PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process and a device for making a simple and reliable check of the space between coating sheets for welding.

SOLUTION: In a process and a device in which, on at least one side of a first sheet topographical changes are produced projecting from the surface and the first sheet is positioned and clamped relative to a second sheet, and the topographical change...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the response of a preceding vehicle follow-up control which meets the intention, the preference and the driving feeling of a driver.

SOLUTION: The shorter a target following distance which is set by the driver is, and the larger a changing amount of the target following distance by the driver is, and also, the shorter a changing time interval for the target ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conventional pedal device capable of easily operating an accelerator brake even only by an upper body in which the number of transfer members is reduced, and the accelerator brake can be operated without supplying the power.

SOLUTION: In the pedal device, an accelerator pad 10 to be operated in the transverse direction is arranged on a brake auxiliary pad ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the man hour required for tuning of control parameters.

SOLUTION: The vehicular control system comprises a user parameter input unit Sa to input user parameters according to the operation of a user, an external parameter input unit Sb to input external parameters attributable to the external environment, a plurality of objective functions which are set for ea...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle speed control device capable of changing the degree of control by the relative traveling condition of a preceding vehicle traveling before an own vehicle to the own vehicle.

SOLUTION: The vehicle speed control device comprises operational condition detection means (2, 3) to detect the operational condition of a vehicle, a target vehicle speed setti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control device capable of being turned on/off based on occupant's intention, controlling the whole region from a time just before starting of a vehicle to a traveling state, being simplified without requiring a light emitting element, and enhancing reliability of determination of a road surface state.

SOLUTION: The vehicle control device is provide...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle state detecting device which detects the instability of the behavior of a vehicle or a sign of the instability precisely even if the grip of tires of the vehicle weakens.

SOLUTION: The vehicle state detecting device detects the state of the vehicle using an alignment torque Ta receiving from a road surface and a sideskid angle β. The torque Ta and ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plating method which can prevent substrates from contacting with each other due to the swinging movements during plating, and to provide an apparatus therefor.

SOLUTION: The plating apparatus comprises a gear mechanism for imparting planetary motion to a set of holders for holding substrates in a plating bath. The holders are typically a non-conductive mat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection structure of a surge tank, which has a sufficient strength, even with application of a big stress without causing air leakage, and further provide a surge tank, and an intake manifold.

SOLUTION: In the connection structure of the surge tank, end faces of at least two pieces of split-molded surge-tank pieces 1, 2 are connected by vibration-weldin...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase response of engine speed rise while suppressing generation of black smoke.

SOLUTION: ECU executes a program including a step (S104) of starting disengagement of a clutch 200 and reducing engine torque TE when down shift is requested (YES in S100) and engine speed NE need to be raised at a time of down shift(YES in S102), a step (S106) of fully closing EGR v...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor-type reciprocating drive device capable of obtaining strong tensile strength.

SOLUTION: A motor-type reciprocating drive device is equipped with a housing case 2, a small motor 3 housed in the housing case 2, a switching mechanism A which is housed in the housing case 2 and which regulates rotation stop position of the a small motor 3, and a conversi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely ensure a differential unlock state of a rear differential and improve control stability of a vehicle.

SOLUTION: In this load drive control device, based on a command of a differential lock operation switch 210, a solenoid 213 with load for performing differential lock/differential unlock of the rear differential 204 is driven and controlled by a solenoid dr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a driving device for a vehicle, restraining the rotation of a first element of a differential gear device in the decelerating traveling as much as possible not to exert bad influence upon the durability of a bearing of the first element.

SOLUTION: The gear ratio of an automatic transmission part (transmission) 20 is changed according to t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a driving device for a vehicle, controlling the gear ratio of a continuously variable speed transmission part and the gear ratio of a stepped shifting part to obtain favorable fuel consumption.

SOLUTION: In a continuously variable speed running state in which a differential part (a continuously variable transmission part) 11 is steplessly...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a double enveloping worm speed reduction gear manufacturable at low cost and having high durability by reasonably avoiding, by a simple structure, the concentration of load only on a part of teeth even if high load is applied thereto.

SOLUTION: In this double enveloping worm speed reduction gear 30, a double enveloping worm 34 and a wheel 36 engaged with the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method with which good transfer efficiency is achieved, faulty images such as blank areas caused by poor transfer or coarse images due to transfer, can be prevented, and good cleaning performance for the intermediate transfer member can be well achieved.

SOLUTION: In the image forming method for cleaning the remaining toner by bringing a cle...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point management method and a point management device capable of transferring points based on a plea.

SOLUTION: A server 1, which operates a point system, includes a means for producing and transmitting a point transfer request mail, a means for subtracting points to be transferred from the balance of points of a user and producing and retaining point tran...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separator for a lead-acid storage battery which is composed of a fine porous film manufactured by an acid resistant thermoplastic resin material as a frame material by extrusion-molding, which is superior in acid resistance and oxidation resistance, which is hard to be oxidized or eroded by nascent oxygen from a positive electrode plate even the separator is t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new photoelectron activity element containing metallocene, and a method.

SOLUTION: In a formula (1), M is zirconium or hafnium, X is halogen. R1-R5expresses each independently hydrogen, aryl, alkyl, halogen or -Si(R6)3, or two or more of adjoining R substituted groups having one or more rings are bonded and form a conden...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the planarity of a film surface by making the film thickness of an insulating layer uniform, and thereby provide a technology allowing an electronic apparatus represented by a high-definition and high-image quality semiconductor device or the like to be manufactured at a low cost with a good yield by using the insulating layer.

SOLUTION: In a method of manuf...