Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting assembled conditions of interior and exterior parts of an automotive vehicle, comprising an inspection table, two supporting bases mounted on the table, a framework supported by the supporting bases, left and right model jigs shaped to correspond to configurations of left and right side-member final assemblies of the vehicle, and bar members for connecting one model jig with the other. When shaping the model jigs, the supporting bases are used as datum references for the shaping and the framework serves as a core in the model jigs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an attachment plug which can be inserted in both grounded and nongrounded power plug sockets with no requirement for an adapter. An earth terminal pin is pivotably connected to a holder for the attachment plug at its mounting end, so that the earth terminal pin is pivotable about the pivotally connected portion, when not in use, to be stored entirely in a storage cavity which is formed in a front surface of a holder.

Abstract: A wheelset steering apparatus and method for the truck of railway vehicles, wherein an axle box rotatably provided on the opposite ends of the wheelset is elastically supported in the longitudinal direction as well as in the lateral direction of the truck with respect to a truck frame. Vertical loadings on the truck frame are carried by the axle box. A spring constant in the longitudinal direction of the truck in a state of being elastically supported with respect to the truck frame of the axle box is varied when the vehicle runs. The self-steering property of the wheelset is enhanced, and stability in running on a straight track is secured.

Abstract: In a truck for a railway vehicle having a plurality of wheels-and-axles, an arrangement is provided for permitting each wheel-and-axle an optimal steering operation when the truck runs on a curved track, and to simplify the construction of journal box locator. Each journal box is located and fitted to a truck frame by the journal box locator for locating and fitting the journal box to the truck frame in such a fashion that the orbit of movement of the journal box expands upward with respect to the center axis of the truck, and permits the relative displacement between the journal box and the truck frame by elastic deformation of elastic members.

Abstract: A vibration control apparatus for vehicles to be installed on the vehicle wherein a vehicle body is supported on a truck through springs and damping mechanisms, for suppressing the vibrations of the vehicle body and enhancing the riding quality of the vehicle, comprising a vibration detector which detects the vibration of the vehicle body, a compensator circuit which compensates the detection output of the vibration detector and produces a control output for suppressing the vibration of the vehicle body, a fluid operating mechanism which controls the relative displacement between the vehicle body and the truck and which is connected to the vehicle body on one side and to the truck on the other side, a fluid control device which controls the fluid operating mechanism by the use of the control output produced by the compensator circuit, and damping control means to suppress the damping function of the damping mechanism upon sensing the state under which the vibration of the vehicle body is suppressed by the flu

Abstract: This invention relates to a superior suppressing of vibration in a car body when a vehicle runs on a straight railroad and a curvilinear railroad. The invention is comprised of a fluid pressure-acting mechanism arranged between the car body and the truck along with springs for positively controlling a force acting between the car body and the truck with the supplied pressure fluid, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the car body, and means for determining a displacement generated relatively between the car body and the truck under a steady acceleration acting against the car body.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of constructing a non-reactive high frequency constant resistance unit to be used for measuring parameters of quartz crystal units described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,832,631 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,872,385. First, a non-reactive frequency of a crystal unit A is determined, a radio-frequency current is supplied to the series circuit A+ B composed of said crystal unit A and a circuit B which is adjustable to non-reactiveness, and the circuit B is adjusted so that the phase of the terminal voltage across said series circuit A+B coincides with the phase of the terminal voltage across the circuit B. Next, said crystal unit A is replaced by an element A, whose construction is similar to the said circuit B, and is adjustable to non-reactiveness, and the element A is adjusted so that the phase of the terminal voltage across said series circuit A+B coincides with the phase of the terminal voltage across the circuit B.