Abstract: An engine control apparatus for detecting the position of the engine main body or the actuator attached to an engine on the basis of information provided from a sensor which generates two signals having different phase, wherein the sensor is judged to be faulty when the regular pattern of the information outputted from the sensor is not detected.

Abstract: A device for creating stitching data for use by a sewing machine includes a tablet digitizer having a pattern entry area and menu area for which data for a stitching pattern in a forward direction is entered by a cursor. The data entry device operates in conjunction with a storage, under CPU control, to store the input stitching data in an input order. Reverse stitching data is generated automatically from the input data by an apparatus which is operative to read the forward direction stitching data in reverse order, analyze the content of the data, translate the identified data into reverse stitching data and write the reverse stitching commands into memory. The forward stitching data and automatically generated reverse stitching data are stored in a ROM for use by the sewing machine.

Abstract: In a cryostat comprising a cryogen container for containing a liquid cryogen, and a refrigerator for recondensing a cryogen gas resulting from evaporating of the liquid cryogen, the pressure within the cryogen container is detected, and when the pressure falls to a negative value due to excessive cooling, a heater is turned on to raise the temperature thereby to enhance the evaporation. As an alternative, the refrigerator may be turned off or its power may be lowered. This will increase the pressure within the cryogen container. When the pressure rises to a positive value, the heater is turned off or the refrigerator is turned on or its power is raised. Through such control, the pressure can be maintained at a constant, positive value. As a result, deformation of the cryogen container due to pressure variation is avoided, and deformation of the superconducting coil wound on the cryogen container is avoided, and the magnetic field strength and the magnetic field uniformity can be maintained constant.

Abstract: A ring-shaped data communications network in which plural slave stations and a master station are serially connected in a closed loop via transmission lines, the slave stations being removably connected to the loop without affecting the continuity of data transmission on the loop. A connection box, permanently connected into the loop and adapted to receive the removable slave station, has circuitry for switching the data loop paths through the slave station. Switching of the data loop occurs when the slave station has been physically connected to the connection box and when a non-communicating portion of the data stream in the loop has been received at the connection box. Apparatus for detecting the connection of the slave station to the box and for detecting the absence of information in the data stream controls operation of the switching.

Abstract: An acceleration detector comprising a substantially hollow cylindrical acceleration transducer assembly including a piezoelectric element, an inertial weight and an output terminal in a stacked relationship. The acceleration transducer assembly is mounted on a cylindrical threaded bushing of a housing and is secured by a stop nut thread-engaged on the bushing. The stop nut has a contact surface at which the stop nut contacts and supports the inertial weight of the transducer assembly for securing the transducer assembly to the bushing. The contact surface is small enough to enable to obtain a substantially constant output over an oscillation frequency range of the acceleration to be detected.

Abstract: An electronic control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which comprises a control device for exhaust gas return having a control valve for exhaust gas return so that a part of exhaust gas returns from an exhaust gas passage to a suction gas passage, a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in a suction gas pipe, and a failure detecting means for detecting failure of said control device for exhaust gas return based on a value of pressure in said suction gas pipe when said control value for exhaust gas return is in operation, and a second value of pressure in the exhaust gas pipe when the control valve of exhaust gas return is not in operation.

Abstract: A power source for electric discharge machining, which performs a semi-mirror-finish machining operation with a surface roughness of 1 .mu.m Rmax or less. The power source includes either a resonance circuit or an impedance matching circuit so that the electric discharge is carried out under the condition that resonance is caused to occur with the capacitance of an interelectrode gap between an electrode and a workpiece to be machined or the impedance-matching is effected in response to variation in interelectrode condition. With such a power source, it is possible to eliminate the effect of the stray capacitance exsiting in a current supplying line and also to eliminate the shortcoming due to variation on the interelectrode condition, and therefore a mirror-finished machining operation can be stably carried out to provide machined surfaces excellent in surface roughness.

Abstract: In a heat-sensitive flow sensor including a bridge circuit composed of a heat-sensitive resistor formed on a substrate provided within a fluid flow passage and a plurality of resistors and a control circuit for controlling current supplied to the heat-sensitive resistor to maintain the bridge circuit in a thermally balanced condition, a flow rate being detected from the thermal balance condition of the bridge circuit, current supply leads and a base portion of the substrate are buried in a heat insulating support member supported by a base. Preferably, lead terminals of the heat-sensitive resistor formed on the base portion are also buried in the heat insulating support member.

Abstract: A numerical control system in which possible interference between tools can be checked on a graphics display unit and corrected, and complex workpiece and cutting path shapes are displayed without interference. In accordance with the invention, actual tool shapes in simplified form are displayed for checking interference. Two display memories are provided so that, while one of the display memories is being used for active display, data can be written into or erased from the other. When the data entry and removal is complete, the display memories are switched over so that the time during which portions of the displayed image disappear from the screen is reduced to a negligible length. The workpiece shape is displayed as a shaded area, and any area in which a tool tip interferes is eliminated during simulated machining of the workpiece.

Abstract: An optical pulse waveform shaper capable of providing an optical pulse waveform of a desired intensity distribution with little loss. The optical pulse beam split by a beam splitter is directed into the beam splitter with a phase difference to combine with the transmitted optical pulse beam. The phase difference is controllable. The optical pulse waveform shaper is applicable between a laser oscillator with different exciting conditions and an amplifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an angle detection sensor including: a magnetoresistive element in which a bias magnet is laminated on a magnetic pattern resistance layer of a thin film ferromagnetic material, and a permanent magnet fixed to a rotation shaft which rotates about the center of the magnetoresistive element. In particular, when a rotation angle of the permanent magnet is large, a ratio of a first magnetic force of said permanent magnet to a second magnetic force of said bias magnet is set to be smaller than 1, and, when the rotation angle of the permanent magnet is small, the ratio of the first magnetic force of the permanent magnet to the second magnetic force of the bias magnet is set to be larger than 1.

Abstract: A brush holding device wherein the number of components and the number of steps of production are reduced and a holding frame does not suffer from rust and hence does not stick to a brush. The brush holding device comprises a base plate formed from a steel plate, a plurality of brush holding frames made of an electrically insulating synthetic resin material and secured to the base plate, and a plurality of brushes individually held in the brush holding frames.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting combustion in an internal combustion engine which comprises: a plurality of cylinders wherein an ignition control is performed being synchronized with a revolution number of the internal combustion engine; and an ionic current detector installed at an ignition plug of at least one cylinder of the plurality of cylinders; said ionic currrent detector including means for generating a voltage which corresponds to a level of an ionic current generated by the ignition plug, means for generating a threshold value which is a combustion determining standard, and a comparator which generates an output signal that shows a combustion state, by comparing the voltage with the threshold value; said means for generating a threshold value is composed of a threshold level variable circuit which generates a threshold value corresponding to a running condition of the engine.

Abstract: An acceleration detector including an acceleration transducer assembly including a piezoelectric element, an output terminal and an inertial weight. The transducer assembly is secured on a threaded bushing by a substantially ring-shaped, thread-engaging stop nut thread-engaging to the threaded bushing. The stop nut has an internal thread in its inner circumferential surface and a pair of axially extending engagement grooves formed in its outer circumferential surface at equal intervals for receiving a tool for rotating the stop nut about the bushing. The output terminal may have a ring-shaped portion, a connecting tab radially outwardly extending from the ring-shaped portion for an external connection, and a transition fillet provided at a transition area between the ring-shaped portion and the tab for moderating the concentration of stress on the transition area.

Abstract: An electronic control type fuel injection device which comprises: means for determining a fuel quantity corresponding to a running condition of an internal combustion engine by a time length of a fuel injection pulse signal applied to an electromagnetic injection valve of an internal combustion engine; wherein a calculated value of Q/N of a basic fuel injection pulse width W, determined by an equation ofW=K.times.Q/Nwhere N is an engine revolution number, Q is an intake air quantity, and K is a constant, is initialized to a predetermined value, when a key switch of the internal combustion is activated, or when the internal combustion engine stops.

Abstract: A screw cutting method for use with a numerically controlled machining system is improved by enabling finer finishing of the final screw surface. The invention allows the removal of scars formed during rough machining by offsetting the position of the rough machining passes in the direction of screw cutting, i.e., in the direction of movement of the tool during cutting, so that during the final finishing pass, more material is removed from the screw surface opposing the cutting direction. Surface finish is further improved by specifically controlling the cutting depth in the cutting passes just preceeding the final cutting pass.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display processing apparatus which may be used in instances when a single display is to be used to represent multiple parameters whose values may be correlated or interrelated with one another. The invention is particularly useful when simultaneously displaying a plot of position vs. time and some other parameter whose value changes with position, time, or both. Correlative display is made possible by a technique which samples the values of all of the related parameters at intervals, and stores the sampled values along with an indication of the elapsed time. In this manner, positional or other parametric data corresponding to distinct points or ranges of time can be extracted and displayed in time-correlated fashion.

Abstract: A method for electrochemical machining a work piece using an electrochemical machining device including a tool electrode opposing the workpiece across a predetermined machining gap and a device for supplying a pulse current to the machining gap via electrolyte provided in the machining gap includes the steps of determining a predetermined pulse current having a predetermined pulse width, selecting a plurality of partial pulse currents each having a predetermined partial pulse period, calculating a plurality of rest periods based on said partial pulse widths and applying the partial pulse currents, each of the partial pulse periods separated by at least one of the rest periods. According to the method of the present invention, the predetermined pulse width is in the range of about 10-50 msec.

Abstract: A driving apparatus with a speed changer for a bicycle using a pair of non-circular gears for performing an exponential function angular velocity modulation for the speed changer. The driving apparatus is provided with a primary angular velocity modulating mechanism having a first non-circular gear fixed to a first rotary shaft receiving driving power and a second non-circular gear supported to a second rotary shaft, a secondary angular velocity modulating mechanism having the second non-circular gear and a third non-circular gear supported to a third rotary shaft generating driving power through a one-way clutch, and a spring for increasing a relative angle between the first and the third rotary shafts around the second rotary shaft.