An input drive power applied to an automatic transmission is sequentially recognized. When there is a demand for the automatic transmission to make a gear shift, a clutch mechanism is disengaged, and a drive power generated by an electric motor connected to the automatic transmission at an output side of the clutch mechanism is controlled depending on the input drive power (input drive power immed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfactorily cope with changes in driving force demanded by a driver by making fitting members jointed adequately among a continuously variable transmission, a driving wheel, and a motor, regardless of the speed or the revolutions of the engine. SOLUTION: At jointing of fitting members, revolutions of an engine and/or the gear ratio of a continuously variable transmissio...

A control device for a hybrid vehicle is described which enables preventing a decrease in the efficiency of regeneration even when the revolution rate of an internal combustion engine is decreased during deceleration of the vehicle. The control device for a hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine and a motor connected in series with respect to each other, a torque converter which is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a pull shock due to a torque down deviation at the time of a speed change which is short in speed change time by releasing a torque down control so that a torque recovery timing may be the same as a speed change termination timing or a little faster than the timing when a predicted speed change time is shorter than a set speed change time. SOLUTION: While a vehicle...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a transmission unit housing for a hybrid vehicle, capable of keeping the positional relationship of a motor and an output shaft of a driven pulley with high accuracy even in shrinkage- fitting a stator of the motor. SOLUTION: In this method of manufacturing a transmission unit housing, a pre-work location hole 71 is formed on a position ou...

A system and method are disclosed for controlling a shift even in a transmission (14) wherein a shift actuator (30,48) develops a force to effect the engagement of a clutch collar and a gear. The method comprises detecting when a non-fully engaged condition of the clutch collar and the gear occurs, indicating either a tooth butt or torque lock condition, and then pulsing the shift actuator (30,48)...

PURPOSE:To attain the improvement of engine load control responsiveness and the prevention of hunting simultaneously. CONSTITUTION:The detected rotating speed of an engine speed sensor 33 is read every specified time (S1), and the deviation E with the appropriate rotating speed and the elapsed change DELTAS of the detected rotating speed are computed from the detected rotating speed (S2). The adju...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems that sulfate is produced in an electrolyte containing sulfuric acid as the main component when charging/discharging cycles are repeated, resulting in drop in electromotive force, drop in performance, and short life, and dispersion in electromotive force is produced by temperature change, causing the start failure of an engine in use in the coldest season or ...

PCT No. PCT/DK93/00011 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 11, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 11, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 15, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/13813 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 1993A dressing comprising a skin friendly pressure-sensitive continuous or discontinuous adhesive layer (2), which is coated on one side with a non-adhesive flexible polymer film (1 a) and which is optionally coated on the other side with a remova...

The invention concerns a method in the threading of a paper web or of an equivalent web-like material in a winding device, in particular in a slitter-winder, in which winding device the paper web (W) or the equivalent web-like material is wound from a web reel (2) or equivalent onto another roll. In the method a threading wedge is formed into the paper web (W) or equivalent web-like material, whic...

PURPOSE: To provide an automatic transmission rotary sensor, wherein a tunnel structure provided in a car body side is small. CONSTITUTION: A rotary sensor 21 is placed in a position in the vicinity of a converter housing 11 in the side of a transmission case 12. The rotary sensor 21 is positioned away from a brake band 15 at an angle being overlapped with a projection part 12A and an anchor bolt ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a gauge while the rolling stock is running, and concurrently prevent twisting force from being applied to an axle even when the variable gauge bogie is inclined in the right and left direction. SOLUTION: An axle end pivot 32 is fixedly attached to the end part of a rolling stock axle 6, and a spherical bearing 34 is mounted to the axle end pivot 32. A tapered cylind...

A polymeric film comprising from 0.0005% to 2% by weight, based upon the weight of the polymer in the film, of filler particles having a volume distributed median particle diameter of from 0.1 to 12.5 mu m, the filler particles being obtainable by calcining precursor silicone resin particles prior to incorporation into the film polymer.

A multiple single use optical sensor includes a series of continuous sensor stripes deposited on a substrate web. At least one sample chamber is adapted to extend transversely across a discrete portion of the series of sensor stripes to facilitate analysis of a sample disposed therein. The sample chamber may be moved, or additional sample chambers provided to enable subsequent measurements of addi...

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for cleaning a stable, comprising a cleaning slide (2) which, during use is arranged such as to be movable in the aisle (3) of a cattle shed (4), and which is provided with a control unit (8) and a motor drive for moving, under control of the control unit, the cleaning slide in the aisle, the control unit (8) being connected with sensor means (7) and the c...

Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online purchasing via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a computer system. Together, the interface surfaces, sensing device and computer system are capable of effecting purchasing transactions...

Method of highstrength sandwich skin fabrication uses the thickness of a highdensity foam skin core (27) to mask minor imperfections on the surface of the mold, thereby allowing the mold (10, 20) to be divided into separate integral parts that have the capacity to be moved, then fixed and set, so as to describe different curves or modify dimensions of the board. Mold is reversible; malefemale conf...

Luminescent polymers are prepared from thermosetting unsaturated polyesters, suspending fillers and phosphorescent pigments and utilized to make gel coated articles and molded, cast and fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) articles. The preferred thermosetting unsaturated polyester resins are prepared by condensing mixtures of ethylenically unsaturated and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and anhydrides...

A system and method is presented utilizing a set of software tools for the graphical definition of top down workflow process models. The present invention has three main components: the process designer (300), the process server (500), and the process clients. The process designer (300) allows users to define the business processes from the top down without programming. The process definitions are...