Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Makoto Hattori

Koji Suzuki

Hidetaka Ozawa

Yutaka Kikuchi

Katsuhisa Yamada

Keizo Iwama

Masanobu Miki

Tatsuya Okayama

Kunihiko Fukui

Takayuki Sakurai

Shoji Yokoi

Masakuni Ando

Takeshi Sakuma

Atsuo Kondo

Kazuhiko Ono

Daisuke Kuriki

Shohei Suzuki

Hideo Numata

Masahiro Tokuda

Takashi Egami

Yuji Okamura

Masayuki Hojo

Takeshi Inoue

Daisuke Fujihira

Tomohiro Kudo

Yoshiya Omuro

Miku Otsuji

Yuki Kanai

Masayuki Sunamoto

Hirotaka Onuki

Naoki Nomura

Tomoki Yamauchi

An electric bicycle includes: a sleeve to which power for driving the electric bicycle is input; a rear wheel; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits the power input to the sleeve to the rear wheel. The electric bicycle determines an abnormality of the power transmission mechanism or prevents or prohibits driving performed by using the power transmission mechanism based on a reference composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a first time and current composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a second time subsequent to the first time.

Vehicle and method for monitoring abnormality of power transmission mechanism

A fuel gas supply system includes a valve mechanism, an upstream channel for guiding a fuel gas to the valve mechanism, a downstream channel into which the fuel gas discharged from the valve mechanism is guided, a differential pressure sensor for detecting the differential pressure between the pressure of the fuel gas in the upstream channel and the pressure of the fuel gas in the downstream channel, a first pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the fuel gas in the upstream channel, and a second pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the fuel gas in the downstream channel. The number of the differential pressure is one, the number of the first pressure sensor is one, and the number of the second pressure sensor is one.

Fuel gas supply system

A flow rate adjustment structure includes: a fixed member including a fixed surface on which a fixed opening is formed; a movable member including a movable surface on which a movable opening is formed, and to be displaced relative to the fixed member; and an adjustment unit that variably adjusts an overlap area or an overlap frequency between the fixed opening and the movable opening by relatively displacing the movable surface along the fixed surface.

Flow rate adjustment structure and flow rate adjustment method

A handlebar switch can include a switch case housing switches, and manipulation members arranged on the switch case and configured to be manipulated by a driver to operate the respective switches. A center portion of the switch caseon which the manipulation members are arranged is formed as an expanded section expanded in radial directions of a main body section beyond a right end portion, and a left an end portion of the main body section. The manipulation members are arranged in a center part of the expanded section.

Handlebar switch

A vehicular audio processing unit includes a receiver that receives voice data by wirelessly communicating with audio equipment, an audio processor that applies predetermined audio processing to the voice data received by the receiver, a transmitter that transmits the voice data to which the audio processor applies the predetermined audio processing by wirelessly communicating with an audio output device that can output a sound, and a sensor that detects an operational status of a vehicle with which the unit is provided. The audio processor automatically modifies the predetermined audio processing based on the operational status detected by the operational status detector to the voice data received by the receive, thereby the user is not required to perform any operation for varying the voice output according to an operational status of the vehicle.

Vehicular audio processing unit and communication system including same

An information providing system of a motorcycle includes a navigation device and an audio device. The navigation device includes a navigation controller. The navigation controller is disposed in a trunk on a side surface of the trunk close to a back surface of a passenger seat. The trunk is provided in a rear portion of a vehicle body of the motorcycle and above a rear wheel of the motorcycle. The audio device includes an audio device operation part and an audio device controller. The audio device operation part is provided in a vicinity of a handlebar of the motorcycle. The audio device controller is disposed in an audio device housing provided at a position lower than a bottom plate of the trunk.

Information providing system of motorcycle

The apparatus is provided with an abnormality determination means for determining abnormality of the apparatus where two different combinations of two electrodes are selected from the three electrodes, an alternating-current voltage is applied to an electrode in one combination by the voltage-applying portion to measure a value of a current flowing to the other electrode via the dielectric body by electrostatic coupling, an alternating-current voltage is applied to an electrode in another combination out of the at least two different combinations by the voltage-applying portion to measure a value of a current flowing to the other electrode via the dielectric body by electrostatic coupling, and an abnormality of the apparatus is determined from the current values measured.

Apparatus with abnormality determination function and method for determining abnormality

A wiring structure of a rear combination light of a vehicle includes a light-side wire, a vehicle-body-side wire holding portion, a stay, a light-side wire holding portion and a wire coupler. The vehicle-body-side wire holding portion is mounted on a rear surface of the vehicle body to hold an intermediate portion of a vehicle-body-side wire. The light-side wire holding portion is mounted on the stay to hold an intermediate portion of the light-side wire on a distal end portion of the stay. The wire coupler is arranged between the rear surface of the vehicle body and a back surface of the rear combination light. The light-side wire is connected to the vehicle-body-side wire via the wire coupler in a state where the rear combination light is mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle body.

Wiring structure of rear combination light

A meter device is disposed on an upper surface of a fuel tank that is disposed between a steering handlebar and a rider's seat. The meter device includes a dial substrate having a scale and a pointer that is rotated by a drive portion and points to the scale corresponding to a measurement output. The pointer includes a ridge that extends in a longitudinal direction and a spine portion having two surfaces that cross each other so as to form the ridge. An angle &#x3b2;, at which the two surfaces forming the ridge cross each other, is formed into an acute angle, so that a side farther from the ridge as viewed from a side of a rider is not visible.

Meter device for motorcycle

The particulate matter detection device of the present invention is a particulate matter detection deviceincluding an electrode portionand detection meansfor detecting an electrical characteristic of the electrode portion, whereby a particulate mattercontained in an exhaust gasis detected on the basis of a change of the electrical characteristic due to the particulate matterattached to the electrode portion. The particulate matter detection device ifurther includes removal meansand abnormality judgment meansfor comparing an initial electrical characteristic in a use initial state of the device with the electrical characteristic measured in a state where the particulate matterattached to the surface of the electrode portionis removed by the removal means, to judge whether or not the particulate matter detection device ihas an abnormality.

Particulate matter detection device and inspection method of the particulate matter detection device

A PM sensor is provided having high responsiveness and capable of long term detection. A PM sensor includes a sensor element that has particulate collection electrodes to which a particulate collection voltage for causing particulate matter contained in exhaust to adhere to a sensor element is applied, and measurement electrodes to which a measurement voltage for measuring an electrical characteristic of the sensor element is applied, in which, after a particulate collection voltage is applied to the particulate collection electrodes application of the particulate collection voltage is stopped in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, the measurement voltage is applied to the measurement electrodes and the electrical characteristic of the sensor element is measured.

Particulate matter detection device

A pressure detection unit includes a front-wheel transmitter and a rear-wheel transmitter operatively connected to wheel rims of a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively. Inflation pressure signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter are received by a receiver. The receiver is arranged to be offset outward of a straight line connecting the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter in the vehicle-body width direction. More specifically, the receiver is arranged in a space surrounded by a front cowl and a side panel, the space being between a coolant reserve tank and a radiator. The single receiver receives the signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter.

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Makoto Hattori