Abstract: The present invention increases the bonding strength between a spoke and a tread ring and/or between a spoke and a hub to improve durability. An airless tire provided with a tread ring, a hub, and a spoke, wherein the spoke is integrally provided with: an outer annular portion of which the outer peripheral surface is bonded to the inner peripheral surface of the tread ring via a first adhesion layer; an inner annular portion of which the inner peripheral surface is bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the hub via a second adhesion layer, and a spoke portion which couples the inner and outer annular portions. The inner peripheral surface of the tread ring and/or the outer peripheral surface of the hub is composed of a roughened surface having a surface roughness (Ra) (arithmetic average roughness) of 3-1000 ?m or a surface roughness (Rz) (ten-point average roughness) of 30-5000 ?m.

Abstract: A tire tread is provided that in an unworn state includes one or more tread features having a layer of a relatively softer, higher grip rubber material. This layer is formed from a first rubber composition that is provided as a skim or relatively thin layer at the contact surface of the tread feature. This skim provides the grip needed as the tire starts to warm up but can then wear away after an initial period of use so that the contact surface is eventually formed from a second rubber composition. This second rubber composition, in turn, provides the desired level of grip and acceptable wear at the higher temperatures that occur as the tire heats up from use. The layer of skim can be profiled depending upon the application and performance characteristics needed.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided with improved braking performance and turning performance on ice. Circumferential narrow grooves are disposed at a density in the tire width direction of not less than 0.06 grooves/mm and not more than 0.2 grooves/mm. Width direction narrow grooves extend at an angle with respect to the tire width direction of not less than ?45° and not more than +45°. The circumferential narrow grooves have at least one bent portion. The bend angle of the bent portion is not less than 40° and not more than 160°.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread having crown grooves, shoulder grooves, middle lands, and shoulder lands. Each middle land has middle blocks and middle inclined lateral grooves such that the middle inclined lateral grooves are inclining relative to tire axial direction and connecting a crown groove and a shoulder groove, each shoulder land has shoulder blocks and shoulder inclined lateral grooves such that the shoulder inclined lateral grooves are inclining relative to the axial direction and connecting a shoulder groove and a tread edge, and each middle inclined lateral groove is positioned adjacent to a shoulder block such that each middle inclined lateral groove and the shoulder block are sandwiching the shoulder groove and overlapping in tire circumferential direction and have a ratio Lov/Lmg ranging from 0.7 to 1.0, where Lov represents tire circumferential overlapping length Lov, and Lmg represents tire circumferential length Lmg of the middle inclined lateral grooves.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a circumferentially and continuously extending zigzag shoulder main groove located adjacent to a tread edge, a shoulder lateral groove extending axially outwardly from the shoulder main groove and a central lateral groove extending axially inwardly from the shoulder main groove. The shoulder main groove includes an inner corner portion protruding axially inwardly. The central lateral groove includes a first groove portion, a second groove portion and a confluence portion at which the first groove portion and the second groove portion meet. The confluence portion of the central lateral groove is communicated with the inner corner portion of the shoulder main groove. The shoulder lateral groove is located so that an extended portion in which the shoulder lateral groove is extended axially inwardly overlaps with the confluence portion at least partially.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assistant arm for an automobile tire changer and a method for manufacturing principal parts of the assistant arm. The assistant arm is of a one-for-two structure. A longitudinal actuator is connected to a sliding body, with an upper tire pressing mechanism hinged to the upper end and a lower tire pressing mechanism hinged to the lower end. A guide rail plate is arranged on a vertical column to form a combined guide rail. The guide rail plate is made of 45# bar-like steel plate, and has a straightness and a flatness of less than or equal to 0.05 mm/m. The vertical column includes a square steel tube as an anti-buckling beam, and several protrusions are welded onto upper and lower portions and a lateral surface of the vertical column to serve as a mounting reference surface with a flatness of less than or equal to 0.1 mm/m. An upper stopper, a lower stopper, a first lateral rib and a second lateral rib are welded to the sliding body within which a slider is arranged.

Abstract: A vehicle tow recovery eye includes a shaft between a towing end connectable to a towable item and an insertion end that is insertable in a vehicle opening, a resistance assembly mounted on the shaft; and a locking pin having an axis that is substantially perpendicular to an axis of the shaft. The tow recovery eye can be used with a portion of a vehicle frame that includes a frame opening dimensioned to accommodate insertion of the shaft and the locking pin.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension having a frame attachment portion attached to a saddle, first and second bolster springs mounted to spring mounts on an outboard side of the saddle and mounted on walls of a spring mount on an outboard side of an equalizing beam, and third and fourth bolster springs mounted to walls of a spring mount on an inboard side of the saddle and mounted to spring mounts on an inboard side of the equalizing beam, wherein upwardly extending flanges on the bottom of the first and second bolster sprints are mounted to each other using a common fastener, and wherein upwardly extending flanges on the bottom of the third and fourth bolster springs are mounted to each other with a common fastener.

Abstract: A coupling structure for vehicle chassis members couples a ball joint member and an axle housing used for a vehicle to each other. The structure includes a socket that has a substantially columnar external shape, is provided in the ball joint member, and has a socket bolt groove throughout a circumference in an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The structure also includes a collar that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The axle housing has a coupling hole having a substantially columnar internal shape into which the socket is inserted. The ball joint member and the axle housing are coupled to each other by disposing the socket in the coupling hole while the socket is surrounded by the collar.

Abstract: A swing arm having a reduced number of parts in which manufacturing cost can be reduced. In a swing arm including: vehicle-body-side support portions that are supported on a vehicle body side by a first rotary shaft; wheel-side support portions that are supported on a wheel side by a second rotary shaft; and a pair of arm portions that connect the vehicle-body-side support portions and the wheel-side support portions to each other, cross members that extend in an axial direction of the first rotary shaft is arranged on the pair of arm portions so as to extend between the pair of arm portions, and the cross members have a U shape in cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the cross members, thus forming opening portions that open so as to face a direction that the pair of arm portions extends.

Abstract: A lower arm has a first arm main part having a U-shape and a first vehicle-body-side front joint and a first vehicle-body-side rear joint provided at the tip parts of the first arm main part. An upper arm has a second arm main part having a U-shape and a second vehicle-body-side front joint and a second vehicle-body-side rear joint provided at the tip parts of the second arm main part. At least part of the second vehicle-body-side rear joint is overlapped with the first vehicle-body-side rear joint in plan view. The second vehicle-body-side front joint is offset to the rear side relative to the first vehicle-body-side front joint. A cushion unit disposed on the front side of the second arm main part is provided between a vehicle body frame F and the lower arm.

Abstract: A suspension bearing device, comprising: a bearing, a lower cup and an upper cup centered on a central axis. The lower cup having a body including a tubular axial portion and an annular outward radial portion. The lower cup is provided with a damper pad including: an inner portion disposed against the annular outward radial portion of the body; an outer portion for bearing a suspension spring; and an annular recess for receiving a creep of material of the damper pad when the outer portion is constrained by the suspension spring. The suspension bearing device can be integrated into a motor vehicle. A method for manufacturing such a suspension bearing device.

Abstract: A suspension bearing device, comprising a bearing, a lower cup and an upper cup centered on a central axis. The lower cup includes a body having a tubular axial portion and an annular outward radial portion. The lower cup is provided with at least one seal disposed in sealing contact with the upper cup, The lower cup is provided with a damper pad having a cambered shape delimited by: an inner portion which is connected to the seal through the radial portion of the body; and a convex outer portion for bearing a suspension spring. The invention also concerns a motor vehicle equipped with such a suspension bearing device and a method for manufacturing such a suspension bearing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension insulator secured to a spring seat. The insulator has a cylindrical wall part and an annular body part. When the insulator is secured to the spring seat, an inner peripheral wall surface of the body part of the insulator and at least a part of an inner peripheral wall surface of the cylinder part of the insulator are not in contact with a cylindrical wall part of the spring seat. The remaining of the inner peripheral wall surface of the cylinder part of the insulator is in tight contact with the cylindrical wall part of the spring seat when the insulator is secured to the spring seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air spring apparatus for use with a cabin of a vehicle. The apparatus has an upper assembly, a lower assembly, a shock absorber, a bladder, a flexible bumper element and a control element. The shock absorber has a piston rod protruding therefrom and extending through the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The bladder is attached to the upper and lower assemblies. The flexible bumper element is secured to the piston rod adjacent one of the upper and lower assemblies, and secured to the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The control element is secured to the flexible bumper element at a first end, and to a valve at a second end, and controls operation of the valve. The flexible bumper element can flex in response to torsional or tilting forces experienced by the one of the upper and lower assemblies, to thus help to limit these forces from being imparted to the control element.

Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber includes a damping force generator configured to, when a current is supplied, generate a current-dependent damping force as a damping force relating to a magnitude of the current supplied and configured to, when no current is supplied, generate a current-non-supply-state set damping force as a damping force with a preset magnitude. This hydraulic shock absorber is configured to inhibit a supply of the current to the damping force generator when the current to be supplied to the damping force generator is greater than a threshold value. When a current to be received by the damping force generator is to increase to a value larger than the threshold value, the supply of the current to the damping force generator is inhibited, and the current-non-supply-state set damping force is generated, making it possible to reliably achieve a damping capacity while reducing power consumption.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active rotary stabilizer and a stabilizer bar link assembly for a vehicle, which particularly may increase a degree of design freedom for a lower side of a vehicle body, improve ride comfort for a passenger, enhance durability of an actuator, and reduce the occurrence of noise caused by a backlash when the actuator is operated.

Abstract: A vehicular dust cover assembly including: an upper support; a bound stopper and a dust cover assembled to the upper support; and an engaging step provided on an outer circumferential surface of the bound stopper. A top end part of the dust cover is externally fit to a top end part of the bound stopper. The upper support includes an outer metal fitting having a fitting recess within which the top end part of the bound stopper is fit and assembled. An engaging projection is provided projecting on an inner surface of the fitting recess to be engaged with the engaging step with the dust cover interposed therebetween. The bound stopper includes an axial pushing operation surface exposed facing axially downward which is provided at a lower side than the engaging step and at a position inside the fitting recess.

Abstract: An expandable refrigeration system for vehicles includes a generally rigid frame member having a plurality of walls that define a first hollow interior space. An expandable cooler body that includes a plurality of expandable wall sections is connected to the rigid frame member. The expandable body section is positioned within the first hollow interior space when the system is collapsed, and extends outward therefrom when the system is in the expanded configuration. A refrigeration unit is secured to the rigid frame member and controls a temperature of the expandable body section. A transitional wall member selectively operates as a lid for the cooler body and to secure the cooler body within the frame member.

Abstract: A system and a corresponding method are provided for setting at least one environmental condition in or around a vehicle in response to a mood. A sensor system senses at least one physical property indicative of a mood of at least one occupant in the vehicle and outputs a sensor signal with information regarding the physical property. At least one component is configured for providing an environmental condition, such as, lighting, temperature, sound, or aroma in the vehicle. A control system determines the mood by analyzing the sensor signal from the sensor system. The control system sets the environmental condition provided by the component dependent on the determined mood. The environmental conditions can be set outside the vehicle by suggesting an appropriate travel route dependent on the mood. A safety device can limit the maximum speed of the vehicle dependent on the determined mood.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an HVAC device for a vehicle includes a sensor unit mounted on the vehicle and configured to sense a bodily response of the user, an HVAC device control unit configured to control temperature and humidity inside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control the HVAC device control unit based on the bodily response sensed by the sensor unit and to control temperature, direction, air volume, and speed of wind supplied inside the vehicle. The bodily response includes any one selected from the group consisting of body temperature, respiration volume, carbon dioxide amount in breath, voice, used words, facial expression of the user, and combinations thereof. The control unit is configured to calculate the discomfort index of the user based on the bodily response and to dynamically control the HVAC device control unit based on the discomfort index.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling condenser/radiator airflow in a TRS are provided. In particular, methods and systems are provided to control a fan speed of condenser fan(s) of a TRS based on a condenser/radiator performance parameter, a traveling speed of a refrigerated transport unit, and/or a compressor discharge pressure a compressor of the TRS. The fan speed of the condenser fan(s) can be increased when necessary to limit a negative impact on TRS performance caused by a static pressure at an outlet of the condenser fan(s) or under high ambient temperature conditions. The fan speed of the condenser fan(s) can be reduced to reduce noise levels generated by the TRS when the static pressure at the outlet of the condenser fan(s) does not negatively impact the performance of the TRS or when the refrigerated transport unit is not located in an area with a high ambient temperature.

Abstract: A system and method for improving the operation of a cooling system and AC system for an engine, without sacrificing engine performance is disclosed. The system includes a cooling module positioned within an engine compartment of the vehicle, a cooling fan mounted in front of the cooling module, and a control strategy for controlling operation of the cooling fan based on engine conditions. The system includes incorporating at least one sensor, include a pressure sensor installed within the high pressure side of the AC system. The method includes providing an AC system having a high pressure side and a low pressure side, providing at least one sensor on the high pressure side for producing an electrical signal in response to an operating condition, determining which sensor has a highest electrical signal value for controlling the speed of the fan.

Abstract: A vehicular system includes a compressor and a power system. The power system may include a battery pack having a plurality of batteries, a switch device, and a motor-generator. The switch device includes a plurality of switches that are electrically coupled to each of the batteries of the battery pack. The switches are operable to control each of the batteries of the battery pack. The motor-generator is electrically coupled to the switch device and is operable as a generator for charging the batteries in the battery pack and as a motor for driving the compressor when the engine is stopped during an idle state of the vehicle.

Abstract: An aerator having a duct and a deflector member to deflect the flow of air leaving the duct, the deflector member being mounted movably relative to the duct by means of an articulation. The deflector member extends around the articulation. The articulation includes a male part having a head and a female part having a housing, the head being received in the housing to allow the adjustment of the deflector member relative to the duct. The female part further includes at least one pressing element biased to bear against the head by an elastic biasing element.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a vehicle VOC reduction system includes a VOC reducer to be in fluid communication with cabin air, a rechargeable battery unit at least partially powering the VOC reducer, and a transmitter to transmit commands to operate the VOC reducer.

Abstract: A view adjustment device of a vehicle which adjusts a view recognized by a driver through a windshield glass comprises a visual-stimulation indicating mechanism capable of indicating shielding portions in a view area of the diver and a controller to control an indication manner of the visual-stimulation indicator. The controller comprises a traveling-direction determination portion to determine a traveling direction of the vehicle, a traveling-speed determination portion to determine a traveling speed of the vehicle, and an indication control portion to control the visual-stimulation indicating mechanism. The indication control portion is configured such that when it is determined that the vehicle travels in a straight direction, the high-speed shielding portion is indicated at a position located relatively on a leftward side, in a vehicle width direction, compared to the low-speed shielding portion or the middle-speed shielding portion.

Abstract: A glass run includes: a bottom wall; an outboard side wall; an inboard side wall; an outboard cover lip; and an inboard cover lip, wherein: a flange portion at a distal end of a door outer panel of the door frame is held in an outboard holding channel formed between the outboard side wall and the outboard cover lip; a flange portion at a distal end of a door inner panel of the door frame is held in an inboard holding channel formed between the inboard side wall and the inboard cover lip; the bottom wall is held by a door reinforcement panel of the door frame; an outboard holding projecting portion is formed from the outboard side wall in the direction of the outboard holding channel; and one end of the outboard holding projecting portion is brought into abutment with the outer panel.

Abstract: A sliding window for a vehicle includes: a sliding panel which is attached to a vehicle body in a slidable manner; a guide rail which is integrated with the vehicle body and extending in the slide direction of the sliding panel; and a sliding bracket which integrally includes a sliding portion slidably coupled to the guide rail and a fixed portion fixed to the sliding panel. The guide rail is provided with a fitting hole into which a clip of a trim board is fitted.

Abstract: A tarpaulin or tarping system for covering loads on flatbed trailers. Said tarping system includes retractable tarps of various lengths, for instance, 5 ft., 10 ft., or 20 ft. lengths that are affixed to the cut-outs of the flatbed and then stretched across the load. These tarps can be placed adjacent to each other along the length of the flatbed, or placed on opposing sides of the flatbed, or placed across the width of the flatbed to ensure maximum overlap of the tarps and full coverage of the load.

Abstract: There is provided a deck lid provided to move so as to cover an opening portion of a roof storage room in a roof closed state in which an openable roof covers over a passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which a portion of the openable roof is stored in the roof storage room and to open the opening portion of the roof storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state. This deck lid comprises a base portion, a pair of right-and-left protrusion portions which are integrally formed at both end portions, in a vehicle width direction, of the base portion, protrude upward relative to the base portion, and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion which interconnects respective upper portions of the pair of protrusion portions in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: There are provided an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin, a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin, a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body, a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window, and a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin. This shielding member is provided not to be storable in the storage room.

Abstract: A door frame for a vehicle having improved anti-corrosive performance, and a method of manufacturing the door frame may includes: a three-stage superimposed portion which has a structure in which an upper steel plate layer, an intermediate steel plate layer, and a lower steel plate layer are superimposed, and in which a sealer for anti-corrosive performance is applied between the upper steel plate layer and the intermediate steel plate layer; and a curved portion which is formed at an upper side of the intermediate steel plate layer at a first end of the three-stage superimposed portion to prevent the applied sealer from being exposed to the outside, thereby improving anti-corrosive performance, and a method of manufacturing the door frame.

Abstract: An Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) type of hybrid transmission may include a first input shaft connected to an engine through a clutch, a second input shaft disposed coaxially with the first input shaft and connected to a motor, a plurality of driving gears on the first input shaft, a first output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and having a plurality of driven gears that are engaged with the driving gears to shift, a second output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and having a plurality of driven gears that are engaged with the driving gears to shift, a first connecting mechanism connecting/disconnecting the second input shaft to/from the first input shaft, and a second connecting mechanism connecting/disconnecting the second input shaft to/from the second output shaft.

Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft selectively connected to an engine through a first clutch, a second hollow input shaft disposed in a front side portion of the first input shaft and selectively connected to the engine through a second clutch, a continuously variable transmission mechanism (CV) that continuously shifts and outputs rotation power transferred from the first input shaft, a shift output mechanism that receives rotation power transferred from driving gears on the second input shaft and the CV through driven gears connected to an external gear and selectively shifts and outputs the rotation power, a reverse idle mechanism that transfers the rotation power of the first input shaft to the shift output mechanism in a reverse direction, and a final reduction mechanism that reduces the rotation power output from the shift output mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes an engine, a vehicle body panel, a photovoltaic unit attached to the vehicle body panel, and a cooling arrangement. The cooling arrangement includes a heat exchanger and a first cooling loop configured to accept heat from the engine and reject heat through the heat exchanger. The cooling arrangement also includes a second cooling loop configured to accept heat from the photovoltaic unit and reject heat through the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A vehicle grill shutter includes an actuator, a flap member which is configured to rotate between a closed position and an open position by the actuator, and an attachment position regulation mechanism which connects the actuator and the flap member, and is configured such that the flap member is connected to the actuator only when the flap member is positioned at a regular position with respect to the actuator.

Abstract: A fuel delivery module for a vehicle having a fuel tank. The fuel delivery module comprises a flange, a reservoir, a fuel pump, a guide rod, a guide rod receiver, and an elastically deformable member. The flange couples to an opening of the fuel tank. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the flange and a fuel pump connected to the reservoir transports fuel from inside the fuel tank to outside the fuel tank through the flange. The guide rod is coupled to the flange at a first end of the guide rod and the guide rod receiver is fixedly disposed on the reservoir. The elastically deformable member is moveably coupled to the guide rod and to the reservoir such that a second end of the guide rod is selectively receivable in the guide rod receiver.

Abstract: Embodiments include a method and apparatus for preventing damage to the paintwork of vehicles caused by spillage of fluids or fuel when refueling. The method includes installing the apparatus into a fuel tank inlet of a vehicle and extending the apparatus from the fuel tank inlet. The apparatus includes a container configured to capture any spillage via a funneling trough extending from the fuel tank inlet to the container. The method further includes raising the apparatus above the fuel tank inlet to return the captured spillage to the fuel tank inlet via the trough. The method also includes retracting and inserting the apparatus into the fuel tank inlet ready for reuse during the next refueling of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention includes a vehicle body frame. A cabin is mounted to the vehicle body frame so as to be isolated from vibration. A fuel tank is located below the cabin. The vehicle body frame includes a bracket extending laterally outward in a cantilever from at least one of a left side and a right side. The bracket includes: a cabin support portion carrying and supporting one front-back direction side of the cabin from below via a vibration isolation member; and a tank support portion supporting one front-back direction side of the fuel tank. The tank support portion is arranged at a position further toward an extended end than the cabin support portion of the bracket.

Abstract: A semi-automatic foot-pedal device is provided, which comprises a panel and a pedal-connecting component connected with the panel. The pedal-connecting component comprises an upper bracket, a left bracket, a lower bracket, a right bracket and an elastic unit; when the pedal-connecting component is in a closed state, the panel moves away from the upper bracket to transform the pedal-connecting component into an elastically spread state under a force on the panel in a downward direction; when the pedal-connecting component is in a spread state, the panel moves towards the upper bracket to transform the pedal-connecting component into an elastically closed state under a force on the panel in an obliquely-upward direction. The semi-automatic foot-pedal device of the present disclosure has a novel structure, and does not need a conventional motor system, so it saves the electric power and is safer to use.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with a vehicle is disclosed and comprises an interlock device. The device is adapted to, in use: at least while said vehicle is in motion, periodically generate a prompt; assess motion of said vehicle; at least when said vehicle is assessed by said device to be at rest, carry out an analysis operation wherein a breath sample is received and analyzed; and in the event that, within a predetermined period following a prompt, the device does not, while said vehicle is assessed to be at rest, carry out said analysis operation, enter an alarm state at least when the vehicle is in motion. The device can be adapted to carry out analysis operations only when the vehicle is assessed to be at rest.

Abstract: An interactive activation system having a base with a display module that projects two or more icons. The display module is connected to the base. A case is connected to the base and covers the display output module. The case has one or more apertures that aligned with the display output module in a manner that allows the two or more icons to be projected through the one or more apertures. An output screen is connected to the case and has at least one reflective surface that is positioned relative to the one or more apertures of the case. This allows the two or more icons projected by the display output module to be reflected by the reflective surface of the output screen toward a viewing zone.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular display device that offers good visibility without causing a passenger to feel uncomfortable. In a bezel that includes a cover portion arranged above a display unit of a vehicular display device and a frame portion enclosing the cover portion, a front-side end portion of the cover portion is arranged at a position lower than a rear-side end portion. As a result, external light is reflected forward. Moreover, a front frame includes a reflecting plate, a semi-transparent output plate covering over the reflecting plate, and a light-collecting portion collecting external light that enters from a front into a space enclosed by the reflecting plate and the output plate. As a result, the front frame is prevented from being darkly reflected onto a front glass.

Abstract: A mechanically reconfigurable instrument cluster is provided. The mechanically reconfigurable instrument cluster includes a first display portion to display information of a first type, the first display portion includes a stem about the first display portion's axis driven by a motor; a second display portion to display information of a second type, the second display portion being configured to move in an inward and outward direction.

Abstract: A display control apparatus configured to control a display state of display objects on a display screen, is provided with: a detecting device configured to detect a trigger operation of a user and a gaze area of the user on the display screen, on the basis of an imaging result of an imaging device that images the user; a determining device configured to determine specified display objects corresponding to the detected trigger operation or the detected gaze area from among a plurality of display objects displayed on the display screen in a first display state; and a controlling device configured to control the display state to be a second display state in which the display state of the determined specified display objects is different from that in the first display state if the trigger operation is detected in the first display state.

Abstract: A control system used in a hybrid vehicle having a drive system including a starter motor, an engine, and a motor/generator, and a power supply system including a high power battery as power supply for the motor/generator, a low power battery as power supply of the vehicle auxiliary equipment, a capacitor as power supply for the starter motor, and a capacitor power supply control unit that controls charging and discharging of the capacitor. The control system includes an auxiliary equipment load power supply system formed by connecting the high power battery and the low power battery via a DC/DC converter, and a starter load power supply system including the capacitor and a capacitor charging circuit controlled by the capacitor power supply control unit, the starter load power supply system being connected to and branching from the DC/DC converter of the auxiliary equipment load power supply system.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes motors that respectively drive front and rear, left and right wheels independently, wheel speed sensors that detect rotation speeds of the respective wheels, motor rotation speed sensors that detect rotation speeds of the motors corresponding to the respective wheels, a slip determination module that sets, as a base rotation speed, a lowest rotation speed, and performs slip determination on each wheel on the basis of the base rotation speed and the rotation speeds of the motors, a rotation speed control module that performs torque down, and calculates requested torques of the motors from redistributed torques, and a redistribution control module that redistributes a torque down amount of the slipping wheel to a non-slipping wheel to calculate the redistributed torques.

Abstract: A braking grid cooling system may include a fan having a hub supporting a rotor and at least partially enclosing a stator, and a plurality of fan blades connected to and projecting radially from the hub; and a dynamic braking grid receiving the fan in a nested relation such that a combined height of the grid and the fan is less than a sum of a height of the grid and a height of the fan.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for generation, transmission and storage of renewable electrical energy, the apparatus comprising at least one device providing mechanical to electrical energy conversion utilizing materials with linear electromechanical interaction properties, a type of device providing intermediate storage, a type of device providing primary storage, wherein said energy is transferred by means of inductive coupling of an inner hub coil and outer hub coil between said storage devices. Energy conversion and storage is initiated by motion of said energy converter which places the system in an operational state. In this state, mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy which is delivered to the intermediate storage device for collection. When the intermediate storage device is sufficiently charged, said energy is transferred to the outer hub coil for inductive transmission to the inner hub coil.