11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140070428 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip disposed on a circuit board, an adhesive layer fixing the first semiconductor chip to the circuit board, and a second semiconductor chip having an outer shape smaller than that of the first semiconductor chip. At least a part of the second semiconductor chip is embedded in the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has a thickness in a range of 95 to 150 μm. The adhesive layer includes a cured product of a thermosetting resin whose thermal time viscosity at a time that the second semiconductor chip is embedded is in a range of 500 to 5000 Pa·s. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070429 | Dirt disposal structure of aquarium protein skimmer - In a dirt disposal structure of an aquarium protein skimmer, a foam generating chamber formed in a container body is a porous bubble guide column having pores for interconnecting a dirt collection box with the foam generating chamber. Water in an aquarium tank is entered into the foam generating chamber by a liquid-gas mixing device to produce fine air bubbles. Since the air bubbles entered into the pores contain a very small amount of moisture, small protein or peptide dirt is discharged in a concentrated form. A dirt collection box collects concentrated small protein or peptide dirt with a small amount of water to prevent the dirt collection box from cleaning the dirt too frequently. The small protein or peptide dirt rises with the air bubbles from the pores to an outlet, and the continuously rising air bubbles can stop the dirt from returning into the aquarium tank. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070430 | Air cleaning decorative humidifier - An air humidifier comprises a case. An opening water tank can be independent under the humidifier case. The inside of the case is including a device for transforming water into vapor. A fan, a first vapor opening, a first water inlet, a water pump is connected with the water pipe under the case, and connected with another water pipe upper the Base board and higher then the device for transforming water into vapor, when the water pump pumped the water from water tank through the water pipe, from first water exit flow into the device for transforming water into vapor, the spare water will go through the first water inlet flow into the water tank to recycle the water, | 2014-03-13 |
20140070431 | CARBON DIOXIDE SOURCE TABLET AND BEVERAGE CARBONATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A carbon dioxide source tablet is disclosed including a body comprising carbon dioxide source reactable with liquid to produce carbon dioxide gas. The body includes a top side opposite a bottom side, and one or more peripheral sides extending between the top side and the bottom side. The body also includes at least one channel. Each channel extends along one of the top side and the bottom side. Each channel extends in length from a first channel end to a second channel end. Each first and second channel end is located at one of the peripheral sides. Each channel, between its first and second channel ends, is spaced from the peripheral sides. Each channel provides a frangible line of weakness. At least a portion of each channel extends linearly from the channel's first channel end to the channel's second channel end. A beverage carbonating system is also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070432 | CARBONATION DEVICE - The carbonation device includes a cap system selectively mounted to the mouth of a liquid container. The cap system includes a cap, a syringe piston reciprocable within the cap, an actuating mechanism for reciprocating the syringe piston, and a reaction vessel selectively attached to the bottom of the cap. The syringe piston includes a storage area to be filled with reactant liquid (water) by repeated activation of the actuating mechanism. The water from the charged syringe piston discharges into the reaction vessel that has been filled with a preselected amount of reactants to initiate the carbonation reaction. In various embodiments, the carbonation device includes a rotatable control ring to selectively puncture a CO | 2014-03-13 |
20140070433 | STANDPIPE ARRANGEMENT AND FASTENING FOR HOLDING AND FOR SUPPLYING GAS TO AERATORS IN A WASTE WATER CLARIFYING BASIN - There is a standpipe arrangement for holding and for supplying gas to aerators in a clarifying basin. The standpipe arrangement comprises a pipe conduit with holding means for aerators, with gas openings to the aerators and with means of fastening the pipe conduit on the base of the clarifying basin. The pipe conduit comprises several support pipes connected to each other, at the connection points of which fastening means are arranged. By way of the fastening means the support pipes are fixed both at a distance above the base of the clarifying basin as well as laterally and against rotation about the pipe axis, but can be moved along the pipe axis. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070434 | IONIC LIQUIDS AS TEMPLATING AGENTS IN FORMATION OF URANIUM-CONTAINING NANOMATERIALS - A method for forming nanoparticles containing uranium oxide is described. The method includes combining a uranium-containing feedstock with an ionic liquid to form a mixture and holding the mixture at an elevated temperature for a period of time to form the product nanoparticles. The method can be carried out at low temperatures, for instance less than about 300° C. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070435 | POROUS, SILICATE, CERAMIC BODY, DENTAL RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a porous, silicate, ceramic body, possibly with different colors, with a first density, which can be sintered into a silicate, ceramic body with a second density, wherein the ratio of the first density to the second density is 2/5 to 98/100, and the three-point bending strength of the porous, silicate ceramic body with a first density, measured according to ISO 6872, amounts to 25 to 180 MPa. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070436 | METHOD FOR RECONDITIONING DATA CARRIERS - In a method for reconditioning data carriers having a plastic part, a reconditioning fluid is applied in a liquid phase to the data carrier, wherein the reconditioning fluid includes at least one solvent and at least one plasticizer, wherein the solvent is selected in such a way that it is substantially inert compared to the data carrier, wherein a non-volatile plasticizer is selected and the concentration of the plasticizer in the reconditioning fluid is selected such that the gradient of the change in volume of the data carrier owing to the replacement of plasticizer with the reconditioning fluid is positive | 2014-03-13 |
20140070437 | MOLD CLEANING APPARATUS AND MOLD CLEANING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a mold cleaning apparatus includes a holding unit, a medium supply unit, an energy supply unit and an energy control unit. The holding unit is configured to hold a mold including at least a concave pattern provided on a first surface of a base material. The mold is held with the first surface directed downward. The medium supply unit is configured to supply a medium to the concave pattern. The energy supply unit is configured to supply energy toward the mold from opposite side from the first surface of the base material. The energy control unit is configured to control amount of the energy reaching the concave pattern. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070438 | Device and Method for Producing a Shaped Consumable Item - The invention relates to a device ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES - A method for molding a non-pneumatic tire includes placing a hub into a lower mold portion, and associating at least one temperature sensor with the lower mold portion. The method further includes placing an upper mold portion onto the lower mold portion and the hub, heating the mold assembly, heating a molding material, and transferring the heated molding material into the interior of the mold assembly. The method further includes heating the mold assembly and molding material until the at least one temperature sensor indicates that the molding material has reached a first temperature, and maintaining the temperature of the molding material at the first temperature for a first predetermined period of time. The method further includes reducing the temperature of the molding material to a second temperature after the first predetermined period of time, and separating the upper mold portion and molded tire from the lower mold portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070440 | Films and Drug Delivery Systems Made Therefrom - The invention relates to the film products and methods of their preparation that demonstrate a non-self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity. Desirably, the films disintegrate in water and may be formed by a controlled drying process, or other process that maintains the required uniformity of the film. The films contain a polymer component, which includes polyethylene oxide optionally blended with hydrophilic cellulosic polymers. Desirably, the films also contain a pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent with no more than a 10% variance of the active agent pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent per unit area of the film. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070441 | POROUS CERAMIC HONEYCOMB ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A porous ceramic honeycomb article comprising a honeycomb body formed from cordierite ceramic, wherein the honeycomb body has a porosity P %≧55% and a cell channel density CD≧150 cpsi. The porous channel walls have a wall thickness T, wherein (11+(300−CD)*0.03)≧T≧(8+(300−CD)*0.02), a median pore size≦20 microns, and a pore size distribution with a d-factor of ≦0.35. The honeycomb body has a specific pore volume of VP≦0.22. The porous ceramic honeycomb article exhibits a coated pressure drop increase of ≦8 kPa at a flow rate of 26.5 cubic feet per minute when coated with 100 g/L of a washcoat catalyst and loaded with 5 g/L of soot. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070442 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTI-LAYER POLYETHYLENE RESIN FOAM SHEET - A method for producing a multi-layer foam sheet having a foam layer and a resin layer laminated on at least one side of the foam layer, includes coextruding a foamable molten resin composition which contains a low density polyethylene and a physical blowing agent and a molten resin composition which contains 80 to 20% by weight of a specific ethylene-propylene random copolymer and 20 to 80% by weight of a specific polyethylene resin so that the foamable molten resin composition forms the foam layer and the molten resin composition forms the resin layer. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070443 | Spunlaid Fibers Comprising Coated Calcium Carbonate, Processes for Their Production, and Nonwoven Products - Described herein are spunlaid fibers including at least one polymeric resin and at least one filler having an average particle size of less than or equal to about 5 microns and/or having a top cut of less than about 15 microns. The at least one filler may be present in an amount of less than about 40% by weight, relative to the total weight of the spunlaid fibers. Also described herein is a method for producing spunlaid fibers including adding calcium carbonate to at least one polymeric resin and extruding the resulting mixture. Further described herein are nonwoven fabrics including such spunlaid fibers, and methods for producing them. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070444 | Distillation preform slurry non ionic and electrolyte liquid and gaseous mechanically refined and nanoparticle dispersion under vacuum processing for Building Materials fine concrete and High Wear-Heat Resistant Parts Brushes; Windings; Coils; Battery Cells; Brake Pads; Washers; Spacers; Bushings; 1.0 to 2.5 Phase Extrusions Die Cast Molding; Refrigeration; Polarized Glass; Spectrometric Processor; Central Processing Unit Processors; Electronic Storage Media; and Precision Silica Alumina Glass Beads for Commercial Aircraft Position Lights - The variable hydraulic press and distillation reservoir manufacture process scientific formula non ionic or electrolyte mechanically refined and nanoparticle, carbon nanofoam CNFs dispersion preform slurry extrusion, with or without ionic suspension element for manufactured 1. preform slurry high wear-heat resistant parts electronic component composite coils, composite windings, annealing, drawn, spun, coils, windings, wire, woven textile mesh, shielding, brushes, inductors, antinode couplers, electric rheostats, starters, motors, alternators, generators, ionic suspension element enhanced composite coils, composite windings, annealing, drawn, spun, coils, windings, wire, woven textile mesh, shielding, brushes, capacitors, battery cells, rheostats, electronic resistors, transformers, transducers, rectifiers, power supplies, or heat sinks 2. preform slurry high wear-heat resistant parts aerospace, automotive, and transportation brake calipers, rotors, pads, and bushings 3. preform slurry non ionic or electrolyte mechanically refined and nanoparticle high wear-heat resistant parts precision casting molds 2.5 phase die cast molding and 4. Building Materials fine concrete, mortar, brick, and tiles. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070445 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE TEXTURING - An additive three-dimensional fabrication process is improved by controlling deposition rate to obtain surface textures or other surface features below the nominal processing resolution of fabrication hardware. Sub-resolution information may be obtained, for example, from express metadata (such as for surface texture), or by interpolating data from a source digital model. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070446 | SUSTAINED-RELEASE SOLID PREPARATION FOR ORAL USE - It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release pellet preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release preparation obtained by mixing of (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, (C) a plasticizer, and (D) polyethylene glycol followed by extrusion granulation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070447 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PELLETIZING WAX AND WAX-LIKE MATERIALS - An apparatus and method for the pelletization of waxes, wax-like and other materials having a sharp melt point include a vessel for forming the wax into a hot molten material. A heat exchanger then cools the molten wax to a temperature just above its melt temperature. The cooled liquid wax is fed to an extruder which further reduces the temperature and mixes the liquid wax into a thoroughly mixed extrudable solid wax. The solid wax is then extruded through die orifices of a die plate into a cutting chamber, and a rotary cutter cooperating with the die face of the die plate cuts the extruded solid wax strands into pellets. The die plate, cutting chamber and rotary cutter can have the same structure as an underwater pelletizer, but operating without water or liquid as a dry face pelletizer. The thus formed wax pellets drop out of the cutting chamber by gravity through an opening in the bottom thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES - A reservoir for catching a portion of overflow of molding material from a non-pneumatic tire mold during molding includes a tubular portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and a flange associated with the proximal end of the tubular portion. The flange is configured to be associated with a surface of the tire mold, such that the tubular portion extends substantially perpendicular to the surface of the tire mold. The reservoir further includes a reservoir portion configured to be removably mounted around the tubular portion. The reservoir portion includes a base having an aperture configured to receive the tubular portion, and a wall configured such that molding material flowing from the distal end of the tubular portion is received in the reservoir portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070449 | PROCESS FOR COMBINED ROLLING AND STRETCHING OF TAPES - A process for rolling and stretching of a sheet into a tape is provided. A sheet may be rolled into a rolled sheet in the nip between two rolls of the calender and the rolled sheet is stretched immediately thereafter into a tape on the surface of one of the two calender rolls. The speed of the rolled sheet on the surface of the calender roll may be higher than the speed of the calender roll. The position of the start of the neck-down of the rolled sheet and the rate of neck-down can be easily controlled by the proposed process. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070450 | CONTINUOUS CURING AND POST-CURING METHOD - A method of continuous curing and post-curing of a plurality of extruded strands is provided. A plurality of extruded strands is wrapped through a plurality of spindle units rotatably connected to a rigid frame structure. A plurality of dual spindles are provided in a plurality of upper and lower spindle units, wherein each dual spindle comprises a free spinning roller and a driven roller. A chamber that comprises a dual function chamber configured for heating and cooling is supported on the rigid frame structure. The plurality of extruded strands is continuously transferred between the upper spindle units and the lower spindle units such that the plurality of extruded strands runs in a vertical fashion that continuously alternates between the lower spindle units and the upper spindle units. Each of the plurality of strands is transferred independently of each other and continuously passed through the chamber for continuous curing and post-curing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070451 | METHOD OF MAKING A GOLF BALL WITH LATTICE REINFORCED LAYER - Methods of making a golf ball that includes a lattice reinforced layer, which is a layer made of at least two materials with different properties, includes various injection and compression molding steps. In some embodiments, the lattice reinforced layer is manufactured using a shutoff molding technique so that the entire lattice reinforced layer is molded in the same mold. In other embodiments, a grid for the lattice layer is formed first, then filled using an injection molding technique. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070452 | RTM METHOD AND RTM APPARATUS - Provided is a method for molding a molded article without voids, porosity, and resin sinks on the surface or inside while maintaining a plate thickness accuracy even for a thick plate member having a plate thickness of 10 mm or more. A RTM method comprising a first temperature raising step comprising impregnating a thermosetting resin in a dry fiber preform disposed in a molding die comprising two or more separate die members, and thereafter raising temperature of any of the die members constituting the molding die to form a temperature gradient having a temperature difference of a predetermined value or more from one side of the dry fiber preform toward the other side; and a second temperature raising step of raising temperature of a die member different from the die member whose temperature is raised in the first temperature raising step. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070453 | Mold Assembly and Method for Manufacturing a Syringe Container - This invention discloses a mold assembly ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070454 | DIE FOR INSERT MOLDING AND METHOD FOR INSERT MOLDING OF COLLAR - An insert-molding mold includes a pair of dies that molds a resin product having a collar insert-molded on an inner circumferential surface of a bolt insertion hole therein, and a bush that is adapted to be inserted in the collar. One die of the dies is provided with a bush insertion hole in which the bush is slidably inserted, and the other die is provided with a cavity surrounding the collar. The bush comprises an upper portion having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to an internal cross-sectional shape of the collar, and a lower portion having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to an external cross-sectional shape of the collar, and is elastically urged toward the other die. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070455 | MOLD, IMPRINT METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A surface of a mold for an imprint apparatus on a side of a substrate includes a central region having the pattern, and a pair of first peripheral regions. The central region includes a pair of boundaries parallel to a first direction. The pair of first peripheral regions are located outside the pair of boundaries parallel to the first direction. The pair of first peripheral regions include first regions in which mold-side marks are formed and second regions in which no mold-side marks are formed. A gap between the first regions and the substrate is not filled with a resin upon an imprint process. A gap between the second regions and the substrate is filled with the resin upon an imprint process. The first regions and the second regions are opposed to each other on opposite sides of the central region. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING TAPERED PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for forming molded tapered products, such as masonry blocks, whereby high quality finished products are removed from their mold without the need for complex machinery for demolding. The mold may include one or more mold cavities having one or more movable cavity walls. The movable cavity walls may include an end liner having a planar product forming surface capable of moving from a vertical position to an angled position. Tapered products may be formed by moving the mold towards a pallet so that the pallet engages with the end liner and causes the end liner to move from the vertical position to the angled position. Moldable material may then be introduced into the mold cavity and may be allowed to remain in the mold cavity until it is self-sustaining. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070457 | METHODS OF FORMING A CERAMIC COMPONENT AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE MOLD COMPONENT FOR USE THEREWITH - Methods of forming a ceramic component and a high temperature mold for use therewith are provided. The method includes providing a fixture having a receiving surface configured to receive an unfired ceramic component. The method includes applying a continuous high temperature membrane to a surface of the unfired ceramic component. The method includes covering the continuous high temperature membrane and unfired ceramic component with a high temperature loose media. The method includes heating the unfired ceramic component to a firing temperature. The high temperature mold includes the fixture and a support structure forming a compartment surrounding the fixture. The mold allows the high temperature loose media to be contained within the compartment and to cover the continuous high temperature membrane. The continuous high temperature membrane and high temperature loose media are evenly distributed over the uncured ceramic component and operable to provide constant pressure during processing using the mold. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070458 | METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL TO FORM A COMPRESSION MOLDED, DEEP-DRAWN ARTICLE - A method of molding composite plastic sheet material to form a compression molded, deep-drawn article is provided. The method includes placing a heated blank of moldable, composite plastic sheet material over a female die having an article-defining cavity defined by inner surfaces of the die so that the heated blank has a predetermined position and orientation over the cavity. Then an inner portion of the heated blank is forced into the cavity along a substantially vertical axis and against the inner surfaces of the die to obtain deep-drawn material. Outer peripheral portions of the heated blank adjacent the cavity are controllably held with corresponding predetermined holding forces based on the size and shape of the article to resist movement of the outer peripheral portions towards the cavity during the step of forcing wherein the deep-drawn material controllably stretches during the step of forcing without wrinkling, tearing or ripping. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070459 | SCALABLE INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS - Scalable injection molding systems comprise a molding press and at least one delivery system. Each delivery system comprises an injection unit and a manifold. The scalable injection molding system further comprises at least one molding face pair having a cavity face and an opposing core face. Each scalable injection molding system comprises at least one scalable system selected from the group consisting of a scalable face-number system with respect to numbers of active mold face pairs in the scalable injection molding system and a scalable cavitation system with respect to numbers of functional mold cavities on each mold face pair. Both the scalable face-number system and the scalable cavitation system allow the output of the scalable injection molding system to be increased or decreased according to needs of the operator, without requiring costly reconfiguration, retooling, replacement, or unnecessary duplication of standard mold components. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070460 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES - A system for separating a molded non-pneumatic tire from a tire mold is disclosed. The tire mold includes a lower mold portion and an upper mold portion configured to be associated with the lower mold portion, such that a hub associated with the non-pneumatic tire is confined between the lower and upper mold portions. The system includes a plurality of actuators associated with at least one of an inner diameter and an outer periphery of at least one of the lower mold portion and the upper mold portion, such that the plurality of actuators are spaced circumferentially about the tire mold. The system further includes a manifold providing flow communication with each of the plurality of actuators, and an operator interface associated with the manifold. The operator interface is configured to facilitate activation of all of the plurality of actuators simultaneously and independently from one another. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070461 | COLOR SWITCHING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - By reversing the direction of a first build material fed into an extruder, the first build material can be wholly or partially evacuated from the extruder before a second material is introduced. This approach mitigates transition artifacts and permits faster, more complete changes from one build material to another. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070462 | CONTROL METHOD FOR MAPPING - A method for producing a three-dimensional object from solidifiable material, which is either present in the starting state in a fluid phase or can be liquefied, by the sequential discharge of drops from at least one pressurisable material storage device for the fluid phase by means of at least one discharge unit through an outlet provided with a pulsable closure element, the closure element is actuated by means of an actuator and its initial stressing is measured at the operating point by means of the actuator, where the initial stressing is controlled by means of an adjusting element, and a mapping for the elastic deformation of the closure element is determined by means of the actuator actuated by the adjusting element, such that an elastic working range of the closure element is adjusted by means of the adjusting element within the mapping. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAYERWISE PRODUCTION OF A TANGIBLE OBJECT - A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070464 | QUICK-DRYING PRINT AND ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY BIAXIALLY ORIENTATED POLYPROPYLENE SYNTHETIC PAPER - A quick-drying print and environmental-friendly biaxially orientated polypropylene synthetic paper is produced from a polypropylene resin composition comprising a high crystalline polypropylene resin, calcium carbonate composite particles, titanium dioxide composite particles, antistatic agents, UV absorbers and anti-blocking agent, which are fed into one twin-screw primary extruder and two twin-screw secondary extruders respectively, convergently flowed through the same T-die, co-extruded into a three-layer structure substrate film, after cooling and setting, this film is first longitudinally orientated, then laterally orientated; thereafter the three-layer film is high-frequency corona treated and winded up to gain the film having thickness less than 250 μm. At the end the three-layer film is coated a thickness below 10 μm with a water-based paper-like surface processing agent containing acrylic resin, calcium carbonate, clay, titanium dioxide, water, antistatic agent via a gravure coating roller to acquire an improved synthetic paper having a better printability. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070465 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR FORMING POROUS MASSES FOR SMOKE FILTERS - High-throughput production apparatuses, systems, and associated methods may include pneumatic dense phase feeding. For example, a method may involve feeding via pneumatic dense phase feeding a matrix material into a mold cavity to form a desired cross-sectional shape, the matrix material comprising a binder particle and an active particle; heating (e.g., via microwave irradiation) at least a portion of the matrix material so as to bind the matrix material at a plurality of contact points thereby forming a porous mass length; cooling the porous mass length; and cutting the porous mass length radially thereby producing a porous mass. In some instances, the matrix material may include a plurality of active particles, a plurality of binder particles (optionally having a hydrophilic surface modification), and optionally a microwave enhancement additive. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070466 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure including a formed honeycomb body preparing step of extruding a forming raw material containing a ceramic raw material and an organic binder, to prepare a formed honeycomb body having partition walls with which a plurality of cells are formed to define through channels of a fluid, and an outer peripheral wall; a dried honeycomb body preparing step of drying the formed honeycomb body; a honeycomb body with unfired electrodes preparing step of applying an electrode forming slurry containing a ceramic raw material and water to a side surface of the dried honeycomb body, and then maintaining the honeycomb body in a temperature range of 0 to 80° C. for three seconds to 48 hours to form the unfired electrodes; and a honeycomb structure preparing step of drying and firing the honeycomb body with the unfired electrodes. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070467 | HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT FOR VEHICLES WITH AIR SPRING AND VIBRATION DAMPER - The invention concerns a device for a vehicle, for height adjustment of a vehicle superstructure, which at one end has a first means for pivoting on a sprung mass ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070468 | GAS SPRING AND DAMPER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - A gas spring and damper assembly can include a first gas spring having a first spring rate and a second gas spring connected in series with the first gas spring. The second gas spring can have a second spring rate that is at least two times the first spring rate of the first gas spring. A damper can be operatively connected with at least one of the first and second gas springs. A suspension system including one or more of such gas spring and damper assemblies and a method of assembly are also included. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070469 | SUSPENSION SPRING FOR A REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR - Suspension spring for a refrigeration compressor of the type which comprises a shell and a block, forming, with the stator of an electric motor, a stationary assembly which is mounted in the interior of the shell by means of an assembly of helical springs. The helical spring presents, for a predetermined dimensional range of one of the spring parameters defined by the spring average diameter, the pitch of its coils, the spring wire diameter and the active height, a ratio between at least two of each pair of the other three parameters, defined to provide, to said helical suspension spring, for a desired frequency band, a stiffness corresponding, at minimum, to that of structural reliability of the suspension, and an attenuation in its acoustic transmissibility, in relation to the springs dimensioned only as a function of their suspension structural requirements for a desired frequency band. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070470 | PASSIVE GUIDE SYSTEMS FOR LAMINATED SPRING ASSEMBLIES - In one embodiment of the invention, a patient side-system is provided that includes a column with a rail and a counterbalance subsystem. The patient side-system may further include a braking subsystem. The counterbalance subsystem includes a spring assembly coupled at one end to the column with a spring member, and a housing movably coupled to the rail. The housing includes a drum to receive the spring member and a plurality of roller elements to guide a movement of the spring member winding or unwinding on the drum. If present, the braking subsystem includes a first pulley rotatably coupled to the column, a second pulley with a locking mechanism spaced apart from the first pulley and rotatably coupled to the column, and at least one brake cable wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley with ends coupled to the housing. The locking mechanism can set a position of the housing along the column. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070471 | TOP MOUNT'S HIGH PERFORMANCE MAIN RESILIENT OR ELASTOMERIC ELEMENT - One variation may include a product comprising a top mount for a strut comprising a first shell portion and a second shell portion and a main resilient or elastomeric element housed by the first shell portion and the second shell portion, the resilient or elastomeric element being split into at least two pieces and construct and arranged to receive a portion of a strut rod. One variation may include a product for using in a strut top mount comprising an outer shell and a main resilient or elastomeric element received in the outer shell, the main resilient or elastomeric element being split into at least two pieces and being constructed and arranged to receive a portion of a strut rod. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070472 | CLAMPING DEVICE - A clamping device for magnetically clamping non-magnetic material objects. The clamping device comprises first and second clamp members each having at least one straight edge surface and each having at least one magnet disposed therein. The first and second clamp members are adapted to magnetically and removably couple to each other, wherein the magnetic coupling is capable of clamping at least one non-magnetic material object. The clamping device is further at least partially transparent, includes markings to facilitate correct alignment of the clamp members and comprises a support member for securely positioning the clamping device on an underlying surface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070473 | MACHINING METHOD AND APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS MACHINING - In a machining method and apparatus, a machining station is disposed spacedly between first and second material-feeding stations. A slider for being mounted with target first and second workpieces fed respectively from the first and second material-feeding stations thereon is movable between a first position, where the machining station machines the target second workpiece, and simultaneously, a next first workpiece fed from the first material-feeding station is mounted on the slider as the target first workpiece, and a second position, where the machining station machines the target first workpiece, and simultaneously, a next second workpiece fed from the second material-feeding station is mounted on the slider as the target second workpiece. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070474 | SELF-CENTERING WHEEL CLAMP WITH NO WHEEL CONTACT - A wheel clamp attaches to a vehicle wheel for performing a wheel alignment on the vehicle. The wheel clamp has a body for supporting a target or measuring head, and three extendable arms slidably mounted to the body. Each arm has a gripping portion for gripping the tire's tread surface and a sidewall contact portion for contacting the tire sidewall such that the clamp body is substantially parallel to the vehicle wheel and the wheel clamp has no contact with the rim. A self-centering linkage has enmeshed gears and link arms respectively connecting the arms to the gears, such that when the gears are rotated, the arms simultaneously proportionally slide relative to the clamp body, so the gripping portions of the arms engage and grip the tire tread surface and tighten the clamp onto the tire, while the sidewall contact portions of the arms contact the tire sidewall. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070475 | KEBAB DE-SKEWER - A kebab de-skewer includes a first tray sized to receive skewered kebab pieces. The kebab de-skewer also includes a second tray and a handle. The handle is connected to the first and second tray so that when the handle is in an open position there is enough separation between the first tray and the second tray so that a kebab can be loaded into the first tray. When the handle is placed in a closed position, the second tray is held against skewered kebab pieces so that a user can remove a skewer from the skewered kebab pieces, leaving the kebab pieces in the first tray. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070476 | LOCKING MECHANISM - A locking mechanism, for fixing and positioning a workpiece, includes a base, a locking member, a retaining plate, and an elastic member. The base defines a through mounting hole. The locking member comprises a main body, a blocking portion, and a latching portion. The blocking portion and the latching portion are respectively formed on opposite ends of the main body. The retaining plate is mounted on the base by the at least one locking member, and defines a through first opening corresponding to the mounting hole. The main body passes through the mounting hole and the first opening, the elastic member resists against the base and the blocking portion, such that the latching portion is engaged with and latched with the retaining plate by an elastic force of the elastic member. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070477 | DOCUMENT FEEDER - A document feeder includes a reverse transporting mechanism that forms a substantially U-shaped document transporting pathway for carrying a document from a feeding tray located at a lower side to a discharging tray located at an upper side through a reading position, a pulling device, a separating-transporting device and a openable pathway cover. The pulling device and the separating-transporting device are arranged at substantially the same horizontal level within the height that is occupied by the reverse transporting mechanism. The pathway cover is capable of opening and closing to cover on the pulling device, the separating-transporting device and the reverse transporting mechanism. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070478 | BANKNOTES WITHDRAW AND TRANSFER UNIT STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT - Provided is a banknotes withdraw and transfer unit structural improvement. The banknotes withdraw and transfer unit structural improvement is used in automatic teller machines (ATMs), and comprises: an ATM rack, wherein a banknotes withdraw and transfer unit is fixed on the ATM rack. The banknotes withdraw and transfer unit comprises: a cover plate formed with a plurality of through holes that communicate with a negative-pressure system; a conveyor belt disposed under the cover plate and formed with a plurality of through holes that are designed to be offset from the through holes of the cover plate; and a banknotes accommodating unit disposed under the conveyor belt to accommodate banknotes, wherein the banknotes accommodating unit is equipped with a banknotes pushing system. Thereby, with the aforementioned structure, banknotes can be withdrawn and transferred. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070479 | SHEET SEPARATION/CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet separation/conveyance device that is included in an image forming apparatus includes an attraction/separation unit including an endless belt on which a region of attraction and a region of no attraction that divides the region of attraction are aligned in a sheet conveying direction, the endless belt configured to hold an uppermost sheet placed on top of a sheet stack contained in an image forming apparatus by using electrostatic attraction, a charger configured to charge a surface of the endless belt, the charger including an electrode configured to contact the surface of the endless belt due to a supply of a voltage and a detector configured to detect a charged condition on the surface of the endless belt based on a detection result obtained when the electrode contacts the endless belt, and a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the uppermost sheet held by the electrostatic attraction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070480 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are a sheet feeding apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which can set a sheet feeding interval to be short. The controller determines whether a sheet surface height of an uppermost sheet becomes a predetermined sheet surface height, based on a detection signal from a lower limit detection sensor, when a pickup roller abuts the uppermost sheet. When determining that the sheet surface height of the uppermost sheet becomes the predetermined sheet surface height, the controller feeds a predetermined number of sheets without performing detection by the lower limit detection sensor, and then controls a motor such that the uppermost sheet is located with an appropriate range by lifting a tray when feeding a next sheet. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070481 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding roller | 2014-03-13 |
20140070482 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a door configured to be openable and closable with respect to a housing and to support a sheet, an extender configured to be stored in the door and to support a sheet, and a mechanism configured to rotate the extender in conjunction with opening and closing the door. The extender rotates and protrudes from the door when the door is opened, and the extender rotates and is stored in the door when the door is closed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070483 | Apparatus For Detecting A Foreign Substance On An Interleaving Paper To Be Inserted Between Glass Substrates - An apparatus for detecting a foreign substance on an interleaving paper to be inserted between glass substrates, in which the process of detecting the foreign substance on the paper is automated to improve the detection efficiency. The apparatus includes a paper-loading unit and a paper-inspecting unit configured to be connected to the paper-loading unit. The paper-inspecting unit detects a foreign substance on a surface of the paper loaded by the paper-loading unit. The apparatus also includes a paper-unloading unit, which is configured to be connected to the paper-inspecting unit, and unloads the paper from the paper-inspecting unit and then stacks the paper. The apparatus also includes a controller, which controls the paper-loading unit, the paper-inspecting unit and the paper-unloading unit to transfer the paper, and controls the paper-inspecting unit to detect the foreign substance. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070484 | FEEDER SYSTEM FOR BEVERAGE CONTAINER HOLDER PROCESS - A system includes a sheet holder configured to hold a sheet of blanks, the sheet of blanks including a first blank and a second blank attached to the first blank. A conveyor mechanism is configured to transport the sheet of blanks from the sheet holder to a separator mechanism. The separator mechanism is configured to apply a pulling force to the first blank. A resistance component is configured to apply a resistance force to the second blank to resist the pulling force. The pulling force and the resistance force are configured to separate the first blank from the second blank. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070485 | Medium Ejection Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A medium ejection apparatus is provided which may be part of an image forming apparatus. The medium ejection apparatus may include an ejection roller configured to eject a recording medium and a pinch roller disposed opposite to the ejection roller. The pinch roller is configured to move toward and away from the ejection roller and to press a recording medium toward the ejection roller. Also, the medium ejection apparatus may include an elastic member configured to press the pinch roller toward the ejection roller and a lever disposed downstream of the pinch roller in a recording medium transport direction. The lever is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. When the lever is in the second position, the lever contacts the pinch roller, which causes a force to be applied against the elastic member, and the pinch roller is spaced away from the ejection roller. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070486 | Wheel Game with Holes - Outdoor and indoor rolling games, game box stations ramps and methods of play where one or more participants physically rolls wheels towards a ramp which leads to a box, and a target area, such as circular hole or rectangular hole where player(s) accumulate points under selected playing rules. A station box can have a fold down ramp with an optional opening in the back of the box. Another station can have wheels and cooler in a hand truck arrangement. Another version can use a foldable ramp with removable inserts that allows the game to also be used with bean bags. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070487 | Stabilizer for Stacked Gaming Chips - An article is provided for stabilizing a stack of gaming chips which includes:
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20140070488 | Puzzle and its Manufacturing Process - The present invention and creation relates to a kind of jigsaw puzzle and its method of fabrication. The jigsaw puzzle is comprised of a plurality of jigsaw puzzle blocks through cutting of a jigsaw puzzle board. The said jigsaw puzzle blocks are disposed of arc surfaces on the edges of both sides. In the jigsaw puzzle, the edges of both sides are arc surface, easy for splicing of jigsaw puzzle blocks. Also, the edges of the jigsaw puzzle blocks uneasily result in injury, which are safe in use. In method for fabrication of jigsaw puzzle, two sets of tools are used to be symmetrically provided on both sides of the said jigsaw puzzle board. The said two sets of tool move reversely, pressing and cutting the said jigsaw puzzle board to form a plurality of jigsaw puzzle blocks, as a result, the fabricated edges on both sides of the jigsaw puzzle blocks are arc surface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070489 | Game, method of playing the same, and collapsible game board - A collapsible three-dimensional game board having platforms separated by pillars, there being elastic cords which allow the game board to be held in an erect or collapsed position. The board may be used to play a game in which tokens, which may carry numbers or letters or be in the shape of numbers or letters, are placed into empty spaces of the platforms to achieve a desired effect. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070490 | GAME MACHINE - A game machine includes a chest, a frame vertically disposed in an upper portion of the chest for containing prizes, a shoot unit disposed in the chest and corresponding to the frame, a ball recover unit disposed in a lower portion of the chest and a control unit disposed on the chest for controlling the shoot unit and the ball recover unit. The player can shoot a ball to strike a wanted prize by using the shoot unit. The player can take the prize after being stricken and falling from the frame. After shooting the ball, the control unit drives the ball recover unit to recover the shot ball and feed into the shoot unit for next operation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070491 | Apparatus And Method For Playing A Skill Game - An apparatus for playing a skill game includes a generally vertically extending tube having a first, lower end; a second, upper end; and an axially extending passage. At least one outlet is located proximate the first end of the tube, and a play ball is supported by a flexible tether for swinging movement in a direction toward a scoring ball supported on the tube. The apparatus further includes a first receptacle for receiving the scoring ball if the scoring ball is appropriately struck by the play ball when a player swings the play ball in a direction toward the scoring ball supported on the tube. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070492 | Projectile Material Reclamation Platform with Integrated Paper and Digital Targeting Systems - A projectile collection system that includes slanted and vertical surfaces made of coated mesh fiberglass materials to decelerate projectiles in a manner where the projectile material suffers no deformation, allowing for reuse or recycling of the projectile material. Six impact deflection element panels are situated to deflect, decelerate, reflect, suppress and collect the projectile material as it travels into the opening of the system and finally rests at the bottom using only gravity. A continuous scrolling paper target system with each successive target face being scrolled remotely by the shooter may be attached to the top entry area of the system for use. The target faces may be printed on rolls of paper that scroll to the next target image on the paper roll to allow the shooter to shoot continuously without having to return to the target area to manually replace flesh individual targets. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070493 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A THROWING GAME - A throwing disc, goal apparatus, and game are provided. A disc includes a central hub with blades projecting equiangularly from the hub. The blades are circumscribed by and joined to an outer perimeter ring that aids in throwing. The blades of the disc act as airfoils and impart unique flight characteristics to the disc. A goalpost is comprised of two vertical sections, joined by a horizontal cross-bar located above the midline of the vertical sections, and supported by a rectangular frame oriented perpendicularly to the vertical sections. A scoring pad is included. The game is played by tossing the disc and attempting to pass the disc while in flight between the vertical posts and above the horizontal cross-bar of the goalpost, and landing the disc on the scoring pad. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070494 | Compound Back-Up Ring For O-Ring/Back-Up Ring Sealing Systems In 70 MPA Hydrogen Storage Systems - O-ring/back-up ring systems that are suitable for use in high pressure applications, including those of 70 MPa automotive hydrogen storage applications, to form a seal between first and second connector bodies. Such sealing systems comprise a back-up ring having a base portion and a flange portion, wherein such ring is configured to prevent extrusion of an O-ring into a gap existing between the back-up ring and a groove into which the back-up ring and O-ring are disposed. High pressure gas storage systems comprising such sealing systems, and methods of sealing a connection in a high pressure hydrogen storage system using such sealing systems. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070495 | SEAL ASSEMBLY - A seal assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070496 | LEAF SEAL - A leaf seal for effecting a seal between two, coaxial, relatively rotating components. The leaf seal has an annular pack of stacked leaves. The pack is mountable to a first one of the components with interleaf gaps formed between working portions of neighbouring leaves. The leaves extend towards the other component such that end edges of leaf working portions are presented for wiping contact with the other component. At least adjacent its end leaf edge, each leaf has a rear section at or adjacent the low pressure side of the pack and a front section which extends from the rear section to the high pressure side of the pack. The rear sections of the leaves are thicker than their respective front sections to reduce the interleaf gaps at the rear sections such that most of the pressure drop across the pack is over the rear sections. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070497 | SLIDE RING SEAL ARRANGEMENT WITH SPRING WASHER - A slide ring seal arrangement including a rotating slide ring ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070498 | END ALIGNED FLEXIBLE CONNECTION SLEEVES - A latch and catch arrangement is disclosed, whereby a sleeve supporting a flexible hinge is oriented over a bearing in guide. An asymmetrical alignment via a latch and catch between the sleeve and tool collar orients a flexible hinge, which may be of reduced thickness, over a bearing in a guide. The bearing moves upward when a tool is inserted into a tool socket, and the flexible hinge, properly oriented by the alignment catch/latch, keeps the bearing in the tool socket while allowing necessary movement to insert and remove a tool. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070499 | TOOL CHUCKING DEVICE - A tool chucking device, especially an oscillation tool chucking device, includes at least one chucking unit which has at least one chucking element for clamping a treatment tool in an axial direction and at least one control unit for actuating the chucking element. The tool chucking device further includes at least one conversion unit which is designed to modify a conversion ratio depending on at least one movement component of a control element of the control unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070500 | TOOL CLAMPING DEVICE - A tool clamping device, in particular an oscillating tool clamping device, includes a clamping unit that has at least one clamping element configured to securely clamp a working tool in an axial direction and at least one clamping head arranged on the clamping element and configured to clamp the working tool at a free end of the clamping unit. The clamping unit further includes a guiding unit configured to guide at least one movement of the working tool along at least one direction of movement that deviates significantly from the axial direction in at least one operating state. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070501 | SLEEVE DRIVING STRUCTURE FOR VARIOUS EASY JACKS - A sleeve driving structure for various easy jacks contains: a sleeve body including a polygonal fitting portion formed in a first end thereof for fitting with a rotating tool and including a first connecting extension and a second connecting extension symmetrically extending outward from a second end thereof, the first connecting extension and the second connecting extension being parallel to and separated from each other so as to insert at least one driving piece of a screw rod of a jack, and the first connecting extension and the second connecting extension having a first orifice and a second orifice symmetrically communicating and concentric with each other and defined in a first direction thereof; a bolt body fitted in the first orifice and the second orifice of the first connecting extension and the second connecting extension and at least one aperture of the at least one driving piece of the jack. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070502 | MOBILE RECONNAISSANCE APPARATUS WITH ARTICULATING TRACTION CONTROL - A mobile apparatus has a first articulating section comprising a leading traction control assembly including multiple points of contact inclined at a forward angle, and a second articulating section comprising an intermediate traction control assembly. A propulsion system is configured to coordinate movement of the leading traction control assembly and the intermediate traction control assembly. A connector operatively couples the first articulating section to the second articulating section, and the first articulating section is configured to articulate relative to the second articulating section in response to one or more of the multiple points of contact of the leading traction control assembly coming into contact with an obstacle. A bias assembly is configured to exert a continuous compression force against one or both of the first articulating section and the second articulating section to maximize the number of points of contact between the mobile apparatus and the obstacle. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070503 | RIDER CONTROLLABLE SKIMBOARD - A rider-controllable skimboard includes a planar board having a top surface and a connection mechanism mounted to the top surface and proximate a nose of the planar board. The connection mechanism has a vertical pivoting mechanism and a lateral pivoting mechanism. The skimboard further includes a handle mechanism connected with the vertical pivoting mechanism and the lateral pivoting mechanism of the connection mechanism for respective limited vertical pivoting and lateral pivoting of the handle relative to the planar board. The handle mechanism has a length of 80 to 120 percent of a length of the board, such that in a non-pivoted position a handgrip connected with the handle mechanism is positioned within 20 percent of the length of the board from the tail, and such that the limited vertical pivoting of the handle by the rider positions the upper stem portion substantially horizontal and proximate the rider's waist. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070504 | Expandable mobile display sales cart - An expandable mobile display sales cart that has two positions: mobile/storage position and display position. The cart design allows multiples of the carts to be used together. The cart can be placed in the mobile/storage position that permits the contraction of the cart to a minimal footprint floor space where many carts can be transported in a condensed environment. The display position allows the expansion of the cart where many carts can be arranged in different configurations for the easy viewing, browsing and purchasing of the product by the customer. The cart has a shelf unit with a slide and lock system that allows the shelf unit to be contracted and locked substantially to the center of the cart to provide a stable and condensed footprint for mobility, reducing the overall size of the cart, and expanded and locked for the display position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070505 | Brake Mechanism for an Infant Stroller Apparatus - A brake mechanism suitable for use with an infant stroller apparatus includes two wheel supports adapted to affix with two transversally spaced-apart legs of the infant stroller apparatus, two wheels respectively assembled with the two wheel supports about a rotation axis, wherein each of the two wheels includes a hub portion, two latches respectively assembled with the two wheel supports and operable to rotationally lock the two wheels, and a brake actuating assembly including two cam surfaces in sliding contact with the two latches, wherein the two cam surfaces are operable to rotate about the rotation axis to cause displacements of the two latches parallel to the rotation axis to respectively engage and disengage the hub portions of the two wheels. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR TRANSPORTATION OF A WELDING SYSTEM - Present embodiments include a modular welding component transportation system. The system includes a front panel and a wheel assembly. The front panel includes a support platform configured to support a welding system component and the wheel assembly includes a first plurality of wheels. The system also includes a rail configured to adjustably couple with the front panel proximate a first end of the rail and configured to couple with the wheel assembly proximate a second end of the rail. Locating surfaces of the wheel assembly are configured to receive and align the rail for engagement with walls of the wheel assembly. The system further includes a second plurality of wheels configured to be coupled with the front panel or proximate the first end of the rail. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070507 | Lift Axle Suspension Systems Incorporating Compression Coil Springs - A lift axle suspension system is provided with a frame bracket member connectable to a vehicle frame, an upper control arm, and a lower control arm. Each control arm has a first end and a second end, with the first end of each control arm being pivotally connected to the frame bracket member. The suspension system also includes an axle connecting member connectable to an axle, with the second end of each control arm being pivotally connected to the axle connecting member. A compression coil spring having a first end connected to the lower control arm and a second end connected to the upper control arm serves as a lift mechanism for lifting and lowering the axle connected to the axle connecting member. The compression coil spring may encircle at least a portion of and be substantially coaxial with the lower control arm. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070508 | KICK SKATER - During braking of a kick skater, the danger of falling rearward is thoroughly eliminated. The kick skater includes a front wheel | 2014-03-13 |
20140070509 | One piece Flexible Skateboard - A flexible skateboard may include a pair of direction casters mounted for steering rotation on a flexible skateboard, twistable for propulsion. One or more vertical wall supports may be provided to resist bowing. Centering spring arrangements including range or rotation limitations such as hard stops may be included. One or two dual wheel assemblies may be exchanged for the single wheel assemblies for ease or riding or learning how to ride. One piece skateboard bodies may be formed by rigidly connecting together multiple pieces of the same or similar wooden or plastic molded parts to form a bridge like connecting member having increased structural rigidity and strength for its weight. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070510 | TOP MOUNT, INTEGRATED HOUSING AND STRUT SPRING BEARING - One variation includes a top mount, integrated housing and spring bearing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070511 | TOP MOUNT WITH MCU ISOLATOR IN INNER METAL - One variation may include a product comprising a top mount for a strut having a first inner strut rod attachment component comprising a metal, a second strut attachment component having at least a portion received in the first strut rod attachment component, a resilient or elastomeric material interposed between the first inner strut rod attachment component and the second inner strut rod attachment component, the second inner strut rod attachment component being constructed and arranged to receive a strut rod. One variation may include a product comprising a top mount for a strut having an inner strut rod attachment component, a first damping material and embedded in a resilient or elastomeric material, and wherein the first damping material has a greater damping property than the resilient or elastomeric material. One variation may include a product comprising an attachment collar for a strut rod, a microcellular urethane covering at least a portion of the collar. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070512 | TOP MOUNT FOR STRUT - One variation includes a top mount for a strut having an inner metal portion. Another variation includes a bearing integrated with the inner metal portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070513 | SIDE-BY-SIDE BICYCLE ADAPTER - An adapter for interconnecting two bicycles in a side-by-side configuration, wherein the adapter comprises a plurality of articulating joints to permit the joined bicycles to articulate or tilt in coordination while being ridden. The present invention further includes various tilting mechanisms and braking systems to achieve and maintain desired tilted positions of the joined or interconnected bicycles. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070514 | BICYCLE - A bicycle including a frame, a load carrying base, two front wheels, two rear wheels, a steering mechanism, a brake mechanism, a pedal mechanism, a chain drive mechanism, and a saddle unit. The frame is a retractable frame, including a rear support frame, a down tube, a transverse tube, and at least two telescopic casing tube assemblies that are arranged side by side. Each of the telescopic casing tube assemblies includes a front casing tube, a middle rod, and a rear casing tube. The load carrying base includes a cross bar, a front connecting rod, a left connecting rod, a right connecting rod, a rear connecting rod and internally hinged bars for linking the connecting rods. The two front wheels are respectively connected to two ends of the cross bar through a bearing at the top ends of a front fork. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070515 | Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Lever Action To Unidirectional Rotary Motion - A mechanism, e.g. for driving a wheelchair, converting oscillating motion of a lever ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140070516 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM - The invention broadly includes a suspension system for a vehicle that includes a vehicle frame, at least one pair of shock absorbers attached to the frame and having piston stems extending from the shock absorbers and attached to extension arms pivotally attached to the frame. The extension arms are attached to the tire axles optionally attached to support arms. The support arms are also attached to the pivot connection. The pivot connection is between the axle and the shock absorber. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070517 | MOBILE BUILDING TRANSPORTATION DEVICE - A mobile building transportation device can comprise a frame, a front axle, and a rear axle. The frame can support a mobile building for transport on a public highway and can include left and right longitudinal support members and front and rear transverse support members that bear at least a portion of the weight of the mobile building. The front and rear axles can each be coupled to the frame by suspension components. The front and rear transverse support members can be configured to support the mobile building above the front and/or rear axles to facilitate minimizing a vertical distance between the mobile building and the front and/or rear axles. This can minimize a height of a center of gravity of the mobile building and facilitate unobstructed movement of the front and rear axles through a range of motion of the front and/or rear suspension components. At least one of the longitudinal and transverse support members can be constructed, at least in part, of tubing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070518 | HITCH COVER INCLUDING ADAPTER - A hitch cover for use with a first hitch receiver having a first size and a second hitch receiver having a second size larger than the first size. The hitch cover includes a faceplate, a shaft that extends from the faceplate, the shaft configured to be received in the first hitch receiver to couple the faceplate to the first hitch receiver. The cover further includes an adapter including a first end, a second end, and an aperture extending through the first end, and a fastener that removably couples the adapter and the shaft. The shaft is received in the aperture of the adapter and the shaft and the adapter are configured to be received in the second hitch receiver to couple the faceplate to the second hitch receiver. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070519 | Automatic heel unit for a ski binding - The invention relates to an automatic heel unit for a ski binding or touring ski binding, having a base element and a carriage which is mounted on the base element to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the ski. This automatic heel unit has at least one climbing position in which the carriage is situated in a rear position and a downhill position in which the carriage is situated further forward than in the climbing position. It comprises an adjusting lever for adjusting the automatic heel unit from the downhill position into the climbing position and back. This adjusting lever is mounted on the carriage to be pivotable about a pivot axle. Furthermore, the automatic heel unit comprises a lever element which is mounted on the base element to be pivotable about a first axle and mounted on the adjusting lever to be pivotable about a second axle. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070520 | AIRBAG FRAME APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a frame having multiple openings for slidably receiving multiple airbag support assemblies. Each support assembly includes an airbag coupling member slidably disposed in a one of the openings in the frame for maintaining a spring member between the frame and the airbag device. The airbag coupling member has a coupling end protruding from a first side of the frame facing the airbag device for connecting to the airbag device. Pressing the airbag device towards the frame compresses the spring member therebetween. An electrical switch assembly is connected to the frame. The electrical switch assembly includes an electrical switch for a circuit. The electrical switch has a push button that continuously engages the airbag device when the frame is connected to the airbag device via an airbag coupling member, to maintain the electrical switch between the frame and the airbag device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070521 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device includes an airbag main body, a storing section, an airbag lid member, a hinge section and a protective member. The airbag lid member has a lid section and an opening section. The lid section is configured to be opened by a pressing force of the airbag main body. The opening section is formed when the lid section is opened. The hinge section couples an edge portion of the opening section and the lid section. The protective member is configured and arranged to be disposed between the airbag main body and the hinge section when the airbag main body expands, and has a main protective section and a peripheral portion protective section. The peripheral portion protective section is provided on both sides of the main protective section to cover at least a peripheral portion of the lid section which protrudes from both sides of the hinge section. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070522 | DISPOSITION STRUCTURE FOR CURTAIN AIRBAG SYSTEM - A disposition structure for a curtain airbag system in which the airbag, when deployed, deforms an end of a roof trim toward the inside of a passenger compartment. An airbag guide support retains an airbag guide in a normal position in which an end of the airbag guide is kept away from an upper end of a pillar trim and a top surface of the airbag guide faces the under surface of the folded airbag. When the airbag is inflated and deployed, the airbag guide receives a downward pressing force from the inflating airbag on the top surface of the airbag guide and moves to a position of action in which the airbag guide covers the upper end of the pillar trim from above. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070523 | MULTILAYER AUTOMOBILE SPLASHBOARD STRUCTURE - A multilayer automobile splashboard structure comprises a splashboard and a water guiding plate. The splashboard is connected to an automobile body above a tire. An arc shaped outer surface of the splashboard is corresponded to the tire, and a plurality of protruding portions is disposed on the outer surface. The water guiding plate is provided on the outer surface of the splashboard correspondingly and a water guiding space is formed between the water guiding plate and the outer surface. A plurality of holes is disposed on the water guiding plate corresponding to the protruding portions on the outer surface respectively. Thereby, the water flinged off from the tire can be splashed into the holes and dashed on the protruding portions. Then, the water is discharged from two sides of the each of the protruding portions along the water guiding space. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070524 | Coloring Book for Heat Transfer Sheets and Methods of Transferring an Image to a Substrate - Methods for transferring an image to a substrate are provided. An image can be applied onto an image-receptive coating of a heat transfer sheet. The heat transfer sheet can further include a heat transfer layer overlying a base sheet such that the image-receptive coating overlies the heat transfer layer. The heat transfer sheet can be torn substantially along a perforation line to remove the heat transfer sheet from a coloring book, and then positioned adjacent to a substrate. The image, the image-receptive coating, and at least a portion of the heat transfer layer can then be transferred to the substrate, with the base sheet not transferring to the substrate. Coloring books are also provided that include a plurality of heat transfer sheets bound together along a common edge. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070525 | SECURITY DOCUMENT - A security document includes a substrate, and an imaging thermal coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate for thermal printing on the security document. The imaging thermal coating is soluble in one or more solvents. A warning message is printed on the substrate in an ink which is substantially insoluble in the one or more solvents. An obscuring coating on the substrate covers the warning message such that the warning message is not apparent to an observer. The obscuring coating is soluble in the one or more solvents, such that the obscuring coating is removed from the substrate if the document is subjected to washing with the one or more solvents to remove printed images on the imaging thermal coating. By this arrangement, an attempt to alter the security document by washing the security document with the one or more solvents is made apparent. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070526 | Protected Integral Metal to Metal Seal - A pipe connection includes a tubular box having an internal threaded section extending from a rim, and a nose receptacle area joining the threaded section. A box seal surface is formed on the nose receptacle area. A tubular pin has a nose area extending from a pin end, and an external threaded section joining the nose area, the external threaded section mating with the internal threaded section. An annular groove is formed. on the nose area between the pin end and the external threaded section. A pin seal surface is located at least partially in the groove for engaging the box seal surface to form a metal to metal sealing engagement. | 2014-03-13 |
20140070527 | SEALED TRANSVERSE LOCKING PIPE AND FITTINGS - A pipe and fitting coupling system includes a first pipe, a second pipe, and a joint. A receiving end of the second pipe includes a first flange, a second flange, a groove, and a sealant. The second flange extends further than the first flange. The groove is disposed at the pipe diameter and between the first flange and the second flange. The first flange has an inwardly angled face to meet the groove and the second flange has an outwardly angled face to meet the groove. The sealant is disposed in the groove to seal the plain end of the first pipe in the receiving end. The joint is formed by the cooperative alignment of the plain end being inserted into the receiving end and being sealed by the sealant. | 2014-03-13 |