The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a car equipped with an automatic transmission having a lockup clutch. According to the control method of the present invention, when the lockup clutch is in the lockup state, a variation of a generated torque is detected. When the range of the torque variation detected exceeds a predetermined value, an engine torque is redu...

A bipolar battery comprising a plurality of framed, bipolar electrodes stacked together and embedded in a housing (60) moulded in situ thereabout. The housing will preferably comprise a polymeric foam material.

A vertically oriented centrifuge swivably engaged to a support structure so as to enable the centrifuge to attain an optimal operational attitude. The centrifuge includes a bowl, a screw conveyor disposed within the bowl, a hub disposed within the upper portion of the screw conveyor wherein the screw conveyor and hub define a separation chamber, and a plurality of separating discs disposed in the ...

A Schottky emission cathode has a filament, a needle-shaped piece of single crystal refractory metal which is attached to the filament and has a flat crystal surface at a tip thereof, and an adsorbed layer including at least one kind of a metal other than the single crystal refractory metal on the flat crystal surface. The piece of single crystal refractory metal is heated by passing a current thr...

A control system for an automatic transmission, comprising: a clutch (C1) for transmitting the rotation of an engine (10) to the transmission mechanism (16) of a speed change unit; a hydraulic servo (C1) for applying/releasing the clutch; starting state detecting means (100) for detecting the vehicle starting condition in which at least one of the following conditions is dissatisfied: that the thr...

The color recognition device has a light source (2) for illuminating an object, a color sensor (4) for detecting the light reflected from the object, a white equalization device and a device for evaluating the color sensor signal. The white equalization device has a liquid crystal mirror element (3) with 2 zones controlled electrically, to reflect the object light and white balancing light onto th...

The invention relates to an actuator for electromagnetic valve control. According to the invention, a laminated core is introduced into the yoke of the electromagnets in the area of the coil window, respectively, in order to prevent eddy currents.; Die Erfindung betrifft einen Aktor zur elektromagnetischen Ventilsteuerung, wobei in das Joch der Elektromagneten im Bereich des Spulenfensters zur Ver...

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Aktor zur elektromagnetischen Ventilsteuerung, bei dem die Joche der Elektromagnete geschlitzt ausgeführt sind, indem die Joche aus mehreren massiven, miteinander verbundenen Teilen bestehen.; An arrangement for electromagnetically controlling a valve, comprises two electromagnets (2,3) with an oscillating armature plate between them. The plate has at least one plunger...

The invention relates to a method of producing foamed slag in an arc furnace. According to the inventive method, the foamed slag is produced by the metered injection of a carbon carrier by means of an oxygen carrier into the barrier layer between the slag layer and the molten metal. In order improve the protective function of the foamed slag, a particulate titanium carrier is additionally injected...

The thread guide unit, and especially a fixed guide for each embroidery point, has a suspension eyelet (11) to give a threading guide opening (15) and a closure section (25). The eyelet suspends the thread (13), and prevents spontaneous thread (13) looping.

The chip grinding device has a plate-form rotor part (1) with chipping cutters (2). Counter-cutters (4) are fixed to the stator part. The counter-cutters are fixed in a position considerably deviating from the radial direction of the axis of rotation (6) of the rotor part, looking onto the vertical plane relative to this axis of rotation.; Es wird eine Vorrichtung für das Zerkleinern einer überdim...

A carrier (10) for a personal communication device which includes a support member (12) for fastening the personal communication device thereto a lanyard (14) for suspending the support member (12) and thus the personal communication device around the neck of the user. The lanyard (14) is coupled to the support member (12) by a first pivotable connection (16) so that the personal communication dev...

A paint applying roller is positioned over the sidewall of a tire rotating about a vertical axis and the roller is vertically movable into contact with the sidewall to apply and spread protective paint over white sidewall surfaces.; L'invention concerne un rouleau servant à appliquer de la peinture sur la paroi latérale d'un pneu tournant sur un axe vertical, ledit rouleau pouvant se déplacer vert...

A plasticizer with a crosslinking/chain extending agent is incorporated into a water-blown flexible polyurethane foam formulation to provide acceptable softness, openness, and tensile strength characteristics. The class of plastisizers is selected from the group consisting of alkyl benzyl phthalates, phosphate esters and benzoates. The aromatic pholyhydroxy compounds are a preferred class of cross...

The present invention discloses a process for preparing a stabilized polyester that is low in the generation of aldehydes wherein: a polyester is prepared by reacting one or more diacids with one or more diols in an esterification process, and/or one or more diesters with one or more diols in a transesterification process, and adding a phosphorus-containing stabilizer to a polyester between the en...

Nickelarmer austenitischer Stahl, der Eisen und folgende Bestandteile enthält: Mangan: weniger als 17,0 Gew.-%; Chrom: mehr als 21,0 und höchstens 26,0 Gew.-%; Molybdän: weniger als 1,50 Gew.-%; Stickstoff: mehr als 0.70 und höchstens 1,70 Gew.-%; und Kohlenstoff: mehr als 0,11 und höchstens 0,70 Gew.-%; seine Herstellung und Verwendung.; The invention relates to a nickel-poor austenitic steel whi...

A robotic machine such as a robotic vacuum cleaner (10) is controlled to carry out a task of cleaning a room. The machine has a plurality of sensors including infrared sensors (26, 27), ultrasonic sensors (28, 29) and light sensors (17) through which the machine can navigate its way around a room without hitting objects or walls in its path. The machine has an indicator light (35) which changes co...

A pneumatic tire (1) and a method of manufacturing the tire (1) are disclosed. The tread portion (2) is provided with a bag-like portion (B) filled with a puncture sealant (10). The bag-like portion (B) is formed by interposing an anti-adhesive sheet for preventing adjacent tire materials from bonding each other. The sealant (10) includes a substance which dissolves the anti-adhesive sheet, whereb...

A system for controlling locomotion of a mobile robot such as a legged walking robot in a working space, comprises a line or array of optical detectors (382) on opposite sides of a foot (22L, 22R) of the robot, and a landmark (80) of a line or an arc provided in the working space which defines a region having different attributes, e.g. a difference in brightness, from the surrounding space. The op...

A process and apparatus for measuring the concentration of gases in a medium are provided in which the radiation absorption of the gas in the medium is determined with the aid of a sample measurement and reference measurement. The medium with the gas is continuously passed through a measuring cell, and a reference medium not containing the measured gas is continuously passed through a reference ce...