Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a hot press product, the method including: a positioning and placing step of positioning a material, which is heated, and placing the material on a mold through engagement between a positioning pin provided to the mold and a positioning hole provided in the material; and a pressing and hole expanding step of performing press forming on the material through use of the mold, and expanding the positioning hole through bulging of a peripheral part of the positioning hole of the material) when the press forming is performed.

Abstract: A hot-pressing device includes a forming surface having a shape corresponding to a predetermined shape into which a workpiece is to be formed and a plurality of coolant channels formed therein so as to be arranged side by side and each having an opening in a side surface thereof when the forming surface is viewed from above or below. The forming surface includes a plurality of grooves formed therein so as to correspond to the coolant channels, a plurality of connection holes formed in each of the grooves so as to be connected to one of the coolant channels corresponding to the groove, the connection holes having openings at positions separated from each other, and a first connection groove connecting a portion of one of the grooves located between two adjacent connection holes to another one of the grooves located adjacent to the one of the grooves.

Abstract: A press-formed product includes a top panel portion and a side panel portion connected to the top panel portion through a bent portion that is curved so as to have an arc shape. The top panel portion includes a recessed portion that is curved so as to have an arc shape in a direction opposite to a direction in which the bent portion is curved.

Abstract: A square pipe manufacturing method includes: a first processing step of forming a first intermediate formed product 13 by bending both widthwise end portions of a rectangular metal plate 1; a second processing step of forming a second intermediate formed product 21 by bending both widthwise sides of a bottom surface 11 of the first intermediate formed product 13; a third processing step of obtaining a third intermediate formed product 23 by curving the side wall surfaces 17 to be convex outward in the width direction by pressing the flange parts 7, 7 toward the bottom wall surface 19 and then pressing the curved side wall surfaces 17 inward in the width direction; and a fourth processing step of crush-deforming corners 31, 31, 33, 33 of the third intermediate formed product 23.

Abstract: A pedal effort-reduction apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pedal arm and a lever which is movable as one therewith. First and second torsion coil springs are provided between the lever and a support bracket. The first coil spring urges the pedal arm to return to its initial position before the arm, starting from the initial position, reaches a position at a predetermined rotational angle to the initial position. When the pedal passes the predetermined-angle position, the first spring begins to urge the pedal arm in the direction in which it is being pushed. The second spring is attached to the lever so as to urge the pedal arm only in the direction in which it is being pushed. Therefore, when the pedal arm is pushed past the predetermined-angle position, the repulsive force generated by both the first spring and the second spring then acts as a pedal effort-reduction force.

Abstract: A plurality of key switches are provided, each of which is connected, at one end, to the ground, and at the other end, to a power supply, by means of a resistor. The key switches are coupled, at the connection point with the resistor, to input buffers. Each input buffer outputs an electrical signal when the corresponding key switch is turned on. A counter circuit is provided for counting clock signals supplied from a CPU at predetermined intervals. The output data of this counter circuit is supplied to selectors, which select one of the input buffers, in accordance with the output data of the counter circuit, and supply the output signal of the selected input buffer to the CPU.

Abstract: A rubber spring is disposed on a base on which are mounted fixed electrodes. The rubber spring includes first and second cup sections. The first cup section is in the form of an inverted cup, whose top portion is smaller in diameter than the bottom portion thereof, and is adapted to be bent by a force applied thereto from above and to produce a resilient restoring force corresponding to the size of such deflection. The second cup section, which is located inside the first cup section, has a U-shaped longitudinal section and is adapted to be bent by a force applied thereto from above and to produce a resilient restoring force corresponding to such deflection. Thin-walled portions are formed at the bent portions of the first and second cup sections. A center projection protrudes upward from the center of the second cup section. The top face of the center projection is situated below the upper surface of the support seat.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the shape and size of a rotary tool is provided which includes a tool rotation unit for rotating the tool around the tool axis, a tool moving mechanism for moving the tool in the axial direction, a measuring head having a line sensor, and a calculation control unit. The measuring head can be moved at a rate of a predetermined angle around a lateral shaft, located in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the tool, with one end of a measuring area of the line sensor as a center. Upon measuring the tool in terms of its shape and size, the aforementioned end of the line sensor is located in a position a given distance inside the aforementioned end of the tool, the line sensor is moved for every predetermined angle around a lateral shaft, with one end of the measuring area as a center, and measured values are fed to a computer through the line sensor, while the tool is rotated around its axis for every predetermined angle.

Abstract: A pedal-load lightening apparatus comprising a pedal arm and a lever rockable in one therewith. A torsion coil spring is provided between the lever and a support bracket. The coil spring urges the pedal arm to return to its initial position before the arm, starting from the initial position, reaches a neutral position at a predetermined rotational angle to the initial position. When the neutral position is reached, the spring starts to urge the pedal arm in a treadling direction. Moreover, an urging element is attached to the support bracket or the lever. The urging element is adapted to press the pedal arm in the treadling direction, with a force smaller than the repulsive force of the torsion coil spring, within a stroke of the arm between the initial position and a position near the neutral position.

Abstract: A capacitive keyboard apparatus including a plurality of keys and a matrix of capacitive switches arranged in columns and rows and connected to the keys, respectively, wherein first and second drive signals sweep the columns of switches and first and second matrix output signals are generated from the rows of switches as the result of first and second drive signal supplied, provided that any key has been depressed during the sweeping. The first and second matrix output signals are convertred to first and second logic signals, respectively, each of which has a pulse width proportional to how deeply the key has been depressed. When the first logic signal has a pulse width broader than a first predetermined width, the second drive signal sweeps the columns of switches.

Abstract: A key switch including a substrate prepared from dielectric material, and first and second electrodes respectively formed on the bottom and top surfaces of the substrate to constitute a capacitor together with the substrate. The first electrode is electrically connected to a pulse voltage signal oscillator, thereby pulsatively storing a static capacitance between the first and second electrodes. A first fixed contact electrically connected to the second electrode is provided on that portion of the surface of the substrate. A second fixed contact is positioned near the first fixed contact. The first and second fixed contacts are electrically connected or shut by a manually operable movable conductive rubber contact.

Abstract: A constant airflow control apparatus is connected to an air duct of an air conditioning system to keep the flow rate of air fed from the air duct constant. The apparatus comprises a rectangular pressure receiving plate slidably mounted on a guide shaft extending in one direction inside a passage of a housing. The plate extends substantially at right angles to the central axis of the housing so as to block part of the cross section of the passage. The apparatus further comprises a coil spring for urging the plate against the flow of the air, and two swinging plates swingably attached to two opposite side edges of the pressure receiving plate, individually. The swinging plates are adapted to change the cross-section area of an air passage defined between the swinging plates and the inner surface of the housing in a mode represented by a quadratic curve in accordance with a rectilinear change of the pressure of the air.

Abstract: A keyboard switch is provided with an insulating substrate, a first electrode laid on the insulating substrate, a second electrode formed of a conical coil spring and facing the first electrode, a dielectric disposed on the first electrode, a button positioned on the top portion of the second electrode, and a rubber cap disposed between the button and second electrode, for giving snap feeling to an operator when the button is depressed and the capacitance of the switch exceeds a given value. The capacitance varies with the change in the facing area which changes substantially in proportion to the depth of depression of the button. The switch is capacitive-coupled for a switching operation and the snap feeling is given to the operator when the capacitance exceeds the given value.

Abstract: An air flow rate sensor and throttle valve which controls the opening of a duct in accordance with the detection signals from the air flow rate sensor are provided in a control duct between a supply chamber utilizing double ceilings and the air diffusers in the supply chamber. The quantities of air fed from the respective air diffusers can be equalized or can be set to the desired values. In this case, since the air blowing can be automatically controlled for each diffuser, it is not necessary to individually adjust the quantities of air for the respective air diffusers after the installation of the air conditioner, thereby eliminating the adjusting works of the air diffusers.

Abstract: In an air conditioning system, a damper unit disposed in the middle of a circulating duct is controlled so that a throttle valve of at least one of air quantity regulating devices for controlling incoming outside air quantity and exhaust air quantity is fully open, and that the quantity of air passing through the device whose throttle valve is fully open is equal to a set air quantity. The control system for the damper unit is so-called floating control system that is responsive to the control conditions. If none of the throttle valves of the devices is fully open, then there must be too great a pressure difference to pass the set quantity of air through all the devices. Accordingly, the excessive pressure applied to the devices can be lowered to a proper level by driving the damper unit in an opening direction, thereby reducing pressure loss between the discharging and charging blowers.

Abstract: A keyboard switch comprises an insulating substrate, a first electrode laid on the insulating substrate, a second electrode formed of a conical coil spring and facing the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first and second electrodes, and a bottom for linearly changing the facing area between the first and second electrodes. The capacitance between the first and second electrodes is changed linearly so that the first and second electrodes are capacitive-coupled for switching operation when the capacitance exceeds a given value.

Abstract: An air quantity regulating apparatus for air conditioning according to the present invention has two functions one of which is a constant air quantity function and the other is a variable air quantity function in cooperation with a room thermostat. When a constant air quantity control switch is turned on, the apparatus serves as the constant air quantity apparatus, on the other hand when the switch is turned off, the apparatus serves as the variable air quantity apparatus.

Abstract: Central air conditioning equipment which performs air conditioning for a plurality of rooms, comprises a terminal air quantity control unit which is installed in order to communicate with each room and which controls the quantity of the air stream which is distributed to each room through a duct, and an air quantity control device, attached to an air conditioner, which controls a blower to reduce the blown air quantity until at least one of dampers reaches a first position to allow air flow when all of the dampers are not in the first position, which controls the blower to decrease the blown air quantity when an air quantity detected by an air quantity sensor is smaller than an air quantity set by a setter while at least one of the dampers is located in the first position, and which controls the blower to maintain the blown air quantity when the air quantity detected by the air quantity sensor is equal to the air quantity set by the setter.