PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer tomographic X-ray imaging method to be used by combining data obtained from different scanning routes. SOLUTION: Imaging energy is added from an energy source and imaging energy passing through an object to be imaged is detected by a detector connected to a processor. A scanning orbit is constituted of the first and second scanning routes. The first scan...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an epoch-making binding for snowboard, wherein defects of a plastic belt are eliminated by adopting a pressing body made of a flexible material such as fabric, and further the flexible pressing body does not become an obstacle in a skating, or the like, by constituting the flexible pressing body in such a manner that the pressing body is taken up by a winding devic...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the controller of a hybrid vehicle which can improve the efficiency of regeneration by motor, by properly controlling a vehicle drive system at the time of deceleration of the vehicle. SOLUTION: When the charging of a battery is permitted even during deceleration of a vehicle, the capacity of engagement of a clutch 5 is set (S121, S122, and S123), using a KCL table...

PURPOSE:To restrict the elongation and the deformation of a grid body of a positive electrode plate of a lead-acid battery for automobile under the high temperature, and prevent the lowering of the lifetime characteristic of the battery and the internal short circuit under the high temperature. CONSTITUTION:A positive electrode plate 1, which is obtained by filling the paste-like active material i...

PURPOSE:To improve power transmitting efficiency when the power generated by a motor is transmitted. CONSTITUTION:A driving device for a hybrid type vehicle is provided with the first shaft, a transmission 3 carrying out a speed change by the rotation from an engine, the second shaft, which is parallel to the first shaft, a transmitting means, which connects the first shaft and the second shaft to...

PURPOSE: To improve the discharging capacity of a lead-acid battery and extend the service life by designing the additive to the electrolyte. CONSTITUTION: This electrolyte is used for lead-acid battery, and a hydrogensulfide is added thereto. Since the hydrogensulfide has a high solubility to electrolyte, compared with a conventional sulfate, the effect for suppressing the generation of Pb<2+> , ...

PURPOSE: To judge an absolute alarm control start distance required from a braking start point up to a curve start point while considering an error generat ed from a navigation system in a controller corresponding to a road state ahead of an automobile which is suitable for the generation of an alarm to a driver or the control of vehicle speed. CONSTITUTION: The controller is provided with a navig...

A hammermill having a rotor assembly and a screen bar assembly is provided to reduce oversized wood chips. The hammermill may also be used to reduce wood and/or bark, the rotor assembly includes flexible hammers which are pivotally attached to allow each flexible hammer to move radially inward or radially outward during rotation of the rotor assembly. Each flexible hammer preferably includes a re...

''PROCESSO PARA MELHORAR A RELAçãO SINAL/RUìDO NA PREPARAçãO DE PERFIS SìSMICOS VERTICAIS''. Processo para melhorar a relação de Sinal/Ruído na preparação de perfis sísmicos verticais (VSP) que compreende: - sinais sísmico e piloto (A); - parâmetros de perfuração (B) relativos aos sinais (A); caracterizado pelo fato: dos sinais (A) serem somados parcialmente ou totalmente por peso, com base em um ...

"PROCESSO E PNEU ADAPTADO PARA CORREçãO DE UNIFORMIDADE DO PNEU APóS A CURA" A presente invenção se refere a uma construção de pneu e a um processo de correção de uma ou mais características de uniformidade de pneus. Um pneu tem dois talões e uma camada de reforço de carcaça com cordas de reforço. O processo se caracteriza pelas etapas de A) formar uma parte do pneu com um material (tipicamente um...

"PNEU E PROCESSO PARA CORRIGIR UNIFORMIDADE DE PNEU DO MESMO" De acordo com a invenção, um pneumático e um processo para manufatura do pneumático tendo características de uniformidade de pneu aperfeiçoadas são descritos. A lona de reforço de carcaça tem vários cordões de reforço embutidos em um material matriz, que pode ser tornado plástico e não plástico para permitir e restringir, respectivament...

PROCESSO E APARELHO PARA MEDIçãO DE PRESSãO DE FORMAçãO COM SENSORES à DISTâNCIA EM POçOS REVESTIDOS. A presente invenção refere-se a um processo e aparelho para estabelecer comunicação em um poço revestido com um sensor de dados que foi disposto à distância, antes da instalação de revestimento no poço, dentro de uma formação de sub superfície penetrada pelo poço. A comunicação é estabelecida pela...

A table umbrella apparatus having a base, an umbrella with an inner surface extending therealong, a tubular support affixed to and extending from the base and supporting the umbrella a desired distance above the base, and a fan connected to the tubular support. The fan has a fan blade mounted so as to rotate about a vertical axis. The fan directs air flow at least upwardly toward the umbrella. A m...

A supportive tire rack for green tire transfer and storage includes a base assembly that carries at least four support pins that are horizontally cantilevered from the base. A pair of upper support plates and a pair of lower support plates are carried by the pins. The upper support plates engage the bead rings of the tire while the lower support plates cradle the lower surface of the tire. Each su...

A dental article coated with a friction-reducing coating and methods for coating dental articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the dental device first is coated with an adhesion layer, followed by application of a friction-reducing coating. The friction-reducing coating is selected to create a hard, inert, friction-reducing layer on the device. The presence of the continuous outer coating of o...

A bottle having a sterility seal and a method for producing same are disclosed. The bottle, which can be configured to retain a medicament in powder or tablet form, features a protective cap configured to engage a transfer assembly associated with the bottle. The cap includes one or more raised ridges on an interior surface engageable with a portion of the transfer assembly. A band or layer config...

A wire loop type instrument for an endoscope has a control wire axially movably inserted in a flexible sheath, and a wire loop connected to the distal end of the control wire. The wire loop is formed by an elastic wire. When the control wire is advanced, the wire loop projects from the distal end of the flexible sheath and expands in a loop shape by its own elasticity. When the control wire is ret...

A device and method for treating collapsed bronchial tubes found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are provided. The device includes an elongated member having a heating element that comprises one or more energy delivery members. The method includes heating the bronchial tube to cause at least a portion of the cross links of the collagen in the wall to unlink/open a...

A method of manufacturing a sliding part includes: an injection molding step of injection-molding a compacted member of a molding compound which is a mixture of powder material equivalent to SUS440C, graphite carbon corresponding to an oxygen content of the material, and a binder; a degreasing step of heating the compacted member thus obtained by the injection molding step under a neutral atmosphe...

A method of lubricating the wall surfaces of a die cavity used in powder metallurgy involves spraying the wall surfaces with tribocharged particles of a lubricant material. The method is carried out by means of an apparatus centered about a plug member which has a three-dimensional shape conforming generally to that of the article to be formed. The plug member is slightly smaller than the article ...