Abstract: A connector for mounting a pipe member (P) having a spiral-shaped wall to a through hole (h) formed in a wall member (W), the connector comprises a bellmouth (1), a holder (2) and a waterproof packing member (3). The bellmouth (1) includes an engaging projection (13) which is formed on the outer periphery (12) of a cylindrical-shaped portion (11) thereof and is engageable with the inner peripheral surface of the pipe member (P). The holder (2) includes a spiral-shaped projection (23) which is formed on the inner peripheral surface (22) of a cylindrical-shaped portion (21) thereof and fittingly engageable with the outer periphery spiral-shaped portion of the pipe member (P). The waterproof packing member (3) is disposed between the wall member (W) and the holder (2).

Abstract: Dihalopropene compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is substituted alkyl; R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, nitro or cyano; A is O, S(O).sub.t or NR.sup.14 in which R.sup.14 is H or alkyl and t is 0 to 2; B is substituted alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene; r is 0 to 2; X's are each independently halogen; Y is O, S or NH; Z is O, S or NR.sup.25 in which R.sup.25 is H, acetyl or alkyl, which are useful as active ingredients of insecticidal/acaricidal agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluoropropene compound represented by Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group or other groups, Z represents an oxygen atom or other groups, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 each independently represent a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group or other groups, r represents an integer of 0 to 2, and X represents a halogen atom or other groups.

Abstract: A driving-force controller in a vehicle in which, when an accelerator pedal is depressed to initially move the vehicle at a time t.sub.1, if a state in which a vehicle speed is zero due to slippage of driven wheels continues for a predetermined time, it is judged that the vehicle is on a road surface having an extremely low road surface friction coefficient. If a driven wheel speed and the vehicle speed become zero at a time t.sub.4 because a driver abandons initial acceleration and releases an accelerator pedal, a gear shift stage of an automatic transmission is forcibly shifted to a second gear shift stage, and a target slip rate set in a traction control device is switched to a decreased value. As a result, when the driver depresses the accelerator pedal to restart the vehicle at a time t.sub.5, excessive slippage is suppressed by a decrease in driven wheel torque so that the vehicle begins moving smoothly. If a driven wheel slip rate exceeds the decreased target slip rate at a time t.sub.

Abstract: A pad clip for use in a disc brake in which a concave and convex fitting structure is formed in a braking support portion between each of friction pads disposed opposite to a rotor, and a support member for bearing braking force from the friction pads. The pad clip is installed between projections of the friction pads and anchor concave grooved portions of a support member in the concave and convex fitting portions to thereby support the friction pads respectively. In the pad clip, plate spring portions for urging the friction pads in the radially outward direction of the rotor are formed in one of opposite portions in the radial direction of the rotor, which are the portions following U-shaped portions in the concave and convex fitting portions. Guide projecting portions sidewise spread out are formed at side edges of the plate spring portions, and the lower edge portions of the projections are engaged with the guide projecting portions respectively so that the plate spring portions can be pushed and spread.

Abstract: A caliper support mechanism for supporting a disc brake caliper is slidably supported by a slide pin. The end face 21 of the stepped portion 11 of the lug 5C of the caliper 5 is arcuately incurved in cross section such that the center of a circle defined by the arcuately incurved end face 21 is coincident with the center of the bolt hole 10 of the lug 5C, and the arcuately incurved end face 21 is directed obliquely and outwardly with respect to the horizontal line H in the lug 5C of the caliper 5. The structure reduces the squeeze of the slide pins by the support bracket as well as the drag and squeak of the brake.

Abstract: In an apparatus for continuously annealing a steel strip after cold rolling, stable operation of the annealing apparatus can be obtained by preventing slippage of bridle rolls and hearth rolls. The diameter D of a bridle roll is set so that a surface pressure p defined by an equation p=h(.sigma..sub.1 +.sigma..sub.2)/D can be 10 kPa (kilopascal) or more, wherein the unit tension of a steel strip at the inlet side of the bridle roll and hearth rolls of the apparatus is .sigma..sub.1, the unit tension at the outlet side is .sigma..sub.2, the thickness of the steel strip is h and the diameter of the bridle roll is D.

Abstract: A dust-proof boot comprising an internal engaging ring extended from one end of an expansible bellows portion and an external engaging ring provided upwardly thereof and capable of being spread is provided at an extended base of the internal engaging ring with an air flow port for guiding pressure from the inside of the bellows portion into the internal engaging ring. In mounting the dust-proof boot on a support provided with a guide hole, the internal engaging ring of the dust-proof boot is fitted into an internal groove of the support, after which compressed air is supplied from the interior of the bellows whereby the compressed air spreads the external engaging ring via the air flow port and the external engaging ring is fitted into an external groove.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for controlling the change-over between two and four-wheel drive modes of a vehicle, wherein the two-wheel drive mode is smoothly changed to the four-wheel drive mode during acceleration in the two-wheel drive mode.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for controlling the vehicle speed during acceleration of a four-wheel drive vehicle, wherein the vehicle speed during acceleration can be determined with precision. According to the above method, even if a wheel is spinning, the vehicle speed can be correctly determined without any influence of the spin, by correcting the vehicle speed during acceleration by comparison of the determined second vehicle speed, based upon the lowest speed of the four wheels, with the first vehicle speed, which is determined based upon the wheel speed.

Abstract: An automatic gap control apparatus for a disc brake with a parking brake comprises a cup-shaped piston having a bottom, the piston is slidably mounted inside the brake operating cylinder, a rod having a through hole slidably fitted inside the body, which is prevented from rotating and provided with a one-way reversible thread, a sleeve nut having a concave portion at an end thereof, which is provided at a front end thereof an abutting portion abutting against the bottom of the piston and threadably engaged with the one-way reversible thread of the rod thereby forming a length adjusting mechanism, a small piston having a large diameter head, which is fitted in the through hole of the rod, and the large diameter head is fitted in the concave portion of the sleeve nut, and a spring member provided between the cup-shaped piston and the sleeve nut, which urges the sleeve nut.

Abstract: In a multi-axle drive vehicle having a first axle which is directly coupled to a power source, and a second axle which is coupled to the power source by way of a coupling such as a viscous coupling which is adapted to transmit torque as a mathematical function of a difference in rotational speed between its input end and output end, to the end of eliminating the problems arising from transmission of braking force between the wheels of difference axles, the vehicle is further provided with a clutch for selectively interrupting transmission of power from the power source to the second axle, a brake sensor for detecting activation of a brake system of the vehicle, and a control unit for activating the clutch when the brake sensor has detected activation of the brake system. The conditions for activating the clutch may further include that the vehicle is running at a high speed which may be detected either directly or from a shift position of the power transmission system of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and mechanism for selectively transmitting and interrupting power between an input shaft and an output shaft arranged in coaxial relation in which a rotary member is coupled to one of the shafts to provide first and second states therebetween and wherein in the first state the rotary member is free to rotate and rotation is transmitted between the input and output shafts, whereas in the second state the input shaft can rotate relative to the output shaft and transmission of rotation is interrupted. The rotary member and the one shaft are angularly rotated relative to one another between first and second relative positions in the first and second states, and rotation of the rotary member is halted by a disc brake in the second state.

Abstract: In an anti-skid control system for a motor vehicle, brake fluid pressure reduction-control mode and brake fluid pressure buildup-control mode occurs cyclically; in the reduction-control mode, reduction of the brake fluid pressure is started on the basis of detection of an abrupt drop in wheel speed which occurs when the wheel is braked; and in buildup-control mode, a valve is repetitively opened and closed so that brake fluid pressure buildup and holding operations are performed alternatley and repetitively, whereby the brake fluid pressure is caused to build up gradually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cooling a steel strip in a continuous-annealing furnace. Conventionally, the steel strip is cooled by a water medium and, thus, oxidation is inevitable. Recently developed roll cooling methods can prevent oxidation but are disadvantageous in that the steel strip (1) is nonuniformly cooled as seen in its short width direction.The present invention attains uniform cooling by means of feedback-feedforward control, in which the blowing width of the gas-jet cooler (21, 53) is controlled by detecting the sheet temperature distribution with thermometers (24, 55, 60).

Abstract: Steel strip is continuously annealed while successively travelling through a heating, soaking, primary cooling, overaging and secondary cooling zone in an annealing furnace. In the overaging zone, an endless steel strip is allowed to run through a passageway that extends spirally from the entry end of the overaging zone to the point where overaging is completed, at a given distance in the direction of radius. The guide strip travels at the same speed as the steel strip being processed that is delivered from the primary cooling zone. On the entry side of the overaging zone, the strip being processed is laid over the guide strip so that the two strips spirally travel through the overaging zone side by side. The processed and guide strips running together are shifted out of the spiral passageway at the point where overaging is completed. Then, the processed strip is separated from the guide strip by shifting at least one of the two strips.

Abstract: In controlledly cooling steel strip in a continuous annealing line, the heat transfer rate needed for attaining the desired cooling rate is calculated from an equation including strip thickness, the cooling starting and finishing temperatures, and the desired cooling rate, and the obtained heat transfer rate is corrected according to the effect of natural cooling in idle-pass zones preceding and following the coolant spray zone. The flow rate of coolant is determined and set by using an equation expressing the predetermined relationship between the heat transfer rate and coolant flow rate. The length of the coolant spraying region extending in the direction of strip travel is calculated from the running speed of the strip, the cooling starting and finishing temperatures, and the desired cooling rate. The nozzles are set to turn on and off so that the coolant is sprayed from such a number of nozzles as correspond to the length of the spraying region thus calculated.

Abstract: A surface treatment apparatus for producing a steel strip having an enhanced phosphatizing property, has a plurality of guide rolls for guiding the strip along a predetermined path, a pickling vessel having nozzles for spraying a pickling liquid onto the surface of the strip, a first rinsing vessel having nozzles for spraying water onto the strip surface, an electrolytic treating vessel having an anode and a temperature control for the electrolytic treating liquid, a second rinsing vessel having nozzles for spraying water onto the strip surface, and a voltage supply for applying a voltage between an anode and a cathode consisting of a guide roll located beside and close to the electrolytic treating liquid contained in the electrolytic treating vessel.

Abstract: A continuous cold rolling and annealing apparatus for a steel strip so that interruption of a cold rolling mill part does not directly cause a continuous annealing furnace part to be interrupted, in which apparatus at least one cold rolling mill is located upstream of the entrance of a continuous annealing furnace and an intermediate reel for supplying a spare steel strip coil to said continuous annealing furnace, is arranged between the cold rolling mill and the continuous annealing furnace.