Abstract: No drug has been available for treating a peripheral sensory neuropathy caused as a side effect by a drug, in particular, by an anticancer drug such as oxaliplatin. A composition for ameliorating peripheral sensory neuropathy, which is characterized by including a Lentinus edodes mycelium extract, ameliorates symptoms induced by the drug such as the anticancer drug, including numbness of extremities, a pain in extremities, a reduction in deep tendon reflection, a reduction in muscle force, allodynia, hyperalgesia, impaired finger fine movement, impaired walking, stumbling, falling, impaired flexion (being difficult or impossible to sit on one's heels, sit cross-legged, sit with one's legs out to one side, sit on a chair, or the like), or paralysis of extremities.

Abstract: An electric-power conversion apparatus has a heat sink in which one side portion out of a pair of side portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of a motor is formed shorter than the other side portion thereof; a lower case to which the heat sink is fixed is fastened to a driving apparatus through the intermediary of fixing portions at the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink or at respective positions in the vicinity of the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink; at least one of a reactor and capacitors is disproportionately disposed to be closer to said one side portion than to said the other side portion of the heat sink.

Abstract: An in-vehicle power storage device that discharges a battery in a case where collision of a vehicle is detected or predicted, and stops discharging the battery when an over-discharged state has not been reached, and a control method thereof. The in-vehicle power storage device includes: a battery mounted in a vehicle; charge-state detection means for detecting a charge state of the battery; and a discharging load for discharging the battery, and a control device which includes: battery charge-state detection means for detecting a charge state; a battery discharger means for discharging the battery using the load if collision of the vehicle is detected or predicted; and discharge stopping means to stop discharging the battery before the battery becomes over-discharged.

Abstract: No drug has been available for treating a peripheral sensory neuropathy caused as a side effect by a drug, in particular, by an anticancer drug such as oxaliplatin. A composition for ameliorating peripheral sensory neuropathy, which is characterized by including a Lentinus edodes mycelium extract, ameliorates symptoms induced by the drug such as the anticancer drug, including numbness of extremities, a pain in extremities, a reduction in deep tendon reflection, a reduction in muscle force, allodynia, hyperalgesia, impaired finger fine movement, impaired walking, stumbling, falling, impaired flexion (being difficult or impossible to sit on one's heels, sit cross-legged, sit with one's legs out to one side, sit on a chair, or the like), or paralysis of extremities.

Abstract: An electric-power conversion apparatus has a heat sink in which one side portion out of a pair of side portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of a motor is formed shorter than the other side portion thereof; a lower case to which the heat sink is fixed is fastened to a driving apparatus through the intermediary of fixing portions at the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink or at respective positions in the vicinity of the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink; at least one of a reactor and capacitors is disproportionately disposed to be closer to said one side portion than to said the other side portion of the heat sink.

Abstract: A throttle valve 11 that adjusts an amount of air flowing into an intake passage of an internal combustion engine 1, a fuel injection valve 9 that injects fuel into the internal combustion engine 1, and a generator-motor 6 that drives the internal combustion engine 1 via a drive belt 5 are controlled by an internal combustion engine control unit 13. The internal combustion engine control unit 13 opens the throttle valve 11 to a first throttle opening after detecting a request to start the internal combustion engine 1, then causes the fuel injection valve 9 to inject fuel while maintaining the first throttle opening, and then opens the throttle valve 11 to a second throttle opening that is larger than the first throttle opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to reliably detect failure in a voltage sensor which detects battery voltage, without erroneous determination, is provided. A current sensor detects charge/discharge current of a battery. The method comprises calculating a charge/discharge current change amount based on the current detected by the current sensor. A voltage sensor detects voltage of the battery. The method also comprises calculating a voltage change amount based on the voltage detected by the voltage sensor. If the charge/discharge current change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and the voltage change amount is smaller than a failure determination value, it is determined that the voltage sensor has failed.

Abstract: A throttle valve 11 that adjusts an amount of air flowing into an intake passage of an internal combustion engine 1, a fuel injection valve 9 that injects fuel into the internal combustion engine 1, and a generator-motor 6 that drives the internal combustion engine 1 via a drive belt 5 are controlled by an internal combustion engine control unit 13. The internal combustion engine control unit 13 opens the throttle valve 11 to a first throttle opening after detecting a request to start the internal combustion engine 1, then causes the fuel injection valve 9 to inject fuel while maintaining the first throttle opening, and then opens the throttle valve 11 to a second throttle opening that is larger than the first throttle opening.

Abstract: No drug has been available for treating a peripheral sensory neuropathy caused as a side effect by a drug, in particular, by an anticancer drug such as oxaliplatin. A composition for ameliorating peripheral sensory neuropathy, which is characterized by including a Lentinus edodes mycelium extract, ameliorates symptoms induced by the drug such as the anticancer drug, including numbness of extremities, a pain in extremities, a reduction in deep tendon reflection, a reduction in muscle force, allodynia, hyperalgesia, impaired finger fine movement, impaired walking, stumbling, falling, impaired flexion (being difficult or impossible to sit on one's heels, sit cross-legged, sit with one's legs out to one side, sit on a chair, or the like), or paralysis of extremities.

Abstract: This invention concerns an on-vehicle electric power storage apparatus including: a control unit 6 which performs internal control; a load 7 which is connected to a high voltage battery 3 via a switch 8 based on a command from the control unit 6, and forcibly consumes the power charged in the high voltage battery 3; and a cooling apparatus 10 which is driven based on a command from the control unit 6 and cools the high voltage battery 3. When collision of a vehicle is detected by a collision detection unit 14, the control unit 6 forcibly consumes the power in the high voltage battery 3 using the load 7, and cools the high voltage battery 3 using the cooling apparatus 10.

Abstract: In order to detect failure of a charge/discharge current sensor for a battery and estimate and manage the state of charge of the battery when the charge/discharge current sensor has failed, provided are: a state-of-charge estimation unit for estimating the state of charge of the battery; an operation current estimation unit for estimating operation current of an electric load connected to the battery; and a charge/discharge current sensor failure detection unit for determining that failure occurs on the charge/discharge current sensor for detecting charge/discharge current of the battery, when a difference between the charge/discharge current and the operation current estimation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, wherein, when failure of the charge/discharge current sensor is detected, the electric load is operated at low output, and the state of charge of the battery is estimated using the operation current estimation value.

Abstract: Final state-of-charge calculation means is provided which calculates a final state-of-charge of the battery according to state-of-charge estimate values by electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means. The final state-of-charge calculation means performs, when a difference between the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means becomes less than or equal to the state-of-charge difference threshold value, switching of the final state-of-charge from the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means to the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means.

Abstract: This in-vehicle DC-DC converter is configured from: a power conversion unit that transmits/receives power between a low-voltage system secondary battery and a high-voltage system secondary battery; low-voltage system AD converters and high-voltage system AD converters, which convert analog values of the currents, voltages, and temperatures of the low-voltage system secondary battery and the high-voltage system secondary battery into digital values; an input switching unit that switches analog values of the high-voltage system secondary battery into analog values of the corresponding low-voltage system secondary battery; and a calculation unit that compares the digital values of the low-voltage system AD converters and the digital values of the high-voltage system AD converters with each other.

Abstract: A second switch (7) is provided between a first power supply circuit including a first capacitor (4) connected in series with a first switch (6) and a second power supply circuit including a second capacitor (5). In a case where a predetermined condition that necessitates supply of electric power from one power supply circuit to the other power supply circuit is established, the first switch (6) is opened to disconnect the first capacitor (4) in the first power supply circuit, and then the second switch (7) is closed to connect between the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit.

Abstract: A start control device for an engine includes an engine control unit, a motor control unit, and a control unit which controls the engine control unit and the motor control unit, wherein the control unit, when transferring an engine restart control mode from a motoring control state to a fuel combustion control state, executes the transfer via a motor/engine combined control state, and sets the timing of transferring from the motoring control state to the motor/engine combined control state, to a timing at which a crank angle of a cylinder where fuel is combusted first after starting fuel injection reaches a crank angle at which it is estimated that torque is generated by the first combustion of fuel in the cylinder.

Abstract: This invention concerns an on-vehicle electric power storage apparatus including: a control unit 6 which performs internal control; a load 7 which is connected to a high voltage battery 3 via a switch 8 based on a command from the control unit 6, and forcibly consumes the power charged in the high voltage battery 3; and a cooling apparatus 10 which is driven based on a command from the control unit 6 and cools the high voltage battery 3. When collision of a vehicle is detected by a collision detection unit 14, the control unit 6 forcibly consumes the power in the high voltage battery 3 using the load 7, and cools the high voltage battery 3 using the cooling apparatus 10.

Abstract: While a current cutoff mechanism cuts off charging and discharging currents for a second electric storage device, a DC/DC converter is controlled so as to be in a state where electric power is supplied from a low-voltage side to a high-voltage side, applies voltage conversion to an input voltage of the low-voltage side so that an output voltage of the high-voltage side becomes a predetermined voltage, and after a predetermined state where the induction voltage of the AC power generator can be supplied to the low-voltage side is reached, control of the DC/DC converter is switched from the state where electric power is supplied from the low-voltage side to the high-voltage side to a state where electric power is supplied from the high-voltage side to the low-voltage side.

Abstract: An auxiliary battery which is a main power supply is used as power source electric power supplying means for supplying power source electric power to a control device, and an auxiliary power supply is further provided. When an abnormality occurs in the auxiliary battery, the power supply for supplying power source electric power to the control device is switched from the auxiliary battery to the auxiliary power supply by a power supply switching device, to operate the control device stably and perform discharging of a battery. Thus, the discharging can be stopped before the battery is overdischarged.

Abstract: It is possible to accurately estimate a starting current and calculate a precise starting minimum voltage without being influenced by a change in a storage battery state or a starting state by updating a current/voltage correlation characteristic corresponding to a deterioration state of a storage battery each time a current/voltage data set obtained when a starter is driven is newly stored in association with the deterioration state of the storage battery and by calculating the starting current corresponding to a present voltage immediately before start in accordance with the current/voltage correlation characteristic corresponding to the present deterioration state of the storage battery when determination is made as to whether or not to drive the starter.

Abstract: Final state-of-charge calculation means is provided which calculates a final state-of-charge of the battery according to state-of-charge estimate values by electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means. The final state-of-charge calculation means performs, when a difference between the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means becomes less than or equal to the state-of-charge difference threshold value, switching of the final state-of-charge from the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means to the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means.