A risk potential calculating device for a vehicle, comprises a state recognition device that detects vehicle conditions of a subject vehicle and a traveling environment for vehicle surroundings; and a risk potential calculator that calculates a risk potential for the vehicle surroundings based on detection results of the state recognition device. The risk potential calculator calculates the risk p...

In lane keep control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a traveling state of the vehicle is detected, a determination is made on whether the vehicle has a tendency of deviation from the traveling traffic lane according to the detected traveling state, a deviation avoidance control is executed for the vehicle in a direction to avoid the deviation according to the traveling state, steer...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of a vehicle capable of controlling the behavior of one's own vehicle based on the presence or absence of an obstacle around the other vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: The controller of the vehicle comprises a behavior controller for controlling the behavior of one's own vehicle, and an external information detection device for detecting information on the ot...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve travelling controllability at a low speed. Ž

SOLUTION: The distance between an own car and a preceding one is detected by a distance sensor 31, and the speed of the own car is calculated by an ECU 36 based on the detection result of a wheel speed sensor 32. Then, the distance between cars becomes equal to or less than the minimum value of the distance between ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To release the brakes speedily with proper timing according to a traveling condition of a preceding vehicle to shift to acceleration control quickly to start a vehicle when the vehicle controlled by an inter-vehicle distance control type constant speed traveling device is started by the operation of a driver. Ž

SOLUTION: When the vehicle, controlled to travel at a consta...

A hybrid vehicle control apparatus for improving fuel consumption ratio by making appropriate the deceleration perception of the hybrid vehicle is provided. It is determined whether the flag setting of a brake ON determination flag is "1". If the brake is OFF, a brake OFF regeneration amount is obtained, and is assigned to the deceleration regeneration computed value. It is determined whether a re...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular motion control apparatus capable of smoothly and naturally controlling a vehicular motion even in case where road information is discontinuous. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicular motion controlled variable computing section 4 computes a vehicular motion controlled variable on the basis of a driving condition of a vehicle and road information from a road infor...

PCT No. PCT/CH96/00255 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 27, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 27, 1997 PCT Filed Jul. 11, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/03780 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 1997In a web-fed rotary press for processing web-shaped materials, the latter run between two working rollers (3, 4) that are arranged in side bearing housings (8, 9). The working rollers (3, 4) that are connected via the bearing housings (8, 9) to...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily restrain sudden increase of output shaft torque of an automatic transmission at the time of power-on-up-shift of the automatic transmission on a vehicle. SOLUTION: Turbine rotational speed of an automatic transmission is gradually lowered from initial speed change stage equivalent rotational speed to following speed change stage equivalent rotational speed at the ti...

A vehicle speed sensor (15) mounting structure for a vehicle automatic transmission (10) including a transmission case (11) for a transmission mechanism, and an extension cover (12) accommodating a parking gear (22) on the output shaft (13) of the transmission mechanism. The transmission case (11) and the extension cover (12) are arranged in abutment with each other at respective mating surfaces. ...

The auxiliary stack frame (13) can be lowered and is positioned between two side walls of the sheet-delivery. The auxiliary stack frame attached at the corners (28) to lifting pieces (36) has a movable auxiliary stack holder element (19). The length of the auxiliary stack frame in the direction in which the paper travels (42) corresponds to double the length of the auxiliary stack holder element. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a running safety apparatus in which a collision preventing effect by an automatic steering operation is made compatible with a collision preventing effect by a manual steering operation by a method wherein, when a steering device used to prevent contact with an oncoming vehicle is steered automatically, a margin which controls a vehicle behavior by the voluntary ste...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent generation of cavitations, noises and the like by keeping the inside of a hydraulic motor in a positive pressure condition by supplying oil in an inertia rotation time of the hydraulic motor. SOLUTION: On the central side of the hydraulic motor 18, an oil sump chamber 33 is formed between a motor case 19 and a cylinder block 25. In the cylinder block 25, a pluralit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate an air brake device properly by accurately predicting the roll over of a vehicle early regardless of the height of the gravity center of the vehicle. SOLUTION: When the roll rate of a vehicle body 5 detected by a roll rate detection means 6 is over a specified limit or the angular steering velocity of a steering wheel 2 which is detected by a steer angle detection ...

A vehicle which has a first running mode in which the frontward running environment of the vehicle is recognized and at least one of the engine, change gear, and brake of the vehicle is controlled based on the recognizing signal and a second running mode in which at least one of the engine, change gear, and brake is controlled based on a signal generated by the driver of the vehicle, and which is ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for following a preceding vehicle enabling a driver to recognize start of following control securely without requiring visual confirmation that requires moving of line of sight when starting following control. Ž

SOLUTION: When there is no preceding vehicle, vehicle speed control maintaining speed of own vehicle at speed set by the driver is perfor...

An engine deceleration control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is arranged to prohibit correcting an air quantity supplied to the engine when an elapsed time period from a moment of turning off of an accelerator of the engine is within a first predetermined time period, or when an elapsed time period from a moment of turning off of a lockup clutch of a torque converter is wit...

The present invention relates to a resin film which consists of thermoplastic polyester resin containing 3 to 30% by weight of a granular resin with a grain diameter of 0.1 to 5 mu m in weight fraction in entire resin, the granular resin being modified polyolefin resin containing 2 to 20% by weight of a functional group derived from carboxylic acid in terns of carboxylic acid, a manufacturing met...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately decide the probability that a preceding vehicle is on the traveling lane of a driver's own vehicle by reflecting the judgement and intention of a driver, and to accurately decide and properly control the proximity level. Ž

SOLUTION: When a preceding vehicle is detected (S20), the driver's own vehicle lane is confirmed (S20), the proximity quantity Doi of a ...

A method and apparatus for aerating a liquid wherein the liquid to be treated is drawn down a vertical pipe at a predetermined velocity to entrain air bubbles into the moving liquid forming an air liquid mixture, maintaining the air bubbles in liquid contact for a minimum period under increasing hydrostatic pressure to dissolve the air and returning the aerated liquid to the reactor, the air bubbl...