Abstract: When power is turned on, control unit requests a user to enter a security code on the basis of information of SIM card inserted into a card I/F. If the security code entered by the user is an authorized code, the control unit permits the user to use the apparatus such that the apparatus can be utilized. In addition, the control unit urges a display unit to display a security code entered through operation unit, as hidden letters, and to display a control command such that the control command can be visually recognized.

Abstract: N pieces of gains Gi are sequentially and temporarily set in a control circuit (23), and a stylus (131) is brought in contact with a workpiece (W) for conducting a temporary measurement. At this time, a sensor detection signal output from a sensor detection circuit (21) is filtered by a filter (31) to take out only a frequency component corresponding to a frequency of hunting generated in a closed loop (L) including the control circuit (23). Gains Gj that do not generate hunting in the closed loop (L) are extracted, and the largest gain Gj is set in the control circuit (23) in view of enhancement in responsivity etc. of the measurement. Alternatively, by pressing the stylus (131) into the workpiece (W), a displacement signal indicating a pressing amount and a sensor signal output from a sensor (13) are measured in accordance with a measurement load applied to the stylus (131) to calculate a gain Gs? of the sensor (13) based on the two signals.

Abstract: A touch sensor 10 having a stylus 12 with a tip 12A making contact with a test piece W has an operational control structure including an oscillator 3 which oscillates the stylus 12 in the axial direction; a detecting circuit 4 which detects changes of oscillation of the stylus 12; an adjustor unit 5 which removes noise added to an output signal from the detecting circuit 4; a fine motion mechanism controller 6 which controls the operation of a fine motion mechanism 21 in such a manner that the change of the quantity of state of the detection signal is maintained constant; and a PZT driver 7 which operates the fine motion mechanism 21. The measuring force during surface configuration measurement can be adjusted by adjusting an alternating signal to be applied to the touch sensor or by reducing the noise added to the detection signal without making modifications to a shape or structure of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A touch sensor 10 having a stylus 12 with a tip 12A making contact with a test piece W has an operational control structure including an oscillator 3 which oscillates the stylus 12 in the axial direction; a detecting circuit 4 which detects changes of oscillation of the stylus 12; an adjustor unit 5 which removes noise added to an output signal from the detecting circuit 4; a fine motion mechanism controller 6 which controls the operation of a fine motion mechanism 21 in such a manner that the change of the quantity of state of the detection signal is maintained constant; and a PZT driver 7 which operates the fine motion mechanism 21. The measuring force during surface configuration measurement can be adjusted by adjusting an alternating signal to be applied to the touch sensor or by reducing the noise added to the detection signal without making modifications to a shape or structure of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A touch sensor 10 having a stylus 12 with a tip 12A making contact with a test piece W has an operational control structure including an oscillator 3 which oscillates the stylus 12 in the axial direction; a detecting circuit 4 which detects changes of oscillation of the stylus 12; an adjustor unit 5 which removes noise added to an output signal from the detecting circuit 4; a fine motion mechanism controller 6 which controls the operation of a fine motion mechanism 21 in such a manner that the change of the quantity of state of the detection signal is maintained constant; and a PZT driver 7 which operates the fine motion mechanism 21. The measuring force during surface configuration measurement can be adjusted by adjusting an alternating signal to be applied to the touch sensor or by reducing the noise added to the detection signal without making modifications to a shape or structure of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A surface configuration measuring method is provided, the surface configuration measuring method being characterized in having the steps of: moving a touch signal probe by a command velocity vector to touch a surface of the workpiece to be measured; scanning the surface of the workpiece to be measured, the touch signal probe being moved along the surface to be measured while controlling the distance relative to the surface to be measured so that detected amplitude value of a detection signal outputted by the detecting circuit becomes a predetermined reference value, thus outputting the detected amplitude value and corresponding measuring position; and calculating an estimated surface position based on the detected amplitude value and the measuring position estimated to be obtained when surface is scanned to keep the detected amplitude value constant.

Abstract: A fuel injector which is enabled to form a fuel spray efficiently and properly into a flat sector shape by improving the angle, dispersion and atomization of the spray and by optimizing the spray tip penetration. A slit-shaped nozzle outlet 4 is constructed such that its transverse walls from its inner end 9 to its outer end 10 have an included angle .gamma. of 20 to 180 degrees, such that an angle .beta. of 0 to 90 degrees is made between the axis of the fuel injector and the opening direction of the slit-shaped nozzle outlet 4, such that the nozzle outlet 4 is diverged outward from a plane joining the axis to the fuel injector and the inner end 9, and such that the opposite portions of the inner end 9 have a width W of 0.05 mm to 0.24 mm. By combining these constructions suitably, the fuel spray can be formed efficiently and properly into a flat sector shape thereby to improve the fuel injection characteristics.

Abstract: A fuel injector comprises an injection hole and a valve body. The width of the injection hole is gradually narrowed inward at a predetermined contained angle. The width of the opening on the outer side of the injection hole is sufficiently larger than the height thereof. A fuel reservoir on the downstream side of the seat portion of the valve body is connected to the injection hole via a fuel adjusting passage. The fuel adjusting passage has a uniform passage cross section.

Abstract: A formation of deposits on a fuel injector is suppressed by controlling the temperature of the nozzle holder of the fuel injector around the nozzle to maintain at least a part of the fuel remaining on the nozzle holder surface after the fuel injection in a liquid state, to thereby hold precursors of the deposits in the liquid fuel to permit the precursor to be blown out from the nozzle holder surface by a subsequent fuel injection flow.

Abstract: A method and device for forming mixture gas for a direct fuel injection type internal combustion engine, which has a piston with a recess forming a combustion space, air intake means with swirling means for switching intake air to be supplied into the combustion chamber, and an intermittent swirl injector nozzle having at least one tangential passage for swirling fuel supplied through fuel supplying means to the combustion chamber, to jet the fuel in conical form to the swirling intake air, to form a mixture gas, and which comprises the steps of supplying swirling intake air into the combustion space, the swirling intake air having a swirl speed in conformance to the speed of the internal combustion engine, and spraying fuel from the swirl injection nozzle onto the swirling intake air in the combustion space at a fuel spray angle varied in response to the engine speed, thereby controlling the spray travel distance of the fuel and allowing the fuel to float in the combustion space without being stuck onto a wa

Abstract: A vehicle roof structure including a stationary roof panel having an opening and a movable roof panel having a contour conforming to the opening. A handle is attached to the movable roof panel for manually positioning the movable roof panel. A support structure is connected to the stationary roof panel along the opening for releasably receiving a sliding bar extending from the handle. The support structure includes a plate secured to the stationary roof panel and a wall portion connected to the plate and defining a locking hole formed within the wall portion to receive the sliding bar. The handle includes an unlocking member for disengaging the sliding bar when positioned within the locking hole. In addition, the sliding bar contains a cam surface having a projection for contacting the unlocking member. Further, as least one inner panel is slidably positioned along the opening of the vehicle roof structure and supported by the wall portion.

Abstract: A direct injection internal combustion engine of a compression ignition type in which portions of an injected fuel spray which have not been evaporated are prevented from striking the walls of the combustion chamber, and the fuel spray is prevented from catching up the air around it when moving in the combustion chamber, thereby providing an engine having reduced combustion noise, reduced amount of smoke and noxious emissions, and improved fuel economy. A combustion chamber is formed in the piston substantially in the form of a spherical cavity gradually narrowing towards the opening of the cavity at the top surface of the piston. An air intake mechanism swirls intake air supplied to the combustion chamber. A swirl injector injects a fuel spray substantially in the form of a hollow cone having a velocity component in a direction tangential of the central axis of the nozzle.

Abstract: An intermittent swirl type injection valve having a spray angle, capacity coefficient and fuel spray travel distance set so that the valve produces optimum engine operating conditions, with the spray angle, capacity coefficient and fuel spray travel distances being determined taking into account the gap area A.sub.c, the spray hole diameter d.sub.e, and the area A.sub.g of tangential passages in the valve. The injection valve includes a valve body and a valve needle slidably fitted in a valve hole formed in the valve body. A spray hole in the valve body merges with a valve seat provided at an end of the valve hole, and the spray hole is shaped to receive the lower end of the valve needle. Tangential passages swirl the fuel when the needle valve leaves the valve seat to open the valve to spray fuel substantially conically through the spray hole. The injection valve is designed so as to satisfy the following conditions:.alpha.=20.degree. to 75.degree.,d.sub.e =0.3 to 1.2 mm,and ##EQU1## where .alpha.

Abstract: A swirl injection valve includes: a nozzle body including a hollow cylindrical body having a hole and a bottom portion on which a nozzle port and a valve seat are formed; a needle valve member, slidably inserted and reciprocally moved within the hole of the nozzle body, having a tip portion for seating on the valve seat and controlling the opening and closing of the nozzle port; a swirl chamber formed upstream of the nozzle port and defined between an inner wall of the nozzle body and an outer wall of the needle valve member; a fuel supply passage formed within the nozzle body and connected to a fuel supply source; and inclined passage comprising at least one short passage connected to the swirl chamber and the fuel supply passage and tangentially opened to the swirl chamber at a predetermined inclined angle. The fuel is tangentially supplied from the inclined passage to the swirl chamber without pressure loss.

Abstract: A spill type swirl injector includes a nozzle body, an injection port, a pressurized fluid induction passage, a valve assembly, a swirl chamber, two tangential pressurized fluid supply passages and a spill assembly including two spill openings provided on an outer cylindrical wall of a movable member of the valve assembly and opened to inner side of the swirl chamber. An axial hole provided in the movable member of the valve assembly and in the nozzle body and discharge passage assembly is connected to a pressurized fluid supply source, thereby spilling a predetermined quantity of the pressurized fluid from the inner side of the swirl chamber through the spill opening, axial hole and spill passage assembly.

Abstract: An intermittent injection type fuel injection valve including a nozzle body comprising a hollow cylindrical member and having a valve seat and an injection port, valve comprising a movable member having a valve seat interposed into the nozzle body and intermittently reciprocated therein; a compressed air supply passage communicating with a compressed air supply source and having an air opening provided on or near at least one of the valve seats of the nozzle body and movable member; and a compressed fuel supply passage communicating with a compressed fuel supply source and having at least one fuel opening provided on the valve seat of the nozzle body and movable member, the valve intermittently controlling the on-off communication of the air and fuel openings of the compressed air and fuel supply passages, and the fuel opening of the compressed fuel supply passage being positioned closer to the injection port than the air opening of the compressed air supply passage.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a fuel supply system employing an ultrasonic vibratory member of a hollow cylindrically shaped body, comprising a fuel tank for storing fuel therein; a pressurizing and regulating means for pressurizing the fuel supplied from the fuel tank to a predetermined pressure level and regulating the flow rate of the fuel; an ultrasonic wave generating means comprising an ultrasonic wave transducer connected to an ultrasonic wave oscillator for transforming an electric oscillation into mechanical vibrations, a mechanical vibration amplifying portion which is integrally secured to the ultrasonic wave transducer, and an ultrasonic vibratory member of a hollow cylindrically shaped body, having a predetermined length and diameter, which is integrally secured to an output end of the mechanical vibration amplifying portion, with the axis of the member being directed perpendicularly to the axis of the mechanical vibration amplifying portion; and liquid film forming means,

Abstract: A swirl injection valve for injecting pressurized fluid, such as fuel, into an engine or the like through passages connecting a fuel source to an injection port and forming a swirl flow in the fluid prior to injection by introducing the fluid tangentially into a swirl chamber located adjacent the port.