Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control apparatus which can prevent drivability from being deteriorated. The vehicle control apparatus comprises an ECU adapted to determine whether or not a brake is “off” or the state of the hysteresis width of an accelerator opening degree exceeding a predetermined hysteresis width is continued for a predetermined period of time during the execution of an engine torque reduction control process. When the ECU determines that the brake is “off” or that the state of the hysteresis width of an accelerator opening degree exceeding a predetermined hysteresis width is continued for a predetermined period of time, the ECU performs an engine torque restoration process of the engine. Therefore, the vehicle control apparatus can allow the continued execution and non-execution of the reduction control to be switched therebetween in accordance with the driver's travel intention, thereby making it possible to prevent the drivability from being deteriorated.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control apparatus that can prevent the deterioration of drivability. An ECU executes a reduction control when speed reduction of a vehicle is determined as a control permit condition is established, and does not execute the reduction control when the speed reduction is not determined as the condition is not established. Additionally, when determined that a vehicle behavior stabilization control that stabilizes behavior of the vehicle is being executed, the ECU determines the speed reduction of the vehicle by changing a speed reduction threshold value for determining the speed reduction. This makes it possible to adequately determine the speed reduction of the vehicle even when a drive state of the vehicle is changed by the execution of the vehicle behavior stabilization control, thereby allowing the execution and non-execution of the reduction control to be switched reflecting a driver's intention and thus preventing the drivability from being deteriorated.

Abstract: In a cooling water channel 11 through which cooling water circulates, a heater core 15 in which the cooling water heats air supplied from a blower 16, a heat absorbing part 13 in which the cooling water absorbs heat from a vehicle engine 12, which is an object from which heat is absorbed, and an electric water pump 14 for circulating the cooling water are arranged. A magnetic heat storage material that is, when magnetized, put into a high-temperature state because of a rise in temperature and which is, when demagnetized, put into a low-temperature state because of a fall in temperature due to a magneto-caloric effect, is mixed into the cooling water. A permanent magnet 17 for applying a magnetic field to the fluid is arranged on the heater core 15.

Abstract: A temperature regulation apparatus comprises an air path, a heat exchange path for a heat exchanging fluid, a magnetic thermal storage unit having a magnetic thermal storage medium which increases in temperature upon magnetization and decreases in temperature upon demagnetization, and a magnetic field generating unit for generating a magnetic field in the air path or the heat exchange path. The medium of the unit assumes one of a high temperature state and a low temperature state with the movement of the unit into the air path, and the other state with the movement of the unit into the heat exchange path. When the unit moves to the air path so the medium assumes the high temperature state, heat is radiated to the air, while when the unit moves to the air path so the medium assumes the low temperature state, heat is absorbed from the air.

Abstract: An engine driven by high-pressure gas comprises: a high-pressure gas tank (7) for storing high-pressure gas; a piston (3) displaced when pressure is given from the high-pressure gas tank (7) to the piston (3), the piston (3) composing an expansion chamber (4) in which the high-pressure gas is expanded; and a crank shaft for converting a displacement of the piston (3) into a rotary motion, and fuel is burnt in the expansion chamber (4) when a volume of the expansion chamber (4) is expanded by the high-pressure gas supplied into the expansion chamber (4). Due to the foregoing, the piston (3) is displaced mainly by the pressure of high-pressure gas in the same manner as that of starting the engine, and the combustion of fuel is mainly used to prevent the temperature of gas in the expansion chamber (4) from being decreased.

Abstract: A rolling control apparatus and method for controlling rolling of a vehicle controls braking force applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus and method set a target roll angle of the vehicle based on a rolling state of the vehicle, calculate a total control quantity for achieving the target roll angle, based on a running condition of the vehicle, and control the braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle, based on the total control quantity.

Abstract: In a combustor for supplying combustion heat to a heater core and an intake side of an engine, when the engine is started, combustion gas is supplied to an intake side of the engine while non-combustion air is introduced into a combustion gas passage partitioned from a water passage of the heater core by a heat-conduction partition member. In this case, non-combustion air is used as an air curtain for interrupting a heat transmission from the combustion gas of the combustion gas passage to water of the water passage.

Abstract: In a combustor for supplying combustion heat to a heater core and an intake side of an engine, when the engine is started, combustion gas is supplied to an intake side of the engine while non-combustion air is introduced into a combustion gas passage partitioned from a water passage of the heater core by a heat-conduction partition member. In this case, non-combustion air is used as an air curtain for interrupting a heat transmission from the combustion gas of the combustion gas passage to water of the water passage.

Abstract: A combustion type heater of this invention includes fuel distribution means 11 for distributing a fuel to the whole surface of a wick 10, disposed upstream of the wick in a fuel passage. The fuel distribution means comprises fuel distribution grooves 15 and a fuel dispersion plate 16 having a large number of holes bored therein. The fuel distribution means can quickly supply the fuel to the whole surface of the wick. To shorten the heating time of the wick, the heater of the present invention uses a wick heating glow plug 14b outside an ignition glow plug 14a, or a planar heater 18, for heating the wick.

Abstract: A rolling control apparatus and method for controlling rolling of a vehicle controls braking force applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus and method set a target roll angle of the vehicle based on a rolling state of the vehicle, calculate a total control quantity for achieving the target roll angle, based on a running condition of the vehicle, and control the braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle, based on the total control quantity.

Abstract: A device for controlling a turn running behavior of a vehicle detects at least one parameter (V, &ggr;, Gy, Gyh, &ggr;t, &ggr;t−&ggr;) with respect to the turn running behavior in addition to a drive direction of the vehicle, the one parameter being indicative of a higher desirability of the turn running behavior control according to changes of a magnitude thereof, calculates an amount (&Dgr;Ter, Froq, Friq, &Dgr;Tes, Fsop, Fsiq, Fsoq) for the turn running behavior control based upon the detected turn running behavior parameters, determines a start of the turn running behavior control according to the one turn running behavior parameter traversing a threshold value (Vrp, Vrq, &ggr;rp, &ggr;rq, Gyp, Gyq, Gyhp, Gyhq, Vsp, Vsq, &ggr;sp, &ggr;sq, &ggr;tsp, &ggr;tsq, &Dgr;&ggr;p, &Dgr;&ggr;q) determined therefor, and executes the turn running behavior control by operating at least one of the engine and the brake system according to the turn running behavior control amount, wherein threshold value is changed

Abstract: A combustion type heater of this invention includes fuel distribution means 11 for distributing a fuel to the whole surface of a wick 10, disposed upstream of the wick in a fuel passage. The fuel distribution means comprises fuel distribution grooves 15 and a fuel dispersion plate 16 having a large number of holes bored therein. The fuel distribution means can quickly supply the fuel to the whole surface of the wick. To shorten the heating time of the wick, the heater of the present invention uses a wick heating glow plug 14b outside an ignition glow plug 14a, or a planar heater 18, for heating the wick.

Abstract: A traction control apparatus for vehicles according to the present invention has a slip state detector for detecting a slip state of a wheel, a parameter determining device for determining a control parameter for generating braking force according to the slip state detected, a control permitting device for permitting traction control, a parameter changer for changing the control parameter so as to decrease the braking force when the control parameter is one to generate the braking force at the wheel over permissible braking force at the start of control, and a traction control for executing the traction control, based on the control parameter. Thus the apparatus can restrain uncomfortableness during the traction control and can prevent large input from entering the power train.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger for heating air blown into a passenger compartment by using cooling water for cooling an engine as a heating source, and a combustor for heating cooling water flowing into the heat exchanger. When the combustor is stopped, exhaust gas of the engine is introduced into the combustor so that the exhaust gas of the engine is heat-exchanged with cooling water in the combustor, and is introduced into an intake pipe of the engine. Therefore, exhaust gas of the engine, introducing into the intake pipe of the engine, is cooled in the combustor without an additional heat exchanger provided in an engine compartment.

Abstract: A condenser is connected to an outlet of a compressor. An expansion valve is connected to the condenser. An evaporator is connected between the expansion valve and an inlet of the compressor. A sensor detects a condition of refrigerant at an outlet side of the evaporator. A variation in rate of refrigerant flow into the evaporator is detected. A control device determines a variation in the detected condition of refrigerant which occurs in response to the variation in the rate of refrigerant flow. The control device judges a quantity of refrigerant to be insufficient when the determined variation in the refrigerant condition is equal to or smaller than a reference value.

Abstract: A rotary compressor comprises an input shaft, a compressor component and a clutch component movable between an engaged position where the compressor component is connected to the input shaft to allow a torque to be transmitted from the input shaft to the compressor component and a disengaged position where the compressor component is disconnected from the input shaft to prevent the torque from being transmitted from the input shaft to the compressor component. A hydraulic pump is drivingly connected to the input shaft to discharge a pressurized working fluid upon the rotation of the input shaft. The clutch component includes a clutch member disposed within a clutch cylinder and cooperating therewith to define a pressure chamber.

Abstract: A rotary compressor comprises an input shaft, a compressor component and a clutch component movable between an engaged position where the compressor component is connected to the input shaft to allow a torque to be transmitted from the input shaft to the compressor component and a disengaged position where the compressor component is disconnected from the input shaft to prevent the torque from being transmitted from the input shaft to the compressor component. A hydraulic pump is drivingly connected to the input shaft to discharge a pressurized working fluid upon the rotation of the input shaft. The clutch component includes a clutch member disposed within a clutch cylinder and cooperating therewith to define a pressure chamber.

Abstract: A variable capacity vane type compressor has an unloading mechanism operative to relieve a part of compressed fluid from a working chamber when in its compression stroke and an additional mechanism for controlling the suction of fluid into the compressor. The additional mechanism has a spool valve movable to a position to restrict the opening area of the compressor suction port. The spool valve is disposed in a passage communicated with the suction port and with a working chamber when in its compression stroke. The spool valve is formed therein with another passage which, when the spool valve is in the position to restrict the suction port, communicates the compression chamber with the suction port to relieve a part of the compressed fluid.

Abstract: A refrigeration system comprises a refrigeration cycle including a compressor of a variable capacity type for compressing a refrigerant and an evaporator for evaporating the compressed refrigerant. A driving source is connected to the compressor through a clutch movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. A first detector detects pressure of the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator to generate a signal. A second detector detects temperature relating to a cooling condition of the evaporator to generate a signal. A capacity control unit controls a discharge capacity of the compressor so as to cause the pressure detected by the first detector to approach an aimed pressure.

Abstract: An automotive air conditioning system has refrigeration devices, heating devices and a single chip microcomputer. The refrigeration devices include a variable displacement refrigeration compressor drivingly connectable by an electromagnetic clutch to an automotive engine and a refrigerant evaporator disposed in an air duct, through which air is caused to flow by a blower. The heating devices include a heater core disposed downstream of the refrigerant evaporator, through which heated air is caused to flow, and an air mixing damper which regulates the quantity of air to be introduced into the heater core. A condition relating to the air conditioning operation such as the temperature of the vehicle is detected by a sensor. The microcomputer receives the signals from the sensor, calculates a required injection temperature, compares the required injection temperature and a preset standard temperature, a lower standard temperature and a higher standard temperature and produces operating signals.