Abstract: Disclosed is a non-contact type throttle angle sensor sensing and converting angular rotation of a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine into an electrical signal. The sensor comprises a magnetic field generating element disposed on one end of a rotatable throttle shaft, a magneto-sensitive element disposed opposite to the field generating element at a position fixed relative to a throttle body and spaced apart from the field generating element, the magneto-sensitive element generating an output whose level changes with the rotation of the throttle valve shaft relative to the throttle body, a housing forming an integral part of the throttle body to accommodate the field generating element and the magneto-sensitive element, and an electrical circuit converting the output of the magneto-sensitive element into an electrical signal, the electrical circuit including a circuit adjusting the zero level and maximum level of the output of the magneto-sensitive element.

Abstract: The bobbin (21) of the heating resistor (1) is made by zirconia or glass fiber. On the surface of the bobbin, a platinum film (31) or a platinum wire (23) are formed. At both ends of the heating resistor, the heating resistor is supported by a pair of supporting conductors (25).

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for controlling the revolution speed of an engine, suitable for use in an automobile having an automatic transmission. Flow rate of auxiliary intake air by-passing a throttle valve is controlled by an auxiliary air control valve, the opening period of which is incremented in response to a signal which represents the state of the automatic transmission shifted from neutral range to a power range so as to avoid any reduction in the engine speed or the engine stall. The valve open time is controlled as a function of the engine cooling water temperature.

Abstract: An electric power steering control system includes an electric motor for producing an assisting torque for the vehicle steering system through a reduction gear, a steering torque sensor fitted on the steering shaft, a controller for controlling the input to the motor in accordance with the torque sensor output, a battery for supplying power to the controller, and a voltage step-up circuit connected to the battery for driving the motor at a voltage higher than the battery voltage. The controller drives the motor at a high voltage.

Abstract: A rotation angle measuring apparatus comprises a throttle valve for controlling the amount of air flow of an internal combustion engine, a throttle sensor coupled to a rotation shaft of the throttle valve, and a logic circuit which includes absolute rotation angle detecting means for receiving an output signal of the throttle sensor to produce an absolute signal, forward/reverse rotation direction discriminating means for receiving an output signal of the throttle sensor to produce a direction signal, and an up/down counter for receiving the absolute signal, the direction signal and a count signal outputted from the forward/reverse rotation direction discriminating means to output a signal representative of a rotation position of the rotation shaft of the throttle valve.

Abstract: In a voltage regulator for charger/generator comprising a switching element, connected between a battery and a field winding of a generator adapted to charge the battery, for switching on and off an exciting current flowing through the field winding and a voltage detector responsive to voltage of the battery to control the operation of the switching element, there are provided an oscillator for generating an oscillation signal of a desired duty ratio, an initial excitation signal generator circuit having a plurality of stages of frequency dividers for dividing the frequency of the oscillation signal generated from the oscillator and combining together frequency division signals of the frequency dividers to produce a synthesized output signal of a desired duty ratio, a booster for boosting and rectifying an AC signal containing the oscillation signal of the oscillator and a signal which is opposite in phase to the oscillation signal to produce a boosted output signal, and excitation control means being operati

Abstract: A detecting element (6) comprising a solid zirconia electrolyte (6a), a reference electrode (6d), a detecting electrode (6c) and a diffusion member (6a) is provided, and also a driving circuit (1b, 4) for impressing a voltage between the electrodes (6c, 6d) of said detecting element so as to detect the threshold current of an oxygen ion pumping current (I.sub.p) is provided. The output of this driving circuit is delivered as a continuous output (V.sub.o) of an air fuel ratio of fuel gas comprising al the regions of rich, stoichiometric and lean air fuel ratios. On the other hand, an I.sub.p detection resistor (Rs) for detecting the pumping current flowing between the input/output terminals of the driving circuit is provided. The opposite-end voltages (V.sub.a, V.sub.o) of this I.sub.p detection resistor are compared by a comparator (5), and a step signal corresponding to the stiochiometric air fuel ratio (.lambda.) is outputted from this comparator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for a power steering control system with a current limiter for limiting current to be fed to a power steering motor, in accordance with a power source voltage, whereby the power source is prevented from falling into an overdischarge state while a power steering function is performed. An additional feature of the present invention is an idle speed control device for increasing the engine idle speed when the current of the power steering motor reaches a predefined level.

Abstract: An ultrasonic wave type fuel atomizing apparatus for an internal combustion engine provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and atomizing the fuel injected from a fuel injection pump by the ultrasonic wave vibration includes an ultrasonic wave vibrator, an oscillation circuit for generating ultrasonic waves for driving the ultrasonic wave vibrator, and a high voltage generating coil for boosting the output of the oscillation circuit and for applying the driving output to the ultrasonic wave vibrator, and furthermore, a feedback circuit is included to detect a current flowing through the high voltage generating coil and to control an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit thereby to make the driving frequency follow the resonance point of the ultrasonic wave vibrator.

Abstract: A moving vane type compressor has a cylinder which is made of a sintered material having a density of 6.6 to 7.6 and a composition consisting essentially of 0.6 to 0.8% of carbon, 1 to 2% of copper and the balance substantially iron. The cylinder is encased by a hermetic casing therebetween a high pressure chamber into which a refrigerant compressed by the compressor is discharged. Lubricating oil separated from the discharged refrigerant within the high pressure chamber and the lubricating oil suspended in the form of a mist by the refrigerant attach to the outer peripheral surface of the wall of the cylinder made of the sintered material. The oil attaching to the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder is forced by the refrigerant pressure acting thereon into the pores of the sintered material such as to block these pores, thus preventing the compressed gas in the cylinder from leaking outside through the pores.

Abstract: This invention discloses a color liquid crystal display device which can be applied to 7-segment numeric display, for example, A pair of transparent electrodes are disposed on the inner surfaces of a pair of transparent substrates facing each other. One of the transparent electrodes has a function as the display segments and is constituted by two comb tooth-like electrodes that are fixed in a predetermined direction. The direction of teeth of these two comb tooth-like electrodes is in agreement with each other. The other of the transparent electrodes has a flat sheet-like shape. Color filters of two colors are alternately disposed on the two comb tooth-like electrodes in such a manner as to face the other of the transparent electrodes. The direction of disposition of the color filters is in agreement with the direction of the teeth of the comb tooth-like electrodes. The color filters are disposed on the entire surface of the display range including the display segment.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus is disclosed in which an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine produces a voltage signal correlated with the excess air ratio of the ambient gas surrounding it and has such an output characteristic as to produce a maximum output only when the ambient gas is filled with air, the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine being controlled to a proper value on the basis of the detection signal of the air-fuel ratio sensor. The air-fuel ratio control apparatus further comprises a sampling device for sampling the maximum output (V.sub.x) when it is decided that the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor is maintained for a predetermined length of time or longer at a predetermined value or higher, a memory for storing the sample value of the maximum output (V.sub.x) produced by the sampling device and updating the preceding sample value (V.sub.x-1) to the present sample value (V.sub.

Abstract: A liquid crystal color display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel having a section with transparent electrodes provided with color filters in striped formation and another section with transparent electrodes provided with no color filters, and separate electrode drive circuits for applying a voltage to the electrodes of the former section and another voltage to the electrodes of the latter section, with the intention of achieving little difference of brightness between both sections. The color filters in striped formation are provided in the entire area including display pattern segments having the arrangment of the transparent electrodes and a background area without transparent electrodes, with the intention of equalizing the visibility of unlighted segments and the background.

Abstract: A hydraulic control solenoid valve comprising a plunger provided in a coil case and a shaft freely shiftable in a body. The shaft is provided with a first spool valve and a second spool valve. A feedback chamber is provided in the body and on the side of the first spool valve. A round shaped thin plate is fixed to the end of the first spool valve and positioned in the feedback chamber so as to form a constricted part of a flow passage formed between an interior wall of the feedback chamber and a peripheral surface of the thin plate. The cross-sectional area (S.sub.2) of the constricted part is not greater than 0.04 of the side surface area (S.sub.1) of the thin plate. The thin plate adds the damping coefficient (C.sub.d) and also functions as the stabilization of the behavior of the spool valves. The thin plate facilitates the prevention of the resonance phenomenon of the spool valves.

Abstract: A reflecting plate is disposed in such a manner as to surround a fluorescent tube in a U shape in its axial direction. A light diffusion-transmission plate is disposed in such a manner as to bridge over the open end portions of the U-shaped reflecting plate and to extend in the axial direction of the fluorescent tube. A liquid crystal display element is disposed on this light diffusion-transmission plate. In the liquid crystal display device having the construction described above, the present invention disposes shading means for increasing the quantity of light near the filament portions and limiting the quantity of light on the light emission surface inside the fluorescent tube.

Abstract: Color filters are provided on electrodes. The color filters and the electrodes are constituted by disposing a single strip electrode and filter in parallel and in the same direction. A glare protection filter is so provided as to be proximate to the front surface of the color filter. The glare protection filter includes minute louvers therein in parallel to each other. The direction of the louvers of the filter is perpendicular to that of the electrodes.

Abstract: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve of the axial flow type, a tubular member with both its ends open is disposed in a penetration path that is formed in a stationary core, and an area is sealed between the outer periphery of the tubular member on the side of nozzle and the inner periphery of the penetration path. Further, the path formed between the tubular member and the penetration path is communicated with fuel space formed around the outer periphery of the stationary core. Therefore, the fuel circulates when it is allowed to flow out or flow in via the inner path of the tubular member.

Abstract: A capacity control device for a compressor used with an air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle and driven by an engine of the automotive vehicle, including flow resistance portions provided in a refrigerant inlet passage and capable of reducing the flow rate of a refrigerant flowing into working chambers of the compressor as the rotational speed of the compressor (or the engine speed) rises, to thereby reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor in a high engine speed range.

Abstract: A voltage regulator for a charging generator is disclosed which comprises an a.c. generator having armature windings and a field winding, and a battery which receives the rectified output of the a.c. generator and is charged by the same. The voltage regulator regulates the output voltage of the a.c. generator by controlling the current flowing through the field winding. To prevent the output voltage of the a.c. generator from becoming a high voltage when a connecting wire connecting the rectified output of the a.c. generator to the battery is broken, the regulator also includes an abnormality detection means which compares the rectified output of the a.c. generator with the battery voltage and detects the abnormality when both voltages are different by more than a predetermined value. This arrangement makes it possible to detect the abnormality at the point of time where the output voltage of the a.c. generator is not yet very high.

Abstract: To improve the operating efficiency of a diesel engine, a plurality of engine operating parameters are detected and the engine cylinders to which the fuel supply is to be cut off are computed in accordance with the operating parameters, thereby stopping the generation of fuel control pulses in response to crank angle sensor output pulses indicative of the computed cylinders. A fuel injection pump is so constructed that the fuel is metered in response to the fuel control pulses and the metered fuel is pressurized, compressed and distributed to the cylinders, and the distribution of the pressurized and compressed fuel to the cylinders is stopped by stopping the application of the fuel control pulses.