| 18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20140117548 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a substrate on which a semiconductor circuit is formed; an interlayer insulating film in which a contact hole is formed on the substrate; a catalyst metal film on a side wall of the contact hole; catalyst metal particles on a bottom of the contact hole; graphene on the catalyst metal film; and carbon nanotubes, which penetrates the contact hole, on the catalyst metal particles. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117549 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of immersing a substrate in a solution containing metal ions to adhere a metal catalyst to a surface of the substrate, immersing the substrate with the metal catalyst adhered thereto in an electroless plating solution to electrolessly plate a layer on the substrate, immersing the substrate in an electroplating solution to electroplate a layer on the electrolessly plated layer using the electrolessly plated layer as a power feeding layer, and forming a metal layer of Cu or Ag on the electroplated layer. The electroplated layer is formed of a different material than the metal layer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117550 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING AN INSULATING LAYER, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming a semiconductor device, includes depositing first copper material by physical vapor deposition (PVD) on an insulating layer and on a barrier material formed on a sidewall and a bottom of a trench in the insulating layer, heating the first copper material to reflow the first copper material into the trench, depositing a second copper material by PVD on the insulating layer, on the barrier material and on the first copper material, and heating the second copper material to reflow the second copper material into the trench such that the second copper material is formed on the first copper material and on the sidewall of the trench, the first and second copper materials forming a copper layer in the trench, an amount of sulfur and chlorine in the copper layer being less than 1ppm. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117551 | PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FORMING FILM ON TARGET OBJECT - A processing system for forming a film on a target object having thereon an insulating layer that is made of a low-k film and having a recess is provided. The processing system comprises: a processing apparatus configured to form a first-metal-containing film containing a first metal on a surface of the target object; a processing apparatus configured to form a second-metal-containing film containing Mn as a second metal having a barrier property against a filling metal to be filled in the recess; a processing apparatus configured to form a thin film made of a third metal as the filling metal to be filled; a common transfer chamber connected with each of the processing apparatuses; a transfer unit for transferring the target object into each of the processing apparatuses; and a system controller that controls the whole processing system so as to perform a film forming method. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117552 | X-LINE ROUTING FOR DENSE MULTI-CHIP-PACKAGE INTERCONNECTS - X-line routing arrangements for dense multi-chip-package interconnects are described. In an example, an electronic signal routing structure includes a substrate. A plurality of layers of conductive traces is disposed above the substrate. A first pair of ground traces is disposed in a first of the plurality of layers of conductive traces. A signal trace is disposed in a second of the plurality of layers of conductive traces, below the first layer. A second pair of ground traces is disposed in a third of the plurality of layers of conductive traces, below the first layer. The first and second pairs of ground traces and the signal trace provide an X-pattern routing from a cross-sectional perspective. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117553 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND CHIP PACKAGING BODY HAVING SAME - A packaging substrate includes a base layer, a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a first solder mask layer, a second solder mask layer and copper portions. The first second wiring layers are arranged on opposite sides of the base layer. The first solder mask layer covers the first wiring layer, and defines plenty of first openings. The first wiring layer exposed through the first openings serves as first contact pads. The second solder mask layer covers the second wiring layer. The second solder mask layer defines plenty of second openings. The second wiring layer exposed through the second openings serves as second contact pads. The copper portions are formed on the second contact pads. The copper portions protrude beyond the second solder mask layer. This disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing the packaging substrate and a chip packaging body. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117554 | PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING LARGE SOLDER PADS AND METHOD FOR FORMING - A package substrate has a die mounted on a first side. One or more inner solder pads are on an inner portion of a second side. A perimeter of the inner portion is aligned with a perimeter of the die. The one or more inner solder pads are the only solder pads on the inner portion. The one or more inner solder pads number no more than five. A plurality of outer solder pads are on an outer portion of the second side. An average of areas of the one or more inner solder pads is at least five times an average of areas of the one or more inner solder pads. The plurality of outer solder ball pads are for receiving solder ball balls. The outer portion is spaced from the perimeter of the inner portion. The outer portion and the inner portion are coplanar. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117555 | Integrated Circuit Underfill Scheme - An integrated circuit includes a substrate having at least one depression on a top surface. At least one solder bump is disposed over the substrate. A die is disposed over the at least one solder bump and electrically connected with the substrate through the at least one solder bump. An underfill surrounds the at least one solder bump and is formed between the substrate and the die. The at least one depression is disposed around the underfill to keep any spillover from the underfill in the at least one depression. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117556 | THROUGH SILICON VIA STACKED STRUCTURE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A through silicon via (TSV) stacked structure made of stacked substrates. Each substrate includes multiple tapered through silicon vias, wherein the wider end of each tapered through silicon via is provided with a recessed portion and the narrower end of each tapered through silicon via protrudes from the substrate. The substrates are stacked one after another with the narrower end of each tapered through silicon via being fitting and jointing into a corresponding recessed portion of the tapered through silicon via. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117557 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A package substrate and a method for forming the package substrate are disclosed. The package substrate includes an interposer having a plurality of conductive through vias and a first insulating layer formed on the sidewalls of the conductive through vias, a second insulating layer formed on one side of the interposer, and a plurality of conductive vias formed in the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the conductive through vias. By increasing the thickness of the first insulating layer, the face diameter of the conductive through vias can be reduced, and the layout density of the conductive through vias in the interposer can thus be increased. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117558 | SELF-ENCLOSED ASYMMETRIC INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES - Techniques are disclosed that enable improved shorting margin between unlanded conductive interconnect features and neighboring conductive features. The techniques provided are particularly useful, for instance, when lithography registration errors cause neighboring conductive features to be physically closer than expected, but can also he used when such proximity is intentional. In some embodiments, the techniques can be implemented using a layer of electromigration management material (EMM) and one or more insulator layers, wherein the various layers are provisioned to enable a differential etch rate. In particular, the overall etch rate of materials above the target landing pad is faster than the overall etch rate of materials above the off-target landing pad, which results in a self-enclosed conductive interconnect feature having an asymmetric taper or profile. The differential etch rate may result, for example, from configuration of the EMM layer, or from accompanying insulator layers having different etch rates. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117559 | PROCESS AND MATERIAL FOR PREVENTING DELETERIOUS EXPANSION OF HIGH ASPECT RATIO COPPER FILLED THROUGH SILICON VIAS (TSVS) - Techniques are disclosed for forming through-silicon vias (TSVs) implementing a negative thermal expansion (NTE) material such as zirconium tungstate (ZrW | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117560 | Semiconductor Structures and Methods of Manufacturing the Same - A semiconductor device and methods of forming a semiconductor device are disclosed. In the methods, a layer, such as an insulating interlayer, is formed on a substrate. A first trench is formed in the layer, and a mask layer is formed in the first trench. The mask layer has a first thickness from a bottom surface of the first trench to the top of the mask layer. The mask layer is patterned to form a mask that at least partially exposes a sidewall of the first trench. A portion of the mask adjacent to the exposed sidewall of the first trench has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The layer is etched to form a second trench using the mask as an etching mask. The second trench is in fluid communication with the first trench. A conductive pattern is formed in the first trench and the second trench. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117561 | ETCH DAMAGE AND ESL FREE DUAL DAMASCENE METAL INTERCONNECT - A method of forming a dual damascene metal interconnect for a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a layer of low-k dielectric, forming vias through the low-k dielectric layer, depositing a sacrificial layer, forming trenches through the sacrificial layer, filling the vias and trenches with metal, removing the sacrificial layer, then depositing an extremely low-k dielectric layer to fill between the trenches. The method allows the formation of an extremely low-k dielectric layer for the second level of the dual damascene structure while avoiding damage to that layer by such processes as trench etching and trench metal deposition. The method has the additional advantage of avoiding an etch stop layer between the via level dielectric and the trench level dielectric. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117562 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes a support substrate, a first semiconductor element that is mounted on one side of the support substrate, a second semiconductor element including a high frequency electrode that is mounted on the one side of the support substrate, a via hole that is provided at the support substrate in relation to the high frequency electrode, and an external connection electrode that is provided on the other side of the support substrate in relation to the via hole. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117563 | Photoactive Compound Gradient Photoresist - A system and method for forming photoresists over semiconductor substrates is provided. An embodiment comprises a photoresist with a concentration gradient. The concentration gradient may be formed by using a series of dry film photoresists, wherein each separate dry film photoresist has a different concentration. The separate dry film photoresists may be formed separately and then placed onto the semiconductor substrate before being patterned. Once patterned, openings through the photoresist may have a tapered sidewall, allowing for a better coverage of the seed layer and a more uniform process to form conductive materials through the photoresist. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117564 | Interconnect Structures for Substrate - A device for use with integrated circuits is provided. The device includes a substrate having a through-substrate via formed therethrough. Dielectric layers are formed over at least one side of the substrate and metallization layers are formed within the dielectric layers. A first metallization layer closest to the through-substrate via is larger than one or more overlying metallization layers. In an embodiment, a top metallization layer is larger than one or more underlying metallization layers. Integrated circuit dies may be attached to the substrate on either or both sides of the substrate, and either side of the substrate may be attached to another substrate, such as a printed circuit board, a high-density interconnect, a packaging substrate, an organic substrate, a laminate substrate, or the like. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117565 | LAMINATE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a laminate electronic device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a carrier, the carrier defining a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The carrier has a recess pattern formed in the first main surface. A first semiconductor chip is attached on one of the first and second main surface. A first insulating layer overlying the main surface of the carrier on which the first semiconductor chip is attached and the first semiconductor chip is formed. The carrier is then separated into a plurality of parts along the recess pattern. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117566 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING LINE-TYPE TRENCH TO DEFINE ACTIVE REGION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of parallel-trenches that are parallel to each other, a plurality of intersect-trenches that are parallel to each other, a plurality of active regions that are confined by the parallel-trenches and the intersect-trenches, a plurality of lower conductive lines that cross the active regions, a plurality of upper conductive lines that are parallel to each other, that cross the lower conductive lines, and that cross over the active regions, and data storage elements connected to the active regions. Each of the parallel-trenches and the intersect-trenches is a straight line. The parallel-trenches cross the upper conductive lines and form a first acute angle with the upper conductive lines. The intersect-trenches cross the parallel-trenches and form a second acute angle with the parallel-trenches. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117567 | MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY WITH IMPEDANCE CONTROLLED WIREBOND AND REFERENCE WIREBOND - A microelectronic assembly can include a microelectronic device, e.g., semiconductor chip, connected together with an interconnection element, e.g., substrate, the latter having signal contacts and reference contacts. The reference contacts can be connectable to a source of reference potential such as ground or a voltage source other than ground such as a voltage source used for power. Signal conductors, e.g., signal wirebonds can be connected to device contacts exposed at a surface of the microelectronic device. Reference conductors, e.g., reference wirebonds can be provided, at least one of which can be connected with two reference contacts of the interconnection element. The reference wirebond can have a run which extends at an at least substantially uniform spacing from a signal conductor, e.g., signal wirebond that is connected to the microelectronic device over at least a substantial portion of the length of the signal conductor. In such manner a desired impedance may be achieved for the signal conductor. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117568 | STRUCTURE OF WAFER LEVEL CHIP MOLDED PACKAGE - An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor chip having a die side and a non-die side, the die side having one or more trenches formed therein. The integrated circuit structure further includes at least one die bonded onto the die side of the semiconductor chip. The integrated circuit structure further includes a protecting material encapsulating the at least one die and substantially filling the one or more trenches. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117569 | DEVICE COMPRISING AN ENCAPSULATION UNIT - A device that includes a component and an encapsulation arrangement for the encapsulation of the component with respect to moisture and/or oxygen, wherein the encapsulation arrangement has a first layer and thereabove a second layer on at least one surface of the component, the first layer and the second layer each comprise an inorganic material, and the second layer is arranged directly on the first layer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117570 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM - The invention relates to an optical compensation film for IPS or FFS-mode liquid crystal display devices, having the tilt angle β[°] not equal to zero, β[°] being defined as φ giving the minimum value of retardation R[φ] which is retardation measured for incident light coming in a direction tilted by φ° from a normal line relative to the film-plane, the direction being in a plane including the direction perpendicular to the in-plane slow axis thereof and the normal line; and having retardation along the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth(550), not equal to zero. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117571 | REUSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR INJECTION MOLDING - Reusable cartridges allow the time consuming resin preparation and processing steps to occur offline and not affect the cycling time of the injector. Cartridges also greatly simplify the operation of RTM injectors as preparation simply consists of loading a warmed ready-to-use resin cartridge and performing the injection. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117572 | EXTRUDATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS HAVING A FREE FLOATING ROLLER ASSEMBLY - An extrudate transport apparatus comprises a free floating roller assembly, wherein the roller assembly controls a rotational pitch of a cylindrical green ceramic extrudate as the green ceramic extrudate moves longitudinally from a first location to a second location within the extrudate transport apparatus. The free floating roller assembly has a predetermined effective weight and comprises a contact roller having a deformable outer surface for frictionally contacting an outer surface of the green ceramic extrudate in motion adjacent thereto, while maintaining a constant contact force upon said green ceramic extrudate. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117573 | Injection Molding Method and Apparatus - A thermoplastic injection molding system and method of use is described for molding parts from heated plastics and other organic resins. The machine uses heat sources located along the barrel to heat the source material while an auger screw transports the source material in the barrel. This transport step does not shear the source material, nor does it use friction to produce the heat necessary to melt the source material. The material becomes substantially liquid or melted during the heating process, and the melted material is forced, by the auger screw, into a chamber whereupon a plunger, situated concentrically with the auger screw, injects the material from the chamber into a mold. Sensors located along the barrel and in the chamber ensure consistency between mold cycles. The controller dynamically adjusts the injection molding process to achieve more consistent and reliable molded parts. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117574 | Strain and Kinetics Control During Separation Phase of Imprint Process - Systems and methods for improving robust layer separation during the separation process of an imprint lithography process are described. Included are methods of matching strains between a substrate to be imprinted and the template, varying or modifying the forces applied to the template and/or the substrate during separation, or varying or modifying the kinetics of the separation process. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117575 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER WITH FORCE DETECTION - An extruder or other tool head of a three-dimensional printer is instrumented to detect contact force against the extruder, such as by a build platform or an object being fabricated. The tool head may also be instrumented to detect deflection forces and the like acting on the tool that might indicate an operating error. The resulting feedback data can be used in a variety of ways to control operation of the three-dimensional printer during fabrication or diagnostics. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117576 | INJECTION MOLDING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An injection molding apparatus includes an injector that obtains molten resin by melting resin, and injects the molten resin, a hot runner that is a flowing path of the molten resin, and a temperature rising part that is provided in a part of the hot runner, and increases a temperature of the molten resin to be higher than a melting temperature in the injector. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117577 | System, Apparatus and Method for Preparing Materials Transported in Open Top Conveyance - A system for profiling particulate material in an open top conveyance comprises a profiling structure supported above the open top conveyance and engaging the particulate matter in the open top conveyance as the open top conveyance moves in a forward direction therebelow so that the particulate matter forward of the profiling structure is given a generally uniform profile in at least a longitudinal middle portion of the open top conveyance. The open top conveyance normally is one of a sequential train of gondola cars moving on a pair of rails extending under the profiling structure, and the particulate material typically is or comprises coal. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117578 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID FRP BAR, AND NOZZLE FOR SUCH APPARATUS - A rod-shaped FRP bar is manufactured with a fiber and a resin by using a nozzle ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117579 | ONE-PIECE DECORATIVE TRIM BEZEL HAVING PLURAL UNPAINTED FINISHES - A one-piece trim bezel formed from multiple components. In the event of two co-molded components, the first co-molded part is composed of a polymerized material having an unpainted surface that may be a high gloss smooth surface or a textured low gloss surface and the second co-molded part, formed with the first part, is composed of a plateable plastic material. The plateable plastic material may be plateable with chrome. A multiple-shot injection molding process is used to form the one-piece trim bezel which joins the first co-molded part and the second co-molded part in one operation. The formed part is then subjected to a plating process during which time the chrome only deposits on the surface of the plateable plastic material of the second co-molded part while the surface of the first co-molded part remains unplated. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117580 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAKING GRANULES - The invention relates to a method for making granules from strands of a melt of a thermoplastic polymer material having the steps of creating and providing the melt of the material, discharging the material in multiple strands from a perforated plate, impinging the strands with an impinging flow fluid from an impinging flow nozzle, cooling the strands and dividing the strands into individual granules, wherein the strands are impinged by the impinging flow fluid only during discharge from the perforated plate, and wherein, as it is discharged from the impinging flow nozzle, the impinging flow fluid has a temperature above the melting temperature of the material and has a discharge velocity in the range from 50 m/sec to 300 m/sec; the invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method with an impinging flow device that can be pivoted by means of a pivoting joint. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC PROFILE HAVING A REINFORCEMENT - In the pultrusion of reinforced plastic profiles in strand form, the strands of the reinforcement are brought together in a positioning device and subsequently embedded in the plastic. The pulling of the strands of the reinforcement through the positioning device leads to an unwanted contraction and uncontrolled positioning of the reinforcement in the plastic profile. The invention envisages forming the positioning device by multiple successive positioning means, of which at least some positioning means can be periodically moved forward in the direction of production and also moved back counter to the direction of production. As a result, there is an alternating tensioning and compression of individual regions of the reinforcement. This makes exact positioning of the reinforcement in the plastic profile possible and prevents contraction of the reinforcement. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117582 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Thick Thermoplastic Composite Structures - A method and apparatus are used to pre-consolidate and de-bulk a thermoplastic composite ply stack prior to full consolidation and forming to the final part shape. Pre-consolidation and de-bulking is achieved by heating the ply stack to a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic in order to soften the plies, and then compress the ply stack. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117583 | FRICTION MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRICTION MATERIAL - To provide a highly heat-resistant brake pad adaptable to high temperatures/high loads and producible only by adding a baking step to the same production process as that for an organic friction material. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117584 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD FOR FORMING A CONTINUOUS THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - An inkjet printing method for forming a continuous three-dimensional structure is disclosed. A pre-patterned temporary structure is formed on a substrate for defining a filling groove on the substrate. An inkjet printing process is performed for filling the ink droplets into the filling groove. The ink droplets cover the filling groove and contact the surface of the temporary structure and the substrate at the same time. A self-aligned effect is formed by a composition of the gravity of the ink droplets, a surface tension between the ink droplets and the temporary structure, and a surface tension between the ink droplets and the substrate. When the ink droplets are solidified, a standalone continuous three-dimensional structure is formed by removing the temporary structure. The geometry of the continuous three-dimensional structure can be defined by the temporary structure; therefore a small track width of the solidified ink droplets can be obtained. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117585 | TAGGED BUILD MATERIAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer can read the information from the tag and determine how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117586 | MODULAR FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117587 | METHOD FOR MOLDING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN PRODUCT AND MOLDING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An apparatus for molding a thermoplastic resin product includes a heating apparatus which conducts heating by radiation of infrared rays by using a light source; a stamper which is radiation heated by infrared rays radiated from the light source; a cooling member which cools the stamper by contacting the stamper which is radiation heated; a first mold which holds the stamper and/or the cooling member in a movable manner, thereby enabling the stamper and the cooling member to be in contact with or remote from with each other; and a second mold which holds a thermoplastic resin to which a structure of a shape-forming surface of the stamper is transferred. The stamper is radiation heated at least in the state where it is remote from the cooling member. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117588 | FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE FROM RECEIVER - A method for forming a three-dimensional structure includes depositing a first pattern of thermoplastic toner particles onto a first surface of a receiver to form a plurality of spaced-apart stacks of toner particles that extend above the first surface of the receiver. The receiver is bent so that non-overlapping first and second portions of the receiver are defined. At least part of a surface of the receiver in the second portion is brought into contact with the deposited stacks of toner particles. The toner particles are fused to bind the second portion to the first portion and provide a selected spacing between the first portion and the second portion. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117589 | Method for Producing a Pressure-Resistant and/or Leak-Tight Vessel for Holding a Gas and/or Liquid - The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of pressure-resistant gas and/or liquid tight containers made from thermoplastic materials. To this end the method comprises the following steps: providing a removable external mandrel around a neckpiece, followed by providing at the inside of such mandrel a thermoplastic material for the manufacture of a thermoplastic internal wall. Hereupon the external mandrel is removed and the thermoplastic internal wall is filled with a cooling liquid. Hereupon additional thermoplastic material is provided to the external side of the thermoplastic wall and is consolidated either during the provision hereof, or thereafter or both. Hereupon the cooling liquid is removed and the container is ready for being used. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117590 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SLIDE-ROOM FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - A slide-room for installation in a recreational vehicle or other structure is disclosed. The slide-room comprises a shell, which can be constructed from fiberglass. The shell comprises an end wall, a ceiling, a floor, two opposing side walls, and a flange extending from the end wall, wherein the end wall, the ceiling, the floor, the side walls and the flange comprise a one-piece, unitary construction. Also disclosed are methods for molding composite components, such as slide-room. In one specific implementation, the shell for a slide-room is formed from fiberglass using a vacuum-assisted resin transfer process. During the vacuum-assisted resin transfer process, a mold apparatus can include a perimeter seal system to inhibit resin from flowing into spaces between mating components of the mold. The perimeter seal system can include clamp seal assemblies and/or vacuum seal assemblies. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117591 | Process For Manufacturing A Fuel Tank Equipped With An Internal Accessory - Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory and having a plastic wall produced from a parison, the process including, in order, the following steps: a) the accessory and the molten parison are introduced into a mould so that the accessory is surrounded by the parison, the mould including cavities equipped with at least one moving part; b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison to carry out a pre-blow moulding of the parison; c) the pre-blow-moulded parison is pressed locally against the accessory using the moving part in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison; d) the mould is closed and the final blow moulding of the parison is carried out by flattening it against the mould cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mould. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117592 | Control of Bubble Size in a Carbonated Liquid - Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING FLUID MOVEMENT IN CLOSE-MOLDED COMPOSITE PARTS - A vacuum bagging system may include a layer assembly defining a fluid flow channel. The layer assembly may include a contact layer mounted to a composite part positionable within an outer mold line (OML) tool. The contact layer may have a contact layer width defined by opposing contact layer side edges. The layer assembly may further include an inner layer mounted to the contact layer and having inner layer side edges located between the contact layer side edges. The fluid flow channel may extend along at least a portion of the composite part to at least one part end. The vacuum bagging system may include an internal vacuum bag positionable against the inner layer. An inner mold line (IML) tool may support the internal vacuum bag. The contact layer width may be less than an IML tool width. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117594 | Ceramic Precursor Batch Compositions For Increased Tonset Using Organic Additive Heteroatom Polyols - A ceramic precursor batch composition comprising inorganic ceramic-forming ingredients, a binder, an aqueous solvent and a heteroatom polyol agent. The heteroatom polyol agent can be represented by X(R) where X is at least one of S, N, and P, and R is at least two of CH | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117595 | Cooling Apparatus of Thick-Gauge Steel Plate - A cooling method of a thick-gauge steel plate by spraying water from a plurality of spray nozzles on the top and bottom surfaces of the thick-gauge steel plate conveyed between the adjoining pairs of constraining rolls, each comprising a top roll and bottom roll, constraining and conveying the steel plate so as to efficiently cool the top and bottom surfaces of thick-gauge steel plate to secure symmetry of temperatures of the top and bottom surfaces and uniformity of temperature in the plate width direction and achieve improvement of flatness of thick-gauge steel plate and uniformity of quality. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117596 | MOLTEN METAL LEAKAGE CONFINEMENT AND THERMAL OPTIMIZATION IN VESSELS USED FOR CONTAINING MOLTEN METALS - A vessel used for containing molten metal, e.g. a trough section for conveying molten metal from one location to another. In some embodiments, the vessel employs refractory liner units of different thermal conductivity to maximize heat penetration into the molten metal from heaters in the gap, but to minimize heat loss at the inlet and outlet of the vessel where the end units contact the housing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117597 | AIR SPRING FOR RAILROAD CAR - An air spring for railroad cars includes an air spring part formed by an upper support on a vehicle body side, an intermediate support arranged therebelow, and a diaphragm made of rubber and extending between the upper support and the intermediate support; and an elastic mechanism b formed by a rubber mass | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117598 | AIR SPRING WITH A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - An air spring ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117599 | Mechanical Device for the Seismic Protection of Civil Works - The device of the invention consists in a telescopic element with two arms, one of them movable within the other, having in its corresponding ends attachment means ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117600 | HIGH STIFFNESS VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Vibration damping apparatus, systems, objects including such apparatus and systems, and vibration damping methods. The vibration damping involves amplifying a vibration-induced displacement and damping the amplified displacement. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117601 | SPRING FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT FOR A HYDROELASTIC BEARING AND HYDROELASTIC BEARING - A spring functional component for a hydroelastic bearing. The component comprises a mounting inner connection, a mounting outer connection radially surrounding the mounting inner connection, a spring body which delimits at least two working chambers for receiving a damping fluid and couples the mounting inner and outer connections to one another in order to allow a relative movability between the mounting inner and outer connection and a support frame surrounding the mounting inner connection made of a rigid material such as plastic or metal, on which at least one radial stop is held, wherein the radial stop can be displaced from a pre-assembly state, in which a stop end of the radial stop is disengaged with respect to a stop counterpiece on the mounting inner connection side or mounting outer connection side, into a final assembly state in which the stop end engages the stop counterpiece. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117602 | PEDAL SIMULATOR HAVING MULTI-STAGE SERIES SPRING - A pedal simulator using a multi-stage series spring includes a cylinder into which an operation rod connected to a brake pedal is inserted; a piston installed in the cylinder to receive a force of the operation rod; a plurality of springs installed between the cylinder and the piston to resiliently support the piston in the cylinder and disposed to overlap each other from an inner side to an outer side; and a plurality of spring seats disposed in the cylinder to overlap each other from an inner side to an outer side and configured to support the springs while being interposed between the springs, wherein the springs are installed between the piston, the spring seats, and the cylinder such that the plurality of springs are connected to each other in a multi-stage series structure. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117603 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN HANDLING SMALL ITEMS - An apparatus for assisting in beading is provided. The apparatus has an enlarged flat top, akin to a micro-table and may be used as a ring or a wristband. A tacky tape is provided on the flat top. The beads to be thread are placed on top of the tape, so that they remain in place. The person then uses the needle to thread the beads. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117604 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE HAVING CLAMP UNIT - A manufacturing device having a clamp unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a workpiece disposed on a frame, a clamp unit configured to fix the workpiece on the frame, and a spindle configured to a torque transferred from a motor to cut the workpiece or operates the clamp unit to make the clamp unit fix the workpiece on the frame. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117605 | INSTANT CLAMPING MECHANISM - An instant clamping mechanism includes a supporting member, a base seat, a clamping assembly and a handle assembly. The base seat is assembled to the supporting member and defines a sliding groove, the sliding groove includes a releasing end and a latching end, an axial distance within the base seat is defined from the latching end to the releasing end. The clamping assembly extends through the base seat and the supporting member and is partially exposed out from the supporting member. The handle assembly extends into the sliding groove and is partially exposed out from the base seat. The handle assembly is non-rotatably connected to the clamping assembly and is capable of sliding from the releasing end to the latching end to move the clamping assembly axially within the base seat, thereby clamping the workpiece on the supporting member. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117606 | CLAMPING DEVICE - A clamping jaw for clamping workpieces attached on a clamping fixture, the height of the clamping jaw being about 3.5 millimetres, or less, without sacrificing a reliable and durable connection between the clamping element and the workpiece clamped, wherein the clamping jaw is provided with two contact surfaces and clamping surfaces facing towards the workpiece and which are in active contact with the workpiece in the clamped condition and extend at right angles to one another, one or more recesses in the clamping surface, each provided with a triangular shaped inner contour, one tip of each recess faces away from the clamping surface, one clamping element is disposed in each recess, the outer contour of the clamping element corresponding to an inner contour of the recess, and an end flank of the clamping element facing towards the workpiece having clamping pin therein, and the clamping pins project beyond the clamping surface of the clamping jaw. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117607 | CORE BARREL HOLDER AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A core barrel holder for supporting a core barrel during removal of a core sample from the core barrel. The core barrel holder includes a housing, an inner sleeve, a plurality of support elements extending radially inwardly within the inner sleeve, a spring, and a cap. Upon positioning of the core barrel holder in an operative position, the inner sleeve receives the core barrel. Upon advancement of the core barrel through the inner sleeve, the plurality of support elements frictionally engage the core barrel within the inner sleeve. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOLDING PRINTED SHEETS - An apparatus for folding print sheets includes two folding rollers arranged on one side of a guide plane to define a folding gap. A compressed air device is arranged on the other side of the guide plane in a region of the folding gap. The compressed air device is connected to the compressed air source and to the control unit, and includes an exit opening for the compressed air that is focused onto the folding gap. Control elements can be activated by the control unit to change the time interval during which the at least one exit opening is admitted with compressed air, and/or the cross-sectional surface of the exit opening, and the pressure of the compressed air supplied to the exit opening may also be changed by a different control element, to adapt a compressed air blast to properties of the print sheet made available to the folding gap. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117609 | BANKNOTE COUNTING DEVICE - A banknote counting device includes a banknote input mechanism, a banknote output mechanism, and an endless belt. The banknote input mechanism includes a banknote input shaft, a driving wheel, and a motor. The driving wheel rotates the banknote input shaft and the banknote input shaft itself rotates the banknote output mechanism via the endless belt, to utilize a single motor to drive both the input and output stages, and to ensure a constant and exact proportionality of speeds as between the input and output stages. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117610 | PAPER SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveying path in which a paper sheet is conveyed; a plurality of conveying rollers; a plurality of driving motors; an out-of-step detection portion; a stop control portion; and a driving restart control portion. The plurality of conveying rollers are disposed along the conveying path. The plurality of driving motors rotates the conveying rollers. The out-of-step detection portion detects an out-of-step in each of the driving motors. The stop control portion stops each of the driving motors when an out-of-step is detected. The driving restart control portion drives, after each of the driving motors is stopped, a first driving motor in which an out-of-step has occurred, and a second driving motor in which no out-of-step occurs, under a driving start condition that an amount of rotation of the second driving motor is less than an amount of rotation of the first driving motor. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transport roller; a reading mechanism; a manuscript sensor configured to detect the manuscript; a transport controller which controls the transport roller; a display unit; and a display controller. The display controller is configured such that the display unit is allowed to display a first screen in a case that the manuscript is not detected by the manuscript sensor; and the display unit is allowed to display a second screen indicating a discharge designator to discharge the manuscript from the image forming apparatus in place of the first screen indicating no discharge designator in a case that the manuscript is detected by the manuscript sensor. The transport controller is configured such that the manuscript interposed by the transport roller is discharged without reading the manuscript by the reading mechanism in a case that an input with respect to the discharge designator is accepted. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117612 | Image Forming Device - An image forming device includes an image recording unit for recording an image on a recording sheet, an upper paper feed cassette storage unit arranged above the image recording unit, a lower paper feed cassette storage unit arranged below the image recording unit, a lower paper feed cassette stored in the lower paper feed cassette storage unit, and an upper paper feed cassette stored in the upper paper feed cassette storage unit. The upper paper feed cassette has a larger lateral length than that of the lower paper feed cassette. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117613 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second units including first and second feeding members respectively for feeding a medium, and a medium feeding path provided between the first and second units. The second unit is movable between a closing position where the medium feeding path is formed between the first unit and the second unit and an opening position where the second unit separates from the first unit to open the medium feeding path. The second feeding member has a second gear that meshes with a first gear of the first feeding member when the second unit is in the closing position. When the second unit moves to the closing position, a shift mechanism holds one of the first gear and the second gear at a retracted position where the first gear and the second gear do not mesh with each other. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117614 | DEPOSIT MODULE - A Self-Service Terminal (SST) or deposit module for an SST and a method of use are disclosed for transporting an item of media along a transport path. The SST includes a guide surface comprising a first region in which an item of media is transported in a first orientation with respect to a respective direction of transport, and a further region in which an item of media is transported in a further orientation with respect to a respective direction of transport. The SST also includes a re-orientation module that transports an item of media between the first and further regions and rotates an item of media received at a one of the first and further regions into an orientation associated with a remainder one of the first and further regions. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117615 | DEVICE FOR SORTING AND CONVEYING DOCUMENTS - According to one embodiment, the guide roller, which faces the sorting gate mediated by the conveyor belt and guides the travel of the conveyor belt, and the position determination unit, which gives an elastic bias to the guide roller and positions it to the predefined position, are provided. The guide roller receives a pushing pressure from documents that are held and conveyed by the conveyor belts and then retracts from the predefined position while resisting the bias of the position determination unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117616 | CURRENCY TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A currency transmission apparatus includes a bracket, an image scanner, and a rotating shaft. The bracket includes a guiding plate, which defines a number of cutouts. The image scanner is located below the guiding plate. A gap is defined between the guiding plate and the image scanner. The rotating shaft is pivotally mounted on the bracket. The rotating shaft includes a number of wheels. The wheels are located in the number of cutouts and are configured to rotate along the rotating shaft to move currency through the gap. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117617 | Image Forming Apparatus Including Sheet Conveyer Conveying A Sheet And Guide Guiding The Sheet - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyer, a main body, a movable unit movable with respect to a guide position at which the sheet is guided, a position detector outputting a position detection signal, and a controller configured to determine whether the movable unit is in the guide position based on the position detection signal, perform a feeding execution process in which controlling the conveyer to feed the sheet by a feeding amount and stop the sheet if the sheet is in a feeding area and if determining that the movable unit is not in the guide position, and perform a feeding inexecution process in which controlling the conveyer not to feed the sheet by the feeding amount and stop the sheet if the sheet is in the feeding area and if determining that the movable unit is in the guide position. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117618 | TICKET DISPENSER - A ticket dispenser includes a first engaging member advancing a ticket at a first rate of speed, a second engaging member advancing the ticket at a second, greater, rate of speed and a third engaging member advancing the ticket at a third, even greater, rate of speed. The ticket has length greater than a) the spacing between the first and second engaging members and b) the spacing between the second and third engaging members. As the ticket advances through the ticket dispensing mechanism, the second engaging member engages the ticket before the first engaging member disengages the ticket and the third engaging member engages the ticket before the second engaging member disengages the ticket. A force of the second ticket engaging member is greater than that of the first and third engaging members. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117619 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL JIGSAW PUZZLE - A three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle comprising a base, a post fixedly secured to and emanating upwardly from the base, a first group of pieces, where each piece in the first group has a through-bore to enable stacking about the post and also has at least one radially extending projection in a shape of a trapezoidal solid, and a second group of pieces, where each piece in the second group has at least one radially extending projection in the shape of a trapezoidal solid. The first and second groups of pieces are operatively arranged to stack and interlock with one another to form a cylindrically shaped structure. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117620 | GAME OF CHOICE AND CHANCE - A unique game of choice and chance using a deck of equally unique playing cards. Each of the 45 cards have two segments with an integer in each. The game is played with three through six players, with all cards in the adjusted deck being in play. Each player must evaluate his hand and determine the amount of points he can accumulate in a given hand based upon the cards he has been dealt. The player then bids, with the winning bidder given the privilege of naming trump or no trump. The cards are then played in sequence with the higher rank taking each trick. When all the cards have been played in a given hand, the score, according to the rules of the game, is added up and credited to the players. The winner of each hand is awarded a letter. There are eight letters and when eight letters have been achieved, that player is declared the winner. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117621 | Tethered Ball Game - Embodiments of the present general inventive concept provide a game that includes two tethered balls and a goal post adapted to receive the tethered balls. In some embodiments, the goal post includes a vertical body configured to stand upright and an upwardly-angled appendage configured to allow the tethered balls to hang thereon. In some embodiments, the game includes two participants competing to place or toss the tethered balls on or at the goal post, such that the resulting arrangement resembles that of a male's genitalia. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117622 | Curved Instrument for the Sport of Object Manipulation - A Curved Instrument for the Sport of Object Manipulation is described as being a solid mold made of soft plastic which is used by but not limited to whirling, twirling, spinning, tossing, grasping, catching, bumping and flipping in the air to oneself, another person and among an unlimited number of persons with virtually any portion of the body. The present invention is composed of at least two portions attached to one another by a third portion where each portion contains at least one curve. A third portion also contains at least on curve with an addition of an indention located in the center of the portion for grip and reference point. The present invention has curves and indentions which makes the instrument safer and easier to use in the sport of object manipulation as the curved instrument is safer and easier to whirl, twirl, spin, toss, grasp, catch, bump and flip with virtually any portion of the body. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117623 | REDUNDANT SEAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a rotatable shaft having a shaft surface and a first seal disposed in a sealing engagement with the shaft surface. At least a second seal is disposed in a first position relative to the rotatable shaft where the second seal is not in sealing engagement with the shaft surface and is movable to a second position relative to the rotatable shaft where the second seal is in sealing engagement with the shaft surface. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117624 | PRESSURE ACTUATED FILM RIDING SEALS FOR TURBO MACHINERY - A seal assembly for a rotary machine is provided. The seal assembly includes multiple sealing device segments disposed circumferentially intermediate to a stationary housing and a rotor. Each of the sealing device segments includes a stator interface element, a shoe plate having an extended portion having one or more labyrinth teeth facing the rotor and a load bearing portion, wherein the shoe plate is configured to generate an aerodynamic force between the shoe plate and the rotor. The sealing device segment further includes a secondary seal configured to be in contact with the stator interface element at a radially outer end and configured to be in contact with an elevated nose section of the extended portion of the shoe plate on a radially inner end; and multiple flexible elements attached to the shoe plate and to the stator interface element. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117625 | SCOOPING HYDRODYNAMIC SEAL - A hydrodynamic face seal has a rotating first ring and a stationary second ring. The rotating first ring has an inner face. The stationary second ring has an inner face adjacent to the inner face of the rotating first ring. The inner face of the rotating first ring includes a groove having a fluid inlet portion and a hydrodynamic force generating portion. The fluid inlet portion of the groove has a depth greater than the hydrodynamic force generating portion of the groove. The fluid inlet portion has a minimum depth configured to create a higher pressure than a surrounding pressure around the rotating first ring, while not generating a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic force in the fluid inlet portion. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117626 | COMPRESSION RING AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - To provide a price-competitive compression ring having excellent thermal conductivity and thermal sag resistance, which can be used in a high-thermal-load environment of high-compression-ratio engines, steel identified by the material number of SKS93 in JIS G 4404 is used, and a piston ring wire is annealed before an oil-tempering treatment such that spheroidal cementite having an average particle size of 0.1-1.5 μm is dispersed in a tempered martensite matrix. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117627 | Sealing Assembly - An assembly for sealing a shaft, which shaft is arranged in a container filled with a liquid melt consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, passes through an opening in a wall of the container, and rotates about a shaft axis and/or moves back and forth in the direction of the shaft axis, including at least one annular sealing element that encompasses the shaft. The at least one annular sealing element is made of carbon, a ceramic material, or a metal material and is arranged outside of the container, and the shaft is provided with a coating made of carbon, a ceramic material, or a metal material in the encompassing area of the at least one annular sealing element, wherein the wear resistance of the coating on the shaft is the same as or higher than the wear resistance of the at least one annular sealing element. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117628 | SEALING MEMBER OF DISK TYPE PARKING BRAKE - A sealing member for sealing a disk type parking brake may include a cap member having a hole in the center and pressed in a rear end portion of the caliper at which the shaft may be mounted, and an elastic member which may be mounted between the cap member and the rear end portion of the caliper and extended to the outside of the caliper for sealing the shaft and the brake lever, wherein the elastic member includes a slope portion which may be positioned between the cap member and the rear end portion of the caliper and may be slantly protruding out in radial direction, and one end portion of the cap member may be contacted with the outer surface of the slope portion by being bended out in radial direction. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117629 | Anti-Diffusion Metal Coated O-Rings - A method for inhibiting diffusion of gases and/or transmission of photons through elastomeric seals and a diffusion inhibiting elastomeric seal wherein at least a portion of the surface of a diffusion inhibiting elastomeric seal is coated with a compatibly-deformable, malleable metal coating. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117630 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A BALANCING MACHINE - Disclosed is a clamping device of a balancing machine for coaxially clamping a toolholder on a spindle rotary about an axis of rotation ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117631 | CLAMPING DEVICE - A clamping device for machine tools with a power-operated chuck, the clamping jaws of which are actuatable by the clamping device via a movement converter and draw rod. A drive motor is provided with a switching element which is adjustable by axial control in a middle and two limit positions, wherein the switching element is connectable to the clamping device in one limit position and, in the other limit position, to an adjustment element connectable to an auxiliary device. The switching element is lockable in the limit positions with a machine spindle. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117632 | Dually operable roller skate - A dually operable roller skate includes a sole member having a pair of rear wheels transversely rotatably secured to a rear portion of the sole member, a steering base steerably secured on a front bottom portion of the sole member, a pair of front wheels transversely rotatably secured on the steering base, and a looking device adjustably or detachably mounted on the steering base and releasably locking the steering base to the sole member to shift a steerable skating to a straightforward non-steerable skating. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117633 | DRIFT SKATE - A drift skate includes a board and at least one frame which has a connection portion and a cushion installation portion which is connected to the top of the connection portion. Two rollers are respectively connected to the connection portion by two axles. At least two independent cushions are respectively connected between the cushion installation portion and the board by two bolt units. The cushions are functions independently and respond to the action of the board so as to absorb vibration and reaction force from the ground. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117634 | JACK AND DOLLY ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM - A jack and dolly assembly and system including a shaft defining a longitudinal axis extending along the shaft and an interior hollow; a reversible drive mechanism at least partially positioned in the interior hollow of the shaft; a proximal arm removably securable to the shaft and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a distal arm removably securable to the drive mechanism, the distal arm being spaced from and substantially parallel to the proximal arm; wherein the reversible drive mechanism is operable to move the distal arm along the shaft. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117635 | CART FOR PORTABLE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC UNIT - A cart is provided for mounting a portable ultrasonic diagnostic device, the cart being small in size and having high operability, and the portable ultrasonic diagnostic device is opened and used in the state of being kept mounted on the cart. The cart has a top board | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117636 | FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR CHILD SUPPORT DEVICE - A front wheel assembly for a child support device including a first castor wheel coupled to first swivel joint and a second castor wheel coupled to a second swivel joint, the first and second swivel joints being operatively coupled together by a linkage that steers the wheels in unison and maintains a generally parallel alignment between the wheels. The wheels are sufficiently spaced apart to allow for 360-degree pivoting of each of the wheels. Also a child support device such as a stroller, including such a front wheel assembly. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117637 | COLLAPSIBLE WHEELS AND METHODS OF MAKING COLLAPSIBLE WHEELS - Embodiments of collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117638 | SUPPORT CART FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE SCREW - A support cart for a machine screw may comprise a frame and a plurality of trolleys. The frame may have a pair of tracks and a caster assembly. The caster assembly may have a first position where the frame does not contact a surface, such as a floor, allowing the frame to be movable. The caster assembly may also have a second position which allows the frame to contact the surface, such as a floor, rendering the frame to be substantially stationary. The plurality of trolleys may include a base, an adjuster, a support bracket, and a plurality of rollers. The trolleys may be movable along the tracks of the frame via the plurality of rollers. A height position of the support bracket may be adjustable relative to the base via the adjuster. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117639 | Mechanical Spring Axle/Suspension System for Heavy-Duty Vehicles - A mechanical spring axle/suspension system includes a front axle/suspension system and a rear axle/suspension system. The front system includes a pair of front leaf spring stacks, and a front axle extending between and being connected to the front leaf spring stacks. A front end of a leaf spring of each front spring stack includes a spring eye that is pivotally connected to a front hanger, and a rear end disposed on a cam mounted in an equalizer. The rear system includes a pair of rear leaf spring stacks, and a rear axle extending between and being connected to the rear leaf spring stacks. A front end of a leaf spring of each rear spring stack includes a spring eye that is pivotally connected to an equalizer, in which the spring eye position reduces inter-axle load transfer, and a rear end disposed on a cam mounted in a rear hanger. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117640 | VEHICULAR SUSPENSION ENHANCEMENT - A vehicular suspension enhancer comprises a pair of vertically oriented spring portions, one portion mounted to the axle and the other portion mounted to the frame. Each vehicle axle can be equipped with two suspension enhancers, one enhancer located on each side of an axle. Each of the spring portions are positioned in the space between the axle and the vehicular frame, with the distal ends of each spring portion facing one another with a space between the distal ends defining a gap. The gap between the facing spring portions will increase in response to an increase in the distance between frame and axle. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117641 | KICK SCOOTER - A kick scooter at least includes a vehicle frame, an upright arm, a handle, a front wheel, left and right bearing bars, a flexible linkage mechanism, left and right rear wheels, and left and right footboards. The upright arm and the left and the right bearing bars are assembled to the vehicle frame. The handle and the front wheel are respectively mounted to an upper end and a lower end of the upright arm. The flexible linkage mechanism is coupled between the upright arm and the left and right bearing bars to provide the left and right bearing bars with swinging torques. The left and right rear wheels as well as the left and right footboards are respectively disposed at positions near rear ends of the left and right bearing bars. Centers of gravity of the left and right footboards are located between the left and right rear wheels. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117642 | TRICYCLE WITH VARIABLE POSITION FOOTBOARDS - A tricycle has a frame, a front wheel with drive pedals, a seat, and a footboard. The footboard of the novel tricycle can optionally be mounted on the frame in a first orientation and at least a second orientation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117643 | BICYCLE FRAME WITH INTEGRATED TOOL STORAGE - A bicycle including front and rear wheels, a main frame that has a mounting bracket, and a front fork that connects the main frame to the front wheel. The bicycle also includes a rear sub-frame that connects the main frame to the rear wheel and that is movable relative to the main frame, and a shock that is positioned to dampen movement between the main frame and the sub-frame. The shock has a front mount that is secured to the mounting bracket and that defines a space between the front mount and the main frame, and a bicycle accessory is positioned in the space. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117644 | Wheelchair Having Two Metastable Positions - A wheelchair having two metastable positions. The wheelchair comprises a seat, a carriage, and a coupling. The seat comprises a seat frame having a front seat coupling axle and a rear seat coupling axle, and a flexible material coupled to the seat frame that transfers a weight of a user to the seat frame. The carriage comprises a front carriage coupling axle and a rear carriage coupling axle. The coupling comprises a right front tubular support, a left front tubular support, a right rear tubular support, and a left rear tubular support coupled by pivots to the axles of the seat and carriage. The tubular supports form two double rocker mechanisms, each double rocker mechanism constrained by stops to a range of rocking motion between a first metastable position and a second metastable position. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117645 | SLIDING HITCH WITH AUTOMATIC ARMING LATCH - A sliding hitch with a self-arming latch is described. The hitch includes a carriage slideably mounted on a base. The base includes a latching pin on a pivot arm that is biased to extend toward engagement with the carriage and a rotatable shaft with an arming member and a locking member. Rotation of the shaft to an unlocked orientation, cams the pivot plate away from the carriage to withdraw the pin and enable sliding of the carriage on the base. An arm of the arming member is also rotated into the path of a protuberance associated with the carriage. Contact between the protuberance and the arm during sliding of the carriage along the base causes rotation of the shaft to a locked orientation enabling extension of the pin toward engagement with the carriage and engaging the locking member with the pivot plate to restrict withdrawal of the pin. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117646 | HITCH APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES - A hitch apparatus includes a an elongated hitch member having a distal free end and an opposite proximal end. The hitch member is configured to be movably secured within a hitch receiver of a vehicle, and movable between retracted and extended positions relative to the hitch receiver. A first locking mechanism is operably secured to the hitch receiver and releasably engages the hitch member to maintain the hitch member in a retracted position. A housing is attached to the hitch member distal end. The housing includes an opening formed through a portion thereof, and a shaft is movably secured within the housing and is axially rotatable within the housing. A second locking mechanism is operably secured to the housing that releasably engages the shaft to prevent rotation of the shaft. An elongated coupler arm extends through the housing opening and is secured to the shaft such that the coupler arm rotates with the shaft. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140117647 | BABY CARRIAGE - A baby carriage is disclosed in the invention, the baby carriage comprises a folding frame, a seat disposed on the frame, a locking mechanism for locking the frame when it is unfolded, front and rear wheel assemblies disposed at the bottom of the frame. The frame comprises: front brackets; seat rods with front portions being connected to the front brackets; push rods with lower portions being rotatably connected to the upper portions of the front brackets or the front portions of the seat rods; rear brackets with lower portions being rotatably to seat rods; and sliding elements for connecting the upper portions of push rods with the upper portions of the rear brackets. The sliding elements are slidably disposed on one of the push rods and rear brackets, and rotatably connected to the other one. The seat is set on the seat rods. | 2014-05-01 |
