PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reaction force supporting structure suited for an automatic transmission controlling a clutch by a stationary cylinder type hydraulic servo arranged in both ends of a transmission case. SOLUTION: An automatic transmission T comprises a transmission mechanism M provided with two input elements S1 , C1 and a single output element C3 , input shaft 14 extended from o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a constitution of a differential lock device, in a differential gear device without having a differential case, comprising a pair of axles, differential ring gear, differential pinion fitted to a fitting hole provided in the differential ring gear and a differential side gear provided on both sides of the differential ring gear to be meshed with the differential p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of contact of the materials of a contact parts with the electrolyte by providing an electrical contact for the input and output outside of a container in a flat plate battery element, which is saturated with the electrolyte and formed of a base cell to be used in the pressurizing condition. SOLUTION: This element is formed of a base cell, having a po...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a long life lead-acid battery by suppressing the sulfation of a negative electrode. SOLUTION: In a negative electrode plate for a lead-acid battery comprising a grid body 1 and negative electrode active materials 3, gaps or resistance layers whose specific resistance is larger than that of metal lead are provided at least between a grid body 1 of the upper portion ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture an electrode plate for a lead-acid battery with high capacity recovery capability and high quick charge performance by filling a pasty active material in a grid, aging, drying, and forming a non-formed positive plate and a non-formed negative plate at the same time by interposing the suspension between charge and discharge. SOLUTION: A pasty active material com...

An improved process for forming a thin, durable coating of a perfluorosulfonated, salt- or acid-form ionomer on a selected substrate, which comprises contacting the substrate with an aqueous, surface active dispersion of the thermoplastic, sulfonyl fluoride precursor of the perfluorosulfonated, salt- or acid-form ionomer, contacting the dispersion-wetted substrate with a salt solution or a strongl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the accuracy of recording and reproducing by simultaneously executing the change of numerical aperture and the correction of aberrations of an objective lens with an aperture varying means and an aberration correcting means. SOLUTION: The light from a semiconductor laser 2 is made incident on the objective lens 10 via an aperture and aberration variable element 3 c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the damage of an oxidized film by handling and minimize the AC loss by providing an oxidized film layer having a prescribed thickness on an aluminum layer of surface skin. SOLUTION: In a superconductor formed by stranding a plurality of superconductive element wires having a surface skin formed of aluminum, an oxidized film layer having a thickness of 0.1-10&mu m ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a keystone type superconducting stranded wire with no sharp edge part in the width direction and no burr at the edge part. SOLUTION: In the manufacturing method for a keystone type superconducting stranded wire in which many superconducting wires 3 are wound on a mandrel 5 and stranded in a flat shape and the flat shaped superconducting wires 3 are compressed w...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxide superconductor having a high current density characteristic with excellent manufacturing efficiency. SOLUTION: In this manufacturing method of an oxide superconductor, after a rod 51 is melted by heating it from its side surface side by using a heating means having a heating part having a height not less than a length of a superconducting part 51b formed o...

A process for assembling electronic components on a printed circuit board (1), which is to be placed in a protective casing (11), comprises: (i) soldering the connection pins of one or more packaged components (3) to the circuit; (ii) immediately after soldering the component pins, locally depositing an electrically insulating material (61, 62) on the pins to protect them against any accidental sh...

A package comprised of at least one compounding ingredient for unvulcanized rubber contained in a protective film of a thermoplastic composition composed of ultra low density polyethylene as a copolymer of ethylene and hexene or as a copolymer of ethylene and aliphatic olefin having 6-8 carbon atoms blended with ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. For such purposes, the said thermoplastic film can b...

A process of preparing an ocular device (such as a contact lens) consisting essentially of GMA and HEMA is described. The process comprising the following steps: a) copolymerising a second monomer and a first monomer having attached to it a modifier group, thereby to form a first polymer having associated with it the modifier group; and b) modifying all or some the modifier group associated with t...

The present invention relates to a method of producing a newspaper which is adapted to the requirements of an individual subscriber. The method is characterized by: bringing the articles to be included in the newspaper to a machine readable form, classifying said articles in accordance with different subject areas and storing the articles in an article database (3); registering and storing in a su...

PCT No. PCT/GB97/02173 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 9, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 9, 1999 PCT Filed Aug. 12, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/06886 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 19, 1998Use in the manufacture of extruded lyocell articles of cellulose having a value of Pipe Flow Index (as defined) to Jet Flow Index (as defined) in the range from 0.85 to 6 can offer a number of advantages, particularly in cellulose solution trans...

An aqueous dispersion has particles dispersed in a continuous dispersion medium. The particles, preferably no more than about 2 micrometers in size, are formed of a mixture of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (S-EB-S) block copolymer having end blocks each with a weight average molecular weight of more than about 15,000 Daltons and an oil such as a mineral oil. The dispersion medium is a mixture ...

A technique for easily creating and proofing customized printed material before printing on a production printing system. A user may connect with an internet web site provided by a commercial printing service and select from a plurality of available templates for the printed material. The user can then select additional stored information to be included in the customized printed material, or can i...

A magnetic observatory device is deployed at a fixed location such as the sea bed to provide data measuring variations in the local earth magnetic field. This data is used to correct information from magnetic direction sensors, for example in a measurement-while-drilling system of a drill string. Also described is a reference apparatus for initial calibration of the device or for marine magnetic m...

A process comprising: transmitting remote data signals independently from each node of the plurality of permanently coupled remote sensor nodes to a concentrator of the data signals; and transmitting concentrated data signals from the concentrator to a recorder. A reservoir monitoring system comprising: a plurality of permanently coupled remote sensor nodes; a concentrator of signals from the plur...

An electrosurgical generator is disclosed that provides radio-frequency electrical waveforms for performing surgical operations on a tissue mass. The various aspects of the present invention are embodied in an electrosurgical generator that includes a DC regulator, an amplifier, an energy recovery circuit, and a method of controlling these components to generate a desired electrical waveform for a...