Abstract: A vehicle control device (10) that controls an electric motor (2) that drives a wheel (5) of the vehicle, the vehicle control device (10) includes: a first calculating unit (11) that calculates a first vehicle body velocity (VBreal) based on an angular velocity of the wheel (5); a second calculating unit (12) that calculates a second vehicle body velocity (VBref) based on an angular velocity of the electric motor (2) at a cycle shorter than a cycle of the first calculating unit (11); an estimating unit (13) that estimates an estimated vehicle body velocity according to a state of the vehicle (1), the estimated vehicle body velocity (VBctrl) being calculated by using the first vehicle body velocity (VBreal) and the second vehicle body velocity (VBref) in combination; and a controlling unit (16) that controls, based on the estimated vehicle body estimated by the estimating unit (13), the electric motor (2).

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle determines whether an EGR valve has an opening failure, and performs a pre-operation in which the engine is operated at a load smaller than a load in a series mode for a certain period of time while the vehicle is driven by a motor immediately before switching from an EV mode to the series mode. The pre-operation has a normal pre-mode in which the engine is operated at a first load when it is determined that the EGR valve does not have an opening failure, and a small failure pre-mode and a large failure pre-mode in which the engine is operated at a second load larger than the first load when it is determined that the EGR valve has the opening failure.

Abstract: A drive unit includes an internal combustion engine (21) disposed in an engine compartment (10), a first electric motor (31) and a second electric motor (33), and an inverter (27) disposed above an electromotive unit (23). The drive unit has: a first harness (41) that connects the inverter and the first electric motor; a second harness (42) that connects the inverter and the second electric motor; a step portion (51) formed so as to be recessed on one side or the other side, in the left-right direction, of the upper end of the inverter; and an AC terminal block (55) disposed in the step portion. The first harness and the second harness respectively extend downward from the DC terminal block while extending outward, and are respectively connected to upper parts of the first electric motor and the second electric motor.

Abstract: A control unit diagnoses a failure of a fuel storage unit that seals a fuel tank and a processing unit that processes fuel evaporative gas in the fuel tank. A first pressure detection unit of the fuel storage unit detects the pressure of the fuel tank. A second pressure detection unit of the fuel storage unit is disposed at a position different from the first pressure detection unit, and detects the pressure of the fuel tank. The control unit specifies a failure portion of the fuel storage unit and the processing unit based on a change in either one or both of a first pressure value detected by the first pressure detection unit and a second pressure value detected by the second pressure detection unit when the pressure of the fuel tank is changed.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle (1) provided with a differential mechanism (3) that applies a torque difference to left and right wheels (5) and two electric motors (2) coupled to the differential mechanism (3), the control system including: two control units (11, 12) being connected to each other via high-speed communication means and each controlling one of the two electric motors (2); a first rotation speed sensor (26R) that detects a first rotation speed of a first electric motor (2R) of the two electric motors (2) and outputs the first rotation speed to the two control units (11, 12); a second rotation speed sensor (26L) that detects a second rotation speed of a second electric motor (2L) of the two electric motors (2) and outputs the second rotation speed to the two control units (11, 12); and a superordinate control unit (10) that calculates demanded torques of the two electric motors (2) based on vehicle information of the vehicle (1).

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a driving force adjusting device including a pair of electric motors (1) that drives left and right wheels (5) of a vehicle, a differential mechanism (3) that provides the left and right wheels (5) with a torque difference, and left and right drive shafts (4) that transmits driving force from the differential mechanism and to the left and right wheels (5), the driving force adjusting device having four elements and two degree of freedom. In this driving force adjusting device, inertia moments (JML,JMR) on paths from the pair of electric motors (1) to the left and right wheels (5) are set to values such that a resonance frequency (f) of the driving force adjusting device when the vehicle is turning comes to be larger than a yaw resonance frequency (fyaw) of the vehicle.

Abstract: A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.

Abstract: The vehicle control device (10) includes: an arithmetic unit (11) that calculates a target slip ratio (y) serving as a target value of a slip ratio (?) of the wheel (5); a limiting unit (12) that sets an upper limit value (ymax) of the target slip ratio (y), the upper limit value (ymax) being based on at least a vehicle velocity (V) of the vehicle (1), and limits the target slip ratio (y) calculated by the arithmetic unit (11) to a value equal to or less than the upper limit value (ymax); and a controlling unit (13) that controls driving torque of the vehicle (1) such that a wheel velocity that achieves the target slip ratio (y) limited by the limiting unit (12) is obtained.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a driving force adjusting device including a pair of electric motors (1) that drives left and right wheels (5) of a vehicle, a differential mechanism (3) that provides the left and right wheels (5) with a torque difference, and left and right drive shafts (4) that transmits driving force from the differential mechanism and to the left and right wheels (5), the driving force adjusting device having four elements and two degree of freedom. In this driving force adjusting device, inertia moments (JML,JMR) on paths from the pair of electric motors (1) to the left and right wheels (5) are set to values such that a resonance frequency (f) of the driving force adjusting device when the vehicle is turning comes to be larger than a yaw resonance frequency (fyaw) of the vehicle.

Abstract: A rear suspension cross member (4) is suspended and supported on a lower side of a floor (2), and a drive unit (8) including a driving motor (9), an inverter (10) and a transaxle (11) is mounted on the rear suspension cross member (4). A power supply unit (20) including a junction box (21), a charger (22) and a DC-AC inverter (23) is mounted on the floor (2), and a terminal block (21a) of the junction box (21) is connected to a terminal block (10a) of the inverter (10) via a motor-side power cable (42). The junction box (21) and the inverter (10) are disposed on opposite sides of each other with respect to a center line (L) in the left-right direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A left-right wheel driving device (10) includes: a casing (15) including a reservoir (18) that stores oil; a suction port (19) that is disposed on the reservoir (18) and that sucks the oil from the reservoir (18); and two gears (34) that are each having helical teeth, that are supported so as to be rotatable about a rotating shaft (13) at least in one direction (D), that are provided on a power transmission path that transmits power to left and right wheels of a vehicle, and that are spaced apart from each other. The suction port (19) is positioned between the two gears (34). Each of the gears (34) is offset from the suction port in an axial direction of the rotating shaft (13), being in a state of being partially immersed in the oil stored in the reservoir (18). The helical teeth of each of the gears (34) extend in the one direction (D) and in a direction that departs from the suction port (19).

Abstract: A first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An inverter unit is disposed between the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine as viewed in the axial direction. A case includes a case body member that has, in an integrated manner: a partition wall section; a section being other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of a first containment chamber; and a second containment chamber section being a section other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of the second containment chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axis and the second axis and between the first axis and the second axis in a width direction, an outermost gear is disposed so that a direction of rotation at a lower end portion of the outermost gear during forward movement of a vehicle points toward the suction port, and a part of a peripheral wall section of the case that faces a lower surface of the rotating electric machine is inclined downward toward the suction port.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes: a pair of side frames disposed apart in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a cross member extending in the vehicle width direction, and penetrating the pair of side frames and connecting the pair of side frames. The cross member is formed of a pipe having a substantially square cross section with a corner portion curved in an arc shape. A corner portion of the cross member at a vehicle lower side is set to have a curvature radius larger than a curvature radius of a corner portion at a vehicle upper side.

Abstract: An inverter mounting structure for a vehicle includes left and right front side members defining an engine room in which a drive unit is mounted, a bumper beam connecting front portions of the left and right front side members, a dash panel connecting the left and right front side members, an upper bar disposed above the bumper beam, a brake booster attached to the dash panel in the engine room, and an inverter disposed in the engine room and configured to transmit and receive electric power to and from a motor constituting the drive unit. The inverter includes a front portion connected to the upper bar and a rear portion connected to one of the left and right front side members via a bracket, and is disposed in an oblique posture in which the rear portion is positioned higher than the front portion.

Abstract: A first transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on a second axis, the at least one gear including a first outer gear disposed on an outermost side in a radial direction, and a second transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on the second axis, the at least one gear including a second outer gear disposed on an outermost side in the radial direction. The first outer gear and the second outer gear are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An oil cooler is disposed between the first outer gear and the second outer gear in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap at least either the first outer gear or the second outer gear as viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure of a cab-over type vehicle includes: a floor cross member extending in a vehicle width direction along a lower surface of a floor panel of a cab body and including a pair of mount portions to which mounts are attached on both sides in the vehicle width direction; and a gusset extending in a vehicle front-rear direction between the pair of mount portions below the floor panel, including one end portion joined to the lower surface of the floor panel and the other end portion joined to a lower surface of the floor cross member, and linearly connecting the lower surface of the floor panel and the lower surface of the floor cross member.

Abstract: A travel control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: an acceleration control part for controlling a traveling motor generator or an engine based on a depression amount of an accelerator pedal, and a regenerative control part for controlling the traveling motor generator with a regenerative control intensity set by an operation part. The acceleration control part includes: an EV priority control portion for prioritizing EV traveling over engine traveling. The regenerative control part includes: a restriction portion for restricting or prohibiting regenerative braking; and a forced regeneration portion for performing regenerative braking on a driving wheel and rotationally driving a power generation motor generator by electricity generated in the traveling motor generator to rotationally drive an engine, if the regenerative braking intensity is increased by the operation part in a state where the restriction portion restricts or prohibits the regenerative braking.

Abstract: A vehicle (10) has mounted therein an engine (2), a first rotating electric machine (3), and a second rotating electric machine (4). The power of the engine (2) and the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) are separately transmitted from different power transmission paths (41, 42) to drive wheels (5). The power of the engine (2) is also transmitted to the second rotating electric machine (4) and utilized to generate electrical power. The vehicle (10) is provided with a connecting/disconnecting mechanism (8) on the power transmission path (42) that transmits the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) to the drive wheels (5).

Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine includes main-chamber injecting means (1,3) that supplies a main chamber (8) with fuel; sub-chamber injecting means (2) that supplies a sub chamber (5) with fuel after the main chamber injecting means (1,3) supplies the fuel; estimating means (21) that estimates a degree of knocking serving as indices of an intensity of the knocking and an occurrence frequency of the knocking; and fuel controlling means (22) that carries out, when the degree (N) of the knocking is a first predetermined value (N1) or more, fuel control that reduces a sub-chamber fuel amount representing an amount of fuel supplied by the sub-chamber injecting means (2). By reducing the sub-chamber fuel amount in this manner, the occurrence of knocking can be suppressed, so that the combustion state of a divided-combustion-chamber engine can be enhanced.