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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130112390 | VEHICLE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM A vehicle heating and air conditioning system basically includes an interior/exterior air introducing structure, a heating device, a driving end time acquiring section and an interior/exterior air switching control section. The interior/exterior air introducing structur... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130110366 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE A left-right drive force difference transient control computation value calculating section uses a map search, based on a change rate of a target yaw rate, to find a left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control computation value, which is a basic targe... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130103278 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE Upon determining than an over-steered state exits, a feedback control coefficient for a rear wheel total drive force is set to 0 and a feedback control coefficient for a rear wheel drive force difference is also set to 0 to impose a two-wheel drive state. As a result, i... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130103229 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE In a transient control computing section, a left-right drive force difference transient control gain computing section finds a left-right drive force difference transient control gain α that is smaller than 1 in a region where a target yaw rate change rate is small, i.... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130103228 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE A calculating section finds a left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control computation value, which is a basic target value for a turning response transiently requested by a driver through a steering speed at current wheel speeds (vehicle speed). A com... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130103227 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE A vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus is provided for improving the handling of a vehicle when a steering wheel of the vehicle is being returned toward a center position. The vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control appar... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130098201 | DRIVE-FORCE-DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE A drive-force-distribution control device includes an input-side bevel gear and an output-side bevel gear, a center shaft, left and right clutches, a housing, a bearing and a shim member. The output-side bevel gear is supported on the center shaft such that the output-s... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130085650 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM A vehicle brake control system includes a regenerative braking control component, a frictional braking control component, a calculating component and a controlling component. The regenerative braking control component controls a regenerative braking device to provide a ... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130081590 | ENGINE STRUCTURE An engine structure is provided that basically includes a cylinder block, an oil circulation pathway and a lubricating oil reservoir. The cylinder block has an upper end for receiving a cylinder head, a lower end for receiving an oil pan, and a crankshaft receiving port... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130080013 | VEHICLE DAMPING CONTROL APPARATUS A vehicle damping control apparatus is basically provided with a braking/accelerating torque generating component, a corrective torque calculating component, a corrective torque command value output component and a priority level setting component. The braking/accelerat... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130079986 | VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE A vehicle display device includes a vehicle instrument panel, upper-side and lower-side segment displays and a display controller. Each of the upper-side and lower-side segment displays has at least three number-displaying elements that are arranged in a line in a later... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130075075 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM A vehicle air conditioning system includes a duct, a refrigerant evaporator, an air conditioning cooling flow passage, a heater core, a heater hot fluid flow passage, a heat exchanger, an electric heater, an electrical component cooling flow passage, a communication flo... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130074666 | WORKPIECE CUTTING APPARATUS A workpiece cutting apparatus that basically includes a fixed blade, a moving blade and a cleaning component. The fixed blade is configured to fixedly receive a workpiece. The moving blade is moveably mounted relative to the fixed blade, and the moving blade and the fix... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130074665 | WORKPIECE CUTTING METHOD A workpiece cutting method basically includes providing a workpiece proximate to a first blade including a first cutting edge. The method further comprises moving a second blade including a second cutting edge in contact with the first blade such that the first and seco... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130073161 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE A rear wheel drive force difference setting gain is multiplied by a basic left-right rear wheel drive force difference steady-state control computation value for achieving a vehicle turning behavior steadily requested by a driver in order to calculate a final left-right... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130073160 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE When a rear wheel total drive force is smaller than a rear wheel drive force difference and the rear wheel drive force difference cannot be accomplished by dividing the rear wheel total drive force between the left and right rear wheels, an inside wheel target drive for... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069461 | MOTOR POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS A motor power distribution apparatus includes first insulating holders and second insulating holders. The first insulating holders are disposed to retain every other one of a plurality of stacked power distribution members that are unified by insert molding. The second ... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130068548 | VEHICLE BATTERY PACK HOUSING STRUCTURE A vehicle battery pack housing structure includes a vehicle body panel and first, second and third panel components that define an outward-opening battery housing space. The first panel component is rigidly attached to the vehicle body panel and includes a first side wa... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130068443 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM A vehicle air conditioning system includes an electric powered refrigerant compressing device, an evaporator, an electric heater, an air temperature determining component, a cabin interior temperature controlling component, an upper limit electric power setting componen... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130058373 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR A fault diagnosis device conducts a fault diagnosis in a temperature sensor. At starting an internal combustion engine, a thermal equilibrium condition may be established and temperature deviations of temperatures detected by at least two reference temperature sensors f... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130041565 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM A vehicle brake control system has a braking detector and a braking controller. The braking detector determines whether a braking operation in a vehicle is within an initial braking stage based on a control condition of a frictional braking system. The braking controlle... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130033374 | VEHICLE WARNING SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle warning sound emitting apparatus includes a warning sound emitting component and a controller. The warning sound emitting component to selectively emits a warning sound that is audible outside of the vehicle. The controller controls the warning sound emitting ... | 02/07/2013 |
| 20130033048 | VEHICLE COLLISION PROTECTION APPARATUS A vehicle collision protection apparatus includes a bracket. The bracket includes a deflecting force generating component provided at a rear end of the bracket. The bracket is disposed in a vehicle front space of a vehicle and extends in a front to rear direction of the... | 02/07/2013 |
| 20130031121 | VEHICLE CHARGING FACILITY INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM A vehicle charging facility information acquisition system has comprising an acquisition component and a charging record information storage component. The acquisition component is configured to acquire, from a plurality of vehicles, information pertaining to a vehicle ... | 01/31/2013 |
| 20130009769 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The sound emitting device is configured to emit a movement notification sound to outside of a vehicle to inform a person in an are... | 01/10/2013 |
| 20130004868 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME A fuel cell system has a fuel cell for generating electricity by reacting a fuel gas with an oxidant gas and an exhaust flow passage for exhausting the fuel exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel electrode 16 of the fuel cell to the outside. The fuel cell system is eq... | 01/03/2013 |
| 20120299718 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The sound emitting device emits a movement notification sound to outside of a vehicle to inform a person in an area surrounding th... | 11/29/2012 |
| 20120299717 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The sound emitting device is configured to emit a movement notification sound to an outside of a vehicle to inform a person in an ... | 11/29/2012 |
| 20120299716 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The sound emitting device emits forward and reverse advancement notification sounds outside of a vehicle to inform a person in an ... | 11/29/2012 |
| 20120296520 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a first sound emitting device, a second sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The first sound emitting device emits a first intermittent notification sound inside a cabin... | 11/22/2012 |
| 20120293318 | VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS A vehicle notification sound emitting apparatus is basically provided with a sound emitting device and a notification sound control device. The sound emitting device emits a starting movement notification sound to outside of a vehicle to inform a person in an outside ar... | 11/22/2012 |
| 20120272933 | THREE-CYLINDER ENGINE A three cylinder engine includes a vibration alleviation unit for alleviating vibrations in a vehicle. The vibration alleviation unit is disposed at least one of upon the crankshaft and upon a part that operates in unison with the crankshaft. The three cylinder is suppo... | 11/01/2012 |
| 20120208082 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR BIPOLAR SECONDARY BATTERY A bipolar secondary battery current collector is a bipolar secondary battery current collector having electrical conductivity. The current collector has an expansion section that expands in a thickness direction of the current collector at a temperature equal to or high... | 08/16/2012 |
| 20120181888 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE ROTOR A rotary electric machine rotor is provided with a rotor shaft, a rotor core, and a group of permanent magnets. The rotor core includes a group of flux barriers arranged at intervals. At least one of the flux barriers includes at least one bridge joining an inner edge a... | 07/19/2012 |
| 20120166055 | DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE When a rear wheel total drive force is smaller than a rear wheel drive force difference and the rear wheel drive force difference cannot be realized by setting a left-right distribution of the rear wheel total drive force, an inside wheel target drive force is set uncon... | 06/28/2012 |
| 20120156089 | ALUMINUM ALLOY AND HIGH STRENGTH BOLT MADE OF ALUMINUM ALLOY Provided is material for an aluminum alloy exhibiting a sufficient heat resistance, tensile strength as well as stress corrosion cracking resistance necessary for use as automobile parts. Also, provided are a forged part forged from such aluminum alloy and an aluminum a... | 06/21/2012 |
| 20120064422 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell, a first combustor, a first heating gas return channel and a gas supplier. The fuel cell includes a solid electrolyte cell with an anode and a cathode. The fuel cell generates power by reacting a hydrogen-containing gas an... | 03/15/2012 |
| 20120059563 | ACCELERATOR REACTION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS An accelerator reaction force control apparatus is provided with an accelerator position detecting device, a reaction force varying device and a threshold value setting device. The reaction force varying device varies a reaction force of the accelerator so as to increas... | 03/08/2012 |
| 20120055725 | VEHICLE BATTERY COOLING STRUCTURE A vehicle battery cooling structure is provided with a vehicle body, a battery unit and a cooling jacket. The vehicle body includes a floor panel and a vehicle body frame member. The battery unit is attached to the vehicle body frame member. The battery unit is arranged... | 03/08/2012 |
| 20120055724 | VEHICLE COMPONENT MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT A vehicle component mounting structure is provided with a vehicle body, a battery, a charger, a high-power electrical component other than the charger. The battery is mounted on the vehicle body. The charger is mounted on the vehicle body and converts a lower-voltage el... | 03/08/2012 |
