PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the travel performance and the travel feeling of a vehicle in a stall state by uniformally raising the temperature in all phases of a motor. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicle is equipped with a controller which controls a motor and its torque. The controller computes the temperature difference Td between the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature out of the tempe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that application of speech speed conversion processing to a voice signal of a speech opposite party including much noise or part of which is interrupted due to a radio wave state (reception state) has resulted in sometimes causing an offensive state to the ear. Ž

SOLUTION: A microprocessor 104 of a portable wireless terminal 100 reads a speech speed ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hood panel capable of storing an air bag so as to stabilize a projecting direction of the air bag in a pedestrian air bag device. Ž

SOLUTION: The hood panel 13 is made from sheet metal, and loaded with the pedestrian air bag device 22 equipped with the air bag 42 folded and stored so as to deploy and expand upwardly by making expansion gas flow in, near a re...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact cellular phone with a built-in bio-sensor which is capable of measuring a blood sugar level, is portable and sanitary, reduces a psychological burden at measurement, and is easy to operate for the measurement. Ž

SOLUTION: The cellular phone with the built-in bio-sensor is equipped with the following parts. A blood sugar level measuring part 30 receiv...

In image processor section (24), moving image signal decoder section (246) decodes the moving image bit stream and the time stamp to be used for reproduction transmitted from multiple separator section (22) on a frame by frame basis and stored in input buffer (245) and provides time control section (247) with the time stamp to be used for reproduction that corresponds to the decoded frame and the ...

An intermediate compound for total synthesis of ecteinascidins comprising, a compound represented by general formula 2 having thioether group at C4 site, and the substituent R2 of N12 site is trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc) to which various substituents can be introduced by mild condition, further having 10 members ring structure which can be converted to a ring of other numbered members.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an efficient edition graphic information confirming method and a graphic editing device capable of correcting the error parts by checking the integrity of prepared edition graphic information, and for displaying and outputting error parts. Ž

SOLUTION: This graphic editing device is provided with a graphic precision confirming means for detecting whether or not...

An electronic control unit includes a serial communication circuit capable of easily confirming presence or absence of communication error while regular transmission/regular report between master station and sub station are performed timely. First and second control circuit sections 200 a (master station) and 200 b (substation) communicate mutually via series-parallel converters 117, 127 . The mas...

A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hype...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide sure contacts of electrodes in a semiconductor device. Ž

SOLUTION: The semiconductor device has a thin-film transistor (TFT), a dielectric film composed of a silicide film formed on the TFT and a resinous material formed on the dielectric film composed of the silicide film. Contact holes are formed in the dielectric film composed of the silicide film and the d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical fiber for guiding ultraviolet light in which the deterioration of optical characteristic due to ultraviolet light of far-ultraviolet region is suppressed. Ž

SOLUTION: The optical fiber 10 for guiding ultraviolet light is provided with a core 11 and a clad 12 which is so furnished to cover the core 11. the core 11 is formed with quartz including hydr...

An apparatus for upturning a tire-building component on a tire-building drum has a roller lever. To provide an apparatus which is capable of upturning a tire-building component on a tire-building drum, and which achieves the upturn of the tire-building component without defects, in particular unintended creasing in the side wall, it is proposed that, during the procedure of preparation for upturni...

A process for producing a tread for a tire with a radially inner layer composed of a first rubber material and with a radially outer second layer composed of a second rubber material and forming the ground-contact surface of the pneumatic tire. The first rubber material has higher electrical conductivity than the second rubber material, and where, in a form of a web axially dividing the second lay...

Disclosed are elastomeric articles having thermoplastic organic polymer appliqués, on which an image or design is printed, and methods of their production. The thermoplastic organic polymers include microporous polyolefins and thermoplastic polyurethanes. Microporous polyolefin appliqués are co-cured with an uncured portion of the article wherein a portion of elastomeric material of the article ad...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethanes by reacting polyisocyanates a) with compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms reactive with isocyanate groups b), wherein a polyisocyanate a) used is at least one polyisocyanate ai) having an average functionality of greater than 2, a content of diisocyanates of not more than 2% by weight and a content of uretonimines of no...

A connector for establishing electrical connection between a testing device and a test strip with a biological fluid thereon includes a contact pad on the test strip, and one or more contact wires in the testing device. When the strip is inserted into the testing device, part of the strip's end engages a contact portion of a contact wire and deflects it in a direction normal to the direction of in...

The disclosure relates to an illumination system for EUV lithography, as well as related elements, systems and methods. In some embodiments, an illumination system includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element can include a plurality of first facet elements configured so that, when impinged by respective partial beams of radiation, the plurality of first ...

A robot lawmnower includes a body, a drive system carried by the body, at least one caster wheel supporting the body, a grass cutter carried by the body, a controller in communication with the drive system, and a bump sensor in communication with the controller. The controller is configured to maneuver the robot to turn in place and to redirect the robot in response to the bump sensor sensing cont...

Disclosed is a circuit arrangement comprising a first and a second microcontroller, the second microcontroller being connected to the first one. The inventive circuit arrangement has the following characteristics: - the first microcontroller is configured such that a main process which controls or regulates at least one output signal of the first microcontroller as well as a safety process that is...

An association between a system's in-band identification credentials with out-of-band identification credentials may arise by making a universal serial bus device emulation in the form of either a virtual mass storage device or a virtual network adaptor. In the case of the former, a machine readable name is decoded to determine which KVM port a target device is connected to. Such can be used to as...