Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Koji Hattori

Toshiro Maeda

Soichiro Hozumi

Yasuhisa Yamashita

Hiromichi Kimura

Yukio Sakabe

Koji Aoki

Akira Hino

Keisuke Ota

Mitsuhiro Fukao

Kunio Hattori

Tomonori Suzuki

Toshimitsu Sato

Koji Oshima

Fumiharu Ogawa

Yuki Fujii

Tsuyoshi Fujikane

Kazuya Ishiizumi

Naoki Okada

Hiroomi Toi

Ayuma Sagawa

Hiroshi Mizutani

Kazuhisa Osumi

Yasuhiro Yamashita

A control apparatus for a drive-force transmitting apparatus that includes a transmission having primary and secondary pulleys. The control apparatus calculates a target thrust applied to the secondary pulley such that the target thrust is larger during a vehicle driven state than during a vehicle driving state. The control apparatus sets a first determination threshold of a drive-force related value used to determine whether it is the vehicle driving state or vehicle driven state and a second determination threshold of the drive-force related value used to switch from determination of the driven state to determination of the driving state, such that a difference of the first and second determination thresholds is larger and a range of the drive-force related value in which the driven state is determined is wider, when an automatic running-speed control is executed, than when the automatic running-speed control is not executed.

Control apparatus for vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus

A control apparatus for a vehicular drive unit is provided. The vehicular drive unit includes a continuously variable transmission, and a clutch. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit that is configured to acquire an oil temperature of hydraulic oil for controlling the continuously variable transmission and the clutch, and control the clutch such that a torque capacity of the clutch becomes smaller than a torque capacity that is set in a case where an oil temperature of the hydraulic oil is higher than a predetermined oil temperature, when the oil temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined oil temperature, or control the continuously variable transmission such that a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission becomes equal to or larger than a lower limit set in advance when the oil temperature of the hydraulic oil is equal to or lower than the predetermined oil temperature.

Control apparatus for vehicular drive unit

A seat apparatus for a vehicle, includes a main support control means for moving a side support portion inwardly and outwardly by means of a driving portion depending on a road shape, a support control means for operating the side support portion on the basis of an electronic map data before the vehicle reaches a curve starting point, a distance calculating means for calculating distance between an intersection and the curve starting point on the basis of the electronic map data, the intersection and the curve starting point, a determining means for determining whether or not control of the support control means is executed on the basis of the calculated distance and electronic map data accuracy, a means for executing the control of the support control means on the basis of determination of the determining means, and a means for refraining the control of the support control means.

Seat apparatus for vehicle

In a vehicle seat control system (), before a vehicle () turns a curve ahead of the vehicle (), a control circuit () determines lateral acceleration that is expected to occur to the vehicle () while the vehicle () is turning the curve, and in addition, determines whether a braking operation is performed by a driver before the vehicle () turns the curve. When the control circuit () determines that an estimation value of the lateral acceleration is greater than a reference value, and that a braking operation has been performed by the driver before the vehicle () turns the curve, movable side support portions () in a vehicle seat () are pivoted in the closing or bending direction.

Vehicle seat control system and method

A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a side support portion moved in first and second directions, a driving device moving the side support portion in the first direction and in the second direction, a vehicle location obtaining means for obtaining vehicle location information including a present location of the vehicle, a curve information preliminarily obtaining means for preliminarily obtaining curve information on a map data including a curve starting point located in an area existing a first predetermined distance ahead from the present location of the vehicle, a control starting point determining means for determining a point existing a second predetermined distance closer to the vehicle than the curve starting point as a control starting point, a control starting point memorizing means for memorizing the control starting point, and a drive control means for starting control on the driving device when the vehicle reaches the control starting point.

A seat apparatus for controlling a side support portion on the basis of a road shape includes a control program cooperating with a car navigation system, a self-directed control program, a sensor error detecting program, and a map matching error detecting program, wherein, during the side support portion is executed by the control program cooperating with the car navigation system, when the error is detected, the control program cooperating with the car navigation system is changed to the self-directed control program, and during the side support portion is controlled by the self-directed control program, when the error is not detected, the self-directed control program is changed the control program cooperating with the car navigation system.

A thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles capable of exerting an effect of, for example, reducing fatigue and improving the physical condition of a vehicle occupant. In a vehicle thermal stimulation apparatus, the piezoelectric sensordetects a biorhythm accompanying a periodic change in an occupant, a control circuitswitches on and off heater elementson the basis of the detection result of the biorhythm detector such that by the heater elementsbeing switched on and off, thermal stimulus to the occupant is synchronized with the biorhythm of the occupant. It is thereby possible to exert effects of, for example, reducing fatigue and improving the physical condition of a vehicle occupant.

Thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles

A seat apparatus for a vehicle having a side support portion that is controlled depending on a road condition, includes a distance calculating means for calculating a distance of a straight portion between a first curve, on which a vehicle is supposed to be driven, and a second curve, on which the vehicle is supposed to be driven after the first curve, based on an electronic map data, a first controlling level calculating means for calculating a first controlling level at which the side support portion is controlled when the vehicle is driven on the first curve, a second controlling level calculating means for calculating a second controlling level at which the side support portion is controlled when the vehicle is driven on the straight portion, and a driving means for operating the side support portion based on the first controlling level and the second controlling level.

A seat apparatus for a vehicle including a motor for operating a side support portion, includes, a sensor for detecting that the vehicle is driven on a curve, a distance between curves calculating program for calculating a distance between curves, and a control state determining program for determining a control state of the vehicle, the control state being set to one of an unexecuted state, an executed state and a standby state, wherein the motor operates the side support portion so as to be retained to a supporting position when the control state of the vehicle is set to the executed state.

Seat with side support control for vehicle responsive to distance and position in curve roads

A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including a gear-type transmission mechanism connected to an output shaft of a motive power source, the gear-type transmission including plural frictional engagement elements. The control apparatus senses a power-on downshift in which the frictional engagement elements are engaged during a downshift in a driving state of the motive power source, controls the motive power source so that in the power-on downshift an output of the motive power source is reduced, counts a time during which an input rotational speed of the transmission mechanism approximates an after-shift synchronous rotational speed, and controls the motive power source so that, if the time exceeds a predetermined time while the output of the motive power source is reduced, recovery from the reduction of the output of the motive power source is attained.

Automatic gear control device

The object of the present invention is to provide a preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase-causing disorders and diseases, which contains a solvent extract ofmushroom. The preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-causing disorders and diseases according to the present invention contains the solvent extract ofmushroom. The solvent extract ofmushroom has MMP inhibiting behaviors and is effective for prevention, suppression, and symptomatic relief of various activated MMP-causing disorders and diseases, such as metastasis of cancers, ulceration, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, periodontitis, and aging of skin.

Matrix metalloprotease inhibitor

Since there are provided an inertia phase final period decision unit which decides whether or not the final period of the inertia phase of a speed change is currently occurring, a return control unit which, taking an affirmative result of this decision as a starting condition, performs return control in order to return from the torque down control by gradually decreasing the amount of decrease of output torque, a speed change progression decision unit which, during this return control from the torque down control, decides whether or not the speed change is progressing, and a resumption control unit which resumes the torque down control if the result of this decision is negative, accordingly, during the return control from the torque down control, by resuming the torque down control when there is no progression with the speed change.

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Koji Hattori