Abstract: An electrically powered work vehicle includes a left driving wheel and a right driving wheel that are supported to a vehicle body, a left motor for driving the left driving wheel and a right motor for driving the right driving wheel, a steering wheel, an acceleration operation tool, a turning command calculation section for calculating a turning command based on a steering operation amount of the steering wheel, a turning torque calculation section for calculating a turning torque based on the turning command, a vehicle speed command calculation section for calculating a vehicle speed command based on an acceleration operation amount of the acceleration operation tool, a vehicle speed torque calculation section for calculating a vehicle speed torque based on the vehicle speed command, and a speed command calculation section for calculating a left motor speed command and a right motor speed command based on the turning torque and the vehicle speed torque.

Abstract: A housing holding parts includes a plurality of outer circumferential plates connected with each other to form a first enclosed space, one or more of the outer circumferential plates having a total of two or more outer holes formed therein, and a gutter member connected to at least two outer circumferential plates, the gutter member having an inner hole formed therein, wherein a second enclosed space is formed by the outer circumferential plates and the gutter member, the outer holes communicate with the second enclosed space, and the inner hole is provided to be offset from each of the lines passing through each of the outer holes which are perpendicular to the outer circumferential plates in which the outer holes 8 are formed.

Abstract: A powertrain system includes a port injection internal combustion engine. A first start process is a process in which fuel is enclosed in a compression stroke cylinder when the engine is stopped, and based on a stored crank stop position, ignition is performed in a first cycle of the compression stroke cylinder upon engine start. A second start process is a process in which, based on the stored crank stop position, fuel injection is performed for an intake stroke cylinder while the engine is stopped, and based on the stored crank stop position, ignition is performed in the first cycle of the intake stroke cylinder upon engine start. When a catalyst temperature at the time engine start is requested is equal to or higher than a first threshold, a control device starts the internal combustion engine by at least one of the first start process and the second start process.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle of the present invention includes a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel that are supported to a vehicle body, a left motor that drives the left drive wheel and a right motor that drives the right drive wheel, a traveling motor control unit that controls the left motor and the right motor independently based on steering signals from a steering unit, and a turn response enhancement unit. The turn response enhancement unit gives, to the traveling motor control unit, additional control amounts for the left motor and the right motor so as to improve turning response during turning of the vehicle body.

Abstract: An electric travelling vehicle including: a motor controller configured to control an electric motor based on displacement of a steering operation part to a forward travel position, a neutral position, and a rearward travel position, a brake controller configured to bring an electromagnetic power-off brake into a released state or a braking state; and a travel state detector configured to detect a travelling state that is accompanied with the released state, a stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state, and a transit stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state.

Abstract: An electric travelling vehicle including: a motor controller configured to control an electric motor based on displacement of a steering operation part to a forward travel position, a neutral position, and a rearward travel position, a brake controller configured to bring an electromagnetic power-off brake into a released state or a braking state; and a travel state detector configured to detect a travelling state that is accompanied with the released state, a stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state, and a transit stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state.

Abstract: The mower unit includes a mower deck having a top wall and side walls extending downwards from an outer circumferential edge of the top wall, a rotational shaft extending upwards through the top wall from an inside space formed by the top wall and the side walls, a cutter blade attached to a lower portion of the rotational shaft within the inside space and rotatable together with the rotational shaft, an electric mower motor having an output shaft that can rotatably drive the rotational shaft, and a flywheel rotatable in association with the rotational driving of the mower motor.

Abstract: A cutter blade for a mower is disposed inside a housing of the mower and rotatably driven about a vertical axis. The cutter blade includes a blade body a blade portion provided at least at a part of a rotational direction-wise front end portion of the blade body, and a wind generating portion provided at least at a part of a rotational direction-wise rear end portion of the blade body, the wind generating portion extending more upwards than the blade portion. A thickness of the wind generating portion at the rotational direction-wise rear end portion is smaller at least partially than a thickness of the remaining part of the wind generating portion.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes: an electric motor unit including a plurality of motors (21, 22, and 130); a motor control unit (50) that adjusts electric power from a battery (20) and supplies the adjusted electric power to the electric motor unit by controlling an inverter (4); a charge control section (53) that controls charging and discharging of the battery (20); a battery state detection device (9) that detects a state of the battery (20) including a rate of charge; and a regenerative electric power detection device (6) that detects a generation of regenerative electric power.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a vehicle body having traveling wheels, a traveling motor capable of driving the traveling wheels, and a battery unit having, at one end portion thereof, a pair of left and right leg wheels, the battery unit being detachably attachable to a battery storage section of the vehicle body and being capable of supplying electric power to the traveling motor. The battery unit, when detached from the battery storage section, is posture-switchable between a flat placement state in which the leg wheels and the other end portion thereof opposite to the side on which the leg wheels are located are placed in contact with the ground surface and a tilted posture in which the battery unit can stand on its own with the other end portion thereof being located higher than the leg wheels.

Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine which is provided with a supercharger, an exhaust gas purification catalyst, a bypass passage, a wastegate valve, and a flow regulating member for changing a direction of flow of exhaust gas, the exhaust gas purification catalyst and the flow regulating member are arranged in such a manner that when warming up the exhaust gas purification catalyst, bypass exhaust gas goes toward an upstream side end face of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, whereas when the internal combustion engine is operated in a predetermined high load region, the bypass exhaust gas goes toward the flow regulating member. The flow regulating member includes a guide portion that guides the exhaust gas thus impinged in a circumferential direction of an exhaust pipe, and the guide portion is formed with a plurality of through holes.

Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes front wheels and rear wheels for traveling, right and left machine body frames extending along a front/rear direction and an electric motor. The electric motor includes at least one of a front output shaft protruding forwards and a rear output shaft protruding rearwards. The electric motor is supported to front portions of the machine body frames to be located forwardly of the front wheels as seen in a side view.

Abstract: Provided is an electric work vehicle having a simple configuration, yet allowing a hydraulic cylinder to function appropriately even in a low-temperature environment. An electric work vehicle includes a first hydraulic cylinder, a second hydraulic cylinder and a third hydraulic cylinder and includes also a hydraulic system for feeding work oil to these hydraulic cylinders and a traveling motor. The hydraulic system includes an oil heating circuit for heating the work oil using heat generated from the traveling motor.

Abstract: In an electric grass cutting machine relating to the present invention, an electric motor for driving a traveling device having a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels and a gear transmission for speed-changing output from the electric motor and transmitting the resultant power to the traveling device are disposed between the left and right rear wheels and arranged one after the other in the front/rear direction at positions laterally of a conveying duct for guiding cut grass pieces from a rear discharge type mower device to a grass collecting container supported to a rear portion of a machine body frame.

Abstract: A control device (90) equipped with: switches (91) provided in each charging or discharging current path in each of one or more power storage units (40); a control unit (92) that supplies a control signal to the switch (91); and an external input terminal (83) that supplies an external input signal to the switch (91). Each switch (91) has a function for turning off when the control signal and/or the external input signal is a signal for turning off that switch, or a function for turning on when both the control signal and the external input signal are a signal for turning on that switch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mower unit including, on a mower deck that rotatably supports a blade, a deck-side electric component configured to drive the blade, and a joint section for effecting connection and disconnection of a harness that electrically connects the deck-side electric component to a vehicle body-side electric component.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust system component having excellent properties to be located in an exhaust flow path from an internal combustion engine, particularly, an exhaust system component having an extended use-life. The exhaust system component of the present invention for an internal combustion engine has a self-healing ceramic material and an electric heater for heating the self-healing ceramic material. In particular, the exhaust system component of the present invention is an oxygen sensor having a detection element and an electric heater, wherein the detection element has a solid electrolyte layer, a reference-side electrode layer, an exhaust-side electrode layer, and a diffusion layer and/or a trap layer each composed of a self-healing ceramic material.

Abstract: Provided is a non-excitation operable electromagnetic brake that includes a manually operable rotary cam for switching over a rotor to a brake releasing state, but that allows easy recognition of switchover to the brake released state via an operation reaction force and that also allows reliable keeping of the rotary cam under its acting state. Even when an electromagnet is under a non-excited state, when a rotary cam is rotatably operated to an acting position, an acting portion of the rotary cam slidably operates a rotor via a releasing plate to a brake releasing state against springs. The acting portion of the rotary cam is formed linear along a tangent at a center of the acting portion with respect to a rotary cam rotational direction.

Abstract: A battery pack monitoring system is provided with: a battery pack that includes a battery unit capable of supplying electric power to an electric-powered work vehicle, and can be attached to and detached from the electric-powered work vehicle; a detection mechanism configured to detect the state inside the battery pack or the state of the environment surrounding the battery pack with the battery pack detached from the electric-powered work vehicle; a detection mechanism power supply that is separate from the battery unit, and is capable of supplying electric power to the detection mechanism; a notification signal output unit configured to output a notification signal based on a result of the detection performed by the detection mechanism; and a notification device configured to perform notification based on the notification signal output by the notification signal output unit.

Abstract: A lawn mower includes: a mower unit having a plurality of blades for performing lawn mowing work, the plurality of blades being driven by rotational power, a blade motor configured to transmit rotational power to each of the plurality of blades, and be capable of optionally changing the rotation number of the rotational power transmitted to each of the plurality of blades; and a controller configured to detect respective speeds of the plurality of blades to the ground and perform energy-saving control of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the rotational power transmitted to each of the plurality of blades in accordance with increase and reduction in the detected speed of each of the plurality of blades.