Abstract: A vehicle control device causes an automatic brake to function even for an obstacle suddenly appearing from outside a sensor detection range in a place estimated to be dangerous such as an intersection. A vehicle control device calculates time-to-collision TTC based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor, and controls a brake, which is an actuator of a vehicle, based on the calculated time-to-collision TTC. The vehicle control device includes a determination unit that determines right turn or left turn of the vehicle, and a command unit that sends a command according to a determination result of the determination unit to the brake. When determining that the vehicle is turning right or left, the determination unit changes the time-to-collision TTC to a longer value by extending more than that at the time of traveling straight.

Abstract: An in-vehicle battery system comprises: a battery; a relay for establishing or cutting off an electrical connection between the battery and an inverter; a plurality of switches respectively provided in a current path for switching the relay; and a battery control apparatus that supervises a status of the battery. The plurality of switches include a first switch provided in the battery control apparatus and a second switch provided in a vehicle control apparatus which controls traveling of the vehicle; the first switch and the second switch are serially connected to each other in the current path; the battery control apparatus controls a status of switching the first switch; and the vehicle control apparatus controls a status of switching the second switch.

Abstract: To provide a rotary electrical machine having a novel configuration adapted to provide axial downsizing of the rotary electrical machine when connecting an electrical connection conductor to a welded side terminal section of a coil end of a segment coil. The rotary electrical machine includes: a stator core 21 including slots radially extended in a radial fashion; a plurality of segment coils 34 radially stacked and accommodated in the slot 37; and a neutral point bus-bar 33 laid on a side of a welded coil end of the segment coil 34 and including a connection wiring section and a connection section for interconnecting the different segment coils. In a state where the segment coils 34 are mounted, at least a part of the connection wiring section is laid in a radial space RS radially defined by the segment coils 34.

Abstract: A physical quantity detection device for reducing an influence of a sound wave generated in a turbocharger and suppressing a decrease in detection accuracy of a physical quantity including a flow rate of gas. The device detects a physical quantity of air from an intake passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The physical device includes a sub-passage that takes in part of air flowing from an upstream to a downstream side of the intake passage along a first direction, and a flow rate detection unit that detects a flow rate of the air taken in the sub-passage. The sub-passage includes an inlet that opens toward the upstream side in the first direction, an outlet that opens toward the downstream side in the first direction, and an attenuation chamber that attenuates a sound wave propagating from the turbocharger to an inside of the outlet.

Abstract: A communication semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit; a first switchover function unit that is connected to one end of the first communication circuit and one end of the second communication circuit, and that switches over paths for signals with respect to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit; and a second switchover function unit that is connected to an other end of the first communication circuit and an other end of the second communication circuit, and that switches over paths for signals with respect to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and outputs a switchover instruction, regarding an input destination and an output source, to the first switchover function unit and the second switchover function unit, on the basis of a redundant/non-redundant mode switchover signal, and a state of the first communication circuit and the second communication cir

Abstract: To reproduce, in consideration of the distributed hardware configuration, a software execution timing in a target environment on a host environment with high accuracy. A simulation method includes: extracting a first host feature value 11 obtained by executing first software 10 on a host environment 100; executing the first software 10 on a target environment 110 to calculate a target execution time 20 taken to execute the first software 10 on the target environment 110; calculating a performance difference between the host environment 100 and the target environment 110 based on the first host feature value 11 and the target execution time 20; extracting a second host feature value 13 obtained by executing second software 12 on the host environment 100; and estimating a time 40 taken to execute the second software 12 on the target environment 110 based on the second host feature value 13 and the performance difference.

Abstract: The present invention achieves suspension control that allows for synchronization of the roll and the pitch of a vehicle. This suspension control device that controls the damping force of a suspension comprises: a target pitch angle calculation unit that calculates a target pitch angle with reference to a roll angle signal; and a target control amount computation unit that calculates the roll posture target control amount referred to for controlling the damping force of the suspension by referring to a steering torque signal and the target pitch angle.

Abstract: An electric actuator includes an electric motor, a nut, and a screw shaft threadedly inserted through the nut so as to be able to advance and retreat. The threads of the screw shaft include two flanks and a crest portion connecting the two flanks to each other. Grease is used as a lubricant. A groove portion, which is cut out from the crest portion toward a root portion side of the threads and holds grease, is formed on the threads of the screw shaft. Further, a tapered surface is formed at a groove portion side end of at least one of the two flanks, and the tapered surface inclines in a direction away from the groove portion and drags the grease held in the groove portion onto a threadedly engaged portion with the aid of the wedge effect. As a result, the electric actuator can promote lubrication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shock absorber serving as a cylinder device capable of securing a clearance between an outer tube and a peripheral member and improving bending rigidity of the outer tube. An outer tube 104 housing an inner tube 103 is provided with a pair of knuckle bracket fastening plates 110a and 110b protruding in one direction from an outer surface of the outer tube 104. The pair of knuckle bracket fastening plates 10a and 110b has wide surfaces facing each other, and the wide surfaces are provided along an axial direction of the outer tube 104.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an integration unit that estimates information on a position and a speed of a target existing in an external field and errors of the position and the speed of the target, based on information from a movement sensor that acquires movement information including a vehicle speed and a yaw rate of an own vehicle, and information from an external field sensor that acquires information on the external field of the own vehicle. The integration unit uses not the information from the external field sensor, but the vehicle speed and the yaw rate acquired by the movement sensor, to predict a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed of the target at a second time after a first time, from a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed at the first time.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a circuit board including first and second surfaces structured to be loaded with electronic components; a first capacitor mounted to the first surface of the circuit board; and a second capacitor mounted to the second surface of the circuit board and disposed oppositely to the first capacitor at least partially. The circuit board further includes: a first land disposed in the first surface of the circuit board and connected to the first capacitor; a second land disposed in the second surface of the circuit board and connected to the second capacitor; and a conduction passage establishing electrical continuity from the first land and the second land to a same power source line via the circuit board.

Abstract: Provided is a valve body that changes a communication state of a flow path through which liquid flows, the valve body comprising a valve main body formed of synthetic resin and comprising inside a press-fit fixing cylinder made of metal, and a drive shaft that is press-fitted in and fixed to the press-fit fixing cylinder of the valve main body. A non-press-fit portion comprising a space in a predetermined shape is formed in either one of the press-fit fixing cylinder and the drive shaft or both the press-fit fixing cylinder and the drive shaft. If the press-fit fixing cylinder is deformed to be expanded due to the press-fitting of the drive shaft, the deformation can be absorbed by the non-press-fit portion. This makes it possible to restrain a split or crack from being generated in the synthetic resin that forms the valve main body which is located around the press-fit fixing cylinder in which the drive shaft is press-fitted.

Abstract: Provided is a control device to be used for a vehicle including: a steering wheel configured to steer the vehicle; a steering member configured to steer steered wheels in accordance with rotation of the steering wheel; and a steering actuator configured to apply a steering force to the steering member, the control device including a control unit configured to output, to the steering actuator, a drive signal for applying the steering force based on steering information on the steering wheel. The control unit is configured to output, to the steering actuator, a drive signal for reducing the steering force until the steering member reaches a stroke end after a rotation angle of the steering wheel reaches a predetermined control start angle and increasing the steering force when the steering member reaches the stroke end and then bounces back.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a propeller shaft and a boot protection member of the propeller shaft in which the damage of a boot member can be suppressed, and a propeller shaft PS according to the present invention is provided with a boot protection member 5 which is detachable to a first rotation member 1. With this, when the angle variation of a constant velocity joint 3 becomes large, an insertion portion 57 of the boot protection member 5 is interposed between a first cover part 41 and a second cover part 42. Consequently, the interference of the first cover part 41 with the second cover part 42 is suppressed, thereby suppressing the damage of the second cover part 42.

Abstract: Provided is a gateway device capable of reducing influence on intra-vehicle network communication from a cyber security attack that infringes availability represented by a DoS attack from an extra-vehicle network.

Abstract: A technology can be realized which increases the sense of unity with a vehicle that is felt by a driver. A suspension control device, which controls the damping force of the suspension of a vehicle, comprises a target control amount calculation unit which sets a target control amount, that is referenced when controlling the damping force of the suspension, such that the period of the phase of the roll angle and the period of the phase of the pitch angle of the vehicle approach a synchronized state, such that the magnitude of the expansion-side damping force is greater than the magnitude of the contraction-side damping force on the front-wheel-side of the vehicle, and such that the contraction-side damping force is greater than or equal to the expansion-side damping force on the rear-wheel-side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A suspension control device which controls an operation of a suspension of a vehicle includes an operation-induced state quantity estimation portion which estimates an operation-induced state quantity caused by an operation of a vehicle, a road surface-induced state quantity estimation portion which estimates a road surface-induced state quantity caused by a road surface, an operation-induced state quantity conversion portion which converts the operation-induced state quantity into an operation-induced required damping force, a road surface-induced state quantity conversion portion which converts the road surface-induced state quantity into a road surface-induced required damping force, and a current value calculation portion which determines a current value to be applied to the suspension with reference to the operation-induced required damping force and the road surface-induced required damping force.

Abstract: A deviation between a detection result of an output current of an inverter and an actual current is suppressed. A current detection unit 7 detects a three-phase AC current output from an inverter 3 or input to the inverter 3. An inverter control device 1 controls the inverter 3 based on a current detection value based on a detection result of the three-phase AC current by the current detection unit 7 and a predetermined current command value. The inverter control device 1 corrects the current detection value so as to correct a detection error of the three-phase AC current generated due to a delay time of a filter 72 which is a filter element provided in the current detection unit 7.

Abstract: A bendable circuit substrate (3) is provided with a first rigid part (11), a second rigid part (12) and a flexible part (13). The first rigid part (11) is provided with power source terminals (40) (positive electrode terminal (40A), negative electrode terminal (40B)), and power is supplied to the second rigid part (12) via power source positive electrode wirings (BA) of the flexible part (13). The power source positive electrode wirings (BA) are provided to the respective first layer and the second layer so as to be superimposed on each other in the lamination direction, in the flexible part (13).

Abstract: In a rack bar and a steering device using the same, an endmost tooth bottom for reducing a stress exerted on a first forging die during die forging of a rack tooth molding part is formed on the endmost side of a plurality of tooth bottoms. Specifically, the endmost tooth bottom is formed so that a depth thereof is less than a depth of an ordinary tooth bottom by a difference. This reduces an amount of flow of a material of the rack bar during formation of the endmost tooth bottom by an amount commensurate with the difference. As a result, the stress exerted on the first forging die can be reduced, and occurrence of heat checking in the first forging die can be suppressed.