PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead-acid battery with a long life. SOLUTION: This lead powder material used in positive and/or negative active material paste of a lead-acid battery is a lead alloy containing at least 0.0002-0.002wt.% antimony, 0.0002-0.002wt.% arsenic, 0.0005-0.003wt.% copper, 0.0005-0.002wt.% silver, 0.0001-0.003wt.% tin, 0.002-0.03wt.% bismuth, and 0.0001-0.0003wt.% nickel.

A method for driving a plasma display device is provided which is capable of causing writing discharge to normally occur. A sub-field includes an initializing period, a scanning period during which video data to display a video is written in a discharge cell by causing writing discharge to occur between a scanning electrode and a data electrode, and a sustaining period during which sustaining disc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a dissolved oxygen concentration by cleaning and activating water of lakes, ponds, or the like. SOLUTION: This water cleaning equipment 1 is an equipment to clean the water by floating a floating body 2 in a water area to be cleaned and passing jets. Gas for cleaning is fed from a gas feeder 5 to an agitating mixer 6. The agitating mixer 6 has a nozzle for jetting...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control vehicular travelling movement in a most appropriate manner all the time for controlling the vehicular travelling movement by a plurality of behavior control means, regardless of changes in a vehicular state, particularly changes in properties of the behavior control means. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicular target longitudinal force Fxt, a target lateral force Fyt and a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a negative pressure control device for an on-vehicle internal combustion engine to obtain negative pressure of a brake required for driving a brake booster in stratified charge combustion. SOLUTION: In an air conditioner 29 is driven in 'stratified charge combustion' to increase a fuel injection amount, a throttle valve opening degree cannot be lowered, so that pre...

The present invention provides a nozzle assembly for use in a dissolved gas flotation system, comprising: a nozzle having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet being in fluid communication; and a shroud comprising a first shroud portion, the shroud being arranged, in use, to at least partly receive and confine a gas saturated fluid stream em...

At least one, but preferably two, electrodes 2, 3 are contacted with an uppermost work Wl and energized with electricity so as to form a gap (H, figure 3) between the uppermost work W1 and a further overlapping work W2. The gap (H, figure 3) is formed by creating a deformed portion (Q, figure 3) on the uppermost work W1 and separating the deformed portion from the adjoining work. At least one of t...

A lighting fitting 1 intended to be mounted in a panel 3. The fitting includes a body 4 in which a lamp may be mounted. The body 4 includes one or more ventilation apertures 8 which are sized and configured to allow heat generated by a lamp in the body to be adequately vented to the exterior of the body, but to inhibit passage of fire from the interior of the body to the exterior of the body. The ...

The present invention relates to a shredder wherein the shredder housing can be pivoted between a generally horizontal orientation and a generally vertical orientation.

Device for winding and unwinding hoses, cables or the like, which device (1) mainly consists of a wheeled undercarriage (2) with a support (6), whereby suspension means (9) are provided on the above-mentioned support (6) in the shape of at least two fixed guides (10 and 11), which are each made in the shape of a bent element (12), and whereby these bent elements (12) are directed with their hollow...

Disclosed is an electromechanical switching element for securing weapons, in which two one-way locking magnets (32, 33) act in a bistable manner upon respective opposite ends (47, 48) of a rocker (42) that is in a first or a second position. The movable parts of the switching element (9), especially the rockers (42) and the armatures (34, 35), are configured in a dynamically balanced fashion such ...

A multi-function electronic device is designed to provide a wide variety of functions. The device consists of two panels attached for relative movement by a hinge. The hinge provides a range of movement of a full 360°. The various functions are accessed by moving the relative position of the panels from 0°, to 165°, to 180°, to 300°, to 360°. Particular functions are correlated to panel orientatio...

The invention concerns a machine (1) for muscle training, comprising a bearing structure (2), to which a barbell (10) is slidingly connected and can move vertically downward as a consequence of the application of a force and is connected to a plurality of elastic elements (8), which, as a consequence of the downward movement of said barbell (10), are loaded with elastic energy and tend to take it ...

Method of arc welding or beam welding/soldering of workpieces (A) of steel, cast iron, Ni, Cd, Be, Ti, Mo, Mg, Al, Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn, hard metal and their alloys to workpieces (B) of the same metals and their alloys, where the A and B workpieces, which can be the same or different metals, are brought into contact with molten metal alloying additives involving:(a) positioning of the workpieces, (b) me...

A vehicle driving assist system has a controller configured to calculate a risk potential indicative of the degree of convergence between a host vehicle in which the system is installed and a preceding obstacle. Then, the controller performs a driver notification controlling operation that produces a driver notification stimulus based on the risk potential. Considering the acceleration of the prec...

An IG-off-timer (20) measures the time t_off from when an engine (2) is stopped, or an ignition is turned off. An ECU (12) sequentially memorizes an estimated temperature of each of heat generating portions (3, 8, 11) as a memorized temperature Hm. Immediately after the engine (2) is restarted, the ECU (12) sets an initial value (H0) of the estimated temperature of each heat generating portion in ...

An ECU (12) estimates the temperatures of the heat generating portions provided in a drive force transmission system, or a transaxle (3), a rear differential (8), and a torque coupling (11), in correspondence with not only the rotational speed (the differential rotational speed) of each heat generating portion and the torque transmission rate of the torque coupling (11) but also the outside temper...

In a driving force control apparatus and a driving force control method, a curve (C) ahead of a vehicle is detected (S1); a target vehicle speed (Vreq) is set to pass the curve (C) (S2); a starting-point shift speed is set to pass the starting point of the curve (C) (S4); and an end-point shift speed is set to pass the end point of the curve (C) (S5). After a shift speed is changed to the starting...

In a method for machining a composite workpiece (1) which comprises an electrically non-conductive portion (2) and an electrically conductive portion (3), the electrically non-conductive portion (2) is machined by means of a laser and the electrically conductive portion (3) is machined by means of electro machining.

The invention provides a differential device having a pair of output rotary members (12A, 13A), a holder member (14A) having a plurality of radially extending guide holes (27) and disposed between the output rotary members (12A, 13A), and a plurality of rolling bodies (15) accommodated respectively in the guide holes (27), disposed between the output rotary members (12A, 13A), and engaging in cam ...