A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided which comprises an al l cylinder deactivated operation execution flag F_ALCS for executing the all cylinders deactivated operation, when it is determined that the all cylinders deactivated operation is appropriate by the all cylinders deactivation standby flag F_ALCSSTB for determining the appropriateness of the all cylinders deactivated operation ...

"DISPOSIçãO DE UM PROCESSO DE DESPOLUIçãO DE LAGOAS E BAìAS POR DILUIçãO DAS áGUAS POLUìDAS COM áGUAS OCEáNICAS E QUE UTILIZA BOMBAS DE PASSO FIXO E FRACIONAMENTO BINáRIO ACIONADAS POR GERADORES EóLICOS COM INVERSORES E MISTURADORES FLUTUANTES". Compreendido por um gerador eólico (9), ou mais popularmente um gerador elétrico acionado por cata-vento, caracterizado por ter um misturador flutuante (8...

An improved autoclave for curing retread tires includes a chamber with circulating air flow having turbulence generating devices located in a middle length-wise portion of the chamber. The turbulence generating devices include apertures to guide air from a supply duct into the chamber, and/or wedge-shaped elements or fins mounted on the interior wall of the chamber to disrupt the air flow and caus...

A shutter mechanism used for card module opens and closes a card module slot of electronic device installed on a motor vehicle. The shutter mechanism has a shutter body and a card holding section. The shutter body is reciprocally movable between a closing position closing a slot and an evacuation position apart from the slot in a direction perpendicular to a direction of inserting the card into th...

A second planarization insulating layer disposed under an organic EL layer is heat-treated so as to bring the moisture content thereof to an extremely low level. By lowering this moisture content to 77 ng/cm³ or below, an organic EL panel can be realized where the degradation of luminescence characteristics is minimized. As an alternative method of reducing the adverse effect of moistur...

According to the present invention there is now provided a cemented carbide body provided with at least one wear resistant layer, which body contains a toughness increasing surface zone. Increase in toughness is obtained due to the presence of a surface zone having increased WC grain size and/or increased Co content. The invention is most suitable for WC-Co cemented carbides. A method for making s...

A system (10) for generating a rail yard switch list (e.g., 30) of switch positioning activities for efficient movement of a railyard operator (12). The system includes a first operator control unit (14) (OCU) having a locator (16) for determining a location of the OCU and an associated operator using the OCU during rail yard switching activities. The system also includes a first processor (28) fo...

A multi-electrode ablation catheter (10) comprises a plurality of thick wall ed gold alloy electrodes (21) mounted on the tip section (12) of an elongated catheter. Each electrode (21) is electrically connected to a switching unit (57) by means of leads comprising paired copper and constantan wires. The switching unit (57) is electrically connect ed to an RF generator (58), a temperature monitor (...

An improved operator's station (70) includes an improved three position seat assembly (90) which allows the operator (200) to stand, perch or sit while maintaining the operator's eyes at essentially the same vertical level (204, 206). The seat assembly includes a back rest (95), a seat (100) that may be raised and lowered, and a movable shelf (105) or perch positioned between the back rest and the...

"CAIXA COLETORA DE AR PARA REDUTOR, COM SONDA FLEXìVEL E VáLVULA DE RETENçãO". Compreende a presente patente de invenção a uma caixa metálica com revestimento cromado e interior composto por paredes e cilindros de contenção de partículas sólidas contidas no ar, e por uma válvula de retenção, também com interior composto por paredes internas de contenção de óleo, ligados por uma mangueira de borrac...

In a control unit for an automobile power transmission apparatus which includes a gear-type transmission and several of the motors are controlled so as to suppress thrust or push-up on the torque of the output shaft of the transmission due to inertia torque or to suppress draw or pull-in on the output shaft.

Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a pre-selected electrode density arranged on the surface of a support. The support may comprise a non-distensible electrode backing that is spirally furled about an axis and coupled to an expansion member suach as...

Highly porous, beads are comprised of a polymer and a second compound mixed into it. The second compound, an amendment, is either a nutrient or a compound having high affinity to one or more nutrients. A plurality of these beads may be exposed to an aqueous environment, usually a body of water. Bacteria and other microorganisms rapidly enter and remain within the nutrient filled interior space of ...

A process for the production of a shaped article from a lightweight-aggregate granulate and an inorganic binder has the following process steps: provision of a viscous binder that has been prepared on the basis of diatomite and caustic soda or caustic potash solution, mixing of the binder with lightweight-aggregate granulate, shaping of the lightweight-aggregate granulate binder mixture, and therm...

An object of the present invention is to improve a drying property of paint in application of alkyd paint to the surface of a cured material resulting from the curable composition containing an oxyalkylene polymer having at least one silicon-containing functional group capable of cross-linking by formation of at least one siloxane bond, and to provide a composition that contains an oxyalkylene pol...

Apparatus for monitoring an underground formation through which a borehole passes, comprises a conductive casing ( 6 ) located in the borehole ( 1 ) passing through the formation ( 4 ); a plurality of sensors ( 12 - 1 ) for measuring an electrical property of the formation ( 4 ) located in the borehole ( 1 ) outside the casing ( 6 ) and electrically insulated therefrom; and an electrical current s...

A method and system for data transmission between a package mailbox and at least one central data processing unit in a logistic system for the operation of one or more package mailboxes. Events at a package mailbox are evaluated by means of a communication device, which transmits function requests corresponding to the events to the data processing unit. The data processing unit carries out the cor...

A method of transmitting information between a salt-cavern and the surface of the ground, the cavern being drilled in geological formation beds and being connected to the surface via an access borehole cased at least in part by metal tubes and presenting at least one safety valve, the method consisting in suspending a string of tools from a hanger system positioned in the access borehole downstrea...

A mold-type electronic control unit comprising: a unit body which includes a printed circuit board, a component case which includes an opening opened toward the circuit board and a hole opened toward the opposite side of the opening and is mounted on the circuit board, a first packing which includes a recess portion and a window portion opened inside of the recess portion and is attached so as to ...