A measuring system for a drilling arrangement comprises a measuring unit (10) with sensors and a means for moving the unit along a borehole. The sensors include at least one of the following - a fibre optic gyroscope, a ring laser gyroscope, a microelectromechanical system and a tempo sensor. An Independent claim is also included for a method of measuring a distance between two points in a borehol...

An electrical penetrator connector suitable for for underwater use, with a well head; includes a fixed pin unit (2) incorporating a fixed pin (33), part of the exterior of the pin forming an electrical contact (34). A reciprocatable assembly (20) defines a bore which receives a resiliently biased slideable shuffle pin (60). A dielectric fluid chamber (41) receives part of the pin. A piston (45) ap...

A power transmission system comprising: a power synthesizing mechanism connected in a power transmitting manner to an electric motor and a power generator; and a speed change mechanism for changing the rotating speed of the electric motor to transmit the motor torque to the power synthesizing mechanism. An arranging region for the electric motor and an arranging region for the power generator do n...

The braking control system includes a control unit configured to be electronically connected to at least an object detector and a host vehicle speed sensor for automatically controlling, depending on a host vehicle speed (Vm) and a relative distance (L), a braking force needed for an automatic braking operation, comprising preliminary braking control or supplementary braking control, without drive...

A strand coating apparatus having an applicator head (40) with a coating material dispenser (10) coupled thereto, a strand guide roller (50) coupled to the applicator head (40) adjacent a coating material orifice of the dispenser (10), the strand guide roller (50) having one or more strand guides each having a corresponding annular groove (52) disposed about a hub, the one or more strand guides di...

A hill hold control apparatus of an automatic transmission having a plurality of drive gears mounted on an input shaft, a plurality of driven gears meshing with the respective drive gears and mounted on an output shaft and a bypass clutch for engaging the input shaft with the output shaft, includes a grade judging means for judging that the vehicle travels on a grade, a shift gear train detecting ...

A plate making process for a lead acid battery which eliminates the need for steaming and curing steps to produce the active material. Mixing, reacting and crystallizing (230,260) occur in a closed reactor under controlled temperature and mixing conditions to produce a paste having the desired crystal morphology. A polymer is then added (280,430) to the paste to bind the crystals together and to p...

A radiation tomographic imaging apparatus and method are provided in which the slice thickness can be dynamically switched during scanning, and the emission center of radiation can be arbitrarily moved in a direction of carrying a subject. There are provided an X-ray tube moving section (21) capable of moving the emission center of an X-ray tube (20) in a z-direction; a collimator (22) having an a...

A control apparatus and method for a vehicle that has at least one detection means that detects a running state of the vehicle, and a control apparatus that receives a result of detection by the detector and controls a predetermined vehicle-installed apparatus. The control apparatus determines whether the detection means has failed; restricts a control process by which the control apparatus contro...

A frusto-conical body (15) of a tissue or foil impregnated with a synthetic resin carries inside a wear-resistant metal coating (20), intended for directly contacting the thread, made from a planar foil (20') cut by photoetching from a planar stainless steel sheet having a high surface hardness and shaped to a continuous, frusto-conical ring (20") by mutually joining the ends (20a-20b) of the foil...

The net consists of a number of woven net cords (V1-7), which are connected to form a mesh. At least a part of the net cords consists of a knitted fabric. The cords are made of threads with differently elasticities. Alternatively, the threads can be differently laid, i.e. have different pitches, so that the net cords have elasticity characteristics, which can be described with an elasticity charac...

A device for holding a pouch against a wrist for holding a pouch with the aid of a watch band. The device for holding a pouch against a wrist includes a pouch. The pouch comprises a panel. The panel is L-shaped and has a long portion and short portion. The panel has a front side and a back side. A first securing strip is fixedly coupled to the back side of the short portion of the panel. The first...

The lateral forces applied to the track when a train travels round a curve are reduced to decrease track wear and damage by controlling the speed of vehicles in the train. Track load management unit 14 receives signals representing the coupling forces between vehicles from load cells 40 and signals representing lateral wheel flange loads applied to the track from load cells 42. Additionally or alt...

A fuel tank cradle device for forklift trucks is swingable to the lateral side and then foldable into a substantially vertical position, thereby assuring easy and safe change of a used fuel tank with a new one. The cradle device includes a counterweight, a cradle provided with a first body and a second body, the first body pivotally mounted to the counterweight for rotation between a home position...

An annular mold (1) having a molding surface for forming a tread pattern of a tire is divided, at least in the peripheral direction, into plural pieces (10). The plural pieces are disposed adjacent to one another via adjacent surfaces (12), which are peripheral direction division surfaces, so as to form the annular mold. Substantially an entire molding-surface-side side edge portion of each adjace...

A patio umbrella that includes a dining table and a fuel-burning radiant heater avoids overheating of the upper canopy by mounting the support on which the upper canopy rests in the shadow cast by a reflector that converges upwardly to a chimney portion. The reflector is affixed to the housing of the combustion chamber. In addition to reflecting radiant heat downwardly onto the table and the diner...

An electrode layer comprising a working electrode 1 and a counter electrode 2, and a reagent layer 10 are formed on an insulating support 5 and, further, a spacer 7 having a long and narrow cut-out portion on the reagent layer 10 is bonded to a cover 6 having an air hole 9 to form a cavity 12 that sucks blood as a liquid sample by capillary phenomenon, and a portion of side walls of the spacer 7 a...

A method for producing powders that consist of substantially spherical particles from a material such as glass, ceramics or plastic that produces a highly viscous melt that solidifies at a glass transition temperature T_g or at a solidification temperature T_s. The inventive method comprises the following steps: (a) producing a melt of a viscosity eta in the range of from 0.1 t...

The invention relates to a method and device for improving the reliability of a computer system by using a CompactPCI bus. The computer system comprises a bus (PCI), an interface circuit (1) and a plug-in unit (2) which is connected to the bus via the interface circuit (1). In the method, the interface circuit (1) is provided with a watchdog timer (3), which is started upon the start of addressing...