Abstract:
A pneumatic tire for automobile having an inner liner of a thin film of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, which film is laminated directly over an inner wall of green tire and firmly bonded thereto when the tire is vulcanized.
Abstract:
A tread composition for low rolling resistance tires, comprising 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber or a styrene-butadiene rubber-based rubber blend and 3.2-5.0 parts by weight of sulphur.
Abstract:
Rubber compositions suitable for tire treads are disclosed. Starting rubbers made up of at least one SBR of -20.degree. C. to -40.degree. C. in Tg and at least one SBR of lower than -45.degree. C. in Tg are blended with specified amounts of carbon blacks having a N.sub.2 SA of more than 120 m.sup.2 /g and of softeners having a VGC of 0.90 to 0.98, whereby the compositions are provided with a storage shear modulus of less than 500 MPa at -30.degree. C. The compositions are excellent in friction performance, abrasion resistance and low-temperature resistance.
Abstract:
A rubber composition for tire treads having improved rolling resistance and wet road braking performance, comprising (I) a chlorinated butyl rubber and/or a brominated butyl rubber, (II) natural rubber and/or a polyisoprene rubber and, if desired, (III) a polybutadiene rubber in specific blending ratios.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a rubber composition for tire treads having resilience, wet skid resistance and wear resistance well balanced with each other, by mechanically mixing a specific amount in total of a halogenated butyl rubber, natural rubber or a polyisoprene rubber and a polybutadiene rubber with a specific amount of carbon black and with other additives in the first mixing step and then mechanically mixing the resulting mixture with the remainder of the rubber ingredients and carbon black in the second mixing step thereby to obtain the rubber composition.
Abstract:
A heat pump system usable as an air-conditioning apparatus, a refrigerant apparatus, or a temperature-conditioning apparatus, having a heat capacity detection mechanism for detecting a signal indicative of a ratio of or a difference between the total heat-emitting capacity of the condenser and the total heat-absorbing capacity of the evaporator, and an energy-supplying mechanism for exerting energy onto the refrigerant, thereby compensating for insufficient total hear-absorbing capacity, especially in the cooling mode when condensation capacity increases due to, for example, a cold or wind environment.
Abstract:
An engine-driven heat pump apparatus having a refrigerant circulation line which includes at least one inside heat-exchanger for exchanging heat between the air in a room and the refrigerant, and a pressure-controlling device for substantially maintaining the pressure on the high pressure side of the refrigerant circulation line by, for example, narrowing the opening of the expansion valve(s), decreasing the volume of air passing through the inside heat-exchanger(s), recirculating the air passing through the inside heat-exchanger(s), lowering the heat efficiency of the engine when the required quantity of radiated heat from the inside heat-exchanger(s) in use is increased, e.g., when the number of inside heat-exchanger(s) in use is increased, thereby maintaining or increasing heating power in the heating mode, irrespective of the number of inside heat-exchangers in use.
Abstract:
An engine-driven heat pump apparatus having a refrigerant circulation line which includes a pressure-measuring device for measuring the pressure in the refrigerant circulation line downstream of a compressor and upstream of an expansion valve, and an exhaust heat controller for controlling the exhaust heat from the engine based on the pressure by, for example, changing the heat efficiency of the engine, e.g., by controlling at least one of (a) the ignition timing of the engine, (b) the opening and closing timing of an intake port valve and an exhaust port valve, and (c) the opening of a fuel gas-controlling valve, so as to efficiently increase heating power during heating operation at low temperatures, without increasing engine noise or shortening the life of the engine.
Abstract:
A heat pump apparatus which includes: an accumulator and a sub-accumulator for additionally accommodating the refrigerant arranged between the accumulator and the compressor, in which at least the accumulator or the sub-accumulator is provided with a flow control valve for controlling the refrigerant flow upstream of the accumulator or the sub-accumulator in association with the liquid refrigerant level detected by the level sensor; a bypass line with a bypass valve for bypassing the expansion valve, for controlling the opening of the bypass; and, preferably, a level sensor for sensing the liquid refrigerant level therein; thereby inhibiting the occurrence of foaming of the refrigerant and preventing the refrigerant from entering the compressor, especially at the start-up of the compressor.
Abstract:
A rubber composition for tire tread, comprising natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber and polybutadiene rubber, which polybutadiene rubber having a 1,2-bond unit content in the range of 40 to 90 mol % and having a specific functional group contained in the molecular chain thereof.