PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radial tire preventing shoulder piece separation and partial wear, and suppressing deterioration of wet performance in intermediate and latter stages of wear of a tread due to traveling.

SOLUTION: In the radial tire, a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and a plurality of ribs positioned between the circ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems that a driver is given a feeling of incongruity due to delay in actual response of a vehicle for change in set vehicle speed operated by the driver, and running feeling is adversely affected in an automatic speed controller for the vehicle.

SOLUTION: An acceleration and deceleration mode selection switch is provided as an acceleration and deceleration...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent problems such as vehicle stop due to engine stall and unexpected lowering of driving force from occurring and to enable an engine start in a wide vehicle speed range including an extremely low speed range without providing an additional starter motor.

SOLUTION: In this control device of a hybrid vehicle 2, an output shaft 4a of a motor 4 is connected with an...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve a sudden torque change or a temporary torque drop generated between gear shifts caused by releasing a frictional engagement device such as a clutch or a brake or new engagement during gear shifting of a transmission in a hybrid vehicle driving structure by utilizing structural characteristics thereof.

SOLUTION: This hybrid vehicle driving structure is provid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain or prevent acceleration from being failed against the acceleration request of a driver upon the completion of traction control.

SOLUTION: Engine torque increase control for temporarily increasing the driving force of a driving wheel is performed (step S103) during traction control (step S101) and when a driving wheel slip ratio is below a prescribed value (...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a structure capable of reducing or eliminating uncomfortable and discomfort feelings caused upon gear shifting.

SOLUTION: This transmission automatically cuts off the connection of a clutch unit 5 upon gear shifting to automatically change the shifting state of a transmission unit 3 with an actuator 6. With the connection of the clutch unit 5 cut off, a motor...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laterally installed bag-making and filling machine capable of effecting, if necessary, required processing such as printing on a belt-like film, even in the case of a film registering operation which is performed when a bag-making and filling operation is started or resumed.

SOLUTION: The laterally installed bag-making and filling machine 1 includes a film...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a sintered metal having excellent wear resistance and durability, and to provide a flange for a rotary compressor manufactured by the method.

SOLUTION: Metal powder is kneaded, compacted and sintered. The sintered metal is subzero-treated over a prescribed period and then heat-treated in the presence of prescribed compressive resid...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that much room is left for improvement of conventional wind power generation using a Western windmill as its original model as it is, that it is important to make it well balanced to meet functions of a power generating tower, to effectively use surplus wind power, to reduce a vast site area, to make it possible to construct a setting site of the power...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling bearing device capable of easily adjusting a shim even if a rolling bearing such as a ball bearing is used for a motive power transmission device, and particularly dispensing with an assembling tool.

SOLUTION: When arranging the rolling bearing 3 composed of an inner race 3a, an outer race 3b, a rolling body 3c held by a cage, and a sealing seal 5 ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To integrally couple a differential case and a cam on the right output side inserting a protrusion part in the recessed part of a cam on the right output side through the through-hole, to stop the differential function of right and left drive wheels, and also to suppress the large increase of a cost, since structure is simplified and conventional differential gear is not c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dissolve a problem that noise due to backlash is propagated in a car room when reduced rotation of an electric motor is transmitted through a worm shaft and a worm wheel to a steering mechanism.

SOLUTION: A region containing at least an engaging part A between the worm shaft 11 and the worm wheel 12 is filled with lubricant having a buffer material of an average gra...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device which favorably solves various nonconformity between behavior stabling operation by a behavior stabilization control device and operation of drive line devices such as a fluid transmission device with a lock-up clutch, an automatic transmission, a differential limit clutch, etc.

SOLUTION: When a gear stage of the automatic transmission 14 is...

A method for reducing adhesive build-up on ultrasonic bonding surfaces of ultrasonic bonding systems is disclosed. The method includes providing an ultrasonic bonding surface. A pad is provided proximate to, and in fluid contact with, the ultrasonic bonding system. A fluid is conducted to the pad such that the fluid is applied is intermittently or continuously applied to at least a portion of the ...

The present invention is directed to a mist pump for a conveyor of a decanter centrifuge. The mist pump is incorporated into the feed chamber and prevents mist from leaving the feed zone and building up a layer of feed in the conveyor hub. The mist pump includes a plurality of vanes attached to, extending radially inward from and spaced about an interior surface of the sidewall of the feed chamber...

An optoelectronic device includes a substrate (6, 7) comprising semiconducting material and an array of smart pixels arranged on or in the substrate, each smart pixel comprising at least one layer (12) of organic light emitting material, and a light permeable electrode (13) in contact with the organic layer on a side thereof remote from the substrate. The smart pixels may be capable of one or more...

Bimetal saw band comprises a supporting band made from steel containing 0.1-2.0 weight % tungsten and/or 0.1-1.0 weight % copper and hard metal tips made from at least 75 weight % tungsten carbide, 5-15 weight % cobalt and 0.5-5 weight % of at least one carbide selected from Cr3C2, VC and NbC and up to 3 weight % titanium and/or tantalum carbide as grain stabilizers having a grain size of less tha...

An automatic hole punch is disclosed for creating holes in a sheave of sheet material. The automatic hole punch is preferably user-selectable between punching modes, such as two-hole and three-hole modes. A motor (54) is coupled to a camshaft (74) by a gear train (62). The camshaft (74) carries a plurality of cams (90) each having an associated punch (86). As the camshaft (74) rotates, the cams (9...

A process for producing protected 3-amino-1,2-dihydroxypropane acetal, particularly in chiral forms, for use as an intermediate in the preparation of various 3-carbon compounds which are chiral. In particular, the present invention relates to the process for preparation of 3-amino-1,2-dihydroxypropane isopropylidene acetal. The protected 3-amino-1,2-dihydroxypropane acetal is a key intermediate to...

A spool rack (1) composed of carrying and connecting struts includes a connecting system for the struts connecting element (15) which are inserted in each case into one of the struts. The connecting element has a pressure transmitting portion (23) against which there is supported a screw bolt (17) which is screwed into the threaded socket (16) of the other strut to be connected. To enable mounting...