Abstract: A braking device for a motorcycle, in which front wheel braking means is operated in conjunction with a braking operation on a rear wheel, eliminates a rapid change in front/rear braking force distribution at the time of a rear wheel braking operation so as to consistently allow a rider to feel a smooth braking operation. Braking force distribution characteristics on the rear and front wheels are previously set for each vehicle speed. When the braking operation on the rear wheel is performed, a brake caliper on the front wheel is controlled so as to maintain braking force distribution characteristics corresponding to a vehicle speed when the operation is started.

Abstract: A method of making quartz oscillators wherein, round-sectioned bar-shaped leads are inserted through a base and are glass-sealed to be secured to the base, the parts above the base are pressed to form flat plate-shaped inner parallel spaced leads, so that the leads annealed in the glass-sealing step will be compressed and hardened, and the inner leads will be resilient to enable a quartz piece to be resiliently held by its sides when it is inserted between the inner leads. The steps can be automated and the cost of manufacturing the oscillators can be reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus wherein each glass plate is arranged between a male mold and female mold and is successively intermittently moved through a heating molding chamber and the male mold is depressed and undepressed whenever the glass plate stops in a fixed position in the heating molding chamber to quickly and continuously produce Braun tubes of an accurate shape.