PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch device for an outboard engine allowing more effective arrangement of a hydraulic pump for supplying hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic clutch. Ž

SOLUTION: Hydraulic clutch mechanisms 16, 17 are arranged on a power transmission passage via which the rotation of a driving shaft 10 interlocking with a crank shaft of the engine is transmitted to a propelle...

The invention relates to a method of controlling an automobile, an automobile control apparatus, a method of controlling a transmission, a transmission, a transmission control apparatus and a vehicle system, which can reduce affection caused by unevenness among drive power sources (1) and transmission torque changing means and aging effect without using sensors. A power train control unit releases...

In a cross-wound bobbin ( 1 ), the helical lines along which the yarn ( 4 ) is wound have a different inclination in adjacent layers. The winding ratios are selected such that the quantity drawn off is greater if the unwinding point is moving from the unwinding end to the bottom end, compared to the quantity drawn off if the unwinding point is moving from the bottom end to the unwinding end.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold braking force for preventing the movement of a vehicle in stopping the vehicle and solve problems with abnormal noises to be generated when reducing the held braking force in starting the vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: Solenoid valves 80, 90 are provided in brake hydraulic passages 74, 75 joining a master cylinder to wheel cylinders, namely, a plurality of calipers 76, 76....

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a main clutch and a brake operating mechanism equipped with enhanced easiness in executing operation by making adjustable the actuation timing of a main clutch mechanism and a brake mechanism between different operation tools. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicle is equipped with a brake pedal 73 and a seedling loading lever 76 as the main clutch and brake operating tools fo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission for a working vehicle capable of reducing the cost by reducing the number of parts of a gear case of a speed reduction gear and a planetary gear mechanism. Ž

SOLUTION: In the transmission for the working vehicle 1, a driving force from an engine 15 is transmitted to a pair of left and right axles 21L, 21R through a differential mechanism 34, and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly change a speed change shift of a transmission, and to restrain excessive rotation of an electric motor in a system having the electric motor for outputting power to a drive shaft via the transmission. Ž

SOLUTION: When a request for Hi-Lo speed change is made (S230 and S240), speed change processing for changing speed change shifts of the transmission 60 (S260...

In an image scanning apparatus, when documents on a document tray are sequentially transferred, and different control is performed according to a scanning speed when an upper surface height of the documents is lowered thereby turning off a height detection sensor. In a first control mode which is not high-speed scanning, the document tray is elevated little by little during an inter-transfer time ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer a long life control valve type lead battery, by efficiently carrying out a catalyst reaction with a gas which is generated in a battery and by making water which comes out from the reaction cyclic flow back into an electrolytic solution for preventing sulfurization in a negative electrode without enlarging whole volume size. SOLUTION: A control valve type lead batter...

A valve-regulated lead-acid battery of this invention includes: an electrode plate group; and an electrolyte impregnated into and retained by the electrode plate group. The electrode plate group includes: positive electrode plates that each include a positive electrode current collector comprising a Sn-containing lead alloy, and a positive electrode active material retained by the positive electro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manual transmission for change-over between a direct-drive shift stage and an over-drive shift stage by operating a shift lever of a front-engine rear-drive vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein gear noises are prevented by allowing shift lever operation to execute shift via a simple link mechanism and a transmission housing to efficien...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a behavior controller of a vehicle capable of appropriately suppressing slip of a driving wheel even during travel on a curved road. Ž

SOLUTION: The behavior controller of the vehicle comprises both a COP as an automatic speed reduction control means for automatically loading a braking force to the vehicle when a behavior state of the vehicle is determined to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of a power train for a vehicle, capable of controlling the durability in a plurality of power transmission systems. Ž

SOLUTION: In the controller of the power train for the vehicle, a plurality of power transmission systems are formed in a route from a driving power source into a wheel, and operating conditions of the power transmission source and...

A road information system for vehicles provides warning of imminent hazards, e.g. bends, to activate warning signals and/or to provide active control, e.g. braking. The system is improved by including junctions and multiple possible roads from the junctions. The control scans the possible roads and provides data on similarities in order to simplify the data handling and subsequent control/warning ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor traction controller of a vehicle in which stability can be secured in the behavior of the vehicle by setting a seamless motor torque command value regardless of the switching of a road surface friction coefficient estimate accompanied by the switching of control during motor traction control. Ž

SOLUTION: The motor traction controller of a vehicle compr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a drive unit capable of restraining a temperature of an electric motor from being elevated in accompaniment to shift transmission control. Ž

SOLUTION: This controller for the drive unit is provided with a power distribution mechanism for distributing power output from a prime mover to the electric motor an an output member, and a transmission ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize shortening of gear change time and improvement of gear change quality in a hybrid vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: In this drive unit for the hybrid vehicle comprising an engine 10, a transmission 13, a first motor generator 11 disposed between the engine 10 and the transmission 13, and a second motor generator 12 disposed between the transmission 13 and a vehicle driving...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further improve fuel consumption by improving recovery of braking energy of a hybrid vehicle with a function of follow-up running. Ž

SOLUTION: In cruising control of the hybrid vehicle, running state information of the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle are acquired, and a target braking torque and running resistance torque Rfof the own vehicle are obtained....

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular motion control device performing adequate motion control by avoiding the interference of the deceleration control to stably passing a corner with the turn control to eliminate the under-steer and the over-steer of a vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: When the deceleration control to control the turning motion is determined by a control quantity determination mea...

Apparatus for controlling dual fuel supply to a fuel injected engine having an electronic engine management system (1) that supplies a primary injector control signal (8) to each of primary fuel injectors (2), the apparatus comprising an emulator (11) that emulates the electrical characteristics of a primary injector, a fuel control switch (10) that switches the primary injector control signal (8)...