Nissan Motor Company Limited

Keiko Shishido

Masayasu Suzuki

Tomoki Hirabayashi

Hitoshi Shimonosono

Yuji Ishihara

A vehicle control device is used for a vehicle that simultaneously transports a user and a package. The vehicle control device includes a controller configured to: acquire an attribute of the user and an attribute of the package; determine whether the user and the package are loaded in the vehicle; and upon determining that the user and the package are loaded in the vehicle, perform air conditioning control according to the attribute of the user and the attribute of the package.

Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

A vehicle control device is used for a vehicle that transports a user and a package. The vehicle control device includes a controller configured to: acquire an attribute of the user and an attribute of the package; partition a space in the vehicle into spaces prior to loading of at least one of the user and the package into the vehicle; and perform air conditioning control according to the attribute of an object for loading in at least one of the partitioned spaces.

A motor cooling apparatus and method to auto-circulate coolant to reduce the weight and size of the cooling system. The cooling apparatus includes a coolant path disposed at hot areas of the motor. A reservoir tank is located above the coolant path and gravity feeds coolant to the coolant path. Coolant in the vapor phase discharged from the coolant path is liquefied by a condenser located in a coolant return path. Coolant in the liquid phase is expelled to the reservoir tank under pressure of the vapor-phase coolant in the coolant path to provide for the auto-circulating coolant. Expansion pressure of the coolant supplied by an motor inverter can further increase the pressure of the coolant in the discharging coolant path to improve coolant circulation efficiency to prevent dry out in the coolant path.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Keiko Shishido