Abstract: A bus bar assembly structure includes an electrode terminal and a plate-shaped bus bar that is assembled to the electrode terminal. The bus bar has a burr along an edge of one of openings of an insertion hole. A threaded portion of a nut has a tapered portion at an edge of one of openings of the threaded portion, and a largest diameter of the tapered portion is greater than a bore diameter of the insertion hole. A flat portion of the bus bar is held between a bolt and a nut while the burr is located within a space created by the tapered portion.

Abstract: A method for producing an all solid state battery in which an anode foil, an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer are layered in this order, and an area of the solid electrolyte layer and the anode layer is larger than an area of the cathode layer is disclosed. The method includes a first pressing step of roll-pressing a first layered body so an adhesive force between the anode foil and the anode layer becomes 30 N/cm2 or more, to form a second layered body; a layered body forming step of forming a third layered body comprising the anode foil, the anode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the cathode layer, using the second layered body; and a second pressing step of roll-pressing the third layered body with a linear pressure of 1.0 t/cm or more to form a forth layered body.

Abstract: Objective Capacity for retaining a fastening member should be improved to raise workability. Means for Solution A temporary tightening tool 1 comprises a grip part 10 and a socket part 20 into which a bolt head part HB1 is inserted. The socket part 20 is formed in a shape of a hexagonal tube surrounded by six side walls, a hook part 42, which is a leaf spring part, is formed in each of alternate three side walls among the six side walls, and a thick torque transmission part is formed in each of three remaining side walls without the hook part 42, When the bolt head part HB1 is inserted in the socket part 20, the hook part 42 is elastically deformed, and holds the hold bolt head part HB1 with restoring force. Torque input into the grip part 10 is transmitted to the bolt head part HB1 from the torque transmission wall 30.

Abstract: A short circuit of a terminal provided on an end plate is suppressed. A terminal for electrically connecting adjacent battery modules is provided on an end plate. The end plate has a plate main body and a projection. The projection is formed of an upper surface of the end plate which projects from the plate main body to be away from cells in a width direction which is the stack direction of the cells. In plan view of the battery module, the terminal is disposed in a range in which the projection is provided in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the width direction.

Abstract: A management system includes a processor configured to: receive information regarding whether or not cooperation for a maintenance work of a shared car is agreed; and execute any processing selected from a plurality of kinds of processing based on the information received, the processing changing a shared car use condition for a user who is not a lender of the shared car and who has cooperated for the maintenance work such that the shared car use condition becomes better than a shared car use condition for a user who is not the lender of the shared car and who does not cooperate for the maintenance work.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a plurality of in-vehicle devices. Each of the in-vehicle devices includes a compatibility information storing unit that stores compatibility information including an allowable combination of software versions of all the in-vehicle devices constituting the vehicle control system.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes a host vehicle information acquisition device configured to acquire host vehicle information including a vehicle speed of a host vehicle and a signal indicating that braking force is applied to the host vehicle by a braking device of the host vehicle, a target information acquisition device configured to acquire target information including a relative position of a target present on the periphery of the host vehicle for the host vehicle, an advancing direction of the target, and a speed of the target, and an electronic control device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle body frame structure including: a side rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and disposed so as to face a front tire in a vehicle transverse direction; a cab mount member projecting toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side, from a region of the side rail that is further toward a vehicle rear side than the front tire, and to which a body is mounted; and a projecting portion projecting toward the front tire from a region of the cab mount member that is away from the side rail in the vehicle transverse direction.

Abstract: A battery pack structure includes a chamber, a cooling duct arranged outside the pack case, and a connector that communicates the chamber and the cooling duct with each other. The connector includes a first opening, which is connected with the chamber in a state of being sealed by a first sealing member, a second opening, which is connected with a cooling duct in a state of being sealed by a second sealing member, a first sealing surface, which is formed in a peripheral part of the first opening and is either a tube-shaped surface or a plane that faces a chamber inlet surface though the first sealing member, and a second sealing surface, which is formed in a peripheral part of the second opening and is a tube-shaped surface or a plane that faces a duct outlet surface through the second sealing member.

Abstract: A variable length connecting rod includes a connecting rod body, an eccentric member, a switching mechanism and a stopping mechanism. The eccentric member is provided at a small diameter end of the connecting rod body. The eccentric member rotates such that an effective length of the variable length connecting rod is varied. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston connected to the eccentric member. The eccentric member reaches a first position when the switching mechanism is in a first state. The eccentric member reaches a second position when the switching mechanism is in a second state. The stopping mechanism includes a stopping member that abuts against or engages with the eccentric member or the hydraulic piston such that the eccentric member is maintained at an intermediate position between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent. The negative electrode includes a composite particle. The composite particle includes a negative electrode active material and tungsten trioxide. The negative electrode active material contains graphite. The tungsten trioxide is disposed on a surface of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: In a motor temperature estimating device including: a polyphase motor 1 having a first phase coil, a second phase coil and a third phase coil; current sensors; a determination section that determines whether or not the polyphase motor is rotating; and a transformation section that transforms a first phase output signal from the first phase current sensor, a second phase output signal from the second phase current sensor, and a third phase output signal from the third phase current sensor to output a post-transformation output signal, the post-transformation output signal is inputted to a first temperature estimation section that estimates the temperature of the polyphase motor during rotation, and the first phase output signal, the second phase output signal and the third phase output signal are inputted to a second temperature estimation section that estimates the temperature of the polyphase motor during stop.

Abstract: A drive power transmission device capable of transmitting drive power asynchronously with rotation of an input shaft. The drive power transmission device includes a first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft, an elastic member, and a vibration element. One end of the elastic member is fixed to the second rotation shaft at a position spaced from its central axis, while the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the vibration element. The vibration element is capable of being placed in either one of a first state of being connected to the first rotation shaft and a second state of being disconnected from the first rotation shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a case, a motor, a gear mechanism, a lubrication mechanism, and a cooling mechanism. The motor and the gear mechanism are housed in the case. The gear mechanism includes a specified gear and a first gear. A vertical lower section of the first gear is positioned above a surface of the oil. The lubrication mechanism lubricates the gear mechanism by the oil thrown up by the specified gear. The cooling mechanism includes an oil pump and a pipe. The oil pump and the pipe supply the oil reserved in the case to the motor. The pipe is located above the first gear. The pipe has a hole, and the oil discharged from the hole. The hole is positioned above the first gear. A normal line direction of the hole differs from a vertically downward direction. The first gear does not overlap the normal line direction.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat for installation in a vehicle. The vehicle seat comprises a side frame, a rod, a first lifter link that comprises an upper end pivotably coupled to the side frame through the rod and a lower end pivotably coupled to the vehicle, a second lifter link that is provided in a position shifted in a seat front-rear direction relative to the first lifter link and comprises an upper end pivotably coupled to the side frame and a lower end pivotably coupled to the vehicle, and a restriction member configured to restrict downward displacement of the rod below a specified position.

Abstract: The claimed invention provides a wet chemical method to prepare manganese bismuth nanoparticles having a particle diameter of 5 to 200 nm. When annealed at 550 to 600K in a field of 0 to 3 T the nanoparticles exhibit a coercivity of approximately 1 T and are suitable for utility as a permanent magnet material. A permanent magnet containing the annealed MnBi nanoparticles is also provided.

Abstract: Front and rear lateral wall portions extend inward in a width direction of a vehicle from edges of an outer wall portion of a pillar outer member in a vehicle longitudinal direction, respectively. Flange portions extend outward in the vehicle longitudinal direction from inner edges of the front and rear lateral wall portions in the width direction, respectively. The front and rear lateral wall portions are equipped with flexion regions having outer parts that are flexed at non-end portions thereof in the width direction and that are located outside ridge lines of flexion thereof in the width direction, and inner parts that are located inside the ridge lines in the width direction, respectively. In the flexion regions, the ridge lines are located within half of a range from the flange portions to the outer wall portion in the width direction, respectively.

Abstract: A geared transmission unit in which a range of a speed ratio is widened without increasing a size of the transmission unit. The geared transmission unit comprises: a first sun gear fixed to a stationary member; a second sun gear arranged coaxially with the first sun gear while being connected to the second shaft; a first pinion gear meshing with the first sun gear; a second pinion gear meshing with the first pinion gear; a third pinion gear rotated integrally with the second pinion gear; a fourth pinion gear meshing with the third pinion gear; a fifth pinion gear rotated integrally with the fourth pinion gear; and a carrier coupled to the first shaft while rotatably supporting the pinion gears.

Abstract: A vehicle brake device includes a hydraulic pressure control portion which performs a feed-back control so that an actual hydraulic pressure of the brake fluid approximates an instruction target pressure and a target pressure setting portion which sets the instruction target pressure to a value closer to the actual hydraulic pressure side than an operating target pressure, when a pressure deviation between the operating target pressure which is a target value of the hydraulic pressure of the brake fluid corresponding to a brake operation and the actual hydraulic pressure is larger than a first pressure difference and at the same time when the actual hydraulic pressure is approaching to the operating target pressure.