53rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150375501 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS, HEAD UNIT, AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a modulation circuit which generates a modulation signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal, a transistor which generates an amplified modulation signal by amplifying the modulation signal, a low pass filter which generates a drive signal by smoothening the amplified modulation signal, a piezoelectric element which is displaced by receiving the drive signal, and a multilayer circuit substrate on which the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the low pass filter are mounted. Furthermore, the multilayer circuit substrate has a multilayer configuration constituted of three or more layers which include at least one layer other than two surface layers. In addition, a feedback wiring pattern through which the modulation signal, the amplified modulation signal, or the drive signal is fed back to the modulation circuit is provided in the one layer. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375502 | INK JET PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An ink jet printer includes an attachment detection portion that detects an attachment of an ink storage member that retains an ink in an absorber contained in the ink storage member itself; an ink jet recording head that ejects an ink flown in from the ink storage member; and a control circuit that controls ink ejection performed by the ink jet recording head. The control circuit is configured to, upon detection, by the attachment detection portion, of an attachment of the ink storage member to be newly used, perform control so as to cause a first operation mode to be set, and thereafter, perform control so as to cause the first operation mode to be switched to a second operation mode, upon satisfaction of a condition in that a total discharge amount of an ink ejected in the first operation mode reaches a prescribed amount. Further, a per-unit-time discharge amount of an ink ejected in the first operation mode is set so as to be smaller than a per-unit-time discharge amount of an ink ejected in the second operation mode. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375503 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including: a first nozzle group including a first and third nozzles which ejects a first liquid; and a second nozzle group including a second nozzle which ejects a second liquid, in which, when an ejection state of the liquid ejected from the one nozzle which belongs to the first nozzle group is abnormal, complementation is performed using complementation modes of a first complementation mode that increases the amount of a liquid to be ejected from the first nozzle instead of allowing the one nozzle to eject the liquid, a second complementation mode that increases the amount of the liquid to be ejected from the second nozzle instead of allowing the one nozzle to eject the liquid, and a third complementation mode that increases the amount of the liquid to be ejected from the third nozzle instead of allowing the liquid to be ejected from the one nozzle. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375504 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND HEAD DRIVE METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a liquid discharging head unit including multiple nozzles to discharge liquid droplets, individual liquid chambers communicated to the multiple nozzles, and pressure generating units to generate pressure applied to a liquid in the individual liquid chambers; and a head drive control unit to generate a common driving waveform including multiple discharging pulses arranged in time series within one driving cycle of discharging liquid droplets of the liquid, to select at least one of the multiple discharging pulses from the common driving waveform, and to apply the selected at least one of the discharging pulses to the pressure generating units. The common driving waveform, generated by the head drive control unit, include at least a first discharging pulse and a second discharging pulse for discharging liquid droplets of same size. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375505 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a plurality of individual liquid chambers to which the plurality of nozzles communicates; a common liquid chamber, to supply a liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers, including a wall disposed opposite a side of an individual liquid chamber and formed of a deformable damper; a frame forming the common liquid chamber and a damper chamber disposed opposite the common liquid chamber with the damper in between, in which the frame accommodates a damper member including the damper and includes a concave portion that serves as the damper chamber; and an opening opposite the damper and a support member to support the damper member, in which the opening and the support member is disposed on a bottom of the concave portion facing the common liquid chamber. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375506 | INKJET-HEAD AND INK JET PRINTER - An inkjet-head includes a first flow path member in which a first flow path is formed; and a second flow path member in which a second flow path is formed and to which the first flow path member is bonded. The second flow path has an intra-joint-surface flow path which is formed by surrounding, with a first adhesive, a peripheral edge of a groove formed in the second flow path member and bonding the first flow path member thereto. A joint space is formed and includes the intra-joint-surface flow path due to surrounding, with a second adhesive, an outer periphery of the intra-joint-surface flow path and bonding the second flow path member and the first flow path member thereto. At least a part of an atmosphere opening path which causes the joint space to be open to the atmosphere is formed by sealing an atmosphere opening groove formed in the joint space using a film. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID MATERIAL - [Object] To provide a method and apparatus for discharging a liquid material, which can solve the problems regarding the occurrence of a satellite and accuracy of a landing position. [Solving Means] In a method for discharging a liquid material in the state of a liquid droplet through a discharge orifice by applying inertial force to the liquid material, the method is characterized in comprising the steps of measuring a distance A from a lower end of the discharge orifice to a lower end of the liquid material having flowed out from the discharge orifice at the time when the liquid material having flowed out from the discharge orifice separates from the discharge orifice, and setting a distance B between the lower end of the discharge orifice and a work surface to be approximately the same as the distance A. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375508 | BYPASS FLOW PATH FOR INK JET BUBBLES - An apparatus includes a bypass flow path between an ink supply port and a vent port and a primary flow path between the ink supply port and an ink delivery port. A first flow velocity of the bypass flow path is higher than a second flow velocity of the primary flow path. The first flow velocity induces bubbles to travel via the bypass flow path instead of the primary flow path. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375509 | WASTE LIQUID CONTAINER, LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND WASTE LIQUID COLLECTION SYSTEM - A waste liquid container includes a fitted portion, in which a discharge unit is fittable in a removable manner, a container connection terminal, which contacts a device connection terminal, an insertion restriction portion, which contacts a device contact portion and restricts movement of the waste liquid container in the insertion direction, and an engaged portion, which includes a contacted portion that contacts a removal restriction unit and restricts movement of the waste liquid container in the removal direction. The engaged portion is located toward an inner side in the lateral direction from a side wall at a position lower than both of the container connection terminal and the insertion restriction portion. The removal restriction unit is receivable in a region located toward an outer side in the lateral direction from the engaged portion. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375510 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A printer includes a cap unit, a transporting driving roller, a power transmitting unit, and a pump. At least a part of each of the cap unit, the transporting driving roller, the power transmitting unit, and the pump has the same height in a height direction of the apparatus (a Z-axis direction) and the cap unit, the transporting driving roller, the power transmitting unit, and the pump are arranged along a direction (a Y-axis direction) intersecting with a rotational axis line direction (an X-axis direction) of the transporting driving roller. Therefore, it is possible to arrange so as to suppress each dimension of the cap unit, the transporting driving roller, the power transmitting unit, and the pump in a height direction and it is possible to contribute to the miniaturization of the apparatus. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375511 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID INTRODUCING METHOD - There are provided a liquid accommodating container that has a sufficient volume for reserving waste ink and can accommodate therein a sufficient amount of ink used in printing with space-saving, a liquid ejecting device provided therewith and a liquid introducing method. Therefore non-print ink is discharged and reserved in a portion, in which unused ink for printing was reserved, in an ink tank for replacement of the unused ink. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375512 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - The ink cartridge has a communication unit for allowing an ink storage chamber to communicate with a space outside a housing. The communication unit includes a communication port formed on an outside surface of the housing, a merging channel having an end which communicates with the communication port, and a plurality of branch channels, each having an end which communicates with the merging channel and the other end which communicates with the ink storage chamber. In the branch channel, while ink flows backward, the ink flowing from the merging channel branches into the first branch channel and the second branch channel. At the same time, a ratio (Q | 2015-12-31 |
20150375513 | INK CONTAINER AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An ink container includes an ink pack and a housing. The ink pack includes an ink containing section made from a flexible film and containing an ink therein, an ink supply port in communication with the ink containing section, and an engaging counterpart portion. The housing houses the ink pack. The housing includes a fitting portion that fits to the ink supply port of the ink pack and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging counterpart portion of the ink pack, and holds the ink pack in an ink filled state at a predetermined position in the housing through the fitting portion and the engaging portion. The engaging counterpart portion is slidable relative to the engaging portion according to lengthening of the ink pack accompanying consumption of the ink. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375514 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid storage container capable of keeping a negative pressure therein more reliably. An ink cartridge includes a negative pressure generation unit configured to generate a negative pressure in an ink storage chamber and a filter attached to an atmosphere communication channel opening and allowing air to pass from the outside to the inside of the liquid storage chamber depending on the negative pressure in the ink storage chamber. The ink cartridge has a capillary groove configured to supply ink from a portion in which ink is stored in the ink storage chamber to the filter. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375515 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid storage container capable of efficiently using a liquid stored therein. An ink cartridge has a flexible member having flexibility attached to a wall surface inside a housing to define a space inside the housing. In a position during use, an angle between the wall surface inside the housing and the flexible member in a lower attachment position of the flexible member to the housing is greater than an angle between the wall surface inside the housing and the flexible member in an upper attachment position. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375516 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM WITH FLUID SENSING AND PUMP ENABLE FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of ink. A housing defines an interior having a pair of opposed electrodes. The electrodes have a capacitance that varies in response to an amount of liquid between them. A controller energizes one electrode and receives an output reading from the other. The controller processes the reading on board the housing and supplies it as a digital data stream to the imaging device during use. A memory stores calibration values for an empty and full housing. The controller writes back to the memory present fluid levels obtained from the output reading of the electrode. An enable output allows operation or not of a fluid pump in the imaging device. Materials, construction, modularity, and fluid communication ports are further embodiments, to name a few. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375517 | PRINTER AND CONSUMABLES - If an authentication unit authenticates the consumables manager, a determination unit determines whether or not a ink cartridge is past a recommended use-by date, which is calculated from the manufacturing date the recommended stop period and the like, based on the recommended use-by date and the number of days that have elapsed since the manufacturing date of the ink cartridge. Then, a notification unit displays a message as a warning on an operation panel, the message indicating that the ink cartridge is close to its use-by date, if the determination unit determines that the ink cartridge is past the recommended use-by date, and if the warning cycle has passed since the warning point of the last warning issuance judged from the warning information stored in a memory in the ink cartridge and the warning cycle stored in a memory. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375518 | INK CIRCULATION TYPE INKJET PRINTER - Upon supply of inks to second tanks of a plurality of printing units with the second tanks in communication with each other via a negative-pressure common air chamber in an air-tight state and with a negative-pressure force applied to the second tanks and the negative-pressure common air chamber, a controller is configured to drive ink supply units of the plurality of printing units to supply the inks such that times in which the inks flow into the second tanks in the plurality of printing units do not coincide with each other. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375519 | INK SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER, AND AN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer | 2015-12-31 |
20150375520 | ABNORMALITY SENSING METHOD FOR PRESSURE SENSOR, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - The liquid discharge device includes a supply path which guides a liquid accumulated in a liquid accumulating unit to a liquid ejection head, a supply pump which feeds a liquid to the liquid ejection head from the liquid accumulating unit through the supply path, a damper which has a liquid chamber and an air chamber sectioned via a flexible membrane, and a pressure sensor, a pressure value is acquired from the pressure sensor in a state where the air chamber is open to atmosphere, and whether or not there is abnormality in the pressure sensor is determined based on comparison between a hydraulic head pressure between the damper and the pressure sensor, and the pressure value. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375521 | ELECTROSTATIC PRINTING OF CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are methods of electrostatically printing a cyclodextrin composition on a substrate, the method including forming an electrostatically printable composition comprising a polymer and one or more cyclodextrins, one or more cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, or a combination thereof, and electrostatically printing the composition on a substrate. Also described are electrostatically printable compositions, methods of making the compositions, printing systems employing the compositions, substrates having the composition electrostatically printed thereon, laminates thereof, and uses of the printed substrates and laminates. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375522 | SCANNING LIGHT-EMITTING CHIP AND PRINTING HEAD HAVING THEREOF - A scanning light-emitting chip and a printing head having one or more scanning light-emitting chips are provided. The scanning light-emitting chip has a shift circuit and a light-emitting circuit. The shift circuit includes shift thyristors, first diodes, a second diode, and shift signal lines. The light-emitting circuit includes light-emitting thyristors and a light-emitting control line. The first diodes are sequentially connected in series, and each first diode is electrically connected between two adjacent shift thyristors. A first end of the second diode is electrically connected to the connection between the first one of the first diode and the corresponding shift thyristor. A second end of the second diode is connected to the light-emitting control line or to ground through the ground resistor. Therefore, fewer control lines may be applied to actuate the shift circuit and to control the light emission of the light-emitting thyristors. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375523 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY MODULE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY CHIPS - A light-emitting element array module includes a control driver configured to receive print data and operate, and light-emitting element array chips configured to receive a signal from the control driver, respectively, and operate, wherein the light-emitting element array chips are connected to the control driver through respective data lines, and the control driver controls an operation point in time of each of the light-emitting element array chips by adjusting input points in time of a start signal and a data signal according to a registration error of each of the light-emitting element array chips. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375524 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light scanning apparatus includes a light source, a deflector configured to deflect a light flux from the light source, and an imaging optical system configured to guide the light flux deflected at the deflector onto a scanned surface. The imaging optical system consists of a single imaging optical element, wherein, on the optical axis of the imaging optical system, the conditions 0.15≦T2/Sk≦0.3 and 0.03≦d/K≦0.08 are satisfied. A condition 0.3≦B≦0.6 is satisfied at a condensing position Y where a scanning angle θ is greatest, when the condensing position Y in the main scanning direction on the scanned surface of the light flux deflected at the scanning angle θ by the deflector is expressed by Y=(K/B)×tan(B×θ). | 2015-12-31 |
20150375525 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD OF DRAWING APPARATUS - A drawing apparatus and drawing method to perform drawing on a drawing target region are shown. The drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit and a control unit. The drawing target region is a surface of a plurality of nails and the nails include unit regions in contact with each other to be drawn with ink in different colors. The control unit includes a nail specifying unit which judges whether each of the unit regions is a dried unit region, a non-dried unit region, and a non-drawn unit region. Then, the nail specifying unit extracts the non-drawn unit region which is not in contact with the non-dried unit region as a specific unit region. The control unit also includes a drawing control unit which controls the drawing unit to perform the drawing on the specific unit region. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375526 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRAWING IN DRAWING APPARATUS - A drawing apparatus detects, as base coat information, a contour of a base coat region which is formed on a surface of a drawing object by applying a first ink used for a base coat on the surface of the drawing object with a drawing tool so as to fill in a design region surrounded with a contour of a design image, before the design image is printed on the surface of the drawing object, and adjusts a size of the design image and generates an adjusted design image which has a size sufficient to cover a whole area of the base coat region, based on the detected base coat information. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375527 | Tape Printer for Forming Self-Laminating Printed Label, Tape Cassette and Ink Ribon Therefor - A tape printer with a thermal head and a tape cassette for forming a self-laminating printed label: wherein the tape cassette comprises; an ink ribbon including a print ink layer formed from opaque ink, a transparent ink layer formed from transparent ink and a longitudinal film base, the print ink layer and the transparent ink layer being coated on the film base in a longitudinal direction of the film base; a print tape including a longitudinal transparent film portion with a first surface side and a second surface side opposite to the first surface side, the opaque ink of the print ink layer and the transparent ink of the transparent ink layer being transferred to the first surface side of the transparent film portion from the ink ribbon; wherein, in the print tape, a transparent adhesive layer is coated on the second surface side of the transparent film portion, the opaque ink of the print ink layer is transferred on a first end side of the first surface side of the transparent film portion in a width direction from the ink ribbon and the transparent ink of the transparent ink layer is transferred on a second end side of the transparent film portion opposite to the first end side from the ink ribbon, and wherein the thermal head operates to transfer both the opaque ink of the print ink layer and the transparent ink of the transparent ink layer on the print tape from the ink ribbon. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375528 | METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMATION AND TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS - A required portion of a textile fiber product is subjected to a fiber-modifying treatment by applying a fiber-modifying agent containing at least an aqueous polyvalent cationic salt solution and a urethane resin having a blocked isocyanate group at the end thereof, after which a masking ink containing at least a white or light-colored pigment, a water-soluble polymer dispersing agent, a self-emulsifying urethane resin and/or an acrylic resin having an acid value of 40 to 100 mg KOH/g, and an aqueous liquid as a solvent or disperse medium, is printed by an inkjet process. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375529 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTING ON NON-POROUSMEDIA - An inkjet printing method for printing on a non-porous media includes pre-coating a smooth non-porous media with toner resin particles in a half-tone pattern to create a patterned toner coated media; applying inkjet ink to said half-tone patterned toner coated media to provide an image on said half-tone patterned toner coated media; wherein a tone value of the half-tone pattern is a pre-determined function of an image-wise lay-down of the inkjet image generated by a data processing system; and fusing said image on said toner coated media. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375530 | FORMATION OF GLOSS LEVEL AREAS HAVING A GLOSSY FINISH AND A MATTE FINISH IN AN IMAGE - A method includes printing an image on substrate by a printhead using ultraviolet (UV) curable ink. The method includes selectively applying a first amount of UV radiation by a first region of a light source to a first area of the image after a first amount of time passes from printing the first area to form a first gloss level area having a glossy finish. The method also includes selectively applying a second amount of UV radiation by a second region of the light source to a second area of the image after a second amount of time passes from printing the second area to form a second gloss level area having a matte finish. At least one of the second amount of UV radiation is greater than the first amount of UV radiation and the first amount of time is greater than the second amount of time. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375531 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus | 2015-12-31 |
20150375532 | RECORDING DEVICE - An ink jet printer which is a recording device which ejects ink droplets onto a recording surface of a recording medium thereby recording, includes a material of slave rollers that are in contact with the recording surface in a transport path through which the recording medium is transported, the material being located on a polarity side opposite to a polarity in which mist that is generated in accordance with ejection of the ink droplets in a charge string is charged, further than a material of a member which configures the recording surface. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375533 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The conveyor belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section sucks on the recording medium via the conveyor belt. The suction section includes a guide member that supports the recording medium via the conveyor belt. The guide member has a plurality of grooves including at least one pair of grooves that are adjacent in a conveyance direction of the recording medium. Each of the grooves in the pair has an end adjacent to an end of the other groove in the pair. The adjacent ends of the respective grooves in the pair each have a portion overlapping with a portion of the adjacent end of the other groove in the pair (groove overlapping region) in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375534 | RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a printer which includes a carriage which includes a recording head performing recording on a paper sheet, a transport driving roller which transports the paper sheet to the recording head side and is driven by a driving source, and a transport driven roller which is pressed to the transport driving roller, is rotationally driven in contact with the paper sheet, and has a diameter larger than that of the transport driving roller. The transport driving roller is located below a guide frame as a support member supporting the carriage and is located in an area of the guide frame in a paper transport direction (in other words, a y direction). | 2015-12-31 |
20150375535 | SHEET CARTRIDGE, LABEL CREATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LABEL CREATION APPARATUS - A sheet cartridge includes a label sheet and a cartridge case. The label sheet has plural label portions temporarily attached at a predetermined label pitch to a long backing sheet, and plural label position detection target portions provided at a detection target end portion that is one end in a direction of width of the backing sheet and configured to indicate a print start position and a cutting position for the each label portion. The cartridge case accommodates the label sheet that is wound, in such a way that the label sheet can be reeled off, and in which a detection opening for exposing the each label position detection target portion for detection is formed. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375536 | CONVEYING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND SHEET FEEDING METHOD - The present invention provides a conveying apparatus includes a supporting unit rotatably supporting a roll of a sheet, a conveying unit conveying the sheet pulled out from the roll, a detection unit detecting a rotation amount of the roll, a driving unit giving a rotational driving force to the roll supported by the supporting unit, and a control unit controlling the driving unit based on the detection result of the detection unit. The control unit sets a control amount for the driving unit in accordance with a rotation phase of the roll, in order to adjust a tension of the sheet between the roll and the conveying unit. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375537 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ACCURATE PAPER STEPS - A method for accurately controlling a medium displacement in an inkjet printer is provided by accurately determining a relation between an actuation signal for a drive motor and a medium displacement. The method comprises the steps of establishing a set of calibration actuation signals each corresponding to a nominal calibration step and determining an achieved medium displacement step for each calibration actuation signal in the set. The set comprises at least one calibration actuation signal for actuating the drive motor to make one full revolution and at least one calibration actuation signal for actuating the drive motor to make a rotation larger than one full revolution, but smaller than two full revolutions. Both a cyclic deviation and a local deviation of the nominal displacement relation is determined based on a finite series of basis functions. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375538 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a stored sheet to a position where the sheet can be picked up based on received instructions to pick up the stored sheet on which an image is printed. The printing apparatus performs control such that the sheet is not conveyed by the conveying unit while the sheet is being stored in the storage unit. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375539 | RECORDING DEVICE - The recording device includes an adhesive belt extending across a plurality of rotating bodies configured to support and convey a recording medium, a first sensor configured to detect that the recording medium is separated relative to the adhesive belt in a first range, a second sensor configured to detect that the recording medium P is separated relative to the adhesive belt in a second range within the first range, a take-up unit configured to take up the recording medium, and a control unit configured to control the take-up unit so as to take up the recording medium when the first sensor detects that a separation position of the recording medium is within the first range, and control the rotating body to stop movement of the adhesive belt when the second sensor detects that the separation position of the recording medium is within the second range. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375540 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit having a plurality of printing elements arranged in a conveyance direction of the printing sheet and configured to print the printing sheet; a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet fed after the preceding sheet overlap each other; a determination unit configured to determine, under a predetermined condition, whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet; and a printing control unit configured to control, based on a determination result of the determination unit, printing elements of the printing unit to be used. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375541 | RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - In a recording medium transporting device, an inter-shaft distance between a printing barrel that rotates and transports with gripping an end portion of a recording medium inwardly from an outer peripheral surface thereof and a first transporting barrel juncturally connected with the printing barrel is set to be a distance shorter than a sum of a radius of the printing barrel and a radius of the first transporting barrel, and an inter-shaft distance between the first transporting barrel and a second transporting barrel juncturally connected with the first transporting barrel is set to be a sum of the radius of the first transporting barrel and a radius of the second transporting barrel, which can suppress distortion of the recording medium and enables the first transporting barrel and the second transporting barrel to grip the end portion of the recording medium on the outer peripheral surface thereof, allowing stable transportation. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375542 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium; a drive unit that causes the printing unit to move; a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit; a detection unit that detects the movement of the printing unit; and a controller that controls an initialization operation related to the printing unit based on a detection result of the detection unit. When power supply from the power supply unit to the drive unit is started, the controller acquires the detection result obtained when power is not supplied, performs the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is detected in the detection result, and does not perform the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is not detected in the detection result. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375543 | High Height Ink Jet Printing - A system includes a print head including multiple nozzles formed in a bottom surface of the print head. The nozzles are configured to eject a liquid onto a substrate. The system includes a gas flow module configured to provide a flow of gas through a gap between the bottom surface of the print head and the substrate. The gas flow module can include one or more gas nozzles configured to inject gas into the gap. The gas flow module can be configured to apply a suction to the gap. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375544 | Fluid Ejecting Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a cartridge, and a wiring cable which can transmit an electrical signal to the cartridge. The carriage is provided with a connector unit and a wiring board in a holder unit on which the cartridge is mounted. First and second electrode portions, and a connector unit are arranged on a first face of the wiring board. The wiring board is arranged at a position of being overlapped with the cartridge in a direction which goes along an arrow Y. A width of the wiring board in an arrow X direction is the same as a width of a cartridge arranging region in the holder unit, or is smaller than that. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375545 | INK JET PRINTER - Provided is an ink jet printer including an ink jet head that has a nozzle surface on which nozzles for ejecting liquid are open; and a carriage on which the ink jet head is mounted, in which the carriage is scanned from one end at which a scanning reference point of the carriage is set to the other end via an area through which a liquid impacted object passes, the ink jet head is mounted to the carriage in a state of being deviated to one end in a scanning direction from a center of the carriage in the scanning direction, and a space is provided on a lateral side at the other end of the ink jet head in the carriage by deviating the ink jet head to the carriage. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375546 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A VALUE OF DENSITY OF A HEAT ABSORBING AGENT, METHOD OF FORMING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, APPARATUS FOR FORMING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF DENSITY OF A HEAT ABSORBING AGENT, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR FORMING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method of determining a value of density of a heat absorbing agent to be applied to a target pixel on a medium, wherein the medium is distended, when heated, the value of density of the heat absorbing agent is a density value of the heat absorbing agent that is applied to the medium before heated, and density values of the heat absorbing agent are set for plural pixels on the medium, the method comprising, calculating a first average density value of first plural pixels in the vicinity of the target pixel among the plural pixels, calculating a second average density value of second plural pixels in the vicinity of the target pixel, and determining a density value of the heat absorbing agent based on the calculated first average density value and second average density value, when a density value applied to the target pixel satisfies a first prescribed condition. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375547 | HYBRID PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON NON-POROUS MEDIA - A hybrid inkjet printer for printing on a non-porous medium includes a data processing system provides a tone value of a half-tone pattern in a pre-determined function of an image-wise lay-down of an inkjet image; toner printer for pre-coating a non-porous medium with toner resin particles in a half-tone pattern to create a patterned toner coated medium in accordance with the tone value; inkjet ejectors for applying the image-wise lay-down of the inkjet image to said half-tone patterned toner coated media to provide an image on said half-tone patterned toner coated medium; and a fuser for fusing said image on said toner coated medium | 2015-12-31 |
20150375548 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A drawing apparatus, including: a drawing data generation unit which, as a fitting process, fits a design image to a drawing region of a drawing target, and generates drawing data of the design image fitted to the drawing region; and a drawing unit which performs drawing of the design element on the drawing region on the basis of the drawing data, wherein the drawing region is curved along a width direction of the drawing region, the design image includes at least one design element, and the drawing data generation unit performs fitting the design element to a region excluding at least one edge portion from the drawing region, the edge portion being set on one side in a width direction of the drawing region. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375549 | PRINTING AND PRINTERS - A method of printing a document using one of a plurality of print modes, the method comprising:
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20150375550 | CROSS-PROCESS DIRECTION UNIFORMITY FOR WIDE FORMAT PRINTERS - Methods and systems print test patterns in different test pattern areas on print media using a printer to produce a printed item. The printer has a printing width in a cross-process direction, and each of the test pattern areas is in a different cross-process location of the printing width. The test pattern areas are distributed across the entire printing width, and each of the test pattern areas partially overlaps at least one other test pattern area in the cross-process direction. Next, these methods and systems individually scan the sections of the printed item using a scanner that has a scanning width that is less than the printing width. This produces individual scans of the test pattern areas. The widths of the test pattern areas are equal to or less than the scanning width. Then, these methods and systems can calibrate cross-process characteristics of the printer based on the scans. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375551 | HEAT TRANSFER FILM AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MANUFACTURED USING SAME - The present invention relates to a heat transfer film and an organic electroluminescent element manufactured using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a heat transfer film comprising a base film and an outermost layer formed on the base film, wherein a ratio of an elastic modulus of the outermost layer to an elastic modulus of the base film at 25° C. and relative humidity of 45% is approximately 1 or more; and an organic electroluminescent element manufactured using the same. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375552 | IMPROVED TRANSFER MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method for producing a transfer medium, to the transfer media produced by this method and to transfer printing methods. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375553 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A recording medium having a base and an ink receiving layer containing an inorganic particle and at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a compound represented by the following formula (II): | 2015-12-31 |
20150375554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE ON A MEDIUM USING A PLURALITY OF ERASABLE MATERIALS - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a first image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium with a non-erasable material, and a second image forming section configured to form an image on the recording medium with an erasable material. The image forming apparatus further comprises a control section configured to separate image data according to attributes of the image data into first image data to be printed on the recording medium in the first image forming section and second image data to be printed on the recording medium in the second image forming section. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375555 | SADDLE-STITCH AND FOLD MACHINE - The creaser | 2015-12-31 |
20150375556 | FILE BINDER, PRINTED MATTER SET, AND PRINTED MATTER - A file binder | 2015-12-31 |
20150375557 | PAGE-TURNING APPARATUS FOR OPEN BOOK AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM FOR BOOK PAGES - An apparatus for turning pages of an open book includes a mechanism and a roller. The mechanism turns a page held at a departure position to a destination position. The roller conveys the page from a middle point of turning operation by the mechanism to the destination position while rotating to roll up the page. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375558 | COLLAPSIBLE FILE BOX WITH INTEGRATED FILE HANGING RAILS - A collapsible file box with integrated file hanging rails. The collapsible file box can operate in a first position to accommodate hanging file folders suspended on two pairs of rails. Hanging file folders can be suspended in the lateral or the longitudinal direction as the rails are disposed all along the box's sidewalls. The collapsible file box can be configured to a collapsed position where it has a flat profile and its overall height is reduced for easy storage and stackability. A plurality of collapsible file boxes may be stacked on top of each other in uncollapsed, or collapsed position, with, or without the lid. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375559 | Story Sticks and Methods of Making and Using the Same - Embodiments are described herein that provide recitation assistance devices and methods of using them. Such methods may include the steps of providing at least one hand-held physical media, and marking the at least one physical media with a clear sequence of letters, each letter representing a word such that the sequence is the first letters of a series of words imparting a particular meaning. In some embodiments, the physical media may include wood, such as a pencil or dowel. Similarly, in some embodiments, the marking the physical media may include marking the sequence of letters on the facets of the pencil, such as creating a spiral pattern around the physical media where the sequence of letters proceeds along the spiral pattern, such that the physical media is rotated to present the sequence of letters in order. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375560 | REMOVABLE PROTECTIVE DOOR COVERING FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS - The present invention relates to removable door covering having a back side coated with an adhesive material and a front side adapted for at least one of writing, drawing, coloring, and painting on. The adhesive material may be a self-stick removable adhesive which leaves no residue when the door covering is applied to a door and subsequently removed. A hole or cutout may be provided through the front and back sides of the door covering enabling the door covering to be applied over or around a doorknob when the door covering is placed on the door. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375561 | PATTERNED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE BODY AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A patterned pressure-sensitive adhesive body obtained by a method for producing a patterned pressure-sensitive adhesive body including a pattern forming step of cutting a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including a first release film and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on one surface of the first release film so as to form a first slit in a pattern shape and an outer frame forming step of cutting the first release film and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer so as to form a second slit in an outer frame shape surrounding the pattern shape, wherein the second slit has a discontinuous portion in a cutting direction. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375562 | CARDBOARD MADE WHEEL - The disclosure provides a generally planar wheel, comprising a multi-layer cardboard body having at least one layer of a high-density cardboard sheet sandwiched between at least two layers of low-density cardboard sheet. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375563 | VEHICLE-WHEEL BEARING DEVICE WITH SENSOR - A vehicle-wheel bearing device with a sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of sensors, mounted to a vehicle-wheel bearing, for detecting load thereon, and signal processor for processing an output signal therefrom to generate a signal vector, and load calculator for calculating load acting on a wheel based on the signal vector. The load calculator includes: a coefficient conversion processing unit for calculating an actual-state load estimation coefficient MC that is a load estimation coefficient for a state where the bearing is mounted to an actual vehicle, based on a standard load estimation coefficient MB that is a determined standard load estimation coefficient for the bearing; and a load calculation unit for calculating load on the wheel based on the signal vector and the actual-state load estimation coefficient MC calculated by the coefficient conversion processing unit. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375564 | BICYCLE WHEEL HUB WITH MOLDED SPOKE HOLES - A hub for a bicycle wheel includes a hub shell that defines one or more spoke holes. The hub shell includes a fiber reinforced material. The fiber reinforced material has one or more reinforcement fibers bending around the spoke holes to remain continuous around the spoke holes. One or more flanges with the spoke holes extend from the hub shell at an outer radial direction. A clutch or freehub adapter is coupled to the hub shell. Depending on the type of clutch mechanism used in the freehub, different clutch apdapters can be incorporated into the hub. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375565 | Swivel Lock for a Caster - A caster comprises a body including a stem cavity with a stem of the caster rotatably mounted in the stem cavity to permit rotation of the stem relative to the body about a stem access. The stem may comprise a spline shaft extending from the stem into the stem cavity. The stem and spline shaft are operatively connected. The stem cavity may have a spline bushing. The spline bushing and the body are operatively connected to each other. The spline shaft and the spline bushing are releasbeably interlockable. One of the spline bushing and the spline shaft may be movable in a direction along the stem axis between the swivel position wherein the spline shaft is not engaged with the spline bushing, and a fixed position wherein the spline shaft is engaged with the spline bushing. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375566 | Rubber Composition for Tire Treads and Pneumatic Tire Using Same - A rubber composition for tire treads of the present technology contains a diene rubber, silica and a silane coupling agent, wherein the silane coupling agent is a polysiloxane represented by a specific average composition formula, the silica content is from 5 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, and the silane coupling agent content is from 1 to 20 mass % relative to the silica content. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375567 | INNER TUBE SPOOL - The present invention provides a spool and tube assembly comprising a spool body having a first spool surface spaced (e.g., including a raised lip) from a second spool surface (e.g., also including a raised lip), and an inner tube wrapped around the first and second spool surfaces of the spool body. Preferably, the spool body includes a stem recess (e.g., formed in the first spool surface) for receiving a valve stem on the inner tube. The second spool surface can include a notch adapted to receive and hole a pump head. In addition, the spool body can include a cutout adapted to receive and hold a pressurized gas cartridge, and a protrusion adapted to receive and hold a tire lever. A strap can be provided for securing the inner tube on the spool body. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375568 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes at least three circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions partitioned by the circumferential main grooves. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having a belt angle, as an absolute value, of not less than 10° and not more than 45° and mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction. Also, when viewed as a cross-section from the tire meridian direction, when the wear end surface of the circumferential main grooves is drawn, the distance Dcc on the tire equatorial plane from the circumferential reinforcing layer to the wear end surface and the distance De from the end portion of the circumferential reinforcing layer to the wear end surface have a relationship such that De/Dcc≦0.94. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375569 | Pneumatic Tire For All-Terrain Vehicle Used in Sandy Land - A pneumatic tire for all-terrain vehicle is disclosed which comprise a tread, and a plurality of primary blocks extending in a tire circumferential direction disposed symmetrically on the tread with respect to a center line of the tread, each primary block being evenly spaced with each other; two pairs of secondary block arrays arranged respectively on areas between any two adjacent primary blocks which are symmetrical with respect to the circumferential center line of the tread; a prior ground engaging edge created on a ground engaging surface when the ground engaging surface of the primary blocks may be inclined to a moving direction of the tire; and a plurality of stepped humps located on the prior ground engaging edge. The turning manipulation performance of the tires in sandy land can be highly improved while the straight-running traction performance is not affected due to the above configuration of the invention. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375570 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The pneumatic tire described herein is provided with, in a tread surface, at least two circumferential grooves continuously extending in a tread circumferential direction, and a resonator disposed in a land part defined between two circumferential grooves having different sectional areas of the at least two circumferential grooves, the resonator having an air chamber opened to a land part surface in a position separated away from the circumferential groove, one or more narrowed necks communicating the air chamber with one of the two circumferential grooves, and one or more narrowed necks communicating the air chamber with the other circumferential groove, wherein
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20150375571 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire is provided where, in a tread center portion, there are at least three pitch variations in terms of pitch length in the circumferential direction of the tire, and, taking n as the pitch count, the pitch lengths Pc Pc1, Pc2, Pc3, . . . , Pcn in order from longest to shortest satisfy the relationships Pc1/Pc2≧Pc2/Pc3≧, . . . , ≧Pcn−1/Pcn and Pc1/Pc2>Pcn−1/Pcn. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375572 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes land portions partitioned and formed by inclined grooves inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction. Stud pins are embedded in at least one of the land portions. The number of embedded stud pins embedded in a shoulder region is from 1.5 to 2.5 times the number of embedded stud pins embedded in a center region. A protruding amount of the stud pins in the shoulder region is from 1.2 to 2.0 times the protruding amount of the stud pins in the center region. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375573 | PNEUMATIC SAFETY TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic safety tire in which the durability is improved by improving the compression fatigue property of a carcass ply cord. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375574 | Self-Sealing Tire Comprising An Additional Sidewall Reinforcement - Tire, the internal wall of which is covered with an airtight layer, itself covered with a layer of self-sealing product, comprising a radial carcass reinforcement ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375575 | VEIN PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE - An air maintenance tire and air pump assembly is provided including a tire and an elongate tubular air passageway enclosed within a flexing region of a tire sidewall. A plurality of check valve devices are spaced apart and positioned along the air passageway into multiple air passageway segments. A check valve membrane opens to allow pressurized air to directionally pass through the check valve device from an upstream passageway segment to a downstream passageway segment and closes to prevent air from passing in an opposite direction through the check valve from the downstream segment to the upstream segment. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375576 | Tire Based Method and Device for Measuring Running Surface Strength - A method includes measuring a ground condition on which a machine is operated. The method further includes: measuring, by at least one sensor in a machine, at least one of acceleration values and deflection values of a tire rotatably connected to the machine where at least one sensor is in communication with a control device in the machine; determining, by the control device, a ground condition on which the tire is rolling based on the measured at least one of acceleration values and deflection values; determining, by the control device, a desired shape of the tire based on the determined ground condition; and adjusting an inflation pressure of the tire, by a pressure controller in the machine, to obtain the desired shape of the tire. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375577 | PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR A TIRE ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE - A pressure system of a tire assembly of a vehicle includes a tire system, a wheel system, and a control valve assembly. The tire system includes a tire defining an interior cavity configured for holding a first volume of compressed air therein. The wheel system defines a reservoir configured for holding a second volume of compressed air therein. The control valve assembly is in fluid communication with each of the interior cavity of the tire and with the reservoir. The control valve assembly is configured to selectively direct air from the reservoir to the interior cavity of the tire such that a desired air pressure within the interior cavity of the tire is achieved. The control valve assembly is configured to selectively direct air from the interior cavity of the tire and atmosphere, such that the desired air pressure within the interior cavity of the tire is achieved. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375578 | AUTOMATIC WHEEL TO TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR CORRELATION IN DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE - The wheel locations for wireless tire pressure monitoring sensors are automatically learned by comparing the timing of sensor message transmissions to directly measured wheel rotation, such as from an anti-lock brake system. In order to synchronize the data to be detected and compared across a distributed electronic system, first timestamps are applied to RF sensor messages upon reception in a receiver. Second timestamps are applied to decoded sensor data in the receiver when transmission of the data and the first timestamps to a control module begins. The control module applies third timestamps upon reception by the control module. The control module calculates sensor message times by subtracting a difference of the first and second timestamps from the third timestamp. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375579 | PINLESS INDUCTIVE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a first side connector and a second side connector. The first side connector includes a first protective housing, a first inductor including a first end face, and a first physical connector element. The second side connector includes a second protective housing, a second inductor including a second face, and a second physical connector element. The second physical connector element is engaged with the first physical connector element and physically connects the first side connector to the second side connector such that the first end face and the second end face are adjacent. The first inductor and the second inductor are axially spaced apart. The first inductor and the second inductor form an inductive telemetry connection between the first side connector and the second side connector. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375580 | UNIVERSAL MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE TIRES - The invention relates to a universal monitoring device for monitoring one or several state variables of a vehicle tire, comprising
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20150375581 | PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR A TIRE ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE - A tire assembly includes a reservoir, a tire, and a pressure module. The pressure module includes a first valve, a second valve, and a control unit. The first valve selectively directs air from the reservoir to the interior cavity. The second valve directs air from the interior cavity of the tire to the atmosphere. The control unit is configured to selectively send a first control signal to the first valve such that the first valve cycles from a first position, at which air is prevented from flowing from the reservoir to the interior cavity, to a second position, at which air is allowed to flow from the reservoir to the interior cavity of the tire. The control unit is configured to selectively send another first control signal to the first valve such that the first valve cycles from the second position to the first position. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375582 | FLEXIBLE TIRE VALVE HAVING REINFORCED INNER FRAME - A flexible tire valve having reinforced inner frame is disclosed. The flexible tire valve comprises a tube body, a reinforced inner frame and a flexible sleeve. When the reinforced inner frame is inserted into the flexible sleeve, the first blocking edge of the reinforced inner frame is engaged with the inner groove of the flexible sleeve; and the upper edge of the first clamping part of the reinforced inner frame presses against the second clamping part of the flexible sleeve to reinforce the flexible sleeve in order to further fix the flexible sleeve in order to prevent the flexible tire valve from being skewed by the centrifugal force, whereby the tire will not leak even if the vehicle moves at high speed. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375583 | REINFORCED TIRE VALVE OF TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - A reinforced tire valve is disclosed. The reinforced tire valve comprises a tube body, a flexible sleeve and a tire pressure detecting device, wherein the casing of the tire pressure detecting device presses against the clamping part, which can not only prevent the flexible sleeve from being twisted out of shape due to aging, but also can transfer the torsional force generated from the centrifugal force to the flexible sleeve to prevent the reinforced tire valve from being skewed by the centrifugal force, whereby the tire will not leak even if the vehicle moves at high speed. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375584 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING WEAR OF AXIALLY DIVIDED TREAD ZONES OF TIRE - A method for estimating wear of each of circumferential tread zones of a tire by the use of a computer is disclosed. A tire model of the tire comprising model's circumferential tread zones is defined. A simulation for running the tire model under rolling conditions for free-rolling, braking, driving and cornering is performed to obtain a first average wear energy of each model's circumferential tread zone under each rolling condition. With respect to a given running pattern of the tire, occurrence frequencies of the respective rolling conditions occurring in the running pattern are defined. For each circumferential tread zone, a second average wear energy of the concerned circumferential tread zone when the tire is run according to the running pattern is calculated such that the first average wear energies under the respective rolling conditions, of the model's circumferential tread zone of the concerned circumferential tread zone are respectively weighted by the occurrence frequencies of the respective rolling conditions. Wear of each circumferential tread zone is estimated based on the calculated second average wear energy of the concerned circumferential tread zone. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375585 | Trailer Coupling and Load Carrier Arrangement For A Trailer Coupling - In order to improve a trailer coupling for motor vehicles, including a ball neck which is mountable on a rear part of a motor vehicle so as to be fixed to the vehicle by means of a ball neck carrier by way of a first end and on a second end carries a coupling ball, in such a manner that load carriers can be mounted and held securely in a simple manner, it is proposed that, for positioning a load carrier holding device, which is loadable onto the coupling ball and the ball neck, at least one first positioning body is arranged on the ball neck at a defined spacing from the coupling ball, that the at least one first positioning body is arranged on a ball neck portion of the ball neck which adjoins a ball attachment of the ball neck which carries the coupling ball and in particular, proceeding from the ball attachment, extends along the ball neck over a distance which corresponds to a maximum of one and a half times the diameter of the coupling ball, and that the at least one first positioning body extends transversely with respect to a development of the ball neck portion which carries said positioning body and away from said ball neck portion. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375586 | COMBINED SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375587 | KNUCKLE BRACKET AND PAIR OF KNUCKLE BRACKETS - A knuckle bracket includes a cylindrical bracket main body that is fixed by welding to an outer periphery of an outer tube of a shock absorber and a pair of gripping pieces that extend along an axial direction of the bracket main body and stand up toward the outside from the bracket main body opposing each other. The bracket main body has a cut-away part formed on one side end and a compression part, the compression part being configured to abut a misassembly detection pin of a misassembly prevention device, the misassembly prevention device being configured to identify a type of the knuckle bracket. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375588 | WHEEL SUSPENSION - A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle is disclosed having a wheel carrier and having multiple links which are each connected to the wheel carrier by way of a link attachment. The wheel carrier has a shell body composed of sheet metal and includes a base and a side wall. The shell body is closed off in regions by a cover plate, with the shell body being stiffened in this way. At least one link attachment has a bearing receptacle which is fixed in the side wall of the shell body, and in which a bearing is held. The link is fastened to link attachment, and engages around the bearing receptacle. The bearing receptacle is a sleeve or is formed as a rim hole in the side wall of the shell body. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375589 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A REAR WHEEL OF A TWO-TRACK MOTOR VEHICLE - A wheel suspension for a rear wheel of a two-track motor vehicle, includes a five-link assembly which has five individual links which are coupled to the vehicle body via body-side bearings and to the wheel carrier of the rear wheel via wheel-carrier-side bearings, which five-link assembly, as viewed in the direction of travel, has a front pair of links and a rear pair of links, wherein the front pair of links has a lower, front link, with respect to the axis of rotation of the wheel, and an upper, front link, and the rear pair of links has a lower, rear link, in particular track rod, and an upper, rear link. A lower spring link, on which a spring arrangement having a vibration damper and a supporting spring is supported, is arranged in the direction of travel between the front and rear pairs of links. The front pair of links with respect to the spring link is of softer design in the transverse direction of the vehicle than the rear pair of links. As a result, a change in the toe-in at the rear wheel takes place under exertion of a lateral force or a longitudinal force. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375590 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle, said wheel suspension having a multi-link assembly ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375591 | SYNTHETIC RESIN-MADE SLIDING BEARING - A synthetic resin-made sliding bearing | 2015-12-31 |
20150375592 | CONTROL OF ADJUSTABLE RIDE HEIGHT SUSPENSION - A method is disclosed for controlling a suspension corner connected to a road wheel in a vehicle's adjustable suspension system. The method includes monitoring operation of the vehicle, detecting an occurrence of a predetermined vehicle event, and detecting a road speed of the vehicle. The method also includes monitoring a ride height of the vehicle at the suspension corner. The vehicle ride height at the suspension corner is selected via a bladder arranged at the suspension corner. The bladder is characterized by a variable height and configured to pump a fluid in response to forces generated at the road wheel and hold a volume of the fluid. The method additionally includes selecting the ride height at the suspension corner in response to the detected occurrence of the predetermined vehicle event and the detected vehicle road speed by regulating the volume of the fluid being held by the bladder. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375593 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION HAVING MULTIPLE GAS VOLUMES - A method and apparatus for a vehicle suspension system gas spring. In one embodiment, a vehicle suspension system gas spring includes a compressible main gas chamber and an additional volume combinable with the main chamber to change a gas spring rate of the system. In one embodiment, a low friction piston seal is created by a flexible seal member. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375594 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING VEHICLES - A method and apparatus for a shock absorber for a vehicle having a gas spring with first and second gas chambers, wherein the first chamber is utilized during a first travel portion of the shock absorber and the first and second chambers are both utilized during a second portion of travel. In one embodiment, a travel adjustment assembly is configured to selectively communicate a first gas chamber with a negative gas chamber. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375595 | FLOOR CONSOLE - A floor console includes a climate control unit. A bracket of the floor console unit includes an interior surface facing the climate control unit and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. An armrest is supported by the bracket and is moveable relative to the bracket. A gas spring extending from a first end connected to the armrest to a second end connected to the exterior surface of the bracket. The connection of the second end of the gas spring to the exterior surface of the bracket reduces packaging constraints for the climate control unit on the interior surface of the bracket. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375596 | INTEGRATED CHASSIS HEATSINK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A chassis for an electric vehicle is disclosed that functions as a heat sink to cool an electric motor and motor controller of the electric vehicle. The chassis includes one or more tubes that are connected to an inner surface of the chassis. As coolant fluid flows through the tubes, heat from the coolant is dissipated into the chassis. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375597 | Portable Air Conditioning Device for Vehicles - Disclosed is a portable air conditioning device for vehicles. The device includes a plurality of air duct hoses and an exhaust hose that is connected to a housing member that encloses a thermoelectric cooling module capable of producing heated or cooled air, and a fan with a fan speed control switch. The air duct hoses supply cool air to the interior of a vehicle while the exhaust hose releases heat to the outdoors. The device may be internally powered via a battery or externally powered via a power adaptor or outlet. The device may be conveniently placed inside of a vehicle and secured in place via a strap system disposed thereon. In this way, the device may be ideally used with existing vehicles lacking an operable air conditioning and/or heating system. Additionally, the device may be used to supplement an operable air conditioning system for a vehicle. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375598 | PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE - An apparatus for use in venting a compartment in a vehicle includes a housing which at least partially defines an air flow passage. A valve element moves from a closed condition to an open condition to enable air to flow through the air flow passage. The valve element has an inner surface facing the air flow passage when the valve element is in the closed condition. The valve element has an outer surface opposite the inner surface facing away from the air flow passage when the valve element is in the closed condition. A spring wire deflects as the valve element moves from the closed condition toward the open condition and is effective to urge the valve element toward the closed condition. The spring wire extends in a straight line from the housing to the inner surface of the valve element when the valve element is in the closed condition. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375599 | AUTOMOBILE COOLING SYSTEM - A system and method for an automobile cooling system to alleviate high temperatures within a vehicle. The system includes a temperature sensor, which signals a control center when a preset temperature has been reached within the vehicle and an occupant sensor which signals the control center when an occupant is detected within the vehicle. Further, a fan system to circulate air within the vehicle, a window operating system for opening one or more of the vehicle's windows, an alert signal system for emitting an alert, and a signal initiating system to contact emergency personnel or subscribers to an automobile cooling system program when a preset temperature has been reached within the vehicle. Finally, the control center adapted to send signals to the fan system, the window operating system, the alert signal system, and the signal initiating system when the preset temperature has been reached within the vehicle. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375600 | ELECTRIC HEATER FOR VEHICLE HEATING CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a motor vehicle heating system comprising a heating circuit ( | 2015-12-31 |