| 05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
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| 20100024489 | WEAVING METHOD USING NONWOVEN AS YARN - The present invention provides a weaving method using nonwoven as yarn, which discloses that nonwoven is slit first and then the slit nonwoven is used for weaving. In the weaving, process, yarn with different materials can be added for producing textiles with various functionalities. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOAD SIZE IN A WASHING MACHINE - A method for determining the laundry load size according to one embodiment of the invention in an automatic clothes washer comprising supplying water to a reference water level to define a first amount of water, supplying water from the reference water level to a second water level above the reference water level and sufficient to submerge the laundry load to define a second amount of water, and determining a load size for the laundry load based on the second amount of water such that errors associated with the first amount of water are not considered in the load size determination based on the second amount of water. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024491 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - Laundry washing machine ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024492 | COMPACT STEAM APPLIANCE WITH FOLDING HANDLE - A portable steamer ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024493 | MULTIPLE LAUNDRY TREATING MACHINE - The present invention relates to complex laundry treating machines. More specifically, the present invention relates to a complex laundry treating machine having a washing machine of a new concept which serves as a pedestal for supporting a washing machine or dryer as well as a washing machine. The complex laundry treating machine includes a main laundry treating machine for washing or drying laundry, a supplementary laundry treating machine having a washing tub mounted therein, and a volume and a height smaller than the volume and the height of the main laundry treating machine for supporting the main laundry treating machine, and ultrasonic washing means for making washing water in the washing tub to vibrate to wash the laundry, thereby permitting to treat a small amount of laundry with the supplementary laundry treating machine without putting a relatively large sized washing machine into operation, to save energy and for convenience of use. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024494 | PREASSEMBLED CAM LOCK ASSEMBLY - A preassembled cam lock assembly comprising is disclosed which includes a housing defining a throughbore configured to receive an interchangeable lock core. A tail piece is fixedly secured on a rear face of the housing. The tail piece defines a stepped bore including an arc-shaped cutout. Each end of the arc-shaped cutout defines a stop surface. A cam driver is configured to be rotatably retained in the stepped bore of the tail piece. The cam driver includes a first end defining an arc shaped lost motion slot and a second end adapted to engage a cam. The cam driver has a plurality of spaced bores which are dimensioned to receive a driver pin which is movably positioned within the cutout of the tail piece between the stop surfaces. A cam is secured to the second end of the cam driver adjacent the tail piece. A drive member is positioned within the throughbore of the housing and is adapted to engage an interchangeable lock core such that actuation of the interchangeable lock core effects rotation of the cam driver. The drive member includes a drive pin which is slidably positioned within the lost motion slot of the cam driver such that rotation of the drive member moves the drive pin through the lost motion slot such that the driver pin engages an end of the lost motion slot to effect rotation of the cam driver. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024495 | KEY APPARATUS - There is provided a key apparatus, including: a key cylinder that is rotatable when a vehicle key is inserted; and an accommodating portion in which an assembling member is assembled in a body member, the body member and the assembling member form an inner surface, and the key cylinder is accommodated in the inner surface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024496 | Electric Locks with Release Hammer - Electric lock with hammer for doors, locker doors, safe doors, telephone chassis, vending machines and the like which also have an anti jamming mechanism. To close the electric lock, the bar moves forward and the door latch closes upon a corresponding bolt. When moving forward, the bar stretches the spring into a tense state. The latch drops into a corresponding groove and mechanically locks the bar. To unlock the electric lock the solenoid activates the hammer while applying most of the energy over a relatively short period of time. The hammer in turn hits the latch out of its groove to unlock the electric lock. The spring pulls the bar backwards and the door latch opens up. According to the present invention, when mechanical pressure is applied upon any of lock mechanical components, the hammer strikes at the latch repeatedly until it comes out of its groove and the unlocks. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024497 | LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH PICKING RESISTANT SHIELD - A lock assembly with a picking resistant shield has a main lock and a key. The main lock has a shield attached to a front end of the main lock. The shield has an inner recess and an outer recess smaller than the inner recess. The key has a neck corresponding to the outer recess of the shield and a driving tube corresponding to the inner recess of the shield and is selectively mounted into the shield to unlock the main lock. Thus, the shield prevents the main lock from being picked from the front end of the main lock by a picking tool. Personal goods or private matters being protected by the lock assembly with the picking resistant shield are safe. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024498 | PIN-A-PLUG TIME SAVING DEVICE FOR RE-KEYING A LOCK - A device for re-keying a lock that frees the locksmith from having to handle individual tumblers. A magazine is provided for each tumbler in the lock. Each magazine is numbered or coded to indicate the size of the tumblers within. The magazines fit into the top of a housing that temporarily holds the plug portion of the lock to be re-keyed. Upon alignment of the magazines with their corresponding holes in the plug, the tumblers fall into place and the lock has effectively been re-keyed. The plug is then removed from the housing and ready to be placed back in its original lock assembly. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024499 | High Security Cylinder Lock - A high security cylinder lock includes a housing comprising a plurality of driver pin bores for disposing spring loaded driver pins; a plug rotatable within the housing comprising a plurality of balancing pin bores for disposing spring loaded balancing pins and a plurality of combination pin bores for disposing combination pins. Each combination pin is sandwiched between a driver pin and a balancing pin. The extension force of the balancing spring at its pre-load length is greater than the extension force of the driver spring at its fully-load length. The compound force causes at least one combination pin partially extended into a corresponding driver pin bore in the housing when the plug is at its first rotational orientation in case of no key engaged. The key profile pushes the balancing pins to move to such position that all mating surfaces of the combination pins and the driver pins to lies onto the shear line of the lock. The balancing pin, balancing spring and balancing spring seal set may be substituted by magnetic balancing pin and magnetic seal pin set. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024500 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SOIL AMENDMENTS AND ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to agriculture and waste management. In particular, compositions and methods relating to soil amendments and organic waste management are provided. In certain aspects, soil amendments, and methods of making soil amendments, and methods for improving crop yields are provided. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024501 | PRODUCTION OF NOVEL PRECISION CUSTOMIZED CONTROL RELEASE FERTILIZERS - The present invention relates to novel precision customized control release fertilizers such as seed encapsulation nutrients, liquid formulation treatment for roots of seedlings before transplantation or for soil application or for foliar application and fertilizer granules or tablets for effective enhancement of crop yield. The fertilizer comprises a crop specific enstomized fertilizer and/or a normal fertilizer, an agropolymer made by—reacting an alkaline or hydrogen peroxide with plant material and a transition metal silicate or an amorphous silica. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024502 | OPEN PRESS THERMAL GAP FOR QPF FORMING TOOLS - A quick plastic forming (QPF) tool is provided in which a thermal gap is created that reduces or eliminates some of the conductive heat loss paths when the QPF tool is in an open position during part removal or sheet loading. By reducing conductive heat loss, a more precise temperature control for the QPF tool from manufacturing cycle to manufacturing cycle may be realized. The QPF tool may also have a thermal gap when the tool is placed in a semi-open position during idle times. The QPF tool may also include components for creating the thermal gap when the QPF tool is moved to the open position and control the lateral movement of the part forming section of the QPF tool as the part is moved between the open position and the closed position. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024503 | Electromagnetic shape calibration of tubes - Articles are often formed from a tubular workpiece in a process which does not usefully shape the ends of the tube. In an embodiment of the invention, tube ends may be mechanically reduced in cross section and then expanded against a secondary forming surface(s) using an electromagnetic force to obtain desired shapes for the tube ends and minimize scrapping of workpiece material. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024504 | DEVICE FOR COOLING A METAL STRIP - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024505 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING HOT STRIP - A cooling device and a cooling method for a hot strip allow uniform and stable cooling of the strip at a high cooling rate when supplying the coolant to the upper surface of the hot strip. The cooling device includes an upper header unit | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024506 | ROLLER DEVICE - The invention pertains to a rolling device ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024507 | Rolling Mill and Roll Thereof - A roll coupled to a separately manufactured axle rotates together with the axle in order to perform a rolling process. The roll includes an inner cylindrical surface, an outer cylindrical surface and both side faces, and at least one key way provided on at least one of the side faces is arranged adjacent to the inner cylindrical surface rather than said outer cylindrical surface, The key way is in a concave curved shape and is a portion of a spherical surface or of an ellipsoidal surface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024508 | TUBES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TUBES - A system and method for producing flat tubes is described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be produced from at least one strip of endless band material having at least one wall part and an inner part formed with corrugations on a roller train provided with roller pairs, with the strip running in a longitudinal direction through the rollers and being shaped. The inner part of the flat tube can be formed with corrugations placed between the shaped wall parts, after which the closure of the flat tube is carried out. Production of the flat tubes can include forming spaced apart band thinning lines running in the longitudinal direction of the strip, and forming corrugation peaks and corrugation troughs at the band thinning lines. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024509 | STEM SLIDE DEVICE - A stem slide apparatus comprises a stem slide base ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024510 | PRESS DIE SET FOR FORMING FLANGE AND FLANGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention relates to a press die set for forming a flange that bends an edge of a part, such as a door panel and a hood panel, at a right angle in a press-forming direction and bends an edge adjacent to the edge at a negative angle, and a flange forming method. The press die set for forming a flange according to the present invention can accomplish the flange formation described above in one step, has a simple structure, and is easy to maintain. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024511 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024512 | High strenght workpiece material and method and apparatus for producing the same - A method for producing a high strength workpiece material includes the steps of: placing an alloy material | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024513 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING TEMPER ROLLING ON STEEL STRIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET - Temper rolling at a total elongation percentage of 0.1% or more is performed on a steel strip using a temper rolling mill in which at least one roll stand having high roughness work rolls, the center-line averaged roughness Ra of which being in the range of 3.0 to 10.0 μm, is provided, or at least one roll stand having bright rolls is further provided downstream of the above roll stand, and as a result, a predetermined elongation percentage, flatness, and center- line averaged roughness can be imparted even to a steel strip having a yield strength of 340 MPa or more at a rolling load approximately equivalent to that for a mild steel without using a large facility and complicated control. In particular, a high tensile-strength cold rolled steel sheet having an Ra of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and superior die galling resistance is obtained. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024514 | Bending tool - It is difficult to bend materials for forming beyond 180° in terms of bend angle due to the entrant nature of prior press forming arrangements including a press tool with a press recess of a static nature. By providing a press recess which is formed from actuators allowed to dynamically shift about a deflection member it is possible as a press tool engages and forces a material to be formed into the press recess to envelope the press tool and therefore achieve greater than 180° bending angles. The actuators are formed in a stack with alternate left right presentation of shaped receiving apertures which include an actuator surface | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024515 | TOOL TO AIDE IN THE BENDING OF REBAR (REINFORCED STEEL BARS) ON CONSTRUCTION SITE - The invention is a rebar bender that is installed in the trailer hitch of a vehicle and used to bend rebar (up to #5) at any angle and length. The rebar is bent using this tool and the strength of the person bending the rebar. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024516 | LIQUID PROPANE GAS INJECTOR TESTING SYSTEM AND METHODS - Methods and systems for determining an LPG fuel output characteristic of an LPG injector. The output characteristic of the LPG can be determined by calculating a total mass of LPG injected into a canister of known volume by the injector during a plurality of open/closed cycles of the injector. The pressure differential and temperature in the canister can be used in the calculation of total LPG mass along with a gas constant of the LPG and the volume of the canister. The total LPG mass can then be used to determine the mass of LPG injected by the injector during each open/closed cycle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024517 | Pressure Gauge - This invention is a pressure gauge designed to measure pressure over a very wide range of pressures, while maintaining a very high accuracy throughout the range. This invention reduces the number of gauges someone would need to accurately measure pressure over a wide range. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024518 | INSTRUMENTED BALL - An instrumented ball for collecting data in an industrial mill comprising a durable sphere defining an enclosed cavity and having a substantial thickness, the sphere manufactured from a resilient material able to withstand pressures exerted by a working industrial mill, electronics disposed in the cavity comprising: a plurality of devices for sensing physical conditions inside the mill, wherein each of the sensing devices outputs a series of sensed values, the devices comprising at least an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a thermocouple, a microphone and a wear sensor, a memory for storing the sensed values, and a communication port for transmitting the sensed values to an external device located outside of the mill, and a power source disposed in the cavity for powering the electronics. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024519 | IMPACT TESTING APPARATUS - A impact testing apparatus for includes a workbench, a bracket defining a vertical passage, a hammer slidably received in the passage of the bracket, a fastening mechanism slidably mounted to the bracket and an anvil for supporting a workpiece to be tested. The workbench includes a horizontal platform. The bracket is arranged over the platform. The fastening mechanism is configured to be selectively fixed to different heights of the bracket relative to the platform, and includes a retaining member cable of being bias between a first position to holding the hammer and a second position to release the hammer. The anvil is disposed on the platform and align with the hammer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024520 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR NOX SENSOR - An NOx catalyst of storage reduction type and an after-catalyst NOx sensor are provided in an exhaust passage in an internal combustion engine. The after-catalyst NOx sensor detects the NOx concentration on the downstream side of the NOx catalyst. The NOx concentration on the upstream side of the NOx catalyst is detected or estimated. The possible abnormality of the after-catalyst NOx sensor is determined by comparing the NOx concentration on the upstream side of the NOx catalyst detected or estimated and the NOx concentration detected by the after-catalyst NOx sensor, under the condition that the NOx catalyst does not substantially absorb NOx in exhaust gas. Abnormality diagnosis is performed with the possible impact of the NOx catalyst inhibited. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024521 | Automatic Determination of an Emission Value for a Motor Vehicle - The invention concerns the automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle. For this purpose, a system for the automatic determination of an emission value for a motor vehicle | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024522 | Device for removing air dispersed contaminants - A device for removing liquid or solid contaminants such as oil or dust dispersed in air in which an air flow is directed through a space formed by a spiral wall in a cyclonic chamber condenses the particles or droplet which drops down into a collection chamber below the cyclonic chamber while the cleaned air passes out through an outlet extending back up through the cyclonic chamber. A baffle plate array is located at the bottom of the collection chamber composed of spaced apart shallowly inclined partially overlapping plates which captures any cyclonic air flow at the bottom of the collection chamber. This removes contaminants which would otherwise accumulate at the center of the bottom of the collection chamber and be entrained in the air exiting the device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TESTING HUMIDITY IN A SEALED MEMS DEVICE - One embodiment provides a method of testing humidity, comprising: i) determining a property of a device which encloses a plurality of interferometric modulators and ii) determining a relative humidity value or a degree of the relative humidity inside the device based at least in part upon the determined property, wherein the determined property comprises at least one of i) the thickness and width of a seal of the device and ii) adhesive permeability of a component of the device. In one embodiment, the determined property further comprises at least one of the following: i) temperature-humidity combination inside the device, ii) a desiccant capacity inside the device and iii) a device size. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024524 | Protective Cap for a Gas Sensor, and a Gas Sensor - A protective cap is provided for a sensor having a sensor element, which is disposed in a housing and includes a connection side and a measuring side, for determining gases in gas mixtures. The protective cap delimits a sensor element chamber having at least one flow outlet and an antechamber that has at least one flow inlet and is in fluid connection with the sensor element chamber in order to protect the sensor element on the measuring side. A condensate separator is provided in the antechamber. A device for deviating the flow is provided between the sensor element chamber and the antechamber and a device for accelerating the flow is provided on a flow outlet side of the sensor element chamber. A gas sensor is equipped with the protective cap. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024525 | METHOD OF CHECKING THE HERMETICITY OF A CLOSED CAVITY OF A MICROMETRIC COMPONENT AND MICROMETRIC COMPONENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAME - In order to check the hermeticity of a closed cavity of at least one micrometric components, said component includes a structure made over or in one portion of a substrates, a cap fixed to one zone of the substrate to protect the structure, and an indicator element whose optical or electrical properties change in the presence of a reactive fluid. The indicator element may be a copper layer for an optical check or a palladium resistor for an electrical check. The micrometric component is placed in a container which is then hermetically closed. This container is filled with a reactive fluid under pressure, which is oxygen for the optical check and hydrogen for the electrical check. The component in the container is subjected to a reactive fluid pressure higher than 10 bars for a determined time period, and to thermal (T>100° C.) or optical (λ<500 nm) activation. After this time period, an optical or electrical check of the indicator element determines the hermeticity of said cavity. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024526 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF ANALYTE CONCENTRATION - A method and sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte about radiantly excitable indicator molecules. A stimulus waveform is used to drive a radiant source. The indicator molecules are exposed to the radiant source. A response waveform is generated to represent photoluminescent radiation emitted by the indicator molecules. A phase difference between the stimulus waveform and the response waveform is a function of the concentration of the analyte that enables determining the analyte concentration. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF FLUIDIC SAMPLES - Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for high-throughput screening of fluidic samples. In some embodiments, two chromatography columns are utilized in series. The first chromatography column can have a high affinity for phosphorylated compounds while the second chromatography column has a high affinity for one or more analytes of interest. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024528 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE VAPOR PRESSURE OF A FUEL - A procedure for determining the vapor pressure of a fuel in a tank is provided, whereby the sound velocity and/or a variable representing the sound velocity are determined the in the gas-filled compartment of the tank and the vapor pressure is assumed from the sound velocity and/or from the variable representing the sound velocity at a familiar total pressure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024529 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO MEASURE WETTING CHARACTERISTICS - Described herein are a device and method for measuring the wetting characteristics of a liquid on a surface of a material by depositing a volume of liquid on the surface of the material, imparting kinetic energy to the liquid, and obtaining information about the geometry of the volume of the liquid on the surface. The device includes a liquid dispensing component, a kinetic energy imparting component, a position determining component, and a data generating component. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024530 | Lateral Flow Devices - The embodiments disclosed herein relate to diagnostic products, and more particularly to lateral flow devices for detecting, for example, infectious diseases, molecules derived from infectious agents, and toxic substances. In an embodiment, a lateral flow device includes a top portion including a self-sealing test sample port and a self-sealing test reagent port; a bottom portion including a channel sufficiently designed to hold a lateral flow test strip; a test sample well sufficiently designed to accept and filter components of a test sample; a test reagent well sufficiently designed to accept components of a test reagent; and a tilting frame sufficiently designed to press the test reagent well against the lateral flow test strip while simultaneously lifting the test sample well from the lateral flow test strip. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024531 | Mobile Device, Step Counting Method, and Gravity Direction Detecting Method - In order to count the number of steps without involving an increase in circuit size or in computational load, a mobile phone includes a three-axis acceleration sensor to detect accelerations in three directions of X axis, Y axis, and Z axis, which are different from each other, a gravity direction detecting portion to detect a gravity direction on the basis of the detected accelerations in the three directions, a gravity direction acceleration calculating portion to calculate an acceleration in the detected gravity direction on the basis of the detected accelerations in the three directions, and a step counting portion to count the number of steps on the basis of the calculated gravity direction acceleration. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024532 | SENSING INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sensing instrument using a piezoelectric resonator such as a quartz resonator which changes in natural frequency when coming into contact with a liquid to adsorb a substance to be sensed in the liquid, the sensing instrument having a reduced adverse effect accompanying improvement in detection sensitivity precision of a frequency change. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024533 | SENSOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sensor that can detect various types of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as acetone, propylene, and alcohols, an environmental contaminant, odor, and the like. The present invention is a sensor comprising a sensor element having at least two types or more of polymer films adsorbing a target substance, measurement means that measures the adsorption properties of the target substance adsorbed on the polymer films, and recognition means that performs multivariate analysis on the measured adsorption properties to recognize the target substance. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024534 | METHOD TO MEASURE THE ELASTIC MODULUS AND HARDNESS OF THIN FILM ON SUBSTRATE BY NANOINDENTATION - A method of measuring the elastic modulus and hardness of a thin film on substrate using nanoindentation technique is provided. The method includes calculating a series of experimental corrected stiffness and contact radius pairs associated with one or more presumed parameters and information obtained from a loading curve associated with the thin film and substrate. Also, the method includes calculating a series of theoretical corrected stiffness and contact radius pairs associated with the same one or more presumed parameters and information obtained from the loading curve associated with the thin film and substrate. Furthermore, the method includes using results obtained from the experimental and theoretical corrected stiffness and contact radius pairs to compute the elastic modulus and hardness of the film material. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024535 | Searching Method for Acquiring Ground Information - Provided is a searching method for acquiring ground information by mounting a resistor on the leading end of a rod and by piercing the ground with the same. The searching method acquires the ground information on the strength and deformation of the ground, by piercing the ground with the resistor including a frustum of circular cone or an arcuate member containing a deficient sectional shape, in which the angle made between the side face of the resistor having blades in the same direction as the piercing direction and the piercing direction is 5 degrees or less upward and outward from the leading end of the resistor thereby to measure a plurality of transverse ground reactions, and by rotating the resistor having the blades at that depth thereby to measure a plurality of ground shearing forces. The main information such as CøE can be determined in the ground search by inserting an apparatus of one kind into the search depth without moving it up and down. Thus, an original position ground search can be performed speedily and lightly and applied to various grounds. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024536 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF AN ENGINE - A method for estimating an operating parameter of a turbine engine is provided. The method includes receiving at least one sensor input, calculating the operating parameter using at least the one sensor input, and determining whether an anomaly is present in the calculated operating parameter using a redundancy system. An estimated operating parameter is output. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024537 | High pressure cavitation system - The present disclosure is directed towards a clamping assembly for compressing a plurality of optical plates of a high pressure cavitation system. The clamping assembly may include a mounting frame and a housing coupled to the mounting frame. The clamping assembly may further include a holder distal the housing, the holder having the plurality of optical plates disposed therein. The clamping assembly further including a controllable clamping mechanism operably coupled to a top of the housing, the controllable clamping mechanism applying an axial force to the plurality of optical plate. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024538 | TIRE FOOTPRINT DETERMINATION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a method comprises sampling a sensor during rotation, determining a percentage of samples within a target range, and calculating a circumferential portion of the rotation associated with the percentage of samples. In other embodiments, additional systems and methods and disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024539 | SNAP-IN TIRE VALVE - A snap-in tire pressure monitoring system having a valve that deforms to form an annular sealing surface around an opening in a tire rim. A sensor housing having electronics components configured to sense conditions within the tire may be attached to the valve. Data collected by the components may be wireless transmitted for further processing. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024540 | ADJUSTABLE TESTING TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - Methods and systems for testing a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore are provided. A testing tool has a plurality of packers spaced apart along the axis of the tool, and at least a testing port. The testing tool is positioned into the wellbore and packers are extended into sealing engagement with the wellbore wall, sealing thereby an interval of the wellbore. In some embodiments, the wellbore interval sealed between two packers is adjusted downhole. In one embodiment, the location of the testing port is adjusted between two packers. The methods may be used to advantage for reducing the contamination of the formation fluid by fluids or debris in the wellbore. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024541 | Multiple Flow Rate Detection System and Method for Consumer Appliance - A supervisory system and method for monitoring multiple flow rate fluid distribution systems and for determining the presence of a failure therein are provided. The system monitors the flow of fluid through the distribution system with a single flow meter, determines the flow rate at which fluid is flowing, and accumulates at that rate a water flow control value. If the accumulated water flow value exceeds a predetermined threshold, further flow of fluid in the system will be disabled. To take account of the multiple flow rates capable through the distribution system, the accumulated water flow value will decremented at the immediately preceding increment rate. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024542 | HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK AND METHOD OF USING - A hydrogen storage tank for containing solid-state hydrogen storage media, and method for determining the hydrogen fill level in the tank. The tank has at least one compartment for storing the storage media, passages for transporting hydrogen gas to and from the compartment, and a heat distribution system for establishing a substantially uniform temperature in the storage media. A look-up table is generated for the tank that relates hydrogen pressure changes in the tank versus hydrogen fill levels in the tank as a function of temperature. The tank is filled to full capacity by adsorbing hydrogen on the storage media. Thereafter, hydrogen is released from the storage media for a time period during which there is a substantially constant demand on the tank, the change in pressure of the released hydrogen gas is measured, and the look-up table is applied to determine the hydrogen fill level in the tank. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024543 | DISCRETE FLUID LEVEL SENSOR AND MOUNT - A level sensor for determining the presence or absence of a liquid in contact with the sensor includes an elongate probe, a transducer operably connected to the probe and configured to produce compressional waves in the probe, and circuitry for detecting acoustic energy emitted into the liquid when liquid is in contact with the probe. A mount for the releasably holding the sensor includes a base have a receiving region formed in part by a plurality of flexible securing fingers. The fingers have locking projections extending therefrom. A contact is mounted to the base and extends into the receiving region. A cartridge supports the level sensor and is received in the receiving region. The cartridge includes a circumferential recess for receiving the securing fingers. When the level sensor is positioned in the cartridge and the cartridge is inserted into the base, the level sensor is operably connected to the contact and the cartridge is resiliently secured in the base. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024544 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS FOR ENGINE OIL - A float-type oil-level detection apparatus is provided for detecting the surface of engine oil. A housing ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024545 | INDUCTIVE LIQUID-LEVEL SENSOR - An inductive liquid-level sensor employs a central shaft supporting multiple independent electrical loops that may be interrogated to detect the proximity of the conductive element in the float rising and falling with changes in liquid height outside of the shaft. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024546 | DISC RESONATOR INTEGRAL INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT - Sensing motion of multiple degrees of freedom for an integral inertial measurement unit provided through the operation of a single centrally mounted planar disc resonator having a single driven mode in a single vacuum enclosure is disclosed. The resonator comprises a circumferentially slotted disc having multiple internal capacitive electrodes within the slots in order to excite a single in-plane driven vibration and sense in-plane vibration modes or motion of the resonator. In addition, vertical electrodes disposed below and/or above the resonator may also be used to sense out-of-plane vibration or motion. Acceleration sensing in three orthogonal axes can be obtained by sensing two lateral modes of the disc resonator in the plane of the disc from the internal electrodes and a vertical mode from the vertical electrodes. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024547 | ANGULAR SPEED SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An angular speed sensor includes two oscillating portions arranged to oscillate in X-axis direction and Y-axis direction, where the oscillating portions are spaced from each other in X-axis direction. The sensor also includes two coupling beams capable of producing a standing wave oscillation, elongated in X-axis direction and spaced from each other in Y-axis direction, with the oscillating portions located therebetween. The coupling beams are connected to a supporting substrate via fixing posts. The coupling beams are bridged by first and second link portions, the first link portion being also connected to one of the oscillating portions and the second link portion to the other. The fixing posts are connected to the coupling beams at fixed points of the standing wave oscillation. The link portions include widened portions connected to the coupling beams at the fixed points of the standing wave oscillation. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024548 | Scale Factor Measurement For Mems Gyroscopes And Accelerometers - An inertial instrument such as an accelerometer or gyroscope having scale factor functionality, and that lies generally in a plane. The gyro detects rotation rate about a gyro input axis. The gyroscope has a substrate, a generally planar scale factor gimbal flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about the input axis, a generally planar support member coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the scale factor gimbal such that the support member is capable of oscillatory motion about a drive axis that is orthogonal to the input axis, and a generally planar gyro member coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the support member such that it is capable of rotary oscillatory motion relative to the support member about an output axis that is orthogonal to the plane of the members. There are one or more first drives for oscillating the support member about the drive axis, and one or more second drives for oscillating the scale factor gimbal about the input axis. One or more gyro output sensors that detect oscillation of the gyro member about an output axis that is orthogonal to both the input axis and the drive axis. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024549 | In-Plane Sensor, Out-of-Plane Sensor, and Method for Making Same - According to the present invention, an in-plane sensor comprises a structure unit which includes: a fixed structure including a fixed finger and a fixed column connected to each other, the fixed finger having a supported end supported by the fixed column and a suspended end; and a movable structure including at least one proof mass which surrounds the fixed finger in a horizontal plane. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024550 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT WITH GAS PLENUMS - An inertial measurement unit comprises a mounting plate with an opening therethrough, and a sensor assembly disposed in the opening of the mounting plate. Upper and lower support shells having shell flanges are attached to upper and lower surfaces of the mounting plate. The upper and lower support shells surround the sensor assembly. A plurality of gas bearing pads each extends through apertures in the upper and lower support shells. Upper and lower gas plenums have plenum flanges attached to the shell flanges of the upper and lower support shells, with the upper and lower gas plenums surrounding the upper and lower support shells. Pressure relief valves are coupled to the plenum flanges of the upper and lower gas plenums. The gas bearing pads and the sensor assembly are separated by a gap when pressurized gas is fed into the upper and lower gas plenums, thereby creating a gas bearing that allows the sensor assembly to be freely suspended and rotated in all directions. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024551 | FIBER OPTIC LASER ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer is provided for a fiber optic laser. Strain applied to the fiber optic laser results in an emission wavelength shift. The fiber optic laser is joined to a transducer and extends laterally across said transducer. Acceleration of the transducer in a predefined direction causes strain in said fiber optic laser. The transducer can have many possible designs. There is further provided a system for sensing acceleration which includes a pumping laser and a distributor joined to the fiber optic laser. Return signals from the fiber optic laser are provided to an interferometer and analysis circuitry. In the absence of a transducer, the system can operate as a strain sensor. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OUT-OF-PLANE LINEAR ACCELERATION WITH A CLOSED LOOP LINEAR DRIVE ACCELEROMETER - Systems and methods sense out-of-plane linear accelerations. In an exemplary embodiment, the out-of plane linear accelerometer is accelerated in an out-of-plane direction, wherein the acceleration generates a rotational torque to an unbalanced proof mass. A rebalancing force is applied to at least one plurality of interleaved rotor comb tines and stator comb tines, wherein the rebalancing force opposes the rotational torque, wherein the rotor comb tines are disposed at an end of the unbalanced proof mass, and wherein the stator comb tines are disposed on a stator adjacent to the end of the unbalanced proof mass. An amount of acceleration is then determined based upon the applied rebalancing force. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024553 | MICROMECHANICAL Z-SENSOR - A micromechanical z-sensor includes a sensitivity, a torsion spring, and a seismic additional mass, the torsion spring having a spring width, and the seismic additional mass including webs having a web width. The web width is selected smaller than the spring width. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024554 | TRIAXIAL ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor includes a substrate and a first mass element, which is connected to the substrate in such a way that the first mass element is rotatable about an axis, the first mass element being connected to a second mass element in such a way that the second mass element is movable along a first direction parallel to the axis, and the first mass element being connected to a third mass element in such a way that the third mass element is movable along a second direction perpendicular to the axis. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024555 | Controlling a device that generates vibrations in a computer system - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that controls a device that generates vibrations in a computer system. During operation, a critical vibration frequency is determined for the computer system. Next, a keep-out zone is generated based on the critical vibration frequency, wherein the keep-out zone specifies a range of frequencies to be avoided. Then, the device is controlled based on the keep-out zone to reduce vibrations generated by the device in the keep-out zone. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024556 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD UTILIZING RESONANT PHENOMENA - A transmission probe and a reception probe for transmitting and receiving a wideband ultrasonic wave are provided. Each time when the locations of the probes and are moved, a received wave G | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024557 | Ultrasonic device for detecting direction to object - A ultrasonic device detecting a direction to an object includes: a transmitting element of a ultrasonic wave; first and second receiving elements; a diffraction wave phase detector; an initial phase memory for an initial phase of a diffraction wave; a sound speed detector; a phase correction amount calculator calculating a phase shift caused by a sound speed change and calculating a phase correction amount based on the phase of the diffraction wave, the initial phase and the phase shift; a phase correction element correcting a phase of the reflection wave based on the phase correction amount; and a direction detector for detecting the direction to the object based on a difference between corrected phases of the reflection wave received by the first and second receiving elements, a distance between the first and second receiving elements, and a wavelength of the transmission ultrasonic wave corresponding to a sound speed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024558 | METHOD OF EVALUATION USING ULTRASONIC WAVES - The intensity of first reflected ultrasonic waves reflected from an end of a first electrode tip is measured while the electrode tip is separated from a workpiece. The intensity of second reflected waves reflected from the end of the electrode tip is measured while the electrode tip contacts with the workpiece. Based on the above intensities, an intensity ratio (reflectance) and the fraction of the waves entering the workpiece are determined from the following equations. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024559 | Hybrid Inspection System And Method Employing Both Air-Coupled And Liquid-Coupled Transducers - A hybrid inspection system and method are provided which utilize both an air-coupled transducer and a liquid-coupled transducer in order to enjoy the advantages offered by both types of transducers. The hybrid inspection system may include a first probe that includes the air-coupled transducer, such as a capacitive machined ultrasonic transducer, which is configured to emit ultrasonic signals and to air couple the ultrasonic signals into a workpiece. The hybrid inspection system may also include a second probe that includes the liquid-coupled transducer, such as a piezoelectric transducer, configured to receive the ultrasonic signals emitted by the air-coupled transducer of the first probe via a liquid coupling between the transducer and the workpiece. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024560 | DISC RESONATOR GYROSCOPE FABRICATION PROCESS REQUIRING NO BONDING ALIGNMENT - A method of fabricating a resonant vibratory sensor, such as a disc resonator gyro. A silicon baseplate wafer for a disc resonator gyro is provided with one or more locating marks. The disc resonator gyro is fabricated by bonding a blank resonator wafer, such as an SOI wafer, to the fabricated baseplate, and fabricating the resonator structure according to a pattern based at least in part upon said location of said at least one locating mark of said fabricated baseplate. MEMS-based processing is used for the fabrication processing. In some embodiments, the locating mark is visualized using optical and/or infrared viewing methods. A disc resonator gyroscope manufactured according to these methods is described. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PRESSURE INSIDE A FLUID SYSTEM - A disclosed method determines fluid pressure inside a vessel without compromising the integrity of the vessel. A sensor is positioned in operative communication with the external wall of the vessel such that expansion of the external wall of the vessel exerts a force against the sensor that is directed substantially radially outward with respect to the vessel. A substantially radially inward force is caused to be directed against the sensor in response to the substantially radially outward force exerted by the external vessel wall. The sensor can thus be used to detect the magnitude of the substantially radially outward force. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024562 | MEMS VACUUM SENSOR BASED ON THE FRICTION PRINCIPLE - The invention relates to a sensor element for pressure measurement, having a substrate ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024563 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR MEASURING PRESSURE IN A MEDIUM - A pressure sensor module is disclosed. The pressure sensor module comprises a sensing element ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024564 | CONNECTION STRENGTH TESTING DEVICE - A strength testing device for testing a connection strength between two articles when a connection interface therebetween located vertically and includes a blade member, a suspending member, and a handle. The suspending member includes a relay portion, a first connection portion and a second portion disposed at two opposite ends of the relay portion. The blade member includes a blade seating on one of the articles. A holder is formed on the second connection portion to hold a critical weight to break the two articles along the connection interface. A gravity line of the weight crosses with the blade. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024565 | METHOD OF CONSIDERING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A MOVABLE MEMBER OF A MACHINE FOR PERFORMING A WHEEL FATIGUE TEST - A method of considering the dynamic behaviour of a movable member of a machine for performing a wheel fatigue test, the wheel including a disc and a rim, the method including mounting the wheel by fixing the wheel rim relative to a fixed structure of the machine, and securing the disc relative to the movable member which is movable to transmit a cyclical bending moment to the wheel, exerting a cyclical force on the movable member to generate the bending moment, at a distant position from the wheel, and while exerting the cyclical force, determining an indication of bending moment in the movable member at a first position between the wheel and the distant position, determining an indication of bending moment in the movable member at a second position between the first position and the distant position, and using the indications of bending moment at both of the first and second positions to determine an actual bending moment applied to the wheel. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024566 | Liquid flow sensing systems - A liquid flow sensing system for sensing the flow of liquid within a supply line ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024567 | Method and apparatus for ascertaining volume- or mass-flow - A method for ascertaining volume- or mass-flow of a magnetically conductive medium flowing through a magneto-inductive, flow-measuring device having a predetermined nominal-diameter, wherein a periodically alternating, magnetic field is caused to pass through the flow-measuring device, the actual rise time, until a constant magnitude of the magnetic field is reached, is ascertained, the actual rise time is compared with a desired rise time ascertained in the case of flow of a reference medium through the flow-measuring device, and, on the basis of a difference between actual rise time and desired rise time, a measurement error is ascertained and the actually measured volume- or mass-flow of the magnetically conductive medium is so corrected, that the measurement error is canceled. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024568 | High pressure magnetic flowmeter with stress resistant electrode assembly - An electrode assembly comprises a housing, an electrode, a retainer and a potting material. The housing has a first end and a second end, with the electrode extending from the first end of the housing to a process flow. The retainer is positioned about the electrode, inside the housing. The potting material fills voids between the first end of the housing and the second end of the housing, such that the potting material limits displacement of the electrode when the electrode head is subject to pressure from the process flow. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024569 | MAGNETOINDUCTIVE FLOW METER HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNET UNIT WHICH INCLUDES COMBINED MAGNETIC FLUX-CONCENTRATING MEANS - A magnetoinductive flow meter has an electromagnet unit which is mounted on an outside periphery of a measuring tube. The electromagnet unit can include magnetic flux-concentrating means and electric coils for generating a magnetic field which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow of a measuring medium which flows through the measuring tube. The magnetic flux-concentrating means of the electromagnet unit can include ferrite pole cores each respectively associated with each one of the electric coils. A single magnet yoke composed of an electric sheet material can be connected to each ferrite pole core. The magnet yoke can surround the electric coils jointly in a clip-like manner. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024570 | Device for Determining or Monitoring a Medium Volume or Mass Flow Rate in a Conduit - An ultrasonic, flow measuring device having a plurality of measuring channels. At least one ultrasonic sensor is situated in a first region of a pipeline, or measuring tube; at least two ultrasonic sensors are situated in a second region of the pipeline ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024571 | ROTATIONAL TESTING SYSTEM - A rotational testing system for a test article includes a rotational test stand. The rotational test stand includes a rotating element having a drive end capable of being mechanically coupled with the test article. The rotational testing system also includes a non-isolating torsional damper attached to the rotating element. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024572 | POLYMER NEMS FOR CELL PHYSIOLOGY AND MICROFABRICATED CELL POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR MICRO-BIOCALORIMETER - A microfluidic embedded nanoelectromechanical system (NEMs) force sensor provides an electrical readout. The force sensor contains a deformable member that is integrated with a strain sensor. The strain sensor converts a deformation of the deformable member into an electrical signal. A microfluidic channel encapsulates the force sensor, controls a fluidic environment around the force sensor, and improves the read out. In addition, a microfluidic embedded vacuum insulated biocalorimeter is provided. A calorimeter chamber contains a parylene membrane. Both sides of the chamber are under vacuum during measurement of a sample. A microfluidic cannel (built from parylene) is used to deliver a sample to the chamber. A thermopile, used as a thermometer is located between two layers of parylene. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024573 | Single Sided Capacitive Force Sensor for Electronic Devices - A capacitive force sensor ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024574 | Force Sensor and Method for Detecting At Least One Force Component - A force sensor for detecting at least a force acting in a longitudinal direction of a catheter or guide wire, the force sensor comprising a force pick-up for detecting the force, wherein the force pick-up comprises: a base body with an end face, wherein the base body includes at least one cutout, wherein the cutout causes an asymmetry of the base body relative to the longitudinal direction of the catheter or guide wire upon flexing of the base body upon force F | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024575 | METHOD OF PIPETTING USING A PIPETTE TIP HOLDER - A method of pipetting comprises (a) providing a pipette tip holder having a plurality of segregated compartments and a tip support member for supporting a plurality of pipette tips in the pipette tip holder, the tip support member configured to support a single pipette in tip each segregated compartment; (b providing a plurality of pipette tips in the tip support member; (c) removing a first pipette tip from a first segregated compartment; (d) using the first pipette tip to complete a pipetting operation and placing the first pipette tip into a segregated compartment that has not contained a used pipette tip; (e) subsequently removing the first pipette tip from the segregated compartment and using the first pipette tip to complete another pipetting operation; and, (f) replacing the first pipette tip into the pipette tip holder, whereby the first pipette tip, when placed in the segregated compartment, is segregated in the pipette tip holder to reduce the possibility of a fluid from the first pipette tip contacting other pipette tips in the pipette tip holder. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024576 | SAMPLE DISPENSER - Clogging of a sample probe is reliably detected even when the suction level of a sample varies. Provided are a sample dispenser ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024577 | RESIN MATERIAL MEASURING METHOD AND RESIN MATERIAL MEASURING APPARATUS - A resin material measuring method which obtains a prescribed amount of a resin material by measuring liquid resin material, the resin material measuring method including: charging the resin material having a fluidity into an internal space of a cylinder using a cylinder-piston mechanism which includes: the cylinder having a discharge aperture at one end and the internal space being constant in cross-sectional area; and a piston which is inserted in the internal space; determining a necessary movement stroke length of the piston corresponding to the resin material of a prescribed volume according to a relationship between the volume of the resin material and the cross-sectional area and the movement stroke length; discharging the resin material from the cylinder through the discharge aperture by moving the piston by the determined movement stroke length; and cutting the discharged resin material from the resin material located inside the cylinder. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024578 | VIBRATOR WITH A VARIABLE MOMENT USING A PHASE SHIFTER WITH REDUCED CLEARANCES - A vibrator with a variable moment uses a phase shifter ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024579 | ROTARY TO LINEAR TRANSMISSION - A mechanical linkage, for use on original equipment or for replacement of existing hydraulic ram based actuators, comprises a rotary to linear transmission. The transmission provides two co-rotatable capstans of different diameters, and two idler wheels spaced on a longitudinally slidable linkage. The capstans are linked to a first of the idler wheels by means of a pulley line wound from the first capstan, around the wheel, and then back to the second capstan. The first capstan is also linked by means of a pulley line to the second idler wheel, and the second capstan likewise to the second idler wheel by a third pulley line. The difference in diameters causes a differential winding of the various lengths of pulley line between the idler wheels and the capstans, which urges the linkage to slide relative to the capstans. Cooperation of the two capstan/idler wheel combinations compensates for possible backlash. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024580 | Actuator - An actuator comprises a screw shaft, a nut translatable along the shaft between a retracted position and an extended position, a tine component carried by the nut, the tine component including tine fingers formed with projections each being engageable with a formation provided on a housing when the nut occupies its extended position to secure the nut against axial movement, and a lock member engageable with the tine fingers to restrict radial movement of the tine fingers. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024581 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual clutch transmission includes a first and second input shaft, an output shaft, a dual clutch having a first clutch and a second clutch, a first and second gear transmission mechanisms, and a control device connected to an accelerator opening degree sensor, detecting an accelerator opening degree, and a rotational speed sensor, detecting a rotational speed of an engine, and is provided with a pre-shift control device pre-selecting the shift stage gear set for establishing the shift stage, which is one stage upper or lower than the shift stage established by the selected shift stage gear set from one of the first and second gear transmission mechanisms, when values of the accelerator opening degree, the rotational speed, and the rotation acceleration, becomes equal to or more than predetermined upper shift stage pre-shift setting values or equal to or less than predetermined lower shift stage pre-shift setting values. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024582 | POWER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WITH FACE MOUNTED BI-DIRECTIONAL SHIFT CLUTCHES - A power transmission assembly includes an input member adapted to receive drive torque from a source of torque, an output member adapted to provide drive torque to an output device and a bi-directional roller clutch including a first ring fixed for rotation with one of the input and output members. A second ring is spaced apart from the other of the input and output members. Rollers are positioned in aligned cam tracks formed in facing surfaces of the first and second rings. Neither the first ring nor the second ring support the input member or the output member on the other. The second ring may circumferentially index relative to the first ring for causing the rollers to ride up the cam tracks and force the second ring to frictionally engage the other of the input and output members, thereby establishing a drive connection between the input and output members. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024583 | Rack shaft support device - A rack shaft support device includes: a rack shaft support member that is accommodated inside a retention hole formed in a housing so as to slide in an axial direction of the retention hole, and slidably supports a rack shaft; a sealing member fixed to an inlet port of the retention hole; an intermediate member that is interposed between the rack shaft support member and the sealing member; a torsion spring that couples the sealing member and the intermediate member; a cam mechanism that converts a rotational force of the intermediate member induced by untwisting of the torsion spring to a force by which the intermediate member pushes the rack shaft support member; an opposing portion that opposes a rear surface of the rack shaft support member; and an annular elastic member that is interposed between the rear surface of the rack shaft support member and the opposing portion. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024584 | ACTUATING DEVICE WITH SELECTOR LEVER RETURN - An actuating device for selecting shift positions of a shift-by-wire gearshift transmission. The actuating device comprises a selector lever that is movable between stable lever positions from at least one drive mode position to a parking lock position, a detent device with a spring-loaded detent element, a detent guide-plate and a separating device with an actuator-operated thrust wedge. The detent element and the detent guide-plate can be moved by the thrust wedge from a first position, in which the detent element engages in a shift track of the detent guide-plate, to another second position in which the detent element is disengaged from the shift track of the guide-plate. The actuating device enables automatic return of the selector lever to the parking lock position and thus provides the driver with correct visual and tactile feedback about the actual shift status of the transmission. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024585 | GEARSHIFT DEVICE FOR CHANGE-SPEED GEARBOXES OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A gearshift device for a change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle, includes, but is not limited to a gearshift lever guided movably between positions corresponding to different gears, on which a locking member is displaceable between a locking position in a first degree of freedom in which it blocks any movement of the gearshift lever from a forward gear position into a reverse gear position, and a release position in a first degree of freedom in which it allows movement from the forward gear position into the reverse gear position. The locking member on the gearshift lever is movable in a second degree of freedom between a normal position in which movement between release position and locking position is possible and an alignment position in which it fixes the gearshift lever free from play. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024586 | Manual Transmission - A manual transmission, in particular for an automobile, comprises a transmission housing ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024587 | XY TABLE ACTUATOR - Provided is an XY table actuator that, while building-in a drive means for freely moving an object placed on a table within an XY-plane and positioning the object, can be significantly reduced in size and that helps to suppress an increase in table height. The actuator has: a stationary plate ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100024588 | LEVER LOCKOUT ASSEMBLY - A lever lockout assembly includes a pair of lever supports and a pair of slide supports mounted on a housing. A lever member is rotatably supported by the lever supports. The lever member has a pair of arms separated by a notch. A lockout slide is slidably supported by the slide supports. The lockout slide has a ridge portion and a recess portion. The lockout slide is slidable to a lockout position wherein the ridge portion is received by the notch and the ridge is engagable with the arms to prevent rotation of the lever member. The lockout slide is also slidable to an unlocked position wherein the recess portion is aligned with the notch and the arms are rotatable through the recess portion. A handle projects from an end of the lockout slide. The lockout slide is a rigid bar with a polygonal cross-sectional shape. An edge of the bar forming the ridge portion. The lockout slide includes a pair of detent recess formed in a surface thereof. A detent roller engages the lockout slide, and is releasably received by the detent recess to releasably hold the lockout slide in a selected positions. | 2010-02-04 |
