Abstract: In a personal watercraft equipped with a multi-cylinder engine including an exhaust collecting system configured to discharge an exhaust gas from the engine, the exhaust collecting system comprising a plurality of exhaust passages respectively corresponding to a plurality of cylinders provided in the multi-cylinder engine, an exhaust collecting passage which is located downstream of the plurality of exhaust passages in a flow direction of the exhaust gas and is configured to collect the plurality of exhaust passages, a water jacket formed at an outer peripheral region of each of the plurality of exhaust passages, for cooling the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passages, and a connecting passage configured to connect at least two of the plurality of exhaust passages.

Abstract: A system and process for the production of combustible substances by means of depolymerisation of rubber products, comprising a depressurized depolymerising device (1), inside which it takes place the depolymerisation of a predetermined quantity of products introduced at its inner, characterized in that it comprises a divider or phases separator (2) disposed downstream said depolymerising device (1), which consists of a substantially cylindrical body, with an upper base (20) and a lower base (21), and is connected with the depolymerising device (1) by means of a pipe (3): said phases separator (2) being apt to carry out the separation of at least a part of the liquid phase of the products exiting the depolymerising device (1), and having an outlet (23) for the thus separated liquid phase and an outlet (24) for the remaining part of the products in mostly gaseous phase.

Abstract: A coin hopper is provided that can dispense coins of different diameters without any trouble. A rotating disk has coin stoppers that are upwardly inclined at a specified angle, and a circular supporting rack at the center of the upper surface thereof. The stoppers expand radially at regular intervals, from the supporting rack side to the circumferential direction. The rotating disk makes the coins contact a holding surface between the coin stoppers and receives the coins one by one, and supports them by the supporting rack and feeds them out. An outer covering unit covers at least the lower outer circumference of the rotating disk. A storing bowl stores coins in bulk following the outer covering unit. A coin receiving unit expands from the vicinity of the supporting rack to the circumferential direction of the rotating disk, wherein the coin stoppers are arranged in a state fixed to the rotating disk.

Abstract: A method to improve the performance of an electrically controlled actuator is described. The method is capable of improving engine starting during at least some operating conditions.

Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling an electrically driven supercharger of an internal combustion engine. The method comprises operating the supercharger at a first speed during a first engine operating condition. The method further comprises operating the supercharger at a second speed during a second engine operating condition, the second speed being lower than the first speed and increasing as the capacity of the electric power source decreases. According to the method, during a transition from the second engine operating condition to the first engine operating condition, the speed of the supercharger is increased from the second speed to the first speed. At that time, the second speed is increased as the capacity of the electric power source decreases, and as a result, the supercharger speed increase that results from the transition may become smaller.

Abstract: A vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat is provided that includes a seat part structure (3), at least one backrest support (8) which is hingedly connected to the seat part structure (3) in a blockable manner by means of at least one fitting (7), and a backrest structure (4) that is hingedly connected to the backrest support (8) with the aid of a joint (18) and can be blocked along with the backrest support (8) by means of a blocking mechanism (22). The vehicle seat (1) can be transferred from an operative sitting position into a flat inoperative position by unblocking and swiveling the backrest support (8) and/or the backrest structure (4), the unblocked backrest structure (4) swiveling forward and the unblocked backrest support (8) swiveling rearward during the transition from the operative into the inoperative position. The backrest support (8) is unblocked in a force-controlled manner by swiveling the backrest structure (4).

Abstract: A vehicle system, comprising of an engine with a first cylinder and a second cylinder operating with different engine torques, a motor coupled to said engine capable of absorbing torque and providing torque, and a controller for varying torque of said motor to compensate for said torque difference so that a total engine and motor torque operates with increased balance.

Abstract: A construction of an oxford type, lace up athleisure shoe enables the shoe to be slipped on the wearers foot and held securely on the foot without the need for lacing on the shoe. This provides the shoe with the appearance of a lace up shoe that is worn without lacing.

Abstract: A method of starting an engine is provided. The engine includes a cylinder and a fuel injector configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder. The method includes: at an engine start condition, receiving a sensed engine position, in response to the sensed engine position correlating with a stored engine stop position, injecting fuel directly into the cylinder at a next suitable engine position for a first combustion cycle, and in response to the sensed engine position not correlating with the stored engine stop position, rotating a shaft of the engine an angular distance without injecting fuel directly into the cylinder until the sensed engine position correlates with another parameter, and thereupon, injecting fuel directly into the cylinder at a next suitable engine position for a first combustion cycle.

Abstract: A system and process is provided for controlling a robot path of a robot including providing a main path for movement of the robot based on path data having points along the main path and providing a safe evacuation path from each point in the main path to get to a safe position. The main path is formed with safety evacuation path considerations in mind such that along any point on ride path the robot can be safely moved to a safety point or to the unload position or safe position.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator is provided. The fuel pressure regulator includes a body forming an inlet and an outlet, a seal element positioned intermediate the inlet and the outlet, an armature positioned to apply force to the seal element, and a solenoid coiled around the armature, wherein excitation of the solenoid causes a change in at least one of a position of the armature relative to the seal element and a force applied by the armature to the seal element to vary a regulated fuel pressure set-point at which fuel flows through the outlet.

Abstract: A metering pump, especially for feeding fuel to a vehicle heater, comprising a delivery plunger (50), which can be moved to and fro for delivering liquid medium, a guide sleeve (42), which partially accommodates the delivery plunger (50) and guides same for the reciprocating movement, wherein the guide sleeve (42) with an inner surface (46) thereof defines a pump ejection chamber (48) and it defines with an outer surface (60) thereof a channel arrangement (74) leading to the pump ejection chamber (48), wherein the guide sleeve (42) is carried in a carrier element (24) and is in contact with the carrier element (24) by its outer surface (60) essentially over the entire circumference in a first length area (58) and is located with its outer surface at a spaced location from the carrier element (24) in a second length area (64), wherein the channel arrangement (74) is provided between the carrier element (24) and the guide sleeve (42) in its second length area (64), is characterized in that in its second length

Abstract: A method for controlling cylinder air charge of an engine having a compressor is presented. In one example, the description includes a method for coordinating the control of the throttle, turbo charger, and valves such that the desired cylinder air charge may be achieved while engine pumping work may be decreased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine provided with an LNT and a particulate matter filter arranged in an exhaust gas conduit of the engine. The method includes de-sulfurization of the LNT and regeneration of the particulate matter filter.

Abstract: A method of encapsulating an organic light-emitting device is disclosed, wherein the device includes a light-emitting portion and an electrical contact portion, the method including forming a polymer layer over the light-emitting portion and the electrical contact portion of the device; forming a separation in the polymer layer between a portion of the polymer layer disposed over the light-emitting portion of the device and a portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device; adhering a film removal structure to the portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device; and removing the film removal structure, thereby causing the removal of the portion of the polymer layer disposed over the electrical contact portion of the device.

Abstract: A titanium alloy tappet that is slidable at a high speed is provided by covering shortcomings of lightweight and high-strength titanium alloy. A surface 1A of at least a slidable portion of the tappet 1 for use with a valve system is subjected to a carburizing process.

Abstract: A surgical punching instrument with a fixed handle (21) is attached to a tubular guide part (20). An actuating lever (23) is mounted on the fixed handle (21) in a pivotingly movable manner and is in connection with a plunger (27) via a short lever arm (24). This plunger is in turn connected to a punching slide (1) and is mounted for actuating same against the action of a compression spring in an axially movable manner in a rearward mounting part (31) of a punching bar (2), which is guided rotatably by an at least partially cylindrical guide section (33, 34) and lockably in different rotated positions in the guide part (20). The punching bar is in contact in the guide part (20) with an axial stop acting in the direction of actuation with a ring shoulder (35) and it is locked in an axially detachable manner.

Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine coupled in a hybrid powertrain, the method comprising of extracting waste energy from a component of an electrical power system of the hybrid powertrain, and adjusting intake air temperature during homogeneous charge compression ignition operation of the engine by using said extracted waste energy.

Abstract: A coupling piece for joining two containers (35, 36) that are stacked one atop the other, particularly onboard ships is provided. Such a coupling is provided at corner fittings (43, 44) and each include a stop plate (21) and a coupling projection (22, 23) on each side of the stop plate (21). A first coupling projection (22) can be placed on the corner fitting of one container (36) and the other coupling projection (23) is provided with a locking catch (28, 46, 54) for locking inside a corner fitting of the other container (35). The drawback that front-side openings in upper corner fittings (43, 44) of a container (36) are obstructed by a locking catch of the coupling piece, hindering the use of lashing means is overcome with the coupling piece locking catch (28, 46, 54), when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the containers (35, 36), being arranged laterally on the other coupling projection (23).