Abstract: A pin and grommet fastener provides high enough fastening strength to resist both longitudinal and transverse detachment forces tending to separate the fastener from workpieces. The pin has a head with depending legs, and the grommet has a shank with slots to receive respective legs passed through holes in a flange of the grommet. The shank has a strong axial column. Pawls on the grommet shank are held against movement inward of the shank by engagement with respective legs of the pin. The fastener can be used to mount a curtain shield airbag on a car body panel, for example.

Abstract: A clip comprises a pin having a flange and a shank and a bush having a flange and a hollow shank into which the pin shank is inserted. The clip is configured so that the pin and bush can be temporarily connected, and the bush shank can be inserted into a mounting hole in a workpiece such as a panel while the pin and bush are temporarily connected. When the pin shank is further inserted into the bush shank, the bush shank expands to fix the clip to the workpiece. The bush flange has a wall extending to about the level of the pin flange when the pin and the bush are temporarily connected so as to shield the pin flange and the pin shank.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a measuring method of making loads of measurement few, making each measured value extremely exact, and efficiently reducing the number of measurement points, in cylindrical dimension measurement, and in particular, the measurement of a circumferential shape. In a measuring method of a shape of a cross-sectional circle which is orthogonal to an axis of a cylinder, the present invention is characterized by having a step of calculating distances between a reference point and points on a circumference on the basis of change of the distances of at least three predetermined points on the circumference of the cross-sectional circle to the reference point set in the cross-sectional circle by the rotation of the cylinder, and specifying the shape of the cross-sectional circle.

Abstract: A fastener device for connecting a first component to a second component comprises a clip having a flange and a shank, and a retaining plate cooperable with the clip to embrace the first component between the flange and the retaining plate when the shank is passed through a hole in the first component and a hole in the retaining plate. When the shank is passed through a hole in the second component, first elastic engagement leaves on the shank engage an edge of that hole. Second elastic engagement leaves on the retaining plate engage portions of the first elastic engagement leaves, and the retaining plate is interposed between the components.

Abstract: A garnish clip comprises a body attachment portion for attachment to a vehicle body and a garnish attachment portion for attachment to a garnish. The garnish attachment portion comprises a plate-shaped base with one end connected to the body attachment portion and a plate-shaped garnish engagement portion connected to the other end of the base by a U-shaped connection. The garnish engagement portion and the base are also connected by a thin breakable connector near the body attachment portion. Ribs on the garnish attachment portion provide rigidity to limit opening of the garnish engagement portion away from the body attachment portion when the airbag deploys and the thin connector breaks due to collision or roll-over forces.

Abstract: A garnish clip comprises a body attachment portion for attachment to a vehicle body and a garnish attachment portion for attachment to a garnish. The garnish attachment portion comprises a plate-shaped base with one end connected to the body attachment portion and a plate-shaped garnish engagement portion connected to the other end of the base by a U-shaped connection. The garnish engagement portion is latched to a head of the body attachment portion. Ribs on the garnish attachment portion provide rigidity to limit opening of the garnish engagement portion away from the head when the airbag deploys and the latch is released by collision or roll-over forces.

Abstract: A plastic cable clamp (1) has a substantially U-shaped clamp portion formed with a pair of clamp arms, and a cover (13) for closing an opening in the clamp portion. The cover pivots on a hinge to close the opening in the clamp portion and is maintained in the closed position by means of an engagement portion (18) thereon. A protrusion (26) is formed at the end of a clamp arm with the hinge, and a recess (27) is formed in the cover to receive the protrusion. The recess includes a first hole (29) extending from one side of the cover toward the other side of the cover, and a second hole (30) adjacent to the first hole and extending from the other side of the cover toward the one side of the cover. One of the walls (31) of the recess is formed by an end surface of the first hole on the other side, and an opposite wall (33) is formed by an end surface of the second hole at the one side.

Abstract: A clip for attaching a curtain-shield airbag to a body panel of a vehicle comprises a bushing and a pin. The bushing has a flange with a leg extending therefrom. A bore extends through the flange and into the leg for receiving the pin. Outer surfaces of the leg have engagement pieces with shoulders for coupling the bushing to edge regions of a body panel hole into which the leg is inserted. The pin and the bushing are capable of being coupled in a provisionally fixed condition or a permanently fixed condition. When the pin is partially inserted into the bore, the engagement pieces are permitted to flex inwardly of the bore, but when the pin is fully inserted, such inward flexing is prevented. The flange has a wall that provides a partition between the main airbag unit and the entrance hole of the bore in the flange.

Abstract: A cable clamp comprises an anchor to be fixed to a workpiece, a clamp portion for clamping a cable, and a flexible protection member for protecting the cable. The anchor and the clamp portion are integrally molded. The clamp portion includes a holder having a concavity, and a cover for closing the concavity. The cover has one end connected to one end of the holder by a hinge. The other end of the cover and the other end of the holder have cooperable latch portions adapted to be latched to one another. The protection member includes a holder-side portion fixed to the holder, and a cover-side portion that extends substantially parallel to the cover in its open state and that is pressed by the cover in its closed state to envelop the outer surface of the cable in cooperation with the holder-side portion.

Abstract: A wire-electrical discharge machine infuses a processing liquid in a gap between a wire and a workpiece and processes the workpiece using predetermined processing parameters. The machine includes a processing parameter memory that stores processing parameters, a second memory that stores a relationship between nozzle height and processing energy, a processing energy determining unit that determines the processing energy, for example, during rough processing, based on the relationship, and a processing parameter changing unit that changes the processing parameters based on the processing energy. The workpiece is processed using the changed processing parameters. According to this construction, wire breakage can be prevented and the accuracy of the processed surface can be improved.

Abstract: A fastener for fixing a curtain airbag to a body panel of an automobile comprises a screw grommet having a shank to be inserted into mounting holes of an airbag-anchor portion and a body panel, and a flange to press the airbag-anchor portion against the body panel. The flange has an opening and the shank has a shank hole continuous to the opening into which a tapping screw is driven. The shank has resilient fingers protruding outward from sides of the shank to engage edge regions of mounting holes in a temporary fixing state. The fingers are held in a permanent fixing state by screwing the tapping screw into the shank hole, preventing the fingers from being bent inward. The flange has an edge with an upstanding partition to allow a central region of the flange to be partitioned from a main body of the curtain airbag.

Abstract: A predicted discharge gap g(n) and a predicted minimum gap gmax(n) between a workpiece (1) and a wire electrode (2) to prevent a short-circuit are added to the machining conditions, and read in doing a program check, and a predicted allowance for machining m(n) in the nth machining is calculated from the predicted discharge gap g(n), a correction amount y(n) of the wire electrode (2) for the workpiece (1) and a wire electrode diameter d, in which the predicted allowance for machining m (n) in the nth machining and the predicted minimum gap gmax (n) between the workpiece and the wire electrode to prevent short-circuiting in the nth machining are displayed on a display unit (17).

Abstract: A wire-electrical discharge machine infuses a processing liquid in a gap between a wire and a workpiece and processes the workpiece using predetermined processing parameters. The machine includes processing parameter storage means that stores processing parameters, means that stores a relationship between the nozzle heights and the amount of processing energy, processing energy determining means that determines the amount of processing energy, for example, during rough processing based on such relationship, and processing parameter changing means that changes the processing parameters based on the amount of processing energy. The workpiece is processed using the changed processing parameters. According to this construction, wire breakage can be prevented and the accuracy of the processed surface can be improved.

Abstract: A light beam deflected by a polygon mirror (20) is incident substantially perpendicularly on a trapezoidal reflecting prism (33) having an incidence surface (33a) and two reflection surfaces (33b, 33c). Then, the light beam incident on the reflecting prism (33) is totally reflected at the first reflection surface (33b) toward the second reflection surface (33c). Next, the totally reflected light beam is totally reflected at the second reflection surface (33c) toward the incidence surface (33a) and is emitted from the incidence surface (33a) in the opposite direction from the incident direction. The emitted light beam passes through a cylindrical lens (34) and is reflected and directed toward a scan surface (40) by a cylindrical mirror (35). The reflected light beam forms a scanning spot-on the scan surface (40).

Abstract: A stimulable phosphor sheet, on which a radiation image has been stored, is exposed to stimulating rays. Light emitted from the front surface of the stimulable phosphor sheet and light emitted from the back surface are detected with two photoelectric read-out devices located on the opposite surface sides of the sheet. Two image signals having thus been obtained are added in predetermined addition ratios w1 and w2.

Abstract: A micro-plate adapter for mounting a micro-plate onto a centrifugal separator rotor. The micro-plate has a sample injection hole portion containing a sample therein and as a box-like external wall. The adapter includes a bearing surface contacting a back bottom surface of the sample injection hole portion. A swing rotor for a centrifugal separator includes a rotor body attached to a driving shaft of the centrifugal separator and provided with a plurality of bucket storage portions; buckets all swingably engaged with the rotor body in the respective storage portions so that samples stored in the buckets are subjected to centrifugal separation by a centrifugal force generated by rotation of the swing rotor. Each of the buckets is formed to have a shape which adapts with a bottom surface of a micro-plate so as to contact with the back bottom surface of a sample injection hole portion of the micro-plate to bear a centrifugal load of the micro-plate.

Abstract: In a temperature control method of a photosensitive material drying device relating to the present invention, a photosensitive material is heated and dried by drying air heated by a heating device. A temperature of a member heated by the drying air is detected, and operation of the heating device is controlled so that the temperature of the member is maintained within a predetermined range.

Abstract: Sheets of photosensitive material are processed through a processor comprising a series of developing, fixing, washing and drying sections, the drying section 14 including a plurality of conveyor rollers 42, a drive shaft operatively coupled to the rollers, and a plurality of nozzles 50 for injecting hot air against the traveling sheets. The rollers 42 and/or the nozzles 50 are arranged in the drying section so as to satisfy at least one of the relationships (1) and (2):k.sub.1 M+0.5<L<(k.sub.1 +1)M-0.5 (1)k.sub.2 M+0.5<P<(k.sub.2 +1)M-0.5 (2)wherein L is the distance (in mm) between two adjacent conveyor rollers in the drying section, P is the distance (in mm) between two adjacent nozzles, M is the distance (in mm) over which the sheet is fed per revolution of the drive shaft, k.sub.1 is equal to 0 or an integer of 1 to 8, and k.sub.2 is equal to 0 or an integer of 1 to 8.

Abstract: A rotating machine including a rotating body connected to and driven by a drive unit via a drive shaft is protected by stopping rotation of the rotating body and drive shaft in response to a detected vibration amplitude exceeding a predetermined allowable value at two spaced time instants.

Abstract: The radiation image of a subject such as a human spine is recorded on and read from a stimulable phosphor sheet which is circulated in a radiation image recording and reading apparatus. The stimulable phosphor sheet with the radiation image recorded thereon is fed to an image reading unit in which stimulating light is applied to the stimulable phosphor sheet to cause the stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light representative of the recorded radiation image. Then, the stimulable phosphor sheet is fed to and past an erasing unit, which applies erasing light to the stimulable phosphor sheet to erase any residual radiation image information from the stimulable phosphor sheet in the erasing unit, while feeding the stimulable phosphor sheet back past the erasing unit. The stimulable phosphor sheet is held in readiness for recording another radiation image thereon after the residual image information has been erased, and thereafter, the stimulable phosphor sheet is fed to an image recording unit.