Abstract: A reclining mechanism for a vehicle seat, which is composed of a first arm member for attachment to a frame structure of a seat cushion or a back rest of the vehicle seat; a second arm member for attachment to a frame structure of the other of the back rest or the seat cushion, the second arm member being connected with the first arm member by means of a hinge pin for relative rotation about the hinge pin and having a circular ratchet portion concentric with the binge pin; a pair of diametrically opposed slide pawls slidably coupled with the fist arm member in a radial direction with respect to the hinge pin to be moved toward and away from the ratchet portion of the second arm member; a cam plate mounted on the hinge pin for rotation therewith and being engaged with the slide pawls for engaging the slide pawls with the ratchet portion of the second arm member when the hinge pin is retained in position under load of a torsion spring assembled thereon and for disengaging the slide pawls from the ratchet portio

Abstract: In the present invention, a detection coil and a cancellation coil are closely provided and electrically connected in series to cancel induction noise. The cancellation coil may be disposed at a position not to sense the rotation. An axis of the cancellation coil may be provided in parallel to an axis of the detection coil. The numbers of turns for the cancellation coil may be the same as those for the detection coils. The cancellation coil may be disposed coaxial to the detection coils.

Abstract: In each sampling period, sample data and a count value WA of a ring buffer counter 11 are supplied to a RAM 202 through a bus control circuit 14 as write data and a write address. Each cache block stored in a data buffer DB.sub.0 and so on is used for executing an FIR filtering operation. As an amount of unused sample data in the cache block is decreased, subsequent cache blocks used for a subsequent FIR filtering operation are supplemented to the data buffers DB.sub.0 and so on by the cache counter units CC.sub.0 and so on.

Abstract: The invention provides an Al alloy film for use as an electrode of a semiconductor device and also provides an Al alloy sputtering target used to produce such an Al alloy film wherein the Al alloy film has not only a low resistivity equal to or less than 5 .mu..OMEGA.cm and a high hillock resistance (property of hillock suppression) but also a high dielectric strength when it is anodized into an anodic oxide film and wherein the Al alloy film has a composition such that the Ni content is equal to or greater than 0.3 at % and the Y content is equal to or greater than 0.3 at % and such that 0.22 C.sub.Ni +0.74 C.sub.Y <1.6 at % where C.sub.Ni denotes the Ni content (at %) and C.sub.Y denotes the Y content (at %) and further wherein, in order to deposit the Al alloy film by sputtering, a spray forming Al alloy target containing Ni and Y is used.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for sterilizing, disinfecting or otherwise heating materials, objects, liquids and the like under pressure is disclosed. The invention utilizes the generation and transmission of single-mode, non-interfering coaxial microwaves from multiple sources into the material to be treated. As a result, a more efficient transfer of microwave energy into the material to be treated is obtained.

Abstract: A displacement detection sensor includes a wire having one end portion and a second end portion, extending along a direction such that the second end portion is connected to a fixed position; a magnet generating a magnetic field therefrom, movable along the wire such that the wire is always being placed in the magnetic field and producing a twist in the wire when a current is supplied to the wire after a displacement of the magnet from its original to rest positions; a receiving device for receiving an elastic wave traveling directly to one end portion of the wire which is caused by the twist in the wire, the receiving device having a current induced thereat; an analyzing device for calculating the displacement on the basis of a time point at which the current is applied to the wire, and another time point at which the current is induced at the receiving device; and a tension device positioned at one end side of the wire for giving tension to the wire.

Abstract: A melt treatment apparatus is provided which obviates an increase in floorspace and in cost and has freedom from a danger of steam explosion and further can control melt discharging with reliability.The welt treatment apparatus 1 is constructed with a furnace body 8 for entry of a material 17 to be heated, a plasma torch 2 that generates a plasma arc 13 so as to melt the material, a melt discharge passage 3 arranged in the furnace body for discharging a hot melt 14 derived by melting the material with the use of the plasma torch, and cooling gas jet means 7 disposed in the melt discharge passage and jetting a cooling gas to cool the hot melt to thereby form a dam 12.

Abstract: The invention relates to an identity card or similar data carrier having a copy protection element. The copy protection element contains a metal layer in which markings are incorporated with the aid of a laser beam by completely removing the metal layer in the area of the markings. The copy protection effect is produced by combining at least partial areas of an additional layer with the metal layer so that the marks are not electrophotographically reproducible, or not in accordance with the original, as such or in combination with the metal layer.

Abstract: A linear compressor having improved heat-radiating performance incorporates first and second cylinders disposed coaxially, a first piston reciprocatably disposed inside the first cylinder, a second piston reciprocatably disposed inside the second cylinder, a compression chamber formed by the front face of the first piston and the front face of the second piston and a connecting wall connecting the first and second cylinders, and multiple working gas passages having openings formed in the connecting wall and connecting the compression chamber to the outside via these openings. The working gas passages are formed on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the first and second cylinder. Heat-radiating means are provided around the working gas passages. The first cylinder and the second cylinder are made of aluminum (or an aluminum alloy).

Abstract: A turbocharger incorporating a shaft, a turbine rotor connected to one end of the shaft and a compressor rotor connected to the other end of the shaft is disclosed. A turbine housing in which the turbine rotor rotated by exhaust gas is disposed, is provided with an involute inside wall that forms a scrolling portion for exhaust gas. A compressor housing in which the compressor rotor is disposed is also provided. A division wall divides the scrolling portion into an inside scrolling portion and an outside scrolling portion. A turbocharger has a change means for changing the flow direction of exhaust gas between an inside scrolling portion and an outside scrolling portion.

Abstract: A solenoid valve incorporates a housing having an electric coil and a magnetic core built therein; a valve seat formed in the inside of the housing; a moving iron core adapted to be actuated by the electric coil and the magnetic core and having a valve member for opening/closing the valve seat; and a leaf spring fixed in the inside of the housing and adapted to warp at all times when the moving iron core acts. A flanged portion extends from the moving iron core in a direction perpendicular to the acting direction of the moving iron core and outward of the same. The flanged portion is provided with one face for causing the leaf spring to abut against the face of the moving iron core in the acting direction when the electric coil is energized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic drawing and cutting device for an adhesive tape dispenser. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a case body for containing an adhesive tape and having a detachable cover, a drawing means for automatically drawing the adhesive tape from the case body in a desired length, and a cutting means for automatically cutting the adhesive tape drawn by the drawing means. According to this automatic drawing and cutting device for an adhesive tape dispenser, the adhesive tape may be automatically drawn from the adhesive tape dispenser in a desired length by pulling a handle of the drawing means with a user's finger cutting the drawn adhesive tape by only sliding forward a sliding member of the cutting means, thus improving the convenience of operation.

Abstract: A valve timing control device comprising a rotor adapted to be fixed on a cam shaft of an engine, a rotational transmitting member mounted around the peripheral surface of the rotor so as to rotate relative thereto within a predetermined range for transmitting a rotational power from a crank shaft, a chamber defined between the rotor and the rotational transmitting member and having first and second circumferentially opposed walls, a vane provided with the rotor and extended outwardly therefrom in the radial direction into the chamber so as to divide the chamber into an advancing chamber and a delaying chamber, the vane being movable between the first and second walls, a locking means for locking between the rotor and the rotational transmitting member at a predetermined relative phase, when the vane is not in contact with either the first or second walls, a first fluid passage for feeding and discharging a fluid to and from the advancing chamber, a second fluid passage for feeding and discharging the fluid t

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a portable system for automatic data acquisition and processing of traffic information in real-time. The system incorporates a plurality of sensors operatively positioned upstream of a work zone or roadway incident with each of the sensors being adapted to detect current traffic conditions, at least one variable message device positioned upstream of the work zone or roadway incident, a plurality of remote station controllers, each operatively connected to the plurality of sensors and the variable message device, and a central system controller located within remote communication range of the remote station controllers, wherein the central system controller and the plurality of remote station controllers are capable of remotely communicating with one another. Each of the sensors is adapted to output traffic condition data to its corresponding remote station controller.

Abstract: A liquid pump includes a body, a stationary member which is fluid-tightly fixed to the body through a seal plate, a shaft which is rotatably supported on the body and an impeller which is disposed in a vortex chamber formed in the body and having a disk portion fixed to the one end of the shaft and plural blades formed on a side face of the disk portion directed toward the body so as to project toward the body and to extend radially, wherein an extending portion is formed on the seal plate so that a predetermined axial clearance is maintained between the extending portion and end surfaces of the blades directed toward the body.

Abstract: A valve timing control device comprises: a rotary shaft rotatably assembled within a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine; a rotational transmitting member mounted around the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft so as to rotate relative thereto within a predetermined range for transmitting a rotational power from a crank shaft; a vane provided on either one of the rotary shaft and the rotational transmitting member; a pressure chamber formed between the rotary shaft and the rotational transmitting member, and divided into an advance chamber and a delay chamber by the vane; a first fluid passage for supplying and discharging a fluid to and from the advance chamber; a second fluid passage for supplying and discharging a fluid to and from the delay chamber; a locking mechanism for holding the vane in the middle position of the pressure chamber, when the internal combustion engine starts; and a control mechanism for restricting the rotational transmitting member to rotate around the rotary shaft, when

Abstract: A delay circuit is provided, which is capable of eliminating the influence of noise of low frequency as disturbance. A plurality of memory cells including a plurality of capacitors store an analog signal as an input signal by storing charge of the input signal in the capacitors. A first inverting device inverts the input signal to generate an inverted signal. A control circuit generates and delivers control signals to the memory cells to select the input signal and the inverted signal alternately and sequentially write the selected signals into the memory cells in a predetermined writing sequence. The control circuit further generates and delivers to the memory cells to sequentially read out the input signal and the inverted signal from the memory cells in a sequence corresponding to the predetermined writing sequence. A second inverting device inverts the read-out inverted signal. An output signal is synthesized from the read-out input signal and an output signal of the second inverting device.

Abstract: In a speech coding apparatus, an input device inputs a mixed speech signal of a plurality of speakers. A separating device analyzes period characteristics of the input mixed speech signal, and separates the same signal into a plurality of single speech signals each associated with a corresponding one of the speakers, based on a result of the analysis. A first extracting device extracts source speech characteristic parameters included in each of the single speech signals. A second extracting device extracts a generic vocal-tract characteristic parameter from the input mixed speech signal. In a speech decoding apparatus, a first input device inputs the source speech characteristic parameters for each of the speakers. A second input device inputs the vocal-tract characteristic parameter.

Abstract: A valve timing control device incorporates a rotary shaft rotatably assembled within a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, a rotational transmitting member mounted around the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft so as to rotate relative thereto within a predetermined range for transmitting a rotational power from a crank shaft, a vane provided on either one of the rotary shaft and the rotational transmitting member, a pressure chamber formed between the rotary shaft and the rotational transmitting member, and divided by the vane into an advance chamber and a delay chamber, a first fluid passage for supplying and discharging a fluid to and from the advance chamber, a second fluid passage for supplying and discharging a fluid to and from the delay chamber, a locking mechanism for holding the relationship between the rotary shaft and the rotational transmitting member at a middle position of the predetermined range, when the internal combustion engine starts, and a controlling mechanism for restric