Abstract: A current limiting device includes first and second contact members, each contact member having, at a first end, contacts defining a contact pair; a contacting pressure is applied to said contact pair; and a cylindrical insulator cylindrically surrounding the contacts when the contacts are closed. The device is arranged such that at least one of the first and second contact members is rotatably supported at a second end. Also, an electrical path is defined through which currents flow in substantial opposition to the first and second contact members and in opposite directions to each other. The first ends of the first and second contact members are positioned within the space defined by the cylindrical insulator in the closed contact state. The contact of at least one of the rotatably supported contact members is positioned outside of the space defined by the cylindrical insulator when the contacts are open.

Abstract: A switch having a molded article of which the entirety or a part is composed of an organic and inorganic complex composition is provided, wherein the base inside of the base of a box is composed of for example an organic and inorganic complex composition with the resin content at 15 to 70 wt % and the content of one or more inorganic compounds capable of dehydration at 150° C. or more at 80 to 30 wt %.

Abstract: In a vacuum type brake booster apparatus, the response in an initial stage of operating brakes is made sluggish so as to improve the brake feeling in a normal operation area, while the response is improved at the time of panic braking when the brake pedal is largely depressed to thereby reduce a stopping distance at the time of braking. A throttling mechanism is constituted by a position variable piston fixed to an operating rod of a brake booster of a vacuum type and a circumferential wall portion surrounding the position variable piston with a certain gap being formed therebetween.

Abstract: In an assembly line in which at least two kinds of workpieces are transported by mixture and in which each of the workpieces is transported by a self-propelling transporting member, a transporting pitch for each kind of workpiece is set in advance based on a difference in the number of assembling man-hours required for each of them. The timing for starting the transporting member off a starting end of the assembly line is controlled according to the transporting pitch such that a pitch between a preceding transporting member and a succeeding transporting member becomes equal to that which is set for a workpiece to be transported by the preceding transporting member.

Abstract: A switch includes a moving element having a traveling contact at one end thereof, and a repelling element having a repelling contact at one end thereof and extending substantially parallel to the moving element, and the repelling contact capable of making and breaking contact with the traveling contact, and the switch further comprising a conductor connecting the repelling element to the side of a power source system, and the conductor including a first conductor portion positioned within the limits of the traveling contact and said repelling contact when said moving element and the repelling element are opened so as to be connected to the side of the power source system, and a second conductor portion connecting the first conductor portion to the repelling element at an end on the side opposed to the repelling contact.

Abstract: A switch includes a fixed contact having a first conductor portion connected to a terminal, a second conductor portion having a stationary contact, and a third conductor portion. The third conductor portion is disposed on the side of the other end of a moving contact to which a traveling contact is not mounted with respect to a position of the stationary contact, and on the side opposed to the terminal. The first conductor portion is disposed above a contact surface of contacts at a contact closing time, and is disposed below a contact surface of the traveling contact at a contact opening time. A position of the first conductor portion which can be surveyed from a surface of the traveling contact at an opening time of the contacts is coated with an insulator.

Abstract: A switch is configured that: in the closed-circuit state, at least part of its movable contact arm enters into a oblong generally hexahedral space defined by its elongated stationary conductor in its closed circuit position. Both contacting and breaking of the moving contact and the fixed contact occur in the space. Overall electromagnetic forces generated by the current flowing through the stationary conductor, movable contact arm and the arc induced at the time of breaking effectively act to extend the arc toward a terminal section of the stationary conductor and to increase the arc resistance at the time just after the breaking of both the contacts.

Abstract: The current limiting circuit breaker comprises a circuit breaker (1A) and at least one current limiting unit (1B); the circuit breaker (1A) has load side terminals (12) and power-source-side or connection terminals (2a), and the current limiting unit (1B) is unitized to be simply connected to the circuit breaker (1A) or to another current limiting unit (1B) at their power source side terminals; the current limiting unit (1B) has current limiting connection terminals (25a) which ride on the circuit breaker connection terminals (2a) or power-source-side terminals (20a) of another current limiting unit (1B) for connection, to the circuit breaker (1A) or another current limiting unit (1B).

Abstract: A hinge pin couples a first hinge receiver mounted on a vehicle body and a second hinge receiver mounted on a door to be installed on the vehicle body. The hinge pin is removed from the vehicle body and the door to separate the vehicle body and the door from each other after the vehicle body and the door have been coated, and the removed pin engages in a hinge pin engaging member. The hinge pin is fed to a position where the vehicle body and the door are to be assembled together, and the hinge pin is removed from the hinge pin engaging member. Then, the removed hinge pin is pressed into the first and second hinge receivers which are aligned with each other, thereby coupling the vehicle body and the door to each other.

Abstract: In a circuit breaker of double break type, a first moving contact arm and a second moving contact arm are pivoted on a common pin shaft in a manner to move mechanically independent from each other and are electrically connected at the parts near the pivoted ends by a flexible conductor, such as a braided wires, and thereby stable and reliable contacts of the moving contacts on the stationary contacts are assured.

Abstract: In a twin-contact type current limiting apparatus in which two contacts are electrically connected in series with each other, each of movable contact arms (23a, 23b) is extended in substantially parallel with and along each of stationary contact arms (21a, 18a), thereby obtaining balanced electromagnetic repulsions when an excessive current flows.

Abstract: A hinge pin is temporarily held on a first hinge member on the automobile body by means of a hinge pin support mechanism. A door to be attached to the automobile body is held in position, and a second hinge member on the door is brought into engagement with the first hinge member. The hinge pin is pressed into the second hinge member through the first hinge member to couple the door to the automobile door. The hinge pin support mechanism includes a hinge pin retaining member including a ring separably joined to a plurality of legs. When the hinge pin is pressed into the hinge members, the ring is sheared off from the legs and rides in a peripheral groove defined in the hinge pin. The ring then engages one of the hinge members to prevent the hinge pin from being removed from the hinge members. The door can automatically be attached to the automobile body by a door attaching mechanism and detached from the automobile body by a door detaching mechanism.

Abstract: A hinge pin is temporarily held on a first hinge member on the automobile body by means of a hinge pin support mechanism. A door to be attached to the automobile body is held in position, and a second hinge member on the door is brought into engagement with the first hinge member. The hinge pin is pressed into the second hinge member through the first hinge member to couple the door to the automobile door. The hinge pin support mechanism includes a hinge pin retaining member including a ring separably joined to a plurality of legs. When the hinge pin is pressed into the hinge members, the ring is sheared off from the legs and rides in a peripheral groove defined in the hinge pin. The ring then engages one of the hinge members to prevent the hinge pin from being removed from the hinge members. The door can automatically be attached to the automobile body by a door attaching mechanism and detached from the automobile body by a door detaching mechanism.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter comprising a stationary conductor carrying a stationary contact, a movable contact arm carrying thereon a movable contact which, when in the open position, defines an arcing region together with the stationary contact, an operating mechanism for moving the movable contact arm between contact closed and open positions, an arc extinguisher facing toward the arcing region for cooling and extinguishing the electric arc, an arc horn for transferring thereon one leg of the electric arc, and an arc runner mounted on the stationary conductor for transferring thereon the other leg of the electric arc from the stationary contact. The arc runner has formed therein an arc runner slot which opens to substantially surround the arcing region, and the arc runner and the stationary contact are positioned such that at least one of the movable contact and the arc horn of the movable contact arm is located within the arc runner slot of the arc runner when the contacts are in the closed position.