Abstract: An automatic control system is provided that allows a driver to decide whether some or all of an automatic control content for accessory devices for an automobile is to be executed. Trigger information for performing automatic control is detected by a detecting circuit such as a navigation system 12 and, on the basis of the detected trigger information, control contents are established at a control circuit 20, and the established control contents are announced to the driver through the navigation system 12 and an audio system 16. The driver replies to each of the corresponding announced contents (the contents to be automatically controlled) by operating an answer switch 100. At the control section 20, automatic control is performed in accordance with results of replies from the driver operating the answer switch 100.

Abstract: An integrated semi-independent suspension and drivetrain system for a vehicle including a swing arm with a swing mount for pivotally mounting the swing arm to the vehicle, an axle carrier for mounting an axle assembly, the axle carrier being rotatably mounted to the swing arm to allow the axle assembly to roll about a suspension roll axis, a driven sprocket substantially centrally attached to the axle assembly for rotating the axle assembly, a drive sprocket for transferring rotational power to the driven sprocket, a flexible coupling mechanically linking the driven sprocket to the drive sprocket to allow transfer of rotational power from the drive sprocket to the driven sprocket, a constant velocity joint centrally disposed on the drive sprocket axle to allow alignment of the drive sprocket relative to the driven sprocket, and a CV guide for aligning the drive sprocket with the driven sprocket.

Abstract: There is provided a webbing take-up device of which weight can be reduced while maintaining lock strength. A single lock plate which is engaged with an internal gear ratchet at the time of sudden deceleration of a vehicle is held in an accommodating portion formed in a holding portion of a base lock. At the time of sudden deceleration of a vehicle, the lock plate is moved by being guided in a guide hole of a V gear and is engaged with the internal gear ratchet. Further, reaction force generated in the above-described engagement is utilized and the holding portion of the base lock is caused to contact by pressure the internal gear ratchet and the base lock plastically deforms and is thereby engaged with the internal gear ratchet. Accordingly, the base lock and the internal gear ratchet are in a locked state at two facing locations on the base lock in a radial direction of the base lock.

Abstract: The present invention provides an effective oxygen generating materials, carbon dioxide absorbing materials, and transport system and transport method of live fishery products for use upon transporting live fishery products. An oxygen generating materials of the present invention is prepared by packaging solid peroxide and peroxide decomposition catalyst with a moisture-permeable material having a cup method moisture permeability (40° C., 90% RH) of more than 20 g/m2/24 hr and being impervious to water at normal pressure. Furthermore, a carbon dioxide absorbing materials are prepared by packaging alkaline earth metal hydroxide and/or oxide with a gas-permeable material having a Gurley method gas permeability (JIS P8117) of 0.1˜3000 sec./100 ml of gas and being impervious to water at normal pressure.

Abstract: A self-closing filler cap (1) is provided for a fuel tank filler neck, wherein the neck includes a restrictive flap hinged thereto, the filler cap comprising a closure ring (2) for detachable mounting on the filler neck and a closure flap assembly (3) rotatively arranged on the closure ring (2), said closure flap assembly (3) comprising an annular member (12) and a closure flap (15) hinged thereto and a locking ratchet mechanism including at least one detent spring (18) and lugs (7) such that the closure flap assembly (3) is rotatable in one direction only wherein the at least one detent spring (18) and the lugs (7) are provided on the annular member (12) and the closure ring (2) respectively.

Abstract: Detent protrusions 66 disposed at a detent rod 60 of a shift lever 40 are molded so as to be integrated with the detent rod 60 in such a manner that the cross section of a portion of each of the detent protrusions 66 connected to the detent rod 60, taken along a direction substantially intersecting the direction in which each of the detent protrusions 66 protrudes, is larger, as compared to cross sections of other portions of the detent protrusion 66, than the portion of the detent protrusion 66 connected to the detent rod 60. As a result, even when the detent protrusions 66 and the detent rod 60 are molded from a synthetic resin so as to be integrated with each other, the detent protrusion 66 ensures the same strength as a conventional detent pin is achieved.

Abstract: A segment 20 has segment units 22 obtained by dividing a cylindrical body having an appointed length into four sections along the circumferential direction. The segment units 22 are provided with a segment body 22a, a porous concrete layer 22b, water intake pores 22c, and clogging members 22d. The segment body 20a is constructed of a cast iron plate or steel plate and has an inwardly recessed portion on its outer circumferential surface. The concrete layer 22b is a porous material having water permeability, and is filled and solidified in the inwardly recessed portion 201a. The water intake pores 22c are formed on the flat bottom of two recessed portions 201a so as to penetrate the bottom, and are provided in a plurality along the circumferential direction with an appointed interval.

Abstract: A block-type heavy-duty power transmission V-belt including a large number of blocks fixedly engaged with tension members by fitting the tension members in fitting grooves formed on side faces of the blocks. In a reinforcing member embedded in each of the blocks, a beam angle between a vertical center line of an upper beam part disposed above the fitting groove and a pulley groove face closer to the center of a pulley than a portion of the pulley in contact with an upper contact part of the block is 90° or more. In this manner, to the base of the upper beam part is applied merely tensile stress derived from a shearing force working in a lengthwise direction of the belt between the block and the tension member, or tensile stress reduced correspondingly to compressive stress derived from downward bending moment applied to the upper beam part due to a reaction force from the pulley groove face.

Abstract: A shift lever device includes a shift lever which allows selection of an arbitrary shift range by shift operation and which is rotatably supported by a structure that breaks when an axial impact force above a preselected magnitude is applied to the shift lever. The breakage of the supporting structure allows safer absorption of an impact force applied to the shift lever. The breakable supporting structure may take the form of a portion of a thin portion of a circular wall forming a bearing that rotatably supports the shift lever, or a frangible pin or bracket that pivotably supports the shift lever.

Abstract: A heavy-duty power transmission V-belt includes right and left tension members having concave parts on upper and lower faces thereof, and a large number of blocks having fitting parts for compressedly fitting the tension members therein on right and left side faces of the blocks. By compressedly fitting the tension members in the fitting parts of the blocks, the respective blocks are fixedly engaged with the tension members so as to allow the side faces thereof to be brought into contact with a groove face of the pulley. An innermost lower face is formed in an innermost portion of the fitting part of each block, and an innermost lower face angle &agr; between the innermost lower face and a vertical plane is determined so as to have a relationship of &bgr;−3<&agr;<&bgr;+3 with a belt side face angle &bgr;.

Abstract: A device for control of driving a power window automatically holds a switch in its operated state to continuously raise or lower a door glass by continuously rotating a motor. The device stops the motor when a locking current flows through the motor upon complete closure or complete open of the door glass. The device includes a thermistor inserted in a signal line through which current flowing through the motor passes. The thermistor is disposed in the vicinity of the motor. When a locking current flows through the motor, the current also flows through the thermistor so that the thermistor is heated and shuts off the current flowing therethrough so as to stop the supply of electricity to the motor when the temperature of the thermistor exceeds a predetermined value. Also, the thermistor has a function of shutting off current flowing therethrough when receiving heat radiated from the motor due to over current.

Abstract: A computer monitoring device is provided which ensures safe operation, even when a power supply voltage supplied to a microcomputer decreases and causes the microcomputer to enter an abnormal state. When the power supply voltage decreases, the power supply circuit is switched to an auxiliary power supply which supplies power to a microcomputer monitoring circuit and signal processing circuit via a diode. The microcomputer monitoring circuit in turn provides a reset signal for the computer so that it can continue to operate, which ensures safe operation of the computer. The computer monitoring device is particularly useful in a power window system for a vehicle.

Abstract: Side-view mirrors are provided in which, without adversely, affecting operations of retracting side-view mirrors and adjusting mirror surfaces, mechanisms are greatly simplified and a waterproofing/dustproofing mechanism can be omitted, thereby resulting in much lower manufacturing costs. In a switching driving section of the control device which adjusts the mirror surfaces of a pair of left-side and right-side side-view mirrors, a motor is selectively meshed with gears or gears by a switching operation by a plunger. The mirror surfaces of the side-view mirrors can thereby be adjusted to an arbitrary mounting angle. Namely, driving mechanisms provided for each of a left-side and a right-side as in conventional structures are combined into the single switching driving section, and thus the manufacturing costs are greatly reduced.

Abstract: A through anchor in which residual stress caused by thermal contraction is dispersed so as to reduce risk of crack formation in a resin molding portion. The through anchor includes a metal plate and a resin molding portion covering a portion of the metal plate. Usually, residual stress due to thermal contraction (shrinkage) differences between the resin molding portion and the metal plate is high in regions near both ends of the boundary between the resin molding portion and the metal plate. A notch portion is formed in each of the regions so as to expose a portion of the outer peripheral portion of the metal plate covered by the resin molding portion to the outside environment. Accordingly, although the resin molding portion thermally contracts after insert molding, the contraction of the resin molding portion is not retarded as much by the outer peripheral portion of the metal plate due to the outer peripheral portion of the metal plate being exposed.

Abstract: A memory (30) of a transmitter (12) of a transceiver (10) for a vehicle has four writing error check areas in which “Low” is written at the beginning of a writing process and “Hi” is written at the end of the writing process. As a result, when the writing error check area is read in a data reading process, it is possible to confirm whether writing has been finished correctly. Further, there are provided four rolling code data storing areas in the memory (30). The area which is written into is changed each time a rolling code is incremented. When transmission data is read, if data within a writing error check area is “Low”, data is read from the previous rolling code area, and on the basis of the read data, transmission data is generated.

Abstract: The continuous casting installation includes an ingot mould the walls (1) of which are formed by cooled metal walls (2) surmounted by a hot-top element (3) made of a heat insulating material. Holes for injecting a gas under pressure, such as a slot (10), lead into the ingot mould at least at the interface between the hot-top element and the metal wall. The insulation includes means (13 to 17), connected to the said holes, for supplying a gas or a gaseous mix with a thermal expansion capacity adjustable according to the composition of the cast metal alloy and the casting conditions. The adjustment of the thermal expansion capacity of the injected gas enables the adjustment of the heat flux density extracted from the cast metal in the zone where it starts to solidify.

Abstract: In a normal state, a roller is engaged with an engaging projection of a rotor constituting a pretensioner and is not nipped between the rotor and a shaft. Accordingly, the shaft is freely rotated and a spool is also freely rotated so that a webbing can be pulled out and wound up. When a vehicle suddenly decelerates, the rotor is rotated and the engaging projection is separated from the roller. Accordingly, the roller is pushed by a taper of the rotor and is nipped between an outer circumferential face of the shaft and the taper. Since the rotor and the shaft are connected to each other through the roller, the rotation force of the rotor is transmitted to the shaft and the spool is rotated and the webbing is wound. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a webbing winding device in which the rotation force of the pretensioner can be transmitted to the spool without causing resistance in the rotation of the pretensioner at its operating time or wasting the rotation force for rotating the spool.

Abstract: In a power transmission belt the outer periphery or the inner periphery of which is covered with a cover fabric, the cover fabric is cylindrically formed of a plurality of fabric pieces joined one to another, one of joint sections of the cover fabric has a lap joint structure that adjacent fabric pieces are lap joined at corresponding ends thereof, and the other one or more joint sections of the cover fabric each have a butt joint structure that adjacent fabric pieces are butt seamed at corresponding ends thereof.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming spline teeth on the walls of a press-formed sheet-metal article on which two peripheral walls of different diameters are disposed in a continuous manner via a step portion by means of a die with a plurality of steps of ironing surfaces, and a punch having a plurality of corresponding ironing surfaces. The punch is provided with a first punch and a second punch which are arranged in a split manner. The second punch first irons teeth on the larger diameter peripheral wall. While the first punch is next used to iron teeth on the smaller diameter peripheral wall, at least some of the pressurizing force on the second punch is maintained to avoid the creation of flaws in the step portion of the sheet metal article.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for detecting surface defects on a running metal strip (1), which comprises means (2) for illuminating the area (3) of the strip (1) to be inspected, at least one pair of cameras (4, 5) each periodically capturing an image of the same portion (6) of said area (3), a computing unit (7) comprising means for reconstructing a stereoscopic image of said portion (6) from the images provided by the pair of cameras (4, 5), means for detecting, on said stereoscopic image, those objects which exhibit a relief—as a projection or as an indentation—with respect to the surface of the strip (1) greater than a predetermined threshold, means for analyzing the images of said objects and means (10) for displaying the result of this analysis to the operator.