Abstract: In a suspension system for a vehicle, suspension arms are connected to the vehicle body by way of rubber bushings. The bushings are provided with an adjustment device for changing the resistance of the bushings in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A control circuit is provided to control the adjustment device so that the resistance of the bushings in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is increased as the steering angle is increased and/or as the vehicle speed is increased.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium such as a video tape comprising a magnetic recording layer which comprises a ferromagnetic metal powder having a specific surface area of not less than 42 m.sup.2 /g and an inorganic material powder having a Mohs' scale of hardness of not less than 5, wherein at least 90 wt. % of said inorganic material powder consists of particles having a particle size of 0.1-0.6 .mu.m, 51-85 wt. % of a portion of said particles consisting of particles having a particle size of less than 0.3 .mu.m, and the residual portion consisting of particles having a particle size of not less than 0.3 .mu.m.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling vehicle bodies which is provided in a vehicle body production line and operative to mount various parts on vehicle bodies conveyed thereinto after passing through a coating process, comprises first door conveying means for transporting doors detached from the vehicle bodies having passed through the coating process, door storing means for temporarily storing the doors transported by the first door conveying means, door assembly line means for mounting the door parts on each of the doors forwarded from the door storing means after being temporarily stored therein, and second door conveying means for transporting the doors each provided with the door parts from the door assembly line means to a door mounting station provided in the vehicle body production line to which the vehicle bodies each provided with the body parts are conveyed.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly line has a main line comprising an automated assembly line portion disposed in an upstream portion thereof, a manual assembly line portion disposed in a downstream portion thereof and an automated work line portion disposed in the terminal portion thereof. The automated assembly line portion is formed of train type conveyors which can feed a vehicle body or a work selectively in continuous feed fashion or indexing feed fashion. The manual assembly line portion is formed of trolley type or power-and-free type conveyors which feed the vehicle body continuously. The automated work line portion is formed of train type conveyors which feed the vehicle body in indexing feed fashion. In the automated assembly line portion are included the assembly steps which have already been automated and those which are scheduled to be automated but are to be manually performed for the time being.

Abstract: A stimulable phosphor sheet comprising a support, a phosphor layer containing a stimulable phosphor and a binder, and a protective film superposed in this order, which is characterized in that at least one of the front end and the rear end of the phosphor layer along the direction to be conveyed are retracted from the corresponding end of the support, and said retracted end of the phosphor layer and support is protected by a polymer coating layer, a polymer film or a solid material.

Abstract: A shifting timing indicating system for a vehicle includes a control circuit having an engine rpm sensor for detecting the engine rpm and a rpm comparator which receives the output of the engine rpm sensor and determines whether the engine rpm exceeds a preset value. The control circuit outputs a shift-up signal when the engine rpm exceeds the preset value. A shift-up indicator receives the shift-up signal from the control circuit and makes a shift-up display to direct the operator of the vehicle to shift up. An acceleration detecting circuit detects the rate of increase in engine load and the shift-up indicator is inhibited from making the shift-up display for a predetermined time interval which is extended with increase in the rate of increase in engine load.

Abstract: A positioning apparatus for adjusting the position of a printed circuit board relative to a soldering/desoldering device, said positioning apparatus including elements for adjusting the work in the X and Y directions and the .phi. direction.

Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing method including a step of forming a layer member to be patterned, which is a conductive metal layer member, a laminate member of a transparent conductive layer and a non-transparent or reflective layer or a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer member, and a step of scanning the layer member by a spot-shaped laser beam or exposing the layer member to radiation by one or more linear pulsed laser beams, thereby forming the patterned layer.

Abstract: A magnetic disk cartridge comprises a case rotatably housing a magnetic disk, and a shutter slidably fitted onto the case for opening and closing window sections provided in the case for insertion of a magnetic head. The shutter is always urged by a spring to close the window sections. At least one end of the spring is secured to an engagement member having approximately cylindrical protrusions which are fitted into grooves positioned for resilient deformation in the case or in the shutter.

Abstract: Digital filters can be very effectively used for filtration of two-dimensional image. A special one of the digital filters operates to add together all data over a filter length, multiply the addition result by a predetermined set value, and to effect addition or subtraction between the multiplication result and data at a point of interest to be filtered. In case of the addition, the filter works as a low-pass filter. In case of the subtraction, the filter provides for a high-pass filtration. Such digital filter has such a problem that the number of additions is increased as the filter length is larger. Therefore, it is essential in the digital filters to reduce the necessary number of additions.

Abstract: A price cassette (1) is described which comprises a moulding (2) in which a plurality of parallel wells (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) at least partially open towards the cassette front side and separated from each other by webs (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) are disposed for receiving price and/or information tags (31). The price cassette is provided with a cover (20) which is connected to the moulding and is adapted to be placed against the cassette front side for covering the wells. The cover comprises transparent window areas (22, 23) through which the price and/or information tags can be read. The wells at the moulding are open over their entire length towards the cassette front side and the webs between the wells at least along a portion of their front faces (32) facing the cassette front side are formed in arrowhead shape.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine has an intake passage comprising a common passage portion opening to the atmosphere, a surge tank connected to the downstream end of the common passage portion and a plurality of discrete passage portions branching from the surge tank and respectively connected to the cylinders. At least one interconnecting passage is provided to communicate each of the discrete passage portions with at least one of the other discrete passage portions at a portion downstream of the surge tank, and an on-off valve is disposed at each junction of the interconnecting passage with the discrete passage portions to open and close each junction. The on-off valve is opened at least when the engine speed exceeds a predetermined speed during heavy load operation of the engine.

Abstract: A magnetic disk cartridge comprises a case, a flexible magnetic disk sheet rotatably housed in the case, and at least one liner secured to an inner wall surface of the case facing the magnetic disk sheet so that the liner contacts the magnetic disk sheet. The liner is constituted by a nonwoven fabric for contact with the magnetic disk sheet, and a chemical dust attraction layer secured to the inner wall surface of the case.

Abstract: In a magnetic tape winding system for winding a magnetic tape by a predetermined length around a small winding frame from a magnetic tape feed roll, the condition of winding of the magnetic tape around the small winding frame is detected, and the winding surface condition of the magnetic tape wound around the small winding frame is optically imaged at predetermined timing. The quality of the winding surface condition of the magnetic tape wound around the small winding frame is judged by a calculation processing of image signals obtained by the optical imaging. The speed of magnetic tape winding around the small winding frame is adjusted based on results of the judgment.

Abstract: A printing mechanism (10) includes a plurality of setting wheels (16) which are rotatably mounted about a common axis and with which endless printing bands (20) are in drive connection which carry in a region of their length at the outer surface printing types (22) and in another region of their length carry at the outside indicating types (24). The printing bands (20) are led round the setting wheels (16) and a deflection edge (18) spaced therefrom. By turning the setting wheels (16) said bands are adjustable. In another region of their length they are provided at the inner surface with teeth (50) for engaging in corresponding recesses (52) in the setting wheels. A setting shaft (42) carrying an actuating knob (48) can be brought into a drive connection with the setting wheels (16).

Abstract: A rotatable head type electrophotographic apparatus comprises a rotatable head supported on a moveable table and having a corona charging electrode and a light source secured thereto to face outwardly of the circumferential surface thereof. A development processing unit is supported on the moveable table close to a photosensitive material supported on a platen having a curved supporting surface. The light source is driven in accordance with a predetermined modulating signal to form an electrostatic latent image in the photosensitive material when the rotatable head is rotated and moved above the photosensitive material. The latent image is immediately developed by processing liquid flowing in the development processing unit along the surface of the photosensitive material.

Abstract: A vehicle body assembly system for feeding various body components to body members conveyed in succession along a body assembly line and assembling together the body components and the body members into vehicle bodies, comprises at least one first component feeding station disposed along the vehicle body assembly line to feed a body component which can be placed by itself on the body member conveyed along the vehicle body assembly line, and at least one second component feeding station disposed along the vehicle body assembly line to feed a body component which cannot be placed on the body member by itself. A first robot is provided along the first component feeding station to accomplish welding into the first component at a sub-assembly table disposed near the first component feeding station and feed the welded first component to the body member.

Abstract: In a system for reproducing magnetically recorded information, a magnetic recording medium is moved in contact with a gap of a magnetic circuit. A light beam is linearly polarized and is made to impinge upon a magnetic layer of an inductive type magnetic thin film head for detecting the recorded information on the basis of a change in internal magnetization so that the light beam is incident obliquely with respect to the magnetic layer in a plane approximately parallel to the direction of internal magnetization of the magnetic layer and approximately normal to a substrate of the magnetic thin film head. The light beam reflected by the magnetic layer is detected, and the direction of the internal magnetization is detected on the basis of the rotation angle of the plane of polarization of the reflected light beam.

Abstract: Information producing apparatus for producing position and direction information of chip-like electric parts for use in the chip mount system. This apparatus comprises: a tablet digitizer; X and Y axis position memories to store the X and Y axis position data of the cursor; a menu position memory to store the position of the menu drawing which is divided into many menu spots and is attached on the tablet; a menu spot memory in which data corresponding to the menu spots is stored; a discrimination unit to discriminate whether the cursor is located within the menu drawing or not; and an arithmetic operation unit to calculate the menu spot position corresponding to the cursor position when the cursor exists in the menu drawing. When the cursor is out of the menu drawing, the readout data from the X and Y axis position memories is used as the position information on the printed wiring board of the chip-like electric parts to be installed.

Abstract: In a stereoscopic television display device, the timing of read out data of a frame memory for right eye and the timing of read out data of a frame memory for left eye are shifted with respect to each other other so that the observer can freely select a point other than a camera's observation point as his observation point. Furthermore, according to another aspect of the invention, a stereoscopic television image pickup device is provided in which an electrically controllable aperture and an optical transmission plate having an electrically controllable transmittance are disposed between an object and image pickup units for right eye bad left eye, and in each image pickup unit the aperture and the transmittance are controlled so that the video signal level and the degree of opening of the aperture are set to desired values.