| 22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20090133879 | Rotary Control Valve and Associated Actuator Control System - A rotary control valve and associated actuator control system. An actuator control system comprises a rotary control valve including a generally planar face seal, and an actuator operatively connected to the rotary control valve. Another actuator control system comprises a control valve including multiple faces having multiple ports formed therein. Fluid communication is selectively permitted and prevented between the ports in response to relative displacement between the faces. A differential area is configured to apply a biasing force which maintains sealing engagement between the faces, and which increases in response to an increase in pressure applied to the control valve. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133880 | VOLUMETRIC COMPENSATING ANNULAR BELLOWS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a volumetric compensating annular bellows used to compensate two fluid volumes by an annular displacement. This is achieved using a bellows welded on to a tube with a varying shape radius. A bellows is arranged within the annulus and is deformable in an annular direction in response to fluid volume expansion. The bellows can be used in several oilfield applications for fluid compensation. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133881 | HEAVE MOTION COMPENSATION - A heave motion compensator ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNHOLE ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEM PROTECTION - A fluid conditioning system designed to be installed between the well perforation and the intake of a pump used to effect artificial lift is used to filter and chemically treat production fluids. The fluid conditioning system is an apparatus that provides scale inhibitors and/or other chemical treatments into the production stream. In some embodiments, the fluid conditioning system may be a part of the production stream filter wherein the filtering material is comprised of a porous medium that contains and supports the treatment chemical. In other embodiments, the chemical treatment may be accomplished by the gradual dissolution of a solid phase chemical. The treating chemical may be recharged or replenished by various downhole reservoirs or feeding means. In yet other embodiments, the treating chemical may be replenished from the surface by means of a capillary tube. In certain other embodiments, the apparatus may be retrievable from the surface thereby permitting recharge or replenishment of the chemical in the apparatus on an as-needed basis. The filtration apparatus may incorporate a bypass valve that allows fluid to by-pass the filter as sand or other particulate matter fills up or blocks the filter. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133883 | Method for retrofitting a downhole drill string with a flow through subassembly and method for making same - A method for retrofitting a downhole drill string with a flow through subassembly having a hollow outer body or barrel with a plurality of outwardly extending blades. Fluid flow inlets are provided in the lower section of the body below the blade openings and flow outlets are provided in an upper section above the blades. A fluid flow bypass channel is formed in the outer body and extends between said blades and from said fluid inlet to said fluid outlet. Drilling fluids outside of the subassembly may flow through the inlet, up the fluid flow bypass channel and out the outlet thereby bypassing any plug or pack-off formed between the subassembly and the well bore. Thus, an existing subassembly may be retrofitted to provide a fluid flow bypass channel around the blades. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133884 | PRESSURE ENERGIZED SEAL - A seal for use in sealing on a wellhead assembly, where the seal is pressure energized and comprises an annular element having an inverted portion on its outer portion along its length. The seal may further include upper and lower ring members sandwiching the element between the ring members. The seal is formable by adjoining the open surfaces of two “W” shaped annular seals along their edges thereby forming an element responsive to pressure. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133885 | Propulsion device for an agent contained in a cavity - A propulsion device for an agent, such as an extinguishing or cooling agent, contained in a cavity has at least a cap and a port configured to open above a calibrated pressure inside the cavity. A pressure generator is fastened to the cap and triggers the propulsion of the agent. The pressure generator has at least two containers, each having an exit ending inside the cavity and releasing a propulsion gas. At least one container is pressurized with an inert-type gas, such as helium, suited for minimal temperature fluctuations induced inside the cavity during a relief of pressure of the gas from at least one of the containers. When the gas expands it is the direct mechanical propellant of the agent. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133886 | DISPOSABLE FIRE HOSE FOR FIGHTING STARTING FIRES - The invention relates to a device executed as small fire-hose ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133887 | ADAPTABLE WATER CONNECTION FOR FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND CONNECTION DEVICE - Improvements in present day fire hydrants are presented. The improvement relates to a fire hydrant where the above ground structure is essentially removed and is replaced with an adaptable connection. The connection uses the same mounting hole pattern as used in the above ground hydrant. In operation, the adaptable connection is protected by a hinged cover that is opened to provide access to the adaptable connection. The adaptable connection includes a bayonet type connection where a portable fire hydrant is secured and rotated to start the flow of water. The adapter includes an electronic communication device that transmits real-time information on connection and flow characteristics. The adaptable fire connection eliminates the appearance of the fire hydrant, the potential of a vehicle hitting a fire hydrant and the material cost associated with above ground fire hydrants. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133888 | Vertical Tillage System - A vertical tilling implement to be pulled behind and agricultural vehicle having a number of gangs of fluted-concave disc blades, rolling baskets, and wheels connected to a main frame. As the vertical tilling implement is pulled, the fluted-concave disc blades move the soil in a direction lateral to the side of the blades as well as up. Meanwhile, the rolling bars aid in leveling the seedbed and crushing the remaining large pieces of soil. The vertical tilling implement reduces the amount of subsoil compaction and cuts through heavy residue making it ideal for use in the fall or in the spring. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133889 | Hand-held power tool having auxiliary handle with clamping band - A hand-held power tool includes a locking flange ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133890 | Power Tool Attachments - An attachment is for a power tool having a chuck. The attachment has a connection portion in the form of a shaft for connecting the attachment with the tool, during use, by attachment in the chuck. The attachment further has a blade portion which, in use, is offered to a surface indicated at, and to which hammer blows are transmitted from the hammer tool, thereby causing the blade portion to cut into the surface. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133891 | Pile driver - A pile driver includes a leader rotation/holding mechanism that can firmly hold a leader in a rotatable state and also reliably rotate the leader using a general-purpose, inexpensive hydraulic motor by keeping the hydraulic motor from action of a bending moment from the leader. The pile driver has a leader revolver | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133892 | Dust suction module for hand-held power tool - A dust suction module includes a plurality of bearing surfaces ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133893 | Hand-held power tool with a pneumatic percussion mechanism - A hand-held power tool includes a pneumatic percussion mechanism having a percussion piston reciprocating along a percussion axis and having a bore extending at an angle to the percussion axis, and an air spring for displacing the percussion piston. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133894 | ELECTRIC IMPACT TIGHTENING TOOL - An electric impact tightening tool in which the rotation of an output section of an electric motor is transmitted to an impact generation section (P) and impact force generated in the impact generation section (P) causes a main shaft ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133895 | Water-Blocked Cable - A water-blocked cable comprised of a first and second line of defense against water invasion wherein said cable is comprised of materials that can meet both indoor and outdoor use requirements. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133896 | MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR - A multiconductor cable assembly includes two or more coated wires in a side-by-side contacting relation, and the covering of the wires includes a composition with specific proportions of a poly(arylene ether), a block copolymer, and a flame retardant. The multiconductor cable assembly exhibits excellent physical and flame retardant properties without using poly(vinyl chloride). Various methods of forming the multiconductor cable assembly are described. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133897 | Substantially flat fire-resistant safety cable - The invention concerns a flat fire-resistant safety cable ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133898 | Flexible flat cable with carrier tape and manufacturing method thereof - It is to provide a flexible flat cable with a carrier tape capable of preventing conductors from being bent without increasing the cost of production. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133899 | DRAWN STRAND FILLED TUBING WIRE - A wire for use in medical applications. The wire is formed by forming a bundle from a plurality of metallic strands and positioning the bundle within an outer tube. The tube and strands are then drawn down to a predetermined diameter to form a wire for use in medical devices. The wire may be covered with an insulating material. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133900 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Circuit board having conductor wiring and connection terminal; anisotropic conductive resin layer provided on one surface of circuit board; and plurality of electronic components respectively provided with electrode terminals in positions facing the connection terminal are included. The anisotropic conductive resin layer includes at least one kind of conductive particles selected from coiled conductive particles, fiber fluff conductive particles and conductive particles provided with a plurality of conductive protrusions, and resin binder; electrically couples electrode terminals of plurality of electronic components to connection terminals to each other with conductive particles; mechanically fixes electronic components and circuit board to each other; and protects conductor wiring. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133901 | METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN AND WIRING BOARD | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133902 | Printed circuit board - A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board, which may include an insulation layer, a first metal pad formed on the insulation layer, a second metal pad electrically coupled with the first metal pad and having an ionization tendency lower than that of the first metal pad, and a sacrificial electrode electrically coupled with the second metal pad to prevent corrosion in the first metal pad, can be utilized to prevent excessive etching that may otherwise occur due to galvanic corrosion between metal pads of different ionization tendencies. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133903 | ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - An electrode and a method for forming the electrode. The electrode comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of metal particles adhering to the substrate. The method comprises steps of: providing a substrate; providing a solution including a solvent and a plurality of metal particles on the substrate; removing the solvent; and making the plurality of metal particles adhere to the substrate. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133904 | MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a module is provided that can alleviate a decrease in cutting yield. This method includes: a step of mounting, on a wiring board having a plurality of mounting regions enclosed by cutting lines on its upper surface, an electronic component in each of the mounting regions; a step of cutting the wiring board along the cutting lines; a step of forming a sealing resin layer so as to seal the electronic component to cover at least part of upper and side surfaces of the cut wiring board; and a step of cutting the sealing resin layer along cut portions (cutting lines) of the cut wiring board. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133905 | HEAT-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING SILICONE POWDER - A heat-curable resin composition has excellent printability, non-tackiness, matte and electrical properties. The heat-curable resin composition includes a heat-curable resin (A) and silicone powder (B). Preferably, the silicone powder (B) is spherical or substantially spherical, and has a specific gravity of 0.95 to 1.5 and a particle diameter of 0.01 to 10 μm. The heat-curable resin (A) preferably includes a carboxyl group-containing polyurethane and a heat-curable component. The carboxyl group-containing polyurethane is obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate compound (a), a polyol compound (b) (other than compound (c)), and a carboxyl group-containing dihydroxy compound (c). | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133906 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and FPCB manufacturing method that improves a signal transfer characteristic at a high speed. The FPCB includes an insulating layer having a signal pattern that transfers signals, a cover layer formed on the signal pattern, and a shielding layer formed at a position opposite to the signal pattern. The shielding layer faces at least one of the insulating layer and the cover layer across anspace formed there between. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133907 | Novel polyimide copolymer and metal laminate using the same - A novel polyimide copolymer, which is a copolymer comprising two kinds of tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides consisting of (A) isopropylidene-bis(4-phenyleneoxy-4-phthalic acid) dianhydride and (B) 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and one kind of a diamine consisting of (C) 6-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole, or two or three kinds of diamines consisting of component (C) and (D) at least one kind of diamines consisting of bis(4-amino-phenyl)ether (D | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133908 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE FOR A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF MANFACTURING SAME, AND MICROELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CONTAINING SAME - An interconnect structure for a microelectronic device includes an electrically conductive material ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133909 | Tip Printing and Scrape Coating Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Electronic Devices - Methods are disclosed for manufacturing electronic devices (e.g., transistors, and etc.), solar arrays, optical display arrays, portions of such devices and arrays, and the like. Utilizing a scrape coating and/or a tip printing process, various electronic and solar arrays are manufactured. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133910 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - Multilayer printed wiring boards may be prepared by forming a via hole by laser irradiation in insulating layer formed by a prepreg, comprised of a glass cloth impregnated with a thermosetting resin composition, and subjecting the via hole to a glass etching treatment with a glass etching solution and then to a desmear treatment with an oxidizing agent solution. By such a process, etch back phenomenon and excessive protrusion of glass cloth from the wall surface of a via hole can be sufficiently suppressed, and a highly reliable via can be formed. Particularly, a highly reliable via can be formed in a small via hole having a top diameter of 75 μm or below. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133911 | RELEASE FILM FOR USE IN MANUFACTURE OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - To provide a release film which is used to avoid adherence between a press hot plate and a printed circuit board or a cover lay film at the time of press work effected to printed circuit boards such as printed wiring boards, flexible printed circuit boards and multilayered printed circuit boards and which has a heat resistance, a releasing property, a non-contamination property, a follow up capability relative to the circuit pattern, an excellent workability during processing and a small environmental impact at the time of disposal, the release film has a shear modulus of 5×10 | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133912 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BOARD MAKING USE OF THE SAME - A substrate, a circuit board and a multilayer circuit board are provided which, although being made of an inorganic filler as a crushed product, are capable of providing a highly reliable hybrid integrated circuit because of having excellent adhesion to a metal plate or metal foil and exhibiting a high thermal conductivity. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133913 | VERTICAL TRANSITIONS, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS THEREWITH AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES WITH THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - Provided are vertical transitions which have the high electrical performance and the high shielding properties in the wide frequency band in a multilayer PCB, printed circuit boards with the vertical transitions and semiconductor packages with the printed circuit boards and semiconductor chips. In vertical transitions for a multilayer PCB, a wave guiding channel is a conductor which includes at least more than one of signal vias | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133914 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTEGRATED DEVICE AND A DEVICE PRODUCED THEREBY - A method for producing an integrated device. A source substrate is provided, the source substrate carrying one or more components to be attached to a receiver surface having a uneven topography. The source substrate includes a deformable layer on a surface on which the one or more components are carried. The source substrate is aligned such that said one or more components carried thereon are associated with contact areas of the receiver surface. The source substrate and the receiver surface are moved towards each other such that the one or more components are brought into contact with the contact areas wherein the deformable layer is at least partially deformed. The source substrate is removed such that the one or more of the components remain located on the contact areas of the receiver surface. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133915 | WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A wiring board which includes a product portion configured with at least one layer of electrically insulating base, a wiring pattern formed on the surface or inner portion of the electrically insulating base, and a wiring protection layer which is formed on the surface of the board and has an opening. Warping over the entire wiring board can be reduced since this wiring board has a warp-correcting portion warped in a direction different from that of the product portion. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133916 | Optoelectronic Device and Method for Producing an Optoelectronic Device - An optoelectronic device includes an optoelectronic component, the optoelectronic component having an active region and at least one first conductive path on a first substrate, wherein the first conductive path is electrically connected to the active region. Further, the optoelectronic device comprises a second substrate with at least one second conductive path, wherein the first conductive path and the second conductive path are electrically connected to one another. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133917 | Multilayered Circuit Board for Connection to Bumps - A circuit board on which an electronic device having bumps arranged in an array form is to be mounted includes a substrate having a multilayer structure that includes interconnect lines and insulating layers, and vias penetrating through one or more of the insulating layers and coupled to one or more of the interconnect lines, wherein the vias are arranged at positions that are the same as positions of the bumps to be connected on the substrate, and the vias project from a surface of the substrate so that upper-end portions of the vias are exposed from the surface of the substrate. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133918 | DOUBLE-SIDED WIRING BOARD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DOUBLE-SIDED WIRING BOARD, AND MOUNTING DOUBLE-SIDED WIRING BOARD - In one embodiment of the present invention, a connecting device of a double-sided wiring board includes a first-side connecting land portion configured by a first-side conductive layer and a first-side connecting conductive layer and a second-side connecting land portion configured by a second-side conductive layer; the first-side connecting land portion and the second-side connecting land portion face each other at respective central portions with an insulating substrate sandwiched therebetween; a substrate hole is formed corresponding to a peripheral end portion of the first-side connecting land portion and a peripheral end portion of the second-side connecting land portion; and the peripheral end portion of the first-side connecting land portion and the peripheral end portion of the second-side connecting land portion are connected to each other via the substrate hole. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133919 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BUILDUP PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A multilayer printed wiring board includes: an insulating base including an indentation section formed thereon; a conductor pattern formed on the insulating base, the conductor pattern including a thick film section formed by embedding a conductor in the indentation section; and a via hole section formed in an upper layer of the insulating base, the via hole section including a bottom portion that is in contact with the thick film section. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133920 | Printed circuit board and manufacturing method of the same - A printed circuit board and a manufacturing method of the same. The method includes forming a circuit board by selectively positioning a heat release layer among multiple insulation layers that have circuit patterns formed on their surfaces, perforating a through-hole that penetrates through one side and the other side of the circuit board, forming a metal film over the heat release layer exposed at an inner wall surface of the through-hole, and forming a plating layer by depositing a conductive metal over an inner wall of the through-hole. By having the heat release layer selectively inserted inside the circuit board, the heat releasing effect may be improved, and the bending strength may be increased. Moreover, a reliable electrical connection can be implemented between the heat release layer and the circuit pattern, making it possible to utilize the heat release layer as a power supply layer or a ground layer. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133921 | FLEXIBLE PC BOARD MADE THROUGH A WATER CLEANING PROCESS - A flexible PC board made through a water cleaning process includes a substrate prepared from polymers or copolymers such as PET, PI, PP, PS, PMMA, PC, PU, PBT, ABS, nylon, etc. A release layer prepared from a hydrophilic material and printed on the substrate to leave a blank zone on the substrate according to a predetermined circuit pattern, and a conduction layer bonded to the blank zone to form a circuit pattern. An electroplating process may be employed to increase the thickness of the circuit pattern formed of the conduction layer. Through a water cleaning process, the release layer is removed from the substrate, and the desired flexible PC board is obtained for bonding to a member of an electronic product by means of injection or pressure casting molding. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133922 | LIGHT TRANSMITTING CONDUCTIVE FILM, LIGHT TRANSMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING FILM, OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY FILTER - A light transmitting conductive film formed by patterning a conductive metal part and a visible light transmitting part on a transparent support, wherein the conductive metal part is made up of mesh-forming thin lines of from 1 μm to 40 μm size and the mesh pattern continues for 3 m or longer. A method of producing a display filter wherein the end sections of at least two sides facing each other are in a mesh shape, which comprises using an electromagnetic wave shielding material (C), wherein a conductive layer (B) having the conductive parts being in the mesh shape of the geometric pattern is formed on one face of a polymer film (A) continuously in the machine direction of the polymer film (A), and cutting the mesh-like parts. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133923 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING MATERIAL, LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING MATERIAL AND DISPLAY FILTER - The present invention provides a process for preparing the light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material having an enhanced productivity. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133924 | Apparatus for signal and current transmission between end points which can move relative to one another - An apparatus is specified for signal and current transmission between end points which can move relative to one another, between which at least one flat ribbon line, which flat-ribbon line is subdivided into an inner winding area and an outer-winding area, which is connected thereto by means of an approximately U-shaped reversal point, with each winding area having a different winding direction, and which flat-ribbon line is accommodated in an essentially circular cassette (K). The cassette (K) comprises a rotor, which can rotate about its axis and is fitted with at least one of the end points, and a stationary stator, which is likewise fitted with at least one of the end points, which rotor and stator enclose between them an annular winding area (R) for accommodation of the flat-ribbon line ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133925 | Cable Harness, More Specifically a High-Voltage Cable Harness for a Motor Vehicle, as Well as a Device for Leading-Through an Electric Cable and for Connecting a Shield of the Cable - A cable harness, more specifically a high-voltage cable harness for a motor vehicle, is provided. The cable harness has at least one electric cable, which includes an electric line and a shield that surrounds the line, as well as a device for leading-through and for connecting the shield of the cable. The device includes a lead-through element, through which a cable end is guided, as well as an under-sleeve. The under-sleeve includes a shaft and a head that is widened compared to the shaft. The under-sleeve with the shaft is inserted between the electric line and the shield as well as being retained by use of the head at the lead-through element. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133926 | Non-halogen resin composition, insulated electrical wire, and wire harness - The present invention provides a non-halogen resin composition, an insulated electrical wire formed of the non-halogen resin composition, and a wire harness including the insulated electrical wire. The non-halogen resin composition, comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of a base resin, containing 50 to 75 weight percent of a polypropylene, 20 to 40 weight percent of a propylene-alpha olefin copolymer, and 5 to 10 weight percent of a low density polyethylene; (B) 50 to 100 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide; (C) 3 to 5 parts by weight of a phenolic anti-oxidant; and (D) 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of a hydrazine-containing metal capture agent. The non-halogen resin composition exhibits excellent mechanical properties such as abrasion resistance, flame retardant property, flexibility, and long-term heat resistance, even if it contains inorganic flame retardant therein. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133927 | JOINT STRUCTURE OF COPPER WIRE AND ALUMINUM WIRE, AND JOINT METHOD - A joint structure of electric wires includes: a copper wire which includes a conductor formed of copper; an aluminum wire which includes a conductor formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a joint terminal provided with a conductor press-fitting part having a U-shape in cross section. The conductor press-fitting part includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are upwardly extended from both side edges of the bottom plate, and is inwardly folded to caulk the conductors of the copper wires and the aluminum wires so as to enclose the conductors. The conductor press-fitting part is press-fitted to the conductors of the aluminum wire and the copper wire in a state that the conductor of the aluminum wire is disposed on the upper face of the bottom plate, and the conductor of the copper wire is disposed on the conductor of the aluminum wire. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133928 | Floor-mounted domestic appliance - A floor-mounted domestic appliance includes an A.C. power connector that supplies the appliance with electric energy, an appliance outlet that corresponds to the A.C. power connector, wherein the appliance outlet comprises a terminal block for establishing an electrically conducting connection to a power supply lead. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133929 | Method, Drilling Machine, Drill bit and Bottom Hole Assembly for Drilling by Electrical Discharge by Electrical Discharge Pulses - Machine for ground drilling, with a circulating fluid, by the utilization of electric discharge generated by high-voltage pulses between electrodes. It may comprise: —A drill-bit | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133930 | PRESSURE COMPENSATION AND ROTARY SEAL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING INSTRUMENTATION - A pressure compensation system for a wellbore instrument coupled to a drill string includes a shaft rotatably mounted with respect to an instrument housing. A lubrication chamber included in the instrument has at least one bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft. The lubrication chamber includes a face seal coupled on one face to the shaft and on another face to the housing. A pressure compensator establishes hydraulic communication between the lubrication chamber and the interior of the drill string. The compensator includes a barrier to fluid movement between the lubrication chamber and the interior of the drill string. The barrier enables pressure communication therebetween. The compensator includes a pressure communication port extending between the barrier and a portion of the shaft exposed to the interior of the drill string. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYDRAULIC STEERING OF DOWNHOLE ROTARY DRILLING SYSTEMS - A method for hydraulically controlling the direction of a drill bit or bottom hole assembly containing a drill contains lateral orifices which can be selectively opened and closed to move a portion of drilling fluid from the drill string out into a narrow gap between the lateral orifices and a lateral bore hole face or wall, which produces a lateral hydraulic force to thereby push the drill bit or bottom hole assembly in an opposite direction of the fluid flow through the lateral orifices. The apparatus for accomplishing this hydraulic steering can provide for the movement of the tip of the orifice into close proximity with the bore hole face to thereby increase the lateral hydraulic force created. This method can also be adapted to push-the-bit bore hole pads to minimize their contact with the bore hole while increasing the lateral force obtained by their engagement. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133932 | Sidewall Coring Tool and Method for Marking a Sidewall Core - A sidewall coring tool includes a tool housing, a coring assembly coupled and a marking device. The defines a longitudinal axis and is adapted for suspension within the borehole at a selected depth. The coring assembly is coupled to the tool housing and includes a bit housing and a coring bit coupled to the bit housing. The coring bit is supported for movement between a transport position and a coring position. The marking device is located at a known position with respect to the coring bit and is adapted to form an orientation mark in the formation. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133933 | Method and device for drilling, particularly percussion or rotary percussion drilling, a hole in soil or rock material - The invention relates to a method and device for drilling, particularly percussion or rotary percussion drilling, a hole in soil or rock material and for producing an anchoring. According to the invention, a drill bit ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133934 | Method and device for releasing a block on a bore crown during a boring process - The invention relates to a method and a device for releasing a block or blockage on a bore-crown or drill bit ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133935 | Olefin Metathesis for Kerogen Upgrading - A method for chemically-upgrading shale-bound kerogen comprises contacting shale-bound kerogen comprising carbon-carbon double bonds with a quantity of alkene species in the presence of an olefin metathesis catalyst. A catalyzed metathetical reaction occurs between the shale-bound kerogen and the alkene species and smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are formed. The smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are recovered. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133936 | Lead the Bit Rotary Steerable Tool - In one aspect of the present invention, a drilling assembly comprises a drill bit comprising a bit body intermediate a working face and a shank. An indenting member adapted to guide the drill bit protrudes from the working face. A flexible portion is disposed above the bit body. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133937 | CUTTING TOOLS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A cutting tool includes a mandrel; a matrix affixed to the mandrel; and cutting material disposed within the matrix and method of making the same. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133938 | Thermally Stable Pointed Diamond with Increased Impact Resistance - In one aspect of the present invention, an insert comprises a sintered polycrystalline diamond body bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate. The diamond body comprises a substantially conical shape with conical side wall terminating at an apex. The diamond body comprises a first region with a metallic catalyst dispersed through interstices between the diamond grains and a second region proximate the apex with the characteristic of higher thermal stability than the first region. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133939 | Scale For A Packaging Machine - A scale assembly ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133940 | WEIGHING SERVING IMPLEMENT - A weighing serving implement is disclosed. The weighing serving implement has a head to serve food and is mounted to a mount at a pivot point. The pivot point provides a mechanical balance and facilities a rugged and washable design. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133941 | Panel-type input device - A panel-type input device including a pair of electrode plates, each electrode plate including a substrate and a conductive coat provided on a surface of the substrate; and a plurality of dot spacers formed in a dispersed arrangement on a surface of the conductive coat of at least one of the electrode plates. The electrode plates are assembled with each other in a relative arrangement such that respective conductive coats are opposed to and spaced from each other while permitting a conductive contact therebetween. The conductive coat of at least one of the electrode plates is formed by using a conducting polymer. The dot spacers are formed in such a manner that a value A=H/D, representing a relationship between an overall height Hμm of each dot spacer measured from the surface of the conductive coat, on which the dot spacers are formed, and a substantial disposition interval Dmm of the dot spacers on the surface, is in a range of 1.5| 2009-05-28 | |
| 20090133942 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects a power-receiving-side load state, and a control circuit that controls the power transmission control device. The control circuit acquires a reference value used to determine a power-receiving-side load state after starting normal power transmission in a reference value acquisition period, the reference value acquisition period being a period after receiving ID authentication information from the power receiving device, but before starting the normal power transmission. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133943 | Vehicle mounted with fuel cell power supply system - It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle that can efficiently cool or heat a group of the components, in view of appropriate operating temperature ranges of respective components configuring a fuel cell power supply system, while realizing saving of a mounting space in the vehicle and cost of the vehicle. A vehicle | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133944 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR SYSTEM - An electric motor | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133945 | Method for dynamic torque coordination of power units of a hybrid drive of a vehicle, and corresponding device - A method and device for dynamic torque coordination of power units of a hybrid drive of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. The method has a plurality of successive coordination stages, each coordination stage being assigned an operating range for at least one of the power units, and each coordination stage making at least one demand on a first power unit and/or a second power unit as a function of an overall setpoint torque requested from the hybrid drive, a subsequent coordination state having an enlarged operating range compared to a preceding coordination stage, and the subsequent coordination stage is used if the demand was unable to be satisfied within the operating range of the assigned coordination stage. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133946 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine - A method for operating a hybrid drive in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine connected thereto which is in connection with at least one energy storage device including operating the internal combustion engine is operated in overload mode in at least one preferably exceptional operating situation of the hybrid drive in order to avoid power losses at low loading state of the energy storage device. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133947 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control apparatus that can perform an abnormality diagnosis of current sensors and achieve cost reduction. When the outputs from three current sensors, which detect individual phase currents of a 3-phase AC current supplied from an inverter to a 3-phase AC motor, indicate that the sum of the individual phase currents of the 3-phase AC current is greater than a predetermined value, a sensor abnormality judgment unit of a motor control unit judges that one of the three current sensors is abnormal. The sensor abnormality judgment unit identifies an abnormal current sensor, which is one of the three current sensors, and performs calculations in accordance with the remaining two normal current sensors to output the current in the phase detected by the abnormal current sensor. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133948 | VEHICLE AND FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle and a fuel storage system for a vehicle are provided. A frame defining a perimeter structure and having first and second ends, and a generally open central interior portion, is configured to receive any one of a plurality of vehicle bodies in a body-on-frame vehicle architecture. A fuel cell arrangement is disposed adjacent one end of the frame, and a fuel storage tank is disposed in the central interior portion of the frame, along a length of the frame. The fuel storage tank provides a source of fuel for the fuel cell, and also acts as a fuel delivery conduit from one end of the frame to the other. The fuel storage system can include a non-rigid mounting structure for the fuel tank, thereby substantially isolating the fuel tank from movements of the vehicle frame. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133949 | Open-Loop Control Method for Cancelling Engine Induced Noise and Vibration - An open-loop control system that provides control signals to active engine mounts to reduce or eliminate the transfer of engine vibration to a vehicle body structure, where the system uses only a crank signal from the engine as an input. The control system includes an instant crank speed variation sensing processor that receives the crank signal from the engine, where the crank signal is a pulsed signal including missing pulses as a result of teeth missing on the vehicle crank wheel. The crank speed variation sensing processor provides a measurement of the instant crank speed variation of the crank signal and minimizes an error in the measurement as a result of the missing pulses. The crank speed variation sensing processor outputs a crank speed sensing variation signal as a sine wave that identifies order content in the crank pulse signal. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133950 | Wheeled Work Machine - A wheel type work machine having improved ease of assembly and a compact-sized traveling system power transmission mechanism. The wheeled work machine comprises a traveling body ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133951 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDROSTATICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A hydrostatically driven vehicle has an engine operating a variable displacement propel pump, a displacement of which can vary based on an angle of a rotating swashplate, such that a fluid flow impelled by the pump transfers power to at least one propel motor rotating a wheel of the vehicle. An electronic controller of the vehicle senses an operating parameter of the system, for example, the angle of the rotating swashplate or the direction and speed of rotation of the propel motor with a sensor to yield an actual signal, and relays the actual signal to an electronic controller. The controller determines a desired angle for the rotating swashplate based on the control signal, and compares it to the actual signal from the sensor. Motion of the vehicle is stalled when the angle signal differs from the desired angle by a predetermined extent and for a predetermined period. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133952 | Vehicle drive line and a working machine provided therewith - A vehicle drive line ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133953 | POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAVING A VARIABLE-RATIO DRIVE MECHANISM FOR A VEHICLE - A power steering system for translating movement to a pair of wheels of a vehicle having an engine is disclosed. The system includes a steering assembly adapted for coupling engagement to the wheels for turning the wheels. The system includes a hydraulic pump having a pump input and a pump output and is coupled to the steering assembly and a planetary gear set. The system also includes a steering shaft operatively connected to the hydraulic pump for controlling a direction of the pump output and coupled to the steering assembly. The system further includes a variable-ratio drive mechanism having an electric motor and a controller. The electric motor is coupled to the planetary gear set and the controller communicates with the electric motor for controlling a rotational speed of the planetary gear set to maintain the pump output. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133954 | Rear axle steering system for a mobile crane - A rear axle steering system for a mobile crane including at least one actively steered rear axle with wheels arranged thereon. A rear axle steering system of this type is provided with a hydraulic steering system including one or more hydraulic steering cylinders of which a particular number are in each case associated with an actively steered rear axle in order to steer this actively steered rear axle in a desired manner. A braking system is adapted to individually brake each wheel of the at least one actively steered rear axle. In the event of an error in the hydraulic steering system, a control system actuates the braking system in such a way that by selective braking of at least one wheel of the actively steered rear axle, which is affected by this error, the rear axle is brought to a predetermined, desired steering position. A method of steering a rear axle, with wheels of a mobile crane arranged thereon, by means of a hydraulic steering system. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133955 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A drive control unit alone can be replaced without detaching an electric power steering apparatus from a gear housing. A motor housing of an electric motor, which outputs assist torque to a steering wheel of a vehicle, and a drive housing of the drive control unit, which controls the driving of the electric motor, are coupled to each other at a mating surface in a surface to surface contact manner, and the drive housing and the gear housing are coupled with each other on the same axis. A location of connection, at which a power supply input terminal block of the electric motor and power supply bus bars of the drive control unit are connected to each other by us of screws, is arranged at a joint location at which the motor housing and the drive housing are joined to each other by screws. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133956 | STEERING SYSTEM MOTOR - A plurality of magnetic pole bodies, provided on a stator of a steering motor, are divided into two electrically independent groups. Each group includes i) six magnetic pole bodies that are arranged in succession and ii) a corresponding number of magnetic pole bodies arranged opposing those six magnetic pole bodies. The two groups vibrate only slightly when operating normally. However, if one of the groups fails, vibration of the stator from elastic deformation in an undulating manner in the circumferential direction will increase, thereby alerting the driver of an abnormality in the steering motor. This increases the likelihood of measures being taken promptly to fix the abnormality in the steering motor, thus improving fail-safe performance. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133957 | Sound attenuating air vent - An device that allows air flow while attenuating sound for the purposes of allowing air to flow between rooms in a structure such as a house or building. The device consists of an air passageway that attenuates sound and covers at each end of the passageway. The covers allow air flow while providing an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Multiple embodiments support pre and post construction scenarios as well access to the interior of the device for cleaning purposes. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133958 | Sound-absorbing element or transport means, in particular for aircraft - A sound absorption element for means of transport, in particular for aircraft, comprising at least one sound absorption panel arranged on a base panel with the base panel comprising a multitude of recesses, in particular a hole grid or the like, for the transmission of sound. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133959 | Collapsible Platform - A collapsible working platform including a working platform and a first and a second telescopically collapsible ladder leg, where the first and second legs are hingedly connected to one end of the working platform, each to a separate end of the working platform. Each of the first and second legs includes several ladder sections. Each ladder section is telescopically inserted into a lower ladder section to form a collapsible ladder including at least two ladder sections. The working platform includes two platform parts. The platform parts are hingedly connected to each other at one end and connected to a respective ladder leg at the other end. The two platform parts are foldable so that the platform parts are arranged in parallel when placed in a folded position. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133960 | Tree step - This invention has to do with a tree step, which preferably is a one piece bracket comprising an attachment tab, a step portion, and a brace means. The attachment tab has a tree abutment surface and a slot formed through it to allow the passage of a tree fastener. The step portion extends upwardly extending at an acute angle away from the abutment surface for a distance that is preferably the width of a person's foot, or slightly wider. The step portion terminates in an outer end that adjoins a brace means. The brace means forms an acute angle with the step portion as it extends downwardly and back towards the tree abutment surface with the brace terminating in a tree engagement end. The tree engagement end has a pointed surface such that it will penetrate and non-movably engage with the outer perimeter of a tree trunk. The tree engagement end also has a perforation to let a string, wire or other similar fastener pass through and hold or urge the tree engagement end in engagement with the tree. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133961 | FREE VORTEX AIR-OIL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides a free vortex air-oil separator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The free vortex air-oil separator comprises a free vortex chamber having a first chamber wall, a second chamber wall located axially aft from the first chamber wall and a rim located in a radially outer region from an axis of rotation, a plurality of vent holes in the rim and a cavity formed by the first and second chamber walls, and the rim, wherein a free vortex is created when there is a flow into the cavity through the plurality of vent holes. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133962 | Automatic motor driven in-line piston pump lubricator - In various embodiments, the invention provides a lubricator comprising a housing defining a main lubricant chamber adapted to contain a fluid lubricant. A piston pump in fluid communication with the main lubricant chamber may be adapted to be driven to discharge the lubricant from a pump chamber through a lubricant outlet in the housing. A check valve may be mounted on the lubricant outlet, to check the discharge of lubricant from the lubricator. The lubricator may include a motor having a drive shaft adapted to rotate a swash plate to act as a cam to drive reciprocating motion of the pump piston in the pump chamber. The drive shaft may be in axial alignment with the piston, the swash plate being set obliquely on the drive shaft to revolve when the motor is activated to give reciprocating motion to the piston in a direction parallel to the drive shaft. The piston may be biased in the pump chamber against the swash plate, so that the swash plate rides on the piston. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133963 | ELEVATOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - When a long-period-earthquake occurs, an elevator is controlled to ensure that an abnormality is positively judged and that the elevator can be safely and promptly returned to a normal operation. For this purpose, by providing a usual seismic sensor and a long-period seismic sensor that detects long-period components of the shakes of a building, which are not detected by the usual seismic sensor, at two stages, an earthquake emergency return operation is performed when the seismic sensor has gone into action and when a first level has been detected by the long-period seismic sensor, a long-period-earthquake emergency return operation, which involves giving a notice to outside the elevator and inside a car, is performed. When a second level has been detected by the long-period seismic sensor, a notice is given to outside the elevator and inside a car, and a door opening action is performed by stopping the car at the nearest floor and a long-period-earthquake emergency return operation, which involves causing the car to travel to a temporary-stop floor, is performed, whereby the car is caused to suspend the operation. When no abnormality is discovered by performing an automatic inspection operation under prescribed conditions, the elevator is returned to a normal operation. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133964 | Elevator Apparatus - In an elevator apparatus, a brake control device has a first brake control portion, a second brake control portion, and a third brake control portion. The first brake control portion operates a hoisting machine brake to stop a ascending/descending body as an emergency measure when an abnormality is detected. The second brake control portion reduces a braking force of the hoisting machine brake when a deceleration of the ascending/descending body becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value during an emergency braking operation of the hoisting machine brake. The third brake control portion monitors a slip speed of a main rope with respect to a drive sheave during emergency braking operation of the hoisting machine brake, and reduces a braking force of the hoisting machine brake when the slip speed of the main rope becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND STOPPING UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF AN ELEVATOR CAR IN AN ELEVATOR - Method and system for detecting and stopping uncontrolled movement of the car ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133966 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - A control apparatus for an elevator has a speed command issuing portion, a movement control portion, and an acceleration limiting portion. The speed command issuing portion calculates a speed command for controlling a speed of a car. The movement control portion controls a movement of the car based on the speed command. The acceleration limiting portion compares drive information corresponding to an output of a drive device during the movement of the car with a preset limit value to determine whether or not an acceleration of the car can be increased. The speed command issuing portion calculates, based on information from the acceleration limiting portion, a speed command to stop the acceleration from increasing when the drive information reaches the limit value. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133967 | Method and Apparatus to Reduce Waiting Times for Destination Based Dispatching Systems - Described is a method for assigning hall calls comprising the steps of receiving a hall call signal, receiving information regarding an elevator system, assigning a destination to the hall call signal, and calculating a call cost value for each elevator car using a handing capacity coefficient. The controller designates the elevator with the lowest call cost value to respond to a call signal. The handling capacity coefficient is a value that reflects the current traffic conditions of an elevator system. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133968 | Saturation Control for Destination Dispatch Systems - One version of this disclosure includes a system for assigning an elevator car to respond to a call signal wherein a controller is responsible for determining which elevator car will respond to a call signal. This version includes the controller receiving a hall call signal, receiving information regarding the elevator system, determining whether the call assignment can be made in view of a first rule associated with a banned call assignment, and eliminating the rule against banned call assignments when necessary to avoid saturation of the elevator system. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133969 | DESTINATION ENTRY PASSENGER INTERFACE WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS - An elevator system ( | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133970 | NON-CONTACT RUNNING TYPE ELEVATOR - In an elevator including a guide apparatus which levitates the car from a guide rail by an effect of magnetic force and non-contactly runs and guides the car, the guide apparatus is controlled in a manner to generate magnetic force with respect to at least two of movement axes of the car. In this case, control is executed with respect to only some of the movement axes at a time of start of guide, and then control is executed with respect to the other movement axes after passing of a predetermined time from the start of the guide. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133971 | Disk Brake Provided With an Improved Device for Measuring the Normal Applied Force - A disk brake, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. The disk includes a rotatable brake disk, a brake caliper covering the brake disk, an actuator for applying an actuation force and a friction lining applicable to the brake disk by means of the actuation force, and a device for measuring the actual braking force. In order to obtain the more reliable and accurate actual braking force measurement, the device for measuring the actual braking force uses the elastic enlargement of the brake caliper in the form of a measuring parameter and comprises an element having a first end secured to the brake caliper and a second free end, wherein a gap is formed in the extension direction between the brake caliper and the element. The device for measuring the actual braking force produces a signal according to the actual measure gap width. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133972 | Braking Shell for Shopping Cart Security Device - A braking member for rotatable mounting on a wheel axle of a hand-driven wheeled vehicle such as a shopping cart has a first part having an opening for mounting on a wheel axle, and a second part releasably secured to the first part and having a braking surface adapted to engage the ground when the braking member is in an operative position. When the braking member becomes worn, the entire member does not have to be removed from the wheel or caster, but instead the second part is released from the first part while the first part remains on the wheel. The second part can only be released using a special tool which is provided to store personnel. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133973 | PARKING BRAKE APPARATUS - A parking brake apparatus includes a first braking member provided at a wheel and integrally rotated with the wheel, a second braking member provided at a vehicle body side for stopping a rotation of the first braking member, a parking brake device for pressing the second braking member to the first braking member by an operating force of a parking brake operation, a pressurizing device for pressurizing a brace fluid independently of the parking brake operation, and a hydraulic pressure controlling device for preliminarily pressing the second braking member to the first braking member by a brake fluid pressure pressurized by the pressurizing device in a case when the second braking member is pressed to the first braking member by means of the parking brake device. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133974 | DUAL ACTUATOR FRICTION BRAKE ASSEMBLY - An industrial brake is provided through which tension and emergency braking are initiated at opposite axial ends of the brake in order to improve packaging and maintenance of the brake and to enable the addition of an emergency brake function to existing tension brakes without substantial modifications to the brake. The brake includes a housing disposed about a driven shaft and friction plates coupled to the housing and the shaft respectively. One friction plate comprises a liquid cooled fluid jacket. One end cap assembly is disposed at one axial end of the housing and provides a tension brake function. Another end cap assembly is disposed at the opposite axial end of the housing and provides an emergency brake function. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133975 | Vehicle Brake, In Particular Caliper Brake - The invention relates to a vehicle brake, in particular a caliper brake, having a housing, a brake piston accommodated in and linearly displaceable relative to the housing for displacing a brake lining, and a mechanical actuator arrangement for displacing the brake piston, wherein the brake piston is displaceable in the housing by charging a hydraulic chamber by means of a hydraulic brake circuit and wherein the mechanical actuator arrangement comprises a threaded spindle, which is mounted rotatably in the housing and may be set in rotation, wherein the brake piston as a result of a rotational movement of the threaded spindle is linearly displaceable relative to the housing. In this vehicle brake, it is provided that the threaded spindle is provided with a multiple-start self-locking thread having n flights, wherein the number n and the thread lead are selected in such a way that the thread is close to the self-locking limit. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133976 | Magnetorheological Force Transmission Device - The present invention discloses a magnetorheological force transmission device
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| 20090133977 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A single-shock-use shock absorber having a first load application point; a second load application point; a deformable element between the points, the element being dimensioned for plastic shock absorbing deformation: and a bridge between the first and second load application points, the bridge dimensioned to fracture at a predetermined load less than that at which the element deforms plastically. Also provided is a single-shock-use shock absorber comprising a first load application point; a second load application point; a deformable element between the points, the element being dimensioned for plastic shock absorbing deformation, the deformable element having a first and a second slot extending into the deformable element from opposing sides. Also provided is a fall arrest device incorporating one or more of the aforementioned shock absorbers and a fall arrest system incorporating one or more of the aforementioned fall arrest devices. | 2009-05-28 |
| 20090133978 | Multi-Plate Clutch and Hydrodynamic Torque Converter Device Having Said Multi-Plate Clutch - The invention relates to a multi-plate clutch ( | 2009-05-28 |
