Mazda Motor Corporation

Calsonic Kansei Corporation

Takashi Hamada

Soukichi Kikuchi

Yoshiaki Noguchi

Kazuki Hirota

Yuuki Uchiba

Kouichi Kojima

Koji Jahara

Yoshiyuki Yamashita

Yuta Tsuji

Toshimitsu Yugami

Tadasuke Abe

Yuma Nishijo

Hiroshi Ohmura

Nobuyuki Nakayama

Satoshi Nakamura

Masaya Hiramatsu

Daisuke Kiyoshita

Hideyuki Tsukamoto

Wataru Kuwahara

Susumu Sano

Toshiharu Ikeda

Yasuhiro Nakashima

Yosuke Sawada

Ryuichiro Amano

Masahide Kanemori

Takashi Goto

Shohei Yoshida

Akihiro Kawano

Masanori Fukuda

Tsuyoshi Nishihara

Kazuki Sato

Masaaki Kashimoto

Hideaki Fujii

Taro Oike

Kohji Takada

Yusuke Oki

Akira Miyake

Kozo Ishizuka

Yuya Yamaoka

Makoto Okitsu

Daisuke Shimizu

Shunji Hiramatsu

Keigo Fukuda

Hirokazu Yamauchi

Shoji Harada

Kenta Tada

Shinya Kyusaka

Nobuhiro Nonaka

Kazuki Kamimura

Ikuo Nonaka

Shinji Saitou

Kiyoshi Inori

Takuya Yoshinaga

Ryohei Kawabuchi

Yuko Kawazoe

Kazuki Fujihara

Hiroki Ichida

Yousuke Inamitsu

Atsushi Koriyama

Izumi Sadanaga

Tsuguo Shimokouchi

A controller detects partitioning lines OL and BL of a road and a road edge E based on an image taken by a camera, generates a pair of left and right virtual lines ILand ILthat extend from the side to the front of a vehicle along the partitioning lines OL and BL, controls the steering so the vehicle travels between the left and right virtual lines ILand IL, moves the left virtual line ILto a position in proximity to the road edge E and fixes the left virtual line ILto this position, and then, moves the right virtual line ILto a position separated from the left virtual line ILby the width of the vehicle and fixes the right virtual line ILto this position, and controls brakes to stop the vehicle after fixing the left and right virtual lines ILand IL.

Vehicle control system stabilizing behavior of a vehicle moving to a road edge to be stopped

A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.

Method for controlling automobile and automobile system

In an engine compartment, an engine, a generator using the engine as a power source, a motor for driving the vehicle, and a gear box are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction. The first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a generating unit that includes the engine and the generator. The second high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a drive unit that includes the motor and the gear box. The first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment are coupled by a coupling member that extends substantially horizontally in the vehicle width direction and supports the high-voltage equipment, against a falling load directed from one thereof toward the other.

In-vehicle structure of electrical equipment

The present disclosure includes: a cowl member that is formed to extend in a vehicle width direction and bulges to the front from a rear side of a motor chamber; a power unit that is fixed to a right side frame in the motor chamber, has a lower portion fixed to a vehicle body, and drives the vehicle by electricity; and a protection bracket provided on an upper surface of the power unit, wherein the protection bracket is configured to abut the cowl member in the case where a frontal collision of a vehicle occurs and the power unit moves downward to the rear.

Vehicle front structure

A power train support structure includes a first front side frame disposed on one of left and right sides of a power train; a second front side frame disposed on the other of the left and right sides of the power train, and being greatly away from the power train with respect to the first front side frame; a mounting bracket having one of left and right ends connected to the power train; and a connecting member for connecting the mounting bracket and the second front side frame. The mounting bracket includes a front fixing portion and a rear fixing portion to be fixed to the power train. A strength of the front fixing portion and the rear fixing portion is set to such a strength that the rear fixing portion is broken by a collision load from a front side, and the front fixing portion is not broken.

Power train support structure for vehicle

A front suspension device for a vehicle that, when a collision load acts on a suspension arm, reduces the detachment amount of a subframe mounting portion on the rear side from a vehicle body, absorbs collision load energy, and reduces an input to a rear axially supporting portion for a subframe. The front suspension device for a vehicle includes a subframe; a suspension arm having an outer end on which a front wheel is pivotally supported, and an inner end pivotally supported with respect to the subframe; a subframe mounting portion for mounting the subframe to a vehicle body through a fastener from below on the rear side relative to a front-wheel axially supporting portion of the suspension arm; and an upward bend inducing portion for bending the suspension arm upward when a suspension arm frontal collision load is input via the front wheel to the suspension arm.

Front suspension device for vehicle

An electric-drive vehicle structure is provided, which includes a cross member bridged between side frames in a front part of a vehicle, a motor suspended below the cross member, a tray fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electric unit for driving a motor, fixed onto the tray. A front edge of the electric unit is located forward of a front edge of the cross member, and the tray has a front edge located, throughout a width thereof, forward of the electric unit.

Electric-drive vehicle structure

A control system for a vehicle includes: a battery; a first control unit configured to receive a power supplied from the battery, and configured to control a first control object which is mounted on the vehicle; and an interrupting unit configured to interrupt a supply of the power to the first control unit from the battery, wherein a first switch part is provided between the battery and the first control unit which receives a resumption request signal when the supply of the power to the first control unit is interrupted by the interrupting unit to permit the power to be supplied to the first control unit from the battery.

Control system for vehicle

A bonnet inner panel includes a central protrusion portion protruding upward in a vehicle elevational view and a rear protrusion portion located in back of the central protrusion portion, which are arranged side by side in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a deep-drawn groove is provided between the both protrusion portions to extend in a vehicle width direction, and a hinge reinforcement is provided to extend from a position beside the rear protrusion portion to a position at a rear end of the central protrusion portion, passing through beside the deep-drawn groove. Thereby, the hinge support rigidity of the rear portion of the bonnet having the central protrusion portion can be increased, so that occurrence of any improper deflection or vibration caused to the bonnet by the traveling vibration, the traveling-air pressure or the like can be prevented.

Bonnet structure of automotive vehicle

A reinforcement is configured to have a corner portion corresponding to a corner portion of a side sill inner. Herein, the corner portion of the reinforcement forms a reinforcement ridgeline extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The reinforcement is provided such that the reinforcement ridgeline and a side-sill-inner upper ridgeline formed at a corner portion of the side sill inner overlap with each other over a range from a specified area where a wheel outward displaced in a vehicle collision is capable of contacting a side sill to a connection portion where a cross member connects to the side sill inner.

Side vehicle-body structure of automotive vehicle

A vehicle-body structure of an automotive vehicle comprises a frame which is provided at a side portion of a vehicle body to extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a load absorption portion which is provided at a front face of a tip portion of the frame to protrude forward, wherein the load absorption portion includes an inclination face portion which protrudes outward, in a vehicle width direction, relative to the frame and a tip face of which extends obliquely forward and inward.

Vehicle-body structure of automotive vehicle

There are provided a hinge pillar comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically, a hinge pillar reinforcement provided in the closed cross section, a front door attached to the hinge pillar via a pair of upper-and-lower door hinges, and a hinge bracket attaching the lower door hinge to the hinge pillar reinforcement, the hinge bracket being provided to face a front wheel in a longitudinal direction. Herein, the hinge bracket has a lower strength than a portion of the hinge pillar reinforcement where the hinge bracket is provided. Accordingly, when receiving a collision load from the front wheel, the hinge bracket changes a contact portion of the front wheel to the hinge pillar so as to guide the retreating front wheel outward in a vehicle width direction.

Side vehicle-body structure of vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Takashi Hamada