PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the durability of a transmission mechanism to enhance the transmission efficiency of torque. Ž

SOLUTION: The automatic transmission control device has a primary pulley 126 in which the torque from a first power source is inputted, a secondary pulley 131, a second power source disposed between the secondary pulley 131 and a driving wheel, a belt 132 stretched b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve energy efficiency of a vehicle in the middle of changing the gear ratio of a transmission. Ž

SOLUTION: When changing the gear ratio of the transmission (S108) since motive power P* required by a driver suddenly increases after stepping an accelerator pedal in the middle of cruising driving, motive power insufficient in motive power outputted from an engine is ...

A paper discharge device for a printer according to the present invention includes a paper guide 4 that has a paper holding end 41 for pressing paper P against a paper guide surface 3 at a nip at a longitudinally intermediate position A of the paper guide surface 3 in front of a paper feed roller 1 while the paper P passes through the nip in the feed direction "a". The paper guide 4 is formed by a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle with a variable capacity type torque converter having high degree of freedom in controlling, easy to maintain desired capacity, east to carry out controlling operation, and easy to maintain maximum traction force and vehicle speed constant without discontinuing travelling or operation. SOLUTION: This vehicle with a variable capacity Q type torque converte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly and speedily detect deceleration of a front vehicle. SOLUTION: A car-to-car distance L with a front vehicle is measured for each of the specified time by a radar 2. In accordance with a plural number of the measured car-to-car distances L, variations d(i), d(i-1), d(i-2) of a specified number of the car-to-car distances are computed. When a specified number of th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain delay of deceleration timing of an own vehicle to prevent a sense of incongruity when a preceding vehicle is transferred to a deceleration state, by setting and maintaining inter-vehicle distance between it and the detected preceding vehicle to a target inter vehicle distance, and by providing a correcting means for limiting own vehicle's acceleration to the estim...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary hot-water supply equipment connection unit for preventing hot water from being outputted uselessly in a hot-water supply device where the auxiliary hot-water supply equipment is connected. SOLUTION: A device is provided with main hot-water supply equipment A and solar hot-water supply equipment B, the main hot-water supply equipment A is provided with ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the failure of a paper tray when foreign matter is placed on a paper placing board. Ž

SOLUTION: A large capacity tray 18 is provided with the paper placing board 30 liftable in a horizontal state inside a tray casing 19. A floor face 19a of the tray casing is provided with sensors 40 in positions corresponding to the through holes 36, 38a, 38b of the paper pla...

An apparatus for use in a well (102) comprises a structure (248) having a first portion (250) formed of a first material and a detector (120) mounted on a sonde (108) to detect a signal associated with a component (200) located beyond the structure (248). The first portion material (250) reduces attenuation of the signal from the component compared to other structure materials. A tag (202) may be ...

A shredder arrangement comprising a housing defining a feed slot for receiving sheet material inserted by a user; a cutting mechanism for shredding the sheet material inserted through the feed slot, and a protective guard for positioning across the feed slot to prevent relatively rigid sheet material from striking the user during shredding of such sheet material, the guard defining an aperture all...

The invention relates to a method and a production plant for producing molten metal, in particular molten steel for steel or ferro-alloys that are alloyed with Cr or Cr and Ni in synchronised method stages in several reaction vessels. The aim of the invention is to reduce production costs and to synchronise the production time for a batch of molten metal with the cycle time of a continuous casting...

The invention relates to a crusher (1), its use particularly for crushing oil shale and a method in crushing of solid matter. The crusher comprises : a rotor (37) provided with cogs (39) fixed to the frame (2) of the device. The rotor has been arranged to rotate about its longitudinal axis; an actuator (10) for rotating the rotor; at least two comb-like counter blades (33) fixed to the frame of th...

Device (10) and method for joining textile yarns (16a, 16b). The device (10) includes a joining chamber (13) inside which the ends of the two yarns (16a, 16b) to be joined are introduced. The joining chamber (13) can be closed and defines, in its closed position, a joining compartment which is hit by a fluid. The device (10) comprises, for each of the yarns (16a, 16b), first clamping members (21a,...

The invention relates to a heavy-duty engine component that is tribologically and dynamically highly stressed, in particular that is subjected to sliding wear, such as for example a cam follower, cam, valve actuation lever, valve-clearance compensation element. According to the invention, the engine component is produced from a wear-resistant alloyed tool steel by metal injection moulding. The adv...

In accordance with various embodiments, there is a method for determining the specific gravity of a battery. Various embodiments include the steps of applying an increasing current ramp to a battery and measuring a response voltage of the battery when the increasing current ramp is applied to the battery. When the current ramp reaches a predetermined current a decreasing current is supplied to the...

An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving packet data using multiple antennas in a wireless communication system is provided. In a wireless communication, system using multiple antennas, the apparatus and method can efficiently transmit and receive packet data according to channel conditions without a waste of transmission bandwidth.

The present invention relates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to form a gigaseal upon contact with the cell membrane. The invention further provides a method of making such a substrate and method for a...

An apparatus that stores and synchronizes printed forms that are being transferred between a high speed forms printer and a mechanism for attaching plastic cards to the forms. The apparatus is also able to buffer the forms that are in progress in the printer should the card processing system need to be shut down or paused. The apparatus creates a shingled stack of forms, with the bottommost form i...

An object (14) is positioned on an object support (16). A radiation source (10) projects a beam of radiation through a region of interest (12) of the object. A plurality of focal planes (F1, F2, ..., Fn) mark the centre of selected slice images through the region of interest, A gantry (20) rotates the radiation source (10) around a circular trajectory (22) as an encoder (26) monitors a radius (r) ...