A composition for a dielectric of a plasma display panel laminating a plurality of layers, includes: a lower layer composition containing inorganic powder and a binder resin, an upper layer composition containing inorganic powder, a binder resin, a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, the upper layer composition being provided above the lower layer, and an intermediate l...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure a negative pressure in a vacuum servo until a next brake operation by restraining the negative pressure in the vacuum servo from dropping upon brake release. SOLUTION: Upon depression of a brake pedal (S6), a vacuum pressure in a vacuum servo upon brake release is estimated from a negative pressure of engine intake air (S7 to S9), a degree of brake stroke and a vacu...

In an automobile having a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, a brake system for selectively braking each of the pairs of front and rear wheels, an engine, a transmission system including a speed change gear device for selectively providing a plurality of transmission gear ratios, a center differential device, a front differential device, and a rear differential device, the traction contr...

A running stability control device for a vehicle capable of controlling a steering angle of steered vehicle wheels independently of a steering operation by a driver, and a driving/braking force applied to each vehicle wheel computes a target turn running control quantity of the vehicle, and shares the target turn running control quantity into a first part for the steering angle control and a secon...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce size and weight of a planetary gear device. SOLUTION: An internal gear 13 is formed on an inner circumference surface of a gear case 6. A second planetary gear 17 meshing with the internal gear 13 and a second sun gear 16 is supported by a second carrier 18 rotating as one body with an output shaft 4 in such a manner that the second planetary gear 17 can revolve aro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform planting operations at an always stably maintained travel speed regardless of a travel load. SOLUTION: This rice transplanter is obtained by increasing the speed of an engine 2 from the set speed and reducing the speed ratio of a car speed infinite variable-speed mechanism 65 from the set ratio when a great travel load is detected in the rice transplanter equipped ...

A technique is described for releasing a borehole seismic acquisition tool from a stuck position within a borehole. The borehole seismic acquisition tool includes a tool body having at least one sensor package. The borehole seismic acquisition tool further includes an anchoring arm, and anchoring arm linkage adapted to connect the anchoring arm to the tool body. The anchoring arm linkage includes ...

The invention relates to a speed change gear drive for a transmission that can miniaturize an engine by improving the layout of parts. In particular, the invention relates to a speed change gear drive in which a change spindle is supported by a transmission case and a shift drum supported by the transmission case so that the shift drum can be rotated is driven by the turning of a change arm fixed ...

A method for determining a drilling event includes measuring a first signal from a sensor over a first selected time interval, measuring a second signal from the sensor over a second time interval, determining if a noise is reduced in the second signal.

In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, it is determined which one of the braking/driving force and...

The shredder (11) has a cutting unit (17), an inlet (14) to the cutting unit and a cutting unit drive (18), where crushing takes place in the cutting unit. A thickness measuring device (25) is arranged in the area of the inlet for measuring the thickness of supplied flat material (23) such as paper. The measuring device is designed in a contactless working manner, in particular as capacitive measu...

In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbocharger with an exhaust gas turbine in an exhaust tract, a power turbine arranged downstream of the exhaust gas turbine and an exhaust gas treatment unit arranged downstream of the power turbine, a pressure control device is provided in the exhaust tract downstream of the exhaust gas turbocharger and is moved toward...

A transmission synchronizer that effectively lowers the peak value of the operation load during synchronization is provided. The transmission synchronizer is equipped with a coupling sleeve, synchro hub, balk ring and clutch gear. A synchronizing support force generating mechanism, during a shift when relative rotation is generated between the synchro hub and the balk ring by a minute synchronizin...

The invention provides a procedure for packaging preserved bivalve molluscs, which comprises the following steps: (a) placing the bivalve molluscs with their shells in a suitable container, and (b) subjecting said container to a heat treatment at a temperature of 110-121 °C, wherein during step (a) the ratio between the weight of mollusc and nominal volume of the container is controlled so that th...

The mold has lamellae sheets (1) with two sheet sections (1a, 1b) that are folded on each other. The sheet sections have corresponding radial extension until an inner side of the mold and are fixed by fastening sections (1d) at its free end areas. The sheet sections have different large surfaces. Flat lines of the sheet sections run parallel to each other. One of the sheet sections is provided wit...

The present invention relates to a scaffold (60) installed within a large structure (50) such as a pressure vessel or a tank of a ship, and an insulation system construction method using the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a scaffold (60) wherein an insulation system can be simply constructed, the scaffold can also be easily installed and/or broken up and the working speed a...

The lead battery has at least one thermoplastic strip (2a,2b), which can be welded, holding the electrode stack (1) together. The overlapping ends of the strips are welded in place. The strips run vertically around the electrode stack as bandages from the base (B) over its height (H), to the top of the battery where the positive/negative connections (3a,3b) are located. The strips have a width of ...

A catheter with temperature sensing has a catheter body and a tip section with an integrated thermosistive temperature sensor on its outer surface. The temperature sensor includes a microfabricated thin film assembly of which one layer is a sensor layer of thermoresistive material. In one embodiment, the tip section has a flexible tubing with a temperature sensor on its outer surface. In another e...

A system and method that provides adjustable diaphragmatic pacing to a patient having an associated neurological deficit with adjustments occurring automatically in response to the patient's physiological need. In a first implementation, physiological need is determined according to the patient's activity level, e.g., as determined by the patient's motion as detected by one or more accelerometers....

Synthetic biomaterials containing bioactive factors or modified bioactive factors that are covalently bound to the synthetic precursor components and/or biomaterials by an enzymatically degradable linkage are described herein. Further described are methods to covalently bind bioactive factors to synthetic biomaterials by means of enzymatic catalysis, the biomaterials produced therewith and the bio...