Abstract: Locator device for locating modular electronic components centrally with respect to a nozzle of an apparatus for attaching the components to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board. The locator device comprises a component support member for supporting a component to be located centrally with respect to the nozzle of a component attachment apparatus, and a component centralizing element associated with the component support member and engageable with the nozzle for centralizing the component with respect to the nozzle prior to soldering of the component to the printed circuit board. When the component has been centralized with respect to the nozzle, the component is maintained in its centralized position by attachment to a source of vacuum disposed within the nozzle. This facilitates removal of the locator device from the nozzle to leave the component disposed centrally within the nozzle attached to the source of vacuum and ready for installation on the printed circuit board.

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: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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 method for the manufacture of a semiconductor photoelectric conversion device in which a plurality n of semiconductor elements U.sub.1 to U.sub.n are sequentially formed side by side on a substrate and connected in series one after another. The element U.sub.i (i=1, 1, substrate, a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member Q.sub.i on the electrode E.sub.i and a second electrode F.sub.i on the laminate member Q.sub.i. The electrode F.sub.j+1 of the element U.sub.j+1 (j=1, 2, . . . (n-1)) is connected via coupling portion K.sub.j to the first electrode E.sub.j. After the formation of a first conductive layer on the substrate, the electrode E.sub.1 to E.sub.n are provided by forming grooves G.sub.1 to G.sub.n-1 in the first conductive layer through use of a first laser beam. A non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate layer is formed to cover the electrodes E.sub.1 to E.sub.n and the grooves G.sub.1 to G.sub.n-1, after which grooves O.sub.1 to O.sub.

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: 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 data receiving system for digital data communication described which uses asynchronous sampling and lagrangian or prolate spheroidal function interpolation on the received signal. A received analog signal is first asynchronously sampled, digitized stored in a memory and then processed using interpolation technique to recover the correct symbol timing of the symbols in the digitized data. The minimum sampling rate commensurate with channel band width is used. The correct symbol timing is continuously adjusted within certain pre-determined limits of the interpolation interval using a "jumping" algorithm which permits continuous symbol tracking. The recovered symbols are then equalized to compensate for channel distortion and decoded to give the originally encoded data. When bursts of data are being transmitted the data stored in memory is replayed to ensure that all data in the data burst is used for communication and that there is no transmission overhead requiring extra symbols for synchronization.

Abstract: A stopper comprising a monoblock refractory body having a gas duct formed longitudinally within the body wherein the said duct extends through the nose of the stopper to an intermediate region within the length of the stopper at which region the duct is sealed by a gas-impermeable plug to prevent gas leakage from the duct through the stopper beyond said region, and wherein said duct and an integral narrow gas supply channel extending from said port to a gas supply inlet on the outside surface of the stopper adjacent the opposite end of the stopper from the nose.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor photoelectric conversion device including forming a first impurity doped non-single crystal semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type on a substrate; forming an intrinsic non-single crystal semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer; forming a second impurity doped non-single crystal second conductivity layer type opposite to the first conductivity type on the intrinsic layer; irradiating the outer surface of the second impurity doped semiconductor layer with light energy of suitable wavelength which is effective to selectively crystallize the second impurity doped layer; irradiating the outer surface of the second impurity doped semiconductor layer with light energy of suitable wavelength which is effective to selectively crystallize the intrinsic semiconductor layer, whereby only the portion of the intrinsic semiconductor layer adjacent the impurity doped semiconductor layer is crystallized.

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.

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.