Abstract: A high-pressure container includes a plurality of body parts arranged side by side, and each of the body parts has a cylindrical shape and has an opening at at least one of its axially opposite end portions. The high-pressure container also includes a cap configured to close the openings of the body parts as a unit, and a communication channel provided inside the cap for communicating interiors of the body parts with each other.

Abstract: An engine is stopped after a battery is charged by a first motor-generator driven by the engine when a condition in which freezing of condensed water in an exhaust pipe is expected to occur is satisfied after an ignition switch is turned OFF. By the engine operated during the charging of the battery, the condensed water accumulated in the exhaust pipe can be discharged to the outside of the exhaust pipe by the exhaust pressure of the exhaust gas. Accordingly, the condensed water is unlikely to remain in the exhaust pipe, and the freezing of the condensed water in the exhaust pipe can be suppressed even when parking continues for long under a low temperature atmosphere. The battery is charged by the first motor-generator, and thus the electric power of the battery can be used for traveling of a vehicle and fuel economy deterioration can be suppressed.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe structure includes a first pipe portion, a second pipe portion, and a third pipe portion. The first pipe portion is arranged below a floor panel of the vehicle, and extends in a horizontal direction in a vehicle side view. The second pipe portion communicates with a front end of the first pipe portion, and has a bottom portion recessed downward below a lower end of the from end and a top portion protruding downward below an upper end of the front end. The third pipe portion communicates with a rear end of the first pipe portion, and has a bottom portion recessed downward below, a lower end of the rear end and a top portion protruding downward below an upper end of the rear end.

Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be certainly ensured is provided. A gasket 1 is to be interposed between a first flange 21 of a first exhaust pipe 11 and a second flange 22 of a second exhaust pipe 12 in a state where the gasket is fitted onto an end portion of the first exhaust pipe, in order to seal a gap between end portions of the first and second exhaust pipes 11, 12. The gasket 1 includes a first sealing portion 51 and a second sealing portion 52. The first sealing portion has a first butting surface 51a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a first tapered inner circumferential surface 27a of the first flange, and a first projecting portion 51b. The first sealing portion is formed in a radially outer side of the gasket. The second sealing portion has a second butting surface 52a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a second tapered inner circumferential surface of the second flange, and a second projecting portion 52b.

Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be certainly ensured is provided. A gasket 1 is to be interposed between a first flange 21 of a first exhaust pipe 11 and a second flange 22 of a second exhaust pipe 12 in a state where the gasket is fitted onto an end portion of the first exhaust pipe, in order to seal a gap between end portions of the first and second exhaust pipes 11, 12. The gasket 1 includes a first sealing portion 51 and a second sealing portion 52. The first sealing portion has a first butting surface 51a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a first tapered inner circumferential surface 27a of the first flange, and a first projecting portion 51b. The first sealing portion is formed in a radially outer side of the gasket. The second sealing portion has a second butting surface 52a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a second tapered inner circumferential surface of the second flange, and a second projecting portion 52b.