A bistable magnetic actuator having a housing (1) of magnetic material within which an armature (7) of magnetic material is axially movable between two stable positions, the ends of the housing being closed by pole pieces (4,5), the armature having a push rod (9) axially slidably guided through one or each of the pole pieces, the housing containing a magnet coil (3) which extends inside the housin...

An apparent gear ratio, namely G = NT/NO, is determined based on transmission input and output revolution speeds NT and NO which are detected by sensors. The apparent gear ratio is used to determine whether a shift operation is in progress or not. It is defined that the gear shift operation is in progress when the apparent gear ratio falls between one gear ratio before the shift operation and anot...

A control system for a vehicle including an automatic transmission provided with multiple transmission gear mechanism in which a specific gear stage of a speed ratio is automatically established among a plurality of gear stages in accordance with an vehicle operating condition, shift control signal producing device for producing a shift control signal in order to make a shift operation between dif...

The present invention relates to batteries and battery systems. In particular, a battery is described which comprises a container which houses a plurality of cells. Each of the cells share a common negative terminal (4). Two or more positive terminal cells are provided. The specification also describes the use of such batteries to power cranking and auxiliary circuits according to a cell discharge...

The utility model relates to an energy saving apparatus, in particular to a solar composite water heater which comprises a glass cover plate and a heat absorbing cistern, wherein, the outer layer of the heat absorbing cistern is provided with a layer made of inorganic composite heat-insulating materials. By using the scheme, a heat-insulating layer and a casing in the prior art are omitted. The so...

An underwater electrodes assembly for contactless lithotripsy is suggested wherein two electrodes have tips facing each other across a narrow gap and at least one, preferably both, electrodes are surrounded by sleeves or rings made of a dielectric material, such as a thermoplastic.

A material for simulating a living tissue for use in the electromagnetic wave and ultrasonic wave therapies is provided. The material comprises a hydrogel having a high water content. The hydrogel is prepared by the steps of casting an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution into a mold, cooling the cast aqueous solution to obtain a cooled frozen mass and thawing the cooled frozen mass. The cooling and...

The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus for providing an accurately placed recess in a distal femoral surface for the intercondylar stabilizing housing of a posterior-stabilized knee implant prosthesis which apparatus comprises (a) a template having (1) a bottom surface which is adapted to be placed in an aligning relationship with the flat surface of a distal femur which has been pa...

An improved process has been developed for producing polyurethane intermediates and polyurethane products which inovlves the use as a novel blowing agent of ethanol and dibutylphthalate (DBP), admixed in molar ratios ranging from 1.5:1 to 4:1, optionally including a waste liquor from the sulphite treatment of paper and paper pulp

LA EXAMINACION DE PAPELES DE VALOR DE LA POSICION DEL HILO DE SEGURIDAD Y LA FILIGRANA ASI COMO DEFECTOS EN EL PAPEL SE EFECTUA A TRAVES DE LA EXPLORACION DE MODO DE LINEA DE UNA CINTA DE PAPEL ACABADA, DONDE AL MENOS SE INTRODUCE DOS MARCAS DE MEDICION, EN FORMA DE PUNTO, COMO FILIGRANAS, ADICIONALMENTE, DONDE SE APROVECHA EL IMPULSO RESULTADO DE ESTA MARCA DE MEDICION Y SE CALCULA A TRAVES DE LA...

EL INVENTO OFRECE UN PROCEDIMIENTO Y UN DISPOSITIVO PARA PRODUCIR UNA VARIACION DE FLANCOS DENTADOS, ES DECIR, PARA VARIAR LA FORMA DE LOS FLANCOS DENTADOS DE LOS ELEMENTOS ACOPLADORES DE UN ENGRANAJE, FABRICADOS CON METALURGIA DE POLVO. EN EL ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA TECNICA, SE PROPONE QUE TALES MUTACIONES SE MECANICEN CON ARRANQUE DE VIRUTAS POR MEDIO DE UNA PIEZA SINTERIZADA, PORQUE ESTO NO ES FACT...

LAS CUBIERTAS CON PAREDES LATERALES BLANCAS SON MUY POPULARES EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y CANADA. LAS CUBIERTAS CON LETRAS BLANCAS EN SUS LATERALES SON TAMBIEN MUY POPULARES. ESTE INVENTO REVELA UN PROCEDIMIENTO PARA PREPARAR TALES CUBIERTAS CON APLICACIONES DECORATIVAS SOBRE LAS MISMAS. MEDIANTE EL PROCEDIMIENTO DE ESTE INVENTO, PUEDEN FABRICARSE CUBIERTAS MAS UNIFORMES Y DE MENOR COSTE QUE LAS TECNI...

EL OBJETO DE LA INVENCION CONSISTE EN UN PROCEDIMIENTO DE COMPACTACION EN PULVEMETALURGIA, PARA PREPARAR POLVOS A OPERACIONES DE SINTERIZACION, EN CUYO PROCEDIMIENTO LOS POLVOS, DESPUES DE MEZCLARLOS CON LUBRICANTES SOLIDOS Y DISOLVENTES LIQUIDOS, SE CALIENTAN PREVIAMENTE A UNA TEMPERATURA QUE OSCILA ENTRE LA TEMPERATURA AMBIENTE Y LA DE REBLANDECIMIENTO DEL LUBRICANTE EMPLEADO.; The object of the...

Inspection of a circuit board (10) to detect missing and misaligned active and passive surface-mounted components (12) and (14), respectively, is accomplished by first illuminating the board with top light to enhance the image of the passive components. The circuit board is then displaced, relative to a linescan camera (28) trained on the board, so that the camera captures the image of successive ...

Theoretically any number of cranes, movable, for example, inside a hall, are controlled by theoretically any number of operating points - transmitters - which can even be mobile. In this arrangement, each crane which is operated from one of the operating points is closed to operation from another operating point. At the same time, each operating point which controls one of the cranes is closed to...

Foamed cellular material from polyester resins obtained by extrusion foaming of polyester resins having melt strength higher than 8 centinewton, intrinsic viscosity greater than 0.8 dl/g and complex melt viscosity higher than 25000 poises.

A work head changer is disclosed which automatically changes a capping head (13) used in a rotary multicapper (1) or a filling nozzle in a rotary filler. A controller (33) controls the rotation of a rotatable body (2) of the rotary multicapper (1), for example, thus bringing the individual capping heads (13) to a stop successively and intermittently at a predetermined work head replacement positio...

A label material and an indication label to be adhered to a rubber tyre which is stuck to an unvulcanised raw rubber tyre and then fixed to the rubber tyre by vulcanising the rubber tyre by means of heat and pressure, comprising a label base material (6) including a film (1) made of heat-resistant plastics film, and a rough surface coating layer (2) including hardening resin and filler on which an...

The invention relates to a method of real time control of fluid influxes into an oil well from an underground formation during drilling. The injection pressure pi and return pressure pr and the flow rate Q of the drilling mud circulating in the well are measure. From the pressure and flow rate values, the value of the mass of gas Mg in the annulus is determined, and the changes in this value monit...

A self-emulsifiable resin powder can be dispersed in water without utilizing additional surfactants or expending large amounts of mechanical energy. Such self-emulsifiable resin powders offer numerous distinct advantages over conventional latices. One of the most important benefits that is realized by utilizing self-emulsifiable resin powders is that they can be shipped dry which is the equivalent...