Abstract: This invention provides a gas sensor including a proton-conductive polymer electrolyte layer and a method for measuring gas concentration, that are capable of measuring gas concentration at high accuracy nothwithstanding the presence of water vapor.

Abstract: A hydrogen gas sensor is configured such that an O-ring 21 is disposed within a measurement chamber 11a in order to seal against a first support element 9a and against a proton conduction layer 1. This O-ring 21 assumes the form of a rectangular frame that surrounds a first electrode 3, and a substantially circular cross section, and is elastic, heat resistant, and durable. A first metal plate 23a and a second metal plate 23b are disposed from the outside on opposite support elements 9a and 9b, respectively. The hydrogen gas sensor of the present embodiment has a pair of right-hand and left-hand through-holes 29 formed therein so as to extend along the thickness direction thereof. Bolts 31 are inserted into the corresponding through-holes 29. By fastening the metal plates 23a and 23b from the outside by means of the bolts 31 and nuts 33, the opposite support elements 9a and 9b are fastened, thereby clamping the entire hydrogen sensor in a unitary condition.

Abstract: A hydrogen gas sensor including a first electrode 3 provided on one surface of a proton conduction layer 1; a second electrode 5 provided on the other surface of the proton conduction layer 1 in opposition to the first electrode 3; and these components are supported in a support element including a first support element 9a and a second support element 9b. A conductive, elastic element 23 is disposed between a first lead portion 10a and a first electrode 3 in contact with the first lead portion 10a and the first electrode 3. The conductive, elastic element 23 is an electrically conductive, elastic sheetlike element made of metal, and has a pair of right-hand and left-hand through-holes 25 formed therein at a central portion thereof. The conductive, elastic element 23 is held between the first lead portion 10a and the first electrode 3 while being pressed inward by a first support element 9a.

Abstract: A hydrogen gas sensor is configured such that a first electrode (3) is provided on one surface of a proton conduction layer (1); a second electrode (5) and a reference electrode (7) are provided on the other surface of the proton conduction layer (1) in opposition to the first electrode (3); and these components are supported in a support element (10) consisting of a first support element (8) and a second support element (9). The first support element (8), which partially constitutes the support element (10), has a diffusion controlling portion (19) for establishing communication between an ambient atmosphere and a first recess (11a). The ratio (area ratio) S1/S2 between the first area S1 (the area of the meshed portion in FIG. 1) and the second area S2 (the area of the hatched portion in FIG. 1) is less than 0.35.

Abstract: A hydrogen sensor includes a first electrode 3 and a second electrode 4 provided in contact with a proton conduction layer 2; a gas diffusion controlling portion 6 provided between a measurement gas atmosphere and the first electrode 3; and a support element (1a, 1b) for supporting the proton conduction layer 6, the first electrode 3, the second electrode 4, and the gas diffusion controlling portion 6. Hydrogen contained in a measurement gas introduced via the gas diffusion controlling portion 6 is dissociated, decomposed, or reacted by applying a voltage between the first electrode 3 and the second electrode 4 to thereby generate protons. Hydrogen concentration is obtained on the basis of a limiting current generated as a result of the generated protons being pumped out via the proton conduction layer 2 from the first electrode 3 side of the proton conduction layer to the second electrode 4 side of the proton conduction layer.

Abstract: When obstacles inhibiting the progression of a character being operated on a screen with a controller are encountered, obstacle overcoming actions corresponding to the state of the character may be performed with a simple operation. An obstacle overcoming button is determined beforehand in the program. The character has perimeter ranges corresponding to its own speed. In the event that the obstacle object is a building, a perimeter range is also provided to a wall of the obstacle object, for example, and an obstacle overcoming table corresponding to the overlapping relations of the mutual perimeter ranges is created beforehand. In the event the obstacle overcoming button is operated and the perimeter range of the character and the perimeter range of the wall overlap, an action of jumping over the obstacle object, for example, is automatically invoked.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising a luggage space being divided into a upper luggage space and a lower luggage space, a openable/closable door being provided to the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space respectively, and the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of opening/closing the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space integrally so that the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space may be opened/closed at the same time, or a mode of, opening/closing the door independently so that the upper luggage space and/or the lower luggage space may be opened/closed, whereby it becomes possible to selectively adopt an independent luggage space separated from the compartment (such a luggage space as a sedan-type vehicle has) or a large luggage space in which large luggage can be loaded and unloaded easily

Abstract: An air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle having a sunroof, a sunshade comprising a number of louvers and installed in a ceiling opening located below the sunroof, and a roof air path formed between the sunroof and sunshade so as to be in communication with an air path of the air conditioning system blows cold air into a passenger compartment through the sunshade via the roof air path during cooling operation controlling angles of the louvers of the sunshade, and draws recirculated air from an upper part of the passenger compartment by a sub-blower and direct the recirculated air to a main blower during heating operation.

Abstract: A cup holder has a case fixed to a conveyance, a tray for supporting the bottom of a container, and a pair of left and right holders. The case has an aperture open toward a passenger compartment. The tray is movably supported by the case, and can be pulled out from a storage position in the tray to a usage position, via the aperture. Each holder has an arm with a ring for supporting the side of the container. The arms are linked to the tray so as to be able to rotate horizontally. Each ring has an overlapping part that vertically overlaps with the other ring when the arms approach each other, and a non-overlapping part that does not overlap when the arms approach each other. The vertical-direction width of the overlapping parts is smaller than the width of the non-overlappng parts, thereby reducing the vertical-direction width of the case, making the holder suitable for installation in a conveyance having only limited usable space.

Abstract: A bump forming method comprising a first step of forming a ball (5) at a distal end of a wire (4) which protrudes from a lower end of a capillary (12); a second step of opening a damper (11) which securely holds the wire (4) above the capillary (12) and bringing down the capillary (12) as well as the damper (11), in which an amount of movement of the damper (11) is smaller than that of the capillary (12) by such an amount as to be equivalent to a length of the wire (4) being protruded from the lower end of the capillary (12) in the first step; a third step of forming a bump (21) from the ball (5) by bonding; and a fourth step of separating the wire (4) from the bump (21) by closing the damper (11) and lifting up the damper (11) and the capillary (21) to an initial position of the first step as well as causing a distal end of the wire (4) to protrude from the lower end of the capillary (12) by a predetermined length, whereby a step of drawing out a leading end of the wire (4) from the capillary (12) is elimina

Abstract: An automobile power plant includes an engine with a crankshaft mounted transversely in an engine compartment, a differential disposed behind the engine, and a transmission which is transversely mounted between and below the engine and differential so as to place its input, primary output and counter output shafts in parallel with the crankshaft.

Abstract: A plural-OS run system in which a plurality of operating systems (OSs) capable of operating on machines of different architectures, respectively, are allowed to run on one bare machine under the control of one control program (CP) or one control means. The input/output instruction and input/output interrupt of the operating system capable of running on a machine of the same architecture as that of the bare machine are directly executed on the bare machine without need for translation of the format. The input/output instruction and the input/output interrupt of the operating system adapted to run on a machine of the architecture differing from that of the bare machine are allowed to be directly executed while translating the format.

Abstract: In a computer system having a main storage equipment comprising a plurality of storage equipments, the storage area of each storage equipment is divided in fixed units and an interleave mode is set for each of fixed nuts. When configuration of the main storage equipment is to be changed by disconnection or coupling of storage equipments, necessary data are moved and the interleave mode is changed for all data of the above described fixed unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for relocating a storage such that a physical address area of the storage, which is allocated to an absolute address area, is replaced with a new physical address area. This relocation process is performed with a Floating Address Register for translating an absolute address into a physical address in a hierarchy storage system including a main storage and a store-in cache memory, thereby reducing a stopping time of the main storage during the relocation process. According to the method, data of the area of object physical addresses to be relocated is fetched into a block of the cache memory, and then the new physical addresses of the storage are allocated to the absolute address to which the old physical addresses have been allocated.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus contains plural request stacks for storing the access request; a stack selecting circuit for selecting a request stack by accepting the access requests one after another and for storing the access request; and a priority determining circuit for selecting the access request stored in said request stack in order of priority and makes access to a main storage unit in response to an access request from an input-output processor, instruction processor and the like. When memory access requests are issued continuously from the unit as a source of issuing the same access request to the storage control apparatus, the access request which follows can make access to a cache memory while the previous request is making access to the main storage unit, thereby preventing a reduction in a total throughput.

Abstract: In the case where a steering shaft and an exhaust pipe are arranged in the longitudinal direction of vehicle body across a front axle in the four-wheel-drive motor vehicle of transversely-disposed engine type, such are arranged by utilizing a dead space between a front differential and a directional change gear. This arrangement can meet the required road clearance and other requirements, while preventing interference with differential, etc.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with a transversely-disposed engine wherein a differential gear of a power plant is mounted transversely in the forward position of an engine, and a steering member is disposed in the upper position of an output shaft of the engine as well as in the rearward position of the engine. The advantages obtained in this arrangement are a reduced weight loaded on front wheels, a simplified steering system and a facilitated layout of the steering member. Knuckle arms are provided with long arm portions with which tie rods are connected. These tie rods are connected with the steering member at the center thereof. Accordingly, the tie rods can be long enough while necessary steering angle of the front wheels can be obtained. Thus, the toe angle fluctuation can be restrained and the steering rigidity can be improved.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus having address expansion function for changing over the address width of instructions and operands comprises latch means storing therein an address mode and having contents updated in accordance with the address modes of succedding instructions including an instruction of branch destination for a branch instruction. When an address mode changeover instruction of branch type is executed, fetch of a train of instructions of branch destination in advance is performed in accordance with the address mode stored in the latch means, and operand fetch synchronized to instruction decoding is performed in accordance with the address mode stored in the latch means. Further, there is provided an operand refetch address queue for performing refetch in case operand fetch is not accepted by a memory. Corresponding to each refetch address of the queue, the address mode of that address is fetched from the latch means and stored.

Abstract: A wheel apron reinforcement being coupled with a wheel apron is joined, in the forward position of a suspension tower, with a front side frame extending inside an engine compartment, thereby improving rigidity of the engine compartment without increasing weight of the vehicle body. Further improvement in rigidity of the engine compartment can be achieved by fitting the wheel apron reinforcement to a hinge pillar or a recessed portion of the front side frame.

Abstract: In the conventional virtual computer system, in order to provide the same access method for the host and the guest, there exists a great overhead for the operations to save and to restore the host resource at a change-over between the host and the guest. In the of the invention system, the same access method is provided for the host and the guest and at the same time the overhead is removed. The host resource and the guest resource are separately allocated. There is disposed a mode line indicating whether the present state is associated with the host or the guest. There is also disposed an access controller which operates such that when the mode line indicates the host, the host resource is accessed, and when the guest is indicated, the guest resource is accessed.