Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes an environment information obtainer, a sufficient parking space setter, a parked-vehicle inter-space calculator, a parking capable space setter, and a parking assister. The environment information obtainer obtains environment information around the vehicle. The sufficient parking space setter sets a sufficient parking space for the vehicle by including a parking allowance width on each of left and right sides of the vehicle. The parked-vehicle inter-space calculator calculates a space between parked vehicles, based on the obtained environment information. The parking capable space setter compares the space between the parked vehicles with the sufficient parking space and, when determining the space between the parked vehicles is greater than or equal to the sufficient parking space, sets the space between the parked vehicles to be a parking capable space. The parking assister guides the vehicle to the parking capable space.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a filter, a negative-pressure mechanism, and a first opening and closing mechanism. The filter is disposed in an exhaust passage coupled to an engine. The negative-pressure mechanism is configured to pressurize a portion of the exhaust passage upstream of the filter to a negative pressure less than an atmospheric pressure. The first opening and closing mechanism includes an opening disposed in the exhaust passage, and a valve configured to selectively open and close the opening. The valve is configured to, when the exhaust passage becomes negatively pressurized by the negative-pressure mechanism, open the opening.

Abstract: A suspension includes a coil spring, a shock absorber, a spring seat, and at least three strongly pressing parts. The coil spring elastically receives vertical movement of a wheel relative to a vehicle body. The shock absorber damps the vertical movement. The spring seat is provided in the shock absorber. The sprint seat supports an axial end of the coil spring. The coil spring is in direct or indirect contact with the spring seat over a predetermined distance from an end to a point of separation of the coil spring. The strongly pressing parts are provided in the spring seat. The strongly pressing parts apply contact pressures higher than contact pressure applied by other part, to the coil spring. The point of separation is disposed at a region that is between the strongly pressing parts and has the largest opening angle about an axial center of the shock absorber.

Abstract: A transfer for a four wheel drive vehicle includes first and second distribution mechanisms. The first distribution mechanism includes a first clutch and is configured to distribute a portion of power from a power source to a second transmission mechanism through the first clutch. The second distribution mechanism includes a planetary gear set and a second clutch, and is configured to distribute a portion of power from the power source to a second transmission mechanism through the planetary gear set and the second clutch in order. The first and second clutches are configured to be controlled to a half-engaged state between engagement and disengagement. An input shaft of the first distribution mechanism and an input shaft of the planetary gear set are unitized.

Abstract: An inspection support system for erroneous attachment includes an imaging device and an erroneous attachment detector. The imaging device is configured to capture an image that represents a state in which multiple components are attached to each other. The erroneous attachment detector is configured to convert a color space of the image into an HSV color space, create a comparative image on the basis of hue and saturation in the HSV color space, determine whether the multiple components are each a correct component and whether the multiple components are attached in a correct manner by comparing the comparative image with a correct image that is based on the hue and the saturation, and detect the erroneous attachment of at least one of the multiple components, in a case where the at least one of the multiple components is not the correct component and/or is not attached in the correct manner.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotor having insertion holes arranged in a circumferential direction around an axis and a magnet and resin placed in each insertion hole includes: a first step of placing the magnet and resin in each first insertion hole, and identifying an unbalance position by rotating the rotor at a first rotation speed; a second step of placing the magnet and resin in each second insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a second rotation speed; and a third step of placing the magnet and resin in each third insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a third rotation speed smaller than the second rotation speed. The second and third insertion holes are relatively far from and close to the unbalance position respectively.

Abstract: A gas filtering device includes an element and a case. The element includes a filter that filters a gas and a frame that holds a periphery of the filter. The case accommodates the element. The case includes a first member and a second member that are coupled to each other with the element interposed therebetween. The first member includes a frame holder that holds a periphery of the frame when the first member is coupled to the second member, and a temporary holder that performs temporary holding of the frame so that a part of the frame is separated from the frame holder and the frame is curved when the first member is not coupled to the second member. The second member includes a temporary-holding canceller that cancels the temporary holding of the frame by the temporary holder when the second member is being coupled to the first member.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes an external environment recognizer, a traveling environment recognizer, and a processor. The traveling environment recognizer recognizes travel lane sides of dividing lines defining a travel lane as two approximate lines each in a linear form based on the image data on a traveling environment acquired by the external environment recognizer. When a static three-dimensional object has been continuously detected on or near one of dividing lines based on the image data, the processor sets a virtual approximate line by correcting the lateral position of the approximate line of the one of the dividing lines in a direction apart from the static three-dimensional object toward the middle of the travel lane by a predetermined correction amount, and sets a target travel course in the middle between the virtual approximate line and the approximate line of the other of the dividing lines.

Abstract: A vehicle including an embossed surface for improving aerodynamic characteristics includes a front bumper member provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle. On a surface of a side surface portion of the front bumper member, the embossed surface having a directional pattern for assisting an airflow to direct in one direction along the surface is formed. The one direction is raised rearward relative to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A charging system includes a charging control unit, a detector, an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and an estimation unit. The charging control unit controls a charging operation performed from a power feeding system including a power storage device to a storage battery. The detector detects, multiple times, charging electric power supplied to the storage battery. The acquisition unit acquires pieces of charging data each including data indicating a temporal change in the charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to the storage battery. The calculation unit calculates respective approximate curves of the pieces of charging data. The estimation unit estimates a power feedable time during which the power feeding system is able to feed power, based on the approximate curves calculated based on the pieces of charging data, by using values of the charging electric power detected by the detector.

Abstract: An automatic steering control apparatus includes a lane line detector, a shape data detector, a traveling processor, and a steering angle processor. The lane line detector is configured to detect right and left lane lines. The shape data detector is configured to detect shape data. The traveling processor is configured to, in a case where both the lane lines are detected, execute a first lane-line control that is an automatic steering control to be executed on the basis of both the lane lines, and configured to, in a case where only one of the lane lines is detected as a detected lane line, execute a determining process that compares data on the detected lane line and the shape data and that determines whether to execute a second lane-line control that is the automatic steering control to be executed on the basis of only the one of the lane lines.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a first storage battery, a first flow path, a connector, a pump, and a controller. The first flow path allows a coolant to flow therein to the first storage battery. The connector couples the first storage battery to an electric power device of an external apparatus including the electric power device and a second flow path. The connector couples the first flow path to the second flow path and thereby allows the first and second flow paths to form a circulatory flow path. The second flow path allows the coolant to flow therein. The pump is provided on the first flow path and controls a flow rate and a flowing direction of the coolant. The controller controls an operation of the pump. The controller switches the flowing direction of the coolant multiple times after the first and second flow paths are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a monocular distance calculator, a relaxation distance calculator, and an updated distance calculator. The monocular distance calculator calculates a monocular distance of a three-dimensional object from a luminance image generated by an imaging unit. The relaxation distance calculator calculates a relaxation distance of the three-dimensional object from two luminance images generated by two imaging units based on a degree of image matching between the two luminance images determined using a threshold more lenient than another threshold used to determine the degree of image matching to generate a stereo distance of the three-dimensional object. The updated distance calculator calculates an updated distance of the three-dimensional object by mixing the monocular distance and the relaxation distance at a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: A vehicle has a vehicle body provided with a pair of rockers, the rockers each being provided on one side of a floor panel in a right-left direction and on another side of the floor panel in the right-left direction. The vehicle has a battery pack that is disposed below the floor panel, and that stores electric power to be supplied to a traveling motor. The vehicle has a pair of fixing members, the fixing members each being disposed on one side of the battery pack in the right-left direction and another side of the battery pack in the right-left direction, that is configured to fix the battery pack to the rockers. The vehicle has an elastic member disposed between the battery pack and the fixing members. The elastic member is disposed in a state compressed by the battery pack and the fixing members.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a forward recognizer configured to recognize a forward situation of a vehicle, a brake controller configured to perform brake control, and a determiner configured to determine execution of the brake control and drive control based on target data obtained by the forward recognizer and/or from map information. The brake controller performs the brake control to stop the vehicle at a position before a stop line of a road surface, based on a recognition result from the forward recognizer. When the vehicle stops and the forward situation is determined to be safe the determiner slowly drives the vehicle to another position before a crossing road edge where the road on which the vehicle drives intersects with another road. When the vehicle is at the other position and the forward situation is determined to be safe, the determiner slowly drives the vehicle from the other position by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a roof panel, a rail disposed below the roof panel and extending in a left-right direction, a brace disposed below the roof panel and coupled to an end of the rail and extending from the rail toward in a front-rear direction, a reinforcing member reinforcing a connection portion where the rail is coupled to the brace. A first end of a main wall of the reinforcing member is welded to a first-end-side flange of the rail. A second end of the main wall is welded to a second-end-side flange of the rail and to an end of the brace on the first side in the front-rear direction. The reinforcing member includes flanges welded to the bottom wall of the rail.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an information storage, an information notifier, a reply acquirer, a vehicle characteristic specifier, and a vehicle characteristic setter. The information storage is configured to store question information including a plurality of questions. The information notifier is configured to extract a question from the stored question information in accordance with a predetermined rule and notify the question through a notification device. The reply acquirer is configured to acquire a reply to the notified question. The vehicle characteristic specifier is configured to specify a vehicle characteristic based on the reply. The vehicle characteristic setter is configured to set the specified vehicle characteristic is the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper structure to be applied to a vehicle includes an impact absorber to be disposed on a front end side or a rear end side of the vehicle so as to extends in a vehicle width direction. The impact absorber includes small reaction section and a large reaction section. The small reaction section is to be disposed on an outer end side in the vehicle width direction. The small reaction section is configured to generate a predetermined reaction against a colliding object. The large reaction section is to be disposed on an inner side of the small reaction section in the vehicle width direction. The large reaction section is adjacent to the small reaction section. The large reaction section is configured to generate a larger reaction against the colliding object than the predetermined reaction.

Abstract: A container holding mechanism is applied to a fuel cell vehicle including a driving mechanism capable of driving rear wheels and disposed on a side of the rear wheels. The container holding mechanism includes a first hydrogen gas, a second hydrogen gas, a third hydrogen gas container, and a moving unit. The first hydrogen gas container is disposed behind a rear drive shaft. The second hydrogen gas container is disposed in front of the rear drive shaft. The third hydrogen gas container disposed in parallel with the second hydrogen gas container in front of the rear drive shaft. The moving unit is configured to move the driving mechanism pushed out by the first hydrogen gas container in collision in such a manner that the driving mechanism avoids the second hydrogen gas container and the third hydrogen gas container.

Abstract: A vehicle travel locus transmission system to be mounted on a vehicle includes a GNSS receiver, a vehicle-side transceiver, a locator processor, a wheel speed sensor, a gyro sensor, and an acceleration rate sensor. The locator processor generates, on predetermined cycles, a latest first linear coordinate as a linear function parameter that couples latest first positional coordinates and second positional coordinates on a previous cycle. The first and second positional coordinates are to be acquired on the basis of a positioning signal received by the GNSS receiver. On the condition that an angle formed by the first linear coordinate with an extension of a second linear coordinate generated on the previous cycle exceeds a predetermined threshold, the locator processor sends data regarding the first linear coordinate together with vehicle identification data, from the vehicle-side transceiver to an external device.