Abstract: A screw operation structure includes a screw-in portion that is capable of being mounted to a rear portion of a reel unit, a screw member, and an operation member. The screw-in portion includes an outer threaded portion, and a tubular portion that is integrally formed with the outer threaded portion. The tubular portion is formed such that the diameter thereof is larger than the inner diameter of the inner threaded portion of the screw member. In this configuration, the screw member is prevented from falling off of the screw-in portion by the tubular portion of the screw-in portion, which has a diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the inner threaded portion of the screw member. In this manner, it is easy to mount an the operation member and the screw member in the reel unit.

Abstract: A front vehicle body structure is configured to transmit and disperse loads imparted from a front of the vehicle body to a wider portion of the vehicle body for improving the energy absorption efficiency. A generally rectangular or C-shaped frame-like structural body is formed by a pair of upper front pillar portions, an upper cross dash portion and either the front roof rail or a pair of side roof rails. Forward-protruding box-cross-section parts are connected to the bottom end parts of the upper front pillar portions and the rear ends of hood ledge members. Lower front pillar portions are connected to the upper front pillar portions, the box-cross-section parts, the upper cross dash portion, and the side sills. The upper cross dash portion is arranged on the axes of the upper front pillar portions as seen in a side elevational view.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger unit that can appropriately inhibit freezing of a heat exchange element even in cold climates. The heat exchanger unit performes heat exchange and ventilation between an indoor space and an outdoor space, and is provided with a heat exchange element, a supply air passage and an exhaust air passage that are routed via the heat exchange element, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The temperature sensor detects the outside air temperature. The control unit executes a first freeze inhibit control mode, which inhibits freezing of the heat exchange element, if the outside air temperature falls below a first level, and a second freeze inhibit control mode, which inhibits freezing of the heat exchange element more strongly than the first freeze inhibit control mode, if the outside air temperature falls below a second level, which is lower than the first level.

Abstract: Drag adjustment knob adjusts the braking force applied to a spool mounted on a spool shaft that has a single-thread first male screw on its front end. The drag adjustment knob includes first and second adjustment units, a transmission unit, and a pressing unit. The first adjustment unit includes a first female screw that screws onto the first male screw. The transmission unit is non-rotatably but axially movably mounted onto the spool shaft to be in contact with the first adjustment unit, and includes a multi-thread second male screw. The second adjustment unit includes a second female screw, which screws onto the second male screw and has a greater screw lead than that of the first female screw. The pressing unit is disposed between the second adjustment unit and the drag mechanism so as to come into contact with both, and is non-rotatable but axially movable with the spool shaft.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning apparatus for an engine has a NOx trapping catalytic converter and a control unit for controlling an intake air throttle valve and a fuel injection timing in accordance with an operating condition of the engine. The opening degree of the intake air throttle valve is reduced to accomplish rich spike control. The fuel injection timing is adjusted according to the boost pressure that develops downstream of the intake air throttle valve during rich spike control. Since the combustion tends to degrade when the boost pressure changes during rich spike control, the fuel injection timing is advanced more as the boost pressure becomes larger. This advancement of the injection timing compensates for the combustion degradation and prevents the occurrence of torque fluctuations when the opening degree of the throttle valve is adjusted during the shift to rich spike control to improve the engine operating performance.

Abstract: A flywheel assembly 1 is configured to transmit a torque from a crankshaft of an engine to an input shaft 6 of a transmission, and includes a flywheel 2 and a damper mechanism 3. The flywheel 2 receives torque from the crankshaft. The damper mechanism 3 includes a pair of disk shaped plates 11 and 12 fixed together and coupled to the flywheel 2, a hub 15 having a flange 20 arranged between the paired disk shaped plates 11 and 12 and transmitting a torque to the input shaft 6, and coil springs 16 and 17 that are compressed in a rotational direction when relative rotation occurs between the disk shaped plate pair 11 and 12 and the flange 20. A torsion angle stopper 30 is formed for stopping the relative rotation between the disk shaped plate pair 11 and 12 and the hub 15. This configuration serves to prevent application of an excessively large torque to the elastic member in the flywheel assembly.

Abstract: An engine exhaust cleaning device is configured to prevent the temperature of a particulate matter filter (DPF) from rising sharply due to a reduction in the exhaust gas flow rate when a vehicle decelerates and shifts into idling operation during regeneration of the particulate matter filter. During regeneration of the particulate matter filter, the fuel cut (F/C) recovery engine speed used during deceleration is increased and the engine idling speed is increased for a prescribed amount of time when the engine idles.

Abstract: An emergency reporting device is configured to reduce the load of communication circuits of base stations when sending emergency signals. The emergency reporting device is configured to track the time in the travel time recording section from when a vehicle last exited a communication area of a base station until it detects a peripheral vehicle or track the time in the same manner for a peripheral vehicle as well. When the vehicle encounters a peripheral vehicle after receiving an emergency signal from an emergency vehicle, an exchange of travel information occurs between the two vehicles. The emergency reporting device determines whether or not to send the emergency signal held by the vehicle to the peripheral vehicle based on the travel information that was exchanged when the vehicles encountered each other.

Abstract: A motorized bicycle derailleur assembly is provided with a motor unit, a derailleur, and a motor linkage. The motor unit rotates an output shaft in first and second rotational directions to shift the derailleur. The derailleur includes a fixing body, a chain guide and a derailleur linkage operatively coupled between the fixing body and the chain guide to move between a first shift position and a second shift position. The motor linkage is operatively coupled to the output shaft of the motor unit and the derailleur linkage to move the chain guide from the first shift position to the second shift position upon rotation of the output shaft in the first rotational direction and move the chain guide from the second shift position to the first shift position upon rotation of the output shaft in the second rotational direction.

Abstract: A spool support structure for a spinning includes a bearing, a spool receiving portion, a retaining member, and a wobble prevention member. The bearing mounted on an inner peripheral portion of a spool is mounted on a non-circular portion of a spool shaft via a retaining member. The retaining member includes a retaining portion which is non-rotatably mounted on the non-circular portion of the spool shaft, a pushing portion that is pushed by the spool. The retaining portion is at least partially mounted to the non-circular portion such that there are two gaps in approximate bow shapes formed between the inner periphery of the retaining portion and the outer periphery of the non-circular portion. A wobble prevention member that suppresses wobble of the retaining member is mounted from the front of the retaining member in the gaps between the retaining portion and the non-circular portion.

Abstract: Basically, a vehicle body structure is configured to reduce the rotation of a side roof rail that may occur during a side collision that deforms the center pillar inwardly of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure basically includes a side rail reinforcement member located in the area where the center pillar is attached to the roof side rail. The reinforcement member can basically be divided into a first side rail reinforcement section that extends in a forward to aft direction along the roof side rail and a second side rail reinforcement section that extends in an inward direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the roof side rail. The second section of the roof side rail overlies a portion of the sliding door pocket structure that is located just rearwardly of the center pillar.

Abstract: A braking device for a dual bearing reel includes a spool braking unit and a spool control unit. The spool braking unit includes a rotor element that rotates in association with the spool and includes a plurality of magnets sequentially arranged in the rotational direction, a plurality of serially connected coils that are disposed around a periphery of the rotor element in a circumferential direction, and a switch element that is connected to both ends of the plurality of the serially connected plurality of coils. The spool control unit electrically controls the spool braking unit, and includes a circuit board on which the plurality of coils are installed and which is mounted on the reel unit, and a controller that is mounted on the circuit board. This way, insulation on the coil and on a circuit board and secured. It is also easier to assemble a braking device.

Abstract: A bicycle front fork is configured to reduce the risk that a poor connection occurs in a lead wire connecting an electricity generating mechanism to an electric device for ensuring reliable delivery of electric power to the electric device. The front fork has first and second fork blades, a fork crown, and a fork stem. The first and second fork blades are electrically connected to first and second electrodes, respectively. A front lamp is mounted to the fork crown. The fork crown has a spacer that electrically insulates the first fork blade and the second fork blade. The first fork blade has an attaching part where an end part of a cable extending from the electric device mounted to the fork crown can be attached.

Abstract: A bicycle component assembly is provided that includes a mounting member and a component attachment member coupled together via at least one locking member and at least a pair of fasteners. The locking member is mounted between the component attachment member and the heads of the fasteners. The locking member includes a pair of attachment portions with holes extending between contact surfaces and frictionally treated engagement surfaces of the attachment portions. A connecting section extends between the engagement portions of the locking member. The frictionally treated engagement surfaces are textured surfaces and/or coated with a frictional material. The head portions of the fasteners abut the contact surfaces to press the locking member against the component attachment member. Preferably, the attachment portions have flange sections that are bent to prevent rotation of the fasteners. Optionally, the connecting portion of the locking member can include a frictionally treated engagement surface.

Abstract: A sound producing mechanism for a spinning reel includes a first sound producing portion that is coupled to a spool shaft and has an attachment portion and a plurality of saw tooth portions that are formed in a saw tooth shape circumferentially apart on an outer peripheral surface of the attachment portion; and a second sound producing portion that is attached to the spool and includes a pawl member that repeatedly comes into contact with the saw tooth portions to produce sound. The first sound producing portion is mounted to the spool shaft so as to be unrotatable when the spool rotates in a line releasing direction and rotatable when the spool rotates in a line winding direction. The pawl member is urged toward the saw tooth portions by a spring member. The spinning reel sound producing mechanism produces sound only when the spool rotates in the line releasing direction.

Abstract: A spinning reel rotor braking device has a moving member, a braking member, and a restriction mechanism. The moving member is provided on the rotor and movable between a first position and a second position as the bail arm moves. The braking member is mounted on the mounting groove of the reel unit, and has a drag portion that generates a braking force by frictionally sliding against the moving member when the moving member is in the second position. The restriction mechanism is formed on an inner periphery of the braking member and on an outer periphery of the mounting groove, and restricts backward movement of the braking member relative to the reel unit so that the braking member does not come into contact with a rear end portion of the mounting groove. With the present invention, the braking force of the rotor braking device can be stabilized.

Abstract: A vehicle driving force control apparatus is provided for a vehicle having an electric motor transmitting a drive torque to a first wheel, and a clutch installed between the electric motor and the first wheel. The vehicle driving force control apparatus basically comprises a clutch control section and a motor control section. The clutch control section is configured to control engagement and release of the clutch. The motor control section is configured to control a motor response characteristic by increasing the motor response characteristic of the motor from a first response characteristic to a second response characteristic when the clutch control section releases the clutch. Preferably, the vehicle driving force control apparatus is configured to cancel insufficient torque generation due to undershoot armature current when controlling armature current of an electric motor and transmitting torque to subordinate drive wheels.

Abstract: A handle assembly 1 for a spinning reel includes handle shafts 1a, and a handle arm 1b that is detachably mounted to a handle shaft 1a. The handle arm 1b has a through hole 1j formed in the base end thereof. A male threaded portion 80c of the handle shaft 1a is mounted in the through hole 1j, and the handle arm 1b is detachably installed on the handle shaft 1a by a nut member 90a. A cap member 90f that covers the entire nut member 90a is mounted to the outer periphery of the nut member 90a. A male threaded portion 90e is formed on the tip of the cap member 90f, and the cap member 90f is fixed to the nut member 90a by screwing the male threaded portion 90e to a female threaded portion 90d formed on a head portion of the nut member 90a.

Abstract: A vehicle side panel storage box assembly has a mounting structure, a compartment and a side panel door. The mounting structure is fixedly coupled to a pair of lateral cross frames of a vehicle body and has the side panel door pivotally mounted to the mounting structure. The compartment is fixedly coupled to the mounting structure mounting structure as a modular unit. The side panel door has an exterior surface panel configured and arranged to form an exterior of a vehicle body side panel.

Abstract: A front derailleur includes a fixed member, a chain guide and a linkage assembly. The fixed member has a mounting portion and a pair of mounting flanges axially spaced from each other. The linkage assembly is coupled between the chain guide and the fixed member to transversely move the chain guide. The linkage assembly includes first, second and third links. The first link is pivotally coupled to the fixed member for rotation about a first axis. The second link is pivotally coupled to the mounting flanges for rotation about a second axis. The third link is coupled to the chain guide and movably coupled to the first and second links to form a four-bar linkage together with the fixed member. The mounting flanges preferably have different axial widths. The second link preferably has a longitudinal dimension of least about 45.0 millimeters.