21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090127858 | OCEAN ENERGY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wave energy system and method are provided that have a main body that floats on the surface of the ocean and generates energy due to the motion of the crests and troughs of the ocean. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127859 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A power generation system includes a plurality of submerged mechanical devices. Each device includes a pump that can be powered, in operation, by mechanical energy to output a pressurized output liquid flow in a conduit. Main output conduits are connected with the device conduits to combine pressurized output flows output from the submerged mechanical devices into a lower number of pressurized flows. These flows are delivered to a location remote of the submerged mechanical devices for power generation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127860 | Water wave-based energy transfer system - The water wave-based energy transfer system is a system for generating electrical power from the natural motion of water waves, such as ocean waves. The system includes an anchor adapted for stationary lodgment on an underwater support surface, such as the ocean floor, and at least one buoyant float provided for floating either on or below the ocean surface. At least one primary cable joins the at least one buoyant float to the anchor, and a secondary cable joins the at least one buoyant float to a tensioning device coupled with a power conversion and generation device on the shore. The oscillatory motion of the at least one buoyant float caused by the water waves or swells generates oscillatory motion in the second cable, which drives the power conversion and generation device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127861 | Fluid-dynamic renewable energy harvesting system - The invention provides a fluid-dynamic renewable energy harvesting system which includes fluid-foil means for interfacing with a fluid current such as a water current or wind or both, and which includes energy harvesting means utilizing fluid current driven periodic motion of the fluid-foil means for capturing fluid-dynamic renewable energy and converting it into usable energy in a desired form such as electricity. The invention provides devices, methods and systems for harvesting renewable energy for small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale applications, to provide real and substantial benefits towards efficiently fulfilling energy needs while also more broadly serving humanity and our global environment. The various embodiments of the invention provide energy with zero consumption of fossil fuels and zero emissions of greenhouse gases, and some selectively sited embodiments can beneficially counter global warming induced ice melting. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127862 | Wind energy harvesting system on a frozen surface - The invention provides an environmentally friendly renewable energy harvesting system for harvesting wind energy on a frozen surface, as in cold weather climatic regions associated with higher latitudes or higher altitudes, with snow or ice surfaces. A plurality of ski, skate or runner supported wings or sails are connected together to form a wind energy harvesting system, and capture wind energy by appropriate setting of wing or sail angles of attack so as to drive a cyclic motion that in turn can drive energy capture means such as electric generator means. The invention thus provides a wind energy harvesting system which is supported by a frozen surface, which includes fluid-foil means for interfacing with an air current such as a wind and which includes energy harvesting means utilizing periodic motion of the fluid-foil means for capturing wind energy and converting it into usable energy in a desired form such as electricity. The present invention is intended to provide devices, methods and systems for harvesting renewable energy which can be efficient and cost-effective for small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale applications, to provide real and substantial benefits to meet local energy needs while also more broadly serving humanity and our global environment. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127863 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A continuously variable transmission is disclosed for use in rotationally or linearly powered machines and vehicles. The single axle transmission provides a simple manual shifting method for the user. An additional embodiment is disclosed which shifts automatically dependent upon the rotational speed of the wheel. Further, the practical commercialization of traction roller transmissions requires improvements in the reliability, ease of shifting, function and simplicity of the transmission. The disclosed transmission may be used in vehicles such as automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles. The transmission may, for example, be driven by a power transfer mechanism such as a sprocket, gear, pulley or lever, optionally driving a one way clutch attached at one end of the main shaft. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127864 | Robot gravity-based electrical generator - A robotic generator that produces electric power and is actuated by the forces of gravity, the Archimedes principle and Faraday's laws of electromagnetic induction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127865 | SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING USEFUL ENERGY FROM VEHICLE MOTION - A system for generating useful energy from vehicle motion. The system includes: a projection projecting above a road surface, pivotably mounted to the road surface to be pushed downward against an upward bias, by a vehicle tire passing over an upper surface of the projection; a master fluid cylinder mechanically linked to the projection; a fluid transfer device connected to the master fluid cylinder; a secondary fluid cylinder, communicating with the master fluid cylinder via the fluid transfer device; and a lever configured to transfer motion from the secondary fluid cylinder to a flywheel shaft, the flywheel shaft having a distal end coupled to an electric generator. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127866 | HYDROELECTRIC DEVICE FOR HARNESSING THE BUOYANT FORCE OF AN OBJECT IN A FLUID - The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a device for producing electricity, the device including a housing having a volume of fluid therein, a rotor within the housing, the rotor being in fluid communication with the housing and fixedly attached to a shaft. At least one buoy is sized and shaped to move through the fluid in housing, as well as though an inlet and outlet of the housing. An electrical generator is coupled to the shaft to which the rotor is attached. When a buoy moved into the housing through the inlet, it rises in the fluid and is received by the rotor, causing the rotor to turn as the buoy continues to rise. The turning of the rotor operates the electrical generator. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127867 | Method and apparatus for controlling cogeneration system - In an apparatus (and a method) for controlling a cogeneration system equipped with a generation unit having a generator connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load and an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, and a heat exchanger that exchanges heat with coolant of the engine with exhaust heat from the engine to warm up the coolant, there are provided with an exhaust gas temperature sensor that detects temperature of exhaust gas passing the heat exchanger, a temperature comparator that compares the exhaust gas temperature with a predetermined value and an operation stopper that stops the operation of the cogeneration system when the exhaust gas temperature is found to be less than the predetermined value. With this, it becomes possible to prevent moisture in the exhaust gas from being condensed and accumulated in the exhaust-gas heat exchanger. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127868 | Method and apparatus for controlling cogeneration system - In an apparatus (and a method) for controlling a cogeneration system equipped with a generation unit having a generator connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load and an internal combustion engine driving the generator, and a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between coolant and exhaust heat from the engine, there are provided with a condensate water hose discharging condensate water generated by condensation of moisture in exhaust gas, a hose temperature sensor detecting temperature in the hose, an exhaust gas temperature sensor detecting temperature of the exhaust gas from the engine and an exhaust gas blowout discriminator discriminating that the exhaust gas blows out through the hose when a difference between the hose temperature and the exhaust gas temperature is found to be less than a predetermined value. With this, exhaust gas leakage caused by blowout can be easily detected. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127869 | ELECTRONIC PUSH RETRACTION EXIT DEVICE - An electronic push retraction exit device includes a support rail, a push rail and a latch mechanism having a latch bolt operably connected to the push rail and movable between latched and unlatched positions. A control circuit in the exit device drives a linear actuator to retract and hold the push rail and the latch bolt in the unlatched position. The linear actuator preferably includes a stepping motor and is connected to the push rail through a lost motion connection allowing the exit device to be mechanically operated without moving the linear actuator. The control circuit preferably includes an electrical adjustment for the retraction distance of the latch bolt and an adjustable relatch timer. The exit device may be operated by a remote switch attached to a control connection, which may be permanently closed to simulate a prior art electrically operated exit device for compatibility with third party control systems. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127870 | Door Security device - A door security device for arranging on a floor surface proximate a bottom portion of an inwardly opening door includes a chock. The chock has a front surface extending substantially parallel to a plane of the door when the chock is in an operative position and a bottom surface adapted to rest against the floor surface. The bottom surface extends substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door when the chock is in the operative position. The chock has a top surface disposed between the front and bottom surfaces. An opening extends through the chock from the top surface to the bottom surface. The device also includes a pin sized to be received in the opening, a hollow tube for inserting into a hole in the floor surface and a cap for covering a top portion of the hollow tube. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127871 | Integrated recessed latch assembly - An integrated latch dish device including a latch with a translatable bolt for engaging a strike and a two part recessed dish having a lower first part and an upper second part adjacent to the lower first part, the lower first and upper second parts of the recessed dish each having front and back sides and cavities on each of the front sides, the latch pivotally mounted in the cavity of the lower first part of the recessed dish, the upper second part of the recessed dish comprising the strike integral with the dish and adjacent to the cavity, the integrated latch dish device further including means for affixing the latch to the dish through the back side of the lower first part of the recessed dish to shield the means for affixing the latch from environmental elements while providing tension on the strike by exerting a force through the bolt in a direction opposite from the strike. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127872 | Compact sliding sash lock - A sash lock for use with door and window is provided. The lock has a base housing shaped into a laterally extending crib to contain a partially protruding plunger sliding under a forward bias, a large button block that occupies a substantial area at the top of the lock to allow for a unique squeeze release of the plunger and translates in a perpendicular plane with respect to the plunger movement under an expansive bias for normally pushing the button block away from the base housing in cooperation with the biased counteraction of the cam surfaces of the plunger but yielding to a manual depression to activate the plunger through a cam engagement, and a top housing fastened to the base housing to enclose the plunger and button block. The plunger has cam surfaces at a rear end facing forwardly and a beveled lip portion at a front end while the button block has a beveled surface facing the cam surfaces of the plunger. The sash lock further comprises two identical holes formed in the bottom of base housing and a separate keeper for interlocking with the base housing. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127873 | BOLT-TYPE SEAL LOCK HAVING SEPARATE HOUSING, CONNECTED TO LOCKING BODY, WITH ELECTRONICS FOR DETECTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATING CUTTING OF BOLT - The system described here is a bolt-type seal lock which includes a bolt, having a shaft with proximal and distal portions, a head that is wider than the distal portion of the shaft and located at the proximal portion of the shaft, and a microchip containing a unique serial number of the bolt; a locking body having a passageway with an open end for receiving and retaining the distal portion of the shaft of the bolt in locking engagement after the shaft has been inserted a predetermined extent into the open end of the passageway, at which point the shaft cannot be withdrawn from the open end of the passageway; and a housing connected to, and movable relative to, the locking body, having electronics and a power source therein. The electronics and the housing are configured to read the unique serial number of the bolt from the microchip. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127874 | DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY - A door latch assembly for use with a door. The door latch assembly includes first and second handles that are coupled to a pair of housings. The door latch assembly including an adjustable latch member that can be selectively coupled to either the first or second handle and can be incrementally repositioned with respect to the handle to which it is coupled to allow for adjustment of the adjustable latch member to the door. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127875 | Door Handle Assembly - A door handle assembly for a door substrate having an aperture, said door handle assembly comprising: a bell crank capable of pivoting about an axis, the bell crank including a first arm, a second arm and a base therebetween; a door handle that operatively engages the second arm of the bell crank, wherein a free end of the second arm extends upward and outward away from the base such that the free end of the second arm sweeps around a generally conical shape as the bell crank pivots about the axis; means for securing the door handle to the bell crank including a pin and notch assembly, wherein the pin is inserted through an aperture in the door handle and engages a notch located on the second arm; and a plurality of ribs formed on one or more surfaces of the bell crank. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127876 | VEHICLE ARRESTING APPARATUS - A vehicle has a forward end fashioned with a vehicle arresting device. The vehicle arresting device includes an elongate flexible member carried by opposed first and second supports having first and second outer ends, respectively. The first and second supports are mounted to the vehicle together for movement between stored and deployed positions relative to the forward end of the vehicle. The first and second outer ends of the first and second supports are disposed forwardly of the forward end of the vehicle in spaced apart relation in the deployed position of the first and second supports suspending the elongate flexible member therebetween. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127877 | Puck retriever - A puck retriever has a hollow interior of diameter larger than that of a puck for use in the game of hockey. A ring of rubber or similar resiliently deformable material is located adjacent to the lower end of the tube. The ring has an inner edge which defines a circular inlet of diameter smaller than that of a puck. The ring flexes upward when pressed downward against a puck which is resting on a flat surface with resulting bending upward of the edge and enlargement of the inlet sufficient to allow the puck to pass through the inlet. The ring is of sufficient strength to resist flexing downward under the weight of any pucks within the tube such that the ring prevents pucks within the tube from exiting through the inlet. The ring may be continuous and unbroken throughout its circumference or it may be cut into a number of flaps. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127878 | PNEUMATIC ANGULAR GRIPPER - This invention concerns a pneumatic angular gripper with gripper jaws ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127879 | LINEAR PNEUMATIC GRIPPER - The invention concerns a linear pneumatic gripper that has a gripper body comprising a base element ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127880 | PARTITION - A partition for separating the cabin compartment from the cargo area in HHR-style vehicles where the cabin compartment is characterized by a deck having a front wall and recesses. The partition comprises a frame including a panel. The frame is securable to a front wall of the vehicle deck, and includes at least one support, each of the at least one supports receivable in one of the recesses of the deck. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127881 | ADJUSTABLE TOOLBOX - An adjustable toolbox for use in conjunction with a bed on a pickup. The adjustable toolbox includes a base portion, a mounting portion and a lid portion. The base portion has a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive at least one object. The mounting portion is operably attached to the base portion so that at least part of the mounting portion is slidable with respect to the base portion to adjust a width of the adjustable toolbox. The lid portion is operably attached to at least one of the base portion and the mounting portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127882 | Trapping device for vehicle use - A trapping device for vehicle use, which is installed between a floor-mounted console and a vehicle seat to trap objects that might fall between or under the vehicle seats. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127883 | Automobile Surface Protector Having Adjustable Width - A surface protector for the cargo area of a vehicle. The protector includes a roller assembly formed by a pair of tubular slides, one received in the other, so that the length of the roller assembly can be adjusted. Flexible sheets are attached to the slides and are able to move with respect to each other during adjustment of the length of the roller assembly. This provides a corresponding adjustment of the width covered by the sheets. The slides are mounted on a mounting assembly which includes feet to bear against opposing walls of a vehicle cargo area. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127884 | MOTORCYCLE AND RECTIFIER PLATE FOR THE SAME - A motorcycle is provided with a translucent screen board | 2009-05-21 |
20090127885 | Electical contact mechanism - An electrical contact mechanism adapted to be mounted to a retractable mechanism including a supporting mechanism for extending a roof and a rear window and stowing the roof and the rear window in a stowage space, includes a first member rotating in conjunction with the supporting mechanism, a first contact mounted to the first member, a second member connected to the first member and rotating relative to the first member in conjunction with the supporting mechanism, and a second contact mounted to the second member, wherein electric power is supplied to an apparatus mounted to at least one of the roof and the rear window by connecting the first contact with the second contact. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127886 | ACCESS DOOR FOR TRUCK BEDS - A pickup truck having a door panel in the side of the bed to allow access to the bed area. A door provides helpful entry into the bed area to connect a trailer, secure items, utilize greater storage, or other reasons. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127887 | DUMP BODY - The present disclosure relates to a dump body for a transport vehicle, in particular for the transportation of bulk material, which can be pivoted around a pivot axis between a support position and an upwardly pivoted ejection position by means of a drive device and which consists of a body preferably made of sheet metal and having a base, side walls, a front wall terminating the dump body at one end and a chute arranged at the oppositely disposed end and drawn upwardly with respect to the base, wherein the body is rounded in a parabolic manner, with it having a rounded body base, a rounded chute and a rounded transition between the body base and the chute. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127888 | CAB STRUCTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A cab structure for a construction machine that includes a plurality of pole members and can ensure the rigidity of the cab structure for a construction machine is provided. The cab structure unit includes the rear-right pole member that has a length that is shorter than other pole member (rear-left pole member) and does not reach the level of a floor panel (joint panel) so that the recessed space is formed in the rear side of the cab ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127889 | PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT FOR A FLUID TANK FOR A MACHINE - A packaging arrangement for a fluid tank for a machine, including an engine disposed within an engine compartment of a body having a hood selectively disposed over the engine compartment. The engine includes a cooling package having at least one air intake. At least one fluid tank at least partially surrounds the air intake, and a compliant surface is coupled to at least one of the fluid tank and the hood. The compliant surface substantially seals against both the fluid tank and the hood to substantially inhibit air from within the engine compartment from being drawn into the air intake. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127890 | SLIDING ROOF - The present invention provides a sliding roof for a vehicle including a plurality of roof panels separately mounted on an opening of a fixed roof of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a guide frame attached at a lower portion of each side edge of the opening, and an anchor installed into the guide frame to engage with at least part of the roof panel, so as to assist open-close operations of the plurality of the roof panels in the vicinity of a closed state thereof. Sliding of sliders attached to the each guide frame allows the plurality of the roof panels to open or close in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The sliding roof for a vehicle further includes a guide member installed into the guide frame to guide a movement of engagement portions of the plurality of the roof panels adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The anchor and the guide member are installed into an identical groove formed on the guide frame. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127891 | Roof apparatus - A roof apparatus for a vehicle includes a pair of guide rails adapted to be mounted and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle along both sides of an opening provided at a vehicle roof, the pair of guide rails supporting a movable panel for opening and closing the opening and a frame extending in a width direction of the vehicle and connected with the guide rails, the frame made of a light alloy material and having a closed cross sectional shape when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a length direction thereof, the frame including a joining surface portion connected with each guide rail, an opposing surface portion opposing with the joining surface portion; and a hollow portion located between the joining surface portion and the opposing surface portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127892 | CHAIR CAPABLE OF BEING ADJUSTED AS A CHAISE - A chair capable of being adjusted as a chaise comprises a cushion assembly including a first cushion, a second cushion and a third cushion; a first rotary shaft being used to pivotally connect the first cushion and the second cushion; a second rotary shaft being used to pivotally connect the second cushion and the third cushion; an adjusting unit installed below the first cushion; a chair support structure being installed between the first cushion, a second cushion and a third cushion; the chair support structure including an assisting support frame and a support frame; the assisting support frame installed between the first cushion and the third cushion; and the support frame being installed below the third cushion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127893 | Car Seat with Convertible Bottom - A car seat is configured to rest on a seat of a vehicle and to support a child, and the car seat has a shell with a front side and a rear side and a seating surface on the front side. A first contact surface is defined on a part of the car seat facing generally opposite the seating surface. The first contact surface is oriented to support the car seat with the seating surface at a first seat incline. One or more adapter bodies are carried on the car seat and movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The one or more adapter bodies each define a second contact surface. With the adapter bodies in the stowed position, the first contact surface is exposed to rest on the vehicle seat. With the adapter bodies in the deployed position, the one or more second contact surfaces are exposed and oriented to support the car seat with the seating surface at a second seat incline different than the first seat incline. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127894 | Vehicle Seat with a Ventilation Device - A vehicle seat has a cushion in which a ventilation layer for ventilating the cushion is integrated. At least one radial fan is integrated at a front end of the ventilation layer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127895 | Therapeutic Seat Back Insert - A thermal pack as utilized with an insert to direct at least one of heat and cooling through an open mesh back chair. Additional features may include pillow with a pocket, or a bracket configured to place the thermal pack at least in an effective thermal transfer range at a reverse side of the back portion of an open mesh chair. The insert may consist in providing at least some lumbar support in some embodiments. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127896 | Infant Feeding Bottle Holder - An infant feeding bottle holder apparatus at least includes: an adjustable mounting structure at least including a middle section, first and second end sections coupled to the middle section, and first and second clamp sections coupled to the ends of the first and second end sections, respectively; and a feeding bottle arm adapted to be coupled at a first end to the middle section, and adapted to be coupled at a second end to a feeding bottle. The first and second end sections are adapted to couple the infant feeding bottle holder apparatus to an apparatus in which an infant sits or lies. A feeding bottle operatively coupled to the feeding bottle arm may be positioned to allow the infant to autonomously drink from the feeding bottle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127897 | STRUCTURE OF ATTACHING MONITOR PANEL - The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member is arranged at a back side of the vehicle seat in place of the pad member and covered by the skin member and the monitor panel is attached to the frame member through the skin member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127898 | Seat Structure, Particularly for Cycle and Human Body Support Frames - The present invention finds application in the field of support structures, and particularly relates to a seat structure, particularly for cycle and human body support frames. The structure comprises a support element ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127899 | Moveable Headrest for Viewing Images from Different Directions - A moveable headrest is mounted on or with respect to a support for supporting a user in viewing images in a standing, seated, or reclining posture. The headrest is for supporting the head of the user in executing head movements with a changing direction-of-view. A display mounted with respect to the user's head provides the images. An actuator can be provided for moving the moveable headrest for a passive user. A sensor can be provided for sensing movements of the moveable headrest, i.e., for sensing the movements from a changing direction. The moveable headrest apparatus may include either or both the actuator and the sensor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127900 | CUSHION COVER APPARATUS WITH CONNECTION MECHANISMS - Covers are secured to cushions that have an outer surface that has connection mechanisms that allow multiple cushions to be coupled to each other and an inner surface that will not damage the surface of the cushions. The covers are secured to the cushions with straps or elastic materials. The connection mechanism includes hook areas and loop areas that cover the outer surface of the covers. The cushions are coupled with the hook area of a cushion is pressed against the loop area of another cushion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127901 | SEATING ACCESSORY - A seating pad assembly is provided for use by travelers to increase the comfort for a seat on a public transportation vehicle or at a public transit terminal. The seating pad assembly includes a cushion formed from a viscoelastic foam and having dimensions substantially conforming to the dimensions of at least the hip/thigh support and the back support of the seat. Thus, the viscoelastic foam will bridge hard points and pinch points of the seat and will efficiently support the traveler across the gap. The seating pad assembly further includes a removable cover, straps for holding the pad in a coiled condition and a carrying bag for transporting the pad assembly. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127902 | Child's Car Seat Harness Storage System - This invention relates to a child's car seat which may be used with or without an internal harness system, and, more specifically relates to a car seat with a means to store the internal harness system of the car seat when the car seat is being used without the harness system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127903 | SAFETY SEAT - A chair includes a chair base and seat frame extending upwardly from the chair base. The chair includes an interlock assembly, and an infant chair repeatably moveable between stowed and deployed positions with the chair base. The interlock assembly restricts and allows the ability of the infant chair to move between the stowed and deployed positions. The interlock assembly restricts the ability of the chair base to rotate in response to the infant chair being in the deployed position. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127904 | Seat Structure, Seat Extension/Retraction Method and Vehicle - In a seat ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127905 | Back support structure - A tiltable chair including a base, a fulcrum member having a curved support surface, a back support pivotally connected to the base at a pivot axis and pivotable between at least an upright position and a rearward tilt position, and at least one leaf spring having first and second ends, with the first end being restrained by the base. The at least one leaf spring engages the curved support surface of the fulcrum member at a first contact point when the back support is in the upright position and at a second contact point when the back support is in the rearward tilt position, wherein the second contact point is positioned rearwardly on the at least one leaf spring relative to the first contact point. A link member is pivotally connected to the back support at a first pivot location and is pivotally connected to the at least one leaf spring at a second pivot location. The link member defines a vector between the first and second pivot locations and the first pivot location and the pivot axis define a plane. The vector and the plane define a first angle when the back support is in the upright position and a second angle when the back support is in the rearward tilt position, wherein the second angle is closer to ninety degrees than the first angle. A method of using a chair is also provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127906 | Automobile Seat With Fatigue Reduction Function - There is disclosed a vehicle seat provided with a system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of a person driving a vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising a seat back ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127907 | Seat height adjusting device for automobile - An automobile seat height adjuster includes a linkage base frame between the seat's side frames and seat brackets so as to be vertically swingable. The base frame has two pairs of linkage members interconnected by respective shafts. Each of the linkage members extends between one of the side frames and one of the brackets so as to be collapsable. A power transmission mechanism transmits to the linkage base frame power generated by operation of an operating knob and causes the linkage base frame to swing vertically, thereby causing the seat to move vertically. Stops on the linkage base frame abut the installation surfaces, limiting downward movement of the seat and keeping the seat in a lowermost position at which side frames of the seat are spaced from the installation surfaces. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127908 | Seat Swivel Mechanism - A swivel mechanism for a vehicle seat that includes a plurality of pairs of plates that are rotatively coupled providing a first stage of movement where the seat and at least one plate rotates while displacing out of the way of an obstacle and a second stage where the seat and at least one plate rotates without displacing. In an embodiment, a base plate that remains fixed in a home position while a coupling plate and seat-supporting plate rotate about a first pivot offset from the center of the base plate during the first stage and the seat-supporting plate rotates about a second pivot disposed in a center of the coupling plate during the second stage. The coupling plate is slidably coupled to the base plate and to the seat-supporting plate with at least one guide pin and slot arrangement limiting relative movement during the first and second stages. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127909 | Control for adjustable backrest of a seat or lounge, and seat or lounge incorporating it - An article of furniture such as a chair or lounge with an adjustable back. A control enables the angle of the back to be upwardly adjusted or laid flat, merely by appropriately tilting the backrest. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127910 | Fitting for a vehicle seat - In the case of a fitting ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127911 | Downwards folding seat - A folding seat for an aircraft has a backrest, a seat area and an armrest. The seat area is pivotable. When the seat area is pivoted, the armrest is pivotable downwards, the seat area and the armrest being coupled by at least one coupling element in the form of a bevel gear. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127912 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING A CUSHION WITH A COLORED COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a frame, a cushion supported on the frame, with the cushion having a surface area comprising a major portion and a minor portion, and a trim material secured over the cushion to cover the major portion of the surface area. The minor portion of the surface area is uncovered by the trim material and a colored coating is disposed on the minor portion of the surface area of the cushion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127913 | FRAME SIDE PART OF A VEHICLE SEAT - The side part of a vehicle seat, meaning either a seat side part or a side part of a seat back, comprises a layered structure. It has at least two layers. A first layer is a sheet steel part determining the shape of the side part. A second layer is a reinforcement body that has a material thickness in the y direction that is greater than the material thickness of the sheet steel part. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127914 | BACKREST DEVICE IN A CHAIR - A backrest device for a chair, in which a backboard is easily flexible without a reduction in its strength, thus making the chair comfortable to sit on. The lower ends of both right and left sides of the back frame are supported at both sides at the back of a leg body, and the flexible back board is formed on the inside of rear frames. A large number of openings are formed in the backboard so as to be close to each other in the top-bottom and left-right directions. Between openings adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, there is formed a connection section continuing in the top-bottom direction, and the dimension in the front-back direction of the connection section is made larger than the dimension in the left-right direction of the connection section. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127915 | Composition for Polyurethane Foam, Polyurethane Foam Obtained From the Composition, and Use Thereof - The polyurethane foam composition of the present invention comprises at least water, a catalyst, a surfactant, a polyisocyanate, and a polyol and/or a polymer-dispersed polyol in which polymer fine particles obtained by polymerizing a compound having an unsaturated bond are dispersed in a polyol, wherein the polyol comprises at least (A) a plant-derived polyol produced by using a raw material obtained from plants and (B) a low-monol polyol having an overall degree of unsaturation of 0.050 meq/g or less. The polyurethane foam relating to the present invention is obtained by foaming this polyurethane foam composition. The polyurethane foam contributes to reducing environmental burdens and attains hardness and ball rebound suitable for a cushioning material and excellent durability in a balanced manner. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127916 | VEHICLE SEAT FRAME WITH A HINGE MOUNTING, MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH A SEAT BACK HINGE MOUNTING - A frame of a motor vehicle seat for a motor vehicle including a hinge mounting having a hinge arm, and further including a structure part, said structure part being connected to the hinge arm in a connection region, the connection region being rigid when subjected to a load below a threshold value that occurs at accelerations in a normal driving condition of the motor vehicle and the connection region being compliant when subjected to bending loads at values occurring at accelerations of the motor vehicle occurring in an event of an accident, whereby the connection region includes a tongue that projects from one of the hinge arm and the structure part, and further includes a holding device that is provided on the one of the hinge arm and the structure part on which the holding device is not provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127917 | HIGH CHAIR NET ASSEMBLY - A high chair net assembly and a method of utilizing a high chair net assembly. Embodiments of a high chair net assembly include a net, at least one coupling device configured to couple the net to a high chair, and at least one folding mechanism. A method of utilizing a high chair net assembly having a net, at least one coupling device, and at least one folding mechanism includes coupling the net to a high chair via the at least one coupling device, and unfolding the at least one folding mechanism to open the net around the high chair. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127918 | VIBRATORY MILLING MACHINE HAVING LINEAR RECIPROCATING MOTION - A continuous mining method includes operating a vibratory milling machine having a milling head, a base, and a milling tool to oscillate the milling head in a substantially linear reciprocating fashion relative to the base to move the milling tool along a milling axis; and advancing the vibratory milling machine in a work piece in a cutting direction and wherein milling axis is oriented at an attack angle relative to the cutting direction, the attack angle being between about 0 and about 40 degrees. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127919 | WHEEL WEIGHT WITH UNITARY BODY AND CLIP - A wheel-balancing weight mounts to a wheel with a flange. The weight is formed as a unitary member having a unitary body and clip such that the clip as formed is attached to and emerges from the body as formed. The body provides a predetermined mass to the weight and the clip securely grasps the flange of the wheel to secure the weight thereto. The weight is formed by forming a slug to include a formed body portion corresponding to the body and a formed clip portion corresponding to the clip, and bending over at least a portion of the formed clip portion of the slug to form the clip. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127920 | Vehicle Wheel - The degree of freedom in design is increased while maintaining strength by enabling a decorative member to be disposed without thinning a wheel main body. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127921 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CELLULAR POLYURETHANE (PUR) CASTING ELASTOMERS FROM STORAGE-STABLE 1,5-NAPHTHALENEDIISOCYANATE (NDI) PREPOLYMERS - The present invention relates to a process for the production of cellular polyurethane (PUR) casting elastomers and moulded articles based on 1,5-naphthalenediisocyanate (NDI)-prepolymers. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127922 | BICYCLE HUB - A bicycle hub comprises a central tube having an axial receiving groove for installing an axial shaft of a wheel; a first peripheral disk formed at one end of the central tube; a second peripheral disk formed at another end of the central tube; the second peripheral disk being formed with a plurality of axial insertion holes for receiving radiation spokes; a peripheral of the second peripheral disk being formed with a plurality of ribs; each rib having a penetrating axial installing hole; and each rib of the first peripheral disk having a positioning groove; two ends of the positioning groove being opened at two lateral sides of the rib so as to form the openings; the positioning groove being approximately transversal to an axial direction of the installing hole and a lower side of the installing hole is opened to the positioning groove. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127923 | WHEEL AND HUB ASSEMBLY - A wheel assembly includes a wheel and a hub assembly. The hub assembly includes a retainer housing, retaining member, biasing element, and restraining element. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and configured to be inserted within a sleeve bore of the wheel. The pin sleeve includes a first end fluidly communicating with the sleeve bore, a second end, and a conduit therebetween. The retaining member, disposed within the conduit, is configured to operatively engage an axle groove and includes a lip wider than a first end shoulder to prevent the retaining member from exiting the first end. The biasing element, disposed within the conduit, is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The restraining element is configured to prevent the retaining member from exiting the second end. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127924 | Gas Vent Plug, Bearing Device, and Bearing - A gas vent plug is mounted in an aperture communicating with a bearing cavity, and includes a metal annular body, and an elastic tubular body constituted of an elastic member in tube form, integral with the metal annular body, and having a vents at one end face of the tube, protruding outwards in the axial direction of the tube. A circular groove is provided at one end face of the elastic tubular body so as to encircle the vent. Accordingly, variation in the working pressure is eliminated even in the case where the interference is increased when the gas vent plug is mounted in the aperture. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127925 | Linear single channel hydraulic control unit - A hydraulic control unit for a motor vehicle having a motor providing a drive shaft driving a rotatable piston bearing surface at a proximal end of the motor, a hydraulic block providing cavities housing a pumping assembly and fluid control valves, and a control section providing solenoid coils receiving portions of the fluid control valves, with the pump cavity being disposed on a first end of the hydraulic block and the valve cavities being disposed on an opposite end of the hydraulic block, and the pumping assembly being reciprocalably driven by the rotatable piston bearing surface along an axis radially disposed from and otherwise parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatable piston bearing surface. In another aspect, a pump element having a ball bearing assembly mounted at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of rotation of a seat, and a pumping assembly reciprocally bearing against an outer portion of the ball bearing assembly. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127926 | Compressed Air Supply System for a Utility Vehicle - A compressed air supply system for a utility vehicle includes a compressor that can be driven by a drive by a pneumatic clutch, and a valve that can be actuated by an electrical signal for the selective supply of compressed air to a control input of the clutch. The electrical signal is provided by an electronic control system to which signals indicating an operating state of a compressed air preparation system and various vehicle states can be supplied. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127927 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HYDRAULIC BRAKING OF A TRAILER HITCHED TO A TRACTOR - A hydraulic circuit having a brake pipe suitable for being connected to a pressurized fluid source or to a pressure-free reservoir, i.e. to a reservoir without excess pressure, via a proportional pressure reducer controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU). The circuit includes link solenoid-valve means suitable for connecting the proportional pressure reducer to the reservoir or, via a calibrated pressure reducer, to the pressurized fluid source. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127928 | Travel Control Device for Work Vehicle and Work Vehicle - A travel control device for a work vehicle includes: a hydraulic pump; a plurality of hydraulic motors connected to the hydraulic pump in parallel through a closed-circuit connection, that drive different wheels with pressure oil delivered from the hydraulic pump; a slip detection device that detects a slip occurring at each of the wheels; and a flow control device that reduces, upon detection of a slip occurring at any of the wheels by the slip detection device, a quantity of pressure oil supplied to a hydraulic motor for driving the wheel at which the slip has been detected, among the plurality of hydraulic motors. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127929 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - A brake control apparatus includes a braking force applying apparatus for applying a braking force to each of a plurality of wheels adapted to a vehicle, a braking force testing device for testing the braking force of a predetermined malfunction test subject wheel by controlling the braking force applied thereto to be reduced or maintained for a predetermined time on the basis of a test actuation pattern while the braking force applied to each wheel is increased, a wheel speed detecting device for detecting a wheel speed of each of the plurality of the wheels including the malfunction test subject wheel, and a malfunction detecting device for detecting a malfunctioning state, in a case where changes of the wheel speed of the malfunction test subject wheel towards acceleration is not detected while the braking force testing device testing the braking force applied to the malfunction test subject wheel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127930 | ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An ECU in an electric power system for a vehicle controls a DC-DC converter so that an alternator transmits a residual generated electric power to a sub battery while a terminal voltage of a main battery is maintained within an optimally specified voltage range. This residual generated electric power is obtained by subtracting from a maximum generating electric power of the alternator an electric power to be consumed by electric loads and an electric power with which the main battery is charged. This can suppress any fluctuation of the voltage of electric power of the electric power system, namely, the output voltage of the alternator and the voltage of the main battery, and perform a maximum regenerative electric power generation. The sub battery is efficiently changed with the regenerative electric power. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127931 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE - An electric circuit device operable under a first power supply includes: a first circuit; a switch connecting the first circuit with the first power supply; a second circuit for producing a signal output; a control signal output unit for outputting a control signal in accordance with the signal output of the second circuit, wherein while the first circuit is supplied with a first power supply voltage via the switch by supplying of a driving voltage to the switch, the supply of the driving voltage is temporality cut off in response to the control signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127932 | INTELLIGENT AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH CURRENT AND TEMPERATURE MONITORING CAPABILITIES - An intelligent auxiliary power supply system for supplying power to a load such as a furnace or air handler using a rechargeable power source. An intelligent controller determines appropriate periods for switching to auxiliary power, thus allowing the user to realize increased energy related cost savings. A plurality of sensors including a current transducer, an indoor and outdoor temperature sensor, and a clock transmit information to the intelligent controller. Implementing user configured algorithms, the intelligent controller continuously compares information transmitted from said sensors and said load, to information inputted by the user via an electronic device to determine the appropriate power configuration. A remote electronic device may also be connected to the system, allowing the user to control the system while not in close proximity to said system and also allowing the user's energy provider to send requests to switch to auxiliary power. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127933 | Uninterruptible Power Supply With Additional Feeding - UPS unit comprising power step-up means connected to the power mains and conversion means able to produce an AC output voltage, battery supply means being connectable, by switching means, to said power step-up means, whose peculiar aspect is that it comprises at least one additional power supply source, connected to power step-up means, connected in turn to said conversion means, said additional power supply source being able to power the downstream loads of said UPS unit, when a first power threshold pre-set in said power step-up means of said additional power supply source is reached, said additional power supply being able to be integrated by said power mains or said battery. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127934 | EMERGENCY CAPACITOR FOR A CONTACTLESS DEVICE - A power supply for a contactless device having a power supply circuit configured to provide an internal power supply voltage, an emergency capacitor circuit having an emergency capacitor, configured to provide a source current during an external field pause, and a power supply regulator configured to regulate the internal power supply voltage and the source current, wherein the emergency capacitor circuit is electrically coupled in parallel with the power supply circuit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127935 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND PROTECTION METHOD - A power supply system for an electronic device includes a first and a second connector, a switch, and a controller. The first connector is used for connecting to a first power source. The second connector is used for connecting to a second power source, wherein the second power source is rechargeable. The switch establishes a connection between the first connector and the second connector so as to allow the first power source to charge the second power source. The controller detects a presence of the first power source and the second power source, and controls the switch to periodically establish the connection at the absence of the second power source, and to continuously establish the connection at the presence of the second power source. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127936 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects a power-receiving-side load state, and a control circuit that controls the driver control circuit. The control circuit performs a foreign object detection process based on load state detection information from the load state detection circuit after receiving ID authentication information from a power receiving device, and starts normal power transmission to the power receiving device after performing the foreign object detection process. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127937 | Wireless Power Bridge - A wireless power bridge that allows magnetic transmission of energy across a solid barrier such as a wall. A circuit is described for controlling the operation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127938 | LINEAR MOTOR COIL ASSEMBLY AND LINEAR MOTOR - An ironless linear motor ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127939 | LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR AND LINEAR MOTOR ACTUATOR - Provided is a linear synchronous motor in which, when a three-phase alternating current passes through a coil of a mover, thrust forces generated by the alternating currents of each phase are equalized, thereby making it possible to minimize variation in thrust force, the linear synchronous motor including: a stator magnet ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127940 | Linear motor - A linear motor ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127941 | LINEAR DRIVE WITH A MOVING, REDUCED-MASS AND LATERALLY GUIDED PASSIVE UNIT - The invention relates to a linear drive having a stationary active unit ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127942 | CONCENTRATED WINDING MACHINE WITH MAGNETIC SLOT WEDGES - Methods and apparatus are provided for improving operational characteristics of a concentrated winding machine. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises stator teeth having distal ends, the stator teeth arranged in an annular fashion about an axis to define stator slots between adjacent teeth and slot openings between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth, the stator teeth structured to prevent relative movement between adjacent teeth. The apparatus further comprises magnetic wedges structured to be inserted between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth to close the slot openings. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127943 | Electric Motor, Production Method Of Stator, And Production Method Of Electric Motor - Brushless motor ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127944 | VENTILATED ROTOR OF A HIGH-POWER TURBOGENERATOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY - A ventilated rotor of a high-power turbogenerator for the production of electricity has a shaft extending along an axis; a plurality of axial slots obtained in the shaft; a plurality of conductor bars arranged at least partly in the slots; a plurality of axial channels suitable for ventilating the conductor bars; a plurality of subslots, each of which is arranged below a slot to distribute a ventilating gas; a plurality of axial portions traveled over by respective flows of ventilating gas along each axial channel; and at least one radial channel, which is intended to convey directly the ventilating gas from the subslot to the outer surface of the rotor via the conductor bars and is arranged between two consecutive and adjacent axial portions of an axial channel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127945 | AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC MOTOR-GENERATOR - The present invention provides an automotive electric motor-generator that can achieve sufficient cooling of a radiating plate by ensuring a sufficient cooling airflow ventilation channel within limited axial or radial dimensions. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127946 | Cooling jacket and stator assembly for rotary electric device - An electric motor/generator cooling mechanism is presented. The cooling mechanism includes a hollow cooling jacket having an inner and outer coaxial surface, where the inner surface defines a generally cylindric cavity for receiving a stator in heat transference contact with the inner surface, and the outer surface has a cast spiral groove section with jogged cooling passages. The disclosure includes an outer case having one or more inlet ports, an outlet port, and a vent for purging air, cooling fluid flowingly encased between the cooling jacket and the outer case, flowing through the jogged cooling passages, and a flanged end surface on an end of the outer case for boltingly connecting the cooling jacket to the outer case. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127947 | SPINDLE MOTOR - Provided is a spindle motor on which an optical disc is put, rotated and operated. The spindle motor includes a rotor, a stator, a stop washer, and a cap. The cap is put on a thrust supporter that supports a rotation shaft of the rotor, and the cap is pressed into a bearing housing and is closely attached to the bearing housing so that the cap can be easily, closely attached to the bearing housing and due to a press fit force, the cap can be coupled to the bearing housing without formation of a gap between the bearing and the bearing housing and leakage of oil can be prevented, and a press fit force of the bearing and a press fit force of the cap itself act on the cap so that the cap can be prevented from upward separation from the bearing housing. In addition, a first stepped part is formed at a portion of a surface in which the bearing housing and the cap are closely adhered to each other, and a second stepped part is formed on the upper side of the first stepped part of the bearing housing so that, due to the first and second stepped parts, the cap can be prevented from downward separation from the bearing housing when a rotation shaft escapes from the stator downwards, and when the cap is pressed into the bearing housing, the cap does not contact an inner diameter of the bearing housing in which any stepped part is not formed so that a change of an inner diameter can be inhibited and damage of the inner diameter of the bearing housing can be presented. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127948 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A rotating electric machine includes a stator | 2009-05-21 |
20090127949 | PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GEARLESS TRACTION MACHINE - A permanent-magnet synchronous gearless traction machine. The traction machine includes a permanent-magnet synchronous motor having a spindle; a traction wheel coupled to the spindle of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor; a first brake; and a second brake, wherein at least one of the first brake or the second brake is coupled to the traction wheel. As such, in the traction machine, since at least one of the first or second brakes is coupled to the traction wheel, the braking torque generated by the brake coupled to the traction wheel can brake the traction wheel directly, and thereby the operation safety of the elevator can be improved effectively. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127950 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH MAGNETIC BRAKE DIRECTLY ON THE ROTOR - An electrical machine includes a stator having circumferentially arranged winding heads, with a winding head space being defined radially beneath the winding heads. Interacting with the stator is a rotor which has a rotatable laminated core. A magnetic brake is received in the winding head space and includes a magnet module having at least one permanent magnet which is axially resiliently fixed and constraint against rotation and which is magnetized in an axial direction, and an electromagnet which is arranged axially adjacent to the permanent magnet and securely fixed thereto. The electromagnet produces a magnetic field with a main direction oriented in an axial direction. Interacting with the at least one permanent magnet and the electromagnet is a ring-shaped armature which is secured directly and rigidly to the rotor so as to establish a fixed rotative engagement between the armature and the rotor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127951 | MAGNETIC PROPULSION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a hitherto unknown, innovative magnetic propulsion device that can provide free magnetic propulsion through a geomagnetic field or another space in which a uniform magnetic field (B) is present by using an interaction with the uniform magnetic field (B). The magnetic propulsion device is configured such that wing rotors ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090127952 | MOTOR DEVICE - A motor device may include a motor main body provided with a stator part and a rotation shaft, an output shaft provided with a lead screw part, a motor frame provided with an opposite-to-output side support part that supports the stator part and an opposite-to-output side of the output shaft, and which is provided with an output side support part which supports an output side of the output shaft, and a gear part for transmitting a driving force of the rotation shaft to the output shaft. The opposite-to-output side support part rotatably supports the rotation shaft and further rotatably supports the opposite-to-output side of the output shaft. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127953 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core fitted into the stator case; and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core, wherein: an inner flange portion which extends radially inward is formed at a peripheral edge of an opening of one end of the stator case; and a bracket is fixed to the inner flange portion while contacting therewith so as to close the opening. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127954 | MOTOR-TYPE POWER DEVICE - Due to a centrifugal force in a vehicle width direction due to turning of an automobile, oil in an electric motor housing chamber housing an electric motor and oil in a transmission housing chamber housing a reduction gear and a differential gear flows to-and-fro via oil communication passages that penetrate a partitioning wall. An opening on the transmission housing chamber side of the oil communication passages is spaced from the partitioning wall. Hence, when oil moves from the transmission housing chamber side to the electric motor housing chamber side, it is possible to prevent the oil quantity on the electric motor housing chamber side from increasing excessively and suppress an increase in resistance to oil stirring by a rotor of the electric motor while retaining a constant oil amount on the transmission housing chamber side to ensure lubricating performance for the reduction gear and the differential gear. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127955 | MOTOR - A motor may include a rotor provided with a rotation shaft, a stator, a frame fixed to the stator and provided with a bearing part that rotatably supports an output side of the rotation shaft, and an urging member mounted on the bearing part for urging the rotation shaft. The bearing part may include a bearing, formed with a protruded part protruded from a flat plate part of the frame. The urging member may include a bottom face part provided with a spring part for urging the rotation shaft, a pair of side plate parts bent from side edge parts of the bottom face part, and a pair of hook parts bent on inner sides from the pair of the side plate parts to be engaged with the protruded part. The urging member is mounted on the bearing part such that the hook parts are engaged with the protruded part. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127956 | MOTOR BUILT-IN MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE - The device includes a rolling bearing unit supporting a radial load and a magnetic bearing unit supporting an axial load and/or a bearing preload; an electromagnet fitted to a spindle housing so as to confront, on a non-contact basis, a flange shaped thrust plate mounted on a main shaft; a motor rotor of a motor for driving the shaft, and a motor stator opposed to the rotor, the shaft being driven by magnetic or Lorentz forces developed between the rotor and the stator; and a sensor detecting an axial force acting on the bearing unit, and a controller controlling the electromagnet. In this device, the stiffness of a composite spring formed by the bearing unit and a support system for the bearing unit is chosen to be higher than the negative stiffness of a composite spring of a motor part comprised of the electromagnet and the motor. | 2009-05-21 |
20090127957 | Industrial robot having a suspended unit - Since the rotating unit is disposed so that the drive part, which constitutes the rotating unit, is located in the inner side of the bent portion with the curved surface of the Cableveyor in the side of the straight axis, there is no problem occurs by locating the drive part connected with the rotating unit in the inner side of the bent portion of the Cableveyor. Therefore, the dead space formed in the inner side of the bent portion of the Cableveyor can be used effectively. | 2009-05-21 |