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In the present invention, when a space holding member for holding a photosensitive drum and a developing roller in a spaced-apart state acts on a process cartridge main body, the photosensitive drum and the developing roller are held in the spaced-apart state, and when the holding member is acting on a process cartridge, a storing medium provided in the process cartridge and the communication member of the storing medium are covered and hidden by the holding member. By the above-described construction, the spacing-apart of the developing roller and the protection of the storing medium can be effected by a member, and an improvement in usability and the curtailment of the number of parts can be achieved.

A method of managing user profile information in a mobile telecommunications network comprising a plurality of control nodes which can send signals to, and receive signals from, mobile user equipment, the method comprising the step of transferring user profile information from an old control node to a new control node when a mobile user equipment moves from a detached state to an active state.

Disclosed is a method for processing the service connection between a user terminal and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) applicable to a WLAN interactive network that at least comprises: a WLAN user terminal, a WLAN access unit, a service control unit and a user information storage unit. The method comprises: setting flags that represent the attached or detached status of the service connection between the user terminal and the WLAN in the WLAN user terminal and the service control unit respectively; establishing or canceling the connection between the user terminal and the network through the interaction between the WLAN user terminal and the WLAN, meanwhile modifying the corresponding flags. The method can clarify the service connection status of the current WLAN user terminal so as to implement effective interaction and control between the WLAN user terminal and the service control unit, keep the user information in the user information storage unit and service control unit consistent, avoid redundant messages, and further improve the working efficiency of the system.

A hand-held power tool (2) connectable with a dust suction module (32) includes a motor (64) and an air flow generator (66) which for cooling the motor (64) is located, together with the motor (64), in air flow path (62) between an air inlet and an air outlet (16) both formed in the tool housing, (4, 6), with an air inlet having a side opening (18) and a connection opening (20) connectable with the suction path (60) of the dust suction module (32) and the dust suction module (32) having a suction conduit (58) for connecting the suction path (60) with the air flow path (62) and adjoining the connection opening (20) in a connected condition of the dust suction module (32) with the power tool, and with the power tool (2) further having a closing member provided on the connection opening (20), operable by the dust suction module (32), and having, in an attached position of the dust section module (32), an open position, and having a closed position in the detached condition of the dust suction module (32).

Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner with an integrated handheld vacuum cleaner unit that includes a dust container detachably mounted on a body of the vacuum cleaner and configured to perform vacuum cleaning via air suction in a detached state. The dust container of the vacuum cleaner permits vacuum cleaning not only in a state of being mounted in the body, but also in a state of being detached therefrom. Accordingly, the vacuum cleaner of the present invention can eliminate needs of separately buying a larger vacuum cleaner and a smaller vacuum cleaner, thereby being more economical for consumers.

The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging element which is able to provide the solid-state imaging element having a polarizing element having a simple configuration and structure based on a wire grid polarizer technique, a solid-state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a polarizing element. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of solid-state imaging elements 41 each including a photoelectric conversion element 61 and a polarizing element 70 formed on the light incident side of the photoelectric conversion element 61. The solid-state imaging device includes two or more kinds of polarizing elements 70 having different polarization orientations. Each polarizing element has a stacked structure in which a stripe-shaped reflecting layer 71, an insulating layer 72 formed on the reflecting layer 71, and a light absorption layer 73 made up of a plurality of segments 73′ formed on the insulating layer 72 in a separated state are stacked in that order from the photoelectric conversion element side.

A robot cleaner is provided that includes a body having a receiving portion configured to receive a dust tank mounted thereto, a detector installed at the receiving portion that detects whether the dust tank has been separated from the body by an interaction with the dust tank, and a controller that controls a suction motor installed in the body according to a detection result of the detector. When the dust tank is separated from the receiving portion, the detector detects the separated state of the dust tank immediately and the controller stops the suction motor, thus, preventing dust from being introduced into the body.

A catheter kit for a burrow having a catheter and an obturator and excellent in operability. The catheter comprises a tube having, inside, a nutrient passage leading nutrition or chemicals from the outside of a body to the inside of a stomach and extending along the wall surface of the burrow and a non-balloon type endodwelling member fitted to the tip part of the tube, normally placed in an expanded state and reduced in diameter less than that in the expanded state when an external force acts thereon by the obturator, and indwelled in the stomach in a buried state in a living body. The obturator comprises a guide wire passage detachably engaged with the catheter and allowing a guide wire installed in the obturator ranging from the tip to the midway thereof to be inserted therein and an operation part for transmitting the external force to the endodwelling member fitted to the rear end thereof. The rear end part of the guide wire passage and the operation part are arranged in a separated state.

The invention discloses a multi-target track method based on moving target detection in video monitoring. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, using a background removing method to detect foreground moving targets; then establishing an incidence matrix between a foreground target block mass of the current frame and the target detected in a previous frame so as to judge various states of the targets (such as target missing, target keeping initial condition, target overlap, target separation and the like), and secondarily tracking the targets which are in the separation condition; and at last, updating the positions and areas of the targets, kernel weighted color histograms and other characteristics to achieve tracking multiple targets. The method of the invention can be used for effectively and reliably tracking sheltered targets and the multiple targets which are mutually overlapped and then separated in real time, and improving stability and robustness of a video monitoring system.

A control apparatus of hybrid vehicle having a first clutch which is in a disengaged state by being supplied with hydraulic fluid and a second clutch which is in an engaged state by being supplied with the hydraulic fluid, has a line pressure controller controlling a line pressure of the hydraulic fluid, and a drive mode controller changing a drive mode between HEV mode in which the first clutch is engaged and the vehicle travels with the engine and the motor / generator being a power source and EV mode in which the first clutch is disengaged and the vehicle travels with only the motor / generator being the power source. The line pressure controller sets the line pressure in HEV mode to a pressure level required for the engagement of the second clutch, and sets the line pressure in EV mode to a higher line pressure than the line pressure in HEV mode.

The present invention provides for a handle set for a lock with a latch, the handle set having an authentication circuit and actuator in the interior handle that allow access to authenticated transponders. The present invention also provides a device and method for transmitting a rotational movement and force in an electronic lock, wherein the transmission takes place in a coupled state and not in a decoupled state and wherein the transmission of force does not damage an actuator that requires little energy to change between the coupled and decoupled states. A coupling cartridge of an electronic lock can easily be handed. The electronic lock can be retrofitted in installed mortise locks and used with cylindrical locks. The electronic lock can include a security feature that prohibits the electronic lock from changing between the coupled and decoupled states.

A fixing device includes a rotary fixing member, a counter member to contact the rotary fixing member, a first heater to heat the rotary fixing member, a driving unit to rotate the rotary fixing member, a temperature detector to detect a temperature of the rotary fixing member, and a contact-and-separation unit to switch between contact and separation states of the rotary fixing member relative to the counter member. In a temperature-raising operation, the driving unit causes the rotary fixing member to rotate when the temperature detector detects that the temperature of the rotary fixing member has reached a first setting temperature. The contact-and-separation unit causes the rotary fixing member in rotation and the counter member to contact each other when the temperature detector detects that the temperature of the rotary fixing member has reached a second setting temperature that is higher than the first setting temperature.

The invention relates to an intelligent starting and stopping system of an engine and an intelligent starting and stopping method for an automobile, specifically to an intelligent starting and stopping system of an engine for an automobile, preferably a manual gear automobile, comprising a first switch, an engine control module for controlling the first switch, a second switch, and an intelligent sensing control unit for controlling the second switch, wherein the first switch and the second switch are serially connected to control a starter; the intelligent sensing control unit collects a clutch signal and a gear signal to judge the states of the clutch and a speed changing box from a clutch sensor and a gear sensor independently on the engine control module; the intelligent sensing control unit turns off the second switch if the clutch is in totally separated state or the speed changing box is in neutral gear state; or else, the intelligent sensing control unit cuts off the second switch. In addition, the invention further relates to a corresponding intelligent starting and stopping method.

A double bearing reel that facilitates operating the braking and sounding mechanisms while fishing. A reel includes a reel body having a handle (2), a spool (15), a clutch mechanism (21), a frictional braking mechanism (26), a sounding mechanism (27), a switching operation mechanism (28), and a drag mechanism (42). The frictional braking mechanism is capable of braking the spool in its braking state regardless of the state of the clutch mechanism and switchable between the braking state and a non-braking state. The sounding mechanism is capable of producing sound in accordance with the rotation of the spool and switchable between an engaged state in which sound may be produced and a disengaged state in which no sound is produced. The switching operation mechanism is capable of switching, at the same time, the states of both the sounding mechanism and the first braking mechanism from the engaged state and the braking state, respectively, to the disengaged state and the non-braking state, respectively, or vice versa. The drag mechanism brakes the rotation of the spool in the line releasing direction while the clutch mechanism is turned on.

The invention discloses a minitype drill bit and a processing method thereof. The minitype drill bit comprises a drill point and a drill body, wherein the drill point comprises two main cutting edges which are symmetrical by the axle center of a minitype drill, two main cutter surfaces and two auxiliary cutter surfaces; and the drill body is provided with two spiral rising chip flutes, wherein the chip flutes are respectively a long chip flute and a short chip flute which have different helical angles so as to change the two chip flutes into a converging state from a separated state; and the short chip flute is finished at the joint part with the long chip flute. As the two chip flutes on the drill body of the minitype drill bit are set to be the long chip flute and the short chip flute which have the different helical angles, and the short chip flute is finished at the joint part with the long chip flute, most part of the drill body is the single long chip flute. Therefore, the rigid part of a flute body is increased, the core thickness thereof is thickened, and the rigidity of the drill body part of the minitype drill is better.

The present invention provides for an electronic access control device with an actuator that requires little energy to change between the coupled and decoupled states. The actuator can have levers that interact to bias the control actuator in the decoupled state. The actuator can be changed between coupled and decoupled states by magnetizing and demagnetizing an armature that interacts with the levers. The electronic lock can include a security apparatus that prohibits the electronic lock from changing between the coupled and decoupled states when an external magnetic field is applied.

A system includes a computer main unit (3) for performing data processing, a cradle (5) for a display device that is connected to the computer main unit so that signals or data can be communicated between them, a wireless display (6) that is detachably connected to the cradle and is capable of communicating signals or data with the cradle or the computer main unit via wireless communication, a connector, a resistor or the like as a detecting portion for detecting a connected or detached state of the wireless display with respect to the cradle, and a NOR circuit (35) or a power control portion (33, 33B) as a control portion for inhibiting power control by an operation in the computer main unit when the wireless display is detached from the cradle and the computer main unit is working.

A process cartridge in which before use, the separation of a predetermined distance between a charging roller and a photosensitive drum can be maintained, and in use, the separation state of the charging roller can be released without increasing the burden on a user. The process cartridge includes a charging roller separation member moveable between the first position to hold the separation of the charging roller from the photosensitive drum and the second position to abut the charging roller on the photosensitive drum. One of a photosensitive member unit and a developing unit includes a hook portion holding the separation member in the first position, and the other includes a hook portion that releases the separation member from the hook portion to move the separation member to the second position when the developing unit is pivoted.

A propulsive force controlling apparatus controls a propulsion system attached to a hull of a marine vessel. The propulsion system includes a motor, a propulsive force generating member which receives a torque from the motor to generate a propulsive force, a clutch mechanism which is switched between a coupling state which permits transmission of the torque from the motor to the propulsive force generating member with virtually no slippage and a decoupling state which prohibits the transmission of the torque from the motor to the propulsive force generating member, and a clutch actuator which actuates the clutch mechanism. The propulsive force controlling apparatus includes a target propulsive force acquiring section which acquires a target propulsive force to be generated by the propulsion system, and a clutch controlling section which controls (via intermittent coupling control, for example) the clutch actuator on the basis of the target propulsive force acquired by the target propulsive force acquiring section.

The invention provides methods for analyzing the protein content of a biological sample, for example to obtain a protein profile of a sample provided by a particular individual. The proteins and protein fragments in the sample are separated on the basis of chemical and / or physical properties and maintained in a separated state at discrete locations on a solid substrate or within a stream of flowing liquid. Raman spectra are then detected as produced by the separated proteins or fragments at the discrete locations such that a spectrum from a discrete location provides information about the structure or identity of one or more particular proteins or fragments at the discrete location. The proteins or fragments at discrete locations can be coated with a metal, such as gold or silver, and / or the separated proteins can be contacted with a chemical enhancer to provide SERS spectra. Method and kits for practicing the invention are also provided.

A speed control method for an automatic transmission includes a first synchronizing process, in which a first clutch portion is operated to be in an engaging state in order to synchronize a first input shaft to a power source, a second synchronizing process, in which the first input shaft is synchronized to the output shaft by operating a gear train connected the first input shaft so as to be in an engaging state, after the first clutch portion is operated so as to be in the disengaging state and a torque transmission path switchover process for switching a torque transmitting path from a second input shaft to the first input shaft by operating the first clutch portion so as to be in an engaging state while the second clutch portion is operated so as to be in an disengaging state.

A torque transmitting apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises a housing rotatably supporting a differential assembly including a differential case and at least one output shaft. The torque transmitting apparatus further comprises at least one friction clutch assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging the differential case and the at least one output shaft, and a hydraulic clutch actuator for operating the at least one friction clutch assembly between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition. The hydraulic clutch actuator includes a hydraulic pump providing a hydraulic fluid under pressure and a hydraulic pressure accumulator selectively communicating with the pump for charging the accumulator with the hydraulic fluid under pressure. The hydraulic accumulator is provided for selectively communicating with the at least one friction clutch assembly for selectively setting the clutch assembly in the engaged condition.

A powertrain assembly for an automotive vehicle having an internal combustion engine, transmission, electric induction motor, a clutch for connecting and releasing the engine and transmission, and a controller for controlling the state of engagement and disengagement of the clutch and the torque produced by the motor during the launch. The engine increases torque produced by the induction motor during a vehicle launch condition, permitting the engine to be turned off when the vehicle is at rest. The torque multiplication that would normally be available from a hydrokinetic torque converter is replaced with auxiliary launch torque supplied by the induction motor.

An actuator has a housing that accommodates a motor, an output shaft for rotating a lamp unit that radiates light, a drive mechanism portion formed from a transmission gear system for transmitting rotation from the motor to the output shaft, and a control circuit portion for controlling the drive of the motor, the drive mechanism portion and the control circuit portion being disposed in a separated state due to an intermediate wall.

Agent for the agronomic treatment of a living plant supported by a moist substrate, for example a soil, wherein said agent is in the solid and divided state, and comprises solid particles containing at least one active entity for the agronomic treatment, characterized in that each particle comprises: —a nucleus consisting of a grain of a solid material which is inert with respect to the substrate, comprising an inner developed surface area which is greater than its apparent surface area and, as a result, suitable for adsorption and / or absorption, —the active entity for agronomic treatment, absorbed into the grain and / or adsorbed at the surface of said grain, —a membrane encapsulating the nucleus comprising the active entity, consisting of at least one hydrophilic polymer which is permeable to the outside with respect to the active entity, when it is in direct or indirect contact with the moist substrate.

There is provided an ultrasonic wave diagnosis instrument. The ultrasonic wave Doppler diagnosis instrument transmits an ultrasonic continuous wave in a range direction and receives a reflective wave of the ultrasonic continuous wave. The ultrasonic wave Doppler diagnosis instrument includes: a modulation unit that subjects the ultrasonic continuous wave to frequency modulation such that a phase is varied in accordance with the distance of the range direction; a demodulation unit that demodulates the reflective wave for each range of the range direction while interlocking with the frequency modulation, and generates a reception signal in the range in a separated state; and a presentation unit that presents information by using a signal of a Doppler component based on the reception signal.

The invention relates to a hybrid electric vehicle engine starting control method. When an engine receives a starting instruction during forwarding, if the rotation speed of the engine is larger thanthe minimum starting rotation speed of the engine, the engine sprays fuel for ignition and enters a rotation speed control mode, wherein the target rotation speed is the rotation speed of a motor, a coupling mechanism clutch remains a separated state, and the target torque of the motor is the demand torque of a driver. When the rotation speed difference between the motor and the engine is lower than a first preset value, the engine continues to maintain the rotation speed control mode, and the coupling mechanism clutch is in a semi-engaged state. When the rotation speed difference between themotor and the engine is lower than a second preset value, the coupling mechanism clutch is gradually fully-engaged to be in a locked state according to a certain rate; meanwhile, the engine is switched from the rotation speed control mode to the torque control mode, and the target torque of the engine is gradually changed to the demand torque of the driver. After the torque of the coupling mechanism clutch is greater than a preset lock value, the starting process is finished. Towing of the motor is not needed, the engine is started, and the starting time of the engine is shortened while the smoothness is ensured.

An electronic access control device with an actuator that requires little energy to change between the coupled and decoupled states. The actuator can have levers that interact to bias the control actuator in the decoupled state. The actuator can be changed between coupled and decoupled states by magnetizing and demagnetizing an armature that interacts with the levers. The electronic lock can include a security apparatus that prohibits the electronic lock from changing between the coupled and decoupled states when an external magnetic field is applied.