An X-ray CT apparatus can be configured such that an amount of artifacts of a tomographic image of a heart is reduced. For example, the X-ray CT apparatus can include detecting means for detecting a static cardiac time phase with a small amount of motion artifacts in a predetermined portion of the subject based on heartbeat information acquired in association with the projection data, and image re...

A cap member (51) of an internally geared hub includes a cap body (70) and a first seal member (71). The cap body (70) has a side wall part (70c) and an outer cylindrical part (70b) provided with an internally threaded section (70a) that meshes with external threads (62a) of a cylindrical member (62) of a hub shell (46). The side wall part (70c) has an opening (70d) in the center thereof configure...

A balanced transconductor having a pair of voltage inputs and a pair of current outputs comprises a pair of single-ended transconductors, one in each signal path and a cancellation network. The cancellation network cancels at the inputs to the single-ended transconductors a common mode voltage appearing at the voltage inputs so that no common mode output current results. The cancellation network m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-vehicle distance control device capable of precluding a rear-end collision owing to insufficient inter-vehicle distance with a high probability and free of a risk to give a sense of incongruity to the driver even if changing-over is made from the normal running to the decelerative running. Ž

SOLUTION: The inter-vehicle distance control device is equip...

To detect terminal voltages in a battery package including high and low potential groups connected in series, a positive terminal of one battery module in the high potential group outputting the highest potential is connected through a resistor to a junction point connected to a negative terminal of another battery module in the low potential group outputting the lowest potential through another r...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To estimate a grip degree of rear wheels without detecting self aligning torque of the rear wheels by estimating self aligning torque of front wheels and a coefficient of friction of a road surface and effectively utilizing them. Ž

SOLUTION: The self aligning torque SAT of the front wheels is calculated (S20). Self aligning torque SATm of a vehicle model is calculated ba...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shift control device for an automatic transmission capable of compensating insufficient torque-down owing to the lower limit value of engine torque with a high response by means of capacity control at the time of taking a countermeasure for a shift shock caused by the torque-down and the capacity control. Ž

SOLUTION: A target output torque waveform is set as...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize vehicle behavior while suppressing control interference between control by driving force distributing mechanisms and control by an anti-skid brake system. Ž

SOLUTION: This driving force distribution control device comprises the driving force distribution mechanisms 15, 19 varying and distributing a driving force from an engine 2 to each of driving wheels 8L,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively arbitrate deceleration generated in the non-operating position of an accelerator pedal and deceleration generated by operating a brake pedal, at the operation release of the brake pedal while generating the deceleration in the non-operating position of the accelerator pedal. Ž

SOLUTION: This acceleration/deceleration control device has the accelerator peda...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce noise in a vehicle capable of traveling with a motor. Ž

SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program including: a step (S110) of detecting a vehicle speed V when a low noise mode switch is in the on state (YES in step S100); a step (S120) of determining whether or not it is high-speed driving in which the vehicle speed V is a threshold value or higher; a step (S130) of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly judge that contact between wheels and road surfaces are disconnected during travelling on a wet road and that hydroplaning occurs. Ž

SOLUTION: A device for judging a hydroplaning condition is provided with: a transmission function of transmitting transmission waves; a reception function of receiving reflection waves of the transmission waves transmitted from t...

An ECU executes a program sets a driver requested torque based on the accelerator operation amount, and sets a torque-boost amount so that the torque-boost amount increases as the driver requested torque increases, until the driver requested torque exceeds a predetermined torque T(0). When the driver requested torque exceeds the predetermined torque T(0), the torque-boost amount decreases as the d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic engine startup/stoppage device capable of stopping an engine in accordance with the situation surrounding its vehicle after vehicle stoppage. Ž

SOLUTION: The invention concerns an automatic engine startup/stoppage device, characterized by being equipped with a receiver a forerunning vehicle's engine signal receiver 510, designed to receive informa...

An automatic document processor for automatically conveying documents includes: a document tray; a document feed path for introducing and feeding originals from the document tray into the interior of a machine; a document pickup roller assembly for picking up originals, page by page, from the document tray; and a document drive roller for conveying originals, and is constructed such that the picku...

A gear pump has a pump housing formed with a gear receiving recess, a pump cover coupled with the pump housing to cover the gear receiving recess, a hydraulic passage that uses the gear receiving recess as a passage part thereof, and annular inner and outer gears operatively installed in the gear receiving recess. The inner and outer gears are of a bevel type and meshed with each other in such a m...

An aerobic exercise apparatus 1 comprises a case 2 having two ends provided with a first opening 21 and a second opening 22 respectively and an inner space 23 therein, at least one position-fixing member 3 located in the inner space each of which includes a fixing part 31 and a wheel 32, and at least two elastic ropes 4, 4', where one end of one rope is fixed to the fixing part 31 and the other en...

The invention relates to a process for modifying an inorganic substrate, directed toward giving it antimicrobial properties, said process consisting in grafting in one or more steps onto a surface of said substrate groups with intrinsic antimicrobial properties or groups capable of releasing species with antimicrobial properties. The grafting is performed by means of an organophosphorus coupling a...

An apparatus and method for reducing the magnitude of multiple harmonics of uniformity characteristics in a cured tire is claimed. A signal is generated which indicates the magnitude of the uniformity characteristic. A ring containing multiple plates is utilized to permanently deform portions of the carcass reinforcing member of the tire at locations indicated by the signal. The configuration of t...

The invention describes a manufacturing device (1) and a method for bending blanks (4) or workpieces (5), having a bending press (2) and having a manipulator (3), which can be displaced in a raceway parallel to a longitudinal extent of a table and bending beam (10, 14), for workpiece transfer between a feeding or removal apparatus for the blanks (4) or the workpieces (5) and a forming region betwe...

A process for production of compacted graphite iron using in-mould addition of a magnesium alloy is disclosed. The process is characterised by a step of pre-treating the base iron in a ladle or in a furnace with an alloy containing cerium and performing a structure forming treatment in a reaction chamber in the mould using an alloy containing magnesium and lanthanum.