A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine (1) for rotating a drive axle (2), an electric motor (3) for assisting the engine (1) in rotating the drive axle (2) with electric energy and converting kinetic energy of the drive axle (2) into electric energy, and an electric energy storage unit or a capacitor (14) for supplying electric energy to the electric motor (3) and storing elec...

EL CAMPO TECNICO DE LA INVENCION SON DISPENSADORES DE BEBIDAS, TAMBIEN DISPENSADORES CONOCIDOS, EN PARTICULAR AQUELLOS DONDE LA BEBIDA SE ALMACENA EN FORMA DE MEZCLA LISTA PARA SERVIR EN UN RECIPIENTE (2) DE RESERVA. DEBE SER MEJORADA LA TRANSMISION DE FRIO EN DISPENSADORES DE ESTE TIPO. LA TRANSMISION DE CALOR ENTRE EL PISO (2A, 2C) DEL RECIPIENTE Y EL AREA (10; 10A, 10B, 10C) DE TRANSMISION DE R...

The invention connects the operation of a driving-force distributing device (8), for example a multi-plate friction clutch of a differential (7), with the operation of a driving-force suppressing device, such as a traction control device, to ensure stable performance of a vehicle. When both driven wheels (3,4) are racing, the driving-force distributing device (8) holds a differential operation lim...

The separate plate comprises a metal plate (2) and one (3) or two (4) sealing portions, each of which consists of a foam rubber layer 80 mu m to 500 mu m thick, formed on one or two surfaces thereof. Each of the one or two sealing portions consists of a foam rubber layer reinforced with inorganic fiber, organic fiber or an unwoven cloth. Alternatively, the sealing portions may have a two-layered s...

The present invention provides improved processes for forming anti-corrosion layers, particularly barium metaplumbate, on lead, lead alloy-, and lead oxide-containing substrates. The processes of the invention are used to form corrosion-resistant current collectors which are assembled into lead-acid batteries. The inventive methods used to form barium metaplumbate employ a salt solution which incl...

A lead/acid accumulator has plate blocks of intermeshing positive and negative plate sets installed in neighboring cells of a housing. The plate sets each comprise individual mesh plates connected together via a bridge. The bridges of the neighboring plate blocks running transversely over the mesh plates are wired in series. At one end the bridge of the positive plate set and at the other end the ...

The electromagnetic operating device has a housing (9) with a coil (19) enclosing a magnetic armature (26) used for operation of a hydraulic switching device (2). The housing is provided by a deep-drawn component with a fixing section (10) having an external screw thread (14) at one end, operated for securing the housing to the hydraulic switching device via an operating section (13) at the opposi...

The printer has a lower drum with a sheet guide (28) outside the lower drum and with a small spacing from the sheet feed (5). The guide has a cut out (30) extending over the format width of the sheets. The drum (11) has a gripper bridge (26) defining a cutting path (13) with the cut out. A secondary stacker (10) is positioned below the drum.; Die Erfindung betrifft eine Auslegevorrichtung an einer...

An intermediate film for laminated glass free from problems such as a defective appearance when laminated between sheets of glass and excellent in productivity by being easily manufactured without modification to a conventional manufacturing system, the intermediate film being used to form laminated glass by being sandwiched between two opposing sheets of flat glass, characterized in that the sect...

The present invention provides an assay composition for producing a physically detectable change upon contact with a sample which correlates with the amount of selected analyte in the sample. The composition includes a support matrix (22) pervious to optical radiation and a chemical reagent (84) yielding a physically detectable change which correlates with the amount of selected analyte in the sam...

Information is provided to a customer whose computer network is administered remotely by a provider of network administration services, some of which are carried out by dedicated service machines executing special-purpose programs in a computer network maintained by the service provider. A graphical computer interface allows the customer to request, via computer, information about the customer's n...

UN ABLACION RF MULTI-FASE QUE EMPLEA UN SISTEMA DE ELECTRODOS BIDIMENSIONAL O TRI-DIDIMENSIONAL (501) PRODUCE UNA MULTITUD DE TRAYECTORIAS DE CORRIENTE SOBRE LA SUPERFICIE DE LA ZONA DE ABLACION. ESTO ACABA EN UNA LESION UNIFORME CON UN TAMAÑO DEFINIDO POR EL RADIO DE ACCION DEL SISTEMA DE ELECTRODOS. UN SISTEMA CATETER DE ELECTRODO ORTOGONAL APROPIADO PARA LA ABLACION CARDIACA SE UTILIZA EN CONJU...

LAS RESINAS DE POLIESTER CONTIENEN HASTA EL 50% POR PESO DE UN CRISTAL LIQUIDO POLIMERICO Y UNA AGENTE PROMOTOR CAPAZ DE INCREMENTAR EL I.V. DE LA RESINA MEDIANTE UNA REACCION DE POLIADICION EN EL ESTADO SOLIDO CON LOS GRUPOS FINALES DE LA RESINA. LAS FIBRAS, PELICULAS Y ARTICULOS BIAXIALMENTE ORIENTADOS OBTENIDOS DE LAS RESINAS.; PCT No. PCT/EP94/01370 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 4, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date ...

Silicone surfactants having a siloxane backbone and a mixture of high and low atomic mass oxyalkylene pendant groups, these polyether pendants having average atomic masses of 1500-6000 and 300-750 respectively. Also disclosed and claimed are polyurethane foam compositions which include the surfactants, a method of making polyurethane foam using the surfactants, and polyurethane foam made by the me...

Here are disclosed method and apparatus for rapidly and accurately determining fiber orientation of paper being in a standstill or moving in a paper machine and useful for grade study and quality control of the paper. The projector means projects an unpolarized light beam perpendicularly to a surface of the paper to be tested, then a light beam reflected by the paper surface is caught by eight or ...

The invention provides a method for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample comprising the steps of heating the sample and measuring the concentration of the analyte or the concentration of a species representative thereof in the sample at a predetermined point on a reaction profile by means that are substantially independent of temperature. Also provided is an electrochemical cell...

An intermediate film for laminated glass free from problems such as a defective appearance when laminated between sheets of glass and excellent in productivity by being easily manufactured without modification to a conventional manufacturing system, the intermediate film being used to form laminated glass by being sandwiched between two opposing sheets of flat glass, characterized in that the sect...

Information is provided to a customer whose computer network is administered remotely by a provider of network administration services, some of which are carried out by dedicated service machines executing special-purpose programs in a computer network maintained by the service provider. A graphical computer interface allows the customer to request, via computer, information about the customer's n...

An umbrella (10) comprises an asymmetrical shape by forming at least two ribs (12) longer than the remaining ribs through extension portions (33) which are attached to pivot members (34) pivotally attached to eyelets (35) by means of pins (36). The pivot members (34) are also pivotally attached to links (37) by means of pins (38) with the links (37) being secured to springs (39) by pins (40). Move...