Abstract: A hybrid vehicle configured to reduce a power loss resulting from delivery of an engine torque to drive wheels. In the hybrid vehicle, a locking gear is reciprocated by an actuator between a locking position to be engaged with a flywheel gear and a disengagement position to be disengaged from the flywheel gear. An operating mode of the hybrid vehicle includes: a first mode in which the hybrid vehicle is propelled while engaging the locking gear with the flywheel gear; and a second mode in which the hybrid vehicle is propelled while disengaging the locking gear from the flywheel gear.

Abstract: A control device is configured to set a target state of charge of a battery and control an internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine and the charging and discharging of the battery to make the hybrid vehicle run so that the battery state of charge becomes the target state of charge. The control device is further configured to set the target state of charge based on a remaining distance or required time from a current position up to a restricted zone in which operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted and a grace period from a current time to a time at which the restriction of operation of the internal combustion engine in the restricted zone is started.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a processor being configured to: set a target state of charge of the battery; control the internal combustion engine and rotating electric machine and charging and discharging of the battery to make the hybrid vehicle run, so that a state of charge of the battery becomes the target state of charge; and, in a case where a point inside a restricted region where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted is set as a destination or a waypoint, set the target state of charge to a lower value when an estimated time of arrival at the destination or the waypoint is a point of time outside a restricted time period when operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted in the restricted region than when the estimated time of arrival is a point of time inside the restricted time period.

Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and method in which liquid is regulated in thermal catalytic reaction below a specific temperature and accelerated in thermal catalytic reaction above that temperature, including a vaporizer housing, axial ends of the housing being opened, and collars formed at axial ends of a cylindrical part of the housing; upper and lower flanges joined to housing collars; a vaporizer with a spiral channel in between; an exothermic member disposed such that the vaporizer inside is heated to a predetermined temperature; an injection nozzle at a center of the upper flange with an intake for liquid to be treated; a steam socket attached to the lower flange for guiding steam to the spiral channel, the steam socket including an inlet port connected to an inside of the vaporizer, outlet port connected to the spiral channel, and a steam channel connecting the inlet port and the outlet port.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a processor being configured to: set a target state of charge of the battery; control the internal combustion engine and rotating electric machine and charging and discharging of the battery to make the hybrid vehicle run, so that a state of charge of the battery becomes the target state of charge; and, in a case where a point inside a restricted region where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted is set as a destination or a waypoint, set the target state of charge to a lower value when an estimated time of arrival at the destination or the waypoint is a point of time outside a restricted time period when operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted in the restricted region than when the estimated time of arrival is a point of time inside the restricted time period.

Abstract: A control device is configured to set a target state of charge of a battery and control an internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine and the charging and discharging of the battery to make the hybrid vehicle run so that the battery state of charge becomes the target state of charge. The control device is further configured to set the target state of charge based on a remaining distance or required time from a current position up to a restricted zone in which operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted and a grace period from a current time to a time at which the restriction of operation of the internal combustion engine in the restricted zone is started.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor is disclosed. Operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted within a variable restriction zone during a restricted period, and is permitted within the variable restriction zone during a permitted period. When the vehicle is located within a variable restriction zone during the restricted period, operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted, and the electric motor is operated. When a time from a current timing, at which the vehicle is located outside the variable restriction zone or within the variable restriction zone during the permitted period, to a position start timing, at which the vehicle starts to be located within the variable restriction zone during the restricted period, is shorter than a predetermined set time, the increase speed of charging of the battery of the vehicle is increased.

Abstract: An engine starter of a vehicle switching between EV traveling and HV traveling, includes: an engine starting unit to start an engine based on a starting operation by a driver during the EV traveling; and a starting operation switching unit to switch the starting operation to a first starting operation while the vehicle is traveling in an outside area of a preset emission gas regulation area and to switch the starting operation to a second starting operation while the vehicle is traveling in an inside area of the emission gas regulation area. Further, while the vehicle is performing the EV traveling in the inside area of the emission gas regulation area, the engine starting unit is not start the engine when the first starting operation is performed by the driver and to start the engine when the second starting operation is performed by the driver.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: an electric motor; a storage battery configured to supply electric power to the electric motor and be charged with electric power from an external power source; an internal combustion engine configured to rotate the electric motor; and a controller configured to perform an electric power generation control and a prohibition control, the internal combustion engine being prohibited in a case where the vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region, wherein the electric power stored in the storage battery is suppliable to an outside, and the controller is configured to permit driving of the internal combustion engine even in the predetermined region in a case where a supply of electric power is insufficient for an electric power demand in the predetermined region or in a case where the supply of the electric power is predicted to be insufficient for the electric power demand in the predetermined region.

Abstract: A pump in which fluid is fed out through piping by compression and vacuum in a compression chamber due to linear reciprocating motion of a drive part, so as to provide a low-noise product and an energy-efficient pump. The pump has a suction port, compression chamber, outlet port, drive source having a rotating shaft; a rotating part having a central portion connected to the rotating shaft and having at least one pair of rotating-side magnets of different magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction; and a drive part including a pair of linear-motion-side magnets of different magnetic poles wherein the pair of linear-motion-side magnets is arranged so as to correspond to the pair of magnets, and the drive part is mounted to be able to move towards or away from the rotating part and able to perform linear reciprocating motion within the compression chamber by suction force or repulsive force between the rotating-side magnets and the liner-motion-side magnets.

Abstract: Provided is an organic matter processing apparatus, etc. that allows easy maintenance of a filter, and does not require a processing facility for a by-product. An organic matter processing apparatus S includes a processing tank 2 in which decomposition processing of organic matter is performed by a microorganism, a filter unit 20 including a filter 21 for removing solid matter included in a waste fluid generated by the decomposition processing, a reservoir 35 that stores the waste fluid from which the solid matter is removed by the filter unit 20, and a waste fluid circulation unit 40 that returns the waste fluid stored in the reservoir 35 to the processing tank 2.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a planetary gear mechanism having a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of pinion gears meshing with the ring gear, a pinion shaft rotatably supporting the pinion gear, and a carrier plate holding the pinion shaft, the pinion shaft having an opening that is open on one end portion in an axial direction and an oil passage that communicates with the opening and supplies lubricant flowing from the opening to an inner peripheral surface of the pinion gear; and an oil receiver, which is attached to the carrier plate, receiving lubricant, which is scattered outward in a radial direction of the ring gear from a meshing portion between the pinion gear and the ring gear at a time of rotation of the pinion gear, and guiding the lubricant to the opening.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a planetary gear mechanism having a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of pinion gears meshing with the ring gear, a pinion shaft rotatably supporting the pinion gear, and a carrier plate holding the pinion shaft, the pinion shaft having an opening that is open on one end portion in an axial direction and an oil passage that communicates with the opening and supplies lubricant flowing from the opening to an inner peripheral surface of the pinion gear; and an oil receiver, which is attached to the carrier plate, receiving lubricant, which is scattered outward in a radial direction of the ring gear from a meshing portion between the pinion gear and the ring gear at a time of rotation of the pinion gear, and guiding the lubricant to the opening.

Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to prevent a shortage of drive force to accelerate the hybrid vehicle as desired by a driver, even when an output power of a battery is reduced at low temperature. The hybrid vehicle comprises: an engine; a first motor; a battery charged with electricity generated by the first motor; and a second motor operated by electricity supplied from the battery to generate drive torque. If a large power is required when output performance of the battery is reduced due to low temperature, a controller temporarily increases an output torque of the engine thereby operating the first motor to generate an electric power.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a head cover covering a cylinder head; and a variable valve actuation mechanism. The variable valve actuation mechanism includes: a cam placed inside the head cover and rotating with a camshaft extending in a rotation axis direction; and an intermediate arm placed inside the head cover and sandwiched between the cam and a rocker arm. A pair of side through-holes, which are provided for a support rod supporting the intermediate arm to pass through, are formed in side portions of the head cover so as to face each other along the rotation axis direction.

Abstract: A variable compression ratio internal combustion engine comprises a crankshaft and a connecting rod. The connecting rod comprises a connecting rod body, a first hydraulic cylinder, a first hydraulic piston, a second hydraulic cylinder, a second hydraulic piston, a linking member, a hydraulic oil path, and a spool moving between a first position permitting supply of hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic cylinder to the first hydraulic cylinder, and a second position permitting supply of hydraulic oil from the first hydraulic cylinder to the second hydraulic cylinder. The variable compression ratio internal combustion engine further comprises biasing members arranged at a crank arm or a counterweight of the crankshaft and biasing the spool so as to selectively switch the position of the spool between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: An adjustable valve device includes: a first cam portion penetrated by a camshaft, rotating with the camshaft, and including an elongated hole formed therein; a U or L shaped second cam portion supported by the first cam portion so as to swing to move between a first state and a second state; a stopper pin fixed to the second cam portion and penetrating through the elongated hole; a biasing member biasing the stopper pin so that the second cam portion becomes in the first state; a lock mechanism locking the second cam portion only when the second cam portion is in the first state; and a cam follower exerting a reactive force so that the second cam portion becomes in the second state in a state where a lock of the second cam portion is released, wherein the reactive force is greater than a biasing force of the biasing member.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a head cover covering a cylinder head; and a variable valve actuation mechanism. The variable valve actuation mechanism includes: a cam placed inside the head cover and rotating with a camshaft extending in a rotation axis direction; and an intermediate arm placed inside the head cover and sandwiched between the cam and a rocker arm. A pair of side through-holes, which are provided for a support rod supporting the intermediate arm to pass through, are formed in side portions of the head cover so as to face each other along the rotation axis direction.

Abstract: An variable valve apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a cam base member, an elastic member, a cam lobe member, and a mechanism for fixing the cam lobe member to the cam base member. The cam lobe member includes a main cam part, and a push part provided at a different position from this. The cam lobe member can move relative to the cam base member, between a first position at which the push part protrudes from the cam base member and a second position at which the main cam part protrudes from the cam base member. The cam lobe member is biased toward the first position by the elastic member. When the push part is pushed by a follower member linked to an engine valve, the cam lobe member can move toward the second position side.