PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide oil pressure supply structure for an automatic transmission for a vehicle reducing the number of positions to be provided with a seal member by using the oil pressure supply structure reduced in the number of positions for delivering oil pressure. Ž

SOLUTION: This oil pressure supply structure for an automatic transmission for a vehicle is provided with a cyli...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to put an indication on a packaging sheet, on which no registering mark is printed and which is running over a table to indicate on the sheet where or at what pitch an item to be packaged should be mounted. SOLUTION: A packaging sheet F is caused to continuously run over a table 1 and the light of a light emitting means 2 is projected onto the sheet F, and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce vibration and a noise, in a transmission mechanism for transmitting torque via gears and arranged with two shafts on the same axis to be connected to each other. SOLUTION: In this transmission mechanism, the first shaft 4 and the second shaft 6 arranged on the same axis are engaged to be relatively rotatable, the third shaft is rotatably arranged in parallel to the ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain axis-directional movement of input and output bearings caused by a thrust load without requiring high assembling precision, so as to eliminate lowering of strength and shifting performance caused by positional shifting of input and output disks with respect to a power roller. SOLUTION: In this toroidal type transmission provided with the input bearing 15 and the o...

A transmission system is comprised of a twin-clutch transmission (3) which comprises a first clutch (C1) for selecting a first gear-ratio group and a second clutch (C2) for selecting a second gear-ratio group. A control unit (7) for controlling the twin-clutch transmission is arranged to calculate an estimated engine revolution speed produced in the event that one of two gear ratios adjacent to th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain braking force by an auxiliary brake by stopping auto- cruise control druing operation of a foot brake, and continuing operation of the auxiliary brake. SOLUTION: When it is determined that a foot brake is in operation and an auxiliary brake interlocking mode is kept, one (1) is put in an interlocking mode flag and setting is made by a switching means 103, then cha...

A topographical support member (2) and method of forming a topographical support member (2) for use in producing nonwoven fabrics, especially tricot-like nonwoven fabrics. The topographical support member (2) includes a body (1) having a top surface (3) comprising a pattern of a plurality of peaks (5) and valleys (6) and a plurality of apertures (7). The apertures (7) have a conical top portion (7...

Roller cone bits of this invention include a steel bit body having at least one leg extending therefrom. A steel cone is rotatably disposed on the leg. The steel cone includes a plurality of steel cutting elements that each project outwardly a distance therefrom. At least one of the cutting elements comprises a steel base portion that is integral with the cone and that projects a distance therefro...

A method for detecting a kick in a borehole includes acquiring a set of measurements with a sonic tool in the borehole 72, determining mud slowness from the set of measurements 74 and comparing the determined mud slowness with a selected criterion (eg previously recorded values of mud slowness) 76. The step of deriving the mud slowness includes determining, for at least one fluid mode, the fluid m...

A method for manufacturing a multimaterial component or construction, whereby a body is formed in said method of a basic material and at least one piece formed of a wear resistant material being joined to said body at a temperature of not more than 80% of the lowest melting temperature of the materials to be joined. The invention also comprises the use of a multimaterial component or construction ...

High strength aluminum alloy rivets are provided in which the aluminum alloys exhibit high strength at atmospheric temperatures and maintain high strength and ductility at extremely low temperatures. The rivets are produced from an alloy which is made by blending about 89 atomic % to 99 atomic % aluminum, 1 atomic % to 11 atomic % of a secondary metal selected from the group consisting of magnesiu...

The invention relates to a nonwoven mat as half-stuff which contains a high performance thermoplast as melt fiber and a reinforcing fiber, and also a method for producing a nonwoven mat of this type and fiber composites produced from the nonwoven mat.

The valve needle (22) is spring-loaded (40) toward its closed position and has a conical end (20a) fitting into a conical valve seat (20b). An actuator (24) at its top end has a circular armature (24c) extending between ring-shaped upper (26a) and lower (26b) magnetic coils. The high-pressure fuel supply enters a side channel (12) and passes downward through an annular space (16) toward the inject...

The invention relates to a process for making a cross-directionally worked molybdenum plate, the process comprising: (a) reducing ammonium molybdate and forming molybdenum metal powder; (b) consolidating a molybdenum component comprised of molybdenum metal powder and an alloying element to a first workpiece, the alloying element being selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafn...

A hybrid transmission for variably producing a transmission ratio is comprised of first and second motor/generators (MG1 and MG2) and a differential mechanism constructed by two double-pinion planetary gearsets (2 and 3). The two double-pinion planetary gearsets are coaxially arranged and commonly employ common pinions (P1). The differential mechanism includes at least four rotating members which ...

A method of manufacturing a battery includes providing a cell for a battery having alternating positive and negative electrode plates, each of the electrode plates being separated by an electrically insulative separator layer. Each of the positive and negative electrode plates includes a projecting tab extending from an adjacent upper portion thereof, the projecting tabs of the positive plates bei...

Methods, systems and devices are presented that provide improved medical diagnostic and intervention procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac imaging, cardiac nuclear scintigraphy, computed tomography, echocardiography, imaging to direct laser ablation, imaging to direct radio frequency radiation ablation, imaging to direct gamma knife radiation therapy, and imaging to direct radiati...

The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert of a cemented carbide and a coating. The cemented carbide substrate comprises WC, 7-12 wt-% Co, 5-11 wt-% cubic carbides of metals from the groups IVb, Vb and VIb with a binder phase that is highly alloyed with cobalt. The tungsten carbide phase has a mean intercept length of 0.7 - 1.4 µm. The coating comprises at least one 2-12 µm thick ±-Al ...

A multi-layer tube (22) comprising a metal tube (28) having an outer surface (26)and an end (60) with a polymeric layer (27, 29) disposed on the tube outer surface; and a laser-removed portion (36) of the metal tube outer surface adjacent and disposed 360° about the end, the portion having had the polymeric layer disposed thereon, and the portion having had the polymeric layer substantially remove...

The device has a strip breaker (38) that acts upon the strip material (1) transported along the transport path. The strip material is fed to the strip breaker by two traction roller devices (2,17) with an integral loop store (4) and a braking guide (19) in the form of a controlled or regulated vacuum deflection device.