PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the rigidity of an instrument panel, and absorb an impact while preventing generation of variation in running. SOLUTION: This supporting structure is constituted so that an instrument panel may be supported on a steering support member fitted at the pillar parts of both sides of as vehicle body. A reinforcing member 11 extending toward the rear central part of the ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely supply braking liquid required for controlling by a modulator by means of a liquid pressure pump. SOLUTION: Modulators MD1 and MD2 are provided between a master cylinder MC and wheel cylinders Wfr and Wrl, and first and second liquid pressure pumps P1 and P2, which discharge step-up pressure braking liquid to the wheel cylinders Wfr and Wrl through these modulators ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject copolymer while gradually changing monomer composition during the copolymerization process, by subjecting specific two kinds of reaction mixtures to free radical addition polymerization while gradually adding these reaction mixture to a reactor by a specific method. SOLUTION: (A) A first reaction mixture containing >=2 copolymerizable monomers in a weigh...

Impedance catheter (14) has two outer electrodes (34, 35), and two central electrodes (36, 37). A signal processor (16) comprises an instrumentation amplifier (38) connected between voltage electrodes (36, 37), to sense the voltage developed thereon by the output current of current source (32). A DC output voltage is determined based on the potential difference of voltage electrodes (36, 37), whic...

A magnetostrictive element for use in an magnetomechanical marker has a resonant frequency characteristic that is at a minimum at a bias field level corresponding to the operation point of the magnetomechancial marker. The magnetostrictive element has a magnetomechanical coupling factor k in the range 0.28 to 0.4 at the operating point (26). The magnetostrictive element is formed by applying curre...

A device for deactivating a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance marker includes first, second, third and fourth rectangular coils arranged in a two-by-two array in a common plane. Drive circuitry energizes the coils according to an operating cycle which includes three modes. In the first mode, all four coils are driven with respective alternating currents in phase with each other. In...

PCT No. PCT/US96/04781 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 4, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 4, 1996 PCT Filed Apr. 10, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32812 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996Cyan and magenta (and black for CC'MM'YK printing) are halftoned with four levels per pixel by dividing the range of pixel intensities into three equal bands. In the darkest band, a +E,fra 2/3+EE intensity ink drop is always present, and a +E,f...

A scanning head ink jet printer utilizes variable paper advance interlacing. The printer includes a plurality of heads each having a plurality of rows of uniformly spaced ink jets which print different colors. A printing medium is advanced in a series of non-uniform distances (d1, d2, d3, d4) the sum of which is equal to the total number of uniformly-spaced ink jets (n) of one of the colors times ...

An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises: an image processing means for compensating the color and gradation of an inputted color image; a monochromatic CRT; a display means for successively inputting color images, having a plurality of colors, into the monochromatic CRT, and for displaying a plurality of images on the monochromatic CRT as monochromatic images; an optical sy...

An efficient method and apparatus for taking the data needed for a glide test; the data includes measuring flying height of a slider over a regular rotating disk and measuring piezoelectric contact with the disk. An optical system provides a beam of light. To measure the flying height, part of the beam of light is reflected from a surface of the transparent slider. Another portion of the beam is r...

An inductive write head has a pole tip region between an air bearing surface (ABS) and a flare point, and a yoke region located between the flare point and a back gap. The write head includes first and second pole piece layers, wherein the second pole piece layer has first and second components. The first component extends from an ABS end, which is located at the ABS, to a recessed end which is lo...

A surface mount package to encapsulate one or more semiconductor devices has a standoff that maintains the thickness of solder columns bonding the package to an external circuit. The standoff either extends over or circumscribes a central portion of the package base. To enhance the thermal performance of the standoff, a solderable layer enhances soldering of the standoff to the external circuit. I...

A method for reproducing multimedia data in response to plural requests for reproduction using an optical disk library unit having at least one optical disk drive. When a new request for reproduction of multimedia data is given to the optical disk library unit during reproduction of multimedia data recorded over plural optical disks, the new request for reproduction is refused if an optical disk h...

A device for transmitting digital packetized video and audio data is disclosed. The transmitter includes a video encoder, a prioritizer, and a packetizer. The video encoder receives video signals and encodes the video signals into a digital video data stream including codewords. The video encoder also generates motion vectors and fully intra-coded video frames for use by a video tape recorder duri...

A media streamer (10) includes at least one control node (18); a user interface (64, 65, 66) having an output coupled to the at least one control node; at least one storage node (16, 17) for storing a digital representation of at least one video presentation; and a plurality of communication nodes (14) each having an input port for receiving a digital representation of at least one video presentat...

A microcomputer chip is formed with a CPU core, a peripheral circuit, a built-in ROM, and a built-in RAM. An emulation functional chip is formed with an emulation control circuit for controlling the whole process of emulation. First electrode pads formed on the functional surface of the microcomputer chip are electrically interconnected to second electrode pads formed on the functional surface of ...

A pallet device for supporting goods during transportation is provided. The pallet device includes a frame consisting of a plurality of lengthwise bars and a plurality of crosswise bars intercrossing the lengthwise bars. A plurality of foot members are detachably mounted at selected positions on the frame for supporting the pallet device by raising the frame to a height from the ground. The foot m...

The invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing cold, carbonated coffee beverages. The apparatus comprises a plurality of reservoirs for holding the beverage ingredients. Each reservoir is selectively connected to at least one dispensing pump that is controlled by a control unit. The pumps deliver the ingredients to a dispensing head that is configured to mix the ingredients external to the d...

A method and apparatus for continuous production of a quick-setting foamed cement grout, in which the individual constituents of the grout are proportionally adjustable. Finished foam and cement slurry are mixed at metered rates to form a foamed cement grout which is pumped to a wye connection proximate a remote injection site. Sodium silicate solution is added at the wye connection at a metered r...

An receptacle for low voltage DC applications includes a receptacle surface in which are located only one pair of female connections. One of the female connections is a terminal normally connected to the neutral line of an AC power grid, and the other of the female connections is a terminal connected to a ground line of an AC power grid. The two connections are arrayed to correspond with the neutr...