Abstract: To provide an expansion molded product not only excellent in sound absorption properties and rigidity but also resistant to tearing after bending deformation, and a web and a stampable sheet suitable for producing the expansion molded product. The presently disclosed web, stampable sheet, and expansion molded product contain a reinforcing fiber containing an inorganic fiber and an organic fiber, a thermoplastic resin, and a thermal expandable particle, where the proportion of the reinforcing fiber is 20 mass % or more and 55 mass % or less based on a total amount of the reinforcing fiber and the thermoplastic resin, the proportion of the organic fiber is 25 mass % or more and 77 mass % or less based on a total amount of the organic and inorganic fibers, the reinforcing fiber has an average length of 8 mm or more, and the organic fiber has a breaking elongation of 15% or more.

Abstract: The control device, includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire a planned travel route of a vehicle; and a control section that, at a time of transitioning from autonomous driving to manual driving and on the basis of the planned travel route, controls a display portion configured to display grasping positions of a steering wheel that should be grasped by a user.

Abstract: A light emission control device comprises a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. the processor is configured to acquire information related to a target object in surroundings of a vehicle, and perform control so as to interlock light emission of a plurality of light emitting units provided inside the vehicle in a case in which the target object is present.

Abstract: A vehicle movement state determination device includes: a yaw rate determination unit configured to determine a yaw rate based on at least one of a detection yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor and a calculation yaw rate calculated by a yaw rate calculation unit; and a yaw rate reliability determination unit configured to determine whether a reliability of the detection yaw rate is low. The yaw rate determination unit determines the detection yaw rate as the yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit does not determine that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low, and determines the yaw rate based on the calculation yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit determines that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low.

Abstract: A brake control device includes: a liquid pressure line provided for each vehicle wheel and supplied with a brake liquid pressure; a pressurization unit configured to supply a pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the liquid pressure line at a time the brake liquid pressure of the liquid pressure line is not greater than a threshold value; and a pressurization adjustment unit configured to continuously supply the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the normal vehicle wheel having a low abnormality occurrence risk and suppress the supply pressure of the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the vehicle wheel having a high abnormality occurrence risk until the abnormality of the liquid pressure line is detected by the abnormality detection unit.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.

Abstract: A brake control device includes: a brake force generator of each wheel configured to generate a brake force according to a brake fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure channel; a pressurizer configured to pressurize a brake fluid and send the pressurized brake fluid to the fluid pressure channel; and a brake controller configured to reduce a pressurizing amount of the brake fluid pressure supplied to the fluid pressure channel or reduce the pressurizing amount to 0 before the collision of the own vehicle in a state where the possibility of collision of the own vehicle has been detected or after the collision, when the pressurizer has pressurized the brake fluid by the detection of the possibility of the collision and the pressurized brake fluid pressure has been supplied to the fluid pressure channel.

Abstract: A brake control device includes: a liquid pressure line provided for each vehicle wheel and supplied with a brake liquid pressure; a pressurization unit configured to supply a pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the liquid pressure line at a time the brake liquid pressure of the liquid pressure line is not greater than a threshold value; and a pressurization adjustment unit configured to continuously supply the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the normal vehicle wheel having a low abnormality occurrence risk and suppress the supply pressure of the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the vehicle wheel having a high abnormality occurrence risk until the abnormality of the liquid pressure line is detected by the abnormality detection unit.

Abstract: A software introduction supporting method including: collecting data that indicates operational performance of a plurality of pieces of software operated in a plurality of servers, calculating a continuous operation time for which two or more pieces of software included in the plurality of pieces of software operate in parallel for each server, respectively, based on the collected data, generating an index relating to an influence of introduction of first software to be introduced into one server, based on information that specifies second software introduced into the one server and on the continuous operation time for the two or more pieces of software that includes the first software, when one of the plurality of pieces of software is the first software, and outputting the generated index.

Abstract: A vehicle movement state determination device includes: a yaw rate determination unit configured to determine a yaw rate based on at least one of a detection yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor and a calculation yaw rate calculated by a yaw rate calculation unit; and a yaw rate reliability determination unit configured to determine whether a reliability of the detection yaw rate is low. The yaw rate determination unit determines the detection yaw rate as the yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit does not determine that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low, and determines the yaw rate based on the calculation yaw rate at the time the yaw rate reliability determination unit determines that the reliability of the detection yaw rate is low.

Abstract: A brake control device includes: a brake force generator of each wheel configured to generate a brake force according to a brake fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure channel; a pressurizer configured to pressurize a brake fluid and send the pressurized brake fluid to the fluid pressure channel; and a brake controller configured to reduce a pressurizing amount of the brake fluid pressure supplied to the fluid pressure channel or reduce the pressurizing amount to 0 before the collision of the own vehicle in a state where the possibility of collision of the own vehicle has been detected or after the collision, when the pressurizer has pressurized the brake fluid by the detection of the possibility of the collision and the pressurized brake fluid pressure has been supplied to the fluid pressure channel.

Abstract: The control apparatus according to the invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle having a manual transmission. The control apparatus controls a motor-generator such that a torque is input to the manual transmission when a neutral switch outputs a detection signal while an internal-combustion engine and the vehicle are stopped. The control apparatus starts up the internal-combustion engine when a release manipulation is performed to a clutch while the time rate of change of input-side rotating speed of the manual transmission by a torque providing control does not satisfy a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: The control apparatus according to the invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle having a manual transmission. The control apparatus controls a motor-generator such that a torque is input to the manual transmission when a neutral switch outputs a detection signal while an internal-combustion engine and the vehicle are stopped. The control apparatus starts up the internal-combustion engine when a release manipulation is performed to a clutch while the time rate of change of input-side rotating speed of the manual transmission by a torque providing control does not satisfy a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.

Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si—Cu aluminum alloy plate excelling in strength and formability and exhibiting improved filiform corrosion resistance which is suitably used for automotive body panels. The aluminum alloy plate contains 0.25-0.6% of Mg (mass %, hereinafter the same), 0.9-1.1% of Si, 0.6-1.0% of Cu, and at least one of 0.20% or less of Mn and 0.10% or less of Cr, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities, wherein the number of Q phases (Cu—Mg—Si—Al phases) with a size of 2 &mgr;m or more in diameter present in a matrix is 150 per mm2 or more. The aluminum alloy plate is fabricated by homogenizing an ingot of an aluminum alloy having the above composition at 530° C. or more, cooling the ingot to 450° C. or less at a cooling rate of 30° C./hour or less, hot-rolling the ingot, cold-rolling the hot-rolled product, and providing the cold-rolled product with a solution heat treatment.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for an automobile has a chemical composition containing 0.8 to 1.5% by mass of Si, 0.4 to 0.7% by mass of Mg and 0.5 to 0.8% by mass of Cu. The crystal grain size is 10 to 40 &mgr;m. Cu content obtained by analyzing the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy with an oxide film according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is {fraction (1/10)} to ½ of the Cu content of the bulk of the aluminum alloy plate.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for an automobile has a chemical composition containing 0.8 to 1.5% by mass of Si, 0.4 to 0.7% by mass of Mg and 0.5 to 0.8% by mass of Cu. The crystal grain size is 10 to 40 &mgr;m. Cu content obtained by analyzing the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy with an oxide film according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is {fraction (1/10)} to ½ of the Cu content of the bulk of the aluminum alloy plate.

Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si—Cu aluminum alloy plate excelling in strength and formability and exhibiting improved filiform corrosion resistance which is suitably used for automotive body panels. The aluminum alloy plate contains 0.25-0.6% of Mg (mass %, hereinafter the same), 0.9-1.1% of Si, 0.6-1.0% of Cu, and at least one of 0.20% or less of Mn and 0.10% or less of Cr, with the balance consisting of Al and impurities, wherein the number of Q phases (Cu—Mg—Si—Al phases) with a size of 2 &mgr;m or more in diameter present in a matrix is 150 per mm2 or more. The aluminum alloy plate is fabricated by homogenizing an ingot of an aluminum alloy having the above composition at 530° C. or more, cooling the ingot to 450° C. or less at a cooling rate of 30° C./hour or less, hot-rolling the ingot, cold-rolling the hot-rolled product, and providing the cold-rolled product with a solution heat treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an undercoating composition and more particularly to an undercoating composition which has good application property and provides a coating film of low density having good resistance to corrosion, chipping, and secondary run. It will be used for automotive floor undercoating. The present invention of an undercoating composition which comprises (a) 100 parts by weight of a wax, (b) 10-200 parts by weight of a basic organic-inorganic dispersion composed of a metal salt of organic sulfonic acid, basic alkaline earth metal salt, and organic solvent, (c) 2-50 parts by weight of an .alpha.-olefin oligomer, and (d) 2-50 parts by weight of a metal salt of lanolin fatty acid. And another invention may be a composition in which (e) 1-30 parts by weight of an inorganic powder for 100 parts by weight of the total nonvolatile matter of the composition is added to the above-mentioned composition.

Abstract: A cationic electrodeposition paint composition suitable for a wheel of an automotive vehicle. The paint composition contains an amine-modified epoxy resin and a blocked isocyanate as main components. The paint composition further contains a nonionic emulsified and dispersed type acrylic resin within a range from 6 to 30% by weight in resinous solid content relative to the total resin content of the paint composition, a colloidal silica-containing gelled particulate within a range from 10 to 30 PHR in solid content in paint composition, and an alkyltin ester compound of an aliphatic carboxylic acid within a range from 0.1 to 10 PHR in solid content in the paint composition, thereby improving corrosion resistance of an edge portion of the wheel and a weatherability of a paint film coated on the surface of the steel plate of the wheel.