Abstract: A vehicle suspension mechanism including a strut assembly connected with a vehicle body at an upper end portion and with a wheel at a lower end portion, a damper axis along which a shaft of the strut assembly is displaced for a damping effect being extended oblique to a kingpin axis about which the wheel is steered so that the shaft means damper shaft is inclined when the wheel is steered to produce a pivotal movement of the kingpin axis around the damper axis. The improvement comprises conversion member provided at the upper end portion of the strut assembly for converting the inclination of the shaft produced during the steering action of the wheel to a displacement in a transverse direction of the vehicle at the upper end of the strut assembly so that a negative camber angle change is produced in the wheel located outer side of the steering action.

Abstract: This invention provides a silver halide photographic light sensitive material and a light sensitive lithographic printing plate material which are enhanced in sensitivity to semiconductor laser beam and improved in storage stability and printing endurance. The former comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm wherein said emulsion layer contains a water-soluble polymer containing a carboxyl group and having a number-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less and the latter comprises a support and, provided thereon, a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm and a physical development nuclei layer and said emulsion layer contains the above mentioned water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: A method for lithographic printing of paginal publications which comprises applying onto a flexible supporting base two or more lithographic printing plates arranged in the rotational direction of a master cylinder and to form such a structure with front and rear edge portions of the adjacent lithographic printing plates as to prevent penetration of damping solution between the supporting base and the lithographic printing plates, the portion of said structure receiving substantially no ink. This supporting base is mounted on a master cylinder of a printing machine and printing is carried out.

Abstract: A front wheel suspension comprising left and right suspension arm disposed front side frames and steering knuckles of a car body and a stabilizer bar of which outer bar ends bent forth are fastened to outer sides of the left and right suspension arms so as to allow left and right wheel independently to move up and down. The left and right suspension arms are pivoted to gussets each of which is fastened to the side frame member and a reinforcement member so as to form at its rear end a space between the side frame and reinforcement members. The stabilizer bar extends transversely over the upper surface of the gusset through the space.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for deleting images formed on offset printing plates which comprises treating the surface of undesired portion of the images formed by exposure and development with a deletion fluid which contains a ferric complex salt of an organic acid and 0.3 mol/liter or more of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a soluble bromide and a soluble iodide. Preferred ferric complex salt is a ferric complex salt of aminopolycarboxylic acid.

Abstract: In a rear suspension comprising left and right trailing arms which are pivoted on the vehicle body at the front ends for vertical swinging motion by way of rubber bushings, and a torsion beam connecting the trailing arms, nonlinear toe characteristics of the outer rear wheel are obtained by mounting the trailing arms so that the pivotal axes thereof intersect on the front side of the line joining the rubber bushings on the front ends thereof, and selecting the elastic characteristics of the rubber bushings in the direction perpendicular to the pivotal axis of the corresponding trailing arm in the horizontal plane including the pivotal axis.

Abstract: A wheel support rotatably supports a dirigible wheel. An upper wheel-support support member connects an upper portion of the wheel support to the vehicle body, and a lower wheel-support support member connects a lower portion of the wheel support to the vehicle body. The upper and lower wheel-support support members are arranged to respectively define upper and lower pivot points which define an imaginary kingpin axis. At least one of the upper and lower wheel-support support members is formed of a pair of separate link members one end of each of which is pivoted on the vehicle body at different portions of the vehicle body and the other end of each of which is rotatably connected to the wheel support at different portions of the wheel support.

Abstract: An automotive suspension comprises a wheel support for rotatably supporting a rear wheel, a pair of front and rear lateral link systems for supporting the wheel support on the vehicle body so that it is swingable on the vertical and longitudinal directions of the vehicle body and producing a toe-in movement in the rear wheel when the rear wheel is subjected to rearward force, and a trailing link system for supporting resiliently either one of the wheel support and the connecting portion of the lateral links with the wheel support to the vehicle body so that the wheel support is allowed to travel a short distance in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. At least one of said front and lateral link systems is set to exhibit a non-linear deformation characteristic with respect to lateral force acting on the rear wheel. The trailing link system is set to exhibit a non-linear deformation characteristic which has a given relation with said non-linear deformation characteristic of said lateral link system.

Abstract: A rear wheels steering apparatus for vehicles including a left rear wheel steering device capable of shifting a left rear wheel in a toe-in direction, a right rear wheel steering device capable of shifting a right wheel in a toe-in direction, a steering operation detecting device for detecting a steering stage of the front wheels of the vehicle and a toe control device for actuating one of the left and right rear wheel steering devices to shift one of the left and right rear wheels in a toe-in direction at an initial steering stage of the front wheels in accordance with a detected signal of the steering operation detecting device and actuating at least the other of the left and right rear wheel steering devices to shift the other of the left and right rear wheels in a toe-in direction at a later steering stage of the front wheels in accordance with a detected signal of the steering operation detecting device.

Abstract: Lithographic printing plates which have such a high sensitivity as permitting use of semiconductor laser beam of low output, a high resolving power and a high printing endurance and are free from occurrence of scumming are made by a method which comprises imagewise exposing a light sensitive material which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on the support, said emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains which contain at least silver bromide and containing at least one sensitizing dye having a maximum spectral sensitivity in the region of longer than 700 .mu.m and then developing the exposed light sensitive material with a silver complex diffusion transfer developer containing at least a thiocyanate. Further improvement can be obtained by providing an antihalation means to keep the reflectance of a light of longer than 700 .mu.m at 13-40%.

Abstract: In a rear suspension comprising left and right wheel supports for supporting left and right rear wheels for rotation, a cross member connected to the wheel supports at opposite ends, left and right trailing arms which are connected to the cross member at the rear ends and to the vehicle body at the front ends by way of elastic members for vertical swinging motion and longitudinal displacement and a lateral rod which is connected to the cross member at one end by way of an elastic member and to the vehicle body at the other end by way of an elastic member, nonlinear toe characteristics of the outer rear wheel are obtained by selecting the positions of the junctions of the trailing arms to the vehicle body and the cross member, the position of the lateral rod, and the elastic characteristics of the elastic members.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system having a suspension member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body for controlling the longitudinal displacement of a wheel, which comprises a shock absorbing means inclined forward or rearward and a resilient means for defining the resilient characteristics of the suspension member in the longitudinal direction. The resilient characteristics are determined to exhibit soft resilience in the direction of a horizontal component of a reaction force exerted from the inclined shock absorbing means and to exhibit hard resilience in the opposite direction to the horizontal component. According to the present invention, the horizontal component of the reaction force is largely absorbed by the resilient means. Hence, shock due to the horizontal component can be avoided and the riding qualities of the vehicle can be improved. In addition, the movement in the opposite direction to the horizontal component of the reaction force is suppressed by the resilient means.

Abstract: A vehicle rear suspension system including a wheel hub supporting a rear wheel for rotation, a front lateral link extending transversely and connected through a front inner rubber bush with the vehicle body and through a front outer rubber bush with the wheel hub, a rear lateral link extending transversely and connected through a rear inner rubber bush with the vehicle body and through a rear outer rubber bush with the wheel hub.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for lithographic printing ink improved in flow, drying and interfacial properties. This additive contains a compound having an alkylene oxide unit and of a HLB value of 3 to 13. Further improvement can be attained by the use of additive which contains a combination of at least one compound having an alkylene oxide unit and a hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and at least one compound having an alkylene oxide unit and a hydrocarbon radical of 9 or more carbon atoms, the average HLB value of said combination being 3 to 13.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system including a wheel hub on which a wheel is rotatably mounted, a pair of lateral link substantially transversely extending and disposed in a spaced relationship with each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the lateral link being pivotally connected to the vehicle body at the inner end and to the wheel hub at the outer end thereof so that the wheel hub can be swingably moved in the vertical direction relative to the vehicle body, in which at least one of the lateral link is divided into an inner and outer link members, the inner link member being connected to the outer link member by a connector including a precompressed resilient member constituted to be deflected in the axial direction of the lateral links when the compressive force is applied to the resilient member beyond the precompressed force so as to reduce the length of the lateral link member.

Abstract: Use of an ink composition containing an organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrophilic group can bring about such a lithographic printing using a dampening solution as the non-image area is hardly stained, the image area is given a sufficient density, emulsification hardly occurs and tolerance for change of printing conditions is high.

Abstract: A differential gear mounting mechanism including a transversely extending sub-frame which carries the differential gear assembly through a bracket. The sub-frame is supported by the body at an end portion wherein the vertical reaction force caused by the driving torque is larger than in the other end portion through an oleo type damper and at the other end by a resilient rubber mount. The differential gear assembly is also supported by the body through a resilient rubber mount.

Abstract: Surface treatment of lithographic printing plate which utilizes as ink receptive areas a photographically formed image silver per se or image silver halide per se is carried out in the presence of an organic compound having at least one mercapto or thione group and at least one hydrophilic group in the same molecule and an inorganic water-insoluble fine powder having a particle size of 0.1.mu. or less after imagewise exposure of a silver halide emulsion layer and processing thereof to develop an image, whereby ink receptivity, anti-staining property and printing endurance of the plate can be improved.

Abstract: A liquid composition for treating surface of lithographic printing plates, especially etching liquid and dampening liquid which essentially consists of (a) phosphoric acids, (b) nitric acid or salts thereof and (c) nitrous acid or salts thereof and which has all characteristics required for treating liquids used for offset printing, has excellent ability of rendering the non-image areas oil-unreceptive and has rust resistance for all metals. This composition may additionally contain aminopolycarboxylates, polyol compounds and inorganic fine particles.