Patents
Literature
Hiro is an intelligent assistant for R&D personnel, combined with Patent DNA, to facilitate innovative research.
Hiro

221results about How to "Driving comfort" patented technology

Content delivery apparatus and content reproduction apparatus

A server apparatus 20 that is connected, through a communication network 11, to a mobile terminal 40 for reproducing a content and to a ticket gate machine 30. The ticket gate machine 30 detects that a user's entrance into a station area or boarding onto a vehicle, identifies at least a boarding zone, and notifies the identified boarding zone to the server apparatus 20. The server apparatus 20 includes a required duration calculating unit 22 which calculates, based on the boarding zone notified by the ticket gate machine 30, a duration for a user traveling by the vehicle, a content selecting unit 23 which determines a content whose reproduction is completed within the calculated duration, and a data transmitting / receiving unit 21 which delivers the determined content to the mobile terminal 40.
Owner:INTERTRUST TECH CORP

Waste Heat Recovery System of Internal Combustion Engine

A waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine, in which the amount of regenerative energy transmitted to the internal combustion engine is increased with a simple mechanism. A controller of the waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine has at least determination means that makes a determination as to whether it is necessary to increase the pressure of heat-transfer media in a heat exchanger, on the basis of the pressure detected by the high-pressure sensor. When the determination means determines that it is necessary to increase the pressure in the heat exchanger, the controller causes a flow-rate regulating valve (506) to start regulating the flow rate of the heat-transfer media while leaving the pump working. The controller causes the flow-rate regulating valve to continue the regulation at least until the determination means determines that it is not necessary to increase the pressure in the heat exchanger, and then terminates the regulation.
Owner:SANDEN CORP

Route planning device

The invention provides a route planning device. The route planning device evaluates the comfort levels obtained when the vehicle travels along each of the routes on the basis of the vehicle information in terms of power consumption and a room temperature. Thus, the driver can select one of the operation plans that is the most comfortable from the driver's point of view. The route planning device includes a processing unit (10). The processing unit (10) includes a route planner (40), a driving power calculator (42), an AC power calculator (44), an SOC calculator (46), a comfort level calculator (48), an operation plan selector (50), a setting changer (52), and a setting change detector (54).
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

High-precision map-based cloud control automatic driving task generating method

The invention discloses a high-precision map-based cloud control automatic driving task generating method. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring GPS information of a road by using centimeter-level high-precision positioning equipment, performing coordinate rotating conversion on a GPS track, performing curve fitting and selecting high-precision points to acquire the GPS sequence of a lane level of each road, establishing a high-precision map suitable for automatic driving and storing in a cloud server; and in the actual automatic driving stage, receiving an initial position and destination combined high-precision map and vehicle information in a global range from a vehicle by a cloud side, generating the route of the lane level, planning a driving task from the route of the lane level to form a task sequence, and issuing to the vehicle to perform execution and realize automatic driving. By the high-precision map-based cloud control automatic driving task generating method, hardware calculation resources of the internet and the cloud side are effectively utilized, and the complexity and the cost of the vehicle are reduced; and the cloud side masters the global traffic information, application of cloud processing, big data and artificial intelligent technology is benefited, and the automatic driving technology can be iterated and improved rapidly.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV

Method for jointly estimating vehicle mass-road gradient under consideration of influence of braking and turning

The invention discloses a method for jointly estimating vehicle mass-road gradient under the consideration of influence of braking and turning. The method includes steps of 1, acquiring data, to be more specific, 11, acquiring vehicle driving state data by data acquisition devices, 12, combining the vehicle driving state data and vehicle intrinsic parameters with one another and computing relevant parameters required by models; 2, building relation models of vehicle mass, road gradient and the vehicle driving state data on the basis of vehicle dynamic models; 3, building least square mass estimation models and Kalman filter gradient estimation models on the basis of the relation models of the vehicle mass, the road gradient and the vehicle driving state data; 4, jointly estimating the vehicle mass and the road gradient by means of nested loop iteration; 5, eliminating the influence of braking and turning in state maintenance modes. The method has the advantages that the influence of braking and turning is considered in real vehicle driving procedures, and accordingly the vehicle mass and the road gradient can be dynamically jointly estimated in real time.
Owner:CHONGQING UNIV

Vehicle speed control device, method of determining target speed by using the device, and program executing the method

The present invention relates to a vehicle speed control device for controlling a speed of a vehicle. The vehicle speed control device includes a current location error estimation section for extracting area attribute information from the map information, for producing a location error probability distribution, a target speed calculation section for receiving the target speed correction instruction, for accessing preset data that shows an acceleration or a gradient of an acceleration which allows a driver not to feel uncomfortable, and for computing target speed values at nodes over the distance in such a way that the target speed values create a continuous curve, and a speed control section for sensing a speed of a vehicle, and for controlling a driving torque of the vehicle so that the sensed speed traces the continuous curve composed of the target speed values.
Owner:HITACHI ASTEMO LTD

Headlamp adaptive control method and device

The invention discloses headlamp adaptive control method and device. The method comprises the steps of: (1) acquiring the current speed v of an automobile in real time, and acquiring the safe stopping distance S of the automobile at the current speed; (2) acquiring a horizontal deflection angle omega corresponding to the optimum lighting position of the headlamp; (3) acquiring a vertical deflection angle beta corresponding to the optimum lighting position of the headlamp; and (4) outputting control signals to control the turning of the headlamp in real time. The device comprises a control unit (1), and a detection unit (2) and a driving mechanism (3) which are respectively connected with the control unit (1), wherein the detection unit (2) comprises a speed sensor (21), a steering wheel angel sensor (22), a front ride height sensor (23), a rear ride height sensor (24), a sunshine and rain sensor (25) and an acceleration sensor (26). The invention has the advantages of large lighting range, good lighting effect, no reflected glare, simple structure, accurate control, good environmental suitability, safety, reliability and comfortable drive.
Owner:HUNAN UNIV

Method for estimating automobile quality and road grade by taking parameter coupling relationship into consideration

The invention discloses a method for estimating the automobile quality and road grade by taking a parameter coupling relationship into consideration. The method comprises the steps that firstly, automobile state data and automobile inherent parameters are obtained, and an acceleration a at the time of k and a speed changer transmission ratio i<g> is calculated; secondly, an automobile qualitymodel and a road grade model are established; thirdly, a least square quality estimation model and a Kalman filter grade estimation model are constructed based on the automobile quality model and theroad grade model correspondingly; and fourthly, combined estimation of the automobile quality and the road grade is conducted through nested cyclic iteration. According to the method, real-time road grade information and the automobile load situation are provided for an automobile intelligent system, the important basis is provided for automatic driving assisting decision, environment-friendly driving and automatic speed changer gear-shifting control, and thus safe, economical and comfortable driving is realized.
Owner:CHONGQING UNIV

Acceleration control device

In a cruise assist ECU, when a vehicle drive state is changed from a running state to a state immediately before vehicle stop or from a stop state to a state immediately after vehicle start, a feedback torque gain compensation part changes a feedback torque gain to a second set value, and maintain it during the state immediately before vehicle stop or the state immediately after vehicle start. Because the second set value is smaller than a first set value, a response delay is increased in feedback control of the feedback torque control part when the first set value of the feedback torque gain is switched to the second set value. This makes it possible to slowly change the FB control value during the transition state in elapse of time, and prevent a brake or damping torque generated in the vehicle from being excessively changed in FB control.
Owner:DENSO CORP +1

Concrete integral pouring construction method and device for road inspection well

InactiveCN101718101APrevent slippingResistance to the effects of horizontal thrustArtificial islandsUnderwater structuresProduct inspectionReinforced concrete
The invention provides concrete integral pouring construction method and device for a road inspection well. The method comprises advance constructions and post constructions, wherein the advance constructions comprise the following steps of: measuring and paying off; excavating a wellhole; pouring a reinforced concrete foundation bottom and building a wellhole protection wall; connecting pipelines; building a well chamber; mounting a tread; backfilling well perimeters; reserving a branch pipe; building a close up section; mounting a cover plate; building the wellhole; covering and protecting; backfilling cement and stone dust to the well perimeters; and constructing a pavement basic layer. The post constructions comprise the following steps of: excavating the pavement basic layer covered on the wellhole to expose the wellhole, dismantling the cover plate and excavating a concrete foundation pit by using the wellhole as a center, wherein the radius of the excavated foundation pit two times larger than or equal to that of the wellhole; laying reinforcing steel bars in the foundation pit and supporting an inner mold in the wellhole; overhanging a well cover on the wellhole by a fixing bracket overhanging device; adjusting the altitude of the well cover; pouring concrete into the foundation pit and keeping the height of the concrete parallel to the bottom of the well cover; building the perimeters of the well cover into a cement slope by concrete; carrying out acceptance checks; paving a bituminous pavement on the perimeters of the well cover and keeping the bituminous pavement parallel to the well cover.
Owner:JINAN URBAN CONSTR GRP

Vehicle Transmission Comprising A Parking Brake And Method For Controlling The Same

A vehicle transmission having shifting elements (A-E) and a parking brake for locking a drive train output and a method for controlling the transmission. Activation of the parking brake depends on a driver's control action. Deactivating the parking brake, when the vehicle is on a slope greater or lesser than a preset value and depending on the slope, a combination of shifting elements (A, D) or (B, D) frictionally slip, such that the output rotates against the strain on a parking brake locking element, caused by the slope, to partially eliminate this strain. Next, one of shifting elements (C, A or B) engages locking the output. The parking brake is then released and finally, the engaged shifting element (C or A or B) is disengaged in a regulated manner, such that the output can be driven according to the driver's control action.
Owner:ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

Early warning service management system based on remote expert service

The invention relates to an early warning service management system based on remote expert service. In the system, sensors based on hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) technology collect the grouped data of a bridge; the machine to machine (M2M) technology is adopted to monitor the information between the intelligent sensor devices, the monitoring information is transmitted remotely in a wireless digital manner; a terminal collector performs bidirectional data transmission on the monitoring information through a terminal remote transport protocol and an intelligent network platform, the data collected by the terminal collector are compared with the stress simulation database information of the bridge design and off-design small probability state finite element computation structure established by an expert service system, the comparison result is used for evaluating and processing; early warning is performed according to the comparison and evaluation result of the condition and monitoring information of the bridge; and when the monitoring data are abnormal or the warning level is higher, the system automatically sends a message to an expert and the expert can give corresponding handling advices and measures timely, thus the timely and dynamic management of information can be realized.
Owner:中冶(北京)交通科技发展有限公司

Corrugated steel web prestressed concrete continuous box girder and construction method thereof

The invention discloses a corrugated steel web prestressed concrete continuous box girder. In the box girder, after being fixedly connected with a corresponding steel bar in a cast-in-place member, transverse steel bars of a precast concrete top plate, a precast concrete bottom plate and a precast concrete beam or a precast concrete diaphragm plate of two adjacent corrugated steel web prestressed concrete flanged beam units which are erected are connected by a cast-in-place concrete top plate between the adjacent precast concrete top plates, a cast-in-place concrete bottom plate between the adjacent precast concrete bottom plates and a cast-in-place concrete beam or a cast-in-place concrete diaphragm plate between the adjacent precast concrete beams or precast concrete diaphragm plates to form closed box girders; and external prestressed bars in the closed box girders are pulled and anchored, the closed girders corresponding to two adjacent holes are connected by pouring cast-in-place concrete longitudinal beams, hogging moment prestressed bars on pillar tops are pulled and anchored, and temporary supports are removed to form the continuous box girder. The corrugated steel web prestressed concrete continuous box girder has the characteristics of high stressed performance, high utilization rate of materials and obvious economic benefit, and is easy and convenient to construct.
Owner:HENAN PROVINCIAL COMM PLANNING & DESIGN INST CO LTD

Electronic control suspension system for vehicles

Disclosed herein is an electronic control suspension (ECS) system for vehicles. The ECS system includes a strut assembly which is coupled to a vehicle body and a lower portion of which is inserted through the housing to absorb the rocking from the wheel. The system further includes a vehicle height control module at a lower portion of the strut assembly, wherein the control module includes a spiral guide groove formed in the strut assembly and a guide member fitted into the guide groove. The guide member is rotated using a motor to move the guide member along the guide groove to cause the strut assembly to be moved vertically to control the height of a vehicle.
Owner:HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

Method for operating a drive train of a vehicle

A method for operating a drive train of a vehicle with a hydrodynamic torque converter, one transmission device and one prime mover during a gearshift starting from an actual ratio to a target ratio. A nominal standard of the control pressure of the shifting element to be disengaged is adjusted according to a nominal standard of the control pressure of the shifting element to be engaged. The rotational speed of a turbine of the torque converter is passed during the gearshift, starting from a synchronous rotational speed of the turbine of the actual ratio, in direction of a synchronous rotational speed of the turbine of the target ratio, the nominal standard of the control pressure of the shifting element to be disengaged.
Owner:ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

Multifunctional striding type mower

A multifunctional striding type mower comprises a mower frame, a steering system, a braking system, a front suspension frame used for supporting front wheels, a rear axle used for supporting rear wheels and a seat supporting frame mounted on the mower frame, wherein the steering system and the braking system are mounted on the mower frame. A generator set is arranged on the mower frame below the seat supporting frame and electrically connected with a generator control panel. A mode changeover switch and a power output interface are arranged on the generator control panel. A travel driving motor is mounted on the rear axle used for supporting the rear wheels. An electric mowing cutter disc is arranged below the mower frame, is connected with a cutter disc lifting system which is arranged on the mower frame, and is hung below the mower frame. A mowing driving motor is mounted on the electric mowing cutter disc. A travel driving motor controller, a mowing driving motor controller and the generator set are all controlled by an electrical control system. The multifunctional striding type mower integrates multiple functions including power generation, mowing, carrying and traveling, and is low in cost.
Owner:CHONGQING RUNTONG TECH CO LTD

Driving shoes

InactiveUS20080134545A1Easy step-change operationGuaranteed uptimeSolesHeelsMechanical engineeringHeel
A shoe for driving a car according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a heel part 5 on a foot sole 4 and an inclined face 5B increasing gradually toward a rear side in a side view. This inclined face 5B comprises a first face part 5a which is formed outside in a width direction and is capable of coming in contact with a car floor when depressing an accelerator pedal and a second face part 5b unlike the face condition of the above-mentioned first face part, which is formed inside in a width direction and is capable of coming in contact with a car floor when depressing a brake pedal.
Owner:SUZUKI FUJINORI

Steel concrete combined bridge front panel

The invention discloses a steel-concrete composite deck, which is provided with light weight, low steel quantity, comprising deck beam which is grid beam frame formed by fixing longitudinal and cross beams set in a certain distance; steel bottom plate, which is set in each grid of deck beam and is fixed with longitudinal and cross beams; shearing resistance plate, which is set on the longitudinal direction of deck in a certain distance and is welded with the steel bottom plate; and reinforced concrete layer, which is poured on the steel bottom plate. The beneficial effect of invention is that steel bottom plate, reinforced concrete layer and grid beam frame are connected to improve the whole rigidity of bridge. Under the condition of the same load capacity, it can decrease the deck weight and steel quantity at the larger amplitude so as to be favor of decreasing the cost of bridge. It is provided with comfortable vehicle and good wind resistance. It is especially adaptable for decks of large bridge and super-large bridge.
Owner:SICHUAN DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY PLANNING PROSPECTING & DESIGN RES INST

Anti-settling manhole cover and construction method thereof

The invention belongs to the technical field of municipal engineering, and particularly relates to an anti-settling manhole cover and a construction method of the anti-settling manhole cover. The anti-settling manhole cover comprises a support seat and a cover plate which is arranged on the support seat in a buckled mode. The anti-settling manhole cover is characterized in that the support seat is fixedly provided with a flange plate in a connected mode, the lower portion of the support seat is inserted into an adjusting ring, adhesive tape is arranged between the support seat and the cover plate, and an elastic locking device mounted on the support seat is arranged below the adhesive tape. The anti-settling manhole cover and the construction method of the anti-settling manhole cover have the advantages that the problems that the periphery of a manhole is loose, cracks and is settled, the manhole cover is missing, a vehicle bumps when passing through the manhole cover, noise is generated, and the like are solved; the manhole cover is perfectly connected with a road surface around the manhole cover, the height of the manhole cover is the same as that of the road surface around the manhole cover, the flatness can meet road surface acceptance criteria, the overall flatness of the road surface is guaranteed, and the good effects that the road surface is attractive and a driver feels comfortable when driving on the road surface are solved; the structural integrity is improved, the periphery of the manhole does not sink, and the manhole cover is not prone to loss and damage; and the anti-settling manhole cover and the construction method of the anti-settling manhole cover have a wide application scope in manhole cover installation and reinforcement projects in the municipal engineering and have popularization value.
Owner:JINAN URBAN CONSTR GRP

Elastoplastic device for expansion joints in buildings and road engineering

The invention discloses an elastoplastic device for expansion joints in buildings and road engineering. The elastoplastic device comprises a cast-in-place concrete layer and a bituminous concrete pavement layer arranged on the upper end of the cast-in-place concrete layer, wherein the center of the cast-in-place concrete layer is provided with an expansion joint filled with sponges or foams; the center of the bituminous concrete pavement layer is provided with a notch which is filled with expansion elastomers and broken stones and is internally provided with a cover plate; lower expansion bolts are symmetrically arranged around the upper part of the cast-in-place concrete layer; lateral expansion bolts are symmetrically arranged around the inner side of the bituminous concrete pavement layer; and steel bars are arranged between the end parts of the lateral expansion bolts and the lower expansion bolts. The device disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple structure and reasonable design, and is convenient and rapid in construction; the performance requirements of the expansion joints can be met, special expansion members are not needed to be arranged, and the problem of short service life of other expansion devices under small stroke can be effectively solved; and the device disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of good elasticity and neat and beautiful appearance, and can bear vehicle load.
Owner:西安达盛隔震技术有限公司

Continuous box girder made of corrugated steel web pre-tensioned prestressed concrete and construction method

The invention discloses a continuous box girder made of corrugated steel web pre-tensioned prestressed concrete. A plurality of I-shaped beam elements precast by a plurality of corrugated steel web pre-tensioned prestressed concrete are erected and installed on an abutment, precast concrete top plates, precast concrete bottom plates, and transverse reinforcements of precast concrete beams or diaphragm plates of each two adjacent I-shaped beam elements are fixedly connected with reinforcing steel bars in corresponding cast-in-place members, and then a cast-in-place concrete top plate between each two adjacent precast concrete top plates, a cast-in-place concrete bottom plate between each two adjacent precast concrete bottom plates and a cast-in-place concrete beam or transverse diaphragm plate between each two adjacent precast concrete beams or transverse diaphragm plates are connected with one another to form closed box girders. Each two adjacent closed box girders are connected with each other by pouring cast-in-place concrete longitudinal beams, thus forming the continuous box girder. Pre-tensioned prestressed tendons are arranged in bottom plate bodies of the precast I-shaped beam elements; and pier top hogging moment prestressed tendons are arranged in the cast-in-place concrete top plates of the closed box girders.
Owner:HENAN PROVINCIAL COMM PLANNING & DESIGN INST CO LTD

Navigation system

A navigation system includes: a map information acquiring unit 31 for acquiring map information; an HOV lane decision unit 38 for deciding whether an HOV lane is included in a road represented by the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit 31 or not; a road number processing unit 43 for performing, when the HOV lane decision unit 38 decides that the HOV lane is included, processing of adding information representing the HOV lane to a road number of the road including the HOV lane; and a display processing unit 44 or a voice information unit 46 for causing the road number passing through the proces sing by the road number processing unit 43 to be displayed on the guide map or output in voice.
Owner:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Electromagnetic damper

A shock absorber body 30 which makes telescopic motion in response to an input from outside has a ball screw mechanism 16 which converts the telescopic motion into rotary motion and comprises a ball nut 17 and a screw shaft 18. A motor 32 is provided coaxially with the shock absorber body 30. The motor 32 generates electromagnetic resistance to oppose against the rotary motion which inputs into a rotary shaft 6 of the motor 32. The screw shaft 18 and the rotary shaft 6 are formed as one united shaft member. Damping force which opposes against the telescopic motion of the shock absorber body 30 is generated according to electromagnetic force of the motor 32.
Owner:KONDO TAKUHIRO +1

Electromagnetic shock absorber

An electromagnetic shock absorber according to the present invention has a shock absorber body 1 which makes telescopic motion in response to an input from outside. The shock absorber body 1 comprises a ball screw mechanism 15, which converts the telescopic motion into rotary motion and is composed of a ball nut 16 and a screw shaft 17, and power transmitting sections 13 and 24 having elastic bodies which transmit the rotary motion of the ball screw mechanism 15 to a rotary shaft 11 of a motor 10 while shifting a transmission phase when transmission torque of the rotary motion is changed. The motor 10 generates electromagnetic resistance to oppose against rotations which input into the rotary shaft 11. Thus, vibration or the like which inputs into the shock absorber body 1 from outside is damped by the electromagnetic resistance of the motor 10. Due to the power transmitting sections 13 and 24 which delay a rotary phase, moment of inertia of a rotor of the motor 10 is eased when a shocking load inputs into the shock absorber body 1. Therefore, it is possible to make a vehicle more comfortable to drive when the electromagnetic shock absorber is applied as a shock absorber of the vehicle.
Owner:KYB CORP +1

Windshield device, and cool airflow device for saddle ride type vehicle

A windshield device provided at a front part of a vehicle body of a saddle ride type vehicle includes an air introduction port provided at a front part of the windshield device and opened toward the front side of the vehicle body. An air blow-off port is provided at an upper part of the windshield device and is opened toward the upper side. An air duct establishing communication between the air introduction port and the air blow-off port through an air passage extends rearwardly upwards. A straightening vane extends sideways in the air passage and is inclined rearwardly upwards so as to be along the air passage. In side view of the vehicle, a first straight line connecting both ends of the straightening vane is disposed at an obtuse angle in relation to a second straight line that is orthogonal to a steering axis and extends to a grounding point of a rear wheel.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

All-terrain four-wheel-drive cross country vehicle chassis and vehicle thereof

ActiveCN102431592AClimbing over obstacles easily and powerfullyImprove passabilityUnderstructuresResilient suspensionsTerrainVehicle frame
The invention discloses an all-terrain four-wheel-drive cross country vehicle chassis and a vehicle thereof. The all-terrain four-wheel-drive cross country vehicle chassis comprises a front axle, a rear axle, a back axle, a front connecting shaft, a rear connecting shaft and an adjuster, the front axle is connected with two front wheels, the rear axle is connected with two rear wheels, the back axle is respectively connected with the front axle and the rear axle through a first H-shaped swing frame and a second H-shaped swing frame, and comprises a plurality of rectangular supporting frames in mutual connection, the rectangular supporting frames are used for connecting a frame, the adjuster arranged between the front connecting shaft and the rear connecting shaft is used for adjusting four driving wheels of the front axle and the rear axle to adapt to the height of the ground, the front connecting shaft and the rear connecting shaft penetrate through the front and rear of each supporting frame in the front direction and the rear direction of the vehicle respectively, the front connecting shaft is connected with the first H-shaped swing frame, and the rear connecting shaft is connected with the second H-shaped swing frame. By the aid of the chassis, when the vehicle runs on road surfaces with extremely large height difference, the height of each wheel can be adjusted automatically to adapt to the uneven ground.
Owner:李建伟

Bicycle tire

The present invention relates to a bicycle tire. More particularly, the bicycle tire is formed by foaming synthetic resin materials and is mounted to a rim of a bicycle, wherein the tire is prevented from being unexpectedly separated from the rim in use. That is, the bicycle tire formed by injection-foam molding is characterized in that: a rim coupling portion of the bicycle tire is formed with a plurality of coupling holes at predetermined intervals; and stoppers formed of synthetic resin materials are fixed in the coupling holes, stopped by annular holding protrusions when the tire is mounted to the bicycle rim, and formed of arch surfaces, horizontal surfaces and tilted both end surfaces so that the tilted both end surfaces are protruded when the stoppers are fixed to the coupling holes.
Owner:TANNUS CO LTD
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Patsnap Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Patsnap Eureka Blog
Learn More
PatSnap group products