Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsuru Asai

Nobuo Kamiya

Katsunori Yamada

Hiroaki Makino

Shingo Ohta

Takahiko Asaoka

Shin Tajima

Hiroshi Hohjo

Jiro Nakano

Kohshi Katoh

Kyosuke Haga

Tomonari Yamakawa

Kazumasa Takatori

Tetsuya Nagai

Kaori Fujita

Takahiko Homma

Tetsuro Kobayashi

Tomoji Ishikawa

Jun Sugiyama

Satoshi Suto

Kiyotaka Kinoshita

Shiro Kuwahara

Toshiharu Mikami

Takayuki Mori

Toshitada Wada

Ken Motozawa

Yuko Matsubara

Chihiro Nishikawa

A hanging type seat mounted in a vehicle comprises a seat main body for supporting an occupant from below; one or more front hanging tools which are passed across a front part of the seat main body, extended upward in the front-back direction, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; one or more rear hanging tools which are passed across a rear part of the seat main body, extended upward in the front-back direction, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; and two or more transverse hanging tools which are passed across both sides of the seat main body, extended laterally upward, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; wherein the seat main body is hung and held by the one or more front hanging tools, the one or more rear hanging tools, and the two or more transverse hanging tools.

Hanging type seat

An all-solid-state lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte arranged between the positive and negative electrodes, to conduct lithium ions. In the all-solid-state lithium secondary battery, a mixed layer is in close contact with a surface of the solid electrolyte adjacent to the positive electrode, the mixed layer containing the positive-electrode active material and (Li, M)(B, A)O(wherein in the formula, M and A each represent at least one or more elements selected from C, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In, and Sn, &#x3b1; satisfies 0&#x2264;&#x3b1;&#x3c;1, &#x3b2; represents the valence of M, &#x3b3; represents the average valence of (Li, M), y satisfies 0&#x2264;y&#x3c;1, z represents the average valence of (B, A) and x, &#x3b1;, &#x3b2;, &#x3b3;, z, and &#x3b3; satisfy the relational expression (x(1&#x2212;&#x3b1;)+x&#x3b1;/&#x3b2;)&#x3b3;+z=2&#x3b4;) serving as a matrix.

All-solid-state lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same

An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery containing a novel garnet-type oxide serving as a solid electrolyte. The garnet-type lithium ion-conducting oxide is one represented by the formula LiLa(Zr, A)O, wherein A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Y, Nb, Hf, Ta, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn and X satisfies the inequality 1.4&#x2266;X&#x3c;2, or is one obtained by substituting an element having an ionic radius different from that of Zr for Zr sites in an garnet-type lithium ion-conducting oxide represented by the formula LiLaZrO, wherein the normalized intensity of an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern with a diffraction peak, as normalized on the basis of the intensity of a diffraction peak, is 9.2 or more.

Garnet-type lithium ion-conducting oxide and all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery containing the same

A physical sensor having a pressure sensing layer having such property that electrical resistance is changed by application of a stress, and electrical insulating layers which are integrally formed on opposite two surfaces of the pressure sensing layer, respectively, wherein the pressure sensing layer has a matrix comprising glass, and an electrically conductive particle having electrical conductivity and dispersed in the matrix and preferably, the electrically conductive particle includes RuO, and a thickness of the pressure sensing layer is 1 &#x3bc;m to 200 &#x3bc;m, and it is preferable that one pair of electrodes are disposed on the pressure sensing layer.

Physical sensor

A dynamic quantity sensor device capable of measuring a dynamic quantity at a high precision and securing insulation of a pressure sensing body easily. This dynamic quantity sensor includes a pressure sensing body composed of composite ceramics in which a material having a pressure resistance effect is dispersed on a matrix made of an electrical insulation ceramic material and a pressure receiving body having an electrical insulation characteristic and disposed on a pressure receiving surface of the pressure receiving body, wherein the pressure sensing body and the pressure receiving body are integrated with each other.

Mechanical quantity sensor element, load sensor element, acceleration sensor element, and pressure sensor element

A sensor material for measuring physical parameters capable of configuring a sensor capable of directly measuring a high value of physical parameters such as high stress or high pressure without employing a pressure resistance container. The sensor material for measuring static and dynamic physical parameters includes a matrix made of an electrically insulating ceramic material, and piezoresistance materials which are dispersed in the matrix so as to be electrically continuous to each other.

Material for measuring static and dynamic physical parameters

A composition of a high sensitivity sensor for detecting mechanical quantity including: an insulating matrix material; and a conductive path formed by discontinuously dispersing second phase particles of a conductor or a semiconductor into the insulating matrix material at an interparticle distance from 0.001 to 1 &mgr;m, thereby imparting the high sensitivity in the mechanical quantity to the composition.

Composition of a high sensitivity sensor for detecting mechanical quantity

This invention concerns a composite material which is characterized by comprising a large number of composite material cells, as structural units of the composite material, each comprising a first phase composed of a base material and a second phase composed of a dispersion material surrounding the first phase discontinuously; and comprising a matrix comprising the base material and the dispersion material dispersed in the matrix, the dispersion material being dispersed discontinuously in the form of a three-dimensional network in the composite material; wherein the dispersion materials of the composite material cells are combined to form a composite material skeletal part, thereby exhibiting properties of the dispersion material without reducing the strength of the matrix owing to the skeletal part, and improving strength characteristics thereof owing to the skeletal part serving as a resistance to external stress. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a composite material characterized in that it comprises a base material, a reinforcing layer comprising a material which resembles the base material and is dispersed continuously in the form of a three-dimensional network in the base material, and dispersion material which is dispersed discontinuously within the material of the reinforcing layer, so that the dispersion material is dispersed discontinuously in the form of a three-dimensional network in the base material, and provides a method for the manufacture of this composite material.

composite material and method for the manufacture

Wide-range thermistor material and method for producing it

A pressure detection device for detecting an increase of pressure acting thereon includes an electrically conductive device housing which has an accommodation bore extending inward from one end of the device housing and a slide bare extending between the accommodation bore and the other end of the device housing. A piston is slidably disposed within the slide bore and adopted to receive a pressure, and a terminal serving as one electric contact is fixed to the accommodation bore via an electrical insulator. A disk spring serving as the other electric contact deforms due to a pressing force of the piston and coming in contact with the terminal. The pressure detection device further comprises an electro-functional member attached to either the terminal or the disk spring in which the electro-functional member is changeable its electric resistance due to an impressed pressing force acting thereon. Further, at least one of a notch and a chamfer is provided on the electro-functional member for changing its electric resistance characteristic.

Pressure detection device

A method for controlling a piezoelectric actuator includes: a safety range setting process in which a safety range V.sub.range1 or V.sub.range2 of an applied voltage is set so that an area of 180.degree. domain rotation is within one third or less of an area of full 180.degree. domain rotation S.sub.1 or S.sub.2 in a positive or negative region of the applied voltage; and a driving process in which the voltage is applied to the piezoelectric actuator with a limitation of the safety range V.sub.range1 or V.sub.range2. A controller which drives a piezoelectric actuator according to the controlling method is also provided. A temperature compensation is applied if necessary. The 180.degree. domain rotation is limited by the lower or upper limit of the safety range, so that local concentration of inner stress is suppressed and the actuator is driven at its maximum ability without cracks or splits.

Controller and controlling method for piezoelectric actuator

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Mitsuru Asai