Abstract: A door for a vehicle is assembled by joining three modules together to facilitate the assembly process. The three modules are an outer module including an outer panel, a window regulator module including a window pane and a window regulator, and an inner module including an interior member. The window regulator module is preliminarily assembled as an independent unit, so that it is easy to adjust the open and closed positions and the movement of the window pane. These modules are joined by fastening means extending along the direction of the thickness of the door, so that the assembly operation is made easier.

Abstract: A gas turbine generator unit which is small-sized to be portable. The generator unit comprises a generator directly driven by a gas turbine. The rotatable shaft of the generator is coaxially connected with the rotor shaft of the gas turbine engine. An air filter box having an air filter element is disposed in a manner that the extension of the axis of the generator rotatable shaft passes through the air filter box. The air filter box is located on the opposite side of the gas turbine compressor with respect to the generator. Additionally, an intake silencer for reducing intake air noise is disposed fluidly connect the air filter box and the air intake port of the compressor. The intake silencer is located to extend generally parallel with the axis of the generator rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A damping mass is housed in a rolling chamber formed in a flywheel body, and executes a pendulum motion in a radial direction according to torque fluctuations. If md is the mass of the damping mass, Id is tile moment of inertia of the damping mass, rd is the radius of tile damping mass, n is the order of torque fluctuations of a rotating drive mechanism, R is the distance from the center of rotation of the body to the center of the pendulum motion of the damping mass, and L is the distance from the center of the pendulum motion of the damping mass to the center of gravity of same, the actual ratio R/L is set larger than a value Ro/Lo obtained from the theoretical relation Ro/Lo=n.sup.2. [1+{Id/(md.multidot.rd.sup.2)}] to reduce rotational fluctuations. In this way, the effect of manufacturing defects and dimensional variations due to wear on rotational fluctuations is reduced.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprises: a compressor (101) driven by an engine (101) for compressing a refrigerant; an evaporator (103) for evaporating the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; engine speed commanding section (104) for outputting a first command signal to drive the engine at a first engine idle speed when the compressor is not actuated and outputting a second command signal to drive the engine at a second engine idle speed higher than the first engine idle speed when the compressor is actuated; an after-evaporator temperature sensor (105) for detecting air temperature Immediately after the evaporator; an external air temperature sensor (106) for detecting external air temperature; and an inhibiting section (107) for inhibiting the engine speed commanding section from outputting the second command signal, when after-evaporator temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature and further external air temperature is lower than another predetermined temperature

Abstract: An operation control system includes a GPS receiver unit and a radio telephone unit. The GPS receiver unit includes a GPS antenna and a GPS signal receiver circuit connected thereto. The radio telephone unit includes a telephone antenna and a transmitter circuit connected thereto. The transmitter circuit transmits a call channel signal through the telephone antenna during the radio telephone unit being in an ON-CALL MODE and a control channel signal during an OFF-CALL MODE. The system is designed to set the transmitter circuit operative and the GPS signal receiver circuit inoperative during the ON-CALL MODE. On the other hand, the system allows alternate operations of the transmitter circuit and the GPS signal receiver circuit during the OFF-CALL MODE.

Abstract: A control system for an electric vehicle comprises a motor speed detector and a sensor for detecting an accelerator angle and outputting a motor speed error command based on the difference between motor speed and a speed required by the present accelerator angle. A motor speed command is generated based on the error command and the detected motor speed. A feedback control portion outputs a torque command based on the motor speed command and the detected motor speed and the driving force of the motor is controlled based on the torque command.

Abstract: A keyless lock system for a vehicle includes a card for transmitting a radio signal, at least one onboard antenna for receiving the radio signal, and a control unit for allowing and preventing keyless lock and unlock operations in dependence on the existence or nonexistence of the card in a predetermined area near the antenna. The control unit monitors the position of of at least one monitored door, and produces a card warning signal each time the monitored door is closed if the card is absent in the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention detects the position of an eye in image of a driver's face quickly and with high reliability, even if the density of the driver's face image is not uniform on the right and left sides due to direct sunlight. Only one eye detection area is obtained on the dark side of the face image when the density of the face image is not uniform on the right and left sides. One eye window is detected in the one eye detection area, and an iris center is detected within the eye window to discriminate an inattentive driver who is dozing.

Abstract: A catalyst for hydrazinolysis having high catalytic activity and long life concurrently with high thermal resistance is disclosed. The catalyst is composed of an alumina support having a substantially extended specific surface area and iridium being substantially supported thereon. The alumina support is prepared by the steps of adding aluminum alkoxide into hexyleneglycol (2-methyl-2, 4-pentanediol), heating at temperatures between 100.degree. and 200.degree. C. to form a sol, hydrolyzing the sol to a gel, and drying and calcining the gel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a metal oxide film formed on a glass substrate by a sol-gel method using a solution of at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate. Water which is in the amount ranging from 50 to 400 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, an organic solvent and a catalyst are added to the solution, thereby to form a first sol. To afford water repellency to the oxide film, a fluoroalkylsilane in the amount more than 0.30 mol % of and less than 3.0 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, or an alkylsilane compound in the amount more than 4.0 mol % of and less than 20 mol % of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate, is added to the first sol, thereby forming a second sol. The concentration of the at least one metal alkoxide or acetylacetonate in the second sol is adjusted to fall within the range from 0.005 to 3.0 mol %. The second sol is applied to the glass substrate to form a gel film.

Abstract: A pressure control valve for adjusting a controlled pressure supplied to an actuator includes first and second valves. The first valve serves to modify a pressure level of a working fluid supplied from a fluid pressure source to a preselected level and provides it to the actuator. The second valve is responsive to a control signal commanding elevation or reduction in the controlled pressure from a controller to adjust a supply pressure level from the fluid pressure source to provide a pilot pressure, elevated or reduced to a preselected level, to the first valve for activating same. When elevating or reducing the pilot pressure, the second valve decreases the supply pressure level from the fluid pressure source by a preselected degree, for balancing a flow gain when elevating the pilot pressure with that when reducing the pilot pressure, for providing uniform response for elevation and reduction of the controlled pressure to the actuator.

Abstract: An automotive lamp device includes a metal lamp housing having an opening for passing light therethrough, an electric-discharge lamp accommodated in the lamp housing to provide a required amount of light to be emitted by the lamp device, a lens having a series of modified prisms or ridges that bend the light beam generated by the discharge lamp into a desired pattern, a finisher disposed in an inner perimeter section other than a main lens section of the lens, for preventing propagation of the light beams through a section other than the main lens section of the lens. The finisher is made of metal and, in addition, electromagnetic shielding is employed in the lens for preventing undesirable electromagnetic radiation noise generated by the discharge lamp from leaking through the lens to the exterior of the lamp housing, while allowing the required amount of light to pass through the lens.

Abstract: A first O.sub.2 sensor is installed upstream, and a second O.sub.2 sensor downstream, of the catalyst converter in the exhaust passage of an engine. It is judged from the output of this first O.sub.2 sensor whether the air-fuel ratio (AFR) has changed beyond the theoretical AFR, and AFR feedback control is performed based on the judgment result. A correction value of an AFR feedback control coefficient is previously stored in each learning area in a memory corresponding to the engine running conditions, and the fuel injection amount supplied by the fuel injector is corrected based on this correction value.The correction value is updated by an updating amount corresponding to the magnitude of the difference between the output of the second O.sub.2 sensor and a value corresponding to the theoretical AFR. Undershoot or overshoot of the AFR is thereby prevented, and the AFR is rapidly brought within a desired range.

Abstract: In a torque converter of a coreless type allowing and utilizing a fluid flow in a central core region, the impeller blade exit angle is made smaller in the central core region than in an outer region surrounding the core region so as to increase the velocity and amount of the fluid flow circulating in the outer region and participating in torque multiplication, and decrease the velocity and amount of the fluid flow circulating in the core region like the fluid flow in a fluid coupling.

Abstract: A shift-lock device has a locking member associated with a projection member to engage with the locking member for establishing locking engagement. One of the locking member and the projection member is rigidly connected to a selector of an automatic power transmission and the other is rigidly secured to a stationary member in the vehicular body. The locking member is normally and resiliently biased toward locking direction for establishing locking engagement with the projection member. The locking member is associated with a lock release actuator which is electrically operable and active for a predetermined period only when a predetermined safety condition is established.

Abstract: An upper mounting structure for a strut-type wheel suspension is of a so-called concentrated input type which includes a coil spring and a strut assembly arranged in parallel to each other between a strut mounting insulator and an unsprung mass of a suspension. The structure further includes a hydraulic mount thorough which a strut assembly is coupled with the coil spring and the strut mounting insulator, whereby coexistence of a comfortable ride feeling of a vehicle and an anti-vibration and noise characteristic can be realized without disappearance of a surge vibration absorbing function to be effected in the vibration concentrated input type structure.

Abstract: A feedback type air-fuel ratio control system controls the air-fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture fed to an internal combustion engine in accordance with an information signal issued from a first oxygen sensor installed in an exhaust line of the engine. The exhaust line has a catalytic converter at a position downstream of the first oxygen sensor. There is further provided a system in the control system, which detects deterioration of the first oxygen sensor. The system comprises a computer and a second oxygen sensor of delayed response type installed in the exhaust line at a position upstream of the converter. The computer defines higher and lower slice levels with respect to the output of the second oxygen sensor and compares the output of the second oxygen sensor with the higher and lower slice levels.

Abstract: An active torque-split control system for actively controlling a distribution of driving torque applied to front and rear wheels in a four-wheel drive vehicle employing a transfer device including a transfer clutch for varying said driving torque distribution depending on the operating state of the vehicle, comprises sensors for monitoring the operating state, and a torque-split controller for switching from a normal torque-split control mode to a rigid torque-split control mode only when the controller determines that the vehicle is operated in a warning region closer to a critical state.

Abstract: In order to reduce the pump load on a prime mover and improve fuel consumption characteristics, the mode in which a variable displacement pump is operated is varied in accordance with a consumption estimate which is modified using engine speed and lateral acceleration data inputs. A basic consumption estimate is derived based on sensor inputs which are indicative of the amount of work a servo is producing and increased by increasing the level based on the lateral acceleration level. The amount by which the basic estimate is boosted is variable with vehicle speed and/or lateral acceleration level.

Abstract: An actively controlled suspension system for automotive vehicles includes a lateral acceleration sensor and a controller for suppressing rolling of the vehicle. The controller controls a distribution ratio of anti-roll moment or lateral load shift between a driven wheel and a non-driven wheel so as to enhance steering characteristics of the vehicle. The controller changes the distribution ratio depending on both the lateral acceleration and the wheel speed difference between the driven wheel speed and the non-driven wheel speed such that the distribution ratio at a non-driven wheel side of suspension system is increased from a designated reference value according to the increase in the wheel speed difference and a rate of change in the distribution ratio is attenuated towards the designated reference value according to the increase in the lateral acceleration.