Abstract: A power supply system includes a system control unit, an auxiliary power supply, and an auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit are configured such that information of at least one control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit is able to be output to another control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The at least one control unit is configured to output information indicating that an operation of the at least one control unit is stopped to the other control unit when the at least one control unit stops the operation of the at least one control unit.

Abstract: A method for testing presence or absence of a Mycoplasma in a specimen is disclosed. The method includes: culturing a specimen; extracting a nucleic acid from the cultured specimen and performing amplification of the nucleic acid using a primer capable of amplifying a nucleic acid sequence derived from a Mycoplasma, in which the specimen is a biotechnology-related product or a part thereof.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine (1) has a throttle (23) for controlling an intake air amount and performs start-up through cranking. The starter switch (36) detects cranking initiation, and the crank angle sensor (33, 34) detects the number of revolutions of the engine. The controller (31) drives the throttle (23) in a closed position along with the cranking initiation. The controller (31) can obtain both the intake negative pressure for promoting vaporization of fuel and the intake air amount necessary to maintain the idle rotation speed by counting the number of strokes or the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine (1) from the cranking initiation and opening the throttle (23) from the closed position as the count number reaches a predetermined number.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine (1) has a throttle (23) for controlling an intake air amount and performs start-up through cranking. As the cranking is initiated, an atmospheric pressure is detected and an initial opening is set accordingly. The controller (31) controls the throttle (23) to the initial opening when the cranking is initiated, and controls the throttle to start to increase the throttle opening from the initial opening at a predetermined timing after the cranking initiation. By setting the initial opening based on one or both of the atmospheric pressure and the temperature at the time of cranking initiation, the intake negative pressure and the intake air amount are optimized.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine (1) has a throttle (23) for controlling an intake air amount and performs start-up through cranking. As the cranking is initiated, an atmospheric pressure is detected and an initial opening is set accordingly. The controller (31) controls the throttle (23) to the initial opening when the cranking is initiated, and controls the throttle to start to increase the throttle opening from the initial opening at a predetermined timing after the cranking initiation. By setting the initial opening based on one or both of the atmospheric pressure and the temperature at the time of cranking initiation, the intake negative pressure and the intake air amount are optimized.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine (1) has a throttle (23) for controlling an intake air amount and performs start-up through cranking. The starter switch (36) detects cranking initiation, and the crank angle sensor (33, 34) detects the number of revolutions of the engine. The controller (31) drives the throttle (23) in a closed position along with the cranking initiation. The controller (31) can obtain both the intake negative pressure for promoting vaporization of fuel and the intake air amount necessary to maintain the idle rotation speed by counting the number of strokes or the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine (1) from the cranking initiation and opening the throttle (23) from the closed position as the count number reaches a predetermined number.

Abstract: An engine start control apparatus includes an intake air amount control device for controlling an amount of air supplied to a combustion chamber, a fuel supply device for injecting fuel to be fed into the combustion chamber, and an igniting device for igniting the fuel.

Abstract: A lower member of a radiator core support includes a front end module formed so as to protrude forward, so that a protruding portion of the lower member is used as an impact absorbing frame member. A lower end portion of a bumper face may be superimposed fixedly on a lower surface of the protruding portion. A lower impact absorbing portion may be made of foamed resin and may be accommodated in the interior of a lower protruding portion, and this lower impact absorbing portion may be fixedly provided at a front end surface of the protruding portion.

Abstract: An engine start control apparatus includes an intake air amount control device for controlling an amount of air supplied to a combustion chamber, a fuel supply device for injecting fuel to be fed into the combustion chamber, and an igniting device for igniting the fuel.

Abstract: A front portion of an under cover fastened to a cross member extends to the front, so that the extension is formed as a mounting bracket for a bumper face. A lower impact absorbing member is integrally formed on the bracket which lower impact absorbing member has a rib provided to erect from the bracket in such a manner as to be opposed to an inner vertical surface of a lower protruding portion of the bumper face and a plurality of beads disposed behind the rib for transmitting an impact from the rib to the cross member, to thereby provide a bumper structure with appropriate impact absorbing function at a lower portion thereof, with a simple structure and without increasing the number of components.

Abstract: A bumper structure extending over a width of a vehicle body is disclosed. The bumper structure includes a bumper face attached to the vehicle body, and upper and lower shock absorbers interposed between the vehicle body and the bumper face so as to have the lower shock absorber below the upper shock absorber. Crash stroke of the upper shock absorber is larger than that of the lower shock absorber. This bumper structure prevents a pedestrian from being damaged when the vehicle contacts the pedestrian, by generating an upward rotational force applied to the pedestrian.

Abstract: A lower member of a radiator core support 15 constituting a front end module is formed so as to protrude forward, so that a protruding portion of the lower member is used as an impact absorbing frame member. According to a first embodiment, a lower end portion of a bumper face is superimposed fixedly on a lower surface of the protruding portion. According to a second embodiment, a lower impact absorbing portion made of foamed resin is accommodated in the interior of a lower protruding portion, and this lower impact absorbing portion is fixedly provided at a front end surface of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A front portion of an under cover fastened to a cross member extends to the front, so that the extension is formed as a mounting bracket for a bumper face. A lower impact absorbing member is integrally formed on the bracket which lower impact absorbing member has a rib provided to erect from the bracket in such a manner as to be opposed to an inner vertical surface of a lower protruding portion of the bumper face and a plurality of beads disposed behind the rib for transmitting an impact from the rib to the cross member, to thereby provide a bumper structure with appropriate impact absorbing function at a lower portion thereof, with a simple structure and without increasing the number of components.

Abstract: In a structure of mounting a fuel injection valve, an annular connecting groove 12 is defined in an outer peripheral surface of an intermediate portion of a fuel injection valve I which has a fuel inlet portion 6 inserted in a fuel supply port 16 in a fuel distribution pipe D, and a connecting flange 17 is formed in the fuel supply port 16 and aligned axially with the connecting groove 12. A collar portion 22 and a locking groove 21 are engaged with the connecting groove 12 and the connecting flange 17, respectively, and are provided in a connecting member 20 for resiliently clamping the fuel injection valve I and the fuel supply port 16 from opposite outsides. A positioning bore 18 is provided in the connecting flange 17, and a positioning projection 13 is formed on the fuel injection valve I to be brought into engagement in the positioning bore 18 simultaneously with the insertion of the fuel inlet portion 6 into the fuel supply port 16.

Abstract: In a structure of mounting a fuel injection valve, an annular connecting groove 12 is defined in an outer peripheral surface of an intermediate portion of a fuel injection valve I which has a fuel inlet portion 6 inserted in a fuel supply port 16 in a fuel distribution pipe D, and a connecting flange 17 is formed in the fuel supply port 16 and aligned axially with the connecting groove 12. A collar portion 22 and a locking groove 21 are engaged with the connecting groove 12 and the connecting flange 17, respectively, and are provided in a connecting member 20 for resiliently clamping the fuel injection valve I and the fuel supply port 16 from opposite outsides. A positioning bore 18 is provided in the connecting flange 17, and a positioning projection 13 is formed on the fuel injection valve I to be brought into engagement in the positioning bore 18 simultaneously with the insertion of the fuel inlet portion 6 into the fuel supply port 16.

Abstract: In optical path signal termination equipment which converts between an SDH signal transmitted at the electrical level and an optical path signal transmitted at the optical level, an optical path supervisory signal is inserted in the optical path signal without increasing the signal length. This is accomplished by utilizing the SDH section supervisory signal area contained in the SDH signal as the area for the optical path supervisory signal in the optical path signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are (1) a method for preparing an aromatic secondary amino compound which comprises reacting an N-cyclohexylideneamino compound in the presence of a hydrogen moving catalyst and a hydrogen acceptor by the use of a sulfur-free polar solvent and/or a cocatalyst, and(2) a method for preparing an aromatic secondary amino compound which comprises reacting cyclohexanone or a nucleus-substituted cyclohexanone, an amine and a nitro compound corresponding to the amine in a sulfur-free polar solvent in the presence of a hydrogen moving catalyst, a cocatalyst being added or not added. In a further aspect, a method is provided for the preparation of aminodiphenylamine by reacting phenylenediamine and cyclohexanone in the presence of a hydrogen transfer catalyst in a sulfur-free polar solvent while using nitroaniline as a hydrogen acceptor.