Abstract: A charging stand is a power supply facility that is able to be housed underground. The charging stand includes a light emitting device and a control device. The light emitting device is configured to emit light to a space above the ground. The control device is configured to control the light emitting device. A first light emission mode of the light emitting device for when the charging stand is available and a second light emission mode of the light emitting device for when the charging stand is not available are different.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder in which an air-fuel mixture of gaseous fuel and intake air is combusted, an intake passage connected to the cylinder, and a supercharger for supercharging the intake air, in a case where backfire is generated in a set period before supercharging is performed by the supercharger, supercharging is performed at a smaller supercharging pressure than in a case where backfire is not generated in the set period.

Abstract: A steering control device controls a reaction motor that generates a steering reaction force applied to a steering wheel of which power transmission to and from turning wheels is cut off. the steering control device includes: a first processor configured to change a virtual operation range of the steering wheel according to a steering state or a vehicle state by controlling the reaction motor; and a second processor configured to change a degree of change of the virtual operation range of the steering wheel according to the steering state or the vehicle state when an operation position of the steering wheel reaches a position in a vicinity of a limit position of the virtual operation range.

Abstract: A vehicle speed calculating device includes a vehicle speed calculating unit configured to calculate a control vehicle speed that is acquired by estimating a vehicle body speed that is a speed at which a vehicle is actually traveling, as a state variable used to control an onboard device configured to operate to realize various functions provided in the vehicle. The vehicle speed calculating unit is configured to include an extraction function of extracting at least one wheel speed acquired from at least one wheel that is assumed to be rotating in a state in which an influence causing a difference from the vehicle body speed is likely to be small, out of wheel speeds of a plurality of wheels, and a calculation function of calculating the control vehicle speed based on the at least one wheel speed extracted by the extraction function.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioning device including a heat pump cycle configured to compress and expand a refrigerant; a heater core; a high pressure side pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure on the high pressure side of the heat pump cycle; and a heater core inlet water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of cooling water at an inlet of the heater core as a heater core inlet water temperature. The heat pump cycle includes a compressor; a condenser; a water refrigerant heat exchanger and an evaporator; and a heating expansion valve and a cooling expansion valve. An estimated outside air temperature is calculated based on the high pressure side pressure detected by the high pressure side pressure sensor and the heater core inlet water temperature detected by the heater core inlet water temperature sensor.

Abstract: A positive electrode material consists of composite particles. Each of the composite particles includes a base material particle, a film, and a carbon nanotube. The film covers at least a part of a surface of the base material particle. The base material particle includes a positive electrode active material. The film includes a boron oxide. The carbon nanotube includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is buried in the film. The second portion is exposed on a surface of the film.

Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.

Abstract: In a fastening structure that fastens an exhaust manifold to a cylinder head of an engine, a bolt that extends through a flange is inserted into and fixed to a bolt hole of the cylinder head. The flange includes a contact surface that contacts a coupling surface of the cylinder head, and an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the contact surface. A clearance is provided between the bolt and the cylinder head inside the bolt hole in a range extending from the coupling surface of the cylinder head to a specified length.

Abstract: A logistics system provides a logistics service utilizing a logistics robot that delivers a package by autonomous traveling. The logistics system includes one or more processors configured to execute a delivery route determination process that determines a delivery route along which the logistics robot delivers the package. When there are a plurality of delivery route candidates from a position of the logistics robot to a delivery destination of the package, the one or more processors select the delivery route from the plurality of delivery route candidates based on at least one of a congestion degree of each of the plurality of delivery route candidates, a time of day, a weather condition, and energy consumption of the logistics robot along each of the plurality of delivery route candidates.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a low initial resistance and an increase in resistance after charging and discharging is suppressed. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer, which contains a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide is a porous particle. A surface of the porous particle includes a layer having a rock salt type structure. A thickness of the layer is not less than 5 nm and not more than 80 nm. A void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 15% and not more than 48%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle includes a coating of lithium tungstate.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, and having a composition represented by NaxSi136, wherein 1.98<x<2.54.

Abstract: A power supply system comprises an alternating-current sweep unit that outputs alternating-current power from a U-phase battery string, a V-phase battery string, and a W-phase battery string that are Y-connected, a first power supply circuit that converts output of a direct-current sweep unit to alternating-current power using an inverter and outputs the alternating-current power, the direct-current sweep unit including a first battery string; and a control device. An energy density of a battery included in the U-phase battery string, the V-phase battery string, and the W-phase battery string is higher than an energy density of a battery included in the first battery string.

Abstract: A vehicle stabilizer system, including: a stabilizer device and a switching mechanism to switch a roll suppressing function by a stabilizer bar between an effective state in which the roll suppressing function is rendered effective and an ineffective state in which the roll suppressing function is rendered ineffective; and a controller configured to determine whether a lateral acceleration of a vehicle body is greater than a threshold lateral acceleration and control the switching mechanism to render the roll suppressing function effective when the lateral acceleration is greater than the threshold lateral acceleration and ineffective when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the threshold lateral acceleration, wherein the controller employs, as a determination lateral acceleration for determining whether the lateral acceleration is greater than the threshold lateral acceleration, a smaller one of an actual lateral acceleration and an estimated lateral acceleration estimated based on a turning degree

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element. The semiconductor element has a semiconductor layer, a first-conductivity-type layer, a saturation current suppression layer, a current dispersion layer, a base region, a source region, trench gate structures, an interlayer insulation film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second deep layer. The first-conductivity-type layer is disposed above the semiconductor layer. The saturation current suppression layer disposed above the first-conductivity-type layer includes a first deep layer and a JEFT portion. The base region is disposed above the saturation current suppression layer. The source region and the contact region are disposed above the region. Each of the trench gate structures has a gate trench, a gate insulation film, and a gate electrode. The second deep layer is disposed among the trench gate structures and is connected to the first deep layer.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion supported by a support member so as to be rotatable around an axial direction along the seat up-down direction; a seatback configured such that the angle of the seatback relative to the seat cushion is adjustable by unlocking and locking of an angle adjustment mechanism, the seatback being biased to be tilted forward in the seat front-rear direction when the angle adjustment mechanism is unlocked; an operated member configured to unlock and lock the angle adjustment mechanism, the operated member being placed on a first end side of the seat cushion in the seat width direction; and an operating member provided in the support member such that the operating member is configured to relatively operate the operated member along with a rotation of the seat cushion so as to unlock the angle adjustment member.

Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for a vehicle includes an air heating unit configured to heat air conditioning air to be sent into a vehicle cabin, a contact heating unit configured to heat a member that is in contact with a body of an occupant in the vehicle cabin, and an electronic control unit. A heat source of the air heating unit and a heat source of the contact heating unit each are supplied with an electric power from one or more batteries. The electronic control unit is configured to decrease an electric power that is supplied to the heat source of the air heating unit when the heat source of the contact heating unit is on as compared to an electric power that is supplied to the heat source of the air heating unit when the heat source of the contact heating unit is off.

Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.

Abstract: The vehicle control device includes an arbitration unit configured to arbitrate between a plurality of control commands acquired from a plurality of driving support applications that respectively implements driving support functions, configured to output instructions based on a control command after arbitration to a first control unit that is able to control a steering actuator and a second control unit that is able to control at least one of a brake actuator or a drive actuator, and configured to acquire a steering angle and a yaw rate as the control commands from the driving support applications.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present disclosure detects a preceding vehicle and a white dashed line provided at regular intervals along a road from an image captured by a monocular camera. In addition, the apparatus of the present disclosure acquires speed information of the host vehicle. Then, the apparatus of the present disclosure counts the number of white dashed lines included in the section from the vertical position of the preceding vehicle to the lower fixed reference position of the vertical position in the camera image, and detects the deceleration of the preceding vehicle based on the time-series transition of the number of white dashed lines and the speed information of the host vehicle.