PURPOSE:To enable unforced switchover by making a switchover to a fourwheel drive condition again after a driving condition has been returned to a two-wheel drive condition once if switchover operations are not completed within the period of a specified time when the driving condition of a vehicle is switched from the two- wheel drive condition over to the four-wheel drive condition. CONSTITUTION:...

PURPOSE:To prevent a sudden starting, an abnormal acceleration, and the like by stopping or reducing the motive power of a vehicle, that is, the function of engine output itself or the function of the transmission of engine output, when the accelerator depressing condition is abnormal. CONSTITUTION:An automatic transmission 3 to shift the rotation frequency of an engine 1 is controlled of its gear...

PURPOSE:To make it possible to prevent the shock following the conversion of fuel cut and fuel restoration securely by carrying out the conversion after the fastening force of the friction element in an automatic transmission is reduced. CONSTITUTION:The output of an engine 1 is transmitted to driving wheels through an automatic transmission 2. The automatic transmission 2 is composed of a torque ...

PURPOSE:To carry out a conversion of an optimum speed change ratio without generating time lag by controlling an engine and a continuously variable transmission simultaneously responding to the acceleration requirement value rapidly and adequately by using a control device which consists of an addition integral type of optimum regulator. CONSTITUTION:The intake air amount of an engine M1 is contro...

PURPOSE:To eliminate the unevenness of a creep torque of a vehicle by finding a control signal in each oil temperature from a standard control signal to generate an adequate creep torque which is learned in a stable driving condition, and a correction value responding to the temperature variation, to control the starting clutch. CONSTITUTION:An automatic starting clutch 20 furnished at the output ...

PURPOSE:To prevent release of a creep running state during control of a brake in a short time, by a method wherein, when a gear position is except a range N and during non-step on of on accel, a clutch is held in a specified state during operation of a brake, and is disengaged during operation of a brake for a set time or more. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control device 10 to input output signals f...

PURPOSE:To prevent release of a creep operation state during control of a brake in a short time, by a method wherein, when a gear position is except a range N and during step on of an accel, a clutch is disengaged when a brake working time exceeds a set time, and the clutch is brought into a semiclutch state when below the set time. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control device 10 to input various out...

PURPOSE:To prevent release of a creep operation state during control of a brake in a short time, by a method wherein, when a gear position is except a range N and during non-step on of an accel, a clutch is disengaged when a brake working time exceeds a set value, and is changed in an engaging direction togetherwith a time when below the set value. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control device 10 to i...

PURPOSE:To prevent release of a creep operation state during control of a brake in a short time, by a method wherein, when a gear position is except a range N and during non-step on of an accel, a clutch is changed in an engaging direction togetherwith a time during non-operation of a brake and is changed in a disengaging direction togetherwith a time during operation of a brake. CONSTITUTION:An e...

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of an overspeed due to a creep action, by a method wherein, when a gear position is except a range N and during non-step on of an accel, a clutch is controlled to a semiclutch state, and is disengaged when a car speed exceeds a set value in the semiclutch state. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control device 10 to input output signals from various detecting means regul...

PURPOSE: To reduce wear on a compression die as well as to increase a die life used for forming a hardened object by pulverizing a mixture of base iron powder/alloying components, compacting a preform and then annealing so as to produce the composite metal powder having a compressibility comparable to a base iron powder. CONSTITUTION: A pulverized preform is produced by pulverizing iron powder/ al...

PURPOSE:To raise efficiency of blowing operation by charging briquette having the specified sp.gr. together with material mixing one or more kinds of specific material with converter powdery dust containing iron powder from opening part of the converter. CONSTITUTION:The briquette 7 having the sp.gr. between sp.grs. of molten slag 6 and molten steel 5 with pitch series binder is charged into the c...

PURPOSE:To carry out the maximum allowable operation of a device within the substantial limitation of the device by applying the limit value of an output changing ratio to the output control of a compound power plant as a function of the atmospheric temperature. CONSTITUTION:An electric output 17 generated by a generator 4 is input to an output control unit 14 to be controlled by a GT fuel adjusti...

PURPOSE:To reserve energy obtained by a wind mill so as to utilize the energy again, by providing a speed increasing/decreasing device with inversion mechanism between a generator and an air compressor turbine. CONSTITUTION:When a wind mill 1 is rotated by catching wind, a generator 3 is driven through a speed increaser 2, while an air compressor turbine 5 is driven through a speed increasing/decr...

PURPOSE:To satisfy immediate responsiveness to the electric power demand, by driving an air turbine, after compressed air is reserved in an air accumlator with an air compressor driven by a wind mill. CONSTITUTION:When a wind mill 1 is rotated by wind, an air compressor 2 connected to its rotary shaft is driven, so that air is sucked in, compressed, supplied to an air accumlator 3 and reserved. Wh...

PURPOSE:To prevent the starting of a vehicle when a driver gets off the vehicle in a traveling condition by providing a control means for forcedly switching over an automatic transmission to a nontraveling condition at the time of detecting that a driver gets off a vehicle in the traveling condition of an automatic transmission with the vehicle in a stopped condition. CONSTITUTION:The getting off ...

PURPOSE:To enable smooth starting and prohibit the removal of stop control as far as an accelerator pedal is not stepped in by removing the stop control of a stopping means prior to the detected result of the stoppage of a vehicle at the time of detecting the step-in of the accelerator pedal within a play stroke. CONSTITUTION:When an accelerator pedal 7 is stepped in from the stopping condition of...

Apparatus for producing packages with folded sealed wrappers employs an arrangement composed of rotatable wheels 1, 2, 3 equipped with sets of gripping devices 4, 5, 23, 24, 31, 32 (Figs 3-4) for taking up the individual packages. The holding devices 4, 5 of the first wheel 1 have heaters 21 which subjects the pre-folded wrappers to heat sealing while they are moved around with the wheel from a wr...

An electrosurgical generating system and method including an electrosurgical generator; and a handpiece including an active electrode connected to the electrosurgical generator for applying electrosurgical current from the generator to a patient, the handpiece having switches disposed thereat for changing the level of the output power delivered from said generator to said patient whereby the chang...

A detachable low profile mounting clip arrangement suitable for use with a portable hand-held electronic apparatus such as a paging receiver, includes a housing having a slot. A base member has a hook attached to one end and a pair of apertures at the other end. The hook engages in the slot of the housing while the apertures spring over a pair of wedge shape protuberancies in the housing and snap ...