An apparatus for separating e.g., a fibrin monomer from blood includes a container (110) with a reaction chamber defined by an outer wall for receiving plasma and a means for supplying the chamber with an agent for converting the fibrinogen content of the plasma into a non-cross-linked fibrin polymer. The apparatus includes a device for centrifuging the plasma and the agent within the chamber to a...

In a vehicular drive assist system for warning a driver to pay attention to a preceding vehicle running ahead when a vehicle comes close to the preceding vehicle and the distance between these two vehicles becomes smaller than a safe inter-vehicle distance, this safe inter-vehicle distance is automatically established in two stages according to traffic conditions. One stage is where road is empty ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power transmission device which materializes reduction of development cost and of space by using components in common. Ž

SOLUTION: The power transmission device is provided with an orthogonal gear head 100 whose casing 102 having an L-shaped section shape including input/output shaft line contains an orthogonal conversion mechanism for converting rotation di...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve responsiveness in restarting of an engine as well as to shorten the time to engage a forward clutch. SOLUTION: An accumulator 53 capable of accumulating oil pressure is branched from and arranged on an oil passage 59 for connecting a specified (forward) clutch C1 of a transmission to an oil pump 19 for generating hydraulic pressure in order to supply the hydraulic ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mono-block sealed lead acid battery which is superior in a life property. SOLUTION: The sealed lead acid battery has a mono-block battery container divided into 20 cells. A self controller 1 detects cell voltages of respective cells C1 to C20, and selects 18 cells in the order of nearer sequence to the average voltage of all the cells, and by outputting H level s...

A control system for a hybrid vehicle wherein a plurality of prime movers and wheels are connected in a power transmittable manner, comprising: a decider for deciding a power loss of a case in which a power of predetermined prime mover, which is one of a plurality of the prime movers is transmitted to a rotary member including another prime mover; and a controller for controlling a rotating state ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure smooth automatic starting without delay of a vehicle even when a vehicle state (power storage amount) and vehicle load conditions (pay load and road surface inclination) are severe, in a hybrid vehicle based on an independent starting of a motor. Ž

SOLUTION: The hybrid system of a vehicle is equipped with a means (S1 to S5) to confirm the vehicle state before s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle which suppresses wasteful power consumption without dropping the function of reducing the amount of fuel consumption. Ž

SOLUTION: This hybrid vehicle is equipped with a drive means KU being equipped with an engine 1, and an electric motor 2 as drive sources so as to drive a vehicle 3. A control means H for controlling the drive means KU is con...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a hybrid vehicle, improving fuel economy. Ž

SOLUTION: A parallel hybrid vehicle is provided with a battery temperature sensor S8 and an HVECU 35 which detect the condition of a battery 3, a vehicle speed sensor S1, an engine speed sensor S2 and an accelerator pedal opening sensor S5 which detect the condition of a vehicle, and an FI/AT/MGE...

A corrosion protection system 1 for protecting a metal object W against corrosion comprises a sacrificial anode 20 and a bracket 2 to connect the anode 20 to the object W. The anode 20 and the bracket 2 are adapted to connect together in a cantilever arrangement. Preferably, the anode 20 has two ends and the bracket 2 can be adapted to connect to the anode 20 at one end and the other end of the an...

Knotless fixation of soft tissue to bone is accomplished using a bone anchor configured to provide interference fixation of a soft-tissue connector. The soft-tissue connector is provided in the form of a flat narrow piece of material. Additional fixation strength can be provided by configuring the bone anchor to penetrate into or through the soft-tissue connector. The bone anchor is installed into...

A rotary die cutter having an anvil cylinder that is operable alternately with one of a pair of die cylinders includes a vertical support and rectilinear translation arrangement that permits selective repositioning of each of the die cylinders between an operative position and a stand-by position utilizing various combinations of horizontal and vertical linear movement of the cylinders. In the pre...

A method for examination of a subject comprises the steps of: administering ( 32 ) a contrast-enhancing agent into a subject ( 7, 42 ) to be examined, the contrast-enhancing agent introducing density variations in the subject; directing ( 33 ) ionizing radiation ( 3 ) towards the subject; and detecting ( 34 ) ionizing radiation spatially resolved as transmitted through the subject, while Compton s...

A system for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test. Energy is directed at the selected portion of the part under test. Resultant energy is detected from the selected portion of the part under test and data representative of each of a plurality of material characteristics for the portion of the part under test is ob...

The invention concerns a display (1) afflicted with wear, and to a method for operating a display (1) of this type. In conjunction with the problems associated with the burning in of non-moving images or image elements in wear-afflicted displays, particularly plasma displays, and with the problems associated with the wear-characteristics, which differ in the individual primary colors red, green an...

The method involves sticking the twines of a coil (5) in a thread with a flexible carrier unit and fixing them to each other in their relative position, where the carrier unit is pressed/depressed flat. The thread is rolled up using a wrapping fixture for manufacturing of the twines lying in parallel, after which the carrier unit is stuck on the twines (26), where a thread piece is wrapped with th...

There is provided a medical device which is resistant to bacterial infection, especially Staphylococcus infection. The device is at least partially coated or impregnated with a composition comprising rifampicin and tobramycin. The medical device can be a vascular graft, vascular patch or a heart valve. The device can include 0.05 to 0.15mg/cm 2 of rifampicin and 0.02 to 0.05mg/cm 2 of tobramyc...

The arrangement has a coil arrangement (5) arranged in a housing and including a coil core (6). The core, which conducts the magnetic flux, stands in contact with a ring-shaped and movable armature unit (7). A cup-shaped support unit (8) has flow-through openings evenly distributed at its base and accommodates an end of the core, so that the support unit with the armature unit is supported at the ...

A sheet of material which is made two dimensional which inlcudes portions that are removed that allows the sheet to be folded to create a three dimensional structure without the need for cutting and darting.

A four-wheel drive vehicle (11) has front wheels (15) and rear wheels (20) driven by an engine (12), and a coupling (17) for changing the distribution ratio of torque to the front wheels and the rear wheels. An ECU determines whether engine braking is being applied based on the vehicle speed V and the throttle opening degree Od. When determining that engine braking is being applied, the ECU tempor...