Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Shinobu Shimasaki

Hirotaka Sunada

Motohiro Tsuzuki

Tatsuo Iida

Kiyoharu Nakamura

Yusuke Kato

Akio Kidooka

Toshinori Oki

Takahiro Nakajima

Takashi Takada

A vehicle includes: an EHC which is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and of which the temperature can be raised by application of a current; a tubular first case housing the EHC; an insulation coat disposed between an inner wall of the first case and an outer circumference of the EHC so as to surround the outer circumference of the EHC; a constricted part that is provided at an end portion of the first case on a downstream side in a flow direction of an exhaust gas to reduce the inside diameter of the first case along the flow direction; and an EGR passage connected to the constricted part.

Vehicle

An electrically heating support according to the present invention includes: a ceramic honeycomb structure, the honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall and a partition wall arranged on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells each extending from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; and a pair of metal electrodesfor applying a voltage to a honeycomb structure, wherein each of the pair of metal electrodesincludes: at least one connection portionfixed to an outer peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure; and at least one drawer portionextending from the connection portion, and wherein the drawer portion is provided with at least two bent portions, and extending directions of ridgelines of the at least two bent portionsare different from each other.

Electrically heating support and exhaust gas purification device

A compressor includes an impeller configured so as to compress gas, an electric motor, a rotary shaft configured so as to join the impeller and the electric motor to each other, a housing configured so as to house the rotary shaft and the electric motor, a mechanical seal that includes a rotation-side seal member provided in the rotary shaft, and a stationary-side seal member fixed to the housing so as to be in contact with the rotation-side seal member on a side of the impeller, and a member that defines a lubricant reservoir provided under the mechanical seal in a gravity direction and disposed so as to store lubricant, the member being disposed so that the lubricant reservoir is arranged such that at least a part of the rotation-side seal member on an outer circumference side passes through when rotation-side seal member rotating due to rotation of the rotary shaft.

Compressor

A gas compression device comprises a first impeller, a rotary shaft on which the first impeller is mounted, and a plurality of rotating members through which the rotary shaft is inserted so that the plurality of rotating members rotate with the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft includes a flange having a first surface perpendicular to an axial direction and projecting in radial directions of the rotary shaft, a rear surface of the first impeller is in contact with the first surface, and the plurality of rotating members are disposed on an opposite side of the flange from the first impeller.

Gas compression device and method for manufacturing the same

A fuel cell system includes: an air compressor that sends out oxidant gas to a fuel cell stack, including a motor, a housing, and an impeller; an oxidant gas supply and discharge passage; a pressure-regulating valve; and a controller. The controller executes at least one of a first process and a second process, the first process being executed for increasing a speed of the impeller after decreasing an opening degree of the pressure-regulating valve in a first operation where both decreasing the opening degree of the pressure-regulating valve and increasing the speed of the impeller are performed, the second process being executed for increasing the opening degree of the pressure-regulating valve after decreasing the speed in a second operation where both increasing the opening degree of the pressure-regulating valve and decreasing the speed are performed.

Fuel cell system and control method of fuel cell system

Provided is a variable valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can switch, based on an actuation of a single actuator, operating characteristics of valves for a plurality of cylinders collectively and smoothly using a rigid member, while suppressing an increase in wear of a guide rail and reducing the number of delay mechanisms. A changeover mechanism to switch operating characteristics of valves for each cylinder of first and second cylinder groups is provided. The changeover mechanism includes link shafts as a rigid member which is displaced when being engaged with a helical guide rail as a result of the actuation of an electromagnetic solenoid. The changeover mechanism includes a delay mechanism, which delays the displacement of the second link shaft in a cylinder in which the valves are lifting when the electromagnetic solenoid is actuated, at some point in the link shafts between the first cylinder group and the second cylinder group.

Variable valve operating apparatus for internal combustion engine

An oil control valve includes: a housing that is connected to an oil passage via which an oil is fed to and drained from a hydraulic device; an elongated spool that changes a state of oil feeding-drainage for the hydraulic device by moving in the housing; and a drain passage which is formed in the spool such that the drain passage extends in an axial direction of the spool and an outlet of the drain passage is provided at a radial side face of an axial end portion of the spool, and via which the oil that has entered the housing from the hydraulic device is drained, wherein the spool includes an elongated spool body, and an attachment that is separate from the spool body and is fixed at an axial end portion of the spool body.

Oil control valve and hydraulic control apparatus

To provide a variable valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine which can reduce a range where heat treatment is required, thereby favorably suppressing distortion which occurs in a camshaft during heat treatment, to a low level. A changeover mechanism is provided which includes a slide pin which is adapted to move within a predetermined reciprocating range thereby switching between operational states of a variable mechanism, and a guide rail provided in an outer peripheral surface of the camshaft and guides the movement of the slide pin from one end to a remaining end of the reciprocating range. A projection part which is engageable with the guide rail is provided in the slide pin. Restriction means which performs at least one of a restriction of contact between a top surface of the projection part and a bottom surface of the guide rail opposing the projection part, and a restriction of movement of the slide pin beyond a distance from the above-described one end to the above-described remaining end.

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Shinobu Shimasaki