Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, from 20 to 200 parts by weight of a plasticizer, from 10 to 250 parts by weight of a rubber material containing from 20 to 95 wt % of a gel content insoluble in tetrahydrofuran, and from 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of an acrylic resin obtained by copolymerizing from 20 to 50 wt % of methyl methacrylate with from 80 to 50 wt % of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates (other than methyl methacrylate) and styrene.

Abstract: A low noise current collector 20 having excellent controllability and response, and a high speed railway train using such current collectors. The current collector 20 includes an aerodynamically shaped current collector head 22, a driving cylinder 32 to move the current collecting head, a supporting insulator 30, and a cable head 50 supporting a conductor 53 for conducting current from current collecting head 22 to a load. The current collector 20 is controlled by a cylinder 7 for raising and lowering so that the current collector may be contained in a dome 4 when it is in use. A multi-car train has four current collectors, two toward each end, and each current collector has its front side directed toward the center of the train. The two current collectors at the rear of the train are utilized, while the two at the front are contained within their domes 4. Therefore, the train can run in either direction, utilizing the appropriate pair of current collectors.

Abstract: A current collector for a railway trolley vehicle includes a current collecting member having a contact strip, a driving system for moving the current collecting member into and out of contact with a trolley wire, a load cell for detecting force acting between the current collecting member and the driving system, a displacement meter for detecting displacement of the driving system, first and second estimating circuits, and a control circuit. The first estimating circuit provides an estimated value of the contact force between the current collector and the trolley wire by estimating values of first parameters of the contact strip, the current collecting member, and the trolley wire and summing products of each of these values and a corresponding weighting factor.

Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin elastomer composition comprising, as main components, 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, from 10 to 200 parts by weight of an acrylic rubber containing a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble cross-linking component, from 1 to 50 parts by weight of an acrylic resin and from 30 to 300 parts by weight of a plasticizer.

Abstract: A resin composite having a soft resin composition combined to a hard resin, wherein the soft resin composition consists essentially of 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, from 10 to 400 parts by weight of a rubber material containing at least 30 wt % of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble rubber component and from 30 to 300 parts by weight of a plasticizer, and the hard resin consists of a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin, or a mixture of a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin and a vinyl chloride resin in which the chlorinated vinyl chloride resin is in an amount of at least 20 wt %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a current collector for an electrically powered vehicle. The collector includes a current collecting member which collects current from a current supplying body and conducts the current to a load in the vehicle. The current collecting member is coupled to a driving system through a first insulating element. The driving system moves the current collecting member to the current supplying body. A sensor for controlling the driving system is positioned between the driving system and the insulating element.

Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin elastomer composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin mixture comprising from 50 to 95 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin and from 5 to 50 parts by weight of a chlorinated polyethylene; from 20 to 400 parts by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber containing a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble crosslinking component; and from 10 to 300 parts by weight of a plasticizer.

Abstract: A center shaft of a swing lever, connected to a moving contact of a main interrupting unit, is supported by hollow bearings. The center shaft is provided with an engaging portion which is positioned in the hollow space of the hollow bearing and therein connected to a rotating shaft of which the force is partially exerted on a moving contact of a closing resistor device. Therefore, if the gas circuit breaker does not need the closing resistor device, the rotating shaft may be removed. For the gas circuit breaker requiring the closing resistor device, the rotating shaft may be inserted into the hollow bearings. For both cases, the gas circuit breaker is thus able to take the same fundamental construction.