Abstract: A hybrid inflator comprises an inflator housing, a pressurized medium contained within the inflator housing, and a propellant contained within the inflator housing ranging from about 0.5 grams to about 20 grams. The pressurized medium is released from the inflator housing and the propellant is ignited to produce propellant gases.

Abstract: A storage capacitor is constituted by a storage capacitor electrode, made of a transparent and conductive film extending substantially all over a substrate, and pixel electrodes overlapping with the storage capacitor electrode via an interlevel insulation layer. The storage capacitor holds charges. The storage capacitor electrode is positioned such that it faces the entire surface of the pixel electrodes. Since the transparent and conductive storage capacitor electrode does not reduce the aperture ratio, the storage capacitor can have a large capacitance. A signal voltage applied to the storage capacitor electrode is determined so as not to activate the thin film transistors which are not selected. A light-shielding layer is present at a position between pixel electrodes on or under the storage capacitor electrode. The light-shielding layer shields the thin film transistors, gate lines and drain lines from incident light, thereby preventing reduction of contrast of displayed pictures.

Abstract: A power unit for a vehicle constructed by combining an internal combustion engine and a transmission integrally is provided. A crankshaft rotatably supported in front and rear crankcases of the internal combustion engine is positioned biased slightly toward right side from the center of the crankcases, a cylinder block and a cylinder head is inclined toward the left so as to extend obliquely leftward and upward from the crankshaft, on the left side of the crankshaft are arranged a main shaft and an auxiliary shaft of the transmission in turn, at a middle and upper portion between the main and auxiliary shafts a reverse shaft, and below the auxiliary shaft a driving shaft. On the right side of the crankshaft is arranged a cam shaft. These shafts are parallel with each other and directed in the vehicle running direction.

Abstract: Recessed portions extending in the direction of the cam shaft from the opposed edges of the intake cam and the exhaust cam are respectively formed on the base circles of the intake cam and the exhaust cam of the cam shaft. Moreover, projecting ribs crossing a predetermined circumference of the cam shaft, having rib end portions directed toward the recessed portions, and extending in the rotational direction of the cam shaft, are radially projectingly provided on the cam shaft adjacent to the recessed portions.

Abstract: A casing of a power unit is formed which is capable of simultaneously driving the front and the rear wheels of a saddle type vehicle. The power unit includes an engine and a transmission in a compact construction. A crankshaft, a main shaft, a secondary shaft and an output shaft are supported in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle in a casing for both an engine and a transmission. The crankshaft, the main shaft and the secondary shaft are arranged on substantially the same level. The output shaft is disposed below the main shaft and the secondary shaft. The opposite ends of the output shaft project outside from the casing. The opposite ends of the output shaft are connected to a front driving shaft and a rear driving shaft, respectively.

Abstract: An overload protective apparatus has fixed contacts connected to at least one pair of fixed terminals secured on the bottom of a case, a dish-shaped polymetallic element, e.g., a bimetal or trimetal having movable contacts bonded thereon so as to oppose the fixed contacts, and an adjusting bolt supporting a central portion of the polymetallic element for maintaining the polymetallic element at a position separate from the bottom of the case, wherein the polymetallic element and the adjusting bolt are accommodated in the case. The polymetallic element used herein is constructed to make a current density around bonding portions for the movable contacts higher than other regions, such that portions around the movable contacts are more susceptible to rupture when an abnormal current flows through the polymetallic element. The polymetallic element is also constructed to prevent degradation of the spring constant thereof.

Abstract: In a computer system, when data for a register assigned to a current process arrives at a processing element, an instruction for loading this data is automatically inserted into an instruction sequence to be fetched by an instruction fetch unit provided in the processing element, thus synchronizing of data on registers is enabled. In addition, when data for a register assigned to a process which had previously been suspended and is not the current process arrives at the processing element, the data is written to a corresponding save area allotted in local memory for that register. Suspension of a process occurs at a point in time at which a register assigned to that process is accessed by an instruction but no data is yet present in the register and when this process suspension occurs, the process to be executed is switched to another process.

Abstract: A thermal protector comprises a case having a space surrounded by a bottom surface and a wall surface; a pair of fixed electrodes secured to the bottom surface of the case and located so as to be separated from each other in the space; a disk-shaped bimetal disposed in the space so as to be opposite to the fixed electrodes; a pair of contacts disposed on extremity portions of a surface of the bimetal opposite to the fixed electrodes, the bimetal being either in a conductive state, where the contacts are in contact with the pair of fixed electrodes, or in a non-conductive state, where, the bimetal being deformed, depending on temperature, they are not in contact with the pair of fixed electrodes; and inclined portions disposed on the wall surface with a predetermined interval from the extremity portions of the bimetal when the bimetal is deformed.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with an improved system of dynamic balancing of the primary and secondary vibrations associated with combustion and inertial momentum effects, in particular, in single cylinder engines. By means of the primary and secondary balancing shafts, the invention achieves maximum balancing effects in small spaces, by combining the power transmission and dynamic balancing functions of the shafts; by mechanical arrangement of the primary and secondary balancing shafts in the vicinity of and parallel with the crank shaft; and by a judicious choice of the inter-shaft distances to permit placing the largest possible momentum balancing weights to the balancing sections.

Abstract: An overload protective device to the disposed in an electric circuit serving to supply current to a load has a pair of fixed contacts provided inside of a case and an inversible disk-like bimetal of a curved shape having a pair of movable contacts capable of coming in contact with the fixed contacts, respectively. A shaft is fixed to the case at one end thereof and formed with a head portion at the free end portion. The shaft extends though a hole formed in the central portion of the bimetal. When the bimetal breaks, a circuit breaker breaks the electric circuit permanently to thereby prevent the load and the overload protective device from being burnt out.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a crankshaft, a clutch, and a transmission including a main shaft rotatable by the crankshaft through the clutch and a countershaft rotatable by the main shaft through gears. A counterbalance mechanism includes at least a primary counterweight rotatable in synchronism with the crankshaft, and a hollow shaft rotatably supported concentrically on the main shaft, the primary counterweight being integrally mounted on the hollow shaft, the clutch being corotatably mounted on the hollow shaft and operatively coupled to the crankshaft at the same speed as and in the opposite direction to the crankshaft.

Abstract: A balancer system for suppressing vibrations in an internal combustion engine for a motorcycle has pair of balancer shafts, and a pair of first and second primary counterbalances supported on the balancer shafts, respectively, for rotation about axes parallel to the crankshaft of the engine in ganged relation to the crankshaft at the same speed as and in the opposite direction to the crankshaft. The balancer shafts extend parallel to the crankshaft and are positioned one on each side of the crankshaft. The first and second primary counterbalances are rotatable about respective centers which are connected by a line passing through a substantially central portion of the crankshaft, the first and second primary counterbalances being rotatably supported on the balancer shafts near ends thereof, with the centers being spaced from the central portion of the crankshaft by substantially equal distances.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a transfer image comprising at least a light source for exposure, an exposure cylinder and a second cylinder which can contact the exposure cylinder, wherein the light source for the exposure is arranged outside the radius of the exposure cylinder, the exposure cylinder has means of attaching an image-forming material thereto, and the second cylinder has means of receiving the image-forming material from the surface of the exposure cylinder and holds the received image-forming material, and a method of forming as transfer image on an image receptor by using the apparatus.

Abstract: A selector box for switching between RS232 ports is disclosed. A single host terminal is provided and a plurality of channel terminals are provided. In a first mode, a command comes from the host terminal determining which of the channel terminals the host terminal will be connected to. In a second mode, the command comes from a channel terminal requesting access to the host terminal. The device can also be operated in a manual mode where a manual switch performs the connecting function. In the first mode the signal commanding the channel number is part of the transmit data signal of an RS232 interface. In the second mode, the various RS232 interfaces of the channel terminals are all scanned and the first channel to produce a certain signal receives access to the host terminal.

Abstract: A keyboard apparatus comprises a row of control keys operated by the left-hand thumb of an operator, a row of control keys operated by the operator's right-hand thumb, a first group of data entry keys arranged in a matrix of three rows and five columns in a first working area to be operated by the operator's first to fourth left-hand fingers, and a second group of data entry keys arranged in the same manner as the first in a second working area to be operated by the operator's first to fourth right-hand fingers. The first and second working areas are oriented so that the columns of the first and second groups are generally aligned with the left- and right-hand fingers, respectively.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprising: first and second crankshafts disposed apart from and parallel with each other; first and second pistons operatively connected to the first and second crankshafts through connecting rods, respectively; and first and second cylinders for slidably accommodating therein the first and second pistons, respectively, both the crankshafts being interlocked with each other to rotate synchronously, the first and second cylinders being disposed adjacent to each other in the axial directions of the crankshafts. Vibrations due to the primary inertial force can be eliminated or alleviated without using a special balancer shaft. The size and weight of the engine are greatly reduced as compared with a conventional horizontally opposed type or V type engine.

Abstract: An interface cable comprising a plurality of changeover switches for selectively connecting various lines of the interface cable. It is characterized in that the plurality of changeover switches are provided between RS232C connectors connected to the ends of the interface cable. The changeover switches can interchange an SD line and an RD line with respect to each other and can selectively connect an RS line, a CS line, a DR line, a CD line and an ER line between the RS232C connectors.

Abstract: A modified polyethylene terephthalate molding material containing terephthalic acid as a major dicarboxylic acid component and ethylene glycol as a major glycol component, which contains 0.1 to 15 mol %, based on the total amount of said glycol component present, of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol as part of said glycol component.

Abstract: A communication system operation between computer systems which realizes highly efficient data transfer in a data processing system has sender and receiver subsystems operating under the control of an independent or common operating system. The communication system also includes: a plurality of sending buffers, a sending buffer address table having a plurality of entries and a buffer control block in the sender subsystem and a plurality of receiving buffers, a receiving buffer address table having a plurality of entries and a buffer control block in the receiver subsystem, and the communication path for transferring the data stored in the sending buffer to the receiving buffer.

Abstract: Polytetramethyleneterephthalate is modified with incorporation of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol. The diol component of the polyester comprises 1 to 99 mol % of tetramethylene glycol and 99 to 1 mol % of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol. Alternatively polytetramethylene terephthalate is combined with 0.1 to 25 wt. %, based thereon, of poly-2-methyl-1,3-propylene terephthalate.