A method and an apparatus of inserting insert or enclosure material into successive envelopes (2b) are disclosed. According to the envelope inserting method, the insert material is conveyed along a straight path successively to an envelope inserting position where the insert material is inserted into the envelope and the stuffed envelope (2a) is then conveyed out of the inserting position in the s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve energy efficiency and to miniaturize an electric motor. Ž

SOLUTION: A motor MG2 and a driving shaft 65 are connected to a ring gear 32 of a first planetary gear P1 of a power distribution integration mechanism 30, and an engine 22 is connected to a carrier 34. A sun gear 31 is connected to a carrier 39 of a second planetary gear P2, and connected to a sun gear...

The present invention relates to A beam collimator arrangemnt for scanned-slot x-ray imaging (22, 32) consisting of one or serveral collimators in an x-ray apparatus (20, 30), comprising: an x-ray source (21, 31); an x-ray image receiver (25, 35) positioned to receive x-rays from the x-ray source (21, 31); means (23, 24; 33; 34) for compressing a female breast (36) to be examined, said means being...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving operation auxiliary device for a vehicle capable of easily recognizing switching of a vehicle control mode by a driver. Ž

SOLUTION: The driving operation auxiliary device for a vehicle is provided with traveling control means 30, 40 for carrying out a traveling control of an own vehicle by any one of the vehicle control mode of an automatic control m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine having a continuously variable transmission capable of detecting precise air fuel ratio of each exhaust gas discharged from each cylinder without arranging an air fuel ratio sensor at each exhaust port of a cylinder. Ž

SOLUTION: When detection of air fuel ratio of each exhaust gas discharged fr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine start control device of a hybrid vehicle that can secure easy engine start performance while having a small-sized battery, when starting an engine in a low-temperature state. Ž

SOLUTION: The hybrid vehicle comprises a drive force composing transmission TM to which the engine E, a first motor generator MG1 and a second motor generator MG2 each using t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To selectively equip a further various gear shift part and a hydraulic continuously variable transmission part, for providing a transmission structure of multiple specifications by using a transmission case in common. Ž

SOLUTION: A clutch housing connected to a rear part of an engine, and a transmission case part of a machine body rear part, are connected via a housing f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the upsizing of the external diameter of a motor generator in a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor generator as a driving source for travelling. Ž

SOLUTION: When the motor generator MG is assembled in a motor housing 51, it is inserted not from the engine E side of the motor housing 51, but from a motor inserting part 51b on the opposite side of the en...

The invention relates to a magnetic vertical-axle wind mill manufactured with more than one rotating pulleys 8 furnished with magnets 7 set at their lower surfaces and having the same polarity with magnets 6 placed at the upper surface of each platform being stable so that the magnets 6 & 7 -when set in a face-to-face position- can be mutually repulsed in order to minimize the produced forces and ...

The invention is a therapeutic sports towel that integrates the features of a sports towel and a stretching device into a single device that incorporates the desired properties of the two. The therapeutic sports towel is thus absorbent and convenient to carry on a golf bag or drape over a shoulder, while also having the appropriate resistance and recoil properties for therapeutic stretching. Furth...

The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device 1 used to facilitate lung ventilation in a patient, comprising an airway tube 2 extending from a proximal end to a distal end and opening, at the distal end, into the interior 8 of a hollow mask portion shaped to fit readily, in use, into the actual and potential space behind the larynx. In use, the mask seals around the circumference of the ...

A bi-stable actuator comprises a chamber 40 having a fluid inlet 34 and first and second fluid outlets 36, 38. It also includes a valve member 42 movable between a first position in which it co-operates with a first seat to close the first outlet and a second position in which it co-operates with a second seat to close the second outlet. An electromagnetic actuator 48 is operable to drive the valv...

There is an enclosure suitable for retaining a paper pad, electronic calculator or such like hand-held device. The enclosure includes a recess adapted to receive a writing implement. When the front cover of the enclosure is closed, a writing implement is securely retained within the recess. When the cover is opened, the writing implement is moved to an accessible position for convenient access.

An X-ray CT scanner includes X-ray tubes including a first X-ray tube and a second X-ray tube having fan angles different from each other, X-ray detectors including a first X-ray detector and a second X-ray detector which are respectively arranged to face the first X-ray tube and the second X-ray tube, collection data processing means for executing weighting processing to each of pieces of collect...

Disclosed herein are apparatus, methods and computer program products for performing cell acquisition and pilot sequence detection in a cellular telecommunications system such as, for example, an OFDM system. In the apparatus, methods and computer program products, a primary synchronization channel sequence and a secondary synchronization channel sequence are transmitted by a base station in a sub...

The present invention relates to an isolated protein comprising or consisting of: - a sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 ( Homo sapiens BAD-LAMP), or - a homologous sequence which presents at least 20% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, provided that the homologous sequence represents a protein having an activity similar to that of Homo sapiens BAD-LAMP.

Disclosed are processes for preparing polyareneazole polymers characterized as providing polymer solutions having an inherent viscosity of at least about 22 dl/g at 30° C. at a polymer concentration of 0.05 g/dl in methane sulfonic acid. Polyareneazoles, filaments and yarns are also disclosed.

The invention provides a constructional heat-insulating foam board of a polyolefin resin composition which exhibits excellent extrusion foamability and excellent heat insulation performance and which is recyclable and can be produced at a low cost continuously and stably. A constructional heat-insulating foam board, characterized by being produced by expanding a polyolefin resin composition contai...

A formaldehyde-free curable aqueous composition containing polyvinyl alcohol, a multi-functional crosslinking agent, and, optionally, a catalyst. The composition may be used as a binder for non-woven products such as fiberglass insulation. The non-woven products are formed by contacting the formaldehyde-free curable aqueous composition with fibrous components and the mixture is cured to form a rig...

The invention relates to a method for production of polyester resins containing nanodisperse nanoscale additives as binder for powder paints, whereby firstly at least one precursor compound for nanoscale solid particles to be formed is added to the reaction starting materials during the resin synthesis and distributed in the reaction starting materials. The precursor compound(s) which may be react...