PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a fuel consumption by performing a fuel cut depending on a vehicle traffic situation. SOLUTION: This control device is provided with a function to stop a fuel supply to an internal combustion engine serving as a power source during deceleration. In this case, the device includes a detecting means (a step S1) for detecting a traffic situation in which an abrupt brak...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a regenerative controller for vehicles which performs proper regeneration, even when the condition of a road surface changes or when regeneration by the use of nondriving wheels is performed. SOLUTION: When it is judged by a satisfaction judging means 130 for regeneration conditions that a specified regeneration condition is satisfied, in a front and rear wheel dri...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the providing of information according to the driving load of a driver. Ž

SOLUTION: This device comprises an imaging camera 11 for detecting the movement of the driver's visual line; an information acquisition part 21 for acquiring information related to the movement of the driver's visual line detected by the camera 11; a driving load calculation part 22 for ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle controller improved in gear-shifting response by allowing an engine to control the engine speed for itself at the time of gear upshift to prevent the generation of an inertia torque and controlling the gear-shifting speed of a continuously variable transmission according to the state of control. Ž

SOLUTION: A rotation control decision means 94 judges...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the control device of a vehicle capable of avoiding problem that is accompanied with switching in variable-speed modes of a transmission. Ž

SOLUTION: The transmission to which engine power is transmitted is included. The transmission is provided with input and output elements. The control device of the vehicle is capable of selectively switching first variable...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control device capable of establishing a well-balanced state between a restriction against a forward or rearward vibration of a vehicle and a vehicle motion performance. Ž

SOLUTION: This invention relates to a vehicle control device for use in controlling an internal combustion engine and a driving system of a vehicle having the internal combustion e...

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. Ž

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 provide a controller enabling a reduction in the size of a drive device for a vehicle or capable of providing the drive device improved in fuel economy, and properly warming up a vehicle starting at an engine to an exhaust system. Ž

SOLUTION: This controller comprises an engagement device (changeover clutch CO or changeover brake BO). Accordingly, a transmission mecha...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a revolving and traveling reduction gear capable of enhancing the using rate of hydraulic motors to realize a low cost by performing three working operations of swinging, traveling and steering with two hydraulic motors in total of a first motor and a second motor. SOLUTION: This reduction gear comprises the first motor 31 arranged on a base carrier 1 to allow rota...

A security device includes an impact sensing unit for sensing an impact, a sound pressure sensing unit for sensing a sound pressure, an abnormal degree determination unit for determining an abnormal degree based on a level of an impact sensing signal sensed by the impact sensing unit and a level of a sound pressure sensing signal sensed by the sound pressure sensing unit, and an alerting process u...

An improved apparatus and method for measuring the concentration of hydrogen peroxide vapor or gas in a sterilization chamber. The hydrogen peroxide is measured spectrophotometrically in the ultraviolet region between 200 and 400 nm. Because water vapor does not absorb in the ultraviolet region, it does not interfere with the determination of the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide vapor. Altho...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force control device for a front and rear wheel drive vehicle capable of keeping the speed difference between front and rear wheels during a charge mode in a suitable range according to a road surface condition and the traveling state of the vehicle and of thereby securing the traveling stability of the vehicle. SOLUTION: This device is provided with: fir...

A vehicle clutch engagement condition determining apparatus determines the engagement condition of a clutch for disengaging an engine from a transmission. This determining apparatus estimates a motor speed corresponding value through an ECU, sets the motor speed corresponding value to the target speed of an electric motor when a gear shift lever of the transmission is operated, determines a contro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a device and reduce noise concerning the electric drive device furnished with a pair of electric motors and a pair of differential gears to transmit motor output torque to left and right driven wheels. SOLUTION: A pair of ball type reduction gears 7L, 7R devised to transmit motive power by reducing its speed trough a ball 76 with a casing 70 as a reaction recei...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To fix a pinion shaft, without making a differential case thick. SOLUTION: The fixing structure contains a pinion gear 21 supported by the pinion shaft 19, a bevel gear type differential mechanism 5 having side gears 23 and 25 meshing with the pinion gear 21, and the differential case 3 for transmitting driving force of a motor to the side of the pinion shaft 19, where a rece...

A macerator has a housing (10) having an opening which provides access to its interior and a releasably securable lid (18) for releasably closing the opening in the housing. A foot-operated contactless infra red switch (64) is provided at the base of the macerator which is adapted to release a solenoid-operated latch (50) upon completion of the maceration cycle. The macerator also has a rotatable ...

A borehole seismic acquisition tool configured for release from a stuck position within a borehole having a tool body with at least one sensor package, an anchoring arm, and anchoring arm linkage adapted to connect the anchoring arm to the tool body. The anchoring arm linkage includes a weakpoint mechanism adapted to break in response to a minimum threshold amount of breaking force being applied u...

The present invention includes a system and methods aimed at surgery, and more particularly to a system and methods for monitoring nervous tissue to assess the integrity of a pedicle wall during or after pilot hole formation and before, during, or after screw implantation, particularly in the thoracic spine. The system also performs other neurophysiologic assessments including, but not necessarily...

An apparatus and method for regenerating a sorption dryer or cleaner by periodically heating the sorbing surface utilizing a number of heating elements distributed along the sorbing surface which are alternately switched on and off.

Network traffic is monitored to detect attempted inter-network communications, including attempts by devices internal to the network to communicate with resources external to the network and attempts by devices external to the network to establish VPN sessions with resources internal to the network. Upon detecting an attempted inter-network communication, the device responsible for initiating such...