39th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080229771 | Heat Exchanger - A heat exchanger | 2008-09-25 |
20080229772 | Cooling device for a ceiling - The invention relates to a cooling device for a ceiling, the device having a cooling hose ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229773 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator includes: a cabinet which comprises at least one storage compartment formed with an opening at one side thereof; and a door unit which opens and closes the opening, the door unit comprising: a first door which is rotatably attached to the cabinet and opens and closes a partial area of the opening, a second door which is rotatably attached to the first door and opens and closes the remaining area of the opening, and a cool air blocking member which is disposed across a planar surface of one of the first door and the second door and a planar surface of the other of the first door and the second door and prevents cool air from leaking from a gap between the first door and the second door while the door unit is closed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229774 | DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT FROM AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A device for automatic processing of contaminated refrigerant from an air conditioning system, said device comprising a compressor for compressing refrigerant. Said device further comprising an oil separator, said oil separator receiving compressed refrigerant from said compressor; said oil separator further including means for draining oil separated from said compressed refrigerant. Said device further comprising a storage tank, said storage tank receiving and temporarily containing said compressed refrigerant from said oil separator. Said storage tank including a vapor port and a liquid port. Said device further comprising a vacuum pump for creating low pressure within said device during evacuation of refrigerant. Said device further comprising a low pressure service hose for connecting said device to said air conditioning system. Said device further comprising a high pressure service hose for connecting said device to said air conditioning system. Said device further comprising at least one automatic multi-position ball valve. Said at least one automatic multi-position ball valve controlling flow of said refrigerant through said device. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229775 | Apparatus for Controlling the Temperature of a Liquid - An apparatus for controlling the temperature of water in a tank for cooling a liquid such as beer flowing in a multiple coil circuit submersible in the water in the tank. The apparatus comprises a tank, at least one divider for dividing the tank into at least two compartments. At least one compartment being a beer coil compartment for receiving the coils carrying the beer and at least one compartment being an ice compartment for receiving and storing ice from an ice making machine. Pump is provided for pumping water from the ice compartment into the at least one other compartment. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229776 | Centrifugal blower and air conditioner having the same - A centrifugal blower capable of preventing generation of a swirled air stream in a space between the inner surface of a casing and a side end of a centrifugal fan, and an air conditioner having the same. The centrifugal blower includes a casing having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a bell-mouth located near the air inlet, a centrifugal fan installed in the casing, and a stream-cutoff member provided at an inner surface of the casing around the bell-mouth to prevent an air stream from being swirled in a space between the inner surface of the casing and a side end of the centrifugal fan. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229777 | Refrigerator, and method for controlling operation of the same - The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can individually cool a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber by dividing a heat exchange region of an evaporator into a freezing chamber side region and a refrigerating chamber side region, forming individual circulation passages for supplying cool air from each region to the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, and forming a freezing chamber fan and a refrigerating chamber fan on each circulation passage, and method for controlling operation of the same which can efficiently perform a cooling operation and reduce power consumption by effectively controlling the operations of each component. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229778 | Beverage dispensing cooler - A device and method for the transport of consumables. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229779 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AIR CONDITIONER - A multi-functional air conditioner has a casing, a compressor, a cooler, an evaporator, at least two fans and at least one gate controller. The casing is stored with the compressor, the cooler and the evaporator that connected by multiple pipes, has two inlets, an outlet, a first gate, a second gate, a third gate and a fourth gate. The third and fourth gates are corresponding to the cooler. The first and second gates are corresponding to the evaporator. The fans are mounted respectively on the cooler and the evaporator to generate air flow. The gate controller selectively close the first gate, the second gate, the third gate and the fourth gate to change the route of the air flow according to the function that the multi-function air conditioner intends to provide. With such an air flow route change, air flow with different condition is discharged from the casing to provide air cooling, air warming, air exhausting, air recycling and air exsiccating function. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229780 | System and Method for Separating Components of a Fluid Coolant for Cooling a Structure - According to one embodiment of the invention, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure includes a heating device, a cooling loop, and a separation structure. The heating device heats a flow of fluid coolant including a mixture of water and antifreeze. The cooling loop includes a director structure which directs the flow of the fluid coolant substantially in the form of a liquid to the heating device. The heating device vaporizes a substantial portion of the water into vapor while leaving a substantial portion of the antifreeze as liquid. The separation structure receives, from the heating device, the flow of fluid coolant with the substantial portion of the water as vapor and the substantial portion of the antifreeze as liquid. The separation structure separates one of the substantial portion of the water as vapor or the substantial portion of the antifreeze as liquid from the cooling loop while allowing the other of the substantial portion of the water as vapor or the substantial portion of the antifreeze as liquid to remain in the cooling loop. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229781 | Flow Control - The problems of prior compressor structures relying upon conventional check valves are obviated by using, instead, flow control passages which operate to control flow while avoiding mechanical moving elements which may become problematical. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229782 | Refrigerating Apparatus - An outside air temperature sensor ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229783 | Hollow metal jewelry ring - There is provided a method or process for fabricating a hollow jewelry article which is hollowed or bored out. In accordance with this process, a metal ring model is prepared comprising a solid shank and a metal plate supported along the internal perimeter of the shank by means of a series of spokes extending from the shank. A first metal mold is produced from the metal ring model having the external shape of the jewelry article to be manufactured. From this mold, a wax model of the jewelry article is produced which is first filed down and then cast in order to form a metal model of a core insert; the core insert, like the ring model, has a plate disposed along the perimeter of the shank. This core insert is used to produce a second metal mold. This second mold may then be used repeatedly in order to form a soluble wax core insert model which is then inserted into the cavity of the first mold in order to define the hollow region of the article. A non-soluble wax is then introduced into the first mold for completely surrounding the soluble wax core insert. The non-soluble wax then hardens and the entire unit is removed from the first mold, including the soluble wax core. The core is then removed by a suitable water soluble or chemical mechanism. The remaining wax model contains a hollow core running along a substantial portion of the arcuate length of the shank; the shank has a finger facing surface formed with a plurality of openings which lead to said core. The wax model is then cast in order to form the inventive ring design. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBELLISHMENT PLACEMENT - A method for embellishment placement is provided. More specifically, an automated method for determining placement of embellishments for an item, such as a jewelry item, is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises, determining and setting values for parameters, creating offsets along a portion of the item to be embellished, setting points along the offsets, randomizing the points, adding decorative features to the item, and eliminating points based on the parameter values, After points violating the parameter values have been eliminated, the remaining points comprise positions for embellishments. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229785 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229786 | Rotary Fiberizer - A method of forming fibers from molten mineral material is provided. The method comprising the steps of: rotating a spinner having an orificed peripheral wall, the orificed peripheral wall having a top row of orifices, introducing molten mineral material to the spinner to create a fan of primary glass fibers, creating an annular combustion flow of heated gas and directing the annular combustion flow of heated gas substantially through the primary fibers, creating an annular flow of attenuating air with an annular blower, the annular flow of attenuating air being sufficient to attenuate the primary fibers into secondary fibers, directing the annular combustion flow of heated gas and the annular flow of attenuating air so that they are radially spaced apart at the level of the top row of orifices, and directing the annular combustion flow of heated gas and the annular flow of attenuating air so that they are brought together at a position below the top row of orifices. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229787 | Knitting Method of Knit Pants, Knit Pants, and Knitting Program or Letting Flat Knitting Machine Knit the Knit Pant - A knitting method of knit pants knitted using a flat knitting machine, wherein the knitting starts at a side part on either right side or left side including a side part of a vertical rise part and a side part of a leg part and ends at a side part on the other leg side including a side part of a vertical rise part and a side part of a leg part. A front knitted fabric part and a back knitted fabric part are knitted in the following steps so that a length of the front knitted fabric part from the side to the crotch can be made shorter than a length of the back knitted fabric part from the side to the crotch. The steps comprises the first step of doing the knitting to set up to join and knit the side part of the vertical rise part and the side part of the leg part on the one leg side, the second step of knitting the vertical rise part and leg part of the front knitted fabric part on the one leg side and also knitting the vertical rise part and leg part of the back knitted fabric part on the one leg side, the third step of joining together and binding off inside leg joining parts of the leg parts on the one leg side, the forth step of doing the knitting to set up to join and knit the inside leg joining parts of the leg parts on the other leg side, the fifth step of knitting the vertical rise part and leg part of the front knitted fabric part on the other leg side and also knitting the vertical rise part and leg part of the back knitted fabric part on the other leg side, and the sixth step of joining together and binding off the side part of the vertical rise part and the side part of the leg part on the other leg side. This knitting method can provide the knit pants that fit more beautifully to one's figure and look more beautiful externally when wearing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229788 | Anti-Raveling Knitted Fabrics and Method of Their Making - An anti-raveling knitted fabrics and method of their fabrication, which contains a bond between yarn segments at a percentage of the places where yarn segments cross over each other in forming the stitches of the fabric. The bond is formed in the presetting stage where the fabric is subject to a heating-cooling process under a set of empirically determined parameters that control the bond formation and the bonding percentage in the fabric. The bond can effectively stop raveling when there is a fracture and break of yarns in the fabric. This method can be applied to both weft-knitted and warp-knitted fabrics. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229789 | Control panel assembly for washing machine - A control panel assembly for a washing machine, where the control panel can be easily assembled to the washing machine. The control panel includes a recess provided to an outer case of the washing machine and a control panel mounted in the recess. The control panel includes a first fixing part caught on an upper part of the recess and a second fixing part sliding along a bottom surface of the recess while the first fixing part is caught on the upper part of the recess. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229790 | WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed is a washing machine, which prevents solidification of liquid detergent by rapidly recovering the liquid detergent left in a liquid detergent supply passage and a liquid detergent supply pump by forming a negative pressure differential by use of the liquid detergent supply pump for a set period of time after the supply of liquid detergent is finished. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229791 | Lock Mechanism for a Dispenser, Roll of Material and End Plug Therefor, and Method for Inserting a Roll of Material Into Such Lock Mechanism - A lock mechanism for a dispenser in combination with an exchangeable roll of material is provided, wherein the roll includes at least one end plug with a bearing pin for mounting the roll to the lock mechanism. The lock mechanism comprises a lock housing with a guide slot for insertion of the bearing pin. The guide slot has a first section with a first width and a second section with a second width which is smaller than the first width. First and second sections are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the guide slot and in a longitudinal direction of the bearing pin. A sliding element is mounted to the lock housing and movable between a first position closing or narrowing the width of the guide slot and a second position opening the guide slot. A lock element is mounted to the sliding element and is rotationally movable about an axis of rotation between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lock element has an engagement portion which, in a locked position, is engaged with a locking geometry of the lock housing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229792 | Lock Mechanism - A lock mechanism for sealing a goods compartment has a housing ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229793 | Schliebetazylinder Mit gesperrter Knaufwelle - The invention concerns a lock cylinder with a lock cylinder housing, having at least one hollow cylindrical receptacle, in which a rotating part is mounted to rotate, which is connected to rotate in unison with a lock element, and with at least one coupling device, which moves at least one blocking element between a locked position, in which it is engaged with an abutment in the rotating part or the lock cylinder housing and blocks rotation between the rotating part and blocking cylinder housing, and a released position, in which it is disengaged from the abutment and permits rotation between the rotating part and the lock cylinder housing. According to the invention, it is proposed that along the peripheral region of the rotating part of the lock cylinder housing, which is swept by the blocking element during one revolution of the rotated part, at least two and preferably several abutments are provided in the peripheral direction, into which the blocking element can engage. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229794 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A mechanical key is to be prevented from coming apart, a head portion of the mechanical key is to be attached to a main body for use and the main body is to be prevented from being disassembled unintentionally when using the mechanical key. In a key lock structure of a mechanical key of a portable device in which a mechanical key is storable in a main body, the main body is configured in a two-piece structure including a first case and a second case, the first case includes a first storage section for storing the mechanical key and a second storage section for storing a key lock mechanism of the mechanical key, the lock mechanism locks the mechanical key stored in the first storage section to prevent the mechanical key from coming off and unlocks in response to a predetermined operation to allow the mechanical key to be pulled out. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229795 | Sheet metal trimming, flanging and forming using EMP - A sheet metal trimming, flanging and forming apparatus using EMP includes a panel support having a support surface that generally conforms to a geometry of at least a portion of a metal panel. A securement device is disposed in proximity to the support surface and is moveable between a resting position and a working position relative to the support surface. An EMP coil is mounted around the securement device. The securement device secures the metal panel on the support surface, and in the working position the EMP coil is disposed in close proximity to the metal panel at a distance that promotes bending of the metal panel when an electromagnetic pulse is generated by the EMP coil. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229796 | Warm-Forming A1 Lubricant - Aluminum, magnesium, and steel can be warm formed through use of a solid, warm forming lubricant which is a metal or metal alloy, or high melting temperature polar polymer. The parts can be painted directly after warm forming. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229797 | Method and apparatus for hot forming of sheet metal in titanium-base alloys - A titanium sheet to be formed is heated in a sealingly closed tool by the radiation heat from the heating elements integrated into the tool to a forming temperature not exceeding 600° C., and is deformed towards a cold tool contour by the action of a non-oxidizing gaseous pressure medium introduced into the tool and heated to the hot-forming temperature, as well as by underpressure generated on the side of the workpiece facing away from the pressure medium. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229798 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR EXTENDING A LENGTH OF SERVICE OF COMPONENT PARTS - A method for working a component to reduce a propensity for advanced dynamic change analyzes affects of a StressWave process on at least one location on a size and shape of the component. The component is also analyzed as to the affects of adding at least one feature on a size and shape of the component. A beginning shape of the component is then extrapolated. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229799 | LAMINATED MAGNETIC CORES - Laminations to be stacked as magnetic cores are produced from a very thin amorphous metal strip, using a punch press with accurate punch/die clearance. The laminations are collected on conveyor spindles or a transport rod or pipe, in either case being arranged without the need for substantial handling. Heat annealing and anti-vibration treatments can be applied along a conveying path. The laminations are grouped in a stack to define a core and are packaged or encapsulated in electrically nonconductive coverings. The finished core has advantageous electrical characteristics and low cost. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229800 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ANGLED DUCTWORK FITTING - Substantially scrapless methods for fabricating angled ductwork fittings. The methods include cutting a pre-determined pattern into a blank comprised of sheet metal material to separate the blank into two or more portions. Bending each of the portions of the blank so that each portion forms a rectangular section of ductwork pipe and joining the sections of ductwork pipe together to form an angled fitting. A transition fitting comprising a transition plate including a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is sized and shaped to be positioned in and to blank-off a gap between a first pipe and a second pipe. The second panel is positionable within the first pipe to direct fluid traveling through the first pipe into the second pipe. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229801 | Can Manufacture - An assembly for can manufacture includes a toolpack having coolant dies ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229802 | Method of Forming a Metal Sheet Blank - A method of forming a metal sheet blank ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229803 | HOLLOW RACK MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - With a first push rod which is to be inserted/removed into/from a steel pipe through an opening at one end and a second push rod which is to be inserted/removed into/from the steel pipe through an opening at the other end, a metal core disposed on a side on which the first push rod is inserted/removed into/from the die assembly is sandwiched and this metal core is stopped from rotating with the first push rod. With the state of stopping the rotation of the first push rod, the metal core is introduced into the steel pipe through the opening at the one end by both the push rods. After the metal core is pressed into the steel pipe while stopped from rotating with the first push rod, this metal core is pushed back by the second push rod. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229804 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor has a sensor element, a housing, an atmosphere-side cover, lead wirings, an elastic member, and a filter assembly. The elastic member has a vertical-hole and lead-wiring holes. The vertical-hole penetrates the elastic member in an axial direction of the gas sensor. The lead wirings are disposed in the lead-wiring holes. The filter assembly composed of a support member and an air filter is fitted to the vertical-hole of the elastic member. The air filter covers at least an end-side opening part and an outer periphery surface connected to the opening part of the support member. The atmosphere-side cover has fastening parts fastening the elastic member. A part of the air filter covering the outer periphery surface of the support member is fastened between the elastic member and the support member. A part of the air filter is disposed at the inside of the support member. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229805 | Apparatus and Method for Mobile Collection of Atmospheric Sample for Chemical Analysis - The present invention discloses a portable sampler for collecting an atmospheric sample. In one implementation, the portable sampler includes a portable housing with an interior portion; a sample inlet communicating between an area outside the housing and the interior portion of the housing; a sample cartridge in fluid communication with the sample inlet and adapted to store the atmospheric sample, the sample cartridge being removably secured within the housing; a pump disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the sample inlet, the pump being arranged to draw the atmospheric sample from the area outside the housing into the sample cartridge through the sample inlet; and a carrier gas inlet communicating between the area outside the housing and the sample cartridge, the carrier gas inlet being configured to couple with a carrier gas source for sweeping the atmospheric sample from the sample cartridge into an analyzer while the sample cartridge is secured within the housing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229806 | KNOCK SYSTEM WITH DETECTION ZONES - A knock detection module for an engine comprises a statistics storage module and a processing module. The statistics storage module stores M times N vibration profiles corresponding to M zones of operation of the engine and N cylinders of the engine, wherein M and N are integers greater than one. The processing module determines in which one of the M zones the engine is operating and determines whether knock has occurred for one of the N cylinders by comparing measured vibration data with a selected one of the vibration profiles corresponding to the one of the M zones and the one of the N cylinders. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229807 | Method and System for Detecting a Leakage in a Pipeline or Similar Conduit - The invention concerns a method and a system for detecting a leakage in a pipeline ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229808 | Device capable of automatically ejecting testing strip - A biosensing device capable of automatically ejecting a testing strip is disclosed. The biosensing device includes: a measuring circuit, for measuring a sample of the testing strip to generate a measurement result; and a solenoid, having a moveable part, the moveable part being directly or indirectly connected to the testing strip, the solenoid being utilized for moving the moveable part to eject the testing strip from the biosensing device through a movement of the moveable part. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229809 | Sample Injection Device, Sample Injection Method, and Liquid Chromatograph - The present invention relates to a sample injection device, a sample injection method, and a liquid chromatograph that control the flow of a mobile phase using a switching valve. The sample injection device includes a port connected to a separation column, a pump for supplying a mobile phase, first and second sample injection needles, a syringe, and a valve configured to selectively connect the first sample injection needle to the pump or the syringe and to connect the second sample injection needle to the pump. When the first sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the pump through operation of the valve. When the second sample injection needle is attached to the port, the first sample injection needle is connected to the syringe and the second sample injection needle is connected to the pump. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229810 | Sample Injector, in Particular for High-Power Liquid Chromatography - The invention relates to a device for feeding samples to a separating device and for collecting sample fractions generated by means of the separating device, especially for high-performance liquid chromatography, with a first switch valve unit ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229811 | STABILIZING A SUBSTRATE USING A VACUUM PRELOAD AIR BEARING CHUCK - Substrate processing method and apparatus are disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a non-contact air bearing chuck with a vacuum preload. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229812 | Scanning Probe Microscope - Implementations of the present invention relate to a scanning probe microscope, which includes a base frame to which a probe holder with a probe as well as a probe support are, or can be fixed. The probe and the sample mount can be moved relative to one another in order to obtain information about the surface of the sample by scanning a sample which is arranged on the sample mount. Furthermore, a reaction chamber can be attached to the base frame of the scanning probe microscope, with the sample mount arranged therein. The reaction chamber has an opening on its side facing the probe, through which the probe can enter the reaction chamber. The reaction chamber can enable treatment of the sample's surface by the specific influence of fluids within the reaction chamber when the reaction chamber is closed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229813 | Phase Feedback AFM and Control Method Therefor - A phase feedback AFM (atomic force microscope) and method for the phase feedback AFM. A cantilever is driven to oscillate at a constant frequency close to the resonance frequency of the cantilever by a driving signal. The distance between the probe and the sample is controlled such that the phase difference between the driving signal and a cantilever deflection signal indicating deflections of the cantilever is kept constant. The phase feedback AFM has an amplifier-controller for receiving the cantilever deflection signal, the output from an oscillator for driving the cantilever into oscillation, and a signal representing a reference amplitude of oscillation of the cantilever. The phase feedback AFM further includes a feedback circuit which receives the output from the amplifier-controller which controls the cantilever deflection signal to a preset amplitude. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229814 | CRANK POSITION CORRECTION USING CYLINDER PRESSURE - A method of correcting a crankshaft position may include determining first, second, and third crankshaft positions, determining first, second, and third cylinder pressures, determining first, second, and third cylinder volumes, determining the logarithm of the first, second, and third cylinder pressures and cylinder volumes, and determining a relationship between the third cylinder volume and the first and second cylinder volumes. The first, second, and third crankshaft positions may be provided during one of a piston expansion stroke and a piston compression stroke within a cylinder. The logarithm of the third cylinder pressure and cylinder volume may be evaluated with respect to a predetermined limit of a line defined by the logarithm of the first and second cylinder pressures and first and second cylinder volumes. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229815 | Sensor system for measuring pressure - A sensor system for measuring the pressure in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, by the use of which a high measuring accuracy may be achieved, based on high measuring sensitivity and great thermal stability. In addition, the construction of the sensor system makes possible great system flexibility, and particularly very space-saving installation in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. For this purpose, the sensor system includes at least one electrically conductive spring element and at least one electrically conductive counter-element,
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20080229816 | Device for Pressure-Based Load Detection - A device for intake manifold pressure-based determination of the air mass flowing into the cylinder combustion chamber is provided. A logic unit determines the inflowing air mass based on the intake manifold pressure using a calculation model for load detection that determines the intake manifold pressure in an upper partial range of the intake manifold pressure. A sensor device for direct detection of the intake manifold pressure measures the intake manifold pressure only in a lower partial range of the intake manifold pressure in the internal combustion engine. The logic unit determines the inflowing air mass as a function of the intake manifold pressure measured by the sensor device when within the lower partial range of the intake manifold pressure, and based on the intake manifold pressure determined by use of the calculation model when within the upper partial range. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229817 | Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder - A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine including at least one cylinder are described, the at least one cylinder including at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve and a diagnosis of at least one erroneous intake valve or at least one erroneous exhaust valve is made possible without using a position acknowledgment. A gas exchange of the at least one cylinder is diagnosed thereby. For detection of at least one intake valve or exhaust valve for the existence of an erroneous valve position, at least one intake valve or exhaust valve of the at least one cylinder different from at least one intake valve or exhaust valve to be detected is brought into a predefined position, which is selected in such a way that the gas exchange of the at least one cylinder in the case of an erroneous valve position of the at least one intake valve or exhaust valve to be detected differs significantly from the gas exchange of the at least one cylinder for the case of an error-free valve position of the at least one intake valve or exhaust valve to be detected, a value characteristic for the gas exchange of the at least one cylinder being ascertained, this value being expected at the moment for an error-free state of the set valve positions of the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve of the at least one cylinder, the actual value characteristic for the gas exchange of the at least one cylinder being ascertained and an error in the position of the at least one intake valve or exhaust valve to be detected is recognized as a function of the deviation in the actual value from the expected value. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229818 | THERMAL FLOWMETER - To reduce power consumption by a thermal flowmeter while good flow-rate detection sensitivity is maintained, it is only necessary to reduce power consumption by a heat resistor under predetermined conditions. Specifically, provided that a width Wh of the heat resistor is between 100 micrometers and 400 micrometers inclusive (100≦Wh≦400), it is only necessary that a relationship among the length Lh of the heat resistor, a temperature increase ΔTh for the heat resistor, and a maximum permissible power Phmax to be supplied to the heat resistor be set so as to satisfy a formula 1.4≦ΔTh·Lh/Phmax≦2.8 in order to maintain good flow-rate detection sensitivity. Accordingly, the length of the heat resistor and the temperature increase in the heat resistor are set so that the maximum power consumption can be reduced within a range in which the formula is satisfied. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229819 | Capacitive Sensor and Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Pump Using Same - A variable capacitor for sensing the level of a liquid. The capacitor provides a readable capacitance that varies with respect to the level of the liquid. A pump control system implementing the capacitive sensor to control the level of a liquid by activating and deactivating the pump depending on the level of the liquid. Methods relating to varying capacitance of a capacitive sensor and controlling a pump based on the level of a liquid. A pump controller for controlling the level of a liquid in a reservoir includes a controller and a capacitor. The capacitor is adapted to provide an activation signal to the controller when the liquid in the reservoir reaches a first predetermined level relative thereto. Additionally, the capacitor is adapted to provide a trigger signal to the controller when the liquid in the reservoir reaches a second predetermined level relative thereto. Based on the trigger signal, the controller determines when to deactivate the pump. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229820 | Capacitive Gauge - Capacitive gauge comprising a measurement capacitor, a reference capacitor and a standard capacitor, supplied by and connected to an electronic interpretation circuit comprising switches for charging and discharging the capacitors at a certain frequency; an integrator to which the charges of the measurement or reference capacitor can be transmitted and accumulated before being discharged into the standard capacitor; a comparator for comparing an output value of the integrator with a threshold value; a counter; and a processor or computation unit for calculating the level of liquid in a tank according to the equation: | 2008-09-25 |
20080229821 | SENSOR IMPACT PROTECTION APPARATUS - An impact protection element for a sensor housed in a boss features a hollow base element adapted to overlie the boss and a pair of legs extending along opposite sides of the boss. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229822 | Angular Velocity Measuring Device - An angular velocity measuring device includes an angular having a mounting surface on which a velocity detection element, element-side drive electrodes and element-side detection electrodes are provided and a ground electrode is disposed between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes. On the top surface of a multilayer substrate, substrate-side drive electrodes and substrate-side detection electrodes are provided and a ground electrode is disposed between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes. The electrodes of the angular velocity detection element are connected to the electrodes of the multilayer substrate and the two ground electrodes are arranged to face each other. Furthermore, on the top surface of the multilayer substrate, drive wirings connected to the drive electrodes are provided and, inside the multilayer substrate, detection wirings connected to the detection electrodes are provided. Ground wirings sandwiching the detection wirings in the thickness direction are disposed in the multilayer substrate. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229823 | Method For Temperature-Compensated Gyrometric Measurement and Gyrometric Measurement Device Using Same - The invention concerns gyrometric measurement compensated as a function of the instantaneous internal temperature of a mechanical resonator in a gyrometric measurement device comprising a loop controlling the amplitude of the resonator vibration and a gyrometric loop delivering a gyrometric signal (S); the gain control (P) of the loop varies as a monotonous function, preferably increasing and of the first order, of the internal temperature of the resonator in a given range of temperature; during a calibrating step, a correspondence is established and stored between the values of the gyrometric scaling factor (Fe) and the gyrometric bias (So) and the values of the gain control signal (P), that is F(P) and Q(P) respectively; in operation, the following operations are carried out: P→F(P), P→Q(P), and Ω′ | 2008-09-25 |
20080229824 | ANGULAR RATE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An angular rate sensor includes: a piezoelectric vibration device; and a detection section, wherein the piezoelectric vibration device includes a base substrate, a vibration section having a fixed end affixed to the base substrate and a free end that does not contact the base substrate, and a driving section formed above the vibration section for generating flexural vibration of the vibration section; the vibration section has a first support section, four (first-fourth) cantilever sections supported by the first support section, and a second support section that supports the first support section and equipped with the fixed end; the first support section has two center lines that are orthogonal to each other; the first cantilever section and the second cantilever section are symmetrical to each other through one of the center lines of the first support section in a plan view; the third cantilever section and the fourth cantilever section are symmetrical to each other through the one of the center lines of the first support section in a plan view; the first cantilever section and the fourth cantilever section are symmetrical to each other through the other of the center lines of the first support section in a plan view; the second cantilever section and the third cantilever section are symmetrical to each other through the other of the center lines of the first support section in a plan view; the driving section includes a lower electrode for driving section, a piezoelectric layer for driving section formed above the lower electrode for driving section, and an upper electrode for driving section formed above the piezoelectric layer for driving section; and the detection section is formed above the vibration section for detecting an angular rate of rotation applied to the vibration section, and has a lower electrode for detection section, a piezoelectric layer for detection section formed above the lower electrode for detection section, and an upper electrode for detection section formed above the piezoelectric layer for detection section. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229825 | Accelerometers - A fibre optic accelerometer particularly intended for use with an interferometer using the compliant cylinder approach but further providing a seismic mass at the core of the cylinder resulting in improved sensitivity and rejection of out-of-axis inputs. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229826 | ACCELERATION SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An acceleration sensor includes: a piezoelectric vibration device; an oscillation circuit; and a detection circuit, wherein the piezoelectric vibration device includes a substrate, an insulation layer formed above the substrate, a vibration section forming layer formed above the insulation layer, a vibration section formed in a cantilever shape in a first opening section that penetrates the vibration section forming layer and having a base section affixed to the vibration section forming layer and two beam sections extending from the base section, a second opening section that penetrates the insulation layer and formed below the first opening section and the vibration section, and a piezoelectric element section formed on each of the beam sections; the oscillation circuit vibrates the piezoelectric vibration device at a resonance frequency; and the detection circuit detects a change in the frequency of vibrations of the piezoelectric vibration device which is caused by an acceleration applied in a direction in which the beam sections extend, and outputs a signal corresponding to the acceleration based on the change in the frequency. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229827 | Electronic part, method for fabricating electronic part, acceleration sensor, and method for fabricating acceleration sensor - There is provided an electronic part that has a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate and a pad formed on the insulating layer and is electrically connected with an external terminal and that further includes a cavity formed at least at either one of the substrate corresponding to a bottom surface of the electrode pad and a region of the insulating layer. It provides a highly reliable electronic part, its fabrication method as well as an acceleration sensor using the electronic part and its fabrication method. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229828 | Establishing reputation factors for publishing entities - The architecture utilizes the network effects of patents, journals, authors, institutions, and funding entities, for example, to establish an objective reputation factor. The reputation factor contributes to a higher perceived relevance as well as provides interesting new services that could be built on top. The algorithm takes into account not only the number of cited-by references for a certain paper, author, or institution, but can also generate a higher ranking for cross-disciplinary citations, citations establishing a new area of science, acknowledgement citations, and constantly-updated reputation factors of different important entities, such as co-authorship, institutional affiliation, and journal impact factor. Impact factors can be fed back into the system for consideration in generating the reputation factor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229829 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR, SENSOR, AND MULTI-SENSOR - A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a piezoelectric substrate having at least a vibrating part and a base part; an excitation electrode formed on the vibrating part; and an oscillation circuit formed on the base part. In the piezoelectric oscillator, the oscillation circuit includes a thin film transistor made of one of polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon and is coupled to the excitation electrode. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229830 | Ultrasonic Sensor - In an ultrasonic sensor having a case that is integrally constructed from tubular bodies, one end of each of which is open and the other end is closed by the bottom, and from a connection section for connecting the tubular bodies, and having piezoelectric elements individually provided on the inner bottom surfaces of the tubular bodies, reverberation caused by vibration of one of the piezoelectric element may affect the other piezoelectric element through the connection section. Tubular bodies ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229831 | Design and deposition of sensing layers for surface acoustic wave chemical sensors based on supra-molecular chemistry - The design and deposition of a sensing layer for room temperature SAW/BAW chemical sensors utilizing macrocyclic compounds in accordance with supra-molecular chemistry principles. The gas to be sensed is attached to the organic sensing film thus changing its visco-elastic properties and creating a mass increase of the film deposited on the surface of SAW/BAW devices. A direct printing method can be used as an additive, mask-less procedure to deposit metallic interdigital transducers and electrodes required for SAW/BAW devices, along with the deposition of a guiding layer and the organic films only on the location required by the sensing SAW/BAW principle of the sensor. Different thermal treatment solutions can be used for the consolidation of the gelly organic films deposited by the direct printing methods. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229832 | AUTOMATIC TIME-OF-FLIGHT SELECTION FOR ULTRASOUND TOMOGRAPHY - Ultrasound sound-speed tomography requires accurate picks of time-of-flights (TOFs) of transmitted ultrasound signals, however, manual picking on large datasets is time-consuming. An improved automatic TOF picker is taught based on the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and multi-model inference (model averaging), based on the calculated AIC values, to improve the accuracy of TOF picks. The automatic TOF picker of the present invention can accurately pick TOFs in the presence of random noise with average absolute amplitude of up to 80% of the maximum absolute synthetic signal amplitude. The inventive method is applied to clinical ultrasound breast data, and compared with manual picks and amplitude threshold picking. Test results indicate that the inventive TOF picker is much less sensitive to data signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), and performs more consistently for different datasets in relation to manual picking. The technique provides noticeably improved image reconstruction accuracy. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229833 | Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus - Encoded transmission and reception which reduces time side lobe are realized while suppressing increase of circuit scale. Transmission signals corresponding to a composite modulation code sequence composed from two or more modulation code sequences are outputted as transmission signals. A reception means demodulates reception signals stepwise by two or more demodulators. The demodulator can be thereby divided into two or more stages, and therefore with a circuit scale corresponding to the sum of the operation circuit numbers of two or more demodulators, time side lobe reduction effect can be obtained at a level equivalent to that obtainable with a circuit scale corresponding to the product of the operation circuit numbers of two or more demodulators. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229834 | Method And Apparatus For Inspecting A Workpiece With Angularly Offset Ultrasonic Signals - A method and apparatus are provided to identify unacceptable levels of porosity, microcracking or defects attributable to thermal damage. Ultrasonic signals are introduced into the workpiece, such as by means of an ultrasonic transmitter. The ultrasonic signals propagate along a predefined axis of propagation oriented at an offset angle relative to a predefined reference direction oriented normal to the workpiece. Backscattered signals are received, such as by an ultrasonic receiver, from the workpiece. A measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals received over a predefined time interval is then determined, such as integration performed by a processing element. An anomalous response may then be detected based upon the measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals. This anomalous response may be representative of at least a predefined amount of porosity, microcracking or thermal damage. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229835 | Mullticomponent Backing Block for Ultrasound Sensor Assemblies - Backing block ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229836 | Apparatus and Method For the Vibroacoustic Inspection of a Motor Vehicles - The invention is an apparatus and a method for carrying out a vibroacoustic inspection of a motor vehicle that features at least a front and a rear axle, with a test stand that is directly or indirectly connected to at least one of the two axles by means of a force flow and relative to which the motor vehicle is tied, wherein at least one vibration generator of a first type is provided along said force flow in order to generate vibrations below 50 Hz. The invention includes at least one second vibration generator of a second type, which provided along the at least one force flow or parallel to the force flow, for generating vibrations above 30 Hz, preferably above 100 Hz, and the at least one second vibration generator is operatively connected to the motor vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229837 | Ultrasonic Pressure Sensor and Method of Operating the Same - An ultrasonic pressure sensor and a method of detecting ultrasonic pressure. In one embodiment, the ultrasonic pressure sensor includes: (1) an interferometer having a reference arm and a signal arm that includes a probing fiber, the probing fiber having a reflective coating at a distal end thereof and configured to couple to ultrasonic waves proximate the distal end, the interferometer configured to receive laser light and produce two output beams based on the ultrasonic waves and (2) a photodetector coupled to the interferometer and configured to generate electronic signals based on the two output beams. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229838 | WELDED HEADER FOR PRESSURE TRANSMITTER - A pressure transmitter comprises a metal wall separating a process pressure chamber from an electronics compartment. The metal wall has a stepped bore with a bore shelf facing the process pressure chamber. A metal header has a stepped outer rim with a header shelf that contacts the bore shelf. The metal header includes at least one electrical feedthrough with a glass-to-metal seal adjacent the stepped outer rim. A welded seal seals the stepped outer rim to the stepped bore. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229839 | SENSOR WITH COMPOSITE DIAPHRAGM CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES OR SEMICONDUCTING NANOWIRES - A sensor preferably capable of high resolution sensing over a large operating range includes a composite diaphragm containing nanotubes or nanowires. The nanotubes or nanowires preferably form a mat that is embedded in insulating material, such as high dielectric or insulating thin films. The nanotubes or nanowires may provide the diaphragm with a Young's modulus of greater than about 1000 GPa and a tensile strength of greater than about 100 GPa. The strain in the nanotubes or nanowires may be measured by a change in resistance, voltage, current or capacitance. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229840 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device is equipped with a semiconductor sensor chip for detecting pressure variations that is arranged inside of a hollow cavity of a housing, wherein an opening is formed in a prescribed region of the housing, which is not positioned opposite to the semiconductor sensor chip, so as to allow the hollow cavity to communicate with an external space. The opening is formed using at least one through-hole having a thin slit-like shape. Alternatively, the opening is formed using plural through-holes each having a desired shape such as a thin slit-like shape, a circular shape, and a sectorial shape. Thus, it is possible to reduce negative influences due to environmental factors such as dust and sunlight with respect to the semiconductor sensor chip. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229841 | Strain Sensor - A fixing member is composed of an upper washer and a lower washer; and a sensor substrate is sandwiched and held with these upper and lower washers. A strain-detecting element is disposed on the sensor substrate. A strain sensor as configured above is fixed onto a measurement target via the fixing member. Accordingly, the strain sensor does not generate an output signal when no external force is applied, demonstrating stable characteristics. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229842 | SUSPENSION EQUIPPED WITH VIBRATION SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A suspension for a hard disk drive has a vibration sensor which is impervious to influence by external noise, to obtain more stable positioning precision of the head on the suspension. The suspension has a load beam, a vibration sensor sandwiched by a first electrode and a second electrode, and a conductive wiring pattern on the load beam for electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode to an external detection circuit. The first electrode is sandwiched by the second electrode via the vibration sensor and a shield layer via an insulating layer. The second electrode and the shield layer are at a same potential. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229843 | Tensile Tester - The invention provides a tensile tester, for characterising the extension properties of a fabric, comprising: a plurality of dual-mode fabric-engaging units located at a plurality of points. The fabric-engaging units are operable in a first fabric-gripping mode to releasably grip a fabric to be tested, and in a second fabric-tensioning mode to impart tension to a fabric to be tested, between gripped points, by displacing the fabric. The tester also has force measurement means to measure the tension so imparted and displacement measuring means to measure the displacement of the fabric. The fabric-engaging units are arranged and controlled so as to measure displacement-force characteristics along two or more axes of the fabric to be tested. Embodiments of the invention allow for determination of stretch characteristics in the Course, Wale, and two Bias directions of a fabric, as well as the characterisation of tension decay. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229844 | GLASS TESTING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for testing the structural integrity of glass. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for testing glass by applying one or more stresses to the glass in a controlled manner. Embodiments of the invention may hold a sheet of glass and may subject the glass to a variety of stresses by flexing, twisting, vibrating, etc. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229845 | Flowmeter Assembly - A beverage dispenser provides numerous inventive features in its refrigeration system, diluent delivery system, concentrate delivery system, mixing and dispensing system, and control system. The refrigeration system employs a plate heat exchanger to provide on demand refrigeration of an intermittent water flow. The diluent delivery system includes a flowmeter/solenoid/check-valve assembly. The concentrate delivery system employs a positive displacement pump. The mixing and dispensing system includes a mixing nozzle that has a locking feature such that an elevated blocking surface directly faces the inlet of pressurized diluent to create turbulence. The control system receives package-specific information from a scanner and diluent flow rate information from the flowmeter, and then determines the pump speed in order to set a desired mix ratio. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229846 | Method for start-up and/or monitoring of an inline measuring device - The measuring device includes a flow measuring transducer, through which a medium to be measured flows during operation. For monitoring an installed position of the flow transducer, the method of the invention provides, on the basis of application of a suitable tilt sensor, for ascertaining an instantaneous inclination of the measuring transducer corresponding to a tilt of at least one principal axis of inertia of the measuring transducer relative to at least one reference axis. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229847 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR BASED STRUCTURE AND METHOD WITH TILT COMPENSATION CAPABILITY - A method and system of a capacitive sensor based structure and method with tilt compensation capability is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor includes, a series of nested cantilever beams (e.g., may face each other in alternating form such that each subsequent cantilever beam is inside and oppositely facing a respective outer cantilever beam) in an upper surface of a tilt correction assembly, a spacer coupled to a contact zone of a lower surface of the tilt correction assembly, and a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface substantially parallel to the first conductive surface, wherein the spacer to cause at least one of the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface to deflect when a force is applied to a force measuring assembly above the sensor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229848 | Probe and System For Extracting Gases From a Process Environment - A probe (S) for the extraction of gas from a process environment comprises a tubular element ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229849 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR ISOTHERMAL BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS AND/OR ANALYSIS - An isothermal reaction and analysis system may include a receiver to receive sample holders, a thermal control subsystem to control a temperature of the receiver, an excitation subsystem, a detection subsystem and an analysis subsystem. Excitation sources and/or detectors are positioned to enhance data collection. Sample holders may include filters, selectively blocking and passing wavelengths or bands of electromagnetic radiation. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229850 | CODING MODULE, BIO MEASURINGMETER AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING BIO MEASURINGMETER - A bio-measuring meter is provided. The bio-measuring meter includes a receptacle receiving a sample strip for the bio-measuring meter; and a figured piece identifying device comprising plural switches for receiving a figured piece, wherein at least one of the plural switches is switched by the figured piece to generate a current signal, and a datum of the sample strip is adjusted by a predefined respective parameter for the current signal. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229851 | Actuator Arrangement - An actuator arrangement comprises a pair of symmetrically loaded screw actuators driven from a common motor through respective drive shafts, and a protection arrangement arranged to avoid the continued application of full motor drive to one of the actuators in the event of the occurrence of a jam condition associated therewith. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229852 | SPRING REACTION FORCE CONVERTING APPARATUS - A spring reaction force converting apparatus has first and second members arranged to be in parallel with and opposed to each other and to be capable of being moved toward and apart from each other, a spring element arranged to be extended between the first and second members in parallel thereto, a link mechanism holding the spring element between the first and second members such that the spring element is capable of being expanded and contracted, the link mechanism being connected to the first and second members; a stopper member maintaining the spring element held by the link mechanism in a condition in which the spring element is compressed by a predetermined amount in an initial condition, and an arrangement thereof in which a reaction force of the spring element is converted to a different type of force transmitted to the first and second members through the link mechanism. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229853 | Twisted Belt Transmission - The invention relates to a transmission mechanism with step-down reduction, in which an open belt ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229854 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A vehicle transmission includes first and second main shafts that enable switching of power transmission from an engine; a counter shaft connected to a drive wheel; and gear trains with a plurality of shift stages provided between each of the first and second main shafts and the counter shaft. The vehicle transmission also includes shifters which switch between engagement with and disengagement from a gear constituting part of each of the gear trains so as to switch the established states of the gear trains, and to prevent, during running at the most frequently used shift stage, the occurrence of gear rattle produced by a gear train other than the gear train with such a shift stage. With this configuration, in the running state of using a particular gear train with the highest frequency of the established states among the gear trains, the gear trains, excluding the particular gear train, are in the non-established state. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229855 | SHEET METAL CYLINDER WITH A SYNCHRONIZATION PROFILE - The present invention relates to a sheet metal cylinder ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229856 | HOLLOW RACK, HOLLOW RACK END DIAMETER REDUCING METHOD, HOLLOW RACK END DIAMETER REDUCING APPARATUS, AND HOLLOW RACK MANUFACTURING METHOD - The one end side portion is nipped by a jig including a jig member having a pair of convex portions which are to be fitted to a depressions in contact with a tooth side face and a inclined portion and positioning a bar and a jig member which is to be clamped/opened with respect to the jig member. A die having an inside diameter smaller than the diameter of the outer periphery is pressed onto the outer periphery of the end portion of the cylindrical end side portion projected from the jig up to a press-in depth determined preliminarily based on the rack, so as to reduce the diameter of the end portion. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229857 | Ball Screw - A ball screw has a screw shaft, a nut, and balls running in a circulating manner along a ball rolling groove of the screw shaft and a ball rolling groove of the nut. A circulating portion ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229858 | Resin Double-Helical Gear - In a resin double-helical gear formed by injection-molding, smooth meshing of teeth can be performed for rotation of the resin double-helical gear in both directions, and occurrences of thrust-direction load and noise can be prevented. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229859 | Eye module - An eye module is provided. The eye module includes a casing, an eyeball and a first driving element. The eyeball having a surface is disposed in the casing. The first driving element leans against the surface and drives the eyeball to rotate by a first friction force generated by rotating the first driving element. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229860 | Planar Parallel Mechanism and Method - A planar parallel mechanism having a platform movable in a plane along three degrees of freedom is described Existing technology fails to provide a manipulator with three degrees of freedom, wherein the mechanisms for moving the manipulator move in a decoupled fashion A manipulator and method of supporting and displacing an object which provides a solution to this problem comprises a base ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080229861 | Robot having arm in which umbilical member is accomodated - A robot including a forearm section with a through passage, a wrist section articulated on the forearm section, and an umbilical member inserted through the through passage of the forearm section and provided along the wrist section. The robot includes a tool managing and relaying unit mounted on the forearm section close to the through passage and provided with a connection part to which the umbilical member is connected, and a mount mechanism carrying the tool managing and relaying unit movably between a first position where the connection part is disposed adjacent to an opening of the through passage and a second position where the connection part is spaced from the opening of the through passage, and releasably securing the tool managing and relaying unit to the forearm section at the first position. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229862 | WIRE DRIVE MECHANISM, ROBOT ARM MECHANISM, AND ROBOT - A wire driving mechanism is provided with a pulley rotated around a rotation axis, a pulley which is disposed on the same plane as the rotation axis in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis and rotated around a rotation axis, and a wire wound around on the peripheral surface of the pulley in a predetermined direction, and at the same time, wound around on the peripheral surface of the pulley in the opposite direction to the winding direction on the pulley. Thus, a drive force is transmitted from the pulley to the pulley through the wire. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229863 | Reach Adjust for a Handlebar-Mounted Lever Assembly - A reach-adjustable lever assembly mounted to a handlebar for actuating one of a gear-change and braking device. The lever assembly generally including a support member, a lever pivotably connected to the support member and a reach adjust mechanism. The reach adjust mechanism includes a follower, a cam and a cam seat for retaining the cam in a current user-selectable position. The follower is fixedly supported on one of the support member and the lever and the cam is rotatably supported on the other of the support member and the lever. The cam has a plurality of user-selectable positions. The lever is rotatably biased toward a rest position to position the cam against the follower. The cam and the follower are configured to provide a different rest position of the lever for each of the user-selectable positions. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229864 | Electronic Device Controller - A controller capable of realizing continuous click feelings within an operation range of the controller and a specific click feeling at a specific position of the operation range with continuous natural maneuvering feeling. When a first member to which an element shaft of an electronic device is fixed is rotated relatively to a second member to which an element body of the electronic device is fixed to rotate the shaft, the controller adjusts the control amount the element. A notch array, formed of a serration and a first pawl, and a position confirmation means, formed of a notch and a pawl, are disposed between the first member and the second member. Both members are disposed oppositely with respect to the shaft. A center click feeling, different from the feeling in the notch array, can be obtained at the center within the range of the notch array. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229865 | Central lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly - An adjustable steering column assembly of a vehicle has a central lock device for selectably locking an adjustable steering housing and co-extending steering shaft to a stationary bracket or chassis. For driver convenience and comfort, the steering housing and shaft are together adjustable with respect to the bracket. The lock device has an actuator preferably having an outer member supported operably by a guide feature carried between the outer member and the bracket for movement along a first centerline traverse to the steering shaft. The bracket also supports a lever of the actuator for movement along a second centerline that intersects the first centerline. At least one roller is located in a raceway defined between the outer member and the lever. Because the raceway is angled with respect to both the first and second centerlines, motion of the lever along the second centerline is converted to motion of the second member along the traversing first centerline. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229866 | Adjustable steering column utilizing a sleeve and a method of forming a filler with a sleeve - A steering column assembly has an outer jacket extending, an inner jacket is slideably disposed in the outer jacket for telescoping movement relative to the outer jacket, and a sleeve disposed between the inner and outer jackets. The sleeve exerts a predetermined frictional force on the inner jacket opposing the telescoping movement. A filler formed from a liquid thermosetting composition is disposed between the sleeve and the outer jacket for securing the sleeve to the outer jacket. Furthermore, a method of forming the steering column assembly includes disposing the inner jacket into the outer jacket and disposing the sleeve between the inner and outer jackets. The method further includes inserting the liquid thermosetting composition into the outer jacket between the outer jacket and the sleeve and curing the liquid thermosetting composition to form the filler. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229867 | Steering column for a motor vehicle - A steering column for a motor vehicle is adjustable at least in its longitudinal direction. The steering column includes a support unit chassis of the motor vehicle, a setting unit and a clamping mechanism which comprises a clamp bolt and at least one arrest element cooperating with at least one securement element. At least one arrest element during the closing of the clamping mechanism is displaced in the axial direction of the clamp bolt with respect to the support unit and clamped with a securement element connected with the setting unit, and at least one securement element is connected with the setting unit so that in normal operation it is held nondisplaceably in the longitudinal direction of the steering column with respect to the setting unit and in the event of a crash is displaceable with respect to the setting unit under energy absorption. The support unit includes on both sides of the setting unit side jaws, through which penetrates the clamp bolt through openings. At least one arrest element penetrates the side jaw of the support unit and/or a side shank of an intermediate unit through an opening and is held in the opening of the corresponding side jaw of the support unit and/or in the opening of the corresponding side jaw of the intermediate unit such that it is nondisplaceable in the longitudinal direction of the steering column. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229868 | Brake Pedal Device For Effecting Service Braking and Lock Braking - A brake pedal device suitable for being actuated to effect service braking and lock braking, said brake pedal device having a first brake pedal element and a second brake pedal element, which elements are suitable for being moved by being depressed for effecting braking. Depression of at least the first brake pedal element is suitable for causing service braking to take place. The device further has locking means which are suitable for being activated by moving the second brake pedal element over a determined stroke only, so as to hold said second brake pedal element in the locked position for lock braking, and unlocking means which are suitable for being activated by depressing the first brake pedal element so as to unlock the locking means and so as to release the second brake pedal element. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229869 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY - An adjustable pedal includes a mounting bracket and guide housing having a gear sector formed therein. The gear sector pivots about a fixed pivot during adjustment, and the mounting bracket upper arm includes an arcuate slot having a radius of curvature centered at the fixed pivot. A swing plate is slidingly supported within the arcuate slot in the mounting bracket upper arm at a second non-fixed pivot point located radially inboard from the first pivot point. The swing plate includes a gear sector that cooperates with the guide housing gear sector. A pedal arm with pedal pad is attached to the swing plate. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the pedal pad position. The guide housing gear sector pivots about the fixed pivot, engaging the swing plate gear sector and varying the position of the non-fixed pivot within the slot in the mounting bracket arm, constraining travel of the pedal pad. | 2008-09-25 |
20080229870 | PNEUMATIC ACCELERATOR PEDAL ACTUATOR - A vehicle accelerator pedal actuator may include a pressurized fluid source, a mounting mechanism configured to fix the accelerator pedal actuator relative to a vehicle accelerator pedal, and an actuating mechanism in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid source and configured to displace the vehicle accelerator pedal. The vehicle accelerator pedal actuator may further include a valve member selectively controlling fluid communication between the pressurized fluid source and the actuating mechanism. | 2008-09-25 |