PURPOSE:To detect a hydroplane state accurately by installing a hydroplane detecting means which calculates a difference between a driven wheel speed filter value and a driven wheel sensor value, and detects that it is the hydroplane state when the difference is more than the specified value. CONSTITUTION:Right front-wheel sped sensor value VWFR out of a right front- wheel sensor 1 and left front-...

PURPOSE:To provide the stability of a vehicle so favorable in terms of responsiveness at the time of accelerating slip happening in a hydroplane state by installing a hydroplane corresponding control means which outputs a brake control command by means of a brake control gain lower than another brake control gain under the ordinary traction control, to a driving wheel braking force control means. ...

PURPOSE:To improve corrosion resistance and durability by making one a large bar and the other a thin bar having small sectional area one-fifth as large as the large bar in vertical and lateral sash bars, and besides, making the pitch of the thin bar larger than the pitch of the large bar. CONSTITUTION:An electrode plate for a storage battery is composed of frames 1 and 1', a lattice lug 2 provide...

The present invention is a barium-containing alumina with the X-ray pattern of the FIGURE. The alumina may be synthesized by simultaneously adding a polyether or a polyalcohol and an aqueous solution of a water soluble barium carboxylate to an aqueous boehmite sol or suspension to form a gel, the gel having a polyether or polyalcohol content of about 2 wt. % to about 26 wt. %, preferably about 10 ...

Lubrication deficiencies related to the use of synthetic lubricants such as POE oils in refrigeration compressors can be mitigated by providing a diamond-like-carbon coating on a member subject to wear due to lubrication deficiencies. Specifically, the tip of the vane of a rotary compressor is coated with a diamond-like-carbon coating made up of alternating layers of tungsten carbide and a lubrici...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the working efficiency by increasing the speed of a front wheel when a vehicle body is turned irrespective of switching of the four-wheel drive condition and the two-wheel drive condition to reduce the turning radius in the two-wheel drive condition. SOLUTION: A front wheel power transmission system to transmit the front wheel power to a front wheel drive shaft 21 ...

PURPOSE:To easily and automatically control generation of stray current by impressing electrical potential polarity reverse to the electrical potential polarity in the part when stray current flow to the part of a metallic strip nearer to an electrolytic treatment device from an instrument while utilizing an outer-part power source. CONSTITUTION:Firstly while continuously passing a metallic strip ...

PURPOSE:To detect a lateral acceleration of a vehicle without using a G sensor, to detect a frictional coefficient of a road surface and to change the drive control characteristic of the vehicle by calculating the lateral acceleration in accordance with rotational speeds of inner and outer driven wheels, which are detected by wheel speed detecting means. CONSTITUTION:Rotational speeds of front whe...

PURPOSE:To prevent erroneous judgement of N/D range under a specified condition at judging N/D range with an automatic transmission control unit and inputting the judged result to an engine control unit side to perform a prescribed control. CONSTITUTION:In a vehicle having an automatic transmission, provided with an automatic transmission control unit having N/D judging function and a control unit...

According to the method of the present invention one or more organic or inorganic metal salts or compounds of at least one of the groups IV, V and VI of the periodic system particularly, V, Cr, Mo and W optionally together with one or more organic iron group metal salts are dissolved in at least one polar solvent with at least one complex former comprising functional groups in the form of OH or NR...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polyamide nanocomposite composition by mixing in the melt phase a polyamide, a solid substance composed of anisotropic particles with a high aspect ratio and a liquid, the liquid being added to and subsequently mixed with a melt comprising at least the polyamide. Preferably water is chosen as the liquid.The invention also relates to a pol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clad material which can be made simply with the use of seam welding and has high joining strength. SOLUTION: A Ni-type metal layer 2 is laminated on an Fe-type base metal layer, and a metal net 3 is laminated on the Ni-type metal layer 2 from the opposite side of the Fe-type base metal layer 1. On the opposite side of the Ni-type metal layer 2, a corrosion resist...

The ARC/INFO TM geographic information system (GIS) computer program (28) supports multiple threads of command line (TTY) and graphic user interface (GUI) operations. A TTY operation at the top of a thread enables the program (28) to be controlled from a keyboard (20) through a terminal emulator (26), whereas a GUI operation at the top of a thread enables the program 28 to be controlled by a mous...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection method for a high-frequency welded steel pipe, in which a welding defect in an electric resistance welded pipe is detected in-line, and in which the quality of a welded part in product can be guaranteed one hundred %. SOLUTION: In a production line for stainless steel electric resistance welded pipe, a flat strain at a flatness ratio of 30 to 60% is g...

PURPOSE:To provide a process for production adequate for raw material powder for obtaining a composite material having excellent dimensional stability and homogeneity. CONSTITUTION:A powder supply pipe 4 is concentrically disposed at a molten metal nozzle 6 disposed in the bottom of a vessel 1 for housing molten metal. Function improving material powder 22 is made to flow out of this powder supply...

A band winding apparatus for forming a bead core comprises a winding device which is composed of a drum (5) and fastening means. The drum is rotatably supported by a support shaft and has a peripheral surface (4) on which a band (3) for forming a bead core is wound. The fastening means are installed in the drum and has a fastening surface (10) capable of detachably fastening a start end of the ban...

Catalytic process for the aromatisation of hydrocarbons containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms per molecule. The invention is characterised by the use of a catalyst containing an MFI and an amorphous matrix containing at least one noble metal of the platinum group and at least one additional metal chosen from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead and indium.

An arrangement and a method for a drive unit of a vehicle. The drive unit incorporates an engine, a mechanical stepped gearbox and a connecting device which is designed to transmit rotary motion from the engine to the stepped gearbox. An electric rotor machine acts upon the connecting device such that substantially no torque is transmitted from the engine to the gearbox during gear changing. A con...

An arrangement and a method for a drive unit of a vehicle. The drive unit incorporates an engine, a mechanical stepped gearbox and a connecting device which is designed to transmit rotary motion from the engine to the stepped gearbox. An electric rotor machine acts upon the connecting device such that substantially no torque is transmitted from the engine to the gearbox during gear changing. A con...