Abstract:
A steel pipe drawing apparatus, which can manufacture a drawn steel pipe which is a long object with high accuracy and at high speed as well as improves dimensional accuracy of respective thick-wall portions and cutting positions of the drawn steel pipe, is realized. When a stepped drawn steel pipe is manufactured by moving a die and a plug relatively in the same direction as a steel pipe drawing direction and in an opposite direction thereto, a first hydraulic cylinder moves the die relatively in a direction corresponding to the steel pipe drawing direction, and a second hydraulic cylinder moves the plug relatively in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the die. At this time, a position detecting sensor detects a stroke position of the second hydraulic cylinder, and a computer receives positional information detected by the position detecting sensor and controls a moving velocity of the second hydraulic cylinder. Thereby, the computer makes a moving velocity v2 of the second hydraulic cylinder higher than a moving velocity v1 thereof in “b” region based upon a position detecting signal in “d” region. Therefore, the drawn steel pipe is drawn at the higher moving velocity v2 so that no sag occurs in a wall-thickness gradient in the “d” region.
Abstract:
An active vibratory noise control apparatus includes a basic signal generator configured to output a basic sine wave signal and a basic cosine wave signal. An adaptive finite impulse response filter is configured to output a control signal to cancel the vibratory noise. A vibratory noise cancelling device is configured to generate vibratory-noise canceling sound. An error signal detector is configured to output an error signal. A reference signal generator is configured to output a reference signal and corrects the basic cosine wave signal and the basic sine wave signal based on correction values. A buffer is configured to accumulate a number of reference signals corresponding to a number of taps of the adaptive finite impulse response filter. A filter coefficient updating device is configured to sequentially update filter coefficients of the adaptive finite impulse response filter to minimize the error signal.
Abstract:
An active sound effect generating apparatus includes a controller (a fourth acoustic adjuster and a fifth acoustic adjuster) which determines the amplitude of a control signal by adjusting the amplitudes of reference signals (intermediate signals) depending on an engine rotational frequency change [Hz/second] calculated by an engine rotational frequency change calculator and an accelerator opening [%] detected by an accelerator opening sensor.
Abstract:
An active sound control apparatus includes a delay circuit for delaying the output of a frequency component of a sound effect by delaying an engine rotation frequency signal representative of an engine rotation frequency [Hz], a delay circuit for delaying the output of an amplitude component of the sound effect by delaying an engine rotation frequency change signal representative of an engine rotation frequency change [Hz/second], and delay circuits for delaying the output of all components of the sound effect by delaying a control signal for controlling the outputs of speakers.
Abstract:
When an engine power demand Pe* is not greater than a maximum power Pemax, the drive control sets a target rotation speed Ne* and a target torque Te* of an engine according to a reference operation curve obtained in air-fuel ratio control with a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio (step S125). When the engine power demand Pe* exceeds the maximum power Pemax, on the other hand, upon failure of a preset fuel increase prohibition condition, the drive control sets the target rotation speed Ne* to a maximum rotation speed Nemax (step S140) and sets a target air-fuel ratio used for the air-fuel ratio control of the engine to a rich air-fuel ratio based on the engine power demand Pe* (step S150).
Abstract:
On a first start of an engine after system activation, the start control technique of the invention gives a valve-closing instruction to close an exhaust flow changeover valve and thereby causes all the fuel exhaust introduced into an exhaust system to be discharged after transmission through an HC adsorbent (step S100). After confirmation of the closed position of the exhaust flow changeover valve (steps S110 and S120), the start control technique starts cranking the engine (step S130). Fuel injection control and ignition control are performed to start fuel injection from a fuel injection valve after elapse of a preset time period since the start of engine cranking and eventually start the engine (step S170). The fuel injection accordingly starts after substantial elimination of the fuel vapor accumulated in an air intake system due to oil-tight leakage of the fuel injection valve. This arrangement effectively prevents a variation in air-fuel ratio on or immediately after a start of the engine.
Abstract:
An ASC generates a control signal based on an engine rotation frequency detected by an engine rotational speed detecting means, and a speaker outputs a sound effect depending on the control signal into a vehicle. The speaker is disposed in a substantially central area of a dashboard, in front of a driver seat and a front passenger seat of the vehicle, in the transverse direction of the vehicle.
Abstract:
A processor determines an engagement state of a clutch based on a clutch signal, which is output from a clutch switch connected to a clutch pedal. In a declutching state, the processor lowers weighting gain characteristics that serve as acoustic correcting characteristics used in a sound pressure adjuster. Therefore, even when a change of an engine rotational frequency per unit of time increases during a shift-change operation, the gain of the control signal is prevented from increasing. Accordingly, a gap between real acceleration of the vehicle and a sound effect output from a speaker can be decreased, thereby reducing the possibility that the driver and/or a passenger in the vehicle may feel a sense of strangeness relative to the sound effect.
Abstract:
In a motor-assisted hybrid vehicle, an active vibration control system suppresses torque fluctuations of an engine without detriment to the response of a static torque. An adaptive notch filter outputs a control signal depending on a harmonic basic signal generated by a basic signal generator from a rotational frequency of a crankshaft. A combiner combines the control signal with a drive signal for the generator motor and supplies the combined signal through a power controller to the generator motor. The basic signal is supplied to corrective filters having the transfer function of the generator motor to output a reference signal. The filter coefficient of an adaptive notch filter is successively updated so that an error signal representative of a rotational speed fluctuation of the crankshaft will be minimized.
Abstract:
An active noise/vibration/sound control system for a vehicle has an ANC (active noise control apparatus), an AVC (active vibration control apparatus), and an ASC (active sound control apparatus). To prevent the ANC, the AVC, and the ASC from interfering with each other and hence to prevent vehicle cabin environment of vibrations, noise, and sound from being impaired, activation and inactivation of the ANC, the AVC, and the ASC are controlled or their control characteristics are controlled in relation to each other by a weighting variable calculator as a coordination controller, depending on an engine rotation frequency and a frequency change which are representative of a running state of the vehicle as detected by an engine rotation frequency detector and a frequency change detector that serve as a running state detector.