PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shift with good responsiveness while suppressing the excessive rise of an exhaust gas temperature during the shifting.

SOLUTION: When a continuously variable transmission is manually shifted from a second stage to a fourth stage, it is determined whether the shifting is completed or not within a continuable time t set in consideration of the effect of an ignition ti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure capable of surely fastening and retaining a valve body even in a fastening structure sharing a collar.

SOLUTION: This invention relates to a structure fastening and fixing an intake manifold 2 together with a valve 3 on a mounting surface 1a of a cylinder head 1 side by a bolt 8 inserted from a flange part 2a side. The valve 3 is fastened and ret...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compressor capable of using CO2as working gas and increasing capacity.

SOLUTION: This multistage compressor is provided with a hermetic housing, a plurality of compression mechanisms provided in the hermetic housing, a motor driving the plurality of compression mechanisms, at least one of the plurality von compression mechanism is a scroll compres...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized and space-saving bearing for a strut, in which the width of the bearing is reduced.

SOLUTION: Bearing parts 21, 24 of an inner ring 16 and an outer ring 17 of the bearing 101 for a strut attached to an upper end part of a strut shaft 2 of a strut type suspension 100 is obliquely attached with respect to an axis 2a of the strut shaft 2. A thrust...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection member capable of simplifying the operation of mounting a steady rest bar, and a steady rest device using it.

SOLUTION: The connection members 4, 9 are provided with a suspended member 2 suspended and supported by a suspension member 1 mounted on the ceiling part of a structural body, first mounting parts 6A, 11A for a steady rest bar 3, for con...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress turbulence of vehicular behavior by generating a differential limiting force for a differential mechanism without delay while a vehicle is turning.

SOLUTION: When travelling around a corner, a control device for controlling a differential limiting action of the differential mechanism estimates a time Tc to "intersect" when a rotation speed of an inside turn...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensively constituting breather device for a divided case, for exhibiting the effective function as the breather device with a simple constitution, by using a structure characteristic of the divided case.

SOLUTION: An expansion chamber 40 composed of a small chamber opening on the mating face 20 side, is respectively integrally formed in respective di...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball bearing for reducing torque, by restraining agitating resistance of a lubricating liquid.

SOLUTION: This ball bearing uses a cage 5 of forming a shape of a pocket 30 of the cage 5 in a substantially circular shape when viewed from the outside in the radial direction of the cage 5. Projection parts 10 and 11 projecting outside in the radial direction m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a planetary gear mechanism having noise and vibration reducing effects while achieving a suitable tooth contact.

SOLUTION: The planetary gear mechanism comprises: a planetary carrier 3 for rotationally holding a planetary gear 2; an internal gear 4 arranged on the axis of the planetary carrier 3 for meshing with the planetary gear 2; a sun gear 5 arranged on...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a differential device wherein a companion flange nut does not easily loosen and the companion flange nut is prevented from rotating if loosened.

SOLUTION: A companion yoke flange 9 has a rotation preventing socket 50. A plurality of teeth 51 are formed on the inner peripheral face of the rotation preventing socket 50, and the inner peripheral face of the rot...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydraulic shock absorber in which eventual contamination or damage of its peripheral instrument with a working oil, having spouted out of the shock absorber owing to the oil pressure which has become excessive from any cause, is precluded from spreading to a wider area unreasonably.

SOLUTION: The shock absorber 1 is equipped with a first rod guide 10 to cl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch unit for an automatic transmission, having axially compact construction.

SOLUTION: A third clutch C3 and a fourth clutch C4 having hydraulic servos 20, 40 and cancel oil chambers 28, 48, respectively, are arranged overlapping each other in the axial direction at radially different positions. A clutch drum 22 of the third clutch C3 located on the out...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch unit of an automatic transmission which is compact in axial direction.

SOLUTION: The automatic transmission is adapted to overlap a third clutch C3 and a four clutch C4 including hydraulic servos 20, 40 and cancel oil chambers 28, 48, respectively, in axial direction and then to dispose in position distinct from radial direction. A cancel plate 25 c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a brake disk, and a brake disk with high practicality, capable of suppressing an increase of manufacturing cost while maintaining desired performance even when a chamfered surface is formed on a corner part of an outer peripheral edge of the disk brake of which an outer peripheral shape repeats radial recesses and ridges.

SOLUTION: ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out refrigerant filling without measuring a filled refrigerant and to complete determination of refrigerant filling only by air-conditioning operation.

SOLUTION: This refrigerant filling method comprises: a refrigerating cycle; an outdoor unit condensation temperature thermistor 6b detecting the condensation temperature of the refrigerant in an outdoor heat ex...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electromagnetic ultrasonic probe capable of efficiently altering the flaw inspection region of a flaw inspection target material and capable of enhancing the flaw inspection efficiency.

SOLUTION: The electromagnetic ultrasonic probe 1 is equipped with a magnetizing coil 2 that surrounds the flaw inspection target material 10, the flexible sheet material 3...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information delivery service system that does not cause a problem of personal information confidence and is secure in security.

SOLUTION: A vehicle side system comprises an imaging section for photographing an image outside a vehicle, a positional information acquisition section for acquiring a current position, and a radio communication section for trans...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correctly associate a travel road, a point on the travel road, and vehicle information with one another and store them.

SOLUTION: A control circuit 2, when it determines that there is no possibility that the determined travel road is incorrect determination, associates the determined travel road, the point of one's own vehicle position, and the present vehicle infor...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a "navigation apparatus" suppressing the unnatural movement of the position mark of one's own vehicle.

SOLUTION: The navigation apparatus comprises: a vehicle position calculation means for calculating the vehicle position; a display position calculation means for calculating the display position of a vehicle position mark on a road map, based on the calcula...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce or eliminate electromagnetic interference by electromagnetically shielding a portable X-ray detector.

SOLUTION: In this invention, the portable X-ray detector is electromagnetically shielded (52). A method of the invention in another aspect includes steps of: detecting electromagnetic interference in relation to the portable X-ray detector; and urging a user ...