Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing, a lever and a cover. The housing is to be fitted with a mating housing. The lever is pivotably mounted to the housing and fits the housing with the mating housing by pivoting. The cover is mounted to the housing to cover an outer periphery of an electric cable drawn out from the housing. The housing is provide with a deflectable lock arm. The lock arm has as a base end, a root part integrally mounted to the housing at a side where the housing faces the cover and holds the lever at a pivoting completion position of the lever. The cover is provided with a protective wall arranged opposite to the root part of the lock arm.

Abstract: A record control apparatus controls record of a data item in one or more record sections. The record control apparatus includes: a data acquisition section that acquires the data item having multiple types; a data storage section that stores in the record section, the one or more data items matching a record condition prepared in advance among the acquired data item having multiple types; and a condition change section that defines the record condition as an old record condition, and sets so that the data storage section utilizes a new record condition in place of the old record condition when receiving the new record condition different from the old condition from an outside.

Abstract: A vehicle information communication system includes a center apparatus and a vehicle apparatus that includes a group of electronic control units (ECUs) and that sends vehicle configuration information including configuration information on the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the center apparatus via wireless communications. The center apparatus performs a first determination of whether the vehicle configuration information received from the vehicle apparatus matches approved-configuration information registered in an approved-configuration database, and performs a second determination of whether software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle exists in an update database. When both the first and second determinations are true, the center apparatus sends the software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the vehicle apparatus via the wireless communications.

Abstract: A connector includes a terminal having a base plate portion and a pair of elastic curl portions, a connector housing having a terminal accommodating chamber, a flexible locking piece provided on a first wall of facing walls of the terminal accommodating chamber, a recessed groove provided on a second wall of the facing walls, extends from a rear side of the connector housing toward a front side of the connector housing along a terminal insertion direction of the terminal, and has a groove width smaller than a width of the base plate portion, and a contact surface formed at a front end portion of the recessed groove. When the terminal is reversely inserted, tip end contact portions of the elastic curl portions are brought into contact with the contact surface to prevent the terminal from being inserted further.

Abstract: A cutting insert has cutting edges having the same shape and provided at respective corners of a polygon in rotational symmetry about the center axis of the polygon, is clamped in an upright position to a holder, and has a negative side rake angle on a rake face of a side cutting edge. A side cutting edge is present at an intersection ridge between a polygonal face and an outer peripheral face. The outer peripheral face includes a rake face of the cutting edge and a flank of an end cutting edge of another cutting edge different from the side cutting edge. The flank has a positive slope angle in opposition to a negative side rake angle of the side cutting edge. A breaker groove extending in a front-rear direction is formed in the rake face and cuts into the flank, in such a manner as to divide the rake face.

Abstract: A vehicle information communication system includes a center apparatus and a vehicle apparatus that includes a group of electronic control units (ECUs) and that sends vehicle configuration information including configuration information on the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the center apparatus via wireless communications. The center apparatus performs a first determination of whether the vehicle configuration information received from the vehicle apparatus matches approved-configuration information registered in an approved-configuration database, and performs a second determination of whether software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle exists in an update database. When both the first and second determinations are true, the center apparatus sends the software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the vehicle apparatus via the wireless communications.

Abstract: A connector lock structure includes a lock arm that extends along a fitting direction and is formed on a side wall of a connector housing, and maintains a fitted state by being elastically engaged with a counterpart connector housing; a pair of flexible and deformable plate-shaped support walls that protrude rearward of the side wall to sandwich a rear portion of the lock arm therebetween; a coupling portion that couples each of the plate-shaped support walls to the rear portion of the lock arm in a width direction of the connector housing; and an upward protruding portion that protrudes upward than the coupling portion and is formed on each of the plate-shaped support walls.

Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing and a lever. The lever is pivotally mounted on the housing, and is pivotally operable between a temporary locking position and a fitting completion position. The lever includes a pair of side plates and an operating portion. A lock portion is provided on the housing, and locks the lever positioned at the fitting completion position. The housing is configured to be fitted to a mating housing by rotating the lever from a fitting start position to the fitting completion position. The housing has a pair of walls that are provided at both sides of the lock portion. Arm protection walls are provided on upper edges of the pair of walls respectively with extending inward so as to cover both sides of the flexible arm portion of the lock portion.

Abstract: A vehicle information communication system including a center device and an in-vehicle device is provided. When pieces of configuration information regarding configurations of respective devices are received from electronic control units, the in-vehicle device transmits a configuration information list including the pieces of configuration information to the center device. The center device includes a configuration information storage unit storing the configuration information list approved with respect a vehicle type, compares the configuration information list received from the in-vehicle device with the configuration information list stored in the configuration information storage unit. When the center device determines that the configuration information list received from the in-vehicle device is disapproved, the center device transmits a presence of abnormality to the in-vehicle device.

Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a vehicle master device includes a vehicle power determination unit that is configured to determine a vehicle power is on, a rewrite-in-progress determination unit that is configured to determine whether rewriting of a program is in progress, a first self-retention power determination unit that is configured to determine whether it is necessary to self-retain power in the vehicle slave device when the vehicle power determination unit determines that the vehicle power is off and when the rewrite-in-progress determination unit determines that rewriting of the program is in progress, and a self-retention power instruction unit that is configured to instruct the vehicle slave device to enable the first self-retention power circuit when the first self-retention power determination unit determines that it is necessary to self-retain the power in the vehicle slave device.

Abstract: When configuration information regarding configurations of respective devices are received from electronic control units, the in-vehicle device generates a hash value based on data values of the configuration information, and transmits the hash value to a center device. The center device compares the hash value received from the in-vehicle device with a hash value of configuration information of the vehicle stored in a vehicle-side configuration information storage unit of the center device, and notifies the in-vehicle device of a full data transmission request for transmitting all data values of the configuration information when both of the hash values do not match each other. When the in-vehicle device is notified of the full data transmission request, the in-vehicle device transmits all of the data values of the configuration information to the center device.

Abstract: In a vehicle information communication system, a center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit in which configuration information transmitted from a plurality of vehicles is stored in such a form that transmission timings are specifiable, a campaign information storage unit in which campaign identification information and target vehicle identification information for identifying data update target vehicles are stored as campaign information related to data update for vehicle. The center device refers to the campaign storage unit and the individual vehicle configuration information storage unit, and when there is no transmission of the configuration information from the target vehicle for a predetermined period of time, transmits a message for urging data update to the in-vehicle device of the target vehicle.

Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a vehicle master device is configured to acquire data storage bank information including information for specifying which bank is an active bank and information for specifying software versions of an active bank and an inactive bank from a rewrite target ECU that has a non-volatile memory with a plurality of data storage banks and to transmit the data storage bank information acquired by the data storage bank information acquisition unit to a center device. The center device is configured to select update data compliant to the inactive bank on the basis of the software versions and the active bank specified by the data storage bank information received from the vehicle master device and to transmit a distribution package including the update data selected by the update data selection unit to the vehicle master device.

Abstract: A center device includes an update data storage unit in which new data and new difference data for updating to the new data from old data are stored for, among electronic control units mounted on a vehicle, a target device targeted for data update. The center device generates, using the new data, a first verification value for verifying integrity in the vehicle, and generates, using the new difference data, a second verification value for verifying integrity of the new difference data in the vehicle. The center device generates a package including the new difference data, the first verification values and the second verification values for a plurality of the target devices. The center device generates, using the distribution package, a third verification value for verifying integrity of the distribution package in the vehicle, and transmits the distribution package along with the third verification value to the in-vehicle device.

Abstract: A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information.

Abstract: In an ECU reprogram data DB of a center device, data of an update program for a target ECU for a program update among a plurality of EUCs mounted in a vehicle is stored. In a configuration information DB, an “ECU ID” corresponding to each ECU and vehicle-related information such as an “ECU SW ID” for each application program stored in the ECU are stored along with the vehicle type. An ECU metadata database stores update data-related information pertaining to update data and attributes of the rewrite target ECU. A specification data generation unit generates specification data, based on the information stored in the configuration information database and the information stored in the ECU metadata database, to be transmitted to the vehicle together with update data to be written in the target ECU such that the data includes information related to the type, attributes, and update data for the target ECU and information indicative of a rewrite environment related to the data update.

Abstract: A center device manages data to be written into electronic control units mounted on a vehicle and includes an update data storage storing update data for a target device being a target of data update among the electronic control units, a vehicle information storage storing, together with type of the vehicle, vehicle related information, and a device related information storage storing update data related information. Based on information stored in the device related information storage and the vehicle information storage, the center device generates specification data including device type, attribute, the update data related information of the target device, and information indicating rewrite environment related to the data update of the target device, and generates a distribution package including the update data and the specification data.

Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing, a lever and a cover. The housing is to be fitted with a mating housing. The lever is pivotably mounted to the housing and fits the housing with the mating housing by pivoting. The cover is mounted to the housing to cover an outer periphery of an electric cable drawn out from the housing. The housing is provide with a deflectable lock arm. The lock arm has as a base end, a root part integrally mounted to the housing at a side where the housing faces the cover and holds the lever at a pivoting completion position of the lever. The cover is provided with a protective wall arranged opposite to the root part of the lock arm.

Abstract: A purpose of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery that has improved life-span characteristics. The first lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention comprises an electrolyte solution comprising a sulfone compound, a fluorinated ether compound and LiN(FSO2)2, and a negative electrode comprising a silicon material, wherein a content of LiN(FSO2)2 in the electrolyte solution is more than 5 weight % and 20 weight % or less.

Abstract: A schedule management system includes: a user information storage portion that stores user information corresponding to identification information to identify a user, wherein the user information includes method information showing an available transport method among multiple transport methods; a request acquisition portion that acquires event information and the identification information, wherein the event information includes a departure place, a destination, and a time to arrive at the destination; a route search portion that generates one or more route candidates by performing a route search; and a result provision portion that provides a search result from the route search portion.