Abstract: An air-fuel mixture control device 12 controlling a combustible air-fuel mixture to be supplied to a combustion chamber 19 of an engine 11. This device 12 is constructed of an injector 35 used for fuel supply, a fuel pump, a fuel filter, a fuel pressure regulator, and an electronic control unit (ECU) 64, which are united as an assembly with respect to a throttle body 26 including an intake passage 24 and a throttle valve 25. A memory incorporated in the ECU 64 stores a correction value with respect to the fuel injection quantity dispersion preliminarily experimentally determined on an assembly-by-assembly basis. The ECU 64 corrects the fuel injection quantity based on the correction value stored in the memory to control the fuel injection quantity.

Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFT duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition prepared by a wet process, which contains a mixture comprising (a) an epoxy-containing acrylic resin, (b) a polycarboxylic acid compound curing agent, (c) fine crosslinked resin particles and/or (d) a resin that exists in the liquid form at room temperature.

Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFF duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition prepared by a wet process, which contains a mixture comprising (a) an epoxy-containing acrylic resin, (b) a polycarboxylic acid compound curing agent, (c) fine crosslinked resin particles and/or (d) a resin that exists in the liquid form at room temperature.

Abstract: An air-fuel mixture control device 12 controlling a combustible air-fuel mixture to be supplied to a combustion chamber 19 of an engine 11. This device 12 is constructed of an injector 35 used for fuel supply, a fuel pump, a fuel filter, a fuel pressure regulator, and an electronic control unit (ECU) 64, which are united as an assembly with respect to a throttle body 26 including an intake passage 24 and a throttle valve 25. A memory incorporated in the ECU 64 stores a correction value with respect to the fuel injection quantity dispersion preliminarily experimentally determined on an assembly-by-assembly basis. The ECU 64 corrects the fuel injection quantity based on the correction value stored in the memory to control the fuel injection quantity.

Abstract: In a PWM motor driving device, the amount of electric power supplied to a motor is controlled by controlling the ON/OFF duty factor of output transistors connected between a power source and the motor. This motor driving device has phase detecting means for detecting, among a plurality of phases of the motor, the phase which is currently being driven by the output transistors, and saturation preventing means for performing control according to the voltage of the phase detected by the phase detecting means in such a way that the output transistors are not saturated. Thus, the output transistors are controlled so as not to be saturated according to the voltage of, among the plurality of phases of the motor, the phase in which the motor is currently being driven by the output transistors.

Abstract: A reverse osmosis membrane element is provided that can treat a raw liquid throughout a wide raw liquid pressure range from a low pressure to a high pressure, comprising a reverse osmosis membrane, a permeated liquid passage conduit provided on one surface of the reverse osmosis membrane, and arranged to face it, and a water permeable fabric provided between the reverse osmosis membrane and the permeated liquid passage conduit; it is preferable that the water permeable fabric has an average surface roughness of 2-2 &mgr;m, that is has a pure water permeation coefficient of 0.5-5.0 m3/(m2.MPa.min) and that it is a nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: In a motor driving device, an IC chip of a drive circuit for driving a motor is die-bonded to one island of a leadframe, and a diode chip of a protection diode for preventing the drive circuit from being destroyed when supplied power is connected to the IC chip with reverse polarities is die-bonded to another island of the leadframe. The supplied-power pad of the IC chip is wire-bonded to the second island, which serves as the cathode electrode of the diode chip.

Abstract: A sensorless motor driver receives the back electromotive forces appearing in the individual coils provided one for each phase in a brushless motor and the voltage at the node common to all of those coils, and produces square-wave signals including noise. These signals are then subjected to masking by a masking circuit in accordance with a noise masking signal produced by a masking signal producing circuit. In accordance with the thus masked signals, a driving current is supplied to the brushless motor. The driving current varies according to the load on the motor. The masking signal producing circuit monitors the driving current supplied to the motor, and outputs the masking signal in such a way that the length of the masking periods varies according to the driving current.

Abstract: An FRP curved pipe, particularly suitable for an FRP racket, good in resin flowability and deaeration at the time of molding, less in surface defects and excellent in strength can be obtained by a structure comprising an inner layer including a reinforcing fiber and an outer layer including a non-woven fabric having a single fiber diameter of not greater than 20 .mu.m and a weight per unit area of not greater than 100 g/m.sup.2.

Abstract: A document editing apparatus is provided, which can perform a linking process after checking the entire correspondence between sentences in an existing document which are to be copied and portions in a currently edited document in which the sentences are to be inserted, thereby preventing editing errors and improving the editing efficiency.

Abstract: A laser marking system of the present invention is provided with an irradiation position changing device on a laser beam path for changing the irradiation positions of the laser beam corresponding to each marking area when a marking area including a plurality of irradiation marking areas is formed by irradiating the workpiece with the pulse laser beam which has passed a pattern of a mask. The plurality of irradiation marking areas are successively irradiated with the pulse laser beam from an irradiation position to form a marking area. Since the marking area larger than each irradiation marking area can be obtained, the whole laser marking system can be made smaller in size without increasing the output power of the pulse laser generator.

Abstract: A spiral wound gas permeable membrane module having a hollow mandrel with a plurality of holes, at least one envelope-like gas permeable membrane wrapped spirally around the mandrel, at least one feed water spacer positioned on the outer surfaces of the spirally wrapped envelope-like membrane, and at least one permeation side spacer provided in the envelope-like membrane. The module contains a partition block for blocking the flow of a gas flowing in the mandrel in its longitudinal direction and a flow regulating wall directing the flow of the gas introduced into the envelope-like membrane through the holes aligned on one side of the partition block so that the gas travels in the envelope-like membrane in a spirally outer direction, then returns in a spiral inner direction and flows into the mandrel through the holes aligned on the other side of the partition block.

Abstract: A laminated rubber structure having a first layer formed of a first rubber composition including a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride, and hexafluoropropylene, the copolymer having at least one peroxide-crosslinking peroxide unit each bonded to a corresponding one of at least one end thereof, and containing 10 to 50 mole % of the vinylidene fluoride; and a second layer formed of a second rubber composition which includes an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber containing 25 to 45 weight % of acrylonitrile, and a bifunctional crosslinking aid, the second layer contacting the first layer, the first and second layers being chemically bonded to each other by crosslinking caused between the copolymer and the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber owing to the peroxide-crosslinking unit.

Abstract: An electric conductive polyphenylene sulfide resin composition comprising: from 15 to 30% by weight of glass fiber with respect to the weight sum of polyphenylene sulfide resin and glass fiber taken as 100% by weight; and from 20 to 30% by volume of copper alloy fiber with respect to the volume sum of polyphenylene sulfide resin, glass fiber and copper alloy fiber taken as 100% by volume. The electric conductive polyphenylene resin composition is an optium material for enclosures for automobile electronics apparatuses which are disposed outside the passenger room.

Abstract: A reference pattern renewing method includes inputting an input pattern of an utterance of a word, comparing the input pattern with reference patterns stored in a dictionary memory to thereby generate at least a first candidate having the highest degree of similarity and a second candidate having the second highest degree of similarity, and calculating a ratio of the highest degree of similarity to the second highest degree of similarity. The method further includes determining whether or not the ratio is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, calculating, from the input pattern, a renewed reference pattern to be substituted for a corresponding one of the reference patterns when it is determined that the ratio of the highest degree of similarity to the second highest degree of similarity is neither equal to nor less than the predetermined threshold value, and registering the renewed reference pattern in the dictionary memory instead of the corresponding one of the reference patterns.

Abstract: A rubber hose having an outer tube formed of a rubber material, and an inner tube located radially inwardly of the outer tube, the inner tube including an inner layer formed of a first composition containing a fluoro rubber as a major constituent thereof, and an outer layer located radially outwardly of the inner layer, the outer layer of the inner tube being formed of a second composition containing as a major constituent thereof a blend of chlorosulphonated polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride.

Abstract: A rubber hose having an outer rubber tube and an inner rubber tube located radially inwardly of the outer rubber tube, the inner rubber tube including an inner layer and an outer layer located between the inner layer and the outer rubber tube, the inner layer being formed of a first polymer blend of acrylic rubber and fluorine-contained resin, the outer layer being formed of a second polymer blend which is different from the first polymer blend and which contains epichlorohydrin rubber. The rubber hose may further have a reinforcing fiber layer disposed between the outer rubber tube and the outer layer of the inner rubber tube such that the inner and outer rubber tubes and the fiber layer constitute an integral tubular body.

Abstract: In rubber hoses for conveying fuels, the inner tube rubber layer coming into contact with fuels generally comprises two sublayers, namely the inside fluororubber layer coming into direct contact with fuels and the outside layer of an NBR and the like. The fluororubber layer is undesirably subject to degradation due to amine type additives contained in fuels and is poor in adhesion to the outside layer. In accordance with the invention, the contents of vinylidene fluoride, one of the fluororubber constituents, is reduced to 10-50 mole percent and at the same time a monomer capable of causing crosslinking of the fluororubber in the presence of a peroxide is newly added as a component of the fluororubber composition in a specified amount. The results are prevention of the degradation due to amine type additives and improved adhesion to the outside layer.