PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the size of a fuel pump by changing the rotation ratio of an engine and the fuel pump into one to one without involving an increase in the much cost.

SOLUTION: This driving structure of a fuel pump comprises a gear insertion hole 29 opening in a flywheel housing 28 in order to make an old input gear adopted when the rotation ratio of the engine and the fuel p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten time to create a control map for computation of a control command value, in engine torque control in an inertia phase.

SOLUTION: An inertia phase time command setting block 122 sets an inertia phase time target value tir, and an input shaft rotating speed target value computing block 102 computes an input shaft rotating speed target value Nr according to the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an organic EL display which can form organic TFTs of a low threshold voltage and low operating voltage at a low process temperature.

SOLUTION: The organic EL display 10 has a substrate 12, a barrier layer 14, an organic EL element 16, the organic TFT 18, and a protective film 20. The organic TFT 18 comprises a gate electrode 22, a gate insulating film 24 con...

A tread provided with a plurality of cutouts of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that when new, some of the transverse cutouts form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts forming on the same running surface in...

There is described a substantially planar self-supporting sheet (preferably an thermoplastic film e.g. formed from a polyolefin such as BOPP) comprising on at least one side thereof a substantially continuous adherent coating, thereon to create a barrier to oxygen, the coating comprising nano-particles, the sheet characterized in that: (a) the nano-particles form a substantially continuous phase o...

The emission from high pressure common rail fuel system compressor ignition engines is reduced by using fuel in said engine a diesel fuel characterized as having a sulfur content of about 0.05 wt % or less, a density of about 0.83 or less and a viscosity of about 3 cSt or less at 40° C.

The present invention provides an improved 2 wet coating system. The present invention relates to a process for forming a multi layered coated film comprising the steps of: (I) forming an uncured electrodeposition coated film on an electrically conductive substrate, (II) applying an intermediate coating on the electrodeposition coated film, and then simultaneously heating and curing the uncured el...

Multi-application head for fibre strips, consisting of a spool carrier (1), on which a plurality of spools are attached (2) as suppliers of the application strips (3), which are fed separately into the proximity of the application area (4), where they pass through a feed port, passing through guide combs (5 and 6) which position them according to a collateral distribution and through rollers (7 an...

The invention relates to a method and system for controlling creep in an automatic transmission, comprising a first creep torque control means (200) which, upon generation of an accelerator- (30) and brake-pedal (29) undepressed state in a running mode, generates a target creep speed, the target creep speed increasing as a function of time and settling to a predetermined value, the first creep tor...

A vehicle powertrain includes an electric motor (4) and a clutch (12) between the electric motor and a motor driven road wheel (3L, 3R). Powertrain play between the electric motor (4) and the road wheel is eliminated upon determination that powertrain play elimination (PPE) is needed for motor torque transmission to the motor driven road wheel. The PPE includes controlling engagement of the clutch...

Thread-guiding device for collecting spun yarns on bobbins, particularly for open-end spinning frames, constituted by a common thread-guiding rod (22) which carries the thread-guides (21) for the spinning units (2), driven in alternate movement in front of the bobbins being formed by the motion of a driving means (41,55,65) controlled in turn by a motor (47,53,63) capable of alternate rotation and...

The present invention provides a weaving system for woven fabrics of various kinds in small lots, capable of weaving woven fabrics of various kinds in small lots in a continuous operation by an existing weaving machine while preventing generation of waste to the minimum degree. A weaving system for woven fabrics of various kinds in small lots, comprises the steps of successively selecting a plural...

Disclosed is a fuel pump drive system which can change revolution ratio of an engine to a fuel pump to one-to-one without vast increase in cost, allowing the fuel pump to be smaller-sized fuel pump. The system has a conventional flywheel housing with a gear through hole opened to a gear train accommodation space and adapted to receive a conventional input gear as an element of a gear train for tra...

The invention relates to a device (10) for treating composite elements made of solid organic and/or inorganic composite materials. Said device (10) contains a flow path situated between a feed channel (34) and a tube-like outlet (38, 38a) in a housing. Said flow path is used for a transport fluid which is produced by disintegrating the composite materials and which carries particles made of solid...

An element (40) with cylindrical external surface has an external diameter such that it slides between two free arms (9,10) of the holder element. An inner screw (60) fits in an internally threaded (43) central hole. At least one slot (47) extends from one end over a pre-set length long the cylinder wall. An external nut (50) cooperates with the external thread (12) on the free arms, and holds the...

An apparatus for controlling brake force of a vehicle is disclosed. Each cylinders of a vehicle engine has a combustion chamber that receives fuel from a fuel injector and air from an air intake passage. The engine selectively performs a stratified charge combustion and a uniform charge combustion. The stratified charge combustion mode is selected to increase the amount of the air and the fuel sup...

The invention is directed to a process for preparing porous polymer materials by a combination of gas forming and particulate leaching steps. The invention is also directed to porous polymer material prepared by the process, particularly having a characteristic interconnected pore structure, and to methods for using such porous polymer material, particularly for tissue engineering.

The present invention provides a yarn splicing method for a winder and a winder that can eliminate fluffs from the surface of a yarn joint. In a winder 1 having a splicing device 6 placed between a yarn supplying section 2 and a winding section 7, a yarn joint finishing device 10 comprising a liquid applying member 11 for applying a liquid to a yarn running path R and a fluff smoothing member 12 t...

An X-ray computer tomography apparatus of this invention has a function of monitoring, by a pre-scan, a density of a contrast medium in ROI of an object, stopping the pre-scan on the basis of a timing at which the density reaches to a predetermined value, and starting a main-scan. A main-scan condition is initially set based on a physiological phenomenon of the object measured before the injection...

An improved operator's station (70) includes an improved three position seat assembly (90) which allows the operator (200) to stand, perch or sit while maintaining the operator's eyes at essentially the same vertical level (204, 206). The seat assembly includes a back rest (95), a seat (100) that may be raised and lowered, and a movable shelf (105) or perch positioned between the back rest and the...