Abstract: The present invention provides an action amusement set having as a primary member a self-propelled, multi-purpose doll that can be disassembled to reveal a gameball usable with various sporting accessories included with the amusement set. The multi-purpose doll is provided with a drive mechanism for propelling and turning the doll. A remote control unit is also provided for remotely controlling the drive mechanism. The action amusement set includes several types of gameballs that can be selectively incorporated in the multi-purpose doll but which are configured for play in connection with a particular sport. The sporting accessories of the amusement set include several components that may be arranged into suitable setups corresponding to a particular sport.

Abstract: An electrical junction box is constituted by accommodating bus-bar circuit board composed of a plurality of bus-bars and an insulating plate in a case member composed of upper, lower and side cases. The bus-bar has a terminal for a connector vertically erecting from the surface of the bus-bar and introduced into fastening portions of the upper and lower cases and a terminal extending in parallel to the surface of the bus-bar while keeping a level difference so as to be accommodated in the housing of the side case at a predetermined pitch. In order to easily align the terminals and easily assemble and fasten a predetermined terminal or a connector, a boss and a cut portion are formed to correspond to the insulating plate for the purpose of supporting the terminal. As an alternative to this, a support member is inserted between the insulating plates.

Abstract: In a consumable electrode gas shielded arc welding system, alternating current power is applied across the electrode and the base metal. The period during which the electrode is kept negative is varied to correspond to the electrode feeding rate. In addition, the levels of the output power during the negative and positive periods are individually set.

Abstract: An annular hole cutter has a radially inner cutting tooth portion and a radially outer cutting tooth portion. Each of the inner and outer cutting tooth portions is formed with a flute for ejecting cut chips on the outer periphery of the cutter, and a cutting edge for radially outwardly pushing the cut chips. Therefore, the cut chips are smoothly ejected through the flute, and thus an annular hole is precisely cut at high speed.

Abstract: An automatic control method and system for internal combustion (IC) engines fuel injection systems are described. This automatic control method is a nonlinear and global method, that applies directly to automotive engines whose dynamics are highly nonlinear and complex, in the global sense to all internally and externally changing operating and environmental conditions for all transients and quasi-steady-state operations. Furthermore, the automatic control method is robust to unmodeled dynamics and disturbances. The automatic control method consists of estimating or measuring the mass rate of air entering the combustion chambers of an engine, estimating or calculating its time rate of change, and applying prescribed closed loop feedback correction term.

Abstract: A system is described that combines two or more fluids in fixed proportions over a wide range of flow rates, in which said proportions are independent of the rate of flow of the fluids, by causing each of said fluids to experience a drop in pressure which is approximately proportional to said fluid flow. An important application of such a system is to serve as a fuel-oxidizer combiner for a combustion engine to provide a constant ratio of air to fuel over a wide range of engine power output. The invention is especially useful in controlling the ratio of air to natural gas in natural gas fueled engines, where the gas is stored at very high pressures and is normally reduced to atmospheric pressure before being mixed with the air in an air-gas mixer.

Abstract: A system for fueling a compression ignition engine that minimizes the quantity of ignition fuel required by controlling the quantity of combustible mixture, rather than the fuel to air ratio.

Abstract: Post-quantization processing is disclosed in which frames of data are organized into frames of input vectors. For each input vector, the quantizer identifiers a closely matching codebook vector. The quantizer generates a compressed signal by replacing each input vector in a frame with an ID code of a closely matching codebook vector. On subsequent frames, the quantizer further processes ID codes to achieve additional compression. In one embodiment, the ID codes from one frame are compared to the corresponding ID codes in the previous frames. If the ID code from the subsequent frame (new ID code) is the same as the corresponding ID code from the previous frame (old ID code), the new ID code is eliminated from the frame and a tag bit is set to indicate that the ID Code was eliminated. Similarly, if the new ID code represents a vector which is only slightly different from the vector represented by the old ID code, the new ID code is replaced with a tag bit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an equipment for the maintenance and particularly for the washing of insulator chains supporting high voltage electric lines, which allows operation on a live line. The washing of the insulator chain is performed through jets of washing fluid sprayed in close proximity to and over the whole contour of the insulators. The equipment comprises a guide body movable along the insulator chain, a plurality of washing liquid spraying nozzles mounted on said guide body, and moving means to guide said body along the insulator chain. This moving means consists of at least one track, rotating on two transmission rollers, at least one of these rollers being motor-driven and the active section of the track being in contact with the peripheral edge of the insulators of the chain. According to the invention, the guide body surrounds the insulator chain, at a short distance from the same insulators; the track presents a plurality of tongue teeth, projecting perpendicularly from its outer surface.

Abstract: A vehicle window regulating apparatus is designed to move a window glass in a door on the side of a passenger seat up and down by operations of a remote contol switch installed on the door on the side of a driver seat. A relay is provided on a power supply line for supplying electric power to a motor in the door on the passenger seat side. This relay and the remote control switch are connected by way of a signal line and is of a diameter smaller than that of the power supply line. With operations on the remote control switch, switching signals are supplied to the relay via the signal line, and the relay is thereby turned on and off so as to supply electric power to the motor via the power supply line, so that the window glass is moved upward or downward.

Abstract: A cable and connector system comprises a cable having a plurality of conductors for carrying electric current. The conductors are surrounded by a plurality of aramid fiber tension members that carry tensile loads that are applied to the cable. The conductors and tension members are wrapped with an aramid fiber armor tape. The armor tape protects the bundle from crushing loads and penetration by sharp objects. A connector is provided at each end of the cable whereby the tension members of the cable may be fixedly attached to the connector such that the tensile loads carried by the tension members are directly transmitted to the connector and are not transmitted to the conductors.

Abstract: A system is described that extends the driving range provided in prior art by compressed gas fuel systems and that thereby reduces the need for bi-fuel operating capability in most applications. The system can typically more than double the energy density of a compressed gas fuel storage system. The system includes apparatus for metering the fuel supplied to the engine to minimize noxious emissions.

Abstract: A mounting structure for a flexible printed wiring board arranged such that the portion of the printed wiring board protruding from the rear surface of a casing such as, for example, an instrument casing is bent along the side wall of the instrument casing and the bent portion is restrained and fixedly secured by a plurality of holding ribs formed on the instrument casing. Further, auxiliary ribs with rounded leading ends are disposed in such a manner that each of the auxiliary ribs is formed between the adjoining holding ribs so as to allow the auxiliary ribs to partially overlap the holding ribs in the direction of wall thickness thereof.

Abstract: An absorbent solution for an absorption refrigeration apparatus is composed of water as a refrigerant and an absorbent. The absorbent is a mixture of at least three lithium compounds selected from the group consisting of lithium bromide, lithium iodide, lithium chloride, and lithium nitrate. The mixture ratio of, for example, lithium bromide to lithium iodide to lithium chloride in the absorbent is 1:0.1-1.0:0.05-0.50. Therefore, since absorption temperature sufficiently higher than crystallization temperature can be achieved, neither lithium halide nor lithium nitrate is precipitated in the absorbent solution during the operation cycle of the refrigeration apparatus.

Abstract: Process for washing insulators supporting the conductors of an overhead electric live line, with the line energized, by means of a washing head (T) connected to means feeding a detergent fluid to a plurality of spray nozzles (14, 114) carried by the washing head (T) for spraying detergent fluid in close proximity to and over the surface of said insulator (3, 3A), characterized in that the washing head (T) is centered and anchored onto the insulator, and the washing of the insulator is carried out by feeding the detergent fluid to at least part of a plurality of tubular members (13, 113) connected to the washing head, the tubular members being positioned one above the other so as to be insulated one from the other and, in use, at least partially surrounding the insulator.

Abstract: A structural latch is provided for mechanically joining vehicle coupling mechanisms such as spacecraft coupling and berthing mechanisms. The structural latch is manually operable to join the coupling mechanisms. Each structural latch is configured to be readily removable from the joined coupling mechanisms in the event the latch becomes inoperable so as to effect coupling mechanism separation.

Abstract: A travel detecting apparatus is disclosed which generates a pulse signal in response to vehicle motion and detects the actual rate of vehicle travel in accordance with the pulse signal. The apparatus comprises a speed or RPM sensor coupled to an automotive transmission for generating a first pulse signal representative of the vehicle speed or RPM, a tire-size setting switch for setting tire information relating to the dimensions of the tires of the vehicle, and a CPU for frequency converting the first pulse signal in response to the tire information to generate a second pulse and for detecting the rate of vehicle travel in accordance with the second pulse signal.

Abstract: An indicating instrument having a cross coil comprising a pair of mutually perpendicular coils wound on a coil bobbin for passing therethrough current changing with changes in the quantity to be measured, a magnet rotor disposed inside the coil bobbin for rotating in the direction of a magnetic field which is the combination of the respective magnetic fields generated by the cross coil, and a pointer for indicating the measured quantity which is mounted on a rotary shaft rotatable together with the magnetic rotor. In order to prevent unneccessary vibration of the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft is acted on by a damping force of a viscous liquid. The viscous liquid is accommodated in a recess formed in the upper surface of the magnet rotor, and the damping action is performed in cooperation with a damping projection projecting downward from a part of the coil bobbin.