| 06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20150034330 | Tool With Pressure-Activated Sliding Sleeve - A downhole tool and system for actuation of the tool. The tool includes a sliding sleeve assembly that is urged toward an opening position due to an interior pressure in the tool. A shear pin assembly hold the tool in the closed position. As pressure is increased to above a predetermined locking set point, a locking mechanism on the sliding sleeve radial engages the housing of the tool to lock the sliding sleeve to the housing. As pressure is further increased to a predetermined an activation set point, the shear pin assembly shears, but the sliding sleeve is maintained in the closed position by the locking mechanism. Only after the interior pressure is subsequently lowered to below a predetermined opening set point will the sliding sleeve shift to an open position. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034331 | CLUTCH APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESISTING TORQUE - A clutch employed in a tool string includes an annular housing and an annular sleeve arranged and moveable within the housing. The sleeve is configured to move into engagement with the housing to inhibit relative rotation and axial translation between the housing and the sleeve. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTRICTING FLUID FLOW IN A DOWNHOLE TOOL - A ball seat valve employed in a downhole tool string includes a split-ring baffle that is configured to radially expand and to radially contract to catch a dropped ball. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034333 | Annular Flow Control Devices and Methods of Use - Disclosed are annular flow control devices and their methods of use. One flow control device includes an annular inner shroud coupled to a work string that defines one or more flow ports therein, and an annular outer shroud also coupled to the work string and radially offset from the inner shroud such that a channel is defined between at least a portion of the inner and outer shrouds, the channel being in fluid communication with at least one of the one or more flow ports and configured to restrict a flow rate of a fluid. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034334 | INFLOW CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention relates to an inflow control device for controlling the flow of fluid into a well tubular structure arranged in a borehole, comprising a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, an aperture provided in a wall of the tubular part, and a hollow valve member rotatably received inside the tubular part, the hollow valve member comprising an orifice in a wall thereof, and an outer surface of the hollow valve member being spherical and the orifice being adapted to fluidly communicate with the aperture when the inflow control device is in an open position, whereby the aperture is in fluid communication with an inside of the tubular part, wherein the hollow valve member comprises a spherical first valve part and a spherical second valve part adapted to be assembled inside the tubular part. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of assembling an in flow control device according to the invention and to a completion system comprising an inflow control device according to the invention. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A TUBULAR - A spider and method for supporting a tubular within a well bore. Radial dogs, controlled by cylinders that extend and retract simultaneously, are operable to support the tubular by the lower lip of a box connector. When a tubular connector is set down upon the dogs so as to depress one or more triggers located thereon, an interlock in a control system is actuated to prevent movement of the dogs. However, even while the spider is thus loaded, the dogs may nevertheless be retracted via an emergency override mechanism thereby allowing the tubular to be dropped into the wellbore. When the tubular has been lifted off of the triggers, the interlock is deactivated, and the dogs of the spider can be operated once again. The triggers may actuate sensor valves located within the dogs, which in turn actuates an interlock valve isolating the flow path of the cylinders. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034336 | CENTRALIZER - A centralizer having bow springs in a retracted position to facilitate passage through a restriction. After passing through the restriction, the bow springs may be expanded to support a casing. In one embodiment, the bow springs may be expanded using a movable sleeve. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034337 | Liner Hanger and Method for Installing a Wellbore Liner - A liner hanger assembly to run-in a liner on a liner hanger, cement the liner in place and set the liner hanger in one trip. Then, a wellbore treatment process can proceed while the running string remains downhole or via a second trip. The liner hanger assembly includes a liner hanger running tool and a liner hanger. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034338 | WELLHEAD PRESSURE PLUG - A wellhead plug and a method for using a wellhead plug are presented. The ahead plug includes a plug body having at least a locking module, multiple sealing members, and a threaded connection tool. The wellhead plug according to the present disclosure offers multiple advantages over existing technologies. For example, the device may serve duplex roles as a wellhead pressure plug and/or a connection test tool. The device may, for example, serve as a blowout preventer (BOP) connection test tool, as well as an emergency drill pipe hang off tool (EDPHOT). This Abstracts submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034339 | SELF-SETTING DOWNHOLE TOOL - A setting apparatus for use on a downhole tool in a wellbore is described. The setting apparatus comprises an expandable member configured for axial expansion under fluid pressure wherein said expansion moves said downhole tool from an unset position to a set position. Generally, the fluid will be a gas generated downhole and can be generated near or in the expandable member. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034340 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM - A fire extinguishing system including a fluid source, at least one sprinkler ( | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034341 | FIRE SPRINKLER WITH FLUE-PENETRATING NON-CIRCULAR SPRAY PATTERN - A fire sprinkler of the preferred embodiments includes a frame, a trigger, and a deflector. The frame defines a duct to exhaust the flow of a fire suppressing or extinguishing substance, and includes a fastener to fasten the frame to a supply line. The trigger blocks the flow of the fire suppressing or extinguishing substance through the duct during a first mode, and permits the flow of the fire suppressing or extinguishing substance during a second mode. The deflector redirects the flow of the fire suppressing or extinguishing substance into a coverage area. The deflector also at least partially shields the trigger from the dispersal of a fire suppressing or extinguishing substance from an adjacent fire sprinkler and prevents a failure of the trigger. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034342 | FREIGHTER CARGO FIRE PROTECTION - An automated fire protection system for a freighter such as an aircraft may include a single fire retardant source for a first deck and a second deck. The system may further include a plurality of sensors for detecting fire and a plurality of nozzles for dispersing the retardant, wherein each nozzle is paired with one of the plurality of sensors. Once a fire is detected by one of the sensors, the fire protection system may eject fire retardant through only one or more nozzles paired with the sensor that detected the fire. Because retardant may be accurately dispersed close to the detected fire location through less than the plurality of nozzles, an amount of on-board retardant may be decreased, thereby decreasing weight of the fire suppression system. In an embodiment, the fire retardant may only be discharged during the descent, further decreasing the weight of the fire system. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034343 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT TOOL SUPPORT SYSTEM - Systems for mounting a plurality of agricultural tools on a transverse support bar and a method for operating an agricultural implement having a transverse support bar are disclosed. The systems include a lateral positioning structure that can attach to the transverse support bar and a detachable base that can be releasably coupled to the lateral positioning structure. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034344 | Wavy Agricultural Tillage Blade with Sharpened Edge - A method of making a tillage blade by obtaining a generally circular sheet metal steel disc having an outer peripheral edge. Waves are made in the outer peripheral edge of a circular steel disc in a predetermined pattern while the steel is cold. The outer peripheral edge is then sharpened at a predetermined acute angle with respect to a first plane by grinding. Then the disc is heat treated to make it harder so it will wear longer. If it is desired to have a concave/convex disc, instead of a coulter, then during the heat treating process the disc is deformed so that the sharpened portions of the peripheral edge remain generally in the first plane but a central portion of the disc is disposed at least partially in a second plane which is parallel to but spaced from the first plane. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034345 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - In an electric power tool, a flywheel can be driven by a driving unit to rotate about a wheel axis to thereby impart kinetic energy to a tool body through a force transmitting portion of the flywheel. A ventilating unit is mounted to rotate with the flywheel about the wheel axis. When the flywheel is driven to rotate, cooling air is generated by rotation of the ventilating unit. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034346 | Impact Tool - An impact tool comprises an end-bit holding section ( | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034347 | HAND-HELD MACHINE TOOL WITH OUTER HOUSING - The invention concerns a hand-held machine tool ( | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034348 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - There is provided an electric power tool having a plurality of operation modes with different rotation speeds at least in a predetermined load range. The electric power tool is capable of switching between the operation modes when a predetermined condition is satisfied even during a motor is driven, and configured such that a rotation speed of the motor is changed smoothly or in a stepwise manner at the switching between the operation modes. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034349 | VEGETATION CUTTING DEVICE - A vegetation cutting device comprises: a housing; a motor mounted in the housing having a rotatable drive shaft; a gearing system comprising a rotatable output shaft, the gearing system adapted to be driven by the drive shaft; a rotatable cuffing head mounted on the output shaft; a rotation sensor module mounted in the housing and configured to detect the rotational speed of the motor and configured to output a rotational speed signal; and a control module configured to determine the rotational speed of the cutting head based on the rotational speed signal and configured to control the speed of the motor in response to the determined rotational speed of the cutting head. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034350 | ROTATIONAL FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a rotational force transmitting device including: an inertia wheel | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034351 | PERCUSSION DEVICE - A percussion device including a shank adaptor, a machine housing that contains a percussion piston that is arranged to carry out a reciprocating movement caused by the pressure from a hydraulic fluid and to strike the shank adaptor when the percussion device is in use. An elastic element is arranged radially outwards from the percussion piston to dampen the recoil from the shank adaptor. The machine housing has an inner surface that faces the percussion piston. The elastic element has an inner surface that faces the percussion piston and an outer surface that faces the inner surface of the machine housing. At least a part of the outer surface of the elastic element directly faces the inner surface of the machine housing. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034352 | HAND-POWER TOOL - A hand-power tool includes at least one tool spindle and a drive unit configured to drive the tool spindle at a rotational speed greater than 10,000 min | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034353 | OSCILLATING POWER TOOL - An oscillating power tool having variable oscillating angles comprises a housing comprising a head housing and a body housing connected to the head housing, a motor received in the body housing and comprised a driving shaft configured to rotate about a axis of the drive shaft, an eccentric unit disposed on the driving shaft and configured to rotate eccentrically about the axis of the driving shaft, an output shaft received in the head housing and configured to oscillate about the axis of the output shaft, the output shaft is capable of installing and driving a working head, a fork connected to the output shaft and configured to turn the rotating motion of the driving shaft to the oscillating motion of the output shaft by coordinating with the eccentric unit, the heading housing is operable to move relative to the body housing, the fork is configured to move relative to the eccentric unit and coordinate with the eccentric unit in different positions for different oscillating angles of the output shaft. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034354 | WIRING HARNESS - A wiring harness includes a conduit member which accommodates therein one or a plurality of conductor lines, and an identifying portion colored in a predetermined color and given a predetermined thickness and a non-identifying portion defined as a portion where the identifying portion is not provided circumferentially, the identifying portion and the non-identifying portion being provided on an outer surface of the conduit member. A retrofit member is attached to the non-identifying portion. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034355 | Method and Apparatus For Mounting Solar Panels - Solar panel array with a plurality of solar panels on support system attached at corners or off such corners for foundation structure needs and irregularities secured to roof by lag bolt with mount channel and flashing pre-assembled into mount by crimp for positive seal and mount riser height adjustable can include bilateral or quadrilateral mounts, a coupler seat to affix panel to mount and lateral movement seat for solar panel. An intercalative junctionpiece, nut, or washer has tines for grounding, a dissociation guide and flexture and keeps off the surface for association and perforation to clamp panel firmly via different clamps including wedge clamps, top restraints, lip end clamps, side support clamps, compression clamps, etc. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034356 | SPACER ASSEMBLIES FOR A CABLE BACKPLANE SYSTEM - A cable backplane system includes a backplane having a plurality of openings and mounting locations with guide holes and a datum surface. A cable rack is coupled to the backplane. The cable rack includes a tray having a frame and spacer assemblies coupled to the tray. The spacer assemblies are coupled to the backplane at corresponding mounting locations. Each spacer assembly has a floating spacer and a spring pressing the floating spacer in a biasing direction. The floating spacer is allowed to float relative to the frame in the biasing direction. The floating spacer has a guide pin extending from a front thereof. The spring presses the floating spacer in the biasing direction such that the guide pin is received in the guide hole and the front of the floating spacer abuts against the datum surface. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034357 | ENCLOSURE FOR A CABLE CONNECTION - The present invention is directed to an enclosure for protecting a cable connection. The enclosure includes a sealing member contained within an inner shell. The sealing member is secured around the cable connection by slideably engaging a rigid outer shell over the inner shell. The inner shell has an external topography defining an inner shell profile and wherein the outer shell has an internal topography defining an outer shell profile such that the outer shell profile is similar to the inner shell profile. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034358 | DATA CABLE - A data cable with at least two conductors for a differential transmission of data signals as well as a casing which surrounds the conductors. Each of the conductors has a conductor shield. The invention further relates to a use of such a data cable, wherein asymmetrical data signals are also transmitted together with differential data signals via at least one of the at least two conductors. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034359 | ELECTRIC INSULATION CABLE WITH SHIELD - There is provided an electric insulation cable with shield, including: conductors; an insulating layer provided on an outer periphery of the conductors; a braided shield provided on an outer periphery of the insulating layer; and a sheath provided on an outer periphery of the braided shield, wherein the sheath is made of a silane-crosslinked composition which is obtained by silane-crosslinking a non-halogen composition under a normal pressure, and the non-halogen composition includes 100 pts.mass of silane-grafted polymer obtained by graft copolymerizing a silane compound to the polymer including at least one of non-halogen rubber and ethylene-based copolymer, and includes 1 pts.mass or more and 10 pts.mass or less of an antioxidant. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034360 | INSULATED WIRE, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN INSULATED WIRE - An insulated wire, containing: a conductor; a foamed insulating layer; and an unfoamed filled layer on the outer circumference of the foamed insulating layer, in which the filled layer contains a partial discharge resistant material, which insulated wire has all of high partial discharge inception voltage, resistance to partial discharge, heat resistance, and abrasion resistance (scratch resistance). | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034361 | Crosslinkable Thermoplastic Polyurethane - The TPU of this invention contains unsaturation in its polymeric backbone. The unsaturation can be present in the soft segment or in the hard segment or in both the soft and hard segments of the TPU. The TPU can be molded like a thermoplastic, and can be subsequently crosslinked by exposure to electron beam irradiation into thermoset articles having excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, set properties, heat resistance, oxidative resistance, and creep resistance. In one embodiment, the TPUs of this invention are the reaction product (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, (3) a saturated glycol chain extender, and (4) a glycol chain extender containing carbon-carbon double bonds, such as the allyl moieties present in trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether. In another embodiment of this invention, the thermoplastic polyurethane which is crosslinkable by e-beam irradiation is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a saturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) an unsaturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate, wherein the unsaturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate contains carbon-carbon double bonds, (3) a polyisocyanate, and (4) a saturated glycol chain extender. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034362 | Grounding Electrical Connector - An electrical connector includes a base member and first and second legs extending outwardly from the base member. A first recess is defined by the first and second legs for receiving a support. Second recesses extend inwardly from second sides of the first and second legs. A plurality of pairs of oppositely disposed grooves are formed in the second recesses. At least two pairs of the oppositely disposed grooves have different sizes for receiving various conductor sizes. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034363 | SLOT DESIGN FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a connector footprint comprising a first footprint portion operative to receive a first connector portion and a second footprint portion operative to receive a second connector portion. The first footprint portion is compliant with a first communications link type and the first and second footprint portions are jointly compliant with a second communications link type. The printed circuit board includes first conductive traces coupled to the first footprint portion and a first device footprint. The first conductive traces are selectively configurable according to a selected one of the first and second communications link types. The printed circuit board includes a second conductive traces coupled to the second footprint portion and the first device footprint. in at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first communications link type is AC-coupled and the second communications link type is DC-coupled. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034364 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An FPCB includes a flexible base, a wiring layer formed on a top surface of the base, a covering layer formed on the wiring layer, and a shielding layer formed on a portion of the covering layer. The wiring layer includes a grounding line. The covering layer defines an opening to expose the grounding line to the outside. A portion of the shielding layer fills into the opening. The shielding layer is electrically connected to the grounding line through the opening. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034365 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD AND WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes preparing a wiring board having an insulation layer, a conductive pattern and a solder-resist layer laminated such that the solder-resist layer is covering the conductive pattern and exposing a conductive pad portion of the conductive pattern, applying microwave plasma on the wiring board in a nonoxidative atmosphere such that the wiring board undergoes microwave plasma treatment in the nonoxidative atmosphere, and forming a surface-treatment layer on the conductive pad portion of the conductive pattern after the applying of microwave plasma on the wiring board. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034366 | CIRCUIT BOARD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a circuit board including an insulating base substrate; and a circuit layer that is formed of a conductor and that is provided on the surface of the insulating base substrate, wherein the insulating base substrate has a smooth surface having a surface roughness Ra of 0.5 μm or less, and the conductor is at least partially embedded in a wiring groove formed in the surface of the insulating base substrate. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034367 | POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, AND POWER MODULE - A power module substrate including an insulating substrate, a circuit layer formed on one surface of the insulating substrate, and a metal layer formed on the other surface of the insulating substrate, wherein the circuit layer is composed of copper or a copper alloy, one surface of this circuit layer functions as an installation surface on which an electronic component is installed, the metal layer is formed by bonding an aluminum sheet composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a thickness t | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034368 | ELECTRODE ELEMENT USING SILVER NANO-WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrode element using a silver nano-wire and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, according to which the electrode element has reinforced bonding of wire unit structures with low-temperature heat treatment and easily applicable as a polymer substrate, while improving haze phenomenon, deteriorating adhesion force of silver nano-wire layer, surface roughness and changing resistance over time. The manufacturing method of electrode element includes steps of forming a silver nano-wire layer on a substrate, coating an organo-metal (OM) compound solution on top of the silver nano-wire layer, reinforcing bonding of junctions formed between wire unit structures with a thermal energy locally generated at the junctions by surface Plasmon, by irradiating light onto the silver nano-wire layer with the OM compound coated thereon, and treating surface by applying sol-gel solution on the silver nano-wire layer treated by the Plasmon. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034369 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARDS - Provided is a resin composition which enables the formation of a roughened surface having a low roughness degree on the surface of an insulation layer in a printed wiring board material when used on the insulation layer regardless of the roughening conditions employed and also enables the formation of a conductive layer having excellent adhesion properties, heat resistance, heat resistance under absorption of moisture, thermal expansion properties and chemical resistance on the roughened surface. A resin composition comprising (A) an inorganic filler that is soluble in an acid, (B) a cyanic acid ester compound and (C) an epoxy resin. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034370 | WHITE COLOR COATING LAYER-FORMED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND WHITE COLOR COATING LAYER VACUUM COATING METHOD OF TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Disclosed is a white costing layer-formed touch screen panel. The coating layer includes a glass substrate, a white coating layers selectively formed on an edge portion of the glass substrate, a black color coating layer selectively formed on an edge portion, and a transparent conductive layer formed on the glass substrate including the edge portion. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034371 | STRUCTURE FOR MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGING WITH BOND ELEMENTS TO ENCAPSULATION SURFACE - A structure may include bond elements having bases joined to conductive elements at a first portion of a first surface and end surfaces remote from the substrate. A dielectric encapsulation element may overlie and extend from the first portion and fill spaces between the bond elements to separate the bond elements from one another. The encapsulation element has a third surface facing away from the first surface. Unencapsulated portions of the bond elements are defined by at least portions of the end surfaces uncovered by the encapsulation element at the third surface. The encapsulation element at least partially defines a second portion of the first surface that is other than the first portion and has an area sized to accommodate an entire area of a microelectronic element. Some conductive elements are at the second portion and configured for connection with such microelectronic element. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034372 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board for preventing pins of inserting components from being short-circuited during the welding process welding is provided. The circuit board includes an insulating base board comprising a base plate and at least one column of via set on the insulating base board. A plurality of copper foil rings are set on the base plate. An insulating dielectric layer is covered on the base plate and the plurality of copper foil rings. A plurality of solder mask openings are set on the insulating dielectric layer, each solder mask opening is shaped as a circular hole, and is concentric with one via. By covering the insulating dielectric layer on the copper foil rings, an adherence of copper foil and the insulating base board increases, thereby pins of the inserting components will not be easily disengaged from the copper foil in the insulating base board. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034373 | WIRING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wiring structure includes a substrate, a convexoconcave absorption layer including a convexoconcave portion on the substrate, a conductive layer pattern on at least a concave portion of the convexoconcave absorption layer, and an insulating layer pattern over the conductive layer pattern and the convexoconcave absorption layer, on at least the concave portion. This configuration provides a wiring structure and a manufacturing method thereof which enable to form fine multilayer wiring using microcontact printing or the like. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034374 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a first insulation layer, an electronic component built into the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer having a via conductor and formed on a first surface of the first insulation layer, and a conductive film formed on the first insulation layer on the opposite side with respect to the first surface of the first insulation layer such that the conductive film is positioned to face a back surface of the electronic component. The first insulation layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is set higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulation layer. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034375 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY WITH PADS AND CONNECTION LINES HAVING SAME RESISTANCE VALUE AS THE PADS AND IMPEDANCE MATCHING METHOD - A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, at least one pad formed on the circuit board, and at least one connection line. Each of the at least one connection line includes a connection end connected to a respective one of the at least one pad and has the same resistance value as the respective pad. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034376 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE - A printed circuit board (PCB) structure comprises two signal layers with and a ground layer sandwiched between the two signal layers, and at least two adjacent vias. Each of the signal layers comprises a plurality of signal traces. The via through the PCB structure is used for connecting signal traces on different signal layers together. The ground layer comprises at least one insulation region. Each of the vias comprises at least two pads and a connecting portion connecting the at least two pads together. The pads are respectively mounted on the at least two signal layer. Projections of the adjacent pads on the ground layer are contained in the same insulation region. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034377 | GLASS CORE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a glass core substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided the glass core substrate including: a glass core laminate including a glass layer and insulating layers which are stacked on upper and lower portions of the glass layer; a through hole formed by penetrating through the glass core laminate and provided with at least one crack which is formed at a penetrating inner wall by penetrating into the glass layer; and a conductive material filled in the through hole and the crack. Further, the method for manufacturing a glass core substrate is provided. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034378 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes an insulative resin substrate having a penetrating hole, a first conductive layer formed on first surface of the substrate, a second conductive layer formed on second surface of the substrate on the opposite side, and a through-hole conductor formed in the penetrating hole and connecting the first and second conductive layers. The through-hole conductor includes a seed layer on inner wall of the penetrating hole, a first electrolytic plated layer on the seed layer such that the first plated layer is filling the space formed by the seed layer in the penetrating hole and forming recesses at the ends of the penetrating hole, respectively, and second electrolytic plated layers filling the recesses, respectively, and the second plated layers includes electrolytic plating having an average crystalline particle diameter greater than an average crystalline particle diameter of electrolytic plating forming the first plated layer. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034379 | CABLE MAGNET RING - A cable magnet ring of adjustable length and able to include anti-EMI magnets of different strengths includes a bracket and a number of pairs of magnetic blocks. The bracket includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member detachably mounted to the first connecting member. The magnetic blocks are detachably received in the first and second connecting members. The first connecting member is movable relative to the second connecting member, to adjust a length of the bracket. Through holes for receiving a cable are defined in the shape of each pair of magnetic blocks, in the first connecting member, and in the second connecting member. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034380 | HOUSING WALL SCREW CONNECTION FOR AN ELECTRICAL PLUG-IN CONNECTOR - A sealing wall grommet for a wall of an electrical device, comprising a flange-like installation sleeve for receiving a plug part having electrical contacts, to which there can be connected in a plug-in manner a mating plug part which has a securing screw-in sleeve that can be screwed to the installation sleeve and acts as a pull-out prevention means for the mating plug part, wherein the installation sleeve is designed to receive a plug-in section of the plug part and has an abutment which is connected to the installation sleeve, runs around the outer circumference thereof and has an annular seal for the wall. According to the invention, a tubular tensioning sleeve is provided for tensioning the installation sleeve, which tensioning sleeve has at least one inwardly projecting latching means that cooperates with a mating latching means formed on the outside of the installation sleeve. The tensioning sleeve pre-tensions the installation sleeve against the wall in such a way that the elastic seal is effective and the installation sleeve is movable in the radial direction. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034381 | HYBRID CABLE WITH FLAT POWER CONDUCTORS - A cable reduces loop inductance by changing the cross-sectional shape of the conductive elements of power supply and return conductors to something other than the traditional circular cross sectional shape, e.g., to a thin generally rectangular shape. The power supply and return conductors are also controlled in placement along the length of the cable, so that mutual inductance is maximized within a given power supply circuit, and minimized between the given power supply circuit and other power supply circuits within the cable. The return power supply conductor may optionally be sized for multiple power supply circuits, which may further reduce loop inductance and reduce crosstalk noise between different power supply circuits within a common cable. The power supply and return conductors may be part of a hybrid cable used to power and communicate with plural remote radio units proximate a top of a tower. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034382 | WIRING HARNESS - A wiring harness includes one or a plurality of conductor lines and a conduit member which accommodates therein the conductor line or lines, an identification in a predetermined color being applied to an outer surface of the conduit member. A resin identifying portion is formed on the outer surface of the conduit member by extruding a resin, or a resin sheet material or tape material is wound around the outer surface of the conduit member that is formed as the resin identifying portion. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034383 | OFFSHORE SYSTEM COMPRISING A RIG AND A CANTILEVER - An offshore system with a rig and a cantilever having a rigid cantilever structure with an operational end. The rig is provided with a first support rail which extends along a side of the deck supporting structure. Travelling and swivelling assemblies are arranged between the first support rail and the cantilever beams. The rig is provided with one or more second support rails that extend over the deck in a direction transverse to the first support rail. The system has a cantilever inner end carrier device travels over and engages on said one or more second support rails. This device is connected via a vertical pivot axis swivel to a connector part of the rigid cantilever structure at or near its inner end to provide a rotation axis at a fixed location relative to the structure for the rotational motion of the cantilever, the cantilever inner end carrier device holding the cantilever inner end relative to the deck. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034384 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING A SUBTERRANEAN WELLBORE - A method of drilling a subterranean well bore comprising, monitoring the well bore for influx of formation fluid into the well bore, and, on detection of an influx, a) stopping any pump pumping fluid into the well bore, b) operating a first blow out preventer so that it closes within a first period of time, c) operating a second blow out preventer so that it closes within a second period of time, the second blow out preventer being located below the first blow out preventer, the second period of time being longer than the first period of time, d) circulating the influx out of the well bore via a flow line extending from below the second blow out preventer. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034385 | Moveable Element to Create Pressure Signals in A Fluidic Modulator - A fluidic modulator in accordance to an aspect includes a body forming a flow aperture between an inlet and an outlet, the flow aperture providing a constriction to a fluid flowing axially from the inlet to the outlet, and a moveable element having a shaft portion disposed through the body and a tip end selectively positionable in the flow aperture to alter the flow aperture. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034386 | Fluidic Modulators and Along String Systems - A well system includes a first fluidic modulator (FM) located at the bottom of the tubular string and a repeater fluidic modulator (FM) located in the tubular string between the first FM and the surface, the repeater FM including a body forming a flow aperture between an inlet and an outlet, the flow aperture providing a constriction to a fluid flowing axially through the tubular string, and a moveable portion operable to alter the flow aperture. To create a modulated pressure pulse the moveable portion may be for example radially shifted in the flow aperture, rotated in the flow aperture, or the rotation of the moveable portion in the flow aperture may be controlled. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034387 | DOWNHOLE SHOCK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A shock assembly for use with a motion tool deployable into a wellbore by a conveyance. The motion tool includes a mandrel operatively connectable to the conveyance or the motion tool, a housing operatively connectable to the motion tool or the conveyance (the housing having an opening to slidingly receive the mandrel and including a first and a second spring portion), a first spring slidably positionable in the first spring portion and having a first spring stiffness, and a second spring slidably positionable in the second spring portion having a second spring stiffness. The second spring stiffness being less than the first spring stiffness such that the first and second springs selectively engage as the housing slidingly moves about the mandrel in response to forces applied to the system to selectively restrict movement between the mandrel and the housing whereby the motion tool is vibrated. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034388 | DOWNHOLE MOTOR COUPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A drilling system includes a drillstring and a power section further including a stator having a stator axis and a rotor within the stator. The rotor rotates eccentrically within the stator in response to fluid flowing therebetween. Additionally, the system includes a coupling section including first, second, and third rotation members having a first, second, and third axes, respectively. The third rotation member is coupled to the first and second rotation members. The third rotation member is configured to move radially relative to the first and second rotation members as the first, second, and third rotation members rotate about the first, second, and third axes, respectively. Further, the system includes an input shaft coupled to the rotor and first rotation member. The input shaft and first rotation member rotate with the rotor eccentrically to the stator axis and the second rotation member rotates concentrically about the stator axis. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034389 | WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUID WITH TANNIN ADDITIVE FROM C. CORIARIA - A conditioned, water-based drilling fluid including water-based drilling fluid; and unmodified vegetable tannin comprising hydrolysable tannin. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034390 | Adjustable bent housing for directional drill string - An adjustable bent housing assembly for a deviated direction drill string having 1.5° adjustment increments between an index sub housing and mandrel has variances of less than 0.02° at 0.25 nominal degree increments between 0° and 3.00° of drill direction deviation. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034391 | OUTDOOR MULTI-USE HAND TOOL - A powered hand tool is adapted to use a variety of interchangeable rotary tools to assist in outdoor activities. Either of two basic tool designs can be utilized for activities including garden tilling, brushing and cleaning, auguring or post hole digging, and auto finishing and polishing. In one embodiment, an adjustable shroud is utilized along with a tiller construction to change the viewing angle of the working tiller tines to facilitate use by operators of different heights, including a kneeling position. The ability to utilize tow torque and low speed assists in avoiding accidental damage to underground wires and, if encountered, the reversibility of the drive assists in untangling the wires. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034392 | DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE - A dust collection tube arrangement is provided. The tube arrangement includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube and the inner tube have a hollow configuration. The inner tube has a diameter lesser than that of the outer tube. The inner tube moves fore and aft with respect to the outer tube. The outer and inner tubes provide a passage for dust and airflow along with adjustable length of tube arrangement based on a position of the inner tube with respect to the outer tube. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034393 | HOLE-VAC - An attachment used for digging and removing debris from a hole is connected to a flexible hose of a typical shop vacuum device, and includes a handle, a first tubular section, a second tubular section, a plurality of depth indicators, a bubble level, and a cutting head. This is a light-weight accessory that transforms the existing shop vacuum into an excavating and digging tool instantaneously. There is less energy expended and time spent digging holes. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034394 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH EARTH-BORING TOOLS - Earth-boring drill bits may include a bit body including blades extending radially over a face of the earth-boring drill bit and cutting elements attached to each blade. Only cutting elements including planar cutting faces may be attached to at least one of the blades. Only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to at least another of the blades. Only cutting elements including planar cutting faces or only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to each of the blades. Only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to a number of the blades that may be unequal to a number of the blades to which only cutting elements comprising planar cutting faces may be attached. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034395 | MODAL ACOUSTIC AIRCRAFT WEIGHT SYSTEM - A method includes receiving characteristic information from a sensor. The characteristic information may be representative of a characteristic of a weight bearing structure of an aircraft when a force is applied to the weight bearing structure. The method includes determining a weight of the aircraft based on the characteristic information. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034396 | Dynamic force sensing to determine mass using a smartphone - Systems, apparatus and methods for estimating a mass of an object by a mobile device are presented. The mobile device, which may be a smartphone, vibrates the mobile device both unloaded (without an object) and loaded (with an object) while measuring the unloaded and loaded vibrations. Next, the mobile device compares the unloaded and loaded vibrations and determines the mass of the object from the comparison. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CAPSULES - A method and apparatus for weighing pharmaceutical product capsules, whereby a capsule containing a pharmaceutical product is fed into a pocket to allow a measuring device to determine the weight of the pharmaceutical product and of a first portion of the capsule containing the pharmaceutical product; the pocket, and therefore the capsule, then being inverted to move the pharmaceutical product out of the first portion and into a second portion of the capsule, to allow the measuring device to determine the weight of the first portion only of the capsule. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034398 | CASH REGISTERS AND OTHER CASH HOLDING DEVICES - A method and apparatus for the accurate detection of cash tokens being added and/or removed from a cash register or other cash holding device; that uses pre-knowledge of cash tokens to be added and/or removed from the device; a modified cash tray suspended via a lever mechanism, held in equilibrium against a force transducer; and a processing element to analyse the signal received from the transducer, comparing it against that pre-knowledge, for the purpose of generating or verifying a set of expected cash tokens being added and/or removed from the cash holding device. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034399 | Vehicle Fuel Economy by Optimizing Effective Rolling Tire Resistance - The subject matter of the present invention relates generally to a vehicle that has axles with tires mounted thereon with at least one axle that is a lift axle, and more specifically, to a method that optimizes the effective tire rolling resistance by adjusting the load on the tires, resulting in an improvement in the fuel economy of the vehicle. According to one embodiment, the method takes into consideration the rolling resistance characteristics of the tires placed onto the axles of the vehicle and provides an algorithm for optimizing their rolling resistance by raising or lowering the lift axle. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034400 | ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE - An electric automobile in which a power control unit is disposed in a motor room formed at a front section of a vehicle: wherein a charging port or a power supply port is provided on a lateral surface of the front section of the vehicle; a charging connector or a power supply connector for connection to a charging power supply or an external device is attached to the charging port or the power supply port; the charging connector or the power supply connector is disposed in a manner so that a forward end thereof is located rearward of a forward end of a front wheel, and a rearward end thereof is located forward of a dash panel that partitions the motor room and a vehicle cabin; the charging connector or the power supply connector and the power control unit are connected by a cable; and a connection section between the cable and the power control unit is provided forward of the charging connector or the power supply connector. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034401 | Levitation System for a Train - The present invention relates to a fender, bogie, train, track and methods. The fender according to the invention comprises: a support surface provided on the underside during use; an inner pressure chamber provided in or on the support surface; a feed arranged in the pressure chamber for feeding a fluid; a first rim present round the inner pressure chamber, wherein at least a part of the rim is flexible; and a second rim arranged round the first rim such that a pressure chamber is created between two adjacent rims. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034402 | PORTABLE MOTOR-DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION MEANS - Portable motor-driven transportation means consists essentially of a personal portable motor-driven transportation means (PMT), with a telescopic handle on the upper part ( | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034403 | ICE SCRATCHER FOR A SNOWMOBILE - An ice scratcher for attachment to a snowmobile includes first and second ice scratcher end portions opposite to each other, an elongate member connected to the second ice scratcher end portion, and a spring connecting the first ice scratcher end portion to the elongate member. The spring has a plurality of coils defining a coil radius. The spring is movable between an unbent configuration, wherein a centerline passing through respective centers of each coil of the plurality of coils defines a coil axis, and a bent configuration, wherein at least a portion of the centerline is displaced from the coil axis. At least a portion of the first ice scratcher end portion is radially spaced from the coil axis by a distance less than the coil radius and adapted for attachment to the snowmobile. Ice scratcher assemblies, kits and snowmobiles having the ice scratcher are also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034404 | SNOWMOBILE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS - A suspension assembly adapted for use in a snowmobile having a closed-loop track includes at least one ground contact engaged with the closed-loop track. An elongated swing arm is angularly disposed in the closed-loop track and extends between a front end portion adapted to be coupled to the chassis, and a rear end portion coupled to the at least one ground contact. A front resilient member is disposed in the closed-loop track and has an upper end pivotably coupled to the front end portion of the swing arm, and a lower end pivotably coupled to the at least one ground contact. A rear resilient member is disposed in the closed-loop track and has an upper end adapted to be pivotally coupled to the chassis, and a lower end pivotally coupled to the at least one ground contact. A pivot arrangement is connected to the swing arm for permitting at least rotation of the swing arm about a pivot axis extending longitudinally of the at least one ground contact. The pivot arrangement includes an arrangement for restricting and/or preventing rotation of the swing arm. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034405 | AIR CLEANER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A compact air cleaner device with a secure intake capacity. An internal combustion engine includes the air cleaner device mounted on a vehicle body frame. The air cleaner device includes an air cleaner case having a filter element therein, and being partitioned into a dirty side chamber and a clean side chamber with a plurality of intake ducts for leading an outside air into the dirty side chamber, the intake ducts being provided so as to form a left-right pair. The intake ducts have intake ports opened outside side portions of the air cleaner case. Paths of the intake ducts leading to discharge ports are housed within the dirty side chamber with bent portions. The discharge ports of the intake ducts forming the left-right pair are disposed so as to be oriented to a central side of the air cleaner case and offset from each other in a forward-rearward direction. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034406 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle is provided, which includes a circuit for discharging a capacitor which smoothes electric current of a power converter. A hybrid vehicle includes a capacitor for smoothing electric current, a discharge circuit, and a discharge controller. The discharge circuit is connected to the capacitor in parallel. The discharge circuit includes a series circuit configured by a first resistor, a PTC thermistor, and a switch. When the discharge controller closes the switch, electric current starts to flow through the first resistor and the PTC thermistor. The capacitor is discharged rapidly. When continuing inflow of electric current to the discharge circuit is more than envisaged, the temperature rises due to heat generation by the PTC thermistor itself, and resistance increases. Thereupon, the electric current flowing into the first resistor is suppressed, suppressing heat generation of the first resistor. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034407 | STEERING SYSTEM FOR WHEELED LAND VEHICLE - A wheeled vehicle is steered by a yoke or other operator control the movement of which is limited so that the operator's hands need not change position on the control. The steering is under the control of a microprocessor responsive to an input from the control, the vehicle's speedometer, and to accelerometers responsive to forces acting on the vehicle laterally and perpendicular to the roadway. The relationship between the position of the steerable wheels and the displacement of, or force applied to, the operator control is a function that depends on the magnitude of the displacement or force, speed, and one or more time derivatives of the displacement of, or force on, the operator control. The relationship between the position of the steerable wheels and the displacement of, or force on, the control is overridden when the lateral force is such that the vehicle is in danger of rolling over. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034408 | TURBOCHARGING SYSTEM - An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block defining a cylinder and a cylinder head mounted to the block. The cylinder head supplies air and fuel to the cylinder for combustion therein. The engine also includes an exhaust manifold operatively connected to the cylinder head and having a first outlet and a second outlet configured to exhaust post-combustion gasses from the cylinder. The engine also includes a turbocharging system configured to pressurize an airflow for delivery thereof to the cylinder. The turbocharging system includes a low-flow turbocharger driven by the post-combustion gasses from the first outlet to pressurize the airflow and a high-flow turbocharger driven by the post-combustion gasses from the second outlet to pressurize the airflow. The turbocharging system additionally includes a flow control device for selectively directing the post-combustion gasses to the low-flow and high-flow turbochargers. A vehicle employing such an engine is also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034409 | AXLE SUPPORT FOR A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH AN AXLE SUPPORT - An axle support for a vehicle includes two longitudinal members and at least one cross member interconnecting the two longitudinal members. The at least one cross member is formed as a multi-part tailored blank component and is fixedly welded via its lateral cross member attachment zones arranged opposite in the longitudinal direction of the cross member to the respectively associated longitudinal member. The cross member is coated with a surface coating as a protective layer, in particular with a zinc layer. The lateral cross member attachment zones are each formed by an uncoated, in particular ungalvanized, single-part or multi-part sheet metal component, wherein the cross member midsection adjoining the two lateral cross member attachment zones is formed by a one-part or multi-part sheet metal component, which, when the axle support is installed, has at least one roadway-facing underside that is provided at least in some areas with the surface coating. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034410 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An electric power steering device includes a steering shaft that is coupled to the steering wheel, an output shaft that is coupled to the steering shaft via a torsion bar, a torque sensor that detects a steering torque that acts on the torsion bar, a sensor case to which a magnetic material, which is a component of the torque sensor, is fixed, an upper column tube that rotatably supports the steering shaft, and a lower column tube that is movable relative to the upper column tube, wherein the lower column tube and the sensor case are configured as an integrated part made of a resin material. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034411 | VOLUME AMPLIFYING ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKING CASE USING THE VOLUME AMPLIFYING ASSEMBLY - A portable electronic device packing case includes a packing body and a volume amplifying assembly received in the packing body. The volume amplifying assembly includes a volume amplifying body. The volume amplifying body includes a top wall formed on one end of the volume amplifying body, a side wall connected to the top wall, and a supporting member for supporting a portable electronic device positioned in the volume amplifying body. The top wall defines a plurality of sound holes therein, and the supporting member has a bottom surface defining a plurality of sound transmitting holes. The top wall, the side wall, and the supporting member cooperatively define a sound chamber for sound emitted by the electronic device to resonate therein. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034412 | EXHAUST WITH AN ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION SYSTEM - An aeroengine exhaust cone is arranged to extend from upstream to downstream along a longitudinal axis. The cone comprises a structural core of composite material made up of an axisymmetric part having an upstream endpiece at its upstream end and a downstream endpiece at its downstream end. The core provides structural strength to the cone. The cone has an acoustic attenuation system made of composite material and fastened on the structural core. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034413 | SOUND CONTROL APPARATUS - A sound control apparatus capable of improving the quality of the reproduction sound output from an electronic apparatus includes a sound control mat, and a support unit for supporting an electronic device having a speaker on the sound control mat. The sound control mat has a sound controlling structure configured to control the resonance of sound output from the speaker of the electronic apparatus when it is supported by the sound control mat. With this sound control apparatus, it is possible to enjoy a good tone directly output from a television, a stereo system or any other device having a small speaker without needing a special devising. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034414 | SOUND INSULATION MATERIAL - The performance of a sound insulation material in which chips are utilized is improved. The sound insulation material includes a chip layer containing many chips. The chip layer is covered with a coat, and the chip layer includes an unbreathable intermediate membrane layer dividing the chip layer into a plurality of layers. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034415 | Sound Insulating Curtain - A sound-insulating curtain includes a sound-absorbing core formed by laminating porous sheets and films, is covered by covers, and sewn in an integrated manner. Even after being integrally laminated, adjacently laminated layers are not excessively restrained in places other than sewn areas, and therefore displacement and deformation between layers caused by sound pressure can be tolerated. Sound absorption effects are appropriately produced by each layer, which tolerates such displacement and deformation, while reliably maintaining integrity during handling. Thus, the entire curtain maintains the ability to absorb sounds, efficiently attenuates noise that attempts to pass through the curtain, and suppresses the transmission of noise, thereby enabling noise to be reliably prevented from passing through the curtain. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034416 | Lumbar Wear-Pad - Apparatus and associated methods relate to a flexible lumbar wear-pad having an external low-friction high-wear-resistance surface, the lumbar wear-pad configured to be replaceably coupled to the lower back region of a belted fall-protection safety harness. In various embodiments, the lumbar wear-pad may cover a length of the webbing over the hip and lumbar vertebrae regions of a wearer's lower back. In some embodiments a lumbar wear-pad may be field replaceable on a fall-protection safety harness. An exemplary embodiment may have three prominences, a smaller center prominence located near a wearer's lumbar vertebrae and two side prominences located near a wearer's hip bones. In some embodiments, the lumbar wear-pad may be flexible so as to anatomically conform to a wearer's body. Exemplary lumbar wear-pads may provide protection for both a wearer and the wearer's harness during sliding or leaning engagements with vertical surfaces. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034417 | Lift Safety System - A lift safety system that prevents the lifting of a support platform from a support base until all of the support legs for the support base are supporting a minimum amount of weight to ensure stability of the lift. The support base includes a plurality of legs that extend outwardly with each of the legs having an adjustment member with a pad that engages a ground surface. As the adjustment member is adjusted downwardly with respect to the leg, a first engaging member connected to the adjustment member is elevated upwardly to engage a second engaging member thereby releasing a corresponding finger member attached to the support platform from the support base. Once all of the legs are supporting a minimum amount of weight, all of the finger members are released from the support base thereby allowing elevation of the support platform. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034418 | PLATFORM SAFETY ENCLOSURE - A safety enclosure for a platform comprises a support frame having a laterally extending inner portion, a laterally extending outer portion and a pair of transversely extending side portions defined at laterally opposing ends of the support frame. A handrail system extends laterally along the outer portion and transversely along the pair of side portions of the support frame. A floor portion extends laterally and transversely across the support frame and comprises at least one access panel. The access panel comprises a fixed end portion that is pivotally coupled to the support frame, and an opposing free end portion. A damper is coupled to the support frame and to the access panel so as to control a closure velocity of the access panel as it pivots from an open position to a closed position. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034419 | ADJUSTABLE PLATFORM ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHING TO TREE - An adjustable platform assembly attaches to a tree to provide a hunting dog perch or a seat for a hunter. The assembly includes a tree hugging subassembly having first and second padded tree engaging members connected together by a hinge, and strap fasteners connected to outer side edges of the tree engaging members for securing the assembly to a tree. A first frame member is attached to the tree hugging subassembly and is pivotally adjustable about a first axis that extends generally perpendicular to the tree and perpendicular to a first plane. A second frame member is attached to the first frame member and is adjustable about a second axis that extends generally parallel with the first plane. A platform attached to the second frame member can be adjusted to a desired horizontal orientation by adjusting the first and second frame members about the first and second axes. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034420 | Scaffold Deck System With Bracket-Supported Partial Length Planks For Creating An Opening To Accommodate Obstacles - A scaffold including a pair of scaffold frames has a scaffold platform supported by the frames, which is defined by a series of planks and includes an opening. The opening is formed by a pair of transverse support members that extend between the pair of planks at a location between the scaffold frames. Partial-length scaffold planks, having first and second ends and a length less than the space between the scaffold frames, are supported by the transverse support members and occupy the space between the planks other than at the opening. The transverse support member includes spaced-apart plank engagement sections that rest on upwardly facing surfaces of the planks, and a plank end support member that extends between the plank engagement sections. A scaffolding platform system and a method of forming a scaffolding platform are also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034421 | Scaffold Deck System With A Float Bar Support For Creating An Opening To Accommodate Obstacles - A scaffold including a pair of scaffold frames has a scaffold platform supported by the frames, which is defined by a series of planks and includes an opening. The opening is formed by a pair of transverse support members that extend between the pair of planks at a location between the scaffold frames. Partial-length scaffold planks, having first and second ends and a length less than the space between the scaffold frames, are supported by the transverse support members and occupy the space between the planks other than at the opening. The transverse support member includes spaced-apart plank engagement sections that rest on upwardly facing surfaces of the planks, and a plank end support member that extends between the plank engagement sections. A scaffolding platform system and a method of forming a scaffolding platform are also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034422 | Rail road track lubrication apparatus and method - An apparatus and method for applying lubricant to a rail road track. The apparatus comprising a control module; a housing; a lubricant distribution block; and a plurality of tubes for connecting the control module to the housing wherein the housing houses the lubricant distribution block. The control module is positionable in close proximity to the rail road track and the housing is positionable adjacent to and along a section of rail road track to be lubricated. The lubricant is stored in a vessel in the control module and pumped from the control module to a lubricant distribution nozzle connected to the housing and wherein sliding the lubricant distribution nozzle along the section of rail road track in a first or second direction distributes lubricant along the section of rail road track. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034423 | Device and Rail System for Conveying a Load from a First to a Second Level, in Particular a Stair Lift | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034424 | ENGINE-POWERED FORKLIFT TRUCK AND METHOD OF RELEASING LOAD HANDLING INTERLOCK THEREOF - An engine-powered forklift truck including a work device which is hydraulically driven by an oil hydraulic pump whose driving source is an engine, and including a load handling interlock mechanism which brings a work device operation into a locked state by turning a key switch off or turning a seat switch off, includes: a release control apparatus configured to, when the locked state exists, release the locked state on condition that the key switch is ON, the seat switch is ON, and the engine is rotated under a predetermined engine speed or more. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034425 | ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - The invention relates to an elevator arrangement, which comprises one or more elevator units to be moved in an elevator hoistway, said unit(s) including at least an elevator car, and possibly also a counterweight, roping connected to an elevator unit, which roping comprises a plurality of ropes, and a moveable supporting structure in the elevator hoistway for supporting the aforementioned one or more elevator units below it via the aforementioned roping, and a rope pulley or rope pulley stack of the supporting structure in connection with the supporting structure, around which rope pulley or rope pulley stack the aforementioned roping travels, and from which the roping travels down to an elevator unit. The roping travels from the aforementioned rope pulley or rope pulley stack down to an elevator unit, in connection with which is a first rope pulley or rope pulley stack and a second rope pulley or rope pulley stack, which are disposed non-coaxially in relation to each other, their rotation axes being separate from each other in the lateral direction, and in that the first part of the ropes of the roping traveling from the rope pulley or rope pulley stack down to the elevator unit travels to the elevator unit, to the first rope pulley or rope pulley stack that is in connection with the elevator unit, under the pulley or stack, and onwards back up to a rope anchorage arrangement, and the second part to the second rope pulley or rope pulley stack in that is connection with the elevator unit in question, under the pulley or stack, and onwards back up to a rope anchorage arrangement. The invention also relates to corresponding guidance of compensating roping, as well as to a method wherein the service range of the elevator car is increased. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034426 | ELEVATOR TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary method includes distributing identifying tags to a plurality of potential elevator passengers so that each passenger has a uniquely identifiable one of the tags. Collective elevator system traffic information is determined based on monitoring movement of individual ones of the plurality of tags and corresponding elevator system operation. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034427 | BRAKE VIBRATION ISOLATOR FOR BICYCLE FRAME - Tuned mass dampers are disclosed, and that are configured to cancel vibrations of a component of a bicycle at a natural frequency of the component in response to operation of a disc brake assembly of the bicycle. For instance, the component may comprise one or more frame members (e.g., the entire bicycle frame) of the bicycle and the damper may be engaged therewith and configured for cancellation/dampening of vibrations at the natural frequency of the bicycle frame as measured at the frame member to which the damper is attached. Accordingly, when a driving force is imparted to the frame member by operation of a disc brake assembly at a frequency at or near the natural frequency of the bicycle frame, the damper may counteract such vibration. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034428 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A CLAMPING FORCE - A clamp with a tripping mechanism in which the force for ensuring safe tripping is obtained via a compound lever mechanism directly from the energy storage element (S), such as a spring, that provides the clamping force. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150034429 | Disc Brake for Vehicles - A disc brake for vehicles, in particular for commercial vehicles, includes brake pads which are arranged on both sides of a brake disc, a brake application device for applying one of the brake pads and a brake caliper for transmitting the application force to the brake pad on the other side, that is to say on the reaction side, of the brake disc. The brake caliper of the disc brake has a caliper frame which is produced from a shaped hollow profile. | 2015-02-05 |
