Abstract: A door closer device comprises a sun gear pivotally mounted via a pivot shaft, a planetary gear which meshes with the sun gear to orbit the sun gear while turning on its own axis, a closing lever pivotally mounted via the pivot shaft and pivotally mounted with the planetary gear, and a sector gear which has an external teeth meshing with an output gear and an internal teeth meshing with the planetary gear. The closing lever swings about the pivot shaft to allow a latch to move from a half-latch position to a full-latch position where the latch fully engages with a striker.

Abstract: Provided is a molding material comprising a composite of 1 to 50 wt % of a continuous reinforcing fiber bundle (A) and 0.1 to 20 wt % of a poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) oligomer (B); and 30 to 98.9 wt % of a thermoplastic resin (C) adhering to the composite, wherein the component (B) has a melting point of not higher than 270° C. Also provided are a method for molding the molding material, a method for producing the molding material, and a method for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material. A molded article having high heat resistance and dynamic properties can be easily produced without impairing the economic efficiency and productivity during the process for producing a molding material. In addition, a fiber-reinforced composite material can be produced with more ease and high productivity.

Abstract: There is provided a production method of poly(phenylene ether ether ketone). The production method makes a cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) composition subjected to thermal ring-opening polymerization in the presence of a metal alkoxide and/or a metal phenoxide. The cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) composition includes 60% by weight or more of cyclic poly(phenylene ether ether ketone) and has a melting point of 270° C. or lower.

Abstract: A door latch system for a vehicle includes: a latch interlocking mechanism arranged to be actuated in a release cancel direction from a neutral position to be interlocked with the pivot movement of the latch in a predetermined direction; and a release cancel mechanism arranged to be actuated from a connection state where an operation force transmitting path for transmitting the power of the electric driving mechanism to the ratchet is connected, to a disconnection state where the operation force transmitting path is disconnected, by the actuation of the latch interlocking mechanism in the release cancel direction from the neutral position, the release cancel mechanism being arranged to be actuated from the connection state to the disconnection state when the ratchet is in a release restriction state so as to enable the ratchet to return to the engagement position.

Abstract: In a vehicle, a striker engages with a latch which engages with a ratchet. A door of the vehicle is closed. A motion-transmitting path for transmitting power to the ratchet from an electric drive mechanism is provided. A release-canceling mechanism connects or cuts off the motion-transmitting path. When the ratchet is released from the latch, the door-cooperating lever cuts off the release-canceling mechanism to enable the ratchet to engage with the latch again. Hence the door is closed.

Abstract: In a planetary gear mechanism of a vehicle door closer device, a planetary gear meshes with a sun gear and a ring gear. When the ring gear turns in one direction, the planetary gear orbits while it turns on its own axis. A closing lever is pivoted on the planetary gear and turns with orbiting of the planetary gear to move the latch to a full-latch position to enable the door to close. When the ring gear turns in the other direction, the planetary gear turns on its own axis and the sun gear turns to allow the ratchet to release from the latch to to enable the door to open. The planetary gear mechanism slows down a motor and a motion is transmitted to the ratchet to enable the ratchet to release from the latch. When the motor stops, the motion is disconnected to enable the ratchet to return to engagement with the latch.

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle door latch comprises an inside handle, a base member fixed to a door, and inside lever connected to the inside handle, a locking lever, a housing, a motor, an output lever, a detected lever coupled to the inside handle and an inside-handle detecting switch. The motion of the inside handle is detected by the inside-handle detecting switch via the detected lever of the device to make the door open or close. Another detecting switch detects motion of a swinging member outside the housing.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is provided having excellent flowability, high crystallization characteristics, high transparency and excellent processability in melt processing to resin molded products, sheets, films, fibers and pipes. The thermoplastic resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic resin; and 0.5 to 50 parts by weight of (B) a cyclic poly(phenylene ether ketone) that is expressed by General Formula (I) given below and has phenylene ketone shown by -Ph-CO— and phenylene ether shown by -Ph-O— as are repeating structural unit: wherein Ph in Formula represents a para-phenylene structure; o and p are respectively integral numbers of not less than 1; and m is an integral number of 2 to 40.

Abstract: A door closer device comprises a sun gear pivotally mounted via a pivot shaft, a planetary gear which meshes with the sun gear to orbit the sun gear while turning on its own axis, a closing lever pivotally mounted via the pivot shaft and pivotally mounted with the planetary gear, and a sector gear which has an external teeth meshing with an output gear and an internal teeth meshing with the planetary gear. The closing lever swings about the pivot shaft to allow a latch to move from a half-latch position to a full-latch position where the latch fully engages with a striker.

Abstract: A method for producing a cyclic polyarylene sulfide, wherein a cyclic polyarylene sulfide is produced by heating a reaction mixture which is composed of at least a linear polyarylene sulfide (a), a sulfidizing agent (b), a dihalogenated aromatic compound (c) and an organic polar solvent (d). This method for producing a cyclic polyarylene sulfide is characterized in that not less than 1.25 liters of the organic polar solvent is used per 1 mole of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture. This method enables to efficiently produce a cyclic polyarylene sulfide, more specifically cyclic oligoarylene sulfide by an economical and simple process in short time.

Abstract: A cyclic poly (phenylene ether ether ketone) composition includes not less than 60% by weight of a cyclic poly (phenylene ether ether ketone) represented by the following Formula (I), which is characterized in that the cyclic poly (phenylene ether ether ketone) is a mixture of cyclic poly (phenylene ether ether ketone)s having different repeating numbers (m) and the composition has a melting point of not higher than 270° C.; and a method of producing a poly (phenylene ether ether ketone) characterized by heat-polymerizing the cyclic poly (phenylene ether ether ketone) composition: where m represents an integer of 2 to 40.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improvement in an apparatus of the helical scan type for playing back of information signals prerecorded on a magnetic tape along tracks inclined with respect to a running direction of a magnetic tape in a manner that tracks of common azimuth angle are formed every other track.

Abstract: A helical scan type video signal recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a rotary body mounted with a pair of rotary magnetic heads at positions having an angular separation of approximately 180.degree. on a rotational plane of the rotary body so that the pair of rotary magnetic heads have mutually different height positions along an axial direction of the rotary body, a mechanism for intermittently transporting a magnetic tape which is wrapped obliquely around a peripheral surface of the rotary drum for a predetermined angular range, and a circuit for successively recording and reproducing while the magnetic tape is stationary video signals each amounting to one field on and from a pair of successive tracks by the pair of rotary magnetic heads in time lapse recording and reproducing modes.