An image-forming device includes an extension tray and an engaging unit. The cover member is capable of opening and closing thereon. The extension tray is rotatably attached to an upper part of the cover member. The engaging unit engages the cover member with the main casing when the cover member is closed. The engaging unit includes an engagement part, an engaging part, and an operating part. The...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rapidly detect the intention from the time point when a driver intends to start a vehicle, and steps off a brake pedal. SOLUTION: A vehicle start intention checking device comprises a braking means, a braking means operational quantity detecting means 35 to detect the operational quantity of the braking means, a maximum brake operational quantity judging and storing means ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead-acid battery with a separator made of a synthetic resin sheet mainly containing polyolefin, suppressing breakage of the separator caused by an expanded positive electrode plate, and resulting short circuit of the positive and negative electrodes, achieving a long battery life. Ž

SOLUTION: The lead-acid battery comprises a positive electrode 1, and a bag...

A printer has a paper sheet output tray for receiving a printed paper sheet emitted from a paper sheet outlet of a housing of the printer. The paper sheet output tray is comprised of a pull-out tray that can be freely pulled out, an extension tray that can be freely pulled out from the pull-out tray and a stopper rotatably pivoted by the extension tray at a position shifted from its center. The pu...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To adequately operate a transmission while suppressing the consumption of wasteful energy. Ž

SOLUTION: This automobile comprises an engine, a first motor and a driving shaft each connected to the rotating element of a planetary gear mechanism and a second motor connected to the driving shaft via the transmission. Linear solenoids SLB1, SLB2 are controlled so that a brake...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a constitution of a speed change mechanism compact, to lighten weight and to reduce the number of part items and the amount of lubricating oil, by constituting the speed change mechanism with a small number of shafts. SOLUTION: An HST12 is additionally provided in a transmission case side surface of a cultivator, an output shaft 52 of the HST12 is inserted in a transm...

A pair of registration rollers are provided upstream in a paper transport path from an image forming position, and a paper transport position detection portion is provided upstream in the paper transport path from the pair of registration rollers. When consecutive print processing on a plurality of sheets of paper is performed, a paper transport position in the paper transport path is detected by ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a differential limiting device wherein differential limiting member is assembled by a small hole, and a differential case of an integrated type is easily employed. Ž

SOLUTION: This differential limiting device is composed to generate differential limiting force between the differential case 1 of a differential device provided with a pair of a right and a left ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine automatic stopping device of a vehicle capable of making compatible an increase in fuel economy and emission performance with excellent riding comfortableness by securely reducing shock by the automatic stoppage of an engine without unnecessarily delaying a time from a time when the requirements for automatically stopping the engine are established to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithium transition metal oxide which exhibits excellent characteristics in a charge/discharge depth range mainly used in a cell loaded on EV and HEV and excellent thermostability especially in SOC=50%. Ž

SOLUTION: The lithium transition metal oxide having a layer structure is represented by general formula Li1+xM1-x-yM'yO2-δ

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a structure of a stationary side casing and the structures of an electromagnet mounting part and a lead wire drawing-out part, to reduce a weight, the number of pieces of components and the cost, and to improve the cooling effect of the electromagnet. SOLUTION: This coupling comprises a main clutch 13 and a control clutch 15 mounted between a rotary case 9 and an ...

It is an object to provide a driving support system and a display device suitable for the driving support system. According to the driving support system, change in driver's mental and physical conditions can be caught instantaneously and a warning light emission display is given within the forward sight of the driver in order to call the driver's attention. A light emitting device of the driving ...

A paper threading control unit (1) determines paper threading paths, drives a paper threading member drive unit (Ui,Vi) provided in a paper threading guide (Ai,Bi) relating to each of the paper threading paths, a printing cylinder drive unit (TMi), and a paper drawing roller drive unit (RDMi,TDMi) as a set, and when arrival of the paper threading member (ai) at a predetermined position of the pape...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evaluate turn-over proofing performance by a vehicle single body safely and in high precision without installing an expensive turn-over prevention device. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicle is made to travel by repeatedly changing a travelling speed condition so that travelling speed of the vehicle after changing increases in comparison with travelling speed before changing, a whe...

In executing an ETC cooperative downshift operation based on a driver's intent to decelerate, this system executes an engine output increasing control (e.g. a combination of a throttle opening control and a fuel injection restoring control) for increasing the engine output irrespective of driver's accelerator operation. At the timing a reduction amount in an input shaft rotational speed Nt exceeds...

Dispositivo de iluminación o de señalización para vehículo automóvil, que comprende en especial al menos una fuente luminosa de tipo diodo electroluminiscente (101) que emite, hacía un módulo de difusión (100; 500; 600), una pluralidad de rayos luminosos según un cono de eje central (103) perpendicular a un plano definido por una tarjeta de circuito impreso (102) sobre la cual está posicionada dic...

Method for protecting data against power analysis attacks comprising at least a first phase of executing a cryptographic operation OP for ciphering the data in corresponding encipher data through a secret key ESK; the method comprises at least a second phase of executing an additional cryptographic operation AOP for ciphering additional data in corresponding encipher additional data, an execution ...

The invention relates to a thread-connection apparatus for connecting two thread ends without using knots, having at least two friction discs which can rotate in relation to one another for the purpose of machining the thread ends to be connected. According to the invention, provision is made for the friction disks (16, 17) to be provided such that they are fixed to holding rings (19) of the threa...

An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section ox pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval.

A vehicle control system controls vibrations that are generated at a plurality of portions of a vehicle. An engine/drive system ECU (10) and a brake system ECU (20) store the same vehicle vibration model that is separated into a vehicle body vibration model, a chassis vibration model and a tire vibration model, respectively. The engine/drive system ECU (10) controls the suppression of the vehicle ...