Abstract: Provided a design support apparatus of supporting design of a component embedded substrate including one or more embedded electronic components that configure at least a part of a circuit, including, a component information acquiring unit that acquires component information about the electronic components to be incorporated in the component embedded substrate; and a required minimum area calculating unit that calculates a required minimum area of a surface of the component embedded substrate on the basis of at least information about a size of each electronic component contained in the component information.

Abstract: This bogie and vehicle is provided with: a bogie body; a pair of travel wheels disposed on both sides of the bogie body in a direction intersecting with the traveling direction and capable of rolling motion on the traveling road surface of a track; a guide device guided along a guide rail and rotatably supported to the bogie body about the axial line along a vertical direction; and a pair of motors disposed between the pair of travel wheels of the bogie body and transferring a drive force to the pair of travel wheels.

Abstract: A bidirectional DC-DC converter includes a first circuit that is configured to process a first voltage being a DC voltage and that includes a first electronic component including a first switching element; a second circuit that is configured to process a second voltage or a third voltage, the second voltage being a DC voltage supplied to an electric vehicle, the third voltage being a DC voltage generated in an electric vehicle, and that includes a second electric component with a lower withstand voltage than the first electronic component, the second electric component including a second switching element; and a control circuit configured to control switching of at least one of the first switching element and the second switching element wherein the bidirectional DC-DC converter is configured to convert the first voltage into the second voltage or convert the third voltage into the first voltage.

Abstract: An electric-powered vehicle includes: an axle body that includes an axle and drive wheels connected to both ends of the axle; a magnetic geared motor for rotating the axle, the magnetic geared motor including a stator, a low-speed rotor, and a high-speed rotor; a vehicle structure supported by the axle body; a motor support for connecting the vehicle structure and the stator, and supporting the magnetic geared motor by the vehicle structure; and an elastic coupling for coupling the low-speed rotor and the axle such that a rotational force of the low-speed rotor is transmittable to the axle.

Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device converting power and supplying the converted power to a load, the power conversion device including: a power conversion circuit connected to the load and configured to supply/receive the power; a coil configured to detect a current passing through the power conversion circuit and to output a voltage corresponding to the detected current; an integration circuit configured to integrate the voltage output from the coil to generate a voltage signal corresponding to a variation of the current; and a control device configured to generate a control signal to the power conversion circuit based on the voltage signal output from the integration circuit.

Abstract: A valid cars determining unit determines the number of valid cars of each train such that a passenger transport volume per unit time of a plurality of trains is not less than a necessary transport volume and the total number of valid cars is minimized when the plurality of trains run with a predetermined number of operational cars per unit time. A control information generating unit generates control information for performing control which causes trains having valid cars corresponding to the number of valid cars determined by the valid cars determining unit to operate at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: An operating mode determining unit determines an operating mode of each of a plurality of vehicles to be either one of a normal operating mode and an energy saving mode on the basis of a necessary boarding and alighting time which is required to allow passengers to board or alight from the vehicles at each of a plurality of stations. An index value specifying unit specifies an index value on the basis of total energy consumption when the vehicles operate in the operating mode determined by the operating mode determining unit, a difference between the necessary boarding and alighting time and a boarding and alighting time, or the number of changing times of operating modes. An operating plan determining unit determines the operating mode of each of the vehicles to be an operating mode having a smallest index value.

Abstract: A valid cars determining unit determines the number of valid cars of each train such that a passenger transport volume per unit time of a plurality of trains is not less than a necessary transport volume and the total number of valid cars is minimized when the plurality of trains run with a predetermined number of operational cars per unit time. A control information generating unit generates control information for performing control which causes trains having valid cars corresponding to the number of valid cars determined by the valid cars determining unit to operate at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: An operating mode determining unit determines an operating mode of each of a plurality of vehicles to be either one of a normal operating mode and an energy saving mode on the basis of a necessary boarding and alighting time which is required to allow passengers to board or alight from the vehicles at each of a plurality of stations. An index value specifying unit specifies an index value on the basis of total energy consumption when the vehicles operate in the operating mode determined by the operating mode determining unit, a difference between the necessary boarding and alighting time and a boarding and alighting time, or the number of changing times of operating modes. An operating plan determining unit determines the operating mode of each of the vehicles to be an operating mode having a smallest index value.

Abstract: A temperature control method is used for controlling a temperature of an electric storage device 5 mounted on a vehicle 1 at the time when the vehicle 1 runs on a track 2. In the method, when a minimum voltage value Vmin corresponding to an internal resistance R of the electric storage device 5 reaches a first predetermined voltage value Vp near a minimum allowable voltage value VL of the electric storage device 5, the electric storage device 5 is controlled such that the electric storage device 5 has a temperature at which the minimum voltage value Vmin is maintained at the first predetermined voltage value Vp.

Abstract: A charging method is used for a transportation vehicle without a contact wire. The transportation vehicle is configured so that when a vehicle (1) equipped with an energy storage device (5) stops at a station on a track (2), the energy storage device (5) of the vehicle (1) is charged by a charging device (9) provided on a ground side. The charging method includes charging, by the charging device (9), the energy storage device (5) with a voltage set value (VS) which is near a maximum allowable voltage value (VH) of the energy storage device (5).

Abstract: A memory stores traveling schedule information of a vehicle without a contact wire, information on a next station located on a traveling interval and information about a plurality of traffic lights on the traveling interval temporarily, and a velocity pattern calculator for calculating a velocity pattern of the vehicle based on the traveling schedule information, the information on the next station and the information about the plurality of the traffic lights, in which the velocity pattern calculator calculates a velocity pattern which satisfies conditions that the vehicle is never stopped at a first traffic light, that when the vehicle departs from a current stop station, the vehicle is accelerated at an constant acceleration a and that after the acceleration, the vehicle travels at a constant first velocity V1.

Abstract: Structure for mounting batteries in a guideway electric vehicle driven by a battery-driven motor is provided, with which balancing in weight of the vehicle is properly achieved, batteries can be cooled enough, battery rooms are completely sealed from the passenger room, and running stability of the vehicle is ensured.

Abstract: Provided is a noncontact type power feeder system for feeding an electric power to a mobile object, which enables a quick charge and transmission of a high electric power and in which a power feeder and a power receiver can be readily manufactured at low cost, comprising a power feeder arranged along a running road surface for the mobile object 1, and a power receiver mounted to the mobile object, the power feeder and the power receiver being opposed face-to-face to each other for feeding an electric power, wherein the power feeder is secured on the running road surface for the mobile object and characterized in that magnets are mounted to the upper surface of the power feeder which is accommodated in a recess formed in the running road surface and which is supported by resilient springs.

Abstract: The present invention includes a memory means 23 which stores traveling schedule information of a vehicle without a contact wire, information on a next station located on a traveling interval and information about a plurality of traffic lights on the traveling interval temporarily, and a velocity pattern calculation means 3 for calculating a velocity pattern of the vehicle based on the traveling schedule information, the information on the next station and the information about the plurality of the traffic lights, wherein the velocity pattern calculation means 3 calculates such a velocity pattern which satisfies conditions that the vehicle is never stopped at a first traffic light, that when the vehicle departs from a current stop station, the vehicle is accelerated at an constant acceleration a and that after the acceleration, the vehicle travels at a constant first velocity V1.

Abstract: A temperature control method is used for controlling a temperature of an electric storage device 5 mounted on a vehicle 1 at the time when the vehicle 1 runs on a track 2. In the method, when a minimum voltage value Vmin corresponding to an internal resistance R of the electric storage device 5 reaches a first predetermined voltage value Vp, near a minimum allowable voltage value VL of the electric storage device 5, the electric storage device 5 is controlled such that the electric storage device 5 has a temperature at which the minimum voltage value Vmin is maintained at the first predetermined voltage value Vp.

Abstract: A charging method is used for a transportation vehicle without a contact wire. The transportation vehicle is configured so that when a vehicle (1) equipped with an energy storage device (5) stops at a station on a track (2), the energy storage device (5) of the vehicle (1) is charged by a charging device (9) provided on a ground side. The charging method includes charging, by the charging device (9), the energy storage device (5) with a voltage set value (VS) which is near a maximum allowable voltage value (VH) of the energy storage device (5).

Abstract: Provided is a noncontact type power feeder system for feeding an electric power to a mobile object, which enables a quick charge and transmission of a high electric power and in which a power feeder and a power receiver can be readily manufactured at low cost, comprising a power feeder arranged along a running road surface for the mobile object 1, and a power receiver mounted to the mobile object, the power feeder and the power receiver being opposed fact-to-face to each other for feeding an electric power, wherein the power feeder is secured on the running road surface for the mobile object, or aerially above the running road surface while the power receiver is mounted at a position where the power receiver is opposed face-to-face to the power feeder with a predetermined gap therebetween when the mobile object is stopped at a position where the power feeder is set up, and each of the power feeder and the power receiver is composed of a planer core having long sides extended in the travel direction of the mob

Abstract: Provided is a railway type feeder-lineless traffic system in which the weight of a vehicle is reduced while the structure of the vehicle is simplified, and it is possible to carry out a quick charge during a brief stopping time at a station or the like.

Abstract: Occurrence of overcharging and over discharging of batteries mounted on vehicles that travel on tracks in a wireless transit system is prevented by estimating a state of charge (SOC) of the batteries with accuracy. An equivalent circuit of the battery is composed of three circuit elements connected in series, including (i) a first component resistance R1 (ii) a component circuit which includes a capacitance C and a second component resistance R2 connected in parallel and (iii) an open circuit voltage of the battery. The open circuit voltage of the equivalent circuit is calculated using R1 calculated from measurements of current and voltage of the battery, as well as values k=R2/R1 and ?=C×R2. The SOC if the battery is calculated from the open circuit voltage.