Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Naoki Hayashi

Yoshikazu Tsukamoto

Hiroyuki Koba

A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire voice information uttered by a driver, recognize content of the voice information, output information on content of a process based on a recognition result of the voice information before executing the process, and execute the process when an approval signal that approves the execution of the process is input from an operation member disposed on a steering wheel that the driver holds to steer a vehicle.

Driving assistance apparatus, vehicle, driving assistance method, and non-transitory storage medium storing program

A vibration damping bushing including an elastic body of generally cylindrical shape formed of an elastic material and having a bore through which there is inserted a shaft member whose vibration is to be damped, and an outer mounting surface which extends in an axial direction of the elastic body and at which the elastic body is fixed to a mounting bracket, wherein a plurality of engaging jaws are formed integrally with the elastic body, on respective peripheral portions of the outer flat mounting surface of the elastic body, such that the engaging jaws extend from the mounting surface and are elastically engageable with respective engaging portions of the mounting bracket, so that the elastic body is fixed to the mounting bracket.

Vibration damping bushing with engaging jaws, and assembly including the bushing and a bracket for mounting the bushing

A suspension system includes a shock absorber, a coil spring, a tubular dust cover, and an insulator. The shock absorber is provided with a first seat and a second seat at the opposite ends. The insulator is disposed between the first seat and the coil spring, and includes a body for holding the coil spring, and a contact projecting from the body in a centripetal direction and having a portion being brought into contact with one of the opposite ends of the dust cover. The insulator forms a space between the first seat and an outer portion with respect to the portion of the contact. Thus, the insulator reduces the wear of the first seat resulting from the contact with the dust cover, inhibits the first seat from corroding, and keeps the strength of the first seat from decreasing.

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Kasugai, Japan

Naoki Hayashi