PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent vibration, noises and the like at a driving unit. SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine 11, an electric machine unit, a driving wheel 41, an electric machine unit torque transmitting system H1 with a first joining element for transmitting electric-machine torque to the driving wheel 41, an engine torque transmitting system H2 with a second joining element, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging material delivery control device of a vertical forming bag-making and filling packaging machine which can precisely deliver even a plain packaging material regardless of an intermittent or continuous packaging so that a bag making length can be surely maintained at a normal length. SOLUTION: The packaging material delivery control device of a vertical b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrode for a crushing device and a crushing device capable of efficiently using inputted power for the crushing of a crushing object. SOLUTION: This electrode 1 for the crushing device is provided with a central conductor, an insulator, and an outer circumferential conductor 15. The central conductor includes a tip electrode 13 and a central electrode part co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of a hybrid vehicle capable of minimizing the vibration of a vehicle body by resonance when stopping an engine by an idle stop in a control device of the hybrid vehicle having a differential device. Ž

SOLUTION: This control device of the hybrid vehicle is provided with a braking force determining means for determining whether or not a braking ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control device in which vehicle running stability can be further improved by utilizing gripping force that can be generated by wheels to the utmost. SOLUTION: In a vehicle control device to control longitudinal force and lateral force generated by each wheel on a road surface to achieve a target running condition of a vehicle, a basic value of a friction ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a vehicle, which prevents its operability from being degraded due to the difference in vehicle driving force between at the time of a first stage and at the time of a second. SOLUTION: When a transmission is changed from a first stage at its low speed side over to a second stage acting as an intermediate stage at the one stage higher side, an e...

In an electronic control unit, a transmission control module (2) for controlling an automatic transmission and a position sensor for detecting the range position of the automatic transmission are built in a common unit case (10). A first member and a second member to be fitted at the time of mounting the electronic control unit on an automatic transmission case are directed in the mounting directi...

The invention relates to a new method for improving mechanical and tribological properties of thermoplastic technical polymers containing oxygen and/or halogen heteroatoms and of devices and accessories made therefrom by treating their surfaces with accelerated atom beams. According to the invention the surface treatment is performed with accelerated beams of electrostatically neutral particles ob...

A system for monitoring at least one parameter of interest relating to a flow conduit having a through passage and a fluid flow therein comprises at least one measurement station coupled to the flow conduit for taking a measurement relating to the parameter of interest. An interrogation device is adapted to move proximate the measurement station and to transmit a first signal to the measurement st...

A method for forming a lipid bilayer across an aperture, comprises: (a) providing a cell having a chamber adjacent to a septum comprising a membrane having an aperture capable of supporting a lipid bilayer; (b) depositing one or more lipids on an internal surface of the chamber; (c) introducing an aqueous solution into the chamber to cover the aperture and the internal surface and to form an inter...

A method and device for vehicle control are proposed. When it is judged that a transmission is in an operation state (Step S200) and the current state is not a creep driving state (Step S202), it is determined that a normal gear shift is being performed. Then, an anti-jerk function is stopped (Step S208). Further, when it is judged that the current state is the creep driving state (Step S202) and ...

This invention, relates to cutting inserts for earth boring bits comprising a cutting zone, wherein the cutting zone comprises first cemented hard particles and a body zone, wherein the body zone comprises second cemented hard particles. The first cemented hard particles may differ in at least one property from the second cemented hard particles. As used herein, the cemented hard particles means a...

A method for irradiating a biological tissue sample is provided, the method comprising: irradiating a portion of a biological tissue sample with a penetrating radiation beam for a first exposure period; subsequently irradiating the same or an adjacent biological tissue portion with a penetrating radiation beam for a second exposure period; the radiation dose incident on the tissue sample during th...

Apparatus for reducing materials for disposal having a frame for supporting a material reduction station, a holding station and a disposal station. The reduction station has a first and second reduction zone and a hopper with a first passage arranged to convey materials reduced or shredded by cutting elements to second cutting elements, and a second passage arranged to convey materials directly to...

A bistable minivalve includes a movable component, an actuator that is electrostatically, magnetically, or mechanically coupled to the movable component for controllably switching the movable component between open and closed states, and a casing providing structural support. The movable component has an actuation surface [ 300] movably positioned in the valve conduit and a bistable element attach...

A machine (10) for severing a web (12), comprising a movable surface (16) positioned such that the web (12) may exert gravitational force against the movable surface (16), the movable surface (16) providing frictional force against the web (12) such that movement of the surface (16) causes movement of the web (12), and a severing mechanism (18) to sever the web (12) into selected lengths, the seve...

An automatic transmission control device which can effectively restrict a shift-up during cornering with the simple constitution. In an automatic transmission control device which sets an arbitrary number of fixed gear ratios in a continuously variable transmission and performs an automatic transmission between fixed gear ratios, when it is determined that a displacement ”Th of throttle opening e...

The present invention provides an automatic transmission control device which can obtain proper shift-down timing by taking deceleration and an engine rotational speed into consideration. An automatic transmission control device includes a means which detects the deceleration, a means which detects an engine rotational speed, a means which stores a peak Ne which is a peak value of the engine rota...

A cellular electrophysiological measurement device (1) includes a thin plate (7) and a frame (6). The thin plate has a first surface (3a) with a depression (8) and a second surface with a through-hole (9). The frame (6) is in contact with an outer periphery (4b) on the second surface of thin plate (7). The thin plate (7) has a laminated structure of at least two layers including a first material l...

The method involves monitoring a fire parameter by a fire detector (BM) containing a temperature-sensor unit (TD) and a smoke-sensor unit (RD). An alarm is triggered by the fire parameter during obtaining of predetermined alarm value. Another fire parameter is monitored by another temperature-sensor unit (AD) for early fire detection. Another alarm is produced by an evaluation electronic unit and/...