A rotatable shaft (6) of a motor main body (2) and a worm shaft (23) of a speed reducing unit (3) are drivingly coupled to each other by a clutch (20). Surrounding walls (21h), which are arranged radially outward of the clutch (20) to substantially entirely surround the clutch (20) in an imaginary plane that extends substantially perpendicular to the axis of the worm shaft (23), are formed integra...

PCT No. PCT/AU96/00178 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 26, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 26, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 28, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/31098 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 1990A method of obtaining an image of a boundary of an object, the boundary representing a refractive index variation, the method including irradiating the boundary with penetrating radiation having high lateral spatial coherence and a propagation ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a layer height operation amount per one time when a temperature change amount after the layer height operation exceeds a previously set maximum allowable change amount. SOLUTION: A title method comprises the steps of: recording in a layer temperature change recording device 17 a change in elapsed time of a layer temperature measured value, the layer temperature bein...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain compartibility between prevention of engagement shocks and securement of responsiveness by optimizing characteristics of oil pressure toward a forward clutch when a shift position is changed from neutral to drive. SOLUTION: When a shift position is changed from a neutral position to a drive position (step 370), forms for execution of rapid pressure increase contro...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the starting responsiveness in the restarting of an engine and reduce the engagement shock of a prescribed clutch as much as possible by prohibiting the automatic stop control of the engine when the state is detected where a prescribed shift means is not attained for the state of a transmission. SOLUTION: A controller 23 is provided with a detecting means 107 for d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set release timing of vehicle-to-vehicle distance control to decrease the frequency of burdensome driving restart operations for a driver in a follow-up control for a foregoing vehicle. Ž

SOLUTION: A vehicle speed command value V* is calculated by an inter- vehicle distance control part based on inter-vehicle distance L detected by a vehicle-to-vehicle distance sensor...

A vehicle driving assist system comprises a travel situation detection means (10, 20, 40) for detecting a vehicle condition and a traveling environment around a subject vehicle; a risk potential calculation means (52) for calculating a risk potential around the subject vehicle based upon detection results of the traveling situation detection means (10, 20, 40); an accelerator pedal reaction force ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress degradation of exhaust emission and torque shock in rich spike for discharging NOx from NOx adsorbing catalyst 10. Ž

SOLUTION: Engine side output and motor side output in relation to demand output determined by vehicle speed and accelerator opening is determined based on a predetermined output distribution table. In this invention, an output distribution tabl...

The present invention provides a method of splicing two core yarns so that inner layer fibers and outer layer fibers are substantially continuous at their spliced portion. The present invention also provides a spliced portion formed by this method and an automatic winder comprising a device that embodies this method. Compressed air is applied to two core yarns 1A, 1B to untwist their outer layer f...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid driving device eliminating the need of providing a mechanism to position each gear of a plurality of planetary gears in an axial direction, independently for each planetary gear. Ž

SOLUTION: The hybrid driving device comprises a first planetary gear 10 distributing power of a first driving power source 1 into a wheel 100 and a rotating device 2, and a...

A system for shift control of an automatic transmission having a vehicle running status detecting part; a shift control part for outputting a control signal to perform a kick down skip 3-1 shift if conditions for the kick down skip 3-1 shift are satisfied with a tip-in manipulation during the 4-3 shift before stop by receiving an input of a signal detected by the vehicle running status detecting p...

Various technologies for removing shoulder-bed effects from measurements of an earth formation made in a wellbore. In one implementation, a methodology for removing the shoulder-bed effects includes receiving the measurements and constructing a layered model of the earth formation. Each layer has a set of parameters preferably five or six corresponding to one or more types of the received measurem...

A while drilling system and method for determining downhole parameters is provided. The system includes a retrievable while drilling tool positionable in a downhole drilling tool, a sensor chassis and at least one sensor. The while drilling tool is positionable in the downhole drilling tool and has a first communication coupler at an end thereof. The sensor chassis is supported in the drilling too...

The method involves producing at least one topographical change protruding from the surface on at least one side of at least one sheet with a laser. The laser beam is scanned across the surface of the sheet by a scanning device. The laser beam is not focused on the surface of the sheet. The laser beam produces at least one topographical change by melting through the sheet.

A computed tomography imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector array (16) having detector elements (50) that are staggered in an axial direction (Z) by a selected non-zero staggering fraction (ds) of a detector spacing (dz) along the axial direction (Z). A radiation source (12) provides focal spot modulation at least between two spots (FS1, FS2) to increase a sampling rate transverse to the...

The present invention relates to a biological soft tissue implant device and method. The implant device is designed for use in the treatment of biological soft tissue and to be capable of interacting with nearby biological soft tissue or bone so as to anchor the implant device and biological soft tissue being treated. In one embodiment, the implant device prevents a biceps tendon from retracting t...

To produce can bodies, a continuous can jacket is disclosed, that is sealed by way of a first joint is produced from a flat metal material. At least one sealing element is mounted on the continuous can jacket by way of an additional joint. At least one of the additional joints is configured as a laser welding seam, which forms an annular continuous sealing seam between the continuous can jacket an...

The method involves pinching a flat object (1) between a fixed plate (2) and an elastically deformable wheel (3) rotatably mounted around a fixed axle (4). The wheel has a tread (4a) contacting the object and radially deformed under the pressure exerted by the object while the object is pinched. A laser beam is guided on a reflective strip (4b) of the wheel to measure thickness of the object, wher...

An apparatus and method are provided for separating components of a fluid or particles. A separation vessel (28) having a barrier dam (62) is provided to initially separate intermediate density component of a fluid, and a fluid chamber (30) is provided to further separate these intermediate density components by forming an elutriative field or saturated fluidized particle bed. The separation vesse...

The hose roll bellows for pneumatic and/or hydropneumatic shock absorbing or damping elements is constituted as a double roll bellows with a central section (2) and two end sections (3) forming the roll folds (4) facing one another.