PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a copper alloy which is improved in strength, electric conductivity, bending workability, and stress relaxation resistance and is appropriate for a thin conductive member and bus bar.

SOLUTION: The Ni-Sn-P based copper alloy has a composition consisting, by mass%, 0.2 to 2.5% Ni, 0.1 to 2.5% Sn, 0.04 to 0.2% P, 0 to 5% Zn, 0 to 0.7% Fe, 0 to 0.7% Mn, 0 to 0....

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately calculate loss torque regardless of the combustion condition of an engine and control torque generated in the engine with high precision.

SOLUTION: In an engine loss torque calculation part 52, a pump loss calculation part 61 calculates pump loss torque and a friction loss calculation part 62 calculates friction loss torque. The pump loss torque is added ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct target driving force so as to suppress a change of a vehicle speed when a vehicle passes through such a level difference that causes its travelling resistance to be instantaneously increased/reduced.

SOLUTION: This vehicle driving force control device detects an amount of a change in a height of a road surface due to the level difference existing in front of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ring gear flange improving the service life of an adjacently arranged thrust bearing without a cost increase.

SOLUTION: The outer peripheral edge of the ring gear flange 8 is fixed to the ring gear, so as to prevent the axial movement of a ring gear of a planetary gear device provided at an automatic transmission, and the thrust bearing 82 abuts on the inn...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for simply positioning a flange in the axial direction in a reduction device of a type in which inner pins of planet gears are supported on both sides by a pair of flanges.

SOLUTION: The flange-positioning structure of a planetary gear comprises an external gear (planet gear) 116, a plurality of inner pins 140 passing through the external gear 11...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support thrust load through a reversing gear mechanism not functioned in high mode time, though a torque circulation type continuously variable transmission using a toroidal type continuously variable change gear is used in the high mode for a long time when it is applied to an automobile.

SOLUTION: Thrust power generated by a sun gear S2 as an output element in the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect a differential lock without using a differential lock detection switch.

SOLUTION: The differential lock judgement device comprises a differential device 1 which can differentially lock through an energization control of a solenoid 49 provided in the left and right wheels 2, 3 of a vehicle, a differential rotation detection circuit 61 to detect the presence of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel consumption.

SOLUTION: At least an action for increasing engine rotation speed NE or an action for assisting a motor M is executed, and a gear ratio of a continuous variable transmission CVT is determined on the basis of cylinder halt upper limit torque TQECS and motor assist torque TQFMOT, in forbidding execution of cylinder halt operation or release o...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a true propagation time of an ultrasonic wave by removing a delay time peculiar to an ultrasonic element.

SOLUTION: A forward-direction one-way measuring time Ta1is measured (step S101), and a forward-direction round-trip measuring time Ta2is measured (step S102), and a reverse-direction one-way measuring time Tb1is measured (ste...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently and highly accurately inspect whether vibration sound of a prescribed value or more occurs when driving PDP.

SOLUTION: A panel holding base 1 includes: a PDP drive part 11 for generating drive pulse voltage applied on each electrode of PDP 10; a lead wire 12 for transmitting the drive pulse voltage from the PDP drive part 11 to PDP 10; a clamp 13 for ele...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of leveling picture quality on the screen of a TFT liquid crystal display device.

SOLUTION: The liquid crystal display device has a TFT substrate having TFT circuits arrayed on a transparent substrate, a counter substrate arranged opposite to the surface of the TFT substrate where the TFTs are provided, and a liquid crystal material charg...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system and the gas leakage detection method of the fuel cell system capable of enhancing the accuracy of hydrogen gas leakage detection.

SOLUTION: The fuel cell system 100 is equipped with a hydrogen gas supply source 1, a fuel cell 2, a hydrogen gas passage 90 connected to the fuel cell 2, a pressure detecting means 10 for detecting the pressure...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize reduction of production cost of a control valve type lead accumulator battery of an anode absorption type, in which a electrolyte impregnate and support the cathode plate, an anode plate and a separator and a part of the cathode plate is exposed out of the electrolyte, by realizing a commonization of components with a conventional liquid plug having no valve str...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the manufacturing method of a positive plate for a lead-acid battery capable of completing charge in a short time and enhancing cycle life characteristics.

SOLUTION: Positive electrode paste is prepared by supplying red lead oxide slurry obtained by mixing red lead oxide, hydrophilic fibers, and dilute sulfuric acid to a kneader together with lead powder and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paste charging device for a storage battery electrode plate enabled to peel off an already filled electrode plate from a conveyor belt scarcely leaving the paste on the conveyor belt, after the same is filled in an electrode grid body on the conveyor belt to form an electrode plate with the paste already filled.

SOLUTION: A conveyor belt 2 for conveying an...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a formation method for forming the electrode of a lead-acid battery capable of discharging a large current.

SOLUTION: In the formation process for manufacturing the lead-acid battery, electrolysis is made while an organic polymer constituent for increasing the hydrogen overvoltage of a negative electrode is allowed to be present by 0.01-5 wt.% in an electrol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-aqueous electrolytic liquid secondary battery superior in safety and capable of suppressing reduction in capacity at the time of high-temperature storage.

SOLUTION: The non-aqueous secondary battery is equipped with a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positive electrode-electrolyte-negative electrode laminate having a large conductance and transport number of lithium ion and a large interlayer adhesion, and a polymer battery with high output having this laminate.

SOLUTION: The laminate for the polymer battery is constructed by laminating a positive electrode layer (A) containing an active material and c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to remain standing on a snowboard to keep one foot off it freely by using releasers mounted on the respective boot holders and pull strings combined with grips in a slip-on binding designed to detachably mount the boot holders on the slip-on receptacle while soft boots of the snow board are fixed on the respective boot holders.

SOLUTION: The releasers ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf ball which exhibits a good carrying performance and feels good, and is scratch resistant.

SOLUTION: The multipiece solid golf ball has a core made up of a plurality of layers having at least an inner layer core and an outer layer core and one cover layer or two or more cover layers covering the core, and many dimples formed on the surface of the cover...