Abstract: A control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a water pump, and an oil pump. The apparatus makes a second motor to drive the water pump drive the oil pump, if the first motor to drive the oil pump malfunctions. Consequently, if the first motor malfunctions, the oil pump can be driven by the second motor. Thus, the possibility of seizing of the sliding portions of the engine can be reduced. Further, if the first motor malfunctions, the friction in the engine can be reduced, since the oil pump is not driven by the crank shaft.

Abstract: In an electric power conversion circuit, a gate controller executes a first operation. In the first operation, the gate controller performs control such that a first lower FET, a first upper FET, a second lower FET, and a second upper FET satisfy the following conditions: a condition that a first state in which the first lower FET is turned on, a second state in which both of the lower FETs are turned off, a third state in which the second lower FET is turned on, and a fourth state in which both of the lower FETs are turned off appear repeatedly in the order; and a condition that the first upper FET is turned on at a middle of a period of the second state and is maintained in an on state until a middle of a period of the third state.

Abstract: A warm-up system for an exhaust gas apparatus includes the exhaust gas apparatus having a turbocharger provided with a turbine, a first exhaust gas control catalyst provided downstream of the turbine, a bypass passage bypassing the turbine, and an adjustment unit adjusting a turbine inflow exhaust gas flow rate and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a warm-up control which warms the turbine by controlling the turbine inflow exhaust gas flow rate, by using the adjustment unit, to reach a flow rate higher than zero and lower than the post-warm-up flow rate when an operating state of the internal combustion engine remains constant, such that a warmed state of the first exhaust gas control catalyst is maintained after the first exhaust gas control catalyst is warmed.

Abstract: When the amount of coating is increased in a two-layer catalyst or the like containing two noble metals in respective different layers, gas diffusivity in the catalyst and use efficiency of a catalytic active site are reduced to thereby reduce purification performance. In view of this, an organic fiber having a predetermined shape is used as a pore-forming material in formation of an uppermost catalyst coating layer of a multi-layer catalyst, to thereby form an uppermost catalyst coating layer having a high-aspect-ratio pore excellent in connectivity and therefore excellent gas diffusivity.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to an exhaust gas purification catalyst that is excellent in terms of HC purification capacity and warm-up performance.

Abstract: A voice interaction apparatus incudes voice recognition means for recognizing a voice of a user, response-sentence generation means for generating a response sentence to the voice of the user based on the recognized voice, filler generation means for generating a filler word to be inserted in a conversation, output means for outputting the generated response sentence and the generated filler word, and classification means for classifying the generated response sentence into one of predetermined speech patterns indicating predefined speech types. When the output means outputs, after the user utters a voice subsequent to the first response sentence, the filler word and outputs a second response sentence, the classification means classifies the first response sentence into one of the speech patterns, and the filler generation means generates the filler word based on the speech pattern into which the first response sentence has been classified.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is inter alia a channel selection interface includes a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors including a number of tunable service identifiers divided by the plurality of sectors, and a plurality of channel markers that separate the plurality of sectors. The channel selection interface provides an even allocation of channels for a gesture recognition interface.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion including: a seating part formed of an elastic body; a side part formed of an elastic body harder than the elastic body forming the seating part; and a rear part; and a seat back including: a backrest part formed of an elastic body; a side part formed of an elastic body harder than the elastic body forming the backrest part; and a rotation-center-side end part; wherein the rear part and the rotation-center-side end part are in contact with each other, and wherein at least one of (i) at least one side portion of the rear part and (ii) at least one side portion of the rotation-center-side end part is formed of an elastic body softer than the elastic body forming the side part of the seat cushion and the elastic body forming the side part of the seat back.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an intercooler configured to cool an intake gas compressed by a compressor, a cooler bypass passage configured to bypass the intercooler, and a cooler bypass valve configured to open and close the cooler bypass passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation gas is introduced into an upstream side of the intercooler. An electronic control unit is configured to open the cooler bypass valve during use of a high exhaust gas recirculation rate region, and to close the cooler bypass valve during use of a low exhaust gas recirculation rate region.

Abstract: A mount member is located between a front cross member and a power unit of a suspension member. The mount member includes a damper fixed to the front cross member of the suspension member and a bracket fixed to an upper end of the damper. The bracket couples the damper to the power unit. An extension wall extends downward from the bracket. The extension wall at least partially overlaps the damper in a side view.

Abstract: When molds (31a), (31b) are caused to mesh so that a crimping portion (5) is compressed, the crimping portion (5) is crimped to conductive wires (25) and a cover portion (27). A conductor crimping portion (7) is completely compressed by the molds (31a), (31b). A cover crimping portion (9) preliminarily compresses the cover portion (27). Next, temporarily compressed terminal-equipped electrical wires are disposed between different molds. When the molds are caused to mesh so that the crimping portion (5) is compressed, the cover crimping portion (9) is forcefully compressed. In other words, the cover crimping portion (9) is subjected to final compression. In other words, the present invention is provided with a first compression step for preliminarily compressing the cover portion (27) and a second compression step for forcefully compressing the covering part.

Abstract: A robotic dolly transfer system configured to transport dollies includes a full dolly transfer system and an empty dolly transfer system. The full dolly transfer system and the empty dolly transfer system individually include a rail assembly and a carriage. The carriage is slidably attached to the rail assembly and includes a bottom surface that has a post extending outwardly. The rail assembly includes a rail actuator assembly having an actuator and a receiver attached to the actuator. The receiver includes an opening that receives the post such that the post floats within the opening to permit the carriage to move a predetermined amount independent from the receiver. The actuator is configured to displace the receiver such that receiver contacts the post to slide the carriage with respect to the rail assembly. A end effector is pivotally connected to a transfer arm assembly and is configured to engage the dolly.

Abstract: The vehicle seat comprises a seat main body, a base, a bracket, a link, and a contact portion. The base is located below the seat main body. The bracket is mounted on an upper side of the base. The link is rotatably coupled, at one end thereof, to the seat main body and is rotatably coupled, at an end thereof opposing the one end, to the bracket. The contact portion is provided to the bracket to restrict a rotatable range of the link by coming in contact with the link. The contact portion comprises a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The first contact portion is arranged in a position that partially differs from a position of the second contact portion in a width direction of the seat main body.

Abstract: A power converter may include a plurality of power conversion circuits, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a controller. Each of the power conversion circuits may include a switching element. The plurality of power conversion circuits may be connected in parallel. Each of the temperature sensors may measure a temperature of one of the switching elements. The controller may select the power conversion circuit to be driven in an ascending order of the temperatures of the switching elements measured by the temperature sensors based on a supplied current value Iin supplied to the power converter.

Abstract: A p-type SiC single crystal having lower resistivity than the prior art is provided. This is achieved by a method for producing a SiC single crystal in which a SiC seed crystal substrate is contacted with a Si—C solution having a temperature gradient such that the temperature decreases from the interior toward the surface, to grow a SiC single crystal, the method comprising: using as the Si—C solution a Si—C solution containing Si, Cr and Al, wherein the Al content is 3 at % or greater based on the total of Si, Cr and Al; and contacting a (0001) face of the SiC seed crystal substrate with the Si—C solution to grow a SiC single crystal from the (0001) face.

Abstract: A selective battery control system includes a battery exchange station and an at least partially electric vehicle communicably coupled to the battery exchange station. The at least partially electric vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to determine a number of batteries needed for a trip, determine if the at least partially electric vehicle has a correct number of batteries, and in response to the at least partially electric vehicle having an incorrect number of batteries, add or remove batteries until the at least partially electric vehicle has the correct number of batteries for the trip.

Abstract: A digital signage control device includes: a traffic condition related information acquiring unit configured to acquire the traffic condition related information on traffic conditions near each of a plurality of digital signages; and a display control unit configured to: cause the plurality of digital signages to display advertisement information, and switch a digital signage on which the advertisement information is displayed among the plurality of digital signages based on traffic condition related information.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a tonneau cover for a bed of a truck. In one embodiment, the tonneau cover includes a set of panels that span a width of the bed between at least two mounting rails that are attached to sidewalls of the bed. The set of panels detachably connect to the mounting rails at attachment points within the mounting rails and are at least partially supported by the attachment points. Individual panels within the set of panels connect with adjacent ones of the set of panels through a detachable hinge within opposing sides. The individual panels connect to the mounting rails through retractable pins that extend from opposing ends.

Abstract: There is provided a controller for a vehicle that can execute, while the vehicle is stationary or moving, control of automatically stopping an engine upon determining that automatic stop conditions are met, and automatically restarting the engine upon determining that automatic restart conditions are met while automatic engine stop is in effect. At a time of first engine restart in one trip, the controller diagnoses whether a system that automatically restarts the engine is normal or abnormal. The automatic stop conditions for in-motion automatic engine stop include automatic stop execution conditions that are set based on a state of the vehicle, and automatic stop permit conditions that are set based on a travel environment. The controller sets the automatic stop permit conditions such that determination criteria are more stringent as a cumulative number of times of in-motion automatic engine stop in one trip is smaller.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a Schottky electrode is formed on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. A second region of the semiconductor substrate is etched such that a first region becomes higher than a second region, a rising surface is formed between the first and second regions, and an outer peripheral edge of the Schottky electrode is located on the first region. An insulating film is formed on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate such that the insulating film annularly extends along the rising surface. A field plate electrode is formed. The field plate electrode is electrically connected with the Schottky electrode and faces the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate via the insulating film within an area extending from the outer peripheral edge of the Schottky electrode to the second region over the rising surface.

Abstract: An operation program editing device includes a program editing portion configured to edit an operation program executable by a programmable controller that controls a facility, and the program editing portion includes a bypass circuit generation unit that generates a bypass circuit including a bypass path for skipping execution of some of the plurality of steps at a time of reactivation of the facility, a first selection receiving unit that receives selection of a last step, from among the plurality of steps, within a range where the execution is skipped by the bypass circuit, and a second selection receiving unit that receives selection of a first step, from among the plurality of steps, within the range where the execution is skipped by the bypass circuit.

Abstract: An electronic control unit is configured to control a hydraulic pressures of engaging element and disengaging element in accordance with a preset target output shaft torque during a power-on downshift. The electronic control unit is configured to delay a start of decrease in the hydraulic pressure of the disengaging element from a start of a torque phase while maintain the hydraulic pressure of the disengaging element at the start of the torque phase. The electronic control unit is configured to start decreasing the hydraulic pressure of the disengaging element when the electronic control unit determines that overspeed of an input shaft is occurring during the torque phase and a predetermined condition is established.

Abstract: A front pillar structure includes a pillar outer. The pillar outer includes an outer side wall portion, a front side wall portion, a rear side wall portion, a rear side curved portion, and a front side curved portion. The outer side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a side far from a vehicle width center in a width direction of a vehicle. The front side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a front side of the vehicle. The rear side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a rear side of the vehicle. The rear side curved portion connects the outer side wall portion and the rear side wall portion to each other. The front side curved portion connects the outer side wall portion and the front side wall portion to each other.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle, an accelerator operation amount is changed among a first region, a second region, and a third region. The motor vehicle is configured to perform a first control that applies a braking force to the vehicle when the accelerator operation amount is at least in the first region or in the second region or to perform a second control that applies a smaller braking force to the vehicle than the braking force applied by the first control when the accelerator operation amount is in the first region or in the second region. The motor vehicle is also configured to continue execution of the first control without changing over control to the second control, when an execution request for the second control is given during execution of the first control in the second region of the accelerator operation amount.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion; a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body and is configured to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and a fixture for fixing a seat belt which is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and obliquely facing a front side.

Abstract: A power converter includes one or more first conversion circuits, one or more second conversion circuits, and a controller. The first conversion circuit is configured to use a trench type transistor. The second conversion circuit is configured to use a planar type transistor. All the one or more first conversion circuits and all the one or more second conversion circuits are connected in parallel to each other or connected in series to each other. The controller stops all the one or more second conversion circuits and operates at least one of the one or more first conversion circuits while an output command value is lower than a predetermined output threshold value. The controller operates all the one or more first conversion circuits and operates at least one of the one or more second conversion circuits when the output command value exceeds the predetermined output threshold value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for visual inspection of a radial surface of a camshaft lobe. Upon visual inspection of the radial surface of the camshaft lobe via the apparatus and method of the present disclosure, surface roughness, or ‘chatter’, can be evaluated. Rapid evaluation of camshaft lobe chatter provides for improved manufacturing efficiency and decreased production delays.

Abstract: An exhaust unit includes a dirty air intake opening, a clean air output opening and an airflow path defined between the dirty air intake opening and the clean air output opening. The exhaust unit further includes an upstream quenching section and a downstream filtering section along the airflow path. The quenching section has a wetting chamber that includes a reservoir having a fill level for a quenching liquid, and a downtube connected over the dirty air intake opening and opening at its end above, and in opposition to, the plane of the fill level.

Abstract: A control system includes a supercharged engine and an electronic control unit. The supercharged engine including: a combustion chamber; an exhaust passage; a turbine; and an exhaust catalyst. The turbine includes a turbine wheel, and a turbine control valve. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a first exhaust gas temperature and a second exhaust gas temperature that are temperatures of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust catalyst. The electronic control unit is configured to control the turbine control valve such that: the turbine control valve is set to the first valve opening degree when the first exhaust gas temperature is higher than the second exhaust gas temperature; and that the turbine control valve is set to the second valve opening degree when the second exhaust gas temperature is higher than the first exhaust gas temperature.

Abstract: A stator includes a yoke, teeth, insulating members, a first ribs, coils, annular members and adhesive bodies. The insulating members each have circumferential wall and a flange. The flange includes a plate wall. The first ribs protrude from the respective flanges. The coils each wound on the outsides of the circumferential wall and the first ribs of each of the teeth. The annular members close teeth distal end sides of cavities. A first hole and a second hole are provided in the plate wall. The turning passage contains varnish charged through the injection hole.

Abstract: A cylinder block of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder bore wall that holds a piston so as to allow the piston to reciprocate. In at least one part of the cylinder bore wall in a cylinder axial direction, the density of a layer located farther from a cylinder head is lower than the density of a layer located closer to the cylinder head in the cylinder axial direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated stator core includes: blanking an electrical steel sheet at 1st to Nth (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) positions arranged in the width direction of the electrical steel sheet to form 1st to Nth blank members, and laminating the 1st to Nth blank members to form a laminated stator core. The shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the kth (k is a natural number of 1 to N) blank member differs from the shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the mth (m is a natural number of 1 to N and satisfying m?k) blank member such that the shapes of given two blank members do not agree with each other.

Abstract: Inside a casing, a gear chamber that accommodates a gear mechanism of a power transmission apparatus and also stores lubricating oil for lubricating the gear mechanism therein is partitioned across a first coupled part where case members are coupled to each other, and a road clearance of the first coupled part is set to be the lowest on a bottom surface of the casing and a cylinder block of an engine. A lower cover is provided with a projection upwardly projecting at a predetermined part thereof, the predetermined part being located apart from a position immediately below the first coupled part on the bottom surface, and a distance between the projection of the lower cover and the bottom surface is set to be smaller than a distance between the lower cover and the first coupled part.

Abstract: A bio-information detecting apparatus includes: a band member curved in a C-shape, and attached around a neck part of an examinee from a back side of the neck part; and a pair of electrodes for cardiac potential measurement disposed at positions on the band member that come into contact with right and left skin surfaces of the neck part, and in the pair of electrodes, a position of the electrode on the right is located relatively more frontward than a position of the electrode on the left. The bio-information detecting apparatus further includes a substrate to optically measure a blood oxygen saturation for pulse measurement at a position on the band member that comes into contact with the neck part of the examinee, and a pressing force of the substrate against the skin surface of the neck part is 0.96 to 1.21 [N/cm2].

Abstract: A driving supporter is configured to perform support of driving such that an own vehicle drives within a lane. The driving supporter includes: a support inhibitor configured to inhibit the support of the driving when an absolute value of a steering operation value representing a magnitude of a steering operation performed by a driver is greater than an inhibition threshold value. The support inhibitor includes: a road-surface-unevenness obtainer configured to obtain a degree of unevenness of a road surface on which the own vehicle is running; and a road-surface-unevenness-dependent threshold-value determiner configured to determine the inhibition threshold value to a larger value when the degree of the unevenness of the road surface which is obtained by the road-surface-unevenness obtainer is large than when the degree of the unevenness of the road surface which is obtained by the road-surface-unevenness obtainer is small.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cylinder block (10) includes: a step of forming a slit (14) to flow refrigerant therein, between adjacent cylinder bores (CB) among a plurality of cylinder bores provided in a cylinder portion (11); a step of placing a first cover (20a) in the slit and welding the first cover to the cylinder portion by laser beam welding; and a step of placing a second cover (20b) on the first cover and joining the second cover to the cylinder portion by friction stir welding.

Abstract: In a lean-burn engine equipped with a turbocharger, a responsiveness of a supercharging pressure in a lean region is enhanced by control of a valve timing of an exhaust valve while a combustion state is restrained from varying. A variable valve mechanism that can change an opening timing of the exhaust valve while keeping a closing timing of the exhaust valve constant, is included in the lean-burn engine. When a target operation point is located in the lean region, and when an actual supercharging pressure is lower than a target supercharging pressure, supercharging pressure increasing control that advances the opening timing while keeping the closing timing constant is executed by operating the variable valve mechanism.

Abstract: A contactless power transmitting device is capable of contactlessly transmitting power to a power receiving device. The contactless power transmitting device includes a power transmitting unit configured to be capable of contactlessly transmitting power to the power receiving device, and a communication unit configured to send information, which relates to a magnetic flux distribution of the power transmitting unit during power transmission, to the power receiving device.

Abstract: A utilization index IDX is calculated based on one or more parameters (the number of times of charging/the number of trips, total battery charger connection time/total vehicle stop time, total EV traveling distance/total HV traveling distance, total EV traveling time/total HV traveling time, total EV traveling distance/total traveling distance, total EV traveling time/total traveling time, total charge amount/total fuel supply quantity) obtained based on a ratio of an EV traveling utilization level to an HV traveling utilization level or a total traveling utilization level, and the utilization index IDX is stored. Since the utilization index IDX is calculated such that as each parameter is larger, utilization of charging of a battery by a battery charger is performed more sufficiently. Accordingly, the utilization index IDX can be used as an index that offers more accurate determination regarding a utilization status of the battery charging.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting oxygen concentration in exhaust gas or an air-fuel ratio provided with a solid electrolyte body, an exhaust gas side electrode being disposed on one side of the solid electrolyte body and being in contact with the exhaust gas, an atmosphere side electrode being disposed on the other side of the solid electrolyte body and being in contact with the atmosphere, and an electric circuit applying a reference voltage between these electrodes is arranged in an engine exhaust passage. The sensor for detecting the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas or the air-fuel ratio has a characteristic in which an output current continues to increase without having a limiting current region when the voltage applied between the electrodes is increased while the air-fuel ratio is constant. The air-fuel ratio is controlled based on the output current of the sensor for detecting the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas or the air-fuel ratio.

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: A control apparatus (80; 122) for a vehicle provided with a motor/generator (MG2; MG) functioning as a drive power source, and a step-variable transmission (20; 110) which constitutes a part of a power transmitting path between the drive power source and drive wheels (28; 116) and which is placed in a selected one of a plurality of speed positions with engagement of a selected one or ones of a plurality of coupling devices (CB).

Abstract: In a case where external electricity feed is being performed, a water temperature threshold Tref is set to a temperature T2 that is lower than in a case where the external electricity feed is not being performed, and canister puree is executed when an engine is in operation and a cooling water temperature Tw is the water temperature threshold Tref or higher. Thereby, it is possible to increase the opportunity to perform the canister purge, and to enhance evaporative emission performance. Furthermore, in the case where the external electricity feed is being performed, a maximum purge rate Pmax is set to a value P2 that is greater than in the case where the external electricity feed is not being performed. Thereby, it is possible to quickly complete the canister purge.

Abstract: A luggage side trim includes a body portion having an upper edge portion extending in a vehicular front-rear direction, a wall portion extending in a vehicular width direction from a part of the upper edge portion, the wall portion having an insertion hole through which a damper is to be inserted, and a slit that is communicated with the insertion hole and extends upward and toward a vehicular exterior side from the insertion hole and has a damper insertion opening being open toward the vehicular exterior side, the damper insertion opening receiving the damper that is to be guided along the slit toward the insertion hole when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel. When the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper.

Abstract: An information request describing an attribute of necessary data is distributed from a center server to a mobile terminal via an edge server; the mobile terminal transmits data, which is requested in the information request, to the edge server; the edge server notifies the center server to the effect that the data, which is requested in the information request, has been acquired; the center server distributes, with respect to data acquired by the edge server from the mobile terminal, non-necessity information indicating that collection of the data is unnecessary to the edge server and to the mobile terminal via the edge server; and when the mobile terminal receives the non-necessity information, the mobile terminal suspends acquisition of data, of which collection is deemed unnecessary in the non-necessity information, and, when the data is stored, discards the data.

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.

Abstract: A pneumatic pressure control method for a vehicle seat includes: repeatedly detecting an internal pressure of a bladder provided inside the vehicle seat at intervals; correcting the internal pressure of the bladder based on a differential pressure between a detection value and a target value; and lengthening a detection interval to detect the internal pressure depending on a time elapsing from starting of the vehicle.