Abstract: Provided are a device and a method capable of suitable cooling of a fiber bundle without hindering nozzle maintenance work or preparation work before the start of manufacturing. The provided device includes a nozzle which allows the fiber bundle impregnated with thermoplastic resin to pass therethrough while forming the fiber bundle into a tape shape, a cooling roller for cooling the fiber bundle, and a supporting device. The supporting device supports the cooling roller rotatably so as to allow the cooling roller to be moved between a cooling position at which an outer periphery surface of the cooling roller makes contact with the fiber bundle having passed through the nozzle and a retraction position away from the nozzle beyond the cooling portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce discomfort of a driver, by appropriately controlling a vehicle, when driving a vehicle capable of changing a plurality of different traveling states of a power transmission state and a traveling state of an engine during traveling. The present invention is a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle having a power transmission mechanism which controls a power transmission state between an engine and an axle, and braking means.

Abstract: To improve fuel consumption of a vehicle by effectively performing acceleration/deceleration suppression control of a moving body such as a vehicle. A motion control device, configured to control a motion of a vehicle, includes: a travel distance acquisition unit which acquires a travel distance of the vehicle from a stop state to the next stop state of the vehicle; a travel distance storage unit which stores the travel distance; a next travel distance prediction unit which predicts the next travel distance of the vehicle from a stop state to the next stop state of the vehicle after having moved by the travel distance based on the travel distance stored in the travel distance storage unit; and a control determination unit which determines whether to perform control to suppress acceleration/deceleration in a movement direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: An engine is driven at an operating point with high engine efficiency to improve fuel economy. A vehicle control device according to the present invention controls a transmission ratio before increasing the engine rotation speed, and thereafter, engages the clutch.

Abstract: There is an object to enable reducing speed control giving a driver of a vehicle a sense of incongruity when speed of the vehicle is controlled in accordance with a recommended speed. To achieve the object, there are provided a vehicle control device configured to control traveling of a vehicle including a telematics device capable of acquiring recommended speeds for the vehicle in accordance with traffic conditions in a plurality of sections, and an acceleration and deceleration control device that is configured such that a magnitude relationship between a first recommended speed in a first section where the vehicle currently travels, and a second recommended speed in a second section extending from the first section in a traveling direction of the vehicle, among the acquired recommended speeds, is determined, and speed control of the vehicle is performed in accordance with the magnitude relationship between the first recommended speed and the second recommended speed.

Abstract: Provided is a novel control apparatus for a vehicle which allows the number of stops and restarts to be reduced while performing engine stop and coasting control. The configuration is such that, when there is a high probability of restarting an engine under circumstances where engine stop and coasting control is performed, the engine is maintained in idling operation while only the clutch is disengaged. For example, if it is determined that there is a high probability of restarting due to a change in the acceleration of a host vehicle or a preceding vehicle, the clutch is disengaged and the vehicle is coasted. Since the engine is maintained in an idle state, there is no need for restarting, and the number of restarts can be minimized.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to minimize worsening of fuel consumption and loss of drivability. To achieve this purpose, it is proposed to use a vehicle control device characterized by having a vehicle behavior distribution information generating unit that generates preceding vehicle behavior distribution information in a given location on a road on the basis of travel histories of a plurality of vehicles, a preceding vehicle behavior information detection unit that detects behavior information of a preceding vehicle immediately ahead, a comparison unit that compares the vehicle behavior distribution information and the preceding vehicle behavior information, and a control unit that controls the host vehicle on the basis of the result of comparison from the comparison unit.

Abstract: While a vehicle is coasting with an engine being automatically stopped and a power transmission path between the engine and wheels being disengaged, when a deceleration request is made and the engine is restarted with the power transmission path being engaged, a deceleration level increases relative to the deceleration level required by a driver or the vehicle, thereby lowering drivability.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control device capable of improving fuel consumption suppression by preferentially acquiring vehicle information indicating a deceleration cause has occurred ahead of a host vehicle, and rapidly stopping or suppressing the generation of a driving force.

Abstract: When acceleration control is interrupted due to a lane change or the like, the engine speed is controlled from a high rotation speed to a low rotation speed, a variation in engine speed increases, and poor driver's driving performance is brought about. Furthermore, suppression of acceleration when there is a lane change possibility may rather cause the lane change and the driver feels discomfort. The vehicle control unit according to the present invention includes a target engine speed calculation unit which corrects a target engine speed to be reduced relative to a predetermined target engine speed when the acceleration/deceleration possibility determination unit determines that there is a deceleration possibility during acceleration to a target vehicle speed in automatic acceleration/deceleration control, and an engine control unit which controls an engine to have a target engine speed corrected by the target engine speed calculation unit.

Abstract: While a vehicle is coasting with an engine being automatically stopped and a power transmission path between the engine and wheels being disengaged, when a deceleration request is made and the engine is restarted with the power transmission path being engaged, a deceleration level increases relative to the deceleration level required by a driver or the vehicle, thereby lowering drivability.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce discomfort of a driver, by appropriately controlling a vehicle, when driving a vehicle capable of changing a plurality of different traveling states of a power transmission state and a traveling state of an engine during traveling. The present invention is a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle having a power transmission mechanism which controls a power transmission state between an engine and an axle, and braking means.

Abstract: Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.

Abstract: An engine is driven at an operating point with high engine efficiency to improve fuel economy. A vehicle control device according to the present invention controls a transmission ratio before increasing the engine rotation speed, and thereafter, engages the clutch.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method capable of suitable cooling of a fiber bundle without hindering nozzle maintenance work or preparation work before the start of manufacturing. The provided device includes a nozzle which allows the fiber bundle impregnated with thermoplastic resin to pass therethrough while forming the fiber bundle into a tape shape, a cooling roller for cooling the fiber bundle, and a supporting device. The supporting device supports the cooling roller rotatably so as to allow the cooling roller to be moved between a cooling position at which an outer periphery surface of the cooling roller makes contact with the fiber bundle having passed through the nozzle and a retraction position away from the nozzle beyond the cooling portion.

Abstract: Provided is a novel control apparatus for a vehicle which allows the number of stops and restarts to be reduced while performing engine stop and coasting control. The configuration is such that, when there is a high probability of restarting an engine under circumstances where engine stop and coasting control is performed, the engine is maintained in idling operation while only the clutch is disengaged. For example, if it is determined that there is a high probability of restarting due to a change in the acceleration of a host vehicle or a preceding vehicle, the clutch is disengaged and the vehicle is coasted. Since the engine is maintained in an idle state, there is no need for restarting, and the number of restarts can be minimized.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a tape-shaped prepreg which includes a plurality of unidirectionally oriented fibers and a binder infiltrated into these fibers. The tape-shaped prepreg is characterized by having an average thickness of 50 ?m to 150 ?m and a content percentage of these fibers of 30 vol % to 60 vol %. The prepreg is further characterized in that: a fractal dimension D of a coefficient of variation Cv(n) is 0.4 to 1.5; and a degree of orientation P, expressed by the following equation, is 0.8 or greater and less than 1.0: Degree of orientation P=1?((minor-axis length of approximate ellipse)/(major-axis length thereof)).

Abstract: Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The apparatus includes a resin impregnating device discharging a fiber bundle impregnated with a thermoplastic resin through a nozzle having an opening of a rectangular slit to form the fiber bundle into a tape shape, and a main cooling roller making contact with the fiber bundle having passed through the nozzle at a contact position to feed and cool it. With T (mm) being the dimension of the short sides of the slit and L (mm) being the distance between a tip of the nozzle and the contact position, the dimension T and the distance L satisfy either one of Expression (A) and Expression (B) below: L?1000×T?35; T<0.08??(A) L?785.7×T?17.9; T?0.08?? (B).

Abstract: A method for connecting a tail end portion of a reinforcing fiber bundle of a preceding wound body to a front end portion of a reinforcing fiber bundle unwound from a new wound body by blowing pressurized air to both of the ends to unravel and entwine both of the reinforcing fiber bundles, wherein the method includes a preparation step for adjusting the amount of a sizing agent contained in the front end of the reinforcing fiber bundle unwound from the new wound body and the tail end of the preceding wound body to 4 wt % or less, and the reinforcing fiber bundles are connected after the preparation step.