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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130619 | STOP CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of accurately stopping a piston at a predetermined position during stoppage of the engine while preventing occurrence of untoward noise and vibration. After stopping the engine 3, the stop ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129041 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF CONNECTING TERMINALS OF BATTERY MODULES A connection structure for a battery module includes a fastening member and a space forming member. The fastening member presses a connecting portion of a bus bar against an electrode of the battery module to fasten the bus bar to the electrode. The space forming member... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127017 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD FOR VEHICLE An object detection device for a vehicle includes a transmission and reception unit that transmits an electromagnetic wave and receives a reflected wave generated when the electromagnetic wave is reflected by an object around a subject vehicle, a reflecting point comput... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126582 | VEHICLE BODY SUPERSTRUCTURE A vehicle body superstructure includes a first side rail member, a second side rail member, a roof member, and a gusset. The gusset includes a rail side surface, a roof side surface, a first claw, a second claw, and a bead. The rail side surface extends along a vertical... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126563 | GLOVE BOX STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE A glove box structure for a vehicle includes a storage portion and a lid portion. The lid portion is openably mounted on a instrument panel of the vehicle and includes an inner panel, honeycomb structure ribs, an intermediate panel, and an outer panel. The inner panel i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126537 | COGENERATION APPARATUS A cogeneration apparatus includes a housing for accommodating an engine, a fuel line, an electrical generator, and a power converter part. The housing is partitioned into a power-generation compartment and an electrical-equipment compartment. Empty space in the housing ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126536 | COGENERATION APPARATUS A cogeneration apparatus includes an electrical generator, an engine for driving the generator, and a heat exchanger for using waste heat of the engine as a heat source, which are housed in a housing. The apparatus is provided with an internal fuel line for supplying fu... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126032 | SEEDING DEVICE Tracer particles together with air are jetted from a nozzle of a seeder into a hood, the air is guided by a collision surface of the hood, deflected to a downstream side in an airflow direction in a wind tunnel, and flows out into the wind tunnel through an opening of t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125754 | SWITCH DEVICE In the switch device including the case in which switches are accommodated, tube portions provided on an upper surface of the case, operation knobs swingably provided to the tube portions, operation rods for transmitting movement of the operation knobs to the switches, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125296 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a booster, a first controller, and a second controller. The booster is configured to increase an output voltage of a battery to a drive voltage of a fuel injection unit of the internal combustion engine. The... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124949 | COGENERATION APPARATUS A cogeneration apparatus having an engine and an air-cleaning device provided to the engine is disclosed. The air-cleaning device is provided with an air filter and a hollow resonator. The air filter is provided at a position where a space within an air-cleaning case sp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124853 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING SEAL GAPS OF VEHICLES A device for measuring a seal gap created between a moving part and a mounting part of a vehicle body includes a base member, a scale member and a retaining member. The scale member is mounted to the base member and is moveable between an extended position and a retract... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110493 | TEXT ENTRY USING A STEERING WHEEL IN A VEHICLE The present invention describes an in-vehicle text entry method and system using controls of a steering wheel. The in-vehicle text input system provides a graphical user interface (GUI) keyboard layout that is conducive to memorization.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108389 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS A vehicle control apparatus is configured to set a desired speed of an engine to be inputted to a CVT based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening AP, calculate a desired output of the engine based on the accelerator opening; calculate a correction coefficient ba... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108386 | DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE A drive control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which has an engine selectively set in one of a normal fuel-consumption operation mode and a low fuel-consumption operation mode for obtaining a lower fuel consumption; a generator selectively used for one of being driven b... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108382 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear system, a second planetary gear system, a third planetary gear system, a fourth planetary gear system, and an engagement mechanism. The input shaft is configured to be rotated wi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107523 | UV PHOTOACTIVATABLE CURABLE PAINT FORMULATIONS AND CURED COATINGS THEREOF A UV photoactivatable curable paint formation for providing a cured paint coating of a desired appearance on a substrate by UV irradiation, comprises a UV curable film-forming compound; a UV photoinitiator; a particulate UV reflective material in an effective rate of cu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105628 | PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY METHOD, PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY METHOD FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE, PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM, AND TRACER PARTICLE GENERATING DEVICE IN PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM A particle image velocimetry system is provided which supplies tracer particles to a flow field around an object (12) from tracer particle supply means, takes an image of reflected light by imaging means (32A, 32B) by irradiating the tracer particle... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104893 | SALIENT POLE CONCENTRATED WINDING STATOR FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR A salient pole concentrated winding stator for an electric motor includes an annular stator core and a plurality of coils. The annular stator core includes a plurality of teeth. The plurality of coils are wound around the teeth such as to have different phases on the te... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104787 | FRONT STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE In a saddle-type vehicle having a structure for guiding a flow of air toward the rear side of a screen, to provide a technology by which thermal influences on the rider can be alleviated. A screen stay is integrally provided at its lower portion with a bridge-like secti... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103796 | WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM A water electrolysis system includes a high-pressure water electrolysis apparatus and a gas-liquid separation device. The gas-liquid separation device includes a block member which includes a gas-liquid separation opening and a water-level detection opening. The gas-liq... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103742 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission capable of adjusting the amount of lubricating oil in accordance with a load on a torque converter is provided. A main regulator valve regulates hydraulic oil from an oil pressure source on the basis of a stator r... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103716 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE, AND ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE INCORPORATING SAME An electric motorcycle includes an electric motor for generating a traveling driving force, a battery for supplying electricity to the electric motor, and a case member for accommodating the electric motor and the battery therein. The battery includes a plurality of bat... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103710 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a seat, a driving wheel, a motor, a battery, an accessory, and an accessory box. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, a main frame connected to the head pipe, and a first seat frame attached to the main frame. T... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103706 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body f... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103452 | PEDAL SIMULATOR A pedal simulator includes a cylinder mechanism for absorbing a fluid pressure generated in a pressurization chamber of a master cylinder by operating a brake pedal. The cylinder mechanism includes a housing, a piston slidably held in the housing and defining a fluid ch... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083999 | DRIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM A drive support system can provide drive support information on traveling of an own vehicle with respect to another vehicle based on positional information. The drive support system can include a drive support level determination part which changes the degree of offer o... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083962 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATING VEHICLE In an apparatus for controlling an autonomous operating vehicle having a prime mover and operating machine, it is configured to have a geomagnetic sensor responsive to magnets embedded in the area, detect angular velocity generated about z-axis in center of gravity of t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083961 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATING VEHICLE In an apparatus for controlling an autonomous operating vehicle having an operating machine and a magnetic sensor adapted to detect a border of a travel-scheduled area, the vehicle is controlled to travel around the area from a start point along the border to sequential... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083955 | FRONT-AND REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE One embodiment provides a vehicle including: a first drive system configured to drive first wheels; and a second drive system configured to drive second wheels, wherein the first drive system includes: an electric motor; a motor controller; an engagement/disengagement u... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083954 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery if the torque value of the detected... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081914 | WIRING STRUCTURE OF REAR COMBINATION LIGHT A wiring structure of a rear combination light of a vehicle includes a light-side wire, a vehicle-body-side wire holding portion, a stay, a light-side wire holding portion and a wire coupler. The vehicle-body-side wire holding portion is mounted on a rear surface of the... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081220 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE A vehicle approach notification apparatus for an electric motorcycle, which outputs notification sound for notifying a walker or the like of approach of a vehicle from a speaker attached to a vehicle body includes a control unit for controlling the notification sound. T... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081217 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE An electric motorcycle includes a front cover for covering a head pipe of a vehicle body frame from a forward direction and a speaker for notifying an individual, such as a walker or the like, of the approach of a vehicle. The speaker has a sound emitting direction dire... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081080 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery if the torque value of the detected... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080254 | BATTERY MODULE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR MOTOR-DRIVEN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE A battery module mounting structure includes a housing structure housing a battery supplying electric power to the electric motor of a motor-driven two-wheeled vehicle and a PDU controlling the electric motor. The housing case is configured to be mountable to and dismou... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072091 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION APPARATUS FOR AEROPLANE GAS TURBINE ENGINE In a temperature estimation apparatus for an aeroplane gas turbine engine, there are provided with a calculator that calculates a low-pressure turbine outlet temperature change (dEGT) based on low-pressure turbine rotational speed (N1) and ambient temperature (T<... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071249 | TRIPOD CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING SAME Provided are a tripod constant velocity joint, and a method and a device for assembling the joint. The opening of a through-hole formed in an inner member of the tripod constant velocity joint has formed therein a tapered, reduced diameter section having a diameter tape... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071074 | GRINDING STONE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GRINDING STONE, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF GRINDING STONE A manufacturing apparatus, of a grinding stone which is manufactured by attaching abrasive grains respectively having polyhedral shapes in which mutually opposed surfaces are parallel to each other to a base member, is provided with: an abrasive grains classifying appar... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070318 | OIL PUMP UNIT WITH VARIABLE FLOW RATE An oil pump unit with a variable flow rate includes lubrication pumps and a control pump that are driven by rotation of a crankshaft of an engine, and changes an oil supply amount from the control pump to each part of the engine, in which the control pump includes a plu... | 03/22/2012 |
