An electronic "To-Do" bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other softw...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stop an engine while preventing overcharge of a battery.

SOLUTION: In a hybrid vehicle in which a first motor, an engine, a drive shaft and a second motor are respectively connected to a sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism, a carrier and a ring gear, when the stop of the engine is instructed, the engine speed is gradually reduced, and the target torques Tm1* and ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a hybrid vehicle capable of reducing loads of a vehicle in an EV mode and a regeneration mode, and also reducing shocks of the vehicle at the time of releasing a clutch.

SOLUTION: When an ENG mode is shifted to an EV mode or a regeneration mode, a CVT-ECU 14 releases a lock-up clutch of a torque converter 2. After the release of the lock-...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a following distance control device smoothly controlling the following distance with a simple processing according to change of a traffic condition around a vehicle.

SOLUTION: When a target vehicle speed determination unit 16 sets the target vehicle speed according to the difference between the target following distance and the actual following distance of a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a follow-up traveling control device controlling smooth follow-up traveling by respecting the operation of a driver performed according to change of a traffic condition around a vehicle.

SOLUTION: The follow-up traveling control device which has a radar device 11 for detecting objects present in the advancing direction of a subject vehicle, determines a prec...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive device for a hybrid vehicle ensuring an arrangement space of a drive motor.

SOLUTION: The drive device for the hybrid vehicle transmits power of an engine 13 to driving wheels 11a-12b through a transmission 15 provided with a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. A differential gear mechanism 23 for a rear wheel is provided with a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly shift from motor traveling to engine traveling without generating a difference in level of driving force in a hybrid vehicle.

SOLUTION: When a motor traveling is shifted to an engine traveling mode in the hybrid vehicle, engine speed before starting engagement of a clutch is raised from input shaft rotation speed of a transmission by a predetermined value. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for dispensing/packaging medicine which can prevent the displacement of a dispensing/packaging sheet sealing position in restarting the feed of the sheet after it is stopped.

SOLUTION: This device for dispensing/packaging medicine is provided with a support 21 for supporting a dispensing/packaging sheet S pulled out from a roll paper R and an auxili...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an excellent standing pouch free from wrinkles or distortion or the like occurring on a lateral seal.

SOLUTION: A fold guide member 56 and a spreading member 68 for spreading and holding a tubular film F hanging from a filling tube 12 from inward are placed at the lower end of the filling tube 12 across the center of a film transfer path. The outer periphery ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turning device of construction machinery of which a shaft housing can be easily machined with high precision and simplified in shape.

SOLUTION: This turning device of the construction machinery is provided with a pinion shaft 50 for transmitting driving force of an upper part turning body 4 to a pinion 60, the shaft housing 24 having upper and lower bearin...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-priced bearing structure capable of reducing an influence of thrust force to be applied to devices connected to a shaft by partially improving the structure, in regard to a bearing for supporting a rotary shaft, to which thrust force is to be applied.

SOLUTION: A reduction gear provided with an input shaft 4, which receives driving force of a motor 1 t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a continuously variable transmission which materializes a vehicle system having safety and high fuel economy by the optimum control of transmission gear ratio of a CVT when stopping an engine during travel.

SOLUTION: In a shift from the engine stop to the neutral state, while changing transmission gear ratio of a CVT 4 to a target transm...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing structure of a transmission capable of shortening the axial direction dimension of the transmission and reducing the weight.

SOLUTION: The bearing structure of the transmission has a pinion fixed to the end of a counter-shaft and a plurality of speed change gears mounted on the counter-shaft, and includes a first single-row taper roller bearing ins...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic transmission control device for a hybrid vehicle capable of emitting the driving force quickly while the fuel consumption is reduced and of enhancing the drivability.

SOLUTION: The automatic transmission control device is applied to the hybrid vehicle of four-wheel drive type where an engine E and a generator motor M2 are installed on the side w...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To widen the executing region of a pinching force control in which the learning region about the pinching force of a continuously variable transmission and the result from learning are reflected.

SOLUTION: A control device for the continuously variable transmission for vehicle is configured so that the pinching force of a rotary member pinching a transmitting member is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving unit, reducing the size of a rotor and lengthening the life of a bearing.

SOLUTION: This driving unit 1 includes a planetary gear reduction gear 11, wherein a first bearing 21 and a second bearing 22 are respectively disposed on both sides of the planetary gear 11. The rotor 23 driven to rotate by receiving the power from the planetary gear reducti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate fitting of a seal between a first rotating member and a second rotating member by providing the first rotating member which is hollow and has one-piece structure for supporting the second rotating member, and to reduce the cost of parts, the machining cost, the inspection cost and the work cost.

SOLUTION: This power transmission device includes: the first...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead accumulator that has the sufficient pressing effect of a pole plate group.

SOLUTION: The top of a battery box 1 is closed liquid-tight by a battery box cover 2. A pole plate group 4 is housed together with an electrolytic solution 5 in the battery box 1. A liquid plug 7 is provided liquid-tight on the battery box cover 2 penetrating therethrough. The ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To downsize a generator which supplies a superconductive motor with power.

SOLUTION: In a hybrid vehicle where an internal combustion engine and a motor are combined to drive itself, a superconductive motor is used as the above motor, and also a superconductive generator is used as a generator for supplying the superconductive motor with power, and the above internal c...

Controlling the positioning of a biological element (A) on a zone of a support, where (A) is labeled with a tracer (T) that emits light and the zone is situated in a layer of material that can capture light comprises: - (a) positioning (A) on the support; - (b) measuring the intensity of light; and - (c) determining the position of (A) by comparing the measured intensity with a reference value. - ...