Abstract: There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section.

Abstract: A vehicle seat-belt apparatus including: a forward monitoring device which conducts monitoring to the front of a vehicle; an avoidance assist device which supports a predetermined avoidance operation in order to avoid an obstacle when it is determined that there is an obstacle to be avoided based on a detection result of the forward monitoring device; a motor which conducts a rotary driving of a belt reel on which a belt is wound; and a control device which controls the motor, wherein the control device conducts a drive control of the motor according to a state of support of the avoidance operation by the avoidance assist device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an exposing means and a developing means. The developing means comprises a plurality of developing devices, a rotating member rotatable while supporting the plurality of the developing devices, and a driving means for the rotation drive of the rotating member for selectively moving the plurality of the developing devices to the developing position such that the driving means transmits driving force to the rotating member via a gear at a drive transmitting position. An angle ?e(°) formed by a straight line linking the rotation center of the rotating member and the drive transmitting position and the tangent of the image bearing member at an exposing position in the image bearing member moving direction satisfies the following relationship with the premise that an pressure angle of the gear is ?(°) and the image bearing member rotating direction is positive:????e??.

Abstract: A developer supply apparatus includes a portion receiving a developer supply container and being movable between mounting/demounting and developer supply positions, a mechanism for moving the container receiving portion between its two positions by a manually operable lever, and a mounting discrimination member on the container receiving portion movable therewith and operatively connected with the lever and provided for relative movement between the mounting discrimination member and a portion to be discriminated provided on the developer supply container in interrelation with a moving operation of the lever.

Abstract: A vehicle operation assisting system includes an assist yaw rate calculator which calculates an assist yaw rate necessary to avoid an obstacle based on a detection result of the obstacle by a radar device, an actual vehicle moving amount calculator which calculates an actual vehicle moving amount from a yaw rate and a lateral acceleration of a vehicle. When an avoiding operation detector determines an avoiding operation of a driver, a target vehicle moving amount setting device replaces a standard moving amount based on an avoiding operation of a driver with the assist yaw rate, and a vehicle movement controller controls lateral movement of the vehicle so that the actual vehicle moving amount agrees with the assist yaw rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an exposing means and a developing means. The developing means comprises a plurality of developing devices, a rotating member rotatable while supporting the plurality of the developing devices, and a driving means for the rotation drive of the rotating member for selectively moving the plurality of the developing devices to the developing position such that the driving means transmits driving force to the rotating member via a gear at a drive transmitting position. An angle ?e(°) formed by a straight line linking the rotation center of the rotating member and the drive transmitting position and the tangent of the image bearing member at an exposing position in the image bearing member moving direction satisfies the following relationship with the premise that an pressure angle of the gear is ?(°) and the image bearing member rotating direction is positive:????e??.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle including an inertia force sensor for detecting an inertia force generated in the vehicle and a cooperative control unit connected to the inertia force sensor and connected also to a braking/driving force control unit and a steering control unit so that bidirectional communication is allowed, for deciding and outputting controlled variables or controlled correction variables of the braking/driving force control unit and the steering control unit according to the inertia force detected by the inertia force sensor and according to controlled conditions of the braking/driving force control unit and the steering control unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an exposing means and a developing means. The developing means comprises a plurality of developing devices, a rotating member rotatable while supporting the plurality of the developing devices, and a driving means for the rotation drive of the rotating member for selectively moving the plurality of the developing devices to the developing position such that the driving means transmits driving force to the rotating member via a gear at a drive transmitting position. An angle ?e(°) formed by a straight line linking the rotation center of the rotating member and the drive transmitting position and the tangent of the image bearing member at an exposing position in the image bearing member moving direction satisfies the following relationship with the premise that an pressure angle of the gear is ?(°) and the image bearing member rotating direction is positive: ????e??.

Abstract: A cooling space in an inverter case is disposed at a position opposed to a stationary scroll of a scroll compressor. A refrigerant having low temperature is allowed to flow in and out between the cooling space and the stationary scroll through a seal, thereby cooling an inverter.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric compressor capable of enhancing the mountability with respect to a vehicle without increasing the compressor in size when the electric compressor and a motor-driving circuit which drives a motor of the electric compressor are integrally formed together. A suction chamber 61 which is in communication with a fixed panel suction port 16 provided in a fixed scroll 11 from a suction port 8 provided in a sub-casing 102, and a discharge chamber 62 which is in communication with a communication passage 63 from a fixed panel discharge port 31 provided in the fixed scroll 11 are disposed on the same plane in a radial direction of a compressor, and the motor-driving circuit 101 is disposed in an axial direction of the compressor so that an IPM 105 which is a heat generating part of the circuit substrate 103 can be brought into tight contact with the suction chamber 61.

Abstract: A lead wire of a motor is prevented from being damaged, and the reliability of an electric compressor is enhanced. The electric compressor 1 is provided with a division wall 80b which divides a discharge chamber 62 and a connection space 65 which connects a sealed terminal 90 and a lead wire 5c of a motor 5. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent discharge gas from directly flowing into the connection space 65, and to prevent the discharge gas from flowing into a wire passage 64 through which the lead wire 5c is passed. Therefore, vibration of lead wire 5c caused by gas pulse can be suppressed, the lead wire can be prevented from being damaged, and the reliability of the electric compressor can be enhanced.

Abstract: A drive transmission apparatus includes a first coupling portion having a polygonal shape; a second coupling portion having a hole portion which has a cross-sectional configuration larger than the first coupling portion, the hole portion being engageable with the first coupling portion; and a center shaft provided on the first coupling or the second coupling, the center shaft penetrating the other one of the first and second coupling.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to make an oil-reservoir chamber independent from a motor chamber into which a refrigerant compressed by a compressor mechanism is introduced, thereby reducing a compressor in size. In a compressor 1, a partition member 7 is provided in a housing 3 on the opposite side from a compressor mechanism 4 with respect to a motor 5. The partition member 7 is pushed by a stator 5a of the motor 5, thereby liquid-tightly fixing the partition member 7 to the housing 3. The oil-reservoir chamber 6 is formed independently from a motor chamber 2 in which the motor 5 is accommodated, and lubricant oil is efficiently separated from a refrigerant with a simple structure.

Abstract: Lubricating liquid fed from a reservoir to a compression mechanism is collected by a circumferential wall that surrounds the drive shaft of the compression mechanism and rotates synchronously with it immediately after liquid is discharged into the space inside the housing with or without compressed fluid. Liquid is then urged outward under centrifugal force from an outlet formed at a preset axial location of the circumferential wall. Exiting liquid is received by a fixed liquid return cover that surrounds the circumferential wall near its outlet and led back to the reservoir.

Abstract: A developer supply apparatus includes a container receiving portion for receiving a developer supply container, the container receiving portion being movable between a container mounting and demounting position and a developer supply position while carrying a developer supply container containing a developer to be supplied; a moving mechanism for moving the container receiving portion between the container mounting and demounting position and the developer supply position by a manually operable lever; a mounting discrimination member provided on the container receiving portion so as to be movable together with the container receiving portion and operatively connected with the lever and provided for relative movement between the container receiving portion and a portion to be discriminated provided on the developer supply container in interrelation with a moving operation of the lever, wherein the container receiving portion is prevented from moving toward the developer supply position when the mounting discri

Abstract: A vehicle operation assist system includes an assist yaw rate calculator which calculates a necessary moving amount to avoid an obstacle based on a detection result of the obstacle by a radar device, and a vehicle movement controller controls lateral movement of the vehicle based on the calculated moving amount. When an avoiding operation detector determines initiation of an obstacle avoiding operation by the driver, the vehicle movement controller operates a braking device to control the lateral movement of the vehicle, so that the obstacle can be reliably avoided. When a restoring operation detector determines initiation of a restoring operation, the vehicle movement controller operates a power steering device to control the lateral movement of the vehicle, so that delay in the steering operation by the driver, and excessive restoring operation of the steering handle to compensate for the delay are suppressed, thus stabilizing vehicle behavior.

Abstract: A vehicle operation assisting system includes an assist yaw rate calculator which calculates an assist yaw rate necessary to avoid an obstacle based on a detection result of the obstacle by a radar device, an actual vehicle moving amount calculator which calculates an actual vehicle moving amount from a yaw rate and a lateral acceleration of a vehicle. When an avoiding operation detector determines an avoiding operation of a driver, a target vehicle moving amount setting device replaces a standard moving amount based on an avoiding operation of a driver with the assist yaw rate, and a vehicle movement controller controls lateral movement of the vehicle so that the actual vehicle moving amount agrees with the assist yaw rate.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric compressor capable of enhancing the mountability with respect to a vehicle without increasing the compressor in size when the electric compressor and a motor-driving circuit which drives a motor of the electric compressor are integrally formed together. A suction chamber 61 which is in communication with a fixed panel suction port 16 provided in a fixed scroll 11 from a suction port 8 provided in a sub-casing 102, and a discharge chamber 62 which is in communication with a communication passage 63 from a fixed panel discharge port 31 provided in the fixed scroll 11 are disposed on the same plane in a radial direction of a compressor, and the motor-driving circuit 101 is disposed in an axial direction of the compressor so that an IPM 105 which is a heat generating part of the circuit substrate 103 can be brought into tight contact with the suction chamber 61.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an exposing means and a developing means. The developing means comprises a plurality of developing devices, a rotating member rotatable while supporting the plurality of the developing devices, and a driving means for the rotation drive of the rotating member for selectively moving the plurality of the developing devices to the developing position such that the driving means transmits driving force to the rotating member via a gear at a drive transmitting position. An angle ?e(°) formed by a straight line linking the rotation center of the rotating member and the drive transmitting position and the tangent of the image bearing member at an exposing position in the image bearing member moving direction satisfies the following relationship with the premise that an pressure angle of the gear is ?(°) and the image bearing member rotating direction is positive: ????e??.

Abstract: A cooling space in an inverter case is disposed at a position opposed to a stationary scroll of a scroll compressor. A refrigerant having low temperature is allowed to flow in and out between the cooling space and the stationary scroll through a seal, thereby cooling an inverter.