In automatic vehicular velocity controlling apparatus and method for automotive vehicle, a target vehicular velocity to maintain a predetermined inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle which is running ahead of the vehicle is set as a first set vehicular velocity and a vehicular velocity of the vehicle (host vehicle) is controlled to give one of the first set vehicular velocity and a se...

Tire drum (1) including a turn-up mechanism for use in building an unvulcanized tire having tire components of rubber or provided with reinforcement cords and two bead cores which either may or may not be provided with a bead filling strip, which tire drum is provided with a central axis (5), two ring segments (6) placed around the axis and spaced apart each for supporting a bead core (3), means f...

The present invention relates to an arrangement for a Ro-Ro vessel, which exhibits a number of cargo-receiving spaces provided with a driving surface internally in the vessel, and with a ramp extending between one such space and a quay, along which ramp driverless cargo handling vehicles ( 7 ), known as AGV vehicles, are capable of being driven between designated parking places for the purpose of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for recycling sludge of a construction work capable of producing reclaimed sand of good quality at a low cost from a large quantity of the sludge of the construction work discharged by an excavating work in construction. SOLUTION: The method for recycling the sludge of the construction work is characterized in that dehydrated cakes produced by dehydrating ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing an organopolysiloxane composition useful as a sealing material or the like for the periphery of a glass and the joint seal of a construction material by a simple process of obtaining a base compound consisting essentially of an organopolysiloxane and an inorganic filler, and subjecting the obtained base compound to an irradiation ...

An insulated gate transistor comprising a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region comprising plural portions, a third semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region, a first insulation layer, control electrodes, a first main electrode, and a second main electrode, wherein a metallic wiring layer is provided on the first main surface plane via an insulating layer, plural regi...

Reduced allergenicity natural rubber latex articles having otherwise normal physical, mechanical, and chemical properties are produced by directly sequestering the antigenic components on one surface of the article followed by inducing the remaining antigenic components of the natural rubber latex to bloom onto and adjacent to the opposed surface of the article prior to treatment with a subsequent...

PURPOSE:To sufficiently protect video data transferred through a bus when plural digital video units are connected through the bus and video data is transferred between the plural digital video units through the bus. CONSTITUTION:A video unit 201 on a transmission-side transfers a command with video units 202 and 203, and specifies the opposite video unit 202 to which transfer is permitted by usin...

PCT No. PCT/EP93/01957 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 27, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 27, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 22, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/03532 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1994The present invention relates to hard polyurethane foams. These foams are produced by the reaction of 1) polyisocyanates, with 2) compounds having molecular weights of from 92 to 10,000 and having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive...

A novel process for the preparation of alcoholic compounds which contain hydroxyl groups and are suitable as the starting material for the isocyanate polyaddition process, by alcoholysis of polyisocyanate polyaddition products, in which A) polyurethane-urea or polyurea waste with a molar ratio between each urea group and urethane group of from 1:20 to 1:0 in comminuted form is heated with B) polyh...

A sensor (32) and method is provided for measuring one or more select components of a material (18). The method measures the components by emitting electromagnetic radiation (42) at the material (18) and detecting the intensity of the emerging radiation at the material at separate locations (36, 37) from the source (38). The sensor (32) provides a radiation source (38) for emitting radiation (42) ...

Test equipment is deployed from a floating vessel or the like, the test equipment comprising testing apparatus for determining geotechnical, geophysical, geochemical, geological characteristics, and soil penetrator which forms an exploratory hole. The testing apparatus also includes at least one sensor or sampler. The test equipment being deployed by coiled tubing or the like, the one end of the c...

A device for limiting a rollback speed vvof a motor vehicle having means for detecting the rollback speed vv and means for acting upon a brake of the motor vehicle in response to reaching or exceeding a preadjustable limit speed vlimit, it being possible for the limit speed vlimit to be adjusted as a function of a quantity describing a tendency to tilt or a tilting behavior of the motor vehicle.

A limited slip differential includes a friction clutch mechanism, an electromagnetic coupling, and a camming mechanism disposed between the friction clutch mechanism and the electromagnetic coupling. The camming mechanism converts shearing forces within the electromagnetic coupling to an axial force applied to engage the clutch mechanism. The camming mechanism includes annular discs having axially...

A method for controlling an electronically controlled automatic transmission wherein the spontaneous gas/pedal release (FastOff) is detected and an upshift prevention system is activated when a pedal position gradient (PSTG) is lower than a pedal position gradient threshold (KF_PSTG); the state of the upshift prevention system (FFO=1) is active until a) a traction operation is detected when the ac...

A process and a device for improving the determination of the pulse transit time for non-invasive blood pressure measurement. A value, correlating with the blood density, is determined and its influence on the pulse transit time is compensated. In this manner more precise blood pressure data can be obtained. In a further development, a value, correlating with the blood density, is determined by a ...

Rubber plugs, which are to be used with medical containers or medical devices, are produced by forming a vulcanizable, mixed rubber compound, vulcanizing a resultant formed rubber compound, treating the rubber plug with steam of high temperature and high pressure, treating the rubber plugs in an aqueous solution which has been adjusted to be acidic, rinsing the rubber plugs with high-quality water...

A process for the preparation of acetals and ketals by reacting an aldehyde or Ketone with an alcohol in the presence of solid acid and removing water by pervaporation. Manufacturing equipment for the preparation of acetals and ketones is also provided.

An adhesive-treated polyester fiber cord having a high adhesion to non-vulcanized rubber, a high resistance to separation of fibers or filaments from each other, and being useful as a reinforcing cord for producing a rubber composite material such as belt having high dimensional stability and power transmission property, is produced by first impregnating a material cord a first adhesive liquid con...

An aqueous treatment agent for wiping paper is capable of rendering tissue paper, toilet paper, and other types of wiping paper dry to the touch, highly smooth, nonsticky, and extremely soft while suppressing the slippery or wet feel thereof. The aqueous treatment agent comprises a water dispersion of a silicone rubber powder with an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 500 micrometers, a silicone ...