PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gear case structure of a portable massage machine that can be easily formed by die-casting or resin molding and that can improve productivity.

SOLUTION: The gear case 6 manufactured by die-casting or resin molding is made up of an upper case 6A into which bearings 13 rotatably supporting a pair of drive shafts 12 above a worm wheel 11 are assembled and an ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer tomography (CT) image formation system (10) and a method for scanning the computer tomography (CT).

SOLUTION: The image formation system comprises a sensor array (18) which is equipped with two or more sensor cells and a processor (36) which is coupled to the sensor array operatively. The processor receives (62) primary data on a first X-ray spect...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the deformation or the rupture of a sample tube even under high centrifugal force and particularly to enable the use of a low cost sample tube.

SOLUTION: A rotor 2B having housing holes 3 housing the sample tubes 4 is rotated at a high speed by a driving shaft 9. A cap contacting part 32 to face the outer circumferential surface of the cap 6 of each sample t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the movement of a traveling vehicle body at an extremely low speed when an engine is started at a low temperatures in a tractor having a hydraulic multiple disk type reverser clutch.

SOLUTION: In a tractor having a hydraulic multiple disk type reverser clutch 5 for gear change in forward and reverse directions in a transmission case, and provided with a doub...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate starting delay of a car with respect to the preceding car without increasing cost.

SOLUTION: A main ECU judges whether or not the speed of the one's car is zero and the distance D from the preceding car is larger than a start prediction reference value D1 (S2) based on the output from a car speed sensor and a car distance sensor (S1). When the judgement is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control fuel cut so as to suppress the degradation of a catalyst under a high-temperature lean atmosphere, and to ensure a desired deceleration feeling.

SOLUTION: When the catalyst for emission control of an engine is in a high temperature (Step S100), and it is determined that a predetermined deceleration operating condition is established, the fuel cut is prohibit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shift control device and method for preventing a creaking gear in implementing gear-in by engaging a clutch and increasing auxiliary shaft rotation temperature when the auxiliary shaft rotation speed is below a target auxiliary shaft rotation speed.

SOLUTION: This device controls a transmission 3 comprising a gear step 18 not having a synchronizing mechani...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a made cannot be shifted to an engine brake mode for applying engine braking, after a battery 24 is fully charged.

SOLUTION: A sun gear 16a of a planetary gear mechanism 16 is connected with a generator 14, and a carrier 16d for supporting a planetary gear 16c is connected with an engine 10. A drive motor 12 and a continuously variable transmi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and safely control the traveling condition of a vehicle leading to a stop of the vehicle without degrading drive feeling by assisting the driving operation of a driver when the vehicle is parked.

SOLUTION: A periphery monitor control ECU 8 calculates the braking distance L according to the distance from a detected obstacle. A brake control ECU 1 calculates th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide proper deceleration performance when performing coast down shift when a throttle valve is fully closed.

SOLUTION: When coast down shift is performed according to driver's down shift command when performing brake operation during fuel cut control, brake force of wheel brake is increased to increase deceleration at step S5 so that predetermined deceleration is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a structure of swing control and improve driving efficiency of a traveling crawler 2.

SOLUTION: A combine is provided with the right-left traveling crawlers 2 and a steering operational tool 19. The traveling crawlers 2 are provided with a mission case 22 for conveying driving force of an engine 21. The mission case 22 of the combine is provided with a diff...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of shock caused by the racing of an engine and the lowering of an engine rotating speed caused by the change of engine load, when the neutral control is started and terminated.

SOLUTION: The engine output is reduced by controlling an ISC valve to be closed at a predetermined start timing tiscs, when the neutral control is started (time t2<...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a smooth shift while emphasizing throttle opening control and shift control in an optimum state based on a throttle opening command value and a shift command value in the case of performing throttle opening control and shift control individually.

SOLUTION: An engine control node 4 for controlling an engine 3, a shift control node 5 for controlling an ahead/a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stable, safe and inexpensive permanent power source that can maintain safety guarantee of organisms by preventing the contamination of global environment to maintain good environment by securing the power source using nature.

SOLUTION: A heating element 2 is provided inside a wall with an external wall 1 constructed high on the ground, to generate an ascen...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a working oil passage structure leading from a radial direction oil passage in an intermediate wall to a friction element, which does not hinder the intermediate wall from being constructed in a single piece with a transmission case nor bring about a larger size in the radial direction.

SOLUTION: To construct an oil passage 21a for supplying a working oil pr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a case structure of a continuously variable transmission capable of enlarging the clutch diameter by preventing interference of an output clutch installed at the shaft end of the secondary pulley with a member on the primary pulley side without elongating the inter-bearing span on the output side and thereby compacting the whole device construction.

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent overheating without reducing a driving force by enhancing an assist rate by one motor/generator when the other motor/generator is in an overheat state during a driving force assisting by the motors/generators.

SOLUTION: When it is determined that a target driving force is great and torque amplifying by a fastening of a brake Br is required at step 42, the fa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve workability of a connection surface arranged on a crankcase in a power unit for loading vehicles which contains a transmission gear including a V-belt type continuously variable transmission having a driving pulley mounted on one end part of a crankshaft in a transmission case at least a part of which is constituted of a cover and a case part connected to each o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toroidal type continuously variable transmission capable of supplying appropriate lubricating and cooling fluid to a contact part of a transmission roller and an input side or output side rotating body correspondingly to calorific power at the contact part.

SOLUTION: An adjustment valve 72 is provided on a base end of a forked spray nozzle 70 spraying lubr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply a belt type continuously variable transmission, which is designed so as to provide a proper performance based on a gasoline engine, to also a diesel engine, which generates higher torque at a low speed than that by a gasoline engine.

SOLUTION: An auxiliary transmission 15 and an advancing and backing switch device 16, which are arranged between the diesel engi...