Abstract: A guide apparatus (1) slidably supports a shaft member (2) and a column (3) relative to each other. The column (3) has a through hole (3a) formed therein and the shaft member (2) penetrates the through hole (3a). In the column (3), there is provided a slide mechanism (5) formed of a plurality of cylindrical rolling elements (50) adapted to roll axially on an outer circumference (2a) of the shaft member (2). The column (3) is formed of a plurality of split members (31, 32, 33, 34) that are divided on sectional planes each perpendicular to the axial direction of the column (3). A plurality of positioning pins (9) are provided on each contact surface of the adjacent split members (31, 32, 33, 34). The adjacent split members are centered or positioned relative to one another by the positioning pins (9).

Abstract: An arrangement for supplying air with a controlled pressure to the main weft insertion nozzles of an air jet loom includes a single servovalve connected between a pressurized air source, an air vent, and a pressure manifold, and individual shut-off valves respectively interposed in branch lines connected from the pressure manifold to the individual nozzles. A pressure sensor measures the actual pressure provided to the manifold. An electronic controller receives a pressure control signal and controls the servovalve responsive to any difference between the pressure control signal and the actual measured pressure signal. The arrangement is simple, economical, and rapidly reacting, to avoid the need of individual throttle valves or pressure regulators for the individual nozzles.

Abstract: An automobile interior trim component includes a molded substrate laminated onto a cover sheet including a foam backing and a skin film having a surface texture. The cover sheet is preheated so the skin film is in a melted viscous liquid state above its melting temperature, and the foam backing remains in a solid elastic foam state below its melting temperature. The preheated cover sheet is mechanically pre-molded by a back mold into a front mold. Pressurized air is applied through the back mold, to blow-mold the cover sheet against the front mold, so the melted skin film reproduces a surface texture of the front mold surface while the solid foam backing acts as a buffer and air barrier layer. Vacuum is applied through the front mold surface. The mold is opened, a substrate is introduced, and the back mold then molds and thermally laminates the substrate against the foam backing of the cover sheet.

Abstract: A sole assembly (1) for a sports shoe includes an upper layer (10), a middle layer (20) and a lower layer (30), which are integral with each other. The upper layer (10) and the lower layer (30) are formed of soft elastic materials, such as foamed rubber or the like. The middle layer (20) has a sheet (22) formed of synthetic resin or synthetic rubber with a hardness greater than that of the upper layer (10) and the lower layer (30). The sheet (22) has a plurality of protrusions or cleats (21) of truncated cone-shape that protrude downwardly and that are formed integrally with the sheet (22). The lower layer (30) has a plurality of through holes (31) receiving respective cleats (21) for insertion thereinto. The lower layer (30) made of a soft elastic member secures gripping properties and shock absorbing properties. An edge portion of a distal end (21a) of the cleat (21) advances the gripping properties by contacting the ground.

Abstract: A neonate dummy make it possible to sense or measure a movement of the head of a neonate, the values of impacts applied to the thoracic part and the abdominal part (including the lumbar part) of the neonate, and the value or magnitude of the effect on the cervical vertebrae, as well as to clarify the mechanism of cervical disorder resulting from an impact in a car crash or the like. This neonate dummy includes a head part, a body part (including a lumbar part), arm parts and leg parts. A bar-shaped backbone member corresponding to the backbone of a neonate is provided in the body part (including a lumbar part), and a neck part is formed on an upper region of the backbone member. A triaxial acceleration sensor is provided on the centroidal position of the head part.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery characterized as using a mixture of a first oxide and a second oxide for its positive electrode material. The first oxide is a spinel oxide consisting substantially of lithium, manganese, a metal other than manganese, and oxygen. The second oxide is different in composition from the first oxide and consists substantially of lithium, nickel, cobalt, a metal other than nickel and cobalt, and oxygen.

Abstract: A conduit channel is recessed in an aircraft cabin floor, extends longitudinally along the cabin, and receives electrical devices and conductor lines of an in-flight entertain system. The conduit channel is formed by a cover plate and a Z-sectional member including a vertical middle web and horizontal upper and lower flanges projecting in opposite directions from upper and lower edges of the middle web. The lower flange is supported on a floor crossbeam. The upper flange is supported on a side flange of a longitudinal seat mounting rail. An edge rim of the cover plate rests on the upper flange and has keyhole-shaped cable pass-through openings spaced along the longitudinal direction. A cable guide element is mounted on a selected pass-through opening to guide a cable out of the channel. Unused pass-through openings are closed by blind inserts. The devices and conductor lines can be variably arranged in the channel.

Abstract: A baby's play gym for supporting suspended toys can be reconfigured to form a magazine rack or a chair. The play gym includes upwardly convex arcuate first and second side supports arranged laterally opposite one another with a spacing distance therebetween. First and second hanger bars coupling the first and second side supports with each other for hanging toys thereon extend between upper portions of the first and second side supports. Third and fourth hanger bars for hanging other toys extend between lower portions of the first and second side supports. When reconfigured as a magazine rack or a chair, a strip member is supported from at least two of the hanger bars to form a sling trough to support books and magazines or a sling seat to support a person, while the play members are removed and some of the hanger bars may be removed.

Abstract: A test chamber is pivotably suspended in an aircraft, so that the center of gravity of the test chamber always self-actingly orients itself in the direction of the effective residual acceleration. To simulate a selected acceleration greater than 0 g and less than 1 g, the aircraft is flown along a parabolic flight path with a downward vertical acceleration such that the difference between Earth's gravitational acceleration and the aircraft's acceleration corresponds to the selected acceleration to be simulated. To simulate gravitational conditions on Mars, the aircraft is flown with a downward vertical acceleration of about ⅔ g, so that the residual acceleration acting on the test chamber is about ⅓ g. The atmospheric conditions, such as the gas composition, pressure and temperature, of Mars can also be established in the test chamber.

Abstract: A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic component, such as a sensor component, attached to a substrate by an attachment layer of an adhesive, in which approximately spherical spacer elements are dispersed. The nominal diameter of the spacer elements corresponds to a specified stand-off distance between the mounting surface of the electronic component and the substrate. The spacer elements are made of a plastic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that approximates the coefficient of expansion of the adhesive (e.g. the expansion coefficient of the adhesive is no more than 10 times the expansion coefficient of the plastic material of the spacer elements). When temperature changes occur, the spacer elements do not rigidly maintain the stand-off distance and so lead to distortion, but instead absorb at least a small amount of the arising strain by elastically deforming.

Abstract: Electronic module with components and contact elements arranged on a circuit support. There is suggested a simple and economical arrangement with a plug-in connection integrated in the housing or at least one housing part of the electronic module, while enabling a tolerance compensation. For this, there is provided an insert part comprising pin openings and being movably supported in a recess of the housing or housing part. Through an over-dimension at the junction point of insert part and housing or housing part, an orienting of the pin openings of the insert part with respect to the contact elements is enabled during the formation of the plug-in connection by joining the insert part with the circuit support. Electronic module as a control device in the motor vehicle field.

Abstract: A light emission apparatus includes: an electrode; a LED mounted on the electrode with an indium layer interposed therebetween, the LED having a substrate formed of an n-type ZnSe single crystal, and an epitaxial light emission structure formed of a compound crystal comprising ZnSe serving as a matrix, the epitaxial light emission structure being provided on the substrate and emitting light when an electric current is introduced thereinto; and resin encapsulating the LED, the resin having a glass transition temperature of lower than 80 degrees centigrade or being soft to be still elastic in a vicinity of the LED at room temperature.

Abstract: A channel profile extends above a door of an aircraft over the width of the door opening and is connected with the aircraft fuselage. When the door is open, the channel profile collects liquid (e.g. rain) flowing down from above the door, and diverts it next to the door opening. To reduce the air flow resistance arising during flight operation, with the door (2) in its closed position, the channel profile (3, 30) is retracted and enclosed behind the outer skin (6) or a flange of the door (2) in a dead space (11) between the upper edge of the door (2) and a frame (4) arranged above the door opening. When the door is opened, the channel profile extends into an outwardly protruding position on spring-loaded guides.

Abstract: A cutting blade is fixed on a shaft that rotates about its shaft center, and that is linearly advanced by an advancing movement. The shaft's center further revolves with a small radius of revolution at a rapid predetermined rate of revolution greater than the rate of advancing movement. Thus the blade is pressed against and cuts a substrate and produces chips, and the blade is intermittently disengaged from the substrate whereby the chips move in the direction in which the blade rotates to be removed from between the cutting edge of the blade and the substrate. This reduces working resistance, enhances working efficiency, and prevents the blade surface from having significant frictional heat. Furthermore, the generated frictional heat can readily dissipate and the blade can thus have a long life.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.0001 mass % and not more than 0.03 mass % of copper, at least 0.0005 mass % and not more than 0.2 mass % of silicon, at least 0.5 mass % and not more than 4 mass % of manganese and at least 0.5 mass % and not more than 3 mass % of iron, and the rest contains aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy further contains at least one of at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.5 mass % of chromium, at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.5 mass % of titanium and at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.5 mass % of zirconium. An aluminum alloy foil is prepared by heating up the aluminum alloy to a temperature of at leas 350° C. and not more than 580° C., holding the same immediately after the heating up or retaining an ingot of the aluminum alloy at a temperature of at least 350° C. and not more than 530° C. for not more than 15 hours, thereafter performing hot rolling at a starting temperature of at least 350° C. and not more than 530° C.

Abstract: Proposed is a simple and cost-effective method that enables a safe operation of a motor vehicle comprising an electrical braking system with a parking brake. During the parking of the motor vehicle, measuring processes are carried out in a certain time interval spacing, in which measured values of at least one vehicle-specific characteristic parameter are determined. In connection with the measured values determined in the measuring processes, a current desired value for prescribing the brake force for the parking brake is determined.

Abstract: A press pad for use in hot laminating presses includes a woven fabric of warp threads and weft threads. At least some of the threads include at least one elastomer selected from among fluoroelastomers, fluorosilicone elastomers, blend elastomers prepared by copolymerizing a mixture of raw crude silicone and fluorosilicone rubbers, and blend elastomers prepared by copolymerizing a mixture of raw crude silicone and fluorinated rubbers. The overall woven fabric contains a substantial proportion, such as at least 10% or more, of the selected elastomer. The selected elastomer is preferably applied as a coating or sheath over a multi-strand core of copper, brass, high-grade alloy steel or stainless steel strands to form the weft threads. The press pad has good elastomeric resilience, excellent temperature resistance for constant duty use above 250° C., and excellent chemical resistance.

Abstract: A fuse holder includes: a holder housing, in which a chamber for holding blade terminals and at least a part of the body of a fuse is formed with wide walls at the front and the rear and narrow walls on the right and the left; two coupling parts, which are provided on the holder housing to disconnectably fit the holder housing onto holder housings of two other adjacent fuse holders; and two contacts, each of which has an intermediate part fixed to the holder housing, a connecting part, at one end, extending into the chamber to fit with a blade terminal of the fuse, and a leg, at the other end, extending out of the holder housing to be soldered or press-fitted onto a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method of producing an organic-inorganic composite material formed from an organic polymer and a metal alkoxide, comprising the steps of polycondensating the metal alkoxide through hydrolysis until the unreacted metal alkoxide is reduced to 3 vol. % or less, and mixing it with the organic polymer to form the organic-inorganic composite material. By laminating such organic-inorganic composite materials, the resulting laminate is provided with a concentration gradation wherein the metal element of the metal alkoxide is increased or decreased from one side to the other side of the laminate.

Abstract: An object is to provide a thermal fuse that is free of a trouble of welding contact between a movable electrode (4) and a lead (2) even when temperature of an equipment to which the thermal fuse is connected rises gradually and that has small electric resistance at the time of conduction.