Abstract: An exhaust system for discharging exhaust gases through an exhaust passageway, emitted from a multi-cylinder combustion engine mounted on a motor vehicle includes a partition plate formed therein for dividing the exhaust passageway into a plurality of juxtaposed exhaust passages and having a communicating hole defined therein, and an exhaust gas sensor positioned at a location in proximity of the communicating hole for detecting a composition of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: An exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.

Abstract: By using code information, it is possible to easily and accurately direct users to interactive media. The code-issuing server system 10 issues 2-dimensional code information according to a request, an advertiser server system 20 receives the issued 2-dimensional code information and an advertiser server 21 manages the received 2-dimensional code information, a portable telephone 30 having an imaging function that uses a CCD camera photographs the 2-dimensional code information, obtains a Web address that is contained in the photographed 2-dimensional code information and accesses a Web page via the Internet 40 using the obtained Web address, and the advertiser server system 20 supplies information to the portable telephone 30 via the Internet 40 in response to access from the portable telephone 30.

Abstract: An exhaust system for discharging exhaust gases through an exhaust passageway, emitted from a multi-cylinder combustion engine mounted on a motor vehicle includes a partition plate formed therein for dividing the exhaust passageway into a plurality of juxtaposed exhaust passages and having a communicating hole defined therein, and an exhaust gas sensor positioned at a location in proximity of the communicating hole for detecting a composition of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine. The exhaust device includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: An image of intraoral bacteria captured under a phase-contrast microscope and an intraoral image taken with a digital camera are recorded and played back to show the patient those images. The present invention shows improvements in this procedure, such as that (1) the phase-contrast microscope is equipped with a camera of a digital output type, (2) the image of intraoral bacteria and the intraoral image are associated with each other, and (3) at least the intraoral image can be edited.

Abstract: A motorcycle exhaust system includes a catalytic converter (43) disposed within an exhaust passage (37) for discharging exhaust gas (G) from a multi-cylinder combustion engine (E) and operable to purify the exhaust gas (G). An upstream end of the catalytic converter (43) has different regions (S1 and S2) communicated with upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a), respectively, and a downstream end of the catalytic converter (43) is communicated with downstream exhaust passage portions (37b and 37b) in a number equal to or smaller than the number of the upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a). Also, the catalytic converter (43) has a partition wall (43c) extending in a direction of flow of the exhaust gas (G) for allowing the exhaust gas (G) from the upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a) to flow through the catalytic converter (43) without being mixed together.

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A motorcycle exhaust system includes a catalytic converter (43) disposed within an exhaust passage (37) for discharging exhaust gas (G) from a multi-cylinder combustion engine (E) and operable to purify the exhaust gas (G). An upstream end of the catalytic converter (43) has different regions (S1 and S2) communicated with upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a), respectively, and a downstream end of the catalytic converter (43) is communicated with downstream exhaust passage portions (37b and 37b) in a number equal to or smaller than the number of the upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a). Also, the catalytic converter (43) has a partition wall (43c) extending in a direction of flow of the exhaust gas (G) for allowing the exhaust gas (G) from the upstream exhaust passage portions (37a and 37a) to flow through the catalytic converter (43) without being mixed together.

Abstract: A hand-held display apparatus including a body which is gripped by a user's hand, and an interface to output image data. A display is also provided which displays an image received from the interface and vertically inverts the image in response to a vertical inversion signal. The device also includes a plurality of sensors, which are to be manipulated by a user's hand, and are disposed in proximity to the display symmetrically around a horizontal axis in relation to the display section. A processor is also provided which outputs the vertical inversion signal and reverses the functionality of at least one of the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: A user interface for displaying hierarchical data on a hand-held display device including a first-level display for displaying one or more first-level data items in the hierarchical data, and at least one field associated with each first-level data item, each field configured to display a first-level data sub-item associated with the first-level data item or a subordinate data indicator. The presence of the subordinate data indicator in a field indicates that the field has subordinate data associated with the field, the subordinate data being subordinate to the first-level data items in the hierarchical data.

Abstract: A hand-held display apparatus including a display, and a cursor which moves vertically and horizontally on the display to perform selections from a plurality of menu options. A control section is also provided in proximity of the display and is operable to move the cursor in at least a vertical and horizontal direction. The display apparatus also includes a graphical user interface (GUI) having an upper hierarchy menu selected by operation of the control section in one direction, and a lower hierarchy menu selected by operation of the control section in another direction.

Abstract: A hand-held display device including a housing which is gripped by a hand, and a display, supported by the housing, which displays an image. The device also includes a plurality of sensors having a concave surface disposed in proximity to the display section on the housing, which can be activated by a user's digit while holding the device in one hand. A processor is also provided in the housing to generate a signal based on a user's input to the at least one of the plurality of sensors to move a cursor displayed on the display in response to the activation of the at least one sensor.

Abstract: By using code information, it is possible to easily and accurately direct users to interactive media. The code-issuing server system 10 issues 2-dimensional code information according to a request, an advertiser server system 20 receives the issued 2-dimensional code information and an advertiser server 21 manages the received 2-dimensional code information, a portable telephone 30 having an imaging function that uses a CCD camera photographs the 2-dimensional code information, obtains a Web address that is contained in the photographed 2-dimensional code information and accesses a Web page via the Internet 40 using the obtained Web address, and the advertiser server system 20 supplies information to the portable telephone 30 via the Internet 40 in response to access from the portable telephone 30.