Abstract: A hydraulic system for controlling the operation of the intake or exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine. For each valve there is a sealed hydraulic chamber with one plunger driven by a rotating cam to a camshaft and another plunger for actuating the valve. A single solenoid valve is connected by a separate passage having a check valve to each of a plurality of hydraulic chambers. The single solenoid valve can be opened during the actuation of any one of the valves to cause rapid closing of the valve by draining the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic chamber without causing premature actuation of another valve or effecting the subsequent operation of other valves after closing of the single solenoid valve.

Abstract: Holding device for holding the selector gear servo valve in the reverse position when the manual valve is in the neutral or parking position and when the manual valve is moved to a forward position, hydraulic pressure in the servo valve overcomes the holding to move the servo valve to a forward position. Additionally, a control valve is provided for binding the servo valve in the reverse position even when the manual valve is moved to the forward position until hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic clutch for the second transmission train reaches a predetermined level.

Abstract: A roof lining structure in a motor vehicle includes a roof lining base member and a vibration-damping layer interposed between an upper surface of the base member and a lower surface of a roof panel of the motor vehicle. The roof lining base member comprises a support layer having a cellular structure, and a reinforcing layer disposed at least partly in the roof lining base member. The upper surface of the vibration-damping layer is held in intimate contact with the lower surface of the roof panel. The vibration-damping layer is bonded to the roof panel by an adhesive layer. The vibration-damping layer is made of a material having such a mechanical strength that the vibration-damping layer will be torn apart vertically with a tearing force weaker than the bonding strength of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The speed reduction ratio of a continuously variable speed transmission for transmitting engine power with continuously variable speed to drive road wheels is controlled by detecting a parameter representing a driver's intention of acceleration or deceleration, establishing a reference engine speed corresponding to the detected parameter, and controlling the speed reduction ratio so as to equalize an actual engine speed with the reference engine speed, at a predetermined time interval. When the actual engine speed is lower than the reference engine speed, a controlling ouput value for the speed reduction ratio for bringing the actual engine speed into agreement with the reference engine speed is established based on the difference between the actual engine speed and the reference engine speed, and a predicted engine speed after elapse of the predetermined time interval is calculated based on the rate of =change of the actual engine speed.

Abstract: A method for casting a rocker arm made of light alloy for use in an overhead cam shaft type valve operating mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which rocker arm includes a thick-walled bearing section to be fitted on a rocker arm shaft and is integrally provided with a wear-resistive piece having a protrusion on its rear surface and adapted to abut a cam. After molten metal has been injected under pressure into a metallic mold for the rocker arm, a secondary pressurizing force directed in the direction of an imaginary center axis of a rocker arm shaft is exerted by means of a pressurizing rod. In the metallic mold for the rocker arm, a sprue is provided close to the position where the wear-resistive piece is disposed with respect to the position where the bearing section is formed, and the direction of the sprue is directed towards the position where the wear-resistive place is disposed.

Abstract: A work supplying system for conveying work attached to a pallet to a plurality of machine stations disposed around an imaginary center line iin a circumferential direction, and a work conveying and delivering unit for conveying the work to the work conveyor and delivering the work from the work conveyor, wherein a conveying and delivering station is disposed for conveying and delivering the work attached to the pallet, and a plurality of releasable stations are disposed corresponding to respective machine stations for machining the work, and are located on linear lines connecting the imaginary center line to the respective machining stations, and the conveying and delivering station and the releasable stations are installed around the imaginary center line at circumferentially equal intervals along an imaginary circle which has a center on the imaginary center line, the work conveyor comprising a post stand with an axis thereof aligned with the imaginary center line, slide units each reciprocatively movable b

Abstract: A fuel injector assembly in an engine having a plurality of cylinders and intake passages opening respectively into the cylinders includes a housing mounted in each of the intake passages, and a plurality of solenoid-operated fuel injection valves connected to a fuel supply source for injecting fuel through the intake passage into each of the cylinders. The solenoid-operated fuel injection valves are accommodated in the housing. The housing has a magnetic shield layer such as an air gap disposed between the fuel injection valve means. The fuel injection valves are supplied with fuel from the fuel supply source through a common fuel supply passage defined in the housing.

Abstract: A deceleration sensor for detecting a threshold level of deceleration indicative of vehicle crash, comprising a sensor mass, a spring-loaded firing pin received in a guide bore, a trigger lever for engaging the firing pin in a dormant state until the trigger lever is disengaged from the sensor mass as a result of the occurrence of a deceleration in excess of the threshold level and the resulting inertia motion of the sensor mass, and a safety catch which may include a rotary shaft extending perpendicular to the plane of the inertia motion of the sensor mass and a part of a front end portion of the guide bore, the rotary shaft being provided with a first notch and a second notch which, respectively, permits and prohibits the propulsion of the firing pin through the guide bore by aligning with the guide bore.

Abstract: An automatic transmission shift controlling method for preventing both excessive delays in speed ratio shifts and multiple shifts in close succession in response to two different shift commands in a short time period.When a first shift command is issued, the input and output rotational speed ratio of a shift device associated with a first target speed range for selecting a power transmission path associated with the first target speed range and determined by the first shift command is detected, and the start of operation of the shift device associated with the first target speed range is detected by checking whether the input and output rotational speed ratio has started to vary or not. When a second gear-shift command is issued after the first shift command has been issued but before the start of operation of the shift device is detected, the second shift command is accepted.

Abstract: A piston head for an internal combustion engine is provided containing a polished nickel plated layer formed in the piston top and an anodized layer formed on at least the lower part of the uppermost piston ring groove in order to reduce the adverse affects of excessive thermal conditions on the member.

Abstract: The amount of engagement of a direct couping mechanism such as lockup clutch (6) disposed between input and output members of a hydrodynamic driving apparatus such as a torque converter (5) to mechanically connect or disconnect the input and output members (5a, 5b) is controlled so as to bring a parameter indicative of the amount of slippage between the input and output members into a predetermined reference range. The average value of the parameter which is measured in a prescribed time interval is determined, and a control value for the amount of engagement in a next prescribed time interval is determined based on the differnece between the average value and the predetermined reference range value.

Abstract: A wiring structure for electric wirings in a vehicle or the like. A horizontal partition wall portion that is nearly horizontal is provided in a dashboard partitioning a car room from an engine room provided outside of that car room, and an end portion of an outdoor side harness within the engine room is positioned above the horizontal partition wall portion, while an end portion of an indoor side harness within the car room is positioned under the horizontal partition wall portion. And, one connector provided at the end portion of the indoor side harness and the other connector provided at the end portion of the outdoor side harness are joined with each other penetrating through the horizontal partition wall portion. The above-mentioned one connector is a waiting connector slidably supported from a connector guide mounted to the horizontal partition wall portion, and a nut directed in the sliding direction is fixed thereto.

Abstract: A restriction flange is provided on the inner end of each cylindrical holder in a sliding universal joint to keep the pair of cutouts which are provided for installation of the inner roller aligned with the longitudinal direction of the transmitting groove. The flange can be rectangular having appropriate side lengths to restrict any rotational motion of the cylindrical about it's center axis.

Abstract: In a toothed sintered pulley comprising a rim having a large number of teeth on its outer peripheral surface and lightening grooves at those portions of its inner peripheral surface which correspond to the individual teeth, a boss located radially inside of the rim, and a connection which connects the inner peripheral surface of the rim with an outer peripheral surface of the boss, the porosity of the rim is set larger than that of the boss. In addition, the connection is connected to axially intermediate portions of the inner peripheral surface of the rim, and lands are provided in a one-side half of the rim projecting from this connection in one of axial directions, so that each land is located between the two adjacent lightening grooves, with the radial thickness of the land being gradually increased from an outer end face of the one-side half toward the connection.

Abstract: A grinding fluid feeder apparatus for a grinding machine for machining a spiral bevel gear in which a tapered annular grinding portion is formed of conical grinding faces provided on the inner and outer circumferences of an annular grinding wheel and a tooth surface of a workpiece is ground by said conical grinding faces. The feeder apparatus includes a feeder block having a groove portion allowing the annular grinding portion to sink thereinto and a sump provided on a side surface of the groove portion, a grinding fluid feed passage communicating with the groove portion, and a cover plate provided at one of the openings of the groove portion on an end surface of the feeder block so as to abut on the annular grinding portion. The feeder block is disposed to have the other of the openings of the groove portion abut on a tooth space of the workpiece.

Abstract: A duty ratio for operating a solenoid is determined by calculating a duty ratio in each of basic periods and determining an operational time for which the solenoid is to be operated within each of the basic periods, based on the calculated duty ratio. When the duty ratio is reduced to the extent that the operational time is shorter than a minimum possible time of operation of the solenoid, an operational time for which the solenoid is to be operated is determined within a new period composed of a plurality of consecutive basic periods.

Abstract: In a current detector for use with a pulse-driven electromagnetic actuator drive circuit, a solenoid current detector is disclosed which operates by use of a solenoid current detection resistor to sample an instantaneous solenoid current value at intervals of a predetermined pulse voltage period, and calculates the average current value for the solenoid by calculation based on the sampled value.

Abstract: Engines having cylinders of noncircular cross section wherein the cylindrical curve is generated at a preselected constant outwardly normal distance from a closed curve. The closed curve is defined as including two spaced points on a major axis of symmetry of the cylinder with two continuously curved portions extending between these points and curved outwardly from the major axis. The closed curve about which the cylinder curve is generated is preferred such that there is a continuous change of curvature without discontinuity in that curvature in the cylindrical curve. The avoidance of discontinuity in the generating curve aids in mass production considerations and cutter life. A plurality of intake and exhaust port arrangements are disclosed illustrating four intake ports and four exhaust ports on opposite sides of the major axis of symmetry of the defined cylinder. In one embodiment, the outermost of the ports are smaller and are positioned closer to the major axis of symmetry.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas rate sensor system which provides an output signal representing an angular velocity of the gas rate sensor when the gas flows more on one of its thermal sensing elements than on the other due to the effect of the angular velocity on the gas flow. The gas rate sensor system can carry out an arithmetic operation for correction of gas rate sensor output signal by renewing and using an effect value to meet the instantaneous temperature change in the gas rate sensor.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine valve operating mechanism wherein there is a low speed cam corresponding to one intake valve or exhaust valve and having a shape designed for low speed operation as well as a high speed cam of a shape designed for high speed operation. A first rocker arm is in sliding contact with the low speed cam and abuts one intake valve or exhaust valve, a second rocker arm is in sliding contact with the high speed cam and a third rocker arm abuts the other intake valve or exhaust valve, with all three rocker arms pivotably supported by a single rocker shaft adjacent to each other. A first piston for connecting the first and second rocker arms is slidably mounted in the first rocker arm and a second piston for connecting the second and third rocker arms is slidably mounted in the second rocker arm extendable and contractable. A third piston is movably mounted in the third rocker arm and urged by a spring in a direction of abutment with the second piston.