Abstract: A control device for a power-driven pump used for a car comprising a d.c. motor, an air pump driven by the d.c. motor and an exhaust device for reburning and purifying exhaust gas from an engine by actuating the air pump, wherein sensors for detecting quantity of air necessary to be fed into the exhaust device to purify the exhaust gas and a variable control device to variably control the revolution speed of the d.c. motor depending on the quantity of air.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the supply of air to a burner used to recombust diesel particulates trapped in a ceramic filter. The inventive control apparatus includes an exhaust bypass line that bypasses the filter, an air supply line leading to a burner associated with the filter, a flow control valve that adjusts the cross-sectional area for the air flow in the air supply line, a relief valve that maintains a constant difference between pressures at points upstream and downstream of the flow control valve, and a control unit that controls the degree of opening of the flow control valve. With the invention, precise control over the flow rate of secondary air is ensured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply system for vehicles having a generator which includes an armature coil for generating three-phase alternating current, a field coil held in opposition to the armature coil, a rectifier for converting an A.C. output of the armature coil into a direct current, and a voltage regulator for setting the generated voltage of the armature coil at a constant value by controlling a current flowing through the field coil, and a first battery which is connected across output terminals of the generator; a starting motor and an electric load connected in parallel with the first battery; and consists of a two-battery power supply system for vehicles comprising a second battery which is connected to an ignition device separately from said first battery, and which is charged by a power source other than said generator.

Abstract: A timepiece operated by solar cells wherein the timepiece includes a base plate defining thereabove a base with a time indicator. Mounted on the base plate is a driver for driving the time indicator. A plurality of circumferentially spaced solar cells are also mounted on the base plate for energizing the driver to drive the time indicator. The solar cells employed are respectively flat-shaped ones, each having a light sensitive surface on its one of two major surfaces, and are spaced circumferentially in a loop within a plane parallel with the base plate. A light guide is mounted on the base plate for transmitting incident light to the light sensitive surface of each solar cell through a deviated or deflected path for the purpose of giving greater design flexibility in the arrangement of the solar cells within a limited space of the timepiece, while retaining maximum light collecting efficiency.

Abstract: A vehicular charging and starting system is improved by providing first and second a.c. generators, rectifiers and voltage regulators, the negative terminal of the first rectifier and the positive terminal of the second rectifier being connected to a neutral or body grounded conductor. A pair of batteries are respectively positively and negatively connected to said neutral or grounded conductor. Protection circuits may be provided for overcurrent protection of the rectifiers or electrical loads, and for preventing the starter motor from rotating at an excessive speed once the engine is started.

Abstract: A time switch driven by an electric clock motor is disclosed. The time switch has a base plate above which a time dial with on and off-trippers are rotatably mounted. Disposed below the base plate are other components including input and output terminals, switch means electrically connected between the terminals, switch activating means for closing and opening the switch means in accordance with the positions of the on- and off-trippers on the rotating time dial, and gear train leading from a rotor of the motor to the time dial. The motor comprises the rotor which is a bipolarized permanent magnet and an electromagnet in the form of a ring interrupted by a gap in which the rotor is located. In the base plate there is formed a generally annular groove for receiving the electromagnet, such that the electromagnet, a constituent of the motor, is received within the thickness of the base plate to reduce the depth required for the motor disposed below the plate.

Abstract: A pump control system has a vacuum pump driven by a DC motor to supply a negative pressure to a container first power and driving transistors which are interconnected to energize the DC motor, second power and driving transistors which are interconnected to turn an alarm lamp on, and a pressure sensor having a set of normally closed contacts which are connected to the first driving transistor and which are connected via a Zener diode to the second driving transistor; the contacts opened by at least a predetermined negative pressure within the container so as to immediately turn the first power transistor off and so as the second power transistor off with a time delay as determined by a parallel combination of a capacitor and a resistor connected to the Zener diode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control for a pumping device in vehicle application in which, upon throwing a power switch (6) and closing a brake actuator switch (8), a second driver transistor (76) is rendered conductive and a first driver transistor (75) non-conductive, thereby rendering a power transistor (71) conductive. The power transistor in the conductive state enables a DC motor (2) to be supplied with a DC voltage from batteries (5). The DC motor drives a pump (1) which in turn feeds a pressure to activate a pressure-operating unit (10). A pressure detecting switch (4) detects the pressure of the pump and particularly provides a pressure detection signal when the pressure reaches a predetermined value. In response to the pressure detection signal the first driver transistor becomes non-conductive and the power transistor becomes conductive, thus supplying the DC voltage to the DC motor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control for a pumping device in a vehicle application in which, upon throwing a power switch (6), a capacitor (85) is charged and a power transistor (81) is rendered conductive thereby supplying a DC voltage from batteries (5) to a DC motor (2). The DC motor drives a pump (1) which in turn feeds pressure to a pressure-operating unit (10) for storage therein. If a given period of time has elapsed after throwing of the power switch, then the voltage charged on the capacitor increases to make a transistor (83) conductive and the power transistor (81) non-conductive. In other words, the DC motor is operated to provide pressure to the pressure-operating unit for only the given period of time after throwing of the power switch. Furthermore, upon closure of a brake actuator switch (4) another transistor (84) becomes conductive and the above transistor (83) becomes non-conductive. This renders the power transistor (81) conductive and supplies the DC voltage to the DC motor.

Abstract: In a diaphragm apparatus, such as a switch having a diaphragm to be driven by a pressure difference between two spaces, an iron disk is fixed to the center of the diaphragm and a ring-shaped permanent magnet is fixed to an inside wall of a case to magnetically attract the iron disk. This provides hysteresis in the force-motion characteristic of the diaphragm to reduce hunting.

Abstract: A diesel particulate filter system for treating the exhaust gas of a diesel engine which is small in size and inexpensive. The system includes a particulate filter connected in a gas line from the engine, a burner, including an ignition plug, connected at a point upstream of the particulate filter and which is supplied with fuel, a primary air flow for atomizing the fuel, and a secondary air flow for burning the particulates trapped in the particular filter and which supplies the particulate filter with a hot burning gas produced by the ignition plug. Primary and secondary pumps supply, respectively, the primary and secondary air flows. A single motor drives both the primary and secondary air pumps. The ignition plug and motor are controlled so that when the amount of particulates trapped in the filter exceeds a preset level, the ignition plug and motor are activated to clean the filter by burning the particulates in the burner.

Abstract: A blade for a pump means of the type comprising a rotor rotatably supported within a housing with its center line being eccentrically disposed with respect thereto and a number of blades each shiftably received in respective radial slots formed in the rotor is disclosed. The base body of the blade is constituted from a solid lubricating material such as graphite and only its axial end surfaces are covered by layers of a synthetic resin which has excellent wear resistance, excellent heat resistance, and a low coefficient of friction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control for pumping devices in vehicle application. Upon closure of a brake actuator switch (4) subsequent to actuation of a power switch (6) a power transistor (81) becomes conductive and a DC voltage from batteries (5) is fed to a DC motor (2). The brake actuator switch when brought into an open position permits supply of the DC voltage to the base of the power transistor through a time constant circuit (85, 86) for a limited period of time, so that the power transistor becomes conductive to supply the DC voltage to the DC motor for that period. The DC motor activates a pump (1) which in turn operates a pressure-operating unit (10).

Abstract: A control device for a vacuum pump apparatus in which a hunting effect is substantially eliminated. A pressure-sensitive switch senses a negative pressure produced by a vacuum pump, the latter being driven by a d.c. motor. The switch has at least three contacts, the positions of which are changed at two different pressures. The output of the switch is compared with a fixed reference value, and the comparison result used to drive the d.c. motor. The d.c. motor is thus provided with hysteretic drive characteristic, thereby maintaining the vacuum pressure between the two predetermined values and eliminating the hunting effect.

Abstract: An alternating current (AC) generator of the type used in vehicular applications and driven by the vehicle engine has a stator winding and a field winding wherein the electrical resistance of the field winding varies as a function of temperature. An exciting current intermittently is allowed to flow through the field winding which induces a current in the stator winding. The output of the stator is rectified and used to charge the vehicle battery. The invention comprises inclusion of field winding current compensation apparatus which varies as a function of temperature to reduce undesired field winding current variations due to temperature which results in improvements of power output and stabilized generator driving torque.

Abstract: A pulley device having a V-groove is formed by friction welding a pair of stamped steel plates together. A metal plate having a melting temperature lower than the steel plates is placed between the plates to melt-bond therewith by friction welding.

Abstract: An electric generator for a vehicle has a rotary generator shaft, a generator rotor mounted on the shaft and having a field winding, a bracket surrounding the generator rotor and having the generator shaft rotatably journalled therein, an inductor fixed to the bracket means and having an energizing coil with a plurality of poles, and an induced member rotatably mounted on the rotary generator shaft and opposed to the inductor with a minute gap therebetween, so as to be coupled to the inductor by an electromagnetic force when the energizing coil receives current from the generator. The generator stator is disposed around the generator rotor and has an armature winding with a number of poles exceeding twice the number of poles of the inductor and for generating an AC output usable for supplying power to a load outside the generator. The energizing coil is connected to the armature winding for receiving a part of the AC output for energizing the energizing coil.

Abstract: An electric generator is improved in its cooling capacity at low speeds by driving the fan at a speed which is a multiple of the generator speed. This is effected by mounting the fan blade on a rotor of a three phase induction motor which is driven by a part of the three phase output of the generator.

Abstract: A vehicular generator with at least one cooling fan, wherein a plurality of blades of the cooling fan are made of a shape memorizing alloy, whereby, especially in medium and high revolution speed operations and low electric loads in which cooling air is not required, the blades are flattened, thereby preventing the rotational efficiency of the generator from falling and reducing noise ascribable to the cooling fan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a charging generator control system comprising a generator which includes a field winding, and an armature winding being in three-phase connection to generate an A.C. output; a rectifier which rectifies the A.C. output from said armature winding of said generator; a battery which is charged with a D.C. output from said rectifier and which can supply an exciting current to said field winding; a separately-exciting power source which generates a D.C.