Abstract: A holder sheet device (100, 200) to securely hold boxes (50) together on a flatcar is disclosed, comprising at least one elongated sheet member (101, 102, 201), anchor belt (3, 23), and fastener (4, 24). Optionally, the holder sheet device is further provided with elastic connector (10). The anchor belt is spanned over the boxes and holds a portion of the holder sheet device so that a single worker can easily mount and set the holder sheet device on the boxes.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a highly reliable position sensor capable of preventing the entry of foreign matters such as water and dust from the exterior into a receptacle chamber formed within a housing. Formed in the housing are a mounting opening to be mounted in a sealed state to a throttle body and a receptacle chamber having an opening. The receptacle chamber and the mounting opening are partitioned from each other by a partition wall. A sensor body is mounted into the receptacle chamber and the opening of the chamber is covered with a cover, then a clearance formed between the opening and the cover is filled and sealed with a thermosetting resin such as an epoxy resin. A communication hole for communication between the receptacle chamber and the mounting opening is formed through an operating shaft which is rotating a sliding-element receiver of the sensor body.

Abstract: A predetermined firing delay time B.sub.1 is added to a value obtained by dividing a total gas weight Gcyl in a cylinder by an unburnt gas density basic value DENS and a laminar flow flame velocity basic value FLML. The value obtained by this calculation is unit converted and then set as a basic ignition timing for which a minimum ignition advance value or MBT is obtained. In this way, ignition timing control is optimized for various engine running conditions without preparing a plurality of maps.

Abstract: An information recognition circuit comprises a plurality of recognition processing units each composed of a neural network. Teacher signals and information signals to be processed are supplied to a plurality of the units, individually so as to obtain output signals by executing individual learning. Thereafter, the plural units are connected to each other so as to construct a large scale information recognition system. Further, in the man-machine interface system, a plurality of operating instruction data are prepared. An operator's face is sensed by a TV camera to extract the factors related to the operator's facial expression. The neural network analogizes operator's feeling on the basis of the extracted factors. In accordance with the guessed results, a specific sort of the operating instruction is selected from a plurality of sorts of the operating instructions, and the selected instruction is displayed as an appropriate instruction for the operator.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission of an internal combustion engine installed on an automotive vehicle measures a duration over which the automatic transmission continues to be in a speed position. Downshift of the speed position of the transmission to a lower speed position is inhibited if the measured duration does not exceed a predetermined time period, when it is determined that the automotive vehicle is in a predetermined decelerating condition.

Abstract: To improve the resistance against external low-frequency disturbance (represented by generator output change), the power system stabilizer for a generator, for inputting a voltage regulating signal (e), as an auxiliary signal, to an automatic voltage regulator to control a generator terminal voltage at a target voltage (V.sub.o), comprises: an angular acceleration observer for calculating an estimated angular acceleration change rate (.DELTA.as) of the generator on the basis of at least one of stabilizing signal change rates (.DELTA.P and/or .DELTA..omega.) of the generator; and a power stabilizer circuit for calculating a corrected voltage regulating signal (e) applied to the automatic voltage regulator on the basis of the estimated angular acceleration change rate value (.DELTA.as) calculated by the angular acceleration observer. Further, it is preferable to provide a plurality of observers and a plurality of power stabilizer circuits, separately for each fluctuation frequency.

Abstract: Fuel in a fuel tank is pressurized by a fuel pump and supplied to a fuel gallery. When a fuel injection valve connecting with this gallery is opened by an electromagnetic signal, fuel is injected from the valve into a combustion chamber of the engine. The fuel gallery is formed inside a cylinder head, and the fuel injection valve is disposed in the cylinder head such that a fuel inlet port of the valve faces the gallery. In this manner, a high pressure fuel passage does not project outside the cylinder head, and there is less risk of fuel leaking from the passage. Further, as the high pressure fuel passage does not project outside the engine, the piping around the engine is simplified.

Abstract: An information recognition circuit comprises a plurality of recognition processing units each composed of a neural network. Teacher signals and information signals to be processed are supplied to a plurality of the units, individually so as to obtain output signals by executing individual learning. Thereafter, the plural units are connected to each other so as to construct a large scale information recognition system. Further, in the man-machine interface system, a plurality of operating instruction data are prepared. An operator's face is sensed by a TV camera to extract the factors related to the operator's facial expression. The neural network analogizes operator's feeling on the basis of the extracted factors. In accordance with the guessed results, a specific sort of the operating instruction is selected from a plurality of sorts of the operating instructions, and the selected instruction is displayed as an appropriate instruction for the operator.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve body to which liquid to be injected is supplied. A nozzle tip is connected with an end portion of the valve body. A valve member is installed in the valve body to stop and start a supply of the liquid to the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip has first and second nozzle holes which are formed so that fluid injected through the first nozzle hole is collided with fluid injected through the second nozzle hole and that a ratio between a square root of a cross-sectional area of the first nozzle hole and a square root of a cross-sectional area of the second nozzle hole is within a range 1.25 to 3.5. Therefore, the collided fuel is effectively atomized as a result of a resonance phenomenon by the collision.

Abstract: An apparatus of controlling an intake air throttle valve capable of obtaining the certain drive for the change in the load applied to the throttle valve due to the change in the intake air amount in the transient period, without any increase in current consumption and reduction in responsiveness. The apparatus includes a throttle valve for controlling an intake air amount in the internal combustion engine; a motor for electrically controlling the throttle valve; and a drive circuit for controlling the drive torque of the motor. It further includes a throttle valve opening defining device for defining a parameter indicating the opening of the throttle valve; a comparing device for comparing the value of the parameter defined by the throttle valve opening defining device; and a torque increasing device for increasing the output torque by the drive circuit when the comparing device judges that the value of the parameter is larger than the specified value.

Abstract: An improved power system control apparatus which reduces power fluctuations and includes an estimated unit for estimating the system impedance and phase difference angle using the generator power transmission terminal voltage, the reactive power and effective power of the system. The invention enables accurate power system impedance estimates in a real-time manner. The invention can be applied to a filter device for removing noise components from an angular velocity signal. The filter device comprises first arithmetic means for calculating changes in phase angle, second arithmetic means for calculating changes in angular velocity, a first integrating for integrating the changes in the phase angle to obtain an estimated phase angle, a second integrator for integrated the changes in angular velocity to obtain an estimated angular velocity and a power stabilizing filter for filtering the estimated angular velocity signal.

Abstract: A power system control apparatus has a power system impedance estimating circuit for estimating a power system impedance from an internal power of a generator, determined by an internal current thereof, and from a terminal voltage of the generator, and having a power system impedance estimating table, a power system stabilizer for suppressing a power fluctuation in power system in accordance with the estimated power system impedance, and an auto voltage regulator for keeping an output voltage of the generator at a constant value during a normal operation.

Abstract: A coated stainless steel article and a method of preparing the article are disclosed. The coating is a plasma chemical vapor deposited coating, formed from a plasma of nitrous oxide, a silane, and an energy transfer agent (such as He, Ar). The resulting coating is adherent, corrosion resistant, and has a thickness sufficient to mask and cover the features of the stainless steel substrate, and to provide a pitting potential (in 3.5% NaCl) of greater than 600 millivolts, a J.I.S. 8502 (1982) versus a saturated calomel electrode a salt spray test rating in 5% NaCl-0.02% hydrogen peroxide of at least B.

Abstract: Power output produced by an engine changes depending upon different fuel, in octane number, supplied thereto. In order to meet this change in the engine power output, a transmission drivingly connected to the engine is selectively set at different states, each corresponding to the fuel supplied to the engine.

Abstract: An electric power source device comprises a source of electricity in the form of a fuel cell, a battery, a heater or air ventilation arrangement for conditioning electrolyte within the battery, and a circuit for establishing a connection whereby the battery is charged with the source of electricity.

Abstract: A process control apparatus is provided which has a PID controller to which is supplied a sampled signal of a control deviation signal of a process value signal and a reference signal and which generates a PID control signal according to sampled-value PID control constants. A non-linear controller is connected in parallel with the PID controller. A sum signal of the output signals from the PID controller and the non-linear controller is supplied to a process through a holding circuit. The process control apparatus further includes a circuit for identifying the dynamic characteristic of the process according to the sum signal and the sampled signal of the process value, and a circuit for calculating a transfer function of the process in the Laplace operator domain and for determining the sampled-value PID constants of the PID controller according to the dynamic characteristic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a room temperature curable epoxy resin adhesive composition having excellent T-peel strength, comprising an epoxy resin containing more than one epoxy group in a molecule on an average, and a hardener in the form of a polyamide-amine, which is obtained from reaction of polyamine with diene rubber having carboxyl terminal groups and other compound having carboxyl groups.

Abstract: A reed type valve is operatively secured on the outer surface of the casing of an engine air filter assembly to supply the exhaust system of an engine with secondary air. The reed valve is fluidly connected to an air induction passage formed inside the casing of the air filter assembly. A resonance chamber is also formed inside of the casing and communicates through a communication passage with the air induction passage so as to attenuate a relatively low frequency component of exhaust noise transmitted through the reed valve. The air induction passage, resonance chamber and communication passage are formed as follows: ##EQU1## where, S.sub.o (cm.sup.2)=the cross-sectional area of the air induction passageS(cm.sup.2)=the cross-sectional area of the communication passagel(cm)=the length of the communication passageV(cm.sup.3)=the volume of the resonance chamberM=the number of the engine cylinders of the engine.

Abstract: In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, during low engine temperature or battery voltage, additional fuel is introduced into the mixture supply system of the engine and, following a predetermined time delay, the cranking motor of the engine is actuated to start the engine.

Abstract: A reed type valve is operatively secured on the outer surface of the casing of an engine air filter assembly to supply the exhaust system of an engine with secondary air. The reed valve is fluidly connected to an air induction passage formed interior of the casing of the air filter assembly. A resonance chamber is also formed interior of the casing and communicated through a communication passage with the air induction passage so as to attenuate a relatively low frequency component of exhaust noise transmitted through the reed valve. The air induction passage, resonance chamber and communication passage are formed as follows: ##EQU1## where, S.sub.o (cm.sup.2)=the cross-sectional area of the air induction passageS(cm.sup.2)=the cross-sectional area of the communication passagel(cm)=the length of the communication passageV(cm.sup.3)=the volume of the resonance chamberM=the number of the engine cylinders of the engine.