A method for reducing false detects may include emitting an infrared light beam from a primary emitter to a primary monitor detector, measuring a first voltage value using a primary receive detector and setting a primary smoke alarm flag corresponding to a primary channel if the first voltage value is above a first threshold value. The method may also include measuring a second voltage value using...

There is provided a vehicle drive control apparatus for a wheeled vehicle including a first motor generator (MG1), and a second motor generator (MG2) as well as a transmission with planetary gearsets (PG1,PG2,PG3). Clutches (SC,MGC,HC) and brakes (HLB,LB) are provided to allow a shift between a high speed mode and a low speed mode with fixed gear ratios as well as a variable gear ratio. In case wh...

The drive control of the invention is applicable to a motor vehicle equipped with an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a transmission, and an accumulator unit. In the motor vehicle, a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism are respectively connected to the first motor, the engine, and a driveshaft, and the second motor is connected to ...

Self-adaptive multicast and reliable transfer of digital files from a server device to one or more client devices including an active client device, one or more passive client devices and one or more smart client devices.

Structural element (10) for a sports shoe (11) provided with a casing (12) able to be selectively configured between a first rigid condition and a second flexible condition. The structural element (10) comprises a tongue (17), shaped and provided at least with a first segment (19), or lower segment, attached to the casing (12), and a second segment (20), or upper segment, pivoted to the first segm...

A drive state shift control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle and a control method for a hybrid vehicle smoothly perform a shift in drive state in accordance with an operating state by a mode shift and a gear shift. When an accelerator operation causes a mode shift request and a gear shift request at substantially the same time, vehicle information including at least one of the vehicle speed and the ...

A microfabricated structure and method of making that includes forming a first layer of material on a substrate, forming patterned sacrificial material having a predetermined shape on the first layer of material, and forming a second layer of material over the first layer and the patterned sacrificial material, which is then removed to form an encapsulated cavity. Ideally, the first and second lay...

A deterioration signal generation device (1) for a gas sensor for simulating a deterioration signal output by a gas sensor in a deteriorated state, the gas sensor detecting the fuel-air ratio of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine based on the concentration of particular components in the exhaust gas, the deterioration signal generation device including a reference signal acquisition un...

A centrifugal separator (4) includes a driving motor (M1), a rotor (41) rotatable about a predetermined axis by the motor (M1) and a cuvette (42) pivotally suspended by the rotor (41) . The cuvette (42) retains an analyte. The cuvette (42) rotates together with the rotation of the rotor (41) while taking an inclined posture relative to the vertical direction. In this state, the analyte is centrifu...

The utility model relates to a cylinder-shaped flexible packaging polymeric lithium ion battery, which comprises a battery casing which is provided with a positive pole, a negative pole, a membrane and colloidal electrolyte, wherein the battery casing takes cylinder-shaped, which is composed of drawing polyethylene laminated membrane, the positive pole, the negative pole, the membrane and colloida...

The utility model provides a lithium ion battery which comprises a core, a protection wiring board, and an assembly shell, wherein the core comprises a positive plate and a negative plate, the assembly shell is fixedly connected with the core, the utility model is characterized in that the protection wiring board is fixed between the assembly shell and the core, the positive plate and the negative...

A lead-acid storage battery devulcanization apparatus comprises a power supply circuit which is constructed by sequential connection of a singlechip pulse-generating circuit, a photoelectric isolating circuit and a high-pressure current-limiting pulse-output circuit. The utility model solves the constant-current problem which is caused because of high-frequency and high-voltage pulse-output of the...

In an embodiment, a device which comprises means for generating an audio signal based on sound data, the audio signal configured to produce sound from an audio producing device; means for generating a haptic command based on the sound data, the haptic command configured to cause a haptic feedback device to output a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being associated with at least one character...

A printer includes a storage unit (1) containing a recording sheet, a supply member operable to supply the recording sheet from the storage unit, a feeding member operable to feed the recording sheet supplied by the supply member; and an image forming unit (2) operable to perform image formation on the recording sheet fed by the feeding member, wherein the supply member supplies the largest record...

The present invention aims at a tractor which can easily perform an assembling operation and a maintenance operation of a PTO transmission mechanism. According to the present invention, a PTO casing which incorporates a PTO transmission mechanism therein is detachably mounted on a rear portion of a transmission casing and, at the same time, the PTO casing is mounted in a state

A guillotine cutter (1) of the invention is provided with a pressing block driving mechanism (6) positioning a pressing block (5) at a standby position which is spaced upwardly from a sheet bundle (10), a first operating position pressing the sheet bundle by a first pressing force, and a second operating position pressing the sheet bundle by a second pressing force which is larger than the first p...

A cutting tool made of a surface-coated cubic boron nitride-based ultra-high-pressure sintered material, comprising a cutting insert main body formed by ultra-high-pressure sintering of a compact composed of titanium nitride, aluminum and/or aluminum oxide, and boron nitride, and a hard coating layer vapor deposited on the main body. The main body has a texture containing cubic boron nitride, tita...

A vehicle start control device executes a neutral control and a hill hold control, wherein, in the neutral control, a clutch provided in a power transmission path is brought into a slipping state or a released state to reduce the engine idling load and in the hill hold control, a brake force is generated to hold the vehicle against movement on a hill. A neutral release mode controller is employed ...

The invention discloses a safe and reliable assembling structure of piece-fetcher in the weighing wafer-separator to improve the working efficiency, which comprises the following parts: one-grade fetcher, two-grade fetcher and beam, wherein the one-grade and two-grade fetchers are set on the mobile rack which is set on the beam glidingly. The invention eliminates the safe hidden danger of two coll...

The invention discloses a secondary liquid lithium ion battery, which comprises the following parts: pole outlet on the periphery of battery, case welded at other places, lateral hole on two sides of the inlet, wherein the lateral hole is opened at two sides of pole ear of pole piece; the pole ear connecting piece with central hole is set on the pole; the pole ear connecting piece is inserted in t...