PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel consumption performance by decreasing an idle rotation speed of an engine, in a vehicle mounting a hydraulically-controlled automatic transmission. SOLUTION: A hydraulic control device 30 for an automatic transmission has a solenoid valve 35 generating a signal pressure Ps by closing a pressure oil discharge port 351 and an overdrive inhibiting means 34 inhibi...

The method for aligning an automatic stack changer with a non-stop feeder involves preparing sheets to be printed as a stack (S) on the top side of a pallet (P) having multiple of slots (N). The carrying bars (7) of an auxiliary carrier (3) are moved in the pallet slots, for the receiving of the stack (S) or the residual stack (R). Following the placing of the pallet on the stack carrying plate, t...

PURPOSE:To precisely find insufficient airtightness at the time of pressure reduction by replacing existing air in a battery jar with inspection gas as much as possible through pressure reduction, besides pressure-filling the inspection gas into the battery jar, and whereby facilitating inspection through a gas sensor. CONSTITUTION:A nitrogen gas including 3% of hydrogen gas is pressure-filled fro...

A piezoelectric device (1) includes an at least locally thin-walled ceramic substrate (2) and at least one piezoelectric transducer (3) formed on the thin-walled region (2a) of the substrate. The transducer (3) is film-shaped and has a convex shape to protrude toward the substrate (2).

PURPOSE: To provide a control device for a vehicle provided with an engine which is actuated for each group of cylinders by providing favorable driving performance even in such a traveling condition that part of the cylinder groups is actuated by any reason. CONSTITUTION: When it is detected by a cylinder actuation condition detection means 138 that one of cylinder groups C1 and C2 of an engine is...

Vehicle suspension apparatus operating between the sprung and unsprung masses of a vehicle includes a pendular anti-roll bar connected to the vehicle, and a pair of links which connect the bar to the wheels. One and the other link, respectively, is extensible and inextensible, with the extensible link comprising a selectively controllable hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly having first and second ...

A document shredder (11) has a cutting mechanism (13), which is driven via a gear (25) by an electric motor (26). In the return movement a diode (30) is connected in, which reduces the voltage supplied to the motor and therefore its maximum torque. This avoids material being jammed on the top of the cutting mechanism during the return movement in such a way that the cutting mechanism cannot be rot...

Apparatus for the detection of defects in a moving band, characterised in that it comprises optical means (25, 27) for inspection of the lower face and optical means (29, 31) for inspection of the upper face of the band, separate optical means (33, 34) for detection of the edges of the band, electronic means (35, 36) for indication of defects associated respectively with the optical means (25, 27,...

A non-PVC, non-DEHP material is provided for medical grade products such as tubing and containers. The material comprises a monolayer blend of a polyurethane based material. In an embodiment, the resultant product of the present invention has good low temperature characteristics, is autoclavable, and RF sealable. Accordingly, the resultant product can be utilized for applications which heretofore ...

A traveling device for calculating the relative displacement of a vehicle in a road using a magnetic sensor and a CCD camera and performing automatic steering. The vehicle is equipped with a magnetic sensor and a CCD camera. A magnetic ECU processes a signal from the magnetic sensor, an image ECU processes a signal from the CCD camera and the resulting relative displacements are both output to a v...

An improved automatic lateral guidance control system for guiding moving vehicles is provided which includes a sensing subsystem for viewing an area in front of a vehicle, a plurality of energy radiating or energy reflective devices disposed adjacent a predetermined length of road, an apparatus for translating the radiated or reflected information from the viewed area into coordinate data represen...

PURPOSE:To provide a superconductor of big capacity and for AC which effectively exhibits capacity of an element wire and to provide a superconductor equipped with a current terminal dividing a current uniformly to respective element wires of a superconductive wire and excellently fixing the superconductive wire. CONSTITUTION:A superconductor has a conductor core 8 in which a groove 8a is shaping-...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To widen the applicability range of Bi system superconducting material by introducing a center for pinning, which acts even at a temperature of 20 K or higher. SOLUTION: 1. This tape material composed of Bi, Pb, Sr, Ca, Cu and O and has a Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O8 (Bi-2212) structure. At least one of the layers of superconductor, composition of a crystal grain of which is expressed by...

PURPOSE:To provide an oxide superconductor free from risk of the critical current density dropping to a large extent caused by parallel arranging of the magnetic field applied to wires relative to the tape surface when a plurality of tape wires are packaged. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of silver-alloy sheath oxide superconducting tape wires 2 are laminated through five longitudinal base boards 4a, 4b...

PURPOSE:To provide a device having excellent reproducibility by using a BKBO thin film having a long coherence length. CONSTITUTION:In the manufacturing method of a superconducting device, a natural barrier 3, which is formed on the surface of an oxide superconductor 2 comprising the composition of Ba-xKxBiO3 (where, (x) is 0.2

PURPOSE:To surely obtain Tl-based oxide superconductors whose critical temp. are regulated to values in the desired ranges, respectively, in respective compositions by specifying heat treatment conditions in the manufacturing process and also performing rapid cooling. CONSTITUTION:A mixed raw material in which metallic elements constituting a Tl type oxide superconductor are mixed in the prescribe...

1. A method for manufacturing an elongate member comprising the steps of (1) melt-extruding a fusible acrylonitrile polymer to produce an elongate member, and as characterising step (2) cross-linking said polymer in said elongate member, thereby rendering it infusible. 2. The method according to claim 1, further including the step (3) of pyrolysing said elongate member after cross-linking said pol...

An impact-resistant composition is disclosed, comprising (A) a modified polyisocyanate in which the active isocyanate groups have been blocked, obtained from a polycaprolactone-modified diol and an isocyanate compound, and (B) a hydroxyl group-containing resin containing two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule. The composition is useful as a coating composition for forming a chipping-resistant co...

A semiconductor device comprising: (a) a semiconductor substrate (1) on whose surface an integrated circuit (6a-6b) is formed, (b) a first insulating layer (7) formed on the semiconductor device and having first contact holes which lead to the integrated circuit, (c) a capacitance element (16) formed on the first insulating layer, (d) a second insulating layer (11) formed on the first insulating l...

A method and apparatus as described facilitating the investigation of a human breast for a malignancy. The apparatus includes an optical assembly which includes a camera for acquiring information from a mammogram. This information is fed to a programmed computer which applied preselected criteria to identify suspicious masses and calcifications depicted by the mammogram. It further includes a grap...