Abstract: A door lock device having a key handling lever for rotating a locking arm selectively to a locked and unlocked position. A switch for detecting the locked and unlocked position of the locking arm has a main body member attached to a sub housing of the device. An arm element is pivotably attached to the main body member and is connected to and movable with the locking arm. A first switch contact is formed on a surface of the main body member; and a second switch contact is formed on the arm element. The switch contacts are in engagement when in a locked condition and out of engagement when in an unlocked condition.

Abstract: A door lock assembly having a housing and sub housing configured to fit low in a vehicle door. The housing has a vertically extending groove for discharging water from between the housing and rear edge of the door, a wall for directing water from the interior, a downwardly facing opening for relieving negative pressure, a recess for receiving a weatherstripping clip, and a clamp for securing a wiring harness to the exterior.

Abstract: An automotive door lock device having a pawl mounted on a pawl pin. The pawl pin is mounted at one end to a base of the lock device and is supported intermediate the ends to a sub-base spaced from the base. The pawl pin has an integral flange disposed between the sub-base and the base. A collar is disposed surrounding the pawl pin between the base and the sub-base. The pawl pin is fixed on the sub-base by lift lever 12, collar 19, outer lever 15, and washer 20.

Abstract: A door lock apparatus includes a casing having a lock mechanism disposed therein, an actuating mechanism disposed on the casing to actuate the lock mechanism, and a protective member covering the actuating mechanism. The apparatus is provided with pins for retaining the actuating mechanism on the casing, and engagement portions are provided on the pins and the casing, respectively. The protective member is provided with retaining portions which are engageable with the engagement portions, respectively, so that the engagement portions and the retaining portions are fitted with each other to rigidly secure the protective member to the casing. Accordingly it is possible to mount the protective member firmly and easily. Since the protective member can be molded from a resin material, it is possible to lower the production cost and reduce the overall weight of the product. In addition, since there is no need for special means such as rivets, it is possible to mount the protective member at a reduced cost.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus is comprised of an electrically operated motor having a shaft which is rotatable in one or the other direction, a worm-gear provided at an outer periphery thereof with a geared portion at which an angle of load is established at a set value so as to be larger than an angle of friction and fixedly mounted on the shaft of the motor, a worm-wheel provided at an outer periphery thereof with a geared portion which is in mesh engagement with the geared portion of the worm-gear, and a lever operatively connected to the worm-wheel for transmitting the rotational torque therefrom to a driven member. Since an angle of load is set so as to be larger than an angle of friction in the worm-gear, the rotational torque may be transmitted between the worm-gear and the worm-wheel. So, flexibility in mechanical design is increased.

Abstract: A door lock assembly includes a door lock operating unit having a locking arm, and an actuator for driving the locking arm to a locked position and unlocked position. The actuator has an operating lever which rocks together with the locking arm, a neutral position restoration level which, when in a neutral position, is in a state non-engagable with the operating lever and, when displaced from the neutral position, drives the operating lever to the locked position and unlocked position, an output member which makes contact with and separates form the neutral position restoration lever for driving the neutral position restoration lever to the locked position and unlocked position, and a motor for driving the output member.

Abstract: A door lock for an automotive vehicle includes a door lock striker fixedly secured to the vehicle body, a base provided on the vehicle door, a latch freely rotatably supported on the base by a pin and adapted to engage and disengage the striker, a silencer provided on the latch, and arcuate projections provided on the silencer and base and having the pin at the center thereof, the arcuate projections being brought into overlapping relation with each other so as to force the latch away from the base when the door is fully closed. Further, the latch is integrally molded to include a resilient projection at a portion where the striker and the latch engage each other, the projection being located near a position occupied by the striker when the door is fully closed, whereby a resilient press-fitted relation is established between the striker and the latch to eliminate abnormal sounds caused by looseness of the latch in the thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of separating globin comprising separating hemoglobin from blood of an edible animal, forming an aqueous solution containing 0.5 to 5% of hemoglobin, adding an acid to the aqueous solution to adjust the pH value to 2.0 to 2.2 and the ionic strength to 0.005 to 0.015, bringing the aqueous solution into contact with carboxymethyl cellulose equilibrated with an acidic liquid having a pH value of 2.0 to 2.2 and an ionic strength of 0.005 to 0.015 and then dissolving out globin from the carboxymethyl cellulose with an acidic liquid. The so-obtained dry product of globin is substantially free of haem and it has been found that this dry product is suitable as a protein material for use in processing of foods.

Abstract: A gas sensing device comprises a gas sensing element comprising a gas-sensitive resistive film formed of an aggregate of ultrafine particles of a suitable material deposited on the surface of a substrate of an electrical insulator formed with electrodes. In a method of manufacturing such a gas sensing device, a gas-sensitive material is evaporated in a gas atmosphere to provide the gas-sensitive resistive film of ultrafine particles of the material.

Abstract: A method of making a thin film by vapor depositing a source material onto a substrate, in which a mask plate is provided between the source material and the substrate at a location such that d<5l in which d denotes the distance between the mask plate and the substrate and l denotes the mean free path of the evaporated particles, or s<l in which s denotes the distance between the mask plate and the source material. The mask plate moves relative to the substrate and/or the source material during the deposition. Configuration of the mask plate is designed so as to equalize deposition rates through the above-mentioned movement.

Abstract: A red emission fluorescent display device employing improved SnO.sub.2 :Eu phosphor as a low-energy-electron excitation phosphor. The phosphor is manufactured by the following steps:To a starting material selected from the group consisting of at least one of metallic tin, stannous and stannic halide and stannous sulfate, europium oxide is added in the amount of 5.times.10.sup.-2 to 10 atomic % europium to tin. The mixture is heated and stirred with nitric acid until it becomes dry due to evaporation of the solvent water and unreacted nitric acid, thereby forming a mixed powder of metastannic acid and europium. Then the powder is subjected to heat treatment, causing the metastannic acid to thermally decompose and the europium to diffuse into the stannic oxide matrix.The device exhibts remarkably high luminescence intensity and it is possible to achieve the intensity of 26f.L or more under the E.sub.b of 10 V and the I.sub.b of 1.5 mA/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: A red emission fluorescent display device employing improved SnO.sub.2 :Eu phosphor as a low-energy-electron excitation phosphor. The phosphor is manufactured by the following steps:An aqueous solution of a mixture of europium and at least one material selected from stannous halides and stannous sulfate is prepared. The amount of europium ion is adjusted so that the ratio thereof to tin ions ranges between 5.times.10.sup.-2 and 10 atomic %. The solution is poured into and mixed with a hot aqueous solution including oxalic ions, while the mixed solution is being stirred, to form oxalate coprecipitates of tin and europium. After being dryed the coprecipitate is heated so as to be thermally decomposed and then is subjected to heat treatment at the temperature above that for the thermal decomposition, whereby europium ions are diffused into the stannic oxide matrix.The device exhibits remarkably high luminescence intensity which is satisfactory for practical use.

Abstract: A gas sensing device comprises a gas sensing element comprising a gas-sensitie resistive film formed of an aggregate of ultrafine particles of a suitable material deposited on the surface of a substrate of an electrical insulator formed with electrodes.

Abstract: An ultrasonic rangefinder providing a correct distance measurement and comprising a first transducer for transducing electric signals into ultrasonic waves and transmitting the ultrasonic waves, a second transducer for receiving the ultrasonic waves and transducing the ultrasonic waves into electric signals, a differentiation circuit, and a comparator for comparing a level of a differentiated output signal from the differentiation circuit with an output signal level of the second transducer and detecting a threshold time when the level of the differentiated output signal from the differentiation circuit becomes lower then the output signal level of the second transducer where a threshold signal level of the comparator is automatically varied with respect to a time lapse of the travelling ultrasonic waves coming back to the rangefinder after being reflected by an object, thus overcoming the conventional problems due to the spurious-like direct waves.

Abstract: In a method of making a magnetic gap by depositing a glass layer on a surface of magnetic head core materials by cathodic sputtering of a glass target and cementing a pair of the resulting glass-coated magnetic head core materials, the improvements constituted by monitoring the thickness of the sputtered glass layer by an interference of a light beam guided onto a surface of the magnetic head core materials during the deposition and using a sputtering apparatus having a sample holder beside the target for securing the magnetic core materials and a mask plate for achieving uniform thickness of the sputtered glass layer.The method makes possible production of magnetic heads having excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristics with high accuracy.

Abstract: A high performance, precision thermistor comprising a temperature sensitive resistor in the form of a thin, uniform layer of silicon carbide, deposited on a base support by sputtering, and electrode means attached to the temperature sensitive resistor in electrically connected relation to the temperature sensitive resistor.

Abstract: Flake-like ceramic particles of zinc sulfide phosphor and method of preparing the same including the steps of preparing flake-like particles of basic zinc sulfate crystal doped with activator, sulfurizing in the particles carbon disulfide, and heating the sulfurized particles in hydrogen sulfide. Particularly by steeping said particles in a solution of alkaline earth metal salt prior to or after sulfurizing, grain growth in ceramic particles can be improved.

Abstract: Basic zinc compound flake-like crystalline material suited for use in crystal-oriented electronic devices and method for preparation thereof comprising the steps of preparing a solution including at least zinc ions and sulfate ions, and causing precipitation of zinc sulfate crystals by causing a reaction of components of said solution with alkali when said solution is at a temperature in the range 50.degree. to 100.degree. C. and has a pH value of in the range 4 to 6.5.

Abstract: Piezoelectric ceramic compositions having low dissipation factor, high mechanical quality factor, certain specified electromechanical coupling coefficients and high time stability of resonant resistance, and comprising the ternary system Pb(Sn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 -PbTiO.sub.3 -PbZrO.sub.3 and containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of MnO.sub.2, CoO, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 and NiO in a total quantity equivalent to from 0.1 to 5 weight percent.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrical terminal unit adapted for supporting an electrical circuit element, for example, a moisture responsive resistor or the like and a sensing device employing this terminal unit. The terminal unit makes the influence of the reduction in insulation resistance between the terminals due to adhesion of pollutants to the terminal unit negligible by providing a grounded electrically conductive member or electrode member between the conductive terminal leads extending through a base or substrate of the terminal unit for electrically separating these terminal leads.