34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130214465 | SPRING BOX FOR DOOR HANDLE - The spring box contains a base piece, a front plate, a back plate, a rotational piece, and a torsion spring. The base piece and the front and back plates have aligned through holes. A radial gap is configured on the rim of the base piece. The rotational piece has a curved sliding element along a section of the circumference. The sliding element has a groove, a weight block configured at one end of the sliding element, and a notch at the other end. The rotation piece is placed in the through hole of the base piece. The two ends of the torsion spring are embedded in the gap and the notch. The rotational and base pieces are sandwiched between the front and back plates. Then, by the weight of the weight block and the resilience of the torsion spring, a door handle is restored to its default position after being turned. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214466 | CUTTING BOARD APPARATUS WITH COLLAPSIBLE TRAY - An apparatus for treating food substances, includes a cutting plate defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one cutting surface for supporting food substances and a collecting tray mounted with respect to the cutting plate. The collecting tray is dimensioned and adapted to transition between a first stored condition to facilitate storage or transport thereof and a second operative condition to provide a reservoir for collecting food substances cut on the cutting surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214467 | CLAMPING FIXTURE FOR CLAMPING A WORKPIECE - In a clamping fixture ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EX-SITU LIFT-OUT SPECIMEN PREPARATION - A specimen carrier for use with an ex-situ lift-out (EXLO) milling process includes a carrier top surface having at least one specimen support area and at least one aperture formed through the specimen carrier top surface. The aperture includes a first opening having an open wider upper end and a narrower lower end. The first opening is bounded by opposed sidewalls in spaced-apart orientation that are inwardly inclined from the wider upper end to the narrower lower end. The aperture is configured to enable a specimen to sit over the opening and can be wedged between the first opening opposed sidewalls so that a region of interest to be milled is centered about the open end of the opening. Specimens so mounted can then be re-thinned via charged particle instruments such as focused ion beam (FIB) milling, broad beam ion milling, or via laser ablation. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214469 | CONTAINER CARRIER - A carrier for receiving and restraining a container against rotation during an automated filling and capping operation includes an array of modular container housings. A bumper is disposed below the housing and projects outwardly to cushion the carrier against impact. The bumper is supported by a base. Structure extends from the housing through the bumper and into the base to secure the carrier. One housing module includes a recess having container abutment surfaces and angled surfaces at the opening to guide a container into engagement with the abutments. One housing module includes a recess having ribs separated by relief vents to relieve air pressure as a container is loaded into the carrier. One housing module includes a container holder having a pair of upright supports separated by side openings. The bumper and the base each including a weight positioned at a selected location to uphold the filled container. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214470 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, BINDING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing control apparatus configured to control a binding unit configured to perform a binding processing for binding sheets without using a staple includes a control unit that controls the biding unit to divide sheets subjected to printing into sheet groups in units of a number of sheets bindable by the binding unit, and to apply the binding processing to each of sheet groups or controls another binding unit to bind the sheets subjected to printing using a staple. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214471 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, BINDING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - A printing control apparatus performs binding processing for binding a plurality of sheets without using a staple to enable a user to easily separate a sheet from a sheet bundle after the binding processing. The printing control apparatus causes a binding unit to perform a binding processing for binding a plurality of sheets without using a staple, and then controls the binding unit to perform a binding processing for binding the plurality of sheets and a sheet different from the plurality of sheets. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214472 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus that can perform a binding processing without staples and a binding processing with staples includes a printing unit to print image data on a sheet, and a control unit that controls, in a case where image data is printed on sheets for test printing, a second binding unit to perform a binding processing for binding a plurality of printed sheets without staples, and controls, in a case where image data is printed on sheets after test printing, a first binding unit to perform a binding processing for binding a plurality of printed sheets with a staple. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214473 | BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER PRINTING PRESS AND FOLDER - A broadsheet newspaper printing press has at least one print unit printing at least one web of material and a folder. The folder has a cross-cutter to cut the web of material into broadsheet newspapers, a tucker cylinder having a gripper gripping the broadsheet newspapers at a lead edge and a tucking blade for forming a cross-fold in the broadsheet newspapers, and a jaw cylinder or fold rollers to receive the cross-folded broadsheet newspapers from the tucker cylinder at the cross-fold, the gripper being located with respect to the tucking blade so that the cross-fold is located at between 33% and 45% or 55% and 67% of the height of the newspaper. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214474 | PAPER CLAMPING APPARATUS FOR OFFICE MACHINE - Disclosed is a paper clamping apparatus for an office machine adapted to clamp a paper bundle outputted from the office machine while the paper bundle is being moved. A movable body adapted to move along a shaft by means of belt driving is included; a shaft holder connected to an end of the shaft at an end of the movable body and adapted to move along the shaft by means of a movement of the movable body; a base connected to the shaft at the other end of the movable body and adapted to move along the shaft by means of a movement of the movable body; and a clamp member adapted to operate so that, when the movable body moves, the paper bundle is clamped or released by means of link driving. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214475 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A first discharging portion that discharges a sheet received from one of image forming apparatuses and a second discharging portion that discharges a sheet received from the other image forming apparatus are disposed so as to be opposite to each other in order to stack the sheets discharged in a common processing tray. A controller that controls the first discharging portion and the second discharging portion, when the sheets are continuously discharged by the first discharging portion and the second discharging portion to the processing tray, controls a timing when the sheets are discharged by the first discharging portion and the second discharging portion to the common processing tray such that a leading edge of the sheet discharged from one of the discharging portions abuts on a sheet surface in the downstream of a discharging direction below a leading edge of the sheet discharged from the other discharging portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214476 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a tray unit, a sheet feeder disposed above the tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the sheet feeder, and a unit for discharging the sheet having as image recorded thereon. The tray unit includes a first tray for holding thereon a first sheet, a second tray disposed above the first tray to hold thereon a second sheet, and a third tray disposed above the first tray. The second tray selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the second tray is in the first position, the sheet feeder feeds the second sheet from the second tray, and the third tray receives the second sheet discharged from the discharging unit. When the second tray is in the second position, the sheet feeder feeds the first sheet from the first tray, and the first tray, the second tray, and the third tray overlap one another vertically. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a plurality of trays to store an index sheet provided with a tab at a predetermined position of the index sheet, a setting section to set first information concerning the index sheet stored in the tray for each of the plurality of trays, a receiving section to receive second information concerning an insertion of the index sheet in a job, and a controller to control an execution of the job and an operation of feeding the index sheet. The controller automatically selects the tray in the execution of the job based on the first information and the second information. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214478 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING TIME AND EFFORT FOR USER IN SETTING SIZE OF IRREGULAR-SIZE SHEET, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing time and effort for a user in setting a size of an irregular-size sheet. Width information indicative of a width of a sheet set by the user is stored in a storage unit. A width of the sheet held by a sheet holding unit that holds the sheet is detected. From the width information stored in the storage unit, candidates for a size of the sheet are extracted based on the detected width of the sheet. The extracted candidates for a size of the sheet are displayed on a display. A size of the sheet selected by the user from among the displayed candidates for a size of the sheet is set as a size of the sheet held by the sheet holding unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214479 | SHEET-TRANSPORT DEVICE, SHEET-TURNING UNIT AND METHOD FOR TURNING SHEETS - Presented herein is a sheet turning unit ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214480 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a first conveying portion; a second conveying portion arranged downstream of the first conveying portion; a shutter member rotated by the pressure of the sheet and including a plurality of abutment surfaces against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveying portion abuts to correct a skew feed of the sheet; and an urging portion which provides the shutter member with an urging force for positioning one abutment surface at an abutment position at which the leading edge of the sheet abuts against the one abutment surface, the urging portion providing the shutter member with an urging force for rotating the shutter member to position another abutment surface at the abutment position after the leading edge of the sheet is nipped by the second conveying portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214481 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a sheet holding unit configured to hold an envelope, and a detection unit configured to detect an opening width between guides for guiding an envelope held by the sheet holding unit. The printing apparatus further includes an identifying unit configured to identify a flap size of the envelope based on the opening width detected by the detection unit and a size set for the envelope held by the sheet holding unit, and a printing unit configured to print an image on the envelope by shifting image data based on the flap size identified by the identifying unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214482 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying device includes a pair of first nipping rollers configured to be movable in a width direction while nipping a recording medium and rotate to convey the recording medium; a pair of second nipping rollers configured to be movable in the width direction while nipping the recording medium and rotate to convey the recording medium, the pair of second nipping rollers being arranged on an upstream side of the first nipping rollers in a conveying path; and a detecting unit configured to detect an amount of positional deviation in the width direction of the recording medium being conveyed in the conveying path. The pair of first nipping rollers is moved in the width direction based on a detection result of the detecting unit while the pair of first nipping rollers nips the recording medium so that a positional deviation of the recording medium in the width direction is corrected. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214483 | SHEET LOADING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A sheet loading device includes a sheet tray, a lift plate, a restricting part, and an auxiliary restricting member. The restricting part is movable to a plurality of predetermined fixed positions and restricts a position of the sheets in a sheet width direction. The auxiliary restricting member is disposed on the one edge side of the restricting part. The auxiliary restricting member restricts, with first biasing force, the side edge of the sheets lifted by the lift plate when the number of sheets housed in the sheet tray is a first number of sheets, and restricts, with second biasing force that is greater than the first biasing force, the side edge of the sheets lifted by the lift plate when the number of sheets housed in the sheet tray is a second number of sheets that is greater than the first number of sheets. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214484 | Pinball Machine with Hybrid Playfield - Pinball machines with hybrid playfields. A method may include electronically determining a physical property of a physical object, the physical object allowed to move above a display disposed within a playfield of a pinball machine, and rendering a virtual object on the display in response to an evaluation of the physical property. Another method may include rendering a virtual object on an electronic screen, the electronic screen disposed within a playfield of the pinball machine, and changing an aspect of a physical object located within the playfield in response to the virtual object exhibiting a predefined property. Yet another method may include providing a list of one or more software applications via an electronic display arranged within the playfield of the pinball machine, allowing a user to select one of the one or more software applications, and executing the selected software application. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214485 | MUSIC TEACHING AID - A music teaching aid may incorporate a pinball-like game. The music teaching aid may comprise a playing field depicting a musical staff and a keyboard. Lines and spaces on the staff may contain pockets into which a ball may fall and be contained. The pockets may correspond to notes on a staff, which may correspond to notes on the keyboard. A ball launched into the playing field may fall into a pocket. A user may select a note on the keyboard. If the selected note matches the note corresponding to the pocket having the ball, the ball may be released from the pocket. The note may be audibly rendered. The ball may be released into or out of the playing field. The music teaching aid may be implemented mechanically, electrically, or any appropriate combination thereof. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214486 | ROULETTE MODIFICATION SYSTEM AND WAGERING METHODS - Systems, methods and apparatus which provides for modified roulette games, and various wagering options, in which one or more roulette balls are propelled onto a spinning roulette wheel, among other things, including a roulette wheel overlay apparatus and system and associated table layouts. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214487 | Victory - The Journey of Life Board Game and Method of Play - A board game is disclosed that mimics real life situations as one embarks on their journey of life encountering times of peace, temptation, trials and tribulations; and ultimately achieving the greatest gift called, Eternal Life. Generally, players move repeatedly from Peace sections to Trouble sections as they make their way towards the goal of Eternal Life on their individual game card. Every time a player moves onto a Trouble space they must select a Trouble card on the game board and announce their decision or action taken towards the card from the information provided to the other players. Jesus cards are available to every player at any time throughout the entire game. The first player to reach the Eternal Life section is the winner. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214488 | MULTI-COMBINATION CARD GAME AND GAMING APPARATUS - Various embodiments for a game of chance are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a card game is played in which the object of the game is for each player to arrange, for example, six cards (dealt to them from a standard deck of playing cards) into three two-card combinations, with each combination having a predetermined target value of, for example, 7, 14, or 21, such that the values of the cards in each combination come as close to, but do not exceed, the target value for each respective combination. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214489 | METHOD OF PLAYING A GAME - The present invention includes multiple opinion cards, each limiting play to a number of opinions, a board which is used to identify a unique human perspective in which each participant is to play, and a timer used to limit the time available to the players to write a statement about the opinion using the perspective randomly chosen. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214490 | CARD GAMES - A card game having a playing area divided into a plurality of player areas, each player area having a bet area where players may place a bet to participate; two or more cards are dealt to each player's player area and the dealer; each player having the option to stand on the original dealt cards or to place an additional exchange bet, to exchange at least one of the cards originally dealt for an equal number of new cards; the dealer standing on the original dealt cards dealt if the value of the cards is equal to or above a pre-determined minimum value or exchanging one or more cards for an equal number of new cards if the value of the initial cards dealt is below the per-determined minimum value; and the value of each player's hand being compared with the dealer's hand to determine the outcome of the bets. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214491 | BALL DROP GAME - An amusement device is disclosed having a housing for enclosing a playing field, and at least one target disposed on the playing field, the target oriented for interaction with a vertically dropped projectile. The device further includes a pick-up device within the housing, the pick-up device suspended from a rail arrangement that provides for four-way horizontal movement over the playing field. The device has player controls including a first control for maneuvering the pick-up device in a horizontal plane above the playing field, and a second control for releasing the projectile, wherein an objective of the amusement device is to position the pick-up device over a target and release the projectile to hit the target to win the prize. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214492 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE LUBRICATION FLUID BARRIER - A system for forming a barrier between a lubrication oil region and an air region of a gas turbine engine comprising a lubrication oil return path, a centrifugal oil slinger on a rotating member fixed to a spool of the gas turbine engine, a spiral groove configured to directs lubrication oil toward an oil return path, a labyrinth seal, and a cavity configured to form a non-contacting seal with the spiral groove and the labyrinth seal. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214493 | VEHICLE PISTON RING HAVING MULTI-LAYER COATING - Disclosed is a piston ring having a multi-layer coating. The piston ring includes a buffer layer, a intermediate layer, a TiAlN/CrN nano multilayer, and a TiAlCN layer. The buffer layer is coated over a base material of a piston ring. The intermediate layer is coated over the buffer layer. The TiAlN/CrN nano multilayer is coated over the intermediate layer. The TiAlCN layer is coated over the TiAlN/CrN nano multilayer as an outermost surface layer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214494 | Collet - The invention concerns a collet ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214495 | BIT HOLDERS - A holder for a bit is disclosed. The bit may include a first locking element. The holder may include a housing; a base assembly including a first hole; a second locking element partially disposed within the first hole and configured to move between a locking position in which the second locking element engages the first locking element to prevent removal of the bit, and an unlocking position in which the second locking element is spaced from the first locking element allowing the bit to be removed; and a follower assembly contained within the housing and configured to move relative to the housing and base assembly between a first position in which the follower assembly supports the second locking element in the locking position, and a second position in which the follower assembly allows the second locking element to move from the locking position to the unlocking position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214496 | Chuck - A chuck includes a shaft, a ring, a ball and an elastic helical ferrule. The shaft includes a cavity defined therein and an aperture in communication with the cavity. The aperture includes a large open end and a small open end. The ring includes a tunnel for receiving the shaft. The ball includes a first portion for insertion in the tunnel via the large open end of the aperture and a second portion for insertion in the cavity via the small open end of the aperture. The elastic helical ferrule includes sections for contact with the ball and sections in contact with the shaft. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214497 | SUBSTRATE ROTATION HOLDING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An aspect of one embodiment, there is provided a substrate rotation holding apparatus, including a substrate holding section configured to hold a substrate by sandwiching around an outer periphery end portion of the substrate with a disk shape by a plurality of holding members, each of the holding members having a contact surface with the substrate, the contact surface being a concave curvature surface, and a rotation driving section configured to rotate the substrate holding section. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214498 | Wheeled Platforms - A wheeled platform | 2013-08-22 |
20130214499 | SKATE - A skate having a skate boot with a non-lasted boot shell, the shell having a first non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell and a second non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell, the second sub-shell being interior to and adjoining the first sub-shell, the first sub-shell comprising a first material having a first density and the second sub-shell comprising a second material having a second density, the second density being less than the first density, the shell being shaped so as to have a heel portion, an ankle portion, a lateral portion, a medial portion, and a sole portion; and a ground-engaging assembly disposed on an underside of the skate. Additional sub-shells are possible. Methods of manufacturing the skate boot shell, including molding and build-up, are also disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214500 | UNIVERSAL SKI CONVERSION DEVICE FOR A STROLLER OR BICYCLE TRAILER - A ski conversion device for a stroller or a bicycle trailer including: wheel braces for attachment to first and second skis and for receiving the first and second wheels; connecting elements for fixing the wheels to wheel braces; orientation braces for attachment to skis; orientation elements for connecting the stroller or the bicycle trailer to the orientation braces and for fixing an orientation of the stroller or the bicycle trailer with respect to the skis; a rigger element for connecting to a ski and including a runner element; and yokes for connection to the skis, the yokes attachable to a source of energy for propelling the ski conversion device. In a first position, the runner element is locatable between the first and second skis. In a second position, the runner element is locatable beyond the first ski in a direction from the second ski toward the first ski. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214501 | COOLER HAVING REMOVABLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY - A cooler includes a main body which includes a base, an upper rim, and one or more cooler walls extending therebetween. The cooler in some embodiments further includes a removable wheel assembly which includes two coaxial wheels, and an axle. The two coaxial wheels are removably securable to the axle. The cooler still further comprises a wheel fastening system configured to secure the removable wheel assembly to the base of the main body which includes a mount, a clip hingedly connected to the mount, and a locking clasp configured to lock the clip into a closed position to secure the wheel assembly. The cooler yet further comprises a lid including two wheel storage recesses, each being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain one of the coaxial wheel of the wheel assembly, and an axle storage recess sized and dimensioned to receive and retain the axle of the wheel assembly. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214502 | CART BRAKING CONTROL DURING MECHANIZED CART RETRIEVAL - A vehicle tracking system includes a wheel containing sensor circuitry capable of sensing various types of conditions, such as specific electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals indicative of particular wheel locations. The sensor circuitry is coupled to an RF transceiver, which may but need not be included within the wheel. The wheel may also include a brake mechanism. In one embodiment, the wheels are placed on shopping carts and are used to collect and monitor shopping cart status and location data via a wireless network. The collected data may be used for various purposes, such as locking the wheel of an exiting cart if the customer has not paid, estimating numbers of queued carts, and stopping brake activation events from occurring during mechanized cart retrieval. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214503 | Devices To Let A Tilting Vehicle Lean When Driving And To Keep It Standing When Stopped - Tilting devices suitable to vehicles that are free to tilt and free to be steered, apt to let them lean when driving and to keep them standing when stopped only by means of their brakes (or the like) ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214504 | TORSION BEAM TYPE SUSPENSION DEVICE - A torsion beam type suspension device is provided in which a trailing arm part and a torsion beam part are formed as a unit by press-forming a tailored blank material in which end parts of plate materials having different thicknesses are butt-welded via a weld part. A weld part of the tailored blank material comprises a U-shaped cross section in which front and rear side wall portions are connected via a bottom wall portion, and a pair of cutouts are formed at the edge of each of the side wall portions at positions sandwiching the weld part, and therefore, when the torsion beam part is twistedly deformed, shifting the concentration of stress from the weld part to the cutout enables peeling apart of the weld end part to be prevented and the durability of the torsion beam type suspension device to be enhanced. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214505 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GROUP OF BICYCLES - A method of designing and manufacturing a model of bicycles in such a manner that the size (e.g., diameter) of the head tube bearings and/or the stiffness of the forks varies between frame sizes. The method includes selecting a first and second lower headset bearing sizes for the first and second frame sizes, respectively, wherein the first lower headset bearing size is different size than the second lower headset bearing size. The method further includes manufacturing first bicycles of the first frame size and second bicycles of the second frame size, and coupling the first and second lower headset bearings to the first and second bicycles, respectively. The same model designations are then attached to each of the first and second bicycles. The difference in size of the lower headset bearings and/or fork steerer tubes can be substantially proportional to the difference in length of the seat tube. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214506 | ELECTRIC BICYCLE - An electric bicycle and electric bicycle frame including batteries or a battery pack stored in one or more tubes of the frame. In some cases, a pair of top tubes extend rearward of the bicycle seat tube, and an electronics housing may be disposed between the rearward extending top tube portions. Alternatively or in addition, a removable bottom bracket shell portion and a removable bottom bracket insert may be provided, to allow convenient access to the interior portions of the down tube and/or seat tube of the frame. A battery pack and/or a battery electronics management unit may be conveniently within one or both of the down tube and the seat tube. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214507 | BICYCLE FRAME WITH ADJUSTABLE GEOMETRY - A bicycle frame set includes a main frame, a rear wheel suspension pivotally attached to the main frame, and a double eccentric cam assembly disposed within one or more pivot joints between the main frame and the rear wheel suspension. The double eccentric cam assembly includes inner and outer eccentric cams removably fastened together and retained in place within the pivot joint by a removable fastener passing through an aperture in the inner eccentric cam and defining a pivot axis. The aperture is eccentric relative to a perimeter of the inner eccentric cam. The inner cam is received within a correspondingly shaped opening in the outer cam which opening is itself eccentric relative to a perimeter of the outer eccentric cam. A rotational position of each of the cams is thus adjustable, so as to change a relative location of the pivot axis of the pivot joint. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214508 | SHOCK-ABSORBING BICYCLE FRAME HAVING TWO FLEXIBLE MEMBERS - A shock-absorbing bicycle frame includes a front frame, a rear frame, and a shock-absorbing unit. The rear frame includes a seat stay and a chain stay interconnected to form an angle therebetween. The shock-absorbing unit includes a first flexible member connected removably to the chain stay and the front frame, and a second flexible member connected between the chain stay and the front frame and disposed directly above the first flexible member. The first and second flexible members are deformable in first and second directions, respectively. The first direction intersects the second direction. As such, when subjected to an external force, the first and second flexible members are deformed to absorb shock. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214509 | ADJUSTABLE SEATING FRAME AND FOOTREST ASSEMBLIES - An adjustable seating frame assembly includes a side frame member, first and second joint members, a footrest hanger, a pivot fastener and a lock fastener. The first joint member is affixed to the side frame member and includes a first pivot aperture and at least one first lock aperture. The second joint member is affixed to the footrest hanger and includes a second pivot aperture and at least one second lock aperture. The pivot fastener is secured through the first and second pivot apertures to pivotally attach the second joint member to the first joint member. The lock fastener is secured through a selected one of the at least one first lock aperture and a selected one of the at least one second lock aperture to secure the second joint member in a selected one of a plurality of angular positions with respect to the first joint member. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214510 | Multi-Configurable Height Adjustable Trailer - A multi-configurable trailer where the load carrying surface can preferably be raised or lowered to enable the easy loading or unloading of the trailer, and/or a variety of different kinds of attachments which can preferably be removably connected to the chassis of the trailer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214511 | FIFTH WHEEL COUPLING - On a fifth wheel coupling ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214512 | SPLITBOARD JOINING DEVICE - Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a splitboard joining device for releasably coupling at least two separate portions of a splitboard, thereby creating a snowboard when coupled and at least a first ski and a second ski when uncoupled. The device may include a first interface and a second interface for attaching to a first portion and a second portion, respectively, of the splitboard. In some embodiments, the device comprises an adjustable tension element disposed on either the first interface or second interface to adjustably control the tension between the first interface and second interface, and to adjustably control the compression between the first and second portions of the splitboard when coupled. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214513 | Front unit for a sliding board binding - The present invention provides a front unit ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214514 | AIRBAG APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - An airbag apparatus includes a fixing bracket fixed to an upper portion of the side wall of a vehicle. The fixing bracket has an inflator support portion that supports an inflator, a fastening portion fastened and fixed to the upper portion of the side wall of the vehicle at a position below the inflator, and a restraining wall that extends along the axis direction of the fastening portion under the inflator. An airbag body is disposed between the inflator and an upper wall portion of the restraining wall, and the airbag body is compressed by the inflator and the upper wall portion and held between the inflator and the upper wall portion. The restraining wall restrains displacement of the airbag body so that the airbag body does not overlap a fastening operation area into which the fixing bracket is fastened. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214515 | BRACKET FOR FASTENING OF A CURTAIN AIRBAG TO A VEHICLE PART - A bracket for fastening a tightening strap of a curtain airbag to a vehicle part includes a base plate and a support surface for fastening the bracket to the vehicle part. A retaining web, fastenable to the tightening strap, is located on the bracket in such a way that the retaining web can be moved to a fastening position by performing a swivel motion with the bracket being supported on the vehicle part via the support surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214516 | ANTI-TWIST DEVICE FOR CURTAIN AIRBAG OF VEHICLE - Disclosed is an anti-twist device for a curtain airbag of a vehicle. The anti-twist device allows a worker to immediately recognize the twist of the curtain airbag or automatically releases the twist of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is installed in the vehicle, thereby improving stability of the curtain airbag. The anti-twist device is mounted on the curtain airbag including a bracket having an inflator mounted thereon and coupled to a vehicle body, the airbag cushion received in a winding state while communicating with the inflator, and a band surrounding the airbag cushion, and includes a body having a predetermined length and provided in parallel to the airbag cushion, a first fixing part formed at one end of the body and coupled with the bracket or the vehicle body, and a second fixing part formed at an opposite end of the body and coupled with the band. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214517 | Airbag, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle - An airbag for a motor vehicle includes a support structure moveable from a storage position into a restraint position and a covering by means of which a restraint volume of the airbag formed by the support structure in its restraint position is surrounded. The covering is formed as an element separate from the support structure and having passage regions in which the covering is at least substantially permeable to air in at least one direction of flow, and connecting regions that are reinforced relative thereto, in which the covering is connected to the support structure. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214518 | AIRBAG WITH TETHERED SLIT - An airbag having a base end, a front panel and at least one panel opposing the front panel, the airbag having a cutout in the front panel, an inner perimeter of the cutout having first and second sides, a first panel having first and second edges, the first edge of the first panel is attached to the first side of the cutout, a second panel having third and fourth edges, the third edge is attached to the second edge of the first panel and the fourth edge is attached to the second side of the cutout, wherein the first and second panels define a slit member in cutout of the front panel, and a tether attached along a backside of the slit member and attached to an inner surface of the at least one panel opposing the front panel of the airbag. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214519 | COUPLER FOR A VEHICLE AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME - A coupler for securing an accessory to a motorized vehicle and comprising an accessory attachment component securable to the accessory and a coupler frame securable to the vehicle. The accessory attachment component includes an accessory pivotal connector and an accessory positioning connector. The coupler frame has a coupler pivotal support defined in the coupler frame configured to receive and pivotally support the accessory pivotal connector and a coupler positioning support configured to receive and guide the accessory positioning connector in a coupled configuration. The accessory positioning connector is aligned with the coupler positioning support when the accessory pivotal connector is received in the coupler pivotal support and slidable toward the coupled configuration. The coupler further comprises a locking mechanism engageable with the accessory attachment component and the coupler frame to lock the accessory attachment component and the coupler frame in the coupled configuration. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214520 | Human Powered Vehicle with Unpowered Wheels - A human powered vehicle with four unpowered wheels. Front and rear wheel bearing sections are joined by a top frame structure. A swing suspended from the frame structure supports a driving rider in either a prone or a sitting position. In the prone position, the rider is oriented, heard first, along the axis of travel, and positioned beneath the frame structure. The vehicle has a steering mechanism and a braking system, both situated to be operative by the rider when the rider is positioned to be in any of a standing, sitting or prone position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214521 | Fender Assembly For Off-Highway Machine - A fender assembly for an off-highway machine includes a metallic fender, and a non-metallic fender extension having a one-piece shell. The one-piece shell includes an interior surface defining a cavity, a shell wall extending throughout the one-piece shell, and a plurality of elongate reinforcement pockets formed by intrusions of the shell wall into the cavity. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214522 | PAGE JOG AND LOCK - An adjustable page is provided. The page has a flexible substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and an edge. The substrate also has a plurality of pairs of first and second apertures, and slits joining the first and second aperture of each pair. The apertures are sized to receive ring connectors which have a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge of each ring connector is designed to separate the slit to allow the ring connector to be transitioned to the appropriate second aperture. The slits are non-linear in shape or are connected to the apertures at positions apart from the centerline between the apertures. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214523 | ALKALI METAL AND ALKALINE EARTH METAL NIOBATES AND TANTALATES AS SECURITY FEATURE SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent substance with the general formula AXO | 2013-08-22 |
20130214524 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENT WITH PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for producing a security and/or valuable document containing a polymer layer composite or consisting thereof, said polymer layer composite being formed from a polymer layer partial composite and a polymer cover layer and the polymer layer partial composite and/or the polymer cover layer containing a laser sensitive component, consisting of the followings steps: A) first personalized information is applied to the polymer layer partial composite by means of an inkjet printing method as a colored inkjet printed layer, B) the polymer cover layer is applied to the inkjet printed layer and is joined to the polymer layer partial composite by thermal lamination, and C) second personalized information is inscribed into the polymer layer composite of the security and/or valuable document, obtained in step B), by means of laser engraving. The invention also relates to a security and/or valuable document that can be produced according to said method. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214525 | TICKET WITH DATA HIDDEN BY SCRAPABLE PAINT AND WITH INTEGRATED SCRATCHING PORTION - A ticket with data hidden by paint that can be scraped with an integrated scratching portion includes a solid substrate on which an area is made which bears, impressed thereon, some data to be concealed and hidden from view by a paint which is removable by means of scraping operated by the person who must acquire the aforesaid data. The aforesaid scraping of said removable paint preferably occurs by means of the integrated scratching portion, detachable from the aforesaid substrate via the user carrying out, with his fingers, several circular oscillation movements along at least one perforated axis delimiting the integrated scratching portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214526 | ADAPTER FOR AIR RIFLE TANK - A pre-charged pneumatic air rifle air tank adapter lowers an air tank relative to the pre-charged pneumatic air rifle. The lowered air tank facilitates aiming. The adapter also provides a substrate for mounting accessories including a quick disconnect refill plug and a pressure gauge. The adapter includes a female rifle fitting with a threaded central conduit, a male air tank fitting with a central conduit and external threads parallel to, coplanar with and about 0.75 to 1.5 inches apart in elevation from the central conduit of the female rifle fitting, measured vertically from centerline to centerline. A body of the adapter has an internal conduit extending from the female rifle fitting to the male air tank fitting. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214527 | FLUID CONNECTOR COMPONENT COMPRISING SEVERAL PLUGGABLE ELEMENTS - A fluid connector including pluggable elements, for example in the form of connector pins or connector sockets that are supported so as to be movable in a direction transverse to a joining direction. Resilient element may be disposed for pre-specifying a rest position of the corresponding pluggable elements. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214528 | HOSE-LINE CONNECTOR AND LINE ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a line assembly having a junction part, hose connection piece and a hose-line attached and fastened to the hose connection piece. The hose connection piece has, at its free front end, a sealing portion with a circumferentially smooth sealing surface that is free of molding seams. Thereafter, the hose connection piece includes a holding portion. The hose-line is clamped radially over its circumference by two clamps located in in two axially spaced regions of its attached end, specifically, in a region of the sealing portion and in a region of the holding portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214529 | HYBRID TUBE CONNECTOR PORT - A hybrid port comprising a bore having a diameter, a first tapered surface having a cone angle α in the range of approximately 37° to approximately 45°, a second tapered surface having a cone angle β of approximately 12°, the first tapered surface disposed immediately proximate to the bore, and a threaded inner surface disposed axially between the first tapered surface and the second tapered surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214530 | High Pressure Pipe Joint - A pipe joint between two metallic pipes which have been internally and/or externally coated with a material to prevent corrosion. The pipe joint includes a spigot terminating in an inverted hump supporting an elastomeric seal wherein the inverted hump is spaced from a protruding hump. The pipe joint further includes a socket adapted to fit over the spigot, the socket having an outwardly flared forward end terminating in an annular lip that engages an exterior of the protruding hump wherein the lip is welded to an exterior of the spigot. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214531 | FLUID COMPONENT ADAPTER AND METHOD - The present application discloses an exemplary adapter configured as a transition between a fitting and a fluid system component. In one exemplary embodiment, the adapter is configured as a transition between a compression fitting and a fluid system component. The adapter comprises a body portion, a compression portion, and a flange portion. A first end of the body portion is inserted into a port of the compression fitting and the compression portion compresses a resilient seal against a sealing shoulder of the fitting. A nut of the compression fitting engages the flange portion of the adapter to connect the adapter to the compression fitting. A second end of the body portion is connected to a fluid system component. The adapter provides a fluid tight connection between the compression fitting and the fluid system component without using a gasket ring or a locking ring of the compression fitting. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214532 | Tunable Fluid Flow Generator - A tunable generator has a surface structure for contacting an exterior fluid flow relative to a base structure. The contacting surface structure also has an electrogenerative portion positioned relative to the contacting structure and the base structure. The electrogenerative portion is preferably a piezoelectric or electromagnetic structure, although other types of structures are known within the art. The contacting surface is mechanically coupled to portions of the base structure through one or more elastic elements. The various portions of the base structure can be positioned relative to other base structure portions to alter the elasticity of the system or the tensioning of the elastic elements. The field of flow exerts forces upon the contacting structure which causes movement in the contacting surface structure relative to the base structure through the electrogenerative portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214533 | Method for Power Regulation of an Underwater Power Plant - The invention concerns a method for the operation of an underwater power plant with
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20130214534 | METHOD FOR OPERATING WIND FARM AND OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WIND FARM - An operation control system for a wind farm having wind turbines includes: a remaining-lifetime estimation unit for estimating remaining lifetime of a component of each wind turbine; a sales-income estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, an income from sales of electric power under a plurality of output control conditions; a maintenance-cost estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, maintenance cost based on the remaining lifetime of the component under each of the plurality of power limit conditions; a power-limit-condition selection unit for selecting, for each wind turbine, a power limit condition that maximizes income obtained from the wind farm, based on the income from sales of electric power and the maintenance cost estimated for each wind turbine under each of the power limit conditions; and an operation command unit for sending an operation command to each wind turbine based on the selected power limit condition. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214535 | METHOD OF OPERATING A WIND TURBINE AND WIND TURBINE - A method of operating a wind turbine has the following steps: receiving ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214536 | WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, WIND TURBINE GENERATOR, AND WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL METHOD - A power-converter controller is provided in a wind turbine generator which is interconnected to a utility grid and in which a generator generates electrical power by rotation of a rotor having blades. The power-converter controller includes a voltage sensor that measures a generator terminal voltage, resonance-component extracting sections that extract an electrical resonance component generated due to the interconnection from a measurement result measured by the voltage sensor, and a control section and a control section that control a current that flows to the utility grid so as to suppress the resonance component, on the basis of the resonance component extracted by the resonance-component extracting sections. Accordingly, the power-converter controller can more effectively suppress the resonance generated due to the interconnection of the wind turbine generator to the utility grid. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214537 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TYPE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - It is intended to provide a power generating apparatus of renewable energy type and an operation method of the power generating apparatus, which can achieve both variable speed operation and grid connection without a frequency converting circuit and which uses a hydraulic transmission. In the power generating apparatus of renewable energy type | 2013-08-22 |
20130214538 | Air Cooled Power Feeders for Wind Turbine Applications - A wind turbine is disclosed. The wind turbine may comprise a tower having a top and a base, a generator located near the top of the tower, a main shaft operatively connected to the generator, a hub operatively connected to the main shaft, a plurality of blades extending from the hub, and at least one electrical conductor connected to the generator, the conductor configured to carry electric power from the generator to the base of the tower. The wind turbine may further comprise a conduit enclosing the conductor with the conduit having a lower air inlet opening and an upper air outlet opening. The conduit removes heat generated by the conductor by inducing a chimney effect, causing the heat of the conductor to rise up the conduit and out of the tower through the upper air outlet opening, while drawing in air from outside the tower through the lower air inlet opening. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214539 | MODULAR ARRAY WIND ENERGY NOZZLES WITH TRUNCATED CATENOIDAL CURVATURE TO FACILITATE AIR FLOW - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a wind energy conversion system including a plurality of wind energy conversion modules integrated into a superstructure for the conversion of wind energy to electrical energy, each one of the plurality of wind energy conversion modules including a nozzle comprising: an intake having an intake length; a throat coupled in fluid communication with a wind power generating turbine, wherein the throat is downstream of the intake; a diffuser comprising a housing and having a length, the diffuser downstream from the throat, wherein a diameter of the diffuser is greater than a diameter of the throat; and a vortex-forming aerodynamic feature on at least one of the intake, the throat, the turbine, and the diffuser, wherein the aerodynamic feature acts to increase throughput through the nozzle. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214540 | WIND POWER TURBINE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine for a wind power turbine for generating electric power has a tubular stator having a plurality of stator segments; a tubular rotor which has a plurality of rotor segments, is located inside the tubular stator, and rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the tubular stator; a sleeve located at least partly inside the tubular rotor and connectable to a supporting frame of the wind power turbine; and a bearing located inside and fixed to the sleeve, and which supports the tubular rotor rotating with respect to the sleeve. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214541 | SPLIT PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE - The invention relates to an electrical energy conversion system ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214542 | CARBON-DIOXIDE-NEUTRAL COMPENSATION FOR CURRENT LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A method is provided for carbon-dioxide-neutral compensation for current level fluctuations in an electrical power supply system as a result of peaks and troughs in the generation of electrical energy. When a generation peak occurs, electrical energy produced from a regenerative energy source is used in an electrolysis unit for hydrogen generation. A hydrogen flow generated in the electrolysis unit is supplied to a reactor unit that catalytically generates an energy-carrier flow containing hydrocarbon. In a generation trough, the produced energy-carrier flow is burned in a combustion chamber. The thermal energy of the flue-gas flow formed by the combustion is used to generate electrical energy in a turbine process. The generated electrical energy is fed into the electrical power supply system. The flue-gas flow is supplied to the reactor unit as a carbon source for generation of the energy-carrier flow. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214543 | LINEAR ROTATING LINK SWITCH ACTUATION - A method and device for generating a signal includes a housing having a wall. A fork bolt is pivotally coupled to the housing and movable between an unlatched and a latched position. A detent lever is pivotally coupled to the housing and cooperates with the fork bolt. A flexible member is connected to the housing of the latch. Proximate to a free end of the flexible member is a protruding portion. A link has a first end rotationally coupled to the fork bolt and a second end arranged to move linearly between a first position and a second position. When the fork bolt is in an unlatch position, the second end of the link applies a rotational force to the flexible member. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214544 | One hand operable cabinet latch - A one hand operable cabinet latch is provided with upper and lower sub-assemblies including a hollow cylinder, a spring-biased rotatable bolt projecting out of the cylinder, and a knob secured to one end of the bolt and projecting out of an opening of the cylinder; upper and lower mounting plates secured to one door panel; upper and lower driven members each including a groove at one end with the knob slidably projecting out of the groove, a slot at the other end, and a trigger at the other end of the driven member; an intermediate interconnecting member secured to the one door panel and including two fastening members each driven through the slot into the interconnecting member to slidably secure each of the driven members to the interconnecting member; and upper and lower catches mounted on an inner surface of a top and a bottom of the cabinet respectively. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214545 | INTEGRATED LOCK AND LATCH DEVICE FOR SLIDING WINDOWS - An integrated lock and latch device for use in sliding sash windows includes a lock assembly including a sweep cam that has a pinion portion adjacent and extending downwardly from it. The pinion portion presents gear teeth extending outwardly. A tilt latch assembly including a sliding bolt is biased toward an extended position where a terminal portion of the sliding bolt extends outwardly. The sliding bolt has at least one track portion. The sweep cam is rotatably shiftable between a locked position where the sweep cam is engaged to the keeper, an intermediate unlocked position where the sweep cam is disengaged from the keeper and a tilt position where the sweep cam is disengaged from the keeper and the first gear teeth are engaged to the second gear teeth and the sliding bolt is withdrawn inwardly from the extended position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214546 | FAIL SAFE LOCKING OVERSHOT DEVICE - A fail safe locking overshot device. The overshot device is connected to a hoisting line for retrieval of a spearhead. The device provides automatic engagement of a mechanical locking system through locking dogs for locking the lifting dogs after capture of a spearhead. Manual disengagement is required to unlock the lifting dogs and release the spearhead. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214547 | Selectively Bendable Remote Gripping Tool - A hand-held remote access device, such as a gripping tool, includes a jaw portion having a pair of jaws movable relative to each other between fully clamped and fully opened positions thereof, a handle portion spaced apart from the jaw portion by a bendable central portion that has a hollow, corrugated member having alternating ridges and grooves that is bendable so as to attain a predetermined shape. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214548 | VEHICLE HAVING AN OVERHEAD CONSOLE - A vehicle having a roof lining which is bounded at the front by a front windscreen and has an overhead console which is extended toward the front by a front windscreen unit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the covering element of the windscreen unit being attached to a front windscreen-end support at at least a first attachment point and to the overhead console at at least a second attachment point. The covering element being mounted so as to float with play in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the lateral direction of the vehicle at the first attachment point, and is mounted without play at the second attachment point for accurate alignment with the overhead console. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214549 | STORAGE DEVICE AND PARTITION FOR USE IN SUCH A STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device for use in the passenger compartment of a vehicle is provided herein. The storage device has a partition that can divide a receptacle space of the storage device into partial receptacle spaces and an overload safety that prevents the partition from being destroyed or damaged under the influence of excessive force. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214550 | ANTI-BACTERIAL COVERING PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE PANEL - Described are an antibacterial covering panel and a method for making the panel. The panel comprises a supporting layer having a first surface for connection to a surface to be covered, for example the interior surface of an ambulance, and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface; at least one composite material is positioned outside in view at the second surface of the supporting layer and comprises at least one layer of particles of photocatalytic material. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214551 | STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A seat structure for a vehicle includes: fixation members fixed to a floor at positions away from each other in a front-rear direction; a slide rail having an aluminum stationary rail held by the fixation members and a movable rail movable with respect to the stationary rail in the front rear direction; a seat cushion fixed to the movable rail; a seatback supported by the scat cushion; and an iron reinforcement plate fixed to the stationary rail at a position inside a safety-belt used area and outside regions having the fixation members. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214552 | PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A panel assembly includes a trim panel and a finisher panel. The trim panel has a base portion, a support portion, and an accent portion. The accent portion is adjacent to the base portion and the support portion. The finisher panel is connected to the trim panel such that a first perimeter edge of the finisher panel is adjacent to the base portion of the audio panel, a second perimeter edge of the finisher panel is adjacent to the accent portion of the audio panel, and the support portion is concealed by the finisher panel. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214553 | SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A cowl structure that is small in size and light, and that is effective in preventing air discharged from a radiator from being applied to the legs of the rider. An upper cowl includes ridges projecting laterally outwardly in the transverse direction of the vehicle, slanted surfaces extending from the ridges in the forward direction of the vehicle and directed toward the center of the vehicle, and rear slanted surfaces extending from the ridges in a rearward direction of the vehicle and directed toward the center of the vehicle. The air discharged from the radiator is not applied to the legs of the rider. Since the action is achieved simply by deforming the upper cowl, the cowl can be reduced in size and weight. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214554 | AUTOMOBILE COVER REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ROLLER ASSEMBLY - A cover removal and installation roller assembly for an automobile that is particularly suited to be operated by hand, by an individual, in order to install or remove a cover from the automobile. The roller assembly includes a self-storing hand crank that is removably connectable to a cover spool whereby the cover spool can be rotated in order to wind the cover therearound or play the cover out from the spool. The cover in one embodiment is removably connectable to the cover spool. Methods for using the cover roller and installation roller assembly are disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214555 | Adhesively Bonded Window and Hardware Assembly - An adhesively bonded window and hardware assembly includes a window member ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130214556 | AERODYNAMIC WHEEL COVER - A wheel cover or panel assembly for use on a long haul truck is provided. These wheel covers can provide enhanced aerodynamic effects to a truck or other vehicle thereby reducing wind drag and enhancing fuel efficiency. Still further, the wheel covers can articulate or turn along with the steering by design. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214557 | REAR-MOUNTED AERODYNAMIC STRUCTURE FOR TRUCK CARGO BODIES - This invention provides an aerodynamic structure attached to the rear cargo body, having doors that swing open, or a single, full-width door, which rolls upwardly. The embodiments provide an aerodynamic structure attached to the rear in a manner that would obscure access to the door(s) in a deployed position, in which the structure reduces drag, yet enables access to the door(s) in a folded position. The folded position allows access to the rear for loading and unloading, and in the case of swinging, hinged doors, allows the doors to be folded through a 270-degree arc, with a minimal sideways projection. The various embodiments also enable relatively rapid and easy transition between the folded position and the deployed position using actuators and/or linkages that tie the folding and deployment of panels of the structure together. This allows selective folding and deployment of the structure without undue effort or strength. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214558 | BODY STRUCTURE, IN PARTICULAR FLOOR STRUCTURE, FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a car body structure, especially a substructure, for a motor vehicle, with beam components that create defined load paths in collision situations. According to the invention, the beam components situated in the area of at least one defined load path—especially a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear-end collision load path—at least partially comprise high-strength beam components, preferably completely through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength beam components, made out of a hot-worked or press-hardened steel sheet, said beam components being joined to each other directly or indirectly, preferably directly, especially being joined to each other positively or non-positively and/or by bonding. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214559 | LATERAL IMPACT ENERGY TRANSFER RAIL - A lateral impact energy transfer rail for an automotive vehicle and a body structure incorporating the same. The transfer rail includes a cross member having a gusset mounted at each end. The gussets opposing end of each gusset is attached to a roof side rail of the vehicle. The gussets are secured to the cross member by a fastener and an additional connection. The additional connection is laterally offset from the fastener. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214560 | STRUCTURE FOR POSITIONING COWL TOP FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a cowl top positioning structure for determining the relative positions of a windshield and a front cowl top by means of a clip. The clip has: a cowl top mounting section to which the front cowl top is mounted; a windshield facing section facing the lower end surface of the windshield; and a reaction force generation section for generating a reaction force acting against a pushing force with which the lower end surface of the windshield pushes the windshield facing section toward the front of the vehicle body. The relative positions of the windshield and the front cowl top are determined by causing, by means of the reaction force generated by the reaction force generation section, the rear end surface of the front cowl top to abut against the lower end surface of the windshield. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214561 | DAMPING STOP FOR HINGE, ESPECIALLY FOR VEHICLE DOOR HINGE - A damping stop for damping the rotation of two members connected by a hinge shaft is formed by a block of elastomeric material. The damping stop includes a fastening zone inserted forcibly into a seat situated between the first member and the hinge shaft, a contact zone that enters into contact with the second member after pivoting thereof around the hinge shaft in the direction of the first member, and a compression zone formed by a material void in the interior of the block of elastomeric material. The material void extends over the entire length of the damping stop in a direction parallel to the hinge shaft when the damping stop is inserted into the seat. The damping stop is used in a hinge of a vehicle. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214562 | Mounting Structure For Film-Shaped Electric Device - Provided is a mounting structure for mounting a film-shaped electric device to a glass panel, comprising: a resin panel attached to a surface of the film-shaped electric device to form a panel-shaped electric device having first and second edges; and first and second retaining members attached to one surface of the glass panel in correspondence with the first and second edges of the panel-shaped electric device, respectively, each first and second retaining member defining a groove such that the groove opens toward a region of the glass panel to be covered by the panel-shaped electric device, wherein the panel-shaped electric device is retained by the first and second retaining members with the first and second edges of the panel-shaped electric device being received in the corresponding grooves such that the surface of the film-shaped electric device having the resin panel attached thereto faces away from the glass panel. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214563 | Frame for open roof construction - A frame for an open roof construction is provided, said frame comprising at least one channel member for guiding a drive member, such as a drive cable. Said channel member, as seen in cross section, comprises a base part which is defined by a corresponding local depression of the frame and a cover part connected to said base part. The connection between said base part and said cover part is continuous over the length of said channel member. It is possible that the cover part is connected to the base part through die slide injection molding. | 2013-08-22 |
20130214564 | HIGH CHAIR - A folding device is configured at the pivot between the rear leg frame and the front leg frame of a high chair and allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a driving member. When the driving member is pressed, an engaging member of the folding device moves correspondingly to an unlocked position, so that the rear leg frame disengages from and pivots about the front leg frame. The high chair can then be folded easily for the user, and the structure of the invention is simpler than the prior art. | 2013-08-22 |