According to the present invention there is a provided a method of making a finegrained tungsten carbide - cobalt cemented carbide comprising mixing, milling according to standard practice followed by sintering. By introducing nitrogen at a pressure of more than 0.5 atm into the sintering atmosphere after dewaxing but before pore closure a grain refinement including reduced grain size and less abn...

A communal bank account (4) is used, which the money (9, 13, 19) is paid into and then paid back to the consumer (1). Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) System for carrying out this method, comprising at least one collection machine (6) for the returned goods and a server (5) or central control computer for paying money into and/or out of a communal bank account, the serv...

A man chooses a woman and the latter chooses a man, the couple then gradually get to know each other over a period of more than 4 years, during which they get to see a lot of the world, and then the couple openly admit that they are very happy together, after which they live together for at least one more year before getting married. An Independent claim is also included for publications or other...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a fuel consumption and gas discharge performance by retaining an engine output to the predetermined state or slowly changing it along the optimum fuel consumption curve.

SOLUTION: An engine output shaft 2a is connected to a ring gear R of a planetary gear 6 and a motor generator 5 is connected to a sun gear S. A carrier CR forming an output member is connect...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle transfer structure in which an assembling accuracy can be ensured, an assembling workability is excellent and the number of parts is reduced.

SOLUTION: A screw part 8b of a transfer case 7 and a screw part 11b of a bearing retainer 11 are thread-engaged with each other and a driven transfer drive shaft 31 in which an output gear 32 is provided at a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve travelling controllability at a low speed.

SOLUTION: The distance between an own car and a preceding one is detected by a distance sensor 31, and the speed of the own car is calculated by an ECU 36 based on the detection result of a wheel speed sensor 32. Then, the distance between cars becomes equal to or less than the minimum value of the distance between ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission control system for vehicles where no large transmission shocks are generated in an automatic transmission control for retarding ignition timing is made by catalyst activation control or the like in engines.

SOLUTION: An ignition timing retard program 102 for performing the ignition timing control of the engine 2 by retarded ignition timing whe...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel economy and exhaust gas performance so that engine output is retained in a specific state or can be slowly changed along the best fuel consumption curve.

SOLUTION: An engine output shaft 2a is connected to a ring gear R of a planetary gear 6, a motor generator 5 is connected to a sun gear S, and a carrier CR that becomes an output member is connected to...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress change in deceleration at shifting from a cooperating brake controlling state only to regenerative braking or only to a fluid pressure braking.

SOLUTION: A braking torque command value feedforward item Td-FF for achieving a target deceleration αdemwith an ideal normative model according to master cylinder pressure is obtained, and a differ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a quiet action by preventing an inconvenience generated accompanying with swelling of a gear made of a resin caused by absorption of moisture intruded into a housing of a column shaft with external air, in a column assist type electric power steering device carrying out a speed- reduction transmission from a motor for steering assist to a column shaft through a ...

A találmány tárgya eljárás multimodális hőre lágyuló polimerhabelőállítására, amelynek során az alábbi egymást követő lépésekben: (a)hajtóanyagot stabilizáló szert és hajtóanyagot diszpergálnak egykezdeti nyomáson, hővel képlékenyített hőre lágyuló polimergyantábanhabosítható készítmény kialakítására; és (b) a habosíthatópolimerkészítményt lényegében víz nélkül és a kiindulási nyomásnálalacsonyabb...

"GERADOR HEóLICO PARA VEìCULOS". Fig. 1. A presente patente visa suprir a demanda por energia elétrica dos veículos elétricos cuja autonomia está condicionada á capacidade da bateria. O gerador heólico para veículos torna-se eficiente quando o carro atinge uma velocidade mínima de 25 Km/h, acima desta velocidade os captadores de ar Fig. 2 e 3 estarão funcionando comprimindo o ar para as aletas, o ...

A hydraulic transmission fluid supply system for operating a transmission of a vehicle includes a hydraulic pump having an inlet and an outlet communicating with an inlet of the transmission. A filter assembly includes a filter housing having an inlet communicating with a source of hydraulic fluid and a fluid outlet communicating with the inlet of the pump. A check valve is associated with the fil...

A dual function portable computer bag serves its conventional function as a carrying device for a portable computer and associated accessories and also serves an additional function as an ergonomically appropriate padded back support for a user thereby converting a conventional chair and table into an ergonomically appropriate and comfortable workstation for a portable computer user.

A fuel tank cradle device for forklift trucks is swingable to the lateral side and then foldable into a substantially vertical position, thereby assuring easy and safe change of a used fuel tank with a new one. The cradle device includes a counterweight, a cradle provided with a first body and a second body, the first body pivotally mounted to the counterweight for rotation between a home position...

A rotation locker stand for outdoor umbrellas includes a rotor, which is rotatably disposed in a chamber of a base housing, including a rotor axial socket for securely and uprightly holding a shaft of the outdoor umbrella, and an actuator for detachably and selectively engaging with the rotor in such a manner that when the actuator is engaged with the rotor, the rotor is in the locking position, w...

A catheter having expandable electrodes for applying energy to a hollow anatomical structure such as a vein. When used on a vein, the catheter is useful for a minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency. The catheter includes conductive end rings to which the electrodes are attached, for mechanically connecting and electrically tying electrodes together to provide for a single wire electr...

A method of treating cardiac arrhythmia, including guiding a distal end portion of a catheter, the distal end portion having a distal tip and accommodating at least one elongated ablation electrode into a desired intracardiac region, for example, from the inferior vena cava into the right atrium of a human heart, and then from the right atrium into the right ventricle of the heart, pulling the cat...

The cost-effective titanium powder is manufactured by (a) magnesium-thermic reduction of titanium chlorides characterized by the formation of a hollow block of the reaction mass having an open cavity in the center of the block, (b) thermal-vacuum separation of the hollow block from excessive Mg and MgCl2 at 850-950° C. and residual pressure of 10<-2>-10<-3 >mm Hg, (c) cooling of obtained titanium ...

Coated milling insert has a WC-Co cemented carbide with a low content of cubic carbides and a highly W-alloyed binder phase and a coating including an inner layer of TiCxNy with columnar grains followed by a layer of kappa-Al2O3 and a top layer of TiN. The coated milling insert is particularly useful for milling of grey cast iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at low and moderate c...