Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle including an engine with an intake valve and/or an exhaust valve having a variable operating characteristic, a transmission having a plurality of operating positions that are selectively established, and a manually operable vehicle accelerating member, the apparatus including a target-drive-force setting portion operable to determine a target vehicle drive force on the basis of an operating amount of the accelerating member and a presently selected one of the operating positions of the transmission, such that the determined target vehicle drive force permits a smooth change of an actual vehicle drive force with a change of the operating amount of the vehicle accelerating member, irrespective of a shifting action of the transmission, and a drive-power-source-torque control portion (104) operable to control a torque of the engine, by controlling at least one of a lift amount, an operating period of an opening and closing action and an operating timing of the in

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle automatic transmission including (i) a first coupling device to be engaged for establishing an emergency gear position and (ii) a second coupling device to be released for establishing the emergency gear position. The control apparatus includes: (a) first and second controller valves for controlling the respective first and second coupling devices; and (b) a fail-safe valve having (b-1) a first output port connected to a drain port of the first controller valve, (b-2) a first input port to which a working fluid is input, (b-3) a first drain port for draining the working fluid, (b-4) a second output port connected to an input port of the second controller valve, (b-5) a second input port to which the working fluid is input, and (b-6) a second drain port for draining the working fluid.

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission which includes two hydraulically operated frictional coupling devices of a first group and a plurality of hydraulically operated frictional coupling devices of a second group, and which is arranged to establish a selected one of its gear positions, by simultaneous engaging actions of the two frictional coupling devices of the first group or simultaneous engaging actions of of one of the frictional coupling devices of the first group and one of the frictional coupling devices of the second group, the hydraulic control device including a second-group-engaging switching valve which is arranged to receive second engaging hydraulic pressures generated to engage the hydraulically operated frictional coupling devices of the second group and which is operable, upon reception of at least one of the second engaging hydraulic pressures, to generate a second-group-engaging pilot hydraulic pressure, and a fail-safe valve which is arranged to receive a

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus for use with a vehicle's automatic transmission, the apparatus including a fail-safe switch valve which has an escape-related output port connected to a drain port of a transmission-related solenoid valve corresponding to an escape-related frictional coupling device to establish an escape-related speed step, and additionally has an escape-related input port to which a hydraulic pressure is inputted, and a drain port from which a hydraulic fluid is drained, wherein the fail-safe switch valve is selectively switchable to a normal communication state thereof in which the escape-related output port and the drain port are communicated with each other and the escape-related input port is shut off, and to a fail-related communication state thereof in which the escape-related output port and the escape-related input port are communicated with each other, and the drain port is shut off, so that a hydraulic pressure is supplied from the escape-related output port of the fail-safe switch va

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus for controlling a vehicular automatic transmission including hydraulically operated frictional coupling devices which are selectively engaged and released to selectively establish gear positions having respective different speed ratios, and linear solenoid valves operable to regulate fluid pressures of the respective frictional coupling devices, each linear solenoid valve including a spool and a solenoid and being operable between a pressure-regulating state in which the spool is movable to a position of equilibrium of forces for regulating an output fluid pressure according to an electromagnetic force produced by the solenoid, and a non-pressure-regulating state in which the spool is held at a stroke end thereof at which no output fluid pressure is generated from the linear solenoid valve, each linear solenoid valve in the pressure-regulating state being operable to regulate a fluid pressure of the corresponding frictional coupling device according to the electromagnetic force,

Abstract: An integrated control system includes a main control system (accelerator) controlling a driving system, a main control system (brake) controlling a brake system, a main control system (steering) controlling a steering system, an adviser unit generating and providing information to be used at each control system based on environmental information around the vehicle or information related to a driver, and an agent unit. The agent unit executes a program including a process of determining a control precondition, a step of calculating an instructed distance or a target distance to an instructed position, and a process of guarding (regulating) by environmental information.

Abstract: An integrated control system includes a main control system (accelerator) controlling a driving system, a main control system (brake) controlling a brake system, and a main control system (steering) controlling a steering system, based on manipulation by a driver, as well as an adviser unit generating and providing information to be used at each main control system based on environmental information around the vehicle or information on a driver. The advisor unit outputs to the main control system (accelerator) sudden acceleration/deceleration risk information having the risk set to “high” when the vehicle is parked in a parking lot, based on information from a navigation device or a surroundings monitoring sensor. The main control system (accelerator) selects a parking state property map based on the sudden acceleration/deceleration risk information having the risk set to “high”, and calculates a target driving force smaller than that corresponding to accelerator pressing by the driver.

Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system, equipped with a fuel reforming device (60) and a fuel cell body (4), includes valves (30a, 32), pipelines (30b, 31), a condenser (34), a pump (35), etc. for feeding a burner exhaust gas (25) (raw gas) discharged from a heating burner (10) of the fuel reforming device (60) into the fuel reforming device (60), and an inert gas formation device (5A) including an oxidizable and reducible oxygen adsorbent (28), which is disposed in the pipelines (30b, 31), and adsorbs oxygen in the burner exhaust gas (25) to remove oxygen from the burner exhaust gas (25) and form an inert gas (40). The fuel cell power generation system can reliably remove residual matter, without leaving it within the fuel reforming device (60), in a simple manner at a low cost and with a compact configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle including an engine with an intake valve and/or an exhaust valve having a variable operating characteristic, a transmission having a plurality of operating positions that are selectively established, and a manually operable vehicle accelerating member, the apparatus including a target-drive-force setting portion operable to determine a target vehicle drive force on the basis of an operating amount of the accelerating member and a presently selected one of the operating positions of the transmission, such that the determined target vehicle drive force permits a smooth change of an actual vehicle drive force with a change of the operating amount of the vehicle accelerating member, irrespective of a shifting action of the transmission, and a drive-power-source-torque control portion (104) operable to control a torque of the engine, by controlling at least one of a lift amount, an operating period of an opening and closing action and an operating timing of the in

Abstract: A composite metal polybasic salt containing a trivalent metal, zinc metal and a divalent metal as metal components and having a novel crystal structure, and a method of preparing the same. The invention further deals with a composite metal polybasic salt which has anion-exchanging property, which by itself is useful as an anion-exchanger, capable of introducing anions suited for the use upon anion-exchange, and finds a wide range of applications, and a method of preparing the same. The composite metal polybasic salt has a particular chemical composition and X-ray diffraction peaks, exhibiting peaks at 2&thgr;=2 to 15°, 2&thgr;=19.5 to 24° and 2&thgr;=33 to 50°, and a single peak at 2&thgr;=60 to 64° in the X-ray diffraction (Cu-&agr;).

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle having a drive power source, a transmission having a plurality of operating positions that are selectively established, and a manually operable vehicle accelerating member, the apparatus including a target-drive-force setting portion operable to determine a target vehicle drive force on the basis of an operating amount of the accelerating member and a presently selected one of the positions of the transmission, such that the determined target vehicle drive force permits a smooth change of an actual vehicle drive force with a change of the operating amount of the vehicle accelerating member, irrespective of a shifting action of the transmission, a first controlling portion having a relatively high operating response and operable to effect a transient control of a torque of the drive power source so that the actual vehicle drive force coincides with the target vehicle drive force after the shifting action of the transmission, and a second controlling portion ha

Abstract: A composite metal polybasic salt containing a trivalent metal, zinc metal and a divalent metal as metal components and having a novel crystal structure, and a method of preparing the same. The invention further deals with a composite metal polybasic salt which has anion-exchanging property, which by itself is useful as an anion-exchanger, capable of introducing anions suited for the use upon anion-exchange, and finds a wide range of applications, and a method of preparing the same. The composite metal polybasic salt has a particular chemical composition and X-ray diffraction peaks, exhibiting peaks at 2&thgr;=2 to 15°, 2&thgr;=19.5 to 24° and 2&thgr;=33 to 50°, and a single peak at 2&thgr;=60 to 64° in the X-ray diffraction (Cu-&agr;).

Abstract: A composite metal polybasic salt containing a trivalent metal and magnesium as metal components and having a novel crystal structure, and a method of preparing the same. The invention further deals with a composite metal polybasic salt which has anion-exchanging property, which by itself is useful as an anion-exchanger, capable of introducing anions suited for the use upon anion-exchange, and finds a wide range of applications, and a method of preparing the same. The composite metal polybasic salt has a particular chemical composition and X-ray diffraction peaks, and further has a degree of orientation (Io) of not smaller than 1.5.

Abstract: Vehicle control apparatus for effecting cooperative control of an automatic transmission and a drive power source which produces an output to drive the vehicle through the automatic transmission, the automatic transmission incorporating a frictional coupling device which is engaged to place the automatic transmission in a power transmitting state, during power driving of the vehicle with the output of the drive power source, and is released to place the automatic transmission in a power disconnecting state, during coasting of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a coil device (1) which has a plurality of winding drums (6) on a bobbin (2) with a partition (5) formed between flanges (3), (4) at both ends of the bobbin, the partition (5) has a slit (7) through which a wire (w) is passed, and among winding pitches of the wire wound on adjacent winding drums (6) with the partition (5) therebetween, at least a pitch (P1) between a segment of the wire passing through the slit and its adjacent segment of the wire is larger than a pitch (P2) between the segments of the wire at other portions. The positions of the slit (7) of the partition (5) and a slit (8) of the flange (3) are displaced by a predetermined angle with respect to the center of the winding so to angle the wire passing through both slits with respect to the center of the winding. And, the coil system (1) has a one-side radiused portion (7b) formed at the slit end with which the wire passing through the slit (7) of the partition (5) is slidably contact.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle automatic transmission, wherein a moment at which the supply of a pressurized fluid to a hydraulic cylinder for engagement of a frictional coupling device to effect an upshift of the transmission during running of the vehicle in a power-off state is initiated is determined by comparing an estimated synchronizing time required for the transmission input speed to reach a synchronizing speed of a higher-gear position to which the transmission is shifted, with a stored predetermined stroking time required for the piston of the hydraulic cylinder to reach its engaging stroke end.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission of an automotive vehicle, which is shifted to a selected one of operating positions by an engaging action of a frictional coupling device, wherein an overshoot engagement control device is provided to shift the automatic transmission to the selected one operating position such that a shifting action of the automatic transmission is initiated while an input speed of the automatic transmission is lower than a synchronizing speed of the selected operating position. The overshoot engagement control device is arranged to control an engaging force of the frictional coupling device such that the input speed is first raised above the synchronizing speed and is then lowered down toward the synchronizing speed.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit which, when applied to a turning excavator having hydraulic actuators for the working arms and the turning excavator body supplied with pressure oil from three pumps, can increase the operation speed of the booms and arms without providing a separate hydraulic pump to improve the work efficiency. During the individual driving, the boom cylinder (CY1) is supplied with a pressure oil from the first and third pumps (P1, P3), the arm cylinder (CY2) from the second and third pumps (P2, P3), the bucket cylinder (CY3) from the first pump (P1), and the turning motor (M) from the third pump (P3). During the simultaneous driving of the boom and arm cylinders (CY1, CY2), the arm is supplied with an operation speed increasing pressure oil from the third pump (P3). When the boom cylinder (CY1) and the turning motor (M) are simultaneously operated, a part of the pressure oil to the turning motor (M) from the third pump (P3) is supplied to the boom cylinder (CY2).

Abstract: When a conventional swivel working vehicle is constructed such that a real part of a swivel body is not extended beyond a traveling device in order to improve an operability at a small site, a balance weight must he significantly increased in weight so as to prevent falling and tumbling of a machine body. In the invention, left and right core metal projections of a crawler are laterally offset from a center line of the crawler and right and left lugs are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the crawler. The lugs are formed to assume the same shape on the right and left sides or laterally symmetrical shapes or occupy the same area on the right and left sides, and to be symmetrically shaped about a center of rotation of the swivel body between the left and right crawlers of the machine body.

Abstract: A deviation between a target value of a quantity of state and an actual value of the quantity of state that is caused to follow the target value or a time-integral of the deviation is filtered. Based on the filtered value, a switching surface &sgr; is calculated. Based on a value of the switching surface &sgr;, a control input value u is outputted. The filter is set through comparison in Bode diagrams between a design model of a control system based on an ordinary sliding mode control method and a characteristic variation model of the control system, and by performing compensation in such a direction as to cancel out the variation. The filtering process makes it possible to properly control the control system having a dead time by the sliding mode control method.