Abstract: A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display cell that displays an image and has a thin-plate shape; one or more vibration exciters that are disposed on rear-surface side of the display cell and cause the display cell to vibrate; and an opposing plate opposed to the display cell with an air gap in between. The display apparatus further includes a sound-spreading adjustment member that is disposed between the display cell and the two or more vibration exciters, and controls spreading of a sound generated by vibration caused by the two or more vibration exciters.

Abstract: A vehicle drive system including: a rotating electric machine; an output drivingly coupled to a wheel; a differential gear device provided in a power transmission path between the rotating electric machine and the output, the differential gear device including at least a first rotating element drivingly coupled to the rotating electric machine, a second rotating element drivingly coupled to the output, and a third rotating element that is selectively fixed by a one-way clutch to a non-rotating member and that is selectively fixed by a friction brake to the non-rotating member; and a clutch that selectively couples together two of the first rotating element, the second rotating element, and the third rotating element.

Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a sleeve including a first peripheral surface provided side by side with a spline; a connecting member including a groove provided side by side with a spline in spline engagement with the spline, recessed radially relative to the first peripheral surface, and including a bottom surface that serves as a second peripheral surface facing the first peripheral surface; and a tolerance ring disposed in the groove so as to exert a radial elastic force between the sleeve and the connecting member.

Abstract: A temperature control apparatus, for radiating heat from a side door to a vehicle interior, includes components which are provided inside each of the vehicle body and side door, respectively. A heat source is disposed within a peripheral edge part of an opening in a vehicle body. A heat pipe is provided in the side door. When the door opening is closed by the side door, the heat source and heat pipe come into contact, and are thermally connected by a heat transmission mechanism.

Abstract: The disclosed operation method of a heat pump-type vehicle air conditioning system involves a step for setting a cold operating mode for raising the output air temperature of the air conditioner by means of a heater or a normal operating mode for raising the heating COP; a step for detecting the temperatures inside and outside the vehicle; and a step which, by selecting either the cold operating mode or the normal operating mode on the basis of the detected temperatures inside and outside of the vehicle, is for bypassing a condenser, controlling the opening of an electronic expansion valve contained in a bypass unit connected in series to a gas/liquid separating liquid coolant storage unit downstream of the aforementioned heater, and adjusting the pressure drop applied to the coolant.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle is provided with a heat pump circulation path through which a refrigerant body is circulated through a compressor. The heat pump circulation path is provided with a condenser unit, an expansion valve, a first evaporator, a heater, and a second evaporator. The heat pump circulation path is also provided with a bypass means which, in heating operation, bypasses a main condenser for constituting the condenser unit and connects the heater and a gas-liquid separation-type refrigerant body containing section. The configuration provides effects which minimize an increase in the number of dedicated parts required only in a heating mode and which, by effectively utilizing the system in a cooling mode, prevents a reduction in the air conditioning performance caused by the shortage of the refrigerant body.

Abstract: A vehicular air-conditioning system has a heat pump circulation passage for circulating a coolant with a compressor. To the heat pump circulation passage, there are connected a condenser for performing a heat exchange between a coolant and ambient air, an expansion valve, a first evaporator, a heater, and a second evaporator. The heat pump circulation passage includes a coolant retrieval passage extending from a divider between the condenser and the gas-liquid separator and connected to the compressor. A second backflow check valve for preventing the coolant from flowing from the compressor to the divider and a solenoid-operated valve are connected to the coolant retrieval passage.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioner and an air outlet for opening and closing an opening formed in a rear part of a vehicle body. A control unit causes the air outlet to open and close the opening in accordance with changes in air conditions in a passenger compartment, so as to keep the passenger compartment environmentally good condition.

Abstract: A temperature control apparatus for radiating heat from a side door to a vehicle interior is disclosed. A heat source is disposed within a peripheral edge part of an opening in a vehicle body. A heat pipe is provided to the side door. When the opening is closed by the side door, the heat source and heat pipe are thermally connected by a heat transmission mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioner and an air outlet for opening and closing an opening formed in a rear part of a vehicle body. A control unit causes the air outlet to open and close the opening in accordance with changes in air conditions in a passenger compartment, so as to keep the passenger compartment environmentally good condition.

Abstract: A child seat mounting structure in which a child seat can be easily mounted. The child seat mounting structure includes a seat which is installed in a vehicle body, and which has a seatback, a headrest which is mounted on the top of the seatback, and which has a through hole formed therein, and a child seat which is mounted on the seat, and which has a top tether extending from the top thereof for fixing the child seat. The top tether extends backward through the through hole and beyond the seatback, and the end of the top tether is engaged with a portion of the seat or a portion of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A child seat mounting structure in which a child seat can be easily mounted. The child seat mounting structure includes a seat which is installed in a vehicle body, and which has a seatback, a headrest which is mounted on the top of the seatback, and which has a through hole formed therein, and a child seat which is mounted on the seat, and which has a top tether extending from the top thereof for fixing the child seat. The top tether extends backward through the through hole and beyond the seatback, and the end of the top tether is engaged with a portion of the seat or a portion of the vehicle body.