Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nec Corporation

Subaru Corporation

Hiroki Nagano

Hiroshi Shimoyama

Yuta Takenoya

A vehicle compelling force detection apparatus includes one or more processors configured to: obtain, from a first sensor, a road surface disturbance force received from a road surface on which the vehicle drives via a wheel of the vehicle, and store the road surface disturbance force in one or more memories, the first sensor being disposed below a damper supporting the wheel in a direction of gravity; obtain, from a second sensor, a body disturbance force applied to the vehicle, and store the body disturbance force in the one or more memories, the second sensor being disposed above the damper in the direction of gravity; and detect the compelling force due to the wind disturbance to which the vehicle is subjected, based on the body disturbance force applied to the vehicle and the road surface disturbance force, which are stored in the one or more memories.

Vehicle compelling force detection apparatus capable of detecting compelling force due to wind disturbance applied to vehicle

A wheel reaction force detecting apparatus includes a mount fixed to a suspension device, a hub to which a wheel is fixed, a sensing unit including a cylinder disposed inside the hub and substantially coaxial with an axle of the wheel, and a component force detector to detect a component force on the wheel. The hub is rotatably supported around the axle with respect to the mount. The cylinder has a first end fixed to the mount and a second end connected to the hub with a hub bearing disposed therebetween. The component force detector is disposed on the cylinder in the sensing unit. The hub bearing includes an inner race fit on a sensitive unit and an outer race fit on the hub. A position of the outer race is adjustable in an axial direction of the axle with respect to the inner race.

Wheel reaction force detecting apparatus

A bush component force detection device detects a component force acting on a cylindrical bush inserted into a hole provided in a frame of a vehicle to pivotally support a rod-like member inside thereof. The bush component force detection device includes: an outer ring provided between the bush and the hole with predetermined space from the bush and configured to surround an outer circumferential surface of the bush and to be attached on an inner circumferential surface of the hole; and a sensing unit. The sensing unit is a cylindrical member disposed between the bush and the outer ring and configured to surround the bush, and has one end of connected with an outer side of the bush, the other end connected with the outer ring, and strain gauges disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

Bush component force detection device

A wheel operating force sensor includes: an attachment fixed to a vehicle body member supported by a suspension device; a hub to which a wheel is fixed and which is rotatably supported about a wheel axis with respect to the attachment; a sensing body having a tube formed substantially concentrically with the wheel axis, one end of the tube being fixed to the attachment, and the other end being connected to the hub, with a hub bearing being interposed between the other end and the hub; and a component force sensing unit having a bridge circuit including per component force at least four strain gauges that are provided on a circumferential surface of the tube of the sensing body. The hub bearing has: a radial bearing provided between the sensing body and the hub and receiving a load in a radial direction; and a thrust bearing provided between the sensing body and the hub and receiving a load in a thrust direction, and moreover provided separately from the radial bearing.

Wheel operating force sensor

A circuit built-in light-receiving element includes a buried diffusion layer of the second conductivity type, a buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type, an epitaxial layer of the second conductivity type, a diffusion layer of the first conductivity type, and a signal processing circuit element. The buried diffusion layer of the second conductivity type is formed in a first region on a substrate of the first conductivity type. The buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type is selectively formed in the buried diffusion layer of the second conductivity type. The epitaxial layer of the second conductivity type is formed on the buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type. The buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type and the epitaxial layer of the second conductivity type constitute a light-receiving element. The diffusion layer of the first conductivity type reaches the buried diffusion layer of the first conductivity type through the epitaxial layer of the second conductivity type. The signal processing circuit element is formed in a second region on the substrate of the first conductivity type.

Circuit built-in light-receiving element

It is an object of the present invention to provide a photocoupler which maintains a high electric isolation performance and has an improved optical coupling efficiency without any variation of a conventional structure and a conventional production process. The photocoupler includes a light emitting device 1 and a photo detector 2 disposed in a facing relationship to each other, a silicon resin 4 covering over the light emitting device 1, a light transmitting resin 5 molding the silicon resin 4 which covers over the light emitting device 1 and the photo detector 2, and a light shielding resin 6 molding the light transmitting resin 5. In the photocoupler, a light scattering material is mixed in the silicon resin 4 which covers over the light emitting device 1. The amount of light scattering material mixed in the silicon resin 4 can be selected from 0.1 to 5.0 percentage by weight of the amount of the silicon resin 4. Further, the silicon resin 4 can be shaped so that the face facing the photo detector 2 is concave.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroki Nagano