Abstract: The driving force control unit for vehicle comprises a driving condition detecting unit for detecting the vehicle driving condition, a selector for selecting one of driving modes by manipulation, the driving modes including a first mode having a driving force characteristic suitable for normal driving and a second mode having a suppressed driving force, and driving force setting unit for setting a driving force indication value based on the selected mode and the vehicle driving conditions. The selector being formed by a multiple switch having a push switch which turns to ON state when a pressing force direction manipulation is applied, and other switch which turns to ON state when manipulation other than the pressing force direction is applied, the second mode is selected by the ON manipulation of the push switch.

Abstract: In a driving force control apparatus of a vehicle of the present invention, a calculation portion of a meter_ECU outputs a mode selected by a mode selection switch or a temporary switch to a calculation portion as a request mode and has a multi-information display 12 display the mode selected by a driver. A calculation portion of an E/G_ECU outputs the request mode to a throttle control calculation portion and a transmission control calculation portion as a control mode for throttle opening-degree control and transmission control of a transmission with a driving force characteristic of the corresponding mode. A control mode arbitration calculation portion forcedly switches the control mode to a normal mode during warming-up driving or when a shift select lever is set to an R range. At this time, display of the request mode is not switched but the mode selected by the driver is displayed.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus of the present invention sets a target torque ?e, when the save mode m2 is set as an engine mode, according to the formula: ?e?TRQ2*RATIO1+TRQ3*(1?RATIO1) Basic target torque TRQ2 and TRQ3 are set based on the engine speed Ne and the throttle opening-degree ?acc and with reference to the normal mode map Mp1 and the power mode map Mp3 respectively. The correction factor RATIO1 is an addition rate which is set based on an accelerator opening-degree ?acc and a vehicle speed V and with reference to a correction factor map Mr1. The correction factor map Mr1 stores a correction factor RATIO1 near 0 (although 1>RATIO1>0) when the vehicle speed V is low and the accelerator opening-degree ?acc is high.

Abstract: The present invention provides a driving force control device which can set driving force characteristics which conform to tastes of drivers using one vehicle thus giving the easy-to-drive feeling to the drivers. An E/G_ECU possesses three modes 1 to 3 as control modes and selects one mode from these modes based on a manipulation input using a mode selection switch. Further, any one of the mode out of these modes 1 to 3 is preset in the E/G_ECU as a temporary changeover mode, and the E/G_ECU changes over a mode selected by the mode selection switch and the preset temporary changeover mode alternatively by means of the temporary changeover switch.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle display device which can display fuel consumption information of a vehicle in a useful and optimum mode for a driver. A meter_EUC calculates an instantaneous fuel consumption of a vehicle based on a mileage and a fuel injection quantity within a set time, calculates an average fuel consumption of the vehicle based on respective cumulative values of the mileage and the fuel injection quantity repeatedly calculated for every set time, and displays the deviation of the instantaneous fuel consumption with respect to the average fuel consumption as fuel consumption information on a fuel consumption meter. The display on the fuel consumption meter is performed by swinging a pointer with respect to a neutral position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle display device which allows a driver to instantaneously grasp driving force information. A meter_ECU displays a driving force display image which displays driving force information of a vehicle on an MID, displays an acceleration-torque line (driving force characteristic line) L corresponding to the currently selected mode M and, at the same time, changes a power level which is indicated in a power display region P set within the acceleration-torque line L interlockingly with an accelerator operation of a driver. Due to such a constitution, the vehicle display device allows the driver to instantaneously grasp the driving force information.

Abstract: A fibrillar copolyester having excellent heat resistance, a reinforcing effect and a large aspect ratio is produced with high dimensional stability and efficiency. A specific fibrillar copolyester having an aspect ratio of at least 3.0 is produced by polymerizing with shearing specific hydroxy aromatic carboxylic acid monomers as starting materials in a nonpolar solvent having 10 or more carbon atoms. Such hydroxy aromatic carboxylic acid monomers preferably have acetylated hydroxyl groups when copolymerized. Additionally, substituents other than hydrogen atoms optionally may be present on the rings of the aromatic monomers when forming the fibrillar copolyester.

Abstract: There is provided a direct method for producing a reinforced composite resin material by polymerizing a specific copolyester having high heat resistance and a reinforcing effect in the presence of a molten preformed thermoplastic polymer. In the production of the reinforced composite resin material, a fibrillar copolyester is produced by the polymerization of specific hydroxy aromatic carboxylic acid monomers and is generated within a molten preformed thermoplastic polymer while undergoing a shearing stress. Such shearing stress causes the formation of the requisite fibrous reinforcement preferably having an aspect ratio of at least 3 within the preformed thermoplastic polymer. Such hydroxy aromatic carboxylic acid monomers preferably have acetylated hydroxyl groups when copolymerized. Additionally, substituents other than hydrogen atoms optionally may be present on the rings of the aromatic monomers at the time of the copolymerization to form the fibrillar copolyester.

Abstract: Polyester resin compositions which are especially adapted for use in blow-molding or extrusion-molding of shaped hollow articles is a melt-blend of (A) polyester base resin, and (B) a styrenic copolymer having between 40 to 97% by weight of units derived from styrene, between 3 to 60% by weight of a glycidyl ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated acid, and optionally up to 50% by weight of units derived from an auxiliary vinylic comonomer other than styrene. The styrenic copolymer is preferably present in the compositions in an effective amount between 0.5 to 10 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the polyester base resin, sufficient to impart a melt tension of greater than 5.0 grams and a drawdown index of greater than 2.0 to the composition. The compositions may optionally contain up to 100 parts by weight (based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester base resin) of a fibrous, powdery or flaky filler material.

Abstract: A novel wholly aromatic polyester capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase is provided. Such polyester has been demonstrated to be capable of forming quality molded articles having a combination of excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties. The resulting polyester further is capable of readily being melt processed while using conventional equipment. Four essential recurring units are present in the polyester of the present invention wherein (I) is derived from 2,6-napthalenedicarboxylic acid and/or 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylicacid; (II) is derived from another dicarboxylic acid (as defined) such as terephthalic acid; and (III) is derived from aromatic diols (as defined) such as 1,4-dihydroxybenzene and 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl; and (IV) is derived from another aromatic diol (as defined), such as 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether. In a preferred embodiment, an inorganic filler is dispersed therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition enhanced in melt tension and remarkably improved in blow moldability without a parison being drawing down during blow molding, while being freed from the tendency to gelation at high viscosity, maintaining stable flowability and capable of effectively producing a blow molded article of comparatively large size having uniform thickness and excellent appearance.A resin composition for blow molding prepared by compounding 100 parts by weight of a resin component composed of:(A) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin mainly comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or the ester forming derivative thereof and an aliphatic dihydroxy compound having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and(B) 99 to 1 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide resin with(C) 0.2 to 10 parts by weight of a styrenic copolymer comprising 40 to 97% by weight of styrene, 60 to 3% by weight of a glycidyl ester of an .alpha.,.beta.

Abstract: Polyester resins are prepared by reacting a lower alkyl ester of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with an aliphatic diol to form an aromatic polyester, and which includes (i) subjecting to transesterification reaction conditions in the presence of a titanium compound catalyst a transesterification reaction system having the lower alkyl ester of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid, the aliphatic and between 0.02 to 5.0 mole percent, based on the amount of the lower alkyl ester of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid, of an aromatic sulfonic acid compound represented by the following general formula (I):OH--R--O--Ar--SO.sub.3 M (I)wherein Ar is a p-substituted benzene group or a 2,6-substituted naphthalene group, R is a divalent group selected from among --CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)--, --CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)-- and --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, and M is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium.

Abstract: A modified polyester resin is the reaction product of:(A) an acid component mainly comprised of terephthalic acid, 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or a lower alcohol ester thereof,(B) a diol component mainly comprising an alkylene glycol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and(C) an aromatic sulfonic acid compound of the following general formula (1):HO(RO).sub.n --Ar--SO.sub.3 M (1)where Ar represents a benzene or naphthale ring, n represents an integer from 1 to 10, R represents a group selected from among alkylenes having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and when n is 2 or more, R may be the same as or different from one another, and M represents an alkali metal selected from lithium, sodium and potassium. The modified polyester resin also satisfies the following formulas (2) and (3):0.25.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.100 (meq/kg) (2)2.ltoreq.(x/CEG).times.100.ltoreq.

Abstract: A silicon-containing polyacetal copolymer comprises silicone oil units having the formula (A) and polyacetal units: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is an alkyl or phenyl group; R.sub.2 is a divalent organic group; X is a group selected from among --NH.sub.2, --OH, ##STR2## --R.sub.4 OH, --R.sub.5 COOH, --R.sub.6 COOR.sub.7, --R.sub.8 and OR.sub.9, where R.sub.3 is a divalent organic group, R.sub.4 .about.R.sub.6 are alkylene groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sub.7 .about.R.sub.9 alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms 1.about.10, and n is a number between 5.about.1000.

Abstract: Normally solid, melt-stable copolyester molding resins are formed of the polycondensation reaction product of(a) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof, (b) an aliphatic dihydroxy compound which includes at least 35 mole % of of units derived from 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and (c) a melt-stable effective amount between 0.1 to 35 mole %, based on the amount of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid, of an ester-forming diol compound of the following formula I:HO--R--O--A--O--R--OH (I)wherein A is a divalent organic radical having at least one aromatic ring, and R is a divalent organic radical selected from aliphatic hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and polyoxyalkylene groups.

Abstract: A polyester exhibiting melt anisotropy and improved thermal stability is provided which consists essentially of structural units represented by the formulas (i) to (iii), wherein: ##STR1## wherein Ar.sub.1 is 1,4-phenylene and/or 2,6-naphthalene, Ar.sub.2 is 2,6-naphthalene and/or 2,7-naphthalene, and X.sub.3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A transparent polyester container is produced by melt-molding a copolyester resin containing 75 to 98 molar % of repeating units of an ester of terephthalic acid with 1,4-butanediol with the balance mainly containing repeating units of an ester of terephthalic acid with an alkylene oxide adduct of a bisphenol compound, rapidly cooling the molding to prepare a sheet having a low crystallinity, maturing the sheet at a temperature selected so as to meet a requirement represented by the following formula (1) to prepare a sheet satisfying a requirement represented by the following formula (2) and subjecting the sheet to thermoforming through the use of a cavity mold at a temperature falling within a range represented by the following formula (3):______________________________________ Ta .ltoreq. Tcc (.degree.C.) (1) (.DELTA.Hcc).sub.a .gtoreq. 5 (J/g) (2) Tcc + 2 .ltoreq. Tb .ltoreq. Tm - 2 (.degree.C.) (3) ______________________________________whereinTa is the maturing temperature (.degree.C.

Abstract: A heat-resistant moldable copolyester resin is the copolymerization reaction product of a diol monomer component comprised mainly of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and an acid monomer component which includes first and second carboxylic acid comonomers. The first acid comonomer is a napthalenedicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof, while the second acid comonomer is 4,4'-diphenyldicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof. The first and second comonomers are present in amounts which satisfy the molar fraction ratio:3/7.ltoreq.A/B.ltoreq.8.5/1.5wherein A and B are the molar fractions of the first and second acid comonomers, respectively.

Abstract: A process for producing a transparent and heat-resistant container includes forming a sheet from a melt of a polyester resin having at least 80 mole % ester units derived from 1,3-propanediol and terephthalic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof. The formed sheet is quenched and solidified so as to have relatively low crystallinity (i.e., less than 50%). The solidified low crystallinity film is then aged and shaped by thermoforming to obtain a container having relatively high crystallinity (i.e., greater than 50%, and preferably greater than 80%). The aging step is most preferably conducted at a temperature which satisfies the relationship represented by the following equation (1):Ta.ltoreq.Tccwherein Ta is the aging temperature (.degree.C.), and Tcc is the cold crystallization temperature (.degree.C.) as determined by differential thermal analysis at a rate of temperature increase of 10.degree. C./min.

Abstract: An improved easily processable wholly aromatic polyester exhibiting melt anisotropy and excellent thermal stability is provided which consists essentially of the structural units (i) to (iii) wherein: ##STR1## and wherein Ar.sub.1 is 1,4-phenylene, Ar.sub.2 is 2,6-naphthalene and 2,7-naphthalene, and Ar.sub.3 is 1,4-phenylene and/or 4,4'-biphenylene.