Abstract: A portable soft sided insulated container has an impermeable liner that provides a liquid holding barrier. The liner is folded from a single monolithic plastic sheet to reduce or eliminate the need for heat welded seams. The liner seats within the container and has a releasable attachment around its lip for mating with the rim of the container. The container has an insulated lid so that the entire assembly may be closed. The liner can be removed for cleaning, or replacement if punctured. When not in use the entire assembly can be folded into a collapsed position for storage.

Abstract: A failure determination device that detects the humidity of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine and a control system for an exhaust passage changeover valve, which can switch the changeover valve with appropriate timing, thereby enabling sufficient purification of exhaust gases. An operating condition of the engine is detected. Based on the detected operating condition of the engine, it is determined whether the engine is in an operating condition in which failure determination of the humidity sensor can be executed. It is determined whether the humidity sensor has failed, based on a result of detection by the humidity sensor, when it has been judged that the failure determination of the humidity sensor can be executed.

Abstract: An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.

Abstract: A method for controlling the fuelling rate for an internal combustion engine including: a) controlling the fuelling rate in a fuel led control mode whereby the fuelling rate is controlled as a function of the operator demand on the engine during at least a portion of low engine load operation; b) controlling the fuel rate in an air led control mode whereby the fuelling rate is controlled as a function of the air flow rate to the engine during at least a portion of medium-to-high engine load operation; and c) providing a point of transition between the two control modes wherein each control mode provides substantially the same predetermined fuelling rate.

Abstract: A distillation apparatus includes a column body; a partition for dividing the interior of the column body; a first distillation section composed of an enriching section and an exhaust section; a second distillation section composed of an enriching section formed above an upper end of the first distillation section, and an exhaust section located adjacent to the enriching section of the first distillation section; a third distillation section composed of an enriching section located adjacent to the exhaust section of the first distillation section, and an exhaust section formed below a lower end of the first distillation section; a condenser; a negative pressure generation system for generating a negative pressure to thereby withdraw vent gas; a gas cooler for cooling the vent gas; a first discharge system disposed at the side of the column body and adapted to discharge liquid rich in a medium-boiling-point component formed from a high-melting-point material; and a second discharge system disposed at the botto

Abstract: A metal-bonded grinding tool including a base, and abrasive grains bonded to the base by a bond matrix containing Cu alloy as a main component. The bond matrix further contains a powder selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, and a mixture thereof. An average grain protrusion is set to 30% or more of an average grain diameter, and an average grain spacing is set to 200% or more of the average grain diameter.

Abstract: The invention has its object to provide a highly reliable dot matrix display which is free from the trouble of work of connecting the leads comprising the wire harness and the like between the dot matrix modules to be displayed in parallel arrangements, and which does not show disconnection even in case of occurrence of vibration. The dot matrix display comprises a plurality of parallel arrangements of the dot matrix modules which have a luminous section provided in matrix form, and a drive section for controlling the display contents in the module. And, there are provided on the respective module a light emitting element and a light receiving element which can send and receive the display signal between the adjacent modules in case of the transmission of the display signal based on each module from the end part of the modules in parallel arrangement.

Abstract: There is provided a direct-winding sample warper comprising: a warper drum; yarn winding means mounted on a circumferential surface of the warper drum so as to be rotatable circumferentially and movable longitudinally on the warper drum; a yarn selector provided in correspondence to the yarn winding means; and a plurality of parallel shedding means extending longitudinally and parallel each other on the side of the warper drum; wherein the yarn winding means is operable to directly wind at least one yarn, which is payed out from a creel on which bobbins are supported, around the circumferential surface of the warper drum. In the direct-winding sample warper, a yarn is wound directly on a warper drum by a yarn winding means without using a conveyer belt so that various inconveniences due to the conventional conveyer belt can be entirely eliminated.

Abstract: An annular support ring 32 is fitted onto the outer periphery of each trunnion 22. This support ring 32 and the roller 34 are unitized via a plurality of needle rollers 36 to constitute a roller assembly capable of relative rotations therebetween. In longitudinal section, each trunnion 22 has an outer periphery of straight shape, parallel to the axis of the trunnion 22. In cross section, the trunnion 22 has a generally ellipse shape with the major axis orthogonal to the axis of the joint. The inner periphery of each support ring 32 is arcuate and convex in section. This combines with the general elliptic cross sections of the trunnions 22 and the provision of predetermined clearances between the trunnions 22 and the support rings 32, to allow the support rings 32 to move along the axial directions of the trunnions 22 as well as make tilting movements with respect to the trunnions 22.

Abstract: Use of fluorinated polyurethanes thermally crosslinkable for obtaining coatings having an improved friction coefficient for the dry lubrication of rubbers, plastics, metals, glass, said polyurethanes obtainable from aqueous dispersions of cationic oligourethanes having a molecular weight≦9,000, formed by: a) polyisocyanates, having NCO functionality higher than 2, b) bifunctional hydrogenated monomers, c) bifunctional hydroxylated (per)fluoropolyethers, e) monofunctional hydroxyl or carboxylic (per)fluoropolyethers or monofunctional hydroxyl (per)fluoroalkanes optionally: d) hydrogenated monomers by which it is possible to insert a crosslinkable chemical function in the oligourethane; dI) hydrogen-active compounds, able to form with the NCO functions thermolabile bonds.

Abstract: In an automotive vehicle occupant protection system, the vehicle body comprises a chassis and a vehicle body main part mounted on said chassis in a relatively moveable manner in a fore-and-aft direction, and an arrangement for engaging a vehicle body main part to the chassis under normal condition, and releasing the vehicle body main part from the chassis upon occurrence of a vehicle crash, and a bumper member provided on the chassis and adapted to collide with a stopper member provided on the vehicle body main part after a prescribed rearward travel of the chassis relative to the vehicle body main part. Thus, upon occurrence of a crash, the chassis having a substantial mass starts decelerating, and moves rearward with respect to the remaining part of the vehicle body. This in turn causes the tension of the seat belt to increase, and the restraint on the vehicle occupant to increase.

Abstract: A driving force control system for a front-and-rear wheel drive vehicle, which is capable of charging a battery based on a traveling condition of the vehicle. The front-and-rear wheel drive vehicle is driven while switching between a drive mode for driving front wheels by an engine and driving rear wheels by a motor, and a recharge mode for recovering running energy of the vehicle and charging the battery with the recovered running energy. Parameters (accelerator pedal opening &THgr;AP and a vehicle speed Vcar, or drive wheel speeds of the respective front and rear wheels) indicative of a driving condition of the vehicle are detected. A traveling condition of the vehicle is determined based on the parameters. It is determined, based on the traveling condition of the vehicle and the state of charge of the driving energy in the drive source, whether charging of the battery is to be executed.

Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of matrix metalloproteases, more specifically a 3-aryl-succinamido-hydroxamic acid of formula (I) and its salt, ester and derivative thereof, along with methods of producing a compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a dispersion based on homopolymers/copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), said dispersion having a bimodal or multimodal distribution of the particle diameters, wherein the fraction of small particles is in the range 1.5-35% by weight calculated on the dry product; the ratio between the average diameter of the small particles with respect to the average diameter of the dispersion obtained from the polymerization being in the range 0.02-0.6; said process comprising the following essential steps: (a) preparation of an aqueous microemulsion comprising fluorinated surfactants and (per)fluoropolyether oils (PFPE); (b) feeding of the microemulsion into the polymerization reactor; (c) feeding of at least one fluorinated surfactant.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting crank angle position in an internal combustion engine, in which a first rotator, which is interlocked with the crankshaft, has a plurality of detectable parts in the rotation direction, the detectable parts on the first rotator are provided so that adjoining spaces are nearly equal to each other. A second rotator which is interlocked with the camshaft has a plurality of detectable parts in the rotation direction, the detectable parts on the second rotator are provided so that permutations each consisting of at least two of consecutive angle intervals in one rotation direction differ from each other. With this configuration, the stroke of an internal combustion engine can be determined in a short time.

Abstract: A control circuit for increasing the speed of a device responding to a control request from an external device when the external control request is overlapped with an internal control request. The control circuit includes a first signal processing unit for receiving the first control signal and generating a first processed signal. The first signal processing unit includes a filter for filtering the first control signal. A second signal processing unit receives the first control signal and generates a second processed signal. An arbiter receives the second processed signal and the second control signal, determines which one of the received signals is to be given priority, and generates a determination signal based on the determination. A main signal generator generates the main signal from the determination signal or the first processed signal based on the determination signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an administration schedule comprising the intravenous administration of a &agr;-halogen-acryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I) wherein R is a bromine or chlorine atom; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The above administration allows the treatment of a variety of tumors in mammals.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a mammalian cell line which when co-cultured with lymphocytes during which allogenic stimulation is avoided activates lymphocytes fo form tumoricidal cells, a process for the production of tumoricidal T lymphocytes by co-culturing lymphocytes with this cell line, the tumoricidal T lymphocytes obtained by means of this process and the use of the cells according to the present invention for the production of a therapeutic agent which can be used in tumour therapy.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems for distributing a user interface for communications and/or services available in a communications network, wherein the user interface is independent from the terminal and/or applications. The method includes requesting an access to a least one desired service by a terminal, identifying the type of the requesting terminal, identifying and selecting the desired services, establishing a customized connection between the requested services and the requesting terminal on a basis of the identifying, and delivering at least one service program, dependent on the type of terminal and the requested service to the terminal.

Abstract: A combination lock is described where the combination that is used to open the lock is generated on a separate computer system using information that is contained in the lock and a series of steps that combine selected items of the information contained in the lock and alter the results of the results of the combination of the information items. The lock incorporates a computer processor which performs the identical steps to generate an authorized combination after a combination is entered into the lock. When the two combinations match, the lock is enabled for opening. At least some of the information items used in the generation of the combinations change with each successful opening of the lock, rendering the combination generated by the computer system useable for only a single opening of the lock.