Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft, a head attached to the tip end of the shaft, and a grip attached at the butt end of the shaft. The 14-inch balance is D0 or more. The club has initial velocity per equivalent pendulum length Vb/Lp that is larger than −3.57 Lc+64.58 when Lc represents the club length. The initial velocity Vb is defined as: Vb=1.8 Mh(56.22 Lc−35.16 Mc−39.77 Lp+31.61)/(Mh+0.0455) where Mh is the mass of the head (kg) and Mc is the total mass of the club.

Abstract: A process is provided for recycling heterogeneous waste including the initial step of subjecting the heterogeneous waste to pyrolysis to produce a synthesis gas stream comprising at least carbon monoxide and hydrogen and a molten pyrolysis product stream having a variable composition comprising at least a mineral material and a metallic material. The molten pyrolysis product stream is converted to a plurality of commercial grade solid materials. Likewise, the synthesis gas stream is also converted into at least one commercial grade chemical.

Abstract: A vehicular power system for powering a parallel hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, electric motor/generator, ESD source, and an inverter includes a set of demand parameters for controlling the amount of flow of current between the ESD source and the electric motor/generator. The demand parameters are utilized by the inverter for controlling this current. A set of limiting parameters which indicate that the application of full demand would jeopardize the operational environment or is unwarranted by utilizing the limit of full demand. The demand parameters control the amount of current to the electric motor/generator from the ESD during an electric motor/generator assist mode and from the electric motor/generator to the ESD when the battery is acting as a generator for recharging the ESD. Additionally, a plurality of demand parameters may exist providing options for manipulating the control of the electric motor/generator depending upon the operating environment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a velocity of an implement and thereby moving an implement to a desired position. A control system has input signals representative of the implement arm limit position, the implement arm actual position and the implement arm desired position and outputs a signal representative of a desired velocity. The control system determines an arm velocity as a function of the arm limit position and the arm actual position and a second velocity as a function of the arm actual position and the arm desired position. The desired velocity is a function of the arm velocity when the arm velocity has a predetermined relationship to the second velocity, and the desired velocity is a function of the second velocity when the arm velocity signal does not have the predetermined relationship to the second velocity.

Abstract: The inventive glove comprises a thumb holder (11), an index finger holder (12), a palm portion (14) and a back portion (15). A protective member (2) is mounted on a base portion (13) between the thumb holder (11) and the index finger holder (12). The protective member (2) includes a bent portion (21) extending from the base portion (13) toward the palm portion (14) and bent along the base portion (13) and a flat portion (22) extending from the base portion (13) toward the back portion (15), and has a substantially L-shaped section.

Abstract: A polysomnographic system is provided for use in conjunction with a communications network to simultaneously perform sleep studies on a plurality of patients. The polysomnographic system includes a first remote polysomnographic unit for collecting physiological data from a first patient and a second remote polysomnographic unit for collecting physiological data from a second patient. The first and second remote polysomnographic units communicate with a host unit which allows for remote observation and manipulation of sensors and therapeutic devices unit via a communication network. An affiliated pressure support device is controlled if obstructive sleep apnea is present.

Abstract: A baseball or softball bat capable of increasing the hit distance of a ball and reducing the manufacturing cost can be obtained. A baseball or softball bat (1) including a hitting portion (2), a taper portion (3), and a grip portion (4) has a tubular member (6a, 6b) which includes an outer circumference plane (25) extending from the hitting portion (2) to the grip portion (4) and an inner circumference plane (26) located inside the outer circumference plane (25) and extending from the hitting portion (2) to the grip portion (4), and a metal tubular member (8) which is placed between the outer circumference plane (25) and the inner circumference plane (26) at least in the hitting portion (2), the metal tubular member (8) having a weak boundary layer (7) formed on its surface.

Abstract: In a sports glove (1) in which stretch fabric (2) is used in a back portion (1A ) particularly subjected to extension force in holding a grip of a golf club or a baseball bat, an over-extension-preventing member (3A) is stitched to cover a part of the stretch fabric (2).

Abstract: A golf club head having a sole portion which includes a first and second outside runner carried by the sole portion. The outside runners are offset from one another to define a deflection channel. A deflection element is carried within the deflection channel. The deflection element has a front and a rear and an intermediary portion which extends from the front to the rear. The intermediary portion rises from the front towards the rear to a general height. The height of the intermediary portion of the deflection element does not exceed the height of the first and second outside runners.

Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.

Abstract: A multi-voltage transformer includes an average current loop circuit, a pulse width generator, a push-pull driver, and a pulse width modulator coupled to the average current loop circuit, the pulse width generator, and the push-pull driver for generating pulses for driving a power supply. In a standard operating mode, the power supply is powered by an AC power source. The power supply uses the AC power source to drive the output of the power supply and to recharge the batteries associated with the power supply. When the power supply is operating on AC power, it translates the AC sinusoidal wave signal into a saw tooth wave signal that drives a pulse width modulator. When the AC power source is interrupted, the transformer switches the power source from the AC power source to a battery backup source. The transformer is designed to operate with a variety of battery voltages.

Abstract: A metal wood club head of a hollow hull structure according to the present invention is such that the vertical difference between a maximum face part height (MFH) from a sole part (4) and a back part height (BH) from the sole part (4) is at least within 25 mm, the height of a crown part (3) having a width of 30% to 70% of a head width from the sole part (4) is substantially identical to the maximum face part height (MFH) or more than that, the vertical difference between a maximum crown part height (MCH) from the sole part (4) and the maximum face part height (MFH) is at least within 8 mm, and the radius (R1) of curvature of the crown part (3) is substantially uniformly within the range of 100 mm to 1000 mm, while it sets the radius (R2) of curvature of the sole part (4) substantially uniformly within the range of 500 mm to 2000 mm, and sets the ratio of thicknesses of the crown part (3) and the sole part (4) within the range of 1.0 to 1.2.

Abstract: A lock assembly having a latch member that is held in position against a mounting plate by tabs extending from the mounting plate without requiring a bolt, thus allowing a bolt having a desired one of many different head patterns to be installed in the lock assembly at a later time. The mounting plate has at least two upwardly-extending tabs for connecting the latch member to the mounting member without the bolt, which can be inserted through aligned apertures in the mounting plate and latch member at a later time. Preferably, each tab has a first portion that extends upwardly a certain distance from the mounting plate, and a second portion that extends from the vertical portion. Preferably, the second portions of the tabs extend in opposite directions. A back portion of the latch member is placed on the mounting plate such that a first tab extends through an aperture in the back portion of the latch member and such that a second tab is located adjacent to a notch in the back portion of the latch member.