A small motor including a rotor, a stator, a bearing member which supports the rotor shaft in the radial and thrust direction and a bearing holding member which holds the bearing member. The bearing holding member is formed in a thin plate-shaped elastic member and includes a bearing holding part which holds the bearing member, arm parts which are extended outward from the bearing holding part in the radial direction in a spiral manner, and an outer peripheral part which is connected to the arm ...

Disclosed is a small watercraft having an engine cooling system which can lessen variation in temperature and temperature distribution of the engine between the time when the engine is starting and when the watercraft is continuously driving with a throttle in a fully open or almost fully open position. The small watercraft adapted to be propelled by a water jet pump driven by an engine, comprises: a first cooling system for cooling a cylinder block of the engine, the first cooling system having...

A small watercraft comprises a four-cycle engine, an engine speed sensor configured to output a signal according to an engine speed of the engine, first and second hydraulic switches each configured to output a signal according to a pressure of oil, and an electrical control unit configured to control operation of the engine based on signals from the engine speed sensor, and the first and second hydraulic switches. The electrical control unit enters a first detection mode when the engine speed i...

A small watercraft comprises an engine for propelling a body of the watercraft, an oil tank configured to reserve oil for lubricating the engine, an oil separator configured to separate the oil from a blow-by gas of the engine, and an oil return passage configured to return the separated oil to the oil tank, wherein a baffle member is provided in the vicinity of an opening portion at which the oil return passage opens in the oil tank so as to inhibit the oil from moving from a predetermined dire...

A jet-propulsion small watercraft, comprises a water jet pump that pressurizes and accelerates water taken in from outside and ejects the water to propel the watercraft, a steering system configured to steer the watercraft by changing an ejection direction of the water, a steering throttle arm configured to cause a throttle valve of an engine to open, thereby maintaining a steering capability, in response to a closing operation of a throttle lever, an actuator configured to cause the throttle va...

A sensor for measurement of small-angle or small-displacement position incorporates multiple independent capacitors in a symmetric relationship. The device presents its output as a standard bridge configured differential signal, which can be interpreted and measured using conventional electronic demodulation means. The device includes an excitation array, a measurement array and an active rotor or linear array. The active array is coupled to a moving object and measured relative to the measureme...

A small arms range has at least one weapon, a target, and at least one transmitter which transmits a beam in the general direction of the or each weapon. The or each weapon has a receiver connected to an interlock system which prevents the weapon being fired unless the receiver is receiving a beam. The range is encircled by a guard beam the receiver of which is also connected to the interlock system. The interlock system prevents the weapon being fired as soon as anyone enters the range.

To solve the limit of wall-thickness adjustment of a preform for a small flat container by a flat core by forming the outer side of a step-up-formed large-wall-thickness shell part with reducing wall thickness. A preform 1 for a small flat container whose inside diameter is completely circular and restricted to a small value is used. A shell part 12 is step-out-formed from the boundary between a neck part 11 and a shell part 12 so that the shell part 12 has a diameter larger than the neck part 1...

New small size DC motors comprising as a spark suppressing element a commutator composed of a cylinder-shaped oxide sintered body having a remarkably stable volt-ampere characteristic as a parent body of the commutator and a plurality of metal or alloy pieces as the commutator segments are provided. The spark suppressing element utilizes an electric barrier existing at the contact surface between the oxide sintered body and the metal or alloy pieces, and can suppress the generation of spark betw...

A small arms silencer utilizes a transversely perforated biased piston mer, moving in a vented, perforated, housing, to temporarily contain projectile blast gases in a sealed-off area. The trapped noise producing blast gases are released through a valve in the housing at a rate and frequency which makes the blast noise level inaudible. Barrel movement compensation is provided by a combination of an impulse of gases acting against a closed end of the housing in opposition to a counter force gener...