PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely control driving force according to friction on the load while suppressing a manufacturing cost. SOLUTION: In a first loop of TCS controlling, high &mu -road is judged when a torque-converter output shaft torque TRQOUT obtained in a step S1 exceeds a specified value TTR# (step S3). The torque-converter output shaft torque TRQOUT at the time of starting idling serv...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a target driving torque even during acceleration or deceleration. SOLUTION: An operating means 101 performs an operation of a target driving torque tTd for a vehicle. An operating means 102 calculates a first correction amount for engine torque, which corresponds to the change with time-of-gear ratio of a transmission. Further, an operating means 103 calculates a se...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make control of operation that each customer information sheet is attached to the corresponding set sheet properly by confirming for each set sheet whether attachment of each customer information sheet is made in the proper correspondence to set sheet. SOLUTION: The arrangement includes a book binging means A to collect sheet pk one after another according to the specified...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead storage battery capable of improving the utilization factor of an active material. Ž

SOLUTION: A positive electrode plate 4 and a negative electrode plate 5, wherein an expand lattice 2 is filled with an active material 3 are alternately laminated with a separator 6 in-between, to form an electrode plate group 7. An node part at the expand lattice 2 of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shaft drive device in which dimension management man-hours for a gear case is reduced and assembly performance is improved. SOLUTION: In a shaft drive device, a driving bevel gear 32 arranged integrally in the end part of a drive shaft 21 and a driven bevel gear 38 integrally arranged in the driven side shaft 18 are geared to each other so as to transmit power. I...

An apparatus for transporting a dough sheet is provided. It has a centering apparatus for aligning the center of a dough sheet that is being fed with the center of the transporting apparatus. The centering apparatus includes a supporting member to support the dough sheet, sensors located at the supporting member to sense the side edges of the dough sheet, and an apparatus for shifting the dough sh...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically prevent the roll-over of a vehicle by using a roll-over preventing device for preventing the roll-over of a vehicle due to the rolling of a body. SOLUTION: This device comprises a detecting means for detecting the rolling angle of a body and an engine control means for inputting a signal from the detecting means and reducing the rotating speed of an engine th...

A continuous buffer cabinet hinge structure utilised in various types of storage cabinets comprises a hinge (1) that provides for movable conjoinment between a cabinet body (A) and a door panel (B) in which an articulating arm (16,17) and a hydraulic member (13) are respectively disposed on the two mounting plates (11,12) of the hinge and, furthermore, the articulating arm (16,17) and a plunger ro...

A load bearing article (1) is described and includes a plurality of elongated shells (20) having a plurality of internal reinforcing ribs (50) fixedly attached within the hollow interior (35) of each shell (20), the shells (20) reside substantially within a common plane and are fixedly attached together by means of an external molded plastic structure (53). Each elongated shell (20) has a pluralit...

Isolated immunomodulatory (e.g. immunostimulatory) polyhydroxlated pyrrolizidine compounds having the formula are disclosed. In these compounds R is selected from hydrogen, straight or branched, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl (e.g. cycloalkyl), alkenyl, alkynyl and aryl groups. The compounds are useful in therapy and prophylaxis, including increasing the Th1:Th2...

The invention relates to a method for producing super hydrophobic surfaces on substrates, involving: i) the application of a first liquid, non-aqueous composition containing at least one poly(alkoxy(semi)metal oxane) H, which is liquid at room temperature, and containing at least one fine-particle material M in a quantity of at least 5 % by weight with regard to the weight of H to at least one sur...

A filter (10) for use in engines or transmissions is provided comprising an outlet-side cover (12) having a first wave-like region along the periphery of the outlet-side cover, a filter media tray having a second wave-like region, along the periphery of the filter media tray wherein the filter media tray second wave-like region is in a generally complementary alignment with the first wave-like reg...

This invention provides a process for the preparation of an apertured, three-dimensional film comprising a plurality of disconnected macrofeatures thereon, comprising: positioning a film across an outside surface of a three-dimensional topographical support member that is a unitary structure, said outside surface being contoured and comprising a plurality of disconnected macrofeatures; and deform...

The lamella comprises a one-piece grid, net or grating with six or more end faces(2,3) protruding into the molding cavity of a tire vulcanizing tool. - Some(3) end faces of the lamella are 0.1-0.5mm, preferably 0.3mm, thick. Other end faces(2) are 0.4-0.8mm, preferably 0.6mm, thick. The ratio of the thicker end faces to thinner end faces is 2:5. Height of the edges(4,5) of a lamella is 0.5-6mm and...

The device has a cavity (6) provided with flat segments (8, 8a) that are spaced and disposed parallel to direction of movement of sheets. A worm (11) and a chain (12) provided on the segment (8a) permit to move the segment (8a) in a direction perpendicular to movement of sheets for adapting to format of the sheets. The segment (8a) is integrated with a body (8b) which carries an aligning guider (9...

An apparatus (100) for switching a refrigerant pipe (11b,12b,31,120) of an air conditioner comprises: a valve housing (110) installed at a position where respective refrigerant discharge pipes (11b,12b) of plural compressors (11,12) are put together, having a valve space portion (111) therein, and composed of a first refrigerant inlet (112), a second refrigerant inlet (113), a refrigerant outlet (...

An electrical control unit ECU controls a shift thrust Ft applied to a variable width drive pulley 11 through a control valve CV and makes the rotational speed Ne of the engine follow a target engine rotational speed Neo to vary the speed change ratio of a continuously variable transmission CVT. In this control, the shift thrust Ft is achieved as sum of a proportional term P and an integral term I...

A tire re-treading machine comprises a tire support mandrel (7) which has a direction of travel parallel to its axis of rotation.

A semi-automatic transmission comprises an input shaft (5); a countershaft (200); constantly meshed gears (201,202,203,204,205,216,211,212,213,214,215,216b,217) arranged between the input shaft and the countershaft; and an electrically controlled dog clutch (dc1,dc2,dc3) operatively disposed on one of the input shaft and the countershaft. The dog clutch is of a type which is free of a synchronizin...