This attachment structure for a vehicle-mounted apparatus is an attachment structure for a vehicle-mounted apparatus for attaching a vehicle-mounted apparatus to a bracket provided in a cabin, the attachment structure comprising: a pair of first projections provided in the vehicle-mounted apparatus and projecting in directions opposite to each other; a moving member that is attached to each of opposing wall portions of the bracket, has a receiving portion for receiving the first projections, and moves in a sliding manner between a first position where the first projections can be taken in and out of the receiving portion and a second position where the first projections can be prevented from coming in and out of the receiving portion; and a guide portion that is provided in each of the wall portions and guides the sliding movement of the moving member.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
F16B 21/08 - Releasable fastening devices with snap action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part
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Method of producing sand mold comprising curing a resin and a binder by the same curing agent
A method for producing a sand mold includes mixing artificial sand with a furan resin composition including a furan resin precursor, preparing molding sand having the artificial sand and a surface-modified layer containing a resin cured product covering the artificial sand and including a curing agent attached to the surface-modified layer by mixing the curing agent including xylene sulfonic acid with the artificial sand with which the furan resin composition is mixed, and curing the furan resin composition, after mixing the artificial sand with the furan resin composition, and curing an added portion of the binder in the molding sand by adding the binder to the molding sand. In the step of curing the added portion of the binder, the curing agent for curing the furan resin composition is used also as a curing agent for curing the binder.
B22C 9/02 - Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings
B22C 1/22 - Compositions of refractory mould or core materialsGrain structures thereofChemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds characterised by the use of binding agentsMixtures of binding agents of organic agents of resins or rosins
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
C08F 34/02 - Homopolymers or copolymers of cyclic compounds having no unsaturated aliphatic radicals in a side chain and having one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in a heterocyclic ring in a ring containing oxygen
In the present invention, a battery pack (1) comprises: battery cells (10) which each have a pair of first surface parts opposing in a first direction, and which are layered so that a positive electrode plate (14a) and a negative electrode plate (14b) are aligned in the first direction; an outer shell (80) that accommodates the layered battery cells (10); an elastic member (60) that is provided between the battery cells (10) that are adjacent in the first direction; and a plurality of frames (20) for fixing the battery cells (10) to the outer shell (80). The elastic member (60) is disposed so as to cover a center portion of the first surface parts (11), and the frames (20) are disposed so as to cover an outer circumferential portion of the first surface parts (11).
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a connector holder that can minimize water-wetting of the connector. A connector holder (11) according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a fixed wall section (24) that is provided standing upright on an upper surface of an upper cover section (22), along an edge section (22a) of the upper cover section (22), and is fixed to a vehicle body side; a water discharge hole (26) that penetrates the fixed wall section (24), and communicate an upper section space (S1) of the upper cover section (22) and a side space (S2) of the upper cover section (22); and a facing wall section (34) that faces the water discharge hole (26) on the water discharge side, which is the side space (S2) side.
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
H02G 3/16 - Distribution boxesConnection or junction boxes structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box
H01B 7/00 - Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form
The present invention enables the direction in which reception is possible to be expanded for an on-vehicle device at low cost and with high gain, without limiting the installation direction or installation position on a vehicle. An antenna device (10) comprises: a printed board (13) that includes a circuit for measuring a position on the basis of a positioning signal; and a dipole antenna element (11) that is disposed on the printed board (13) and receives the positioning signal. The antenna device (10) also comprises a parasitic L-shaped antenna element (12), the dipole antenna element (11) and a long-side element (12) of the parasitic L-shaped antenna element are disposed at positions that are side-by-side but not in parallel, and an end section of a short-side element of the L-shaped antenna element (12) is disposed so as to be positioned near an end section of the dipole antenna element (11).
Provided is an antenna device which has a high degree of freedom for installing a communication apparatus and with which characteristics are improved (it is possible to efficiently emit radio waves from an extended antenna), even if the communication apparatus for wirelessly communicating with the outside of the vehicle is not disposed near a loop structure of a vehicle body. This antenna device (1A), which is mounted on a vehicle (V), comprises: a communication apparatus (10) for wirelessly communicating with the outside of the vehicle (V); and a metal bracket (20) doubling in function as an extended antenna, wherein the communication apparatus (10) includes a housing (11) and a substrate (12) which is accommodated in the housing (11) and on which a pattern antenna (12a) is formed, the metal bracket (20) includes a first portion (21) fixed to the housing (11) and a second portion (22) fixed to the vehicle V, and the first portion (21) and the pattern antenna (12a) face each other with a portion of the housing (11) sandwiched therebetween such that the metal bracket (20) and at least a portion of the pattern antenna (12a) are spatially coupled.
[Problem] To provide a power unit suspension structure capable of well-balanced suspension of a power unit while also minimizing space needed for suspension of the power unit, in a vehicle front/rear direction. [Solution] A power unit suspension structure 10 that suspends a power unit 20 that has a motor 24, a transaxle 22, and a power control unit 26. The power unit suspension structure 10 has the transaxle 22 arranged substantially in the center in the vehicle width direction and has the motor 24 positioned on one side and the power control unit 26 positioned on the opposite side to the motor 24, in the vehicle width direction , said positions being above the transaxle 22. The power unit suspension structure 10 suspends the motor 24 and the power control unit 26 above a principal axis of inertia X substantially parallel to the vehicle width direction.
Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer, which have improved electrical properties and chemical properties. For example, used is an anion exchange resin which has a hydrophobic unit being composed of bisphenol AF residues repeated via carbon-carbon bond and a hydrophilic unit being composed of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, in which the hydrophilic group is formed by connecting an anion exchange group to a fluorene backbone via a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and in which the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
A vehicle air conditioning device (1) comprises: an air conditioning case (10); an air blower (20); a blowout port (45); a plurality of flaps (60); and a guide member (50). The air conditioning case (10) is disposed on a ceiling (R) of a vehicle interior (I), and has an air suction port (16). The blowout port (45) is formed in a flat shape short in the up-down direction, and guides air blown by the blower to one side in a predetermined first direction and blows out the blown air into the vehicle interior. The plurality of flaps (60) are arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction on the air conditioning case on the downstream side of the blowout port, and each flap changes the flow direction of the blown air in the up-down direction. The guide member (50) is disposed inside the blowout port so as to be rotatable in the second direction, and changes the flow of the blown air to the second direction. Further, a plurality of the guide members are disposed corresponding to the plurality of flaps, each guide member being attached so as to be independently rotatable in the second direction.
This vehicle air-conditioning device (1) has an air-conditioning case (10), a blower (20), and an outlet part. The air-conditioning case (10) is disposed on a ceiling part (R) of a vehicle cabin (I) and has a suction port (16) into which air inside the vehicle cabin is sucked. The outlet part (45) is provided with a blowoff passage (46) and blows ventilation air that has passed through the blowoff passage into the vehicle cabin. The blowoff passage (46) is formed into a flat shape having a short vertical length and extends in a predetermined first direction, and the ventilation air that was blown by the blower passes therethrough. The blowoff passage (46) has an upper wall part (47) and a lower wall part (48). The upper wall part (47) has a covered part (47a) and an exposed part (47b). The blowoff passage (47) also has a guide member (50) disposed therein. The guide member (50) has an operation part (52) that is positioned so as to face the exposed part of the upper wall part and that is used for a pivoting operation toward a second direction.
Provided are an anion exchange resin being capable of producing an electrolyte membrane and the like, which have improved chemical properties (durability). For example, used is an anion exchange resin comprising a hydrophobic unit being composed of a plurality of divalent hydrophobic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophobic group having a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent fluorine-containing group; and a hydrophilic unit being composed of a plurality of hydrophilic groups repeated via carbon-carbon bond, the hydrophilic groups being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are connected to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group and/or carbon-carbon bond, and the hydrophilic groups containing an anion exchange group-containing group including a quaternary ammonium salt having a piperidine ring, and wherein the hydrophobic unit and the hydrophilic unit are connected via carbon-carbon bond.
B01J 41/07 - Processes using organic exchangers in the weakly basic form
B01J 47/12 - Ion-exchange processes in generalApparatus therefor characterised by the use of ion-exchange material in the form of ribbons, filaments, fibres or sheets, e.g. membranes
C08G 61/12 - Macromolecular compounds containing atoms other than carbon in the main chain of the macromolecule
H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
H01M 8/1023 - Polymeric electrolyte materials characterised by the chemical structure of the main chain of the ion-conducting polymer having only carbon, e.g. polyarylenes, polystyrenes or polybutadiene-styrenes
Provided is a vehicular lamp apparatus that enables sequential lighting with fewer light sources. This vehicular lamp apparatus (1) is provided with: a first light-emitting part (10); a second light-emitting part (20); and a lighting control circuit (31) which lights the first light-emitting part (10) and the second light-emitting part (20) in sequence. The first light-emitting part (10) has a first light source (11), and causes the light source (11) to emit light so as to light a dot-like region (101) located inward in the vehicle width direction in a light-emitting region (100). The second light-emitting part (20) has a second light source (21), and causes the light source (21) to emit light so as to light a linear region (102) located further outward in the vehicle width direction than the dot-like region (101) in the light-emitting region (100). In the light-emitting region (100), the linear region (102) extends outward in the vehicle width direction from the dot-like region (101), and is longer in the vehicle width direction than the dot-like region (101).
B60Q 1/38 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction using immovably-mounted light sources, e.g. fixed flashing lamps
B60Q 1/34 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction
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MOVING-BODY MOTION CONTROL DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, WIND INFORMATION PREDICTION DEVICE, WIND-PRESSURE-DETECTION-POSITION COMPUTATION DEVICE, MOVING-BODY MOTION CONTROL METHOD, WIND STATUS TRANSMISSION METHOD, WIND INFORMATION PREDICTION METHOD, WIND-PRESSURE-DETECTION-POSITION COMPUTATION METHOD, MOVING-BODY MOTION CONTROL PROGRAM, WIND STATUS TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, WIND INFORMATION PREDICTION PROGRAM, AND WIND-PRESSURE-DETECTION-POSITON COMPUTATION PROGRAM
A moving-body motion control device 10 comprising: a wind status acquisition unit that acquires a wind-related physical quantity calculated on the basis of the difference between respective wind pressures at a pair of locations 16R, 16L that are spaced from one another in the right-left direction at the front of the moving body, and on the basis of the sum of the wind pressures; an aerodynamic force estimation unit that, on the basis of the wind-related physical quantity, estimates the aerodynamic force acting in a direction that would change the behavior of the moving body; a behavior prediction unit that, on the basis of the aerodynamic force estimated by the aerodynamic force estimation unit, predicts the behavior of the moving body changing in response to the action of the aerodynamic force; and a control unit that controls a vehicle motion control unit 19 for controlling the motion of the moving body such that the moving body behaves in a manner that counteracts the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit.
B60T 8/1755 - Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve
B60W 40/02 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to ambient conditions
B62D 6/00 - Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded to, e.g. control circuits
G01L 7/00 - Measuring the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by mechanical or fluid pressure-sensitive elements
G01M 9/06 - Measuring arrangements specially adapted for aerodynamic testing
The present invention is configured so as to restrict a driver's seat from sliding into a non-driving position after an engine is started, thus enabling safe driving. A driver's seat 1 is provided so as to be capable of sliding between a driving-permitted position suitable for driving, and a non-driving position not suitable for driving. When the driver's seat 1 is in the non-driving position, starting of the engine is prohibited, and when the driver's seat 1 is in the driving-permitted position, starting of the engine is permitted. After the engine is started, a stopper 27 projects to a projection position, and the driver's seat 1 in the driving-permitted position is restricted from sliding to the non-driving position.
B60N 2/06 - Seats specially adapted for vehiclesArrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable the whole seat being movable slidable
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PRODUCTION METHOD FOR RESIN PANEL COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE BODY
The present invention reduces the cost of producing a resin back door. According to the present invention, after an adhesive has been applied to an inner panel 10, the inner panel 10 and an outer panel 20, 30 are superimposed, a pressing member 47 (a first jig) is used to press an upper surface part 34 (a first region) of the outer panel 30 from a vehicle body up-down direction, a pressing member 64 (a second jig) is used to press a spoiler 33 (a second region) of the outer panel 30 from a vehicle body front-rear direction, and the relative positions of the outer panel 30 and the inner panel 10 are thereby maintained. Then, pressing member 64 is removed from the outer panel 30, and, while pressing member 47 continues to press the upper surface part 34 of the outer panel 30, the inner panel 10 and the outer panel 30 are heated such that the adhesive is cured.
B62D 29/04 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof predominantly of synthetic material
B62D 65/00 - Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
The present invention shortens tact time for the production of a panel component by the bonding of a resin inner panel and a resin outer panel. A production method for a resin panel component for a vehicle body, the production method having: a step for applying an adhesive G to an inner panel 10; a step for superimposing the inner panel 10 and an outer panel 20, 30 and, without a bonding region P1, P2 of the inner panel 10 and the outer panel 20, 30 being supported from the inner panel 10 side, using a jig (a pressing member 54, 47) to press and hold from only the outer panel 20, 30 side; and a step for curing the adhesive G that is interposed between the inner panel 10 and the outer panel 20, 30.
B62D 29/04 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof predominantly of synthetic material
B62D 65/00 - Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
This vehicle air conditioner (1) is arranged in the ceiling portion (R) of a vehicle (C), and houses a fan (20) and an evaporator (50) inside of an air conditioning case (10). With the evaporator, this vehicle air conditioner adjusts the temperature of blown air F flowing inside of the air conditioning case and supplies this to the vehicle cabin (I). Inside of the air conditioning case, a first air passage (30) which extends from an outlet (25) towards the front of the vehicle, a second air passage (35) which reverses by 180° the flow of the blown air (F) at the vehicle front side of the air conditioning case, and a third air passage (40) which guides the blown air flowing through the second air passage towards the rear of the vehicle are formed. An outlet (45) is formed in the vehicle rear side of the third air passage, and supplies the blown air F into the vehicle cabin. The vehicle front side of the second air passage is closed by a wall on the vehicle front side of the air conditioning case. Thus, it is possible to provide a vehicle air conditioner arranged in the ceiling portion of the vehicle and which is more compactly formed and avoids decreasing comfort due to noisy operation.
This vehicle air conditioner (1) is arranged in the ceiling portion (R) of a vehicle (C), and houses a fan (20) and an evaporator (50) inside of an air conditioning case (10). With the evaporator, the vehicle air conditioner adjusts the temperature of blown air (F) blown by the fan and supplies this to the vehicle cabin (I). So as to be thinner in the vertical direction of the vehicle, the evaporator in the vehicle air conditioner is configured with straight tube sections (52a) of multiple tubes (52) arranged side by side and spaced in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vehicle vertical direction. The vehicle air conditioner comprises an air outlet (25) arranged in the vehicle rear side of the evaporator, a first inflow part (31) arranged in a position opposite of the air outlet with the evaporator interposed therebetween, and a second inflow part (32) arranged below the evaporator in the vertical direction of the vehicle. Thus, a vehicle air conditioner arranged in the ceiling portion of the vehicle can be provided that achieves greater overall device compactness and which can suppress stagnation in blown air inside of the heat exchange unit.
This method for producing casting sand comprises: a step for mixing artificial sand and a furan resin composition containing a furan resin precursor; and a step for mixing a curing agent into the artificial sand that has been mixed with the furan resin composition. The curing agent contains xylene sulfonic acid.
B22C 1/22 - Compositions of refractory mould or core materialsGrain structures thereofChemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds characterised by the use of binding agentsMixtures of binding agents of organic agents of resins or rosins
B22C 1/10 - Compositions of refractory mould or core materialsGrain structures thereofChemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds characterised by additives for special purposes, e.g. indicators, breakdown additives for influencing the hardening tendency of the mould material
B22C 9/02 - Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings
B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
According to the present disclosure, a vehicle back door inner panel containing a synthetic resin as an ingredient thereof is provided. The vehicle back door inner panel includes an opening section, an upper section, a hem section, and a pair of side sections. A back window is provided in the opening section. The upper section is located on the upper side of the vehicle with respect to the opening section and extends in the vehicle width direction. A pair of door hinge parts are provided on the left and right ends of the upper section. The hem section is located on the lower side of the vehicle with respect to the opening section. A latch attachment section is provided at the lower end of the hem section. The pair of side sections are located on the left and right sides of the opening section and extend in the vertical direction of the vehicle. The pair of side sections interconnect the upper section and the hem section. The pair of side sections have a cross-sectional shape like a hat opened toward the back of the vehicle. The hem section has a pair of joint sections having a sectional shape like a hat opened toward the back of the vehicle. The pair of joint sections are located on the left and right sides of the upper end of the hem section. The pair of joint sections are connected to the lower ends of the pair of side sections. The hem section includes a skeletal section opened toward the back of the vehicle. The skeletal section extends from the left and right sides of the latch attachment section obliquely upward with respect to the vehicle width direction and reaches the pair of joint sections. By including the pair of side sections, the pair of joint sections, and the skeletal section, a pair of left and right continuous skeletal structures are formed from said pair of door hinge attachment sections to the latch attachment section in the vehicle back door inner panel.
A decorative sheet includes a releasing layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the releasing layer, and a skin layer disposed on a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The releasing layer includes a shape-holding layer, both the shrinkage ratio of the shape-holding layer and the shrinkage ratio of the skin layer are 0/1000 to 9/1000, and both the softening start temperature of the shape-holding layer and the softening start temperature of the skin layer are 60° C. or more and 120° C. or less.
B29C 51/12 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawingApparatus therefor of articles having inserts or reinforcements
B29C 51/14 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawingApparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets
B29C 70/36 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or coreShaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core and impregnating by casting, e.g. vacuum casting
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B32B 37/06 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the heating method
B32B 37/10 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the pressing technique, e.g. using direct action of vacuum or fluid pressure
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Yoonho
Ogawa, Takashi
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Juyoung
Kato, Takanori
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power generation system 1 is provided with: a heat source 2 of which the temperature increases/decreases with time; a first device 3 of which the temperature increases and decreases with time because of the temperature change of the heat source 2 and that is electrically polarized; a second device 4 that forms a circuit configured to extract power from the first device 3; a voltage application device 9 that applies a voltage to the first device 3; a voltage sensor 35 that monitors the power generation performance of the first device 3; a temperature prediction program P that predicts the highest reached temperature and the temperature change of the heat source 2 and/or the first device 3; and a control unit 10 that operates or stops the voltage application device 9 on the basis of the temperature predicted by the temperature prediction program P and the power generation performance of the first device 3 monitored by the voltage sensor 35. The power generation system thus configured can efficiently generate power by preventing reduction in the power generation performance of the first device.
Provided is a transmission case with which it is possible to reduce drag loss in a brake. A transmission case (101) (second case 103) has a circumferential surface (121) formed so as to surround an output shaft (42). On a portion of the circumferential surface (121) where a brake (B1) is to be provided, spline grooves (122) that allow a brake plate (123) to be spline-fitted thereto are formed side-by-side in the circumferential direction. An oil discharge hole (125) is formed in a spline groove (122A) that is one of the spline grooves (122), and oil (lubricant oil) supplied to the brake (B1) portion is discharged, through the oil discharge hole (125), toward an oil pan (126) that vertically opposes the oil discharge hole (125) from below.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Yoonho
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Juyoung
Kato, Takanori
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electric power generation system that can be prevented from being damaged by suppressing creeping discharge. The electric power generation system 1 is equipped with: a heat source 2 the temperature of which increases/decreases with time; a first device 3 which is electrically polarized as the temperature of which increases/decreases with time due to the change in the temperature of the heat source 2; a second device 4 for taking out electric power from the first device 3; a temperature sensor 8 for detecting the temperature of the first device 3; and a voltage application device 9 for applying a voltage to the first device 3. In addition, the second device 4 is equipped with a first electrode 4a and a second electrode 4b having different polarities from each other, and the first electrode 4a and the second electrode 4b are embedded in the first device 3 so as to face each other.
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 41/113 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with mechanical input and electrical output
H02N 2/18 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators
Provided is a transmission, the dimensions of which can be reduced in the axial direction. A hollow section 39 is formed in an end section 38 of a secondary shaft 14. The hollow section 39 has a cylindrical inner peripheral surface 40 which is open to the right side and is centered on a rotation axis. Meanwhile, an end section 41 of an output shaft 15 is formed in a columnar shape having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the inner peripheral surface 40. Additionally, the end section 41 is inserted into the hollow section 39 and is supported by a bearing 43 interposed between an outer peripheral surface 42 thereof and the inner peripheral surface 40 of the hollow section 39.
F16H 9/12 - Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by endless flexible members without members having orbital motion using belts, V-belts, or ropes engaging a pulley built-up out of relatively axially-adjustable parts in which the belt engages the opposite flanges of the pulley directly without interposed belt-supporting members
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Juyoung
Kim, Yoonho
Yamanaka, Satoru
Nakajima, Akira
Kato, Takanori
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
Provided are a power generation material with which it is possible to obtain exceptional power generation efficiency, a power generation element comprising the power generation material, and a power generation system obtained using the power generation element. The power generation element is obtained from the power generation material, which comprises a solid solution of a first dielectric that has the relaxer perovskite crystal structure represented in general formula (1), and a second dielectric comprising a ferroelectric material. The power generation system is obtained using the power generation element. Pb (B1 xB2 1-x) O3 (1) (where: B1 indicates at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn, Yb, Ni, Se, In, and Sc; B2 indicates at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, and W; x indicates an atomic ratio within the numerical range 0
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
A power-split-type continuously variable transmission (304) includes: a belt-type continuously variable transmission (343); a tumbler gear mechanism (344) for reversing power inputted to an input shaft (341) and transmitting the reversed power to a primary shaft (351); a planetary gear mechanism (345) having a carrier (382), a sun gear (381) provided to be capable of rotating integrally with a secondary shaft (352), and a ring gear (383) provided to be capable of rotating integrally with an output shaft (342); a split drive gear (346); a split driven gear (347) that is provided to be capable of rotating integrally with the carrier (382) and that meshes with the split drive gear (346); a clutch (C1) for engaging and disengaging the input shaft (341) and the split drive gear (346); and a clutch (C2) for engaging and disengaging the sun gear (381) and the ring gear (383).
[Problem] To provide an applied voltage control device and the like which are capable of controlling, with a high degree of precision, the applied voltage applied between electrodes of a plasma reactor. [Solution] The current output from a pulse generating power source 5 is detected by a current sensor 42, and the values of the detected current are integrated by a current integrating circuit 43. There is a correlation between integrated current value obtained from the integration and the applied voltage value applied between electrodes 23 of a plasma reactor 4, and that relationship is stored in an applied voltage value estimation unit 44. When an integrated current value is obtained, an applied voltage value corresponding to the integrated current value is estimated on the basis of the relationship stored in the applied voltage value estimation unit 44. A power source 31 is then controlled on the basis of the estimated applied voltage value.
F01N 3/01 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust by means of electric or electrostatic separators
Provided is a plasma reactor power supply device wherein a loss due to a current flowing in a parasitic diode of a switching element can be reduced. A snubber circuit 34 (capacitor 51) is provided in parallel to a switching element 42. A voltage detection circuit 35 is configured from a series circuit wherein one end of a resistor 62 is connected to the cathode of a zener diode 61. The voltage detection circuit 35 is connected in parallel to the snubber circuit 34. A contact point 63 between the zener diode 61 and the resistor 62 is connected to the positive input terminal of a comparator 36 via a resistor 71. A predetermined negative voltage is inputted to the negative input terminal of the comparator 36. After the switching element 42 is turned on from being turned off, then turned off, when a voltage inputted to the positive input terminal of the comparator 36 is equal to or lower than the negative voltage inputted to the negative input terminal, a current flows to the output terminal of the comparator 36, and the switching element 42 is turned on.
H02M 3/28 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC
H02M 9/04 - Conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power with DC input power using capacitative stores
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POWER GENERATION CIRCUIT AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Yoonho
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Juyoung
Kato, Takanori
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Itoh, Junichi
Abstract
[Problem] To provide a power generation circuit wherein power supply from the outside is not needed, and power is efficiently extracted from a power generation element, and to provide a power generation system. [Solution] A power generation circuit 1 is provided with a power generation element 9, power receiving capacitor 10, first capacitor 11, second capacitor 12, third capacitor 13, conductive wire 6, and switch system 7. Furthermore, the conductive wire 6 constitutes: the first circuit A to which the power generation element 9, the first capacitor 11, and the third capacitor are connected; a second circuit B to which the power generation element 9 and the second capacitor 12 are connected; a third circuit C to which the power generation element 9, the power receiving capacitor 10, the first capacitor 11, and the third capacitor 13 are connected; a fourth circuit D to which the power generation element 9, the power receiving capacitor 10, and the second capacitor 12 are connected; and a fifth circuit E to which the power generation element 9 and the third capacitor 13 are connected. The switch system 7 is capable of performing state switching of the conductive wire 6 between an opened state and a closed state.
[Problem] To provide a plasma generating electrode, an electrode panel and a plasma reactor with which it is possible to restrict the deposition of particulate matter (PM) on the surface of a dielectric. [Solution] An electrode 23 is formed in the shape of a lattice having wire-shaped portions 31 and 32 which extend in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction respectively. The electrode 23 has multiple rectangular mesh openings 33 each of which is enclosed by two longitudinal wire-shaped portions 31 and two lateral wire-shaped portions 32. The mesh openings 33 are smallest (finest) in a first part 34 on the most upstream side in the direction of flow of exhaust gas, and become larger (coarser) in stages toward the downstream side in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas. In other words, the density of the lattice formed by the longitudinal wire-shaped portions 31 and the lateral wire-shaped portions 32 of the electrode 23 is greatest in the first part 34 on the most upstream side in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, and decreases in stages toward the downstream side in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas.
F01N 3/022 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters characterised by specially adapted filtering structure, e.g. honeycomb, mesh or fibrous
B01J 19/08 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor
F01N 3/01 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust by means of electric or electrostatic separators
Provided are the following: a decorative sheet endowed with excellent workability, with which working properties during attachment can be improved; a molded sheet obtained by molding of the decorative sheet; and a method for manufacturing a molded sheet. A decorative sheet 1 has a release layer 2, a contact adhesive layer 3 arranged on the surface of the release layer 2, and a surface skin layer 4 arranged on the surface of the contact adhesive layer 3, wherein the release layer 2 is provided with a shape retention layer 5 and an easy-peel layer 6 interposed between the contact adhesive layer 3 and the shape retention layer 5, the shape retention layer 5 is a resin sheet comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, and the thickness of the shape retention layer 5 is 100 μm to 700 μm, inclusive.
This decorative sheet 1 is provided with: a releasing layer 2; an adhesive layer 3 that is arranged on the surface of the releasing layer 2; and a surface skin layer 4 that is arranged on the surface of the adhesive layer 3. The releasing layer 2 has a shape retention layer 5. Both the shrinkage of the shape retention layer 5 and the shrinkage of the surface skin layer 4 are from 0/1,000 to 9/1,000. Both the softening starting temperature of the shape retention layer 5 and the softening starting temperature of the surface skin layer 4 are from 60°C to 120°C (inclusive).
B29C 51/12 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawingApparatus therefor of articles having inserts or reinforcements
B29C 51/14 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawingApparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets
35.
POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION CIRCUIT
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Yamanaka, Satoru
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Yoonho
Ogawa, Takashi
Kim, Juyoung
Kato, Takanori
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power generation system (1) is provided with: a heat source (2), the temperature of which fluctuating with the passage of time; an electrically polarized first device (3), the temperature of which fluctuating with the passage of time according to the change in temperature of the heat source (2); a second device (4) for forming a circuit that is configured to extract electric power from the first device (3); a temperature sensor (8) for detecting the temperature of the first device (3); a voltage application device (9) configured to apply a positive or a negative voltage to the first device (3); and a control unit (10) for controlling the voltage application device in accordance with the temperature of the first device (3) as detected by the temperature sensor (8). The control unit (10) controls the voltage application device (9) so that a positive voltage is applied to the first device (3) when the first device (3) is in a temperature-rising state, and a negative voltage is applied to the first device (3) when the first device (3) is in a temperature-falling state.
National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Juyoung
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation; a first device which is able to produce temporal temperature variation based on the temperature change of the heat source and in which polarization occurs; a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the first device; a voltage application device that applies a voltage to the first device; and a control unit for activating the voltage application device on detecting an increase in temperature of the first device and for stopping the voltage application device on detecting a decrease in temperature of the first device by the temperature sensor.
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 35/30 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof operating with Peltier or Seebeck effect only characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
The power-dividing continuously variable transmission (1) is provided with: a continuously variable transmission mechanism (10) capable of continuously varying the speed of the input rotation; a constant speed-changing mechanism (13) for changing the speed of the input rotation at a specified change gear ratio and transmitting same to the output side of the continuously variable mechanism (10); and a combining planetary gear mechanism (15) for combining the output rotation of the continuously variable transmission mechanism (10) and the rotation transmitted by the constant speed-changing mechanism (13). The constant speed-changing mechanism (13) has a speed-changing planetary gear mechanism (14) that is provided on the input side of the continuously variable transmission mechanism (10), increases or decreases the speed of the input rotation and transmits same to the combining planetary gear mechanism (15). The speed-changing planetary gear mechanism (14) has a wet brake (14d) for fixing a ring gear (14f). As a result of said configuration, it is possible to achieve a power-dividing continuously variable transmission in which the gear change ratio range can be increased while avoiding an increase in the space for placement of the constant speed-changing mechanism and the structure of the mode-switching mechanism can be simplified.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Yoonho
Ogawa, Takashi
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Juyoung
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A disclosed power generation system has a heat source having a temperature that rises and falls with the passage of time, a flow path through which a heating medium that is heated by the heat source flows, a power generation device having a power generation element that undergoes dielectric polarization as a result of the rise and fall of the temperature thereof caused by the temperature variation of the heating medium and comprises a dielectric that has a Curie temperature and a first electrode for extracting power from the power generation element, a temperature detection device that is disposed upstream from the power generation device in the flow path and detects the temperature of the heating medium that flows through the flow path, a voltage application device for applying voltage to the power generation element, and a control means for operating the voltage application device when a rise in the temperature of the heating medium is detected by the temperature detection device and stopping the voltage application device when a drop in the temperature of the heating medium is detected by the temperature detection device. The temperature detection device has a temperature detection element that undergoes dielectric polarization as a result of the rise and fall with the passage of time of the temperature thereof caused by the temperature variation of the heating medium and comprises a dielectric that has a Curie temperature that is equal to or greater than a temperature that is 50°C lower than the Curie temperature of the power generation element and a second electrode for detecting electromotive force from the temperature detection element.
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
F01N 5/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus combined or associated with devices profiting by exhaust energy the devices using heat
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Ogawa, Takashi
Yamanaka, Satoru
Nakajima, Akira
Kim, Juyoung
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power generation system (1) comprises: a heat source (2) having a temperature that rises and falls with time; a first device (3) having a temperature that rises and falls with time due to the temperature change of the heat source (2) and being electrically polarized; a second device (4) for drawing power from the first device (3); a temperature sensor (8) for detecting the temperature of the first device (3); a voltage applying device (9) for applying voltage to the first device (3); and a control unit (10) for, when the temperature rise of the first device (3) is detected by the temperature sensor (8), intermittently activating the voltage applying device (9) and for, when the temperature fall of the first device (3) is detected, continuously stopping the voltage applying device (9). With this configuration, the power generation system is obtained that can generate power with an excellent efficiency by a simple method.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Juyoung
Kim, Yoonho
Ogawa, Takashi
Yamanaka, Satoru
Nakajima, Akira
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power generation element is obtained from a power generation material represented by general formula (1). In addition, a power generation system is obtained using the power generation element. (AxB1-x)NbO3 (1) (In the formula, A and B are different from each other and each represents at least one element selected from among rare earth elements, alkaline earth metals, alkali metals, Cd and Bi; and x represents an atomic ratio within the numerical range of 0 < x ≤ 1.) Due to this configuration, there can be achieved a power generation material which is able to exhibit sufficient power generation performance even in a high temperature range, a power generation element which is obtained from this power generation material, and a power generation system which is obtained using this power generation element.
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
H02N 2/18 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
In the vehicle transmission (A) according to the present invention, when the accelerator is off, or the accelerator opening degree drops to a prescribed value near that of when the accelerator is off, during vehicle travel in which the accelerator had been on in one transmission operation mode among a belt type transmission operation mode and a gear type transmission operation mode, a clutch switching operation for changing the one transmission operation mode to the other transmission operation mode is initiated at that point in time. This configuration achieves a vehicle transmission capable of appropriately suppressing problems such as the occurrence of a large shock when switching the operation mode from one transmission mode among the belt type transmission operation mode and the gear type transmission operation mode to the other, or the occurrence of a large time lag when switching the operation mode in response to accelerator operation.
F16H 61/02 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion characterised by the signals used
F16H 37/02 - Combinations of mechanical gearings, not provided for in groups comprising essentially only toothed or friction gearings
F16H 61/662 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion specially adapted for continuously variable gearings with endless flexible members
F16H 61/688 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion specially adapted for stepped gearings without interruption of drive with two inputs, e.g. selection of one of two torque-flow paths by clutches
A side structure of a vehicle body is provided with a side panel (11) constituting a side wall of a body (2), the front and rear end parts of the side panel being supported on a traveled surface (8) by front and rear wheels (6, 7). Front and rear door openings (19, 20) are formed in a side outer panel (15) forming an external side surface of the body (2) of the side panel (11), and the side outer panel (15) is formed integrally. A body component (28) can be mounted on a portion (15a) of the side outer panel (15). A reinforcing panel (32) is provided so as to reinforce another portion (15b) of the side outer panel (15), the reinforcing panel being joined to only a portion that, of all portions of the side outer panel (15), is a portion (31) midway along the longitudinal direction of the side outer panel (15) including the portion sandwiched by the front and rear door openings (19, 20). With this configuration, a satisfactory operating feel and excellent ride quality are maintained in the vehicle.
Provided are an oxygen reduction catalyst that can activate an oxygen reduction reaction, and a fuel cell provided with an oxygen side electrode containing said oxygen reduction catalyst. The oxygen reduction catalyst, which is contained in the oxygen side electrode of a fuel cell, includes a sintered body obtained by firing a complex mixture containing: a phenanthroline Fe complex in which a phenanthroline ligand is coordinated to iron; and at least one selected from a phenanthroline Mn complex in which a phenanthroline ligand is coordinated to manganese, and a phenanthroline Ni complex in which a phenanthroline ligand is coordinated to nickel.
An internal combustion engine comprising: a positive voltage generation unit for generating positive voltage to be applied to an electrode exposed in a combustion chamber of a cylinder; a negative voltage generation unit for generating negative voltage to be applied to the same electrode; and a switching unit for selectively connecting either the positive voltage generation unit or the negative voltage generation unit to the electrode and applying either the positive voltage generated by the positive voltage generation unit or the negative voltage generated by the negative voltage generation unit to the electrode, during a single combustion in the cylinder. This minimizes the one-sided wearing out and longevity shortening of the electrode for ignition which is exposed in the combustion chamber of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COORORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Kim, Juyoung
Yamanaka, Satoru
Serizawa, Takeshi
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation, a first device in which polarization occurs based on the temperature change of the heat source, and a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device, wherein 80% or higher of the total surface area of the first device is heated and/or cooled with the heat source.
H02N 2/18 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators
H01L 41/08 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
F01N 5/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus combined or associated with devices profiting by exhaust energy the devices using heat
H01L 41/113 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with mechanical input and electrical output
A driving assistance device (2) is provided with: a brake control unit (5) which executes avoidance brake control for avoiding a collision by keeping a predetermined distance from an obstacle on the basis of a time to collision, and reduction brake control for reducing damage caused by the collision against the obstacle by being executed when an avoidance limit relative speed that is a maximum relative speed at which the collision is avoidable while the distance to the obstacle is kept at the predetermined distance is exceeded when a deceleration index concerning the deceleration of a vehicle is a predetermined value or less; and an arithmetic processing unit (4) which calculates the execution timing of the reduction brake control by the brake control unit (5) with reference to the distance between the vehicle (1) and the obstacle at the execution timing of the avoidance brake control at the avoidance limit relative speed, and corrects the execution timing of the reduction brake control on the basis of the deceleration of the vehicle (1). Consequently, both collision avoidance control between the vehicle and the obstacle and damage reduction control at the time of the collision can be executed, and switching between both the controls can be performed smoothly.
B60T 7/12 - Brake-action initiating means for automatic initiationBrake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger
This vehicle suspension is provided with a pair of left and right suspension arms (10, 11), and cross members (14). The suspension arms (10, 11) extend in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body (2). Rear end sections of the suspension arms support wheels (4, 5), and front end sections are pivotally supported on the vehicle body (2) by pivot supporting means (13) so as to be able to swing up and down. The cross members (14) are disposed on the left and right arms (10, 11), and join both arms (10, 11). In a plan view of the vehicle body, the cross members (14) are formed so as to make an X shape, and front and rear end sections on the left and right sides of the cross members (14) are joined to the corresponding front and rear end sections sides of the arms (10, 11). This configuration enables each arm of the suspension to firmly oppose external forces from the wheel side when the vehicle is turning, and despite being configured in this manner, the suspension can be reduced in size and weight, and production costs can be reduced.
B60G 9/04 - Resilient suspensions for a rigid axle or axle housing for two or more wheels the axle or housing not being pivotally mounted on the vehicle
B62D 21/00 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Yamanaka, Satoru
Kim, Juyoung
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
An electricity-generating system (1) is provided with: a heat source (2) having a temperature that rises and falls over time; a first device (3) having a temperature that rises and falls over time due to the temperature variation of the heat source (2), the first device (3) conducting electric polarization; a second device (4) for drawing electric power from the first device (3); a temperature sensor (8) for detecting the temperature of the first device (3); a voltage-applying device(9) for applying a voltage to the first device (3); and a control unit (10) for actuating the voltage-applying device (9) when a rise in the temperature of the first device (3) is detected by the temperature sensor (8), and stopping the voltage-applying device (9) when a fall in the temperature of the first device (3) is detected by the temperature sensor (8).
To provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which is capable of exhibiting more excellent gas purification performance, while reducing the amount of a noble metal used therein. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst wherein: a heat-resistant oxide is loaded with palladium and copper and/or an alloy of palladium and copper; the copper content is set larger than the palladium content; and the ratio of the palladium content is set to 0.2% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the heat-resistant oxide, palladium and copper. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is able to decrease the cost by reducing the amount of a noble metal used therein, while efficiently purifying an exhaust gas, in particular, efficiently removing CO and NOx.
B01J 23/89 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with noble metals
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
50.
ANIONIC EXCHANGE RESIN, ELECTROLYTE LAYER FOR FUEL CELL, BINDER FOR FORMING ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, AND FUEL CELL
The present invention provides: an anionic exchange resin that is able to produce an exceptionally durable electrolyte layer for a fuel cell, binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer, and cell electrode catalyst layer; an electrolyte layer for a fuel cell, binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer, and cell electrode catalyst layer formed from the anionic exchange resin; and a fuel cell provided with the electrolyte layer for a fuel cell or the cell electrode catalyst layer. Hydrophobic units are bonded to hydrophilic units with ether bonds; in the hydrophobic units there repeat, interposed by ether bonds, bivalent hydrophobic groups comprising a plurality of aromatic rings bonded to each other with a bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group interposed therebetween, and bivalent bonding groups comprising a single aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings bonded to each other with a carbon-carbon bond interposed therebetween; and in the hydrophilic units there repeat, interposed by ether bonds, bonding groups and bivalent hydrophilic groups comprising a plurality of aromatic rings having an anionic exchange group, the aromatic groups being bonded to each other with an oxygen or a sulfur atom interposed therebetween.
C08G 65/40 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule from hydroxy compounds or their metallic derivatives derived from phenols from phenols and other compounds
H01B 1/06 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materialsSelection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of other non-metallic substances
H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
A spark ignition-type internal combustion engine (1) causes the interaction of a spark discharge, which is generated between a central electrode (22) and a ground electrode (23), and an electrical field generated through an antenna (16) facing the interior of a combustion chamber (6), thereby generating a plasma and igniting the plasma in a gaseous mixture. The combustion state determination device according to the present invention, which is used in this spark ignition-type internal combustion engine (1), determines the combustion state of the internal combustion engine (1) by comparing the intensity of the reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave applied from the antenna (16) to the interior of the combustion chamber (6) with a threshold value for the combustion state that has been obtained by means of prior experimentation. Thus, it is possible to determine the combustion state of a spark ignition-type internal combustion engine that causes the interaction of a spark discharge and an electrical field, thereby generating a plasma and igniting the plasma in a gaseous mixture.
A method for evaluating coated film thickness of wax is provided with: a temperature acquisition step for acquiring the front surface temperature of a member to be coated that has not been coated with the wax and the back surface temperature of a region coated with the wax by capturing an image of the member to be coated by an infrared thermograph; an actual temperature difference calculation step for calculating the actual temperature difference between the back surface temperature of the coated region and the front surface temperature before the coating; a theoretical formula derivation step for, on the basis of a coating condition of the wax for the member to be coated, derives a theoretical formula indicating the relation between the temperature difference between the back surface temperature of the coated region and the front surface temperature before the coating, and the coated film thickness of the wax; and a coated film thickness evaluation step for evaluating the actual coated film thickness of the wax from the actual temperature difference using the theoretical formula.
The present invention mitigates or eliminates the problem of uncombusted fuel being exhausted outside of a cylinder in cases when combustion of the air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber has been inadequate. High voltage is applied to a spark plug via a spark coil, igniting the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber with a spark discharge generated by the spark plug. When a worsening of combustion conditions is detected during the expansion stage caused by combustion, a microwave electric field is generated in the combustion chamber during the final period of the expansion stage before the exhaust valve opening timing, causing plasma to be generated and grow in the combustion chamber.
National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Kim, Juyoung
Yamanaka, Satoru
Serizawa, Takeshi
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Abstract
A power generation system provided with: a heat source having a temperature that increases and decreases with time; a first device which electrically polarizes due to the change in temperature of the heat source; and a second device for extracting power from the first device. No less than 80% of the total surface area of the first device is heated and/or cooled by the heat source.
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
H01L 41/113 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with mechanical input and electrical output
H01L 41/18 - Selection of materials for piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
H02N 2/18 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Kim, Juyoung
Serizawa, Takeshi
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Ogawa, Kyohei
Ishizawa, Satoshi
Shida, Masashi
Abstract
This power generation system is equipped with: a heat source, the temperature of which increases and decreases over time; a first device which is polarized by using the changes in the temperature of the heat source to increase and decrease the temperature thereof over time; a second device for extracting power from the first device; a detecting means for detecting the temperature of the first device; an electrical field applying means for applying an electrical field to the first device; and a controlling means for operating the electric field applying means when the temperature detected by the detecting means is at least at the Curie point of the first device.
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
Inventor
Kim, Yoonho
Serizawa, Takeshi
Tanaka, Hirohisa
Nakayama, Tadachika
Takeda, Masatoshi
Yamada, Noboru
Niihara, Koichi
Ogawa, Kyohei
Nakata, Hiroya
Shida, Masashi
Ishizawa, Satoshi
Abstract
A power generation system is equipped with: a heat source, the temperature of which increases and decreases over time; a first device which is electrically polarized by using the changes in the temperature of the heat source to increase and decrease the temperature of the first device over time so that at least a part thereof is within the temperature range from 20°C below the Curie point thereof to 10°C above the Curie point thereof; and a second device for extracting power from the first device.
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
In a fuel cell including an electrolyte layer allowing an anion component to migrate, and a fuel-side electrode and an oxygen-side electrode arranged to face each other while sandwiching the electrolyte layer, the oxygen-side electrode contains a first catalyst containing a first transition metal and polypyrrole, and a second catalyst containing a second transition metal and a porphyrin ring-containing compound so that the mixing ratio of the first catalyst relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the first catalyst and the second catalyst is more than 10 parts by mass, and below 90 parts by mass.
This magnetic material has a magnetic powder and an amorphous metal as starting materials. The magnetic powder is a neodymium-iron-boron magnetic powder, and the amorphous metal contains a rare earth element, iron and boron. In the amorphous metal, the proportion of rare earth element atoms is in a range of 22 - 44 atomic percent, and the proportion of boron atoms is in a range of 6 - 28 atomic percent. The magnetic material is obtained by mixing the magnetic powder and amorphous metal and also heating to not less than 30°C below the crystallization temperature (Tx) for the amorphous metal, or, when the amorphous metal is metallic glass, heating to the glass transition temperature (Tg) thereof or higher.
H01F 1/08 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials thereforSelection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of hard-magnetic materials metals or alloys in the form of particles, e.g. powder pressed, sintered, or bound together
Provided is a spark ignition control method for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine provided with an ignition plug. In the spark-ignited internal combustion engine, the product, which is generated upon a spark discharge triggered by high voltage applied via an ignition coil connected to the ignition plug, is reacted with an electric field that is generated in a combustion chamber via the ignition plug by an electric field-generating means so as to generate plasma and then ignite a gas mixture. According to this method, the electric field is generated using a positive pulsating current. This configuration can facilitate the spread of combustion after ignition.
[Problem] To provide a fuel cell which contains, as a fuel, a compound that contains at least hydrogen and nitrogen and uses an anion-exchange membrane as an electrolyte layer, said fuel cell having excellent electric power generation performance. [Solution] A fuel cell (1) which is provided with: an electrolyte layer (4) that is composed of an anion-exchange membrane; and a fuel-side electrode (2) and an oxygen-side electrode (3) that are arranged so as to face each other with the electrolyte layer (4) being sandwiched therebetween. The fuel-side electrode (2) is formed to contain, as metal catalysts, lanthanum and nickel in such amounts that the lanthanum content is 10-30 moles relative to the total moles of the lanthanum and nickel contained therein. In addition, a compound that contains at least hydrogen and nitrogen such as hydrazine is used as a fuel.
This method produces a magnetic material containing magnetic powder, a rare earth element, iron, and boron, forming a mixture with an amorphous metal in which the atomic proportion of the rare earth element is in a range of 22 - 44 atomic percent and the atomic proportion of the boron is in a range of 6 - 28 atomic percent and heating to a temperature of 30°C lower than the crystallization temperature of the amorphous metal or higher, or, when the amorphous metal is a metallic glass, to the glass transition temperature thereof or higher.
H01F 1/08 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials thereforSelection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of hard-magnetic materials metals or alloys in the form of particles, e.g. powder pressed, sintered, or bound together
C22C 45/02 - Amorphous alloys with iron as the major constituent
H01F 1/053 - Alloys characterised by their composition containing rare earth metals
H01F 41/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformersApparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils or magnets
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a barrier discharge device capable of increasing the combustion efficiency of an engine while overcoming the problems of the cumbersome replacement of the electrodes and the commercialization of the device. The barrier discharge device of an engine has a dielectric body and at least two barrier discharge electrodes which are held within the dielectric body and to which voltages for barrier discharge are applied. Each of the barrier discharge electrodes is not exposed to the inside of a cylinder bore and is disposed so as to surround the cylinder bore.
F02P 3/01 - Electric spark ignition installations without subsequent energy storage, i.e. energy supplied by an electrical oscillator
F02F 11/00 - Arrangements of sealings in combustion engines
F02P 13/00 - Sparking plugs structurally combined with other parts of internal-combustion engines
F02P 15/08 - Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups having multiple-spark ignition, i.e. ignition occurring simultaneously at different places in one engine cylinder or in two or more separate engine cylinders
Disclosed is a power generation system that can store power with even greater efficiency. The power generation system (1) is provided with: a heat source (2) of which the temperature increases and decreases over time; a first device (3) that is electrically polarized by means of the temperature variation of the heat source (2); and a second device (4) for drawing out power from the first device (3). As a result of this power generation system (1), since a heat source (2) of which the temperature increases and decreases over time is used, it is possible to draw out a fluctuating voltage, and as a result, compared with the case of drawing out a fixed voltage, it is possible to store electricity and to boost voltage with excellent efficiency by means of a simple configuration.
H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not provided for elsewhereAlleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
H01L 35/30 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof operating with Peltier or Seebeck effect only characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
H01L 37/02 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof using thermal change of dielectric constant, e.g. working above and below the Curie point
H01L 41/113 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with mechanical input and electrical output
Disclosed is a fuel cell including: an electrolyte layer which can move an anionic component; and a fuel-side electrode and an oxygen-side electrode which are arranged opposite one another on either side of the electrolyte layer, wherein a first catalyst including a first transition metal and polypyrrole and a second catalyst including a second transition metal and a porphyrin ring-containing compound are included in the oxygen-side electrode in such a way that the mixing ratio of the first catalyst exceeds 10 parts by mass but is less than 90 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the first catalyst and the second catalyst.
An electrode for plasma generation according to the present invention includes a plurality of collecting portions having a plurality of through holes, the plurality of collecting portions facing a gas flow in a direction where gas to be treated flows and provided spaced apart from each other. The electrode is applied to a plasma reactor of a treatment device to be provided for a device which discharges the smoke including PM, for example, an exhaust gas purifying device for automobile, or a smoke treatment device used in a facility where the smoke is discharged such as a plant.
Provided is a resin fuel tank wherein it is possible to reduce the weight thereof without increasing costs. Specifically, disclosed is a resin fuel tank (100) wherein: in a first direction (A) along the cylindrical center portion (79) of an upper casing part (51) and a lower casing part (52), the inner surface of a cross-section in a second direction (B) orthogonal to the first direction (A) in the center of the upper casing part (51) and the lower casing part (52) is formed by having a pair of first arcuate parts, which are connected to the connecting section of the upper casing part (51) and the lower casing part (52), extends towards the center of the upper casing part (51) and lower casing part (52), and has a prescribed radius, and by having a pair of second arcuate parts, which has a larger radius than the prescribed radius and extends between the pair of first arcuate parts; and in the second direction (B), the inner surface of a cross-section in the first direction (A) in the center of the upper casing part (51) and the lower casing part (52) is formed by having a pair of third arcuate parts, which is connected to the connecting section of the upper casing part (51) and the lower casing part (52) and which extends towards the center of the upper casing part (51) and the lower casing part (52), and by having a connecting section which extends between the pair of third arcs.
Disclosed is a method for determining the combustion state of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine that is provided with a spark plug and that ignites an air-fuel mixture by generating plasma by reacting: a spark discharge arising by means of a high voltage applied to the spark plug via a spark coil connected thereto, and an electric field generated within a combustion chamber. In said method, the change is detected in secondary voltage arising secondarily in association with spark discharge at the spark plug after spark discharge, and when the detected change in secondary voltage goes outside a predetermined range, a misfire is determined. In this way, a misfired state can be detected without being impeded by ion current caused by plasma remaining in the combustion chamber.
Disclosed is an electrochemical cell, which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode that is arranged so as to face the positive electrode, and an electrolyte solution in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are immersed. The positive electrode and/or the negative electrode is provided with a penetrating portion that penetrates the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode in the thickness direction. Also disclosed is an electrochemical capacitor, which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are immersed. When the support region of the negative electrode active material of the negative electrode is projected on the support region of the positive electrode active material of the positive electrode along the facing direction, the ratio of the support area of the positive electrode active material relative to the support area of the negative electrode active material in the projection plane is less than 1.
H01G 11/02 - Hybrid capacitors, i.e. capacitors having different positive and negative electrodesElectric double-layer [EDL] capacitorsProcesses for the manufacture thereof or of parts thereof using combined reduction-oxidation reactions, e.g. redox arrangement or solion
H01G 11/06 - Hybrid capacitors with one of the electrodes allowing ions to be reversibly doped thereinto, e.g. lithium ion capacitors [LIC]
H01G 11/20 - Reformation or processes for removal of impurities, e.g. scavenging
H01G 11/62 - Liquid electrolytes characterised by the solute, e.g. salts, anions or cations therein
H01G 11/82 - Fixing or assembling a capacitive element in a housing, e.g. mounting electrodes, current collectors or terminals in containers or encapsulations
H01M 10/0567 - Liquid materials characterised by the additives
H01M 4/13 - Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulatorsProcesses of manufacture thereof
The disclosed plasma actuator comprises four electrodes (11) and three dielectrics (10), and by receiving the application of a high voltage at an electrode (11) disposed on the surface (B) of an object, plasma (15) is generated at the ends (10a) of the dielectrics (10), which protrude in a manner that can contact a gas. The plasma actuator is provided with a stepped protrusion (X) comprising alternately stacked electrodes (11) and dielectrics (10), and wherein the end of each dielectric (10) is disposed so as to protrude in the normal direction from the surface (B) of the object in the order of stacking. The plasma actuator (1) configured in this way suppresses drift of the generated plasma and stabilizes the plasma, even if subjected to a high-speed air current at a high pressure.
Disclosed is a start clutch control device for a vehicle with an idle reduction system that, in one embodiment, successively executes belt sliding prevention control, which supplies clutch pressure without causing sliding in the belt of a continuously variable transmission, and clutch pressure increase control, which raises the clutch pressure using a prescribed time gradient, as engagement control for the start clutch when an engine is restarted from an automatic stop. The belt sliding prevention control calculates belt transmission torque from the belt compression in the continuous variable transmission, and controls the clutch pressure in accordance with a target clutch pressure corresponding to the belt transmission torque until the target clutch pressure of the start clutch reaches a prescribed value, in a manner such that the clutch transmission torque of the start clutch does not exceed the calculated value of the belt transmission torque. As a result, belt sliding during the start of the vehicle from an idle reduction mode can be prevented.
A palladium-containing perovskite-type composite oxide represented by general formula (1) is used as a synthesis reaction catalyst in a Suzuki coupling reaction: Ln2MyCu1-x-yPdxO4±δ (1) wherein Ln represents elements comprising at least one essential element selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd and at least one optional element selected from Y, Ce, Yb, Ca, Sr, and Ba; M represents at least one element selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Al; x, indicating atomic proportion, is 0.001≤x≤0.4; y, indicating atomic proportion, is 0≤y≤0.5; and δ indicates an oxygen excess or oxygen deficiency.
C07C 41/30 - Preparation of ethers by reactions not forming ether-oxygen bonds by increasing the number of carbon atoms, e.g. by oligomerisation
B01J 23/89 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with noble metals
C07C 43/205 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring the aromatic ring being a non-condensed ring
Disclosed is a method for controlling a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, wherein fuel air mixture is ignited by plasma generated by causing an electric field, which is generated by a means for generating an electric field in a combustion chamber, react on spark discharge of a spark plug. The electric field generated by the electric field generating means is set to have an intensity which is smaller than an electric field being generated by the spark plug and which does not cause discharge into the combustion chamber, so that the fuel air mixture is ignited and combusted certainly at the position of the spark plug at an intended ignition timing.
Disclosed is a fuel cell which is provided with an electrolyte layer, and a fuel side electrode and an oxygen side electrode which are arranged so as to face each other with the electrolyte layer being interposed therebetween. A fuel is supplied to the fuel side electrode, while oxygen is supplied to the oxygen side electrode. The electrolyte layer is an anion-exchange membrane. The fuel side electrode contains cobalt and nickel. The fuel contains a compound that contains at least hydrogen and nitrogen. The nickel content in the fuel side electrode is not more than 70% by mole relative to the total moles of the cobalt and nickel contained in the fuel side electrode.
H01M 8/22 - Fuel cells in which the fuel is based on materials comprising carbon or oxygen or hydrogen and other elementsFuel cells in which the fuel is based on materials comprising only elements other than carbon, oxygen or hydrogen
Disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which can achieve high NOx removal performance. Specifically disclosed is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst (1) which comprises: a base (2) that is provided with one or more through holes in which an exhaust gas flows; and a catalyst layer (3) that contains a lower layer (3L), which is supported by the wall surface of each through hole so as to face the wall surface, and an upper layer (3U) which faces the wall surface with the lower layer (3L) therebetween. The upper layer (3U) comprises a first portion (3UF) which contains a first platinum group element and a first oxygen storage material, and a second portion (3UR) which is arranged in the downstream of the first portion (3UF) and contains a second platinum group element and a second oxygen storage material. The lower layer (3L) contains a third platinum group element and a heat-resistant carrier. The first oxygen storage material has a higher oxygen storage capacity when compared with the second oxygen storage material. The second oxygen storage material has a higher oxygen storage rate when compared with the first oxygen storage material.
B01J 23/63 - Platinum group metals with rare earths or actinides
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
B01J 37/02 - Impregnation, coating or precipitation
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
An exhaust gas cleaning device (4) comprises a plasma reactor (7) having a gas flow channel (28) through which exhaust gas passes and a power supply (8) which inputs power to the plasma reactor (7), in which the applied voltage of the input power and/or the frequency of the applied voltage is variable. In the exhaust gas cleaning device (4), in accordance with the variation in the amount of PM passing through the gas flow channel (28) and/or the gas flow rate, the applied voltage and/or the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of the applied voltage is changed. It is thereby possible to suppress the consumption of discharge power while efficiently oxidizing the PM in the exhaust gas.
F01N 3/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust
F01N 3/08 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fixing unit that fixes or releases hydrazine, a fuel cell to which hydrazine released in the fixing unit is supplied as fuel, a supply line for supplying an aqueous hydrazine solution from a hydrazine supply source to the fixing unit, a drain line for draining drained water from the fixing unit, a first sensing unit for detecting a hydrazine concentration in an aqueous hydrazine solution flowing in the supply line, a second sensing unit for detecting a hydrazine concentration in drained water flowing in the drain line, and a detection unit that detects the amount of hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit based on the concentration values detected by the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit.
H01M 8/22 - Fuel cells in which the fuel is based on materials comprising carbon or oxygen or hydrogen and other elementsFuel cells in which the fuel is based on materials comprising only elements other than carbon, oxygen or hydrogen
H01M 8/04 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
A three-dimensional display displaying a video image three-dimensionally to protrude in the front space by combining a concave mirror and a beam splitter is improved to obtain a novel three-dimensional display of strong impact where the video image of background is formed and displayed and a video image of an article of commerce protrudes from that video image of background. A first video image at a first display section (33) reflected on the mirror surface of a concave mirror (36) is passed through a first beam splitter section (35) and displayed three-dimensionally in the front space, a second video image at a second display section (34) is reflected forward at a second beam splitter section (37) and displayed at a position in the rear of the first video image, and the first video image is displayed to protrude forward from the background of the second video image thus obtaining a novel and effective three-dimensional display not present before.
An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a base material having a gas passage through which exhaust gas flows, a lower catalyst layer formed on a surface of the base material, and an upper catalyst layer that is formed on a surface of the lower catalyst layer. The upper catalyst layer supports Rh. The lower catalyst layer is formed by a Pd support layer that supports Pd and/or a Pt support layer that supports Pt. A length of the upper catalyst layer in a gas flow direction is less than a length of the lower catalyst layer in the gas flow direction.
In an internal combustion engine having a head cover (3) consisting of a synthetic resin and covering a cam shaft (2) from the upper side of a cylinder head (1), a cam angle sensor (10) for the cam shaft is firmly mounted to the cylinder head with thermal affect to the cam angle sensor reduced. The cam angle sensor (10) is inserted in a through-hole (12) formed in the head cover. A mounting section (14) provided integrally to the cam angle sensor is fastened to a cylinder head-side member (6) by fixing members (15, 16) penetrating through the head cover, at a portion on a side of the cam angle sensor.
An obstacle recognition device correctly recognizes an obstacle in the rear of a driver's own vehicle by simple processing of photographed images when another vehicle exists in front or rear of the driver's own vehicle or when a front image cannot be obtained. Based on the images photographed by a photographing means (3) of the driver's own vehicle (1) being driven, a generation means of the obstacle recognition device (2) superimposes portions including no vehicle in a plurality of frames of front images or rear images to generate an image including no vehicle, and a recognition means recognizes the obstacle included in the rear images, from image portions where the images including no vehicle and rear images identified by an identification means are different from each other.
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
B60R 21/00 - Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
An internal combustion engine in which a piston (2) in a cylinder bore (3) is connected to a crank pin (7), which is mounted to a crank arm (8), via a connecting rod (6), a pin shaft (9) is mounted to the crank arm so as to be eccentric from the crank pin, the pin shaft is rotatably supported by an output shaft (5) so as to be eccentric from the output shaft, and a planetary gear (12) non-rotatably fitted to the pin shaft is meshed with an internally toothed gear mounted coaxially with the output shaft, wherein the output of the engine is increased and rolling motion of the engine is decreased. When viewed in the direction of the axis of the output shaft, the axis (3a) of the cylinder bore is offset relative to the straight line (14) of the path of reciprocating motion of the crank pin (7) by an appropriate distance (S) to the side opposite the direction (A) in which the planetary gear rotates. The straight line (14) of the path passes through the center O of the output shaft and interconnects the top dead center TDC and the bottom dead center BDC of the path.
F02B 75/32 - Engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to preceding main groups
F16H 1/28 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with gears having orbital motion
F16H 21/30 - Crank gearingsEccentric gearings with one connecting-rod and one guided slide to each crank or eccentric with members having rolling contact
F16H 37/12 - Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams, or members of at least two of these three types
82.
METHOD FOR JUDGING COMBUSTION STATE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION
In a combustion state judgment method, current is detected that, when the discharge of a spark plug is completed, is induced on the secondary side of an ignition coil as a result of the LC resonance between the secondary side of the ignition coil and the spark plug. A combustion state is then judged based on the waveform shape of the detected current, which is originated from the LC resonance.
Provided is a cooling device for an engine, in which pipes for circulating of a cooling fluid can be reduced, whereby cost and weight thereof can be reduced and the layout thereof can be easily attained, and the durability of a differential pressure valve can be improved. In this cooling device for an engine, the cooling fluid is circulated by a water pump (4) into a cooling fluid circulation passage (9) including at least a heater circulation flow passage (7) circulating between a cooling jacket (1) and a heater core (6) provided in at least one of the cylinder head and the cylinder block of the engine. The cooling device is provided witha bypass flow passage (8) for communicating the cooling jacket (1) with the heater circulation flow passage (7) on the downstream side of the heater core (6), and a differential pressure valve (11) which is opened when a fluid pressure on the cooling jacket (1) side becomes a predetermined value or higher is disposed at the cooling fluid outlet part of the cooling jacket (1) communicating with the bypass flow passage (8).
Disclosed is a bonded body of a membrane and an electrode for use in a fuel cell. A fuel cell has such a matter that hydrogen peroxide produced in an electrode layer through electrochemical reaction touches a metal catalyst contained in the electrode layer to produce radicals and when the radicals penetrates the interface of an electrolyte membrane and the electrode layer, the electrolyte membrane is degraded and power generation performance of the fuel cell deteriorates. A bonded body (1) of a membrane and an electrode in a fuel cell comprising an electrolyte membrane (2) and electrode layers (3, 4) formed on at least one side of the electrolyte membrane solves the matter by arranging protective layers (5, 6) for protecting the electrode layers at the circumferential end of the electrode layers on one side of the electrolyte membrane, and providing overlap parts (51, 61) arranged to overlap the electrode layers in the direction of thickness such that the protective layers are sandwiched between the electrolyte membrane and the electrode layers.
A fuel cell system has a fuel cell having an anode and a cathode and also has a fuel supply section for supplying fuel to the fuel cell. The fuel supply section has a fuel supply path for supplying the fuel to the anode and also has a temperature raising unit provided in the middle of the fuel supply path and raising the temperature of the fuel.
Provided is a selective slide type reverse gearshift device for making a shift operation force and a stroke length compatible when a reverse idler gear is slid to establish a reverse stage. The selective slide type reverse gearshift device is equipped with a reverse shift arm (21) having a bifurcated arm portion capable of abutting on the two side faces of a reverse idler gear (13). The reverse shift arm (21) has an arm portion (21b) for pushing the reverse idler gear (13) in a reverse direction, and the arm portion (21b) is equipped with a first abutment portion (22) and a second abutment portion (23) at different distances from a support shaft (20). This constitution makes the reduction of the shift operation force and the retention of the stroke length compatible by pushing the reverse idler gear (13) with the first abutment portion (22) having a large lever ratio at the initial meshing engagement requiring a high shift operation force and by pushing the same with the second abutment portion (23) having a small lever ratio at the final meshing engagement requiring a long stroke.
F16H 63/20 - Multiple final output mechanisms being moved by a single common final actuating mechanism with preselection and subsequent movement of each final output mechanism by movement of the final actuating mechanism in two different ways, e.g. guided by a shift gate
87.
POSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAR BODY COMPONENT
Positioning of car body components is performed with high precision regardless of the kinds of cars when the car body is fixed temporarily, and investment in plant and equipment is reduced by reducing facility required for positioning and its safekeeping space. In the process for fixing the car body temporarily, the body component positioning device for positioning a roof panel (7) and a side member (6) includes a pair of first abutting portions (18) fixed to a positioning body movably in the car width direction, and a pair of second abutting portions (19). The first abutting portion (18) abuts on the inner side face (6a) of the side member(6) when it is inserted into the right and left grooves (8) formed in the welded edge portion and moved outward in the car width direction, and the second abutting portion (19) abuts on the outer side face (7a) of the roof panel (7) when it is inserted into the groove (8) and moved inward in the car width direction. A separation distance (W1) between the first abutting portions (18, 18) and a separation distance between the second abutting portions (19, 19) are variable and can be set to predetermined ones depending on the object car kind.
B62D 65/00 - Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
A working space for works and an equipment space for equipment required for working are ensured by saving a space required for pallet transfer equipment. Pallet transfer equipment (1) is provided with two delivery lines (4) for delivering a pallet (3) whereupon a vehicle (2) is mounted as a work; and a returning line (5) for returning the empty pallet (3) from the end to the start of the delivery lines (4). On the delivery lines (4) arranged in parallel, right and left separated pallets (9, 10) are arranged, respectively. The returning line (5) is arranged between a pair of delivery lines (4, 4). The pair of separated pallets (9, 10) are delivered over the corresponding delivery lines (4, 4), and the separated pallets (9, 10) are returned over the returning line (5) in a combined state.
B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
B61B 13/12 - Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails, e.g. pneumatic systems
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
Disclosed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst exhibiting excellent exhaust gas purification performance. Specifically disclosed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing at least one of a first complex oxide represented by the following general formula: A(Al2-xBx)O4 and a second complex oxide represented by the following general formula: (Al2-yCy)O3. In the formulae, the element A represents a divalent transition metal element other than platinum group elements; the elements B and C each represent a transition metal element other than platinum group elements; x satisfies 0 < x < 2; and y satisfies 0 < y < 2.
B01J 23/78 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with metals, oxides or hydroxides provided for in groups with alkali- or alkaline earth metals or beryllium
B01J 23/89 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with noble metals
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
Disclosed is a fuel cell system comprising a fixing part for fixing or desorbing hydrazine, a desorption liquid supply part for supplying an aqueous desorption liquid, for desorbing the hydrazine fixed in the fixing part, to the fixing part, a fuel cell into which the hydrazine desorbed in the fixing part is supplied as a fuel, a sensing part for sensing the amount of the hydrazine supplied into the fuel cell, a detecting part for detecting the amount of the hydrazine fixed in the fixing part based on a predetermined theoretical supply amount of the hydrazine supplied into the fuel cell and the supply amount of the hydrazine sensed in the sensing part.
Control is performed in which a request output (RT) that is an output necessary for a vehicle to travel is determined from an accelerator operation amount ϑ and a vehicle speed v and when, at the time of determination of the request output (RT), the request output (RT) is larger than a maximum output (MT) outputtable from a motor generator (2) that is an electric motor, with the output of the motor generator (2) as the outputtable maximum output (MT), the difference between the request output (RT) and the outputtable maximum output (MT) is determined as an engine output (ET).
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60K 6/36 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the transmission gearings
B60K 6/547 - Transmission for changing ratio the transmission being a stepped gearing
B60L 11/14 - with provision for direct mechanical propulsion
B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
B60W 20/00 - Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles
F02D 29/02 - Controlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto peculiar to engines driving vehiclesControlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto peculiar to engines driving variable-pitch propellers
This invention provides a fuel cell system comprising a fixation part for fixing or eliminating hydrazine, a fuel cell into which hydrazine eliminated in the fixing part is supplied as a fuel, a supply line for supplying an aqueous hydrazine solution from a hydrazine supply source into the fixing part, a discharge line for discharging waste water from the fixing part, a first detecting part for detecting the concentration of hydrazine contained in the aqueous hydrazine solution flowed through the supply line, a second detecting part for detecting the concentration of hydrazine contained in waste water flowed through the discharge line, and a detecting part for detecting the amount of hydrazine fixed in the fixing part based on the concentration values detected in the first detecting part and the second detecting part.
Disclosed is an electrode for plasma generation comprising a plurality of collecting units which have a plurality of through holes and are arranged at a distance from one another in the flowing direction of a gas to be processed while facing the gas stream. This electrode for plasma generation is applicable to a plasma reactor of a processing device which is used for those discharge a flue gas containing PM, namely an exhaust gas purification device for automobiles or a flue gas processing device for a facility discharging smoke such as a plant.
B01J 19/08 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor
F01N 3/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust
In a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust valve, an intake valve and an ignition plug and performing one of spark ignition and premixed compression ignition depending on the operation region, the ion current detection method for detecting an ion current generated by combustion when the premixed compression ignition is performed is arranged to apply a high voltage to an ignition plug in order to generate an ion current detection voltage before the fuel arrives at the vicinity of the ignition plug when the premixed compression ignition is performed.
F02P 17/12 - Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
F02B 11/00 - Engines characterised by both fuel-air mixture compression and air compression, or characterised by both positive ignition and compression ignition, e.g. in different cylinders
F02B 23/08 - Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with positive ignition
F02D 45/00 - Electrical control not provided for in groups
A fuel cell comprising an electrolyte capable of migration of an anionic component; opposite disposed with the electrolyte interposed, a fuel side electrode and an oxygen side electrode; a fuel supply member for feeding fuel to the fuel side electrode; and an oxygen supply member for feeding oxygen to the oxygen side electrode, wherein the oxygen side electrode and/or fuel side electrode contain/contains a transition metal and at least either a complex forming organic compound or a conductive polymer.
Configuration of a parking brake system in an automobile is simplified and fixing work to the body frame is facilitated furthermore. The parking brake system in an automobile comprises a rotary arm (20) pivoted to a bracket (18) fixed to the body frame (3), an equalizer (22) pivoted to the rotary arm (20), an inner cable (24) for coupling a brake unit (13) with the equalizer (22), an outer cable (25) into which the inner cable (24) is fitted slidably, and an operating cable (27) extended from a brake operating section (14) and coupled at an extended portion with the rotary end portion (20b) of the rotary arm (20). A bracket (18) is fixed to a cross member (5) and each outer cable (25) is supported by the bracket (18). The rotary arm (20) is arranged such that the locus (C) of rotary motion of the rotary arm (20) on the rotary end portion (20b) side is located at a corner (D) held between a side member (4) and the cross member (5) in the plan view of the body (2).
B60T 11/08 - Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator without power assistance or drive or where such assistance or drive is irrelevant transmitting mechanically providing variable leverage
B60T 7/02 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation
Disclosed is a catalyst composition containing a complex oxide. The complex oxide contains a transition element (excluding platinum group elements) which is solid-solved in the complex oxide in an oxidizing atmosphere, while being precipitated therefrom in an reducing atmosphere.
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
B01J 23/89 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with noble metals
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
When a cylinder head is produced using a metal mold, a cooling water passage provided around an exhaust manifold is difficult to have such a shape as to allow the metal mold to be drawn out, therefore a sand mold or a collapsible core must be used, thus lowering work efficiency and increasing production cost. In a cylinder head for a water cooled internal combustion engine having a fixing surface for fixing a first member and being produced by mold lifting using only an outer mold, a first cooling water passage extending in the direction of crankshaft line, a second cooling water passage located closer to the exhaust port side than the first cooling water passage and extending in the direction of crankshaft line in parallel with the first cooling water passage, and a plurality of third cooling water passages connecting the first cooling water passage with the second cooling water passage are provided, and a recess provided in at least the first member and the fixing surface is formed in the second cooling water passage by fixing water-tightly the first member to the fixing surface.
The displacement value S at the load point when an impact load is exerted on a structural member and the strain energy U accumulated by the elastic/plastic transformation of the structural member are determined and used to calculate the converted load Fe from equation (1) Fe=ﶴU/ﶴx 쮏쮏쮏쮏쮏 (1) where ﶴU is the value of the strain energy accumulated when the displacement value S is varied by a unit displacement value, and ﶴx is the unit displacement value of the displacement value S. The initial occurrence maximum peak load F1 is extracted from the converted load Fe, and thestructural member is designed by usingthe initial occurrence maximum peak load F1.
B62D 21/02 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
Disclosed is an electrochemical capacitor comprising a positive electrode exhibiting an irreversible capacity for extending the potential range during a charge/discharge cycle, a negative electrode composed of a material which is capable of reversibly adsorbing/desorbing lithium ions, and an electrolyte solution composed of an organic solvent containing lithium ions.
