An apparatus and method are provided for deploying a data sensing apparatus into a subsurface geologic formation for intermittent or continuously gathering data from the subsurface formation and transmitting the data to a remote data receiver. In a preferred embodiment, a non-linear arrangement of a barrel and a burn chamber is used to provide a gun-like device for firing a bullet-shaped data sens...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle driving force control device giving no discomfort to a driver in releasing an accelerator during driving on a junction. SOLUTION: This vehicle driving force control device is provided with an accelerator operation quantity detecting means, a means calculating a target acceleration of the vehicle when an accelerator operation quantity is zero, an own car p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power loss of an oil pump in a belt-type continuously variable transmission and especially to reduce power loss of the oil pump at the time of stopping. SOLUTION: This continuously variable transmission having a primary pulley and a secondary pulley having a belt stretched between the primary and secondary pulleys is provided a high pressure pump 46 driven by a moto...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively insulate noise of a gear device. SOLUTION: An upper casing as a main sound source is covered with a vibration insulated sound-proof cover, thereby effectively insulating noise generated from the upper casing which becomes a speaker while the sound-proof cover itself is not vibrated.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately discriminates a sleep, etc., by accurately making a light-dark decision. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with an image output means CL1 which picks up an image of a face and outputs face image data, an eye position detecting means CL2 which detects the positions of the eyes by processing the face image data outputted by the image output means CL1, an eye-openi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a lead storage battery having an objective of improving high output discharge capacity, where short circuit between plates and lack of separator strength are caused by decreasing the distance between the plates by a separator having a glass fiber as the main body. SOLUTION: A separator 4 for the storage battery is composed by forming a second nonwoven ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead storage battery and its manufacturing method which enables strengthening of adhesion between a cutout part of a battery jar barrier and a connecting conductor, and a lid barrier and a connecting conductor, and also enables prevention of deterioration of airtightness and liquid-tightness of the adhered parts during use of the battery. SOLUTION: The battery co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a sealed lead acid battery, having high capacity and a long service life. SOLUTION: Graphite of 1.0-3.0% by mass, having an average particle size of 8-20 &mu m, is added to a lead powder to form a paste active material for a positive electrode. The paste active material is filled in a lead alloy collector, aged and dried to form a yet to b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sealed lead-acid storage battery, that is maintenance-free and superior in high-efficient discharge characteristics and cycle-life characteristics. SOLUTION: By laminating clad-type cathode plates 1 and paste-type anode- plates 3 via retainers, a closed-type lead-acid storage battery is produced. Then, in the space 8 between the clad-type cathode plates 1 and the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lead-acid storage battery having high capacity and long service life. SOLUTION: After paste-type anode plates 3 are covered by two porous separators 1 made of polyethylene, the separators 1 are joined by a mechanical sealing method, and a bag-shaped separator 1 is made. Then, between the joined part 2 of the separators 1 and the paste-type anode plates 3, a folde...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor efficiency indicating device for an electric vehicle that enables a driver to easily judge whether or not the motor efficiency is good. SOLUTION: A motor efficiency detecting means detects motor efficiency Ej based on motor torque Tmot detected by a motor torque detecting means and the number of motor revolutions Nmot detected by a motor-revolutions detecti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems of uneven traveling because of the availability of only two kinds of gear reductions when driven by an engine and of the requirement of a specially designed transmission in completing a hybrid vehicle by providing a first motor, a clutch (a second clutch), a second motor and a specially designed transmission inside the conventional automotive transmissio...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a notifying device that makes it possible to easily understand the driving condition of a vehicle that is provided with at least an electric motor powered by a fuel cell and a heat engine as the sources of driving force. SOLUTION: When a hybrid ECU commands a display driving circuit to indicate a screen that corresponds to an engine traveling mode on a display 70, ...

Surface treatment of plastic material comprising: (1) applying to the surface of polymerisable/crosslinkable compositions comprising polymerisable oxetanes and e.g. polymerisable epoxides; and (2) polymerising/cross-linking of the applied materials by irradiation. Surface treatment of plastic material comprising: (1) applying to the surface of polymerisable/crosslinkable compositions comprising (i...

Surface treatment for plastics comprises coating the surface with a composition comprising an oxetane-functional silicone, an epoxy-, acrylate-, alkenyl ether- and/or hydroxy-functional material and an initiator and polymerizing and/or crosslinking the coating by irradiation and/or electron bombardment. Surface treatment for plastics comprises: (a) coating the surface with a composition comprisin...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a double nut type looseness preventive nut capable of easily working a small cross-sectional rupture part having the uniform cross-sectional area, making shear fracture force constant and capable of obtaining prescribed fastening torque by changing a shape of expanding slots arranged in a nut body. SOLUTION: A pair of mutually opposing expanding slots 3, 4 are arra...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traffic lane guidance display method visually guiding and displaying a proper travel lane when a vehicle comes into and out of a crossing on a screen, and to provide a navigation device therefor. SOLUTION: In this display method, the guidance crossing to be guided is extracted on the basis of searched route information and map data (S11). Lane data such as the nu...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for inspecting the hermetically sealed surface region of a container with respect to presence of irregularities which are unacceptable as a commodity. SOLUTION: An apparatus for inspecting the hermetically sealed surface region 36 of a container finish part has a light source 44, arranged so as to apply linear laser beam made parallel 46 (th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection method and inspection device for barrier ribs of organic EL display device that can inspect for defect at the point of forming barrier ribs and can inspect in a short time. SOLUTION: An in-process element 2b which has made a barrier rib 25 is sampled from the manufacturing line, and a conductive layer 26 is formed on the in-process element 2b, and the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid clogging air vent holes, etc., of a ventilator disposed on the side face of an electronic apparatus with a sealing member, irrespective of the side face shape of the device, when the device is fixed to a rack plate. SOLUTION: Two fixed type retainers 22, 32 and two movable type retainers 40, 50 respectively lock the four corners of the electronic device 5, and a belt...