Abstract: A heat pump device includes a compression mechanism for compressing refrigerant, a motor for driving the compression mechanism, a shell housing the compression mechanism and the motor, a discharge muffler located outside the shell, a first pipe connecting the compression mechanism to the discharge muffler, and a thermal insulator (a first thermal insulating material and a second thermal insulating material). The shell and the discharge muffler are spatially located next to each other without being in contact with each other. The thermal insulator is at least partially located in a space where a distance between an outer surface of the shell and an outer surface of the discharge muffler is minimum.

Abstract: A heat pump device includes: a compression mechanism for compressing refrigerant; a motor for driving the compression mechanism; a shell housing the compression mechanism and the motor; a discharge muffler located outside the shell, a first pipe which connects the compression mechanism to the discharge muffler; a first heat exchanger which includes a refrigerant inlet and which exchanges heat between the refrigerant and a heating medium; and a second pipe which connects the discharge muffler to the refrigerant inlet of the first heat exchanger. The shell and the discharge muffler are spatially located next to each other. The discharge muffler and the first heat exchanger are spatially located next to each other. The discharge muffler is at least partially located in a space between the shell and the first heat exchanger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power transmission belt having a belt body made of rubber, and a cord embedded in the belt body so as to form a helical pattern having a pitch in a belt width direction. The cord is coated with an adhesion layer formed by an adhesion treatment and containing a rubber component, and the adhesion layer is in contact with a rubber composition containing cellulose-based fine fibers.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a detection unit that detects a parkable area in a surrounding area of a vehicle, a route calculation unit that calculates a parking guidance route for guiding the vehicle from the current position of the vehicle to a parking target position contained in the parkable area, and a control unit that guides the vehicle to the parking target position according to the parking guidance route, completes the guidance when the vehicle has fit into the parkable area with a certain attitude and has reached the parking target position, and varies a completion extension period until the guidance of the vehicle is completed according to the stop mode of the vehicle when the vehicle has entered the parkable area with the certain attitude and the vehicle has stopped before reaching the parking target position.

Abstract: A parking assistance device according to an embodiment includes a determination unit that determines, when the parallel parking of a vehicle in a parking area is assisted, whether the parking space length of a frontage that the vehicle enters in the parking area is the sum of the full length of the vehicle and a certain length or more and a control unit that performs parking assistance for the vehicle along a route in which stationary steering control is not performed at a turning position of the vehicle when the parking space length is the sum of the full length of the vehicle and the certain length or more.

Abstract: A vehicle position detecting device according to an embodiment includes a wheel speed acquisition unit, a skid detection unit, a vehicle body speed calculation unit, and a position calculation unit. The wheel speed acquisition unit acquires a wheel speed of a wheel of a vehicle corresponding to rotation of the wheel. The skid detection unit detects a skid of the wheel. The vehicle body speed calculation unit calculates, when the skid is not detected by the skid detection unit, a vehicle body speed corresponding to the speed of a vehicle body of the vehicle based on the wheel speed acquired by the wheel speed acquisition unit, and corrects, in response to detection of the skid by the skid detection unit, the wheel speed acquired by the wheel speed acquisition unit based on correction information and calculates the vehicle body speed based on the corrected wheel speed.

Abstract: A park exit assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect a situation around a host vehicle parked or stopped in a parking/stopping area on a roadside. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate, on the basis of a detected result of the situation around the host vehicle, a park exit guidance path along which the host vehicle is moved out of the parking/stopping area to a traffic road and in which a steering angle becomes neutral at the time when a roadside front end of the host vehicle advances into the traffic road. The electronic control unit is configured to guide the host vehicle from the parking/stopping area toward the traffic road by at least executing steering control along the park exit guidance path.

Abstract: A parking assist apparatus of an embodiment includes an area detection unit, a line detection unit, and a target position calculation unit. The area detection unit detects a parking allowable area where the parking of a vehicle is allowable. The line detection unit detects a parking section line provided on a track surface. The target position calculation unit calculates a target parking position by using a detection result of the parking allowable area by the area detection unit when the parking allowable area is detected by the area detection unit, the parking section line is detected by the line detection unit, and the parking section line is located outside the parking allowable area.

Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes short fibers arranged so as to protrude from a surface of a pulley contact-side part made of a rubber composition. The short fibers consist of aramid short fibers and non-aramid synthetic short fibers having a standard moisture regain of equal to or less than 4%.

Abstract: A wrapped V-belt B is wrapped around a pulley to transmit power, and includes a belt body, and a reinforcing cloth wrapping the belt body. At least part of the belt body is made of a rubber composition containing ethylene-?-olefin elastomer as a polymer component. The polymer component contains the ethylene-?-olefin elastomer within a range of 30 to 100% by mass, in which an ethylene content falls within a range of 40 to 56% by mass.

Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an available parking area in an area around a vehicle, calculate a parking guidance path for guiding the vehicle from a current position of the vehicle to a parking target position included in the available parking area, execute guidance control for guiding the vehicle to the parking target position by executing at least steering control along the parking guidance path, and, when an end condition for ending guidance is satisfied in the middle of execution of the guidance control, end the guidance control and carry out at least one of steering to keep a steering angle at an end of the steering control for a predetermined period or steering to gradually reduce the steering angle from the steering angle at the end of the steering control toward a neutral position.

Abstract: A park exit assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, at a time of assisting in moving a vehicle parallel parked in a parking area out of the parking area, set an imaginary line at a boundary at a predetermined position on a side in a direction, which is opposite to a direction in which the vehicle is moved out of the parking area, on the basis of a position of the vehicle at a start of assisting in moving the vehicle out of the parking area, set an area beyond the imaginary line for a no-entry area, and execute control for assisting in moving the vehicle out of the parking area such that the vehicle does not enter the no-entry area.

Abstract: Provided is a parking assistance device that can obtain information regarding the height from a parking road surface of an object without acquiring height information of an object in advance. The parking assistance device includes: an emission unit configured to emit ultrasonic waves in at least an outward lateral direction of a vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive reflection waves from an object reflecting the emitted ultrasonic waves; and an object determination unit configured to receive the reflection waves from an object existing on a far side of a target parking region as the vehicle enters the target parking region, and determine a feature relating to the height of the object based on a change in a detection state of the object, which was specified based on the obtained reflection wave data.

Abstract: A park exit assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, at a time of assisting in moving a vehicle parallel parked in a parking area out of the parking area, set an imaginary line at a boundary at a predetermined position on a side in a direction, which is opposite to a direction in which the vehicle is moved out of the parking area, on the basis of a position of the vehicle at a start of assisting in moving the vehicle out of the parking area, set an area beyond the imaginary line for a no-entry area, and execute control for assisting in moving the vehicle out of the parking area such that the vehicle does not enter the no-entry area.

Abstract: A park exit assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect a situation around a host vehicle parked or stopped in a parking/stopping area on a roadside. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate, on the basis of a detected result of the situation around the host vehicle, a park exit guidance path along which the host vehicle is moved out of the parking/stopping area to a traffic road and in which a steering angle becomes neutral at the time when a roadside front end of the host vehicle advances into the traffic road. The electronic control unit is configured to guide the host vehicle from the parking/stopping area toward the traffic road by at least executing steering control along the park exit guidance path.

Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an available parking area in an area around a vehicle, calculate a parking guidance path for guiding the vehicle from a current position of the vehicle to a parking target position included in the available parking area, execute guidance control for guiding the vehicle to the parking target position by executing at least steering control along the parking guidance path, and, when an end condition for ending guidance is satisfied in the middle of execution of the guidance control, end the guidance control and carry out at least one of steering to keep a steering angle at an end of the steering control for a predetermined period or steering to gradually reduce the steering angle from the steering angle at the end of the steering control toward a neutral position.

Abstract: A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle, detect a boundary of a parking space, determine a target position to which a vehicle moves, and, when the vehicle is allowed to be located in a third area in which a first area and a second area overlap with each other, be allowed to determine the target position in the third area. The first area is an area across a limit line from the obstacle. The limit line is set substantially along an outer periphery of the obstacle at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle outward of the obstacle. The second area is an area out of the boundary.

Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate, including a first container that defines a first inner space, a second container provided inside the first container to define a second inner space, the second container being canister-shaped and including a first opening at one end thereof, a source gas that forms the thin film on the substrate flowing to the second inner space through the first opening, and a pressing member including a gas supply port for supplying the source gas to the second inner space through the first opening, the pressing member being configured to press the second container in a longitudinal direction of the second container so that the second inner space be separated from the first inner space.

Abstract: A parking assist apparatus of an embodiment includes an area detection unit, a line detection unit, and a target position calculation unit. The area detection unit detects a parking allowable area where the parking of a vehicle is allowable. The line detection unit detects a parking section line provided on a track surface. The target position calculation unit calculates a target parking position by using a detection result of the parking allowable area by the area detection unit when the parking allowable area is detected by the area detection unit, the parking section line is detected by the line detection unit, and the parking section line is located outside the parking allowable area.

Abstract: Provided is a parking assistance device that can obtain information regarding the height from a parking road surface of an object without acquiring height information of an object in advance. The parking assistance device includes: an emission unit configured to emit ultrasonic waves in at least an outward lateral direction of a vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive reflection waves from an object reflecting the emitted ultrasonic waves; and an object determination unit configured to receive the reflection waves from an object existing on a far side of a target parking region as the vehicle enters the target parking region, and determine a feature relating to the height of the object based on a change in a detection state of the object, which was specified based on the obtained reflection wave data.