Abstract: A work machine comprising a work unit that performs work on a travel path, an internal combustion engine configured to generate power for driving the work unit, a traveling unit including a front wheel and a rear wheel, an electric motor configured to generate power for driving a first wheel of the front wheel and the rear wheel, a first clutch for switching between transmission and discontinuation of the power from the internal combustion engine to a second wheel of the front wheel and the rear wheel, and a switching control unit configured to control the first clutch based on a power consumption of the electric motor for switching between the transmission and the discontinuation.

Abstract: The present invention includes an information acquirer (21) configured to acquire a property of a battery (22) installed in an electric vehicle (20) and transmit the property as battery property information and a battery identification device (100) configured to collect the battery property information transmitted by a plurality of electric vehicles, generate a battery model by modeling the property of the battery on the basis of the collected battery property information, create control information according to the property of the battery for controlling traveling of each electric vehicle on the basis of the generated battery model, and provide the control information suitable for each electric vehicle.

Abstract: A spoiler structure includes a base portion that is attached to a vehicle body and a movable flow adjustment portion that is moved relative to the base portion from a front position on a vehicle front side to a rear position on a vehicle rear side via an intermediate position. A rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved upward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the front position to the intermediate position. The rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved downward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the intermediate position to the rear position. A height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the rear position is lower than a height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the front position.

Abstract: A system and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle that includes determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station and determining when the charging port of an electric vehicle supply equipment of the charging station is attached to the electric vehicle to actively charge the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the charging station accesses a parking citation associated with parking of the electric vehicle if the electric vehicle is not attached to the charging port. The system and method additionally include locking the charging port to the electric vehicle to disallow decoupling of the charging port from the electric vehicle by an unauthorized individual to avoid the parking citation.

Abstract: A control device that controls a robot capable of self-propelling is provided. The control device comprises: a facility staff member identifying unit configured to identify a position of a facility staff member in a facility; a visitor identifying unit configured to identify a position of a visitor in the facility; and a control unit configured to instruct the robot capable of self-propelling to move. In a case where the control unit determines that the facility staff member that has been identified by the facility staff member identifying unit is absent in a predetermined range near the visitor that has been identified by the visitor identifying unit, the control unit causes the robot to move into the predetermined range.

Abstract: There is provided an anode layer including an anode active material, a conductive aid, and a solid electrolyte, the anode active material including a lanthanoid fluoride doped with an alkaline earth metal fluoride, the conductive aid including a carbon material, the solid electrolyte including at least one of BaCaF4 and SrCaF4, and the lanthanoid fluoride doped with the alkaline earth metal fluoride and the carbon material forming a complex. There is also provided a fluoride ion secondary battery including the anode layer, an electrolyte, and a cathode layer.

Abstract: This clutch control device includes a clutch apparatus configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator configured to output a driving force for actuating the clutch apparatus, a control unit configured to drive the clutch actuator, and an operating force transmission mechanism configured to transmit an operating force of a driver with respect to a clutch operator to the clutch apparatus, an operating force sensor configured to detect the operating force of the driver is provided in the operating force transmission mechanism, and the control unit drives the clutch actuator according to a detection value of the operating force sensor.

Abstract: A tensile force generating device includes: a base member; a guide pipe having a base end fixed to the base member and a free end, the guide pipe being provided with a first slot extending in a longitudinal direction; a tubular elastic member fitted over the guide pipe and having a base end supported by the base member on a side of the base end of the guide pipe; a flexible wire passed into the guide pipe from a side of the base end of the guide pipe; an end member slidably mounted on the guide pipe and supporting a free end of the elastic member; and a slider slidably received in the guide pipe, joined to a tip of the wire, and joined to the end member through the first slot.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank, a fiber bundle impregnated with a thermosetting resin base material is wound around an outer surface of a liner in a state where tension is applied to the fiber bundle in a filament winding step. The filament winding step includes a pressure-bonding step and a cutting step. In the pressure-bonding step, a terminal end portion which is a winding end of the fiber bundle is thermocompression-bonded to an outer peripheral portion of the fiber bundle wound around the liner. In the cutting step, a surplus portion of the fiber bundle is cut by a cutting tool.

Abstract: A coil mounting device includes a stator coil, a coil winding jig that has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the stator core and winds therearound a belt-shaped coil in an annular shape, a stator core fixing jig that fixes the stator core at a predetermined position and in a predetermined posture, and a coil expansion mechanism that expands the belt-shaped coil. The coil expansion mechanism includes a holder that holds the coil winding jig inside the stator core in a state where the inter-comb-teeth grooves are matched in phase with the slots, and a coil expander that expands the belt-shaped coil by pressing a portion nearer to a side end than the straight portions of the belt-shaped coil wound around the coil winding jig held by the holder so as to expand the portion, thereby inserting the straight portions into the slots.

Abstract: A breather device (140) for a gear case (82) defining a gear chamber (83) therein, comprising a breather chamber (146) defined in a part of the gear case; a breathing hole (152) formed in a wall part defining an upper part of the breather chamber so as to communicate the breather chamber with outside; a communication hole (148, 150) formed in a wall part separating a lower part of the breather chamber from the gear chamber so as to communicate the breather chamber with the gear chamber; and a separating wall (154) extending partly across the breather chamber so as to define a circuitous passage between the breathing hole and the communication hole.

Abstract: A powder metal material for additive manufacturing contains: (A) a non-magnetic steel powder which is free of nitrogen; and (B) at least one powder selected from a chromium nitride powder and a ferrochromium nitride powder, a particle size of the component (B) is 10.0 ?m?D50?25.0 ?m in terms of volume average particle size, and a content of the component (B) is 0.1 mass % to 3.5 mass % with respect to a total amount of the powder metal material.

Abstract: A muffler structure is arranged on an exhaust pathway of an internal combustion engine and includes a pipe having a bent portion. Further, a vortex generating portion is arranged on an upstream side of the bent portion of the pipe in the exhaust pathway.

Abstract: A carriage structure suitable for transporting a vehicle body includes a vehicle frame and a clamping mechanism. The vehicle frame is provided with a groove portion extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The groove portion carries a side beam extending in the vehicle front-rear direction in the vehicle body. The clamping mechanism is arranged in an extending direction of the groove portion and clamps the side beam from a vehicle width direction.

Abstract: This battery storage device includes: a body unit which includes a battery storage portion provided with an insertion/removal opening; an opening/closing unit which opens/closes the insertion/removal opening; and an input terminal pin, wherein a battery is stored in the battery storage portion so as to be insertable/removable through the insertion/removal opening. The input terminal pin is displaceably provided. The battery storage device further includes a connection terminal displacement mechanism which displaces the input terminal pin. The connection terminal displacement mechanism displaces the input terminal pin in conjunction with the opening/closing operation of the opening/closing unit.

Abstract: A fuel battery stack includes: fuel battery cells including a first anode electrode and a first cathode electrode on both surfaces of a first electrolyte, the first anode electrode and the first cathode electrode each constituting plural electrode regions divided by division grooves, a plurality of unit cells being constituted by a stacking structure including one electrode region on one surface side of the both surfaces, one electrode region on the other surface side facing the one electrode region, and the first electrolyte, these unit cells being connected in series, a second fuel battery cell including a second anode electrode and a second cathode electrode on both surfaces of a second electrolyte and includes a second conductive portion penetrating the second electrolyte to short-circuit between the second anode and cathode electrode; and a non-conductive separator dividing the first fuel battery cells and the second fuel battery cell, respectively.

Abstract: A battery unit includes at least one battery module, a cooling device configured to deliver a cooling gas configured to cool the battery module to the battery module, and a junction board mounted with a wiring component configured to electrically connect the battery module and an external device and allow a charging power and/or a discharging power of the battery module to flow. The junction board is disposed above the cooling device at a position where at least a part of the junction board overlaps the cooling device when viewed from an upper-lower direction.

Abstract: A heads-up display system for a vehicle includes a display area on a surface of the vehicle and an optical projection unit for projecting graphic elements to the display area. An electronic control unit is operatively connected for computer communication to the optical projection unit. The electronic control unit determines a perspective view of a real road scene from a user while the user views the real road scene through the display area based on a ride height of the vehicle and an eyepoint of the user. The electronic control unit identifies road features that are visible to the user in the perspective view of the real road scene and adjusts a virtual image having inclined content based on the road features so that the inclined content substantially matches the perspective of the real road scene. Further, the electronic control unit controls the optical projection unit to project the virtual image to the display area.

Abstract: A welded product includes: multiple steel members; and one or two or more welds with which the multiple steel members are welded together, at least one of the welds having a surface containing slag, the slag having a Si content of 14% by mass or less and having a mass ratio of Si to Mn of 0.25 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a vibration reduction device for stator vanes (30) positioned behind rotor blades (28) in a turbo machine, comprising an annular base member (80) having a cylindrical shape concentric around a central axis of the casing and supporting base ends of the stator vanes which extend radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the base member, an elastomeric damping member (100) surrounding and in slidable contact with an outer circumferential surface of the base member, and a preloading member (102) surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the elastomeric damping member and configured to apply a preload directed radially inward to the elastomeric damping member.