Abstract: Provided is a technique that enables quicker detection of usable frequency bands in a cognitive radio system. Each radio communication apparatus in the system has, in common, a hash function used to obtain a frequency range from time information and location information. Each radio communication apparatus detects unused frequency bands while narrowing down a frequency range over which a detection process is performed by obtaining the terminal's own location information and current time information from GPS signals, and input them to the hash function. Since a transmitting node and a receiving node that perform a communication are at locations close to each other at the same time, they perform detection in the same frequency range. Therefore, an unused frequency band(s) that is usable by both of them can be detected. Furthermore, at different locations or at different times, the detection will be performed in different frequency ranges. Therefore efficient frequency utilization can be achieved.

Abstract: Provided is a converter controller capable of preventing destruction of an element such as an auxiliary switch by preventing operation interference between auxiliary circuits of respective phases in a multiphase soft switching converter. A duty threshold input unit receives, as an input, an obtained acceptable duty deviation value. A duty deviation computation unit judges whether or not the duty deviation between the phases does not exceed an acceptable duty deviation value. When the duty deviation between the phases exceeds the acceptable duty deviation value, the duty deviation computation unit corrects an adjusted U-phase duty ratio, adjusted V-phase duty ratio and adjusted W-phase duty ratio under the PID control rule, and outputs the resultant duty ratios to an FC converter control circuit.

Abstract: The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine of the present invention is provided with an NOX storage reduction catalyst and a particulate filter which is arranged at the upstream side of the NOX storage reduction catalyst. When causing the NOX storage reduction catalyst to release the stored NOX, the particulate filter is raised to the temperature at which the particulate matter is oxidized, the flow rate of the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is made to decrease, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is made rich, and the particulate matter which builds up on the particulate filter is made to oxidize to produce carbon monoxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger wherein warping (bending) of an intervening member and a frame is suppressed when the intervening member and a wall portion of the frame member having different linear expansion coefficients are welded with each other. A method for manufacturing the heat exchanger, a semiconductor device wherein warping (bending) of an intervening member and a frame is suppressed, and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are also disclosed. Specifically disclosed is a heat exchanger wherein a fin member provided with a plurality of fins forming flow channels for a refrigerant is arranged within a frame which forms the outer casing. The frame has a first frame member (a first wall portion) to which insulating plates (intervening members) interposed between the frame and heat-generating bodies (semiconductor elements are welded. The insulating plates (intervening members) have a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the frame.

Abstract: A stator provided with annular split stator cores, formed by stacking steel plates. Each plate includes a yoke and a stator tooth. The cores include a yoke portion a stator tooth portion. The stator is manufactured by arranging an electromagnetic steel plate between a first die and a second die. The first die has a hole shaped as a steel plate. The second die has a projection inserted into the hole and shaped as a steel plate. The steel plates are formed by the first and the second dies. In a gap between an inner surface of the first die that defines the hole and an outer surface of the projection, a gap at a part that forms the stator tooth portion is larger than a gap at a part that defines a circumferential end surface of the yoke portion located in a circumferential direction of the stator core.

Abstract: A fan control apparatus includes a fan, two engine+compressor combinations, two air supply systems, and an FCC. When an abnormality occurs in one of the air supply systems and one of the engine+compressor combinations, the FCC maintains the flow rate of the normally operating air supply system and then increases the flow rate. As a result, the normally operating drive source is prevented from overloading. In another embodiment, a fan control apparatus includes a fan, an air source, two air supply systems, and a bypass channel. The air is caused to flow through the bypass channel when an abnormality occurs in one of the air supply systems. As a result, the time that elapses till the fluid can be supplied at a necessary flow rate is shortened.

Abstract: A tool for placing a shim between a housing and a component biased towards the housing is provided. The tool can include a handle and a pair of spaced-apart tongs extending outwardly from the handle. In addition, a shim support surface can be located between the pair of spaced-apart tongs. The spaced-apart tongs and the shim support surface can be dimensioned for a shim to nest between the tongs on the shim support surface.

Abstract: A vehicle battery diagnosis system diagnoses the state of use of a battery of a vehicle, and includes: an information accumulation portion that accumulates diagnostic information that includes a use condition regarding the battery; a control plan presentation portion that presents a plurality of control plans about the vehicle for increasing the service life of the battery on the basis of the diagnostic information; and an information changing portion that changes control information regarding the control of the vehicle which is retained in a vehicle-mounted ECU of the vehicle so that the control information corresponds to a control plan selected from the plurality of control plans.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an all solid lithium battery, capable of easily performing dew point control in a battery assembly step. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a method for producing an all solid lithium battery, comprising the steps of: preparing a material composition by adding Li2S, P2S5, and P2O5 so as to satisfy a relation of (Li2S)/(P2S5+P2O5)<3 on a molar basis, synthesizing a sulfide solid electrolyte from the above-mentioned material composition by a vitrification means, and assembling an all solid lithium battery in an atmosphere having a dew-point temperature of ?60° C. or more while using the above-mentioned sulfide solid electrolyte.

Abstract: In a control device 1 for a clutch unit 20 for transmitting rotation of a crankshaft 18 of an engine 100 to a water pump 2 for circulating cooling water within the engine 100, it is determined that whether engagement or disengagement of the clutch unit 20 when a request to start the engine 100 is made, and the clutch unit 20 is caused to be in an engagement state based on a determination result before cranking of the engine 100 starts.

Abstract: A differential gear device for a vehicle capable of improving durability without causing vibration and noise is provided. At least a part of a supporting portion 68 of a pinion shaft 56 that supports a pinion gear 60 and at least a part of a fitting hole 66 of the pinion gear 60 into which the pinion shaft 56 is inserted respectively have tapered surfaces 70 and 72 each having a diameter decreasing toward an outer circumference of the supporting portion or the pinion gear. Driving force is transmitted from a differential case 50 to side gears 58l and 58r through the pinion shaft 56 and the pinion gear 60 rotatably supported. Here, the pinion gear 60 is moved outward in the axial direction of the pinion shaft 56 according to the engagement reaction force between the pinion gear 60 and the side gears 58l and 58r.

Abstract: A shaft device which can ensure satisfactory lubrication for a shaft is provided. The shaft device includes a casing having a first insertion hole receiving a pin in a direction transverse to an axial direction. The shaft has a second insertion hole receiving the pin in a direction transverse to the axial direction. The pin is disposed through both the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole to fix the shaft to the casing relatively. The casing further has a space permitting the shaft to rotate in its circumferential direction with the pin partially inserted in the second insertion hole.

Abstract: A steering angle estimation section calculates a front-wheel-side estimative steering angle and a rear-wheel-side estimative steering angle through use of wheel speeds of respective wheels, and averages these steering angles to thereby obtain an accurate estimative steering angle. It also calculates an estimative steering angle difference between the steering angles. An axial force estimation section calculates a base axial force through use of the estimative steering angle and a vehicle speed, and calculates a correction axial force which applies an axial force difference (hysteresis) to the base axial force in accordance with a turning or returning operation by a driver. The axial force estimation section adds the base axial force and the correction axial force together to thereby calculate an accurate estimative axial force.

Abstract: In a vehicular control apparatus mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, and a storage device that is supplied with a power from the rotating electrical machine, the vehicle can be decelerated through stoppage of injection of fuel into the internal combustion engine and regenerative braking by the rotating electrical machine. The vehicular control apparatus controls the vehicle such that a remaining capacity in the storage device becomes lower when a catalyst temperature of the internal combustion engine is high than when the catalyst temperature of the internal combustion engine is low.

Abstract: A method for preparing a primer composition adapted to form a polysiloxane hard film on a cured primer layer of the composition comprising processes [1] or [2]: the process [1] comprising the steps of (I) preparing a primer precursor containing a vinyl polymer having a hydrolysable silyl group and an organic UV absorbing group bonded at side chains thereof and silica fine particles dispersed in an organic solvent; (II) adding water to the primer precursor obtained in (I) for hydrolysis; and (III) adding a dehydrating agent to the composition containing the hydrolyzate obtained in (II) to remove moisture from the composition; or the process [2] comprising (IV) hydrolyzing a vinyl polymer having a hydrolysable silyl group and an organic UV absorbing group bonded at side chains thereof by addition of water thereto; (V) adding silica fine particles dispersed in an organic solvent to the resulting hydrolyzate obtained in (IV); and (VI) adding a dehydrating agent to the composition obtained in (V) to remove moistur

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of forming multilayer coating film of excellent appearance by 3-coat-1-bake system, comprising successively applying onto a coating object, a water-based intermediate paint, water-based base paint and a clear paint; and then simultaneously heat-curing the resulting 3-layered coating film.

Abstract: Provided is a battery which can prevent deactivation from occurring by avoiding solid deposition at electrodes. The battery includes an anion conductor, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a first aqueous liquid electrolyte layer and a second aqueous liquid electrolyte layer, wherein the first aqueous liquid electrolyte layer and the positive electrode are present in this sequence on a first surface of the anion conductor, and the second aqueous liquid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode are present in this sequence on a second surface of the anion conductor, and wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material which can release a metal ion upon discharging.

Abstract: A vehicle relative position estimation apparatus includes: a motional state acquiring unit that acquires vehicle control information for controlling the motional state of a vehicle or the motional state of the vehicle detected by an in-vehicle apparatus of the vehicle, and vehicle control information for controlling the motional state of another vehicle or the motional state of another vehicle detected by an in-vehicle apparatus of another vehicle; a relative position acquiring unit that acquires the relative position detected by the in-vehicle apparatus provided in the vehicle or another vehicle; an estimation unit that receives the vehicle control information or the motional state of the vehicle, and the vehicle control information or the motional state of another vehicle acquired by the motional state acquiring unit and estimates the relative position with a Kalman filter using the relative position acquired by the relative position acquiring unit as the amount of observation.

Abstract: The electricity is suppressed from flowing through a case (5) of an electric heating catalyst (1).

Abstract: At a hybrid vehicle including a driving power generation device with an engine, a first MG (motor generator) and a second MG, and a transmission device including a power split mechanism coupling an output shaft to the engine and the first MG, and a transmission coupling an output shaft to the second MG, an ECU stops the driving power generation device when the transmission device is in error. Then, the ECU determines whether the vehicle is actually stopped or not based on a detection value from a wheel speed sensor, and maintains the supply of electric power from the battery until a determination is made that the vehicle has actually stopped.

Abstract: A sewing machine is provided with a sensor member, and a feed rate of cover pieces is changed after detecting a conductive thread that is arranged in front, in a direction of travel, of a sewing needle. A position through which the sewing needle will pass is changed to a position other than a position where the conductive thread is arranged, which is different from an initially set position.

Abstract: A shock absorbing member may include a cylindrical member that is configured to receive an impact load axially applied and to be axially collapsed, a wood member that is received in the cylindrical member while an axial direction of annual rings thereof is aligned with an axial direction of the cylindrical member, and positioning means for positioning axially both end portions of the wood member relative to axially both end portions of the cylindrical member such that a clearance can be formed between an outer surface of the wood member and an inner wall surface of the cylindrical member over an entire circumference thereof. The wood member and the cylindrical member are configured to receive the impact load in an axial direction thereof.

Abstract: A vehicle sound absorption structure has: a recessed cell that has an opening on one end of the cell; a divider that is provided within the cell and that divides an acoustic wave entering the cell from the opening into two acoustic waves; reflectors that reflect one of the two acoustic waves divided at the divider and reflect the other acoustic wave respectively toward the opening, and that generate a phase difference between the one acoustic wave and the other acoustic wave; and an interfering portion that is provided within the cell and that causes the one acoustic wave and the other acoustic wave, which have been respectively reflected at the reflectors, to interfere with each other.

Abstract: A substrate unit includes a conductive case, an insulating case arranged in the conductive case, a first screw member having conductivity, arranged in the conductive case and fixing the insulating case to an inner wall surface of the conductive case, a circuit substrate provided opposite to the inner wall surface with respect to the insulating case and fixed to the insulating case, and a second screw member having conductivity and fixing the circuit substrate to the insulating case. The first screw member and the second screw member are screwed in toward the inner wall surface. The first screw member and the second screw member are spaced from each other. The first screw member and the second screw member are connected to each other with a connecting member having conductivity.

Abstract: The vehicle described herein employs an electronic control unit (“ECU”) and/or accessory control module configured to improve actual fuel economy. The ECU and/or the accessory control module monitors vehicle operating conditions and reduces load from an accessory when the vehicle achieves predetermined operating conditions. The ECU and/or the accessory control module is also configured to engage a fuel cut and a torque converter lock up condition. The lock up condition causes the wheels to drive the motor to avoid engine stall. At a predetermined low level, the ECU and/or the accessory control module can re-engage the accessory and fuel supply and disengage the lock up condition.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a SiC single crystal which can suppress the generation of a polycrystal is provided. A jig (41) and a crucible (6) are accommodated in a chamber (1). A SiC solution (8) is housed in the crucible (6). The jig (41) includes a seed shaft (411) and a cover member (412). The seed shaft (411) can move up and down, and a SiC seed crystal (9) is attached to the lower surface thereof. The cover member (412) is attached to the lower end portion of the seed shaft (411). The cover member (412) is a housing which has an opening at its lower end, wherein the lower end portion of the seed shaft (411) is disposed in the cover member (412).

Abstract: A fuel tank system is obtained, in which internal pressure does not readily increase and in which there is no need to secure a space for deformation at the periphery of the fuel tank. A vapor pipe is connected to a fuel tank, and an atmosphere release pipe is connected through a canister. An electromagnetic valve is attached to the vapor pipe, communicating a gas layer at an upper portion inside the fuel tank with the external atmosphere by opening the electromagnetic valve. A thinned deformation location capable of indentation-deformation towards the inside is provided at an upper wall portion of the fuel tank. A negative pressure pump is provided to reduce the pressure inside the fuel tank, causing the deformation location to indentation-deform towards the inside. The fuel tank is sealed by closing the electromagnetic valve in a state in which the deformation location is indentation-deformed towards the inside.

Abstract: A two-phase heat transfer assembly includes a cold plate having an impingement surface, an array of heat generating device coupled to the cold plate, and an array of spray nozzles. The impingement surface has an array of central hydrophilic regions. Each individual central hydrophilic region is surrounded by a hydrophobic perimeter. A wettability of the impingement surface gradually progresses from hydrophilic at each individual central hydrophilic region to hydrophobic at each hydrophobic perimeter. The array of heat generating devices is coupled to a heated surface of the cold plate such that the array of central hydrophilic regions is aligned with the array of heat generating devices. The array of spray nozzles is configured to direct coolant droplets toward the impingement surface. The wettability profile of the impingement surface of the cold plate causes the coolant droplets to move inwardly toward the individual central hydrophilic regions from each hydrophobic perimeter.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an electrical storage device configured to supply electric power to a power receiving system outside the vehicle; a power generating device configured to supply electric power to the electrical storage device and the power receiving system; an engine that is a power source of the power generating device and that has a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas; and a control device. The control device is configured to control the vehicle such that a catalyst temperature becomes a first target value when there is a request to warm up the catalyst while the vehicle is travelling, and the control device configured to control the vehicle such that catalyst temperature becomes a second target value different from the first target value when there is a request to warm up the catalyst while electric power is being supplied to the power receiving system.

Abstract: A determination processing ECU of a vehicle control apparatus which stops a vehicle regardless of whether a driver operates a brake pedal operation stops the vehicle while changing the steering angle of the vehicle based on an environment surrounding a vehicle stop position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a first MG, a second MG, a PCU, a battery, and an EHC. The PCU is connected to the battery via a positive line and a negative line. The PCU is connected to the first MG via a 3-phase power line. The PCU is connected to the second MG via a 3-phase power line. The EHC has one end connected to a positive branch line branching off from a W-phase power line among the 3-phase power lines between the PCU and first MG. The EHC has the other end connected to a negative branch line branching off from a negative line between the PCU and battery.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a supercharged internal combustion engine, which can favorably achieve a good balance between prevention of overheat of a catalyst disposed an exhaust passage and suppression of turbo lag, in a case in which a fresh air blow-through is generated through a combustion chamber from an intake passage to an exhaust passage. A turbo supercharger (22), an exhaust bypass passage (36), a WGV (38) capable of switching the opening and closing of the exhaust bypass passage (36), and variable valve operating mechanisms (46, 48) capable of changing a valve overlap period are included. The valve overlap period is shortened so that the fresh air blow-through amount Gsca becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined blow-through determination value Gjudge when the blow-through amount Gsca is larger than the blow-through determination value Gjudge.

Abstract: A controller includes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system for performing EGR control, the system including an EGR passage for recirculating exhaust gas per cylinder and an EGR device for controlling a flow rate of the exhaust gas to be recirculated. The controller is arranged to perform internal combustion engine by learning control of an air-fuel ratio (A/F) during the EGR control. This controller includes a blocking determination section including first and second determination sections to determine blocking of the EGR passage in a specified cylinder. The blocking determination section is configured so that the first determination section makes preliminary determination of blocking of the EGR passage and the second determination section makes main determination of blocking of the EGR passage.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a lateral semiconductor device having an SOI (Silicon on Insulator) substrate, the lateral semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor layer that includes a buried oxide layer and a drift region, the manufacturing method comprising an etching process of etching, by a predetermined depth, a LOCOS oxide that projects from a surface of the semiconductor layer by a predetermined thickness and is embedded in the semiconductor layer by a predetermined thickness, and a trench forming process of simultaneously forming a first trench extending from the drift region toward the buried oxide layer, and a second trench extending from a portion obtained by the etching in the etching process toward the buried oxide layer, at a same etching rate, and stopping forming the first trench and the second trench at a time when the second trench reaches the buried oxide layer.

Abstract: An electronic control unit detects an index value of an amount of generated heat of fuel to be combusted in a diesel engine. The electronic control unit also executes the injection of a predetermined amount of the fuel to estimate a cetane number of the fuel and calculates an index value of output torque of the diesel engine generated with that execution. Then, the electronic control unit calculates an estimated value of the cetane number of the fuel based on the index value of the output torque and the index value of the amount of generated heat.

Abstract: A control device calculates a maximum amount of increase in an intake pipe pressure in a ?t obtained by moving a throttle to an opening side at a maximum speed, and calculates a maximum amount of decrease in an intake pipe pressure in the ?t obtained by moving the throttle to a closing side at a maximum speed. Then, command values for each of a VVT and a WGV are determined such that an amount of change in an intake pipe pressure in the ?t required to achieve a target intake air amount falls within a range from the maximum amount of decrease to the maximum amount of increase. Then, a target opening for the throttle for a purpose of achieving the target intake air amount is calculated on the basis of command values that have been determined for the VVT and the WGV.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device configured with an input member coupled to an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine, an output member coupled to wheels, and a power transfer mechanism that drivably couples the input member, the rotary electric machine, and the output member. An oil collecting portion is configured to collect oil supplied by rotation of the power transfer mechanism, The collected oil falling passage is configured to cause the oil collected by the oil collecting portion to flow downward to be supplied to a portion of a facing wall surface located above a cylindrical member. A communication oil passage communicates between the gap and the inside housing space is formed at a portion of abutment between the subject support bearing and the support projecting portion.

Abstract: The electricity is suppressed from flowing through a case (5) of an electric heating catalyst (1).

Abstract: An object determination apparatus includes: a sensing device that is mounted in a host vehicle, and that sends detection wave and receives the detection wave reflected from an object, and that detects the object; a detection unit that detects the state of reflection intensity of the detection wave received by the sensing device which changes with the distance to the object; and a determination unit that determines that the object is a vehicle other than the host vehicle when a peak of the reflection intensity exceeds a predetermined threshold value. Peaks of the reflection intensity change in accordance the distance to the object, but the peaks regarding vehicles tend to be higher than the peaks regarding on-road structures. Hence, by comparing a peak of the reflection intensity with the predetermined threshold value, it can be determined whether the detected object is a vehicle other than the host vehicle.

Abstract: An ECU executes a program including a step of prohibiting idle priority control if automatic stop control of an engine is prohibited and a step of permitting the idle priority control if the automatic stop control of the engine is not prohibited.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a coated active material capable of restraining interface resistance from increasing. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a coated active material used for a battery, including an active material and a coating layer for coating the above-mentioned active material, characterized in that the above-mentioned coating layer includes a substance containing a tungsten element.

Abstract: A vehicle steering control apparatus in a vehicle, which is provided with: a tire steer angle varying apparatus which is configured to change a tire steer angle independently of steering wheel operation; and a tire steer angle equivalent value detecting device which is configured to detect a tire steer angle equivalent value corresponding to the tire steer angle, is provided with: a learning device which is configured to learn a steering wheel angle neutral point; an abnormality determining device which is configured to determine whether or not the tire steer angle equivalent value detecting device is in an abnormal state; a disregarding device which is configured to disregard the learned steering wheel angle neutral point if it is determined that the tire steer angle equivalent value detecting device is in the abnormal state; a controlling device which is configured to control the tire steer angle varying apparatus such that the tire steer angle is returned to a tire steer angle neutral point if it is determ

Abstract: A steering system includes a steering column which supports rotatably a steering shaft to which a steering wheel is connected and a pair of support mechanisms which support the steering column so as to tilt relative to a vehicle body. Each of the support mechanisms includes a support bracket having a column-side fastened portion and a body-side fastened portion, a fulcrum bolt, and a bush. A fastening hole through which a fastening bolt is inserted to fasten the support bracket to a fixed member is formed in the body-side fastened portion. Each of the support mechanisms includes an elastic member which can be compressed in an axial direction of the fulcrum bolt, and the support bracket is configured to oscillate relative to the steering column by the elastic member being compressed.

Abstract: It is provided a vehicle power transmission device having a torque converter and a power transmission mechanism in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the torque converter including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades, an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, and a stator disposed with a stator blade disposed between the pump blades and the turbine blades, the power transmission mechanism transmitting power input to an input shaft from the torque converter to a subsequent stage, within a circulation flow passage allowing circulation of fluid in the torque converter, a circulation outward passage allowing the fluid to flow toward the inside of the torque converter at the time of the circulation being made up of a gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and a tubular stator shaft coupled via a one way clutch to the stator, and the stator shaft being

Abstract: A gripping device comprises: a gripping unit for gripping a work; a controller for controlling the gripping operation of the gripping unit; and contact sections attached to the gripping unit contacting the work, the contact sections being adapted to deform following the shape of the work, and to maintain the deformation. The gripping operation of the gripping unit presses the contact sections against the work to cause the contact sections to follow the outside of the work, and grips the work with the shape of the contact sections maintained. After predetermined number of times of gripping operation, the controller changes the positions of the contact points of the contact sections with the work when the work is gripped. As a result, different works having different shapes can be stably gripped and the lifetime of the contact sections can be extended to be longer than that of conventional products.

Abstract: Mutual interference between a hydraulic pressure of a first engagement device and a hydraulic pressure of a second engagement device is suppressed even in the case where operation of the first engagement device and operation of the second engagement device coincide with each other. A vehicle drive device includes a first engagement device that selectively couples a rotary electric machine to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling. The first engagement device includes a first oil chamber that is formed to apply a back pressure to a first piston. The fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber configured to control an engagement state of a second engagement device. The vehicle drive device includes a first control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure, and a second control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: A vehicle equipment mounting structure that arranges a motor case, in which a rotary electric machine that drives a vehicle is housed, in an engine compartment, and that includes a PCU that controls the rotary electric machine, and an auxiliary battery that supplies electric power to the PCU. This structure includes a fixing portion that fixes the PCU onto the motor case, and a connecting portion that connects the auxiliary battery to a side member that absorbs an impact load by being crushed in a crushing direction. The connecting portion has a displaceable member that is displaceable in the crushing direction. The auxiliary battery is arranged on a vehicle front side of the PCU such that the PCU and the auxiliary battery partially overlap in the crushing direction. The auxiliary battery is arranged so as to be able to move past the PCU in response to an impact load.

Abstract: Suppression of power consumption is made possible by a microcontroller. An OS includes, in part, a partition scheduler that selects and determines a time partition to be scheduled next according to a scheduling pattern including the time partition for assigning execution time to a task. A processor periodically operates the partition scheduler by executing the OS. The partition scheduler reduces an operating frequency of a microcontroller according to a proportion occupied by the execution time required by a task for execution in the time partition.

Abstract: With respect to fiber-reinforced plastics in which a base member is at least partially reinforced with a continuous fiber-reinforced resin member, there is provided a fiber-reinforced plastic in which the continuous fibers forming the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member do not bend, and, further, the base member and the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member are made to favorably adhere to each other, as well as a method of producing same. Provided is a fiber-reinforced plastic in which at least a portion of the base member is laminated with, as a reinforcement member, the continuous fiber-reinforced resin member. An adhesion layer comprising a thermoplastic resin is present between the base member and the reinforcement member, the adhesion layer making the two adhere to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a start switch, an engine, and a first motor-generator coupled to a rotation shaft of the engine. Upon an operation of the start switch, the first motor-generator accelerates a rotational speed of the output shaft of the engine with a torque which decreases as a rotational speed of an output shaft of the first motor-generator increases.