Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle including an engine, a connecting/disconnecting device separating the engine and wheels, and a transmission transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device of a vehicle being configured to execute a normal running mode performed by using the power of the engine with the engine and the wheels coupled, a free-run inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed by separating the engine and the wheels and stopping the engine during running, and a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed by separating the engine and the wheels and operating the engine in a self-sustaining manner during running, the running control device of a vehicle setting a gear ratio of the transmission on a high vehicle speed side in the case of return from the free-run inertia running mode to the normal running mode.

Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a clutch separating the engine and wheels, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device of a vehicle is configured to execute a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed while the engine and the wheels are separated and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by stopping operation in at least some of cylinders of the engine while the engine and the wheels are coupled, the lockup clutch has a weak engagement force while the neutral inertia running mode is performed as compared to while the cylinder resting inertia running mode is performed.

Abstract: An antenna control device controls a plurality of antennas used for communicating with a mobile station that moves along a predetermined path in a radio communication system that includes a plurality of linear cells, each of which is formed by the antennas and in each of which each of the antennas sets a directionality in a same direction as a path of the mobile station and transmits an identical signal at an identical frequency, and that has two frequencies recurrently allocated in such a manner that adjacent linear cells use different frequencies for transmission. The antenna control device adjusts, in each of the linear cells, power distribution to each of the antennas that form the linear cell so as to be gradually decreased with distance in a direction of antenna directionality of each of the antennas.

Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine and a brake booster amplifying a brake force by forming a negative pressure in a negative pressure tank by rotation of the engine. The running control device is configured to execute an engine brake running mode performed with the engine coupled to wheels such that an engine brake is applied by driven rotation of the engine and an inertia running mode performed with an engine brake force made lower than that of the engine brake running mode. The running control device executes a first inertia running mode performed with the rotation of the engine stopped and a second inertia running mode performed with the engine kept rotating as the inertia running mode in accordance with predefined respective execution conditions. The running control device comprises a prediction portion configured to predict a necessity of the negative pressure.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing accommodating a compression mechanism unit and an electric motor; an inverter; an inverter cover defining, in conjunction with the housing, an internal space accommodating the inverter; and a sealing member sealing the internal space. The inverter cover includes an outer cover portion formed of resin and having an outer surface exposed to an external space, an inner cover portion formed of resin and forming a resin interface where the inner cover portion is in close contact with the outer cover portion, and a metal plate interposed between the outer cover portion and the inner cover portion. The resin interface includes a first edge portion and a second edge portion and is arranged in such a manner that the first edge portion is located on the metal plate and that the second edge portion leads to the internal space.

Abstract: The electric compressor includes a housing having electrical conductivity, an inverter, a cover having electrical conductivity, a sealing portion, and a shielding portion having electrical conductivity. The cover is attached to the housing, thereby defining an accommodating space in which the inverter is accommodated. The sealing portion has a main body portion made of resin and a metal portion having electrical conductivity. The sealing portion is provided in a gap between the housing and the cover. The shielding portion is joined to the metal portion and electrically grounded. The metal portion is provided in the accommodating space, and has an outer circumferential edge embedded in the main body portion. The shielding portion is arranged so as to face a third surface of the main body portion and so as to extend from the metal portion toward at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle executes a normal running mode with an engine coupled to drive wheels, a first inertia running mode with the engine stopped during running and an engine brake force reduced as compared to the normal running mode, and a second inertia running mode with the engine rotating during running and the engine brake force reduced as compared to the normal running mode. A determining portion determines a necessity of a brake negative pressure during the first or second inertia running mode. The necessity of the brake negative pressure is a condition for returning from the first inertia running mode and the second inertia running mode to the normal running mode. An upper limit value of the necessity of the brake negative pressure for returning from the first inertia running mode is smaller than that for returning from the second inertia running mode.

Abstract: In consideration of an amplification effect of a braking force at the time of brake operation, upper-limits (?, ?) of a brake operation force (Brk) with which the execution of free-run coasting and neutral coasting is started may be different, on the basis of whether or not a brake booster can be filled with a negative pressure. Therefore, while the braking force at the time of brake operation is secured, the range of the brake operation force (Brk) with which coasting is executed can be enlarged, and an improvement in fuel economy can be made.

Abstract: A controller is capable of controlling a coupled engine running mode, in which an engine is coupled to wheels and an engine brake is activated by driven rotation of the engine, and a coasting mode, in which an engine brake force is reduced with respect to that in the coupled engine running mode with mode with the engine brake on, and starts the coasting mode on the basis of the steering angle of a steering member. The controller starts the execution of a first coasting mode when the steering angle is equal to or less than a preset upper limit value and starts the execution of a second coasting mode when the steering angle is greater than the upper limit value. In the first coasting mode, the engine rotation is stopped, and in the second coasting mode, the engine remains rotating.

Abstract: A bending apparatus has (a) a first manipulator which feeds a hollow metal blank of closed cross section in its lengthwise direction, (b) a second manipulator which supports a first support means disposed at a first position and a metal blank while feeding it, a heating means disposed at a second position downstream of the first position in the blank feed direction for heating all or part of the circumference of the blank, and a cooling means disposed at a third position downstream of the second position for cooling a portion of the heated blank, and (c) a third manipulator which constitutes a second support means disposed at a fourth position downstream of the third position in the feed direction of the blank and which moves two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally while supporting at least one location of the metal blank to bend the metal blank into a desired shape.

Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a sensor device including an inertial sensor; a substrate to which the sensor device is bonded; a case member accommodating at least the sensor device; and an adhesive member provided to cover, in a plan view of the substrate as viewed from the case member side, an outer periphery of the sensor device and so as to connect the sensor device with the case member.

Abstract: A controller is capable of controlling a coupled engine running mode, in which an engine is coupled to wheels and an engine brake is activated by driven rotation of the engine, and a coasting mode, in which an engine brake force is reduced with respect to that in the coupled engine running mode with mode with the engine brake on, and starts the coasting mode on the basis of the steering angle of a steering member. The controller starts the execution of a first coasting mode when the steering angle is equal to or less than a preset upper limit value and starts the execution of a second coasting mode when the steering angle is greater than the upper limit value. In the first coasting mode, the engine rotation is stopped, and in the second coasting mode, the engine remains rotating.

Abstract: Provided is a backpack working machine with excellent operability and durability, the machine having a configuration in which a blower is mounted on a backpack frame with a vibration isolation device interposed therebetween, and a drive source and a fuel tank are attached to the blower. The machine includes a backpack frame with a backrest portion, the backrest portion being adapted to abut an operator's back, a blower mounted on the backrest portion with a vibration isolation device interposed therebetween, an engine attached to the blower for driving the blower, and a fuel tank that stores a fuel to be supplied to the engine. The fuel tank is attached to the blower such that the fuel tank is located at at least one of a position below the engine or on a lateral side of the engine.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot arm including arms and joint parts such that each of the joint parts is connecting two arms, and an auxiliary arm including links, joints and sensors such that each of the joints is connecting two links and that the sensors detect rotation angles of the joints. The auxiliary arm has an end attached to the robot arm at a position which includes multiple joint parts of the joint parts from a base end side to a front end side of the robot arm such that the auxiliary arm follows movement of the robot arm.

Abstract: A sensor unit includes sensors. Each of the sensors provides a measurement axis. A connector is electrically connected with the sensors. The position of the connector is fixed relative to the sensors. A memory unit stores calibration information which specifies the respective directions of the measurement axes with respect to a reference plane established for the connector.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor that includes a metal housing accommodating a compression unit and an electric motor, a cover coupled to the housing, wherein the cover includes a resin portion and a metal shield, and the shield blocks electromagnetic noise, and a bolt that couples the cover to the housing. The housing and the cover define an accommodating chamber that accommodates a motor driving circuit that drives the electric motor. The cover includes an insertion hole into which the bolt is insertable. The shield includes a seat that surrounds the insertion hole and is held between the bolt and the housing. The cover is configured to allow for an axial force of the bolt to be applied to the seat and not to the resin portion.

Abstract: An air blower discharges an air flow generated by rotation of a fan from an outlet port of a fan case. An engine and a carburetor are disposed opposing to an outer surface of the fan case. An engine cover (partition) for separating a space in which the engine is disposed from another space in which the carburetor is disposed is provided. The outer surface including a region having a ventilation hole formed through a wall of the fan case, the region opposing to the space in which the carburetor is disposed and the ventilation hole being directed toward the carburetor.

Abstract: A sensor unit is provided with a sensor device. The sensor device has a first electrode disposed on an outer surface. A board is provided with a first surface and a second surface in an obverse-reverse relationship with each other, and a side surface. A first conductive terminal is disposed along a contour of the first surface. The sensor device has the outer surface disposed along the side surface of the board, and has the first electrode connected to the first conductive terminal with a first conductive body, and a first projection length of the outer surface projecting on the first surface side is smaller than a second projection length of the outer surface projecting on the second surface side.

Abstract: An electric compressor has a hermetic terminal unit that is electrically connected to a motor side wire and a drive circuit side wire and inserted through a through hole formed through a separation wall separating a motor chamber and an accommodating chamber. The hermetic terminal unit has a first connecting terminal that is electrically connected to the motor side wire and elastically deformable, a second connecting terminal that is electrically connected to the drive circuit side wire and elastically deformable, and a conductive member that is fitted to the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal and electrically connects the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal. The first connecting terminal is elastically deformed and holds the motor side wire by a restoring force thereof. The second connecting terminal is elastically deformed and holds the drive circuit side wire by a restoring force thereof.