Abstract:
A silicon-containing copolymer is disclosed which has a number average molecular weight of 500-100,000 and which contains the following structural units (I)-(III): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkylamino group or an alkylsilyl group and and R.sup.3 and R.sup.8 each represent a divalent aromatic group. The copolymer is produced by reacting an organodihalosilane, a disilyl compound, a diamine and ammonia with each other.
Abstract:
A reduction gear for producing and feeding the rotation of a low pressure turbine driven by a combustion gas generated in a combustor to an output shaft is received in a central opening of a rotary type heat exchanger which is disposed so as to be perpendicular to a turbine shaft at a rear portion of a body housing of a gas turbine engine. As a result, not only the engine can be made small but also the output can be produced at to the opposite side of the heat exchanger. The combustor and a collector housing for collecting combustion gas are disposed on diametrical opposite sides in a transverse cross section of the body housing whereby an internal space of the body housing is effectively utilized and an axial dimension of the engine is shortened. Since the compressed air is supplied to the heat exchanger through peripheral walls of the body housing having a double construction, prevention of heat radiation from the body housing and effective utilization of an internal space of the body housing are realized.
Abstract:
In a cooling system for a multi-cylinder engine, a main gallery is provided around outer peripheral portions of the plurality of cylinder bores upstream a block-side coolant jacket to commonly surround the cylinder bores, and an upstream coolant gallery is provided between the block-side coolant jacket and the main coolant gallery to separately surround each of outer peripheries of the cylinder bores. The upstream coolant gallery and the main coolant gallery is in communication with each other through a constriction communication passage provided around the outer periphery of each of the cylinder bores, and the upstream coolant gallery is further in communication with an upstream end of the block-side coolant jacket. The cooling system further includes a block-side and flange-surrounding coolant gallery provided in the cylinder block to surround an outer periphery of the outward flange of a cylinder liner, and a plurality of dispensing passages permitting the communication between said block-side coolant jacket and said flange-surrounding coolant gallery. Further, a jacket sidewall is disposed in the cylinder head inside at least one of opposite outside walls in an axial direction of a crank shaft to define a head-side coolant jacket.
Abstract:
An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes first and second intake valve openings provided in the engine body and exposed to a combustion chamber, first and second intake valves in the engine body for opening and closing the valve openings, respectively, and a valve operating system connected to the intake valves for changing the modes of operation of the valves in compliance with the operation of the engine, wherein the engine body is provided with a swirl producing intake port leading to the first intake valve opening and a substantially linear main intake port leading to the second intake valve opening, and wherein the valve operating system is capable of changing over between a state meeting a low speed operation of the engine in which the first intake valve is operated in a mode corresponding to the low speed operation and the second intake valve is in a resting or substantially resting condition, and a state meeting at least a part of operational ranges of the engine other than the low speed operation in which the valves are operated in a mode corresponding to a high speed operation of the engine.
Abstract:
A turbocharger comprises a compressor housing, a turbine housing, and a central housing with a shaft rotatably supported therein. The shaft supports on its respective opposite ends a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel that are rotatably disposed in the compressor housing and the turbine housing, respectively. The central housing has a large water jacket near the turbine housing and substantially coextensive therewith for storing cooling water to cool bearings which support the shaft. The turbine housing accommodates a shroud including a vane holder on which fixed and movable vanes are alternately supported for directing exhaust gases to the turbine wheel through variable restrictions. The vane holder or base plate has a radially outer flange and an annular boss which position the shroud axially and radially with respect to the central housing.
Abstract:
The boost pressure of a blower such as a turbocharger or a supercharger which is driven by the exhaust gas or the power output from an engine is controlled under closed-loop control when the boost pressure is in a steady state, and under open-loop control when the boost pressure is in a transient state. When the boost pressure is in the transient state, the open-loop control which may be map control is carried out for relatively good accuracy and high stability. When the boost pressure is in the steady state, the closed-loop control, i.e., highly accurate feedback control, is effected. Therefore, an improved response and stability can be achieved in boost pressure control.
Abstract:
A vertical magnetic recording medium excellent in durability and recording property in which a first magnetic film comprising Co--Cr or Co--Cr--W as the main ingredient is formed on a substrate and the second magnetic film comprising Co--Cr--W--C as the main ingredient is formed on the first magnetic film, as well as the production process therefor are provided.
Abstract:
A valve operating mechanism for operating at least one valve of an internal combustion engine, includes a camshaft rotatable in synchronism with rotation of the internal combustion engine and having a pair of low- and high-speed cams of different cam profiles, a rocker shaft, and a pair of first and second rocker arms rotatably mounted on the rocker shaft and operable selectively by the low- and high-speed cams for operating the valve according to the cam profiles of the cams. A selective coupling is operatively disposed in and between the first and second rocker arms for interconnecting the first and second rocker arms in high-speed operation of the engine and for disconnecting the first and second rocker arms from each other in low-speed operation of the engine.
Abstract:
In a fuel injection timing control apparatus having a sensor for generating a signal indicating the actual timing of fuel injection in response to the fuel pressure occurring at the time of fuel injection for controlling the fuel injection timing in the mode of closed-loop control using the signal as a feedback signal, when the sensor stops producing the signal, the control mode is changed to the mode of open-loop control so as to continue the control operation of the fuel injection timing, and the state of zero injection of the fuel injection pump is distinguished from the occurrence of a malfunction in the sensor.
Abstract:
A membrane panel keyboard is presented having magnetic material in one contact element and magnetic field generating means to achieve self-retention or key closure retention when a key is actuated.