PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply the adequate braking force according to the requested value when shifting onto a low μ road to wheels.

SOLUTION: A braking force control device comprises a hydraulic braking torque control means 24 for controlling the hydraulic braking torque of wheels, a motor control means 32 for controlling the motor torque of the wheels, a requested total braking torque se...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply the adequate braking force according to the requested value when shifting onto a low μ road to wheels.

SOLUTION: A braking force control device comprises a hydraulic braking torque control means 24 for controlling the hydraulic braking torque of wheels 10FL, 10FR, 10RL, 10RR, a motor control means 32 for controlling the motor torque of the wheels, a requested ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle body slip angle estimating device capable of accurately estimating a vehicle body slip angle regardless of the frequency of occurrence of the state during traveling, in estimating the vehicle body slip angle with an algorithm using a nonlinear model.

SOLUTION: In the vehicle body slip angle estimating device 1, a basic value-calculating section 30 ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suitably set a road surface friction coefficient even if it is difficult to estimate the road surface friction coefficient, and to maximize the potential of vehicle behavior control.

SOLUTION: In the road surface friction coefficient estimating device 1, a rack thrust deviation ΔFR is compared with the maximum value determining threshold μmaxa. If the rack thrust de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a feeling of the incompatibility of a driver against collision avoidance control.

SOLUTION: An avoidance operating state decision means 27 decides whether or not a collision avoiding operation performed by a driver to avoid a collision with an obstacle is intentional or reflective collision avoiding operation, and an avoidance support quantity determination m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a driver to comfortably travel a vehicle without having a feeling of uneasiness during a deceleration control in accompany with the travel control of the vehicle.

SOLUTION: A preceding vehicle detecting part 11 detects a preceding vehicle F while its own vehicle travels at a constant speed of a target speed set by a target speed setting part 13, and an inform...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular air conditioner accurately controlling a corresponding processing such as an intake of the air in response to the carbon dioxide concentration in the air inside a cabin.

SOLUTION: A concentration sensor 13 detects the carbon dioxide concentration in a cabin. A control device 11 compares a detection value of the carbon dioxide concentration with a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for estimating the horizontal position of center of gravity of a vehicle without grounding load value of a wheel.

SOLUTION: This device for estimating the center of gravity position in the vehicle estimates the horizontal position of the center of gravity of the vehicle based on the balance of yaw moment generated in a vehicle body due to the tire g...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a braking/driving force control device adapted to change output torque according to a slope, restraining the occurrence of driving force compensating control separate from an actual slope and control delay, and restraining shock.

SOLUTION: This braking/driving force control device adapted to change output torque according to a slope, includes: a means S003 f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle behavior control device, more surely restraining rollover.

SOLUTION: An ECU 60 of a vehicle includes: a rollover determination part 68 capable of determining whether or not there is the risk of causing rollover; a steering angle control part 66 capable of conducting the counter-steering control, which is the control for steering the steering angle ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the torque restriction of a motor more properly in releasing the gate interruption of an invertor for driving a motor, in a vehicle having a three-axial power output unit such as a planetary gear mechanism connected to a driving shaft linked to an axle and the output shaft of an internal combustion engine and the rotary shaft of the motor.

SOLUTION: When mot...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device that, in a drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, relieves a driver of a large shock of switching from motor drive to engine drive and practically relieves the driver of a buildup lag of driving torque behind the driver's request.

SOLUTION: Upon the determination that the shift end timing of an automatic transmission part 20 and the start of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rack and pinion steering device in which abnormal noise is surely prevented from occurring when a bush for holding a rack shaft is held on a housing.

SOLUTION: This rack and pinion steering device comprises at least a pinion to which a steering force input from a steering wheel 1 is transmitted, the rack shaft 22 having a rack 22a screwed with the pinion, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an impact absorbing member which minimizes the rise of manufacturing cost since induction hardening is not required, has superior bend crushing characteristics, and is reduced in weight, and also to provide a method of manufacturing the impact absorbing member.

SOLUTION: This impact absorbing member for a center pillar and a side sill or the like is obtained...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a driver to travel a vehicle without having a feeling of uneasiness by restraining a large braking control even when an inter-vehicle distance has become short by approaching a preceding vehicle during the following-up travelling.

SOLUTION: When an accelerator operation detector 15 detects that an accelerator operation is brought into an OFF state after an ac...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain a jump-out feeling of a vehicle in releasing the control for holding the stopping state.

SOLUTION: In actuating an accelerator pedal when the brake hold control is performed, the control accelerator opening Acc* is set not to exceed a value O when the accelerator opening Acc is equal to or more than a release determination threshold Aref and under a thresho...

The invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out a method to modify surfaces of decorative and functional electron-beam-hardening or UV-hardening colour and paint coatings on rigid or flexible substrates by means of photochemical microfolding which is triggered by short-wave, monochromatic UV radiation. In this case, the radiation sources are designed and operated in such a manner that, when...

The present invention relates to a shredder with various devices for sensing ingress or potential ingress of an undesired object, such as a person's finger or hand, into the feed opening.

The method involves making a joint between two threads whose ends are brought into a splicing chamber and subjected to one or more pulses of moistened compressed air. Compressed air blown into the chamber is subjected to water vapor immediately before the inlet to the chamber and the water vapor is produced in a feed channel (3) opening into the chamber via which compressed air is fed into the cha...

An intake air amount control apparatus is mounted on a vehicle having an automatic transmission 30 that switches the shifting pattern for the gear ratio between two modes. The intake air amount control apparatus controls the intake air amount by cooperation of a variable valve lift mechanism 25 that changes the lift integration value of an intake valve 11 and a throttle valve 23 located in an inta...