| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
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| 20160121599 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCREEN-PRINTED ARTICLES - The invention relates to a machine for producing three-dimensional screen-printed articles, comprising a press bed with a printing screen, by means of which at least one printing object can be printed multiple times, wherein after each completed printing, the height can be increased by the application thickness of the previous printing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121600 | System and Method for Transfixing an Aqueous Ink in an Image Transfer System - An image transfer medium for transferring an ink image onto a substrate is provided on its surface with a layer of particles that include an aggregation treatment agent capable of crashing out colorants, latex and/or resin in the liquid ink. The particles can include a surfactant or separate particles consisting essentially of a surfactant can be mixed with particles consisting essentially of the aggregation treatment agent. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121601 | NANOCOMPOSITE INKJET PRINTER WITH INTEGRATED NANOCOMPOSITE-INK FACTORY - An apparatus for depositing nanocomposite material comprising a nanocomposite-ink factory and inkjet printer. The nanocomposite-ink factory producing nanocomposite-ink and the inkjet printer receiving the nanocomposite-ink. The inkjet printer having a printhead and a positioning mechanism. The printhead having one or more nozzles to dispense nanocomposite-ink droplets. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121602 | RECORDING DEVICE DISCHARGE POSITION ADJUSTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A recording device discharge position adjustor includes a recording device to discharge liquid droplets onto a recording medium; an edge detector unit to detect a lateral edge position of the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveyance direction; a discharge position adjustor to adjust a discharge position of the liquid droplets from the recording device relative to the recording medium; a controller to adjust the discharge position using the discharge position adjustor; and an edge position converter to convert the edge position of the recording medium detected by the edge detector unit to an edge position at a position of the recording device, in which the controller adjusts the discharge position of the recording device by an adjustment amount corresponding to the edge position of the recording medium at the position of the recording device converted by the edge position converter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121603 | A METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTROSTATIC PRINTHEAD - A method of reducing and/or preventing the accumulation of concentrated ink at an ejection point of a printhead of an electrostatic inkjet printer when ink is not being ejected at the ejection point, the method comprising reversing the electric field at the ejection point of the printhead during a non-printing phase of operation to reduce the concentration of ink at the ejection point. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121604 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An element substrate capable of suppressing occurrence of electromagnetic noise upon driving printing elements on an element substrate with long wiring lengths, preventing an operation error, and printing a high-quality image is provided. In the element substrate, plural element substrates each including printing elements are arrayed in an arrayed direction of the printing elements. Each element substrate including a wiring for supplying a driving power to drive the printing elements, and a ground wiring from the printing elements is configured as follows. Each element substrate includes a delay circuit for delaying a heat enable signal to drive the printing elements and supplying it to each printing element, and a switchover circuit for switching over, in accordance with a control signal, a delay sequence when supplying the heat enable signal to each printing element. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121605 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A drive apparatus for a liquid ejection head, includes a drive signal generating device for generating a drive signal to operate an ejection energy generating element provided so as to correspond to a nozzle of the liquid ejection head, the drive signal being supplied to the ejection energy generating element so that a liquid droplet is caused to be ejected from the nozzle, wherein: the drive signal includes a plurality of ejection pulses for performing a plurality of ejection operations during one recording period, in a remaining pulse sequence excluding a final pulse of the plurality of ejection pulses, a voltage amplitude of a subsequent pulse is smaller than a voltage amplitude of a preceding pulse, and the final pulse has a largest voltage amplitude, of the plurality of ejection pulses. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121606 | INK JET HEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an ink jet head includes a discharge unit, a first storing unit, a second storing unit, a waveform generating unit, and a voltage applying unit. The discharge unit discharges ink according to the operation of an actuator. The first storing unit stores a pattern of a voltage to be applied to the actuator. The second storing unit stores a plurality of timer sets. The waveform generating unit generates, on the basis of the timer sets stored by the second storing unit and the voltage pattern stored by the first storing unit, a waveform of the voltage to be applied to the actuator. The voltage applying unit applies the voltage to the actuator on the basis of the waveform generated by the waveform generating unit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121607 | MICROFLUID DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Embodiments disclose herein are directed to a microfluidic delivery device that has a predominantly semiconductor structure, such as silicon. In particular, the structure for delivering fluid may be formed from polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon, or epitaxial silicon. The microfluidic delivery device that predominantly uses silicon based materials to form the structures that are in contact with the dispensed fluid results in a device that is compatible with a wide set of fluids and applications. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121608 | LIQUID DISCHARGING SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging substrate comprising discharging units, a first pad arranged on a first side, a second pad arranged on a second side, a signal generating unit arranged between the first pad and the second pad, level shifters, for shifting a level of a signal generated by the signal generating unit to output the signal to the discharging units, arranged between the signal generating unit and the second pad, a first wiring line for supplying the signal generating unit with a first reference voltage received by the first pad, and a second wiring line for supplying the level shifters with the second reference voltage received by the second pad, wherein the first wiring line and the second wiring line are isolated from each other between the signal generating unit and the level shifters in a planar view. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121609 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a first nozzle row in which nozzles which eject a liquid are juxtaposed along a first direction, first drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the first nozzle row, a plurality of first individual wirings which are connected to the first drive elements, a first common wiring which is connected in common to the first drive elements, a second nozzle row in which nozzles are juxtaposed along the first direction, second drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the second nozzle row, a plurality of second individual wirings which are connected to the second drive elements, and a second common wiring which is connected in common to the second drive elements and is not connected to the first common wiring. The plurality of first individual wirings, the first common wiring, the second individual wirings, and the second common wiring are connected to a common flexible cable. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121610 | INKJET APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INKJET APPARATUS - An inkjet apparatus capable of achieving a good withstand voltage in a movable part of a piezoelectric element is provided. An inkjet apparatus ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121611 | PIEZO-ACTUATED INKJET PRINT HEAD, METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A PRINT HEAD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A PRINT HEAD - An inkjet print head for expelling a droplet of a fluid through a nozzle orifice comprises a fluid channel for holding a channel amount of fluid, the fluid channel comprising a pressure chamber in fluid communication with the nozzle orifice and a piezo actuator. The piezo actuator comprises an active piezo stack, which stack comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezo-material layer arranged between the first and the second electrode, and the piezo actuator comprises a membrane having a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite to the first side. The active piezo stack is provided at the first side and the pressure chamber at the second side such that the membrane forms a flexible wall of the pressure chamber. The fluid channel, when holding the channel amount of fluid, has a fluid compliance and the piezo actuator has an actuator compliance. In accordance with the present invention, the actuator compliance is larger than the fluid channel compliance such to have a high energy coupling efficiency and consequently a low power dissipation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121612 | MICROFLUID DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Embodiments disclose herein are directed to a microfluidic delivery device that has a predominantly semiconductor structure, such as silicon. In particular, the structure for delivering fluid may be formed from polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon, or epitaxial silicon. The microfluidic delivery device that predominantly uses silicon based materials to form the structures that are in contact with the dispensed fluid results in a device that is compatible with a wide set of fluids and applications. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121613 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND HEAD PROTECTION METHOD - An apparatus includes a print head, a cap unit configured to cap a portion including a nozzle of the print head to form a small space, and a supply unit configured to supply gas for protecting the nozzle to the small space, wherein the supply unit performs a charge on another space to be connected to the small space to have a pressure different from that in the small space, and supplies the gas to the small space by a gas flow generated by releasing the charge. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121614 | MAINTENANCE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A maintenance unit mounted in a removable manner in a liquid ejector that ejects liquid. The maintenance unit includes an elongated maintenance member, which is used to perform maintenance on the liquid ejector, and a memory, which is configured to store information related to the maintenance member. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121615 | LIQUID CONSUMING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including a casing, a liquid consuming section, and a tank. The tank includes a box-shaped body having a light-transmitting property and having five walls and a partition wall; a film adhered to rear end portions of the walls; and a positioning section disposed at least on an outer surface of each of the upper and lower walls, or of each of the right and left walls. In a state that the liquid consuming apparatus is placed on a horizontal plane, the box-shaped body is positioned at a posture at which the positioning section is brought into contact with the casing to thereby allow the front wall to be exposed from a side surface of the casing which extends in a direction crossing the horizontal plane, and at which the rear end portions are located inside the casing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121616 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121617 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid supply apparatus and a liquid container that allow a liquid outlet portion and a liquid inlet portion to be readily connected to each other are provided. An ink supply apparatus for supplying ink to an inkjet printer includes: an ink container that has an ink bag, and an ink outlet portion in communication with the ink bag; a right recess portion and a left recess portion that support the ink container; an ink inlet needle that can be connected to the ink outlet portion; and a connection tube that connects the ink inlet needle and the inkjet printer. The ink container is detachably supported by the right recess portion and the left recess portion such that the ink outlet portion is positioned on the upper side in the gravity direction of the ink bag. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121618 | LIQUID-CONSUMING APPARATUS - A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank; a liquid-consuming unit consuming liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover rotatable between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction; and a casing including an engaging target part which holds the cover in the covering position, and supporting the tank, liquid-consuming unit, and cover. The cover includes: an engaging part to engage with the engaging target part in the state that the cover is in the covering position; and a tab which is subjected to an operation for releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121619 | SET OF TANK AND BOTTLE, AND BOTTLE - There is provided a set of tank and bottle. A tank includes a liquid chamber, an inclined wall and an inlet. A bottle includes a bottle body having a first opening, and a nozzle. The nozzle has: a trunk section fitted onto the end portion of the bottle body; a shoulder section brought into contact with the end portion of the bottle body; and a nozzle section having a second opening formed in a protruded end portion thereof. In a pouring posture of the bottle in which the nozzle section inserted into the inlet is positioned at a periphery of the inlet, an angle defined between a normal line of the inclined wall and an inner surface of the nozzle section is smaller than an angle defined between the normal line and a horizontal line. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121620 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An object is to reduce coloring of specular reflection while improving gloss uniformity (particularly, gloss clarity). Recording is performed at least part of a surface of a recording medium by using a first color material with relatively high transmittance. In this case, control is performed such that thickness variation in the applied first color material is set to have an amplitude that generates interference fringes and to have a desired cycle within a range of 40 μm or more and 320 μm or less. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121621 | REWRITABLE PRINTER APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a rewritable printer apparatus comprises a paper storing section configured to store a recording medium on which an image can be recorded or erased repeatedly according to the difference of applied heat energy; a conveyance module configured to convey the recording medium stored in the paper storing section; an erasing module configured to heat the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance module to erase the image recorded on the recording medium; a recording module configured to heat the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance module to record an image; a temperature detection module configured to detect the temperature of the paper storing section; and a heating module configured to heat the paper storing section based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection module. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121622 | ELECTROSTATIC PRINTING - Herein is disclosed a method of printing comprising the steps of:
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| 20160121623 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING BUSINESS CARDS - Apparatus to make business cards comprising a supply operating unit to supply a plurality of pairs of sheets and a printing unit configured to print distinctive signs on at least one printable surface of the sheets. The apparatus comprises a coupling unit configured to reciprocally couple, with their coupling surfaces opposite the printable surfaces, the sheets of the pair, an electronic device conformed as a sheet being associated to one of the coupling surfaces; and an electronic writing unit configured to introduce encoded information readable by a reader into the electronic device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121624 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a dryer that heats and dries a print base material on which a print image is formed in a printing unit. The dryer includes a rotational drum that supports and transports the print base material, and a blower unit that blows hot air to the print base material supported by the rotational drum. The dryer includes a movement unit that displaces the blower unit to a first position which allows the print base material to be heated and to a second position which is away from the print base material while maintaining the blower unit in operation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121625 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CURL DETERMINATION METHOD - There is provided a recording device including a transport section that transports paper along a support surface; a recording section; a determination region setting section; a liquid volume ratio calculation section; a determination section; and a recording position adjustment section that, when the determination section determines that the average value is larger than the threshold, adjusts a distance of the recording section from the support surface to a distance which is longer than a case in which the average value is not larger than the threshold. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a paper feeding unit; an image formation unit; a conveyance unit configured to clamp and convey a recording medium; a paper ejection unit; a manual paper feeding unit configured to receive another recording medium inserted manually and feed the other recording medium from the paper ejection unit; and a switching member fixed on an axle and configured to move between a retracted position, which is retracted from a conveyance path in a case where the image formation unit forms an image, and an abutting position entering the conveyance path by rotating with a rotation of the axle. In a case of feeding the other recording medium manually inserted, the switching member is arranged at the abutting position, clamping by the conveyance unit is released, the other recording medium arrives at an abutment position, and the conveyance unit clamps the other recording medium. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121627 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF RECORDING IMAGE - In an image recording apparatus, edge sensors are disposed in front of and behind a recording position on a transport path of printing paper. The edge sensors detect a widthwise position of the printing paper in respective positions upstream and downstream of the recording position. A controller in the image recording apparatus calculates the widthwise position of the printing paper in the recording position, based on detection results from the edge sensors. Thus, the widthwise position of the printing paper in the recording position is identified without the placement of an edge sensor in the recording position on the transport path. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121628 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus; and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121629 | PRINTING POSITION AND CUTTING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - A printing position and cutting position adjusting method includes: printing a correction value deriving image on a medium, the correction value deriving image is used to calculate a value of correction of an ink-jet head in a sub scanning direction relative to image data of an image, during the image is printed on the medium by the ink-jet head that discharges an ink on the medium for printing; calculating a ratio, in the sub scanning direction, of the image printed on the medium to the image data based on the correction value deriving image; and printing the image on the medium using the ink-jet head and cutting the medium using a cutting head based on the image data. The cutting head, during cutting the medium based on the image data, cuts the medium at a cutting position in the sub scanning direction corrected based on the value of correction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121630 | PRINTING POSITION AND CUTTING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD - A printing position and cutting position adjusting method includes: printing on a medium an origin point adjusting image having multiple checking blocks using an ink-jet head; cutting the medium using a cutting head along a contour of the origin point adjusting image; removing a part of the medium cut by the cutting head from the medium; and inputting an amount of misalignment between a position at which the image is printed on the medium and a position at which the medium is cut to a controller. The amount of misalignment is inputted as a correction value between the printing position and the cutting position. The printing of the origin point adjusting image or the cutting of the medium includes a check process of producing a position shift per a predetermined dimension by each checking block in a main scanning direction or a sub scanning direction of the ink-jet head. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121631 | Printhead Protection Device For Direct-To-Paper Continuous-Feed Inkjet Printer - An imaging device includes a printhead and a detector configured to generate an electronic signal indicative of an increase in height in a portion of a media before such portion of the media passes the printhead. The imaging device also includes a vacuum source operable to pull the portion of the media having the increase in height away from the printhead so the media does not impact the printhead. The vacuum source is positioned below an opening in a platen opposite the printhead. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121632 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE NONVOLATILE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON PRINTING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing device, including: a print data creator creating print data to print on a medium; a head printing on the medium on a line basis based on the print data; a drive motor conveying the medium as the print data are printed on the medium; a printing control data creator creating printing control data controlling the head and drive motor, the printing control data including control data to pause printing on the medium by the head; and a backward rotation controller determining based on state of the print data or the printing control data whether to rotate the drive motor in the opposite direction to before the printing on the medium by the head is paused while the printing on the medium by the head is paused. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121633 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PAPER FEEDING DEVICE - A paper feeding device includes a first tray, a first elevation motor for moving up the first tray, a second tray for placing paper sheets, a second elevation motor for moving up the second tray, a separation plate disposed between the first tray and the second tray, an upper sensor unit and a lower sensor unit attached to the first tray, a light blocking plate attached to the second tray, and a controller. The paper feeding device has a tray parallel elevation mode in which both the trays are moved up in parallel in a state where the separation plate is removed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one recording head, at least one head holder, a carriage, a reference member, a sub-reference member, and an adjuster. The at least one recording head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets. The at least one head holder holds the at least one recording head. The carriage holds the at least one head holder and movable in a main scanning direction. The reference member is provided at the carriage and arranged along the main scanning direction. The sub-reference member is provided at the carriage in separation from the reference member. The adjuster adjusts parallelism of the sub-reference member to the reference member. The at least one head holder is supported by and detachable from the reference member, positioned in contact with the sub-reference member, and held in the carriage. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121635 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a determination unit, a maintenance setting value decision unit, and a controller. The determination unit determines whether or not an ink cartridge has passed the recommended time limit, based on the manufacturing date or the start-of-use date, the normal consumption period of the ink cartridge, and the elapsed period from the manufacturing date or the start-of-use date of the ink cartridge. The maintenance setting value decision unit reads the cycle and the strength of a maintenance operation for each type of ink from the memory, in a case where the determination unit determines that the recommended time limit has passed, and selects and decides the shortest cycle and the strongest strength, as maintenance setting values. The controller causes a pressure regulator and a pressure regulating drive unit to execute a purge operation, based on the determined maintenance setting values. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121636 | STRUCTURE AND STENCIL PRINTING PLATE WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO WETTABILITY-IMPROVING SURFACE MODIFICATION, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING BOTH - In one embodiment of a structure, the wettability of the squeegeed surface of the structure for screen printing is increased and a water/oil repellent layer is tightly formed. The structure may include: a screen mesh as a substrate having a plurality of through-holes (apertures); an emulsion layer formed on the screen mesh and having printing pattern openings; and a water repellent layer having water repellence and formed on the printing substrate surface of the screen mesh on which the emulsion layer is formed. The squeegeed surface of the screen mesh on which the emulsion layer is formed is subjected to a surface modification treatment for better wettability. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121637 | Semi-Automatic Book Sewing Machine - A semi-automatic book sewing machine comprises a base and an actuation device, wherein the actuation device comprises: a mobile platform glidingly contacts a base; a rotary drum driven to spin locally by a motor; a bottom panel installed on the mobile platform's bottom and having a panel fixture block at one side; a manual adjustment kit used in driving the mobile platform and the bottom panel for displacement; two slip joint plates glidingly contacting the base and the mobile platform; a linkage connected between two slip joint plates; at least a push-pull member connected to the linkage for outward and inward movements back and forth; a binder plate pivotally fitted at the linkage and communicating with the push-pull members for pivotal compression and separation under the effect of the push-pull members. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121638 | MAGIC WINDOW VIEWER, A DIE FOR CUTTING VIEWER PARTS, AND A PREPRINTED SHEET FROM WHICH TO CUT VIEWER PARTS - A user is presented with handle of a captive but freely moveable wand, the handle useable to move an attached viewfinder over a clear front window of a front component to selectively reveal parts of printed matter on a hidden back component as apparently part of semi-transparently printed matter on the clear front window. Inside, a concealed component tethered to the wand travels between the semi-transparently printed matter and the printed matter on the hidden back component. The tethered concealed component has an opening that lies directly below and matches an opening in the viewfinder in size so that, with movement, it can selectively show (a) both the printed matter on the clear front window superimposed over the selectively revealed parts of the printed matter on the back component in the viewfinder and (b) solely the semi-transparently printed matter on the clear front window outside the viewfinder. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121639 | PRINTED SECURITY FEATURE, OBJECT COMPRISING SUCH A PRINTED SECURITY FEATURE, AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is described a printed security feature ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121640 | FLAT CONCAVE MICRO LENS FOR SECURITY AS AN INTEGRATED FOCUSING ELEMENT - An optical security element for currency or other products. The security element includes a film or substrate and an image element provided on an exterior surface of this substrate. The substrate is formed of a transparent material. A concave focusing element is formed upon the opposite side or surface of the substrate, with a focusing substrate with a first side abutting the substrate and a second side facing away from the substrate. Concave lenses are provided in this second side of the concave focusing element. The optical security element includes an outer layer formed of a transparent material that is applied so as to cover the concave focusing element and to “fill in” the concave lenses. The materials, e.g., a polyester or polypropylene, are chosen for the optical security element such that the concave focusing element has an index of refraction that is lower than that of the outer layer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121641 | DISPLAY AND INFORMATION-PRINTED MATTER - A display includes a substrate with a light-transmitting property, a relief structure-forming layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and including a relief-structured region on a surface thereof opposite to its surface in contact with the substrate, a light-reflecting layer disposed on the surface of the relief structure-forming layer including the relief-structured region, and a printed layer formed on a surface of the substrate opposite to the surface on which the relief structure-forming layer is disposed, or between the relief structure-forming layer and the light-reflecting layer, or on a side of the light-reflecting layer opposite to its surface in contact with the relief structure-forming layer. The relief-structured region is constituted by recessed or protruding portions arranged two-dimensionally, has low reflectivity and low diffusibility under a normal illumination condition, and exhibits a diffracted light-emitting property under a specific condition. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121642 | Storage Component with Pivotable Pocket - A storage component including an outer casing having a first panel and a second panel pivotally coupled together. The storage component further includes a pocket panel directly pivotally coupled to the outer casing and a pocket positioned on the pocket panel. The pocket is pivotable relative to the outer casing and positionable internally to the outer casing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121643 | Binder with External Storage Capacity - A binder device including a cover having a first panel and a second panel pivotally coupled together. The binder device further includes a binding mechanism coupled to an inner surface of the cover. The binder device is configured such that a first component is bindable to the binding mechanism and generally positioned between the first and second panels and a second component is simultaneously bindable to the binding mechanism and at least partially not positioned between the first and second panels. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121644 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AN OBJECT DURING ENGRAVING THAT ALLOWS ONE OR MORE DEGREES OF FREEDOM - An engraving tool for allowing a craftsperson to engrave an object, such a ring or other jewelry, while allowing a discrete number of degrees of freedom but restricting all others. In an embodiment, an engraving tool includes a base portion coupled to a manipulator housing portion that is rotatably attached to the base portion such that the manipulator housing portion may be rotated in a first degree of freedom (e.g., rotated in a horizontal plane with respect to a vertical axis of the base portion). The engraving tool further includes a manipulator secured to the manipulator housing portion in a U-shaped socket such that the manipulator is configured to be rotated in a second degree of freedom (e.g., rotated in one particular vertical plane with respect to the horizontal plane). A ring holder is attached to manipulator and configured to secure a ring for engraving. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121645 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING CURVED DECORATION PLATE AND CURVED DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for fabricating a curved decoration plate and a curved display device includes the following steps. First, a flexible film is provided. The flexible film is pre-cut along a pre-cutting line with a laser in an unfolded state to form a first part and a second part. Then, a curved substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface is provided. The inner surface includes a light-transmitting region and a peripheral region. Next, the flexible film is stuck on the inner surface and the first part is removed. A decoration material layer is then formed on the exposed inner surface of the curved substrate and the second part. Subsequently, the second part and the decoration material layer disposed thereon are removed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121646 | A METHOD OF DECORATING A SUBSTRATE - A method of decorating a substrate comprises the steps of supplying a substrate, supplying a carrier, providing the carrier with a textured surface, applying a sublimation agent on the carrier, placing the substrate and the carrier including the textured surface and the sublimation agent onto each other, pressing the substrate and the carrier together and subliming the sublimation agent towards the substrate, removing the carrier from the substrate, wherein the textured surface of the carrier is provided by applying a pattern of a hard substance on the carrier. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121647 | Vehicle Wheel Center Cap Adapter - A wheel center cap engagement system is provided to connect center caps of vehicle wheels to the proper position in a central area of the wheel. The center caps are connected to a mounting plate engageable with the wheel lugs and are held in proper positioning relative to the wheel thereby. A bearing can be interfaced between the center cap and its connection to the mounting plate should rotation of the center cap be desirable. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121648 | WHEEL WITH ALUMINUM FOAM FOR TIRE CAVITY NOISE SUPPRESSION - A wheel assembly includes a wheel including a spoke portion radially supporting a rim portion about a central axis, wherein the rim portion presents a radial outer surface relative to the central axis. A tire is mounted to the wheel and cooperates with the wheel to define a tire cavity between the radial outer surface of the rim portion and the tire. A foamed aluminum portion is supported by the wheel, and includes a plurality of pores arranged to define an open-cell foam. The plurality of pores of the foamed aluminum portion is disposed in fluid communication with the tire cavity to absorb noise from within the tire cavity. The foamed aluminum portion may be integrally cast with the wheel, or otherwise affixed to the wheel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121649 | CONNECTOR OF BICYCLE RIM - A connector for connecting opposite ends of a rim tube to form a bicycle rim is provided, wherein the rim tube has an outer side, an inner side, and two lateral sides, and has an opening at each end thereof, and the connector connects the opposite ends of the rim tube by squeezing opposite ends of the connector into the openings of the rim tube. The connector is provided with cuts or slots to make portions between the curs or slots independently flexible. The connector will be deformed to fit the openings of the rim tube automatically when it is squeezed into the openings of the rim tube. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121650 | BEARING COMPONENT WITH COMPOSITE FLANGE - A flanged bearing ring comprising a flange part joined to a ring part. The flange part is at least partly made of a fiber-reinforced matrix material, which is overmolded to the ring part. The flange part further comprises a first connection interface for enabling a component such as a vehicle wheel to be screwed or bolted to the flange part. The first connection interface comprises a plurality of bolt inserts which are embedded in the fiber-reinforced matrix material. At least one bolt insert is joined to the ring part by a continuous fiber tow that is wound around part of an outer surface of the bolt insert and of the ring part. Suitably, each bolt insert is joined to the ring part in this manner. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121651 | CASTER ASSEMBLY - A caster assembly includes a caster support leg, a protective shell, a wheel and an axle bolt. The protective shell has a caster support leg housing to receive the caster support leg therein and a sloped side, and the wheel has a tread, a hub and a bearing. The axle bolt secures the caster support leg and the protective shell to the wheel. The caster support leg housing has an upper base, a lower base, and a side wall. The upper base is substantially flat and parallel to the axis of the hub whereas the lower base extends flat from an end of the side wall to form a flat portion and then downwardly sloped toward an inlet of the caster support leg housing. In addition, the sloped side extends downwardly from the upper base toward the tread of the wheel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121652 | FIXED AND ROTATING CART CASTER - The present invention relates to a fixed and rotating cart caster that is installed on each of the edges of a bottom surface of a manned and unmanned cart to carry a product through a rolling motion, and more particularly, to a fixed and rotating cart caster that is automatically converted into a fixed or rotating caster according to a forward/backward traveling direction of a cart to ensure safe travel and thereby easily carry a product and improve work conditions. According to the present invention, since the fixed and rotating cart caster is automatically converted into a fixed or rotating caster by an operation of a fixed and rotating unit including an auxiliary wheel that is closely attached to a wheel according to the forward/backward movement of the cart so as to rotate in only one direction and a fixing pin inserted into a coupling hole of a fixing plate, safe travel may be ensured in order to easily carry a product and improve work conditions. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121653 | Traction Aid Device - A reinforced traction aid device is provided for use with heavy transport and utility vehicles (HTUVs). The device comprises a U-shaped frame and a plurality of cross bars joining the side bars of the frame. This configuration provides structural support and traction means for a tire of a HTUV to engage and climb over the device when in use. Traction cleats engage the ground surface and stabilize the traction aid device, and two converging claws supported by a claw brace form the open end of the U-shaped frame to engage the tire tread cavities of the tire. A brace system is integrated into the device, comprising at least one linear and one or more additional linear and/or V-braces disposed in between the end bar of the U-shaped frame and cross bars to reinforce and help maintain the structural alignment of the traction aid device after repeated use. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121654 | LAMINATE, INNER LINER MATERIAL AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - With respect to a laminate of a film formed of a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition and a layer formed of a rubber composition in which an epoxidized natural rubber is blended, the adhesion between the film and the layer of the rubber composition is improved without using a large amount of the epoxidized natural rubber. A laminate of a film formed of a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition and a layer formed of a rubber composition, said laminate being characterized in that: 5-60% by mass of a rubber component contained in the rubber composition is composed of an epoxidized natural rubber and 20-50% by mass of the rubber component is composed of a butadiene rubber; and the rubber composition contains an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic carboxylic acid having a pKa of 1.5-4.0 in an amount of 0.5-5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121655 | Pneumatic Tire - The present technology provides a pneumatic tire having an inner liner comprising a film, which comprises thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic resin composition of a thermoplastic resin blended with an elastomer, wherein a portion of the inner liner positioned in a region between bead filler tops at left and right sides, having a surface area less than 40% of a total surface area of the region is formed having a thickness of the inner liner thinner than a thickness of the other portion in the region. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121656 | NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE - A non-pneumatic tire has high durability performance. A non-pneumatic tire is provided with: an annular tread section ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121657 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes: a tread portion; three or more main grooves provided on the tread portion at intervals in a tire width direction so as to extend in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of land portions partitioned between the main grooves adjacent to each other in the tire width direction, wherein the plurality of land portions include: ground contact areas having an arc shape in cross section in the tire width direction; and depressed portions opening to the ground contact areas, and the land portion having a larger ratio of opening surface area a of the depressed portions opening in the area between the main grooves adjacent to each other in the tire width direction with respect to surface area A of the area (a/A) has an arc-shaped ground contact area with a cross section in the tire width direction having a smaller radius of curvature. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121658 | TREAD FOR A SNOW TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a radially outer tread. The tread has a plurality of circumferential grooves, a plurality of lateral grooves, and a plurality of shoulder grooves. The tread includes bottoms and sides of each circumferential groove being textured for improving snow traction, bottoms and sides of each lateral groove being textured for improving snow traction, and bottoms and sides of each shoulder groove being textured for improving snow traction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121659 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a circumferentially and continuously extending zigzag shoulder main groove located adjacent to a tread edge to define a shoulder portion axially outward of the shoulder main groove and a central lateral groove extending axially inwardly from the shoulder main groove. The shoulder portion includes a top surface having an axially inner edge facing the shoulder main groove and a sidewall extending radially inwardly from the inner edge. The sidewall of the shoulder portion is provided with a shoulder dent portion dented axially outwardly from the shoulder main groove. The central lateral groove is located so that an extended portion in which the central lateral groove is extended axially outwardly overlaps with the shoulder dent portion at least partially. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121660 | TIRE AND TIRE PRINT METHOD | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121661 | TIRE | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121662 | RUN FLAT TIRE - We provide a run flat tire capable of ensuring high resistance to coming off of a bead portion from a rim in run flat running, while maintaining high durability of a side-reinforcing rubber. Specifically, a run flat tire, has a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions continuous with respective sides of the tread portion, bead portions continuous with the respective sidewall portions, bead cores each embedded in the corresponding bead portion, and a side-reinforcing rubber having a crescent-shaped cross section and provided in each sidewall portion, wherein in a cross section in the tire width direction thereof: diameter of an annular inner end in the tire radial direction of the bead core is larger by 3.0-4.5 mm than rim diameter of a prescribed rim; and diameter of a circle collectively formed by the bead heal point is smaller by 1.7-2.9 mm than the rim diameter of the prescribed rim. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121663 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH A THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT - A pneumatic tire includes an axis of rotation, a carcass having at least one reinforced ply and a reinforcing structure providing a buffer for absorbing shear strain, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, and a belt structure disposed radially between the carcass and the tread. The reinforcing structure includes at least one layer of a three dimensional fabric including a frame structure of fabric and open cells defined by the frame structure. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121664 | RUN-FLAT TIRE - A run-flat tire ensures run-flat durability with a reduced weight. A tire radial outermost carcass ply of two or more carcass plies has tire widthwise inner ends in a crown portion. A bead filler and side reinforcing rubber have an overlapping part in the tire width direction. In a cross section of the run-flat tire in the tire width direction in a state where the run-flat tire is attached to an applicable rim, filled to a specified internal pressure, and placed under no load, a thickness d1 of a sidewall portion at a midpoint in the tire radial direction between a maximum width position of the run-flat tire and a tire radial outermost position of a bead core is greater than a thickness d2 of the sidewall portion at a midpoint in the tire radial direction between the maximum width position of the run-flat tire and a tread edge. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121665 | PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE - A pneumatic vehicle tire is configured for mounting on a rim. The tire includes a bead region having a bead core disposed therein and a side wall. A carcass insert extends around the bead region and has a turn-up extending in the direction of the side wall. A rim rubber forms an outer surface of the bead region and includes a first rim rubber part made of an electrically non-conductive rubber mixture and a second rim rubber part made of an electrically conductive rubber mixture. The second rim rubber part runs within the tire and forms an electrically conductive connection to the rim while the first rim rubber part extends beyond the rim flange and is in contact with the rim flange. The first rim rubber part is made of a rubber mixture having a low hysteresis. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANTICIPATORY TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL - A vehicle tire pressure control system includes a road sensor configured to acquire road data regarding a road at an advanced location ahead of a current location of a vehicle; a pressure regulator configured to control the air pressure within a tire of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control operation of the pressure regulator and vary the air pressure within the tire based on the road data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121667 | VEHICLE TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A tire management system for a vehicle in accordance with the present invention includes four wheels on each of which is mounted an air-inflatable tire defining a tire cavity. The system includes a bidirectional pump on each wheel for selectively pumping air from each tire to atmosphere for deflating each tire and for pumping air from atmosphere into each tire cavity for inflating each tire and a battery assembly mounted to each wheel for powering the bidirectional pumps, the battery assemblies each including a chargeable battery and a magnet for continually charging the chargeable battery. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121668 | VEHICLE LOADING CONDITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method estimating a vehicle tire load identifies a change in vehicle loading condition by measuring vibration resonant frequency peaks (bounce mode and/or pitch mode) of the unsprung mass. Signals required include the chassis vertical acceleration and/or chassis pitch rate obtained from commercially available sensors mounted to the vehicle. An observer model receives the inertial signal(s) and generates a dynamic load estimation based upon observed frequency change in the sprung mass natural frequency. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121669 | WHEEL DIAGNOSTIC MONITORING - A method, apparatus and program product to monitor a vehicle for wheel related issues based at least in part on temperature data collected for tires of the vehicle. Received temperature data for each of a plurality of tires of the vehicle may be received and analyzed to determine whether a status of each tire is normal. Responsive to determining that a status for at least one tire is not normal, wheel related issues present for the vehicle may be detected based at least in part on the temperature data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121670 | Tire Chain and Method of Modifying a Tire Chain - A tire chain includes a side member. An attachment bracket is secured at a first end region to the side member. The attachment bracket is formed at a second end region with a slot and with a channel. A crosslink member has an endless link at one end. The endless link defines an opening and is located in the slot so that the opening intersects the channel. A rod extends through the channel and the opening of the endless link and is secured against removal from the channel, whereby the crosslink member is secured to the attachment bracket. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121671 | System and Method for Analyzing Tire Tread Parameters - Systems and methods for analyzing tread surface data to assess tire tread parameters, such as irregular wear characteristics of a tire tread, are provided. For example, tread surface data, such as a tread surface map, can be processed to generate a convex hull for the tire. The convex hull can approximate the convex outer surface of the tire. The convex hull can be used as a reference for analyzing the tread surface data. In particular, irregular wear zones in the tire tread can be mathematically concave relative to the convex hull. Comparing the tread surface data to the convex hull can reveal information indicative of irregular wear characteristics of the tire. For instance, the local depth of the measured tread surface data relative to the convex hull can provide a quantitative measure of irregular wear characteristics of the tire. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121672 | TRAILER COUPLER LOCK - Disclosed is a lock apparatus for a trailer coupler. The lock apparatus includes a base that has a socket engagement feature that is receivable within a trailer coupler socket. The base of the lock apparatus further includes a locking assembly that has a locking mechanism, a user interface operable to actuate the locking mechanism, and a first and a second rotatable member coupled to the locking mechanism. A rotational axis extends through the first and second rotatable members. The lock apparatus further includes a pivoting shackle that has a middle section disposed between a first end section and a second end section, with the first end section being coupled to the first rotatable member and the second end section being coupled to the second rotatable member. The pivoting shackle is pivotable about the rotational axis between at least a locked position and an unlocked position. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121673 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Unmanned aerial vehicles and methods for providing the same are disclosed. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations related to a support frame. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations with a continuous track for ground propulsion. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations related to payload clamps. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121674 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A suspension system for a vehicle that is capable of preventing a lower pad from being separated from a lower arm by elastic force of a spring. The lower pad of the suspension system for a vehicle includes an elastically deformable part made of a material deformable by elastic force of the spring, and a base part made of a material harder than the material of the elastically deformable part, and coupled to the lower arm. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121675 | AXLE ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - An axle alignment system for an axle assembly. The axle alignment system may include a bracket assembly and an alignment plate. The alignment plate may be moveably disposed on the bracket assembly with one or more fasteners that may move along one or more slots that may be provided with the bracket assembly and/or the alignment plate. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121676 | WHEEL GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WHEEL - The present invention relates to a wheel guide assembly for a wheel of a vehicle, comprising: a bearing bolt ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121677 | Suspension Member for a Motor Vehicle and Method of Forming the Same - A suspension member for a motor vehicle including a control arm or transverse link having a ball joint seat for receiving a press-fit ball joint. The ball joint seat including a reinforcement section formed from the material of the suspension member in a region thereof provided for friction or press-fit contact with the ball joint. A method for producing the control arm or transverse link includes increasing the material thickness of the reinforcement section by deformation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121678 | Suspension Member for a Motor Vehicle and Method of Making Same - A control arm or transverse link having a ball joint seat for receiving a press-fit ball joint. The material of a portion of the ball joint seat in a region provided for press-fit contact with the ball joint having a reduced material thickness. A method for producing the control arm or transverse link includes reducing a wall thickness of the ball joint seat by deformation or material severing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121679 | SUSPENSION MEMBER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A suspension member having an arm member and a ball joint section. The ball joint section having an opening receiving a press fit ball joint. The material of the ball joint section having a smaller material thickness than the material of the arm member. The ball joint section connected to the arm member. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121680 | ANGLED SPACER MOUNT - An angled spacer mount for a suspension of a vehicle is disclosed. The angled spacer mount has upper and lower flanges that are set apart from each other at a specific skewed angle. By doing so, the angled spacer mount may be mounted to a spring perch of the suspension of the vehicle to change a curvature characteristic of a coil spring used in the vehicle suspension. The angled spacer mount may be operative to straighten a coil spring to better isolate road conditions from a passenger compartment. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121681 | SHAPED RUBBER FLEXIBLE MEMBER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an air spring having a flexible member which collapses into the form of a double meniscus under conditions where there is a substantial or a complete loss of air pressure. The double meniscus prevents the flexible member from rolling over the piston and/or chafing against surrounding parts of the vehicle on which the air spring is mounted. This is accomplished by incorporating a flexible member having a top portion, a bottom portion, and an expansion region between the top portion and the bottom portion of the flexible member. Embodiments of the present invention more specifically disclose an air spring comprising a piston, a top plate, and a flexible member which is affixed to the piston and the top plate, wherein the piston, the top plate and the flexible member define a pressurizable chamber. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121682 | END MEMBER ASSEMBLIES AND TRAVEL-RESTRAINT ASSEMBLIES AS WELL AS GAS SPRING ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING SAME - An end member assembly (EMI) includes an end member body ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121683 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING APPARATUS USING SUSPENSION DEVICE - In an electric power generating apparatus using a suspension device according to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a valve structure for partially disconnecting a suspension device (or a damper) from an energy recovery device (or a turbine unit) when a vehicle is driving on an under-construction road or an unpaved road from which a large bump is expected. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121684 | ACTIVE CONTROL OF TRAILER PITCH - Pitch of a trailer being towed by a tractor along a roadway is controlled to reduce aerodynamic drag. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121685 | Anti-causal vehicle suspension - A vehicle suspension and wheel damper using anti-causal filtering. Information from in front of a wheel or information about an operating condition of a vehicle is used to anti-causally determine a response of an active suspension associated with the wheel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121686 | TWO-PIECE ADJUSTABLE STRUT SPACER - Strut spacers are described that include at least a male component comprising an externally threaded surface and a female component comprising an internally threaded surface. Rotation of the male component or the female component adjusts the height of the strut spacer prior to installation within the motor vehicle. The strut spacer can optionally include a locking ring to lock the height of the strut spacer before installation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121687 | INCLINATION-ENABLING WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR VEHICLES - A wheel suspension for a vehicle with a supporting vehicle element includes at least one pair of single-sided swing arms. Each single-sided swing arm is associated with a hydraulic cylinder, which is linked to the single-sided swing arm and/or the supporting vehicle element. Each hydraulic cylinder is subdivided in a fluid-tight manner into two chambers. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121688 | Energy Absorbent Slider Stop and Rear Underride Protection System - A vehicle impact energy absorption arrangement includes a vehicle frame, a slider suspension arrangement coupled to the vehicle frame and including an axle member, and a spring member biasing the axle member, and an impact force absorbing arrangement that includes a mounting member coupled to the vehicle frame, first and second pivot members each pivotably coupled to the mounting member, and an elastically deformable biasing member positioned between each of the pivot members and the mounting member, wherein each of the pivot members is configured to pivot and elastically deform the at least one biasing member when impacted. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DAMPING OF VEHICLE - The present invention relates to the control of a suspension system of vehicles, and more particularly, to a driver-customized damping control apparatus on the basis of the user's disposition information, and a method thereof. In particular, the present invention provides a damping control apparatus comprising: a mode determining unit that determines a damping mode of the vehicle according to a damping mode configuration signal; a receiving unit that receives a vehicle manipulation signal that is generated according to the vehicle manipulation of a driver; a driver-disposition analyzing unit that analyzes the vehicle manipulation signal and calculates a correction index for the correction of the damping force; and a damping force range determining unit that determines a final damping force range by correcting a damping force range predetermined for each damping mode on the basis of the correction index, and a method thereof. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121690 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING - An apparatus for controlling cooling may include a deciding device configured to decide an idle revolution per minute (RPM) control mode by comparing an outdoor temperature measured by a temperature sensor and a predefined set value with each other when an air conditioner operating request is present in an idle control state of a vehicle, a mode setting device configured to set the idle RPM control mode to at least one of a first mode and a second mode, an RPM compensating device configured to adjust an idle RPM to a first value at a time of setting the idle RPM control mode to the first mode and adjust the idle RPM to a second value at a time of setting the idle RPM control mode to the second mode, and a controller configured to control a cooling operation of an air conditioner. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEAT PUMP - Methods and system for operating a heat pump in different operating modes and providing a predictable heat pump response when the heat pump is transitioned between the different operating modes are presented. In one example, a controller that includes executable instructions for providing a bumpless compressor command for operating the heat pump is disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121692 | VENTILATION MODULE & ASSEMBLY WITH TWO STAGE INJECTION MOLDING FORMATION OF RIGID FRAME AND HINGEDLY ATTACHED FLAPS AND DIE/MOLD ASSEMBLY FOR CREATING THE VENTILATION MODULE - A ventilation module and related mold assembly for producing, the module being integrated into a vehicle and including a housing defining an open interior which is adapted to secure to a location of the vehicle in order to communicate an exterior with a passenger compartment interior. A flap is hingedly secured along a selected edge in extending fashion across the open interior of the housing, the flap further including first and second side edges and an interconnecting top extending edge which are configured to engage support locations configured along the housing in proximity to the open interior. The flaps are configured to seal against the housing in a first direction to prevent the admittance or backflow of dirty air from the exterior into the interior compartment. The flaps open in a second direction in response to a positive air pressure condition created within the passenger compartment and in order to vent to the exterior the excess air pressure until reclosing upon achieving an air equilibrium condition. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121693 | AIR EXTRACTOR GRILLE - An air extractor grille may include a housing having a plurality of vent holes and fastening holes, a valve panel configured to cover the vent holes and have coupling holes formed at positions corresponding to the fastening holes, and a fastening section, wherein end portions of the fastening section pass through the coupling holes and the fastening holes to be integrally coupled to the housing and the valve panel while another end portion thereof comes into contact with the housing and the valve panel at an outer side of the valve panel to cover a gap between the housing and the valve panel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121694 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A cooling system for a vehicle comprises an engine cooling means that circulates a coolant to an engine and cools the coolant in an engine radiator, the engine being provided with a turbocharger; an electrical equipment cooling means that circulates the coolant to an electrical equipment comprising a motor and an electric power component, and cools the coolant in an integral radiator; and an air conditioner comprising a water-cooled condenser that primarily condenses a refrigerant and an air-cooled condenser coupled in series to the water-cooled condenser that secondarily condenses the refrigerant and that cools or heats a vehicle interior through the refrigerant, wherein the water-cooled condenser is disposed within the integral radiator and an intercooler mounted at an intake side of the engine uses the coolant to cool water and is connected to the electrical equipment cooling means. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121695 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT - A vehicle air conditioning unit is obtained that is capable of deflecting a blowing direction of an airflow blowing out from a blower outlet formed along a flow path. A movable shaft that supports a length direction other end portion of a guiding member is configured to be movable along the airflow flow direction. As a result, by turning movement of a lever, the movable shaft is slid, through a guide groove, along a vehicle width direction. The distance between the movable shaft and a fixed shaft thereby changes, changing the curvature of a front face of the guiding member, and enabling the airflow blowing out from a main flow blower outlet to be deflected along the vehicle width direction. Namely, the airflow blowing out from the main flow blower outlet is capable of being deflected toward the vehicle front-rear direction rear side, and toward the vehicle width direction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121696 | AIR BLOWING DEVICE - An air blowing device capable of keeping an air outlet invisible to the extent possible without impairing a function as the air blowing device, including: a tubular body defining an airflow passage and an air outlet; a guide wall for guiding an airflow having passed through the air outlet in an intended direction; and an on-off valve forming a part of the guide wall, which is capable of opening or closing a concave portion formed in the guide wall. The guide wall has a convex surface shape protruding in a direction intersecting with a forward direction of the air outlet, and is arranged so that a projection image, which is obtained by projecting the guide wall onto an imaginary plane including the air outlet, covers the entire air outlet. The on-off valve is configured to open or close the concave portion in accordance with the intended direction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121697 | AIR BLOWING DEVICE - Provided is an air blowing device capable of keeping an air outlet invisible to the extent possible without impairing a function as the air blowing device. An air blowing device ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121698 | ASSEMBLY WITH A FILTER ELEMENT - An assembly having an intake connector with an air entrance for an air-conditioning system and a filter element having a concertina bellows having peripheral troughs and peripheral peaks, wherein the filter element has a water-repellent filter medium and wherein the filter element at least partially covers the air entrance, suitable for discharging snow and water, in particular snowmelt, to avoid flow into the air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle and to minimize damage to a filter element, wherein the concertina bellows is disposed so as to be inclined at an angle of 5° to 90°, preferably at an angle of 15° to 85°, in relation to the horizontal, wherein the filter element has an outflow unit for a water outflow from the peripheral troughs. | 2016-05-05 |
