Abstract: In an arrangement of the present invention, a connecting member is coupled with a belt attached to a saddle, and then a table is arranged on the saddle so that both ends thereof on its underside are connected with both ends of the connecting member. Thus, all the parts are connected with each other without being interfered with by the saddle or the like.

Abstract: A method of reducing the lateral force variation of a tire by grinding one of the shoulders of tire over a semicircle thereof and the other shoulder over a remaining semicircle in accordance with grinding amount and grinding position. In order to derive the grinding amount and grinding position, the lateral force is detected over one revolution of the tire to derive a measured waveform of the lateral force of the tire, the measured waveform is transformed to derive a factor waveform in the causation of the lateral force, while the first-order time lag of the tire is taken into account, and then the grinding amount and grinding position are determined from the thus derived factor waveform in the causation of the lateral force of the tire.

Abstract: A superconducting electron device is disclosed, in which a pair of parallel superconducting channels each having a Josephson junction therein are provided between source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode is provided to apply a voltage to the channels to make potentials at each channels different to each other. The current flow through channels is controlled by the application of a voltage to the gate electrode based on electrostatic Aharanov-Bohm effect. The device uses the coherency characteristics of the superconducting material, thus high speed switching operation can be achieved.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus is disclosed, in which the entire or part of an electron active region is formed by a superlattice structure semiconductor layer in which a plurality of different semiconductor layers, less than 8 monolayers, and containing a fraction or a binary compound semiconductor layers are alternately and epitaxially grown and a main current direction is selected to be in the direction perpendicular to the laminae of said superlattice layers.

Abstract: A disk drive system includes a magnetic disk apparatus which accurately positions read/write heads for reading data from and writing data on tracks on the data surface of a rotary disk on a predetermined track on the disk on the basis of servo data written in the servo area formed on the data surface, and a disk controller which controls the mode of operation of the disk apparatus. Index signals respectively indicating the start and end of the servo area are generated on the basis of the result of detection of the angular phase of the disk. The mode of operation of the magnetic disk apparatus is determined on the basis of a write control signal provided by the disk controller. The index signals respectively indicating the start and end of the servo area are sent to the disk controller when the mode of operation is track format write mode, while the index signal indicating the end of the servo area is sent to the disk controller when the mode of operation is other than the track format write mode.

Abstract: In a method of detecting an outer configuration of a side wall surface of an inflated tire, a distance between a sensor and the side wall surface is detected in a non-contact manner to derive a displacement signal, the displacement signal is converted into a digital displacement signal and successive peaks of the digital displacement signal are detected. Heights h.sub.n and distances l.sub.n between successive peak points are derived and areas AS.sub.n and BS.sub.n surrounded by the displacement signal and a rectangle whose corners are coincident with adjacent peak points are derived. The heights h.sub.n, distances l.sub.n are areas AS.sub.n, BS.sub.n are compared with threshold values h.sub.R, l.sub.R and AS.sub.R, BS.sub.R, respectively. When h.sub.n >h.sub.R, l.sub.n <l.sub.R and AS.sub.n >AS.sub.R or BS.sub.n >BS.sub.R, a relevant tire is judged to be inferior.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition having circulation ameliorating effect and antiulcer effect containing a prostaglandin I.sub.2 analogue represented by the formula shown below or a non-toxic salt or a cyclodextrin inclusion compound thereof as the effective ingredient: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 7 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, A represents a pentyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a 1-methyl-3-hexynyl group, a 2-methyl-3-hexynyl group, a 1-methylhexyl group, a 2-phenethyl group, a 1,1-dimethylpentyl group, a 2-methylpentyl group, a 1-cyclohexylethyl group, a 2-methylhexyl group, a 1-methyl-3-pentynyl group or a 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenyl group; the double bond between the carbon atoms at 4- and 5-positions is E or Z or a mixture thereof; the asymmetric center in the substituent represented by A is in the R-configuration or the S-configuration or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: It takes a comparatively long time for a rotor of a stepping motor to be positioned at the next target stop position (target angular position) and stopped there. This time is the settling time. Before the rotor passes through the next target angular position and begins to oscillate, necessary control is provided to reduce the magnitude of the oscillation for the purpose of shortening the settling time. The phase excitation on each winding of the stepping motor is usually changed over successively until the target angular position is reached. When the stepping motor has approached the target angular position, the changeover of phase excitation is gradually conducted. As a result, the magnitude of the above described oscillation is reduced and hence the settling time is shortened.

Abstract: Disclosed are a 2-phenylalkyl-3-aminoalkyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone compound of Formula (1): ##STR1## wherein, X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenoxy group, a benzyloxy group, a halogen atom or a hydroxy group; Y represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a benzyloxy group, a halogen atom or a nitro group; R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a group of Formula (2) ##STR2## [wherein, Z represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogen atom; d is an integer of 1 to 3; and l is an integer of 1 to 5]; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: An inverter for converting DC power to AC power, an oscillation control circuit for stepwise generating a command value concerning the conversion condition of the inverter, and an operation controller which, when the command value from the oscillation control circuit changes, controls the oscillation control circuit to repetitively generate alternate new and old or present command values before and after change of the command value. Particularly, this invention provides an inverter capable of continuing smooth operation even when the control system has a limited resolution.

Abstract: An AC motor such as an induction motor or a synchronous motor is driven by a PWM inverter circuit. Power switching elements of the inverter circuit are ignited by PWM pulses resulting from comparison of a carrier wave signal with a sine wave modulation signal at a frequency proportional to a frequency setting signal so as to control the inverter circuit. A current polarity detector detects positive and negative components of a DC current flowing in the input side of the inverter circuit. The frequency setting signal is so corrected as to be decreased when only the positive current component flows in excess of one period of the carrier wave signal or increased when only the negative current component flows in excess of the one period.

Abstract: A power inverter including a converter unit for rectifying AC power into DC power, an inverter for inverting the DC power into AC power for driving a load apparatus, and a protection apparatus for protecting the load apparatus from being overloaded. The load protecting apparatus comprises current detecting means for detecting a current supplied to the inverter unit from the converter unit, a memory for storing a thermally limited operation time characteristic determined in consideration of cooling effect proper to the load apparatus, and an abnormality detecting circuit for producing an abnormality signal to stop the operation of the inverter unit when an accumulated value calculated on the basis of the current value detected by the current detector at a predetermined sampling interval exceeds the characteristic value previously stored in the memory. The load apparatus can be positively protected from overload notwithstanding variations in the output voltage and the output frequency of the power inverter.

Abstract: In recent years the induction motor speed has come to be controlled by changing the frequency and voltage of the commercial power supply by means of an invertor. The frequency of the commercial power supply, however, differs from country to country and even in the same country differs from region to region. If the motor controller designed for a supply frequency of f.sub.L is operated connected to the supply having a frequency f.sub.H higher than f.sub.L, an overvoltage will result. Conversely, if the motor controller designed for a supply frequency of f.sub.H is connected to the supply with a frequency f.sub.L lower than f.sub.H, then a sufficient torque cannot be obtained. To eliminate the above drawback, the present invention detects the input frequency of the motor controller and selects or calculates control constants in accordance with the detected value so as to enable stable operation even when the input frequency changes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an induction motor, in which an AC power source is connected to the induction motor through a switch and a frequency converter, and the motor speed is controlled by controlling the output frequency and output voltage of the frequency converter. In the starting operation, the induction motor in a free-running state is supplied with an initial voltage in a given frequency which is expected to make the absolute value of the motor current minimum or near minimum, and then the supply voltage is increased gradually from the initial voltage with its frequency being retained at the given voltage. When the output frequency of the frequency converter reaches a predetermined value, the output frequency and voltage thereof are increased gradually with the ratio therebetween being maintained at a given value.