device includes a rest operation adjustment mechanism provided on the headrest and to restrict or allow movement of the head of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat and a controller that controls the rest operation adjustment mechanism to allow the movement of the head of the occupant when a frequency of a vibration in a width direction of a vehicle is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method ensures that a vehicle can safely pass a traffic light. The vehicle includes a processor and a light sensor. The method includes receiving traffic data, establishing a speed profile, establishing a control distance, the processor establishing, in accordance with the speed profile, a control distance at which braking ensures that the vehicle stops safely before the position of the traffic light, adjustment according to the speed profile, detecting the state of the traffic light when the vehicle is at the control distance from the traffic light, and the processor activating braking if the traffic light is red.

Abstract: A method for managing the longitudinal speed of a first vehicle includes: detecting vehicles in traffic surrounding the first vehicle, including detecting at least one vehicle in front of the first vehicle and at least one vehicle behind the first vehicle; calculating reference speeds, including calculating at least one first reference speed depending on the at least one vehicle in front of the first vehicle and calculating at least one second reference speed depending on the at least one vehicle behind the first vehicle; calculating a maximum speed setpoint depending on the first reference speed; calculating a minimum speed setpoint depending on the second reference speed; calculating a speed setpoint of the first vehicle, the speed setpoint of the first vehicle being less than or equal to the maximum speed setpoint and greater than or equal to the minimum speed setpoint.

Abstract: Method for secure display of information in a vehicle fitted with a driver assistance system enabling detection of a connected infrastructure element that is likely to have a plurality of statuses and estimation of temporal proximity to the infrastructure element, the method including securing the display of information relating to driving events displayed on a display unit of the system.

Abstract: When an own vehicle changes lanes to another lane different from the traveling lane by override, a traveling control device for a vehicle generates a first travelable area in the traveling lane based on the predicted traveling trajectory in accordance with the override of the own vehicle and generates a second travelable area along the other lane. The traveling control device for the vehicle generates a third travelable area by connecting the first travelable area and the second travelable area, generates an own vehicle traveling trajectory within the third travelable area and controls a motion of the own vehicle so that the own vehicle travels along the own vehicle traveling trajectory.

Abstract: A monitoring control device for diagnosing a presence/absence of a detection failure of a rotation state of a rotator includes: a rotation sensor that detects the rotation state of the rotator and outputs an analog signal in response to the detected rotation state; a converter that calculates a first absolute angle of the rotator at a first timing based on the analog signal and outputs a signal including the first absolute angle; a first control device 10 that obtains the first absolute angle; and a second control device 20 that calculates a second absolute angle of the rotator at a second timing different from the first timing based on the analog signal. The first control device 10 generates a first diagnostic signal based on the first absolute angle, and outputs the first diagnostic signal to the second control device.

Abstract: An apparatus for post-processing of a decision-making model of an autonomous vehicle receives a decision-making model including a plurality of states. The model is processed using multivariate data that comprises values for at least three observations of a vehicle operational scenario. A slice of the model decision space is generated by fixing values of all except two observations, and modifying the values of the two observations to obtain multiple alternative solutions for the model. The alternative solutions and the modified values form the slice. Each alternative solution is associated with a respective first value of a first observation and a respective second value of a second observation. The apparatus also generates a solution to a modified decision-making model that is the model modified by, for at least one state and at least one of the two observations, modifying a probabilistic transition matrix, a probabilistic observation matrix, or both.