Abstract: A system on a vehicle includes: a first refrigerant circuit provided with a first heat exchanger and configured to allow a refrigerant to flow therethrough to adjust a temperature of a heat generating device of the vehicle; a second refrigerant circuit provided with a second heat exchanger and configured to allow the refrigerant to flow therethrough to adjust a temperature of a power storage device of the vehicle; a valve mechanism provided between the first refrigerant circuit and the second refrigerant circuit; and a control device configured to control the valve mechanism. The first refrigerant circuit includes a flow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow therethrough while bypassing the first heat exchanger, and a flow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow through the first heat exchanger, and the control device selects, based on a state of the vehicle, any one of first to fourth modes.

Abstract: A power storage system includes: a battery including a first power storage, a second power storage, and a first switch unit; a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, the three-phase motor being driven by electric power supplied from the battery; an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor; a DC power supply circuit connected to a first connection portion positioned on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery; a capacitor provided on the electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor; and a branch circuit that branches off from the DC power supply circuit on a positive electrode side and is connected to a coil of any one phase among the coils of three phases. The first switch unit includes a semiconductor switch.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery, acquiring at least first actual output power of the first battery, calculating a first upper power limit value based on the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value based on the state of the second battery, and controlling a power conversion process of a power convertor based on the calculated upper power limit values, requested power from a vehicle to be output to a motor, and the first actual output power. The controlling of the power conversion process includes, when output instruction content for iteratively issuing an instruction is determined, calculating the second requested power obtained by correcting currently requested power based on a difference between previously requested power and the first actual output power.

Abstract: The present invention is to obtain a control device and a control method capable of appropriately assisting driving of a straddle-type vehicle by a rider. In a control device (12) and a control method of the present invention, an acquisition section of the control device (12) configured to control an operation of a straddle-type vehicle (10) acquires prediction information about a future lane change by a preceding vehicle that travels ahead of the straddle-type vehicle (10), and a control section of the control device (12) causes the straddle-type vehicle (10) to execute a safety operation (for example, causes a notification device (15) to issue a warning of the lane change to the rider), when the prediction information satisfies a determination criterion during a slipping-through traveling of the straddle-type vehicle (10).

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to acquiring a state of a first battery and a state of a second battery having lower capacity and higher power than the first battery, calculating a first upper power limit value based on the state of the first battery, calculating a second upper power limit value based on the state of the second battery, and calculating a power output ratio between amounts of electric power to be supplied from the first battery and the second battery to a motor that outputs motive power for traveling based on the first upper power limit value and the second upper power limit value, and controlling electric power to be output to the motor based on a traveling mode of a vehicle, a maximum driving force in the motor, and the power output ratio.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a battery pack including a solid-state battery cell and a restraining member, and a battery control device which controls power on charge and discharge of the battery pack. During a charge of the battery pack, the restraining member is compressed due to expansion of the solid-state battery cell, and a surface pressure applied to the solid-state battery cell is increased. During a discharge of the battery pack, the restraining member is restored due to contraction of the solid-state battery cell, and the surface pressure is decreased. The battery control device performs control to limit an output opening rate of the battery pack in a case where a temperature of the battery pack is equal to or higher than a control start temperature, and sets the control start temperature based on a usage state of the battery pack and a battery state of the battery pack.

Abstract: A battery pack 1 includes: a first module block 5 and a second module block 6 arranged side-by-side; and a connection switching circuit 7 including a series-connection switching element 8 and parallel-connection switching elements 9 and 10 configured to selectively switch connection between the first and second module blocks between a series connection and a parallel connection. In the connection switching circuit, the series-connection switching element is provided at a midpoint in the series connection and located at an inner side of an area where the module blocks are disposed in the battery pack in a top view of this area, and terminals of the modules in the first and second module blocks 5 and 6 are connected to the connection switching circuit and located close to the connection switching circuit, thereby capable of simplifying the layout of the switching circuit for changing the connection status of the module blocks.

Abstract: A dielectric resonator includes a dielectric substrate, a distributed element, and a shield conductor portion. The distributed element extends in the X-axis direction inside the dielectric substrate. The shield conductor portion is on a surface of the dielectric substrate and winds around the distributed element when the distributed element is viewed from the X-axis direction in plan view. One end of the distributed element is not connected to the shield conductor portion. The distributed element includes a plurality of conductors.

Abstract: A battery cooling system includes a solid-state battery, a heat-exhausting device, a cooling circuit through which a refrigerant circulates between the solid-state battery and the heat-exhausting device, and a battery control device. The refrigerant absorbs heat from the solid-state battery. The heat-exhausting device exhausts heat absorbed from the solid-state battery.

Abstract: A distributed constant filter includes a resonator that is not grounded and a first ground electrode. The first ground electrode faces the resonator in a first direction (Z). The resonator is a distributed constant line resonator. The resonator includes a plurality of distributed constant lines and a via conductor. The plurality of distributed constant lines are arranged in layers in the first direction (Z). The via conductor extends in the first direction (Z). Each of the plurality of distributed constant lines is connected to the via conductor only at one end portion of both end portions of the distributed constant line.

Abstract: A power storage system has a battery, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion positioned on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery. The battery includes two power storages and a switch unit that switches between a first voltage state where the two power storages are connected in series and chargeable at a first voltage, and a second voltage state where the two power storages are connected in parallel and chargeable at a second voltage. The DC power supply circuit has a branch circuit connected to a coil of any one phase among the coils of three phases at a positive electrode side of the DC power supply circuit.

Abstract: A power storage system includes a first battery including two power storages, and a switch unit which switches between two voltage states in series and in parallel, a three-phase motor having a neutral point, an inverter connected on a power transmission path between the first battery and the three-phase motor, a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion on a power transmission path between the inverter and the first battery, a branch circuit branched from the DC power supply circuit on a positive side thereof and connected to a coil of one phase in the three-phase motor, a capacitor, a pre-charge circuit connected to a power transmission path between the inverter and the first battery, a converter connected to the pre-charge circuit, and a second battery connected to the converter and having a voltage lower than voltages of the first battery in the two voltage states.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive source, a battery and a controller. The battery includes two storages, a positive node connecting positives of the storages, a negative node connecting negatives of the storages, a connection circuit connecting the negative of the first storage and the positive of the second storage, a first contactor in the connection circuit, a second contactor and a first fuse provided between the positive node and a first connection portion connecting the positive of the second storage and the connection circuit, and a third contactor and a second fuse provided between the negative node and a second connection portion connecting the negative of the first storage and the connection circuit. The controller switches between a first state where the storages are connected in series and chargeable at a first voltage and a second state where the storages are connected in parallel and chargeable at a second voltage.

Abstract: A battery includes two storages, a positive node connecting positive terminals of the two storages, a negative node connecting negative terminals of the two storages, a main contactor, a cutoff fuse, a connection circuit connecting the negative terminal of the first storage and the positive terminal of the second storage, a first contactor provided in the connection circuit, a second contactor provided between the positive node and a first connection portion connecting the positive terminal of the second storage and the connection circuit, a third contactor provided between the negative node and a second connection portion connecting the negative terminal of the first storage and the connection circuit, and a controller switching between a first state where the two storages are connected in series and chargeable at a first voltage and a second state where the two storages are connected in parallel and chargeable at a second voltage.

Abstract: A recording device includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle, a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and a reproduction control unit configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data included in the first imaging data when reproducing the first imaging data.

Abstract: A power storage system includes a first battery, a three-phase motor, an inverter, a DC power supply circuit, a branch circuit, a capacitor, a pre-charge circuit located on the electric power transmission path between the inverter and the first battery and connected between the inverter and the connection portion of the DC power supply circuit, a converter connected to the pre-charge circuit, and a second battery connected to the converter and having a voltage lower than the first voltage and the second voltage.

Abstract: A power storage system includes a battery including a first power storage unit, a second power storage unit, and a first switch unit, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, the three-phase motor being driven by electric power supplied from the battery, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion located on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery. The DC power supply circuit includes a branch circuit connected to the neutral point on a positive electrode side.

Abstract: Provided are: a rotor provided with a magnetic end plate and a structure for suppressing magnetic flux leakage; and an electric motor having this rotor. The rotor has a rotor core of an approximately cylindrical shape, a plurality of magnets supported by the rotor core, and two end plates arranged at either end surface in the axial direction of the rotor core, the end plates being formed of a magnetic material. Each end plate has an approximately circular shape corresponding to the radial cross-section of the rotor core, and a circumferential portion of the end plate has, as seen in the axial direction, concave portions that partially cover the magnets, and convex portions that are positioned between the plurality of magnets and have larger dimensions in the radial direction than the concave portions.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery and a first power line; a second power circuit having a second battery and a second power line; a voltage converter; a power converter; a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 of the first battery; a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 of the second battery; and a power control unit which operates the second power circuit based on a requested power, in which the power control unit isolates the second battery from the second power lines, in a case of a voltage difference between the first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 and the second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 becoming less than a first voltage threshold value A while output limitation of the second battery is being requested.

Abstract: A recording device includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle, a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and a reproduction control unit configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data included in the first imaging data when reproducing the first imaging data.