Abstract: This metal gasket is formed by laminating a pair of bead plates and a pair of intermediate plates, and capable of setting the temperature distribution thereof uniform by efficiently cooling high-temperature regions which are in the vicinity of swirl chambers without causing a decrease in the rigidity and strength thereof. The portions of the bead plates which are in the vicinity of the parts thereof in which the swirl chambers are positioned are provided with coolant-contact areas surrounded by half beads formed on the bead plates, these coolant-contact areas being provided with holes. The wall surfaces of these holes directly contact the cooling water flowing in a water jacket in a cylinder head, and fulfil the function of radiating the heat transmitted from a high-temperature combustion gas thereto.

Abstract: Early diagnosis of mastitis or garget is carried out by measuring the concentration of 3-hydroxybutyric acid in milk. Used to this end is a reagent reacting with 3-hydroxybutyric acid to show a color at a concentration of 100 .mu.mol/l or higher.

Abstract: A method for improving the resistance to surface roughening of tungsten-containing metallic articles such as cutting tools and hot mill rolls made of a cemented carbide or high-speed steel and extending the lifetime thereof. The method comprises treating a metallic article with an aqueous alkaline solution containing calcium ions and optionally tungstate ions having a pH greater than 8 so as to form a coating of calcium tungstate on the surface of the metallic article. In hot rolling with tungsten-containing rolls, the aqueous solution can be used as at least part of a cooling water to cool the rolls, thereby extending the period before roll replacement becomes necessary due to surface roughening and decreasing the frequency of roll dressing required during hot rolling.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for improving the luster of a metal sheet surface without deteriorating the productivity and also in reducing the difference in glossiness between the upper and lower surfaces of the metal sheet at the time of cold-rolling. By making the velocity, after rolling of the metal sheet, equal to or larger than the rotational circumferential velocity of the work rolls, and by rolling the metal sheet with upper and lower work rolls crossed with each other in such manner that an angle of slip scratches left on the metal sheet surfaces becomes 5 degrees or larger and shear deformation in the widthwise direction can be effectively given to the metal sheet just before rolling, thereby improving the surface luster of the metal sheet.

Abstract: An on-vehicle audio system reproducing bodily-sensible sounds is devised to rapidly eliminate masking of bodily-acoustic audio sounds caused by vibrations of a running vehicle and generate bodily-sensible sounds without giving an inharmonious feeling to the listener. The system has a low pass filter for extracting only low frequency band components of an input signal, an amplifier for amplifying the output of the low pass filter and delivering the amplified signal, a vibration unit disposed in a seat of the vehicle for converting the amplified signal to mechanical vibrations. To eliminate the masking, the system is provided with a vibration sensor for generating a vibration signal of a magnitude in accordance with vibrations of the vehicle, and a level adjusting unit for adjusting the level of the input signal in accordance with an average level of the vibration signal.

Abstract: An oxygen sensor device is disclosed having a glass dome fluid-tightly connected at its circumferential base edge to one surface of an oxygen conductive solid electrolyte plate to form a diffusion chamber defined by the glass dome and the solid electrolyte plate. The diffusion chamber may be vacant, or may have a porous inorganic material packing layer fixedly disposed in the entire space thereof. Alternatively, the diffusion chamber may have a porous inorganic material semi-packing layer fixedly disposed in an upper portion thereof remote from the electrolyte plate, while leaving vacant the remainder of the chamber. The oxygen sensor device is advantageous from the viewpoints of miniaturization, power consumption saving and reliability.

Abstract: A solid non-polar capacitor having excellent electrical characteristics such as high capacitance, which includes an electrode formed from a conductor having a porous surface, a dielectric layer formed from an insulating polymer thin film on the porous surface of the conductor, and a counter electrode formed from an electrically conductive layer on the surface of the dielectric layer. Preferably, the electrically conductive layer constituting the counter electrode consists of an electrically conductive polymer film prepared by chemical oxidation polymerization and an electrically conductive polymer layer prepared by electrolytic polymerization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal gasket for a manifold produced by laminating a plurality of bead plates having bead portions which are bent at a predetermined radius of curvature R and by setting the ratio R/t of the radius of curvature R to the thickness t of the bead plates to the range of 7 to 15. Therefore, the radius of curvature of the bent portions of the bead plates to the thickness can be made relatively great and the bent portions of the bead plates become smooth. As a result, when the metal gasket is tightened between a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold, the contact portions of the bead plates are expanded and the stress and face-to-face pressure occurring at the contact portions can be reduced. Accordingly, the stress acting on the bead plates can be made lower than a reference value, the increase of the facet-face pressure can be restricted to within a predetermined range and the stress and face-to-face pressure of the bead portions forming a seal surface can be kept within suitable ranges.

Abstract: In an ALC circuit for automatically performing an amplitude compression control operation according to the output level of a low frequency amplifier circuit, the output level of the amplifier circuit is subjected to amplitude compression according to the level of a control signal which is outputted in correspondence to the output level of the amplifier circuit. The differentiation time constant of a differentiating circuit (or cutoff frequency of a high pass filter) provided on the output side of the amplifier circuit is controlled according to the level of the control signal to control the cutoff frequency for the frequency band subjected to amplitude compression.

Abstract: A silicon thin film is composed of primarily silicon atoms, 0 to 8 atm % hydrogen, at least one element selected from the group including fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, and an impurity element, wherein about 80 to 100% of microcrystalline grains are interspersed in an amorphous phase. The thin film is produced by deposition on a substrate in a plasma atmosphere using as a raw material gas silane (SiH.sub.4) or halogenated silane (SiH.sub.o--3 X.sub.4--1) wherein X represents a halogen or a combination of two or more halogens, and a dopant gas mixed with the raw material gas. The method comprises the steps of: (1) diluting the mixed gas with hydrogen in a ratio of the diluting gas to the raw material gas of from 50:1 to 100:1, to control the film deposition rate to produce a layer including mixed crystalline and amorphous substances; and (2) applying an electric power to provide a plasma discharge power density of from 0.1 to about 0.5 W/cm.sup.2, at a reaction pressure of 5 to 10 torr.

Abstract: In an automatic loudness compensator provided in a sound reproduction device in a vehicle, the sound level is compensated to reproduce a sound source with the high fidelity intended by the producer of the source of sound. The level of sound frequency-pressure is increased or decreased relative to a middle range of sound frequency at a sound level lower or higher than a reference sound level, respectively. The level of sound frequency-pressure is also adjusted based on the noise produced by the movement of the vehicle and on the acoustic characteristic of the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A spring system for applying a restoring force to a reciprocating member such as an exhaust or intake valve of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a helical spring having open ends and consisting of titanium or an alloy thereof; and a spring seat supporting one of the two ends of the helical spring. Since this helical spring is provided with open ends, mutual striking of the coil wire can be avoided and, thereby, the durability of the helical spring can be ensured in addition to the advantage obtained from the low-mass and high transverse elastic modulus of titanium or its alloy.

Abstract: Tone forming channels generate tone signals corresponding to tone pitch information assigned thereto with characteristics responsive to tone element control signals supplied thereto. An assignment order setting section selects desired channels and establishes an order of assignment of the selected channels. An assignment section sequentially changes, at each timing of generation of a tone, a channel to which a tone to be generated should be assigned in accordance with the established assignment order. In the channels whose assignment order has been established, tones whose tonal quality are different from one another are formed. A group setting section divides the tone forming channels into plural groups. The assignment section performs, group by group, assignment of a tone to be generated to any of channels in each group. Tones of different tonal quality are formed between different groups.

Abstract: A limiter circuit divides the output of a low frequency amplifier into two parts which are respectively high pass filtered, and low frequency amplitude limited. The two parts may be recombined to form an audio output which is freed from clipping distortion at the low end, while the high end is increased. The invention is especially suited for environments such as automobiles, where the ambient noise level may be high.

Abstract: A speaker system for a vehicle having both front and rear speakers. Both speakers are connected in parallel to an amplifier. The impedance of the rear speaker circuit is made greater than that of the front speaker circuit. A resistor may be placed in series with the rear speaker or a shorting ring may be attached to the coil of the front speaker to decrease the high frequency impedance.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension device which suspends a vehicle body and a wheel, comprising a coil spring body having a predetermined number of coaxial turns, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder, each including a soft synthetic resin open-cell foam which is treated to be surging-proof and waterproof and which has a wall in which is embedded at least one turn located at each end of said coil spring body.

Abstract: A level gage mounting structure comprising a level gage secured to an upper member of a liquid storage container and vertically extending inside the container, the level gage having its lower end supported on the bottom surface of the container, and a deformable member provided between the upper member and the upper end of the level gage to support the upper end of the level gage, the deformable member being deformable vertically in unison with any vertical deformation of the upper and bottom surfaces of the container, thus enabling the lower end of the level gage to be in contact with the bottom surface of the container at all times.

Abstract: Moving picture signal transmission system, wherein the data-compression is effected for the moving picture by the intraframe-encoding and the interframe-encoding, the signal is divided into the fixed frame-length transmission frame, the transmission frame has the header (A, B, C) which identifies whether it is the first transmission frame, the middle transmission frame or the last transmission frame in one picture frame signal, and then the transmission frame is transmitted, a receiver informs a transmitter of the validity of the received sequence and the result of the error check, when a transmitter receives the error message from a receiver, the picture frame immediately after the message is encoded by only the intraframe-encoding, the succeeding frames are encoded through interframe-encoding, so that the influence of the error is removed within a short time.