The invention provides a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle for generati ng an appropriate amount of regeneration energy during deceleration. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and electric motor for driving the hybrid vehicle wherein the engine comprises cylinders capable of deactivated operations and the motor executes regenerative braking when the vehicle is decel...

"MéTODO DE FABRICAR UM PNEU PARA RODAS DE VEìCULO E TAMBOR DE PRIMEIRO ESTáGIO PARA CONSTRUIR UM PNEU PARA RODAS DE VEìCULO". Método e aparelho para manufaturar um pneu para rodas de veículo, o pneu (1) compreendendo uma estrutura de carcaça tendo pelo menos uma capa de lona de carcaça (2) operativamente associada com um par de estruturas de reforço anulares para casar com um aro de montagem, cada...

"MéTODO DE FABRICAçãO DE UMA ROUPA DE BAIXO DESCARTáVEL E ROUPA DE BAIXO DESCARTáVEL". A presente invenção se refere a um método de fabricação de uma roupa de baixo descartável incluindo mover uma tira de material de painel de corpo na direção longitudinal da máquina e cortar a tira de material de painel de corpo ao longo da direção longitudinal da máquina para desta maneira formar uma tira de pai...

"SELECIONADOR DE INFORMAçãO". Um usuário é capaz de controlar informativamente como a informação de contato é provida a uma ou mais aplicações através do uso de um objeto (210) de interface de persona, personas (220) correspondentes e informação de contato, e uma interface (300) selecionadora de informação. A interface (210) de persona identifica personas (220) disponíveis, cada persona (220) tend...

An autonomous canister vacuum cleaner has a cleaning head module, a vacuum fan module separated from the cleaning module, and a hose assembly connecting the cleaning head module with the vacuum fan module. The vacuum fan module includes a controller that performs navigation and control functions for both the vacuum fan module and the cleaning head module. Alternatively, the controller may be separ...

Umbrella shaft for a hanging umbrella, having a shaft part ( 20,26 ) and a rope drive ( 22 ), which connects a slide ( 16 ) and a crown ( 8 ) of the umbrella, the slide and the shaft part being coupled axially to one another when the umbrella is open. In order to improve the operability, the rope drive is designed as a rope winch ( 22 ) which can be connected to the slide ( 16 ), the rope ( 28 ) r...

A system for holding an article suspended by shoulder straps in front of the body of a use against undesired swinging and movement of the article while affording easy release of the article so that it can be raised for viewing, aiming and sighting and that will provide protection for the suspended article against the elements. and including a cover to fit over an outer exposed surface, the bottom ...

A portable folding chair suitable for travel and leisure can be used, e.g., in households, outdoors, and in a garden. The folding chair includes a chair support frame, a surface fabric, a backrest, arms, and shoes. The chair support frame includes seating frame tubes, back-rest tubes, arm front support tubes, front support legs, front cross tubes, rear support legs, connection sliding blocks, lock...

An article of a base metal alloyed with an alloying element is prepared by mixing a chemically reducible nonmetallic base-metal precursor compound of a base metal and a chemically reducible nonmetallic alloying-element precursor compound of an alloying element to form a compound mixture. The base metal is nickel, cobalt, iron, iron-nickel, or iron-nickel-cobalt. One or more of the alloying element...

There is provided an easily adhesive, biaxially oriented laminated polyester film for optical use which has excellent adhesion, transparency and easy slipperiness. The biaxially oriented laminated film has a coating layer formed on at least one surface of an aromatic polyester film, the coating layer containing either a polyester resin, an acrylic resin and wax or a polyester resin and an acrylic ...

The present invention provides, inter alia, triphenylethylene derivatives, such as, 3-{4-[6-(3-Methoxy-phenyl)-8,9-dihydro-7H-benzocyclohepten-5-yl]-phenyl}-acrylic acid, as selective estrogen receptor modulators. Also provided are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of estrogen stimulated diseases in mammals including breast, uterine, ovarian, prostrate and colon cancer, osteoporosis, car...

An apparatus for tribocharging particles of electrically insulating materials has a rotatable drum ( 1 ), made of a metallic material, for containing the particles. The drum has an inlet ( 11 ), for charging material, and an outlet ( 13 ), for discharging material. The drum further has means ( 7 ) for rotating the drum about an axis of rotation, the orientation of the axis of rotation being such t...

In an object recognition apparatus using a radar unit for a vehicle, in mounting the radar unit on the vehicle, a transmission wave is outputted throughout an appropriate angular range in a forward direction of the vehicle in a state where a margin is given to a tolerance of the mounting angle of the radar unit on the vehicle. Laser beams are radiated at a target placed at a predetermined position...

A monitoring system for detection of defects in an optical fiber coating during production of the fiber has first and second beam generating means which produce planar coherent beams which cross each other at the fiber passing through the system creating one or more diffraction patterns. A first plurality of photodetectors are mounted in a mount, the front face of which is impinged by the planar d...

The present invention relates to an apparatus enabling interaction with a network computer system. It has particular application to a system employing a printer for printing an interface onto a surface to produce an interface surface. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an apparatus enabling interaction with a network computer system, the apparatus including: an appliance f...

A printer has a queue for queuing a queued execution command, an immediate execution agent for executing a write command, and a queued execution agent for executing a read command. The immediate execution agent immediately executes the received write command, and writes data in a host. The queued execution agent picks up a read command from the queue, and reads out data from the host. The host app...

An integrated security and communications system combines a security system to either or both of a telephone system interface and a data interface. Users have access to voice-mail or other PBX-type telephone functions, many or all of which can be accessed not only at telephone sets, but also at keypads of the security system. Data functions such as electronic mail and possible partial or full Worl...

A forced air dryer designed to dry an infant's bottom during the diaper changing process comprises a housing having an end piece designed to reduce skin abrasion, skin heating, and air flow blockage. In one embodiment, the device is powered by a rechargeable electric battery. In another embodiment, the invention is associated with a diaper changing table.

PET with low gas permeability and good mechanical properties is produced utilizing strain-induced crystallization. This strain-induced crystallization process is utilized to produce PET films and sheets, among other products.

A method for improving pentane-blown foam is provided, which method comprises incorporating into the foam composition Trans-12 in an amount effective to suppress the smoke generation of the blown foam.