18th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150114695 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SERIES, AND CARRIER TAPE - An electronic component package includes a carrier tape in which a plurality of substantially recess-shaped electronic component holding portions are provided in an elongated, narrow base material configured of a resin so that the electronic component holding portions include openings on one surface of the base material and bulge outward on the other surface of the base material, and a cover tape affixed to the one surface of the carrier tape so as to cover the openings in the respective electronic component holding portions. A thickness dimension of a base portion of the electronic component holding portion is smaller than a thickness dimension of the base material. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114696 | CORE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a core substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a core substrate includes: a porous scaffold formed with a void; an insulating material formed to fill a void of the porous scaffold; and an electronic device embedded into the porous scaffold and the insulating material and having external electrodes formed on both surfaces thereof. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114697 | Ceramic Capacitors with Improved Lead Designs - An electronic component is provided with improved thermal stability. The electronic component comprises at least one capacitive element wherein the capacitive element comprises internal electrodes of alternating polarity separated by a dielectric. External terminations with a first external termination of the external terminations are in electrical contact with internal electrodes of a first polarity and a second external termination of the external terminations are in electrical contact with internal electrodes of a second polarity. A first external lead frame is in electrical contact with the first external termination with a conductive bond there between wherein the first external lead frame comprises at least one feature selected from the group consisting of a perforation, a protrusion and an edge indentation. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114698 | SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A substrate structure includes a substrate and a filling material. The substrate has an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one first blind via and at least one second blind via. The substrate includes an insulation layer, a first copper foil layer and a second copper foil layer. The first copper foil layer and the second copper foil layer are respectively disposed on two opposite side surfaces of the insulation layer. The first blind via extends from the upper surface toward the second copper foil layer and exposes a portion of the second copper foil layer. The second blind via extends from the lower surface toward the first copper foil layer and exposes a portion of the first copper foil layer. The filling material is filled inside of the first blind via and the second blind via and covers the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114699 | INSULATION MATERIAL, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided an insulation material, a printed circuit board using the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The insulation material includes a via region in which a via is to be formed; and a reinforcement material, wherein the via region and the reinforcement material are formed to be spaced apart from each other. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114700 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including: a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in a width direction; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to be alternately exposed to the first and second end surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; a plurality of first dummy electrodes; a plurality of second dummy electrodes; first and second external electrodes; first and second plating layers; and first and second terminal electrodes. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114701 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND BOARD WITH THE SAME MOUNTED THEREON - A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a ceramic body including dielectric layers, first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body to face each other, the dielectric layer being interposed between the first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes covering both end surfaces of the ceramic body. The ceramic body may include an active layer as a capacitance forming part and a cover layer as a non-capacitive part disposed on at least one surface of upper and lower surfaces of the active layer, the cover layer including at least one buffer layer, and when a thickness of the cover layer is defined as tc, and a thickness of the buffer layer is defined as ti, ti/tc being in a range of 0.15 to 0.90 (0.15≦ti/tc≦0.90). | 2015-04-30 |
20150114702 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND BOARD FOR MOUNTING THEREOF - A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a ceramic body and an active layer. The ceramic body includes three external electrodes disposed on amounting surface thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other, and first, second, and third lead parts extending from first and second internal electrodes of the ceramic body so as to be exposed to the mounting surface of the ceramic body. One side of at least one of the first, second, and third lead parts connected to the mounting surface of the ceramic body may be at least partially formed as an inclined extension portion that is inclined with respect to an outer periphery of the first or second internal electrode. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114703 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, SERIES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS STORED IN A TAPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a size of a step portion on a first main surface and a size of a step portion on a second main surface are different from each other. A first outer electrode includes a plating film containing Cu. A length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the first main surface in a length direction and a length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the second main surface in the length direction are different from each other. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114704 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND BOARD HAVING THE SAME - A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include three external electrodes disposed on a mounting surface of a ceramic body to be spaced apart from one another. When a length of the ceramic body is defined as L, and a width of an active region including a plurality of internal electrodes disposed therein in a width direction of the ceramic body is defined as A, A/L is in a range of 0.64 to 1.14 (0.64≦A/L≦1.14). | 2015-04-30 |
20150114705 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND BOARD HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a board having the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: three external electrodes disposed on a mounting surface of a ceramic body to be spaced apart from each other and connected to lead portions of internal electrodes, wherein an interval between adjacent lead portions is 500.7 μm or less, widths of one-side margin portions of the external electrodes in a length direction of the ceramic body that are not in contact with the corresponding lead portions are 20.2 μm or more. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114706 | CIRCUIT BOARD VIA CONFIGURATIONS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALING - A circuit board comprises a plurality of layers, first and second reference conductive vias extending in a vertical direction through at least a portion of the plurality of layers, first and second signal conductive vias extending in the vertical direction between and spaced apart in a horizontal direction from the first and second reference conductive vias through at least a portion of the plurality of layers, and a dielectric region extending in the vertical direction between the first and second signal conductive vias. An air via extends in the vertical direction through the dielectric region between the first and second signal conductive vias. An anti-pad extends in the horizontal direction between the first and second reference conductive vias and surrounding in the horizontal direction the first and second signal conductive vias, the air via, and the dielectric region. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114707 | NANO-COPPER SOLDER FOR FILLING THERMAL VIAS - A method of and device for forming vias on an electronic board (such as a PCB board) comprises forming one or more holes on the electronic board, placing a nanomaterial inside the one or more holes, and forming one or more filled holes on the electronic board. The nanomaterial can be nanocopper, which can be either push/pull into the holes on the electronic board or a combination of push and pull. The push/pull can be performed by using a mechanical device or by a person. A capping layer can be on both side of the via. The vias formed by using the nanomaterials provides a high efficient vertical heat transferring path from one side of the electronic board to the other side of the electronic board. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114708 | CABLED BACKPLANE SYSTEM HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ABSORBER - A cable backplane system includes a tray having a frame with side walls surrounding a raceway. The side walls extend to a front edge of the frame. The tray includes spacers coupled to the tray located proximate to the front edge. Cable connectors are held by corresponding spacers in position relative to the backplane. The cable backplane system includes an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) absorber extending along an opening in the tray to suppress the propagation of EMR into or out of the tray. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114709 | SERVER CABINET - A cabinet includes a board defining a through hole, a number of cables extending through the through hole, and a seal device. The seal device includes a limiting member mounted on the board, a sliding member slidably mounted to the board, and a fixing member. The limiting member defines a first receiving groove aligning with the through hole. The sliding member forms a sandwiching portion defining a second receiving groove. The sliding member is slid toward the first receiving groove of the limiting member. The first groove of the limiting member and the second groove of the sliding member sandwich the cables together to seal a gap between the cables and a sidewall bounding the through hole. The sliding member is fixed to the board by the fixing member. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114710 | ORGANIZING DEVICE FOR CABLE AND WIRE - An organizing device includes a cylindrical retainer member made of a resilient material and having one or more longitudinal grooves and spaced from each other for forming one or more partitions between the grooves of the cylindrical retainer member, and having one or more slots formed in an outer peripheral portion and communicative with the grooves for engaging a cable through the slot and into the grooves of the cylindrical retainer member. The grooves of the cylindrical retainer member include different shapes for receiving and engaging with cables of different shapes, and include a height different from each other. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114711 | METHOD FOR SPLICING SHIELDED WIRE CABLES AND CABLES MADE BY SAME - A method of splicing shielded wire cables includes the steps of providing a first, second, and third shielded wire cable each having a core conductor axially surrounded by a shield conductor which is axially surrounded by an insulative jacket, providing a flexible insulation layer, a flexible conductive layer, and a section of dual wall heat shrink tubing. The first portion of the flexible insulation layer about the joined first, second, and third core conductors, wrapping the flexible conductive layer about the first, second, and third shield conductors, and disposing the flexible conductive layer and portions of the first, second, and third insulative jacket within the section of dual wall heat shrink tubing, thus forming a shielded wire cable splice. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114712 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrical connector and a manufacturing method. The electrical connector is used for electrically connecting a first electronic element having protruding conductive portions in the bottom thereof to a second electronic element, includes an insulating body located below the first and above the second electronic element, a conductor, a conducting region disposed on the lower surface of the insulating body, and a conducting line disposed in the insulating body and conducting the conductor and the conducting region. Upper surface of the insulating body has accommodation holes. Aperture of the accommodation hole is greater than outer diameter of the conductive portion. The conductor is provided in each of the accommodation holes. The accommodation hole has low-melting point liquid metal conductor. When the conductive portion enters the accommodation hole, the liquid metal adheres to the conductive portion, and forms a conductive path between the conductive portion and the conductor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114713 | LATERAL EDGE WATER-RESISTANCE STRUCTURE FOR FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CABLE - Disclosed is a lateral edge water-resistance structure for a flexible circuit cable. The flexible circuit cable includes a water resistant section formed thereon. The flexible circuit cable has two lateral edges in the water resistant section and a roughness structure is formed in at least one of the lateral edges or in both lateral edges of the flexible circuit cable. A water-resistance module is molded to cover the water resistant section and the roughness structure of the flexible circuit cable. With the arrangement of the water-resistance module and the roughness structure, the flexible circuit cable is provide with a water resistant effect for the lateral edge. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114714 | IN-SITU DOWNHOLE CUTTINGS ANALYSIS - Systems, devices, and methods for evaluating cuttings entrained in a downhole fluid in a borehole intersecting an earth formation. Methods may include using at least one sensor to produce information responsive to a reflection of an emitted wave from downhole cuttings in the borehole, wherein the information is indicative of a parameter of interest relating to the downhole cuttings; and processing the information using at least one processor to estimate the parameter of interest. Methods may include using the at least one acoustic sensor to produce corresponding information from each of a plurality of azimuthally distributed orientations about a bottom hole assembly (BHA); and using the at least one processor to estimate from the information from each of the orientations an azimuthal variation of the parameter of interest. The at least one sensor may include acoustic sensors, electromagnetic sensors, and/or optical sensors. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114715 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING EXPANDABLE MEMBERS AND STATUS INDICATORS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH EARTH-BORING TOOLS - Expandable tools for use in subterranean boreholes may include a body defining a fluid flow path extending through the body. A valve piston may be located within the fluid flow path of the body, the valve piston configured to move longitudinally within the body responsive to drilling fluid flowing through the fluid flow path above a threshold pressure. The valve piston may include a nozzle defining an opening at an end of the valve piston. A status indicator may be located within the flow path of the body, the status indicator being fixed relative to the body. The status indicator may be positioned and shaped to alter a cross-sectional area of the opening of the nozzle by at least partially entering the nozzle responsive to the valve piston moving longitudinally within the body. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114716 | VIBRATION TOOL - Various implementations described herein are directed to a vibration tool, e.g., for use in drilling or other downhole operations. In one implementation, the vibration tool may include a housing having a bore extending therethrough. The vibration tool may also include a piston subassembly positioned inside the bore, where the piston subassembly is configured to oscillate when fluid flow inside the piston subassembly exceeds a predetermined flow rate. The vibration tool may further include a valve mechanism positioned around the piston subassembly, where the valve mechanism is configured to restrict fluid to flow inside the piston subassembly when the valve mechanism is in a closed state and configured to allow the fluid to flow from the piston subassembly to the bore when the valve mechanism is in an open state. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114717 | WALKING DRILLING RIG - An improved walking drilling rig is disclosed. The walking drilling rig includes a preassembled substructure that includes a first skid beam disposed parallel and spaced apart from a second skid beam. A plurality of crossbeams couple the first skid beam to the second skid beam, and a plurality of extendable legs are supported by the first and second skid beams. An elevateable drill floor is coupled to the plurality of extendable legs and includes a rotary table disposed between a pair of lateral platforms. Each lateral platform has a retracted position and an extended position. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114718 | Drillable Debris Barrier Tool - A drillable debris barrier tool is positioned under a stage tool to protect tools therebelow from contamination with debris from the stage tool, as it is drilled out. The debris barrier tool includes features that facilitate drill up of stage tool debris and reduce the size of debris generated from removal of the barrier tool. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114719 | Multi-Angle Rotary Steerable Drilling - Rotary steerable drilling apparatus and methods utilizing apparatus comprising a shaft, a multi-angle strike ring axially repositionable along the shaft, an articulated member coupled to the shaft, and a steering member carried by the articulated member. An actuator is operable to maintain an angular offset of the articulated member relative to the shaft by maintaining azimuthally-dependent contact between the multi-angle strike ring and the steering member. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114720 | Inhibition of Microfissure Formation in Wear Resistant Coatings - A method of manufacturing coated components, e.g., for use in downhole drilling, which may limit, during the manufacturing process, the formation of microfissures and other performance-inhibiting characteristics in the abrasion resistant coating. The method may include applying an abrasion resistant coating composition to a substrate. The abrasion resistant coating composition and at least the surface of the substrate may be heated to effect metallurgical bonding of the abrasion resistant coating composition with the substrate. The substrate may then be austempered under process conditions selected to limit the volume of expansion of the substrate during austempering to less than about 0.8%. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114721 | Downhole Motor with Concentric Rotary Drive System - A rotary fluid drive has first and second bodies | 2015-04-30 |
20150114722 | DOWNHOLE SCREW MOTOR - To obtain technical result—creation of a new downhole screw motor ensuring a higher efficiency and increasing performance coefficient of a motor and motor operational life, improving of drilling efficiency—in a downhole screw motor comprising a stator having an internal screw surface, a rotor placed inside a stator having external screw surface, a sealing system, a spindle assembly, as per the invention as a sealing system the following system is used: a system, which contains a contact elastic, multilayered sealing agent, moreover a tough straps making layers in a sealing agent, have close ring-like shapes and are similar to the surface, to which they are fixed; the quantity of layers of a sealing agent is not more than six; in the layers separately gas and/or liquid is used as sealing media; a sealing system contains a separation joint of drilling mud flow, an electrogenerating turbine, a pumping unit for drill mud, regulating units of movement direction of sealing media and drill mud, a mud hopper, automatic control system and also, in accordance with applied sealing media, a tank-stabilizer with gas, a compressor, a heat exchanger for gas cooling and/or a tank-stabilizer with liquid, a pump, a heat exchanger for liquid cooling. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114723 | Diamond core drill wire line latch assembly - A latch assembly for a diamond core drill wire line. Included is a cylindrical main body having a main body interior, an outer wall, a main body end and a latch end. A ball hole is defined through the main body. An inner shaft ball lock is contained within the main body. A spring is disposed on the inner shaft ball lock. A main body top is attached to the main body end to contain the inner shaft ball lock within the main body and limit upstream movement of the inner shaft ball lock. A steel ball is then captured between the inner shaft ball lock and the outer wall of the main body such that upon axial movement of the inner shaft ball lock the ball penetrates up through the outer wall to extend past the main body to thereby latch onto an outer tube assembly. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114724 | UNDERGROUND DRILLING APPARATUS - A drilling apparatus can include a sonde housing that is elongated along a central longitudinal axis. The sonde housing has a length that extends along the central longitudinal axis from a proximal end of the sonde housing to a distal end of the sonde housing. The proximal end of the sonde housing is adapted for connection to a drill string and the distal end of the sonde housing includes a distal end face. The sonde housing further defines first and second sonde-housing fluid-delivery passages. The first and second sonde-housing fluid-delivery passages extend fluidly separately from one another throughout substantially an entire length of the sonde housing. The drilling apparatus can also include a rotary cutting tool that mounts to the distal end of the sonde housing. The rotary cutting tool can further define distinct first and second cutting-tool fluid-delivery passages. The first sonde-housing fluid-delivery passage can be in fluid communication with the first cutting-tool fluid-delivery passage. The second sonde-housing fluid-delivery passage can be in fluid communication with the second cutting-tool fluid-delivery passage. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114725 | NON-UNIFORM POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A polycrystalline diamond composite including a generally circular sintered polycrystalline cutting disc and a refractory substrate operationally connected to the polycrystalline cutting disc. The polycrystalline cutting disc further includes a plurality of coarse diamond grains and a plurality of fine diamond grains. The plurality fine diamond grains are concentrated in an annulus positioned to define an outer edge of the polycrystalline cutting disc. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114726 | DIAMOND BONDED CONSTRUCTION WITH REATTACHED DIAMOND BODY - Diamond bonded construction comprise a diamond body attached to a support. In one embodiment, an initial substrate used to sinter the body is interposed between the body and support, and is thinned to less than 5 times the body thickness, or to less than the body thickness, prior to attachment to the support to relieve stress in the body. In another embodiment, the substrate is removed after sintering, and the body is attached to the support. The support has a material construction different from that of the initial substrate, wherein the initial substrate is selected for infiltration and the support for end use properties. The substrate and support include a hard material with a volume content that may be the same or different. Interfaces between the body, substrate, and/or support may be nonplanar. The body may be thermally stable, and may include a replacement material disposed therein. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114727 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING CUTTING ELEMENTS WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - An earth-boring tool may comprise a body having at least one blade, and at least one cutting element recess may be formed in a surface of the at least one blade. At least one cutting element may be affixed within the at least one cutting element recess. The at least one cutting element may comprise a substantially cylindrical lateral side surface configured to allow the at least one cutting element to rotate about a longitudinal axis within the at least one cutting element recess when the at least one cutting element is partially inserted into the at least one cutting element recess. The at least one cutting element may also comprise a back face comprising alignment features configured to abut complementary alignment features disposed on a back surface of the at least one cutting element recess. Methods of forming earth-boring tool bodies. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114728 | WEIGHING DEVICE FOR PIECE GOODS - Weighing device used with piece goods, having a belt conveyor, one or more below positioned scales of rigid arrangement and a support for goods being weighed. The belt conveyor has at least two belts. The support has at least one support extension guidable through between the belts, and the belts can move toward the scale such that support extensions are guided through between the conveyor belts without moving themselves. Goods moved on the belts are laid upon the support extensions and weighed. The conveyor unit above the scale is moveable, in its entirety, towards the weighing scale. Conveyor movement end positions are damped. The conveyor is moved by a single actuator, and at least two weighing scales are used with different weighing regions. A coating installation for car exhaust gas catalyst carriers is provided with the weighing device. A method of weighing piece goods using the weighing device is provided. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114729 | Balance Arm. A device and method for creation of a variable applied force using a constant load value. The SARDA system. Development of an existing patent application - A Balance Arm with treads or notches on one of its halves with a moveable constant load, for example one or two weights, as the device creates a new method of creating a variable force using a constant load. The scope of application of this device and its method are limitless—it can be applied in all cases where creation of a variable applied force which must change depending on need of the user, with the aid of a constant load, is required. The simplicity of the device and of the method makes it possible to do this smoothly, quickly, reliably, safely, and inexpensively. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114730 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR TRACKED VEHICLES - A suspension system for a tracked vehicle includes support wheels arranged on opposite sides of the vehicle which are rotatably journalled at an outer end of a respective rocker arm, which is pivotably journalled in the side of a vehicle chassis of the vehicle, which rocker arm includes a pivot axle, which extends transversely to the longitudinal extension of the vehicle. A torsion element in the shape of a rubber bushing is rotationally fixed to the pivot axle and which rubber bushing is enclosed by and fixedly connected to an outer bushing sleeve arranged to be fixedly fastened in the side of the vehicle chassis. The pivot axle is pivotably journalled in the vehicle chassis with radial bearings arranged on each side of the rubber bushing. The outer bushing sleeve and a support housing comprises a pivot preventing member. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114731 | SHOVEL CONNECTABLE WITH AN INFORMATION TERMINAL - A shovel performing a work by being operated by a driver includes a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body and a control device that controls an operation of a hydraulic actuator in response to an operation applied to an operation lever. A cabin is provided in the upper turning body. An attaching part is provided in the cabin and is capable of attaching a multifunctional portable information terminal having a display and input function, a wireless communication function and a voice recognition function. The attaching part includes a connecting part connected to the multifunctional portable information terminal. The control device performs data communication with the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part, and supplies electric power from an electric accumulation part of the shovel to the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114732 | Power Generation System and Method for Assembling the Same - A power generation system is disclosed. The power generation system includes an electrical converting device and a repowered portion connected to the electrical converting device. The repowered portion includes a reciprocating internal combustion engine and a gearbox. The reciprocating internal combustion engine is connected to the gearbox by a first connecting structure. The gearbox is connected to the electrical converting device by a second connecting structure. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114733 | BATTERY PACK HOLDING APPARATUS - A battery pack holding apparatus is disclosed that includes a high-voltage battery pack for a vehicle that has a protrusion at the front end, and a battery pack holder that is installed within a vehicle body and has a front end opening into which the high-voltage battery pack slides into. In addition, a fixed rail is disposed at a front end of the battery pack holder and a moving portion which slides in a width direction of the battery pack holder and along the fixed rail and has a contact portion that comes into contact with the protrusion of the high-voltage battery pack when the high-voltage battery pack slides when the high-voltage battery pack is in the battery pack holder. Further, an elastic portion is disposed in the moving portion to press the contact portion toward the protrusion. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114734 | BATTERY MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE - A battery mounting structure includes a locking device | 2015-04-30 |
20150114735 | MODULAR AXLE CONCEPT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVE - A modular axle concept for a motor vehicle with electric drive includes a structure that supports the bodywork of the motor vehicle. The structure has an integration point or preferably a connection point, in each instance, for attachment of a coupling module, in each instance, for each wheel of the front axle and/or rear axle that can be driven electrically. The module can be connected with the electrically drivable wheel, particularly with its wheel mount. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114736 | QUICK LOADING AND UNLOADING BATTERY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - An electrical vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a passenger cabin; at least one battery compartment with an openable hood that can be opened to expose the battery compartment; a battery including electrical electrodes removably stored in the battery compartment; at least three battery supports mounted substantially in a vertical orientation in the battery compartment, wherein at least two of the battery supports include electrical contacts that are configured to be electrically coupled with the electrical electrodes of the battery; the battery includes at least two downwardly depending projections which are spatially spaced and arranged relative to each other so that their spacing identically matches a corresponding spacing between said at least three battery supports in the battery compartment, and at least two of the three battery projections comprise said electrical electrodes configured to electrically mate with the electrical contacts of the battery compartment; and the battery supports and the battery projections are so spaced and configured as to enable the battery to be vertically lowered onto the battery supports to effect electrical contact and mechanical coupling between the battery supports and the battery projections. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114737 | HOOD ASSEMBLY FOR A MACHINE - A hood assembly for enclosing a service compartment of a machine includes a hood member with a slit and at least one hinge. A bracket, attached to an attachment portion of the hood member, includes a slot with a stop portion. A support member has a first end retained into an inner portion of the hood member. A second end is engagable with the slot in the bracket. A latch unit with a lock bar is tiltable and positionable between a first position and a second position. The lock bar moves corresponding to the first position away from the hood member, unlatching the lock bar, and to the second position towards the hood member, latching the lock bar. The hood member pivots between a first closed position and an open position. The open position is a locked open position as the second end is retained within the stop portion. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114738 | TRACTION ROBOT - A traction unit has carrier sections on which suction cups are mounted that are connected to a vacuum source. The carrier units are driven around the frame by a chain driven by a motor. The frame has sections which move relative to one another in order to permit turning control of the traction unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114739 | Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle - The presently described apparatus and method describes the construction, use and operation of a hydraulic hybrid vehicle including the components and the manner by which the components are integrated into a standard electric powered vehicle. The vehicle may be powered by an electric motor, by a hydraulic motor, or by both acting together. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114740 | DRIVE TRAIN AND SYSTEMS FOR A THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE - An apparatus includes a housing, an input portion including an input gear, an idler portion including an idler gear, and an output portion including an output gear and an output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly. The housing can couple to an engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear. The input gear can move within the housing between a first position, in which the input gear engages the idler gear and is spaced apart from the output gear to indirectly rotate the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, and a second position, in which the input gear engages the output gear and is spaced apart from the idler gear to directly rotate the output gear in a second direction. The output member rotates with the output gear. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114741 | INVERTED PENDULUM CONTROL TYPE MOVING BODY - An inverted pendulum control type moving body includes: a first driving portion capable of driving in all directions on a movement plane; a frame portion rotatably supporting the first driving portion; a second driving portion rotatable about the rotation center of the first driving portion via a link portion; a first restriction portion restricting rotation of the link portion in a first direction about the rotation center; a second restriction portion restricting rotation of the link portion in a second direction about the rotation center; and a supporting portion supporting the frame portion in an uncontrolled state. An operation portion operates: a first operation which separates the supporting portion from the movement plane and increases a distance between the first and second restriction portions; and a second operation which brings the supporting portion into contact with the movement plane and reduces the distance between the first and second restriction portions. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114742 | SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a frame, an engine, a wheel support device, a wheel, upstream and downstream brake hoses, a brake device, a master cylinder, and a fluid pressure control device. The brake device is mounted to the wheel support device. The brake device is configured to brake the wheel by brake fluid being fed thereto from the downstream brake hose. The master cylinder is configured to feed the brake fluid to the upstream brake hose. The fluid pressure control device includes a brake hose connecting portion to which the upstream and downstream brake hoses are connected. The frame includes a head pipe, a main frame, a first down frame, and a second down frame. The fluid pressure control device is disposed either between the main frame and the first down frame, or between the main frame and the second down frame in the vehicle top view. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114743 | MOTORCYCLE WITH LATERAL SHOCK-ABSORBING DEVICE - A motorcycle including a frame with a median plane, one front wheel and one rear wheel, each wheel including a hub with its own longitudinal spindle onto which is fitted a rim carrying a tyre, the hub associated with a fork and at least one brake disc, the rim integral with a cylindrical portion fitted onto the hub. The hub having at one of its first lateral ends a protruding collar a distance from a corresponding first end of said the cylindrical portion, the second end of the hub cooperating with a flange also having a collar located at a distance from a second end of the cylindrical portion. Between the ends of the rim cylindrical portion and the above-mentioned hub collars and the flange are annular or cylindrical elastically deformable elements capable of absorbing stresses directed in lateral directions relative to the frame median plane. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114744 | SADDLE-RIDDEN-VEHICLE ENGINE - A combustion engine mounted on a motorcycle includes an engine rotary shaft extending in a vehicle widthwise direction and a supercharger disposed rearwardly of a cylinder block. The combustion engine also includes an air intake duct through which an incoming wind flowing forwardly of a traveling direction with respect to the combustion engine is introduced into the supercharger. The air intake duct is fluid connected with an air intake port of the supercharger after having passed laterally of the combustion engine. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114745 | SADDLE-RIDDEN VEHICLE ENGINE - A combustion engine of a motorcycle has an engine rotary shaft extending in a vehicle widthwise direction. Incoming wind taken in from a front of a steering handle that is positioned in front of the combustion engine, is introduced through an air intake duct to the combustion engine. The air intake duct extends from the front of the steering handle to a rearward of a cylinder block so as to pass above a radiator and pass laterally of one side of the cylinder block. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114746 | MOLDING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR TRANSMITTING AN IMPACT FORCE TO A HOOD SENSOR - A hood sensor assembly of a motor vehicle includes a molding for transmitting an impact force to a hood sensor. The molding includes an absorption area for absorbing an impact force and a transmission section for transmitting at least a portion of the impact force to a hood sensor. An elastically movable material section provides a restoring force against which the molding can be arranged in its installation position (E). The hood sensor is supported within the molding. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114747 | WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle, including: an engine housed inside a bonnet of a front part of a vehicle-body; a purification processing device which performs purification processing of exhaust gas that is discharged from the engine; and an exhaust member which discharges the exhaust gas that is discharged from the purification processing device, to an atmosphere, wherein the exhaust member has: a first exhaust part which protrudes from the bonnet to one side in a vehicle-width direction; a second exhaust part which communicates with an end part of the first exhaust part, and is disposed in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle-body; and a third exhaust part which communicates with an end part of the second exhaust part, and protrudes to the one side in the vehicle-width direction, and a height of an exhaust port of the third exhaust part is lower than a height of a floor of an operator seat. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114748 | WORK MACHINE - A work machine includes a machine body, the machine body includes a bottom plate having an air outlet, and an exhaust air duct, the air outlet includes a major opening portion and a wide portion that is disposed with the major opening portion side by side in a left and right direction, the wide portion including a portion located immediately under an engine and having a greater width in a front and rear direction than a width of the major opening portion in the front and rear direction, the exhaust air duct includes a duct base portion including a lower opening that communicates with the air outlet, and an extension portion having an upper opening that is provided at an upper end thereof, and the duct base portion includes a wide-portion covering portion that covers the wide portion at a position immediately under the engine. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114749 | RETAINER ASSEMBLY FOR POWER STEERING SYSTEM - In one aspect of the invention, a retainer assembly for a power steering assist system is provided. The retainer assembly includes a retainer having an inner wall defining an opening, at least one permanent magnet coupled to the retainer, and at least one spiral channel formed in the inner wall. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114750 | EXHAUST MUFFLER FOR VEHICLE - An exhaust muffler for a vehicle includes a muffler body coupled to an exhaust pipe and a tailpipe coupled to the muffler body. The muffler body has a plurality of expansion chambers, an exit communication pipe that discharges exhaust to the tailpipe from one of the plurality of expansion chambers positioned in a most downstream part of an exhaust flow path, and a spark arrester arranged in the exit communication pipe. An exhaust flow path narrowing portion is provided at an entrance portion of the exit communication pipe. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114751 | SOUNDPROOFING COVERING HAVING RESONATORS, A PANEL PROVIDED WITH THE COVERING, AND AN AIRCRAFT - A soundproofing covering ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114752 | Securing Device - A securing device includes a base body having a guide element, a receiving body, which has a longitudinal axis, a housing, which is fastened movably on the base body and a securing element having a first securing bolt. The receiving body is disposed on the base body so that the securing means can be guided between the receiving body and the guide element. The securing element is fastened rotatably about a first axis of rotation on the base body. A securing bolt is coupled to the housing such that during a movement of the housing relative to the base body, the securing element rotates about the first axis of rotation so that as a result of a first rotation, one end of the securing element is movable in the direction of the receiving body so that the securing means can be clamped between the receiving body and the securing element. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114753 | Body Belt Having Added D-Rings/Attachment for Retrofitting Existing Body Belts - A body belt for use by linemen and others engaged in operations on poles or similar structures having a secondary set of D-rings, typically disposed slightly rearward of the primary D-rings on the belt or an auxiliary belt or attachment above or below the primary D-ring of the belt. The secondary D-rings which may differ in size from the primary D-rings, allow a wearer to separate devices that are normally attached to the primary D-rings. This allows less crowding of the primary D-rings, thereby making detachment and reattachment of one or more ancillary safety devices from the body belt as a lineman encounters an obstacle during his or her work on a pole or other elevated structure, thereby improving safety. An add-on D-ring assembly is provided for retrofitting body belts of the prior art. In another embodiment of the invention, an auxiliary body belt is detachably connected to the primary body belt, the auxiliary body belt having its own set of D-rings. Rather than providing all four D-rings in a common plane, as described above, this embodiment provides one plane for the first set of D-rings (on the primary body belt) and a second, parallel plane for the second set of D-rings (on the auxiliary body belt). | 2015-04-30 |
20150114754 | Folding and Self-Erecting Ladder - A folding, self-erecting ladder for use in the marine environment comprises two rigid side rails with holes for holding rungs. Bungee cord is thread through the rungs and rails to tension the rails toward each other top hold the rungs in the rail holes. The ladder can be folded by pulling the rails apart, allowing the rungs to leave the rail holes, and moving the rails closer to each other, trapping the rungs therebetween, and binding the folded ladder to hold it in the folded position. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114755 | MARINE LADDER - A marine ladder comprising a pair of laterally spaced step support members having a plurality of steps secured therebetween; said steps positioned between a lower portion and an upper portion of said step support members; an attachment member to secure said ladder to a platform; an adjustable support leg extending outwardly to abut a portion of said platform thereby positioning said steps in a generally horizontal plane; and wherein each successive step from said upper portion to said lower portion has a larger step tread than a preceding step. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114756 | SYSTEM FOR LUBRICATING GEARS IN A WIND TURBINE - A system for lubricating gears includes a drive pinion configured to interact with bearing teeth. The drive pinion includes an internal axially extending lubricant channel connected to a plurality of radially extending lubricant delivery conduits. The plurality of radially extending lubricant delivery conduits extend from the internal axially extending lubricant channel radially outward to a radial surface of the drive pinion. The system is configured to transport lubricant from the internal lubricant channel through the plurality of lubricant delivery conduits to the radial surface to lubricate the drive pinion and the bearing teeth. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114757 | LUBRICATION STRUCTURE FOR DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE - An opening end of an inboard section includes: an end surface composed of a plane positioned farthest from the center of a differential device in the axial direction and perpendicular to the axial direction; a ledge positioned adjacent to the end surface in the circumferential direction of the opening end and closer to the center than the end surface in the axial direction; and a tapered section in a slope shape formed continuing to the inner diameter side of the ledge at the opening end, slanting toward the inner diameter side of the opening end and approaching the center. Lubricating oil supplied to the opening end of the inboard section flows to the tapered section via the ledge and flows from the tapered section into a spiral groove formed on an inner periphery of the inboard section. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114758 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING EXCESSIVE WEAR IN GEAR ASSEMBLIES - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING EXCESSIVE WEAR IN GEARS, involving lubricating the contact point between the wheels ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114759 | PILLOW NAPKIN DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dispenser for pillow napkins is provided that includes a carton having a bottom panel, opposite left and right panels extending vertically from the bottom panel, opposite front and back panels positioned between the left and right panels and extending vertically from the bottom panel, and a top panel extending parallel to the bottom panel. Left and right supports are positioned within a cavity of the carton. A plurality of pillow napkins are wound about a spool. The spool is positioned in the cavity such that the spool rotatably engages the left and right supports and the pillow napkins are spaced apart from the top and bottom panels. Methods of use are provided. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114760 | WIRELESS VEHICLE LIFT SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL - Wireless portable vehicle lift system incorporating one or more enhanced communication and/or control features. The lift system can incorporate enhanced touch screen-enabled functionalities, enhanced multi-processor architectures, and/or enhanced emergency stop features. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114761 | STALL CONDITION DETECTION - Stall condition in an elevator is potentially dangerous situation if it causes slack to the ropes of the elevator. In such situation a counterweight or elevator car does not move even if the hoisting machine is still operating. This situation may be prevented by stopping the elevator as early as possible after detecting such stall condition. The detection of the stall condition is based on monitoring the torque generated by the hoisting machine of the elevator. When rapid change in the torque is detected a stall condition is suspected. The elevator may be stopped or an alarm may be launched when the stall condition is suspected. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114762 | DAMPING ARRANGEMENT FOR DAMPING THE OPENING NOISE OF A MACHINERY BRAKE OF AN ELEVATOR HOISTING MACHINE; AN ELEVATOR HOISTING MACHINE, AND AN ELEVATOR - A damping arrangement for damping the opening noise between the frame part and armature part of a machinery brake of an elevator hoisting machine, the machinery brake being opened with an electromagnet, includes a number of channels machined around a magnetizing coil in the frame part of the machinery brake and channels corresponding to them machined in the armature part, into which channels at least one damping element is fixed by means of fixings. The machinery brake of an elevator hoisting machine includes a frame part, an armature part that is movable with respect to the frame part and is installed at the end of the air gap from the frame part, the armature part being moved by means of an electromagnet that is in the frame part towards the frame part for opening the machinery brake and by means of one or more work springs acting between the frame part and the armature part for closing the machinery brake, and a damping arrangement for damping the opening noise between the frame part and armature part. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114763 | ELEVATOR SECURITY SYSTEM - The disclosure is related to an elevator security procedure performed according to a security level of an elevator of a building including a plurality of residence units through an elevator security system including home gateways respectively installed at the plurality of residence units and a server coupled to the home gateways. The server may analyze a comparison result of passenger information of passengers in the elevator and member information of members of residence units associated with floors selected by the passengers in the elevator. The server may determine a security level of the elevator based on the analysis result. The server may perform a security procedure designated for the determined security level by controlling at least one of constituent elements of the elevator and smart devices coupled to the at least one of home gateways. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114764 | SAFETY RELATED ELEVATOR SERIAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - Safety related information for an elevator installation can be transmitted via a serial connection using serialization and deserialization modules. These serialization and deserialization modules can comprise redundant components, such as processors and interfaces, and can be configured to cross check various data inputs and outputs to identify data corruption, component failures, or inconsistencies in data. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114765 | INSPECTION TESTS FOR AN ELEVATOR WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TEST WEIGHTS - The invention allows inspection tests for an elevator without additional test weights. An empty elevator car and its counterweight are balanced by filling in weight pieces to the counterweight. 100% load of the elevator car in regard to unbalance is configured by moving unused counterweight pieces inside the elevator car. Inspection tests requiring the 100% load in regard to unbalance are performed. 125% load of the elevator car is simulated with 50% load and 125% speed of the elevator car. Inspection tests requiring the 125% load in regard to unbalance are performed. A final counterweight is configured by moving its weight pieces from the elevator car to the counterweight. Inspection tests requiring the final counterweight are performed. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114766 | BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A RECREATIONAL RIDING BOARD APPARATUS - Disclosed is a braking apparatus for a recreational wheeled board apparatus such as a skate board. The braking apparatus comprising braking members slidably mounted on an axle, wheel mounting assemblies, a trigger assembly and an actuating means. The braking assembly characterised in that the actuating means comprises opposed first and second actuating levers arranged to provide a balanced force to each of the braking members such that even braking of both wheel mounting assemblies is affected when the trigger assembly is engaged. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114767 | FRICTION BRAKE DEVICE - A friction brake device includes first and second pressing members which press frictional engagement members against a pair of friction surfaces, respectively, that are rotatable around a rotation axis as mutually opposed, a force transmission mechanism which transmits rotational torque between the pressing members, transforms the rotational torque into the force separating the pressing members from each other along the rotation axis through a wedge action, and transmits reaction force of the pressing force between the pressing members, a pressing force control mechanism which control the force with which at least one of the pressing members presses the associated frictional engagement member against the associated friction surface, and a rotational torque bearing member which bears the rotational torque transmitted from one of the pressing members to the other of the pressing members by way of the other pressing member. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114768 | SHAFT MOUNTED ROTOR BRAKE - A shaft mounted rotor brake ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114769 | BRAKE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A brake apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention may comprise: a caliper body in which a hydraulic chamber is formed; a motor unit mounted in the caliper body; a gear unit coupled with the motor unit; a spindle unit coaxially coupled with the gear unit; a first piston which is movably mounted in the hydraulic chamber, receives a working fluid therein, and is associated with the brake pad; and a second piston movably coupled with the spindle unit for pressurizing the first piston by the working fluid as the second piston is moved toward inside the first piston. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114770 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FOR BRAKE - An electro-hydraulic actuator ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114771 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED NONLINEAR FRICTION BRAKE - In an electrically actuated friction brake ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114772 | ROTOR BRAKE - A brake disc of a rotor brake is provided including a generally cylindrical body having a first planar surface, a second, opposite planar surface, and a central opening extending there through. A plurality of first connection members extend generally outwardly from the first planar surface. The first connection members are generally equidistantly spaced about a diameter of the first planar surface. A plurality of second connection members extend generally outwardly from the second planar surface. The second connection members are generally equidistantly spaced about a diameter of the second planar surface. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114773 | FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLY FOR DISK BRAKE - A unit friction pad assembly constituting a disk brake friction pad assembly includes a lining assembly which is oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portion of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from a plate engagement portion to the guide plate and is urged toward the guide plate by a spring member, and a clearance hold mechanism for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114774 | PISTON VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR SHOCK ABSORBER - A piston valve assembly for a shock absorber is disclosed. In a high-frequency mode, a damping force control is achieved through an open passage that is always opened. In a low-frequency mode, a guide assembly moves downward due to an increase in a pressure of a first pressure chamber by a fluid moved through an inlet hole of the first pressure chamber. At this time, the guide assembly blocks the open passage and the damping force control is achieved through only a rebound passage. Consequently, it is possible to solve a fluid bottle neck through a passage formation. A disk is installed on the inlet hole to prevent a continuous increase in the pressure of the first pressure chamber, thereby effectively preventing the reduction of the damping force. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114775 | LOCKABLE LIDDED CONTAINERS - A container ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114776 | SOFT SIDED LUGGAGE FRAME - Accordingly an aspect of the present invention provides a frame structure for a soft sided luggage case comprising a frame that can be thermoformed from a single piece of thermoplastic material and folded into a final form to provide structure for a soft sided luggage case. Conveniently, combinations of a base and at least one side portions of the bag can hingeably connected with living hinges to provide easy and fast assembly while permitting more efficient stacking for packing and shipping. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, there is provided a frame for a soft sided luggage case. The frame includes a base portion having a perimeter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114777 | TRAVEL SUITCASE SYSTEM - An improved travel suitcase system having at least two travel suitcases, in which each of the travel suitcases has installation parts thereon that allow the suitcases to be coupled together so that the suitcases, when coupled together, can be easily moved at the same time. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114778 | INSULATING SECTION, POWER FEEDING RAIL, AND TRACK TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - In an insulating section, a power feeding rail, and a track transportation system, the insulating section extending along a travel direction of a vehicle and connecting electric train lines coming into contact with a pantograph of the vehicle at a contact surface facing the vehicle is characterized by including: a main surface portion formed on a surface which follows a current-conducting surface coming into contact with the pantograph in the electric train line, and having a portion in which a width in an up-down direction orthogonal to the travel direction is larger than the width of the pantograph; and inclined surface portions provided on both sides in the up-down direction on at least the near side in the travel direction of the main surface portion, inclined so as to gradually approach the vehicle as it goes toward the far side from the near side in the travel direction, and connected to the main surface portion. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114779 | TORQUE CONVERTER HAVING INTEGRATED FLEX PLATE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An assembly includes a torque converter concentric with an axis, a rotor hub drivably connected for rotation about the axis to an electric machine and selectively to an engine through a disconnect clutch, a coupler located between the rotor hub and torque converter, providing a rotational connection and an axial connection between the coupler and the rotor hub, and a flex plate providing second rotational and axial connections between the coupler and the torque converter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114780 | TORQUE CONVERTER FLEX PLATE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An assembly includes a torque converter concentric with an axis and including a casing, a rotor hub drivably connected for rotation about the axis to an electric machine, a coupler connected to the rotor hub, and a flex plate coupled for elastic displacement between the coupler and a surface of the casing that faces away from the coupler. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114781 | COVER PLATE SEALED TO STATOR ASSEMBLY - A torque converter for a motor vehicle drive train is provided. The torque converter includes a damper including a first cover plate and a drive flange; and a stator assembly. The first cover plate is sealingly rotatable with respect to the stator assembly at a sealed interface and the first cover plate and the drive flange form a fluid flow gap therebetween. Fluid flows through the fluid flow gap during operation of the torque converter. The sealed interface prevents the fluid from flowing therethrough. A method of forming a torque converter is also provided. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114782 | TORQUE HINGE OR TORQUE LIMITER - A torque hinge or torque limiter includes external and internal cylindrical members that are capable of relatively rotating, and a coil spring placed between the external and internal cylindrical members. A first circumferential portion is formed on a front-end side of the inner periphery of the external cylindrical member. A second circumferential portion is formed on a rear-end side of the outer periphery of the internal cylindrical member. The torque value that blocks the rotary torque of the external or internal cylindrical member in a first arbitrary direction is set by pressing the first circumferential portion against the outer circumferential portion of the coil spring. The torque value that blocks the rotary torque of the external or internal cylindrical member in a second arbitrary direction is set by pressing the second circumferential portion against the inner circumferential portion of the coil spring. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114783 | FREEWHEEL AND FREEWHEEL ARRANGEMENT - The disclosure relates to a freewheel ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114784 | CLUTCH APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A clutch apparatus for a vehicle includes cancel mechanism having a weight member fitted for sliding movement in a clutch hub. The weight member is configured to slidably move in a radial direction of an output power shaft, and has an engaging portion at an inner end portion thereof along the radial direction. An elastic member biases the weight member toward the inner side along the radial direction of the output power shaft. A locking element is formed on the output power shaft or a locking member fixed to the output power shaft, and is configured to be engaged with the engaging portion from the opposite side to a pressure plate. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114785 | PLATE CARRIER - A plate carrier for a multi-plate clutch comprises: an annular member with a first circumferential face and a second circumferential face; a toothing in the first circumferential face of the annular member, having circumferentially distributed teeth and gaps; at least one groove in the second circumferential face of the annular member, wherein the groove extends over a circumferential portion of the annular member, wherein the groove and the toothing intersect one another, so that radial apertures are formed in the regions of intersection between the groove and the tooth gaps. A multi-plate clutch can be provided with such a plate carrier. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114786 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH A CLUTCH - A drive assembly comprises a rotatingly drivable housing an output part and a clutch arranged between the rotatably drivable housing and the output part. The clutch comprises a first clutch part held relative to the housing in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, as well as a second clutch part fixedly connected to the output part arranged in the rotatably drivable housing; a controllable actuator for actuating the clutch; a target element which, upon actuation of the clutch, is axially movable; and a sensor for recording switched positions of the clutch; wherein the first clutch part comprises an annular portion arranged outside the housing, and a plurality of cam elements that extend axially from the annular portion through the apertures in the housing into the interior of the housing. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114787 | DUAL DRIVE PLATE DAMPER FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES - An assembly includes an engine output concentric with an axis, an input, a starting gear, a first drive plate secured to the engine output, including a rim supporting the starting gear, and arms extending radially outward from the axis, and a second drive plate rotatably secured to the input, and secured to the first drive plate at a location spaced radially outward from the axis. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114788 | Component, apparatus and method for calculating the axial position of the component and for calculating the rotational speed of the component - A component ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150114789 | WET CLUTCH - A wet clutch comprising a first plate carrier and a second plate carrier which have different diameters, as well as an oil bath in which the plate carriers are arranged concentrically and rotatable with respect to one another. Here, the first plate carrier includes on its circumference a deflection element, by means of which oil which is moving tangentially with respect to the first plate carrier is deflected radially in the direction of the second plate carrier. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114790 | PUMP APPARATUS WITH SWITCHING VALVE AND DRIVING POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A pump apparatus with a switching valve includes an actuator that is rotationally driven, a pump, a switching valve and a driving power interrupting device. The pump discharges a fluid sucked by rotational driving of the actuator. The switching valve is changed in phase by the rotational driving of the actuator so as to be switchable among a plurality of destinations of the fluid discharged from a pump chamber of the pump. The driving power interrupting device for a valve is switchable between a state where rotational driving power of the actuator is transmitted to the switching valve and a state where the rotational driving power of the actuator is interrupted. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114791 | FAN CLUTCH - A fan clutch, in particular for a fan of a cooling system of a motor vehicle having a housing and an annular flange for connecting the fan, wherein the flange is arranged centrally around a housing axis, wherein the flange forms a flat flange-ring plane substantially perpendicular to the housing axis and has a flange-ring inner side and a flange-ring outer side which bound the flange-ring plane, wherein the flange is contorted in the flange-ring plane in certain areas in a direction substantially parallel to the housing axis. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114792 | HINGE PILLAR ASSEMBLY - A hinge pillar assembly includes a hinge pillar including a panel. The panel including a body side outer door shut face and a defining an inner cavity and an access opening in communication with the inner cavity. The access opening is positioned in the body side outer door shut face and provides access to the manual park release actuator at least partially disposed in the inner cavity. The hinge pillar assembly further includes a cover removably coupled to the hinge pillar. The cover closes the access opening when coupled to the hinge pillar. The hinge pillar assembly further includes a manual park release actuator at least partially disposed in the inner cavity. The manual park release actuator is operatively coupled to a transmission and is configured to move relative to the hinge pillar to shift the transmission from a Park mode to an Out-of-Park mode. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114793 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - A system including a load assembly configured to hold a plurality of deposit beverage containers, a tray configured to receive the deposit beverage containers from the load assembly, and one or both of a sort bar and a chute be disposed on the tray. The sort bar is configured to stop individual deposit beverage containers from sliding across the tray long enough to allow a user to sort individual deposit beverage containers and the chute is configured to direct the deposit beverage containers in a path across the tray. The system further includes a feed channel that receives the deposit beverage containers from the tray, with the feed channel being coupleable to one or both of the following components: a count module configured to receive and count the containers from the feed channel and a holding module configured to receive and hold the containers from the feed channel. | 2015-04-30 |
20150114794 | Circulation-Type Banknote/Check Deposit/Withdrawal Apparatus Using Lateral Deposit/Withdrawal Scheme and Method of Handling Banknotes and Checks Applied Thereto - The present invention relates to a circulation-type banknote/check deposit/withdrawal apparatus using a lateral deposit/withdrawal scheme and a method of handling banknotes and checks applied thereto, and more particularly, to a circulation-type banknote/check deposit/withdrawal apparatus using a lateral deposit/withdrawal scheme and a method of handling banknotes and checks applied thereto, wherein banknotes and checks of various sizes can be deposited and withdrawn through a single deposit/withdrawal unit; a carrying path is configured to carry the banknotes and checks deposited through the deposit/withdrawal unit in a lateral direction; and the carrying path is provided thereon with a medium alignment unit for aligning the carrying position on the carrying path of the banknotes and checks being carried thereon, so that the banknotes and checks, which have been deposited through the deposit/withdrawal unit and are being carried in the lateral direction, can be carried in a state where the banknotes and checks are aligned with a predetermined alignment position on the carrying path by the medium alignment unit, and stacked into respective corresponding cassettes, thereby optimizing the sizes of check and banknote cassettes based on the sizes of corresponding media (banknotes and checks), enhancing the carrying efficiency of the media on the carrying path by using the lateral deposit scheme, and increasing the processing speed of the media while reducing the volume of the deposit/withdrawal apparatus. | 2015-04-30 |