A fabric for the forming, press and dryer sections of a paper machine, for use as a reinforcing base for a polymeric-resin-coated paper-processing belt or as a corrugator belt, or in other industrial settings where a material is being dewatered, is formed from a monofilament yarn, which is spirally wound in the form of a closed helix, adjacent turns thereof being abutted against and joined securel...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately control an engine and an electric motor from a crank angle accurately estimated.

SOLUTION: This control device 30 is composed of a crank angle θecrn arithmetic circuit 32, an engine controller 34, and a motor generator controller 36. The arithmetic circuit 32 arithmetically operates the crank angle of a crank position sensor signal Ne and a cam position s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce intake noise, while suppressing increase in intake pressure loss with a simple structure.

SOLUTION: A pinwheel 4 rotatable by an intake air flow is arranged in a part of an intake passage. An increased acoustic resistance can reduce intake noise, and since the pinwheel 4 is rotatable by an intake air flow, loss of intake energy is only energy necessary to rot...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce noise generated when a worm is radially moved by an engaging reaction force by a simple constitution, and besides, to facilitate the incorporation of the worm and a pressing element for supporting the worm.

SOLUTION: An electric power steering device comprises a pressing element 7 to support a shaft 1b of the worm 1 and movable in a direction in which the wor...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a friction roller type transmission utilizing wedging operation as a speed increasing gear suitable for a high-speed rotation machine.

SOLUTION: A low speed side shaft 3 is rotatably supported by a housing 1, and an outer ring 32 is provided at one end of the low speed side shaft 3, while a high speed side shaft 17 is rotatably supported eccentrically from the l...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input shaft for a toroidal continuously variable transmis sion having improved durability.

SOLUTION: The input shaft 1 for the toroidal continuously variable transmission comprises a male screw 37 formed on the outer periphery face for threading to a female screw 39 formed on the inner periphery face of a loading nut 9 which restricts the displacement of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To implement the decrease of line pressure of operating oil without enlarging the size of a transmission, in an automatic transmission having a belt-type continuously variable transmission and a planetary forward/backward switching device.

SOLUTION: Spline portions 86 and 85 are provided on circumferences of a body case 40 of a forward/backward switching device 3 faced...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving force transmission device that prevents lubricating oil from leaking outside the case and reduces the maintenance cost and processing cost.

SOLUTION: This driving force transmission device 2 includes an input shaft 1 to which rotation power is input from outside, an output shaft 12 that outputs the rotation power to outside, a power transmission me...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speed reduction mechanism wherein the whole device is downsized.

SOLUTION: A fix bevel gear 15 and a rotation bevel gear 12 are incorporated into a case body 7 in a manner to be opposed and meshed with each other, and the numbers of teeth of the gears are made different from each other. An input shaft 11 is provided that slides the rotation bevel gear in t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead accumulator comprising ribs for preventing a extension of a lattice of a positive electrode plate, capable of preventing the short- circuiting between the positive electrode plate lattice and a negative electrode strap, improving the service life performance by inhibiting the extension of the lattice of the positive electrode plate, and reducing the cost ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel terminal sealing method free from corrosion of a bushing and an electrode pole.

SOLUTION: In this storage battery comprising a battery case for accommodating a power generating element having a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator, an electrolyte and the electrode pole, and a lid having an opening part for leading out the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control valve type lead acid storage battery in which abnormality due to internal short circuit can be detected precisely in a short time and which is highly reliable.

SOLUTION: This is a manufacturing method which has a process of storing the battery in the atmosphere of 5°C to -30°C after the formation process in the battery case or after completion of i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for the braking force of a vehicle, capable of suppressing an increase in amount of fuel supplied to an engine, when suppressing a shock caused by a change in speed of the vehicle.

SOLUTION: A vehicle is applied with a braking force through the rotational resistance of an engine, by stopping supply of fuel to the engine, when the vehicle is trav...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a regenerative apparatus, capable of increasing the amount of power generation of a generator as possible, even under the condition other than the generated voltage of the generator being lower than the voltage of a storage apparatus.

SOLUTION: A controller of the regenerative apparatus stores the electric power obtained by the generator in ...

Controlled electrical signals are applied respectively to the line electrodes and to the column electrodes of the screen. The line addressing signals comprise two parts: a first part performing an anchoring break in relation to all of the pixels of the screen, and a second part to determine the final status of the pixels of the line. The method provides electrical addressing of a bistable nematic...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely assume a flowing state of fluid.

SOLUTION: This method comprises preparing a mutual recurrence plot on the basis of time-series information provided by a detecting element 101 in an upstream side and time-series information provided by a detecting element 102 in a downstream side, forming delaying vectors each having a predetermined dimension on the basis ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable mower wherein a motive power part and an operation rod are easily assembled.

SOLUTION: The operation rod of this portable mower is provided with a throttle operation lever for adjusting output of an internal combustion engine, and has a wire member extending along the outside of the operation rod from the throttle operation lever, and extending up...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toroidal continuously variable transmission with a trunnion and a trunnion shaft precisely formed and a lubricating oil path simply formed in the trunnion shaft, requiring less manufacturing cost by reducing machining processes for the trunnion and the trunnion shaft.

SOLUTION: A cutout 52 is provided in the outer periphery face of the trunnion shaft 29 to...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smooth the running of an automobile near a toll gate.

SOLUTION: This navigation device has a toll gate classification data showing whether a ticket is received at the toll gate or toll should be paid when a driver's own car enters a toll gate from the own car position on a map, whereby with reference to the data, the classification of the toll gate is determined, an...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processor capable of efficiently processing data by combining programs in different programming languages.

SOLUTION: The data processor 1 has a first program 11 for starting a second program 14 with a batch processing instruction based on an input script 4, and the second program 14 having a plurality of small programs 15. The second program 14 is sta...