Abstract: A pressing die comprises a shaping panel form being pressed against a blank to be pressed into a product, an attachment panel adapted to be mounted on a press machine frame, first ribs extending from optimum positions on the shaping panel, second ribs extending from optimum positions on the attachment panel and offset from the first ribs, and intermediate ribs optimally joining the first and second ribs to each other.

Abstract: A pressure and fatigue reducing seat provided as part of a full chair, or alternatively as part of a portable seat apparatus, and adapted to support a user's body so as to eliminate undesirable pressure to parts of the user's body including the spine. The seat portion cooperates with a back support portion to normally and comfortably maintain an erect sitting posture. The seat portion includes a pair of spaced-apart members for supporting the user's buttocks, and an elongated member for supporting the back of the user's thighs. The back support portion includes a pair of lower support members which contact the user's back at spaced-apart points in the posterior pelvic area, and may also include a pair of upper support members which contact the user's back at spaced apart points in the thoracic area. The portable seat apparatus may be placed on any existing chair or seat, and may be conveniently transported and stored.

Abstract: A joint structure joins an outboard engine assembly to a boat hull. The outboard engine assembly has an engine, a case, a propeller rotatably supported on the case and drivable by the engine. The joint structure includes an attachment adapted to be coupled to the boat hull, the case having an inner surface defining an inner housing region, and elastic mount mechanism accommodated in the inner housing region for elastically supporting the case to the attachment. The elastic mount mechanism comprises a support member coupled to the attachment, and an elastic member disposed on the support member, the elastic member being elastically deformable from partial abutment to full abutment against a portion of the inner surface of the case in response to an increase in compressive forces which are applied between the case and the attachment when the engine is in operation.

Abstract: An attitude sensing apparatus for detecting a tilt angle and an azimuth angle of the tilt of a structure includes a pair of detecting devices disposed on the structure at right angles to each other. Each of the detecting devices consists of a rotary shaft rotatably supported from a structure to be measured, a sensor support integrally held by the rotary shaft and biased in the vertical direction by gravity, a tilt angle sensor supported by the sensor support for detecting a tilt angle of the sensor support within a plane containing the axis of the rotary shaft, and a controller for controlling rotation of the rotary shaft with respect to the structure. The apparatus also includes a calculator which calculates a maximum tilt angle and an azimuth angle thereof of the structure on the basis of tilt angles detected by the two tilt angle sensors. This calculation is simply and rapidly effected according to approximating formulae, and yet at a good precision.

Abstract: A motorcycle has a fuel tank disposed near the front end of a motor cycle body frame and positioned substantially upwardly of the body frame, a rider's seat disposed rearwardly of the fuel tank, and an engine disposed downwardly of the body frame. A receptacle for storing a crash helment, for example, is disposed rearwardly of the fuel tank, forwardly of the rider's seat, and upwardly of the engine. The receptacle is openable and closably by at least a portion of the rider's seat which is movable back and forth or pivotally movable about an end thereof.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for use with a fuel injection pump, for example, has a position detector for detecting the operating position of a plunger which is axially movable.

Abstract: An automatic fluid sampling and monitoring apparatus provided as a unitary structure, and capable of collecting fluid samples at selected intervals, monitoring the level of a condition of the fluid at selected intervals, and collecting and storing sampling and fluid condition data for later retrieval. Sampling operations may be controlled on the basis of time and/or levels of a fluid condition being monitored. Where the apparatus also incorporates an internal flow measuring assembly, or is connected with an external flow meter, sampling operations may also be controlled on the basis of flow rate. The apparatus includes a self-contained microprocessor for automatically controlling sampling operations, calculating fluid condition levels on the basis of signals from a sensor, and storing data relating to sample collection and the fluid condition.

Abstract: An engine speed control apparatus controls the rotational speed of an engine when the engine is overloaded.

Abstract: A portable instrument for locating and measuring harmonic distortion in a conductor. The instrument permits voltage and current harmonics to be easily read while the load is changing. Thus, the instrument may provide a great deal of insight as to the source of problem causing harmonics.

Abstract: A headlamp provided with correcting means for correcting a light distribution characteristic which is caused by an inclination of a vehicle body with respect to a road surface. An outer lens section fixed to the vehicle body is provided forwardly of a lamp body section of the projector type which is pivoted around an optical axis so as to maintain the light distribution characteristic horizontal in response to the inclination of the vehicle body, and the outer lens section has a lens cut formed thereon for diffusing a variation component of passing light to a turning direction when the car body is inclined for turning.

Abstract: A shaped article such as a sanitary pottery product is formed through a pressure slip casting process. A mold having a molding cavity defined therein and a slip inlet/outlet hole communicating with the molding cavity is positioned on the support surface of a mold table while the mold table is being maintained horizontally. Then, the mold table is tilted through a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane so that an inner end of the slip inlet/outlet hole is positioned near a lowermost end of the molding cavity in the mold. Thereafter, a slip is introduced under pressure into the molding cavity through the slip inlet/outlet hole. After the clay of the introduced slip is deposited to a desired thickness, the excess slip is discharged from the molding cavity through the slip inlet/outlet hole.

Abstract: A joint structure includes a sandwiched structural body comprising a core layer having opposite surfaces and a pair of first and second outer skin layers covering the opposite surfaces, respectively, and a substantially concave joint region defined in the first outer skin layer and comprising a side wall and a bottom wall contiguous to the side wall, the bottom wall being joined to the second outer skin layer. The side wall of the joint region is of a tapered shape. The sandwiched structural body is formed primarily of synthetic resins, and may additionally include reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: An assembly for installation into the bed of a pickup truck consisting of a cargo chest and a liner insert combination is described. The assembly is adapted to be inserted into the bed of the pickup truck to provide a secure cargo chest and a protective lining. The assembly is adapted to receive one or more chest lids hingedly and lockably attached to provide security and protection for the cargo in storage within the chest. The cargo chest liner insert assembly, in one embodiment, is adapted for a cargo chest lid which opens as one piece from the front of the chest assembly, and in other embodiments for cargo chest lids which hinge at the center for chest access from the sides of the pickup truck. In still another embodiment, the assembly is adapted to include cargo compartments in the opposed wheel well extensions. The upper perimeter flange of insert assembly can be adapted to provide an over the rail or an under the rail truck bed border.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for depositing thin films of complex (compound) materials, including ferroelectrics, superconductors, and materials with high dielectric constants by photo/plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition from stabilized compound sources. Multiple heating and/or spectral energy sources are used for applying high energy, rapid thermal pulses in a precise timed sequence. Sol-gels of compound sources are ultrasonically atomized before being introduced to the deposition chamber.

Abstract: An electric power steering system which additionally includes a radial arm extending from a steering rod, an axial shaft extending in parallel with the axial center line of the steering rod, an axial bore formed in the casing of the system for guiding axial movement of the axial shaft substantially without any play, and a spring member urging the axial shaft against a side wall of the axial bore. Thus, rotation of the steering rod around its axial center line may be prevented with a relatively small force. Therefore, no excessive force needs to be applied to the axial shaft, and the axial shaft would not encounter any substantial resistance to its axial movement.

Abstract: A gas cap permanently mounted to an access door for preventing back flow of fuel from a filler neck. A tubular member is secured to the access door including a mating member for connecting with the filler neck and locking members. Upon the presence of pressure caused by a fuel backflow, the locking members are engaged to the filler neck preventing the gas cap from being removed. Thus, release of fuel in vehicle accidents, such as rollovers, is prevented.

Abstract: A vehicular roof structure which has no roof arches includes a roof panel having reinforcing frames on peripheral edges thereof and a curved lower surface having a radius R.sub.1 of curvature, a roof lining having a curved upper surface having a radius R.sub.2 of curvature, the roof lining being of a laminated structure comprising a support layer having a number of cells, a covering layer covering surfaces of the support layer, and a decorative layer disposed on a lower surface of the covering layer, and a vibration-damping layer having a substantially uniform thickness t and held between and closely against the upper surface of the roof lining and the lower surface of the roof panel, the radii R.sub.1, R.sub.2 of curvature and the thickness t meeting the relationship: R.sub.2 .ltoreq.R.sub.1 -t, the roof lining having peripheral edges fixed to the reinforcing frames of the roof panel.

Abstract: A continuously variable hydraulic transmission operatively interconnects a transmission mechanism and a clutch mechanism. The hydraulic transmission includes an oil pump having an inlet port and an outlet port and a transmission ratio control member such as a swash plate which is displaceable for varying the transmission ratio between a higher-speed position, a lower-speed position, and a neutral position, an oil motor having an inlet port and an outlet port and drivable by the oil pump, a first oil passage hydraulically interconnecting the outlet port of the oil pump and the inlet port of the oil motor, a second oil passage hydraulically interconnecting the inlet port of the oil pump and the outlet port of the oil motor, a housing accommodating the oil pump, the oil motor, the first oil passage, and the second oil passage, and an oil passage control unit for selectively bringing the first oil passage into and out of hydraulic communication with the second oil passage.