The hydraulic pressure control mechanism for a change to a higher gear in a motor vehicle automatic transmission system with a series of hydraulic friction clutches has a first system (102) to determine whether the upward gear change command has been started while there is no pressure on the accelerator pedal, a second system (104) to determine whether a factor modifying an automatic transmission ...

A hybrid type vehicle drive control device for preventing an engine from being stalled as a generator fixing mechanism is released. The hybrid type vehicle drive control device includes a generator connected differentially rotatably and mechanically to the engine, a generator fixing mechanism for mechanically stopping the rotation of the generator, a braking state decision device for deciding a br...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely restrict a shock when changing mode with torque assist by a motor/generator when changing mode between two kinds of continuous shifting ratio modes. Ž

SOLUTION: At a moment t1 when the number of revolution N2 of a second motor/generator MG 2 is lowered to N2cl, namely, at a shifting ratio lower than the synchronous point wherein power passing through the motor/...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid increasing in size of a hybrid transmission by preventing the request of large torque to one motor/generator at the time of mode changeover from low to high. Ž

SOLUTION: When mode changeover is performed from low mode to high mode at a synchronous point where both the motor/generator passing powers in the low mode and in the high mode are 0, the torque sharing o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travel control device to improve the followability by the control in confirmity with to driver's feeling. Ž

SOLUTION: Judging whether a leading vehicle is in slowdown state (step S4 to S6), and in the case of the slowdown state, even when there is an enough distance between vehicles, predetermined deceleration is set up (step S10 to S15), gradual deceleratio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent unexpected torque from acting on a motor, and set the motor in a condition for enhancement of energy efficiency for a vehicle as a whole. Ž

SOLUTION: A motor MG 2 is connected to a ring gear shaft 32a, which is mechanically connected to driving wheels 39a and 39b via a transmission 60, capable of connecting and disconnecting the motor MG2; and when a shift lev...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a vehicle which stops its engine in favorable condition according to the running condition and operational situation of the vehicle and starts the engine under required condition. SOLUTION: A vehicle controlling device 101 receives each information signal from an accelerator sensor 102, a vehicle speed sensor 103 and a brake sensor 104. An engine controlling device ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably and always operate a clutch regardless of a change of the effective pitch diameter of a pulley, to be generated with the speed change by preventing the deformation from affecting a clutch outer and further, a clutch element in the outer even if a pulley next to the clutch is defected and deformed by transmitting load, in a transmission provided with a belt-type co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a cleaning work easy with a simple structure without requiring springs by a method wherein a filling pipe is divided into an upper filling pipe to be fixed to a machine and a lower filling pipe to be detachably attached to the lower end of the upper filling pipe, and the lower filling pipe detached for cleaning is mounted in the upper filling pipe. SOLUTION: A through...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide X-ray radiography which is especially suitable for mammography to quickly perform development processing of a mammogram of high picture quality. SOLUTION: A subject support tool 13 and a film cassette holding tool 16 which can be moved and can be temporarily fixed are provided on a support member, and the distance between a Coolidge X-ray tube 3 and a screen film s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packer causing no loss of a packaging film and making it possible to package a spherical article three-dimensionally along its shape, a package packaged by the packer, and an end sealing apparatus used for the packer. Ž

SOLUTION: When the packaging film 40 is sealed with heat, two folding guides 71, 71 are moved by their guiding parts 73 in the direction of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform proper differential control in accordance with the speed and input torque without use of gear mesh and achieve the device in a small- sized and lightweight construction. SOLUTION: A pair of drive cams 7 whose inner suirfaces are provided with unevenness 8, are installed inside a differential case 2, and between them 7 a ring-shaped piston carrier 9 is installed in ...

A multi-sensor comprises: a smoke chamber for sensing smoke by detecting a scattered light with a light detecting portion, the scattered light being generated by the smoke which enters the smoke chamber to scatter a light emitted from a light emitting portion; a heat sensing element for sensing heat, which is provided above the smoke chamber; and an insert portion which constitutes a wall body hav...

A compound of structure (I) wherein R<1> and R<2> are each, independently, hydrogen or -CO(CR<3>R<4>)b(CR<5>R<6>)dCR<7>R<8>R<9> ; R<3> and R<4> are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, trifluoromethyl, or -F; R<5> and R<6> are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, -(CR<3>R<4>)fOR<10>, -CF3, -F, or -CO2R<11>, or R<5> and R<6> may be taken together to form...

A reel (20) comprises a drum assembly (22) enclosed within a shell comprising upper and lower shell portions (24, 26). The drum assembly (22) is secured to the lower shell portion (26). The drum assembly (22) comprises a motor-driven rotating drum (36) secured between two discs (38, 40), and a frame subassembly (23). The drum (36) is adapted to receive linear material (150) spooled thereon. An out...

A support bracket for a camera housing system includes a support arm 10 , a connecting seat 20 , a fixing seat 30 , and a toothed disk 40. Thus, the toothed disk on the fixing seat is closely engaged with the toothed first lug 24 of the connecting seat, so that the fixing seat is combined with the connecting seat. In addition, each of the fixing seat, the connecting seat and the transverse strut 1...

A downhole actuator 10 is described which comprises a permanent magnet 40 movable under the influence of a magnetic field generated, in use, by an electrical circuit, the permanent magnet 40 occupying a selected one of a plurality of stable positions when the electrical circuit is not energised. The actuator may be used to actuate bias means in a downhole steering device (fig 4). Movement of the p...

A method of cutting or perforating a thin film (10) comprises the steps of applying an energy-absorbing material (14) at a selected location (15) or at selected locations (11) on a surface of the film, wherein the energy-absorbing material absorbs electromagnetic energy in a predetermined frequency range. Further, the method includes irradiating the energy-absorbing material at said location or sa...

An apparatus for transporting a fabric having first and second transport faces for gripping a fabric therebetween and to displace the fabric along its length, in which at least one of the transport faces has an irregular surface.

The present invention aims at a tractor which can easily perform an assembling operation and a maintenance operation of a PTO transmission mechanism. According to the present invention, a PTO casing which incorporates a PTO transmission mechanism therein is detachably mounted on a rear portion of a transmission casing and, at the same time, the PTO casing is mounted in a state