Abstract: The invention relates to a side impact protection device comprising an inflatable gas bag which in an inflated state at least partially covers at least one side window of a vehicle. At least one emergency opening device is provided on the gas bag, by means of which the gas bag can be vented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle occupant restraint system comprising an inflatable gas bag, a gas-carrying distributor pipe projecting into the gas bag and a piston housed displaceably in the distributor pipe. The restraint system further comprises a power transmission means which connects the piston and the gas bag with each other and via which a force for tensioning the gas bag is transferred onto said gas bag. A deflection member for the power transmission means is provided in the distributor pipe. The power transmission means is constructed as a traction means.

Abstract: In a method of folding an air bag for a driver, an air bag is placed in a flat form to orient an upper surface of the air bag upwardly. Then, at least two side areas of the air bag in the flat form are folded inwardly of the air bag so that at least two arm portions extending radially outwardly from a center portion of the air bag to lateral portions on an outer periphery of the air bag are formed. The air bag for the driver is folded compact.

Abstract: A gas generator for an air bag can adjust gas providing amount according to circumstance.

Abstract: A restraint system for drivers of fork lift trucks with a driver's seat located in an open driver's cab includes a protective grate fastened to a protective roof of the driver's cab, which protective grate is pivotable around an axis of rotation that is located in the vicinity of the rear end of the driver's seat out of a closed position, which is approximately parallel to the driver's seat, outward into an open position. The protective grate can be fixed in the closed position. The protective grate may be retrofitted onto existing fork lift trucks, and can be operated very easily.

Abstract: A linear guide device for an automobile vehicle steering column includes a steering shaft rotatably mounted inside a guide-tube which is connected to a support assembly which is fixed to the chassis of the vehicle. A fixed support member is fastened to the chassis of the vehicle. A mobile support member is connected to the fixed support member in order to constitute the support assembly and is immobilized to the fixed support member against forces up to particular value. Rolling members are disposed between fixed rollways formed on the fixed support member and mobile rollways formed on the mobile support member. The fixed and mobile rollways each lie in the required guidance direction.

Abstract: An adjustable book jacket and book cover combination for a book comprising a book jacket for covering said book cover wherein the book jacket contains printed indicia of the subject matter of said book, and the jacket indicia, by reason of graphics, color or text is susceptible to easy perception and identification when said book containing said book jacket is arranged in partial overlapping sequence from east to west. The book cover similarly contains printed indicia of the subject matter of the book and said cover indicia by reason of graphics, color or text being susceptible is also easy perceived and identified when said book containing said book cover is arranged in partial overlapping sequence from north to south.

Abstract: This invention relates to a two-part token and to a method of using same for business purposes.

Abstract: A plug connection device for pressure medium conduits, for binding or connection of fuel conduits has a housing provided with arresting edges, a plug insertable in the housing and having holding elements which form-lockingly engage the arresting edges, the plug having a coupling region which in a not plugged in condition of the plug is formed as a substantially ring-shaped circumferential collar and during insertion in an associated receiving portion of the housing is deformed so that the holding elements engaging the arresting edges are formed, or the holding elements are formed at an end side on a tubular plug portion produced by extrusion.

Abstract: A first bracket 16 is fixedly mounted by swage locking to a female connector 10 which is fixedly joined at one end with a resin tube 9 while a second bracket 20 is fixedly mounted by welding to a corresponding pipe 11. When an insertion end 11a of the corresponding pipe 11 is inserted into the other end of the female connector 10, the first bracket 16 and the second bracket 20 are turned relative to each other and about the axis of a second connecting end portion 6 of the female connector 10 so that a coupling hole 18a provided in the first bracket 16 and a coupling hole 22a provided in the second bracket 20 are coincided with each other across which a bolt or an anchor clip is inserted and tightened.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a duct arrangement adapted for installation through an opening in a wall (3), preferably of a vehicle. The arrangement includes an elongated ducting element (2) that has a sealing component (9) projecting therefrom on all sides and which is designed to bear against the edges of the opening so that sealing is produced between the two sides of the wall and establishes an installed position. Behind the component (9), when viewed in the direction of ducting, is a flexible section (5), which under loading of a part in front of the said section (5), permits displacement of the said part in relation to its unloaded longitudinal extent. The wall (3), when viewed from its front face in the direction of ducting, has a depression (6) formed all around the opening so that the opening essentially forms the lowest point of the depression (6). This configuration is designed to guide a tip of the ducting element (2) toward and through the opening to the installed position.

Abstract: A quick-connect coupling for hoses or pipes with a coupling housing contains a connection piece and a housing part as well as a plug-type fitting wherein the housing part and the connection piece are realized in the form of two parts.

Abstract: A power output apparatus capable of generating power from at least an electric motor to a drive shaft includes a pattern storing unit that stores a plurality of output characteristic patterns in which power is generated to the drive shaft, a pattern selecting unit that selects one of the output characteristic patterns stored, and a drive controller that controls driving of the electric motor so that power that is within a range of the selected output characteristic pattern is generated to the drive shaft. The power output apparatus may also be controlled to operate the motor in a dash mode that allow motor output to exceed rated values for short periods of time to increase drivability.

Abstract: A locking device for use with a child safety door has a press bar (24) pivotally received in a housing (21), a first latch (22) pivotable in relation to the housing (21) and having an end (222) securely engaged with a first end (242) of the press bar (24), a handle (26) pivotally received in the housing (21) and having an abutting block (263) and a second latch (23) slidably received inside the housing (21) and operatably connected with the handle (26). With such an arrangement, the press bar (24) and the handle (26) are able to control the locking/unlocking mode between the door (14) and the doorframe (10) of the safety door.

Abstract: A vehicle door comprises an outer door panel, an inner door panel formed with an aperture, a plastic mounting panel to which functional devices of the vehicle door and door parts are installed and which is installed to the inner door panel to close up the aperture of the inner door panel, a door lock/unlock mechanism attached to the inner door panel on a far side from the passenger compartment and a linking member connected to the door lock/unlock mechanism through which the door lock/unlock mechanism is operated to lock and unlock the vehicle door. The linking member is arranged so as to passe through a guide hole from near the aperture of the inner door panel and to extend along the plastic mounting panel partly on the far side from the passenger compartment and partly on a near side to the passenger compartment.

Abstract: An inexpensive, lightweight, safe bumper beam (10) has an optimum strength characteristics and is capable of effectively coping with all kinds of collisions including slight collisions and strong collisions. The bumper beam (10) is disposed on a front or rear end part of a vehicle. Joining parts of the bumper beam (10) are attached to stays (2a, 2b) attached to, for example, front end parts of longitudinal frames (1a, 1b) of a body of a vehicle so that the bumper body (10) extends laterally. The bumper beam (10) includes a bumper beam body (3) extended laterally and having a closed section, a reinforcing beam (4) extended in and along the bumper beam body (3). The reinforcing beam (4) includes a lateral upper wall (4a), a lateral lower wall (4b) and a front wall (4c) formed integrally with the upper and the lower wall (4a, 4b) to receive a longitudinal shock exerted on the vehicle.

Abstract: A collapsible storage device includes a first panel and a second panel, with one end of the first panel rotatably secured to one wall of a vehicle bed. One end of the second panel is rotatably secured to the opposite end of the first panel. The device has a deployed or storage position in which the first panel is generally horizontal and the second panel is generally vertical so that the two panels, in cooperation with the existing walls of the bed, form an enclosed container. The device also has a folded position in which the second panel is folded against the first panel, and the first panel together with the second is folded against a wall of the vehicle bed. The collapsible storage device has means for locking the device in the deployed and/or the folded position. Alternatively, the device may have means for locking the two panels together during deployment and/or retraction, or the device may be interposed between two storage bins along a wall of the vehicle bed.

Abstract: Folding top for a motor vehicle with a folding top frame, which exhibits on the side a front, center and rear frame part, of which the center frame part can be adjusted by a four-membered joint, where a lever is formed by the rear frame part. The front frame part can be adjusted with respect to the center frame part by three guides, of which in a swivel joint the first and second guides can be swivelled in succession around a motor vehicle cross axis and are hinged to the front frame part. On the other hand, the first guide is hinged to the center frame part. The third guide can be swivelled around a motor vehicle cross axis in a swivel joint and is hinged to the rear frame part and, on the other hand, is hinged to the first guide. The second guide can be swivelled around a motor vehicle cross axis in a swivel joint and is hinged to the third guide.

Abstract: A vehicle door for a vehicle comprises an outer door panel, an inner door panel formed with an aperture, a plastic panel to which functional devices of the vehicle door and door parts are installed and which is installed to the inner door panel to close up the aperture of the inner door panel, and an impact absorbing member formed as a part integral with the plastic panel or fixedly secured to the plastic panel which absorbs an impact against the plastic panel upon an occurrence of a side crash of the vehicle.

Abstract: An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian access making it possible to both install multi-element contoured surround seats for passengers and the driver, and also a safety device for head-on collision protection that obviates the need for conventional seat belts and front impact airbags. An indo-skeletal structural arrangement proposed for the vehicle, provides further benefits by targeting the strength of the vehicle to protect passengers while minimizing other massive elements in the vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle roof structure with a folding roof or a sliding roof which is movably guided in the area of the side members (14 and 15) between the A column (11) and the B column (12) of a motor vehicle and into a position behind them. It is provided that the side members (14 and 15) are detachably connected to the A column (11) and the B column (12), and that there is a mechanism (24, 25) for transferring the released side members (14 and 15) into a stowage space (23) in the area of a rear window shelf of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: In a device for influencing the air flow in the area of the roof opening (10) of an openable motor vehicle roof with at least one wind deflector (14) which is located to be vertically displaceable in the area of the front edge of the roof opening between a neutral position in which the top of the wind deflector does not project over the fixed roof surface, and an extended position in which the top of the wind deflector does project over the fixed roof surface, the wind deflector can be selectively moved into at least one first extended position in which an air flow streaming over the motor vehicle roof (20) is routed exclusively over the top of the wind deflector, and into at least one second extended position in which an air flow streaming over the motor vehicle roof is routed at least partially under the wind deflector.

Abstract: A cable guide is provided for a movable body such as a chair having legs with casters. The cable guide guides a cable attached to the movable member away from the casters during movement of the movable member and/or horizontal rotation of a portion of the movable member.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for adjusting an automotive seat mechanism or adjusting other mechanisms comprising a magneto rheological and/or electro rheological fluid provided in the chamber of a positive fluid displacement device and interconnecting said relatively movable parts whereby changing the status of said fluid enables control of the mechanism, and/or take up of any backlash between movable parts of the mechanism, by virtue of resistance to fluid flow in the activated status of the fluid.

Abstract: The system produces movements in a home entertainment chair. It has a motor controller and a plurality of movement generator units for generating small amplitude and low frequency movements in the viewer's chair. The system is intended for home use and can be easily installed under each leg of a chair or of a sofa or at the corners of a platform. The source of movement control signals can be derived from a video presentation soundtrack, and directional movement sensations can be created by inducing controlled movements in each leg of the viewer's chair.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) and a process for the remote interrogation and/or remote control of a building function (4, 5, 6, 7) by a subscriber from a terminal (12, 13, 19, 23) via a telecommunications network (2). In order to improve the remote interrogation and/or remote control of the building functions (4,5, 6, 7) inasmuch as said interrogation and/or remote control can be performed from arbitrary terminals (11, 12, 13, 19, 23) via arbitrary telecommunications networks (2, 17, 18) and the input of interrogation- and/or control commands is simplified and the output of the result of a remote interrogation at the terminal (12, 13, 19, 23) is rendered clearer and more intelligible, it is proposed that the telecommunications network (2) is connected on the one hand to an intelligent network (14) and on the other hand to a control device (8) for the building function (4, 5, 6, 7).

Abstract: In a mounted-into-automobile device having a mounted-into-automobile device body and a faceplate 15 attached to this mounted-into-automobile device body detachably, the faceplate 15 is composed of a faceplate for right steering wheel car and a faceplate for left steering wheel car, and both the faceplates 15 are constituted so that they can be connected to the mounted-into-automobile device body.

Abstract: A control system for switching and intercepting power supplies which can reduce the generation of arc during the switching operation of main and backup power supplies and adjust the delay time required for the switchover of the power supplies. The control system includes a phase signal input section for detecting phases of the main and backup power supplies, a reference voltage generating section for generating a reference voltage, a supply voltage signal input section for detecting voltages of the main and backup power supplies, and a control section for receiving and processing output signals of the phase detecting section, reference voltage generating section, and supply voltage detecting section.

Abstract: A nonreciprocal circuit device having good characteristics capable of maintaining constantly stable and reliable connections even when a high temperature is applied, and a communication apparatus incorporating the nonreciprocal circuit device. The nonreciprocal circuit device can be made compact at a low cost and can obtain a large attenuation at a predetermined frequency band. In the nonreciprocal circuit device, an upper yoke is connected to a lower yoke, a bottom grounded part of a magnetic assembly is connected to the lower yoke. In addition, ports P1 and P2 of first and second central conductors, the hot-side electrodes of first and second capacitors, and input/output terminals are connected each other, and the port P3 of a third central electrode, the hot-side electrode of a third capacitor, and the hot-side electrode of a terminating resistor R are connected to each other.

Abstract: Method and device for controlling an auxiliary unit (10) in a motor vehicle by means of a device consisting of a control unit (40) and a switch (30) for switching the auxiliary unit on and off. To ensure the maintenance of an auxiliary unit of this type and to prolong its life using simple means, it is proposed, among other things, that the control unit (40) will repeatedly signal actions to be taken to a driver of the vehicle or directly to the switch. A first action is the switch-on of the switched-off auxiliary unit (10) at a specific point in time if it (the unit) has been switched off for a long period of at least some weeks. A second, succeeding action is the switch-off of the unit (10) switched on in the manner described, after a short period of at least some minutes.

Abstract: Circuitry is provided in a device to automatically change the relative position of the electrical lines which enter the device upon detection of a miswired condition. More specifically, the circuitry allows the device to function normally even if an installer accidentally inverts (i.e., flips or reverses) the wiring connections when attaching connectors to a communication/power line of the device. In this manner, the installer does not need to rewire the lines.

Abstract: A power supply device produces a predetermined voltage from a supply voltage through a voltage follower composed of a plurality of transistors. The voltage follower has a function of preventing backflow current. The voltage follower has one end connected to the supply voltage and another end connected to a capacitor. A constant voltage generating circuit produces a constant voltage from the voltage across the capacitor. A switch circuit is connected between the supply voltage and the control electrode of one of the transistors constituting the voltage follower other than the first-stage transistor thereof. A voltage drop detecting circuit detects a drop below a predetermined level in the voltage across the capacitor, and turns on the switch circuit on detecting such a drop.

Abstract: A lens drive device in which a lens holder forming a moving unit and connection wires for connecting a plurality of drive coils electrically are integrally molded, and a method for manufacturing the lens drive device. This lens drive device is constructed to include: an actuator unit in which four wire-form elastic members made of a metal are molded integrally with the lens holder and an actuator base and in which connection wires for connecting a printed circuit board A coil and a printed circuit board B coil are integrally molded; and a suspension base having a pair of yokes fixing a pair of magnets arranged to confront each other through a predetermined magnetic space.

Abstract: In an apparatus (1) having an electroacoustic transducer (12) which includes a magnet system (13) which is used to realize vibration generating means (35) the vibration generating means (35) include, in addition to the magnet system (13), at least one movably mounted vibration generating coil (36, 37) arranged in the stray field area of the magnet system (13), the vibration generating coil (36, 37) being preferably also connected to a metal part (38) which consists of a soft-magnetic material.

Abstract: In order to realize a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits a high speed rotation, the permanent magnet dynamo electric machine including a stator 20 having a stator iron core 22 in which a stator winding 24 is wound, and a rotor 30 facing the inner circumference of the stator 20 and rotatably supported thereby, the rotor 30 having a rotor iron core 32 and a plurality of permanent magnets 36 arranged inside the rotor iron core 32 so as to face the stator iron core 22, wherein the rotor iron core 32 is provided with the same number of permanent magnet insertion holes 34 as the plurality of permanent magnets 36 for receiving the same at positions where ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, wherein R0 is the radius of the rotor 30 and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets 36 at the side remote from the stator 20.

Abstract: A magnet type stepping motor which has (1) a stator with three-phase stator windings, and 6m pieces of stator main pole arranged side by side, where m is an integer and ≧1, the stator windings of one phase are wound around every two stator main poles among the 6m pieces of the stator main pole, wherein when the stator windings of one phase are excited with a direct current, m pieces of N pole and M pieces of S pole are formed alternately on the 6m pieces of stator main pole, and (2) a rotor of a cylindrical permanent magnet magnetized in the circumferential direction to form Z/2 pieces of N pole and Z/2 pieces of S pole alternately, where Z is the number of rotor poles.

Abstract: The motor apparatus includes a motor and an insulating device. The motor such as a spindle motor is driven with pulse width modulation. Then, the insulating device insulates an object to be protected, which should be protected from a noise current generated from the motor, from the motor.

Abstract: A DC motor has a conductive case and an arrangement for electrically connecting the shaft and case of the DC motor that is grounded. The arrangement includes a conductive member and a pressing member that presses the conductive member against the shaft, thereby grounding the shaft.

Abstract: A clutch includes an outer ring, a driving-side rotator, a driven-side rotator and rolling elements. Each rolling element is located between an inner circumferential surface of the ring and a corresponding control surface of the driven-side rotator and has a diameter shorter than a distance between a circumferential center portion of the control surface and the inner circumferential surface of the ring but longer than a distance between each of opposing circumferential end portions of the control surface and the inner circumferential surface of the ring. The center portion is located radially outward of a straight line that connects the end portions. Each intermediate portion positioned between the center portion and the end portion is arcuately bulged beyond a straight line that connects the center portion and the end portion.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a linear displacement actuator which includes a male part and a female part. One part includes a screw thread and the other part includes at least one peripheral rib which collaborates with the screw thread. The inside diameter of the female part, increased by the depth of the screw thread, is greater than the outside diameter of the male part. The female part bears linear actuators arranged at right angles in a support and is free to be displaced axially with respect to the male part. The linear actuators place the female part in sinusoidal vibration in two perpendicular directions with an appropriate phase shift between the vibrations, and displaces, rotation-wise, the line of contact between the screw thread and the at least one peripheral rib. The screw thread and the peripheral rib remain motionless in terms of rotation and therefore bring about relative linear displacement of the female part and of the male part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a totally enclosed type driving electric motor in which a stator core having a coil is attached to an inner peripheral portion of a frame, a bearing bracket supporting a bearing is attached to one end of the frame, a housing supporting a bearing is attached to another end of the frame, and a shaft of a rotor is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The totally enclosed type driving electric motor of the invention is provided with a cooling space near at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing.

Abstract: A rotor (11) for a synchronous motor is provided with a plurality of magnets (15) being substantially V-shaped in cross-section. The V-shaped cross-section is defined by an inner V-surface (25), an outer V-surface (19) and an outward face (23) facing outwardly. A first angle &agr; is subtended between a first straight line connecting a point of intersection (31) of the outer V-surface (19) and the outward face (23) and a second straight line connecting the center (35) of the rotor (11) and the acute angle point (27). A second angle &bgr; is subtended between the first straight line and a third straight line connecting a point of intersection (33) of the inner V-surface (25) and the outward face (23). By setting the angle &bgr;, to be larger than 20 percent of the angle &agr;, leakage flux at both ends of the magnets (15) is reduced.

Abstract: To reduce noise, there is provided an alternator for motor vehicles having a rotor and a stator which is mounted between a pair of brackets. In the alternator a stator core forming the stator is made up of laminations of thin sheets. And at least a part of the thin sheets making up the stator core are split into four divisions or more in the circumferential direction; the thin sheets of each layer being laid with splits thereof arranged alternately in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Electromagnetic conversion efficiency of an electric rotary machine is enhanced and reduction of leakage flux due to magnetic discontinuity can be realized without providing holes for positioning and fixing salient poles in a stator ring. Outer appearance and decency of the electric rotary machine as a product are also improved by not allowing lower ends of salient poles of an armature assembly to be exposed on an outer surface of the electric rotary machine. For this purpose a radial gap type electric rotary machine comprises a field magnetic pole consisting of a permanent magnet which is supported rotatably and an armature assembly consisting of a plurality of divided salient poles which oppose the field magnetic pole with a small air gap therebetween and are radially arranged with respect to a rotation axis. The armature assembly includes a first ring made of a soft magnetic member for receiving the plurality of salient poles and a second ring made of a soft magnet member for receiving the first ring.

Abstract: A piezoelectric multilayer actuator made of at least two individual piezoelectric layers which can be driven electrically by at least one electrode, wherein the actuator exhibits a hexagonal cross-sectional geometry.

Abstract: In a piezoelectric vibrator unit (4) provided with a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators each having internal electrodes 32, 33 and piezoelectric material layers 31 laminated alternately, a free end part of an outermost layer of a piezoelectric vibrator is trimmed to form a partial recess, thereby adjusting a natural vibration period of the piezoelectric vibrator.

Abstract: A thin film piezoresonator, which can be tuned over a wide range of RF frequencies, includes a piezo layer between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. An electroactive layer of an electrostrictive material, which experiences a mechanical deformation when an electrical voltage is applied, is disposed between a third electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric vibrator having an electrode structure capable of bonding a large area, on a quartz wafer formed with a plurality of vibrators each comprising a quartz vibrator piece and a frame, there are formed electrode patterns each including a pair of excitation electrode films on the respective quartz vibrator piece and bond films formed on the respective frame and connected to the pair of excitation electrode films and the electrode patterns are connected to each other by sputter films for shortcircuiting constituting metal films.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer has a body made of a piezoelectric material polarized in segments. The segments each have diametrically opposed polarization sides (23-28) transverse to the direction of polarization. A pair of input electrodes (13, 14) and a pair of output electrodes (15, 16) are disposed on a first and a second pair of diametrically opposed polarization sides of the body (19). At least one of the electrodes (14, 32, 33) extends beyond the polarization side (28) on which this electrode is disposed, in order to increase a capacitance between this input electrode and one or both output electrodes (15, 16) and thereby reduce common mode currents.

Abstract: When a legitimate recipient of a package or tenant loses a card issued to him or her for unlocking a particular locker of a locker cabinet, there is a problem that he or she cannot unlock the locker to open the same and pick up a package of merchandise deposited in the locker. An unlock system of a particular locker wherein a person who desires to unlock a particular locker 1 makes contact with a control center A to that effect through a communication line TL such that the control center A authenticates personal identification of the person by calling said person at home, and the control center A accesses a memory 12 k of the locker 1 through the communication line TL to confirm that said locker 11 is deposited with a package of merchandise therein and then, the control center A unlocks the locker through the communication line TL.