23rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140150555 | PROPERTY MEASURING DEVICE FOR OBJECT TO BE MEASURED AND PROPERTY MEASURING METHOD FOR OBJECT TO BE MEASURED - [Problem to be Solved] To provide a property measuring device for measuring a measurement object, which can highly reliably extract an electric signal serving as the measurement object from an electromagnetic field noise or the like generated by an acoustic wave generating source even if the acoustic wave is a continuous wave, while a high spatial resolution is maintained, by using an acoustic wave as a properly measuring means for measuring an object and method thereof. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150556 | Measurement and Imaging of Scatterers with Memory of Scatterer Parameters Using at Least Two-Frequency Elastic Wave Pulse Complexes - Measurement or imaging of elastic wave nonlinear scatterers with a memory of scattering parameters comprises selecting LF pulses having characteristics to change the scattering parameters of nonlinear scatterers. A transmit time relation is selected so that the incident HF pulse propagates sufficiently close to the LF pulse that the effect of the incident LF pulse on its scatterer parameters is observed by the HF pulse. At least two elastic wave pulse complexes comprising a high frequency (HF) pulse and a selected low frequency (LF) pulse are transmitted towards the region. Received HF signals are combined to form nonlinear HF signals representing the scatterers with memory, with suppression of received HF signals from other scatterers. At least one of the received HF signals may be corrected by time delay correction and/or speckle correction with a speckle correction filter, determined by movement of the scattering object. Systems are also disclosed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150557 | ULTRASOUND INSPECTION SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - An ultrasound inspection roller provided with a wheel, a sensing system and a support for holding the sensing system inside the wheel, a wedge connected to the ultrasound sensing system at one end and provided with a curved profile at its other end facing the wheel, adapted to the curvilinear shape of the wheel, and a liquid of a density higher than 9.9*10 | 2014-06-05 |
20140150558 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ADHESIVE BONDING AND OSSEOINTEGRATION - An apparatus and method is provided for characterizing adhesive bonding using an acoustic wave MEMS sensor. The sensor can consist of a silicon substrate, a thin aluminium nitride film on top of the substrate and a thin gold film above the aluminium nitride layer. An adhesive layer is added on top of the sensor and the dispersion property of acoustic waves in the layered configuration can be utilized for bonding integrity characterization. A wave dispersion model is developed to study the effect of changing the interface stiffness on the wave dispersion profile and to investigate the sensitivity of different sensor configurations. The results of the model illustrate that the dispersion profile shifts in the direction of decreasing wave velocity as the interface stiffness decreases. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150559 | ELECTROSTATIC PRESSURE SENSOR - An electrostatic pressure sensor includes a diaphragm, a sensor pedestal, a cover plate, a stationary electrode, and a movable electrode. The cover plate is bonded to an outer peripheral portion of the diaphragm on the opposite side from the sensor pedestal to form a pressure introduction chamber in cooperation with the diaphragm. The cover plate has a pressure introducing hole that introduces a medium to be measured into the pressure introduction chamber from a direction that is perpendicular to a surface of the diaphragm. The pressure introducing hole is arranged so as to be positioned in a range of between 50.0% and 70.0% from the center of the diaphragm along a direction of the surface of the diaphragm, when the radius of the diaphragm is defined as 100%. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150560 | MEMS Pressure Sensor Assembly with Electromagnetic Shield - A pressure sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor die and a circuit die. The pressure sensor die includes a MEMS pressure sensor and an electromagnetic shield layer. The circuit die includes an ASIC configured to generate an electrical output corresponding to a pressure sensed by the MEMS pressure sensor. The ASIC is electrically connected to the pressure sensor die. The electromagnetic shield is configured to shield the MEMS pressure sensor and the ASIC from electromagnetic radiation. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150561 | OXYGEN SYSTEM HAVING SENSORS WITH A PASSIVE RFD INTERFACE - A passively powered gas sensor for remotely reading and transmitting a gas pressure of a system, comprising a hollow cylindrical body, a stem axially aligned and extending outwardly from a first surface of the hollow cylindrical body, a pressure sensing element in the stem, and an antenna coupled to the pressure sensing element, where the antenna is located within the hollow cylindrical body and the stem. The pressure sensing device is polled remotely by a polling device, and powered by the polling device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150562 | THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSDUCER - A testing instrument for mechanical testing at nano or micron scale includes a transducer body, and a coupling shaft coupled with a probe tip. A transducer body houses a capacitor. The capacitor includes first and second counter electrodes and a center electrode assembly interposed therebetween. The center electrode assembly is movable with the coupling shaft relative to the first and second counter electrodes, for instance in one or more of dimensions including laterally and normally. The center electrode assembly includes a center plate coupled with the coupling shaft and one or more springs extending from the center plate. Upper and lower plates are coupled with the center plate and cover the center plate and the one or more springs. A shaft support assembly includes one or more support elements coupled along the coupling shaft. The shaft support assembly provides lateral support to the coupling shaft. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150563 | STRAIN SENSING CABLE - A strain sensing cable including one or more strain sensing elements and a strain transfer medium extruded directly onto the one or more strain sensing elements disposed within the strain transfer medium. The strain transfer medium is operatively arranged to transfer strain experienced by the cable to the one or more strain sensing elements. A method of making a strain sensing cable is also included. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150564 | COMPRESSION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Performance of an article of sporting equipment, such as a ball bat, is measured by applying a force through a spring of known elastic properties to compress the article of sporting equipment. Compliance of the article of sporting equipment to a known standard is based on the compression of the article of sporting equipment. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150565 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A MACHINE TOOL PULL-IN OR CLAMPING FORCE - A device and method for measuring the clamping force a machine tool exerts on a tool holder that includes a piston or cylinder body defining a bore that slidably receives a piston. A fluid filled pressure chamber is defined between the piston and the body and a pressure gauge carried by the piston communicates with the pressure chamber such that movement in the piston in at least one direction exerts compressive forces on the fluid in the pressure chamber which is communicated to the pressure gauge. A retention knob is coupled to the piston and is engageable by the machine tool such that the clamping force exerted by the machine tool is transmitted to the piston. Hex-shaped structure on the piston that is received by a complementally formed recess in the cylinder body inhibits relative rotation between the piston and the body and facilitates installation and removal of the retention knob. A pin forming part of the piston is engageable by a pin receiving recess in the piston body and ensures a predetermined orientation between a shank portion and the piston body, during assembly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150566 | Device for transversely supporting a longitudinal test tube, and equipment for determining the mechanical bending properties of such a test tube - A device for the transverse retention of a longitudinal test specimen and apparatus for the mechanical characterization in bending of such a test specimen. The test specimen includes a web and at least one main flange connected to one end of said web. The device includes a body in which there is formed a housing which is shaped to house said test specimen transversally and which has a main bearing face against which one face of said web is intended to press; and a mobile clamp formed so as to press said web against said main bearing face. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150567 | Magneto Inductive, Flow Measuring Device - A magneto inductive flow measuring device having a measuring tube and at least one magnet system arranged on the measuring tube, wherein the measuring tube has at least one planar area and an otherwise cylindrical lateral surface, which border the measuring tube from its environment, against which planar area the magnet system is prestressed The magnet system is prestressed against the planar area of the measuring tube by means of a screwed connection between measuring tube and magnet system and/or the magnet system is prestressed against the planar area of the measuring tube by means of a mounting clip, which is secured shape-interlocked to the measuring tube. A method for manufacturing the magneto inductive, flow measuring device is also discussed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150568 | Portable Torque Verification System - A portable torque verification system for testing the accuracy of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and manual torque wrenches. A first torque sensor is utilized for hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical torque wrenches. A preferred second torque sensor measures the torque of manual torque wrenches. The second torque sensor is preferably supported by a support the height of which is preferably adjustable. Hydraulic connections to an external source of hydraulic fluid are provided so that the housing preferred for the components of the system may be closed for safety when an hydraulic wrench is tested. Electrical connections permit the use of an external torque meter. Within the housing the system additionally includes a reaction point, preferably removable and slidable, and a hydraulic pressure gauge. Also preferably, a rigid base plate is attached to the bottom of the housing and holds, inter alia, the first torque sensor, the support cylinder, and the reaction point. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150569 | Torque Sensing Gear Structure of an Electronic Bike - The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a torque sensing gear structure of an electronic bike, which uses a torque sensing unit mounted on the driving shaft of the bike to detect the torque generated by the user's feet when he/she is riding the bike so as to calculate the resistance generated by the user and to drive the electronic driving device to support the user for riding the bike. By this way, the loading of riding the bike could be reduced instantly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING MEASUREMENT FORCE THRESHOLDS IN A FORCE SENSING CALIPER - An electrically powered caliper is provided which includes a scale member, a slider, a displacement sensor, a force sensing arrangement and a signal processing portion. The signal processing portion is configured to receive a force signal and indicate a respective force corresponding to the respective position of the slider. Force data is acquired comprising a plurality of respective forces corresponding to respective positions of the slider. The signal processing portion defines an acceptable measurement force range defined by at least a minimum force threshold that is determined such that it exceeds a compensation force corresponding to at least one force component included in the force signal that is independent of user variations of the measurement force. It may analyze acquired force data to identify pre-contact data, and set the minimum force threshold for a current measurement procedure based on that pre-contact data. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150571 | PRESSURE SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF, AND PRESSURE DETECTION MODULE - A pressure sensor comprising: a base film on which a conductor pattern having one or more electrodes is formed; a cover film laminated on the base film so as to cover the electrodes of the conductor pattern; and a spacer disposed between the cover film and the base film so as to form a hollow portion having a predetermined gap between the electrode and the cover film; wherein a portion corresponding to the hollow portion of the cover film is constructed such that it has a pressure sensing part which is able to deform in a direction to move toward and away from the electrode in accordance with pressure, and of which contact resistance changes in accordance with a contact pressure thereof with the electrode, so that the pressure sensing part detects the pressure by a change of the contact resistance. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150572 | TACTILE SENSOR - A tactile sensor includes a first substrate including a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate including a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes, and a dielectric substance disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a second electrode corresponding to any one of the first electrodes is offset in one direction with respect to the any one of the first electrodes while a second electrode corresponding to another first electrode neighboring the any one of the first electrodes is offset in another direction. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150573 | Device for Measuring Pressure from a Flexible, Pliable, and/or Extensible Object Made from a Textile Material Comprising a Measurement Device - A device and method for measuring the pressure exerted at different points of a flexible, pliable and/or extensible fabric capable of being worn as a garment, lapel, or the like, which provides three stacked layers including a first insulating layer comprising an arrangement of insulating fibers and at least one row of at least one conductive yarn in contact with a first surface of a piezoresistive layer of fibers of a piezoresistive material, and a second insulating layer comprising an arrangement of insulating fibers, including at least one row of at least one conductive yarn, in contact with a second surface of the piezoresistive layer, and an electronic circuit capable of measuring the electric resistance variation when a pressure is exerted on the fabric, the pressure being a function of the resistance variation. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150574 | ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER - An environmental chamber includes a testing tub in which a testing space is formed. The testing tub has a front wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a rear wall, and a ceiling part, and is divided into a lower tub part and an upper tub part by a dividing surface extended in a direction inclined downwardly and frontwardly. The left and right sidewalls are respectively divided into two portions by the dividing surface. An inner surface of the upper tub part includes at least a part of an inner surface of each of the ceiling part, the front wall, the left sidewall, and the right sidewall. The upper tub part is supported by the lower tub part to be able to open the testing space. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150575 | ACCESSORY RELAY HAVING AN EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE - An accessory relay for a turbine engine, including a housing in which at least one gear wheel is installed for mechanically driving an accessory mounted on the housing, the gear of the wheel being driven via an input shaft supplying torque required for the mechanical drive, the shaft of the wheel being supported by at least two ball or roller bearings, and passing through at least one of the walls of the housing via an opening positioned opposite the accessory and closed by a first accessory cover attached onto the housing, wherein, for at least one of the gear wheels, the shaft thereof passes through two walls of the housing via openings closed by covers attached onto the housing, and the outer races of the two bearings are supported by the covers. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150576 | VIBRATIONAL TOOL WITH ROTATING ENGAGEMENT SURFACES AND METHOD - A vibrational tool and method is disclosed, which may be utilized to assist in lowering a drill string into a wellbore. In one embodiment, a reciprocating member and a symmetrical rotating member are mounted within a vibrational tool housing. The reciprocating member is urged in one embodiment by a spring assembly toward the rotating member whereby engagement surfaces on the reciprocating member and rotating member encounter each other. As the rotating member rotates, variable surfaces on the engagement surface cause the reciprocating member to reciprocate as the variable surfaces follow or cam with respect to each other during rotation. The resistance to rotation by engagement surfaces and spring assembly, and mass of the rotating member, result in vibrational forces, when drilling fluid flows through the vibration tool housing. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150577 | VIBRATIONAL TOOL WITH TOOL AXIS ROTATIONAL MASS AND METHOD - A vibrational tool with tool axis rotational mass and method is disclosed, which may be utilized to assist in lowering a drill string into a wellbore. A reciprocating member and rotatable mass are mounted within a vibrational tool housing. A plurality of curved passageways are positioned to induce rotation in response to fluid flow through the tool housing. As the rotatable mass rotates, a mechanical interconnection causes the reciprocating member to reciprocate, and results in vibrational forces for moving a bottom hole assembly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150578 | Bicycle Seat and Handlebar Mechanisms - Seat post and handlebar post that may be used for upright and recumbent stationary bicycles with its height adjustments and tilt angles controlled and powered by mechanisms that allows the user to adjust each to their desired position while operating the bicycle. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150579 | AXIAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - An axial adjustment device includes: a main body; two slide seats disposed in the main body; a first and a second threaded rods disposed in the main body and respectively screwed in the two slide seats; a first transmission gear connected with the first threaded rod; a second transmission gear connected with the second threaded rod; and a fastening member. When the fastening member is switched to a fastening position, the two threaded rods are driven with each other via the two transmission gears. When the fastening member is switched to a releasing position, the two threaded rods can be only independently rotated. The axial adjustment device can control the two slide seats to independently or synchronously move. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150580 | ROTARY TO LINEAR TRANSMISSION - An apparatus for converting rotary motion to linear motion comprising: a cylindrical bore; a plurality of balls of uniform radius. The apparatus further comprises a rotor element, The rotor element further comprising a helical groove on the perimeter of the rotor element, wherein the helical groove comprises two ends and a race, wherein the race is configured to hold the plurality of balls in contact with a surface of the bore and is further configured to roll the ball in a helical groove path. The apparatus further comprises a recirculation conduit joining the two ends of the helical groove, wherein the conduit is configured to create a path for the plurality of balls and is further configured to allow the plurality of balls to remain in the helical groove during rotation of the rotor element. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150581 | POWER SWING DOOR ACTUATOR - In an aspect, a swing door actuation system is provided for moving a door about a vertical axis between open closed positions relative to a vehicle body. The system includes a housing connectable to one of the swing door and the vehicle body, an extensible member that moves relative to the housing, and connects to the other of the swing door and the vehicle body, a motor connected to a gear train that is non-backdrivable, and a normally engaged clutch. The motor is operatively connected to a clutch input end through the gear train. The output end is operatively connected to the extensible member. The clutch is disengageable to disconnect the motor from the extensible member. The clutch has a slip torque that is sufficiently high to prevent movement of the door when the door is exposed to less than a selected external torque and the motor is stopped. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150582 | MULTIPLE SPEED GEAR BOX - A gear box includes an output shaft defining multiple output drivers and includes a plurality of gear sets having the same diametral pitch. A common input shaft is operatively attached to each of the plurality of gear sets such that the gear sets rotate continuously and concurrently with rotation of the input shaft. Each of the output drivers is operatively attached to the output shaft and rotatably driven by a respective one of the plurality of gear sets. The multiple output drivers share a common axis of rotation with the output shaft. The output speed of the gear box may be changed by disconnecting one of the output drivers from a driven device and reconnecting another one of the output drivers to the driven device. The output speed of the gear box may be changed without having to disengage and/or change out any of the gears in the gear box. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150583 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE MOUNTED THEREWITH - A method of controlling a dual clutch transmission, a dual clutch transmission, and a vehicle equipped with the same which can reduce the load on a clutch on a start gear side to reduce the wear thereof and therefore make the clutch replacement interval longer. There are a first input shaft to be connected to a first clutch and a second input shaft to be connected to a second clutch. A set of odd-numbered gears and a set of even-numbered gears are arranged respectively across the first input shaft and second input shaft and and an output shaft. When a vehicle starts, a start gear and a support gear are synchronously engaged to the second input shaft and the first input shaft, respectively, and simultaneously connecting the first clutch and the second clutch partially (half clutch state) to the first input shaft and the second input shaft, respectively, the support gear having a gear ratio smaller than that of the start gear by one speed or higher. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150584 | CONTROL METHOD FOR DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION, DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE LOADED WITH SAME - A method for controlling a dual clutch transmission, a dual clutch transmission, and a vehicle equipped with the same. A first input shaft is connected to a first clutch and a second input shaft is connected to a second clutch. A set of odd-numbered gears and a set of even-numbered gears are arranged respectively across the first input shaft and second input shaft and an output shaft. Two of the gears are set as a start gear and a support gear, respectively. A one-way clutch is provided between the support gear and the first input shaft to let the support gear freewheel when a vehicle is started by synchronously engaging the start gear and the support gear to the second input shaft and the first input shaft, respectively, and simultaneously bringing each of the first clutch and the second clutch into a connected state. A third clutch connects the first input shaft and the second input shaft and rotates them together when the vehicle is started. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150585 | GEAR DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A gear device includes a gear means configured to transmit a torque of a motor to a rotating member. The gear means includes a rotor and an armature. The gear device further includes a coupling force applying part and a resistance force generating part. The coupling force applying part is configured to apply a coupling force so as to couple the rotor and the armature to each other. The resistance force generating part is configured to apply a resistance force acting against the coupling force to the gear means along with movement of the gear means away from the rotating member. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150586 | INTERNALLY-TOOTHED GEAR UNIT WITH COMPOSITE ROLLER BEARING, AND WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A wave gear device ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140150587 | TRANSFER - A transfer includes an input gear, an intermediate gear, an output gear, and an electric motor. Driving torque is transmitted to the input gear. The intermediate gear engages with the input gear. The output gear engages with the intermediate gear. The electric motor is connected to the intermediate gear. A diameter of the intermediate gear is smaller than a diameter of the input gear and a diameter of the output gear. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150588 | Gear with vibration sensor - A gear is provided that includes a gear surface with a vibration sensor. The vibration sensor further includes an accelerometer coupled to a data transmitter and the vibration sensor is provided within a cavity in the gear surface. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150589 | SYSTEM FOR LUBRICATING INPUT SHAFT SPLINE OF FINAL DRIVE TRANSMISSION - The splines of a connection between a connecting collar and transmission input shaft includes a main lubrication oil passage extending axially through an input gear in alignment with a blind bore provided in a wall of a compartment containing the input gear and a second gear meshed with the input gear and partially immersed in an oil reservoir defined by a lower region of the compartment. An oil capture recess is located in a wall region above the blind bore and adjacent a roller bearing supporting one side of the input gear. A bypass lubrication oil passage connects the capture recess to the blind bore. An oil transfer tube is carried by a sheet metal cup mounted in a circular recess joining the blind bore and has opposite ends positioned in the main lubrication oil passage and the blind bore. The bypass passage bypasses the roller bearing. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150590 | SHIFT SELECTOR - A shift system for a vehicle is provided that includes a shift component that facilitates shifting between gears of a transmission of the vehicle and a shift indicating component that displays a position of the shift component. The shift indicating component includes a transparent cover that facilitates a three-dimensional effect and illuminating sources that illuminate below the transparent cover adjacent to a gear indicating mark corresponding to a position of the shift component. The transparent cover provides a minor like reflection for the illuminating sources thereby providing the three-dimensional effect. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150591 | MULTI-PARALLEL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - A multi-parallel manipulator system is provided. The multi-parallel manipulator system includes a first parallel manipulator composed of two or more first drive modules and first movable members coupled to ends of the first drive modules, a second parallel manipulator composed of three or more second drive modules and second movable members coupled to ends of the second drive modules, and a fixture module serving as a fixture member configured to couple the first drive modules to the second drive modules. In this case, the first drive modules and the second drive modules may be alternately arranged with each other. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150592 | MOTOR MODULES, MULTI-AXIS MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLIES, MULTI-AXIS ROBOT APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Motor modules for multi-arm robot apparatus are described. The motor modules can be used individually or stacked and assembled to make up one-axis, 2-axis, 3-axis, 4-axis, 5-axis, 6-axis motor assemblies, or more. One or more of the motor modules have a stator assembly including a stator received in the stator housing, and a rotor assembly abutting the stator assembly, the rotor assembly including a rotor housing, a drive shaft, a bearing assembly supporting the drive shaft, and a rotor coupled to the drive shaft. A vacuum barrier member is positioned between the rotor and the stator. Multi-axis motor drive assemblies, multi-axis robot apparatus, electronic device manufacturing systems, and methods of assembling drive assemblies are described, as are numerous other aspects. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150593 | PRECISION TRIPOD MOTION SYSTEM - A precision tripod motion system is provided. The tripod motion system in one example includes a bottom plate including three spaced-apart bottom single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) hinge portions, a top plate including three spaced-apart top three-degrees-of-freedom (TDOF) joint portions, with the top plate configured to receive a workpiece, and three linear actuators pivotally coupled to the three bottom SDOF hinge portions of the bottom plate and coupled to the three top TDOF joint portions of the top plate, with each linear actuator of the three linear actuators configured to change length over a linear actuation span. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150594 | STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED ENERGY ABSORPTION SYSTEM - A steering column assembly for a vehicle comprises a column jacket and an energy absorption system. The column jacket is configured to undergo a collapse event involving a translation of the column jacket along a longitudinal axis in response to application of a column compression force. The energy absorption system includes an anvil coupled to the vehicle and a strap coupled to the column jacket with the strap extending through the anvil such that the strap is drawn over the anvil in response to the collapse event. The strap is configured to cause: (a) a friction force to be created between the strap and the anvil; and (b) a deformation force to be created between the strap and the anvil. The strap is configured such that at least one of the friction force and the deformation force varies along the length of the strap. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150595 | STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED ENERGY ABSORPTION - A steering column assembly for a vehicle comprises a column jacket and an energy absorption system. The column jacket is configured to undergo a collapse event involving a translation of the column jacket along a longitudinal axis in response to application of a column compression force following the occurrence of a predefined event. The energy absorption system includes an anvil coupled to the vehicle and a strap coupled to the column jacket with the strap extending through the anvil such that the strap is drawn over the anvil in response to the collapse event. The strap is configured to cause a deformation force to be created between the strap and the anvil so as to resist relative movement between the strap and the anvil during the collapse event. The strap is configured such that the deformation force varies along the length of the strap. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150596 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A STEERING COLUMN, AND STEERING APPARATUS THAT USES THAT STEERING COLUMN - Construction is achieved that is capable of maintaining overall strength of a cylindrical-shaped steering column, while at the same time making it possible to make the thickness part of the steering column thin. An outer column | 2014-06-05 |
20140150597 | TELESCOPING SHAFT ROLLER ASSEMBLY IN STEERING COLUMN - A telescoping shaft having a roller assembly in a steering column is provided. The telescoping shaft includes an outer shaft having at least one projection or at least one groove, and an inner shaft telescopically received in the outer shaft, the inner shaft having the other of the at least one groove and the at least one projection, the at least one groove matingly engaging the at least one projection, each of the at least one grooves having a mounting section formed therein. A roller assembly is positioned in the mounting section of each of the at least one grooves and includes a spring having a first biasing section and a second biasing section, a first plurality of rollers positioned on the first biasing section and a second plurality of rollers positioned on the second biasing section, the at least one projection extending between the first plurality of rollers and the second plurality of rollers. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150598 | Operating device - An operating device includes a handle, a sensor system and an actuator. The handle is configured to be: manually deflectable from an inoperative position relative to an axis, and rotatable about the axis, and/or displaceable axially with respect to the axis, and/or tiltable in relation to the axis, and/or displaceable transversely with respect to the axis. The sensor system is configured to detect the deflection of the handle and has a haptics device by which the handle can be subjected to the action of a haptically detectable effect in correspondence with the deflection of the handle. The actuator, to which the handle is fixedly connected, is configured to drive the handle such that the actuator can be moved alternately in one degree of freedom by a movement distance of <1 mm depending on the deflection of the handle. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150599 | PEDAL ACTUATION DETECTOR - A pedal operation amount detection apparatus comprises: a transmitting member that transmits a pedal operating force; a pivot lever provided on the transmitting member so as to be pivotable relative to the transmitting member; and a deformable body that is interposed between the transmitting member and the pivot lever, and that deforms based on the pedal operating force, the pedal operation amount detection apparatus electrically detecting a pedal operation amount based on a deformation of the deformable body, the deformable body is fixed to the transmitting member, a sensor rod is fixedly fitted to the deformable body so as to extend upright relative to the deformable body, an elastic member is provided across the sensor rod and the pivot lever so as to be connected to each other, so that the pedal operating force or a reaction force corresponding to the pedal operating force is transmitted from the pivot lever to the sensor rod via the elastic member, and the sensor rod is passed, with a play, through the pivot lever so that the play allows the pivot lever to pivot. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150600 | METHOD AND FORCE-LIMITING HANDLE MECHANISM FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A safety handle assembly for use with a surgical instrument having an operative distal end portion is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a handle housing and a drive element movably mounted within the handle housing and connected to an associated operative distal end portion. A drive assembly is positioned within the handle housing and is engageable with the drive element to move the drive element within the handle housing. An actuator is movably mounted on the handle housing and an adjustable force-limiting mechanism is interposed between the drive assembly and the actuator. A force-limiting mechanism releasably connects the actuator to the drive assembly. The force-limiting mechanism is adjustable to preset the force at which the actuator separates or breaks away from the drive assembly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150601 | CYCLOID DRIVE EPICYCLOID PLANET GEAR CAM - An epicycloid planet gear cam that converts rotational movement of a driveshaft into linear movement of an output device is disclosed. An epicycloid planet gear is assembled inside a stationary housing with an internal stationary ring gear. A driveshaft eccentric is connected to a driveshaft. The driveshaft eccentric rotates freely in a mounting hole of the epicycloid planet gear. When the driveshaft rotates, the driveshaft eccentric engages the epicycloid planet gear against the stationary ring gear and causes the epicycloid planet gear to rotate. A cam follower pin attached to an output device is held against a cam track of the epicycloid planet gear. As the epicycloid planet gear rotates, the raised cam track height or the slotted cam track distance from the center of the epicycloid planet gear causes the cam follower pin to move up, down, in, or out thereby moving the output device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150602 | CAM FOLLOWER ROLLER DEVICE - The present invention proposes a cam follower roller device, in particular for a fuel injection pump of an internal combustion engine, including a tappet with a sleeve having an opening for partially accommodating a roller, a roller mounted rotatably in the sleeve and having a portion which protrudes axially from the opening of the sleeve provided to cooperate with a cam, and a roller support body housed in the sleeve. The roller includes a cylindrical spindle and a cylindrical body, the ends of the spindle projecting from the lateral faces of the body. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150603 | Systems for an Alternative Fuel, Electric Drive Vehicle - A propulsion system including an alternative fuel engine that propels a vehicle with an electric dc motor coupled to the vehicle's transmission. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150604 | Automated Range-Change Transmission in a Motor Vehicle and Method for Operation of Same - Automated range-change transmission (CT) of a motor vehicle, with a main transmission (HG) with a lay-shaft design, which features a main shaft (WH) and at least one lay shaft (W | 2014-06-05 |
20140150605 | ACTUATOR-LINK ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING METHOD, ACTUATOR-LINK ASSEMBLY DESIGNING METHOD, AND ACTUATOR-LINK ASSEMBLY - In a material determining step, the material constituting an actuator and the material constituting a link are determined such that at least one of the materials contains fiber reinforced plastic. In a computing step, a computation model that defines the relationship between a control surface, the actuator, and the link is used to compute the change in gain margin with the change in a rigidity ratio, which is the ratio of the rigidity of the link to the rigidity of the actuator. The rigidities of the actuator and the link are determined in a rigidity determining step based on a result of the above-described computation, the shapes of the actuator and the link are determined in a shape determining step, and the actuator and the link are formed in a formation step, and are assembled in an assembly step. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150606 | Method of Manufacturing Direct Reduction Iron and Reduction Firing Apparatus - A method of manufacturing direct reduction iron and a reduction firing apparatus. The apparatus has a reduction furnace including a left chamber, a right chamber, a material containing device, a step mechanism, a slag distributing device, a charging device, heating burners, a fume extraction path, a charging device, a material receiving tank and a slag discharging path. The method includes the following steps: distributing and charging the slag in the material containing device; carrying and sending the material containing device through a preheating station, a heating station and a reduction station sequentially. Meanwhile, heating the material to be reduced by a combustion of fuel with the heating burners; discharging the reduced material into the material receiving tank; placing the material device from which the material is discharged into the feeding side of the other chamber, then a next work circulation begins. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150607 | PROCESS FOR DIRECT REDUCTION OF IRON OXIDE - A process for direct reduction of iron oxide in a shaft furnace. The furnace has a pre-reduction zone near its uppermost portion, a metallization zone below the pre-reduction zone, an intermediate zone which separates the pre-reduction zone from the metallization zone and which includes a restriction to inhibit rich fuel gas from passing from the pre-reduction zone to the metallization zone, and a cooling zone below the metallization zone at the lowest portion of the furnace. The process includes feeding iron oxide to the furnace, passing the iron oxide successively downwardly through the pre-reduction zone, the transition zone, the metallization zone, and the cooling zone while passing rich fuel gas produced by external partial combustion with a sub-stoichiometric volume of air upwardly through the pre-reduction zone in counter-current flow so as to partially reduce the iron oxide, and passing reducing gas downwardly through the metallization zone in co-current flow so as to substantially complete the reduction of the iron oxide to metallic iron. The reducing gas is first pre-heated in a gas heater and then subjected to partial combustion with oxygen to further increase its temperature. The process includes removing a metallized iron product from the cooling zone. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150608 | METHOD OF RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS - Provided is a method of unevenly distributing a specific element in a copper phase out of platinum group elements that exist in the copper phase, including further adding copper into a molten copper phase containing the platinum group elements including at least rhodium, thereby increasing a distribution ratio of rhodium in the molten copper phase. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150609 | MOUNTING TOOL FOR AN AXLE LOCK NUT - A mounting tool for an axle lock nut comprises a pole, an end of the pole is a knocking end and the other end is provided with a suppressing unit and a retaining unit, the retaining unit is in adjacent to a side of the suppressing unit and the retaining unit is protruded out of a tail end of the suppressing unit. The mounting tool is used to position the axle lock nut on an automobile axle and to increase the reliability of operation for mounting the axle lock nut on the automobile axle. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150610 | AUTOMATICALLY SPEED ADJUSTING RATCHET WRENCH - A two-piece planet carrier for use in a power hand tool, the carrier comprising a drive portion mountable to a rotor of the tool and a pinned portion having a crank pin. The crank pin operatively connectable to a drive shaft of the tool to provide rotation and torque to the drive shaft. The pinned portion rotatably engaged with the drive portion such that rotation of the rotor will cause the drive portion and the pinned portion to rotate relative to each other as a function of a load applied to the drive shaft such that an offset between a crank pin center axis and a drive portion axis of rotation is variable as a function of the load, wherein the variance of the offset will vary a rotational speed and an amount of torque delivered to the drive shaft as a function of the load. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150611 | One-Way Torque Tool - A one-way torque tool includes a head, a rotor placed in the head, a number of ratchets formed on the head, two pawls pivotally connected to the rotor and detachably engaged with the ratchets. The ratchets are separated from one another by a first angle α identical to 360 degrees divided by the number of the ratchets. The pawls are separated from each other by a second angle β identical to a multiple of the first angle α plus a third angle θ that is smaller than the first angle α. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150612 | TAMPER RESISTANT SECURITY FASTENER SYSTEM - A tamper resistant fastener system includes a threaded fastener having a head provided with uniquely formed and arranged engagement teeth for engaging with complimentarily formed teeth on a socket style torque transmitting drive tool. Engagement of the respective sets of teeth on application of torque from the drive tool in one direction advances the fastener, but application of torque from the drive tool is not effective in an opposed direction to remove the fastener. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150613 | Torx Head Bit - A Torx headed bit having a Torx shaped head having a first length, a first width and grooves and protrusions, the grooves and protrusions extending along substantially the entire length of the head, the bit further including a shaft having a second length and a second width, the second width being greater that the first width, the shaft being connected to the head via a shoulder which may be sloped to gradually widen the first width to the second width and having grooves and protrusions extending along the shoulder, the shoulder grooves and protrusions substantially continuing from the grooves and protrusions extending along substantially the entirety of the length of the head. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150614 | RECESSED REVEAL WALL PANEL SYSTEM - An eco-friendly wall panel system may comprise a plurality of panels, horizontal joints and panel clips which are all fabricated from the same sheet of material. For example, the panels may initially be fabricated from the phenolic sheets. After the maximum quantity of panels has been fabricated from any one sheet, the remaining portion of the phenolic sheet may be used to fabricate the horizontal runners and the panel clips which may be smaller than the panels. As such, as much of the phenolic sheet is being used to fabricate the system. Hence, the process and the product are both eco-friendly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150615 | Safety Detection and Protection System for Power Tools - A detection system for detecting a dangerous condition for an operator using a power tool of the type which has an exposed blade relative to a work surface and a protection system for minimizing, if not eliminating the possibility of a user being injured by contacting the blade. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a proximity detection system is capable of detecting the presence of a user near the blade of a table saw and a protection system that can either retract the blade below the work surface of the table saw or terminate the drive torque to the blade which can result in rapid stopping of the saw blade by a work piece that is being cut. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150616 | PIERCING DEVICE FOR A SINGLE-DOSE CAPSULE FOR POWDERED COFFEE AND THE LIKE - A piercing device ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140150617 | HOLE PUNCH WITH ALIGNMENT INDICATOR - A manually-powered, lever-operated, multi-hole punch device with visual alignment indicia, for punching holes in stacked sheet media such as paper. The hole punch device includes an elongated base with a top side divided along its length in approximate halves, with the front half being a lower flat surface transitioning through a step to a rear half, upper flat surface. The upper flat surface includes a plurality of peninsulas extending into the lower flat surface, such that the areas between the peninsulas include a visual alignment indicator. Punch elements and their punch pins are located on each peninsula overlying the lower flat surface, and the height of the step creates a slot to receive the paper stack. Underneath each punch pin on the lower flat surface is a receiving hole to receive the reciprocating punch pin. An optional chip receptacle is positioned at the underside of the base. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150618 | CUTTER CARTRIDGE AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a carriage provided with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable, a moving unit moving an object to be cut and the carriage relative to each other so that the object is cut by a cutter of the cutter cartridge. The cutter has a base and having a distal end side formed with a blade and the cutter cartridge includes an outer casing housing at least the base of the cutter and having an abutting portion. The holder has a receiving against which the abutting portion abuts. At least one of the abutting and receiving portions is tapered so as to be concentric with the cutter base. When the cutter cartridge is attached to the holder, the abutting portion is caused to abut against the receiving portion, so that a central axis of the cutter is positioned at a predetermined position. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150619 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a carriage with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable, a moving unit moving an object to be cut and the carriage relative to each other so that the object is cut by a cutter, and a pressing unit switchable between a fixing position where the pressing unit presses the cartridge attached to the cartridge holder to fix the cartridge and an open position where the pressing unit releases the cartridge from a fixed state. The cartridge has an abutment and the cartridge holder has an abutted portion against which the abutment abuts. At least one of the abutment and the abutted portion is tapered. The pressing unit presses the cartridge at the fixing position to fix the cartridge while the abutment is in abutment with the abutted portion, so that the cutter is held at a predetermined position. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150620 | Saw Blade Having Different Material Teeth and Method of Manufacture - A saw blade having a blade body, a plurality of cutting teeth defining a cutting edge along an edge of the blade body, each tooth along the cutting edge defining a cutting tip. At least one tooth tip along the cutting edge includes a different material, such as, for example, high speed steel, carbide, diamond, and/or a tip coating, than at least one other tooth tip along the cutting edge. The plurality of teeth may be arranged in a repeating pattern or in no pattern along the cutting edge. A method of manufacturing the saw blade includes forming a cutting edge along an axial edge of a blade body, defined by a plurality of cutting teeth having respective tooth cutting tips, wherein at least one tooth tip along the cutting edge includes a different material than at least one other tooth tip along the cutting edge. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150621 | CHAIN AND A CHAIN TOOL - The present invention discloses a chain segment for a chain tool comprising a plurality of members consecutively connected therebetween. Each member has a median plane M disposed parallel between a first and a second flank of the member, bisecting the member thickness. Adjacent median planes M of adjacent members are disposed parallel with respect to each other and displaced therefrom by the member thickness. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150622 | ROTARY BEVELMENT COMPOSITE SAW BLADE - A rotary bevelment composite saw blade comprises an outside saw blade and an inside saw blade. The outside saw blade and the inside saw blade rotate around a coaxial center of rotation, the outside saw blade and the inside saw blade rotate in opposite directions, and the outside saw blade and the inside saw blade are arranged in parallel. A bearing is arranged between the outside saw blade and the inside saw blade. An inner race of the hearing positions the outside saw blade, and an outer race of the bearing positions the inside saw blade. The outside saw blade and the inside saw blade freely rotate along with the inner race and the outer race of the bearing, respectively. Friction, interference, and collision are not generated between saw blades of the rotary bevelment composite saw blade, and the rotary bevelment composite saw blade is efficient, stable, and reliable in a cutting process, and is suitable to cut materials such as metal, stone, wood, and glass. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150623 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF WAVEFORM BASED ON SOUND BOARD VIBRATIONS - In a musical instrument, such as a piano, having a sound board, the sound board vibrates in response to vibrations of a string responsive to depression of a key. A waveform corresponding to such vibrations of the sound board is detected and recorded. The recorded vibration waveform is usable for reproduction of a sound based on sound board vibrations. In a sound reproduction apparatus, such as a piano, having a sound board, an excitation device physically excitable in response to an input waveform is provided on the sound board. A signal indicative of a vibration waveform of the sound board is received, and the excitation device is driven in accordance with the received waveform signal so that the sound board is vibrated. Thus, a sound based on the sound board vibrations can be replicated or reproduced with a high quality. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150624 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF WAVEFORM BASED ON SOUND BOARD VIBRATIONS - In a musical instrument, such as a piano, having a sound board, the sound board vibrates in response to vibrations of a string responsive to depression of a key. A waveform corresponding to such vibrations of the sound board is detected and recorded into a memory for each of the keys. The recorded vibration waveform is usable for reproduction of a sound based on sound board vibrations. In a sound reproduction apparatus, such as a piano, having a sound board, an excitation device physically excitable in response to an input waveform is provided on the sound board. In response to an operation of a key, a sound board vibration waveform corresponding to the operated key is read out from the memory, and the excitation device is driven in accordance with the read-out waveform signal so that the sound board is vibrated. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150625 | ACOUSTIC STRING INSTRUMENT - A sliding saddle system and a method of constructing a chordophone instrument comprising an underblock in slidable engagement with the bridge plate. A connector is located between the saddle and the underblock allowing the underblock to slide into position on the bridge plate until the connector is tightened, thereby locating the saddle on the sound board. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150626 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates in particular to a musical instrument string. The musical instrument string comprises a core, produced from a metal material, with a coating. The coating comprises an intermediate layer made of nickel or a nickel alloy applied to the core and a sheathing layer made of tin or a tin alloy applied to the intermediate layer. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150627 | VIBRATION-SENSING STRINGED INSTRUMENT MOUNTABLE DEVICE - A stringed instrument mountable device. The stringed instrument mountable device includes a vibration sensing device configured to detect a note being played on a stringed instrument. The stringed instrument mountable device also includes an attachment configured to attach the vibration sensing device to the stringed instrument. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150628 | VARIABLE GAIN METHODS OF SEPARATING AND MIXING AUDIO TRACKS FROM ORIGINAL, MUSICAL WORKS - The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for separating and mixing tracks within music. The system can have components that include a processor, an input device, a database, a transformation module, an emulation recording module, an integration engine, an output module, and an output device, wherein each component is operable in itself to perform it's function in the system and operable with other system components to provide a system to a listener of music. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150629 | JOINT AND COORDINATED VISUAL-SONIC METAPHORS FOR INTERACTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL DATA SONIFICATION TO ACCOMPANY DATA VISUALIZATION - Data sonification arrangements for use with data visualization so as to provide parallel perceptual channels for representing complex numerical data to a user seeking to identify correlations within the data are presented. In an implementation, several varying data quantities are represented by time-varying graphics while several other varying data quantities are represented by time-varying sound, both presented to a user to observe correlations between sonic and visual events or trends. Sonification can be used to offload some information-carrying information capacity from a visualization system, while other information can be rendered via both sonification and visualization to provide affirming or orienting redundancy. In an implementation joint and coordinated visual-sonic metaphors are used for this or other purposes. For example, data sonification can include multiple data-modulated sound timbre classes, each rendered within a stereo sound field according to a spatial metaphor that is shared with the visualization. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150630 | Wireless Electric Guitar - An electronics module for an electric guitar is provided. The electronics module includes a processor, a plurality of controls, an antenna, and a computer-readable medium. The processor receives an audio signal generated by a vibration of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar. The plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor and provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal. The computer-readable medium is operably coupled to the processor and configured to cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to a second device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150631 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WEAPON ADAPTER - In some embodiments, an adapter for attaching a handheld firearm to an unmanned air vehicle comprises a mounting assembly configured for attachment to said firearm and to the unmanned air vehicle, and an actuation assembly comprising an actuation device configured to actuate a trigger of the handheld firearm. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150632 | AMPHIBIOUS ARMOR - Buoyant armor for jacketed rounds includes an outer, laminate reinforced strike face having a hardness greater than 640 Brinell. The strike face is configured to strip the jacket off a projectile as it passes through the strike face and to rotate the projectile. An inner, laminate reinforced strike face is separated from the outer, laminate reinforced strike face by a spacer layer. Foam greater than 40 mm thick is disposed behind the inner strike face and is configured to disperse a round and/or its fragments and to provide buoyancy to the armor. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150633 | REMOVABLE BLAST PROTECTION - A detachable blast structure for use as an underbelly device of a personnel cabin for a vehicle, is disclosed. The blast structure comprises at least one modular section attachable to the underbody, and means for attaching and detaching the modular sections to the underbody. The modular sections are separately attachable and detachable from portions of the vehicle as needed, depending on the situations and environment the vehicle will be exposed to and the level of protection required. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150634 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - In accordance with the present teachings, a method of producing composite having a 3A Q3D reinforcement phase is disclosed. The method of producing the composite provides producing a three-dimensionally woven configuration where a first fiber from a first sheet of reinforcement phase is interwoven or mechanically linked with at least one of an adjacent second layer and then back into the first sheet. The linking fibers are passed between layers at an acute angle generally less than about 10 degrees. The method includes impregnating the woven construction with a curable polymer such as epoxy. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150635 | Projectile Resistant Matrix For Manufacture Of Light Weight Projectile Resistant Trauma Shields Without Metal or Ceramic Plates - The present invention discloses a method of producing and application for a projectile resistant matrix that allows for manufacture of low weight projectile resistant armor trauma shields without metal or ceramic plates using projectile resistant textiles encapsulated in a composite matrix through use of injection molding process or spray-on technique as constituents of the projectile resistant trauma shield without metal or ceramic plates of the present invention. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150636 | Cellular Core Armor Plate - Armor plate is formed of a cellular substrate surrounded by alternating layers of fabric substrates and metallic substrates and contained in a box. The cellular substrate defines cells containing energy absorbing granular material and/or a shear thickening fluid, and the cells may be oriented perpendicular or parallel to the plane of the armor plate. Fabric substrates may be formed of woven para-aramid yarns and infused with shear thickening fluid, and the metallic substrates may be formed of titanium. The box may be formed of graphite epoxy composite or fiber glass reinforced resin. Armor plate according to the invention may be bolted in the field and fitted to vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150637 | ASSEMBLY OF TURRET AND LOW RADAR REFLECTION WEAPON - An assembly of a turret and low radar reflection weapon includes a turret ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140150638 | GAS-OPERATED FIREARM WITH PRESSURE COMPENSATING GAS PISTON - A gas operating system for a firearm renders the firearm capable of firing a wide range of shot loads by passively or automatically compensating for different shot loads. The firearm includes a plurality of ports formed in the firearm barrel, and corresponding ports formed in a gas block of the gas operating system. The ports tap gases generated during firing which are used to cycle the firearm. When firing different cartridge loads, differing combinations of the ports are selectively at least partially blocked or otherwise obstructed by the cartridge casing according to the size of the cartridge. Additionally, the gas operating system includes compensating gas pistons with internal relief valves that can bleed off excess gas to compensate for larger shot loads regardless of the size of the cartridge. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150639 | AUTOMATIC WEAPON MAGAZINE, CHARGING HANDLE, BOLT CARRIER, BOLT CATCH, SCOPE, AND BOLT FEATURES AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A magazine well for a firearm having an angled spine receiving portion. A charging handle for a firearm having latch that extends below a bottom surface of a crossbar. A bolt carrier for a firearm having a pair of vent holes disposed in the indented portion and at least one additional vent hole on indented portion adjacent to the pair of vent holes. A bolt catch for a firearm having a receiving portion curved to match the contours of a human thumb. A scope assembly for a firearm having markers on a scope and amount that correspond to the same radial positions. A bolt for a firearm having a plurality of ribs disposed on a main body and extending from a front end toward a tail portion of the bolt. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150640 | Hydrostatic Positive Displacement Machine - A hydrostatic positive displacement machine has a cylinder drum ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140150641 | AXIAL PISTON MACHINE HAVING A CONICAL PISTON - An axial piston machine includes a housing, a drive shaft, and a cylinder drum. The drive shaft is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation. The cylinder drum is mounted so as to be rotatable with respect to a second axis of rotation. The cylinder drum has at least one cylinder bore that linearly guides an elongate piston. The piston has a first end connected to the drive shaft by a ball joint and a section in the form of a circular cone which tapers toward the first end. The piston also has a spherical section at the second end that is situated opposite the first end. The cone-shaped section merges without offsets and kinks into the spherical section. The piston has a flat end face at the second end which defines a plane that intersects the spherical section. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150642 | AXIAL PISTON ENGINE WITH AN INCLINED CYLINDER BORE - An axial piston engine, in particular pump or motor, includes a housing, a drive shaft, and a cylinder drum. The drive shaft is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation. A bearing body is received in the cylinder drum rotatably with respect to a second axis of rotation. The bearing body is connected to the drive shaft via a first ball joint that has a joint center lying on the first axis of rotation. The cylinder drum has at least one circular-cylindrical cylinder bore in which an elongated piston is displaceably received. A first end of the piston is connected to the drive shaft via a second ball joint. The at least one cylinder bore is arranged at an inclination to the second axis of rotation. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150643 | Cam Engine - The invention relates to a cam engine used in different field of the mechanical engineering, as internal-combustion engines, compressors, pumps etc. The cam engine comprises cylinders ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140150644 | PISTON DAMPER - A piston damper has a cylinder including an attachment portion; a piston reciprocatingly disposed inside the cylinder; and a rod including an attachment portion that is moved synchronously with the piston. Each of the attachment portions of the cylinder and the rod is adapted to connect to different one of a first member and a second member to damp a movement of the other member relative to one member among both the members. At least one of the attachment portion of the cylinder and the attachment portion of the rod is formed with a fitting hole, and the attachment portion is axially supported in a fitted state between the fitting hole and an axis relative to at least one of the first member and the second member, and includes an urging device absorbing looseness of the fitting hole relative to the axis. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150645 | Plastic primary piston with insert for a tandem penetration-type master cylinder and a master cylinder equipped with such a piston - A primary piston of molded plastic material equipped with a metallic insert and having grooves, mounted in a master cylinder comprising at least a primary piston and a secondary piston mounted in the bore hole of the master cylinder. These pistons can create pressure, respectively, in a primary pressure chamber and in a secondary pressure chamber due to the action of a push rod on the primary piston. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150646 | BLEND POLYMERIC MEMBRANES CONTAINING FLUORINATED ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE POLYMERS FOR GAS SEPARATIONS - The present invention generally relates to gas separation membranes and, in particular, to high selectivity fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymer-comprising polymeric blend membranes for gas separations. The polymeric blend membrane comprises a fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymer and a second polymer different from the fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymer. The fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymers in the current invention are copolymers comprising 10 to 99 mol % 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene-based structural units and 1 to 90 mol % vinylidene fluoride-based structural units. The second polymer different from the fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymer is selected from a low cost, easily processable glassy polymer. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150647 | Curable Silicate-Siloxane Mixed Matrix Membrane Compositions - In various embodiments, provided are modified silicone compositions comprising at least one curable silicone composition and at least one silicon additive; cured products of such compositions; oxidized products of such cured products; and membranes comprising one or both of the cured or oxidized products, said membranes having the requisite permeability and selectivity for separating mixtures of gases. Also provided are methods of preparing the provided compositions, cured products, oxidized products, and membranes. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150648 | FLUORINATED ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE POLYMERIC MEMBRANES FOR GAS SEPARATIONS - A fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymeric membrane comprising a copolymer comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and vinylidene fluoride is disclosed. The fluorinated ethylene-propylene polymeric membranes of the invention are especially useful in gas separation processes in air purification, petrochemical, refinery, and natural gas industries. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150649 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH INERT GAS, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH INERT GAS, USE OF A MEMBRANCE AND AIRCRAFT - A system for supplying an aircraft with inert gas is provided. The system includes at least one fuel cell with an air inlet and an exhaust air outlet as well as a membrane device with an inlet, an outlet and a vapor-permeable membrane. The exhaust air outlet is in fluid communication with the inlet of the membrane device. The membrane device guides a gas from the inlet to the outlet and to give off to the outside through the membrane any water vapor contained therein. This leads to a cost efficient, passive and reliable dehumidifaction of inert exhaus gas for inerting purposes, and a dehumidification device that does not or only marginally increases the weight of the aircraft. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150650 | Gas-To-Liquid Heat Exchanger and Gas Particulate Scrubber - A gas-to-liquid heat exchanger is presented, where a gas is introduced directly to liquid. The liquid is exposed to the gas as a liquid film upon a series of rotating heat exchange surfaces partially submerged in a liquid reservoir. The liquid vaporizes and then re-condenses on subsequent heat exchange surfaces, such that heat is exchanged between the gas and the liquid. Particulates within the gas coalesce into the vaporized liquid and collect into the liquid reservoir as the vapor re-condenses. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150651 | SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR EXTRACTING WATER FROM THE ENVIRONMENT - This invention provides a simple and energy-efficient process for obtaining water from air through better use of the solid desiccants using a high heating cycle in a confined space, applying minimal air flow and avoiding the use of a chilled condenser plate. The process of obtaining water in this invention consists of the production of water using, in one embodiment, a rotating drum covered with a desiccating material, a device that generates heat in a confined space, and a collection chamber. The process begins with charging the adsorbent material, which captures water vapor from the environment. Then, a discharging stage occurs through which an area of the desiccated material is exposed to controlled heating in a confined space, allowing the trapped water vapor to be released from the desiccant. A very light air flow may also be applied to increase the draw of the water vapor toward the area of condensation. A collection chamber is installed under the drum, allowing condensation of the water vapor released from the desiccating material. The recovered water accumulates and is stored in a storage tank. This invention does not need a chilled condenser plate to obtain the water vapor released by the desiccating material. As the process takes place, the drum rotates in such a fashion that the area with the charged desiccating material can be heated, allowing the area with the discharged desiccant to be charged again. | 2014-06-05 |
20140150652 | POST ABSORBER SCRUBBING OF SO3 - A flue gas treatment system includes a CO | 2014-06-05 |
20140150653 | CO2 RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CO2 RECOVERY METHOD | 2014-06-05 |
20140150654 | REGENERATOR FOR CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT WITH EXTERNAL CYCLONES - Regenerator for catalytic cracking unit comprising a first part occupied by a dense fluidized bed of catalyst and a second part positioned above the first part and occupied by a fluidized bed of low solid particles density, the said second part comprising one internal device covering, by projection onto the plane of the cross section of the said vessel of the regenerator, at least 80% of the said cross section, the said regenerator being equipped with at least one cyclone for separating gases/solids in the mixture derived from the low-density bed, the said cyclone being placed outside the vessel of the regenerator. | 2014-06-05 |