Abstract: In order to radiate heat so that a wire does not experience smoking before a fuse blows out, a wire 10 is formed by covering a core 13 made of conductive wires with an insulation sheath 12. The insulation sheath 12 is made of a radiating insulation material having a high thermal conductivity obtained by mixing one or more of silica, alumina, magnesium oxide, boron nitride and beryllium oxide with poly vinyl chloride.

Abstract: A wire processing apparatus is provided with a prefeeder 120, a feeding unit 12 and an accumulator 110 therebetween. A detector is provided to determine if there is a cause for stopping the prefeeder 120. In response to such a detected cause, a controller stops the prefeeder 120 while simultaneously permitting the feeding unit 12 to draw a wire from the accumulator to permit continued operation of the wire processing apparatus.

Abstract: A device provides, with passive circuits only, an output voltage in which ch spectral component is phase-shifted and attenuated by programmable values in relation to the spectral component of same frequency of an input signal. An adapter circuit (CA) applies the input signal V.sub.E onto two transfer channels (VT1 and VT2) which generate two signals with quadrature spectral components and with amplitudes multiplied by a coefficient of -1-+1. These signals are added in an adder circuit (CAD) which provides the output signal. The driver circuit (CC) receives the required phase-shifting and attenuation commands and corrects, if need be, the defects of the assembly through the control signals of the transfer channels (VT1 and VT2).

Abstract: A femoral component with a femoral stabilizing implanted rod has condylar surfaces of different radii which mate with a thermoplastic bearing. A mating tibial platform is stabilized in the tibia with a rod, the bearing translating on the platform in the posterior-anterior directions in response to knee flexion and extension. The bearing bears the full extension load on congruent articulating contact regions with the condylar surfaces and lesser flexion loads via incongruent articulating contact. A hinge assembly is pinned to the femoral condylar component through a head having a depending shaft fixed to a thermoplastic tapered bearing axially floating and rotatably movable in a tibia platform component mating cavity. The head passes through the bearing and stops the bearing translations at extreme posterior and anterior positions.

Abstract: A prosthesis tibial bearing of thermoplastic material has a planar surface which engages the mating planar surface of a second prosthesis component such as the tibial platform. The typically metal platform edge wipes across the inner surface region of the bearing causing deformation of the bearing surface. This deformation causes stress magnification in the bearing at the platform edge region. The edge region of the platform planar surface is tapered to provide a gradual curved ramp between a relatively small corner radius at the platform edge and the platform planar surface, the tapered region being tangential to the edge radius and to the platform planar surface. The stress concentration increase at the edge region of the bearing is reduced at the platform edge region to below 100% and preferably to about 25% of the stress value between the bearing and the platform in the region interior the platform edge.

Abstract: To accommodate an electronic circuit board in an electrical connection box without accommodating it in a container. An electronic circuit board 14 is placed above a portion of insulation plates 19 and busbars 13 stacked on a lower casing 11. Circuit portions 14a of the circuit board 14 are electrically connected with the busbars 13 via connection terminals 17. There are provided housings 16 for retaining the connection terminals 17 in terminal chambers arranged side by side therein. The connection terminals 17 are connected with the circuit portions 14a by fitting the housings 16 to the periphery of the circuit board 14 sideways. The circuit board 14 is placed on the upper faces of supports 11c projecting from the lower casing 11 while the connection terminals are fitted to the tabs of the busbars from above.

Abstract: A connection system and connection method for easily charging an electric automotive vehicle are provided. A secondary coil 20 connected with a battery 21 is provided at the bottom of a body of an electric automotive vehicle E. On the other hand, a recess A is formed in the ground of a parking lot, and a coil moving device 30 for movably supporting a primary coil 10 is installed in the recess A. Three magnetic sensors 50 are provided on a body 40 of the coil moving device 30. Further, power supply circuits 13a to 13e provided in an external power supply equipment 11 at the back of the parking lot and a main controller 12 supply power to the primary coil 10, magnetic sensors 50 and coil moving device 30 and control them. In order to charge the battery 21, the vehicle E is parked, straddling the recess A, and the secondary coil 20 is excited.

Abstract: To ensure a wire arrangement with an improved degree of freedom and in a compact manner. A terminal 10 is formed by bending the opposite ends of a strip 11 in the same direction by different lengths to form two blade portions 12a1, 12b1 of different heights such that slits formed in the blade portions 12a1, 12b1 are aligned with respect to the longitudinal direction of wires to be connected. In a lower casing accommodating the terminals 10, branch wires 50 are placed and retained on the lower blade portions 12b1. In an upper casing 40 for covering the lower casing 30, main wires 60 are so retained as to face the higher blade portions 12a1 when the upper casing 40 is fitted to cover the lower casing 30.

Abstract: A fluid clutch which is structurally simplified to lower its cost and enabled to stabilize its action by optimizing the arrangement of an electromagnetic valve and to have a long lifetime by preventing a premature deterioration of a bearing or the like. The inside of a sealed case 2, in which a drive disc 3 fixed on a rotary shaft 1 is accommodated and made rotatably on the rotary shaft 1, is divided by a partition 5 into a torque transmission chamber 4 and an oil supply chamber 6, so that the drive torque of the drive disc 3 is transmitted to the sealed case 2 by the oil to be fed from the oil supply chamber 6 to the torque transmission chamber 4. Midway of a discharge passage 7 for feeding the oil, as recovered by a dam mechanism, from the torque transmission chamber 4 to the oil supply chamber 7, a passage controlling electromagnetic valve 10 is arranged coaxially with the rotary shaft 1.

Abstract: A card reader (for example, a swipe card reader for reading bank or security cards) is disclosed which comprises a detector for detecting surface features of the card such as embossed characters. In this way, a security check for false cards is implemented.

Abstract: A high-pressure piping metal tube to be exposed to a high-pressure fluid on its inner face and having an increased number of service times, and a process for manufacturing the high-pressure piping metal tube. This high-pressure piping metal tube is made of a bent metal tube having a large thickness and a small diameter, in which a compressive stress is left in the inner face thereof. The high-pressure piping metal tube manufacturing process, comprises: the step of bending a metal tube having a large thickness and a small diameter; and the step of adding a residual compressive stress to the inner face of said metal tube.

Abstract: To realize a simple and inexpensive connection of a high-voltage resistive cable and a high-voltage part without providing a special facility. A C-shaped fittable member 11 the opposite ends of which have inwardly acting restoring forces is provided. A groove 13 is formed on the outer surface of a right end portion of a connection part 2. Rectangular through holes are formed in a part insertion portion 1a fitted with the connection part 2 in two positions facing the groove 13. The fittable member 11 is cut in positions in the vicinity of the opposite ends thereof. The left sides of cut portions are bent inward to form projections 16a, 16b. By fitting the fittable member 11 on the part insertion portion 1a, the projections 16a are fitted and locked in the groove 13 through the through holes of the part insertion portion 1a so as to prevent the connection part 2 from coming out of the part insertion portion 1a.

Abstract: To securely lock connectors for charging, a charging connectors 1 is engaged with a vehicle-side connector 25, lock balls 9 are engaged with an engaging groove 28 and a locking member 10 is engaged with the lock balls 9. As a result, the connectors 1 and 25 are locked. Since the connectors 1 and 25 are locked by a ball lock mechanism taking advantage of the engagement of the lock balls 9, the connectors can be more securely locked even if the connectors and wires are heavy as compared to a prior art locking mechanism adopting an elastically deformable resin lance or engaging member and, therefore, a better reliability can be ensured.

Abstract: The invention is designed to improve a cutting performance and a spiral chip discharging ability. Main cutting edges 16 and auxiliary cutting edges 18 are formed along the respective sides of an upper surface 14 of a negative throw-away tip 12 and along side of bevelled corners, respectively. A rake face 22 of each main cutting edge 16 is gradually inclined toward a lower surface of the tip 12 by an angle of inclination .beta. along the extension of the main cutting edge 16 away from its adjacent auxiliary cutting edge 18 and by a rake angle .alpha. (>.beta.) along a direction perpendicular to the main cutting edge 16. The tip 12 is mounted on a cutter 9 as a rotatable cutting tool so as to discharge spiral chips during cutting. To this end, the tip 12 is mounted such that an axial rake angle, a corner angle, an angle of inclination, and a true rake angle are set in a range of -4.degree. to -10.degree., a range of 25.degree. to 60.degree., a range of 0.degree. or larger, and a range of -20.degree. to -5.

Abstract: To easily cope with a change in a distance between battery posts, a cover (5) includes a pair of cover elements (6, 7) which are provided with receptacles (8) for accommodating connection members (3) of a battery connection terminal (1), and hollow connection portions (9, 10) which are slidably fitted so as to adjust the length of the cover (5). The connection portions (9, 10) are openable, and the receptacles (8) are provided with lids (28). After the connection portions (9, 10) are opened and partly assembled, the battery connection terminal (1) is inserted into the cover (5) sideways. Then, the connection portions (9, 10) are closed. The assembly of the cover (5) and the terminal (1) is fitted such that battery posts (51) are inserted into insertion holes (4) formed in the connection members (3), and the lids (28) are closed after nuts (54) are fastened to the battery posts (51).

Abstract: A fluid clutch comprises a driving disc rotationally driven by a driving section, a rotatable casing enhousing the driving disc, a blower attached to the casing, and an oil supply means for supplying an oil from an outside to a torque transmission gap between the driving disc and the casing. Further, a driving section may be connected by means of a flexible joint to either one of the casing or the disc. The fluid clutch can always attain optimum control by adjusting the amount of the oil at a high accuracy and rapidly depending on various kinds of operation conditions. A breezer also is provided for releasing gas from the torque transmission chamber when pressure exceeds a predetermined upper limit, and for enabling inflow of atmospheric air to the torque transmission chamber when pressure is less than a predetermined lower limit. The clutch is endurable to external vibrations.

Abstract: A tube bending system for bending all tubes in a preset manner effectively from the beginning of works by detecting a degree of bending of a tube which varies during a bending process in high precision by a displacement sensor and by accurately comparing the detected value of the degree of bending of the tube detected by the displacement sensor with a control value written in advance in a program in a memory. The displacement sensor is disposed so as to be able to detect the position of the tube to be bent on the side of a reaction receiving section between a gripper and the reaction receiving section. The displacement sensor is composed of a detecting section and a transducing section.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a retainer 30 which can be held displaceably from a partial lock position to a full lock position with respect to a housing 10. An inadvertent movement of the retainer 30 from the partial lock position to the full lock position is prevented by providing a locking control member 34. Accordingly, the retainer 30 does not make an inadvertent movement even if it is struck against something, e.g. during transportation.

Abstract: An ignition coil device is provided in which a damaged portion can be exchanged and which requires no connector for connecting a power switch with a wiring harness. Since an ignition coil device 2 is constructed such that a primary coil portion 21 and a power switch 22 are secured by fitting the primary coil portion 21 into a hollow core of a secondary coil portion 23 mounted in advance on an engine 30, the primary and secondary coil portions 21, 23 can be detachably connected via an iron core 21c as a magnetic core. Accordingly, only the secondary coil portion 23 having a relatively short life due to the generation of varying high voltage can be easily exchanged. Further, since the power switch 22 and the primary coil portion 21 are integrally or unitarily connected with a wiring harness 40, the construction can be made inexpensive and simple by the deletion of a connector provided in a prior art ignition coil device, thereby enhancing electrical reliability.

Abstract: A temperature-responsive fluid-type fan coupling has a sealing casing with a partition plate disposed therein. The partition plate divides interior portions of the casing into an oil reservoir chamber and a torque transmission chamber. A port extends through the partition plate to provide communication between the chambers. The casing is rotatably mounted around a rotary shaft such that an end of the shaft is disposed in the torque transmission chamber. A drive disc is fixedly mounted to the shaft and is disposed in the torque transmission chamber. Fluid in the torque transmission chamber functions to transmit torque from the disc to the casing. The valve member has one end mounted to the partition plate and an opposed end movably positioned in proximity to the port through the partition plate. Intermediate portions of the valve member are engaged by a pin, which in turn is movable in response to a temperature-responsive member. The valve member is biased to instantaneously open and close at set temperatures.