| 26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
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| 20100163260 | Drilling and/or Percussive Hammer with No-Load Operation Control - A drilling and/or percussive hammer comprises a handle ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163261 | MULTI-SPEED POWER TOOL TRANSMISSION WITH ALTERNATIVE RING GEAR CONFIGURATION - A power tool with a housing, a multi-speed transmission and a switch mechanism. The switch mechanism has an actuator, a rail, a switch and first and second springs. The actuator is movable along a longitudinal axis of the transmission between a plurality of positions and is engaged to one or more members of the transmission at each of the plurality of actuator positions such that the transmission operates in a corresponding one of a plurality of different overall speed reduction ratios. The actuator is non-rotatably but axially slidably engaged to the housing. The rail is fixedly coupled to the actuator and is received through the switch such that the switch is mounted on the rail for sliding movement thereon. The first spring is disposed between the actuator and the switch and biases the switch away from the actuator. The second spring is disposed between the switch and an end of the rail opposite the actuator and biases biasing the switch away from the end of the rail. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163262 | ELECTRICAL POWER TOOL - An electrical power tool ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163263 | DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN ACTUATING A TOOL - The application relates to a device for assisting in actuating a tool comprising two arms that are movable in rotation around an axis between an open position in which the arms are separated from each other, and a closed position in which the arms are close to each other, the device further comprising a cable at one end part of which is associated with one of the arms, the other end part of the cable being disposed in a cable tensioner, the tensioner being associated with the other arm, the device further comprising actuating the tensioner between an open position in which the cable is unwound, the arms being in an open position, and a closed position in which the cable is wound so as to move the arms into their closed position. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163264 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - The invention relates to a hand-held tool ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163265 | ELECTRICAL POWER TOOL - In view of the above problem, the present invention is to provide an electrical power tool which enables a user to intuitively grasp a rotation direction and a rotation speed of a tip tool. The electrical power tool | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163266 | Electric power tools - One aspect according to the present invention includes an electric power tool, in which a capacitor is positioned closer to a motor control circuit than a switch electrically connected to the motor control circuit. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163267 | WIDE SAFETY STRAP FOR ELECTRICAL FIXTURES - An electrical fixture having a front side and a back side and defining longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions substantially orthogonal to one another. The electrical fixture may include a body, a flange, and at least one anchor. The body may have at least one terminal extending laterally to the exterior thereof. The flange may extend laterally and longitudinally from the body to substantially preclude transverse access to the terminal from the front side of the electrical fixture. The at least one anchor may transversely extend from the flange to provide securement with a connection box. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163268 | SWITCHBOARD BUS ASSEMBLY IN WHICH MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS ARE REDUCED WITHOUT REDUCING PERFORMANCE - A bus system for use in electrical distribution equipment includes a generally U-shaped arrangement of conductor conductors for supplying very high amperage (e.g., above 2000 amps) alternating current to the electrical distribution system. Compared to prior-art conductor arrangements, using the present arrangement, the conductor conductors of a phase can be fabricated from less copper, which is an expensive metal. They also achieve better thermal dissipation and current distribution and mitigate skin effects. As a result, resistive losses, which increase with increased temperature, are reduced. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163269 | ENERGY CABLE - A cable for transporting or distributing electric energy, especially medium or high voltage electric energy, includes at least one electrical conductor, at least one electrically insulating layer surrounding the electrical conductor, and at least one sheath surrounding the electrically insulating layer, wherein the sheath includes 65% to 95% by weight of at least one thermoplastic ethylene polymer; 5% to 35% by weight of at least one plasticizing agent, the percentages being expressed with respect to the total weight of the sheath. The above sheath guarantees improved flexibility without impairing mechanical properties and particularly thermopressure resistance, which is essential to preserve shape and integrity of the screen layer during cable installation and use at high operating temperatures. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163270 | Continuous extrusion apparatus and method for the production of cable having a core sheathed with aluminum based sheath with a continuous extrusion apparatus - Apparatus for continuous extrusion of an aluminium sheathing on to a core cable includes a rotatable wheel formed with two identical circumferential grooves outwardly bounded by arcuate tooling discharging through radial exit apertures to an extrusion chamber positioned around a portal mandrel. A powered pay-off reel is arranged continuously to supply core cable through the mandrel whilst aluminium sheathing is extruded as a loose fit from extrusion chamber around the core cable. The extruded cable is discharged through cooling device to roller corrugator including a rotating frame mounted on carriage freely moveable axially of the cable and provided with a rotational drive having a roller arranged to form a continuous helical indentation in the sheathing. Pneumatic actuating cylinders positioned on the carriage provide a constant, low magnitude, tension on the portion of the sheath intermediate the extrusion chamber and roller corrugator and limit forces tending to distort the uncooled sheath. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163271 | GAS BLOCKING, HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDUCTOR-INSULATION ADHESIVE - An adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer derived from an olefin monomer copolymerized with at least one co-monomer that is different form the olefin monomer; 1˜100 parts by weight of an adhesion promoting agent comprising a polybutadiene polymer, which has a molecular weight of 1,000˜10,000 and has an anhydride group grafted thereon; 0.1˜5 parts by weight of an antioxidant; and 0.5˜15 parts by weight of a curative agent. An adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer derived from an olefin monomer copolymerized with at least one co-monomer that is different form the olefin monomer, where in the polyolefin polymer comprises an anhydride group grafted thereon; 0.1˜5 parts by weight of an antioxidant; and 0.5˜15 parts by weight of a curative agent. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163272 | COMPOSITION FOR A FLAME-RETARDANT SILANE-CROSSLINKED OLEFIN RESIN, AN INSULATED WIRE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLAME-RETARDANT SILANE-CROSSLINKED OLEFIN RESIN - A composition for a flame-retardant silane-crosslinked olefin resin which is excellent in flexibility and gasoline resistance, an insulated wire including the same, and a method for producing a flame-retardant silane-crosslinked olefin resin which is excellent in flexibility and gasoline resistance. The composition contains silane-grafted polyethylene made by graft polymerization of very low-density polyethylene having a density of 0.880 to 0.895 g/cm | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163273 | Process for Preparing and Crosslinking a Cable Comprising a Polymer Composition and a Crosslinked Cable - The application relates to a process for preparing a crosslinked cable, including: —applying one or more layers including a polymer composition on a conductor, wherein at least one layer includes one or more free radical generating agents, —crosslinking by radical reaction said at least one layer including said free radical generating agent(s), —cooling the obtained crosslinked cable in pressurized conditions, and —reducing or removing the content of volatile decomposition products(s), which are originating from optionally in elevated temperature, from the crosslinked cable obtained from cooling and recovery step. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163274 | POWER CABLE WITH HIGH TORSIONAL RESISTANCE - A power cable includes at least two power conductors, at least one earth conductor and a tubular outer jacket surrounding the power conductors and earth conductor, each power conductor including a conductive core and an insulating layer surrounding said conductive core, the power conductors being twisted and contacting each other, the earth conductor having a diameter smaller than the power conductors and being positioned in the interstitial area between two adjacent power conductors and the outer jacket. The earth conductor contacts the two power conductors along two respective contact lines and the outer jacket along an extrados portion facing outward with respect to the cable. The outer jacket has substantially constant thickness, the lateral surfaces of the earth conductor being free from constraints between the contact lines with the power conductors and the extrados contacted by the outer jacket. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163275 | COMPOSITE CORE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CABLE - This invention relates to an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable (ACCC) and method of manufacture. An ACCC cable ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163276 | SILVER-COATED MATERIAL FOR MOVABLE CONTACT COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SILVER-COATED MATERIAL - A silver-coated material for a movable contact component is provided, in which a conductive base member ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163277 | TERMINAL FOR ENGAGING TYPE CONNECTOR - A terminal for an engaging type connector includes a punched Cu alloy strip as a base material, a coating formed on the Cu alloy strip by postplating processes and including a Sn layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy layer sandwiched between the base material and the Sn layer. The Sn layer is smoothed by a reflowing process. The terminal has an engaging part and a solder-bonding part, and the surface of a part of the base material corresponding to the engaging part has a surface roughness higher than that of the surface of the base material corresponding to the solder-bonding part. The engaging part has a low frictional property and the solder-bonding part has improved solder wettability. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163278 | Cable Management System - A device for managing a plurality of cables in a multi-cable environment includes a stationary member having a plurality of stationary channel portions. At least one movable member is movably secured to the stationary member. The at least one movable member has a plurality of movable channel portions corresponding in number and general configuration to the plurality of stationary channel portions. A plurality of indicia-bearing areas are provided, corresponding in number, and adjacent, to the plurality of stationary channel portions. The at least one moveable member is moveable between a cable placement position in which cables can be placed in the respective stationary channel portions, and a cable retaining position in which the cables are secured in channels formed by the cooperation of the stationary channel portions and the movable channel portions. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163279 | Wire guide for electronic device - A wire guide for an electronic device has a base being mounted in the electronic device and a protecting tube being pivotally mounted in the base. Wires of the electronic device are mounted through the protecting tube so the wires pivot smoothly to connect the electronic device conveniently to a power supply. Therefore, The wires do not have to be bent or forced so the electronic device is more convenient to use, and safer since the wires and protective tube are not snapped easily. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163280 | FEED-THROUGH AND BUSHING - A feed-through for feeding electric power to a submerged pump installed in a tank for cryogenic liquefied gases such as LNG and LPG. In the feed-through, a bushing made of an insulating material is inserted in the bushing insertion hole of a flange, and a conductor is inserted in the hollow part of the bushing. A gap between the flange and each end of the bushing insertion hole and a gap between each end of the bushing and the conductor are sealed airtight by seal members. A through-hole is formed in the wall of the bushing, and a space part communicating with the through-hole is formed in the flange. The pressure in the space part of the flange is detected by a pressure detector. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163281 | BASE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD, CIRCUIT BOARD, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF - A base of circuit board, a circuit board, and a method of fabricating thereof are provided. The circuit board includes a substrate, a plurality of elastic bumps and a patterned circuit layer. The elastic bumps arranged in at least an array are located on the substrate. The patterned circuit layer is located on a portion of the elastic bumps and a portion of the substrate. The base of the circuit board and the method of fabricating thereof are also included in the present invention. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163282 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - Provided are a printed wiring board and a flexible printed wiring board which hardly generate radiation electromagnetic noises and are not easily affected by external noises. First and second wave-shape wirings are provided between at least two insulation substrates stacked on each other. The first and the second wave-shape wirings three-dimensionally intersect with each other in a plane direction and a thickness direction of the insulating substrates. The first and second wave-shape wirings are electrically separated from each other by a resist layer provided between the insulating substrates. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163283 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY INTEGRATED IN FABRICS - The following invention discloses a type of electronic circuits that is realized directly on textile. The circuit has opto-electronic functions that are realized with a number of components integrated into the textile. These components comprise electronically and/or optically active material, that are supported by fabric elements. The components furthermore include an electrolyte. The components have lest two separated structures of an active material, and the electrolyte is in direct contact with the two separated active structures in that component. The separated structures can control their electrical and optical character through the electrolyte. These types of devices are very suitable for implementation in textile, since they are quite insensitive to the spacing between the separated active structures. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163284 | ARRAY, SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An array substrate comprises on an insulative substrate, a plurality of display areas to be portions of a plurality of display panels, in which, each display area is constituted with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and the pixels is constituted with pixel electrodes formed at intersection portions of plural scan wirings and plural signal wirings; a common wiring is formed outside each display area, for applying a reference voltage to the pixels; a plurality of external-connection terminals is formed outside each display area, to be connected with a driver circuit that drives; and comprises connection wirings located so as to intersect a cutting line along which the insulative substrate is to be cut, for connecting the external-connection terminals in one of the display panels on the insulative substrate with a common wiring in another one of the display panels adjacent to the external-connection terminals, wherein the connection wirings are formed in a conductive layer superior in corrosion resistance to the most inferior corrosion-resistance conductive layer among conductive layers constituting the array substrate. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163285 | GRAPHENE ELECTRONICS FABRICATION - An electrical circuit structure employing graphene as a charge carrier transport layer. The structure includes a plurality of graphene layers. Electrical contact is made with one of the layer of the plurality of graphene layers, so that charge carriers travel only through that one layer. By constructing the active graphene layer within or on a plurality of graphene layers, the active graphene layer maintains the necessary planarity and crystalline integrity to ensure that the high charge carrier mobility properties of the active graphene layer remain intact. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163286 | Circuit Board Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof and Liquid Crystal Display Containing the Same - A circuit board structure and a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display (LCD) containing the same are disclosed. The circuit board structure comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) and a printed circuit board. On a first surface of the printed circuit board opposite to a connection area (such as a gold fingers area) thereof for connecting to the FPC, dummy circuits are formed for maintaining uniform stress when the printed circuit board and the FPC are press-bonded. In the manufacturing method, an electrically-conductive layer is first formed on the first surface of the printed circuit board, and then first grooves and second grooves are formed on the electrically-conductive layer simultaneously, thereby forming real circuits and dummy circuits, wherein the depths of the first grooves and the second grooves are about the same, and the thicknesses of the dummy circuits and the real circuits are about the same. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163287 | SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A substrate structure is provided. The substrate structure includes a substrate, a first insulation layer, a conductive part, a second insulation layer, a seed layer and a conductive layer. The substrate has a first circuit pattern layer and a second circuit pattern layer, which are located on two opposite surfaces of the substrate respectively. The first insulation layer formed on the first circuit pattern layer has a first insulation hole, which exposes a first opening in the outer surface of the first insulation layer. The conductive part formed on the first insulation hole for electrically connecting with a chip is enclosed by the edge of the first opening. The second insulation layer formed on the second circuit pattern layer has a second insulation hole in which the seed layer is formed. The conductive layer is formed on the seed layer for electrically connecting with a circuit board. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163288 | MULTILAYERED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The present invention is to provide a multilayered printed circuit board free from cracks attributed to thermal expansion difference between a solder resist layer and another part and a multilayered printed circuit board of the present invention comprises a conductor circuit and a resin insulating layer serially formed on a substrate in an alternate fashion and in repetition and a solder resist layer formed as an outermost layer, and the solder resist layer contains an inorganic filler. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163289 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board including: an insulated substrate; a conductive circuit provided on one side of this insulated substrate; a cover layer covering the insulated substrate and the conductive circuit; and a conductive particle buried in this cover layer, wherein the conductive particle is buried in the cover layer so that the conductive particle contacts the conductive circuit and protrudes from the cover layer; and the conductive particle serves as an electric contact point. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163290 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing printed wiring board including preparing an electronic component having first and second surfaces and electrode on the first surface, forming in an adhesive tape a mark, mounting based on the mark the component on the tape such that the second surface faces the adhesive of the tape, forming another mark on insulative substrate having first and second surfaces, forming in the substrate an opening larger than the component, mounting based on the marks the substrate on the tape such that the component is in the opening of the substrate, fixing the component to the substrate using resin, forming an insulation layer on the first surface of the substrate where the component is accommodated, removing the tape, forming in the layer an opening reaching the electrode, forming a conductive circuit on the layer, and forming in the opening of the layer a via connected to the electrode. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163291 | SUBSTRATE EMBEDDED WITH PASSIVE DEVICE - A substrate embedded with a passive device, including a substrate, on which a cavity is formed; a passive device in the cavity, the passive being pre-molded; and a conductive material for adhering the passive device to the cavity, the conductive material being laminated on the cavity. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163292 | PACKAGE CARRIER - A package carrier including a substrate, at least an under bump metallurgic (UBM) layer and at least a conductive bump is provided. The substrate has a conductive structure and at least a pad connected with the conductive structure. A region of the pad connected with the conductive structure is a signal source region. The UBM layer is disposed on the pad and includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern. A side wall of the second conductive pattern is directly connected to a side wall of the first conductive pattern, and the second conductive pattern is disposed close to the signal source region. The conductivity of the second conductive pattern is smaller than the conductivity of the first conductive pattern. The conductive bump is disposed on the UBM layer. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163293 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The printed wiring board includes a resin insulation layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and includes an opening for a first via conductor. An electronic-component mounting pad is formed on the first surface of the resin insulation layer. The electronic-component mounting pad includes a portion embedded in the resin insulation layer and a portion protruding from the resin insulation layer. The protruding portion covers the embedded portion and a portion of the first surface of the resin insulation layer that surrounds the embedded portion. A first conductive circuit is formed on the second surface of the resin insulation layer. A first via conductor is formed in the opening of the resin insulation layer and connects the electronic-component mounting pad and the first conductive circuit. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163294 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL LINE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor device, and devices thereof. A method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor device may include forming a multi-layer structure over a substrate, forming a photoresist pattern over a multi-layer structure, forming a metal line by selectively etching a multi-layer structure using a photoresist pattern as an etching mask, removing an electron over a surface of a metal line by processing a surface of a metal line, and/or cleaning a metal line. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163295 | COAXIAL PLATED THROUGH HOLES (PTH) FOR ROBUST ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE - In some embodiments, coaxial plated through holes (PTH) for robust electrical performance are presented. In this regard, an apparatus is introduced comprising an integrated circuit device and a substrate coupled with the integrated circuit device, wherein the substrate includes: a plated through hole, the plated through hole filled with dielectric material and a coaxial copper wire, and conductive traces to separately route the plated through hole and the coaxial copper wire. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163296 | STRUCTURE OF MULTIPLE COAXIAL LEADS WITHIN SINGLE VIA IN SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A plurality of coaxial leads is made within a single via in a circuit substrate to enhance the density of vertical interconnection so as to match the demand for higher density multi-layers circuit interconnection between top circuit layer and bottom circuit layer of the substrate. Coaxial leads provide electromagnetic interference shielding among the plurality of coaxial leads in a single via. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163297 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A printed wiring board includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface and a through-hole extending between the first and second surfaces, a first conductive circuit formed on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit formed on the second surface of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor filling the through-hole and connecting the first and second conductive circuits. The through-hole has a first opening portion tapering from the first surface toward the second surface and a second opening portion tapering from the second surface toward the first surface. The substrate is made of a resin and a reinforcing material portion in the resin. The reinforcing material portion has a protruding portion protruding into the through-hole at the intersection of the first and second opening portions. The protruding portion encroaches into the through-hole conductor. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163298 | Electromagnetically-countered power grid systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to an electromagnetically-countered power grid system with multiple wave sources and at least one counter unit, where each wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves, while the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves and counters the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the wave sources with those of such counter units and/or by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those of such counter waves. In addition, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems with multiple power transmission lines each operating as the counter unit of the rest of the transmission lines. The present invention relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves by the counter waves by the above mechanisms and further relates to various processes for providing power grid systems and their counter units. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163299 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT BOARD THEREOF - An electronic device and a high frequency circuit board thereof are disclosed. The high frequency circuit board includes a first dielectric layer, a first signal line formed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer overlaying the first dielectric layer and covering the first signal line, and a first EMI shielding layer overlaying the second dielectric layer. The first EMI shielding layer has a gap formed thereon. The gap is formed at a position corresponding to the position of the first signal line. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163300 | ULTRA SHALLOW FLOOR BOX - The present invention provides a floor box for electrical connectors, having: a body defined by a base and a perimetrical side wall, the body configured for partially recessed mounting into a floor, the body having an upper opening and a portion of the perimetrical side wall that are raised above the floor; and a cover having a cover body and a cover lid, the cover configured to enclose the upper opening and the raised portion of the perimetrical side wall to define a cable well therein, the cover closing over the upper opening and the perimetrical side wall to provide a sloped gradient to a surface of the floor, wherein the body is adapted for accommodating electrical fixtures. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163301 | PIVOTING OR RETRACTABLE CORD LID WITH CORD EXIT FOR FLOOR BOX - The present invention provides a floor box for electrical connectors, having: a body defined by a base and a perimetrical side wall, the body having an upper opening, the body configured for recessed mounting into a floor; a cover having a cover body and a cover lid, the cover configured to cover the upper opening to define a cord well therein; and at least one cord lid on the cover, the cord lid configured to pivot into the body when a cable is inserted into the body, wherein the body is adapted for accommodating electric fixtures therein. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163302 | ELECTRIC CONNECTION BOX - An electric connection box has a circuit board, a conductive member (a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a first connection fitting, a second connection fitting, or a lead terminal) connected to the circuit board and extending in the direction away from the circuit board, a relay provided at the end of the conductive member which is located on the opposite side of the circuit board, and a case for receiving the circuit board and having an opening provided at a position corresponding to the relay. The relay is exposed at the opening to the outside of the case. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163303 | Waterproof Structure for Connector Housing - A connector housing that is reduced in size in correspondence with reduction in size of a terminal. When a connecting terminal to which an electric wire and a waterproof sealing member are attached is inserted into a terminal accommodating hole from an terminal insertion opening, a step of the waterproof sealing member abuts against a step of the terminal insertion opening and also a taper surface meets a taper surface, preventing water from entering the terminal accommodating hole from the backside. In this state, the waterproof sealing member is pressed toward a connector housing by a rear holder to prevent the waterproof sealing member from falling out of position. Thus, because the terminal insertion opening is sealed, with a part of the waterproof sealing member placed outside the connector housing, the lateral width and vertical width of the terminal accommodating hole can be set to the magnitudes that substantially allow the connecting terminal to pass through the hole. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163304 | Duplex electrical connector with frustro-conical retaining ring and crimped inlet end - This disclosure is directed to electrical connectors, and more specifically to various types of electrical connectors, including an connector assembly having an integrally formed connector body having opposed end openings provided with an outer surface that slopes downwardly toward the outlet opening. The inlet opening having lips that are crimped retaining cable retainer inserts. A sloping or frustro-conical, snap fit, outer, retaining ring with locking tangs is provided for snap locking the outlet end portion of the connector body to an associated electric box or panel. The frustro-conical retaining ring has grounding tangs engaging the inner periphery of a knock out hole of an electric box or panel for effecting a positive electrical ground therebetween. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163305 | Apparatus and Methods for Sidewall Percussion Coring Using a Voltage Activated Igniter - An apparatus and methods for sidewall percussion coring service are disclosed. In some embodiments, the side-wall percussion coring tool includes a voltage activated igniter, explosive material, and a core barrel in communication with the explosive material, wherein activation of the igniter causes detonation of the explosive material to propel the core barrel from tool. Some method embodiments for performing sidewall percussion coring service using the disclosed sidewall percussion coring tool include positioning the tool within a wellbore, activating the voltage activated igniter housed within the tool, detonating the explosive material within the tool with the voltage activated igniter, propelling a core barrel from the tool into the surrounding formation by detonation of the explosive material, retrieving the core barrel from the formation, and removing the tool from the wellbore. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163306 | Modeling Vibration Effects Introduced By Mud Motor - Torsional, axial and lateral vibrations introduced when a mud motor is used with a drilling tool to drill a borehole are calculated using a model. The model includes different computational modules for each of three distinct motor sections: power, transmission and bearing. The resulting calculated vibration effects are used to enhance the drilling tool and drilling operation. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163307 | Drill Bits With a Fluid Cushion For Reduced Friction and Methods of Making and Using Same - A drill bit is disclosed that in one configuration may include at least one cutter on a face section of the bit and at least one opening proximate the at least one cutter configured to discharge fluid under pressure onto the formation to create a fluid cushion between the drill bit and the formation during a drilling operation. An actuation device associated with the drill bit may be utilized to provide fluid under pressure to the at least one opening. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163308 | DIRECTIONAL DRILLING CONTROL USING PERIODIC PERTURBATION OF THE DRILL BIT - A system for steering the direction of a borehole advanced by cutting action of a rotary drill bit by periodically varying action of a drill bit while continuously rotating a drill string to which the drill bit is operationally attached. The steering system comprises a bit perturbation device cooperating with a bent housing subsection and operationally connected to the drill string and to the drill bit. Drill bit action is varied by periodic varying the rotation speed or rate of penetration of the drill bit. Periodic drill bit action results in preferential cutting of material from a predetermined arc of the borehole wall which, in turn, resulting in borehole deviation. Action of the drill bit can be varied independent of the rotation rate of the drill string | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163309 | Sub-Surface Deployment Valve - A sub surface deployment valve which is particularly suitable for use in underbalanced drilling operations which can be installed through an existing tubular string comprises a radially expandable body (1) having an internal bore and a valve element ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163310 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING FIXED-CUTTER DRAG-TYPE ROTARY TOOLS WITH CUTTING CONTROL STRUCTURES - A rotary tool for drilling subterranean material is disclosed. The rotary tool includes a tool body having a distal crown end comprising a circumferential series of raised cutting blades with recessed junk slots therebetween. Cutting elements are located proximate a leading peripheral edge of the raised cutting blades and cutting control structures are located interiorly of the cutting elements at a leading surface of an adjacent junk slot. Cutting control structures are releasably secured to the tool body in the adjacent junk slot whereby a used rotary tool is refurbishable by removing worn cutting control structures without degradation to the tool body and replacing the worn cutting control structures by installing new cutting control structures in the worn cutting control structures' locations. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163311 | VERTICAL DIRECTION ADJUSTMENT TOOL FOR DOWNHOLE DRILLING APPARATUS - A direction adjustment tool | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163312 | Rotary Drill Bits with Gage Pads Having Improved Steerability and Reduced Wear - A rotary drill bit having blades with gage pads disposed on exterior portions thereof to improve steerability of the rotary drill bit during formation of a directional wellbore without sacrifice of lateral stability. One or more of the gage pads may include radially tapered exterior portions and/or cut out portions to assist with reducing wear of the associated gage pad. For some applications, a rotary drill bit may be formed having blades with gage pads having a relatively uniform exterior surface. Hard facing material and/or buttons may be disposed on exterior portions of the gage pad to form a radially tapered portion to improve steerability, reduce wear of the gage pad and/or improve ability of the rotary drill to form a wellbore having a generally uniform inside diameter, particularly during directional drilling of the wellbore. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163313 | Engineered Bearing Surface For Rock Drilling Bit - A drill bit bearing having a treated surface and method for preparing the same is provided. The method includes the steps of polishing at least one contacting surface of the bearing with an abrasive paste to a finish of less than about 10 μin Ra. The surface of the polishing instrument has a coating that includes a mixture of an epoxy cement and a polymer. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163314 | ROCK DRILL - The invention relates to a rock drill ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163315 | BED MONITORING PAD - A sensor pad is adapted to be positioned on a patient's bed as part of a monitoring system that provides a signal to a nurse or other caregiver when the patient exits the bed. The sensor pad is thinner and more flexible than existing pads to provide comfort to the user. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163316 | Handwriting Recognition System Using Multiple Path Recognition Framework - Described is a multi-path handwriting recognition framework based upon stroke segmentation, symbol recognition, two-dimensional structure analysis and semantic structure analysis. Electronic pen input corresponding to handwritten input (e.g., a chemical expression) is recognized and output via a data structure, which may include multiple recognition candidates. A recognition framework performs stroke segmentation and symbol recognition on the input, and analyzes the structure of the input to output the data structure corresponding to recognition results. For chemical expressions, the structural analysis may perform a conditional sub-expression analysis for inorganic expressions, or organic bond detection, connection relationship analysis, organic atom determination and/or conditional sub-expression analysis for organic expressions. The structural analysis also performs subscript, superscript analysis and character determination. Further analysis may be performed, e.g., chemical valence analysis and/or semantic structure analysis. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING TOUCHPAD THEREOF - A light emitting touchpad and an electronic device are provided. The light emitting touchpad disposed at a main body of the electronic device includes a light emitting module, a touch control module and a controller. The light emitting module includes a light guiding plate and multiple light emitting elements. The light guiding plate includes multiple blocking walls and multiple light guiding portions. The blocking walls and the light guiding portions are interlacing with each other. Each of the light guiding portions has an incident side. The light emitting elements are disposed beside the incident sides of the light guiding portions. The touch control module is coinciding with the light guiding plate. The controller electrically connected with the light emitting elements and the touch control module controls at least part of the light emitting element to emit light according to an instruction detected by the touch control module. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163318 | GOLF BAG CART - A golf bag cart includes a cart unit adapted for placing a golf bag thereon, a rear wheel unit connected to the cart unit, an electrically operable power front wheel unit coupled to the cart unit and disposed forwardly of the rear wheel unit, and an electric drive unit. The power front wheel unit is electrically operable to cooperate with the rear wheel unit for moving the cart unit on a ground surface. The power front wheel unit is coupled rotatably to the cart unit so as to be rotatable relative to the cart unit about a normal axis that is normal to the ground surface, thereby permitting change in direction of movement of the cart unit on the ground surface. The electric drive unit is disposed on the cart unit and is coupled to the power front wheel unit for driving rotation of the power front wheel unit about the normal axis. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163319 | VEHICLE HAVING A WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH AN IN-WHEEL MOTOR - A vehicle including a wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor that reduces the rate of output of the in-wheel motor using a reduction mechanism, which includes a counter gear mechanism and a planetary gear set, and drives a wheel and is structured such that the directionality of a helix angle of a helical gear of a counter gear mechanism in a left wheel is opposite the directionality of a helix angle of a helical gear of the counter gear mechanism in a right wheel, and the directionality of the helix angle of a helical gear of the planetary gear set in the left wheel is the same as the directionality of the helix angle of a helical gear of the planetary gear set in the right wheel. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163320 | MOLDED MOTOR AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A molded motor includes a ring-shaped stator and a rotor disposed inside the stator. The stator has teeth, insulators surrounding the teeth, coils wound around the insulators, and a molded part molding the teeth, insulators and coils. The insulators are partially exposed from the molded part. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163321 | POWER CONVERTER MODULE FOR A BATTERY-OPERATED VEHICLE - A power converter module and a battery-operated vehicle which is powered using the power converter module are disclosed. This power converter module may swappable with a battery module that is similarly sized, so that the battery-operated vehicle can selectively run from either the battery module or the power converter module. The power converter module converts fuel into an electrical power supply having a form similar to the power supplied by the battery module. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163322 | Method of arranging an electric accumulating system close to a platform of a vehicle and hybrid propulsion vehicle - A method for arranging an accumulating device in proximity of a floor of a vehicle forming a bottom wall of a passenger compartment of the vehicle itself; the accumulating device has a heating base wall which is free from heat insulation, and a non-heating base wall which is parallel and opposite to the heating base wall and is provided with a heat-insulating material layer; and the method provides for the steps of arranging the accumulating device in a seating obtained in proximity of the floor; and implementing the accumulating device with a symmetry allowing the reversal of the accumulating device itself within the seating obtained in proximity of the floor in such a way that the heating base wall may be equally either facing upwards and then towards the passenger compartment or facing downwards and then towards the external environment. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163323 | Road wheel propulsion apparatus and method of making - A road wheel propulsion apparatus for alternately propelling and retarding the rotation of a road wheel supporting an automotive vehicle. An electric drive motor is carried by a vehicle and is drivingly connected to a road wheel to provide motive force to the vehicle by driving the road wheel in rotation relative to the vehicle. The electric drive motor includes a radially inner motor stator to be fixed to a vehicle. The electric drive motor also includes a radially outer annular motor rotor to be carried within a road wheel and to be driven in rotation relative to the motor stator by electromagnetic forces developed by between the motor stator and the motor rotor. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163324 | Radiator core support structure - A radiator core support structure includes a radiator core support, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The radiator core support has a lower radiator core support member. The first heat exchanger is arranged to face a front surface of the lower radiator core support member to cover a front surface thereof. The second heat exchanger is aligned with the first heat exchanger at a rear side thereof. The lower radiator core support member is formed with an airflow space that is formed inside of the lower radiator core support member to extend in a lateral direction of a vehicle. The airflow space is fluidically connected with an intake opening portion that is formed on the front surface of the lower radiator core support member at a position where the first heat exchanger faces the lower radiator core support member to cover, and also with an exhaust opening portion that is formed at on a partial portion of the lower radiator core support member. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163325 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND VEHICLE - In an assembled battery used as a power source of a vehicle, a negative electrode collector plate and a positive electrode collector plate are arranged at every two bipolar secondary batteries adjacent in a stacking direction among a plurality of bipolar electrodes. The negative electrode collector plate and the positive electrode collector plate also function as heat radiating members, as a cooling medium is caused to flow therein. It becomes unnecessary to connect a cooling tab to the positive electrode collector plate (or the negative electrode collector plate) to cool the assembled battery and, therefore, no portion protrudes from the positive electrode collector plate (or the negative electrode collector plate) of the assembled battery. Thus, the inside of assembled battery can be cooled while reducing the size of the assembled battery. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163326 | Battery Temperature Regulating System And Method For An Electric Vehicle, Battery Housing Box For An Electric Vehicle, And Vehicle Incorporating Same - A battery housing structure, in an electric vehicle, is operable to regulate a temperature of a battery disposed between front and rear wheels of the vehicle. The battery housing structure includes a main housing body for receiving the battery, inlet and outlet ports for respectively supplying air to and discharging air from the main housing body; and a fan for discharging air from the main housing body. A bypass passage is provided in the battery housing structure for selectively connecting a downstream side of the fan with the inlet ports. First and second air flow control valves are also provided in the battery housing structure for selectively controlling and routing the flow of air within the battery housing structure. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163327 | SNOWMOBILE HAVING ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED LUBRICATION - A snowmobile ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163328 | SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle-ride type vehicle is provided which arranges a canister therein, taking heat from an engine into consideration. The saddle-ride type vehicle includes a storage box which has a bulging portion; an engine; a fuel tank; and a canister, the engine is arranged behind the bulging portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the fuel tank and the canister are arranged in front of the bulging portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The fuel tank and the canister are arranged with respect to the engine such that the bulging portion of the storage box is sandwiched between the fuel tank canister and the engine. It is possible to arrange the canister away from the engine by a distance corresponding to the bulging portion and hence, it is possible to reduce influence of heat from the engine exerted on the canister. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163329 | MULTIPLE USE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An all terrain vehicle with a tool less maintainable drive system, and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator. The vehicle has a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame, a steering mechanism attached at least one of the plurality of wheels, an engine mounted to the frame, and a clutch attached to the engine. The vehicle contains a system of features that can be removed without the use of tools. The system has a support attached to and extending outward from the frame, a removable footrest, a receiver attached to the removable footrest and configured to mate with the support, a locking mechanism attached to the receiver to secure the removable footrest with respect to the footrest support; and a removable clutch housing. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163330 | Deformable Modular Armored Combat System - A modular, wheeled vehicle suitable for military use, includes a driver module having a width for seating one person and having length for seating a second (and optional third) person therebehind, and an engine module disposed behind the driver module containing an engine for powering the modular vehicle. The engine module has a rear surface adapted to receive a storage module. The driver module and the engine module form a central element having a pair of sides, a bottom, and a top. The central element is adapted to receive the modules on both of the central element sides. The central element has air inlet for personnel and for the engine disposed atop the central element. The bottom of the central element and troop side pods generally are V-shaped with slanted, upward extending sides. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163331 | SADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle-riding vehicle mounted with a V engine between a front wheel and a rear wheel, the V engine having a front cylinder portion extending obliquely forwardly and upwardly from a crankcase and a rear cylinder portion extending obliquely rearwardly and upwardly from the crankcase. A main switch is disposed between the front cylinder portion and the rear cylinder portion, and also an intake system is disposed between the front cylinder potion and the rear cylinder portion, wherein the main switch is fixed to the intake system. The main switch is disposed efficiently in terms of space utilization | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163332 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A snowmobile includes an engine, a handle, an operation portion, an operation input detector, an operation amount detector, and a control portion. The handle includes a grip grasped by the rider. The operation portion is provided near the grip to control driving of the engine. The operation input detector is provided near the grip to detect whether operation of the operation portion has been carried out by the rider. The operation amount detector electrically detects the operation amount of the operation portion. The control portion controls driving of the engine based on the operation amount detected by the operation amount detector when operation of the operation portion by the rider is detected at the operation input detector. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163333 | ROTARY POSITION SENSING APPARATUS - An angular position sensor ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163334 | SOUND MAXIMIZING AMMELLESCOPE - In this device, three chambers, three chips with multiple holes and three membranes senses and magnifies sound signal from miles away to a magnitude that can be heard by device holder. Sound wave enter from the membrane, vibration energy is transmitted by highly compressed air within chamber | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163335 | Loudspeaker enclosure - A loudspeaker enclosure is disclosed which comprises a front baffle for mounting one or more loudspeaker drivers, an inner and an outer side panel bonded to the front baffle forming one side of the loudspeaker enclosure, the inner and the outer side panel not contacting each other, either the inner or the outer side panel independently enclosing the side of the loudspeaker enclosure, both the inner and the outer side panel being at least approximately one half inch in thickness, wherein vibration on the outer side panel is reduced. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163336 | CONTROLLED-UNAIDED SURGE AND PURGE SUPPRESSORS FOR FIREARM MUZZLES - A Controlled Unaided Surge and Purge Suppressor for firearms uses the blast and plume characteristics inherent to the ballistic discharge process to develop a new two-step controlled surge and purge system centered around advanced mixer-ejector concepts. The blast surge noise is reduced by controlling the flow expansion, and the flash effects are reduced by controlling inflow and outflow gas purges. This is a C-I-P application. In the preferred C-I-P embodiment, the blast surge is mitigated via a slotted mixer nozzle; a first expansion chamber; a generally “wagon-wheel” shaped blast baffle with a vent hole; a series of alternating baffles, with vent holes, strategically located along the suppressor's inner wall surface; a second expansion chamber; and an exit opening. This preferred C-I-P embodiment contains no “outside” vent holes (i.e., throughbores) which extend through the suppressor's outer or longitudinal wall. Instead of ingesting ambient air through such throughbores and mixing that air with the muzzle gases, as shown in the parent application, the preferred C-I-P embodiment ingests and mixes chamber gases and contaminants with the muzzle gases while allowing fluid flow through and out the suppressor. It too though can control or eliminate the Mach disk. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163337 | MUFFLER - A muffler includes a muffler body in which a muffler chamber is formed by a base, a cover, and a baffle accommodated in the muffler chamber and disposed in the vicinity of the exhaust gas entry port of the muffler body. A guide portion which changes flow of an exhaust gas that enters from the exhaust gas entry port is integrally provided to the baffle by cut-and-raise of a portion of the baffle. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163338 | Lightweight controlled descent system with an integral reserve suspension relief strap (RSRS) - A lightweight safety harness comprises adjustable belt sections for the upper chest, waist and upper thighs. In one of two shoulder straps, there is stored a primary release pin and secondary brake strap. The shoulder straps criss-cross to form a soft, triangular shaped panel on the harness wearer's back. A spine brace divides that triangle in two. Near the top of that spine brace is a rack having at least one aperture wrapped with Kevlar® webbing. A long nylon rope serpentines back-and-forth, between sets of elastic loops running down opposed legs to the triangular panel before being threaded through the rack in a preferred pattern. At the base of that triangular panel, there is attached one end to a reserve suspension relief strap (RSRS). A cover extends the triangular panel but can be removed for inspection before every use. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163339 | FIRE ESCAPE APPARATUS FOR BUILDING - A fire escape apparatus for a building is provided. The fire escape apparatus comprises: a plurality of guide rails ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163340 | ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT SEGMENTED LADDER/BRIDGE SYSTEM - A dual-use ladder and bridge modular system preferably includes tubes, gussets, flanges, and/or joints. In a preferred embodiment, the tubes, gussets, flanges, and/or joints are made of carbon fiber. A method connects and disconnects modular carbon fiber ladder segments. Another method creates a lightweight carbon-fiber beam with exceptionally high stiffness and strength using a combination of carbon-fiber braid material, uni-directional cloth, and pultruded carbon-fiber strips. A carbon fiber ladder segment and tube connectors are also disclosed. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163341 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED PERSONNEL ACCESS PLATFORM ASSEMBLY WITH BALLISTIC PROTECTION - A vehicle-mounted personnel access platform assembly with ballistic protection is designed for mounting on a tactical vehicle. The platform assembly includes at least one mounting brace, and at least one access platform carried by the mounting brace. The access platform defines a raised horizontal surface for supporting personnel at an elevated location adjacent a body of the tactical vehicle. A ballistic wall adjacent the access platform is adapted for residing a spaced distance from the body of the tactical vehicle to protect personnel staged on the access platform. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163342 | FOLDABLE TRESTLE - The invention relates to a folding trestle having a folded position and a deployed position, said trestle comprising: a crossbeam having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension that define a bottom face; first and second pairs of legs; and hinge mechanisms enabling the legs of each of the pairs of legs to be spaced apart from each other when the trestle is in the deployed position, and to extend against each other when the trestle is in the folded position, the hinge mechanisms also enabling each of the pairs of legs to pivot about a respective axis that is transverse to the crossbeam so that, in the folded position, the pairs of legs extend under said bottom face of the crossbeam. The invention is characterized in that the trestle further comprises a first locking device connecting one side of one of the legs of at least one of the pairs of legs to the crossbeam in order to lock said pair of legs in the deployed position relative to the crossbeam. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163343 | PERSONAL ESCAPE DEVICE - A personal escape device which can be used by men, women, and children, including physically disabled persons, to descend in a controlled and secure manner from high structures such as office buildings, multistory homes, and the like. The device is designed for a relatively low-cost, small size which may be used by payloads of variable weights. The rescue device of the invention may be a single-use device or a multi-use device. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163344 | IMPROVED BEARING GREASE PACKER - A bench top bearing packer tool includes supply means for delivering a controlled amount of grease, support means for locating a bearing in a position where a bearing cage and rollers of the bearing may be lubricated with the grease delivered by the supply means, the supply means having a grease delivery outlet communicating with a grease delivery inlet of the support means by a grease flow passageway, and means for controlling the passage of grease through the inlet to the bearing cage and rollers of the bearing. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163345 | Zipper lubricating device - The instant invention describes a zipper lubricating applicator device for dispensing a lubricant to one or more components of a zipper. The applicator device is designed to fit various lubricant reservoirs and is capable of dispensing lubricant in the form of liquids, gels, or aerosols. The zipper lubricating applicator device contains a lubricant receiving cavity constructed and arranged to receive a lubricant reservoir. A lubricant dispensed from the lubricant reservoir is received by the lubricant receiving cavity and is directed to at least one inner lumen. The inner lumen provides a pathway for dispersal of a lubricant from the lubricant reservoir receiving cavity to a zipper receiving channel. The lubricant is dispersed at a controlled rate and to a desired portion of a zipper through the zipper receiving channel. The zipper receiving channel is constructed and arranged to provide dispensing of the lubricant to a portion of the zipper as the applicator device slidably moves upon the zipper track. The instant invention further describes systems for applying a lubricant to a zipper track. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163346 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR SECURING MINIMUM SPACES AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF AN ELEVATOR SHAFT BEING INSPECTED, AND ELEVATOR HAVING SUCH SAFETY DEVICES - The safety device for an elevator system comprises a retractable element mounted on a support. The retractable element has a stopping position in which a catch portion of the retractable element projects from the support to engage a triggering member of a safety brake associated with an elevator car as the elevator car traveling in a selected direction approaches a selected vertical position, and a retracted position. An actuator selectively controls the position of the retractable element. A position sensor is responsive to the position of the retractable element to make sure that it is in its stopping position when needed. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163347 | ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - Arrangement and method for the construction-time use of an elevator, which arrangement comprises an elevator car ( | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163348 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING THE HOISTING ROPING OF AN ELEVATOR - A method for installing the hoisting roping of an elevator, the elevator including at least an elevator car that moves in essentially a vertical direction in the elevator hoistway, a hoisting machine, a traction sheave, and at least a plurality of diverting pulleys includes fitting a plurality of hoisting ropes to pass around a plurality of diverting pulleys as well as the traction sheave, the hoisting ropes, after the installation, forming the hoisting roping of the elevator. Each hoisting rope is guided to pass around each diverting pulley and/or the traction sheave such that a loop is formed from the part between the first and second end of the hoisting rope, the loop being fitted to pass around the diverting pulley and/or the traction sheave. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163349 | ELEVATOR HOISTWAY INSTALLATION GUIDE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND TEMPLATES - A template for accurately positioning structural components of elevator(s) in a elevator hoistway(s), or of elevator hoistway walls or partitions in a building, includes a thin, flexible sheet of material adapted to be placed on a floor of elevator hoistway(s), has indicia on the flexible sheet of material to show locations, and points of attachment, of elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway(s). Tensioning elements attachable to the flexible sheet of material may be used to square up the flexible sheet of material. The template may be made by forming a thin, flexible sheet of material, providing indicia on the flexible sheet of material, and by providing tensioning elements to square up the flexible sheet of material. The flexible template may be placed on the floor of the elevator hoistway(s), squared, and the squared up template used as a guide to install the major elevator structural components. The template may, alternatively, be made of a substantially rigid, e.g., corrugated, sheet material and employ interconnected sections. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163350 | Disk Brake - A disk brake having a brake disk, a brake caliper including a bracket, a caliper housing and a brake lining. The bracket and the caliper housing engage axially around the brake disk, with the caliper housing and the brake lining movable in an axial direction. The caliper housing has outer housing limb comprising two housing fingers which run substantially in a radial direction and which span a limb window situated between them and which is open in the direction of the rotational axis, with the housing fingers having one end section facing the rotational axis. A protective screen covers end sections of the housing fingers and conceals a section of the limb window that faces the rotational axis, with an outer dimension of the protective screen in a circumferential direction such that a transition between the protective screen and the housing fingers is substantially stepless in an axial projection. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163351 | DISK BRAKE - An object of the present invention is to provide a disk brake having excellent responsiveness. A rotation preventing mechanism | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163352 | SINTERED BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE - A brake pad backing plate made using powder metallurgy has an inner surface to which a friction material mass is attached and which cooperates with the mass to resist shearing of the mass relative to the plate. Formations can be made on the inner surface that resist shearing of the friction material mass from the backing plate, the mass can have mating formations and the plate can be steam treated for additional benefits. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163353 | FRICTION COUPLE - A friction couple including: a first friction member that contains a metallic material and includes a first friction surface; and a second friction member that includes a second friction surface that contacts the first friction surface and that contains an oxidation film developer that accelerates formation of an oxidation film on at least one of the first friction surface and the second friction surface by oxidizing the metallic material when the first friction surface and the second friction surface contact each other. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163354 | DAMPER - The invention relates to a damper with a damper cylinder, in which a piston ram is guided via a piston rod. The flow rate of a damper fluid is adjustable for setting damper characteristic values. According to the invention, a control mechanism is arranged inside the damper cylinder, which has two independent control loops for a rebound stage period and a compression stage period. The control mechanism controls the flow rate of the damper fluid in a first flow direction with a first adjustment element during the compression stage period, and controls the flow rate of the damper fluid in a second flow direction with a second adjustment element during the rebound stage period. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163355 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A valve main body where an opening of a passage is formed comprises a clamp seat portion adapted to clamp a disk valve, the opening, a non-annular first seat portion where the disk valve can be seated, and an annular second seat portion, which are formed in this order from the inner circumferential side. The first seat portion has an axial height equal to or higher than the axial height of the clamp seat portion and lower than the axial height of the second seat portion. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163356 | DAMPER - The invention relates to a damper having a damper cylinder, in which a piston plunger is guided via a piston rod. For the adjustment of characteristic damper values, the flow of a damper fluid can be controlled via control mechanism disposed inside the damper cylinder, which controls the flow of the damper fluid in a first flow direction using a first adjusting element and in a second flow direction using a second adjusting element. According to the invention, the first and second adjusting elements are provided with at least one spring element. The spring rate of at least one of the spring elements can be adjusted for defining a damping behavior using corresponding defining or predetermining elements. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163357 | SUSPENSION SYSTEMS - A shock absorber assembly comprises a piston and cylinder arrangement, a damping-fluid chamber and a damping valve arrangement which is located in the damping fluid chamber and serves to divide the chamber into sub-chambers. The assembly is such that in use the valve arrangement regulates the flow of fluid between the sub-chambers. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163358 | TRAVELING CASE - A traveling case has a container and a foot stand assembly. The container has a top, a bottom, a rear, a handle, multiple wheels and a foot stand recess. The handle is mounted on the top of the container. The wheels are pivotally mounted on the bottom of the container. The foot stand recess is mounted on the rear of the container. The foot stand assembly is mounted on the rear of the container and has a foot stand and a telescopic strut. Therefore, when the traveling case is loaded, a carrier is not required to stabilize the traveling case in order to avoid the traveling case toppling. Therefore, the traveling case is convenient. | 2010-07-01 |
| 20100163359 | WHEELED LUGGAGE CASE - An improved wheeled luggage case having a pair of freely rotating large wheels that have a diameter substantially greater than the height of the center of gravity of the wheeled luggage case itself (when in an upright, at rest position). The weight of the wheeled luggage case is largely transferred to the large wheel pair when being towed, reducing the load burden on a user and making it easier to pull the wheeled luggage case over long distances, for example, between airport terminals. | 2010-07-01 |
