Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotor having insertion holes arranged in a circumferential direction around an axis and a magnet and resin placed in each insertion hole includes: a first step of placing the magnet and resin in each first insertion hole, and identifying an unbalance position by rotating the rotor at a first rotation speed; a second step of placing the magnet and resin in each second insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a second rotation speed; and a third step of placing the magnet and resin in each third insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a third rotation speed smaller than the second rotation speed. The second and third insertion holes are relatively far from and close to the unbalance position respectively.

Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core, a stator winding, and a sensor unit. The stator has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors respectively inserted in the slots. The sensor unit includes a sensor holding conductor, and a temperature sensor. The sensor holding conductor is welded to first and second segment conductors among the segment conductors. The temperature sensor is held by the sensor holding conductor. The sensor holding conductor includes first and second end portions, and a bent portion. The first end portion is welded to an end portion of the first segment conductor. The second end portion is welded to an end portion of the second segment conductor. The bent portion couples the first end portion and the second end portion to each other. The temperature sensor is held at an inner side of the bent portion.

Abstract: A motor device for a vehicle includes a stator, a rotor, a bearing, an inverter, and a controller. The stator is attached into a housing and includes a concentrated winding coil. The rotor includes a permanent magnet. The bearing supports a rotating shaft of the rotor. The inverter controls an energization state of the concentrated winding coil. If a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than a threshold, the controller outputs a control signal to the inverter to execute field weakening control, and thereby makes a potential difference between the housing and the rotating shaft lower than a withstand voltage of the bearing. The control signal controls the energization state of the concentrated winding coil. The field weakening control generates magnetic flux of the concentrated winding coil in a direction of weakening magnetic flux of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus, configured to control a vehicle, includes an engine that is configured to drive wheels via a power transmission device. The vehicle control apparatus includes a towing state detector and an engine controller. The towing state detector is configured to detect whether the vehicle is in a towing state. The engine controller is configured to stop the engine in a case where a predetermined engine stopping condition is satisfied during traveling of the vehicle. The engine controller is configured to vary, in a case where the towing state detector detects that the vehicle is in the towing state, the predetermined engine stopping condition to reduce an operational range in which the engine is to be stopped compared with an operational range in a case where the towing state detector does not detect that the vehicle is in the towing state.

Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core, a stator winding, and a sensor unit. The stator has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors respectively inserted in the slots. The sensor unit includes a sensor holding conductor, and a temperature sensor. The sensor holding conductor is welded to first and second segment conductors among the segment conductors. The temperature sensor is held by the sensor holding conductor. The sensor holding conductor includes first and second end portions, and a bent portion. The first end portion is welded to an end portion of the first segment conductor. The second end portion is welded to an end portion of the second segment conductor. The bent portion couples the first end portion and the second end portion to each other. The temperature sensor is held at an inner side of the bent portion.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission shiftable by hydraulic pressure, a main oil passage that delivers operating oil, a first oil passage that delivers the operating oil from the main oil passage to the transmission, a first valve that opens/closes the first oil passage, a controller that controls the first valve, a second oil passage that delivers the operating oil from the main oil passage to the transmission, and a manually drivable second valve that opens/closes a section of the first oil passage that is closer to the main oil passage than the first valve and the second oil passage. The second valve is switchable between the automatic control state in which the first oil passage is opened and the second oil passage is closed and the manual control state in which the first oil passage is closed and the second oil passage is opened.

Abstract: A motor device for a vehicle includes a stator, a rotor, a bearing, an inverter, and a controller. The stator is attached into a housing and includes a concentrated winding coil. The rotor includes a permanent magnet. The bearing supports a rotating shaft of the rotor. The inverter controls an energization state of the concentrated winding coil. If a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than a threshold, the controller outputs a control signal to the inverter to execute field weakening control, and thereby makes a potential difference between the housing and the rotating shaft lower than a withstand voltage of the bearing. The control signal controls the energization state of the concentrated winding coil. The field weakening control generates magnetic flux of the concentrated winding coil in a direction of weakening magnetic flux of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission shiftable by hydraulic pressure, a main oil passage that delivers operating oil, a first oil passage that delivers the operating oil from the main oil passage to the transmission, a first valve that opens/closes the first oil passage, a controller that controls the first valve, a second oil passage that delivers the operating oil from the main oil passage to the transmission, and a manually drivable second valve that opens/closes a section of the first oil passage that is closer to the main oil passage than the first valve and the second oil passage. The second valve is switchable between the automatic control state in which the first oil passage is opened and the second oil passage is closed and the manual control state in which the first oil passage is closed and the second oil passage is opened.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus, configured to control a vehicle, includes an engine that is configured to drive wheels via a power transmission device. The vehicle control apparatus includes a towing state detector and an engine controller. The towing state detector is configured to detect whether the vehicle is in a towing state. The engine controller is configured to stop the engine in a case where a predetermined engine stopping condition is satisfied during traveling of the vehicle. The engine controller is configured to vary, in a case where the towing state detector detects that the vehicle is in the towing state, the predetermined engine stopping condition to reduce an operational range in which the engine is to be stopped compared with an operational range in a case where the towing state detector does not detect that the vehicle is in the towing state.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a thermal load priority calculator, a stability priority calculator, and a driving force distribution controller. The thermal load priority calculator is configured to calculate a thermal load priority that prioritizes a thermal load of a motor for driving a vehicle according to an operating state of the vehicle. The stability priority calculator is configured to calculate a stability priority that prioritizes a stability of the vehicle according to an operating state of the vehicle. The driving force distribution controller is configured to control a driving force distribution in a front and a rear of the vehicle, on a basis of a result of comparing the thermal load priority and the stability priority.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a thermal load priority calculator, a stability priority calculator, and a driving force distribution controller. The thermal load priority calculator is configured to calculate a thermal load priority that prioritizes a thermal load of a motor for driving a vehicle according to an operating state of the vehicle. The stability priority calculator is configured to calculate a stability priority that prioritizes a stability of the vehicle according to an operating state of the vehicle. The driving force distribution controller is configured to control a driving force distribution in a front and a rear of the vehicle, on a basis of a result of comparing the thermal load priority and the stability priority.