PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To mount either a hard boot or a soft boot by moving a heel fixing pawl disposed for a heel holding member and energized in the direction of a tiptoe in a direction separating from a heel so as to disengage the heel fixing pawl and the projection of a boot heel rear tip face. SOLUTION: A tiptoe fixing member 2 fixing the tiptoe of a hard boot is fitted at the front tip of a p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute driving mode changeover smoothly by controlling engagement of a clutch means by a clutch control means until a first transmission member and a second transmission member are connected by a connecting means switched by a connection switching means when a driving changeover command means outputs a changeover signal from a two-wheel drive state to a front-rear wheel d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize reliable driving mode changeover by controlling engagement of a clutch means between a first transmission member and a second transmission member so as to synchronize rotation of one output element of a differential gear and rotation of corresponding one of lateral wheels when a changeover signal from a two-wheel drive state to a four-wheel drive state is outputted...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch the driving state of a vehicle appropinately according to the stuck state of the vehicle by putting a differential gear in a direct-coupled state when at least one of front wheels and rear wheels to which driving force is transmitted is put in a slipping state. SOLUTION: In case of judging direct-coupled four-wheel drive entry conditions, vehicle speed V is compared...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute changeover of a driving mode appropriately according to travel resistance by switching a driving state suitably from a two-wheel drive state to a four-wheel drive state when the travel load quantity of a vehicle is larger than the specified value. SOLUTION: In case of switching a driving mode command from a two-wheel drive mode to a full-time four-wheel drive mode,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute changeover of a driving mode smoothly by controlling engagement of a clutch means by a clutch control means until connection between a first transmission member and a second transmission member connected by a connecting means is released by a connection switching means when a changeover signal to a two-wheel drive state is outputted from a driving changeover comman...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch a driving mode appropriately in response to a driver's intention by obtaining a sporty travel degree on the basis of lateral acceleration, steering angular velocity, accelerator opening and accelerator opening/closing speed, and switching from a two-wheel drive state to a four-wheel drive state when the sporty travel degree is larger than the specified value. SOLUTI...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress vehicle speed fluctuation in a boundary where an operating state is switched by providing a judging means for judging whether an engine operating point is within an area, and an engine torque/change gear ratio changing means for changing engine torque command value and change gear ratio command value. SOLUTION: In S10, a judgment is made on whether or not disconti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly eliminate residual thread from a coarse thread tube without damaging the tube by superposing a different direction motion on the one- dimensional sending motion of a cutting member and cutting the residual thread of a coarse thread winder and eliminating in the rear direction of a cutting line. SOLUTION: A cutting member is formed as a rotary belt knife 6' and rota...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a stable cooling steam supply source which supplies steam of suitable temperature according to states of operation to gas turbine components, and reuse steam after cooling components of a gas turbine. SOLUTION: A main steam pipe 53 and an auxiliary steam pipe 56 for feeding cooling steam to component parts of a gas turbine 29 of a gas turbine plant 25 are respective...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent uneven contact of a gear due to a tumble of a side gear, while reducing a cost. SOLUTION: A device comprises a differential case driven rotate by a drive force of an engine, output side gears 17, 19 supported inside the differential case, at least a pair of pinion gears 39, 41 having a first gear part 43, 49 individually meshed with the gears 17, 19 and a second ge...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve rigidity of a case and an input pulley shaft of a transmission, relating to the belt type transmission for a vehicle. SOLUTION: A casing 1 of a transmission is constituted so that it can be divided into two parts, a torque converter housing 3 storing a torque converter 8 and a transmission case 5 storing a forward/reverse switching mechanism 10, drive pulley 12 and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make further miniaturization possible of a transmission while avoiding interference of a parking gear with a mechanism in the periphery thereof, relating to the belt type transmission for a vehicle. SOLUTION: In a belt type transmission for a vehicle changing speed change ratio between drive/driven pulleys 12, 18 by changing a groove width of the drive/driven pulleys 12, 1...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent drop in hydrogen overpotential of a negative electrode caused by the deposition of Sb dissolved from the surface where Sb is unevenly distributed, in charge by filling active material paste in the side where Sb is unevenly distributed of a grid, and making the filling thickness higher than the surface of the grid. SOLUTION: A grid 5 of a positive electrode has an a...

The hands free game call holder of this invention has a wrist strap made of a flexible material that is wrapped around the wrist of a hunter. A D-ring is attached to one end of the wrist strap. The other end of the wrist strap is looped thorough the D-ring and folded back and secured onto itself. A primary call holder and a secondary call holder are attached to the wrist strap. The primary and sec...

To form a metal bead for a tire, two integral portions of a single length of wire are wound in opposite directions about an axis to form a bundle; and the free ends of the two portions are positioned substantially coaxially and adjacent to each other along the outer periphery of the bundle, and are connected integrally to each other to form a bead with a substantially constant section along its wh...

This invention provides a method of supplying sheet-like materials in which a plurality of sheet-like materials comprising tire constituent materials and cut into a predetermined size are conveyed by an applying conveyor means and applied onto a building drum. A sheet-like material to be assembled is supplied onto a conveyor belt of the applying conveyor means. Another sheet-like material to assem...

A method and apparatus for modifying residual cornering force (RCF) or residual self-aligning torque (RSAT) of a tire 12. The tire mold 30 is modified by removing or adding removable chamfer mold pieces or material 50,150 to the interior surface of the tire mold 30. The removable chamfer mold pieces chamfer portions of the tire tread 10 at key locations, addition or deletion of such chamfer portio...

A tire vulcanizing system includes a vulcanizing station in which a plurality of sets of tire molds for vulcanization are arranged; a mold opening/closing station having a mold opening/closing device for opening/closing the tire mold, a loader for inserting an unvulcanized tire into the tire mold, and an unloader for removing a vulcanized tire from the tire mold; and a transferring device for tran...

The present invention comprises a metal complex capable of being dispersed in or alternatively, formed in a water-absorbing article having one or more metal ions situated within a sponge, at least one chelating polymer chelated to the transition metal ion and at least one potentiator chelated to the transition metal ion.