Abstract: In an engine that ventilates a crankcase by introducing air from an opening through a one-way valve, a shielding plate is set proximate to the opening inside the crankcase. The shielding plate includes a dividing wall located upward from a liquid surface of engine oil and downward from the opening.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing reverse dig mode and/or reverse drive mode. Reverse dig mode may involve determining an inner front wheel and outer front wheel relative to steering controls and simultaneously applying a forward torque to the inner front wheel of the vehicle and a reverse torque to the outer front wheel of the vehicle. Reverse drive mode may involve determining steering controls of a vehicle and applying inverted controls to the rear wheels of the vehicle that provides a simulated sense that the driver is handling the vehicle in the forward direction.

Abstract: A method is for operating a braking system including a primary braking actuator having a first control apparatus. The primary braking actuator is operated based on a first braking specification. The braking system further includes a secondary braking actuator having a second control apparatus. The first control apparatus and the second control apparatus and/or a further control apparatus are connected to one another by a communication device. The second control apparatus and/or the further control apparatus checks whether signals from the first control apparatus are received in the second control apparatus and/or the further control apparatus, or whether the signals received from the first control apparatus in the second control apparatus and/or the further control apparatus are faulty. When there are no received signals or when there are faulty signals, operation of the secondary braking actuator is enabled or prevented based on a second braking specification.

Abstract: A system includes a vehicle location prediction module (VLPM) configured to receive sensor data associated with a set of target vehicles. For each respective target vehicle, the VLPM is configured to determine a prediction corresponding to the respective target vehicle. The prediction is based on a set of criteria. The prediction includes a plurality of prediction segments corresponding to future time intervals. The prediction indicates a position of the respective target vehicle at each of the plurality of prediction segments. A first prediction segment of the plurality of prediction segments is based on the sensor data. The first prediction segment of the plurality of prediction segments includes maintaining or adjusting a target vehicle acceleration or executing a portion of a lane change based on the outcome of the set of criteria. A second prediction segment of the plurality of prediction segments is based on the first prediction segment.

Abstract: A motion manager for a vehicle, includes one or more processors configured to: receive motion requests from a plurality of applications, one or more of the applications being travel applications for controlling at least one of an acceleration of the vehicle or a steering angle of the vehicle, and another one or more of the applications being human-machine interface (HMI) applications for implementing transfer of information from the vehicle to an occupant; perform arbitration of the motion requests that have been received; when the motion requests have been received from the HMI applications, calculate the instruction information based on a different type arbitration result obtained by arbitrating the motion requests from the HMI applications and the result of the arbitration of the motion requests from the travel applications; and output the calculated instruction information to a control device for the actuator.

Abstract: A vehicular driving assistance system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). The vehicular driving assistance system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, determines lane markers for a traffic lane along which the vehicle is traveling. The system, using a first Kalman filter and based on the determined lane markers, a lateral lane offset of the vehicle. The vehicular driving assistance system, responsive to processing by the data processor of GPS data, determines, using a second Kalman filter different from the first Kalman filter, a geographical location of the vehicle. The vehicular driving assistance system, based on the determined lateral lane offset of the vehicle and based on the determined geographical location of the vehicle, controls at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) steering of the vehicle and (ii) velocity of the vehicle.

Abstract: A steering device and a method for controlling the steering device according to the present invention are capable of suppressing, in a steer-by-wire steering device including a steering operation input member and a turning actuator that applies a turning force to a road wheel based on a driving signal, a change in which a yaw rate gain of a vehicle rises with respect to the operation speed of the steering operation input member by changing a turning angle command value to an angle less than the angle before the change when a turning frequency of the road wheel is a predetermined frequency. As a result, it becomes possible to suppress a case in which the yaw rate gain of the vehicle becomes too sensitive with respect to a steering operation by a driver.

Abstract: Processing circuitry is configured such that: when a boost request is not being generated, the processing circuitry determines, as target torque of a prime mover in accordance with a normal rule, normal torque which corresponds to an acceleration request amount; when the boost request is generated under a first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque of the prime mover in accordance with a first boost rule, first boost torque obtained by adding first additional torque to the normal torque; and when the boost request is generated under a second condition different from the first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque in accordance with a second boost rule different from the first boost rule, second boost torque obtained by adding second additional torque to the normal torque.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support device includes a surrounding environment recognition unit, a travel control unit, and a collision avoidance controller. The collision avoidance controller is configured to estimate a position of a vehicle and generate a forecast traveling path thereof when turning across an opposite lane at an intersection, recognize an oncoming vehicle traveling on each of lanes of the opposite lane, based on surrounding environment information acquired by the surrounding environment recognition unit, detect, for each lane, a collision forecast position at which the forecast traveling path intersects with a traveling path of the oncoming vehicle, and forecast a collision of the vehicle with the oncoming vehicle, determine whether to execute collision avoidance control in which the travel control unit operates a brake driver, for the collision forecast position, and dispose the collision avoidance control such that kinetic energy remains in the vehicle in a traveling direction.

Abstract: A traveling control device determines whether a travel direction of an own lane in which a host vehicle is traveling and the travel direction of an adjoining lane adjoining the own lane are the same, determines whether structure of a road on which the host vehicle is traveling changes, and restricts movement of the host vehicle from the own lane to the adjoining lane when it is determined that the structure of the road on which the host vehicle is traveling changes after it is determined that the travel direction of the own lane and the travel direction of the adjoining lane are the same.

Abstract: An engine includes a common rail attached to one side portion of a cylinder block that pivotally supports a crankshaft in a rotatable mariner, the one side portion extending along a crankshaft center, and the common rail being configured to supply a fuel to the engine. A flywheel housing that accommodates a flywheel that is rotated integrally with the crankshaft is disposed in one side portion out of opposite side portions of the cylinder block intersecting the one side portion. One end portion of the common rail is disposed above the flywheel housing.

Abstract: A method is for operating a vehicle operating device. The vehicle operating device is for influencing a longitudinal and/or lateral movement of a vehicle. The vehicle operating device includes at least one operating unit, which can be manually actuated for controlling multiple vehicle functions. In at least one actuation state, in which one of the vehicle functions is actively controlled by the operating unit, at least one control variable of a non-actively controlled vehicle function is modified, such that an unintentional actuation and/or activation of the non-actively controlled vehicle function is impeded and/or prevented.

Abstract: A method for determining a continuous braking power for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, the method having the steps: determining an ambient temperature; determining a speed, wherein the speed is representative of the speed of the vehicle, in particular the commercial vehicle; determining a thermal emission per unit time of a friction braking device on the basis of the ambient temperature and the speed; and determining the continuous braking power of the friction braking device on the basis of the thermal emission per unit time.

Abstract: This application relates to the automobile field, and specifically, to a vehicle control method and apparatus, and the like. In the vehicle control method, when a steering mode of braking a rear wheel on an inner steering side is performed, target braking force of the rear wheel on the inner steering side is determined based on hand force applied when a driver performs a steering operation on a steering wheel, and steering control is performed based on the target braking force. In this way, steering control that well reflects an intention of the driver can be implemented, to avoid a case in which the driver frequently performs a driving operation to correct a traveling track of a vehicle, and reduce a driving burden. The method provided in embodiments of this application may be applied to an intelligent vehicle.

Abstract: A work machine includes an exhaust pipe and an outside air mixing cylinder including a guiding cylinder section and an expanding cylinder section, the guiding cylinder section including an exhaust gas guide path to guide exhaust gas from a downstream end of the exhaust pipe in a discharge direction of the exhaust pipe, the expanding cylinder section including a structure with a cross-sectional area of a flow path thereof that becomes larger in diameter to cause a Coanda effect on the exhaust gas so that the exhaust gas follows an inner surface of the expanding cylinder section.

Abstract: The present description provides low DBL bleed emission performance properties that allows the design of evaporative fuel emission control systems that are simpler and more compact than those possible by prior art by inclusion of a vent-side volume comprising a parallel passage adsorbent such as a carbon honeycomb with narrow channel width and low cell pitch.

Abstract: A vehicle control device recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, controls steering of the vehicle such that the vehicle proceeds along a route on the basis of the surrounding situation and the route along which the vehicle is scheduled to proceed, determines whether or not to cause the vehicle to make a lane change from a traveling lane in which the vehicle is traveling to a branch lane branching from the traveling lane on the basis of a situation on a road shoulder in front of the branch lane when the vehicle is scheduled to proceed from the traveling lane to the branch lane, causes the vehicle to automatically make the lane change when it is determined to make the lane change, and causes the vehicle not to automatically make the lane change when it is determined not to make the lane change.

Abstract: An inlet duct for a nacelle of a ducted fan engine includes an inlet portion having an inlet lip and a hardwall portion, a highlight plane defined at an upstream end of the inlet portion, and an acoustic liner downstream of the inlet portion, a hardwall-acoustic liner interface defined at an interface of the hardwall portion and the acoustic liner. The inlet portion and the acoustic liner are coupled at an inlet-acoustic liner interface extending circumferentially about an inner circumferential surface of the inlet duct. The inlet lip varies circumferentially and axially with respect to the highlight plane and the inlet centerline axis, and includes a plurality of inlet lip crests arranged along the highlight plane, and a plurality of inlet lip troughs arranged downstream of the highlight plane. The hardwall-acoustic liner interface extends circumferentially about the inner circumferential surface and is arranged axially parallel to the highlight plane.

Abstract: A method for distributed system state estimation includes receiving, from each signal path of a plurality of signal paths associated with a computing system, a quality indicator and a partial redundancy classifier. The method also includes generating a communication interface qualifier and a system redundancy diagnostic status based on the quality indicator and the partial redundancy classifier, receiving system availability information for at least one component associated with a respective signal path, and determining a redundancy topology classification and a redundancy state. The method also includes receiving, for the respective signal path, resource availability status information, and generating, for the respective signal path, a redundant system response based on the resource availability status information for the respective signal path, the redundancy topology classification for the respective signal path, and the redundancy state for the respective signal path.

Abstract: A vehicular trailering assist system includes a rearward viewing camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle. A driver monitoring camera views at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle with a trailer hitched at a hitch of the vehicle and based at least in part on processing of image data captured by the rearward viewing camera, the system controls steering of the vehicle. During the reversing maneuver and based at least in part on monitoring of the driver based on processing of image data captured by the driver monitoring camera, the system adjusts control of steering of the vehicle.