Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided to aid a technician or engineer in diagnosing an internal combustion engine. The diagnostic system comprises an electronic control unit that is operatively coupled to a data storage device and to one or more engine sensors. The electronic control unit is configured to collect data from the one or more engine sensors and to store that data in the data storage device. A computer is selectively coupled to the data storage device. The computer program is configured to display specific sets of data stored in the data storage device in various formats.

Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided for aiding a technician or engineer in verifying that a combustion condition sensor provided with an engine is operating properly. The diagnostic system can be used to diagnose the operation of an oxygen sensor included with such an engine. The diagnostic system is configured to sample output voltages of the combustion condition sensor and compare such voltages with predetermined reference voltages.

Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided for aiding a technician or engineer in verifying that a fuel injector in a fuel injected engine is operating properly. The diagnostic system comprises a controller operatively coupled to an actuator for the fuel injector and to a fuel pressure sensor. The controller is configured such that, during a fuel injector test, the controller outputs a signal to the fuel pump so that pressurized fuel is supplied to the fuel injector. After the pressurized fuel is supplied to the fuel injector, the controller outputs a signal to the actuator to operate the fuel injector for a predetermined amount of time. The controller is also configured such that after the predetermined amount of time the fuel pump is turned off.

Abstract: A novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin resin composition with excellent adherence to nonpolar substrates, excellent solubility in solvents, excellent compatibility with other resins, and without tack after painting and drying is obtainable by graft modifying a mixed resin having 40 to 99 parts by weight of polyolefin resin (A) and 1 to 60 parts by weight of ethylenic compound-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (B) that contains 0.1 to 50% by weight of unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, with unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative and/or its anhydride (C), the modified polyolefin resin composition having weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 150 000 and the grafting weight of (C) being 0.1 to 20% by weight.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide-modified polyolefin composition obtainable by heating to react modified polyolefin with weight average molecular weight of not less than 5,000 to not more than 150,000, graft modified so as the content of unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride to become 0.1 to 20 wt. % and polyamide with number average molecular weight of not less than 3,000 to not more than 30,000 at a particular weight ratio. The purpose is to provide a novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin with excellent adherence to polyolefin substrates, with no tack, and also with excellent cohesion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin composition with excellent adherence to polyolefin substrates, with excellent solventresistance, oil resistance and weather resistance, with no tack, and also with excellentcohesion, obtainable by using 0.5 to 15% (by weight) of maleic anhydride and 0.1 to 7.5% (by weight) of styrenic monomer to polypropylene, eyhylene-propylene copolymer or ethylene-propylene-buten copolymer, and by graft polymerizing so as the weight ratio of maleic anhydride to styrenic monomer to become not less than 2 to not more than 5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide-modified polyolefin composition obtainable by heating to react modified polyolefin with weight average molecular weight of not less than 5,000 to not more than 150,000, graft modified so as the content of unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride to become 0.1 to 20 wt. % and polyamide with number average molecular weight of not less than 3,000 to not more than 30,000 at a particular weight ratio. The purpose is to provide a novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin with excellent adherence to polyolefin substrates, with no tack, and also with excellent cohesion.

Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided to aid a technician or engineer in diagnosing an internal combustion engine. The diagnostic system comprises an electronic control unit that is operatively coupled to a data storage device and to one or more engine sensors. The electronic control unit is configured to collect data from the one or more engine sensors and to store that data in the data storage device. A computer is selectively coupled to the data storage device. The computer program is configured to display specific sets of data stored in the data storage device in various formats.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin resin composition with excellent adherence to nonpolar substrates, with excellent solubility into solvent and compatibility with other resins, and with no tack after painting and drying.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes various protective covers for engine components. The outboard motor can include a protective cover for electrical wires which extend around an outer periphery of the engine, so as to protect the wires from being inadvertently dislodged when installing or removing an upper cowling. The outboard motor may also include a protective sleeve extending vertically, and through which wires are arranged to prevent the wires from contacting water which may collect in a lower portion of a powerhead of the outboard motor. Additionally, the outboard motor can also include a protective casing for electrical components including relays, fuses, and associated connectors. The protective casing includes a main storage portion and a substorage portion. The main storage portion includes a lid and is configured to have a watertight seal around only a portion of its outer periphery.

Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided for aiding a technician or engineer in verifying that a combustion condition sensor provided with an engine is operating properly. The diagnostic system can be used to diagnose the operation of an oxygen sensor included with such an engine. The diagnostic system is configured to sample output voltages of the combustion condition sensor and compare such voltages with predetermined reference voltages.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultraviolet-curable cellulosic coating composition comprising cellulose acetate, diepoxy compound and photo cationic polymerization catalyst. The objective is to provide a novel ultraviolet-curable cellulosic coating composition capable of forming a film excellent in the adherence to polar substrate, solvent resistance, gloss and impact resistance.

Abstract: A process for the production of insulator-coated black particles, which comprises the steps of (1-a) dispersing particles of silica or a metal oxide in an alcohol-based solvent consisting mainly of an intermediate alcohol to obtain a dispersion of the above particles, (1-c) forming a titanium oxide coating of TiO2 on the surface of each of the particles whose surfaces have been activated in the above step, to obtain titanium oxide-coated particles, (1-d) calcining the titanium oxide-coated particles obtained in the above step in a reducing and/or nitriding atmosphere and thereby blackening the above titanium oxide coatings to obtain black particles, and (1-e) forming an electrical insulator coating on a surface of each of the black particles obtained in the above step, to obtain insulator-coated black particles; characerized in that the process includes a step of (1-b) adding an alkaline aqueous solution to the dispersion obtained instep (1-a) to activate a surface of each of the particles of a metal oxi

Abstract: A process for the production of insulator-coated black particles, which comprises the steps of(1-a) dispersing particles of silica or a metal oxide in an alcohol-based solvent consisting mainly of an intermediate alcohol to obtain a dispersion of the above particles,(1-c) forming a titanium oxide coating of TiO.sub.2 on the surface of each of the particles whose surfaces have been activated in the above step, to obtain titanium oxide-coated particles,(1-d) calcining the titanium oxide-coated particles obtained in the above step in a reducing and/or nitriding atmosphere and thereby blackening the above titanium oxide coatings to obtain black particles, and(1-e) forming an electrical insulator coating on a surface of each of the black particles obtained in the above step, to obtain insulator-coated black particles; characterized in that the process includes a step of(1-b) adding an alkaline aqueous solution to the dispersion obtained in step (1-a) to activate a surface of each of the particles of a metal oxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked resin-coated silica fine particles each of which has a crosslinked resin coating formed of a structure of a single layer or a plurality of layers formed on the surface of each calcined silica fine particle through a vinyl-containing silane coupling agent, and the crosslinked resin-coated silica fine particles of the present invention have characteristic features in that the peeling of the resin coatings substantially do not occur when they are dispersed in a dispersing medium with ultrasonic vibration, and that they substantially do not move after the formation of a liquid crystal cell and substantially do not affect a liquid crystal itself and its orientation when used as a spacer for a liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous resin composition characterized by comprising 80 to 10 parts by weight of modified polyolefin with weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 100000, modified by copolymerizing polypropylene, polyethylene, copolymer of propylene or ethylene with .alpha.-olefin or degradation products of these under heat or with oxidizing agent, radical-generating agent or the like, with 0.1 to 20% by weight of one kind or not less than two kinds of acid anhydride, carboxylic acid or alcohol with radically polymerizable double bond, and 20 to 90 parts by weight of one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds of acrylic or methacrylic monomers, mixed or dissolved and polymerized in water in the presence of surfactant and polymerization initiator. And, the aqueous resin composition of the invention not only shows excellent adhesion to polyolefin, but also has adherence to other organic substrates and inorganic substrates.