Abstract: A mounting structure for an electric device of a vehicle includes a case body configured to accommodate the electric device inside the case body, at least one fixing portion provided continuously with the case body and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body of the vehicle, and at least one hollow portion disposed between the case body and the fixing portion. When a load from the vehicle body is transmitted to the fixing portion, the hollow portion is deformed and/or broken by the load so that the load can be absorbed. Thus, transmission of the load to the case body can be suppressed.

Abstract: A fastening structure of an onboard apparatus to be fastened to a vehicle body includes a support member that is fastened to the vehicle body to support the onboard apparatus and has a protruding section protruding rearward beyond a rear face of the onboard apparatus, and a bracket having a front fastening section to be fastened to a lower face of a rear section of the onboard apparatus, a rear fastening section to be fastened to the protruding section of the support member, and a fragile section provided between the front fastening section and the rear fastening section. By an external force from a front side of the onboard apparatus, the fragile section is deformed and the rear section of the onboard apparatus is moved upward using the rear fastening section as a fulcrum.

Abstract: A charging inlet lid structure of a vehicle includes a normal charging inlet and a quick charging inlet in a recess portion for charging, and a first lid and a second lid for the recess portion. One of the normal charging inlet and the quick charging inlet is provided at one side of the recess portion and the other of the normal charging inlet and the quick charging inlet is provided at the other side of the recess portion. The first lid and the second lid are provided so as to slide from totally closed positions where the first lid and the second lid totally close the recess portion in directions in which the first lid and the second lid move away from each other and can be opened and closed independently of each other.

Abstract: A body structure of a vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery pack, an electric water heater (electric apparatus), and a bracket which mounts the electric water heater to the floor panel. The electric water heater is mounted to the floor panel so as to set a battery pack side of the electric apparatus higher.

Abstract: A drive unit for actuating a brake device by a driver's operation, when a vehicle is parked or stopped, is disposed independently in a trailing arm for each of right and left rear wheels. Thus, the drive unit for actuating the brake device via a wire when the vehicle is stopped or parked can be loaded, even if the space of the vehicle is tight. That is, the drive unit for actuating the brake device via the wire when the vehicle is stopped or parked can be loaded, regardless of the space of the vehicle.

Abstract: A cylinder head containing an exhaust system manifold for an engine includes screw holes formed through a fastening face of the cylinder head and an exhaust pipe, and outlet cooling channels that are provided adjacent to an outlet of a confluence of the manifold, and are disposed between the screw holes and the outlet. Coolant flows through the outlet cooling channels.

Abstract: An development supporting apparatus provides an alert on possibilities of interference and existence of clearance between a jig provided on a line for producing a first workpiece and a second workpiece if conveyed on the line. By executing a program, the apparatus executes a method including creating models of the first and second workpieces based on geometric data thereof, creating an enlarged jig model in which a volume of the jig is enlarged, generating a reference geometric object defined by a region where the first workpiece model and the enlarged jig model overlap, generating a comparison geometric object defined by a region where the second workpiece model and the enlarged jig model overlap, comparing volumes of the reference geometric object and the comparison geometric object, and outputting a display corresponding to a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A travelable distance calculation apparatus comprises: an update device 72 for recording a measured remaining fuel amount value, and also sequentially updating the recorded value; a calculation device 73 for calculating a travelable distance based on the remaining capacity of a battery and the recorded value; and a display device 80 for displaying at least the travelable distance. During a period when an engine 13 is stopped, the update device 72 holds, as the recorded value, a value recorded during operation of the engine 13.

Abstract: A cylinder block including: a plurality of cylinders; a cylinder head attached on the cylinder block and including, for each of the cylinders, an intake port extending from a combustion chamber upward and obliquely relative to an axis of the cylinder; a direct injector disposed at a position on an outer side of the intake port in a cylinder radial direction and directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber; a port injector disposed at a position on a same side as the direct injector relative to the intake port, and injecting fuel into the intake port are provided. The intake port includes: a valve seat provided at an intake air inlet opened to the combustion chamber; and an arc portion protruding downward in a center area of the intake port on an upstream side of the valve seat, and an injection direction of the port injector is orientated in a direction in which the fuel injected from the port injector passes through a lower area of the arc portion.

Abstract: A fuel vapor recovering structure for a vehicle, the vehicle having a side member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a cross member extending along a vehicle width direction, includes: a canister attached to the side member for absorbing a fuel evaporation gas in a fuel tank of the vehicle; and an atmosphere communicating pipe having a first end connected to the canister, and a second end opened to the atmosphere and inserted in the cross member.

Abstract: In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC).

Abstract: A charging lid device includes a lid that opens and closes a concave portion accommodating a charging inlet provided on a vehicle, and a support arm supporting the lid so that the lid is movable between a fully closing position and a fully opening position for closing and opening the concave portion. The support arm includes first and second swinging arms. One end side of the first swinging arm is attached inside the concave portion so as to swing. One end side of the second swinging arm is connected to the first swinging arm so as to swing and the other end side of the second swinging arm is attached to the lid so as to swing. The lid is arranged at a position displaced from the concave portion and along a surface of the vehicle when the lid is in the fully opening position.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an engine which is disposed on a front side in the vehicle, and which is configured to drive rear wheels of the vehicle, the engine which includes a crank shaft that is extended in a front/back direction of the vehicle; and a drive motor which is arranged in line with the engine in a width direction of the vehicle, and which is disposed on an air intake side of the engine, the drive motor which is configured to drive front wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus, which is loaded on a hybrid vehicle equipped with a fuel tank and a battery mounted forward of the fuel tank, has a sealing valve for sealing evaporative fuel in the fuel tank. The sealing valve is disposed between the battery and the fuel tank and is arranged above the battery. The evaporative fuel treatment apparatus can prevent fuel leakage from the sealing valve more reliably.

Abstract: A rear part structure of a vehicle includes: a pair of right and left rear side members; a pair of side sills which are connected to the rear side members; a pair of sub frame side members respective one ends of which are connected to connecting parts between the rear side members and the side sills, the sub frame side members being extended to a rear side of the vehicle, in a manner inclined inward in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and a sub frame center member one end of which is connected to the other ends of the sub frame side members, the sub frame center member being extended to the rear side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A variable compression ratio device for an internal combustion engine includes: a connecting rod, having a small end and a large end, wherein a support hole formed at the small end is pivotally supported by a support shaft of a piston that reciprocates in a cylinder, and a support hole formed at the large end is pivotally supported by a support shaft of a crankshaft; an eccentric sleeve that is rotatably installed between the support hole of the small end or the support hole of the large end and the support shaft, and displaces a center axis of the support hole of the small end or a center axis of the support hole of the large end with respect to a center axis the support shaft; and an actuator that drives and rotates the eccentric sleeve.

Abstract: An inverter cover for covering an inverter provided in a front space which is formed in front of a vehicle room in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, by partitioning the vehicle room with a vehicle body panel, includes: a body part for covering an upper face of the inverter; and an extended part extended rearward from the body part so as to be positioned between a connecting part which is provided in a rear part of the inverter and to which a harness is connected, and an edge part which is protruded frontward from the vehicle body panel.

Abstract: A door mirror of a vehicle includes a housing and a base portion attaching the housing to a side surface of a vehicle body. The base portion includes: an attachment portion fixed to the side surface; and a support portion provided to protrude from the attachment portion toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side, and supporting the housing from below. The support portion is formed into a sectional shape of an inverse wing having a lower surface bulging downward in a vertically sectional shape in a front/rear direction, and the support portion is provided with a bead portion in the lower surface of the support portion, the bead portion protruding downward and extending in the front/rear direction so as to be gradually separated from the side surface as it goes toward a rear of the vehicle.