A mix of separate, commerce stimulating and partly or fully integrated and/or cooperating purchasing and sales method modules are used for the current or future trade and/or auction of goods, making use of predetermined selection criteria, optionally with a speculative character. These modules comprises the following: (1) Market Place ("Marktplaats"), allowing a vendor to offer current and future ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an active speed changing and controlling system which can reduce a capacity of a motor, and is low-priced. Ž

SOLUTION: In the active speed changing system, the engine power is reduced such that the driving force before the speed-changing is approximately equal to the driving force after the speed-changing estimated on the assumption that the transmission has b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive unit capable of switching between a continuously variable transmission state and a stepped transmission state, and a control device capable of reflecting the liking of a user in the switching. Ž

SOLUTION: A transmission state switching type transmission mechanism 10 switchable between the electrically continuously variable transmission state and steppe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle speed control device capable of accurately and rapidly determining the interruption of constant-speed running control by temporary acceleration. Ž

SOLUTION: Since a throttle opening is estimated from the drive signals of a throttle actuator by using the control model of the throttle actuator, actual throttle openings in consideration of the response ...

In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, it is determined which one of the braking/driving force and...

According to the present invention, when a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved through a control of a braking/driving forces of wheels, in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment, a polygon indicating the maximum range of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment attainable by the braking/driving ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving operation assist device for a vehicle transmitting a situation around the vehicle to a driver as accelerator pedal reaction force. Ž

SOLUTION: In this driving operation assisting device 1 for the vehicle, a controller 60 calculates driver's proficiency to traveling environment, and risk potential from the traveling environment around one's own vehicl...

A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10,11) respectively having a number of first and second jaws (12,13) which interact with and grip the tube (14) at respective equally spaced cross sections (88) to pe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the catalytic reaction efficiency of a denitration device by forcedly increasing the temperature of exhaust gas exhausted from a gas turbine plant. SOLUTION: The NOx concentration suppressing device of a combined cycle power generation plant is provided with heating means 22 and 23 on a gas turbine exhaust pipe 14, for supplying exhaust gas exhausted to the denitra...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging system that is capable of attaining adjustment of products supply comparable to but without changing the traversing position of products to a feeding conveyor in meeting the avoidance of contact between an end sealer and a packaging material at the time of suspension of a packaging apparatus due to the vacancy of products to be supplied. Ž

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A method and apparatus for obtaining mammographic images of a human patient's breast and subsequently obtaining tissue samples for biopsy includes a deck having one or more of access sites, with the deck elevated above a floor or other supporting surface and capable of supporting the patient thereon. The deck includes a frame and may include one or more filler sections occupying respective access ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filling and packaging apparatus for a granular substance capable of filling a flat bag formed to be a long film with the granular substance at a high speed. Ž

SOLUTION: The long film 1 carried in the longitudinal direction is two-folded to have a bottom, and the film 1 is sealed widthwise. Thus, numerous flat bags 3, 3, ... having an upward inlet 3a provided...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packing-sheet packaging in which an end of a sheet body can be easily discriminated, a packing-sheet can be developed while taking out the sheet when a packaging bag is unsealed, and the packing-sheet can be easily packaged at low cost. Ž

SOLUTION: In the packing-sheet packaging, a packing-sheet 1 formed by impregnating cosmetic liquid in a sheet body 2 form...

A method for manufacturing bodies formed from insulated soft magnetic metal powder by forming an insulating film of an inorganic substance on the surface of particles of a soft magnetic metal powder, compacting and molding the powder, then carrying out a heat treatment to provide a body formed from insulated soft magnetic metal powder the method comprising: compacting and molding the powder; then ...

A modular semiconductor light source assembly includes a semiconductor light source, such as a light emitting diode, which is mounted on a substrate which supplies electricity to the light source and which assists in removing waste heat therefrom. Substantially all of the light emitted by the LED is transferred to a lens by a light pipe, the cross section of the light pipe increasing from the ligh...

An electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move between two extreme positions under the action of an elastic member and two electromagnets that attract the armature to one of the extreme positions, where the electromagnets each include a coil, a core for channeling a flux of the coil so that it forms a return path in the armature, and permanen...

A communication terminal (10) and a method for initiating a communication link from a communication terminal to a remote party, where the method includes sensing input of an address number for the remote party. Upon sensing the input of an address number a plurality of selectable items (152-157), representing different communication channels usable for setting up a communication link from the term...

A method and apparatus for folding an article includes supplying an article to a folder; engaging a first surface of a leading portion of the article with a first conveyor; moving the first conveyor at a first conveyor velocity; engaging a second surface of a trailing portion of the article with a second conveyor; moving the second conveyor at a second conveyor velocity greater than the first conv...

The device has a rotary grinding tool comprising impacting/percussion elements (4), in which hollow spaces (5, 5', 5'') are provided. The hollow spaces are pressurized with an internal pressure, and are arranged at a distance to a side (6) of the impacting/percussion elements such that opening of the hollow spaces is taken place during a defined degree of wear. The hollow spaces are communicativel...

The present invention relates to a further improvement of the running performance of the vehicle. This object can be solved by providing a rollback controller (150) used for controlling the operation of an inverter (400) to control an armature current of the motor (500) in a motor control equipment (120) so that, when a rollback is detected and a rollback speed exceeds a rollback speed limit, the ...