Abstract: An automobile headlight lighting apparatus which has a light unit, including a headlight lamp, adapted to be selectively concealed and exposed relative to a light chamber, and further has a light switch for energizing the headlight lamp with electric power supplied thereto. The apparatus further has a drive unit operable to cause the light unit to be selectively concealed and exposed. The drive unit is operated in response to the switching on of the light switch. For enabling the drive unit to be operated independently of the light switch, an additional electric circuit is provided for operating the drive unit to cause the light unit to be selectively concealed and exposed.

Abstract: A catalytic converter for effecting purification of automobile exhaust gases comprises a casing having inlet and outlet, at least two separate catalyst carriers within the casing, a spacer ring element for connecting the catalyst carriers together in longitudinally spaced and aligned relation to each other to provide a single unitary structure of catalyst carriers, and a cushioning layer positioned in compressed sandwich fashion between the unitary structure and the casing.

Abstract: In a pair of intermeshing gear teeth each having a tooth surface, the gear contact pattern is inspecting by steps of measuring each tooth surface at a regularly positioned measuring points to detect deviations from a standard gear profile at corresponding measuring points, calculating relative distances between the teeth surfaces at the measuring points, and counting the number of combinations of measuring points wherein the relative distances are within a predetermined limit. Where the counted number is greater than a predetermined value, the pair of gears are accepted.

Abstract: An automobile front deck structure which provides rigid connections among the dash panel, the front pillar and the longitudinally extending wheel apron reinforcement. The front pillar includes an upper pillar structure of closed cross-section and a lower pillar structure of closed cross-section.

Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine has an idle adjust screw. A cover is provided for encompassing the idle adjust screw so as to prevent any readjustment of the idle adjust screw by an operator. The cover is not removable once the carburetor is mounted on the intake pipe so that carburetor settings can be maintained. The cover may be formed with a slot of special configuration so that adjustment may be made only with a specially designed tool.

Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle having a vehicle chassis includes a wheel carrier having an axle for the support of a wheel for rotation independently of the wheel carrier, and front and rear arms for supporting the wheel carrier on the vehicle chassis and extending in spaced relation to each other with the space therebetween gradually increasing as they extend outwardly from the wheel carrier towards the vehicle chassis in a direction generally transversely of the vehicle chassis. The wheel suspension further includes a connecting member for elastically connecting the wheel carrier to the vehicle chassis for displacement in a direction generally perpendicular to the widthwise direction of the vehicle chassis, and a shock absorber for absorbing vibrations of the wheel carrier. The front and rear arms are so positioned relative to the wheel carrier and the vehicle chassis that the wheel carrier can be moved such that the toe-in of the wheel supported thereby is increased.

Abstract: A lock remote control device comprises a lock assembly and a manipulatable unit positioned spaced a distance from the lock assembly. The lock assembly includes a latch lever for selectively locking and unlocking a movable structural element, a first biasing spring for bringing the latch lever in position to lock the movable structural element. The manipulatable unit includes a movable member connected through a latch cable to the latch lever and movable between projected and retracted position, and an actuator operable to permit the movable member to move from the retracted position towards the projected position to bringing the latch lever against the first biasing spring in position to unlock the movable structural element when an external pushing force is applied thereto, but to block the movement of the movable member in the retracted position during the absence of the external pushing force. This movable member is normally biased to assume the projected position by a second biasing spring.

Abstract: A drilling apparatus includes a drilling rod, a feed motor for advancing and retreating the rod in relation to an object to be drilled, and a control system for controlling the movement of the rod. The control system includes a pulse generator for producing one long duration pulse upon completion of each rotation of the drilling rod, an oscillator for producing high frequency pulses, a counter for counting the number of high frequency pulses during the long duration pulse, and a control circuit for controlling the feed motor in response to the counted number of pulses, the control system operating so that the counted number of high frequency pulses equals a predetermined number during the period of the long duration pulse.The control system is arranged to increase the advancing force of the drilling rod when its rotational speed increases (i.e.

Abstract: For a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having at least two sets of engine cylinders, a fuel intake system comprises at least first and second intake passages communicated to the engine cylinders of the respective sets and through which respective primary combustible mixtures are supplied into the engine cylinders of the sets. First and second connecting passages are provided for communication between the first and second intake passage at respective positions downstream of throttle valves in the intake passages. The first connecting passage has an intermediate portion communicated to an idle and low-speed fuel circuit for distributing uniformly an idling mixture into the first and second intake passages and has an effective cross sectional surface area smaller than that of the second connecting passage.

Abstract: Engine fuel control system includes a slow fuel passage for providing a supply of fuel mostly under a light load engine operation. A solenoid type shut-off valve is provided in the slow fuel passage so that the fuel supply is cut-off during deceleration. The valve is opened when the engine speed is decreased to a certain value to recover the fuel supply. The engine speed under which the fuel supply is recovered is lower when the vehicle brake is actuated than that when the brake is not actuated.

Abstract: A data input device for effecting the entry of numerical values into a data processing device includes a data key which is tapped for a number of times corresponding to the number appearing in each digit of the numerical value, a counter for counting the number of taps applied on the data key and for generating a signal indicative of the counted number, a shift key and a shift register for successively memorizing the generated signal from the counter means upon manipulation of the shift key.

Abstract: In an automobile windshield structure in which a windshield glass is adhesively attached to a body frame, a clip device for installing a moulding along the peripheral edge portion of the glass comprises first and second lip members. The first clip member is adapted to be attached to the peripheral edge of the glass and has guide channels for slidably receiving cooperating slide portions in the second clip member. The first clip member has a retaining pawl which is adapted to engage with indentations on the second clip member so that the second clip member is prevented from moving in one direction with respect to the first clip member but movable in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle having a vehicle chassis comprises a wheel carrier having a journal for the support of a wheel for rotation independently of the wheel carrier, and first and second arms for supporting the wheel carrier to the vehicle chassis and extending in spaced relation to each other with the space therebetween gradually increasing as they extend outwardly from the wheel carrier towards the vehicle chassis. The wheel suspension further comprises a connecting member for elastically connecting the wheel carrier to the vehicle chassis for the displacement in a direction generally perpendicular to the widthwise direction of the vehicle chassis, and a shock absorber for absorbing vibration of the wheel carrier. The journal extends outwardly from the wheel carrier at a position spaced a smaller distance from the joint of the first arm to the wheel carrier than from the joint of the second arm to the wheel carrier.

Abstract: A driving mechanism for selectively disposing retractable lamps of a motor vehicle pivotally connected to a body at a portion thereof, either in a housing or in an exposed position, which mechanism has a first paired link-rod to be driven by a motor, and a second paired link-rod pivotally interconnecting the first paired link-rod and the retractable lamp, with one end of the second link being pivotally connected to the body, wherein respective apparent longitudinal axes of the first and the second paired link-rod are arranged to be aligned when the retractable lamp is brought into the exposed position thereof. Additionally, an axis passing through one end of the second link pivotally connected to the body and a pivot joint at which the first rod is pivotally connected with the second link, and the apparent longitudinal axis of the first paired link-rod are further arranged to meet each other at right angles.

Abstract: An automobile rear window structure for closing a rear window opening formed in an automobile body, the opening having front and rear edges and opposite sides. The window closing structure includes a pair of rear pillars extending along both sides of the rear window opening and having trough sections formed therein. Transparent material closing the rear opening includes a rear section and a pair of side sections positioned on opposite sides of the rear section. The side sections have transverse curvatures which are contiguous with a transverse curvature of the rear section. The rear section is formed separately from the side sections and is arranged to cover the rear window opening and has an upper end hinged to the body for swinging movement between closed and open positions.

Abstract: A centering arrangement for a drilling machine or the like mounted on a boom or jib on a truck or the like for drilling rock, for example, and in which, for centering the drilling machine, the machine is moved from a reference point on a drilling pattern plane to a reference point on a working plane, and the amount of shifting for achieving the centering is supplied to a unit for adjusting the working distance and direction values for the desired drilling point in the drilling pattern plane to achieve the working distance and direction values of the actual drilling point on the working plane. These are used for moving the boom structure of the drilling machine to the actual drilling point for quick and accurate.

Abstract: A catalytic converter for removing noxious pollutants from exhaust gases particularly emitted from an automobile internal combustion engine comprises a housing having a pair of longitudinally spaced catalyst containers mounted therein between inlet and outlet. The housing is constituted by a top housing shell and a bottom housing shell positioned one above the other with respective flanges of the top and bottom housing shells joined together. Each of the catalyst containers is similarly constituted by an upper retainer plate and a lower retainer plate positioned one above the other with respective flanges of the upper and lower retainer plates joined together. The overlapped flanges of the upper and lower retainer plates for each catalyst container are sandwiched between the flanges of the top and bottom housing.

Abstract: A "hard-top" type automobile body having rear side panel structures formed at front edge portions with seats for rear edges of side doors. A rear pillar extends from each side panel structure to the roof. A longitudinal reinforcement member is provided in the side panel structure to extend from the door edge seat rearwardly to be connected with the rear pillar. The member further extends beyond the rear pillar and has a rear end connected with a transversely extending reinforcement so that the transverse rigidity of the rear side panel is increased at the area of the door edge seat without increasing the cross-section of the longitudinal reinforcement member.

Abstract: Device for mounting a mirror on an automobile panel. The mirror is supported on one end of a stay, the other end of the stay being seated on a seat disc attached to the panel. Beneath the seat disc, there is a support plate which is also attached to the panel. A holding lever is removably connected at one end to the other end of the stay and extends through the seat disc, the support plate and the panel. A coil spring is provided to bias the stay downwards so that the stay is held on the seat disc. The arrangement is such that all parts of the device can be assembled totally from one side of the panel.

Abstract: A drilled hole end adjusting arrangement for a drilling machine or the like mounted on a boom structure in which the positions of the drilling machine are located such that ends of drilled holes are in a predetermined plane by positioning the boom structure in a rectangular coordinate plane established immediately in front of a working face. The depths to which the holes are drilled are caused to be such that the ends are in a plane parallel to the rectangular coordinate plane by supplying numerical instructions to the boom structure so that the positioning is carried out with high accuracy and the controls for the boom structure can be quickly programmed.