Outer electrode consists of a layer of base metallization (3) applied to the ceramic material of the surface of an actuator (1). A reinforcing layer (4) is joined to the metallization layer using a connecting layer (8). The reinforcing layer is soldered to a connecting wire (5). The metallization layer is structured by recesses. An Independent claim is also included for a process for the productio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid medicine preparation packaging device in which workability in mounting packaging paper in a roll shape on a rotary shaft at the time of the exchange work of the packaging paper, or the like, is improved. Ž

SOLUTION: The solid medicine preparation packaging device is provided with a plurality of tablet cases respectively housing the solid medicine prepa...

A device and system include a plurality of electronic boxes for packets, several electronic boxes being assigned to a control unit and a central control unit for monitoring the control units.

A discharge tray apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is a discharge tray apparatus wherein a plurality of sheets of recording paper that have been successively transported at a fixed speed and a fixed interval, discharged from a discharge opening, and have landed on a discharge tray, are received and placed onto the discharge tray, the discharge tray apparatus being prov...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device in which the number of part items is reduced, an installation space is reduced and which is interchangeable with a normal differential device. SOLUTION: A fastening mechanism 35 which is provided with first and second gears 53, 55 adjacently fixed on the shaft of an electric motor 51, third and fourth gears 41, 43 rotatably supported on the boss part 7d of...

A power unit capable of downsizing rotary motors and enhancing efficiency of the power unit. In first and second planetary gear units, a first ring gear, a first carrier, a second sun gear, a first sun gear, a second carrier, and a second ring gear, capable of transmitting power to each other, are configured such that they satisfy a collinear relationship and are in a line in a collinear chart. Th...

A deoxidizer characterized by having a trigonal crystal structure and containing any of cerium oxides of the formula Ce2O3-x (x is a numeral of 0 to less than 1). Especially preferably, the cerium oxide is represented by the formula Ce2O3-x (x is a numeral of over 0 to less than 1). The cerium oxide may be loaded with an element capable of increasing the amount of oxygen absorbed by the cerium oxi...

The system has a detection section detecting an effective gear ratio of an automatic gearbox. Another detection section detects the occurrence or non-occurrence of an engine runaway by comparing the effective ratio with a target gear ratio. A determination section determines an excess or lack of triggering capacity of two friction elements based on the engine runaway detection and compared lengths...

An apparatus for computed tomography (CT) imaging of a cyclically moving organ includes a positional state monitor ( 24, 40 ) that monitors a positional state of the cyclically moving organ such as the heart. A cone-beam CT scanner ( 10 ) acquires image data at least within a plurality of time windows. Each time window is centered about an occurrence of a selected positional state of the organ. A ...

A paper handling apparatus is disclosed, having a first path that guides paper to a processing tray; a second path in which the paper is set aside; and a transportation unit that transports the paper. The paper handling apparatus sets aside a preceding sheet of the paper in the second path, and transports the set-aside preceding sheet of the paper with a following sheet of the paper. The paper han...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a vehicle behavior requested by the driver at all times irrespective of the road surface condition. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicle driving device is composed of a wheel driving mechanism A having a drive source and capable of driving a vehicle, a left/right wheel driving mechanism B equipped with at least one electric motor and to serve in changing-over mechanically be...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the reliability of a vehicle control device having a driving source controller for automatically stopping or starting a driving source when stopping a vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: Upon satisfaction of engine automatic shutdown conditions, a braking force retaining command is supplied to a brake ECU. In a braking system, a parking brake 150 is actuated by the control o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce vibrations of a vehicle body felt by occupants as much as possible when an engine is automatically stopped and to increase comfort. Ž

SOLUTION: This engine starter is constructed to automatically stop the engine when automatic stop conditions of the engine previously set are met and to automatically restart the engine when engine restart conditions are met. The...

A control information conveyance structure comprises: a cognition-system control platform which recognizes the circumstances of the surroundings of a vehicle and generates a control space; an operation-system control platform which recognizes the circumstances related to the movement of the vehicle body and generates a control space; and a determination-system control platform which generates a de...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle drive device reduced in cost while maintaining reliability. Ž

SOLUTION: The vehicle drive device 1B is provided with: a closed type case including lids 2, 10 for storing rotation electric unit for driving the vehicle and cases 4, 8; and a plurality of pressure release valves 250, 252, 254, 256 provided on the closed type case. Mounted directions of t...

A hybrid vehicle drive control system has a first clutch interposed between an engine and a motor/generator, a transmission including several gear position clutches arranged between the motor/generator and a drive wheel, and a controller. The controller selectively starts the engine using torque from the first clutch during a drive mode change from an electric drive mode to a hybrid drive mode. Wh...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain vibration of a driving system, without having influence on a size of target driving force. Ž

SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program including a step (S100) of calculating base request driving force, a step (S200) of calculating reference driving force, a step (S400) of calculating the final request driving force processed by vibration restraining filtering when ...

When the condition for starting an engine (50) is satisfied, the controller (90) executes the lock switching control in which the wheels (88) are forcibly locked by the brake device (86) and the parking lock mechanism (200) is released to unlock the driveshaft (step S4, step S5), and then the controller (90) executes the cranking control (step S6) in which the engine (50) is started by the motor-g...

The invention relates to improvements in security substrates, such as paper, used for making security documents, such as bank notes, having anti-counterfeitable features. In particular to security substrates incorporating an elongate security element 11. The security substrate comprises a fibrous base substrate with an elongate security element at least partially embedded therein. One portion 17 o...

A method for making a multi-compartment microwavable package having one or more open or closed compartments within the package, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves producing a multi-compartment bag having an internal permeable wall between compartments from a single shee...