Abstract: [Problem] To Provide a fabric-like sensor in which an output signal can be improved when in use and damage or fracture of a sensor element hardly occurs, and a fabric-like sensor device using it. Solution In a fabric-like sensor S having a fabric base material 1 and a line-shaped sensor element 2, at least one line-shaped cavity portion 11 is provided inside the fabric base material 1, and at least a part of the cavity portion 11 is composed of a raw fabric at least a part of the cavity portion has no elasticity in a line direction of the cavity portion 11, and further the line-shaped sensor element 2 is arranged in a state of not being substantially constrained or fixed in at least one of cavity portions in a fabric 1.

Abstract: A pallet transport system of a machine tool promoting transport of a pallet for workpiece mounting use from a first stand to an adjoining second stand, wherein the first stand has a first mounting part which defines a first mounting surface, the second stand has a second mounting part which defines a second mounting surface, and the pallet has a mounted part attachable to the first and second mounting parts, along a transport direction of the pallet, includes a support mechanism turnably supporting at least one of the first stand, the second stand, and the pallet so that the orientations of a mounted surface defined by the mounted part and the second mounting surface match due to contact force between the mounted part and the second mounting part along with transport of the pallet from the first stand to the second stand along the first mounting surface.

Abstract: A machine tool facility includes the following: machine tools; a first pallet stocker in which a plurality of pallets are arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween; a second pallet stocker in which a plurality of pallets are arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween, and which is disposed in parallel with the first pallet stocker; a conveyance car that conveys a pallet in a direction parallel to the row of the pallets of the first pallet stocker; a first transfer device for transferring the pallet between the first pallet stocker and the conveyance car; and a second transfer device for transferring, by horizontal movement, the pallet between the first pallet stocker and the second pallet stocker.

Abstract: A machine tool facility includes the following: machine tools; a first pallet stocker in which a plurality of pallets are arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween; a second pallet stocker in which a plurality of pallets are arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween, and which is disposed in parallel with the first pallet stocker; a conveyance car that conveys a pallet in a direction parallel to the row of the pallets of the first pallet stocker; a first transfer device for transferring the pallet between the first pallet stocker and the conveyance car; and a second transfer device for transferring, by horizontal movement, the pallet between the first pallet stocker and the second pallet stocker.

Abstract: Machine tool (11) comprises spindle supporting side structure (13) erected on a floor surface for supporting spindle (15) having tool (T) mounted thereon and work supporting side structure (17) erected on the floor surface in opposition to spindle supporting side structure (13) for supporting work (W), and is used to machine the work by relative motion of tool (T) and work (W). An upper end of spindle supporting side structure (13) and an upper end of work supporting side structure (17) are connected to interconnection member (41).

Abstract: A pallet transport system of a machine tool promoting transport of a pallet for workpiece mounting use from a first stand to an adjoining second stand, wherein the first stand has a first mounting part which defines a first mounting surface, the second stand has a second mounting part which defines a second mounting surface, and the pallet has a mounted part attachable to the first and second mounting parts, along a transport direction of the pallet, includes a support mechanism turnably supporting at least one of the first stand, the second stand, and the pallet so that the orientations of a mounted surface defined by the mounted part and the second mounting surface match due to contact force between the mounted part and the second mounting part along with transport of the pallet from the first stand to the second stand along the first mounting surface.

Abstract: Machine tool (11) comprises spindle supporting side structure (13) erected on a floor surface for supporting spindle (15) having tool (T) mounted thereon and work supporting side structure (17) erected on the floor surface in opposition to spindle supporting side structure (13) for supporting work (W), and is used to machine the work by relative motion of tool (T) and work (W). An upper end of spindle supporting side structure (13) and an upper end of work supporting side structure (17) are connected to interconnection member (4).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a composite sheet is disclosed. The composite sheet comprises a film support and transparent solid fine particles fixed thereon. The support has a surface that can be swelled with an aqueous or organic solvent. The process comprises the steps of (1) bringing the support into contact with the solvent to swell the surface of the support, whereby rendering the surface adhesive, (2) bringing the particles into contact with the adhesive surface, whereby fixing a part of the particles onto the surface; and then (3) moving the support in a solvent to remove the particles that are not fixed onto the surface from the support. An apparatus for the preparation of the composite sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: A constant speed running device controls a vehicle speed, which includes a running condition setting member for setting an aimed vehicle speed for at least one of the constant speed control, an acceleration condition and a deceleration condition. The device further includes control member to calculate controlled variables for controlling the vehicle speed in accordance with a deviation between the actual running speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor and the aimed vehicle speed. The running condition setting member sets the aimed vehicle speed to the actual running speed when a predetermined period of time elapses after at least one of operations of the acceleration condition and deceleration condition.

Abstract: A partially crosslinked thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic resin (A) in the presence of a carbon radical inducing agent (B) comprising a charge transfer complex or a combination of a hydrogen donating compound and a hydrogen accepting compound.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by heat-treating a mixture of a thermoplastic resin substantially containing no olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond and an elastomer having an olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, dynamically in the presence of a crosslinking agent, characterized in that as said elastomer there is used at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), 1,2-polybutadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene random copolymer (EPDM), and that as said crosslinking agent there is used a dihydroaromatic compound or a polymer thereof.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition well-balanced in rigidity, resistance to impact and to heat, dimensional stability, flame retardance and moldability, prepared by incorporating an inorganic filler and/or a flame retardant into a thermoplastic resin composition containing a partially crosslinked product obtained by dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic resin and/or a rubbery substance in the presence of at least one crosslinking agent selected from a dihydroaromatic series compound or a polymer thereof, an ether series compound, a tetrahydroaromatic series compound, and a cyclopentane series compound, and also in the presence of a polyfunctional monomer.

Abstract: A composition for injection molding well-balanced in rigidity, impact resistance, appearance of molded products and moldability is obtained by using as an essential component a partially crosslinked product being prepared by dynamically heat-treating:(A) 40-100% by weight of an .alpha.-olefin (co)polymer resin having 2 to 8 carbon atoms;(B) 0-60% by weight of rubbery substance; 0.01-0.07 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of said components (A)+(B), of at least one crosslinking agent selected from:(C) a dihydroaromatic compound or a polymer thereof,(D) an ether family compound,(E) a tetrahydroaromatic compound, and(F) a cyclopentane family compound; and(G) 0.01-7 parts by weight of a polyfuncational monomer based on 100 parts by weight of said components (A)+(B).

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by heat-treating a mixture of a thermoplastic resin substantially containing no olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond and an elastomer having an olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, dynamically in the presence of a crosslinking agent, characterized in that as said elastomer there is used at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), styrene-iosprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), 1,2-polybutadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene random copolymer (EPDM), and that as said crosslinking agent there is used a dihydroaromatic compound or a polymer thereof.

Abstract: An audio speaker configured for simple manual or automatic robotic insertion into an enclosure aperture so that it will be electrically connected to an audio signal transmission medium and retained within the enclosure. The speaker includes a latching mechanism and a pair of coplaner electrically conductive contact pads concentrically oriented and disposed on the back of the speaker. The pads are disposed so as to contact a pair of relatively fixed electrical terminals mounted on the enclosure, independent of any rotational orientation of the speaker.

Abstract: Partially crosslinked, thermoplastic resin compositions prepared by dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic resin, having substantially no carbon-carbon bond unsaturation, in the presence of: a dihydroaromatic compound as a crosslinking agent, said dihydroaromatic compound being selected from the group consisting of a 1,2-dihydroquinoline compound, a polymer thereof and 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene; and a polyfunctional monomer, such as a bismaleimide compound.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio controller, including: fuel injection apparatus to supply an engine with fuel, a quantity of fuel to be delivered by the fuel injection apparatus being controlled by an impressed fuel quantity injection pulse having an injection time width corresponding to a desired fuel quantity; engine status detecting apparatus for detecting a status of at least one of a rotation frequency, intake manifold pressure, and volumetric efficiency operating parameter with respect to an operation of the engine; basic fuel quantity calculating apparatus for calculating a basic fuel quantity according to the status detected by the engine status detecting apparatus; air-fuel ratio sensor apparatus for detecting an air-fuel ratio in an exhaust gas from the engine; proportional integral processing apparatus for integrally processing and calculating an actual fuel quantity according to the output from the air-fuel ratio sensor apparatus; learning apparatus for calculating, using an output from the integral processing

Abstract: An abnormality detecting device for an EGR system comprises an EGR valve disposed in an EGR passage to control a flow rate of exhaust gas recirculated therethrough, a first temperature detecting device disposed in the EGR passage to detect the temperature of the same, a second temperature detecting device disposed in the intake air passage of an internal combustion engine, an operational condition detecting device to output parameters of the engine or the EGR valve as signals indicating operational conditions of the engine, an EGR abnormality determining zone discriminating device adapted to discriminate that the operational conditions are in a predetermined EGR abnormality determining zone in the operable area of the engine or the EGR valve in which recirculation of the exhaust gas is controlled by the EGR valve, and an abnormality determining device to determine abnormality in the EGR system on the basis of a quantitative relation between a value of the EGR abnormality determining temperature which is obtai

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a condition detection device for detecting output information of at least one of the sensors having a predetermined condition which is improbable in practical use, a read only memory having data stored therein which identifies control specifications of the apparatus, and a data read out device for reading out the identifying data as a control signal for an object to be controlled.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system for use in an internal combustion engine is disclosed which comprises a supply unit equipped with a carburetor incorporating an acceleration pump for supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine and at least one duty-controlled solenoid valve adapted to controlling the air-fuel ratio; an operating condition detector for detecting the operating condition of the internal combustion engine; an acceleration controlled-variable decision unit for setting a predetermined acceleration controlled-variable being given to the solenoid valve during different acceleration control times corresponding to the operating condition or different acceleration; and a control variable decision unit for determining the controlled duty of the solenoid valve according to the data from the operating condition detecting unit and when the controlled variable is given by the acceleration controlled-variable decision unit at the time of acceleration, according to the acceleration control variable.