Abstract: A lane departure prevention device includes a control unit that executes lane keeping control (automatic steering of a steering wheel and/or issuing of a warning) when it is determined that a vehicle may move out of a lane. The control unit withholds execution of the lane keeping control until it is determined that a return-to-control condition is satisfied when it is determined that a driver has gone from showing no intention to move out of the lane to showing an intention to move out of the lane to cross a first lane boundary. The control unit continues, when it is determined that the vehicle is approaching a second white line present in a traveling direction with a speed equal to or faster than a reference value, continues withholding the execution of the lane keeping control even when it is determined that the return-to-control condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a body including a front compartment and a subframe configured to support an installed part disposed in the front compartment. The body includes a first counterface that inclines downward in a rearward direction of the vehicle. The subframe is attached to the body from below. The subframe includes a second counterface facing the first counterface of the body. The second counterface is inclined downward in the rearward direction of the vehicle. At least one of the first counterface and the second counterface includes a portion inclined rearward toward an inner side in a right-left direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A main power supply having a large capacity and a backup power supply having a small capacity are switchable by a power supply switching determination unit in a system. A motor control device drives a motor by the main power supply or the backup power supply. A drive control unit outputs a drive signal, calculated by feedback control of the current detection value with respect to the current command value, to an inverter circuit. When the power supply switching determination unit switches from the main power supply to the backup power supply, the drive control unit moves from a normal control using the main power supply to a backup control that restricts an electric power consumption and prevents the backup power supply from stopping.

Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder block including a water jacket, a water jacket spacer inserted into the water jacket, and a first gasket and a first cylinder head assembled to the cylinder block.

Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator including a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core and an inner wall surface of the housing. The first annular member may be arranged so as to surround an outer periphery of a first coil end. The first annular member may include first holes through which refrigerant is injected toward the first coil end. At least one opening of the first holes may have a shape in which a maximum value of a first width, which is a dimension in a circumferential direction of the stator core, is greater than a maximum value of a second width, which is a dimension in the axial direction of the stator core.

Abstract: A vehicle notification device acquires a congestion situation of rest facilities existing on a guidance route on an expressway, acquires position information of a first rest facility that is the closest rest facility to a current location of an own vehicle and position information of a second rest facility that is the next closest rest facility to the current location following the first rest facility, among rest facilities for which determination is made that a rest is possible from the congestion situation, predicts time required to move from the first rest facility to the second rest facility, and when the time is more than a preset threshold value, performs notification prompting a rest at the first rest facility.

Abstract: A method of producing a SmFeN-based rare earth magnet, the method including: heat-treating a SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate at a temperature of at least 80° C. but lower than 150° C.; mixing the heat-treated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder and a Zn-containing modifier powder by dispersion using resin-coated metal media or resin-coated ceramic media to obtain a powder mixture containing the SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder and the modifier powder; compacting the powder mixture in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic field compact; and pressure-sintering the magnetic field compact to obtain a sintered compact.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein support enhanced computer vision capabilities which may be applicable to, for example, autonomous vehicle operation. An example method includes generating a latent space and a decoder based on image data that includes multiple images, where each image has a different viewing frame of a scene. The method also includes generating a volumetric embedding that is representative of a novel viewing frame of the scene. The method includes decoding, with the decoder, the latent space using cross-attention with the volumetric embedding, and generating a novel viewing frame of the scene based on an output of the decoder.

Abstract: A mounting structure for an electric motor including a stator core having a cylindrical shape along an axis, having a plurality of teeth in an inner peripheral portion, and having a plurality of holes in an outer peripheral portion at equal angular intervals about the axis, (a) the stator core is fastened to the case by bolts inserted through at least three fastening holes out of the plurality of holes, (b) by different fastened states between the stator core and the case by the bolts, respectively, the radial rigidity of the stator core attached to the case symmetry about the axis is broken, (c) polygon formed by connecting the fastening holes as viewed in the direction of the axis includes the axis.

Abstract: An electric motor disclosed herein may comprise a rotor core fixed to a shaft, a stator, and first and second refrigerant passages. The stator may include coil ends at both ends. The first refrigerant passage may be provided in the shaft and arranged outside the rotor core in an axial direction of the shaft. The second refrigerant passage may extend inside the rotor core. A first outlet of the first refrigerant passage may be provided on the shaft, and an ejecting direction of refrigerant at the first outlet may be directed towards one of the coil ends. The rotor core is cooled by the refrigerant flowing in the second refrigerant passage. The coil ends are cooled by the refrigerant flowing in the first refrigerant passage, that is, the refrigerant that has not cooled the rotor.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of enabling a software portion of a vehicle, based on an operation of the vehicle and enabling another software portion of the vehicle, based on a further operation of the vehicle. The software portion and the other software portion alter the operation of the vehicle in response to the other software portion being operated for an amount of time.

Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator comprising a stator core and a coil; a housing that houses the rotor and the stator; and a first annular member that provides a seal between a first end face of the stator core in an axial direction of the stator core and an inner wall surface of the housing. The first annular member may include a plurality of first holes through which refrigerant is injected toward a first coil end of the coil protruding from the first end face of the stator core. At least one of the plurality of first holes may be covered with at least one mesh filter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes manufacturing a positive electrode plate that includes a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, lithium hydroxide, and lithium acetate; manufacturing a negative electrode plate that includes a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material and a sodium salt; and injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including LiBOB into a case that accommodates the positive and negative plates. When “A” represents a mole number of the lithium hydroxide added in the manufacturing the positive electrode plate, “B” represents a mole number of the lithium acetate formed in the manufacturing the positive electrode plate, and “C” represents a mole number of the sodium salt added in the manufacturing the negative electrode plate, 0.04?B/A?0.06 and 1.9?B/C are satisfied. Lithium acetate has a higher solubility in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution than sodium acetate.

Abstract: A solid-state battery having a first current collector layer, a first active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active material layer, and a second current collector layer in order as stated is provided. The first current collector layer and the second current collector layer have extended portions, the first current collector layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via a thermoplastic resin layer between the extended portions thereof, and (i) an extended portion of the solid electrolyte layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via the thermoplastic resin layer or (ii) an extended portion of the first active material layer and the second current collector layer are joined to each other via the thermoplastic resin layer.

Abstract: A charging control device includes: a contact-type automatic charger arranged under a floor and having an opening that opens to an outer surface of a vehicle body; a protective cover that opens and closes the opening; a cooling water circuit that cools at least one of an internal combustion engine prime mover or an electric unit; and a heating unit that is provided on a high water temperature path of the cooling water circuit and heats the contact-type automatic charger.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a tollgate type determiner and a travel controller. The tollgate type determiner determines whether or not a tollgate present in front of a vehicle is a speed-limit tollgate, on the basis of positional information on the vehicle and map information. The travel controller controls a travel speed of the vehicle in accordance with the result of determination by the tollgate type determiner. When the tollgate is the speed-limit tollgate, the travel controller performs speed-limiting control such that, while passing through the tollgate, the vehicle has the travel speed limited not more than a speed limit for the speed-limit tollgate. When the tollgate is not the speed-limit tollgate, the travel controller does not perform the speed-limiting control.

Abstract: The power conversion unit of the vehicle includes a power converter, a wire harness electrically connected to the power converter, a housing that houses the power converter and the wire harness, and a lid that covers an opening of the housing. The housing has a rib that is a part of the side wall portion thereof and protrudes to the inside of the housing and extends toward the lid, and forms a recessed portion that opens toward the lid with a part of the side wall portion. The rib and the lid define a holding portion of the wire harness.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery including an all-solid-state battery configured to be externally chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of the vehicle, a heater configured to heat the battery, and a control device configured to control the heater. The control device controls the heater such that when a predetermined condition related to the external charging is satisfied, the temperature of the battery during execution of the external charging is higher than when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The predetermined condition includes a condition that an elevation of the vehicle during the execution of the external charging is higher than a predetermined height.