Showing papers by "Toyota published in 1983"

Blood purification apparatus

Abstract: A blood purification apparatus includes an extracorporeal circulation system, a blood purifier provided in the system for purifying blood by dialysis or filtration through a semipermeable membrane, a circulation blood volume measuring instrument for measuring changes in a circulating blood volume within a patient's body, a control section comprising a memory for storing a program for a pattern of changes in the circulating blood volume during blood purification, the program being matched to the condition of a patient, and a regulator connected to the extracorporeal circulation system and the control section, for controlling the circulating blood volume, the regulator being controlled by the control section on the basis of the circulating blood volume measured during blood purification and the programmed amount. In this apparatus, optimum blood purification is carried out while maintaining the circulating blood volume at a prescribed level.

Heat wave shielding lamination

Abstract: A heat wave shielding lamination having improved abrasion resistance is composed of a visible light transparent substrate and an overlying composite lamination in which layers of a visible light transparent substance of a low refractive index and layers of a visible light transparent substance of a high refractive index are alternately arranged on each other, with the topmost layer being a low-refractance layer, and interfacial layers of Al2 O3 which are much thinner than the high-refractance and low-refractance layers are provided between the high-refractance and low-refractance layers.

Ceramic fiber reinforced piston for high performance diesel engines

Abstract: A Ceramic Fiber Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composite has been developed that has excellent wear resistance, seizure resistance against cast iron, good thermal conductivity and high strength at elevated temperatures. By strengthening top land and top ring groove of piston with the Aluminum Matrix Composites, a newly designed Diesel Engine attained excellent performance without sacrificing manufacturing cost and productivity.

Shock absorber control system

Abstract: A shock absorber control system controls vehicle shock absorbers by bringing them selectively into a softer dampening mode or a harder dampening mode in response to operation of a steering wheel of a vehicle. The shock absorbers are changed from the softer to the harder dampening mode only when the vehicle speed is higher than a reference vehicle speed and the steering wheel is turned at an angular velocity greater than a predetermined reference angular velocity. The angular velocity of rotation of the steering wheel is used as a parameter to select one of the softer and harder dampening modes only when the vehicle wheel has been angularly moved beyond a certain reference angle dependent on the vehicle speed. Therefore, no unwanted switching between the softer and harder dampening modes takes place when the steering wheel is angularly moved back and forth through relatively small angles. The harder dampening mode continues for a preset interval of time.

Control for vehicle provided with continuously variable speed system power transmission

Abstract: According to this invention the driver's will to accelerate and decelerate is detected by a pressing amount of an accelerator pedal, or the like. Speed ratio of a continuously variable speed transmission and air-fuel ratio of air mixture in a combustion chamber of an engine are controlled according to that will. As a result, a WOT (Wide Open Throttle) period in which the vehicle travels with the optimum rate of fuel comsumption becomes longer, and an appropriate responsive property in acceleration and the maximum output horse power of an engine is ensured.

Device for preventing reverse gear buzzing in a manual transmission

Abstract: A device for preventing reverse gear buzzing in a manual transmission comprising a transmission casing, a forward speeds unit provided with a plurality of synchromesh mechanisms, a reverse unit provided with a selective sliding mesh mechanism of a reverse idler gear and having a reverse shift head, a shift-and-select lever shaft, an inner lever attached to the shift-and-select lever shaft, an interlocking plate loosely mounted to the shift-and-select lever shaft and holding the inner lever at both ends, said interlocking plate serving to hold immovably at the neutral position the remaining shift heads other than one of said shift heads which is selected by the select operation of the inner lever, a locking means fixed to the transmission casing and adapted to hold the interlocking plate in such a manner that the interlocking plate is permitted to axially move together with the lever shaft and to rotate relative to the lever shaft, a stopper formed on the shift head adjacent to the reverse shift head and adapted to be engaged and disengaged from the inner lever and means mounted on the inner lever for abutting against the locking means at the reverse select position of the inner lever in such a manner that after abutting of the abutting means against the locking means the inner lever is permitted to slightly move in the shift and select directions and subsequently move only in the shift direction.

Fuel injector electronically controlled engine

Abstract: A combustion chamber in each cylinder has a plurality of intake valves and intake air is distributed into respective divided flow intake air path portions to enter each combustion chamber from a plurality of the intake valves through these divided flow intake air path portions. And in a fuel injector, injected fuel collides with injected air to promote atomization of injected fuel. Each fuel injector has a plurality of fuel injection ports directed to the respective divided flow intake air path portions and a plurality of air-fuel injection ports which are provided coaxially with the respective fuel injection ports and through which injected fuel passes after colliding with injected air. As a result the injected fuel is smoothly distributed to the respective divided flow intake air path portions.

Knock control method and apparatus for an internal-combustion engine

Abstract: When the operating condition of an engine is in a predetermined knock-development range, an antiknock agent is supplied to the engine. The ignition timing of the engine is advanced after a predetermined time has elapsed subsequent to the start of supplying the antiknock agent.

Transmission mechanism with parallel transmission system including one way clutches, one being lockable

Abstract: A power supplying member supplies rotational power in a certain rotational direction to a first member of the transmission, and a power receiving member takes out power from a second member. Several power transmission systems are provided between the first and the second member, which are selectively engagable so as to provide various speed stages between them. Each power transmission system has a clutching mechanism which either can be disconnected so as to freewheel in both rotational directions, or can be connected only in the one rotational direction which is required for transmission of power through that power transmission system, so as to function as a one way clutch. Thus shifting between the speed stages does not require delicate controlling of the clutching mechanisms. At least one of these clutching mechanisms can also be locked up so as to transmit rotational power in both rotational directions, and this enables engine braking to be made available, when the transmission is mounted in an automotive vehicle.

A method and apparatus for making a fine powder compound of a metal and another element

Abstract: A method of making a fine powder of a metal and another element in an intimate mutual relation such as an alloy or a chemical compound of a metal and a non metallic element, wherein a gaseous mixture of the metal and the other element is passed through a convergent-divergent nozzle and is thereby rapidly cooled by adiabatic expansion so that the metal and the other element react with each other while the resulting alloy or chemical compound is solidified to form fine particles.

Hydraulic valve lift device

Abstract: A hydraulic valve lift device for internal combustion engines includes a lifter having therein an oil pressure chamber for introduction of oil and slidably disposed in a cylindrical bore of a housing with one end thereof engaged by a cam or a cam shaft, and a plunger slidably disposed in the lifter for opening and closing an intake or exhaust valve of which a valve lift is variable depending upon the rotational speed of the cam by discharging oil from the oil pressure chamber through a throttling port. A braking chamber is defined by a flange portion of the plunger and the cylindrical bore, and is communicated through a slit with a oil feed chamber adapted to allow oil to flow thereinto. A relief valve is provided for communicating with the braking chamber to control its oil pressure below a set value. A control device is provided for controlling the relief valve depending upon an output of a detector such that the set force of the valve corresponds with a desired value.

Thin film oxygen sensor with microheater

Abstract: A thin film oxygen sensor with a microheater incorporates an oxide semiconductor and has an integral structure of a sensor portion and a heater portion, wherein a porous catalyst layer is formed on a surface of the sensor portion, and a thickness and an average pore diameter of the catalyst layer are determined such that a ratio of the thickness to the average pore diameter falls within a range of 50 to 3,000. The oxygen sensor has good reproducibility, high stability, and high sensitivity for changing a resistance in response to a change in an oxygen content in an atmosphere. The oxygen sensor can be manufactured at low cost and has a compact construction.

Helically-shaped intake port of an internal combustion engine

Abstract: An engine comprising an intake port which has a separating wall projecting downwardly from the upper wall of the intake port. The separating wall defines a helical portion, an inlet passage portion tangentially connected to the helical portion, and a bypass passage interconnecting the inlet passage portion and the helical portion. The separating wall has an upstream end portion centrally located between the opposed side walls of the intake port. A rotary valve is arranged in the bypass passage and is actuated by a vacuum-operated diaphragm apparatus. The rotary valve is opened when the amount of air fed into the cylinder of the engine is increased beyond a predetermined value.

Optimum shift timing indicating device for a vehicle

Abstract: An optimum shift timing indicating device for a vehicle includes: a speed sensor for detecting a rotational speed of an engine or a running speed of the vehicle; a load sensor for detecting an engine load; a data processing device having a data map or maps fewer in number than gear positions of the vehicle transmission, said data map or maps having a set shift-up region and/or shift-down region selected in accordance with the rotational speed of the engine or the running speed of the vehicle and the engine load, for emitting a shift-up instruction signal and/or a shift-down instruction signal in accordance with the rotational speed of the engine or the running speed of the vehicle and the engine load; and a shift instructing device for giving a driver a shift-up instruction and/or a shift-down instruction in response to an output from said data processing device; so that instruction about the optimum shift timing can be given to the driver with the use of only a small memory capacity.

Direct injection type internal combustion engine

Abstract: A direct injection type internal combustion engine has a piston reciprocatably fitted in the bore of a cylinder block defining a combustion chamber together with the cylinder block and a cylinder head. A main recess is formed in the combustion chamber for accelerating the swirl of intake air which is prepared and introduced by an intake device. At least one auxiliary recess is formed in the main recess and is arranged in the direction of the intake air swirl and in the direction of the fuel injection of a fuel injector for generating a secondary swirl different from the intake air swirl and for generating turbulence between the two swirls. Thus, the introduction of air into the fuel droplets fed from the fuel injector is promoted by the intake air swirl and the secondary swirl so that the combustion efficiency of the internal combustion engine is improved.

Door operating device for a slide door unit

Abstract: A door operating device for operating by means of a DC motor the slide door of a slide door unit including an opening formed in the exterior panel of an automobile, the door designed to be arranged flush with the exterior panel when closed, guide rails extended along the upper frame, the lower frame of the opening and the outside surface of the exterior panel, respectively, and guide rollers for guiding the door along the guide rails. A first turnable arm is supported rotatably on the floor of the automobile, a second turnable arm is supported rotatably on the free end of the first turnable arm and a driving wheel is supported rotatably on the free end of the second turnable arm. The output torque of the motor is distributed into a torque for rotating the driving wheel and a torque for rotating the first turnable arm. When the motor is actuated with the door closing the opening of the exterior panel of the body of the automobile, first the door is swayed outside of the exterior panel of the body due to the rotatory motion of the first turnable arm and then the door is driven to slide along the exterior panel of the body by the agency of the frictional engagement of the driving wheel with a guide member secured to the inside surface of the door.

Limiting electric current type oxygen sensor with heater and limiting electric current type oxygen concentration detecting device using the same

Abstract: The invention provides a limiting electric current type oxygen sensor with a microheater, having: an oxygen ionic conductor; an anode and a cathode respectively formed on two major surfaces of the oxygen ionic conductor; an insulating film which has a porosity of not less than 0.2 [%], an average pore diameter of not less than 140 [Å], and a thickness between 0.2 [μm] and 10 [μm], and which is formed on one of the anode and the cathode so as to regulate a flow rate of oxygen gas and to provide electrical insulation; and the microheater formed on the insulating film. The oxygen ionic conductor is electrically insulated from the microheater through the insulating film. The invention also provides a limiting electric current type oxygen concentration detecting device having the limiting electric current type oxygen sensor and a constant temperature control circuit.

Actuation system for transmission synchronizer providing regulated engagement pressure

Abstract: An actuation system for a transmission synchronizer, including a first member and a second member, the second member being pressed against the first member for synchronization of two relatively rotating elements, includes a variable pressure type actuator which selectively presses the second member against the first member, with a pressing force which is controllable to vary over a range so as to press the second member against the first member at a lower pressure in the initial phase of synchronization and at a substantially increased pressure at the end of synchronization.

Rear seat of an automobile

Abstract: A rear seat of an automobile, capable of selectively securing thereto with either one of a separate type seat back divided into two sections in the widthwise direction of the automobile, the respective sections being forwardly foldable independently of each other, and including a frame which includes reinforcement members to reinforce the outer peripheries of the main panels, or a bench type seat back being integral in the widthwise direction of the automobile and forwardly foldable, wherein a frame of the bench type seat back is of such an arrangement that the right and left main panels in the separate type seat back are integrally connected through reinforcement members to each other in such a manner that the two main panels are parallelly arranged on the right and left.

Method for making composite material object by plastic processing

Abstract: First a reinforcing material mass is formed from a quantity of reinforcing material by binding it together with inorganic binder, and then this reinforcing material mass is compounded with matrix metal to form a composite material mass. Then the composite material mass is heated up so that the proportion of the matrix metal thereof which is in the liquid phase is at least 40%, and while still hot it is subjected to a plastic processing process to form the composite material object.

Air breather for power transmission unit

Abstract: A housing assembly for a power transmission unit comprises a casing provided at the open end thereof with an upright peripheral seating face and a cover member fitted at its upright peripheral seating face to the upright peripheral seating face of the casing in a fluid-tight manner. The cover member is provided at the head portion thereof with a vertical vent hole and is integrally formed at the inner wall thereof with a laterally slanted protrusion fitted to the upper corner of the casing seating face in a fluid-tight manner to form an air passage communicating the vent hole into the casing, and an air breather plug assembly is coupled over the vent hole. The air passage is designed to be wider at its lower portion and to be narrower towards its upper portion. An air chamber is provided between the upper end of the air passage and the vent hole.

Air conditioner for a coating booth

Abstract: An air conditioner for a coating booth is constructed so as to intake the air through a filter for eliminating dust, to heat the air by a plate fin coil heater to the extent that it is not excessively saturated, to atomize the steam directly into the air via a steam atomizing tube, to contact the air including the atomized steam with water flowing down on the surfaces of the wet walls, to make the recirculating water absorb the steam for giving energy for humidifying to the water, to humidify the air by contacting the flowing water and to feed the humidified air through an eliminator to a coating booth at a temperature controlled by another plate fin coil heater.

Optimum shift position indication using successive two-dimensional data maps

Abstract: A shift indication apparatus having an engine rotation sensor, a throttle valve sensor, and a shift position sensor, a microcomputer having a ROM and RAM for storing data corresponding to the engine speed, throttle valve openings, and the shift positions therein, and an indicator for indicating preferable shift positions to be performed by a driver in which a torque data map and a fuel consumption rate data map have stored in the ROM for calculating various torque and fuel consumption rates so as to obtain preferable shift positions relating to optimum fuel consumption rate in accordance with said data detected. With this construction, it becomes possible for a driver to run his car in accordance with the indications of the shift operation on the indicator so as to enable the economical running of the car to be realized.

Tracking control system of multijoint robot

Abstract: In a tracking control system of a multijoint robot, a change in posture of an end of a tool attached to a hand of a robot arm is defined as rotation about a rotational main axis of the tool An arc traced by an imaginary point which is in a plane perpendicular to the rotational main axis and which is spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the rotational main axis is synthesized with a straight line traced by the imaginary point upon translational motion of the end of the tool, thereby producing a helical trajectory A velocity pattern is given to this helical trajectory, and a translational velocity pattern and a rotational velocity pattern are derived as components from the velocity pattern given to the helical trajectory Servo control is smoothly performed to control joint variables so as to provide a target position/posture tracking output which prevents abrupt changes

Lubrication device in transmissions

Abstract: A lubrication device in a transmission in which change-speed gears rotatable on a hollow shaft are arranged to be supplied with lubricating oil through an axial blind bore in the shaft. The lubrication device includes an oil collector mounted in a casing assembly for the transmission and located above an open end of the axial blind bore in the shaft to receive lubricating oil picked up in the casing assembly, an oil feed pipe extending from the collector into the open end portion of the bore, and a pump impeller assembly mounted in the open end portion of the bore to impel the lubricating oil from the feed pipe toward the closed end of the bore during rotation of the hollow shaft.