PURPOSE: To prevent a non-loaded operation of a pump without using any large-sized expensive water level sensor at a hot water storing tank. CONSTITUTION: This hot water feeding device utilizing solar heat is constructed such that there are provided a solar heat collecting heat-circulation passage 30 comprised of a circulation going-passage 31 extending from a hot water storing tank 10 to a solar ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel consumption and to reduce shift chock by, in an engine planned to carry out lean burn operation, in the case of selecting a shift mode where the shift is carried out on a manual operation, prohibiting the lean burn operation and carrying out control to make an air-fuel ratio lower. SOLUTION: In an engine equipped with an automatic transmission which can select...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dashing feeling which is experienced when engine torque characteristic corresponding to low speed step of an automatic transmission is changed. SOLUTION: To provide an integrated control of an engine and a transmission for an automobile wherein the transmission capable of prescribing a plurality of transmitting ratio is connected to the engine capable of changing p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle controller optimum for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle at the time of turning the vehicle. SOLUTION: This device is a throttle control circuit which controls the throttle valve of an engine mounted on a vehicle according to an accelerator opening. When lateral acceleration G at the time of turning a vehicle exceeds the first high level determination...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of an automatic transmission, capable of improving the control state of the automatic transmission to the utmost. SOLUTION: A controller of an automatic transmission is provided with an automatic transmission arranged on the output side of an engine provided with an electronic throttle valve to be electronically controlled according to the manipulated ...

A lead-acid storage battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte material. The foregoing negative electrode has a first grid with a first grid geometry and a first active material provided on the above first grid. The foregoing positive electrode has a second grid with a second grid geometry and a second active material provided on the above second grid. A first m...

In a warning apparatus for a vehicle, a primary controller ( 5 ) calculates a collision time (TTC) according to the distance between the vehicle and an object that is present in front of the vehicle and a relative speed between the vehicle and the front object. According to the collision time, the primary controller sets a correction value (Fc) for at least one of the driving force and braking for...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the fuel consumption efficiency in a hybrid vehicle which is equipped with an engine and an electric motor as a power source at travelling, and travels using the engine and the electric motor each in its proper way according to operating conditions. Ž

SOLUTION: In case that it is judged to be at decelerating travel by steps SA1-SA3, this drive controller stops...

PURPOSE: To provide a chute which feeds into a bag body a content suited to an automatic charging and wrapping device for manufacturing a band-shaped wrapped body out of a band-shaped wrapping member by three-way sealing. CONSTITUTION: This chute 9 is provided with a rectangular opening, and either of two wall surfaces whose longer side is taken as a side formed into a vertical surface. An automat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect a shifting hydraulic clutch with a required boosting property while having an inexpensive structure without a special boosting system, by using a hydraulically actuating negative brake. SOLUTION: A combine is provided with a main shifting system having three stages for forward moving and one stage for backward moving on a crawler transmission system by selectively ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To open and close a shutter by an opening/closing transmitting means in a state that it is not in contact with a packing film or a matter to be packed, by making a bag-making cylindrical body have a single structure. SOLUTION: In between an outer peripheral face 1a and an inner peripheral face 1b of a bag-making cylindrical body 1, an opening/closing transmitting means 4 is a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a feeling of deceleration during acceleration, a feeling of acceleration during deceleration, which are caused by inertia torque generated with gear shift, from being given to a driver. SOLUTION: During the period of speed change (S3), input shaft torque Tt of a shift mechanism, and inertia torque Tinr generated with the speed change are estimated. Then, when the i...

A noise attenuation panel (33) used to attenuate noise in aircraft engines includes a cellular core (35) and a facing sheet (36) formed with an array of holes (31). The holes (31) are laser drilled to provide: (i) inclined holes (31) passing through the facing sheet (36) in a direction inclined to the normal to the facing sheet (36) hole size variation over the facing sheet (36); (ii) non-circular...

A method for combining an anatomic structure and metabolic activity for an object is described. The method includes acquiring a first set of images by scanning the object using a first modality, acquiring a second set of images by scanning the object using a second modality, fusing the first and second sets of images to form a fused volume, identifying a region of interest (ROI) in the fused volum...

Wellbore apparatus including an elongated tubular adapted for disposal within the wellbore. The tubular having an elongated recess formed on its exterior surface along the longitudinal axis. The recess is adapted to accept and house a component therein. A shield disposed within the recess and adapted to slide to a selected position therein, covering a housed component. The sliding shield and house...

A method (300) for determining an alarm condition for a confined space comprises detecting motion or an intrusion (305) in the confined space by a secondary sensor and generating (310) an alarm signal by the secondary sensor in response to detected motion or an intrusion. The method further comprises the steps of determining (315) whether the alarm signal represents a false alarm condition; and in...

A tread provided with a plurality of cutouts of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that when new, some of the transverse cutouts form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts forming on the same running surface in...

The present invention is a solid-bowl screw centrifuge that includes a centrifugal drum. The drum has a drum casing and a screw with a screw body that is surrounded by a screw blade. The screw blade forms at least one screw spiral with a conveying path for transporting material to be centrifuged. The centrifuge also includes an inlet into the centrifugal drum, at least one solid matter discharge a...

A hybrid transmission connected with a prime power source (3), including an input member (10) for receiving power input from the prime power source (3), a two degree-of-freedom gear mechanism (2;31) having a first axis (O1) and including at least four rotating members (SD,RS,C,SS;S1,C1,(R2),R1(C2),S2) that are associated to rotate about the first axis (O1), a first motor/generator (MG1) having a s...

Methods, systems and devices are presented that provide improved medical diagnostic and intervention procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac imaging, cardiac nuclear scintigraphy, computed tomography, echocardiography, imaging to direct laser ablation, imaging to direct radio frequency radiation ablation, imaging to direct gamma knife radiation therapy, and imaging to direct radiati...