An insulation material having insulative properties of a synthetic down, while have a fir-tree structure more similar to natural down, and being in a blown form. The blowable insulation material is composed of plural units each having a number of filaments that are fused at one end of the unit and are open at an opposite end.; Un material de aislamiento que tiene propiedades aislantes de una pluma...

A method for manufacturing electronic or electric products such as flat-panel display devices, for coping with change or variations of dimensions of the products and for curbing damage or fracture on the products and reducing recovery cost for containers, according to one embodiment, comprising; sequentially placing first flat electronic or electric products as to be sandwiched by a resin-sheet ba...

A vehicle speed control system for controlling a vehicle on a chassis dynamometer is comprised of a controller which is arranged to receive a vehicle speed command, to obtain an anticipated vehicle speed command from the vehicle speed command taking account of a delay factor of a control system of the vehicle, to calculate a driving force a driving force command from the anticipated vehicle speed ...

In a parallel shaft-type of conical-geared transmission apparatus, a conical pinion is fitted to a first rotation shaft, and a second rotation shaft is arranged in parallel to this first rotation shaft. A conical wheel meshing with the conical pinion is fitted to the second rotation shaft. The pinion and the wheel are substantially equal in cone angle. A supporting device supports the first rotati...

A control system for hybrid vehicles in which an electric prime mover is connected to an output shaft through a transmission, comprising: a running state judging means for judging whether or not a downshifting is being carried out to increase speed change ratio of the transmission while a vehicle is coasting; a creep torque lowering means for lowering creep torque generated by the electric prime m...

There is provided a deceleration control system for a vehicle, in which a braking force is applied to a vehicle by a braking device when a determination that a shift speed or a gear ratio of a transmission of a vehicle is changed to a shift speed or a gear ratio for a relatively low vehicle speed is made. Control is performed such that a deceleration (Gt), which is applied to the vehicle by activa...

An optical system having a first order spectral range that is usable in an optical spectrum analyzer receives an broadband optical test signal and a optical calibration signal and couples the optical signals via two optically isolated paths to separate optical detectors. First and second pairs of optical fibers, with each pair having an input fiber and an output fiber, are positioned in a focal pl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a vortex ring device suitable for generating and accelerating a fluid current by inducing flow of the fluid, with respect to the vortex ring device for inducing the flow of the fluid such as air and water. SOLUTION: This vortex ring device is provided with a column or a cylinder made of a soft material capable of being easily compressed and strained, and formed int...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a light and flexible lining fabric of multi-layer structure, high in heat retaining properties. SOLUTION: This lining fabric comprises an outer surface layer, an outer back layer at the skin side and an intermediate layer. At least one layer comprises a sunlight absorber-containing filament. The sunlight absorber is preferably selected from carbon black, chromium ox...

A hybrid drive apparatus for a vehicle which is capable of improving the response in restarting an engine during the running of a vehicle. As a result, a shock due to deceleration can be reduced. The hybrid drive apparatus for a vehicle incorporates an engine, a motor generator, a clutch, a transmission unit and a control unit for controlling the other elements. The control unit incorporates a sta...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a driving force distribution mechanism that is able to control the torque distribution of both lateral driving wheels in time of a vehicular turnaround or the like simply and compactly. SOLUTION: A driving force transmitted out of a driving source 12 is distributed to both lateral driving wheels 20 and 22 by a double-pinion planetary type differential gear 18, w...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately determine the reverse movement of vehicle with the structure at a low cost by inverting the polarity of a real yaw rate so as to compute the deviation with a vehicle condition determining means for determining over steering and under steering when a reverse movement determining means determines the reverse movement of the vehicle. SOLUTION: A vehicle condition c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a vehicle from running out or retreating at the restart of an engine in a device holding braking force during automatic stop of the engine by reducing the braking force in accordance with the restored condition of driving force of the vehicle. SOLUTION: When a vehicle during running is braked, vehicle speed is lowered, the vehicle becomes in the perfect stop condit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an energy recovery quantity and to make the deceleration of a vehicle appropriate when decelerating the vehicle. SOLUTION: In converting a part of kinetic energy of the vehicle into electric energy by the generating action of a motor-generator 12 to recover energy, an electronic control unit 31 for this energy recovery device adjusts the throttle opening of an ele...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately generate a phase contrast image by using radiation images obtained at a plurality of photographing positions. SOLUTION: The method for photographing the radiation image comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of detection panels 31, 32, and 33 at the plurality of the photographing positions, irradiating the panels 31, 32, and 33 with an X-ray 12 transmitted...

A centrifugal classifier that is reduced in size and capable of reliably and efficiently separating sediment and suspended matter from a raw liquid and capable of sufficiently washing separated substances, the classifier being also superior in drainage efficiency. Installed on the shaft barrel (30a) of a screw conveyor (30) are a plurality of plate vanes (33) extending axially and radially on the ...

Disclosed is a vanadium trap for use in FCC which comprises a major amount of calcined kaolin clay, free magnesium oxide and an in situ formed magnesium silicate cement binder. Also disclosed are procedures for the preparation of the trap by forming a slurry in water of hydrous kaolin clay, magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide and sodium silicate, aging the slurry to form magnesium silicate in s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain power generation efficiency of a solar cell at a high level and effectively utilize collected solar energy. SOLUTION: Heat pump cycle is constituted by arranging a hybrid panel 1 in which a direct expansion type heat exchanger is disposed on the reverse side of a solar cell panel, a heat storage tank heating means 3 for storing heat in a heat storage tank 4, a com...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply allow the change of an effective condition of differential limiting without changing a pressure ring. SOLUTION: A recess groove 23 is formed to correspond to a cross-shaped pinion shaft 4 in a pair of pressure rings 21, 22, two-split type cam members 24a, 24b are engaged with the recess groove 23 to be removable from the radial- directional outside. The first workin...

The present invention is aimed at providing a platinum material in which creep strength is elevated by improving a metal grain shape in an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material in which zirconium oxide is dispersed, and providing a process for producing the platinum material.The present invention provides an oxide-dispersion strengthened platinum material in which zirconium oxide is disp...