A method and apparatus for establishing connectivity of lateral branch liners to main well casings to achieve predictable and stable mechanical connectivity at the lateral junction of branch well bores to the main well bore to counter the problems of formation instability at the junction. After construction of a well having one or more lateral branches, a retrievable lateral branch template is loc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of overheating and deterioration due to a slip of an electromagnetic clutch and to improve its durability, in a hybrid vehicle for fastening an engine and a motor against each other via the electromagnetic clutch. SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle comprises a drive system having a motor to generate a running drive force, an electromagnetic clutch to transmi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch mechanism and differential device which can be formed compact facilitate lubrication and improve durability, and perform precise control of transmission torque. SOLUTION: This differential device comprises a torque transmission member 3, a division ring 9 for forming a main clutch 11 and a pilot clutch 13 between the member 3 and the division ring, torque ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To position the axial direction of each rotary element of an unit output shaft easily and accurately. SOLUTION: In an unit output shaft 6 for supplying a pressurized oil to a clutch, each rotary element is inserted from its end 6A side and engagingly locked at its other end side. An oil retainer 60 installed on the inner periphery of a casing 14 is inserted from the end 6A si...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact differential device having a preload mechanism capable of properly adjusting/setting a preload. SOLUTION: This differential device is provided with a differential case 3, a differential mechanism 5 housed in the differential case 3, a multiple disc clutch 25 for restricting the differential action of the differential mechanism 5 and an adjustable preload ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solar energy-utilizing heating system to sufficiently derive the heat of a heating medium by a compact radiator. SOLUTION: A solar energy collector 30 to heat a heating medium by collecting solar energy is installed outdoors. Meanwhile, a fan coil unit 31 (a radiator) is installed in a closed underfloor space 1b formed by a foundation 10 and a floor material 11. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a working efficiency by reducing a loss time accompanying a maintenance work. SOLUTION: In the case that a maintenance work is carried out for a melting furnace, heat-exchanging medium (air) of low temperature (normal temperature) is supplied to a pipe 36 (a supply side main pipe 34), thereby both heat in the melting furnace and heat of an outer wall 28 are absorbe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a smart lighting device easy to handle. SOLUTION: The lighting device comprises an opening 21 formed in a portion of a case 4 storing a printed circuit board 3 on which lighting circuit parts 2 are mounted and a power supply terminal block 22 provided in the opening 21 for supplying power to the lighting circuit parts 2. The power supply terminal block 22 is fixed ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed circuit board mounting structure for a down-light, capable of improving assembling workability. SOLUTION: In the printed circuit board mounting structure for a down-light, a case 4 storing a printed circuit board 3 on which lighting circuit parts 2 are mounted and a synthetic resin mounting board 10 on which the printed circuit board 3 is secured is fixed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress rapid dispersion of water vapor from active materials exposed on the sides of a laminate layer and to obtain good aging reactions when aging an electrode plate in a laminate manner, wherein the electrode plate is thicker than peripheral thickness of a lattice such as an electrode plate using a thin cast lattice of a storage battery for example a lead battery, an e...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong the life span of a sealed lead storage battery. SOLUTION: Fibers made of polypropylene resin are used for a material of a retainer 4. A part of the retainer 4 is made into a hydrophilicly processed part 1 using a surface active agent 6. A hydrophilicly processed plane is made into a paste positive electrode plate. The other part of the retainer 4 which is not hydro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively charge a battery that is connected to an engine starter. SOLUTION: A 36 V high-voltage battery 10 and a 12 V low-voltage battery 12 are provided. The high-voltage battery 10 drives a motor/generator (M/G) 14, while the low-voltage battery 12 drives a load 18 such as an engine starter. A center terminal for taking out 12 V, a switch, and a connector are provided...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase opportunities for using energy effectively in vehicle energy supply control equipment which can convert kinetic energy in a moving vehicle into other energy and use it. SOLUTION: In the case of braking, a motor 30 connected with wheels 14 is made to act as a generator by the control of a control circuit 32. Electric energy obtained in this way is charged in a batt...

An anti-intrusion detecting device (1), especially for doors and windows, to be applied on the outside of buildings, presenting a typically parallelepiped shape, where the larger side is placed horizontally over the opening (40) to be protected; the detector (1) incorporates two sensors (2,3) each of which functions in accordance with a different detection principle and each of which covers differ...

Dans le cas où la pédale de frein est trouvée dans l'état activé (les résultats de la vérification amènent une réponse négative aux étapes S1-S6, l'état neutre, ou point mort, est trouvé à l'étape 57, le résultat de la vérification donne une réponse positive à l'étape S9), la tension de sortie du moteur asynchrone du chariot élévateur est calculée de telle manière que, dans le cas où la valeur ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a transmission efficiency by eliminating the supply of an excessive traction oil while ensuring a durability and reliability. SOLUTION: The supply amount of a traction oil is increased by making the opening of a flow rate adjust valve 40 larger as a transmitting power becomes larger. Or, by moving the nozzle of the traction oil responding to the change of a speed c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a defect of dealing with no cooling load by detecting the suction temperature of an indoor heat exchanger and controlling cooling capability in a cooling control system of a conventional communication relay base station. SOLUTION: The cooling control system for a communication relay base station comprises a power detecting means 12 for detecting the power consump...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical inspection system which detects the defect of a blank having an axis of symmetry. SOLUTION: An illumination assembly illuminates a corresponding one of a plurality of regions of a blank W within a strip S which is illuminated by a plurality of incident radiation components. Optical assemblies OAs are attached in such a way that they are aligned along an ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible for a GUI which prepares a parameter such as the definition information or command of a system to prepare the parameter of a different system, and to make it unnecessary to change the GUI even when the version-up of the system is operated. SOLUTION: The description rule of a system parameter and a menu to be displayed at a hierarchical display GUI are hous...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate with a simple device structure a distance between the optical axis of a laser beam and that of an objective lens, which is caused by inter-light source distances with respect to an optical pickup device having plural light sources. SOLUTION: In the recording or reproduction of an optical disk using a laser light source 112b in which the optical axis is not align...