Abstract: A seat belt buckle mounting device for use in motor vehicles and the like includes an attachment body that is secured to an anchoring cable and a buckle base plate to which the anchoring body is attached. The attachment body includes longitudinally extending grooves formed on opposite sides thereof and the buckle base plate includes a central aperture for receiving the attachment body and having inwardly extending opposed projections that are designed to enter and forcibly engage the grooved portions of the attachment body to thereby fixedly secure the attachment body to the buckle base plate. The present invention advantageously provides a seat belt buckle mounting device in which the piece parts are both simple to manufacture and assemble when compared to prior devices.

Abstract: A novel control device for switches fitted onto an automobile steering wheel including a rotary sensor and a rotation discriminating circuit to detect the turning angle of the steering wheel when changing the running direction of the automobile to the right or left and prevent the load of the switch from being actuated even when another switch fitted onto the center of the steering wheel is maloperated while operating a turn signal lamp.This control device makes the turning operation of the steering wheel easier and at the same time, it can contribute to the safe driving of the automobiles.Furthermore, the device can be constructed with simple parts and mounted readily on the existing automobiles.

Abstract: An air conditioner system for an automotive vehicle is provided with a main and an auxiliary cooling unit for discharging cooling air to respective front and rear portions of the vehicle compartment. The main and auxiliary cooling units operate to control air flow amounts independently of each other. A main control switch for controlling the amount of cooling air from the main cooling unit cooperates with a pair of auxiliary cooling unit switches to control the auxiliary cooling unit. One member of the pair of auxiliary cooling unit switches is provided adjacent the driver's seat and the other adjacent the rear seat for turning the auxiliary cooling unit on and off. The auxiliary cooling unit can be controlled by either one of the pair of switches as long as the main control switch is on.

Abstract: For causing a pinprick on a user's skin to obtain a drop of blood, a movable holder which holds a pin, actuated by a spring, is tensioned.In the normal, inactive position of the spring which is shown in the drawing, the pin is on this side of the edge of the end, and there exists a distance X between a radial shaft having a control button and a stop.When the mechanism is triggered, the spring suddenly pushes the holder, and the shaft passes the normal position to reach the stop which limits its course in such a way that the pin projects, attaining a predetermined extreme position and returning automatically to its protected position.

Abstract: An improved steering wheel has a reinforcement member extending through a resin core. The reinforcement member is provided in a central connecting portion where the steering wheel is engaged with a steering shaft, a spoke portion or portions extending radially from the central portion, and at least the parts of the grip portion where the grip portion is connected with the spoke portion. The reinforcement member is made of metal of thin cross-section so that the weight thereof does not seriously interfere with formation of a light-weight steering wheel.

Abstract: A power-unit mounting structure for mounting a power unit such as an internal combustion engine on the body structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising a plurality of shock and vibration dampening units each comprising a resilient insulator block securely connected between the body structures of the vehicle and the power unit, wherein the shock and vibration dampening units include a pair of shock and vibration dampening units, the respective insulator blocks of which are disposed in such a manner as to produce shear stresses in directions parallel with each other and inclined with respect to the vehicle body structure at a predetermined angle of, preferably, 45 degrees to vertical and horizontal planes.

Abstract: A suspension mechanism for a wheeled vehicle, comprising a suspension arm having a pair of arm portions aligned with each other in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and pivotally connected to the vehicle body for being rockable about a first axis fixed with respect to the vehicle body and transverse to the vehicle body; a wheel axle which is pivotally connected to the suspension arm and rockable about a second axis fixed with respect to the suspension arm and perpendicular to the first axis and which has a spindle portion having a center axis about which a wheel-and-tire assembly is rotatable; and angle adjusting means engaging the suspension arm and the wheel axle and adapted to permit adjustment of the angular position of the wheel axle with respect to the suspension arm about the second axis.

Abstract: A structure for fitting a tank in an engine compartment of a vehicle body comprises a bracket for fixing the tank at its top portion relative to the vehicle body, and means for positioning the tank at its bottom portion in its longitudinal and lateral directions relative to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A plant for the preparation of fodder comprising a portion of solid foodstock in the form of grains or kernels and a portion of water. The plant includes a silo for the solid foodstock, a device for removing the solid foodstock from the silo, a conveying device for conveying the solid foodstock removed from the silo, a crushing mill which receives and crushes foodstock conveyed by the conveying device, and a mixing vessel for the mixing of the crushed solid foodstock and the water. A siphon is mounted between the conveying device and the crushing mill, the siphon being provided with water supply conduits at the inlet and outlet sides of the siphon.

Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for directing light energy through an object scanning zone toward and to a photo responsive array having a plurality of linearly arranged photo detectors that provide an electrical output in response to light energy thereon. The electrical output of the photo responsive array is representative of the exterior dimensions of the scanned object. The light source is mounted in a scanning head that is rotated about the object and advanced relative to the length of the object to enable scanning of the entire peripheral surface of the object. The invention is suitable for scanning the peripheral surface of both an object having a discrete axial length as well as an object having an indeterminate length.

Abstract: In a serum separator, a sampling tube fits inside of a test tube. The sampling tube is provided with an elastomeric piston head at the lower end thereof having an annular lip to engage and form a seal with the inner sidewalls of the test tube. The upper side of the lip is provided with irregularities to break the seal between the lip and the test tube wall upon removal of the sampling tube from the test tube. A porous plastic filter body is mounted in a cavity in the piston head. The piston head defines a one-way valve in the form of a ball chamber containing a ball check. When the sampling tube is pushed into the test tube with a blood sample in the test tube, serum will pass through the filter body and valve into the interior of the sampling tube. The valve is constructed so that the serum cannot squirt toward the top of the sampling tube. When the sampling tube has been inserted, the valve will close.

Abstract: In a colorimetry system, the test surface, the color of which is to be measured, is illuminated by a fiber optic cable. Light transmitting ends of the optic fibers of the fiber optic cable are uniformly distributed into an annulus with the transmitting ends of the optic fibers pointed inwardly at 45 degrees toward the axis of the annulus. A light pipe, or a second fiber optic cable, is positioned to have one end on the axis of the annulus to receive diffusely reflected light from the test surface and transmit the reflected light to photodetectors through different color filters. The output signals of the photodetectors are applied to the colorimetry console which converts the photodetector signals to standard color index values.

Abstract: An intake and exhaust manifold arrangement of a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine, comprising an intake manifold including branch portions leading to the intake ports and mounting flange members securely connecting the branch portions to the cylinder head, an exhaust manifold including branch portions leading from the exhaust ports and mounting flange members securely connecting the branch portions to the cylinder head, the branch portions of the exhaust manifold including at least one branch portion adjacent one of the branch portions of the intake manifold, and mounting bolts including at least one common mounting bolt securing the adjacent two branch portions of the intake and exhaust manifolds to the cylinder head, the one bolt and the two flange members having clearances provided therebetween in directions parallel with the direction in which the engine power cylinders are arranged in series, the adjacent two flange members being spaced apart from each other in a direction parallel with the af

Abstract: For screwing a threaded fastener into an internally threaded member, there is disclosed a screw driver apparatus which comprises a casing formed with a through bore to receive the threaded fastener, a tubular member formed with a supplying passageway having a front end open to the through bore for supplying the threaded fastener into the through bore, a screw driver reciprocably and rotatably received in the through bore and having a front end portion to be slidably guided by the through bore and formed with a depression for retaining the threaded fastener therein, and reciprocating means for reciprocating the screw driver with respect to the casing between a first axial position where the front end portion of the screw driver projects outwardly from the casing to force the threaded fastener to be screwed into the internally threaded member and a second axial position where the front end portion of the screw driver is positioned rearwardly of the front end portion of the supplying passageway to allow the thre

Abstract: An edge garnish molding assembly of this invention is provided with a drain insert member which is interposed between a garnish portion of an edge garnish molding and a flanged edge defining an opening in a vehicle for receiving a movable door, thus to form a drain opening for establishing communication between the outside of a vehicle body and a chamber which is formed in the garnish portion and extends along the top of the flanged edge.

Abstract: A transaxle mechanism of a four-wheel drive system for a vehicle including an engine having an output shaft having an axis of rotation laterally of the vehicle, comprising a transmission gear unit including input and output shafts each having an axis of rotation parallel with the axis of rotation of the engine output shaft, a drive gear rotatable about an axis parallel with the transmission input and output shafts and driven by the transmission output shaft, a first wheel drive gear unit comprising power splitting gear means to split driving power from the drive gear into two power components and a differential gear assembly to transmit one power component to a pair of road wheels, a second wheel drive gear unit comprising right-angle power transfer gear means engageable with the power splitting gear means and adapted to transmit the other driving power component in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, the power splitting gear means constituting low-and-high speed shifting gear means to transfer driving p

Abstract: A remote control door-lock device connected to front and rear door lock devices for an automotive vehicle used to lock/unlock the front and rear vehicle doors from a position near a driver seat comprises one or two guide plates having a slot formed therein and one or two actuation members having projection pins on one side thereof and an opening on the other side thereof. The guide plates are controlled by a remote control lever via a cable, and the slots thereof engage the pins so that the guide plates control the position of the actuation members, but with some mutual free travel. The actuation members also engage with front and rear door lock members, usable by passengers, so that if the remote control lever is actuated, the door lock members are in turn actuated to lock the respective doors, and to disable the door lock members. That is, the door lock members can be actuated either directly or by the remote control lever.

Abstract: A wheelchair carrying vehicle comprising a head rest assembly which comprises a head rest support frame which is rockable about a pivotal axis fixed with respect to the vehicle body structure and located adjacent the roof panel of the body structure and which is lengthwise extensible toward and collapsible away from the aforesaid axis, at least one head rest member supported on the head rest support frame, the support frame being rockable about the aforesaid axis between a position having the head rest member located close to the roof panel and a position having the head rest member positioned adjacent the head portion of an occupant of the wheelchair carrying vehicle, a lock-unlock unit comprising a lock control lever rockable about the aforesaid pivotal axis and securely connected to the head rest support frame, the lock-unlock unit being operable for having the lock control lever selectively locked to and unlocked from the vehicle body structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleanable sampling valve to be incorporated into the product line supplying the samples. With such a valve, it is ensured that repeated sampling during one long-time product charge passage will take place under optimum sterile conditions and any entrainment of product into the sealing area and the consequent risk of reinfection emanating from that area will be precluded. In addition, it is ensured that no intermixing of the product or the product sample with the cleaning or disinfecting agent will be possible.

Abstract: A catalytic converter is adapted to retard spark timing to increase the temperature of the converter catalyst when a temperature sensor within the converter senses low exhaust temperature. A vacuum advance mechanism is responsive to intake manifold vacuum conducted thereto via an intake vacuum passageway to advance spark timing for the engine. The temperature of exhaust gas from a catalytic converter for exhaust emissions is sensed. When the sensed temperature of the exhaust is below a predetermined value, a comparator outputs an actuation signal which is used to cause a solenoid valve to open an air passageway to admit atmospheric air into the vacuum advance mechanism so that spark timing will be retarded, thereby increasing the temperature of the catalyst.