An electric vehicle is controlled to conform its operation to that of a conventional internal-combustion-engine powered vehicle. In some embodiments, the charging of the batteries by the auxiliary source of electricity and from dynamic braking is ramped in magnitude when the batteries lie in a state of charge between partial charge and full charge, with the magnitude of the charging being related ...

Crushing plant comprising a cage formed from ribs and longitudinal members (2, 3) and provided with at least one longitudinal member acting as an anvil, and within which there rotates a rotor (4) carrying at its periphery at least one alignment of swinging hammers (5); said rotor comprises two end plates (41) between which there are clamped profiled flat members (44) mounted on rods (43) which joi...

Radar apparatus and methods of use thereof for imaging and/or spectrometric analysis. The invention employs pulsed radar signals for magnifying, imaging, scale measuring, identifying and/or typecasting the composition of substances by radargrammetric imaging and/or statistical analysis of energy/frequency spectrums. The invention may be used to locate and/or distinguish a substance from other subs...

Apparatus and method of replacing old fluid in a transmission system by feeding clean fluid into the system from a clean fluid tank using a pump and draining the old fluid into a waste tank and using a processor to monitor the clean fluid pressure in the clean tank and the old fluid pressure in the waste tank and adjusting the pump's speed using the processor such that the old fluid is drained at ...

A multipurpose luggage set for providing travelers with expanded storage space when returning home with added items. The luggage set includes an exterior bag having an opening into a hollow interior of the bag, and an interior bag dimensioned for being removably nested in the hollow interior of the exterior bag. The interior bag has an opening into a hollow interior. When the interior bag is neste...

A multiple insert tire mold (10) has inserts (26) with radially extending ribs (28) for sliding engagement in a slot (22) in the outer ring back (12) of the mold and abutting surfaces (48) for venting exhaust gases from the mold (10).

The present invention relates to a molding composition based on sinterable materials, comprisinga) from 80 to 99.5% by weight of sinterable powder having a maximum particle size of 2000 mum,b) from 0.5 to 20% by weight of metallocene polyolefin wax,c) if desired, up to 19.5% by weight of a further dry lubricant,and to its use for producing shaped ceramic and powder metallurgical parts by pressing.

A porous covering layer is formed on a substrate by applying a reaction mixture containing a polyol, an isocyanate compound, and a pore forming agent including a volatile silicone oil onto a surface of the substrate. The reaction mixture is subjected to a condition under which the polyol reacts with the isocyanate compound.

Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a total light transmittance of 80% to 90% and a haze of 15% to 60%, both in a thickness of 50 mum and further exhibit a 45-degrees specular gloss of 70% or lower, so that they have frosted glass appearances without being printed or processed. Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a light transmittance of 0% to 20% at a wavelength of 380 nm and ...

A polyester film is disclosed, exhibiting a minimum value of not more than 0.15 with respect to the tan delta value obtained at a frequency of 0.01 Hz within the range of 100 to 160° C., the tan delta being determined in a tensile viscoelasticity measurement. A photographic support and photothermographic material using this polyester film are also disclosed, which exhibits superior dimensional sta...

A porous polyester film having an apparent specific gravity of not more than 1.3, which comprises a polyester film having many voids (layer (A)) comprising a polyester and a thermoplastic resin incompatible with said polyester, and a polyester film having many fine voids (layer (B)) comprising a polyester and inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of not more than 1 mum, the two ...

A curved mirrored surface is used to collect radiation scattered by a sample surface and originating from a normal illumination beam and an oblique illumination beam. The collected radiation is focused to a detector. Scattered radiation originating from the normal and oblique illumination beams may be distinguished by employing radiation at two different wavelengths, by intentionally introducing a...

A watchdog timer includes an instruction decoder, a delay circuit and a counter. The instruction decoder decodes a watchdog timer initialization instruction regularly executed to generate an instruction pulse for initializing the count of the counter. The delay circuit delays the rising edge of the instruction pulse, and supplies the delayed instruction pulse to the counter as a signal for initial...

A computer monitoring device is provided that prevents a microcomputer from entering an operational state that cannot be monitored. The microcomputer is started at an output signal Q of a determination circuit 36 is reset by a reset signal RS output from a watchdog circuit 34. Thereafter, when a clock signal ck is input from the started microcomputer, the determination circuit outputs a clock sign...

The novel method synchronizes an electronic device for monitoring the operation of a microprocessor (watchdog) with the microprocessor when the microprocessor is run up from a quiescent mode to an operating mode. The synchronization is effected by a trigger signal that is transmitted from the microprocessor to the monitoring device and that signals the operational availability of the microprocesso...

"CARRETEL DE AUTO ALINHAMENTO E MéTODO DE ARMAZENAMENTO DE COMPONENTES DE TIRA". A presente invenção e direcionada a um método e aparelho 10 para armazenar material de tira 10. Mais especificamente, a presente invenção é direcionada a um método e aparelho para o posicionamento de uma tira contínua de material 10 em um carretel 4.; The invention is directed toward a method and apparatus (100) for s...

A drilling rig 10 supports a drill string 11 within a borehole 12. An acoustic receiver 14 is associated with a drill bit 13 connected to the end of the drill string 11. An acoustic source 16, such as an airgun, is located at the earth's surface 17 some distance from the rig 10. In operation, the acoustic source 16 is controlled to transmit an acoustic pulse downwards into the rock formations surr...

The invention concerns a method for producing multifocal correction lenses from semi-finished lenses (1) having at least a first positioning marker M, associated with a correction A called distant vision correction, and a second positioning marker M' associated with a correction B called near vision correction. The method comprises a step which consists in a surface grinding of the semi-finished l...

A vehicle transmission system has a main drive clutch (14) with a clutch-actuator (20, 22, 38), a transmission (12) with a gear-engaging mechanism (25), a driver-operable gear-selector lever (24), and an electronic control means (36) to control the clutch-actuator (20, 22, 38) and the gear-engaging mechanism (25). When the vehicle is started up from a standstill condition, the control means diseng...

A high frequency treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises a high frequency generation section for supplying high frequency power, a control section, which is connected to the high frequency generation section, and which controls output of the high frequency generation section, having a first control mode in which the maximal output value of high frequency power supplied from the high...