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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130577 | VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD In a vehicular control apparatus mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, and a storage device that is supplied with a power from the rotating electrical machine, the vehicle can be decelerated through stoppage of inje... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129069 | TERMINAL DEVICE FOR CELL VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT OF A FUEL CELL A terminal device for cell voltage measurement of a fuel cell having a plurality of cells includes a plurality of terminals, a support member and a fixing member. The plurality of terminals each includes a conductive columnar part, and are electrically connected to the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126642 | ELECTRIC MOTOR An electric motor has a rotor, stator, and covers. A stator coil is a pre-wound coil inserted into slots of a stator core from its inner side. A no-lead-wire side coil end portion of the stator coil protrudes radially inward. A no-lead-wire side coolant chamber is liqui... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126610 | BRAKE CONTROLLING DEVICE In a brake controlling device (20), a separating valve (60) is provided in a main flow path (45) for interconnecting a first liquid pressure circuit and a second liquid pressure circuit. When an abnormality detecting section detects an abnormality r... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126517 | CURTAIN AIR BAG SYSTEM A curtain air bag system includes a main deployment portion for an occupant seated in a front seat, that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of an opening in a vehicle body, and inflates by receiving a supply of gas when the vehicle is in a side collision and w... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126411 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A semiconductor device of the present invention has a purpose to form a structure of preventing outflow of solder at low costs. A semiconductor element is bonded to a substrate through a solder layer. An outflow-preventing part is provided to surround the solder layer t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125969 | APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MAGNET An apparatus for handling a magnet handles a plurality of split magnets obtained by sequentially splitting a magnet to be split from one end thereof. The apparatus for handling a magnet is equipped with a mechanism which arranges a split magnet with respect to a previou... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125482 | GAS FILLING SYSTEM A gas filling system includes a vehicle having a gas tank, and a gas station that supplies the gas tank with gas. The vehicle includes a controller having a filling protocol that specifies a method of control on the gas station side that is used when the gas is filled i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125480 | GAS FILLING SYSTEM AND GAS FILLING APPARATUS A gas filling apparatus in the gas filling system includes a precooler for cooling hydrogen gas supplied from the gas supply source (11) and discharges the hydrogen gas cooled by the precooler to fill the hydrogen gas into the gas tank. The temperature of the hyd... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125280 | STARTING TORQUE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A starting torque transmission mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes an inner race coupled to a crankshaft, a ring gear to which a rotational driving force from a starter motor is transmitted, and an outer race coupled to the ring gear. A one way clutch, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124978 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM An exhaust gas purification system is provided with an exhaust gas purification device (19) for trapping particulate matter, and a control system that performs a regeneration control process to the exhaust gas purification device (19), wherein in cases whe... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109497 | ABNORMAL INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention provides an abnormal inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance detection apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The abnormal inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance detection apparatus is provided with: an air-fuel ratio sensor provided a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109485 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND OPERATON DEVICE A vehicle control device capable of obtaining the sufficient effect of vehicle control is provided. A vehicle control device 1 outputs a control signal to a vehicle on the basis of the height of the center of gravity based on the behavior of the vehicle at the ti... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109480 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD A vehicle control apparatus is provided with a power generator driven by a torque transmitted between an internal combustion engine and a drive wheel. The vehicle control apparatus executes a torque control that smoothly changes a torque at the drive wheel by changing a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109444 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME Provided are a fuel cell system and a control method thereof capable of inhibiting the occurrence of problems caused by surplus electrical power even in cases where the torque able to be generated by the motor is limited due to a low motor drive voltage. A fuel cell sys... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109442 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A power supply system for a hybrid vehicle includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices used selectively. When SOC of each power storage device decreases to an SOC control target, the running mode transitions from a CD mode of runnin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108384 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE A control device for a vehicle drive device in a vehicle having a power source including an engine and a stepped automatic shifting portion making up a part of a power transmission path between the power source and a drive wheel, the control device providing input torqu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107709 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A fuel cell system including a fuel cell, and a converter which is connected between the fuel cell and a high voltage system and which sets an output ceiling voltage of the fuel cell, the fuel cell system comprising fuel gas supply stopping means for stopping the supply... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107706 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AT STARTING IN THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a fuel gas piping system which supplies a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack, and is capable of, at starting below a freezing point, selectively performing a rapid warm-up operation to generate electric power at an air stoi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106204 | CONVERTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND MULTIPHASE CONVERTER A driving frequency setting portion is provided. The driving frequency setting portion sets a switching frequency of a switching element on the basis of a notification from a driving phase number switching portion. A ripple current detected by a current sensor is in inv... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104998 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE A non-contact power transmission device includes an alternating current power supply, a resonant system, a load, an impedance measuring section and an analyzing section. The resonant system has a primary coil connected to the alternating current power supply, a primary-... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104804 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE Disclosed is a vehicle body structure that can improve the absorption performance of a load applied to a vehicle is provided. When a load is applied, the sub-side member retreats as a link member turns. Additionally, the retreat of the sub-side member is suppressed when... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104612 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A semiconductor device has: a semiconductor substrate; and an upper surface electrode laminated on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one portion of the upper surface electrode includes a first layer formed on an upper surface side of the ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104064 | MAGNET SPLITTING DEVICE AND MAGNET SPLITTING METHOD A magnet splitting device includes a one-side holder for holding a plurality of pre-split magnets on one sides of respective splitting grooves, an other-side holder for holding the magnets on the other sides, and an actuating unit for causing relative movement of the ot... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103735 | BRAKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FRICTION MATERIAL There is provided a braking device including a pad having a friction surface, and a disc having a friction surface sliding on the friction surface. The pad includes, in the friction surface, a plurality of hard particles tilted in the opposite direction to a direction i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103713 | MOVING BODY EQUIPPED WITH FUEL CELL A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a radiator, a radiator fan, and a mounting frame. The mounting frame has an opposed member located on an axially extension of a rotating shaft of the radiator fan. When a compression load acting on the rotating shaft reaches a p... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083981 | VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL APPARATUS A vehicle running control apparatus for executing a turn assist control which controls longitudinal forces of wheels so that longitudinal force of a turning inner wheel is lower than longitudinal force of a turning outer wheel by lowering the longitudinal force of the t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083940 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR There are provided a fuel cell system capable of reducing power consumption by inhibiting an unnecessary operation of a DC-DC converter, and a power control method therefor. The fuel cell system having an inverter which is connected to a load device, a first converter w... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080718 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE The present teachings provide a semiconductor device comprising: an IGBT element region, a diode element region and a boundary region provided between the IGBT element region and the diode element region are formed in one semiconductor substrate. The boundary region com... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080253 | FUEL-CELL-POWERED VEHICLE A fuel-cell-powered vehicle includes a fuel cell, an air compressor that is mounted in an engine compartment of the vehicle and supplies air to the fuel cell, side members that are located on each lateral side of the engine compartment and fixed to a vehicle body, and a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080251 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE This fuel cell vehicle FCV is provided with a fuel cell FC as well as a first tank and a second tank, which store a reaction gas to be supplied to the fuel cell FC. The first tank and the second tank are arranged in the front area of the fuel cell vehicle FCV. The secon... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080250 | VEHICLE An object is to provide a vehicle in which the configuration of a frame supporting a tank is effectively used. In order to achieve such an object, the vehicle includes a tank supported by a pair of side frames and cross frames which traverse the side frames, wherein a d... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072066 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF In the case that the motor travel priority mode is set and the restriction mode is set as the control mode because of the request of the operation of the engine, the threshold value Peg that is smaller value between the obtained value (kw·Wout) from multiplying the out... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072063 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF During vehicle travelling with the motor travel priority mode where the vehicle is driven to travel prioritizing the motor travel after system startup, when the accumulated charge ratio of the batteries becomes less than the threshold value, which is set so that the acc... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072062 | HYBRID VEHICLE In a hybrid vehicle, control is executed to operate an engine with fuel injection being performed, when an unexecuted percentage of catalyst degradation suppression control is equal to or greater than a threshold value of the unexecuted percentage, when a power storage ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071797 | LEG ASSIST DEVICE A leg assist device having an abnormality management procedure which appropriately adapts to an abnormal situation is provided. The leg assist device is provided with a leg attachment and a controller. The leg attachment comprises upper and a lower links connected with ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070757 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE The pressure-adjusting valve provided in the cathode outlet of a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell system has a function of adjusting the oxidizing gas pressure in the fuel cell stack according to the adjustment of the valve opening degree. When the exhaust pipe ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070756 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system is equipped with a fuel cell, a DC/DC converter that is electrically connected to the fuel cell, and a control unit that controls the supply of a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to the fuel cell and issues a voltage command to and drives the DC/DC conve... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068529 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE A system including: a liquid-pressure source device that can supply working fluid to a brake device; and an ABS valve device. The system executes a first control in which a supply pressure of the working fluid becomes a target supply pressure and a second control for ma... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068296 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Provided is a semiconductor device capable of reducing a temperature-dependent variation of a current sense ratio and accurately detecting current In the semiconductor device, at least one of an impurity concentration and a thickness of each semiconductor layer is adjus... | 03/22/2012 |
