Abstract: A portion 12a of a side duct 12 which is closer to a quarter glass 61 is formed into a convex cross-sectional portion protruding outwardly of the duct 12, and a rear garnish 63 is wrapped around the convex cross-sectional portion, whereby an end portion 63b of the rear garnish 63 which is closer to a quarter glass 61 is made closer to a rear pillar 62.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion integrated circuit device for converting a light signal into a voltage signal has a photodiode that outputs a current in accordance with a light signal it receives, a current-to-voltage conversion circuit that outputs a voltage signal in accordance with a current signal it receives, and a test circuit that outputs a current and whose on/off state is controllable from the outside. At the output of the photodiode, two output terminals are provided, of which one is connected to the current-to-voltage conversion circuit and the other to the test circuit. This photoelectric conversion integrated circuit device allows a fault in the wiring between the photodiode and the current-to-voltage conversion circuit to be detected by feeding an input current to the current-to-voltage conversion circuit without shining light on the photodiode.

Abstract: In an engine 3, the phase of an intake camshaft 6 and/or an exhaust camshaft 7 for opening and closing intake valves 4 and/or exhaust valves 5 can be changed relative to a crankshaft 9, and NOx produced during lean-burn operation is occluded by a NOx occlusion catalyst 14. An ECU 2 of a control device 1 increases the amount of fuel such that an air-fuel ratio A/F used during the lean-burn operation is enriched by an enrichment amount R1, to thereby purge the NOx occlusion catalyst of NOx occluded therein and controls to change the phase CAIN of the intake camshaft 6 towards the advance side relative to the crankshaft 9.

Abstract: A driving device for a three-phase brushless motor offers stable rotation characteristics even in case of polarity inversion resulting from braking applied, noise appearing, or other factors arising during rotation of the motor. The driving device has a comparator circuit for comparing the back electromotive forces appearing in the motor individually with the common-terminal voltage to output square-wave signals, a synthesizing circuit for producing drive signals, a circuit for producing from the square-wave signals a speed signal and then shifting the phase thereof to produce a phase signal, and a current supply circuit for supplying drive currents to the motor in accordance with the drive signals and the phase signal. The driving device further has a selector circuit for feeding a select signal back to the gate circuits provided in the stage subsequent to the comparator to perform masking.

Abstract: A slide guide unit wherein the nut member for applying a driving force to the slider and a sliding contact member for supporting the slider in motion with respect to the track rail are firmly fixed to the slider and which may be manufactured simply at low cost without increasing the number of components. The slide guide unit is characterized in that the slider is composed of a metallic core block having a mounting surface for a movable body and a resin portion built around the core block by molding, and in that the sliding contact member in sliding contact with the track rail and the nut portion in which the screw shaft is screwed are formed in a single resin piece.

Abstract: A fuel atomizing-injection apparatus for internal combustion engines is disclosed. This apparatus is installed between the injector of a fuel injection device and the suction manifold of an engine, and is used for promoting vaporization of fuel injected from the injector into the suction manifold, thus finally allowing the injected fuel to be more effectively and actively mixed with combustion air into mixed gas. The apparatus also improves the fuel combustion efficiency of the engine while achieving a conservation of fuel and increasing engine output power. The apparatus exhausts little harmful gases into the atmosphere, thus being unlikely to cause environmental pollution, such as air pollution. In the fuel atomizing-injection apparatus, a heater, having a heat dissipating spiral plate on its external surface, is installed between the injector and the suction manifold.

Abstract: An input conversion unit converts serial data supplied from the exterior into parallel data. Each of the converted parallel data is respectively written into a plurality of memory cell areas. An output conversion unit converts parallel data constructed by data read from each memory cell area into serial data. An operational unit is activated during a testing mode so as to logically operate on the parallel data read from each memory cell area. By writing predetermined data into each memory cell area in advance, it is confirmed by a logic operation that correct data is stored in each memory cell area. The data can be checked simultaneously for the plurality of memory cell areas so that the operation test in the memory cell areas can be carried out at high speed. Besides, serial data accepted, twice per cycle of a data strobe signal, is converted into parallel data. Each of the converted parallel data is respectively written into a first memory cell area and a second memory cell area.

Abstract: In a safety running system, a transverse travelling distance resulting when a subject vehicle travels to a current position of an oncoming vehicle is calculated based on the vehicle velocity and yaw rate of the subject vehicle, a relative transverse distance of the oncoming vehicle relative to a vehicle body axis of the subject vehicle is calculated based on a relative distance, relative velocity and relative angle between the subject vehicle and the oncoming vehicle detected by a radar information processor. When a relative transverse deviation obtained by subtracting the transverse travelling distance from the relative transverse distance resides within a range and that state continues to exist over a predetermined time period, it is judged that there is a collision possibility of the subject vehicle with the oncoming vehicle, and automatic steering is performed so as to avoid a collision.

Abstract: Composite glass (2) for protecting the eyesight comprising, starting from the inside, from the eye side (1), towards the outside a first optically polished mineral glass (3), a polarizing film (4) having two sides, a second optically polished mineral glass (5), the polarizing film being glued with its first side onto the first glass and with its second side onto the second glass, characterized in that the first glass being approximately 1 mm thick is a high-pass filter, the cut-off wavelength of which is approximately 480 nm and having a yellow base, the polarizing film is oriented so as to attenuate the light rays reflected by the ground and sent back upwards, the second glass is colorless, and in that the first glass comprises at the surface, on the eye side, a light absorbing surface deposit (7) making a film. A stepped down median specular strip (9) may be deposited on the outer surface of the composite glass.

Abstract: A rotary body such as an optical disc has a picture pattern formed on a surface perpendicular to a rotating center axis of the disc, said picture being recognizable when irradiated by a light. In particular, an area corresponding to the picture pattern comprises a reflective type grating consisting of a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel with one another.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate of a single crystal LiTaO3 and an electrode pattern provided on the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode pattern contains Al as a primary component and has a thickness in a range of 0.03-0.15 times a wavelength of a surface acoustic wave excited on the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate has an orientation rotated about an X-axis thereof from a Y-axis thereof toward a Z-axis thereof, with a rotational angle of 38-46°.

Abstract: A power supply line is formed over a memory cell array which has arranged a plurality of memory cells using a metal wiring layer M1 which is disposed on the side closest to the memory cell array, of all the metal wiring layers. The power supply lines are formed over the memory cell array using not only an upper metal wiring layer M2 but the metal wiring layer M1 so that the wiring resistance of the power supply lines may decrease and a sufficient amount of current can be supplied to the power supply lines. Consequently, the circuits supplied with an electric current through the power supply lines become capable of high-speed operation. This is particularly effective for the high-speed operation of the circuits arranged around the memory cell array. The power supply line formed using the lower metal wiring layer M1 is connected over the memory cell array to a power supply line which is formed using the metal wiring layer M2 on the upper layer than the metal wiring layer M1.

Abstract: In a safety running system, a transverse travelling distance resulting when a subject vehicle travels to a current position of an oncoming vehicle is calculated based on the vehicle velocity and yaw rate of the subject vehicle, a relative transverse distance of the oncoming vehicle relative to a vehicle body axis of the subject vehicle is calculated based on a relative distance, relative velocity and relative angle between the subject vehicle and the oncoming vehicle detected by a radar information processor. When a relative transverse deviation obtained by subtracting the transverse travelling distance from the relative transverse distance resides within a range and that state continues to exist over a predetermined time period, it is judged that there is a collision possibility of the subject vehicle with the oncoming vehicle, and automatic steering is performed so as to avoid a collision.

Abstract: There are described a simple examination method of infection with Helicobacter pylori possibly presenting in a gastric mucosa, and a device therefor. The examination is conducted by collecting gas in gastric cavity, and measuring mainly ammonia and additionally organic amines which are generated due to activities of the bacilli. The measurement is carried out by leading the gas in gastric cavity into oral cavity by vomiting-reflex, and sucking the gas by a metering suction pump through a gas detection tube to read-out a length of color-changed area in the gas detection tube.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread comprising (1) (i) 60 to 90 parts by weight of natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber, (ii) 10 to 35 parts by weight of a high cis polybutadiene rubber having a melt viscosity of 90 to 150 cps and a cis content of 90% by weight or more, and (iii) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of an A-B type block copolymer composed of (A) a poly(styrene-butadiene) or polybutadiene block having a styrene content (St) of 0 to 35% by weight and a butadiene content (Bd) of 65 to 100% by weight, having a 1,2-vinyl bond content (Vn) of 5 to 80 mol %, and satisfying the relationship of Vn≦2St+30 and (B) a polyisoprene block having a cis content of at least 70% by weight, in a ratio by weight (A)/(B) of 20 to 80/80 to 20, and (2) 40 to 60 parts by weight of carbon black having an N2SA of 125 m2/g or more.

Abstract: Fluorinated triazinic compounds having the formula: wherein Z=T—Y, with T=—(CH2)q, —SO2, —CO, q= is an integer from 1 to 20; Y=O—, O(C2H4O)p—, O(CH2)n—NR—, O (CH2)n—O—, O(C3H6O)p—, NR—, S—, S(C2H4O)p—, S(C3H6O)p—; wherein R=H, alkyl from 1 to 10 C atoms; n is an integer from 1 to 20; p is an integer from 1 to 5; Rf represents a linear or branched fluoroalkyl chain or a (per)fluoropolyether chain. X is selected from: Cl; Rf—CF2—Z; CF3—Z. Use of these triazinic compounds or of their formulations for the treatment of natural or synthetic fiber textiles.

Abstract: A crude lactide in a solid state or in an at least partially molten state is brought into contact with ethanol to form a slurry mixture, and then a solid form this slurry mixture is separated to yield a purified lactide having a high purity. A crude lactide is recrystallized from a non-denatured or denatured ethanol to obtain a lactide for a food additive. A lactide is applied widely to food additives. A coagulating agent for an animal and/or vegetable protein containing an optically active lactide as a main component, a food foaming agent containing a lactide as a main component, a food preservative containing a lactide as a main component and a pH regulating agent containing a lactide as a main component are provided.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a hydraulic valve characteristic control mechanism for altering phase of a cam driving a suction valve and an oil pressure control valve for controlling pressure of working oil supplied to the valve characteristic control mechanism, a chain chamber comprising a case formed by an engine main body and a cover closing the case. The oil pressure control valve is attached to the engine main body surrounded by a timing chain. In order to position the oil pressure control valve outside of the chain chamber, the cover has an opening for inserting the oil pressure control valve and the case has an attachment section around the oil pressure control valve to which a whole marginal edge of the opening is touched in liquid-tight and fixed.

Abstract: A butyl rubber having at least one repeating unit of the formulae (I) and (II): wherein R independently represents a hydrogen atom or at least one group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and butyl groups.