Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the closing motion of a vehicular sliding door has a track extending in a longitudinal direction of a motor vehicle body, a sliding door panel movable in opening and closing directions along the track by an actuator unit, an operating unit mounted on an inner lower side of the sliding door panel and operable in response to movement of a handle on the sliding door panel, and a drive signal generator mounted on the track at an open position of the sliding door panel, for generating a drive signal to energize the actuator unit to move the sliding door panel in a closing direction when the operating unit operates.

Abstract: An anti-pinch safety system includes an electric motor operatively coupled to a vehicle opening device to move the vehicle opening device between an open position and a closed position, and a sensor operatively coupled to the electric motor for sensing velocity of movement of the vehicle opening device. A processor is coupled to each of the sensor and the electric motor, along with a memory containing stored instructions to be executed by the processor. The stored instructions include: a) calculating a pinching force of the vehicle opening device in accordance with changes in velocity sensed by the sensor; b) detecting a pinched condition by comparing the pinching force to a predetermined force value; and c) stopping closing movement of the vehicle opening device when the pinched condition is detected.

Abstract: A wheelchair includes an upper structure A and lower structure B which can be freely assembled and separated. Upper structure A includes a seat, back rest, seat rail, cross member, cross member and a subframe. Electrical equipment including a control unit and battery, etc., is housed inside a housing mounted on the bottom part of seat. A motor is supported under the cross member. The lower structure includes the left and right pair portions of a main frame, front wheels, drive wheels and hand rims. Upper structure A can be separated and removed from lower structure B by folding down the back rest and removing the upper structure A. The output axis is removed from the axle stay by moving the motor towards the center of the wheelchair body. A housing cover is fitted to the rear face of a base plate provided on a seat of the wheelchair. A freely opened and closed lid is provided for the opening provided on the front portion.

Abstract: A network system includes a plurality of vehicle-mounted, microcomputer-based electronic devices each having & distributed operating system for performing data communication and distributed processes among the electronic devices. By virtue of the distributed operating system, information resources and hardware resources can be used in common by two or more of the vehicle-mounted electronic devices. Thus the network system has a higher level of network transparency. Because the electronic devices can operate independently and they are interconnected by a common interface called network, a revision to the program of one of the electronic devices or entry of a new electronic device to the network system does not induce tedious and time-consuming version-up of the program of any other electronic device.

Abstract: A solar battery cell of a back-electrode type is used to enhance the photo-electric efficiency in which the electrical connecting structure for the solar battery cell is simplified, and the deterioration of connected portions can be prevented. The solar battery cell of a back-electrode type having second electrodes on the back thereof, are placed on and fixed to a board having first electrodes on its surface, so that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are electrically connected to each other. Output terminals are connected to the first electrodes on the board outside of and to the side of the solar battery cell, by soldering. A truncated conical light guide having a larger diameter-end face serving as a light receiving end face is placed on and fixed to a surface of the solar battery cell with the light receiving end face disposed in the vicinity of the focal point of the lens.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack comprises first and second separators for holding a fuel cell unit therebetween. The first separator has a fuel gas flow passage and the second separator has an oxygen-containing gas flow passage. The gas flow passages are formed by grooves with the number of grooves decreasing from the inlet to the outlet. In one embodiment, the gas flow passage comprises twelve individual first gas flow passage grooves which communicate with an inlet hole on a gas inlet side, six individual second gas flow passage grooves which communicate with the first gas flow passage grooves, and three individual third gas flow passage grooves which communicate with the second gas flow passage grooves. The third gas flow passage grooves communicate with an outlet hole on a gas outlet side.

Abstract: A discharge lamp unit has a housing provided with a lamp socket fitted thereon and accommodating a printed circuit board with a lamp lighting circuit and a high voltage generating transformer assembly mounted thereon. The transformer assembly consists of a primary coil being a plate conductor spirally wound around a coil case containing a secondary coil-wound bobbin with a core inserted in a hollow center thereof. The discharge lamp unit is formed as a single solid device by potting all of the components in the housing with insulating resin poured in a melted state and solidified therein. This unit is easy to mount with no need for laying a high-voltage between the circuitry and the lamp socket, and includes a very compact and light transformer having an increased conversion efficiency of the primary and secondary coils.

Abstract: An induction machine used as a power generator for an internal combustion engine, and which generates a predetermined power regardless of a rotation speed of a rotor of the induction machine and the engine. A power P to be generated is controlled so as to be equal to an upper limit value Pmax or less, a lower limit value or more or, equal to a target value Pc. The power generation control is achieved in the following manner. A speed N2 of the rotating magnetic field electrically generated with a three-phase winding of the rotor 1R is controlled in accordance with the mechanical rotation speed N1 of the rotor 1R in order that a relative speed N of the rotating magnetic field generated in the rotor with respect to a stator coil is kept at an upper limit speed Nmax or less, a lower limit speed Nmin or more, or a target relative speed Nc.

Abstract: A hood or trunk lid is a blow-molded article and includes an outer skin and a stiffener integral with the outer skin. The stiffener has a tub-like molded portion which extends in a widthwise direction of a vehicle body and protrudes toward the outer skin. A ridge of the tub-like molded portion is spaced apart from the outer skin, so that the hood or trunk lid is folded from a start point provided by the tub-like molded portion by a shock force from a collision.

Abstract: A gun drill having a reversed taper approximately ten times greater than the conventional drills, or approximately 0.3 mm per 100 mm, between a tip of the cutting edge and a point some distance away therefrom is provided. The gun drills deep holes at high speed and with sufficient exactness by preventing the peripheral surface of the gun drill from coming into contact with the inner surface of the hole being drilled.

Abstract: A fuel gas supply device is equipped with a reformer for conducting steam reforming of methanol which is supplied from a methanol tank, and a hydrogen gas supply means for supplying hydrogen gas only, which is contained in the fuel gas derived from the reformer, to a fuel cell. By passing the fuel gas through a hydrogen permeable membrane or a pressure-swing adsorption device, a fuel gas in which any unreacted methanol is reliably removed therefrom can be supplied to the fuel cell. According to further embodiments, unreacted methanol is caused to positively react on a fuel electrode side of a fuel cell stack, so as to remove excess amounts of unreacted methanol from a fuel chamber. The method can further include a step of controlling the humidity of the fuel gas, by either removal or supply of moisture, before the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell.

Abstract: A plurality of grooves, which are defined in a reinforcing ring, comprise respective end walls which are formed as inclined surfaces. The grooves further comprise walls on which engaging projections are disposed in parallel to the inclined surfaces respectively. Segmented dies are installed in the grooves. Grooves, which are defined on the segmented dies, slidably engage with the engaging projections respectively. Accordingly, the segmented dies are displaced along the inclined surfaces while being guided by the engaging projections. Thus, it is possible to stably hold the segmented dies on the reinforcing ring. Further, it is possible to simplify the structure of the forging apparatus, and it is possible to decrease the number of parts.

Abstract: A control system for a toroidal continuously variable transmission which can control the transmission ratio without installing a position detection device or an angle detection device on trunnions and secure a sufficient control response to prevent hunting of the transmission ratio. To realize this control system, an axial force calculation device M3 calculates the axial force 2Ft in the trunnion axis direction that the transmission ratio control actuators are required to generate, based on the transmission ratio i calculated by a transmission ratio calculation device M1 from the input disk revolution speed .omega..sub.1 and the output disk revolution speed .omega..sub.2, and on the input torque Ti or output torque To estimated by a torque estimation device M2. An axial force change calculation device M4 calculates the amount of change in the axial force .DELTA.Ft based on the deviation between the target transmission ratio ic and the transmission ratio i.

Abstract: There are respectively provided control valves 15, 16 in hydraulic oil paths L11, L12 for inputting governor pressure PV into shift valves 11.sub.1, 11.sub.2, 11.sub.3. In the control valves 15, 16, there are provided first pressure chambers 15g, 16g pushing the spools 15a, 16a of the control valves 15, 16 onto the closing position side. At position "D.sub.3 " or "2", hydraulic pressure is inputted into the first pressure chambers 15g, 16g, so that the spools 15a, 16a can be changed over to the closing position, and the input of governor pressure PV into the shift valves 11.sub.1, 11.sub.2, 11.sub.3 is stopped so that the shift valves can be changed over to the low speed position. In the control valves 15, 16, there are provided second pressure chambers 15h, 16h pushing the spools 15a, 16a onto the opening position side, and governor pressure PV is inputted into the second pressure chambers 15h, 16h.

Abstract: A fuel cylinder attaching structure in a motorcar can cope with a large expansive deformation of the fuel cylinder and fixedly support the fuel cylinder surely. The structure comprises a pair of front and rear supporting frame members fixed on a car-body; a fixing band fixed to the front and rear supporting frame members, wound round the fuel cylinder; and both ends of the fixing band connected to each other with a spring interposed, positioned on a vertical bisection of a line segment extending between the front and rear attach-supporting sections.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust circulation control valve having a simple structure and having both high-precision low-flow control characteristics and responsive large-flow control characteristics. In an exhaust circulation control valve 1, there are disposed an exhaust gas inlet port 6 for letting in exhaust gas from an exhaust gas path 2 of an engine E and an exhaust gas feed port 7 feeding the exhaust gas to an inlet path 3. Exhaust gas inlet port 6 and feed port 7 are made continuous with each other via coaxially disposed first and second openings 11, 12. First and second valve bodies 15, 16 are disposed on openings 11, 12 respectively in order to open and close the openings. First valve 15 is controlled by a drive mechanism 17 based on the operating state of engine E. Second valve 15 is kept in a closed state by a spring 19. Thus, when the lift on first valve 15 is small, exhaust gas flows only through first opening 11.

Abstract: A window glass of a vehicle, to which a hot melt adhesive agent is applied, is pushed while the window glass is held by a jig which is mounted on a robot. An allowable range of temperature of the adhesive agent is set between an upper limit and a lower limit. The upper limit is one at which the adhesive agent comes to have such a holding force above a predetermined value as to prevent deviation of the window glass. The lower limit is one at which a compression reaction force when a bead of the adhesive agent applied to the window glass is crushed to a predetermined thickness becomes smaller than a predetermined value. The adhesive agent is applied to the window glass at such a temperature that the temperature thereof at the time of completion of pushing of the window glass falls within the allowable range. The apparatus for mounting the window glass has a jig for the window glass which is provided at a front end of a robot arm.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes of an evaporative fuel passage extending between the fuel tank and the intake system of the engine, and a control valve arranged across the evaporative fuel passage for opening and closing the evaporative fuel passage. The opening of the control valve is controlled such that the interior of the fuel tank is under negative pressure during operation and stoppage of the engine. The opening of the control valve is set to a desired value according to operating conditions of the engine.

Abstract: A light vehicle includes a lid that is pivotable about a hinge, provided at the rear end of the lid, for opening and closing a rear trunk. Locking members are provided at the front end of the lid, which are releasably engageable with roof-supporting struts. Thus, the lid can be moved to a fully open position without being interfered by the presence of the struts, which allows the rear trunk to be operated and used with increased ease. The seat, including a seating section and a back rest section integrally formed together, has an inclined lower surface that is superposed on an inclined upper surface of a rear cowl. Thus, rearward force applied to the seat when the vehicle starts moving or accelerating is divided to allow the seat to be firmly pressed downward.

Abstract: A fuel gas and oxygen containing gas are supplied downwardly through different passages into a first manifold plate 42, a first surface pressure generating plate 44, a separator body 48, a second surface pressure generating plate 46, a second manifold plate 50, a first gasket 30, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 22, and a second gasket 32, into which cooling water is supplied upwardly. The cooling water rises upwardly in the separator body 48 to reduce a temperature distribution in a fuel cell 20.