Abstract: A cooling fan control circuit drives a brushless motor to rotate a cooling fan to cool a condenser and a radiator mounted on a vehicle when a drive signal is activated. In a situation where the brushless motor rotates at a rotational speed equal to or higher than a predetermined value by flowing air in a situation that the drive signal is not activated and a charge state signal indicating that a battery is not in a fully charged state, the control circuit turns off MOSFETs in upper arms of an inverter circuit and simultaneously, synchronously switches MOSFETs in lower arms of the inverter circuit. With this configuration, an electric energy generated by the flowing air is stored from the brushless motor to a battery.

Abstract: A steering wheel has a ring portion including a core bar and decorative portions which are disposed along the core bar partially to cover an external surface of the core bar. The decorative portions are disposed to cover the external surface of the core bar along the full circumference thereof in a transversely circumferential direction of the ring portion when an upper decorative portion having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section and a lower decorative portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section which constitute each of the decorative portions are combined together.

Abstract: A rotating speed of the motor 4 is reduced at a high reduction ratio by using a reduction gear (the first and the second reduction gear), and the unlatch mechanism for conducting unlatch operation of the door lock 1 and the closer mechanism for conducting closer operation of the door lock 1 are separated from each other by the normal and the reverse rotating direction of the second reduction gear. Due to the foregoing, even in the middle of a closing operation conducted by the reverse rotation of the second reduction gear, when the closing operation is stopped and then the motor 4 is normally rotated, it is possible to switch from the stopping position of the closing operation to unlatch operation.

Abstract: A plurality of pins provided on a bottom surface of an air bag module in such a manner as to protrude therefrom are allowed to pass through a plurality of passage holes formed in a steering wheel, respectively, so that hook portions formed in the respective pins are brought into engagement with a locking wire constituted by a single continuous resilient wire which is provided so as to extend over the respective passage holes whereby the air bag module is mounted on the steering wheel. The locking wire is brought into engagement with a lock projection by push moving the locking wire by an operating portion so that the locking wire is held at a release position, while the engagement between the locking wire and the plurality of hook portions is released at one time.

Abstract: In a fluid pump device, a filter is secured to a housing. A meshed portion of the filter substantially covers an inlet opening of the housing. Each engaging projection of the filter is engaged with a corresponding engaging recess of the housing in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of an impeller. Arm portions of the filter substantially perpendicularly extend with respect to a meshed portion of the filter and are resiliently flexible in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the impeller. Each coupling projection of the filter is provided between adjacent two arm portions of the filter and is engaged with a corresponding coupling recess of the housing in the axial direction of the impeller.

Abstract: A transmission wave is applied to a predetermined angular range in a width-wise direction of a vehicle. Object-unit data pieces containing at least data pieces representing distances to objects in correspondence with vehicle-width-wise direction angles are generated on the basis of a reflected wave. A determination is made as to whether each object is moving or stationary on the basis of a speed of the vehicle and a relative speed of the object. From the object-unit data pieces, ones are extracted which are effective for road shape recognition on the basis of a result of determining whether each object is moving or stationary. Ones of the extracted object-unit data pieces which represent monotonically increasing distances as viewed along one of clockwise and counterclockwise angle directions are grouped to generate data representing a road-side-object group. A road edge is recognized on the basis of the data representing the road-side-object group.

Abstract: A sexual stimulation device is placed on the root of the penis before sexual intercourse and is constructed of an outer ring and an inner ring. During sexual intercourse a first portion of the inner ring is displaced inwardly, resulting in a squeezing force being applied to the root of the penis and a second portion of the inner ring and a portion of the outer ring are displaced outwardly and contact the vulva of the female sex organ.

Abstract: A filter device includes a super-conducting type filters connected in series with each other and is accommodated in a vacuum chamber. Operating temperatures of the filters are controlled to different temperatures from the outside of the vacuum chamber independently of each other. Each filter varies its filtering characteristics, particularly its central frequency of pass-band, in correspondence with the operating temperature, while maintaining the same pass-band width. As the filters operated at the different operating temperatures provide different filtering characteristics, the combined or resulting filtering characteristics of the filtering device can be adjusted as desired even after the filtering device is installed at a mobile telecommunication base station.

Abstract: In a cap device, a long, flexible coupling member is coupled at one end to a cap for opening and closing an inlet, and it is slidably mounted at the other end to a guide member located near the inlet. A rotary ring is rotatably mounted around the cap, and the coupling member is coupled to a part of the rotary ring at one end thereof. Slanted blocks for removing foreign materials are provided on a portion of the rotary ring which slides with respect to the circumferential outer surface of the cap. A slide support member formed another end of the coupling member is guided by a guide member disposed on the back side of the oil filler lid. The guide member guides the slide support member in such a direction that the slide support member slides apart from a hinge.

Abstract: An automotive weather strip, with an extended portion formed integrally with a base portion of the weather strip, is bonded with an attachment panel of a door frame by a double-sided adhesive tape. The extended portion is formed as a substantially flat plate, so that the extended portion can be pressed uniformly and quickly by a pressing jig. Thus, the weather strip can be bonded with the attachment panel easily. In addition, only one hollow portion is provided as a seal portion, so that the configuration of the weather strip can be made so simple that it is possible to connect extruded portions of the weather strip with molded portions easily.

Abstract: A rotation detecting device has various portions that are covered with a resin-molded section. After integrally molding the first and second cores 8 and 9, permanent magnet 10, and terminal 14 within a resin-molded section 11, a coil 12 is wound in a slot section 11a formed in the resin-molded section 11. Then, of the resin-molded section 11, the coil 12 and the terminal 14 are electrically connected in a recess formed at an outer periphery of the resin-molded section. Accordingly, the coil 12 is not liable to be damaged by a contact of a high-temperature, high-pressure resin during the molding process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a desirable route that avoids particular roads where a start point or the like has been set on a particular road type. In the present invention, route evaluation values of links A and B on a toll road are multiplied by, for example, 1.0 times. Therefore, the sum of route evaluation values of a route through links A→G→D→E→F becomes 5+2+5+20+15=47 and the sum of evaluation values of a route through links B→G→F becomes 20+2+15=37. Thus, a route passing link B having a small sum of evaluation value is set as a route to the destination.

Abstract: A weather strip has a base portion and seal lips. The base portion has a base bottom portion attached to a door frame, side wall portions extending from substantially opposite sides of the base bottom portion, and a bridge portion connecting the opposite side wall portions. A hollow portion is formed by these portions. An exterior-side seal lip is provided to extend from a substantially border portion between the exterior-side side wall portion and the bridge portion. An interior-side seal lip is provided to extend from the bridge portion more interior than the exterior-side seal lip. In the bridge portion, the opposite sides of the root portion of the interior-side seal lip are formed into thin portions respectively. Thus, when the door is closed, even if the gap is narrowed, the interior-side seal lip is bent and the bridge portion is deformed easily in the thin portions so that the repulsion stress is restrained from increasing conspicuously.

Abstract: In a vehicle brake apparatus for executing ABS control to prevent a wheel from locking in such a manner that braking force is controlled so as to keep a slip ratio of a wheel at a target slip ratio so that an excessive drop of a wheel speed from a vehicle body speed is adjusted, an output current for driving a braking actuator is set to a current on which oscillating waves are superimposed during ABS control so that the wheel speed changes to show oscillating waves. Even if the wheel speed once drops to an extent that the slip ratio exceeds the target slip ratio, further decrease of the wheel speed is restricted and the wheel speed turns to an increase soon and this cycle is repeated. Accordingly, there occurs no excessive drop of the wheel speed due to the response delay so that sufficient braking force is generated.

Abstract: A series circuit including a capacitor and a resistor for detecting variation of the output voltage of dc power supply is further provided. During startup, a charge current corresponding to the rising rate of the output voltage flows through the series circuit. This reduces the base current of the power transistor to suppress the rising rate to suppress overshoot and undershoot. A clamp circuit is provided to the differential amplifier for detecting the error voltage. This prevents the saturation in the differential amplifier or limit the voltage variation amplitude to accelerate the operation of the operational amplifier and suppress undershoot. A delay circuit for disabling to driving circuit for the power transistor for the initial interval may be further provided to suppress the initial rapid rise of the output voltage.

Abstract: An operational amplifier includes a differential amplification circuit, a voltage amplification circuit, a capacitor, and a bias setting circuit. The differential amplification circuit includes load transistors arranged in a cascode connection. The voltage amplification circuit forms a stage following the differential amplification circuit. The capacitor couples the differential amplification circuit and the voltage amplification circuit with each other. The bias setting circuit charges the capacitor to a prescribed bias voltage before amplification is started. Preferably, the charged capacitor sets the differential amplification circuit in a prescribed biased state.

Abstract: A capacity(ies) of a variable capacitor(s) varies with a physical amount. A C-V conversion circuit converts variation in the capacity into a voltage signal. First and second charge holding circuits hold the voltage signal at different timings as first and second charges, respectively. An offset compensating charge holding circuit generates and holds an offset charge for compensation of an offset in the voltage signal. A charge combining and holding circuit combines and holds the first and second charges and the offset charge. An outputting circuit receives the combined charge from the charge combining and holding circuit and outputs an output voltage signal corresponding to the physical amount in accordance with the received charge. The outputting circuit, the offset compensating charge holding circuit, the C=V circuit may be omitted. The variable capacitance may include a capacitor or a differential type capacitors.

Abstract: A brushless motor includes a motor holder and a case connected thereto. A ventilation chamber is defined between the motor holder and the case. The ventilation chamber includes an air inlet portion, an air outlet portion and water draining portions. The air inlet portion is in communication with the atmosphere. The air outlet portion is in communication with a stator. The water draining portions drain water introduced into the ventilation chamber out of the motor. The motor provides a flow of cooling air passing through the ventilation chamber toward the stator for cooling heat generated during rotation of a rotor. The motor holder and the case have guide ribs arranged in the ventilation chamber to define an air passage for guiding the cooling air from the air inlet portion to the air outlet portion. The water draining portions are located outside of the air passage.

Abstract: An organic EL element includes a luminescent layer containing an organic compound and sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. The luminescent layer is composed of a hole-transporting luminescent layer and an electron-transporting luminescent layer. Both luminescent layers emit light simultaneously. Each of the hole-transporting luminescent layer and the electron-transporting luminescent layer includes two or more kinds of fluorescent materials so that the emission spectrum from the hole-transporting luminescent layer 4a substantially confirms the emission spectrum from of the electron-transporting luminescent layer.

Abstract: Lands formed on a flexible printed circuit board are electrically connected with lands formed on a rigid printed circuit board through solder. At this point, solder resist is formed between neighboring two lands on the rigid printed circuit board, and is terminated with an end portion that is interposed between the rigid printed circuit board and the flexible printed circuit board. Accordingly, even when surplus solder is extruded onto the rigid printed circuit board, the solder resist can prevent solder bridges from being formed between the lands.