Abstract: A vehicle control system 100 according to the present disclosure comprises a first battery 11 that supplies power to a power source that drives the vehicle 1; an automatic driving processing unit 13 that provides the automatic driving function; and a second battery 12. The second battery 12 supplies power to the automatic driving processing unit 13 in the ignition-off state. Further, the second battery 12 supplies power to the first battery 11 to activate the first battery 11 when the vehicle is transitioned from the ignition-off state to an ignition-on state.

Abstract: A tire load prediction system of the present invention includes: a sensor unit; a strain data acquisition unit; a linear transformation unit that performs a linear transformation on the strain data; a first estimation unit that estimates a velocity and angular velocity in the tire tangential direction; a second estimation unit that estimates a velocity in a tire radial direction from values of the velocity and angular velocity in the tire tangential direction; a third estimation unit that estimates a velocity in a ?-angle direction from values of an acceleration and angular velocity in the tire tangential direction; a fourth estimation unit that estimates deflection of the tire, the velocity in the tire radial direction, and the velocity in the ?-angle direction; and a load prediction unit that predicts a load applied to the tire.

Abstract: To provide a laminated hose capable of achieving both pressure-resistant performance and oscillating durability performance. The laminated hose (1) comprises a plurality of reinforcing layers (12) laminated to the hose body (11), and each of the plurality of reinforcing layers (12) includes a reinforcing wire (13). A wire density (?) of the reinforcing layer (12) in all of the plurality of reinforcing layers (12) is 90% or more and less than 96%.

Abstract: A tire includes: a skeleton portion including a rim member, a plurality of body springs latched on the rim member, and a plurality of interlink springs interlaced with the body springs; and a tread member disposed at least on the outer periphery of the skeleton portion.

Abstract: Provided is a vulcanized rubber surface treatment agent that enables firm adhesion between vulcanized rubbers without heating and has little effect on rubber deterioration. The vulcanized rubber surface treatment agent is used for adhering vulcanized rubbers to each other, which is an aqueous solution of hypochlorous acid having a pH value of 2 or more and 7 or less and an effective chlorine concentration of 100 ppm or more and 13000 ppm or less.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire including an inner cylinder that surrounds an outer peripheral surface of a metal rim from an outside in a tire radial direction, an outer cylinder that surrounds the inner cylinder from the outside, and a plurality of elastically deformable connecting members that connects an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder to an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder. The inner cylinder is made of a synthetic resin material. A pair of holding flange portions is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rim. The rim includes a first split body and a second split body. A size of the inner cylinder in a tire width direction is greater than a distance between inner surfaces, which face each other in the tire width direction, of the pair of holding flange portions. The inner cylinder is formed to be elastically deformable in the tire width direction.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for aircraft according to this disclosure satisfies the following inequality in the reference state, 0??35/Rc?0.004 and 0.015??90/Rc?0.025.

Abstract: Provided with a sensor unit; a strain signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a strain signal; an index calculation unit configured to calculate an index of deformation rate; a relation value calculation unit configured to calculate in advance a relation value between the index of the deformation rate and a wear degree of the tire; a wear condition estimation unit-configured to estimate the wear degree of the tire by comparing the relation value with the index of the deformation rate; and a relation value prediction unit configured to predict a relation value of a tire of another size, and the relation value prediction unit uses data related to at least a thickness of a tire tread portion, which is stored in advance in a data storage unit, when predicting the relation value of the tire of another size.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tire that uses an elastomer-metal cord composite, which composite is obtained by coating metal cords with an elastomer, each metal cord being composed of a bundle of metal filaments arranged without being twisted, and which composite is capable of highly improving the performance of the tire. The above described tire is one including a belt (105) which includes at least two belt layers (105a) and (105b). In this tire, the belt layers (105a) and (105b) are each obtained by coating metal cords (2) with an elastomer (3), each metal cord (2) being composed of a bundle of a plurality of metal filaments (1) arranged in a row without being twisted; at least one pair of adjacent metal filaments in the metal cord (2) differ in at least one of the amount of shaping and shaping pitch; each of the belt layers (105a) and (105b) has a thickness t1 of more than 0.30 mm and less than 1.

Abstract: Provided herein are organic solvent-based processes for the removal of rubber from non-Hevea plants such as guayule shrubs. By the use of the processes, solid purified rubber can be obtained that contains 0.05-0.5 weight % dirt, 0.2-1.5 weight % ash, and 0.1-4 weight % resin (when it has been dried so as to contain 0.8 weight % volatile matter).

Abstract: A heavy load tire includes: a plurality of circumferential grooves extending along a tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lateral grooves extending along a tire width direction and formed in a direction crossing the circumferential grooves; and a plurality of blocks partitioned by the circumferential grooves and the lateral grooves. On a whole surface of one end portion in the tire circumferential direction of a center block formed in a center area among the plurality of blocks, an inclined portion inclined inward in a tire radial direction toward the end portion is formed.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid hydrocarbon production method for obtaining a liquid hydrocarbon-containing rubber composition, including heating a crosslinked rubber at 300° C. or lower in a reaction solvent that contains an aldehyde having a hydrocarbon group with 2 or more carbon atoms and having a boiling point of 230° C. or lower; as well as a re-crosslinked rubber obtained from the rubber composition produced in the production method, and a tire and a rubber industrial product. According to the liquid hydrocarbon production method, a liquid hydrocarbon having a higher molecular weight can be produced at a high decomposition proportion even under mild conditions.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an actuator having even better durability than the conventional actuator. Specifically, an actuator has an actuator main body constituted of a cylindrical tube capable of expanding/contracting by hydraulic pressure and a sleeve for covering an outer peripheral surface of the tube, the sleeve having a cylindrical structure formed by cords woven to be disposed in predetermined directions, wherein: the inner diameter r0 (mm) of the tube, the thickness t (mm) of the tube, the storage elastic modulus E? (MPa) of the tube at 25° C., and the mesh aperture ratio A of the cords constituting the sleeve in a pressurized state satisfy the following formula (1): 50?E?×(t/r0)/A?600??(1).

Abstract: A harvester for harvesting guayule shrubs from the soil in which they are grown. The harvester can include a wheeled frame, a pair of laterally spaced sidewalls on the frame, a front conveyor positioned between the pair of laterally spaced sidewalls, a forward projecting digger blade positioned forward of the front conveyor, and an agitator for separating residual soil from uprooted guayule shrubs. Processes for harvesting guayule shrubs using the harvester to uproot the guayule shrubs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a functionalized diene monomer-containing polymer containing first and second functionalizing groups, processes for preparing the functionalized polymer, and rubber compositions containing the functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymer contains polymer chains comprises of at least one conjugated diene monomer optionally in combination with at least one vinyl aromatic monomer wherein each polymer chain is functionalized at its chain end with at least the first functionalizing group and is coupled via the first functionalizing group to the second functionalizing group.

Abstract: A wear amount estimation method calculates a shearing force of each rib based on an average grounding pressure of each rib of an aircraft tire; calculates a wear energy of the aircraft tire based on the shearing force; and estimates the wear amount of the aircraft tire based on the wear energy and a wear resistance showing a relationship between a predetermined wear amount. The information related to the aircraft includes an internal pressure of the aircraft tire. The average grounding pressure of each rib is calculated based on the internal pressure and a wheel load applied to the aircraft tire.

Abstract: A motorcycle tire having improved water draining capacity and achieving both excellent dry and wet performance. A motorcycle tire including an annularly formed tread; in which the tread has main grooves; and in which at least one main groove of the main grooves has two or more widened portions that are enlarged outward in the groove width direction in at least one of the groove wall on the first grounding side in the rotational direction and the groove wall on the later grounding side in the rotational direction.

Abstract: Provided is an elastomer reinforcement cord with improved rust inhibition. An elastomer reinforcement cord (10) includes metal filaments and a polymer material. The elastomer reinforcement cord (10) has a multi-strand structure which includes: at least one core strand (21) formed by twisting plural metal filaments (1a) and (1b) together; and two or more sheath strands (22) each formed by twisting plural metal filaments (11a) and (11b) together, and in which the sheath strands are twisted together around the core strand. In a region surrounded by a line connecting the centers of the metal filaments constituting the outermost sheath layer of the core strand at a cross-section in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction after vulcanization of the core strand, when a region occupied by other than the metal filaments is defined as a gap region, a filling rate, which is a ratio of the area of the polymer material with respect to the gap region, is 52% to 120%.