Abstract: A vehicle power transmission device in which an engine 61 equipped with a turbo charger 62 and a fluid coupling 2 with a lockup clutch are combined together, wherein a timing for connecting the lockup clutch 25 is normalized to accomplish a smooth connecting during the low-speed traveling after the start. A lockup clutch control device is equipped with means for detecting the operating condition of the turbo charger 62, and the lockup clutch 25 starts to be connected at a moment before the turbo charger 62 reaches a high output state. The lockup clutch 25 is connected within a short period of time without producing a shock due to connection and the vehicle, thereafter, accelerates smoothly. A rate of change in the revolution of the engine 61 or the pressure in the intake pipe 63 is detected to detect the operating condition of the turbo charger 62.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a disinfection system for a radiation image conversion panel, a radiation image conversion film, and/or a light shielding bag that can be used to wrap such a radiation image conversion film therein including a disinfection unit which applies at least a disinfection treatment to a radiation image conversion panel, and an image reading apparatus including the disinfection system. In the disinfection system for a radiation image conversion panel, preferably the disinfection treatment by the disinfection unit is at least one of a heat treatment, an ultraviolet irradiation treatment, a chemical application treatment or a gas treatment.

Abstract: A training machine 10 is for training the muscles of an upper body of a training person M sitting on a seat unit 50 provided in a machine main body, and is provided with an arm unit 60 disposed in the vicinity of the left and right sides of the seat unit 50, having a specified length and capable of making rotational movements against a specified load. The arm unit 60 has the bottom end thereof rotatably supported about shaft tubes 62 extending in horizontal transverse direction and has such a curved shape that a middle part thereof bulges out forward, and the leading end portions thereof serve as grips 611, 612. An electrical load generating unit 80 is provided to electrically give a load in accordance with an external force exerted to the arm unit 60, and locks the rotation of the arm unit 60 at a position where the portions of the arm unit 60 in the vicinity of the leading ends thereof are substantially horizontally held.

Abstract: An electrically operated chucking apparatus including (a) an electrically operated chuck including at least two movable members movable toward and away from each other, and at least two drive devices which include respective electrically operated actuators operable to move the at least two movable members, respectively, toward and away from each other, and (b) a control device operable to control the at least two drive devices, and wherein the control device includes: a drive control portion operable to control the at least two drive devices such that each of at least one of an actual position and an actual speed of movement of the at least two movable members changes toward a predetermined target value; and a load detecting portion operable to detect a load acting on the at least two movable members during operation of the drive control portion to control the at least two drive device.

Abstract: A projecting direction control system for a vehicle lighting device is provided with height detecting means for detecting variation in the height of a front-wheel or a rear-wheel axle portion, auxiliary detection means for accurately controlling the direction of an optical axis of projection light for a vehicle headlamp in response to vehicle load variation, and light projection control means for controlling the optical axis of light in response to variation in the vehicle posture according to the information obtained by the height detecting means and the auxiliary detection means. When the auxiliary detection means such as a seat sensor becomes in abnormal condition, the direction of the optical axis of light is controlled so as to be tilted downward from the direction of the optical axis of projection light with the auxiliary detection means remaining in a normal condition.

Abstract: A computer system which includes a DMAC that can control a transfer rate when data is transferred within a memory. The computer system is provided with a variable pulse generation unit, connected to a system bus, for generating a pulse signal having a period and a pulse width that are specified by a CPU. In the case of controlling data transfer between the first and second areas within the memory, the DMAC selects the pulse signal generated by the variable pulse generation unit by means of a selector, thereby controlling the data transfer within the memory in accordance with the timing of the pulse signal. By appropriately setting the period of the pulse signal, long-time use of the system bus by the data transfer within the memory can be eliminated. Thus, it is possible to reduce adverse effect of the use of the system bus by the data transfer within the memory on another task that is executed in parallel.

Abstract: An electrically operated chucking apparatus including (a) an electrically operated chuck including at least two movable members movable toward and away from each other, and at least two drive devices which include respective electrically operated actuators operable to move the at least two movable members, respectively, toward and away from each other, and (b) a control device operable to control the at least two drive devices, and wherein the control device includes: a drive control portion operable to control the at least two drive devices such that each of at least one of an actual position and an actual speed of movement of the at least two movable members changes toward a predetermined target value; and a load detecting portion operable to detect a load acting on the at least two movable members during operation of the drive control portion to control the at least two drive device.

Abstract: An electrically operated chucking apparatus including (a) an electrically operated chuck including at least two movable members movable toward and away from each other, and at least two drive devices which include respective electrically operated actuators operable to move the at least two movable members, respectively, toward and away from each other, and (b) a control device operable to control the at least two drive devices, and wherein the control device includes: a drive control portion operable to control the at least two drive devices such that each of at least one of an actual position and an actual speed of movement of the at least two movable members changes toward a predetermined target value; and a load detecting portion operable to detect a load acting on the at least two movable members during operation of the drive control portion to control the at least two drive device.

Abstract: In an automatic leveling apparatus, a motor inclines an optical axis of a headlamp in an up and down direction relative to a vehicle body, a vehicle height sensor detects a change in a height direction of an axle portion of a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle, and an involatile memory records a control constant inherent to the vehicle. CPU determines whether the control constant is recorded to the involatile memory, calculates a pitch angle based on the control constant inherent to the vehicle and a detecting output of the vehicle height sensor, and controls to drive the motor by generating a control signal for canceling the pitch angle. CPU calculates the pitch angle on a condition that the control constant is recorded to the involatile memory, outputs the control signal and stops to output the control signal to the motor otherwise.

Abstract: A gas-turbine engine combustor having a plurality of venturi mixers, each connected to an air supply path that passes air compressed by a compressor and to a supply source of gaseous fuel, which mix the air and the gaseous fuel to produce an air-fuel mixture and supply the air-fuel mixture to a combustion chamber for generating premixed combustion or diffusive combustion such that produced combustion gas is supplied to a turbine through a turbine nozzle to rotates the turbine that outputs its rotation through an output shaft, while driving the compressor by the rotation.

Abstract: A memory control circuit is connected between a CPU and a memory. The memory control circuit comprises an access control circuit for controlling reading/writing access speed between the CPU and the memory. The memory control circuit further comprises a speed measurement circuit for writing predetermined data into a given address of the memory at a first speed when a speed measurement mode is specified. Thereafter the speed measurement circuit reads out the data from the given address of the memory at a second speed hat is different from the first speed. Finally, the speed measurement circuit measures an optimum speed ensuring a normal reading operation.

Abstract: A clock switching circuit has a clock output circuit and clock signal transfer circuits. The output circuit provides a selected clock signal. The transfer circuits receive input clock signals and select signals, and output transfer signals to the output circuit. Each of the transfer circuits includes a transmitting circuit, a generating circuit and a passing circuit. The transmitting circuit is connected to the output circuit, and receives the select signal and provides the received select signal responsive to the selected clock signal. The generating circuit is connected to the transmitting circuit, and provides an internal select signal responsive to the received select signal and the input clock signal. The passing circuit is connected to the generating circuit and the output circuit, and provides the input clock signal to the output circuit responsive to the internal select signal.

Abstract: A method of controlling an ink jet recording apparatus ensures safety in replacing main tanks or the like and at the same time enables stable supply of ink from main tanks to sub-tanks. The apparatus includes a main tank having an information storage section and accommodated in a pressure tank, a sub-tank communicating with an ink jet head for storing ink, a tank-accommodating block for accommodating the main tank, and a control section capable of storing ink information. Valve control is performed in response to respective signals indicative of an ink shortage condition and an ink fill-up condition of the sub-tank, to thereby supply ink to the sub-tank. During operation of the apparatus, in response to a signal indication of opening of a door of the tank-accommodating block, the driving of a pressure source for pressurizing the pressure tank is stopped and the inside of the pressure tank is opened to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A projecting direction control system for a vehicle lighting device is provided with height detecting means for detecting variation in the height of a front-wheel or a rear-wheel axle portion, auxiliary detection means for accurately controlling the direction of an optical axis of projection light for a vehicle headlamp in response to vehicle load variation, and light projection control means for controlling the optical axis of light in response to variation in the vehicle posture according to the information obtained by the height detecting means and the auxiliary detection means. When the auxiliary detection means such as a seat sensor becomes in abnormal condition, the direction of the optical axis of light is controlled so as to be tilted downward from the direction of the optical axis of projection light with the auxiliary detection means remaining in a normal condition.

Abstract: Memory modules in the main memory have a memory device of different storage capacity from one another. BCT (Bank Control Table) has entries for units having the same storage capacity. Each entry stores valid bits each of which indicates whether or not a memory device is allocated to a combination of a relevant unit and a relevant memory module and source addresses to be converted to row addresses of the memory devices. ABPT (Address Bit Position Table) has entries for the memory modules. Each entry of ABPT stores information concerning both the number of bits of row address and the number of bits of column address of a memory device mounted on the relevant memory module. When the main memory is accessed from the processor, number determining portion determines the memory module to be accessed with reference to a line address supplied from the processor and temporally stored in the address register and the contents in the BCT.

Abstract: A clock switching circuit comprises:

Abstract: A gas-turbine engine combustor having a plurality of venturi mixers, each includes an air inlet connecting to an air supply path, a fuel inlet connecting to a supply source of gaseous fuel, and an air-fuel mixture generating passage connecting to the air inlet and the fuel inlet and merges with an air-fuel mixture generating section to produce the air-fuel mixture and a nozzle opened into the combustion chamber at an end of the air-fuel mixture generating passage.

Abstract: A gas-turbine engine combustor having a plurality of venturi mixers, each includes an air inlet connecting to an air supply path, a fuel inlet connecting to a supply source of gaseous fuel, and an air-fuel mixture generating passage connecting to the air inlet and the fuel inlet and merges with an air-fuel mixture generating section to produce the air-fuel mixture and a first nozzle opened into the combustion chamber at an end of the air-fuel mixture generating passage.

Abstract: Embodiments include a semiconductor device having a non-volatile memory transistor, the semiconductor device including a plurality of field effect transistors operated at a plurality of different voltage levels. The semiconductor device has a memory region 4000, and first second and third transistor regions 1000, 2000 and 3000 respectively including field effect transistors that operate at different voltage levels. The memory region 4000 includes a split-gate non-volatile memory transistor 400. The first transistor region 1000 includes a first voltage-type transistor 100 that operates at a first voltage level. The second transistor region 2000 includes a second voltage-type transistor 200 that operates at a to second voltage level. The third transistor region 3000 includes a third voltage-type transistor that operates at a third voltage level. The second voltage-type transistor 200 has a gate insulation layer 22 that is formed from at least two insulation layers 22a and 22b.

Abstract: A gas-turbine engine combustor having a plurality of venturi mixers, each connected to an air supply path that passes air compressed by a compressor and to a supply source of gaseous fuel, which mix the air and the gaseous fuel to produce an air-fuel mixture and supply the air-fuel mixture to a combustion chamber for generating premixed combustion or diffusive combustion such that produced combustion gas is supplied to a turbine through a turbine nozzle to rotates the turbine that outputs its rotation through an output shaft, while driving the compressor by the rotation.