Abstract: A method of storing traveling information of a leanable vehicle which turns in a leaning state, includes the steps of: obtaining information of a traveling position history of the leanable vehicle; detecting lateral force information including a lateral force applied to the leanable vehicle in a radially outward direction of a turn or a value corresponding to the lateral force, while the leanable vehicle is turning; and storing the detected lateral force information in association with the obtained information of the traveling position history.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a transmission including an input shaft that receives power inputted from a power source for travel of the vehicle and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel; a manual gear shifting power transmission mechanism that delivers an operation force of a driver as gear shifting power to the transmission; a clutch disposed between the power source for travel of the vehicle and the input shaft; and a controlled clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers power of a clutch actuator as clutch actuation power to the clutch.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission; a shift operation member configured to be operated by a rider; a manual shift driving force transmission mechanism which transmits an operation force generated by the rider's operation of the shift operation member, to the transmission, as a shift driving force; a transmission actuator; an automatic shift driving force transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force generated by the transmission actuator to the manual shift driving force transmission mechanism, as the shift driving force, and the automatic shift driving force transmission mechanism includes a one-direction transmission section which prevents transmission of an operation of the manual shift driving force transmission mechanism to the transmission actuator, the operation being caused by the rider's operation of the shift operation member, the one-direction transmission section being configured to transmit the driving force generated by the transmission actuator to the manual shift driving force transmis

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack adapted to be removably mounted on a movable machine, the battery pack including: a rechargeable battery unit; a detector secured to the battery unit to detect the motion of the battery unit; a memory device; a processing device configured to record a history of motion information detected by the detector in the memory device; and an interface configured to output the motion information recorded in the memory device to the outside of the battery pack.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a straddle vehicle includes: a prediction section that determines whether a rider of the straddle vehicle intends to turn the straddle vehicle and predicts whether turning of the straddle vehicle will occur, based on information related to at least one of a predetermined behavior exhibited by a vehicle body of the straddle vehicle before turning and a predetermined driving operation performed by the rider; and a vehicle control section that provides driving assistance during turning of the straddle vehicle based on a result of the prediction made by the prediction section.

Abstract: A parallel hybrid vehicle includes: an engine serving as a drive source for travel of the parallel hybrid vehicle; an electric motor serving as a drive source for travel of the parallel hybrid vehicle; and a water pump that causes a cooling liquid to circulate in a cooling path. The water pump is connected to the engine to receive power from the engine and is connected to the electric motor to receive power from the electric motor.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor; a transmission including an input shaft that receives power inputted from the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel; and a power cutting-off mechanism configured to cut off a power transmission route between the internal combustion engine and the output shaft, wherein the electric motor is connected to a rotating member provided on the output shaft in such a manner that the electric motor transmits power to the output shaft at a location downstream of the power cutting-off mechanism.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor; a controller; a transmission including an input shaft that receives power inputted from the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel; and a clutch disposed in a first power transmission route between the internal combustion engine and the input shaft. The electric motor is connected to the input shaft so as to transmit power to the input shaft through a second power transmission route different from the first power transmission route. The controller changes the manner of controlling the electric motor upon switching of the state of power transmission from the internal combustion engine and the electric motor.

Abstract: An electricity generation system includes an internal combustion engine and at least one electricity generation motor that generates electricity upon an input shaft thereof being rotated by the internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine includes: a piston reciprocable in a cylinder; a valve actuating mechanism that actuates an intake valve and exhaust valve; a supercharger that compresses intake air to be delivered into the cylinder; and a fuel feeder, and wherein while the piston reciprocates once by starting from a top dead center and returning to the top dead center, the valve actuating mechanism actuates the intake and exhaust valves in such a manner as to provide a valve overlap period, the fuel feeder feeds fuel into the cylinder after closing of the exhaust valve, and an air-fuel mixture inside the cylinder is burned during a period in which both of the intake and exhaust valves are closed.

Abstract: A utility vehicle comprises a traveling driving power source which generates rotational driving power for driving a drive wheel; a continuously variable transmission including an input shaft to which the rotational driving power transmitted from the traveling driving power source is input, an output shaft which outputs the rotational driving power toward the drive wheel, a drive pulley provided at the input shaft, a driven pulley provided at the output shaft, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley; a clutch which is disposed in a driving power transmission path at a location that is between the belt and the drive wheel and is capable of disconnecting the driving power transmission path; and a clutch actuator which operates the clutch.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises a driving power device which drives a wheel and includes a heat generating component which includes a heat generating component and generates heat during an operation thereof; a mechanical pump which is mechanically driven by the driving motor and supplies a coolant in an amount proportional to a rotational speed of the driving motor to the heat generating component; an electric pump which supplies the coolant to the heat generating component; and an electric pump control section which controls an operation of the electric pump; wherein the electric pump control section causes the electric pump to be driven upon determining that a required cooling capability value is larger than a mechanical cooling capability value of the mechanical pump, and stops causing the electric pump to be driven when the required cooling capability value is smaller than the mechanical cooling capability value.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission; a shift operation member configured to be operated by a rider; a manual shift driving force transmission mechanism which transmits an operation force generated by the rider's operation of the shift operation member, to the transmission, as a shift driving force; a transmission actuator; an automatic shift driving force transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force generated by the transmission actuator to the manual shift driving force transmission mechanism, as the shift driving force, and the automatic shift driving force transmission mechanism includes a one-direction transmission section which prevents transmission of an operation of the manual shift driving force transmission mechanism to the transmission actuator, the operation being caused by the rider's operation of the shift operation member, the one-direction transmission section being configured to transmit the driving force generated by the transmission actuator to the manual shift driving force transmis

Abstract: An electric motorcycle includes a driving command detecting device, a state value detecting device, an electric motor driving a drive wheel, a control unit for executing a non-normal mode causing output of the electric motor in a non-normal mode to differ from the output of the electric motor in a normal mode, the control unit configured to shift the electric motorcycle from one of the normal or non-normal modes to the other normal or non-normal mode, when the state value satisfies a predetermined shift condition, in one of the normal and non-normal modes, and a cornering determiner unit for determining cornering status, wherein the control unit causes a change in the output of the electric motor to be less, when the electric motorcycle is cornering and the shift condition is satisfied than when the cornering determiner unit determines the electric motorcycle is not cornering and the shift condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An air-intake device comprises a vehicle body frame including a head box; and a pair of right and left main frames, wherein the head box includes: a casing section which extends between a front opening and a rear opening of the head box and is formed with a main air passage; and a pair of right and left extending sections coupled to the pair of main frames, respectively, wherein at least one extending section is provided with a branch air passage which branches from the main air passage, and wherein a separating wall is provided between the main air passage and the branch air passage and has a communication hole, and wherein when a vehicle body is viewed from a side, at least one extending section is extended rearward to a location at which at least a front region of the communication hole is covered by the extending section.

Abstract: A hybrid straddle vehicle comprises a hybrid traveling driving power unit including an engine and a traveling motor, the hybrid traveling driving power unit being configured to generate driving power for allowing the hybrid straddle vehicle to travel; a fuel tank which stores therein fuel to be supplied to the engine; and a battery unit which stores therein electric power to be supplied to the traveling motor. An outer end of the fuel tank in a vehicle width direction is located outward of the battery unit in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A bank angle detection device for a motorcycle includes a bank angle estimator configured to estimate a moving body bank angle ?b and a correcting section configured to estimate a vehicle body bank angle ?f. The bank angle estimator estimates the moving body bank angle ?b that is a gradient of a moving body axial line A1, on the basis of a balance state where a centrifugal force CF acting on a moving body and a gravitational force GF acting on the moving body during cornering are in balance with each other. The correcting section corrects the moving body bank angle ?b on the basis of an inertia force about a longitudinal axis acting on a vehicle body, so as to estimate the vehicle body bank angle ?f that is a gradient of a center of gravity G of the vehicle body with respect to a vertical line.

Abstract: A method of storing traveling information of a leanable vehicle which turns in a leaning state, includes the steps of: obtaining information of a traveling position history of the leanable vehicle; detecting lateral force information including a lateral force applied to the leanable vehicle in a radially outward direction of a turn or a value corresponding to the lateral force, while the leanable vehicle is turning; and storing the detected lateral force information in association with the obtained information of the traveling position history.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises a driving motor which generates heat during an operation of the driving motor; a driving power transmission mechanism which transmits driving power of the driving motor to a rear wheel (drive wheel); an oil pan (first reservoir section) which is placed below the driving motor and reserves oil (coolant) therein; an oil reservoir (second reservoir section) which is placed above the driving motor and reserves the oil (coolant) therein; a fluid passage which causes the oil pan and the oil reservoir to be in communication with each other; and a pump which supplies the oil (coolant) from the oil pan to the oil reservoir through the fluid passage, and the oil reservoir includes a first drop hole through which the oil (coolant) is dropped toward the driving motor by a gravitational force.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a switching unit which is capable of performing switching between a permission state in which an electric motor is permitted to operate and an inhibiting state in which the electric motor is inhibited from operating. An assembling management system of the electric vehicle includes an information obtaining section which obtains set information set in a vehicle body or a battery and transmits the obtained set information to a determiner section which determines whether or not the electric motor is permitted to operate based on the set information, and an output section which receives a result of determination from the determiner section, and outputs an electric signal indicating which of a permission state and an inhibiting state should be set in the switching unit.

Abstract: A control section is configured to perform a high-degree abnormal state control in which the control section terminates a specified shifting step for shifting a vehicle to an operable state and shifts the vehicle to an operation inhibiting state when an operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and the control section is configured to perform a low-degree abnormal state control different from a normal state control without terminating the specified shifting step, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined low-degree abnormal state different from the predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and perform the normal state control, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle has been restored from the predetermined low-degree abnormal state to a state in which the vehicle is operable normally.