Abstract: A continuously variable transmission control method for controlling entry and exit of oil in a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump disposed in an oil path between the primary pulley oil chamber and a secondary pulley oil chamber, the control method including: comparing a temperature of the electric oil pump with a first threshold; and restricting a shift amount of a continuously variable transmission when the temperature of the electric oil pump is higher than the first threshold.

Abstract: When a known lid member was merely applied to a bottle that contains ink, there was room for improvement in terms of the operation of the lid member and the way how to bring attention to the handling thereof. A bottle set is provided that includes: a bottle that includes an ink container that contains ink, and an outflow port through which the ink in the ink container flows out to the outside; and a lid member that is configured to attach to and detach from the bottle, and is configured to cover the outflow port in a state of being attached to the bottle. The lid member includes a colored portion that has optical transparency and is colored with a color corresponding to a type of the ink contained in the ink container in at least a portion of the lid member.

Abstract: A mounting pedestal is disposed on a wheeled vehicle and a light emitter is mounted on the mounting pedestal. The mounting pedestal includes a metal layer and an insulating layer stacked on the metal layer. The insulating layer has a major surface facing in a direction of travel of the wheeled vehicle and a heat escape port in which solder that joins the light emitter and the metal layer is disposed. The mounting pedestal has a step which arranges the major surface into a plurality of major surfaces.

Abstract: A control method of a continuously variable transmission includes supplying oil pressure to a line-pressure oil passage and a secondary pulley oil chamber by a source pressure oil pump, controlling a flow of oil into and from a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump arranged in an oil passage between the primary pulley oil chamber and the secondary pulley oil chamber, and limiting a discharge flowrate of the electric oil pump to an amount smaller than a discharge flowrate of the source pressure oil pump.

Abstract: When a known lid member was merely applied to a bottle that contains ink, there was room for improvement in terms of the operation of the lid member and the way how to bring attention to the handling thereof. A bottle set is provided that includes: a bottle that includes an ink container that contains ink, and an outflow port through which the ink in the ink container flows out to the outside; and a lid member that is configured to attach to and detach from the bottle, and is configured to cover the outflow port in a state of being attached to the bottle. The lid member includes a colored portion that has optical transparency and is colored with a color corresponding to a type of the ink contained in the ink container in at least a portion of the lid member.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission control method for controlling entry and exit of oil in a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump disposed in an oil path between the primary pulley oil chamber and a secondary pulley oil chamber, the control method including: comparing a temperature of the electric oil pump with a first threshold; and restricting a shift amount of a continuously variable transmission when the temperature of the electric oil pump is higher than the first threshold.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a variator having a primary pulley that has a primary oil chamber, a secondary pulley that has a secondary oil chamber, and a belt looped over the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, wherein secondary pressure is supplied to the secondary oil chamber, an oil pump provided in an oil passage that provides communication between the primary oil chamber and the secondary oil chamber, and a controller. The oil pump is configured to control an inflow and an outflow of oil of the primary oil chamber. The oil pump is formed by a gear pump. The continuously variable transmission controls the oil pump in such a manner that a target speed ratio of the variator is achieved.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has a primary pulley hydraulic chamber, a secondary pulley hydraulic chamber, a first oil passage connected to the secondary pulley hydraulic chamber, a second oil passage connected to the primary pulley hydraulic chamber, the second oil passage branching from the first oil passage, an electric oil pump provided on the second oil passage so as to allow oil to flow into and flow out from the primary pulley hydraulic chamber, and an oil discharge mechanism configured to discharge oil outside the second oil passage, the oil being to be supplied to the primary pulley hydraulic chamber by the electric oil pump.

Abstract: An illumination device disposed on a moving body includes at least one main light source, and at least one auxiliary light source disposed in a periphery of the at least one main light source when seen along a traveling direction of the moving body. The illumination device further includes a first light guide disposed adjacent to the at least one main light source, that guides light transmitted from the at least one main light source, and a second light guide that is disposed adjacent to the at least one auxiliary light source, that guides light transmitted from the at least one auxiliary light source. The illumination device also includes an optical component that transmits the light from the first light guide and the light from the second light guide in the traveling direction of the moving body.

Abstract: A control method of a continuously variable transmission includes supplying oil pressure to a secondary pulley oil chamber by a source pressure oil pump, and controlling a flow of oil into and from a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump arranged in an oil passage between the primary pulley oil chamber and the secondary pulley oil chamber. After start-up of the source pressure oil pump, an operation of the electric oil pump is restricted until the oil is filled in the oil passage on the secondary pulley oil chamber side of the electric oil pump. The operation of the electric oil pump is permitted when rotation speed of the electric oil pump reaches a predetermined rotation speed.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle that does not have a differential rotation absorbing element in the drive system, a hybrid control module controls a driving force to a drive wheel in accordance with a required driving force within a range of a maximum outputable driving force of a traveling drive source. The hybrid control module limits a driving force transmitted to the drive wheel in the HEV mode in accordance with the maximum outputable driving force in the EV mode at the time of the mode transition, when the mode transitions from an EV mode, in which only a first motor/generator is used as the traveling drive source to an HEV mode in which the first motor/generator and an internal combustion engine are used as traveling drive sources when a change in the vehicle speed is occurring.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a variator having a primary pulley that has a primary oil chamber, a secondary pulley that has a secondary oil chamber, and a belt looped over the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, wherein secondary pressure is supplied to the secondary oil chamber, an oil pump provided in an oil passage that provides communication between the primary oil chamber and the secondary oil chamber, and a controller. The oil pump is configured to control an inflow and an outflow of oil of the primary oil chamber. The oil pump is formed by a gear pump. The continuously variable transmission controls the oil pump in such a manner that a target speed ratio of the variator is achieved.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has a primary pulley hydraulic chamber, a secondary pulley hydraulic chamber, a first oil passage connected to the secondary pulley hydraulic chamber, a second oil passage connected to the primary pulley hydraulic chamber, the second oil passage branching from the first oil passage, an electric oil pump provided on the second oil passage so as to allow oil to flow into and flow out from the primary pulley hydraulic chamber, and an oil discharge mechanism configured to discharge oil outside the second oil passage, the oil being to be supplied to the primary pulley hydraulic chamber by the electric oil pump.

Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a surfactant as a viscosity index improver; a rubber swelling inhibitor; and a base, in which the rubber swelling inhibitor is at least one selected from a compound expressed by a following formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group] and a compound expressed by a following formula (2) [in the formula, R2 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group], the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C., and a content of the rubber swelling inhibitor is 0.03 parts by mass or more and 0.9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition.

Abstract: A control method of a continuously variable transmission includes supplying oil pressure to a line-pressure oil passage and a secondary pulley oil chamber by a source pressure oil pump, controlling a flow of oil into and from a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump arranged in an oil passage between the primary pulley oil chamber and the secondary pulley oil chamber, and limiting a discharge flowrate of the electric oil pump to an amount smaller than a discharge flowrate of the source pressure oil pump.

Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a non-silicone surfactant; an anti-foaming agent containing a mineral oil and silica; and a base, in which the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C. and 2.0 mm2/s or less at 100° C., and with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition, a content of the mineral oil is 0.01 to 0.4 parts by mass and a content of the silica is 0.003 to 0.1 parts by mass.

Abstract: (Problem) To facilitate setting of an image display style and selection of images in an image display apparatus with a touch screen. (Solution to Problem) Thumbnails included in an area designated by a pinch gesture are all specified. If it is not true that “the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style” (S2004, No), the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style (S2005), and the status is set to selected state (S2006). If it is true that “the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style” (S2004, Yes), the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in unselected style (S2007), and the status is set to unselected state (S2008). If the gesture is continuously changed to a pinch-out gesture or a pinch-in gesture (S2010, No), the selected area or the unselected area are expanded or reduced depending on the status (S2014, S2015).

Abstract: A mounting pedestal on which a heat generating component is disposed is provided. The mounting pedestal includes a substrate which includes a plurality of bending portions at which the substrate is bent in a staircase shape. An insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate. An interconnecting line is disposed on the insulating layer. In the mounting pedestal, the interconnecting line extends across the plurality of bending portions. In each of the plurality of bending portions, a corner radius (R) of a mountain portion is greater than a corner R of a valley portion.

Abstract: A coolant composition includes: a viscosity improving agent; at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and alkali metal hydroxides; and a base composed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether, wherein the viscosity improving agent is a compound represented by a formula of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M, where R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O and a number from 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom, and a kinetic viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mm2/sec or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mm2/sec or lower at 100° C.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle that does not have a differential rotation absorbing element in the drive system, a hybrid control module controls a driving force to a drive wheel in accordance with a required driving force within a range of a maximum outputable driving force of a traveling drive source. The hybrid control module limits a driving force transmitted to the drive wheel in the HEV mode in accordance with the maximum outputable driving force in the EV mode at the time of the mode transition, when the mode transitions from an EV mode, in which only a first motor/generator is used as the traveling drive source to an HEV mode in which the first motor/generator and an internal combustion engine are used as traveling drive sources when a change in the vehicle speed is occurring.