Abstract: A radiation image storage panel comprising a substrate and a fluorescent layer provided thereon and consisting essentially of a binder and a stimulable phosphor dipsersed therein. The binder comprises linear polyester resin or linear polyester resin crosslinked with a crosslinking agent. The panel exhibits improved physical properties.

Abstract: In a photoelectric conversion panel which has a laminate member for photoelectric conversion use which includes a PIN type non-single-crystal laminate member formed on a substrate, the substrate is formed by a thin, flexible, chemically reinforced glass sheet.A plurality of such photoelectric conversion panels are arranged side by side through using a flexible plastic frame reinforced with carbon fibers.

Abstract: In an X-ray tomograph having an X-ray source and a multi-channel detector rotatable around a body under examination, circuitry for compensating for changes in the characteristics of the X-ray source or the channels of the detector by extracting from the X-ray transmission data at least one sensitivity correction component and using this component to correct the transmission data and thus effect the desired compensation.

Abstract: An impression made in a specimen is imaged by a one-dimensional scanning image sensing device, and in the case of the impression being quadrangular pyramidal, a signal representing the length of its diagonal are generated from the image output, and in the case of the impression being spherical, a signal representing its diameter is generated from the image output. The scanning by the one-dimensional scanning image sensing device does not cover the area of the impression over the entire width thereof but instead the scanning is effected for a first region of a small width which, in the case of the impression being quadrangular pyramidal, contains its first diagonal and, in the case of the impression being sperical, contains its diameter in a first direction.

Abstract: In a rear suspension system, a suspension mounting frame extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle body and is supported on the vehicle body at the right and left ends thereof by way of resilient material bodies. A pair of trailing arms pivoted on the suspension mounting frame. An intermediate portion of the suspension mounting frame is connected, by way of a resilient material body, to a front portion of a differential case which is connected to the vehicle body at a rear portion by way of a resilient material body. Further, the intermediate portion of the suspension mounting frame is supported by the vehicle body by way of a vertical movement restraining member.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate, a thin ferromagnetic film layer overlaid on the substrate, and a polymer film formed by plasma polymerization. The thin ferromagnetic film layer is composed of ferromagnetic columnar grains. The polymer film is overlaid on the thin ferromagnetic film layer so as to permeate into the spaces between the ferromagnetic columnar grains, thereby improving the corrosion resistance and durability of the magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: An image reader having a high sensitive detection system for detecting a variation in a first light quantity to generate a first output, a low sensitive detection system for detecting a variation in a second light quantity to generate a second output where the second light quantity is greater than the said first light quantity, and a signal composing circuit for receiving the outputs of the high and low sensitive detection systems, each of the detection systems being so disposed as to detect simultaneously or substantially simultaneously a ray bundle from a picture element of a picture, and the output of the signal composing circuit being (a) the output of the high sensitive detection system when the received light quantity is smaller than a threshold light quantity which can be detected with substantially the same degree of accuracy by both the detection systems or (b) the sum of (i) the output of the low sensitive detection system and (ii) the difference between the outputs of the detection systems at the t

Abstract: An inflatable chamber (2) is placed inside an outer support body (1), and the outer wall (3) of the inflatable chamber is pressed against the inside wall of the support body by plates (9) and draw bars (10), in such a manner that the inside wall (4) has substantially the same diameter (DGO) when the chamber (2) is under atmospheric pressure and when the chamber is under its maximum pressure for compressing the body against which the inside wall (4) is pressed.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic recording disk or a magnetic recording tape comprising a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic recording layer provided on said support, said magnetic recording layer comprising a nonmagnetic inorganic powder and a ferromagnetic metal powder of a specific surface area in the range of 35-65 m.sup.2 /g dispersed in a binder, which is characterized in that said magnetic recording layer contains an alkyl ester of a fatty acid and an alkoxyalkyl ester of a fatty acid in amounts in the ranges of 5-15 wt. % and 0.5-10 wt. %, respectively, based on the amount of the ferromagnetic metal powder.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a pair of intake valves, the valve driving system for timing the intake valves is provided with a valve timing changing mechanism for changing the timing of at least one of the intake valves. The valve timing changing mechanism retards or advances the timing of said one intake valve to change the total intake valve opening time, i.e., the time that at least one of the intake valves is open, according to the operating condition of the engine.

Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for making a magnetic recording medium, a plurality of rod-like orientation magnets are positioned in spaced relation in the movement direction of a non-magnetic substrate so that the magnetic pole facing the non-magnetic substrate is different between adjacent orientation magnets and the orientation magnets are oblique with respect to the substrate movement direction and alternately point reversely. The spaces between the orientation magnets are adjusted so that the intensity of the magnetic field generated in the substrate movement direction between adjacent orientation magnets is 50 Oe or less. A magnetic coating composition is applied onto the non-magnetic substrate, and magnetic grains contained in the composition are randomly orientated by the orientation magnets.

Abstract: A data collector for use with a scintillation camera or the like where the camera includes (a) a radiation detector which generates X and Y position signals at least each time a detection event occurs (b) an A/D converter respectively converting the X and Y position signals to digital signals, (c) a converter responsive to the X and Y position signals for respectively converting the position signals to X and Y address signals in accordance with at least a predetermined ratio, (d) X and Y address registers for respectively receiving the X and Y address signals, and (e) a two-dimensional image storage memory responsive to the X and Y address signals for storing data corresponding to the detected event at a memory location within the image storage memory determined by the X and Y address signals. The converter comprises at least one memory matrix responsive to one of the A/D converters for storing conversion data where the memory matrix comprises at least 2.sup.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a suspension system comprising front and rear suspension systems the suspension characteristics of which are separately variable. The suspension characteristics of the front and rear suspension systems are controlled so that, when the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined value, the steering characteristic is more toward the oversteer side during rolling of the vehicle than during straight travel of the vehicle and, when the vehicle speed is not lower than the predetermined value, the steering characteristic is fixed irrespective of whether the vehicle rolls.

Abstract: A stimulable phosphor sheet is exposed to an electron beam having passed through a specimen in an electron microscope to record a first magnified image of the specimen on the sheet. A stimulating energy is applied to the sheet for discharging light therefrom which represents the first magnified image. The light discharged from the image sensor is photoelectrically detected to reproduce the first magnified image which can be observed to attain a desired focused condition and/or a desired field on the electron microscope. Then, the same or another stimulable phosphor sheet is exposed to the electron beam to record a second magnified image of the specimen on the sheet, and the second magnified image is reproduced as a final image under the desired focused condition and/or with the desired field.

Abstract: An intruder alarm system includes a number of sensors each of which comprises first and second series-connected resistances and a sensor switch connected in parallel with the first resistance. The first resistances of each sensor are different in value from one another, but their values are related in a known manner. The sensors are connected in series with one another by a connecting cable and to a constant current source. The voltage developed across the series-connected sensors is applied to a circuit arrangement operable to offset the effect of the total resistance of the second resistances of each sensor and of the connecting cable. An analogue-to-digital converter is responsive to the output of the circuit arrangement to deliver a digital output to an indicator which indicates the actuation of any sensor.

Abstract: An intake system for a V-type engine comprises a surge tank, a common intake pipe upstream of the surge tank and a plurality of discrete intake pipes for connecting the respective cylinders in the cylinder banks of the V-type engine with the surge tank. Each of the discrete intake pipes for the cylinders in each cylinder bank comprises a U-shaped bight portion which projects from the side of the surge tank remote from the cylinder bank toward the other cylinder bank and is bent toward the cylinder bank, and a crossing portion which is connected between the corresponding intake port in the cylinder bank and the downstream end of the U-shaped bight portion and crosses the discrete intake pipes for the cylinders in the other cylinder bank below the surge tank.

Abstract: An insulated-gate field effect transistor (IGFET) having the structure of the source and drain disposed in the longitudinal direction, i.e., the laminating direction, so that the channel region extends in the lateral direction when a high voltage is applied. This structure prevents a high current density at the interface of the channel region and the gate insulation film, allowing the fabrication of a large-current power transistor or the integration of such transistors.

Abstract: A segmented digital transversal filter comprising a first transversal filter 4 that eliminates all frequency components from a signal sequence above half the subsampling frequency, a second transversal filter 11 that convolutes the output of the first filter with a decimated and energy compensated lower band of filter coefficients (HI.sub.1 '), a third transversal filter 22 that convolutes the output of the first filter and a decimated and energy-compensated upper band of filter coefficients (HI.sub.2 '), and a fourth transversal filter 32 that convolutes the original signal sequence and the central band of filter coefficients (HI.sub.3). Delays 21 and 31 are added so that the outputs of the second, third and fourth filters arrive concurrently at an adder 51, the sum being the output of the invention.

Abstract: An air pollution preventing device having a canister for preventing fuel vapor formed in the fuel tank from escaping into the atmosphere is provided with a feedback control detecting circuit which detects whether the feedback control of the air-fuel ratio of intake mixture is effected, a temperature sensor which detects the fuel temperature and a purge control valve control circuit which receives outputs of the feedback control detecting circuit and the temperature sensor and controls the purge control valve so that the purge control valve is opened to permit introduction of the fuel vapor trapped in the canister only when the feedback control is effected when the fuel temperature is lower than a preset value and is opened irrespective of whether or not the feedback control is effected when the fuel temperature is not lower than the preset value.