Denso Corporation

Denso Corpora Tion

Hitoshi Wada

Hiroshi Ishida

Hiroaki Ishikawa

Motoki Ito

Seiji Kondo

Keiichi Uno

Hiroaki Niino

Yasuhiko Mukai

Kazuyoshi Isaji

Masao Oooka

Takeshi Miura

Akihiko Yagyu

Mariko Seto

Hiroaki Ooshima

Masayuki Angata

A driving support control unit of a driving support apparatus executes driving support control for supporting at least part of driving by a driver. A support determining unit determines whether or not predetermined conditions for terminating the driving support control are satisfied. A physical amount acquiring unit acquires a physical amount corresponding to a curviness degree of a driving lane on which an own vehicle drives. A curviness degree determining unit determines whether or not a curviness degree indicated by the physical amount acquired by the physical amount acquiring unit is smaller than a predetermined degree in the case where the predetermined conditions for terminating the driving support control are satisfied. A termination command unit commands the driving support control unit to terminate the driving support control if the curviness degree determining unit determines that the curviness degree is smaller than the predetermined degree.

Driving support apparatus

An automatic traveling control apparatus includes an automatic traveling control unit, a function determining unit, a first notifying unit, an abnormality detecting unit, and a second notifying unit. The automatic traveling control unit makes an own vehicle automatically travel along a route to a destination. The function determining unit determines whether or not the state of a function used for automatic traveling is normal. The first notifying unit gives notification of the state of the function determined by the function determining unit. The abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the notification of the state of the function by the first notifying unit. The second notifying unit gives a characteristic notification set in advance, when the abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the notification of the state of the function by the first notifying unit and the function determining unit determines that the state of the function is normal.

Automatic traveling control apparatus and automatic traveling control system

An evacuation control apparatus includes a decrease detecting unit, a rear monitoring unit, and an evacuation control unit. The decrease detecting unit detects decrease in a consciousness level of a driver of an own vehicle. The rear monitoring unit monitors a state behind the own vehicle. The evacuation control unit outputs control information for making the own vehicle perform an emergency evacuation based on monitoring results of the rear monitoring unit, when the decrease detecting unit detects decrease in the consciousness level of the driver.

Evacuation control apparatus and evacuation control method

An alternator for vehicles, the alternator being provided with a rotary shaft, comprising slip rings fixed to a rotary shaft to be rotated with the rotary shaft, brushes being placed to be in slide contact with the slip rings a brush holder that accommodates the brushes to be held therein; connection terminals fixed to the brush holder, brush leads electrically connecting the brushes to the connection terminals respectively, and a slip ring cover that covers the slip rings in cooperation with the brush holder, wherein the brush holder comprises first chambers in which the bushes are fixedly accommodated second chambers in which the brush leads are accommodated, the second combers communicating with the first chambers, and first air holes formed to open outside of the housing and formed as inlet/exhaust passages communicating with the second chambers.

Vehicle alternator provided with brushes, brush holder, and slip rings

An alternator (AC generator) to be mounted on a vehicle comprises slip rings, brushes, a brush holder, a rear cover, and sealing members. The slip rings are fixed on a rotary shaft and rotatable together with the rotary shaft. The brushes are slidable on the slip rings and the brush holder accommodates the brushes therein. The slip-ring cover covers the slip rings as well as the brush holder and the rear cover covers electronic components including the brushes. The sealing members give a sealing performance to an inner space containing slid portions of the brushes on the slip rings. The rear cover, the brush holder, and the sealing member have a ventilating passage for positively causing an flow of air from the inner space containing the slid portions of the brushes on the slip rings to an outside of the alternator.

On-vehicle alternator with brush/slip ring structure

An ac generator for a vehicle includes a rotor having a field coil, a stator having a stator winding disposed around the rotor to provide ac power in cooperation with the rotor, a brush unit disposed near a rotation axis of the rotor, and a voltage regulator for controlling output voltage of the ac power. The voltage regulator has a regulator circuit section and a heat sink for dissipating heat generated by the regulator circuit section. The heat sink has a plurality of axially projecting cooling fins that extends in a circumferential direction of the rotor.

Ac generator having built-in voltage regulator

In a vehicular alternator, a stator is arranged to oppose a rotor in a housing. The stator includes a stator core, which forms a plurality of slots extending in an axial direction of the stator core, and a stator winding wound around the stator core. The stator winding includes electric conductors held in the slots. Each of the electric conductors has a circumferential width that is smaller than a circumferential distance between a first wall and a second wall defining the slot. The first wall and the second wall oppose each other in a circumferential direction. The electric conductors are alternately in contact with one of the first wall and the second wall.

Rotary electric machine

A rotary electric machine includes a frame, a rectifying unit fixed to the frame, a rotor accommodated in the frame, a voltage regulator having a regulator section, an arm extending from the regulator section in a circumferential direction and a connector. The arm has a mounting potion at an end, and the connector is disposed between the mounting potion and the regulator portion.

Voltage regulator structure of vehicle generator

A vehicular alternator includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The stator has a stator core with a plurality of slots, and a stator coil passing through the slots. The stator coil is constructed of a plurality of electric conductors. Each electric conductor has insert portions located in the slot and a connecting portion connecting the insert portions axially outside of the stator core. The connecting portion has a first curve portion and a second curve portion. The first curve portion is located adjacent to an outer diameter of the stator core and the second curve portion is located adjacent to an inner diameter of the stator core. The first curve portion has curvature larger than that of the second curve portion.

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Fuwa-gun, Japan

Hitoshi Wada