ÄObjectÜ To provide a motive-power transmission device for a vehicle comprising a torque converter, a gearbox, and a clutch for cutting off the transmission of motive power between the input shaft of the gearbox and the turbine of the torque converter. The gearbox is accommodated in the crankcase, and the motive-power transmission device is compact in the axial direction of the crankshaft. ÄSoluti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate a target angle heel effect in a computerized tomographic (CT) imaging system.

SOLUTION: The imaging system 10 for scanning a subject 22 is provided with an X-ray source 14; an X-ray detector 18 having a plurality of detector rows 20 positioned to receive X-rays 16 from the X-ray source; a computer 36 operatively connected to the X-ray source and the X-ray...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a tire vulcanizing mold excellent in workability for simplifying a process for molding a gypsum mold in a gypsum casting method.

SOLUTION: When a dummy sipe 11 is inserted in the sipe part 10a of a master 10 in a process for manufacturing a casting mold comprising gypsum, a recessed groove 11b is preformed along the tread surface Q ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric power steering device equipped with a speed reduction mechanism capable of reducing a gear hitting sound, and securing strength at the time of an impact torque input.

SOLUTION: The electric power steering device is equipped with the speed reduction mechanism decelerating a driving force of a electric motor 4, and having a shaft 2a of a driving ge...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfy a power generation demand without giving a sense of incongruity by gradually lowering a driving force of a vehicle and urging a driver to carry out shift down, when the power generation demand is generated during traveling.

SOLUTION: The drive control device for a hybrid vehicle comprises an engine 11, a stepped transmission 12, and a motor generator 13. Whe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce weight by shortening a shaft extending from a transfer to a front wheel side in a four-wheel drive type automobile having a hybrid driving device.

SOLUTION: The hybrid driving device 7 is arranged at the rear end of an internal combustion engine. The hybrid driving device 7 has a long transmission case 20 in a longitudinal direction, a hybrid mechanism arrang...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability of a driving force control device for a vehicle when starting.

SOLUTION: This driving force control device for a vehicle is provided with a target acceleration/deceleration setting means S4 for setting target acceleration/ deceleration (α*w) of the vehicle on the basis of the driving condition of the vehicle, a feed-forward compensating ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance regeneration efficiency and the reduction of a motor output in a four-element direct connection mode at high vehicle speed.

SOLUTION: The hybrid driving device is provided with a three-element planetary gear P1 connected with two motors MG1, MG2; and a planetary gear P2 for speed reduction for switching the mode by the control of a clutch C-1 and a brake B-1...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the dislocation of a driving force following gear shift while suppressing the reduction of driving responsiveness in acceleration accompanied by down-shift.

SOLUTION: In acceleration such as kick-down travel, a requested gear shift speed tRSP to an achieved change gear ratio according to a target vehicle body driving force is calculated. Gear shift control i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the operation load of a driver who intends to travel a vehicle by a short distance.

SOLUTION: This vehicle controller executes a program comprising the step of acquiring a moving target point based on information from a camera outside the vehicle (S610), the step of acquiring a distance X to the moving target point (S620), the step of resetting a distance cou...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly and certainly transmit rotation of a steering input shaft to a steering output shaft, by eliminating backlash between first and second sun gears and first and second planetary gears.

SOLUTION: A long hole 53 extending in the center axis direction is formed in carrier plates 36a and 36b. This power steering device has a coil spring 56 for bearing both ends o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the efficiency of the whole construction of a device equipped with an internal-combustion engine which can output the power to a drive shaft and an electric motor connected with the drive shaft through a transmission.

SOLUTION: When the engine 22 is in operation, the revolving speed of the motor is changed so that the efficiency of the whole vehicle becomes ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a load-bearing article containing a plastic material, having a smaller mass than the equivalent metal component, and having a strength, a static load supporting characteristic and a vibratory load supporting characteristic at least equivalent to the original metal constituent component and also provide a reversibly extendable load-bearing structure.

SOLUTION...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform an integrated attitude control without generating interference between the vehicle attitude control to be made through controlling a braking mechanism and the vehicle attitude control to be made through controlling a steering mechanism.

SOLUTION: In the understeering condition, the yawrate control is conducted in which the actual yawrate of the vehicle is co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear ratio control device for a hybrid transmission minimizing fluctuation of gear ratio and of driving force at the time of inputting disturbance torque while providing gear control torque for easily stabilizing the gear ratio at a gear ratio control side without interfering with instantaneous driving force control.

SOLUTION: The hybrid transmission has a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a needle bearing, and a planetary gear mechanism, in which sinking of rollers can be restricted.

SOLUTION: Length L1 of rollers 11a and 11c in both end rows is set to be shorter than length L2 of a roller 11b on the center row. Even when edge loads are generated at the rollers 11a and 11c on both end rows, the roller 11b on the center row shares the loads of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle speed controller with which vehicle speed is controlled, based on static information, such as legal limit speed and temporary stop regulation and a control content is changed, based on dynamic information, such as road condition.

SOLUTION: The vehicle speed controller which is mounted on a vehicle and controls vehicle speed of own vehicle is provid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong the life of a lead storage battery in use, and to improve electrochemical characteristics of the lead storage battery for regenerating the used lead storage battery to reuse.

SOLUTION: In the method for prolonging the life of or the method for regenerating the lead storage battery, after removing an insulating film generated in an electrode of the lead stora...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force controller capable of generating proper creep torque as based on a steering state.

SOLUTION: The vehicular driving force controller for controlling the creep torque on the basis of the steering state is provided with a steering state predicting means for predicting the succeeding steering state (steps, S103, S203) and a creep torque control m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the overcharge of a storage device when the storage device is in a fully charged state in a parallel hybrid vehicle for rotating a motor/generator in the direction reverse to an engine when the vehicle is started.

SOLUTION: If a charging amount of a charging device 6 exceeds a prescribed value when the vehicle is started, clutch oil pressure to a lock-up clu...