Abstract: A system for monitoring a condition such as tire air pressure where the monitor at each tire is remotely energized by radio waves, there being two embodiments disclosed for effecting this. A loop antenna concentrically mounted with respect to each tire receiver and/or transmits electrical energy to the remote location which is typically at the operator's console. Each pressure sensitive device is mounted away from the valve stem and may include a strain gauge mounted on the tire side wall or between the wall and rim. An infra-red detector may also be employed as a pressure monitoring device.

Abstract: An ignition timing correcting circuit which retards ignition timing when knock occurs and advances ignition timing when knock does not occur. An optimal ignition timing on which the ignition timing is to be converged is set to a latest ignition timing to which the ignition time can be retarded without raising the exhaust gas temperature higher than a predetermined value at the actual air-fuel ratio at that time. The actual ignition timing corrected by the ignition timing correcting circuit is compared with the optimal ignition timing. An air-fuel ratio control circuit corrects the air-fuel ratio toward the lean side when the actual ignition timing is on the advance side of the optimal ignition timing and toward the rich side when the former is on the retard side of the latter.

Abstract: In an intake system having a bypass passage for introducing auxiliary air to the engine, a base amount of auxiliary air is first determined according to the engine operating condition. A target idling speed is calculated according to the engine temperature and the engine load and the target idling speed is compared with the actual engine speed. The base amount of auxiliary air is corrected according to the difference between the target idling speed and the actual engine speed, thereby obtaining a final target amount of auxiliary air. The control amount of the control valve is determined according to the final target amount of auxiliary air referring the final target amount of auxiliary air to the output characteristics of the control valve. Then the control valve is driven on the basis of the control amount.

Abstract: A silicon nitride layer is formed on a substrate by reacting (1) silicon fluoride, (2) nitrogen or nitrogen hydride and (3) nitrogen fluoride by a chemical vapor deposition method using thermal energy and/or optical energy.According to the invention process, fluorine is added to the silicon nitride layer to make Si--F bonds, by which the amount of Si--H bonds can be reduced less than 1/10 as compared with that of silicon nitride made by the conventional reaction between SiH.sub.4 and HN.sub.3. Silicon nitride layer according to the invention will highly enhance the reliability of IC, LSI.

Abstract: A trailing arm type rear-suspension system having a trailing arm which is connected to a wheel hub for supporting a rear wheel for rotation at one end and to the vehicle body for vertical pivotal movement at the other end by way of a resilient bushing is provided with a camber control link mechanism. The camber control link mechanism comprises first and second control links. The first control link is fixed to the trailing arm at its first end. The second control link is connected to a second end of the first control link for pivotal movement at one end, and to the vehicle body for pivotal movement at the other end.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a transmitter-receiver which can transmit and receive an aural signal and a data signal. In the transmission mode, the control apparatus detects a data transmission instruction of the transmitter-receiver and changes to the mode in that the data signal is supplied to the transmission unit of the transmitter, thereby executing the data transmission. On the other hand, in the reception mode, the control apparatus discriminates that the signal received is the transmission data to the transmitter-receiver and reduces the output volume of the receiving unit, thereby allowing the transmitter-receiver to receive the reception signal as the data signal.

Abstract: A vehicle rear-suspension system comprises a trailing arm one end of which is connected to the vehicle body by way of a resilient bushing for up-and-down pivotal movement, a wheel hub for supporting a rear wheel for rotation, a ball joint connecting the wheel hub to the trailing arm so as to permit pivotal movement of the wheel hub about a point relative to the trailing arm, and first and second resilient bushings which resiliently connect the wheel hub to the trailing arm, the ball joint and the first and second resilient bushings being arranged to cause the rear wheel to toe in against a force acting thereon. A first control link is fixed to said trailing arm at one end, and a second control link is connected for pivotal movement to the other end of the first control link at one end. The second control link is connected for pivotal movement to the vehicle body at the other end. The body side pivotal center of the second control link is offset from the pivotal axis of the trailing arm by a preset amount.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine comprises a first valve provided to open and close an intake passage leading to each combustion chamber, a bypass passage for introducing intake air into each combustion chamber bypassing the first valve, and a second valve provided to open and close each of the bypass passages. The first valves are operated to close the respective intake passages in a light load range and to open the same in a heavy load range. The second valve is operated to close the bypass passage in the middle of each intake stroke. The first valves are controlled so that the opening of the intake passages is increased as the engine load increases after exceeding a predetermined value, and the second valve is controlled to delay the time the bypass passage is closed with increase in the engine load so that the time the bypass passage is opened overlaps with the time the intake valve is opened when the engine load reaches the predetermined value.

Abstract: In a spark-ignited engine in which a spark plug is supported so that its igniting tip is centrally located in the combustion chamber, a bore for forming a coolant passage is provided in the wall of the cylinder head defining the combustion chamber to extend between an exhaust port and a threaded bore into which the spark plug is screwed. The bore is formed to extend from a cooland inlet formed in the lower side of the cylinder head through which coolant from the cylinder block enters the cylinder head to the water jacket formed in the cylinder head so that the coolant from the cylinder block flows through the bore under the pressure difference between the coolant inlet and the water jacket.

Abstract: Different approaches are described, in ionization gauges or the like, which either prevent dangerous open ground conditions and/or sense the presence of the open ground whereby the controller power may be automatically turned off. Circuitry for extending the measurement range of ionization gauges is also described.

Abstract: In a method of making an electronic device having at least a transparent conductive layer, which includes at least a step of forming a transparent conductive layer member and a step of forming a transparent conductive layer by patterning the transparent conductive layer member using a spot-shaped or linear laser beam or beams, each of which has a short wavelength of 400 nm or less and optical energy greater than the optical energy band gap of the transparent conductive layer.

Abstract: A radiation image storage panel comprising a support, a phosphor layer which comprises a binder and a stimulable phosphor dispersed therein and a protective film, superposed in this order, characterized in that said protective film comprises polyethylene terephthalate, and has the longitudinal strength and the lateral strength equal to each other or in a difference therebetween of not more than 10%, the value being determined based on the larger strength.

Abstract: A vehicle door structure comprises an inner panel on which functional parts are to be mounted, and an outer panel having a central opening. The inner panel and the outer panel are lap-bonded together at the front edge, the bottom edge and the rear edge. The portion of the outer panel surrounding the central opening is bonded to the inner panel. Front and rear edge portions of the door body are formed of closed cross-section portions. The outer side of the outer panel is covered with an outer plate of synthetic resin.

Abstract: A cruise control system for a vehicle having an automatic transmission comprises a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the actual vehicle speed, an engine output power control mechanism, and a vehicle speed controller which compares the actual vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor with a set speed and controls the engine output power control mechanism in accordance with the result of the comparison so that the vehicle speed is converged upon the set speed at a predetermined rate. The automatic transmission is caused to downshift when the actual vehicle speed is lowered from the set speed by a predetermined amount while the vehicle speed controller operates to fix the vehicle speed, and when the automatic transmission is shifted down, the predetermined rate of convergence is reduced so that the vehicle speed is converged upon the set speed at a reduced rate.

Abstract: A signal control apparatus includes a circuit (26) for bearing a first characteristic to an original signal and outputting it as a first signal; a circuit (28) for bearing a second characteristic to the original signal and outputting it as a second signal; an adder circuit (30; 50) for adding the first and second signal with a variable proportion therebetween; and a control circuit (38) for controlling the variable proportion in accordance with the original signal in order to vary the output signal characteristic continuously.

Abstract: A knee protector structure comprises a transverse frame member extending in the transverse direction of a vehicle body below an instrument panel provided in front of the front seat, a center bracket an upper portion of which is connected to a body panel in front of the front seat substantially at the middle between right and left sides and a lower portion of which is connected to the floor of the vehicle body. The frame member is connected to the cabside at an outer end portion and to the center bracket at an inner end portion. A knee pad is supported by a bracket member connected to the frame member at a front end portion and to the knee pad at a rear end portion.

Abstract: A home container in accordance with the invention comprises two container elements (1) each comprising a bottom (2) and a side wall (3) extending along a portion of the bottom and on either side of a bottom division edge which does not have a side wall, with hinged connection means (9, 10) interconnecting the two container elements (1) about a hinge axis adjacent to the top edge (4) of the two ends of the side wall (3) on either side of the bottom division edge, and retaining means for holding the bottom division edges of the two associated container elements against each other. It is characterized by bag-retaining means (6) adjacent to the ends of the side walls (3) of the container elements (1). When the container is to be emptied, a flexible bag is fastened to the bag-fastening means and the container elements are pivoted relative to each other. Materials contained in the container then fall directly into the bag.

Abstract: A front door for a vehicle comprises an inner panel and an outer panel. A window sash having a closed cross section is formed by the inner panel and the outer panel. The window sash is divided into a front sash portion and a rear sash portion by a vertical dividing member. A windowpane is fixedly bonded to the front sash portion to cover at least the windshield side edge of the front sash portion. The front sash portion is provided with an air discharge opening which is adapted to be communicated with an air duct of an air conditioner unit provided in the vehicle by way of the interior of the window sash and opens toward the windowpane.

Abstract: The structure comprises a main wall (1) having bins (2) projecting therefrom. The bins are separated by gaps (b 5, 8) and projects outwardly from an installed storage facility, such that each bins is completely surrounded by earth on five of its six faces. The wall (1) is made as a generally flat tray-like structure for storage and transport purposes, which structure is curved prior to being installed in a suitable hole.

Abstract: In a substrate of a printed circuit, a metal foil is mounted onto at least one of the outermost surfaces of a laminate made of a plurality of glass fiber woven fabrics impregnated with synthetic resin, and heated and pressed. Warps and wefts of the glass fiber fabrics filamentated their filaments. The synthetic resin enters gaps among the opening filaments so that the vertically laminated glass fiber fabrics including the opening fibers are integrally jointed with each other. Warps and wefts of the glass fiber fabrics may have their surfaces made fuzzy so that the synthetic resin enters fuzzy filaments. Furthermore, the thus produced substrate may be used as a multilayer printed circuit substrate.