An optical recording medium storing information about powers of an erase pulse is provided. The optical recording medium allows data to be recorded on, erased from, and reproduced from. In the optical recording medium, erase pattern information including information about power levels of start and last pulses of an erase pattern for erasing data is recorded. The start and last pulses of the erase ...

The guide has nozzles (12,14,16) arranged in zones (6,8,10) inside its guide face. The nozzles (12) in the first zone (6) are formed by blow nozzles whose jet is directed in the transport direction (A) of the sheets. The nozzles (14,16) in the second and third zones (8,10) are formed by nozzle jets directed away from the longitudinal axis of the guide face to its edges. The nozzles of the first zo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize obstruct in communicating with an ETC system when running in a running lane of the system and to maintain an appropriate spacing distance to a front obstruction when running out of the running lane. SOLUTION: At a step S1, when an own vehicle is running in an ETC exit lane 12, a predetermined second distance as a threshold of spacing distance to the front obstruct...

A condition for driving an electric oil pump (6) is set. A turbine speed (NT) or an input speed of an automatic transmission (3) is measured. A correction amount for a hydraulic pressure is calculated on the basis of the turbine speed obtained by reference to a relation between the turbine speed (NT) and hydraulic pressure, and a correction amount for a drive duty ratio of the electric oil pump (6...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular traveling control device capable of smoothly transferring the drive of a vehicle to a normal operation by a driver when both a vehicle-following distance control type constant-speed traveling system and a lane-keeping system are in operation, or when the vehicle-following distance control type constant-speed traveling system is in operation. Ž

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A curve-travel target acceleration calculator 40 calculates a curve-travel target acceleration atc. A first curve-travel target acceleration calculator 42 calculates a first target acceleration at1 corresponding to a gentle curve, and a second curve-travel target acceleration calculator 43 calculates a second target acceleration at2 corresponding to a sharp curve. The curve-travel target accelerat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parallel hybrid vehicle for providing sufficient regenerative electric power without requiring two clutches. Ž

SOLUTION: Motor/generator torque TM/Gis increased by increasing a load of an engine in speed reduction by an auxiliary machine such as a compressor for an air conditioner, a generator and a frictional brake arranged in series to an engine. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently heat the fuel without setting the pressure of the heated water to be used for heating the fuel, high, and surely prevent the generation of the steaming, by mounting a heat exchanger on an exhaust heat recovery boiler, and supplying the heated water generated from the heat exchanger to a fuel heating device. SOLUTION: An inlet side of a heat exchanger 36 is con...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diff-lock control device of air suspension car capable of automatically realizing an operation and a release of diff-lock utilizing an air spring pressure at the time of movement of a shaft weight and a sufficient driving shaft weight. SOLUTION: In a rear wheel double shaft vehicle, a chassis is supported to respective rear front shaft and rear rear shaft through...

In apparatus and method for controlling a vehicular velocity for an automotive vehicle, when a controller carries out a preceding vehicle follow-up control to follow up a preceding vehicle which is traveling ahead of the vehicle and is decelerated and a vehicular velocity of the vehicle becomes reduced and has crossed a set lower limit value of the vehicular velocity in a vehicular velocity contro...

In a vehicle provided with a transmission that has a lock-up clutch that is directly couplable between drive sources and a drive shaft, the shock of switching between the drive sources is prevented from being transmitted. It is determined whether the drive source is to be switched, and when "YES" is determined, a lock-up clutch is disengaged or placed in a half-engaged state, and the shock due to ...

A while drilling system and method for determining downhole parameters is provided. The system includes a retrievable while drilling tool positionable in a downhole drilling tool, a sensor chassis and at least one sensor. The while drilling tool is positionable in the downhole drilling tool and has a first communication coupler at an end thereof. The sensor chassis is supported in the drilling too...

A method of producing a high-density abrasive compact material includes the steps of providing an electrically conductive mixture of a bonding powder material and abrasive particles or grit; compressing the electrically conductive mixture; and subjecting the compressed electrically conductive mixture to one or more high current pulses to form the abrasive compact is provided.

A CSI system is described that uses pencil beams 40,42,44,46 through a sample 30 having a region of interest 32. Each coherent scatter spectrum of sample beams 40, 44 through the region of interest is subtracted by the spectra using respective reference beams 42, 46. The measurements are combined to determine features of the region of interest 32 whilst minimising the effect of features in the res...

A surface-coated cutting insert includes an insert body having a substrate of tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide, titanium carbonitride-based cermet or ceramics, a base layer, an intermediate layer and an outermost layer, the base layer and the outermost layer are made of a single layer or two or more layers formed of carbides, nitrides, oxides, or borides of one selected from the group consi...

The present invention relates to a multifunctional module (1) for an internal-combustion engine, forming a structural assembly and incorporating the functions of cooling the exhaust gases, regulating the re-injection of the exhaust gases and regulating, at least in part, the circulation flows in the cooling circuit of said engine, said structural assembly being in the form of a constructional and ...

A sound signal processor and a method for processing a sound signal using the same allows plop noise generated in the course of a sound mode checking operation to be eliminated. The sound signal processor receives a sound intermediate frequency (SIF) signal and includes a channel mode discriminator for determining a current sound mode of the received SIF signal; a mode transition checker for perfo...

An oil tight type chain tensioner applies tension to a chain used in an engine. The tensioner includes a housing, in which oil is sealed, and a reciprocating rod extending from the interior of the housing to the exterior for pressing the chain. An oil seal is located between the outer circumferential surface of the rod and the inner circumferential surface of the housing. A reservoir for retaining...

A vehicle control apparatus includes an attribute information collection unit for collecting attribute information relevant to a plurality of units in a vehicle, an environmental information collection unit for collecting environmental information, a required performance detection unit for detecting a required performance necessary for the vehicle based on the collected environmental information, ...

The invention relates to a rotary die cutter. The inventive die cutter comprises: a bench, a belt (6) which is disposed on the aforementioned bench and which operates by means of friction at the rear of the pulley of a polyurethane cylinder (1), a cogged belt (7) which extends from the motor, a variable-speed motor (8) which is disposed on the electrical axis with the die-holder cylinder, an auxil...