23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100139972 | Grommet Configured For Supporting Seal Strip - A grommet is inserted into a notch in a channel and partially supports a seal strip attached to the channel. The grommet includes a main segment and first and second end segments. The main segment extends from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis and has a first side surface and a second side surface. The first end segment is attached to the main segment adjacent to the first end of the main segment. The second end segment is attached to the main segment adjacent to the second end of the main segment. The main segment, the first end segment, and the second end segment together define a passageway extending through the grommet parallel to the longitudinal axis. A cable harness including a grommet and a vehicle including a grommet are also provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139973 | MINERAL INSULATED ELECTRIC CABLE TERMINATION - A mineral-insulated (MI) cable termination assembly and method of manufacturing same is disclosed. The cable termination assembly includes an MI cable having a MI cable conductor, a mineral insulating layer surrounding the MI cable conductor, and an outer metal sheath surrounding the mineral insulating layer. The cable termination assembly also includes an electrical cable having an electrical cable conductor. A connector is provided for electrically connecting the MI cable conductor to the electrical cable conductor. A molded joint surrounds an exposed distal portion of the MI cable conductor and an exposed distal portion of the electrical cable conductor. The molded joint is composed of a polymeric material adhered to the exposed distal portion of the MI cable conductor and the exposed distal portion of the electrical cable conductor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139974 | FLEXIBLE JOINT WITH RESISTIVE FIELD GRADING MATERIAL FOR HVDC CABLES AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING SAME TO HVDC CABLES - A method of connecting two high voltage DC cables in a flexible cable joint. Each high voltage DC cable can include, from the inside to the outside, a central conductor, an adjacent circumferential cable inner semicon layer, an adjacent circumferential cable insulation layer, and an adjacent circumferential cable outer semicon layer. The method includes: connecting the conductors of the two cables in a cable joint; providing adjacent to the conductors a circumferential joint inner semicon layer connecting the cable inner semicon layers of the two cables; providing at least one circumferential and contiguous layer of field grading material connecting the cable outer semicon layer with the joint inner semicon layer and covering the cable insulation layer of the corresponding cable; providing a circumferential joint insulation layer around the layer of field grading material, and where appropriate around the joint inner semicon layer; and providing a circumferential joint outer semicon layer connecting the cable outer semicon layers of the two cables. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139975 | METHOD OF MONITORING WEAR OF ROCK BIT CUTTERS - A method of monitoring the wear of drill bits for drilling wells in earth formations, several embodiments of an improved drill bit for drilling a well in an earth formation, and methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, the bit is assembled by forming the bit, including a bit body and a plurality of cutting components; introducing a wear detector into the bit; and providing a module to monitor the wear detector and generate an indication of bit wear. The wear detector may be a witness material that may change a characteristic of at least a portion of the bit. The module may detect when the witness material is separated from the bit. The wear detector may be introduced during or after formation of the bit. The bit wear may be displayed for an operator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139976 | DOWNHOLE POSITIONING SYSTEM - Downhole positioning systems and associated methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises a downhole source, an array of receivers, and a data hub. The downhole source transmits an electromagnetic positioning signal that is received by the array of receivers. The data hub collects amplitude and/or phase measurements of the electromagnetic positioning signal from receivers in the array and combines these measurements to determine the position of the downhole source. The position may be tracked over time to determine the source's path. The position calculation may take various forms, including determination of a source-to-receiver distance for multiple receivers in the array, coupled with geometric analysis of the distances to determine source position. The electromagnetic positioning signal may be in the sub-hertz frequency range. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139977 | Active Vibration Control for Subterranean Drilling Operations - An active vibration control device improves drilling by actively applying a dampening profile and/or a controlled vibration to a drill string and/or bottomhole assembly (BHA). Embodiments of the present invention control the behavior of a drill string and/or BHA in order to prevent or minimize the occurrence of harmful drill string/BHA motion and/or to apply a vibration to the drill string/BHA that improves one or more aspects of the drilling process. Measurements of one or more selected parameters of interest are processed to determine whether the undesirable vibration or motion is present in the drill string or BHA and/or whether the drill string and/or BHA operation can be improved by the application of a controlled vibration. If either or both conditions are detected, corrective action is formulated and appropriate control signals are transmitted to one or more devices in the drill string and/or BHA. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139978 | Deep water drilling with casing - Methods and apparatus are provided to place a conductor pipe and a casing in a subsea environment. In one embodiment, a conductor pipe is jetted or drilled into the subsea floor. Thereafter, a casing drilling assembly comprising a drill casing and a drilling assembly is connected to the drill pipe using a crossover. The drilling assembly urged into the seafloor until a casing latch on the drilling assembly is engaged with a casing profile of the conductor pipe. During drilling, instrumentation in the drilling assembly may be used to measure geophysical data. The measured data may be used to optimize the drilling process. After the drill casing is engaged with the conductor pipe, cementing may be performed to set the drill casing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139979 | Percussion Drilling Assembly With Annular Locking Member - A percussion drilling assembly for boring into the earth. In an embodiment, the assembly comprises a tubular case having a central axis and a lower end. In addition, the assembly comprises a driver sub having an upper end threadingly engaged with the lower end of the case. Further, the assembly comprises a annular locking member disposed about the driver sub. The annular locking member engages the case and the driver sub and restricts the rotation of the driver sub relative to the case about the central axis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139980 | BALL PISTON STEERING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides ball piston steering devices and methods for use of ball piston devices. One aspect of the invention provides a ball piston steering device including: a sleeve in fluid communication with a fluid source and a ball received within the sleeve. The ball is movable within the sleeve from a recessed position and an extended position. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139981 | Hole Enlargement Drilling Device and Methods for Using Same - A bottomhole assembly (BHA) coupled to a drill string includes one or more controllers, and a hole enlargement device that selectively enlarges the diameter of the wellbore formed by the drill bit. The hole enlargement device includes an actuation unit that may move extendable cutting elements o the hole enlargement device between a radially extended position and a radially retracted position. The actuation unit may be responsive to a signal that is transmitted from a downhole and/or a surface location. The hole enlargement device may also include one or more position sensors that transmit a position signal indicative of a radial position of the cutting elements. In an illustrative operating mode, one or more operating parameters of the hole enlargement device may be adjusted based on one or more measured parameters. This adjustment may be done in a closed-loop or automated fashion and/or by human personnel. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139982 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Manual Governor Control Setting in an Electro-Hydraulic System - An horizontal directional drilling (HDD) system having dynamically scalable control settings is disclosed. Such a system can include a drill pipe configured to attach to a boring tool, a user control having an input device moveable in position along an input range, the user control configured to output a control signal proportional to the position of the input device along the input range, a pump having an output range, the pump configured to move the drill pipe at various output levels over the output range based on the control signal, and a controller coupled to the user control and the pump, the controller configured to execute program instructions stored in memory to cause the HDD system to: perform drilling operations in a first control setting in which the output range of the pump corresponds to the input range of the user control and changes in output of the pump are proportional to positional changes of the input device along the input range, and perform drilling operations in a second control setting in which the output range of the pump is limited by a output limit and changes in output of the pump are proportionally scaled to positional changes of the input device along the input range. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139983 | ROTARY STEERABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides rotary steerable devices and methods for use of rotary steerable devices. One aspect of the invention provides a rotary steerable device including: a cylinder configured for rotation in a wellbore, the cylinder having a slot and a gauge; and at least one cam received in the slot. The cam is configured for selective actuation between a first position, wherein the cam lies within the gauge of the cylinder, and a second position, wherein the cam is displaced out of the gauge of the cylinder. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139984 | ROTARY DRIVE FOR APPLYING ROTARY TORQUE TO A SHAFT TO BE AXIALLY VIBRATED - A drive assembly suitable for a spindle connection to a drill string or other shaft, the assembly comprising or including a drive shaft, a shuttle rotatable under the action of the drive shaft but being slidable relative thereto, the shuttle carrying magnets, a containment assembly to constrain the shuttle to a shuttle axis, the containment assembly carrying magnets to co-act with those of the shuttle as the shuttle is rotated by the drive shaft thereby to cause the shuttling of the shuttle, a spindle not forming part of the shuttle arrangement to receive vibration from said containment assembly and/or said shuttle (e.g.; through a cushion of liquid), a carriage assembly on part of the spindle slidable on an axis coincident with and/or parallel to the spindle's rotational axis, and a drive carried by the carriage assembly to rotate the spindle or to rotate both the spindle and part of the carriage assembly. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139985 | VIBRATORY DRILL HEAD MOUNTING AND ROTATION COUPLING SYSTEM - A mobile drill rig has a drill mast, a carriage mounted to the drill mast for vertical movement, and a vibratory drill head having a sine generator and a rotation mechanism for imparting vibration and rotation to a drill rod string. An elastomeric torsion coupler couples the rotation mechanism to the sine generator to transmit rotational force to the drill rod string while isolating vibrations of the sine generator from the rotation mechanism. Another coupler connects the drill head to the carriage in a manner that allows floating vertical movement of the drill head relative to the carriage while isolating vibrations of the sine generator from the carriage. Elastomeric bumpers limit the vertical movement of the drill head relative to the carriage. Elastomeric spacers located between the rotation mechanism and the sine generator handle the vertical loading and maintain the proper spacing between the sine generator and the rotation mechanism. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139986 | Agitator for a Drill and Related Methods - An apparatus assists in preventing the accumulation of debris in a flow path during the formation of a borehole. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a drill head including a drive shaft for driving a drilling element to form the borehole. Preferably, the drilling element includes a passage forming a flow path for debris from the borehole. A carrier positioned adjacent the flow path is connected to at least one agitator connected to the carrier for agitating debris in the flow path. A related method pertains to manufacturing a drill head including an agitator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139987 | REAL TIME DULL GRADING - A method of monitoring the wear of drill bits for drilling wells in earth formations, several embodiments of an improved drill bit for drilling a well in an earth formation, and methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, the bit is assembled by forming the bit, including a bit body and a plurality of cutting components; introducing a wear detector into the bit; and providing a module to monitor the wear detector and generate an indication of bit wear. The wear detector may be one or more electrical circuits that may experience a change in resistance or conductivity due to wear of the bit. The module may determine wear by detecting an open circuit. The wear detector may be introduced during or after formation of the bit. The bit wear may be displayed for an operator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139988 | DRILL BIT WITH MULTIPLE CUTTER GEOMETRIES - A drill bit has cutting elements with multiple cutting surface geometries that are positioned so that their cutting profiles overlap, but do not completely contain or engulf one another. The different cutting surface geometries and the specific overlap create a zone of high density in the middle regions of the cutting profiles and low density in the periphery, resulting in a cutting profile that becomes sharper with increasing wear. Such an arrangement is more effective and stable as the drill bit encounters hard and abrasive formation materials. Moreover, cutting elements with larger axial volumes may be combined with cutting elements having smaller axial volumes, resulting in an even more effective drill bit in terms of durability and ability to drill efficiently in hard and abrasive formations. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING WEIGHING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTIALLY OFF-SCALE ITEMS - Systems and methods are provided for reducing erroneous weighing of items by detecting items extending beyond a peripheral edge of a weigh platter associated with a data reader. For example, in response to a weigh request a scale guard module acquires data indicative of whether an item extends between the weigh platter and another surface, compares the acquired data to reference data, and based on the comparison, determines whether an item extends off the weigh platter and thus on to another surface. The scale guard module may utilize non-electromagnetic compression waves, radio waves, a portion of a data reader's scan field to scan a set of patterns extending along at least one edge of the weigh platter, an imaging based scanner to capture an image of at least one edge of the weigh platter, light beams extending along at least one edge of the weigh platter, or any combination thereof. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139990 | Selective Input Signal Rejection and Modification - Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139991 | Noise Reduction in Capacitive Touch Sensors - Noise reduction in a one- or two-dimensional capacitive sensor array is achieved by rejecting and re-acquiring noisy signals. The sensor array is formed of crossed X and Y lines for drive and sense functions respectively, each of the X lines being driven in turn to acquire a full frame of data from the sensor array. A controller actuates the X lines in turn and, for each X line, charge is transferred to charge measurement capacitors connected to respective ones of the Y lines. The controller measures a signal value from a first one of the measurement capacitors, and then tests if that Y signal value has a magnitude lying within an acceptable range. If not, the measurement capacitors are all reset without their signal values being measured, and the controller re-drives the same X line to initiate another charge transfer into the measurement capacitors for that X line. It is then attempted once again to acquire Y signal values for that X line. Noisy signal values are thus rejected, and the sensor re-acquires substitute signal values. This is distinct from the approach of acquiring data and then reprocessing it to remove or suppress noisy data as in the prior art. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139992 | USER-AUTHENTICATING, DIGITAL DATA RECORDING PEN - A user-authenticating, digital data recording pen is provided. User-authenticating includes: using the digital data recording pen to write out by a user a handwritten password, which includes a handwritten character string to be authenticated; digitally comparing by the digital data recording pen the handwritten password to at least one handwritten password pre-stored for the user in the digital data recording pen; authenticating by the digital data recording pen the user if the handwritten password is within a defined tolerance of the pre-stored handwritten password; and if authenticated, associating by the digital data recording pen an indication of user authentication with data, such as a writing, of the user produced using the digital data recording pen. In one embodiment, the writing could be any alpha-numerical character string of the user interacting with a system via the digital data recording pen. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139993 | Lobed Bushing For Track Assembly And Track-Type Machine Using Same - A lobed bushing is provided for a track assembly of a track-type machine. The track assembly includes a first chain and a second chain coupled together with a track pin. A bushing, defining a longitudinal axis, includes a central bore oriented along the longitudinal axis and extending from a first end of the bushing to a second end of the bushing for receiving the track pin. The bushing includes a first lobe positioned at a first location about the longitudinal axis and a second lobe positioned at a second location about the longitudinal axis that is less than about 180° from the first location. The first end of the bushing has a substantially cylindrical shape. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139994 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING A WHEELED VEHICLE TO A TRACKED VEHICLE - The invention relates to a self-propelled, wheeled vehicle that may be converted into a multi-track self-propelled vehicle using one or more track assemblies. Each track assembly includes a carriage with a main frame that support forward and rearward idler wheels and a plurality of centrally located, inner bogey wheels, and an outrigger beam that supports a plurality of centrally located, outer bogey wheels. One of the idler wheels is movably connected to the main frame and is movable by an actuator. The carriage is removably connected to a spindle of a vehicle by an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes a first or lower section and a second or upper section that generally encircle a portion of the spindle housing, and which are connected thereto by a plurality of fastening elements. A sprocket is operatively connected to a wheel hub of the spindle either directly or indirectly by way of a spacer element. A flexible endless track is entrained about the idler wheels, the bogey wheels and the sprocket. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139995 | Mobile Robotic Vehicle - A mobile robot includes a robot chassis having a forward end, a rearward end and a center of gravity. The robot includes a driven support surface to propel the robot and first articulated arm rotatable about an axis located rearward of the center of gravity of the robot chassis. The arm is pivotable to trail the robot, rotate in a first direction to raise the rearward end of the robot chassis while the driven support surface propels the chassis forward in surmounting an obstacle, and to rotate in a second opposite direction to extend forward beyond the center of gravity of the robot chassis to raise the forward end of the robot chassis and invert the robot endwise. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139996 | FRICTION DRIVE VEHICLE - In a frictional drive vehicle, a load acting on the vehicle such as the weight of a rider is converted into a force that urges two frictionally engaging parts ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100139997 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, COOLING SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An inverter apparatus includes a liquid path in which cooling water flows, and in which the cooling water performs cooling at a cooling part located directly underneath the power circuit part of the inverter apparatus. The liquid path includes a first partial structure part formed between a feed pipe and the cooling part, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually reduced in the short-side direction of the cooling part and that is gradually enlarged in the long-side direction thereof; and a second partial structure part formed between the cooling part and a drain pipe, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually enlarged from the short-side of the cooling part and that is gradually reduced from the long-side thereof. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139998 | Hybrid Electric Vehicle And Powertrain - A hybrid electric vehicle and powertrain includes an engine and an electric machine connected to each other in a power-split arrangement. The electric machine is operable as a motor or a generator, and is offset from the engine, thereby reducing the overall length of the powertrain. A power transfer arrangement includes a planetary gear set in which the carrier is directly connected to an output shaft of the engine. The electric machine is connected to the planetary gear set through an intermediate gear, thereby facilitating the offset of the electric machine and the engine and facilitating an easy change of gear ratio for the motor/generator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100139999 | MOTOR HAVING ROTORS ARRANGED CONCENTRICALLY AND DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THE MOTOR - The present invention relates to a motor having yokes concentrically arranged and a driving apparatus having the motor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a motor, in which armature metal cores having coils wound thereon and yokes having magnets attached thereto are arranged in multiple stages around a central shaft, and a driving apparatus having the motor. A motor having yokes concentrically arranged according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of cylindrical yokes arranged in multiple stages in a radial direction and a plurality of magnets respectively fixed to the yokes with polarities of the magnets alternated with each other in a circumferential direction. The stator has armature metal cores arranged to face the respective yokes and a plurality of armature coils wound on the armature cores to face the magnets. A driving apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention comprises the aforementioned motor, a brake disk, and a caliper. The brake disk is fixedly coupled to the rotor of the motor. The caliper is installed to one side of the brake disk to restrain the brake disk from rotating. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140000 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY CONSUMING AND STORING ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN A HYBRID VEHICLE - A system for selectively consuming and storing electrical energy in a hybrid vehicle. The system includes an electric motor/generator unit having a rotary shaft and an internal combustion engine having a main shaft. A continuously variable transmission mechanically couples the electric motor/generator rotary shaft to the engine main shaft. A control circuit varies the amount of torque of the electric motor/generator unit rotary shaft between a negative and a positive value as a function of the operating condition of the vehicle. The control circuit also controls the transmission to vary the transmission ratio as a function of the engine operating conditions. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140001 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a fuel tank ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140002 | DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINES AND VEHICLE - First and second motors have structures different from each other. A control device estimates a first magnet temperature of the first motor and a second magnet temperature of the second motor and controls a drive unit based on the first and second magnet temperatures. The control device estimates the first magnet temperature using a first parameter (the temperature of cooling oil of the first and second motors) and estimates the second magnet temperature using the temperature of the stator of the second motor. Since an appropriate parameter is selected from among a plurality of parameters concerning the state of the first and second motors, the first and second magnet temperatures can be estimated more accurately. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140003 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE AND HYBRID DRIVE DEVICE - An electric motor control device includes an inverter that supplies an output of a primary-side DC power supply to an electric motor to control driving of the electric motor; a converter that includes a voltage increasing power supply device that increases a voltage of the primary-side DC power supply to supply the inverter with the increased voltage as a secondary voltage, and a regenerative power supply device that reversely supplies regenerative power from the inverter to the primary-side DC power supply; a secondary-side target voltage determination unit; a converter control unit; and an electric motor control unit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140004 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING ENGINE AIR GUIDE PASSAGE - In an automotive vehicle in which an air duct which forms an air guide passage for guiding air that has flowed into an engine compartment to an induction system of an internal combustion engine is provided integrally on an inner surface of a bonnet, a reduction in size and weight of the air duct and a compact disposition of the air duct within the engine compartment are attempted to be realized. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140005 | Hood System - A hood system with a plurality of hood hinges is disclosed. The hood hinges associated with the hood system include a hole configured to receive a removable fastener. By inserting a fastener in the hole when the hood is in a fully open position, a protrusion on the hood hinge can rest against the removable fastener to maintain the hood in the fully open position. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140006 | Kinetic energy vehicle - A main body portion has a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and laterally spaced sides and an air intake. A housing in the vehicle contains a turbine/flywheel adapted to be rotated in response to air entering the housing from the air intake. A starter generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. A main drive generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. An electric drive motor in the vehicle is powered from the main drive generator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140007 | SNOWMOBILE - A snowmobile includes a vehicle body, a track belt, an engine, a left-and-right pair of skis, a suspension mechanism, and a steering mechanism. The track belt is located on a lower portion of the vehicle body. The engine drives the track belt. The suspension mechanism is a mechanism arranged to support the pair of skis so as to move in a vertical direction with respect to the vehicle body, and to support the pair of skis in an associated manner so that one of the skis moves downwards relative to the vehicle body when the other ski moves upwards relative to the vehicle body. The steering mechanism is a mechanism arranged to steer the pair of skis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140008 | BRAKE PEDAL DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF REDUCING COLLISION INJURY - A brake pedal device of reducing a collision injury in a vehicle, may include a brake pedal including a hitching slot at an end portion thereof, a brake switch bracket, a first portion of which is pivotally coupled to the brake pedal by a hinge shaft, a pedal mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle body, wherein a second portion of the brake switch bracket is pivotally coupled to the pedal mounting bracket by a stopper shaft, wherein the stopper shaft of the pedal mounting bracket and the hitching slot of the brake pedal are selectively coupled to hinder rotation of the brake pedal toward a driver with respect to the hinge shaft when a collision force equal to or greater than a predetermined load is applied to the vehicle, and coupling members coupling the pedal mounting bracket and the brake switch bracket and being decoupled when the collision force is applied to the vehicle. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140009 | VEHICLE CONTROL BY PITCH MODULATION - A method for fore-aft stabilization of a vehicle for motion in a specified direction over an underlying surface. The vehicle has at least one forward wheel and at least one aft wheel, and the forward wheel is characterized by a force normal to the instantaneous direction of motion of the vehicle. A motor actuator drives each aft wheel, and a controller governs the motor actuator or motor actuators in such a manner as to dynamically stabilize the vehicle, according to a uniform control law, when the forward wheel is in contact with the underlying surface or not. A torque is applied to the aft wheel on the basis of vehicle pitch or the force on the forward wheel normal to the direction of motion. Additionally, a periodic rotational modulation may be applied to the aft wheel, and a stabilizing torque provided based on a detected response, either of vehicle pitch or of normal force on the front wheel. Left and right motor actuators may independently control left and right aft wheels to continue turns as governed by user steering, whether or not forward wheels are in contact with the ground. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140010 | Vehicle With Sleeping Arrangement - A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement includes a vehicle compartment, a driver's seat mounted in the compartment, the driver's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion, and a passenger's seat mounted in the compartment, the passenger's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion. At least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat may be pivotable from a normal use position facing a front of the compartment to a sleeping position oriented approximately 90° relative to the normal use position, and the pivotable seat is adapted to recline such that the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat defines at least part of a generally horizontal surface together with the bottom cushion portion of the other one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140011 | WORM GEAR FOR ELECTRIC ASSISTED STEERING APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THE WORM SHAFT IN A WORM GEARING - An electric power assisted steering system comprises a motor connected to a portion of a steering mechanism through a worm carried by a worm shaft and a wheel carried by an output shaft operatively coupled to the steering mechanism. The shaft is supported in at least one bearing which has some internal clearances and supports the worm shaft in such a manner that it is free to pivot through an angle in planes which include its own axis due to a degree of axial free play of the first bearing assembly. The bearing assembly comprises an inner race having a groove, an outer race having a groove, and a plurality of ball bearings located between the inner and outer races, and in which the outer race groove is not round when in its position of use such that the ball bearings permit a greater freedom of movement of the inner race relative to the outer race in a first radial direction than in a second radial direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. Tensile or compressive forces may be applied to the bearing assembly to cause the part of the assembly to become not round. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140012 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE FULL-RANGE SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A high-performance, full-range speaker includes a front horn having a channel tube located on the inside at the bottom side, a rear cover shell, a holder base defining a sound transmission passage, a speaker unit mounted on the holder base, a control circuit board, an equalizer mounted in the sound transmission passage of the holder base to buffer the gain of the treble of the forward waves produced by the speaker unit and to balance the mid-range, a bass resonator, a rack and first, second, third and fourth resonance chambers in air communication with the channel tube and the bass resonator to eliminate noises and to amplify the bass. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140013 | MULTILAYER BOARD FOR REDUCING SOLID-BORNE SOUND - A multilayer board for reducing solid-borne sound radiation with improved mechanical stability when subjected to a load, comprising a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and at least one core layer, wherein the at least one core layer is arranged between the first and the second cover layer, and wherein the at least one core layer comprises at least one first sloped slot. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140014 | Flow Passage Control Valve for Muffler - A flow passage control valve for a muffler may include an opening formed through a guide pipe, which forms an exhaust gas channel in the muffler, to form another exhaust gas channel, and a valve body adjusts an open amount of the opening by using a difference between an exhaust gas pressure exerted through the opening and a weight of the valve body. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140015 | Silencer - A silencer is described for damping the outflow noise of compressed air from compressed air appliances, in particular compressed air appliances of vehicles, with an inlet port, with at least one outlet port and with a pot-like housing which is arranged between these ports and which has a pot casing and a pot bottom, a sound-absorbing material in the form of a cartridge of a filter knit, serving for noise damping, being arranged in the inner space of the pot-like housing, characterized in that a layer of fibrous material is arranged between the cartridge and the pot casing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140016 | VEHICLE AND A LIFTING ARM ASSEMBLY - A vehicle equipped with a lifting arm assembly includes a chassis structure with a cabin and a lifting arm assembly fastened on top of the chassis structure so that it turns around a vertical rotating by a rotating base. For folding, the lifting arm assembly is positioned behind the cabin in two positions. In a rescue vehicle the lifting arm assembly also includes at least an arm that can be outstretched to a standby position on top of the cabin. A third arm is fastened to a second arm to rotate in the vertical direction so that in the transport position of the lifting arm assembly the third arm can be turned under the second arm or next to it, and the rotating base is also positioned under the central part of the second arm when the lifting arm assembly is in the transport position. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140017 | LADDER SUPPORT APPARATUS - A ladder support apparatus, the apparatus including a support body, one or more clamp mechanisms operatively mountable to the support body, for mounting the support body to a structure and a retention assembly operatively connected to the support body and, in use, being adapted to limit relative movement between the ladder and ladder support, the or each clamping mechanism including a clamp aπn mounted for movement relative to the support body in a clamping direction and a release direction, an actuator operable to control the operation of the clamp arm, the clamp mechanism being arranged so as to be able to adopt a preset mode in which the clamp arm is substantially freely moveable in both the clamping direction and the release direction, a set mode in which the clamp arm is inhibited from movement in either direction but can be moved incrementally by operation of the actuator and a pre-release mode in which the clamp arm is inhibited from movement in either direction but upon operation of the actuator when in the pre-release mode the clamp arm can return to its preset mode. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140018 | SCAFFOLD WITH HANDRAIL FRAMES PROVIDED WITH POST SECTIONS - A scaffold has several spaced apart systems of construction frames present on top of each other, as well as handrail frames that extend between the construction frames. The construction frames have three posts connected together by crossbars, in which the front post is shorter than the other two. The handrail frames are attached to these short posts. Each handrail frame is built up of two post sections with a handrail and a side plank between them. The post sections form half of a lengthwise divided post. The post sections of two adjacent handrail frames thus form one whole post, which can be inserted into the short post of a construction frame. As the post sections are part of the handrail frames, the handrail frames can be easily attached to the short posts already present at the front of the construction frames. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140019 | Lubricating system for gear train - This invention provides a lubricating system for a gear train including: a lubricating oil supply port configured to supply a lubricating oil in a direction vertical to both axes of a pair of gears and toward a mesh point at which the pair of gears are meshed with each other; a shroud configured to cover at least teeth of the pair of gears so as to form a flow passage of the lubricating oil between the pair of gears and the shroud; and a pair of discharge ports respectively configured to discharge the lubricating oil from the flow passage. The pair of discharge ports are respectively positioned at two portions of the shroud respectively opposed to the mesh point across respective axes of the pair of gears. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140020 | TRAVELING DRIVE UNIT FOR WORKING VEHICLE - A lubricant circulation pump ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140021 | FARM IMPLEMENT - A device for increasing the spacing of pots in an open area configured for attachment to a vertically actuatable fork lift supported by a moving vehicle such as a tractor. The device includes a horizontally extending member, plurality of forks, each fork including parallel rails, a first end of the parallel rails being appended to a continuous drive located within the horizontally extending member and a reversible motor geared to the continuous drive such that when the reversible motor is actuated in the first direction, the forks are caused to separate from one another and when the reversible motor is actuated in the second direction, the forks are caused to move closer to one another. A series of longitudinally extending members are provided extending from the horizontal member along each of the parallel rails, each longitudinally extending member supporting a plurality of flippers, each flipper being spaced apart from the adjacent flipper on each of the longitudinally extending members such that when the longitudinally extending members are in a first orientation, the flippers extend horizontally from the parallel rails and when the rods are in a second orientation, the flippers extend vertically from the parallel rails. The flippers assume horizontal or vertical orientations depending upon whether pots located within the forks are to be lifted or are to remain in place. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140022 | ELEVATOR BELT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ELEVATOR BELT, AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A BELT - An elevator belt comprising a belt body made of a first material, a reinforcement arrangement having at least one reinforcement provided on the belt body, and a tube arrangement made of a second material having at least one tube, the at least one reinforcement of the reinforcement arrangement being provided in a tube of the tube arrangement. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140023 | CAR SWAY DETECTOR FOR ELEVATOR - Since there are a variety of models of elevators, it is extremely time consuming to set by each elevator a specified value for judging car sway. Also, when one specified value is made to represent criteria for all elevators in order to save time for the setting, detection results may vary. Specified values as judgment criteria for car sway are prestored as a table or a relational expression that employ elevator specifications as parameters and a means for automatically selecting a specified value by using information on the elevator specifications is provided, which saves time for the setting. Since the set specified value is suitable for that particular elevator, variation in detection results is suppressed to realize a highly reliable car sway detector. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140024 | Wheel chock - A wheel chock including a head for engagement with a vehicle wheel. The head has a blade that defines a pair of conjoined wedges oriented 180° apart. A hosel is affixed to, and extends laterally from, the middle of the blade. A handle is affixed to, and extends upwardly from, the hosel. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140025 | RETARDING DEVICE FOR A HANDHELD CUTTING MACHINE - The present invention is related to a retarding device for a hand held cutting machine having a housing ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140026 | TIRE CHOCK - A tire chock having an at least partially threaded rod; a first trunnion having an aperture therethrough that receives the rod; first and second locking members, one locking member being rotatably fixed relative to the rod, the other locking member being rotatably fixed relative to the first trunnion. A tire chock may alternatively have an at least partially threaded rod; an upper trunnion rotatably attached to the rod; a lower trunnion threadedly attached to the rod, the lower trunnion translating axially relative to the rod upon rotation of the rod relative to the lower trunnion; a pair of linkage arms, the pair of linkage arms forming an X-shape, each linkage arm being connected to the lower trunnion by a drive arm and being connected to the upper trunnion by a support arm, wherein, as the rod is rotated relative to the lower trunnion, the linkage arms expand or contract. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140027 | ASYMMETRICAL BRAKE TORQUE PLATE BACK LEG - A brake comprising a brake disk stack including stators alternating with rotors that are rotatable relative to the stators about an axis of the disk stack, an annular torque plate at one axial end of the brake disk stack, and a circumferential arrangement of actuators at the other axial end of the brake disk stack for urging the brake disk stack against the torque plate thereby to effect a braking force on the rotors. A back leg ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140028 | Electronic Wedge Brake System - An electronic wedge brake system includes an upper wedge member, one end portion of which is coupled to an inner pad provided to one side of a disc, and the other end portion of which defines an upper wedge surface thereon, a lower wedge member disposed adjacent to the upper wedge member and connected to a stationary member, the lower wedge member defining a lower wedge surface thereon in a side facing the upper wedge surface, at least a wedge roller provided between the upper and lower wedge surfaces, a roller grip plate slidably coupled to the upper wedge member for guiding a motion of the upper wedge member, and an actuator coupled to the stationary member and the roller grip plate and configured to selectively move the roller grip plate and the upper wedge member so that the inner pad can be engaged to or disengaged from the disc. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140029 | ANTI-SQUEAL SHIM - Anti-squeal shim ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140030 | DISC BRAKE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a disc brake for a vehicle, such as an electronic wedge brake, capable of preventing a disc from being subject to the moment due to misalignment of inner and outer friction members with respect to a disc. The disc brake includes a disc rotating together with a vehicle wheel, inner and outer friction pads disposed at both sides of the disc, respectively, a wedge unit installed at rear sides of the inner and outer friction pads to press the inner and outer friction pads against the disc, a driving device that operates the wedge unit for a braking operation, and a sync member for synchronizing braking positions of the inner and outer friction pads with respect to the disc. Since the disc is prevented from being subject to the moment, uneven wear does not occur in the friction member and/or the disc and deformation of the disc is prevented. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140031 | HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER - In the inside of a cylinder tube, there are provided a piston chamber and an adjusting chamber communicating each other, and these both chambers are filled with oil in a pressurized condition, and further, there are provided a piston moving in an axial direction in the piston chamber and a rod coupled to the piston. An elastic member is located in the inside of the adjusting chamber in a state that a reservoir tank is formed in the adjusting chamber by being compressed by pressurizing force of the oil, and impact is absorbed in such a way that the elastic member is caused to extend and contract by the oil flowing in/flowing out the reservoir tank by movement of the rod. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140032 | SHOCK ABSORBER FOR VEHICLE - [PROBLEMS] An impact absorption body for a vehicle can have desired impact absorption performance, exhibits excellent impact absorption performance particularly immediately after an impact is applied to the body, and can maintain high impact absorption performance. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The impact absorption body ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140033 | COMPONENT WITH INLAY FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS - An exemplary embodiment includes an automotive brake component, such as a brake drum or a brake rotor, and an inlay coupled to the automotive brake component. The inlay constituting at least a portion of a braking surface that is acted upon during a braking event. The inlay damping vibrations in the automotive brake component when the component is vibrated. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140034 | CVT CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention concerns a simple mechanical arrangement for controlling a multi-regime continuously variable transmission. The transmission in question comprises a variator ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140035 | Bicycle clutch - A bicycle clutch comprises a transmission shaft, at least two gears, at least two slide blocks, at least two clutch blocks, at least two guiding blocks, a switch shaft and a stationary shaft. The gears and the slide blocks are coaxially disposed on the transmission shaft. The sliding blocks, switch shaft and stationary shaft are coaxially assembled. The clutch blocks are disposed on the transmission shaft, the gears and the slide blocks. The guiding blocks are disposed on the switch shaft and the slide blocks. Through angle deflection, the clutch can selectively make one of the gears engage with the driven assembly to change the rotation speed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140036 | COMPACT DRY DUAL CLUTCH MODULE - The present invention provides a dry, dual clutch module having reduced axial length. The clutch module includes a larger diameter, single plate outer clutch which drives a first transmission input shaft or drive quill and a smaller diameter, double plate inner clutch which drives a second transmission input shaft or drive quill. The smaller diameter clutch is nested within the larger diameter clutch and thus they essentially reside within the same axial space. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140037 | COUPLING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a coupling arrangement comprising a component ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140038 | Piston apparatus of automatic transmission - In an embodiment of the present invention, a piston apparatus of an automatic transmission includes a piston member capable of moving in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, and a hydraulic chamber, and has been configured so that the piston member moves in the axial direction due to pressure in the hydraulic chamber. The piston member includes a cylinder part that extends in the axial direction and to which pressure in the hydraulic chamber is transmitted, a pressing part that extends in the radial direction and presses against a friction engaging element of the automatic transmission, and a connecting part that connects the cylinder part and the pressing part and, with respect to the axial direction, is offset from the pressing part in a direction of separation from the friction engaging element. Also, the axial direction offset amount of the connecting part from the pressing part of the piston member has been set larger than the stroke amount of the piston member. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140039 | Pump Clutch - The pump clutch is a device which transfers energy from its input shaft to the output shaft where a hydraulic gear pump is provided to enable the circulation of oil inside. The clutch input shaft is connected to the pressure production system; thus, the energy it requires to circulate the oil is provided. The amount of engagement between the clutch output shaft and the clutch input shaft is determined by the amount of oil circulating in the system. In turn, the amount of oil in the device is controlled by the control tap. With the clutch output shaft stabilized on the surface, we can control the circulation of the oil in the system with the control tap and the energy in the input shaft is thus transferred onto the stabilized surface through the output shaft thereby halting the rotation of the input shaft. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140040 | Viscous Clutch - A viscous clutch assembly ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140041 | ROTARY-TYPE SELECTABLE ONE-WAY CLUTCH - A selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) assembly uses hydraulic-actuation to select operating modes within a rotating housing. Two races of the SOWC assembly can rotate at disparate speeds, i.e., one race is not grounded prior to actuation. The SOWC assembly has a pair of races keyed to different housings and hubs. The housing and hub can be attached to different elements of a gear train, for example, which can be rotating during the various gear states. A hydraulic actuator or multiple actuators can be keyed to the housing, with axial motion of the actuator or actuators selecting a state or operating mode of the SOWC assembly. The actuator has axially-extending tabs that engage radially-extending fingers of the selector plate, thus rotating the selector plate in different directions when applied or released. Multiple actuators can be used in conjunction with multiple selector plates to provide additional SOWC operating modes. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140042 | Dog-tooth-face interface - A dog-tooth-face interface for a vehicle includes a first clutch element that has a plurality of recesses distributed on a side of the first clutch element and around an axis through the first clutch element and a second clutch element that has a plurality of teeth configured to engage with the recesses and distributed on a side of the second clutch element adjacent the recesses. At least one of the first clutch clement and the second clutch element is configured so as to rotate about the axis, and at least one of the first clutch element and second clutch element is configured so as to move along the axis to engage or disengage the first and second clutch elements. Moreover, the first clutch element has a substantially continuous wall surrounding the recesses, and the recesses have at least one corner relief portion configured to avoid contact with corners of the teeth. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140043 | Drive Assembly For A Regenerative Drive System - A drive assembly ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140044 | Crankshaft Torque Modulator - A decoupler with driven and driving members, a clutch, a torsional vibration damper and a lubricant. The clutch is received in a bore in the driven member and includes a carrier, a wrap spring and at least one spring. The wrap spring is formed of spring wire and has a plurality of coils disposed between a first end, which is received in a groove in the carrier, and a second end. The portion of the wrap spring outside the carrier has an outer circumferential spring surface that is abutted against the inner circumferential surface of the bore. The at least one spring is disposed between the carrier and the driving member to transmit rotary power from the driving member to the carrier. The torsional vibration damper is coupled to the driving member for rotation therewith. The lubricant is disposed on the remaining portion of the wrap spring. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140045 | BANKNOTE HANDLING MACHINE - A banknote handling machine has a taking-in unit that takes in banknotes one by one, a transport unit that transports the banknote taken in by the taking-in unit, a transport state detection unit that detects the transport state of the banknote taken in by the taking-in unit, a recognition unit that recognizes a kind of the banknote transported by the transport unit, first to third stacking units including stackers in which the banknotes transported by the transport unit are stacked, and a control unit that determines an abnormally transported banknote based on the detection result of the transport state detection unit and determines a specific normal banknote, an abnormal banknote, or a non-specific banknote based on the recognition result of the recognition unit, the control unit controlling the transport unit to transport the banknote determined as the specific normal banknote to the first stacking unit, to transport the banknote determined as the abnormal banknote to the second stacking unit, and to transport the banknote determined as the abnormally transported banknote or the non-specific banknote to the third stacking unit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140046 | Robotically controlled entertainment elements - A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector or a staircase. The robotic mount is movable in three-dimensions, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a unitary display comprises a plurality of closely spaced individual displays which are mounted to robotic mounts, whereby the configuration of the unitary display may be altered by changing the position of one or more of the displays relative to the others. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140047 | Device for packaging articles - A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine is disclosed. The device includes at least one conveying system for the articles to be packaged or for the packaging units for the articles to be packaged. The conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track. The at least one conveying system has several trays that can be connected to each individual transport track. Each conveying system is configured with an upper level and a lower level. A first lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the beginning and a second lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the end, said lifting units moving the trays at the beginning and at the end of the conveying system between the upper level and the lower level. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140048 | Dynamic Buffer - A dynamic buffer is associated to two consecutive conveyor lines, respectively belonging to a first machine and a second machine and comprises: a storage conveyor, in which an operating station for inlet and outlet of articles is defined, situated in proximity of an unloading position of the first line; handling organs for transferring the articles from the unloading position to the second line, in a condition of normal functioning of the second machine, or to the operating station of the storage conveyor, in a halted condition of the second machine. On restarting, the second machine is accelerated and the handling organs pick up the articles stored in the storage conveyor from the operating station, in the same order of insertion and in alternation with the articles supplied towards the unloading position; this stage proceeds up to the emptying of the storage conveyor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140049 | BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT FOR FILLING BOTTLES WITH A LIQUID BEVERAGE MATERIAL HAVING BOTTLE PLATE SUPPORT TABLES THEREIN - A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having bottle plate support tables therein. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140050 | ARTICLE GROUPING LUG - An loading apparatus ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140051 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A GROUP OF PRODUCTS FROM AN INPUT CONVEYOR TO AN OUTPUT CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a device for transporting food products ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140052 | METERING APPARATUS WITH INDEPENDENT TOOL DRIVE MEANS - A metering system ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140053 | SPACE-SAVING SORTING PLANT AND METHOD FOR SORTING ARTICLES - A sorting plant and method for sorting articles, especially flat mail consignments, include a conveying device, a transfer mechanism and at least one reception device. A conveying transport mechanism of the conveying device transports an article along a conveyor track. The reception device has a plurality of reception components for at least one respective article and a reception transport mechanism. The reception transport mechanism moves the reception components along a reception component track and simultaneously brings one respective reception component of the reception device into a transfer position. The reception component track has a reception segment proceeding vertically or obliquely from the top downward. The transfer mechanism brings an article from the conveying device into one of the reception devices when the article is located at a transfer point on the conveyor track and when this reception component is located in a transfer position with respect to the transfer point. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140054 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUFFERING PRODUCTS - An apparatus for buffering products comprises at least three buffer conveyors ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140055 | Product stabilizing conveyor system and method - A product stabilizing conveyor system for a continuous, segmented lane curvilinear conveyor having linear and curvilinear sections. The conveyor is configured to transport small products, e.g. 0.46 diameter glass vials, in circular fashion. Wedged-shaped diverter elements are positioned at the juncture between a linear section and curvilinear section of the conveyor, after the registry and outfeed area. The diverter elements serve to direct the minute vials away from the larger interstices which form on the outbound paths of travel of the curvilinear section and towards the smaller sized interstices on the inboard paths of travel. Diverting the vials in this manner ensures they do not cross over the edges of the larger sized interstices and fall over onto the conveyor surface. Instead they remain upright as they travel around the curvilinear section and hence around the entire conveyor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140056 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING AUTOMATICALLY THE SIZE OF PACKS IN A CONVEYOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AUTOMATIC PACKAGING MACHINE - A conveyor device, in particular for an automatic packaging machine for paper rolls, having a horizontal plane of advance, at least one pair of motorised flexible transmission members extending along a closed loop and bearing a plurality of transverse bars fastened to said flexible transmission members, a plurality of thruster elements borne by said bars, and a stationary adjustment station provided with at least one adjustment assembly having a grip organ movable in transverse direction and arranged in such a way as to displace in the transverse direction along the respective bar a thruster element positioned at the grip organ. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140057 | CONVEYING APPARATUS - A conveyance device uses a simple structure to cause a travel body on which food and drink are placed to travel stably. The conveyance device ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140058 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for conveying dough portions ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100140059 | OPERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING SYSTEM - A mode switching switch and a dial switch are coaxially provided. A spring member is fixed to a linkage unit of the dial switch. The linkage unit is inserted through a click number change member, which has a cylinder unit and a shaft. The shaft is inserted into a guide groove formed on a cylinder unit of the mode switching switch. By the rotation of the mode switching switch, the click number change member is moved in the axial direction. On the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder unit of the click number change member, two click surfaces on which the different numbers of concaves or convexes are formed in the circumferential direction are aligned in the axial direction. By the movement in the axial direction of the click number change member, any one of the click surfaces is engaged with the spring member. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140060 | IGNITION KEY SWITCH APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED SNAP ACTION MECHANISM - An ignition key switch apparatus having a compact size, high current capability, and a snap action mechanism. A pre-loaded snap spring can be configured to include a fixed end attached to an anchor and a free end attached to a movable contact operable between normal and actuated positions. A cam can be utilized to convert a rotary motion at a key interface into a linear movement of a plunger for snap spring blade actuation. The unique pre-loaded snap spring generates a fast (e.g., instantaneous) movement from an open to a closed position and vice versa upon application/removal of a load to reduce the effect of arcing on associated contacts and conductors. The pre-loaded snap spring also ensures that the movable contact does not remain in any intermittent position, other than the two extreme positions given at any position of the plunger. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140061 | NEUTRAL DRAW-OUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An interlock assembly for a bypass isolation open or closed transition ATS assembly is disclosed. The interlock assembly ensures that a switch assembly being worked upon and/or being inserted is in a neutral configuration, i.e. the switch assembly is not engaging a power source. The interlock assembly is, preferably, an electrical interlock having a control system structured to configure the switch assemblies and to monitor the configuration of the switch assemblies. That is, the switch assemblies each include a power operated, conductive, movable contact arm. The position of each contact arm is controlled, and monitored by, the control system which controls the single actuator for each contact arm. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140062 | PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT FOR AN APPARATUS - The invention is directed towards a protective circuit for an apparatus including an accelerometer having an output and a microcontroller coupled to the output of the accelerometer. The protective circuit also includes a switch for controlling the apparatus coupled to an output of the microcontroller and a load coupled to the switch. A power source is coupled to the load and the switch. In operation the microcontroller is cable of sending a signal to the switch to turn of power to the load when a dangerous condition has occurred. Also, the invention is directed toward a method of controller an apparatus with the protective circuit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140063 | AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH - An automotive brake light switch mounted on a brake booster includes a housing defining a constant pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber partitioned by a diaphragm, with a first through-hole of the housing, a second through-hole formed in the diaphragm and an air intake valve to allow the constant pressure chamber to selectively communicate with the variable pressure chamber, wherein the air intake valve is fitted into the second through-hole and configured to selectively open or close the first through-hole in response to a brake pedal, the brake light switch apparatus having a switch body, a switch rod slidably mounted to the switch body so as to turn on/off a switch of the switch body, wherein a protruding length of the switch rod is changeable by the air intake valve, and a coupling portion coupling the switch body to the housing through the first through-hole. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140064 | ROTARY CONTROL SWITCH MOUNTED ON CONTROL PANEL OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - A rotary control switch includes a body member, a shaft member and a conducting member. The body member includes a main body having a receptacle and a perforation. Multiple recesses are disposed within the receptacle. The perforation is communicated with the receptacle. The shaft member includes a base and a rotating shaft. The base has a sustaining structure. A protrusion is extended from the rotating shaft. The conducting member is connected with the base of the shaft member. The protrusion is sustained against or engaged with the main body and the base is accommodated within the receptacle of the body member. The base of the shaft member is rotated with respect to the control panel and the body member upon rotation of the rotating shaft. When the sustaining structure is sustained against a specified one of the recesses, the conducting member is electrically connected with a corresponding contact pad of the control panel. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140065 | Multi-step pressurized switch - Disclosed is a multi-step pressurized switch providing various signals in response to variation of pressure applied thereto. The multi-step pressurized switch includes a switched PCB connected to a PCB of an electronic device and having at least one or more contact points on the top, and an elastic plate settled on the top of the switched PCB and electrically connecting the contact points with each other if there is pressure. The elastic plate includes a first projection protruding upward from the edge of the elastic plate, a second projection joining with the first projection and protruding in the same direction with the first projection, and a first slope bending down toward a direction opposite to the first projection from the edge of the elastic plate. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140066 | VERY LOW VOLTAGE, ULTRAFAST NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHES AND RESONANT SWITCHES - The invention provides lateral nanoelectromechanical switches useful for integration into circuitry fabricated using standard semiconductor processing methods, or using techniques compatible with the mainstream semiconductor processing technologies. Methods of fabricating the switches are described. Some exemplary designs for two and three terminal switches are provided. Descriptions of structural features and the operating parameters for some exemplary switches are given. The switches are expected to be compatible with circuitry that is operable in computer-based systems. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140067 | Auxiliary contact block for expanding a switching device - The invention relates to an auxiliary contact block for expanding a switching device and to a switching device having at least one auxiliary contact block according to the invention. The aim of the invention is to provide a compact auxiliary contact block, i.e. a block requiring little wiring and space, for a switching device, and a switching device having at least one auxiliary contact block according to the invention. The aim is achieved by an auxiliary contact block, wherein the auxiliary contact block comprises auxiliary contacts disposed in a plane, the contacts having contact bridges and associated fixed contact pieces, and at least one contact slider, which can be equipped with at least one auxiliary contact pair. The configuration of the auxiliary contacts in a plane as described herein allows a very small installation size and very little wiring complexity of the auxiliary contacts in a simple manner. The actuating unit can, for example, be configured as a slider that couples the contact slider and the switching device with each other. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140068 | STIFFENING PLATE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY - This invention is directed to a support plate for reinforcing a portion of a circuit board. The support plate may be coupled to a portion of the circuit board that is subject to forces (e.g., portions of the circuit board having switches) to prevent flexing of the board. The support plate may be coupled to the circuit board. This invention is also directed to a switch constructed from a button, a label plate, and a backer plate. The label plate and the backer plate may include apertures operative to receive a protrusion extending from the button, where the protrusion is welded to the backer plate. Labels may be printed or attached to the bottom surface of the label plate to protect the labels. In some embodiments, the protrusion may be welded to the backer plate. The protrusion may be operative to engage an electrical switch of an electronic device in which the switch is placed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140069 | Light Guiding Sheet and Movable Contact Body Using the Same - A concavo-convex light emitting section provided on an under surface of a base material is formed of a synthetic resin with inorganic oxide dispersed therein. A larger amount of light is reflected by inorganic oxide having a large refractive index and dispersed inside the synthetic resin, to cause a plurality of light emitting sections to emit bright light with a small number of light emitting elements. A light guiding sheet capable of making bright and uniform illumination and a movable contact body using the same are realized with a simple configuration. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140070 | ELECTRIC TIMER FOR CONTROLLING POWER TO A FAN - A fan controller that is capable of switching power to a fan between an “on” state and an “off” state in accordance with one or more programmable schedule. In some cases, fan controller may be programmed to display one or more screens for setting one or more parameters of the fan controller by interacting with a first button and/or a second button. In some cases, when the controller is in an operating mode, depressing a first button, second button, and/or a third button may temporarily override the programmable schedule and, in some cases, override the programmable schedule for a programmable period of time. | 2010-06-10 |
20100140071 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, KEYSWITCH AND KEYBOARD - This invention discloses a supporting structure for supporting a keycap of a switch. The supporting structure includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member. The first supporting member has a first arm, and the first arm forms a first shaft is perpendicularly protruded from the first arm. The second supporting member has a second arm including a first hook part. The first hook part forms a first containing space and a first opening connected to the first containing space. The first shaft can pass through the first opening and be rotatably contained in the first containing space by the first hook part. Accordingly, the first supporting member and the second supporting member can rotate relative to the first shaft. | 2010-06-10 |