Abstract: Electrical connector (1) comprising a first contact member (10) having an arcuate contact surface (14a) that engages an electrical wire (3), a second contact member (40) has a connecting portion (50) and a pressing portion (48) that presses a free end (30) of the contact section (14). Insulating housing (60) has a first cavity (62) in which a wire-engaging surface (74) is located, and a second cavity (66) which communicates with the first cavity (62). When the first contact member (10) is inserted into the first cavity (62) and the second contact member (40) is press-fitted in the second cavity (66) in a state in which the electrical wire 3 is disposed between the wire-engaging surface (74) and the contact section (14), the pressing portion (48) presses the free end (30) so that the contact section (14) is caused to make electrical connection with the electrical wire (3).

Abstract: A seat device for mounting on a vehicle-floor including a first engaging member fixed to a front portion of a seat and detachably engaged with a fastening portion of the vehicle-floor, a second engaging member pivoted to the first engaging member and having one end engagable with the fastening portion of the vehicle-floor and the other end being in contact with the vehicle-floor, an urging member for biasing the one end of the second engaging member toward the fastening portion of the vehicle-floor, and a fixing mechanism provided at a rear portion of the seat for engaging or disengaging the seat from the vehicle-floor.

Abstract: A seat reclining mechanism is provided in which engagement of a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion is performed in the vicinity of the center of a pawl in its width direction, without providing a member protruding in the thickness direction of the pawl and without reducing the strength of the pawl. The first engaging portion is an engaging groove which opens toward a side surface of the pawl and extends in a direction intersecting the sliding direction of the pawl at one flat surface side in the thickness direction of the pawl.

Abstract: In a reconfigurable network shared by multiple users, a reservation request is sent from a user who desires to establish a network resource in the network. The request contains indications of a circuit assigned to the user, a network resource desired to be allocated from the resource of the assigned circuit, dates and start and end times of a reservation time span. A reservation system includes an interface connected to the user networks for receiving the request, a first database, a second database for storing resources respectively assigned to the user networks. An admission controller connected to the interface is responsive to a user's request for accessing the first and second databases to verify the availability of the desired resource, and informs the user as to the results of the verification. If the desired resource is available, the data of the request is stored into the first database. As a separate unit, a link control module is provided which is connected to one of the interconnection switches.

Abstract: An electrical connector for interconnecting a flexible printed circuit with a printed circuit board comprises a plug connector and a socket connector. The plug connector includes a plug housing having an end portion of the flexible printed circuit fastened thereon. The socket connector includes a socket housing which defines a cavity open through a top of the socket housing and dimensioned to receive the plug connector therein. A flexible film which carries a plurality of conductors is wrapped around an elastomer, and the elastomer is disposed in the cavity with the conductors arrayed for mating engagement with respective circuit paths on the flexible printed circuit. The flexible film is fastened to a bridge part of the socket housing adjacent to the cavity.

Abstract: A seat device for vehicles which comprises a supporting mechanism provided to a front portion of a seat and for rotatably supporting a seat to a floor of a vehicle body; a fixing mechanism provided with a mounting member supported through a pivotal axis to a rear portion of the seat, a first engaging member supported on the mounting member and engagable with the floor of the vehicle body, and a second engaging member supported on the mounting member and engagable with the seat; and a connecting mechanism having one end thereof connected to the mounting member and the second engaging member and the other end thereof connected to the seat or the supporting mechanism, and for controlling an engaging relation of at least the second engaging member.

Abstract: A seat apparatus includes a lower arm for attachment to a seat-cushion, an upper arm for attachment to a seat-back, a shaft mounted to the upper arm and supported rotatably by the lower arm, a locking mechanism disposed between the lower arm and the upper arm and having a pawl device and a ratchet which are in meshing engagement with each other, and a cam for establishing an engagement between the pawl device and the ratchet when the cam is rotated in one direction and brought into engagement with the pawl device, establishing a disengagement between the pawl device and the ratchet when the cam is rotated in the other direction and disengaged from the pawl device, the cam being mounted on the shaft such that the cam is rotatable with the shaft but movable toward the pawl device when the cam engages with pawl device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle having a seat cushion and a seat back pivotally hinged thereto. A lower arm is secured to the seat cushion, while an upper arm is secured to the seat back. The lower arm and upper arm are rotatably mounted on a rotating shaft. A load sustaining mechanism is provided between the lower arm and the upper arm, and sustains a reaction force which is caused to be applied to the rotating shaft when the locking mechanism restrains the rotation of the upper arm relative to the lower arm. The load sustaining mechanism may comprise an arcuate protruding portion formed on the lower arm, and an arcuate groove formed on the upper arm for receiving the protruding portion.

Abstract: Restoration guide information is set on design of a network in data bases of terminal nodes of a current path. When a failure is detected during operation, establishment of a restoration path is tried by connecting a series of adjacent mergers in accordance with the restoration guides. If connection of adjacent mergers according to the restoration guides is impossible due to a multiple failure, the connection is tried by using associate mergers. When the restoration path is reestablished from an associate merger to the merger, similar processes are repeated. If two or more restoration paths are obtained during progress of restoration, one final restoration path is selected for use in the restoration in accordance with a predetermined reference. Link resources are released except for those connected in the final restoration path.

Abstract: In accordance with the method of the invention, the electromagnetic wave is absorbed by disposing an oriented carbon fiber-containing composition in such a manner that the longitudinal axis of its carbon fiber is aligned with the direction of the electric field of the wave W to be absorbed.

Abstract: A method for coloring inorganic substrates such as glass beads, glass fibers, mineral wool, rock wool, mineral fiber boards and cloths, concrete molded materials, inorganic pigments and metallic powders, which comprises treating the inorganic substrate with (1) a cationic component comprising(a) a water soluble cationic resin or an aqueous solution of a water soluble cationic resin,(b) an aqueous solution of a water soluble cationic resin and a water soluble cationic dye, or(c) an aqueous dispersion of a water soluble cationic resin, a cationic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment and, optionally, a cationic water soluble dye; andWith (2) an anionic component comprising(d) an aqueous solution of a water soluble anionic dye,(e) an anionic dispersing agent or an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent,(f) an aqueous solution of an anionic dispersing agent and a water soluble anionic dye, or(g) an aqueous dispersion of an anionic dispersing agent plus a water insoluble dye or pigment an

Abstract: A thermoplastic traffic paint containing as a pigment, 4,4'-bis[acetoacet-(2",5"-dimethoxy-4"-chloro)anilido-2-azo]-3,3'-dichloro diphenyl.