PURPOSE:To allow the communication system for automobile to cope with various communication systems flexibly CONSTITUTION:A central station 100 sends/receives data to/from plural terminal stations through communication to manage body control. A microcomputer 110 of the central station 100 incorporates a sub processor 112 in addition to a CPU 111. The CPU 111 conducts a body control program stored ...

PURPOSE:To extend a battery life without decreasing capacity of a battery by improving a positive plate of the lead acid battery. CONSTITUTION:Metal lead is made to grow in a branch shape into an active material from a collector of a positive plate. A surface of the metal lead growing in a branch shape is more preferable having a layer of alpha-PbO2. In order to make the metal lead grow in the bra...

PURPOSE:To improve discharge capacity and life performance by forming irregularity in an active material layer forming surface of a current collector. CONSTITUTION:Irregularity is provided in positive/negative electrode active material layer forming surfaces of a collector 1 formed of a lead or lead alloy sheet, and positive/negative active material charging surfaces 4, 5 are formed. Thus by charg...

PURPOSE:To form a lead oxide corrosion layer of necessary enough thickness in an interface between active material paste and a lattice unit in a short aging time. CONSTITUTION:Active material paste, with which a lattice unit formed of a lead alloy containing antimony is charged, is used by adding 0.02 to 0.2wt.% alkali metal sulfate (Na2SO4) or alkali earth metal sulfate (MgSO4). Relative humidity...

PURPOSE:To obtain a sealed lead-acid battery in which heat dissipation is prevented in trickle charging. CONSTITUTION:A negative electrode plate is used which has negative-electrode active material of 0.5-0.6m<2>/g weight specific surface area. A positive electrode plate is used which has positive-electrode active material of 7-13m<2>/g weight specific surface area. The ratio of the surface area o...

PURPOSE:To increase cooling efficiency during formation and dispense with work of adjusting electrolyte specific gravity. CONSTITUTION:A battery jar forming jig 2 having electrolyte injection paths IP1-IP6 for injecting electrolyte into cells C1=C6 and electrolyte suction paths SP1-SP6 for drawing out electrolyte from cells C1-C6 is attached to the opening of a battery jar body 1. Thus, the electr...

A stock liquid is made to flow into a cell through a stock inlet at one end of the cell. The stock liquid is admixed with air bubbles from an air bubble generating device disposed at a lower portion of the cell and extending between the opposite end plates of the cell, thereby forming the stock liquid into a spiral flow. Ink particles are entrapped by the air bubbles to deink the stock liquid and ...

Front ski binding designed to hold the end of a boot supported on a ski. The binding comprises a base (3) and a body (8) which moves in relation to the base (3) and parallel to a vertical median longitudinal plane of the ski. The body carries, moreover, a mechanism (15) for position retention of the front end of the boot. The front parts of the body (8) and the base (3) are connected, so as to all...

A method of forming a thermoplastic polyester series foamed material having a thickness of at least 3 mm and an apparent density of from 0.05 to 0.7 g/cm3, wherein the crystallinity of the resin in the surface portion within 0.5 mm from the surface of the foamed material is not more than 30% and at least 1% lower than the crystallinity of the resin in the central portion of the foamed material.

Integral skin polyurethane foams can be prepared using formulations having no HCFC or CFC blowing agents. Such formulations, having water as the only or major blowing agent can also have good physical properties such as low post-blow expansion. A formulation useful for preparing such integral skin polyurethane foams includes: (A) an organic isocyanate functional admixture including (i) a methylene...

An improved automatic lateral guidance control system for guiding moving vehicles is provided which includes a sensing subsystem for viewing an area in front of a vehicle, a plurality of energy radiating or energy reflective devices disposed adjacent a predetermined length of road, an apparatus for translating the radiated or reflected information from the viewed area into coordinate data represen...

A distributed control system comprising a control station and a remote input/output device interconnected by a bus, wherein the system is provided with a continuation transmission service which first transmits an urgent output only and then performs cyclic scan transmission; an initialization start transmission service which first performs cyclic scan transmission for input only; an interruption d...

PURPOSE:To prevent color smeet and to stably form a high quality color image by specifying the difference between the max. and min. values of the coefft. of thermal expansion in the surface of a film and the max. value. CONSTITUTION:This polyester film for an image forming transfer material has DELTAat <=1.0X10<-5>/ deg.C difference betwen the max. and min. values of the coefft. of thermal expansi...

PURPOSE: To record the number of time-out events within a prescribed period. CONSTITUTION: Letters 'I' and 'T' show the start and end events respectively, and the value of a counter and the value of a register that varies by the state bits and the lapse of time are shown in each row of the timing diagram. In regard to an A-counter ('A'), this 'A' is increased by 1 against the start event where an ...

An apparatus and method for detecting a liquid/gas interface flowing in a transparent tube comprises directing light radially through the transparent tube orthogonal to its longitudinal axis such that the radially directed light passing through the tube when filled with liquid thereat will extend substantially within a predetermined zone and when filled with gas thereat will extend beyond the pred...

Inrichting voor het bepalen van het vermogen van een energieflux, in het bijzonder van een hoog vermogen van een hoog vermogen laserstraal (1), daardoor gekenmerkt dat ze een meetlaserstraalbron (4) bevat, een meetcel (2) met een venster (3) dat dwars op de energieflux gericht is en bijdoorgang van de energieflux aan zijn oppervlak een klein gedeelte van de energieflux absorbeert, ten minste één o...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00201 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 24, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 24, 1993 PCT Filed Mar. 31, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/17714 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 1992.An electromechanical brake unit in a housing (1) is provided with a drive sleeve (8) subjected to a torque of a prestressed coil spring (6), a locking spring (16) between the drive sleeve and the housing for permitting rotation of the former ...

PCT No. PCT/FR91/00317 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 16, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 16, 1991 PCT Filed Apr. 17, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/16006 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1991.Dental instrument for the treatment of caries and for oral surgery, of the type comprising a laser beam emission source, the said laser radiation being conveyed by optical fibre through the dental instrument (12) up to the zone to be treated,...

The improved method of making a frangible, biodegradable clay target includes forming a plastic mixture by uniformly blending together clay, water and binder wherein the binder consists of about 1-2 percent of sodium silicate and about 0-1 percent of dextrin, by weight of the mixture, the total concentration of binder not exceeding about 2 percent, by weight of the mixture. The water is present in...

A method of making an elastomeric, hot-melt adhesive foam is disclosed. The method involves melting an adhesive material, mixing a gas with the adhesive material under pressure to form a solution of the gas in the adhesive material, reducing the pressure to cause evolution and/or expansion of the gas to form a foam, and stabilizing the foam by causing the adhesive material to solidify. The relativ...