A parallel-axis gear differential includes pairs of combination gears (66 and 68) mounted within pockets (76 and 78) formed in a differential housing (10, 12). Each combination gear includes a first gear section (70) for meshing with one of two side gears (58 or 60), a second gear section (72) for meshing with the first gear section of its mating combination gear, and a stem section (74) interconn...

A semiconductor device comprising an oxide film, an electrode and a PZT or PLZT film formed in this order on a substrate, the electrode being a deposit of platinum containing lead.

PURPOSE: To obtain multi-coat lacquer coatings having particularly good optical quality by applying a heat-curable clear lacquer coat onto a base lacquer coating and applying a further clear lacquer coat based on radiation-curable coating compositions, and curing this by the action of actinic radiation. CONSTITUTION: This process for obtaining multi-coat lacquer coatings consists of two steps of f...

Laminates of polyvinyl fluoride and at least one other fluoropolymerer that are free from adhesive at the interface and a process for preparing the laminates by dispersion coating a first film to form a second film and curing the second film at a temperature below the melting point of the first film.

A simple three-dimensional measuring machine 1 having a simple structure which enables the assembly thereof by the end users, and a packing case 100 for facilitating a transport of the machine 1. A pair of columns used when necessity arises and the X axis member 5 are assembled and disassembled and the X slider 6 and the Y slider 7 are also assembled and disassembled through a first means 20 for a...

The surgical aid endowed with osteotropic activity comprises a base and a suspended substance constituting the active element dispersed in the base. The active element is constituted by granular, ceramic hydroxy-apatite, and the base is gelatine of pharmacologic grade in a pure state, to which glycerol is possibly added. The aid is used in anhydrous phase, and as thin sheets and filaments, the fle...

The present invention relates to a process for preparing halo acetals of ethylenic aldehydes by reaction of a halogen cation with enamine followed by a hydrolysis and reaction with an alcohol, a glycol or an orthoformate. These halo acetals are used as intermediate for the synthesis of vitamins A and E. It also relates to a new compound of formula (IV), (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (IV) to a process ...

A method and apparatus for reducing electromagnetic emissions from switching-type battery chargers safely and at low cost. The method and apparatus generally consists of enclosing the battery charger in a conductive metal case, electrically and physically isolating the low voltage, high current output components from the remainder of the circuitry, reducing the loop area of the output circuit, use...

A navigation apparatus for vehicles according to the present invention has a display device for displaying road information. The navigation system is designed to selectively display the road information which is close to the current position of the vehicle and/or the demands of the driver from a large amount of road information (each of which consists of image data to be displayed and logical data...

The invention detects the position of an eye in image of a driver's face quickly and with high reliability, even if the density of the driver's face image is not uniform on the right and left sides due to direct sunlight. Only one eye detection area is obtained on the dark side of the face image when the density of the face image is not uniform on the right and left sides. One eye window is detect...

A tag for identifying an item to which it is attached includes an inductance connected in parallel with a capacitance. The capacitance includes a plurality of individual capacitors, each of a predetermined different capacitance. The individual capacitors are connected to the inductance to establish a resonant circuit having a predetermined resonant frequency. At least one of the capacitors include...

A freezeproofed aqueous silica sol, containing 25 to 50 wt.% SiO2 and 2 to 10 wt.% urea and/or urea derivatives having the general formula in which X and Y can be an NH2 or NHR group, and R is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and the application of this sol in phosphate-based embedding masses used in dentistry.

A portable shipping platform is provided which is particularly adapted for handling by both fork lift and slipsheet types of devices. The portion by which the platform is grippable in slipsheet fashion also provides a protector for subjacent surfaces from tips of the blades of a fork lift as well as a guide for vertical alignment of the blades with the platform. Tabs also may be situated above the...

The storage tank portion of a water heater has an outwardly projecting threaded pipe coupling fitting and is disposed within a jacket structure that forms an enclosed insulation space around the storage tank, the outer end of the pipe coupling fitting being spaced inwardly apart from a pipe connection opening in the jacket structure. A generally tubular foam stop member having a convexly curved si...

An improvement is proposed for the removal of the precipitates of a phosphine oxide compound as a by-product from a mixture thereof with an olefin compound obtained by the Wittig reaction for the preparation of the olefin compound from a phosphorane compound and a carbonyl compound. Instead of the conventional procedure of filtration to remove the precipitates, the mixture in a hydrocarbon solvent...

An alkylative cycloaddition method is provided that is particularly useful for the synthesis of many of the Vitamin D analogues with differing side chains. Thus, a preferred synthesis is of Vitamin D analogues having a side chain R1 where a substantially geometrically pure first precursor having the structure (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) and a second precursor are provided, the second precursor bein...

An integrated circuit chip carrier assembly, comprising a semiconductor device (10) having interconnection pads (14) disposed on an active surface (12) of the device. The device (10) is attached by means of electrically conducting bumps (26) to a circuitry pattern (18) on a first side of a circuit carrying substrate (16). The substrate is typically an aramid reinforced organic resin, such as epoxy...

An imaging system includes a solid-state interline-transfer charge-coupled device (IT-CCD) image sensor having a matrix of rows and columns of photosensitive cells for photoelectrically producing electrical charge carriers in response to an incident light introduced thereonto. Vertical charge-transfer sections are arranged adjacent to the columns of cells, for receiving charge carriers therefrom, ...

The present integrated circuit package provides both a high density of conductor poles, and reduced crosstalk noises between the conductor poles. The conductor poles are received within holes in an insulating substrate. The insulating substrate has a laminated, multi-layer ceramic substrate structure comprising insulating plates having metallized layers thereon which constitute a portion of the wa...

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of models to be manufactured by making it possible to use one model commonly to export objective countries in which power source voltages are different. CONSTITUTION:A load quantity sensor 18 which detects a load quantity applied to a motor 5 to rotate-drive an agitator in a vessel, and at the same time, a microcomputer 16 which judges the quantity of laundry based on ...