Bridgestone Corporation

Misawa Shokai Co., Ltd.

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Pacific Industrial Company, Ltd.

Makoto Nakao

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Isao Watanabe

Kiyoshi Ohno

Masatoshi Ohishi

Junichi Misawa

Kazuaki Hama

Norio Goshima

Akira Sato

Norio Nihei

Hiroshi Fukuyama

Kiyoshi Oono

Masako Dogen

Fumiko Nagai

Yoshitomi Tabata

Kazuo Takenaka

Makoto Morinaga

Kazuki Iinuma

Toshiko Nakao

A vibration damping device comprises two cylindrical and flexible membrane members, a restricted passage constituting member connected at both end portions to these membrane members, two face plates connected at their end portion to the membrane members, a closed chamber defined by these members and face plates, a rigid member connecting both the face plates to each other at inside or outside of the closed chamber, a fluid filled in the closed chamber, and a fastening member disposed at each side of the restricted passage constituting member and the face plate.

Vibration damping device

A height sensor comprises a pair of light-emitting elements disposed at positions spaced at different distances from a surface desired to be measured, the elements alternately emitting light rays, and a light-receiving element for receiving a light ray generated from each light-emitting element and reflected by the measured surface, the element producing a signal corresponding to the quantity of light received. The signal outputted from the light-receiving element is logarithmically converted by a logarithmic converter circuit. The output thereof thus has its direct current components removed by a filter. The value, covering from one peak to another peak, of the remaining alternating current components is equal to the value obtained by subtracting a logarithmically converted value of the signal outputted from the light-receiving element when causing one light-emitting element to give forth a light ray, from a logarithmically converted value of the signal outputted from the light-receiving element when causing the other light-emitting element to give forth a light ray. By rectifying this filter output, it is possible to detect the height up to the measured surface without being influenced by dirt on the measured surface upon the output of the light-receiving element.

Height sensor and air cushion

The present invention is a tire inspection device for a tire wheel made from nonmetallic material having a detecting part fitted inside the wheel. The detecting part is equipped with a sensor for detecting the tire internal pressure, the strain of the wheel and the like, and also an electric circuit for conveying out of the wheel an electric signal corresponding to the tire state sensed by the sensor.

Tire inspection device

A measuring apparatus in which two opposite sides of a load receiving plate to which a load is to be applied are coupled to two sides of an inner frame enclosing the load receiving plate by means of at least four inner beams. The measuring apparatus also comprises an outer frame enclosing the inner frame, two sides of which are coupled to other two sides of the inner frame by means of at least four outer beams, whereby the load receiving plate and inner frame are supported by the outer frame. Further, strain gauges are provided on the inner and outer beams, and strains of these beams are detected by the strain gauges and measured as electrically processed and amplified.

Measuring equipment

The present invention provides a measuring apparatus comprising a load receiving plate, a frame member enclosing the load receiving plate, and at least four beams coupling the load receiving plate and the frame member to each other, thereby supporting the load receiving plate. The beams are so formed as to deflect at predetermined portions thereof in response to X-, Y- and Z-axial components of a force applied to the load receiving plate under the assumption that a direction perpendicular to the load receiving plate is taken as the Z-axial direction and directions perpendicular to each other in the horizontal plane of the load receiving plate are taken as the X- and Y-axial directions, respectively, and strain gauges are provided at predetermined portions of the beams.

Measuring apparatus

In a tire valve suitable for detecting the pressure and temperature in a tire, the strain of the tire wheel and the like, a conductive core body of a valve core is electrically insulated from a conductive shaft, and, to a pedestal having a 1st electrode electrically shaft and a 2nd electrode electrically connected to a conductive valve stem via a core spring, a sensor having two sensor electrodes connected with the 1st and 2nd electrodes respectively is fixed.

Tire valve

A device for inspecting the pressure, temperature, etc. in a tire includes a pressure sensor attached to a valve mounted on the tire rim and having an output that varies depending upon the tire internal pressure, and a resonator including a resonant coil and capacitor which resonates in the presence of an external radiation electromagnetic wave. An oscillation coil of an oscillator which generates the external radiation electromagnetic wave projects from the main body of the inspection device. The main body encloses a signal processor which detects and processes any change in oscillation state which has taken place at the oscillator, as caused by the resonance state of the resonator, and a display to display the result of the signal processing by the signal processor.

An erythrocyte preservative is provided which contains an erythrocyte membrane strengthening agent, optionally a purine base and/or purine nucleoside and optionally an anticoagulant. Blood products which contain the above erythrocyte preservative and can be stored for a prolonged period of time are also provided.

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Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Nakao