09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130049313 | TRAVEL COOLER WITH COLLAPSIBLE SIDEWALLS - A travel cooler includes a wheeled platform and an insulated container configured to be selectively coupled to and uncoupled from the wheeled platform. The wheeled platform comprises a base, a plurality of wheels mounted to the base and a first coupling component. The insulated container includes a second coupling component. The first and second coupling components are disengaged from one another when the insulated container is uncoupled from the wheeled platform. The first and second coupling components are disposed in interlocking engagement when the insulated container is coupled to the wheeled platform, whereby the insulated container is securely coupled to the wheeled platform in fixed disposition relative thereto for safe transportation on the wheeled platform. The base defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of the insulated container is received when the insulated container is coupled to the wheeled platform. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049314 | MOBILE STORAGE UNIT - A mobile storage unit is disclosed. The mobile storage unit comprises at least two structural frames, a seat portion coupled to the at least two structural frames, a handle assembly coupled to the seat portion, a bottom panel coupled to the at least two structural frames whereby a storage area is created below the seat portion, above the bottom portion and between the at least two structural frames and at least two wheels coupled to the bottom panel. Through the use of the present invention, the potential for back problems that are associated with the use of the traditional backpack is eliminated. Additionally, the mobile storage unit provides an easily accessible storage area for the user/student in the case where no locker is provided. Furthermore, the mobile storage unit incorporates a seat portion which allows a user to utilize the mobile storage unit as a seat in situations where one is needed yet not available. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049323 | SWING ARM FOR MINIATURIZED VEHICLE - A pair of left and right arm portions integrally formed by molding with a pivot portion formed on front ends and an axle support portion formed on rear ends. An opening portion with a peripheral portion endlessly contiguously formed by a pivot portion that connects front ends of both arm portions, a cross portion and both arm portions. A pair of left and right indented recessed portions is formed on an inner surface of a wall having support bosses projecting out of a lower surface of the wall. A pair of left and right reinforcing ribs that is positioned outside both recessed portions in the vehicle widthwise direction are integrally formed on the inner surface of the wall on which the support bosses is formed in a projecting manner toward the inside of the cross portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049324 | MECHANICAL RESTRAINT FOR SECURING MOTORCYCLE RIDER FOOTWEAR TO FOOTPEG - A restraint is configured to restrain a rider's footwear to a motorcycle footpeg along at least a nearly vertical first axis. The footpeg extends away from the motorcycle along a second axis. The restraint is based upon a combination of a hook and a clasp. The restraint can be engaged by linearly moving the footwear alternatively along either of two axes including the first axis, and a third axis that is mutually perpendicular to the first and second axes. The restraint may also be disengaged by linearly moving the footwear along the third axis. The third axis generally passes from the heel to toe of the footwear. Moving the footwear in a backward direction (toe to heel direction) engages the restraint; moving the footwear in a forward direction (heel to toe direction) disengages the restraint. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049325 | BELLOWS OF A TRANSITION BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES OF AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE ARTICULATELY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER - A bellows provides a transition for two vehicles of an articulated vehicle, which are articulately connected to each other. The bellows has at least one substantially U-shaped circumferential frame, the substantially U-shaped circumferential frame includes at least one coupling arrangement for attaching a cover shaped as an expansion or concertina bellows, and the at least one coupling arrangement is connected with the substantially U-shaped circumferential frame by way of at least one articulation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049326 | WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION HITCH APPARATUS - A hitch apparatus includes a housing configured to be attached to a vehicle, a tow bar movably disposed within the housing, and a weight distribution apparatus attached to a distal end of the tow bar. The tow bar is movable relative to the housing between retracted and extended positions, and is pivotable relative to the housing when in an extended position. The weight distribution apparatus comprises a hitch member configured to receive a coupling apparatus of a towed vehicle, and at least one weight distributing member configured to extend rearwardly from the vehicle and be attached to the towed vehicle. The hitch member may be any type of coupling apparatus such as a ball coupler, a pintle hook, a cushioned pintle hook, a swivel pintle hook, a lunette ring, and a clevis pin attachment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049329 | TRANSPORT HITCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A transport hitch apparatus which is attached to a standard semi-truck tractor via the truck's frame and fifth-wheel, and which is capable of lifting and towing agricultural implements using an array of different hitch connections. The transport hitch is customizable, and is capable of conforming to several semi-truck tractor frame types and implement hitch types. In the practice of an aspect of the present invention, an agricultural implement is attached to the transport apparatus via a two-point or drawbar hitch. The transport apparatus includes a self-contained electrically powered hydraulic lift system capable of lifting large agricultural implements for transport. The transport apparatus is mounted to a tandem axle semi-truck tractor fifth wheel and frame. The transport apparatus is designed to quickly attached to any standard semi-truck tractor. The hydraulic lift system allows implements of any shape or size to be raised or lowered to an ideal towing height. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049330 | ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - An attachment assembly for a vehicle having a receiver for pulling an object or being pulled. The attachment assembly includes a support member for connection to the receiver and an attachment member connected to the support member to provide both pivotal and rotational movement. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049335 | MULTI-LAYER VEHICLE AIRBAG COVERINGS - A panel for use over a vehicle airbag includes a multi-layer covering disposed over a substrate outer surface. The covering includes a decorative skin layer and a foam layer between the substrate and the skin layer. The covering also includes a tear seam provided at a pre-determined location for an airbag deployment opening. The foam layer has one or more material properties that vary between the substrate and the skin layer. The density of an outside layer of the foam layer may be greater than the density of an inside layer of the foam layer to improve tear seam function. The covering layers may be bonded to each other without the use of additional adhesive material. The tear seam may be formed by laser scoring and may have at least a portion that extends into the foam layer and may further extend into the skin layer. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049336 | FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG APPARATUS - In a front passenger seat air bag apparatus, an inflator for supplying gas to an air bag is formed in a cylindrical shape and arranged with a vehicle width direction being an axial direction. Also, the inflator is attached to a bottom wall portion formed on a case, with an axial portion of the inflator being offset farther toward a vehicle front side than a center portion, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the bottom wall portion. Meanwhile, an actuator for opening and closing a vent hole provided in the air bag is attached to the bottom wall portion farther toward a vehicle rear side than the inflator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049339 | ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-PURPOSE UTILITY VEHICLE AND VEHICLE BODY HAVING THE SAME - A roll-over protective structures includes a left side frame assembly including two vertical members, which are spaced in a vehicle length direction and have a width that allows a passenger to get in or out of the vehicle, and a connecting member which connects upper ends of the vertical members to each other, a right side frame assembly which has the same configuration a s the left side frame assembly and is spaced a predetermined distance from the left side frame assembly in a vehicle width direction, a plurality of link members which connect the left side frame assembly and the right side frame assembly to each other, and a cross member which connects lower ends of the left and right vertical members, which are located at the rear side of the vehicle, to each other among the plurality of vertical members. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049340 | RESTRAINING DEVICE - The motor drive current has a value increased for a time necessary for the clutch operation to mechanically connect the motor and spool and, after the clutch operation, the drive current has a value necessary only for preventing the rotation of the spool due to the belt tension. In this way, the power necessary only for restraining the occupant is consumed after the operation of the clutch is ensured. Then, it is possible to reduce the motor power consumption and suppress heat generation of the motor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049341 | RESTRAINT DEVICE - When releasing a connection between a motor and a spool, the value of a drive voltage is increased at start-up of the motor. After the rotating shaft of the motor starts rotating, the value of the drive voltage is set to a minimum value necessary to maintain the rotation of the rotating shaft. By this means, it is possible to prevent the number of revolutions of the rotating shaft of the motor from increasing unnecessarily and reduce the sound produced from the motor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049342 | TRAILER CHASSIS HOLD DOWN SYSTEM - An integrated trailer chassis hold down system/firefighting system can be used, among other purposes, to transport and deploy firefighting foam concentrate from intermediate bulk containers when supplied by a pressurized water source through foam eductors, self educting nozzles, or to resupply foam from a transfer pump for transportation. The trailer chassis can securely fasten intermediate bulk containers, keeping their center of gravity low for safe travel on highways and roads. The trailer chassis can cradle the intermediate bulk container with integrated hold down tabs bolded directly to the chassis. This hold down system allows the intermediate bulk container to sit inside the trailer chassis to keep the center of gravity low and allow the IBC to fit with close tolerance inside the chassis with positive restraint. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049343 | MUDGUARD STRUCTURE FOR STRADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A mudguard structure for a straddle-ride vehicle suppresses the enlargement of an attachment portion of a mud shield plate and makes satisfactory the external appearance of the circumference of a rear fender. A mudguard has left and right erecting walls erecting to the rear from respective left and right outer edges thereof and a front-lower concave portion integrally continuing into a lower portion of a rear wheel runout concave portion of a rear fender. A box-like attachment portion for attachment to the rear fender is located at each of both, left and right, sides of the upper end portion of the mudguard. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049344 | Book Having Sleeve Protected Pages and Binding Method Thereof - A book of sleeve protected pages bound together to form a sleeve bundle cradled inside a receiving channel formed by a hardcover spine and longitudinal flanges extending from the spine and a method of binding thereof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049347 | APPARATUS FOR VIEWING PAGES - The present invention includes a pageprop device including a retaining wall, a base and, in some embodiments stabilizing tab, which can be used by a user to view a page of bound material in a “hands free” manner. In addition, the angle between the beginning portion of the retaining wall and the beginning portion of the base is selected to ensure that sufficient light is displayed on the page of the bound material that is of interest to the user. Rectangular wedges are used to fix this angle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049348 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND RETRIEVING CARDS - An organization aid device, an organization aid carrier device, system, and method for organizing and retrieving cards is disclosed. The organization aid device allows for organization of plurality of card-like devices and quick identification of a particular card-like device from a stack of similar card-like devices, such that when a plurality of card-like devices are stored in a confined carrier, a desired card-like device can be accurately retrieved from the rest of the card-like devices and/or from the confined carrier. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049357 | SWIVEL DEVICE - The invention relates to a swivel device, in particular designed to connect two pipes or hoses rotating relative to one another, wherein the device ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049358 | Threaded inline swivel - A threaded inline swivel has a first nut and an opposite second nut each having the form of a generally hollow cylinder with an open end to receive fuel. Each nut has a collar that has a common nominal diameter. A collar provides at least two faces for gripping by a wrench. Each nut has threading for connection to a hose or other fitting. To further seal the swivel to a hose or a fitting, at least one O-ring and at least one gasket are provided as alternative embodiments. In a further alternate embodiment, the swivel has a threaded second nut and an opposite barbed end on the first nut with a clip. The first nut has its chamber that constricts in diameter through a throat as it enters the second nut. The swivel in all embodiments provides for flow of fluid through it with little turbulence. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049361 | PIPE CONNECTOR - A pipe connector including a connector body having a passage; a plurality of flexible pieces; a locking cap; a first stopping member; and a second stopping member. The plurality of flexible pieces is circumferentially disposed at one end of the passage. One end of each of the flexible pieces is fixedly connected to the connector body. The locking cap includes a first end close to the connector body and a second end opposite to the first end. A conical surface is formed on the internal wall of the second end. The conical surface coordinates with the external wall of the flexible pieces to lock the pipe. The first stopping member is disposed on the external wall of the connector body or the flexible pieces; and the second stopping member is disposed on the internal wall of the first end of the locking cap and coordinates with the first stopping member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049362 | Tidal Power Plant and Method for Operating Said Tidal Power Plant - The invention relates to a flow power plant, comprising a water turbine having torsionally rigid rotor blades, a drive train connected to the water turbine, which at least indirectly drives an electric generator and is characterized in that at inflow speeds v for which the flow power plant is designed, the water turbine is configured to be non-auto-restarting for tip speed ratios λ below a predetermined auto-restart tip speed ratio λs where λs≧1. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049363 | PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - A permanent magnet (PM) machine system is provided having a PM machine and a controller in communication with the PM machine. The PM machine has a q-axis voltage feedback signal and a pullout torque that represents a peak torque that the PM machine generates. The controller includes a q-axis current regulator that produces a commanded q-axis voltage that is supplied to the PM machine. The controller also includes at least one control logic for monitoring the q-axis voltage feedback signal of the PM machine. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049364 | Hybrid electric power for vehicular propulsion - This invention relates to a hybrid gas turbine (HGT) engine powerplant having electrical output power and as a system independently or in combination with electrical energy storage means, supplies electrical power to at least one electric motor for vehicular propulsion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049379 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device comprises a base member having a striker-engagement groove which a striker of a vehicle body enters; a latch pivotally mounted to the base member and engagable with the striker; a ratchet pivotally mounted to the base member to engage with the latch to prevent the latch from turning; a latch-detecting switch detecting a turning position of the latch; and a terminal block in which a latch conductive plate is formed by insert molding. The terminal block has a holding portion for the latch-detecting switch without coupling means. The latch conductive plate has a connecting terminal exposed in the holding portion and electrically connected to the latch detecting switch. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049380 | ELECTRIC STRIKE AND COMBINATION WITH IMPROVED LOCK ASSEMBLY - This invention relates to an improved electric strike assembly ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049381 | MANWAY COVER FASTENER - A fastener includes a housing, a piston movable within the housing, and a compression member positioned between the housing and the piston. The compression member is movable entirely into the housing to compress the compression member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049382 | Magnetic Latch for Safety Applications with Adjustable Holding Force - A magnetic latch for industrial environments includes fixed magnetic pole pieces that may be sealed within a housing to resist environmental contamination and which provide for perpendicular engagement faces for use with gates having a rolling or swinging configuration. An RFID tag reader may be incorporated into the magnet assembly of the latch for reading a specially encoded RFID tag in a keeper portion of the magnetic latch. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049387 | LOCKING ARRANGEMENT AND CULINARY UTENSIL COMPRISING SAME - The present invention is concerned with a locking arrangement having a first wall defining a first surface and a second wall defining a second surface, with the first and second surfaces abutting each other; a mechanism for locking the first wall against the second wall; and a movable member. The first wall and the second wall are configured to define an enclosed channel for accommodating the movable member such that the movable member is slidable within the channel, and wherein the locking arrangement may assume one of two configurations, in that in one of the two configurations said walls are prevented from moving relative to each other by said movable member and in the other configuration said walls and hence said arms extended therefrom are movable relative to each other. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049388 | Bezels For Vehicle Accessory Assemblies And Vehicle Accessory Assemblies Comprising The Same - A bezel for a vehicle accessory assembly includes a body portion, a perimeter wall extending from an underside of the body portion, an upper engagement portion extending in an inboard direction from an inboard side of the perimeter wall, and a snap portion coupled to the upper engagement portion. The snap portion includes a receiving slot for receiving a corresponding tab. The bezel further includes a lead-in portion extending from the snap portion in an inboard direction such that the lead-in portion is non-coplanar with the snap portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049391 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a frame having a closed-section portion which is formed by joining a first member having a U-shaped section and a second member having a flat-plate shape, a bulkhead is provided in the closed-section portion as a reinforcing member, flanges of the bulkhead and the first and second members are joined with a rigid joint portion where they are joined by a spot welding and a flexible joint portion where they are joined via a damping member. Thereby, transmission of vibrations can be properly restrained, improving the rigidity of the portion having the closed-section portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049392 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which comprises vehicle-body forming members forming a closed-section portion and having a dent portion which dents toward an inside of the closed-section portion, and a reinforcing member provided in the closed-section portion and joined to the vehicle-body forming members, a joint portion of the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member includes a rigid joint portion where the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member are joined with a direct contact thereof and a flexible joint portion where the vehicle-body forming members and the reinforcing member are joined via a damping member provided therebetween, and this joint portion is provided at or in the vicinity of the dent portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049393 | VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, where suspension forming members are attached to a vehicle body, there are provided a first face portion, through which the suspension forming member extends, a second face portion provided to face to the first face portion, and a support member provided between the first face portion and the second face portion and supporting the suspension forming members, and the support member is joined to said second face portion via a reinforcing member which is formed integrally with the support member or formed separately from the support member. Accordingly, vibrations of the support member can be properly restrained. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049394 | AUTOMOTIVE REAR BODY STRUCTURE - A tire carrier member stands on a front inclined surface of a luggage storage well formed in a floor panel. Tire supporting flanges having upper surfaces on which a spare tire is placed are provided at the lower part of the tire carrier member. A tire fixing portion to which the spare tire in a vertical position is detachably fixed is provided above the tire supporting flanges. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049395 | CARGO AREA EXTENSION SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for extending the length of the bed of a pickup truck or other vehicle to increase the overall cargo area of the vehicle and more specifically to a cargo area extension system enclosed in a tailgate of the vehicle that when opened creates an enclosure that attaches to the sidewalls of the vehicle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049396 | VEHICLE FLOOR MAT - Provided is a vehicle floor mat that can reliably maintain a fixed state and includes a mat main body and at least one fastening device for fastening the mat main body to a vehicle. The fastening device includes a first fastening member fixed to the vehicle and a second fastening member fixed to the mat main body. The first fastening member includes a rotating knob rotating about a vertical axis and a lever pivotally provided on an upper section of the knob. The second fastening member includes an insertion receiving section for the knob to be inserted thereinto, and engaged therewith by rotating the knob inserted into the insertion receiving section. A rotation of the knob in an engaged state is restricted by laying the lever. The knob and lever allow the mat main body to be fixed to the vehicle through a two-step fixation mechanism, thus enabling strong fixation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049397 | DOOR BEAM ASSEMBLY WITH ROLL FORMED BEAM - A door beam assembly for a passenger vehicle comprises a roll formed longitudinally-swept tubular beam having a constant cross section defining a generally-orthogonal shape, with the outside wall having an integral channel rib formed into the wall to stiffen the wall. C-shaped mounting brackets are attached to beam ends, with opposing walls welded to and supporting walls of the beam, and with a transverse wall spaced from the adjacent wall of the beam. In one aspect, right and left door beam assemblies includes identical beams, front and rear mounting brackets attached to each end, and identical center brackets. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049398 | CAMPING TRAILER - Provided is a camping trailer including an upper frame body, a lower frame body, and a roof frame body all of which are configured to have an identical structure, in which all the upper, lower, and roof frame bodies are extended to be spread or folded to be reduced by an effector body. Accordingly, the camping trailer is not only transported conveniently with a minimized volume thereof during transportation or carriage by reducing the lower, upper, and roof frame bodies thereof to thus enhance improvement of mobility, but also secures a living space with a maximized volume thereof by extending the reduced lower, upper, and roof frame bodies thereof during use, in all directions to thus enhance improvement of space usability. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049399 | AIR GUIDING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An air guiding device for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049400 | MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - A motor vehicle body includes, but is not limited to a front hood, a windshield rising from a rear edge of the front hood and a cross member substantially extending over the width of the windshield, of which a front edge supports a front lower edge of the windshield and a rear edge is supported on a structural element of the body. A top side of the cross member faces the passenger cell and a bottom side faces the engine compartment. Between the front edge and the rear edge the cross member comprises at least one first region, in which the top side is concavely curved in a section plane running in vehicle longitudinal direction and which yields to a load by intensifying the curvature along an apex line yielding towards the engine compartment and pivoting of two zones extending on both sides of the apex line towards each other. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049401 | BODY PANEL ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BODY PANEL ASSEMBLY - A body panel assembly and a method for manufacturing a body panel assembly are disclosed herein. In a non-limiting embodiment, the body panel assembly includes, but is not limited to, an inner panel having a lower portion. The body panel assembly further includes an outer panel that is connected to the inner panel. The outer panel has a main portion, a transitional portion, and a bent portion. The main portion and the bent portion are positioned on opposite sides of the lower portion. The main portion, the transitional portion, and the bent portion are arranged to form a cavity having an elongated configuration below the inner panel. The bent portion defines an opening extending therethrough. The opening is positioned at least partially below the lower portion of the inner panel. The opening provides ventilation to the cavity. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049402 | Utilities Pod for Caravans - A utilities pod ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049417 | Vehicle seat - The invention relates to a vehicle seat, having at least a structural part ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049418 | COMPACT SEATING DEVICE - The present invention is a compact seating and backpack device that includes a trapezoid-shaped backpack portion with two sides that includes a slit on each said side of the backpack portion, a cube-shaped bottom portion with a top surface that is hingedly attached to the backpack portion and a pair of telescoping rods that are attached to the bottom portion and extend to the backpack portion. There is also a plurality of waterproof fabric sheets that are disposed across the top surface of the bottom portion that serve as a sitting support and an overall cross-leg design that includes a plurality of aluminum crossing u-shaped braces that form an x-shaped support to the bottom portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049419 | Monitoring/Entertainment System for a Child's Seat - A monitoring and/or entertainment system, especially for a child seat, having at least one electronic assembly for displaying/recording images, films or film sequences, and having a moulded body in which the at least one electronic assembly is mounted and held. In order that the monitoring/entertainment system can be used for a child seat when the seat shell of the child seat is aligned in the direction opposite to the direction of travel, the moulded body has at least one fixing element which is arranged to form a force-based connection to the base frame of the child seat, wherein when the moulded body is in the state in which it is fixed to the base frame of the child seat the front side of the moulded body and the electronic assembly mounted in the moulded body face towards the seat shell of the child seat. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049420 | Child Seat and Method of Fabricating the Same - A child seat includes an upper surface adapted to receive a child in a sitting position, and a surrounding sidewall having a top connected with the upper surface, the upper surface including a plurality of perforations, the surrounding sidewall being formed integrally with the upper surface, and the surrounding sidewall and the upper surface at least partially delimiting an inner cavity below the upper surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049421 | MOBILE ERGONOMIC ROTATING ADJUSTABLE CHAIR WITH LUMBAR SUPPORT - An apparatus for sitting, including: a keystone assembly which connects various parts of the apparatus; a back that provides support for at least a person's back or shoulders; a floating lumbar support, which provides support for a person's lower back, attached to the keystone assembly; a seat that can adjust between a forward tilted and reclined position; a plurality of rollers, disposed on the keystone assembly, on which the seat rests; a central column, attached to the keystone assembly, on which the seat can spin; and a lower torsion spring connected to the seat and disposed on the keystone assembly allowing controlled movement of the seat. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049422 | Chair and Method for Fabricating the Same - A chair and a method for fabricating the chair are provided. Therein, a butterfly mechanism has projecting portions for engaging with receiving recesses formed on a seat frame of the chair, and then the combined butterfly mechanism and seat frame can be fixed by screw members. A tubular portion at the butterfly mechanism is then mounted around a gas lift of a base portion of the chair. Then forward-extending projecting portions formed on a back frame of the chair are engaged with receiving recesses formed correspondingly on the butterfly mechanism, and the back frame and the butterfly mechanism are fixed by using screw members. An inward-extending connecting portion formed at a lower part of each of two armrest supports is inserted into a through hole on the seat frame, and the two components are fixed by using screw members. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049429 | ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE HEAD RESTRAINT - A vehicle seat with an adjustable head restraint assembly is provided with a controller configured to receive an instruction signal to actuate a head restraint from a use position to a stowed position. A detection signal indicates whether an object is within a predetermined range of the head restraint. A stow signal is transmitted to an actuator to actuate the head restraint to the stowed position in response to the instruction signal and in response to the detection signal indicating that an object is not within the predetermined range of the head restraint. A use signal is transmitted to the actuator to maintain the head restraint in the use position in response to the instruction signal and in response to the detection signal indicating that an object is within the predetermined range of the head restraint. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049430 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE HEAD RESTRAINTS FOR VEHICLE SEATS - A height adjustable head restraint assembly is provided with an upright guide adapted to be mounted to a vehicle body proximate to a seat back. The guide has a cross section. A frame has a cavity with a cross section oversized relative to that of the guide to receive the guide. At least one of the guides in the frame has a plurality of projections extending to engage the other for providing guidance therebetween. A head restraint is mounted to the frame for translation along the guide. A motor is mounted to the frame for driving a threaded rod that is engaged with a fixed nut that is mounted to the guide for translating the head restraint. A pair of conductive brushes is provided on the guide and a pair of conductive contacts is mounted to the frame in electrical communication with the motor for providing power to the motor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049431 | SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat and at least one flexible strap for suspending the seat from a part of the vehicle or of the seat assembly. A pad of compressible foam is arranged to be interposed between a surface of the seat facing away from an occupant and a vehicle hull. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049432 | SUSPENDED SITTING APPARATUS - A suspended sitting system includes a sitting surface having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, one or more suspension points, a first suspension means for suspending the first end of the sitting surface from the one or more suspension points, and a second suspension means for suspending the second end of the sitting surface from the one or more suspension points. Furthermore, the suspended sitting system is capable of more than one suspension configurations, including a basic configuration, wherein the one or more suspension points is exactly two generally horizontally-oriented suspension points, a single point configuration, wherein the one or more suspension points is exactly one suspension point, and a vertical configuration, wherein the one or more suspension points is exactly two vertically oriented suspension points. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049433 | VEHICLE SEAT - An attaching member includes a cover attaching portion to which a portion of a cover directly or indirectly attaches, a board attaching portion to which one end of a board member attaches, and an engaging portion that engages with a frame member. The portion of the cover is attached to the cover attaching portion, the board member is attached to the board attaching portion, mutual positions of the portion of the cover and the board member are fixed, and the engaging portion is engaged with the frame member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049434 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, comprises at least one fitting which has two fitting parts rotatable relative to one another, and which defines an axis. At least one structural part has at least one first opening having a first diameter for partially accommodating the fitting, and at least one fastening region surrounding the first opening for fastening the fitting. The fastening region is reinforced relative to the other regions of the structural part by an additional part which has a second opening having a second diameter. The additional part is fixedly connected to the structural part, and the fitting is fixedly connected to the additional part and is at least partially inserted into the second opening. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049435 | MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A material and equipment recovery system for high risk environments has a recovery vehicle and surface control station, and a communication link between them, which may be an Ethernet link. The recovery vehicle has an operable recovery implement suitable to its particular application. The surface control station has an operator station from which an operator can operate the recovery vehicle remotely. Cameras on the recovery vehicle provide images for an operator to maneuver the recovery vehicle and monitor systems on the recovery vehicle. The surface control station also has a winch and recovery cable that attaches to the recovery vehicle to retrieve it should it become disabled. An optical alignment device on the surface control station allows alignment of the surface control station to keep the retrieval cable effective. The recovery vehicle and control station have hitch elements and the recovery vehicle can reposition the control station at a site. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049436 | Refuge Chamber and Method - A refuge chamber for miners in a mine includes a skid. The chamber includes a tent that is disposed in the skid in an undeployed state which is expandable to a deployed state and extends from the skid to provide a protected atmosphere for the miners. A method for providing a refuge chamber for miners in a mine including the steps of opening a skid made of metal. There is the step of expanding a tent that is disposed in the skid in an undeployed state to a deployed state that extends from the skid to provide a protected atmosphere for the miners. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049437 | MINING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A mining system and components for conveyance of mined material. The system may include a continuous miner, a series of one or more conveyor carts, and a loader, coupled in series. The loader may include a first end to be connected to the second end of the series of carts, a feeder assembly proximate to the first end of the loader and also having a first end and a second end, and an elevator at the second end of the feeder assembly. The feeder assembly may include a plurality of spaced paddles connected to endless chains. The paddles convey mined material through a bin and to the elevator. Carts may be stackable, with leg supports of an upper cart being received on the side rails of an adjacent lower cart. Couplings include male and female connectors that couple when advanced toward each other. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049438 | Method For Providing An Abrasion Resistant Cutting Edge And Trimming Device Having Said Cutting Edge - A method for manufacturing a toothbrush filament trimmer includes providing a cutter and a counter knife each comprised of hot-working steel, wherein the cutter and the counter knife include at least a recess suitable to carry a coating to form a cutting edge; depositing a first material onto the at least one recess of the cutter and/or the counter knife to form a first layer; depositing a second material onto each first layer to form a second layer, wherein at least a carbide of at least one element of the fourth, the fifth, the sixth and/or the seventh group of the periodic table is used as the second material; and sharpening the coating comprising the first layer and the second layer applied to the at least one recess of the cutter and/or to the at least one recess of the counter knife, wherein a cutting edge is formed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049441 | MULTI-SURFACE RIM FOR ENHANCED EFFICIENCY - Embodiments described herein provide for one or more of: (1) airflow enhancement around a rim using cusps that create virtual surfaces of air with the bike in motion, which also encourage favorable air attachment around the rim; (2) wake reduction by streamlining the airfoil around the rim using trip edges at various points of rim surface transition, which cause a laminar flow to go turbulent for enhancing the streamline effect; (3) a double rim surface, which provides an air slot between the two rim surfaces at a distance that enhances flow attachment and adds energy of air flow around the rim by moving air between areas of high and low pressure; and (4) a tubeless tire rim kit capable of converting conventional rims into tubeless ones and also promoting the sealing of the tire to the rim with minimal air pressure necessary to create the seal. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049442 | MOUNTING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR - A tire pressure monitor mount includes a carrier ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049453 | SNOWMOBILE TRACK STUD SUPPORT - A snowmobile traction stud support and enhancement device includes a base and at least one boss that extends from the base. Each boss includes a boss aperture through which a stud can pass. Support flanges around the at least one boss can be longer, shorter or equal to the length of the at least one boss. The support flanges extend from the at least one boss to a base plate, and can be tapered or straight, with differing wall cross-sections. The stud support is lightweight, has improved traction, and heightened resistance to bending, thereby increasing performance characteristics. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049454 | PREDICTION OF TRANSISTOR TEMPERATURE IN AN INVERTER POWER MODULE OF A VEHICLE, AND RELATED OPERATING METHODS - A power module system for a vehicle includes a circuit board, a power transistor mounted to the circuit board, and a temperature sensor mounted to the circuit board in a sensing location remote from the power transistor. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a real-time temperature at the sensing location. The system also includes a processor coupled to the temperature sensor to generate a predicted real-time silicon temperature for the power transistor from the measured real-time temperature at the sensing location. The predicted real-time silicon temperature is generated using a selected calibration curve that corresponds to a current operating state of the vehicle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049457 | ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM - A battery system includes a plurality of electronic storage modules serially connected together. Each electronic storage module includes a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells, and a different magnetic core connected to each battery block group. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049458 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM AND TRAIN - A battery charging system includes a first battery unit for storing electric power to be supplied to a driving system of a train, and a second battery unit for storing electric power to be supplied to the first battery unit. A control unit calculates electric power consumption from the first battery unit. And a battery charging unit supplies electric power to the first battery unit from the second battery unit based on the electric power consumption calculated by the control unit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049459 | SERIES REGULATOR ON ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A capacitor connected to a microcomputer voltage wiring is downsized. A series regulator on an electronic control unit for automotive includes a battery as an in-vehicle power supply, a relay, an input side capacitor, a series regulator circuit, and an output side capacitor, and is connected to a microcomputer. The series regulator circuit includes an n-channel MOSFET, a gate voltage regulator circuit as an output control circuit of an FET, and a gate voltage holding capacitor. A capacitor GND voltage (gate voltage) is adjusted by the gate voltage regulator circuit to convert an input side capacitor voltage into an output side capacitor voltage, and supply a microcomputer current to the microcomputer. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049460 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING OVERVOLTAGES IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for preventing overvoltages in an electrical system of a motor vehicle is provided. The electrical system has as voltages sources an electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine and a motor vehicle battery. The electric machine has a stator winding, a rotor winding and a field regulator assigned to the rotor winding for controlling a field current flowing through the rotor winding. The voltage generated by the electric machine is limited to an upper voltage threshold value if (i) a rotational speed corresponding to the rotational speed of the electric machine is below a rotational speed threshold value, and (ii) a temperature corresponding to the temperature of the motor vehicle battery is below a temperature threshold value. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049461 | CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit topology for multiple loads includes a driving terminal, first and second signal receiving terminals, and a capacitor. The driving terminal is connected to a node through a first transmission line. The node is connected to the first and second signal receiving terminals through second and third transmission lines. The second transmission line is longer than the third transmission line, and a difference between lengths of the second and third transmission lines is greater than a product of a transmission speed and a rise time of signals from the driving terminal. A first terminal of the capacitor is connected to the third transmission line. A second terminal of the capacitor is grounded. A distance between the capacitor and the second signal receiving terminal is less than a distance between the capacitor and the node. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049462 | MULTICHANNEL POWER SUPPLY - Systems and methods for a multichannel power supply are disclosed. The multichannel power supply includes a front end circuit configured to receive an input voltage and to provide a regulated front end direct current (DC) voltage. A multichannel source circuit is coupled to the front-end circuit. The multichannel source circuit includes a controller, a reference voltage circuit, and a plurality of source circuits. Each source circuit in the plurality of source circuits represents a distinct output channel of the multichannel power supply. The multichannel source circuit is configured to generate a constant current output for each source circuit in the plurality of source circuits. Each load in a plurality of loads is connected to a corresponding source circuit in the plurality of source circuits and is configured to receive the corresponding constant current output via the corresponding source circuit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049463 | REDUNDANT POWER SYSTEM - A redundant power system aims to provide multiple main output power and multiple standby power to drive a plurality of loads operating in an operating mode or a standby mode. The redundant power system includes a plurality of power supplies and a back panel. Each power supply provides a main output power and a standby power. The back panel has a power bus path to converge the main output power. The power bus path is divided into multiple main power output paths each being controlled by a remote ON/OFF switch to determine whether to perform output, and multiple standby power output paths each has a conversion unit located thereon. The conversion unit converts the power in the power bus path and provides a simulated standby power to the loads in a normal. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049464 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to a control apparatus and a control method which are capable of reliably preventing electric power not required to be returned to an electric power system from flowing out to the electric power system. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049469 | POWER COMBINING IN POWER OVER ETHERNET SYSTEMS - A technique for combining power to a single load from multiple power supplies using power over Ethernet (PoE) is disclosed. Each power supply is coupled to associated power sourcing equipment (PSE) providing PoE, and each PSE has a current limit. The power supplies supply approximately the same voltage, but the output voltages are typically not exactly equal. All the power supplies are connected via diodes to a common load terminal. The power supply outputting the highest voltage first supplies power to the load terminal, since only its diode is forward biased, until a PoE current limit is reached. Then its duty cycle is limited. The load terminal voltage is then inherently lowered to cause the diode of the power supply with the next highest output voltage to connect it to the load to supply additional power to the load as the first power supply continues to supply its limited current. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049470 | POWER ANALYSIS MODULE FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE - A method of analyzing the characteristics of a power source includes receiving a power source having at least one phase and sensing voltage signals of each phase of the at least one phase. The method includes detecting a zero crossing event of a selected phase of the at least one phase based on the sensed voltage signals of the selected phase. The method also includes determining, using a processor, voltage information for each phase of the at least one phase based on the corresponding sensed voltage signals. The method further includes outputting a series of pulses via a galvanic isolator in response to the zero crossing event. Respective lengths of some or all of the pulses in the series are based on the corresponding voltage information for each of the at least one phase. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049471 | Multipurpose, universal Converter with battery control and real-time Power Factor Correction. - The Electric Power Converter has the qualifications for an uninterruptable power supply, battery management, energy conversion, micro-grid formation, Power Factor Correction including Total Harmonic Distortion correction in real time. Uninterruptable power supply's use is for always-on, real-time, all-time, reduced distortion with functions of load reduction and management during peak load events. The Electric Power Converter as well has the ability to provide maintenance for most types of batteries including charging and discharge regiments to increase the overall lifetime of a battery, the maintenance, incorporating restorative functions that can refurbish dead batteries or can further increase the overall efficiency and useful function of weaker/aged/defective batteries. Energy conversion capabilities allow for the conversion of AC or DC to AC or DC with high efficiency and ability to actively vary the frequency in accordance to the required parameters. The Electric Power Converter is able to establish and sustain a micro-grid with multiple and varying sources of power generation and load conditions. The Electric Power Converter is achieving dynamic, real-time, interactive Power Factor Correction (PFC) function with advanced voltage harmonic distortion correction with a high efficiency ratio. The Electric Power converter is designed to function with the emerging Smart Grid technologies and provide an overall higher level of operating efficiency and higher quality of electrical power. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049472 | Energy Storage Device For A Power Compensator And A Method For Control Thereof - An energy storage device for a power compensator including a battery stack including a plurality of battery units connected in series, each of the battery units including one or more parallel-connected battery modules including a plurality of battery cells, where each battery unit further includes a bypass switch connected in parallel with the battery modules and the energy storage device comprises a control unit which is operatively connected to the bypass switches and adapted to receive information on a failure in any of the battery modules and to close the bypass switch in order to bypass the battery unit in case of a failure in any of the battery modules of the battery unit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049489 | MOVER FOR A LINEAR MOTOR AND LINEAR MOTOR - A mover for a linear motor includes an armature having a plurality of teeth arranged along a line and wound with coils. The mover further includes a main-pole magnet array arranged at a side of the armature at which the teeth exist. The main-pole magnet array includes a plurality of main-pole magnets with different polarities alternately arranged along an arranging direction of the teeth. The mover further includes at least one auxiliary-pole magnet arranged adjacent to one end or both ends of the main-pole magnet array. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049490 | MAGNETIC PLATE HAVING WOVEN CLOTH, LINEAR MOTOR HAVING THE MAGNETIC PLATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MAGNETIC PLATE - A magnetic plate for a linear motor, a linear motor having the magnetic plate, and a method of manufacturing the magnetic plate, wherein the strength of a portion where the thickness of a resin layer is small is improved, while maintaining desired thrust force of the motor. A woven cloth such as a glass woven cloth or a carbon fiber woven cloth is attached on a surface of a plurality of permanent magnets, wherein N-poles and S-poles of the permanent magnets are alternately positioned. Then, a resin protecting layer is formed on the woven cloth by resin molding. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049493 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a wound stator and a permanent magnet rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a hub fixed on the shaft, a plurality of rotor core segments and magnets fixed around the hub. The rotor core segment includes at least two rotor blocks inwardly extending from the innermost portion thereof. The hub includes a plurality of hub blocks equidistantly and outwardly extending from the outer surface thereof. The rotor blocks of each rotor core segment engage with at least one hub block to fix the rotor core segment to the hub. The number of rotor blocks is greater than the number of hub blocks. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049494 | SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor including: a salient pole type stator that includes a plurality of teeth having a coil wound therearound and a magnet mounted between the teeth; and a salient pole type rotor that is inserted into a central portion of the stator and rotates, wherein the magnet is mounted between the teeth having the coil wound therearound. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049495 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM - A rotating electric machine system includes: a rotating electric machine including a stator and a rotor arranged with a gap to the stator; a casing configured to hold the stator; an electric power conversion apparatus held by the casing, and configured to drive the rotating electric machine; and a first cooling flow path arranged in a portion of the casing between the stator and the electric power conversion apparatus, via which cooling medium is caused to flow so as to cool the stator and the electric power conversion apparatus. And: the electric power conversion apparatus comprises a power module configured to include a power semiconductor element therein; the power module comprises a heat radiation fin; and the heat radiation fin is arranged to protrude toward a cooling medium side via an opening formed between the power module and the first cooling flow path. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049496 | Electric Machine Module Cooling System and Method - Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module. The module can include a housing, which can define a machine cavity. In some embodiments, an electric machine can be positioned within the machine cavity. In some embodiments, the electric machine can include a stator assembly including potted stator end turns. An end turn member can be positioned within the machine cavity and can include a radially inward flange and a radially outward flange axially extending from a central region. The end turn member is configured and arranged so that the flanges are substantially adjacent the stator end turns. The end turn member can include at least one second member aperture disposed through a portion of the central region. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049497 | GEAR-INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A gear-integrated electric motor is provided with a motor ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130049498 | Electric Motors - An electric motor includes one or more separate coil sets arranged to produce a magnetic field of the motor. The electric motor also includes a plurality of control devices coupled to respective sub-sets of coils for current control. A similar arrangement is proposed for a generator. A coil mounting system for an electric motor or generator includes one or more coil teeth for windably receiving a coil for the motor and a back portion for attachably receiving a plurality of the coil teeth. A traction control system and method for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels independently powered by a respective motor. A suspension control system and method for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, each wheel being mounted on a suspension arm of the vehicle and being independently powered by a respective motor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049505 | DISK-ROTATING MOTOR AND DISK-DRIVING DEVICE - A disk-rotating motor includes a rotor section including a rotor magnet attached to a rotor frame and a shaft fixed to a center of the rotor frame, and a stator section including a shaft-bearing which bears the shaft, wherein the stator section includes the shaft-bearing, a shaft-bearing housing which holds the shaft-bearing, a thrust plate which bears the shaft in an axis direction, a stator core which is arranged to face the rotor magnet and provided with wire-winding, a core holder which holds the stator core, and a bracket which holds the shaft-bearing housing. The bracket has a projecting part which fixes the shaft-bearing at a central part thereof, an inner diameter part of the shaft-bearing is press-fitted to be tightened to the projecting part, and an outer diameter part of the shaft-bearing housing is adhered to be tightened to an inner diameter part of the core holder. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049506 | PLAIN BEARING - A plain bearing of a shaft, in particular of an electric-motor drive unit of a motor vehicle, contains a first plain bearing part that surrounds the shaft and a second plain bearing part connected axially to the first plain bearing part. The thermal expansion coefficient of the second plain bearing part is greater than the thermal expansion coefficient of the first plain bearing part. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049507 | PASSIVE MAGNETIC BEARINGS FOR ROTATING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING INDUCTION MACHINES - Permanent magnet bearings are incorporated into rotating equipment, such as induction machines, in addition to active magnetic or lubricated primary shaft support bearings. The passive magnetic bearings incorporate permanent magnets that generate directionally oriented magnetic fields of selective intensity. The magnetic field directions are aligned with a desired shaft support bearing preload direction and intensity, for example to exert axial thrust or radial preloads on the support bearings. A plurality of magnetic bearings may be oriented in opposed relationship with neutral or offsetting resultant forces. The passive magnetic force preload may be utilized to offset rotor vertical weight during induction startup or stopping cycles. Passive magnetic force preload may be applied to lubricated bearings to assure their operational stability. The passive magnetic bearings can also absorb radial or axial thrust forces imparted on the rotor shaft during induction machine operation, that may reduce machine operational noise, and energy consumption. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049508 | ELECTRIC DAMPER - An electric damper for damping the relative movement between a first and a second mass includes a generator integrated into a gear and driven by the movement of the first and second masses. A first gear element forming a stator is set into rotation by the movement of the masses. A second gear element forming a rotor is rotated by the rotation of the first gear element. The second gear element is directly or indirectly coupled to the first gear element with a gear ratio. Either the first or the second gear element includes means for generating a magnetic field. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049511 | PERMANENT MAGNET EMBEDDED ROTOR - A permanent magnet embedded rotor disposed coaxially with a cylindrical stator having a plurality of coils in the circumferential direction includes a rotor core that includes a columnar body made of a magnetic metal and a spacer made of a nonmagnetic material, and has an even number of insertion grooves, a cylindrical body that is made of a nonmagnetic metal with good electrical conductivity and externally inserted on the rotor core, permanent magnets embedded in the insertion grooves so that their N poles and S poles alternately come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, and a rotary shaft made of stainless steel fit into a rotation center of the rotor core. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049512 | AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR AND MOTOR - An axial flux synchronous generator for wind turbine generators is provided including a shaft coupled to receive power with a power generating apparatus for the wind turbine; a rotor coupled rotatably to the shaft and having upper and lower disk-like faces affixed with a plurality of skewed permanent magnets having north-south (N-S) pole pairs and distantly arranged; an upper stator and a lower stator both having a plurality of slots formed similar to the skewed permanent magnets for taking windings of a coil, the upper stator being displaced relative to the lower stator by an electric angle in the range of 25˜30°; an upper housing and a lower housing for housing the rotor, the upper stator and the lower stator together; and a hub housing for fastening the upper housing and the lower housing to maintain constant gaps between the rotor and the upper stator and the lower stator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049513 | ELECTRIC MACHINE - A permanent magnet machine includes a stator having a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth and plurality of stator windings coupled to the stator core. The stator is configured to generate a stator magnetic rotating field when the stator windings are excited with an electric current. The stator magnetic rotating field includes both synchronous sub-harmonic and super-harmonic components. The permanent magnet machine also includes a rotor that is disposed within the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of rotor magnets that are coupled to the rotor core. The rotor magnets are further configured to have a predefined orientation profile such that when the stator windings are excited with an electric current, sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields are generated in the rotor magnetic field. The stator sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields interact with the rotor sub-harmonic and super-harmonic magnetic rotating fields and produce an aiding torque on in the permanent magnet machine. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049514 | ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The electric rotating machine includes a stator winding constituted of conductor segments each having a pair of in-slot portions and a coil end section projecting from both axial ends of a stator core. The coil end section includes a joint-side end portion having a skew portion intersecting with another one of the conductor segments at an axial end of the stator core. The skew portion is formed with a joint end portion at an extremity thereof, the joint end portion being formed with a conductor exposed portion where an inner conductor is exposed and joined to a conductor exposed portion of another conductor segment. A joint area between the joint end portions and a vicinity thereof are covered by an insulating resin member. The insulating resin member is thicker at a portion covering the conductor exposed portions than at a portion covering other than the conductor exposed portions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSULATING INDUCTION MACHINE COIL CONNECTORS - Method and apparatus for insulating induction machine conductive connectors by sliding a closed-end insulating sheath over the connector. The sheath is circumferentially secured to the conductive connector with a biasing element, such as an elastomeric stretchable fabric, stretch tape or heat shrink material. Additional insulative materials as well as resin curing catalysts or accelerants may be added to the sheath. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049520 | STATOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an integral or a non-integral stator structure for reducing the manufacturing complexity by eliminating the boot part of the tooth part thereof. The stator structure is made of a core material, and includes: a plurality of stator units, each having a tooth part and an annular part, in which different stator units can be connected with each other integrally or non-integrally, so as to form an annular stator structure. The tooth part of each stator unit is formed in a pillar shape that has a first end and a second end, and the first end is connected to the annular part. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049521 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A stator for a rotary electric machine has a plurality of core bodies arranged in an annular shape and held by a circular cylindrical holding ring. Each of core teeth included in the respective core bodies includes a tooth portion which radially extends when the core tooth is attached to the holding ring, and around which a coil is wound. The core tooth includes a back yoke portion which circumferentially extends and is connected to the radially outward side of the tooth portion. The outer circumferential surface of each of the back yoke portions has a protruded portion at the circumferential center thereof and has recessed portions at opposite circumferential ends thereof. The protruded portion protrudes radially outwardly from a reference circle located a predetermined distance apart from the axial center of a stator, and the recessed portion is recessed radially inwardly from the reference circle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049522 | RETAINING RING CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A retaining ring configuration system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a set of adjustment apparatuses configured to contact a portion of a generator rotor, each of the set of adjustment apparatuses including: a base member for contacting the portion of the generator rotor; an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the generator retaining ring relative to the generator rotor; and an actuation member coupled to the base member and operably attached to the adjustment member, the actuation member for actuating movement of the adjustment member to adjust the position of the generator retaining ring relative to the generator rotor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049523 | BRUSH DEVICE AND MOTOR - A brush holder extends substantially in a radial direction of a commutator. The brush holder includes a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface, which are separate from each other in the axial direction of the commutator. A torsion spring presses portions-to-be-pressed of a brush-rear end, thereby urging the brush toward the commutator. The portions-to-be-pressed are deviated from a brush-center line in the axial direction of the commutator. The brush is urged by the torsion spring, thereby bringing a brush-tip end into contact with the first inner side surface, and bringing the brush-rear end into contact with the second inner side surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049524 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVEN LIQUID PUMP AND BRUSH FOR SAME - In one implementation, a liquid pump includes a pumping element, an electric motor and a brush housing. The electric motor is coupled to the pumping element to drive the pumping element for rotation, and the motor has a commutator, brushes engaged with the commutator to provide electricity to the commutator and at least one biasing member yieldably biasing the brushes into engagement with the commutator. The brush housing defines brush cavities in which the brushes are received, where the brushes have a first surface engaged with the commutator and a second surface spaced from the first surface and acted upon by said at least one biasing member. The second surface is inclined at an acute included angle relative to the first surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049529 | ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR/MOTOR CONFIGURATIONS - Electrostatic generators/motors designs are provided that generally may include a first cylindrical stator centered about a longitudinal axis; a second cylindrical stator centered about the axis, a first cylindrical rotor centered about the axis and located between the first cylindrical stator and the second cylindrical stator. The first cylindrical stator., the second cylindrical stator and the first cylindrical rotor may be concentrically aligned. A magnetic field having field lines about parallel with the longitudinal axis is provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049530 | DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITES AND ACTUATORS USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an actuator which is one of the energy conversion devices, and is characterized by improving the ability to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy by way of using a dielectric elastomer composite comprising a filler with an efficient dispersibility. In case of using a conventional resilient dielectric layer, there was a problem in that the operating voltage is high, while advantageously exhibiting a fast response and a high strain. The present invention can provide dielectric elastomer composite actuators that show excellent electromechanical conversion properties, by adding a dispersing agent such as a pyrene derivative or a polymeric compound having an amine end group when preparing the composite wherein carbon-based conductive fillers such as carbon blacks, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphenes, or high dielectric fillers such as copper phthalo-cyanine (CuPc), MOFs (metal organic frameworks) and barium titanate (BaTiO | 2013-02-28 |
20130049531 | Triboelectric Generator - A generator includes a thin first contact charging layer and a thin second contact charging layer. The thin first contact charging layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer includes a second material that has a second rating on a triboelectric series that is more negative than the first rating. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer is disposed adjacent to the first contact charging layer so that the second side of the second contact charging layer is in contact with the second side of the first contact charging layer. | 2013-02-28 |
20130049532 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a ceramic electronic component and a method of manufacturing the same. The ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic element; and an internal electrode layer formed within the ceramic element, having a thickness of 0.5 μm or less, and including anon-electrode region formed therein, wherein an area ratio of the non-electrode region to an electrode region of the internal electrode layer, in a cross section of the internal electrode layer is between 0.1% and 10%, and the non-electrode region includes a ceramic component. | 2013-02-28 |