PCT No. PCT/JP87/00580 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 4, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 4, 1988 PCT Filed Jul. 31, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/02451 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 1988.A flywheel assembly comprises a first input flywheel (12); a clutch disk (14) connected to an output shaft (70) and adapted to selectively engage with the first flywheel (12); a second flywheel (26) concentrically and rotatably arranged with res...

An antiskid apparatus for an automotive vehicle including a cut-off valve having an inlet side to which a master cylinder is connected and an outlet side to which a wheel cylinder is connected for cutting off a supply of pressurized oil from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder when an antiskid operation is performed, and a pump connected between the cut-off valve and wheel cylinder for suppl...

Disclosed is a nickel-base alloy eminently suited for use as a welding filler material. The alloy contains over 40% molybdenum with an effective content of silicon to provide a valuable combination of engineering properties which includes the combination of high strength, excellent corrosion resistance and welding characteristics. Commercial production of the alloy may be in many forms, for exampl...

An apparatus which coacts with a fitment application machine to index a die cut fitment web for precise registration and sealing of fitments to carton die cut areas. The apparatus includes an indexing wheel which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced indentations which engage void areas in the web defined by the fitments upon their removal. A gear and rack assembly intermittently rotate the ...

New process for the synthesis of the levodopa, L-(-)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, drug used in the treatment of the Parkinson's disease. The process consists in resolving with d-camphorsulfonic acid, or with a salt thereof,the d,l-2-amino-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propionitrile, obtained from the 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetaldehyde, and in the subsequent hydrolysis and methylation, by m...

New process for the synthesis of the levodopa, L-(-)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, drug used in the treatment of the Parkinson's disease. The process consists in resolving with d-camphorsulfonic acid, or with a salt thereof,the d,l-2-amino-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propionitrile, obtained from the 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetaldehyde, and in the subsequent hydrolysis and methylation, by m...

New process for the synthesis of the levodopa, L-(-)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, drug used in the treatment of the Parkinson's disease. The process consists in resolving with d-camphorsulfonic acid, or with a salt thereof,the d,l-2-amino-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propionitrile, obtained from the 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetaldehyde, and in the subsequent hydrolysis and methylation, by m...

A combustor capable of reducing the noxious emissions such as fuel bound and thermal nitrogen oxide products, during combustion of high nitrogen bearing and high aromatic content fuels is disclosed. The combustor includes a plurality of substantially concentric pipes defining annular passages with annular divergent nozzles. The divergent nozzles may be formed by rings having a venturi shaped axial...

PURPOSE:To effectively prevent an excessive current when the excessive current or the like occurs due to an unexpected accident by using a ceramic superconducting material as the material for the whole or part of a bus bar or a bus duct. CONSTITUTION:A ceramic superconducting material is used as the material for the whole or part of a bus bar or a bus duct. Since the ceramic superconducting materi...

PURPOSE:To execute a probing operation during the test of a wafer even when an interval between input/output pads becomes narrow by a method wherein a large pad whose interval is wider than that of the input/output pads to be used during the test of the wafer, a selector circuit and a latch circuit are formed and a signal is transferred from said large pad to the two or more input/output pads. CON...

A shoe including a mid-sole layer, a lower layer, an air compression cavity, an air envelope, a shoe pad, an inner and outer vamp and an ornament. The air envelope is connected to the air compression cavity via an air-transmission tube which extends from the air compression cavity, passes through the mid-sole layer, is layered between the front end and outer inner of the vamp and extends through t...

An apparatus and method are disclosed for accumulating hydrocarbon vapor and rendering the vapor environmentally safe by combustion. An internal combustion engine is attached to an interface which accumulates hydrocarbon vapor present in the soil after a spill or leakage from a storage tank or transfer lines. The vacuum of the internal combustion engine present in the intake manifold is used to dr...

Novel molybdenum or tungsten thiocarbamate additives for functional fluids, e.g., lubricating oils, automatic transmission fluids (ATF), as well as fuel compositions, have been developed. The molybdenum or tungsten carbamate compositions, compounds, complexes and oligomers of the present invention are derived from at least one hydrocarbyl primary amine and impart improved anti-wear properties, ant...

New polyimide resin compsn. is composed of 100 pts. by wt. of a polyimide having repeat units represented by general formula (I) and 5 to 100 pts. by wt. of fibrous reinforcing material, where Y represents a direct bond, a divalent 1-10C hydrocarbyl gp., a hexafluoroisopropylidene gp., a carbonyl gp., or a oxido gp. R represents a tetravalent 2 or more C aliphatic gp., an alicyclic gp., a monocycl...

Image of an electronic part is subdivided into a plurality of segments and is taken in a picture area of a video camera, and picture area is shifted in a predetermined direction along a circumference portion or boundary; a characteristic portion positioned on an end portion of the picture area is also included in the beginning part of a successive picture area, and then the positions and shapes of...