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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain the NOx purification capacity of an NOx catalyst in a state of generally high level and suppress the deterioration of fuel economy in an exhaust emission control system having the NOx catalyst for occluding and reducing NOx in the exhaust gases and recovering the NOx purification capacity of the NOx catalyst by adding fuel into exhaust gases. SOLUTION: In this exhaust emission control system, only when a state in which the NOx catalyst cannot reduce occluded NOx by adding the fuel to the exhaust gases is moved to a state in which the NOx catalyst can reduce occluded NOx, the addition of the fuel to the exhaust gases per unit time is increased. After the state is moved to the state in which the NOx purification capacity of the NOx catalyst is increased by the concentrated addition of the fuel, the addition of the fuel into the exhaust gases per unit time is decreased. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bipedal walking robot in which a target trunk attitude vector commanded to a robot coincides with an actual trunk attitude vector. SOLUTION: First, shifting vector is once measured. After that, a target trunk attitude vector is corrected by "shifting vector", and a joint angle is calculated from the corrected target trunk attitude vector. When the target trunk attitude vector is corrected by " shifting vector" to control the robot, the robot changes its attitude taking the target trunk attitude vector corrected by "shifting vector" as a target vector. At that time, the robot shifts from the target trunk attitude vector corrected by "shifting vector" by "the shifting vector", so the trunk attitude of the robot coincides with the target trunk attitude vector which has not been corrected by the shifting vector. In this method, the actual trunk attitude of the robot is made to near the trunk attitude that an operator desires. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To adjust the stiffness of a lower limb of a bipedal walking robot to a suitable level. SOLUTION: This robot walks with stiffness varied following up a walking pattern. Immediately before the transition from the left foot grounding state to both feet grounding state, the stiffness of the right lower limb is lowered, and immediately before the transition from the right foot grounding state to both feet grounding state, the stiffness of the left lower limb is lowered. The stiffness of a free leg is high while it is a free leg (while it is floating in the air), and the attitude of the free leg is regulated from being largely shifted by the gravity or inertia force. Immediately before the free leg is grounded, the stiffness is lowered, so that even if there are unexpected projecting and recessed parts in the landing spot, it flexibly respond to it. When it is necessary to keep the attitude, the stiffness is heightened to keep a stable attitude, and when flexible respond is needed, flexible response is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bipedal walking robot corrected to a target ZMP track for reducing the load imposed on the robot by solving the problem wherein in the conventional target ZMP (zero moment point) track, load on the robot is high, so that the robot cannot walk at high speed. SOLUTION: A track connecting a target ZMP within the grounding surface of one foot within the grounding period of one foot and a target ZMP within the grounding surface of the other foot within the grounding period of the other foot by a track including constant acceleration track and constant deceleration track within the both feet grounding period are calculated. As a result, a target ZMP track for separating from one foot grounding surface at constant acceleration within the both feet grounding period and reaching the other foot grounding surface at constant deceleration is calculated. Holding down the acceleration and deceleration of the robot operation required for coinciding the actual ZMP with the target ZMP is realized. The operation of the robot is smoothed, so that the robot can walk at high speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a torque distribution clutch for a vehicle without lowering of ABS performance and heating of the torque distribution clutch even in the case when detection of braking operation is not normally carried out due to some reason and torque distribution control at the time of braking is not started. SOLUTION: As the maximum value of a torque command value t ref to control transmission torque t r of an electromagnetic clutch 30 is restricted so as not to become higher than previously set T max and input torque t im by a torque command value restriction means 286, even when the torque distribution control at the time of braking is not carried out in relation to an incident that detection for braking operation is not normally carried out due to some reason such as failure of a switch and a circuit, etc., the transmission torque of the torque distribution clutch never becomes excessive in relation to ABS control at the time of braking and lowering of the ABS performance and heating of the torque distribution clutch are avoided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the outflow of an exhaust gas of rich air-fuel ratio to a downstream of an exhaust emission control device without passing through a NOx catalyst. SOLUTION: This device comprises the NOx catalyst 32 for holding NOx in the exhaust gas when the air-fuel ratio of the inflow exhaust gas is lean, and reducing and clarifying the held NOx by a reducer when the air-fuel ratio of the inflow exhaust gas is enriched. The air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is enriched by operating an enriching means 19 under predetermined conditions. A switching means 26 is mounted to switch the inflow mode of the exhaust gas to the NOx catalyst between a forward mode and a backward mode. The switching of the inflow mode by the switching means is inhibited during the operation of the enriching means, and further the switching of the inflow mode by the switching means is forbidden for a predetermined switch forbidding period even after the stop of the operation of the enriching means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely supply an EGR gas in the amount required at each of low temperature combustion and normal combustion, by controlling the opening degree of the nozzle vane of a variable displacement turbocharger in an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This internal combustion engine is provided with a variable displacement turbocharger 15, an EGR device 26, an EGR amount increasing means 35 for performing an operation by making an EGR amount larger than that when the generation of soot reaches maximum while increasing the EGR amount to that more than normal, a vane-opening control means 35 for controlling the opening degree of a nozzle vane 74 of the variable displacement turbocharger 15, only when the EGR amount is increased more than normal, and another vane-opening control means 35 for controlling the nozzle vane opening degree, only when a normal EGR control is performed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a torque distribution clutch for a vehicle capable of certainly opening the torque distribution clutch only at the time of parking brake turn. SOLUTION: Torque distribution control is never unnecessarily obstructed as a parking brake lever 106 is operated by a parking brake sensor (parking brake operation detection device) 108, it is detected that a parking brake works, in the case when it is judged by a prime mover output judgement means 222 that output of an engine is lower than a specified judgement standard value, an electromagnetic clutch 30 is opened and the electromagnetic clutch 30 is certainly opened only at the time of parking brake turn. COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a permanent magnet motor production efficiency of which is enhanced drastically by using permanent magnets of standard shape in combination, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor and a permanent magnet.SOLUTION: A permanent magnet 4 to be housed in a slot 9 formed in the rotor core 7 of a permanent magnet rotor 1 is configured by combining a plurality of standard magnets 10, i.e., permanent magnets having predetermined standard shapes. Furthermore, the shape of the slot 9 is designed to correspond with the shape of a plurality of standard magnets 10 thus combined.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable power generation by a fuel cell to continue even when non-humidified fuel gas is supplied after its operating temperature heightened.SOLUTION: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly having an anode consisting of a catalyst electrode layer formed on one surface of an electrolyte membrane and a cathode consisting of a catalyst electrode layer formed on the other surface and a fuel gas passage part disposed on the anode side and an oxidation gas passage part disposed on the cathode side of the membrane electrode assembly, each passage part composed of a madreporic body where a plurality of pores communicate. The oxidation gas passage part is divided into a first passage part in a prescribed range, including an entrance, from an entrance to an exit of the oxidation gas passage part and a second passage part consisting of the remainder other than the first passage part, the first passage part having a larger thermal expansion coefficient than that of the second passage part.