Abstract: A toner carrier which gives good images (free of fogging in white area, harshness in halftone area, and density variation in black area) even after continuous long runs. The toner carrier includes an electrically conductive elastic layer and a coating layer formed thereon which contains a siloxane-crosslinked acrylic resin obtained from an acrylic copolymer with an alkoxysilyl group by crosslinking and curing.

Abstract: An electro-rheological (ER) fluid damper control system employs fuzzy logic to attain real time control in a highly responsive manner. The ER fluid damper is interposed in a vehicle between its sprung mass (vehicle body) and unsprung mass (suspension). Signals corresponding to the velocity of the sprung mass and the relative velocity between the sprung and unsprung masses are generated by pairs of accelerometers and electronic integrators. A fuzzy rule, taking into account weighted values of these input signals, is applied to the signals to determine an output value which, in turn, establishes a control signal for application to the electrodes of the ER fluid damper. As the velocity signals change, the voltage applied to the electrodes also changes, thus adjusting the fluid viscosity and mechanical responsiveness of the ER fluid damper.

Abstract: A silica-blended rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of sulfur-vulcanizable rubber blended with 10 to 100 parts by weight of silica, 3 to 20% by weight of a silane coupling agent based on the silica and 1 to 20% by weight of sodium borate based on the silica. An alkoxy group-containing silane coupling agent is preferred as the silane coupling agent, and sodium tetraborate is preferred as the sodium borate.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a method for enabling the formation of a high damping, soft polymer gel. The method includes: reacting in a suitable solvent a poly(alkenyl benzene-co-maleic anhydride) and a primary amine to form a poly(alkenyl benzene-co-maleimide) polymer. The poly(alkenyl benzene-co-maleimide) polymer while remaining in solvent is grafted with a maleated polyalkylene through the use of a grafting agent such as an alkyl diamine to form a polyalkylene grafted poly(alkenyl benzene-co-maleimide) polymer product. The solvent is then removed from the polyalkylene grafted poly(alkenyl benzene-co-maleimide) polymer product and the polymer is mixed with extender such as oil sufficient to form the gel. During oil extension the graft copolymer is further crosslinked due to the presence of additional alkyl diamine.

Abstract: A multi-layer structure solid golf ball is composed of a solid core (2), an intermediate layer (3), and a cover (4). An adhesive layer (5) is interposed between the intermediate layer (3) and the cover (4). The intermediate layer may be formed from an ionomer or a urethane resin, or a polyester resin. The cover may be formed of an ionomer or a polyester elastomer or a urethane resin. The adhesive is selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin adhesives, urethane resin adhesives, vinyl resin adhesives and rubber adhesives.

Abstract: To form a metal bead for a tire, two integral portions of a single length of wire are wound in opposite directions about an axis to form a bundle; and the free ends of the two portions are positioned substantially coaxially and adjacent to each other along the outer periphery of the bundle, and are connected integrally to each other to form a bead with a substantially constant section along its whole length.

Abstract: A line glower usable in water, rain, snow or in a place where an explosion may possibly take place, and adapted to work with a small power to emit light from the lateral side thereof. It comprises a light transmission tube including a transparent core and a clad having a smaller refractive index than the core; a water-proof light source disposed at at least one axial end of the light transmission tube; and a drive unit to turn on and off the light source; the light emitted from the light source and incident upon an end of the light transmission tube being let to go out from a lateral side of the tube.

Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate is provided which is formed of two transparent base plates and a conductive mesh member. The conductive mesh member 3 is interposed between two transparent base plates and is bonded together to form an integrated member and the margins of the conductive mesh member are folded along the peripheral edges of one of the transparent base plates and are secured to the transparent base plate with a conductive adhesive tape. This structure allows easy assemblage of the electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate to a body of an equipment and provides uniform and low-resistant conduction between the electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate and the body.

Abstract: The high aromatic oil provided in the present invention is characterized by that a glass transition point is -45 to -20.degree. C. and an aromatic component measured by Clay-Gel method accounts for 55 to 90% by weight and that a polycyclic aromatic compound measured by IP 346 method accounts for less than 3% by weight based on the whole components of hydrocarbons contained in the oil.This high aromatic oil can suitably be used for various rubber compositions such as tires, rubber vibration insulators and fenders, oil extended synthetic rubbers, printing inks and writing inks.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire capable of effectively controlling the occurrence of wandering phenomenon when being used in vehicles such as passenger car, small-size truck, truck, bus and the like is provided, in which a second tread zone contacting with a mountain side of a slant road surface is arranged so as to project toward a side of a first tread zone contacting with a flat road surface and camber thrust of the radial tire is increased by the second tread zone during the running on ruts and the like under loading.

Abstract: A rubber sheet is formed in a bag shape, and a seam portion of the bag-shaped rubber sheet is fixed to a summit portion of an overflow dam. When the bag-shaped rubber sheet is expanded, a rubber dam is raised, thereby damming up water and adjusting the amount of running water. Next, when the bag-shaped rubber sheet which has been expanded is contracted and collapsed, the rubber sheet is supported by pipes, which extend substantially horizontally from the summit portion of the overflow dam toward the downstream side at a predetermined distance from each other. For this reason, the rubber sheet hangs down with its own weight and with the weight of water running downstream so as to droop down between the pipes. As a result, a rubber dam that does not bulge at the downstream side is obtained.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles, particularly a belt and/or carcass of a pneumatic tire, has a residual compressive stress inside the twisting helix of each steel filament such that a ratio R.sub.1 /R.sub.0 is less than one, where R.sub.0 is the radius of curvature of a helix in each helically formed steel filament obtained by untwisting of the cord and R.sub.1 is the radius of curvature of the helix after removal of a surface layer from the inside of the helix in the steel filament. The steel filaments have a tensile strength of 4,000-4,800 N/mm.sup.2.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire comprises a tread provided with many blocks defined by grooves and/or sipes, in which (1) a peripheral portion of each of the blocks is chamfered in form of a curve or a straight line over a given region at a given chamfering depth in a mold during the vulcanization of the tire, and (2) the outer surface of the block becomes flat or substantially flat when the tire after the vulcanization is assembled onto a normal rim and inflated under a normal internal pressure.

Abstract: The belt of a pneumatic tire is a laminate of a circumferential belt layer and an inclined belt layer, the circumferential belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements arranged substantially in parallel with the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, and the inclined belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, wherein at least in the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer and the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer adjoining each other, the modulus of elasticity of the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer is lower than that of the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer. The pneumatic tire of the invention avoids the disadvantage generated by addition of a circumferential belt layer while strengthening the circumferential rigidity by the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a diene base rubber comprising at least 15% by weight of a polybutadiene rubber, silica in an amount of 10 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the diene base rubber and, in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight of the amount of silica, a specific silane coupling agent, i.e., a bis (alkoxysilylalkyl) polysulfide having a polysulfide chain in which the distribution of sulfur is specified. After curing, the cured rubber composition includes closed cells. Therefore, the rubber composition has a good processability at the time of manufacturing of a tire and a pneumatic tire using the same has excellent snow/ice grip performance and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: In a wound golf ball comprising a solid center, thread rubber winding and a cover, the cover is formed to a multilayer structure including an outer layer having a specific gravity of 0.95-1.2 and an inner layer having a higher hardness than said outer layer and a specific gravity of 1.1-1.4. The ball is improved in distance, spin and durability.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a tread which contacts a road surface and comprises a rubber composition which contains a rubber component composed of 70% by weight or more of a copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a remaining amount of another synthetic rubber and/or natural rubber, at least one reinforcing filler selected from a group consisting of carbon black and silica, and at least one type of vulcanization accelerator, such as bis(4-methylbenzothiazolyl-2)-disulfide, bis(5-methylbenzothiazolyl-2)-dis ulfide, mercapto-4-methylbenzothiazole, and mercapto-5-methylbenzothiazole, an amount of the reinforcing filler being 45 to 120 parts by weight and an amount of the vulcanization accelerator being 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component. Decrease in chipping resistance during tire use is suppressed, and both abrasion resistance and controllability on wet roads after use of the tire are improved.