PURPOSE:To prevent the slip of a driving belt by providing a control signal holding part for holding and outputting a change-gear-ratio control signal at the time of ABS operation in response to the detecting signal from a ABS operation detecting part, and an output changeover part for outputting a hold signal giving priority to the change-gear-ratio control signal. CONSTITUTION:When a microcomput...

PURPOSE:To make learning control proper by prohibiting the change of the learning of the controlled gain of a running property control means when a car continuously runs exceeding detected time to leaving the accumulated learning data unchanged and changing learning feeling according to the state of drivers. CONSTITUTION:A main computer unit 50 outputs control signals to each controller such as en...

PURPOSE:To prevent a tight corner braking phenomenon from occurring by pushing in a plunger with each cam face formed at both inner sides of a housing, while passing oil being extruded through an orifice, thereby raising the extent of hydraulic pressure and making torque so as to be generated by inducing a reaction in the plunger. CONSTITUTION:When a direction of rotation in a differential case 32...

PURPOSE:To bring a vehicle to a reliable stop and to apply no stress to a rotor during parking. CONSTITUTION:Motors 24, 25 are provided in a driving unit case 10, and a differential gear device 23 is operated by the rotation generated in the motors 24, 25. The rotation from the differential unit 23 is transmitted to driving shafts 56, 57 through shafts to run a vehicle. A parking gear 66 is provid...

An improved biodegradable controlled release system consisting of a polymeric matrix incorporating a local anesthetic for the prolonged administration of the local anesthetic agent, and a method for the manufacture thereof, are disclosed. The polymers and method of manufacture used to form the PLAMs are selected on the basis of their degradation profiles: release of the topical anesthetic in a lin...

PURPOSE:To economically control the number of gas turbines to be operated at high efficiency by conducting a plant load lowering operation to a target load of a plant with all of the gas turbines when the plant load is decreased, and maintaining the target load with the required gas turbines after the target load is achieved. CONSTITUTION:In a composite power generating plant, a plurality of gas t...

A device for preparing a thread end for splicing with an apparatus for the knotless pneumatic splicing of textile threads and yarns comprises a small tube for treating the thread end which is open at its opposite ends and suitable for receiving the end of the thread to be treated in correspondence with a peripheral point of its inlet end, and, at a distance from and opposite the said inlet end of ...

Catalytic composition, optionally supported on an inert material, characterized in that it comprises (i) oxides and/or hydroxides of a first metal (M1) and (ii) halides of a second metal (M2), wherein M1 and M2, the same or different, are selected from metals belonging to groups IIa, IIb, IVb, VIII, Ib, Va, Lanthanides, and relative mixtures. Its preparation and use in the selective transformation...

A method and an apparatus for the automatic control of a blood centrifuge, including a controller that processes four input values and two output parameters. The four input values include the hematocrit value of the input blood, the volume of the red cells present in the centrifuge, the filling level of the centrifuge, and, selectively, the hematocrit value for collected blood at the end of the fi...

The present invention includes a reliable and efficient method for redistributing, purchasing or selling tickets on the secondary market. The system generally includes a method for accepting tickets from individual sellers, posting the tickets on a central database for redistribution, establishing a market price based on demand and/or a service fee (this feature may not be available in certain sta...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the time up to when corresponding individual contract information is extracted on a reception side from many pieces of contract information sent from a transmission side and a scrambled broadcast is descrambled according to the information. SOLUTION: Contract information on a contractor is transmitted from the transmission side in plural series of independent data ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition improved in reflectivity, light-intercepting performances, light resistance, moldability, etc., without detriment to flame retardancy and mechanical properties and to provide a light reflector prepared by molding this composition. SOLUTION: This invention provides a flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition co...

Process for making open celled (semi-) rigid polyurethane foams using as cell opening agent a fatty acid or a fatty acid amine or a fatty acid amide or a fatty acid ester.

A method and apparatus for introducing an oxidant mixed with a carrier gas into pre-heating zone of a continuous furnace for effectively removing lubricant from powder metal compacts prior to sintering at high temperatures. Mixing a controlled amount of a gaseous oxidizing agent such as moisture, carbon dioxide, air or mixtures thereof with a carrier gas and introducing the mixture into the prehea...

An intelligent intersection control system features an internal controller that receives digital messages containing detailed information items concerning, for example, the direction, speed, length and identity of a train. The controller generates appropriate commands that coordinate the functions of crossing safety devices. A controller is capable of receiving and using much more detailed train i...

In an automated exchange system functions for automatic hedging and automatic price improvements are provided.

Powder mixture comprising a powder produced from oxidation sensitive metal and an atomised, alloyed, non-oxidising metal powder based on iron enriched with carbide-bound carbon in the surface layer that has been carbide-bound to the metals by carbonized atomized medium selected from the group comprising paraffin, diesel oils, or other cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbons. The powder particles of said no...

Powder mixture comprising a powder produced from oxidation sensitive metal and an atomised, alloyed, non-oxidising metal powder based on iron enriched with carbide-bound carbon in the surface layer that has been carbide-bound to the metals by carbonized atomized medium selected from the group comprising paraffin, diesel oils, or other cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbons. The powder particles of said no...

A process for stabilising polyethylene grit, in which the latter is treated with a sterically hindered phenol and an ester of phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid, characterised in that the polyethylene grit is mixed with the sterically hindered phenol in liquid, molten form and with the ester of phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid within a ground polyolefin matrix in which the ester has been incor...