36th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100225108 | CONNECTING ASSEMBLY WITH A FIRST PIPE CONNECTION AND A SECOND PIPE CONNECTION AND A LOCK RING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONNECTING ASSEMBLY OF THIS TYPE - Connecting assembly that includes a first pipe connection having a central axis and a second pipe connection having a central axis. The first pipe connection is structured to be insertable into the second pipe connection. A holding rib is located on each of the first and second pipe connections coaxial to the central axes, respectively, and at least one of the holding ribs includes a rear flank arranged to delimit a groove. A lock ring includes a spring strip bent in a generally circular manner through an angle of at least 240° with at least two circumferential ends and projections directed radially inwards. At least one radial surface is positionable against the rear flank of the at least one holding rib, and a spreading element is arranged so that the circumferential ends bear against the spreading element under a spring tension of the spring strip. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225109 | Tube connector - A tube connector comprising a male portion having a male portion thread on an outer surface, a first tube having a first tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ) of approximately 37° to a tube connector centerline, the male portion having a clearance engagement with the first tube, a nut having a clearance engagement with a second tube, the nut engagable with the male portion thread, the second tube having a second tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ′) in the range of (θ′)=(θ+x)°, were x=+0° up to 1°, and the first tube surface compressed by the nut and the male portion against the second tube surface for a sealing engagement between the first tube surface and the second tube surface. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225110 | SEALING WASHER WITH MULTIPLE SEALING RINGS - A sealing washer, comprising a rigid body having opposite, disc-shaped surfaces defining parallel planes, and a central opening defined through the rigid body along a central axis thereof; and multiple, concentric, polymeric sealing rings projecting away from the plane defined by each of the disc-shaped surfaces of the rigid body, the sealing rings being generally coaxial with the central axis, and each sealing ring being deformable in response to compression forces applied to the plane defined by each disc-shaped surface. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225111 | GASKET FOR BELL SOCKET - A gasket and a piping system using the gasket are disclosed. The gasket has an o-shaped body including an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The gasket further may include at least one gasket retaining bar attached to the body that bar prevents the gasket from being displaced while the spigot is being inserted into the gasket. The gasket may also include at least one restraining device attached to the body. The restraining device has at least one edge that extends beyond the inner diameter of the body of the gasket to engage the spigot. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225112 | Power generator and power generation system including this power generator - According to the present invention, there is provided a power generator that can generate power having a predetermined voltage and a predetermined current even though external energy is slight or excessively strong when generating power based on water power or wind power, the power generator comprising: a magnet rotor that rotates upon receiving rotating force from a driving source; and a stator coil arranged to face magnetic poles of the magnet rotor, the magnet rotor including: a rotary shaft rotatably and axially supported by a housing; and permanent magnets that form a plurality of magnetic poles on a concentric circle with the rotary shaft at the center. The stator coil includes: a plurality of coreless winding wires arranged to face the magnetic poles formed in the rotor; and a three-phase output terminal. Thus, the plurality of coreless winding wires are formed of effective output winding wires whose number is three or its multiple number, and they are connected with the output terminal through switching means so as to enable switching a total number of turns to a large or small value. This switching means is connected to controlling means in such a manner that the total number of turns is reduced when the rotating force from the driving source is large and the total number of turns is increased when the rotating force is small. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225113 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A WIND TURBINE AND WIND TURBINE USING THIS METHOD - A method for the operation of a wind turbine comprising a rotor with at least one rotor blade, a generator and a speed regulator for regulating the rotational speed of a drive train element by adjusting a generator torque and/or a blade pitch angle, comprising the steps of: determining the angular speed of the drive train element through the time derivative of an angular position signal, determining the angular acceleration of the drive train element, presetting desired values for the generator torque and/or the blade pitch angle taking into account the angular speed of the drive train element and the angular acceleration of the drive train element, wherein the angular acceleration of the drive train element is determined from the angular position signal, wherein a filtering with an upper cut off frequency is performed after the first time derivative of the angular position signal and before a second time derivative of the angular position signal, said upper cut off frequency being tuned to a maximum adjustment speed of the generator torque and/or of the blade pitch angle. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225114 | HYBRID BEARING AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a hybrid bearing, comprising:
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20100225115 | WAVE POWER STATION - The device is applied in energetics for receiving electrical energy from the sea waves. The wave power station consists of a generator, coupled to an energy-receiving shaft, comprised of a definite number of energy-receiving modules, joint in series to each other, fixed on a common platform and each energy-receiving module consists of a flywheel ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225116 | WAVE POWERED ELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM - In a wave powered electric generator system, multiple floatation devices are interconnected by torque arms arranged to convert pivotal movement of the torque arms due to up and down movement of the floatation devices, into one-way rotational movement of electric generator shafts, the torque arms being configured to permit expansion and contraction of their lengths when exposed to sudden, severe axial forces. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225117 | Method of Generating Electricity - A system and process for generating hydroelectric power within a body of water uses head pressure existing between two depths of the water. A vertically arranged conduit has an upper water intake and is in fluid communication with a reservoir situated at a lower depth. In a first cycle, water flow is established in the conduit between the water intake and lower reservoir when the reservoir is substantially full of air but at a hydrostatic pressure less than the hydrostatic pressure at the top of the water conduit. A turbine mounted adjacent the reservoir and at a lower depth than the water intake drives an electric generator. As water is introduced into the reservoir, air is scavenged by a compressor and used to drive water from a second reservoir. After the first reservoir is generally full of water, valves are provided to cease the flow of water through the water intake and flow of air out the exhaust tube. An air pump thereafter introduces air scavenged from the first reservoir into the second reservoir to force water out of a second reservoir water outlet port. The generating cycle is then repeated. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225118 | Drive System for Use with Flowing Fluids - The present invention includes a drive system for use in a flowing fluid, the drive system preferably having a first turbine connected to a shaft, a first gear connected to the shaft, a second turbine rotatably mounted on a pipe, a second gear rotatably mounted on the pipe and connected to the second turbine, and two or more satellite gears in fixed locations relative to the pipe and rotatably engaged, directly or indirectly, with the first gear and the second gear. The drive system may be used, for example, in a wind generator to generate electrical energy. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225119 | Drive System for Use with Flowing Fluids - The present invention includes a drive system for use in a flowing fluid, the drive system preferably having a first turbine connected to a shaft, a first gear connected to the shaft, a second turbine rotatably mounted on a pipe, a second gear rotatably mounted on the pipe and connected to the second turbine, and two or more satellite gears in fixed locations relative to the pipe and rotatably engaged, directly or indirectly, with the first gear and the second gear. The drive system may be used, for example, in a wind generator to generate electrical energy. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225120 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT TO INSTALL A WIND-TURBINE - At least one blade of the wind-turbine is attached firm but detachable with the tower by a fixture. The tower and the attached blade are transported to a planned site. The tower and the attached blade are brought together into an upright position in a single lift-action. A hub and a nacelle of the wind-turbine are mounted on the top of the tower. A wire of a winch, which is located inside the nacelle or the hub, is connected with a root of the blade. The blade is detached from the tower by unlocking the fixture. The blade is lift up to the hub for its attachment there. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225121 | Rotating Electrical Machines - A torsional vibration damper is integrated into a rotating electrical machine. A rotatable assembly of the electrical machine includes a rotor core pack having a first end and a second end. The integrated torsional vibration damper consists of a torsional elastic coupling and a torsional elastic damper and provides mechanical damping. The integrated torsional vibration damper is mounted to the rotatable shaft of the electrical machine by a flange. The rotor core pack is mounted at the first end to the integrated torsional vibration damper by suitable structure members such as a mounting flange and is not fixedly mounted directly to the rotatable shaft. In the case where the rotor core pack is cooled by circulating coolant fluid (e.g. MIDEL) then the integrated torsional vibration damper may be a viscous damper that uses the coolant fluid as a viscous working fluid. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225122 | AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH DUAL USE OF SPEED SIGNALS - An auxiliary power unit has a speed sensor for sensing a speed of operation of the auxiliary power unit. The speed sensor sends a signal to an electronic control box. The electronic control box is operable to control the auxiliary power unit. A branch line is for communicating the speed signal to a health monitoring system. The branch passes through an electronic component that will isolate the speed signal as it passes beyond the component and to the downstream use, such that corruption at a downstream use will not pass back upstream to corrupt the signals used in the electronic control box. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225123 | LATCH-BOLT MECHANISM WITH A DISTANCE-ADJUSTING DEVICE - A latch-bolt mechanism includes a housing, a latch-bolt, and a distance-adjusting device. The latch-bolt is movable relative to the housing between an extended position and a retracted position. The distance-adjusting device includes a movable unit movable in the housing between first and second vertical positions and including a first drive member for driving movement of the latch-bolt from the extended position to the retracted position when the movable unit is disposed at either the first or second vertical positions, and a fastener unit for locking the movable unit releaseably at a selected one of the first and second vertical positions. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225124 | Push-pull type door latch with motion transfer belt - A push-pull type door latch opens a door by applying direct mechanical force on the pull side, and by remote action on the push side through conveying a force through a motion transfer belt that connects the two handles. The latch involves no access holes in the door so each handle may be situated at offset positions with respect to each other. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225125 | SAFETY LOCK - A safety lock is disclosed and comprises a body, a bolt and a handle. The body is securable to one member. The bolt is mounted to the body for reciprocation between projecting and retracted positions. In the projecting position, a bolt end portion protrudes beyond the body and is engageable in another member, to prevent relative movement of the members. In the retracted position, the end portion is incapable of engagement in the other member, to permit said relative movement. The handle is releasably engageable to the bolt. The handle, body and bolt are adapted such that when the handle is engaged to the bolt, the handle permits manual reciprocation of the bolt, and are further adapted such that when the handle is disengaged from the bolt and the bolt end portion is inaccessible for manual manipulation, the bolt is inaccessible for said manual reciprocation. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225126 | LATCH-BOLT MECHANISM OPERABLE TO ALLOW FOR IDLE ROTATION OF AN EXTERIOR HANDLE - A latch-bolt mechanism includes a housing, a latch-bolt, and a drive member. The latch-bolt is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, and includes a bolt body and an engaging member operable to move relative to the bolt body between an engagement position and a disengagement position and having an engaging portion. The drive member has a driving portion. When the engaging member is at the engagement position, the driving portion can be activated to contact and push the engaging portion so as to move the latch-bolt from the extended position to the retracted position. When the engaging member is at the disengagement position, contact between the driving portion and the engaging portion can be prevented. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225127 | Outer door grip, in particular for vehicles - The invention concerns an outer door grip, in particular for vehicles. The outer door grip exhibits a handle ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225128 | Actuating Handle for a Door - The invention relates to an actuating handle with a stop element for a door. The stop element comprises at least one attachment element that can be fixed to the door, a handle for actuating the door and/or a closure device arranged in the door. The attachment element, which is arranged and/or designed in such a way that it can be fixed at and/or in the closure device perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the stop element is connected with the stop element and can be introduced into the closure device by passing through a lateral surface of the door. In this way, the mounting of the actuating handle is made easier and can be carried out independently of the respective installation situation, if possible without tools. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225129 | Actuating Handle - An actuating handle for a window or door including a fixing element coupled to a socket, the socket being selectively rotatable relative to a stop plate. The fixing element will allow insertion of a polygonal driver coupled to a handle from one direction through the socket, thereby rotationally coupling the handle and the socket, but will not allow the polygonal driver to be withdrawn in the opposite direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225130 | Apparatus For Coupling And Decoupling Clips - An apparatus for coupling and decoupling clips is described. Specifically, the apparatus allows for installation of clips to building structures of varying elevations. The apparatus may comprise a telescoping pole, a lower pivot joint, an upper pivot joint, and at least one reversible clip. The reversible clip may be removed from the upper pivot joint by applying a substantially vertical force in a downward direction to the telescoping pole. Lights may be attached to the reversible clip. The lower pivot joint and upper pivot joint allow for the reversible clip to be coupled to building structures at various angles. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225131 | Product gripper - The invention relates to a product gripper for the taking up of a product, having two vane blades, having a driving means to move the vane blades between a first position, in which the vane blades can be placed onto a support for the product to be taken up at oppositely disposed sides of the product to be taken up, and a second position, in which the vane blades are located at least partly beneath the product to be taken up, and having a downholder for the fixing of the product to be taken up while the vane blades are moved beneath it, with the downholder being arranged above a vane blade plane defined by the vane blades. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225132 | Product gripper - The invention relates to a product gripper for the taking up of a product, having two vane blades, having a driving means to move the vane blades between a first position, in which the vane blades can be placed onto a support for the product to be taken up at oppositely disposed sides of the product to be taken up, and a second position, in which the vane blades are located at least partly beneath the product to be taken up, and having a downholder for the fixing of the product to be taken up while the vane blades are moved beneath it, with the downholder being arranged above a vane blade plane defined by the vane blades. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225133 | HOISTING SYSTEM FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS - A hoisting system is adapted to be configured on an emergency vehicle for rescue operations to save one or more victims. The hoisting system comprises at least one retractable arrangement, a deck member, and a locking mechanism. The at least one retractable arrangement comprises a hollow telescopic member, and a winch member including a cable of predetermined length wound thereto. The hollow telescopic member is capable of extending and contracting longitudinally. The cable is capable of being unwound from the winch member for passing through the hollow telescopic member. The deck member is adapted to be coupled to an end portion of the cable unwound from the winch member. The deck member is capable of moving downwardly upon unwinding of the cable, and moving upwardly upon winding of the cable. The locking mechanism is configured on the at least one retractable arrangement for locking a spinning of the deck member. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225134 | HARNESS ASSEMBLY FOR A DUAL-MODE TAILGATE - A harness assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a body and a dual-mode tailgate connected to the body via a dual-action hinge The harness assembly includes a protector connected to a frame of the tailgate. The protector has a body shaped to conform to a first portion of the tailgate frame having a first contour and a second portion of the tailgate frame having a second differing contour. A portion of the protector body is configured to route a section of a tailgate harness adjacent an outboard lateral edge of the tailgate frame and past the section of the tailgate harness under a dual-action hinge. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225135 | REAR FLOOR STRUCTURE IN VEHICLE BODY REAR PART - A rear floor structure in a vehicle body rear part has a spare tire placing panel having an inclined surface inclined downward toward the vehicle front provided above a rear floor, and a spare tire tiltingly mounted on the spare tire placing panel. In the rear floor structure, in an intermediate portion in the front and rear direction of the spare tire placing panel, a convex part directed upward is provided so as to extend along the vehicle width direction; between the rear floor and the spare tire placing panel in the vertical direction, a space for disposing a jack, being a rigid member, is formed; and on the vehicle front side of the axis center of the jack on the rear floor, a projecting part extending in the vehicle width direction is provided. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225136 | SEAL MEMBER FOR DOOR - The object of the present invention is to provide a door seal member which is easily fitted into the door of a car. A door seal member | 2010-09-09 |
20100225137 | TRANSPORT TRAILER LIFTGATE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A liftgate apparatus may include a plurality of vertical tracks attached to a rear of a trailer, each of the plurality of vertical tracks including a vertical roller chain. Tops of the plurality of vertical tracks intersect horizontal hollow structural tubes which include hydraulic cylinders. The apparatus may also include at least one bar attached to a bottom of each vertical roller chain and attached to sets of rolling wheels configured to move the at least one bar vertically inside the plurality of vertical tracks and a plurality of hinges attached to a lower end of the at least one bar and attached to a base of a liftgate, wherein the vertical roller chain lifts the at least one bar and the liftgate at hinged points. The apparatus may also include a plurality of types of link chains, wherein a first type of the link chains supports the liftgate in a closed position and the first type is affixed to the top of the at least one bar and to the liftgate, and wherein a second type of the link chains is affixed to the top of the vertical roller chain and to mid sections of the liftgate. The apparatus may further include a plurality of sprockets connected via a shaft, wherein the vertical roller chain travels over at least one of plurality of sprockets and connects the hydraulic cylinders to the least one bar, thereby moving the at least one bar and the attached liftgate in a synchronized manner. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225138 | Folding Locator Pin for Glass Panels - A locator pin aligns a glass panel during installation on a vehicle. The locator pin includes a base for affixing to the glass panel in a predetermined position prior to transporting it from a site where the glass panel is formed. A pin body has an elongated portion with a proximal end and a distal end defining a longitudinal axis. A hinge pivotally attaches the pin body to the base at the proximal end so that the pin body pivots between a shipping position wherein the longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to a surface of the glass panel and an alignment position wherein the longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the glass panel. The folding pin allows glass panels to be stacked closer together in shipping racks when they are transported from the glass fabrication facility to a place of installation. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225139 | Portable automobile (GPS) attachment cradle - A portable GPS docking device that clamps onto an automobile Sun Visor, to provide a driver a direct heads up view on the road way. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225140 | CONVERTIBLE WITH A SUNROOF PART - A convertible vehicle has a movable top with a sunroof part that is movable with respect to the surrounding top region. The sunroof part has a closed position and an open position, as well as an interference-preventing position and an intermediate position. The sunroof part is moved to the interference-preventing position during at least part of the movement of the top from the top closed position to the top open position and is moved to the intermediate position when in the top open position. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225141 | STRUCTURE FOR SIDE PORTION OF VEHICLE BODY AND VEHICLE WITH THE SAME - The object of the invention is to provide a structure for side portion of a vehicle body, which can suppress large deformation of a door beam (impact beam) when a side collision load is inputted to the door beam, and a vehicle provided with the structure for side portion of a vehicle body. In the invention, if a side collision load of a vehicle is inputted to the door beam, the front end portion of the door beam is supported by a front pillar portion, and an intermediate portion close to the rear end of the door beam is supported by a support convex portion of a swollen portion which is swollen forward from a center pillar portion. Therefore, the door beam is bent and deformed to the inside of the vehicle body with the front pillar portion and the support convex portion as support points, and a specific portion on a rear end portion side, which includes a rear end portion located further rearward than the support convex portion, intrudes into a receiving concave portion of the swollen portion on the vehicle body side. As a result, the bending moment in the directions opposite to each other acts on a rear end portion side and a front end portion side of the door beam with the support convex portion as a boundary, so that large deformation of the door beam is suppressed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225142 | DOOR TRIM PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vehicle door assembly is provided that includes a retainer that secures to a door body panel, specifically, to the door inner panel, and is configured such that a door trim component or components may be secured to the retainer, rather than directly to the door trim panel. Door trim components of lightweight materials may be used, with the retainer providing the structural integrity required for securement to the door inner panel. Because it is not a visible component in the assembled door, the same retainer design may be used for doors of different models in a given vehicle platform, with different door trim components of different materials or styles consistent with the different models secured to identical retainers. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225143 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DRAG ON VEHICLES WITH PLANAR REAR SURFACES - Vanes are used for reducing drag on a moving vehicle having a substantially planar rear surface. The current disclosure describes a means for mounting vanes to a vehicle using pliant material which creates no work for the driver of the vehicle during loading or unloading activities. The apparatus is extremely light weight, and includes a rigid vane of length L having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an aerodynamic center therebetween, positioned at a distance of between 0.15 L and 0.5L from said leading edge. The vane has an inner surface facing the vehicle and an outer surface. At least one first pliant attachment means connects the leading edge of the vane to a side surface of said vehicle; at least one second pliant attachment means connects the inner surface of said vane to a rear surface of said vehicle; and a third pliant attachment means connects the trailing edge of the vane to the vehicle. The second pliant attachment means is connected to the inner surface of the vane at a distance of between 0.15 L and 0.5L from the leading edge of said vane; or at the aerodynamic center of the vane. The vane helps prevent or reduce formation of a zone of turbulent air behind the vehicle. The apparatus allows substantial reductions in fuel consumption and, as a result of the fuel savings, the invention also reduces truck CO | 2010-09-09 |
20100225144 | AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR COMPONENT - There is provided an automotive interior component including an impact absorber mounted to an interior side of a side wall panel of a vehicle, and the shape and structure of the impact absorber that can undergo buckling deformation and absorb an impact load in a side collision are improved to increase an impact absorbing function. The impact absorber | 2010-09-09 |
20100225145 | DEVICE FOR ABSORBING SIDE FORCES - A device for absorbing side forces during a side impact of a motor vehicle has a reinforcing structure ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225146 | HEADLINER FOR CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE - This invention relates to a convertible vehicle comprising a mobile roof which is held by means of lateral bars in such a way that it can move in relation to the vehicle body, and comprises a lining layer, i.e. a headliner, facing the passenger compartment. Said vehicle is embodied in such a way that, when the roof is closed, the outer transversal edges of the headliner extend below lateral profiled elements and against same, said profiled elements being used as carriers for seals for side window panes. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225147 | ROOF ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - The roof assembly includes guide rails extending parallel and at a distance from each other. The guide rails each include a guide groove being defined between an upper and lower flange of the guide rails. The guide grooves open in a direction towards each other, and further comprise at least one closure panel, in particular a sunshade panel, having two opposite sides substantially parallel to the guide rails and each including at least two laterally projecting tabs for engagement into the respective guide groove. At least one of said lower and upper flanges of each guide rail has at least one cut-out for allowing the tabs of the closure panel to enter the guide groove. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225148 | SEATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A seating structure, particularly for bicycle saddles, includes a load-bearing shell with at least one differently deformable portion proximate to its outer periphery, a substantially annular protective rim with a first portion formed of a first material of predetermined elastic rigidity and at least one second portion formed of a second base material having a different elastic rigidity from that of said first material. The second portion is located at said at least one differently deformable portion and is separated from said first portion to define at least one substantially transverse end wall facing towards and distinct from at least one respective end wall of said first portion. A method is provided for making a seating structure as above. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225149 | Head support apparatus for child car seats - A head support apparatus for use with child car seats to prevent a child's head from loosely swinging forward and side to side as a result of the movement of a vehicle, particularly when the child is asleep. In a preferred configuration, the apparatus comprises a head device that is received on or around the head of the child, a harness assembly that attaches the apparatus to the car seat and an attachment mechanism that removably attaches the head device to the harness assembly. Preferably, the head device is a cap, beanie, headband or other hat-like object. The preferred harness assembly has a pair of longitudinal straps that are received through slots in the back wall of the car seat body and a lateral strap that is movably engaged with the longitudinal straps and configured to attach to the head device. The attachment mechanism can be a hook-and-loop connector. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225150 | Child Restraint System Including a Stationary Seat Support and a Removable Juvenile Vehicle Seat on the Seat Support - A child restraint including a seat support and a juvenile vehicle seat removably coupled to the seat support. The juvenile vehicle seat may be reclined with respect to the seat support. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225151 | VEHICLE SEAT ACTUATION MECHANISM - A seat for use in a vehicle having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat base by a recliner mechanism such that the seat back can be pivoted in a forward and rearward direction relative the seat base. The seat also includes a track assembly coupled to the vehicle and the seat, such that the seat can be moved in the forward and rearward directions relative to the vehicle interior. The seat also includes an actuator mechanism having a first actuator, a second actuator, and an energy storage device for storing energy generated from movement of the seat and selectively releasing the stored energy to assist in repositioning the seat when at least one of the first actuator and second actuator is actuated. Actuating the first actuator causes the seat to move from a first position to a second position, and actuating the second actuator causes the seat to move from a first position to a third position. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225152 | VEHICLE SEAT - In a vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion, a seatback that is rotatably attached to the seat cushion, and a spring that urges the seatback to a raised upright position from a reclined position in which the seatback is tilted back behind the seat cushion, the spring is spiral shaped, with a center-side end portion that is arranged near the rotational center of the seatback hooked on a seatback-connected member and an outside end portion that is positioned on the outer peripheral side of the spring hooked on a seat cushion-connected member. A shield member that covers the spring is attached to the seat cushion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225153 | HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To perform highly precise position adjustment for head restraint in short time regardless of distance between head restraint and human body and head shape. Head restraint position adjusting device | 2010-09-09 |
20100225154 | Method for Simultaneously Mining Vertically Disposed Beds - A method of solution mining vertically disposed beds of water-soluble deposits comprising a lower bed and at least one upper bed having at least one non-soluble layer disposed therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a channel in the lower bed; (b) drilling at least one zero radius or ultra-short radius injection pathway in the at least one upper bed; (c) manipulating at least one of the channel and the at least one injection pathway such that a fluid pathway is established between said channel and at least one injection pathway; (d) injecting a stream of solvent through the at least one injection pathway; and (e) recovering the solvent containing dissolved deposit therein via a recovery well. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225155 | USE OF POST-BLAST MARKERS IN THE MINING OF MINERAL DEPOSITS - A method of mining a mineral deposit includes setting a plurality of explosive charges at spaced pre-blast locations in the deposit, wherein at least selected pre-blast locations also carry respective markers that are such that the post-blast location of at least a useful proportion will be detectable after explosion of the charges. After the charges are exploded to fragment the deposit, the post-blast locations of certain of the markers are detected to obtain an indication of the relative positions of selected components of the mineral deposit after the fragmentation of the deposit by the exploding of the charges. Also disclosed is a method utilising a plurality of markers arranged to emit a detectable signal after blast fragmentation, and detecting the post-blast locations by triangulation techniques employing a plurality of receiver detectors. A further aspect proposes the use of secondary explosive charges as post-blast markers. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225156 | Wheel having inner bead-lock - The present invention provides a vehicle wheel system having an interior wheel half, an exterior wheel half and an integral centering element which are concentrically aligned with each other, where the centering element has a bead lock for securing a bead of a tire to enable vehicle operation during a flat tire. For a heavier, military vehicle wheel system, a varied centering element is used in conjunction with segmented inner tire system to further strengthen the deflated tire. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225157 | Spindle with hydraulic passage arrangement and method of manufacture - A spindle body defining a central axis and having a hydraulic motor assembly operably mounted thereon. At least a portion of the hydraulic motor assembly is rotatable relative to the spindle body about the central axis. A plurality of hydraulic passages extend within the spindle body. Each of the passages includes axial and lateral sections. The axial sections are in fluid communication with the hydraulic motor assembly and define a first centerline extending substantially parallel with the central axis. Each of the lateral sections are in fluid communication with one of the axial sections and form a port on an outer surface of the spindle body. The lateral sections also each define a second centerline wherein the second centerlines are positioned in mutually parallel planes and each of the first centerlines and the central axis are substantially parallel with each of the mutually parallel planes. A method of manufacture is also disclosed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225158 | BRAKE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - To predictively determine the occurrence of rear wheel lifting before actual lifting of a rear wheel occurs and enable control of brake force. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225159 | Braking System For Motor Vehicles - A braking system having a master cylinder to which wheel brake circuits (I, II) can be connected, a first piston coupled to a brake pedal, a second piston by means of which the master cylinder is actuated, a third piston actuated by the first piston and connected in a force transmitting fashion to the second piston, a simulation device which gives the driver of the vehicle a pedal sensation, an intermediate space between the second piston and third piston, a hydraulic chamber which is bounded by the third piston and when necessary, a movement of the third piston in the actuating direction is prevented, a pressure generating device which controls the pressure in the intermediate space, a pressure medium reservoir vessel which is under atmospheric pressure and which can be connected hydraulically to the intermediate space, and means for electrically controlling the pressure in the intermediate space. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225160 | CRAWLER VEHICLE TRACK GROUSER - A grouser for crawler vehicle tracks defined by a fastening member which extends in a first direction substantially crosswise to a second traveling direction of a track, is fixed to at least one supporting belt of the track, and has an inner cavity open laterally in the first direction. The grouser includes a toothed gripping member projecting from the fastening member to grip the terrain. The grouser also includes two plugs for closing the inner cavity laterally in the first direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225161 | Power mains distribution panel data link - A power mains distribution or breaker panel, and individual circuit breaker or relay therein having a circuit threacross providing a data path independent of the circuit breaker or relay operation. Alternate embodiments include circuits to control the data path and data path characteristics from data provided by either the line or load side of the power mains panel. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225162 | Power mains transformer data bridge - A circuit and system having an inductive data link from one or more user-side phases to a plurality of line-side phases by individual data transformers having a winding coupled to the particular phase by a high-permeability ferrite material. The resulting connection across the primary (or primaries) and secondary (or secondaries) selectively provides and efficient coupling of data in a multi-phase environment including step-down distribution transformers and “Δ”-to -“Y” configured circuits while maintaining isolation at the power line frequency. Further embodiments include transfer to selected phases or single-phase applications, and selective signal-pass or -reject filtering. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225163 | METHOD FOR MAKING POWER AVAILABLE AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT THEREFOR - In order to relieve the power supply system of commercial aircraft of one absolutely essential load, specifically a galley with heating and cooling appliances, the appliances are provided with at least one autonomous power supply device which can be handled without any problems and is installed in a galley trolley ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225164 | AUTOMOTIVE POWER SYSTEM - A power system for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of power storage units, a multiplexer electrically connected with the power storage units, and a switching converter electrically connected with the multiplexer. The switching converter is configured to selectively act as a flyback switchmode power converter or a forward switchmode power converter. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225165 | SEMI-DIRECT VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE WITH N+1 POWER AVAILABILITY - A system for controlling a speed of each of N variable speed motors with a drive voltage is disclosed, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The system includes (N+1) generators and a switching arrangement configured to directly couple, in a one-to-one relation, the N variable speed motors to the (N+1) generators so that any one of the N variable speed motors is capable of operating in at least a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the any one of the N variable speed motors is driven with the drive voltage generated by a first generator of at least two of the (N+1) generators, and in the second mode the any one of the N variable speed motors is driven with the drive voltage generated by a second generator of the at least two of the (N+1) generators. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225166 | Bi-Level Switching With Power Packs - An electrical power pack may include a first power switch and a cycle control to cycle between the first power switch and a second power switch. An electrical power pack may include a first power switch and a delay element to delay an operation of the first power switch. A power pack system may include a first power switch to operate in response to a constant-on control and a second power switch to operate in response to an automatic control. A power pack system may include a first power switch to operate in response to a manual-on control, and a second power switch to operate in response to an automatic-on control. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225167 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power management system connectable to a primary power source and a secondary power source, and a method of operating the power management system. A transfer switch is electrically connected to the primary and secondary power sources, and a plurality of branch circuits are electrically connected to the transfer switch. The plurality of branch circuits includes a plurality of electrical outlets. The system includes a controller wirelessly coupled to a plurality of portable receptacles, which are coupled between respective electrical outlets and managed devices. The controller manages the receptacles, and consequently the managed devices, during the second power source powering the transfer switch. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225168 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit device includes: a segment driver having a plurality of segment signal output circuits for driving a plurality of segment lines; a common driver having a plurality of common signal output circuits for driving a plurality of common lines; and a power supply circuit that supplies a first power supply at a first voltage level, a second power supply at a second voltage level, a third power supply at a third voltage level and a fourth power supply at a fourth voltage level to the segment driver and the common driver, wherein each of the plurality of segment signal output circuits sets a voltage level of a segment signal to the third voltage level in a first transition period from a period in which the voltage level of the segment signal is set to the first voltage level to a period in which the voltage level of the segment signal is set to the fourth voltage level, and sets the voltage level of the segment signal to the second voltage level in a second transition period from a period in which the voltage level of the segment signal is set to the fourth voltage level to a period in which the voltage level of the segment signal is set to the first voltage level. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225169 | REVERSE CURRENT PREVENTING CIRCUIT AND POWER SOURCE SWITCHING APPARATUS - A reverse current preventing circuit of an N channel type switching MOS transistor connected between a voltage input terminal and an output terminal to control a conduction state between the voltage input terminal and the output terminal, the circuit comprises: a first MOS transistor connected between a substrate of the switching MOS transistor and a ground point; and a second MOS transistor connected between the substrate of the switching MOS transistor and a point having a piece of predetermined constant potential higher than that of the ground point, wherein the piece of predetermined constant potential higher than that of the ground point is applied to the substrate of the switching MOS transistor while the switching MOS transistor is made to be in its on-state, and ground potential is applied to the substrate of the switching MOS transistor while the switching MOS transistor is made to be in its off-state. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER - Methods and apparatus for providing uninterruptible power are provided by aspects of the invention. One aspect is more particularly directed to an uninterruptible power supply for providing power to a load. The uninterruptible power supply includes an input to receive input power, an output to provide output power, a plurality of battery modules that provide backup power, a power circuit coupled to the input, coupled to the plurality of battery modules and coupled to the output to provide power derived from at least one of the input power and the backup power to the output, a controller, a return line coupled to the controller and coupled to each of the battery modules, and a first sense line coupled to the controller and coupled to the plurality of battery modules. The controller and each of the battery modules are configured and arranged such that at least one characteristic of the battery modules is determined by the controller based on signals detected by the controller on the first sense line. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225171 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR POWERING MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing power to mobile devices are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225172 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING ELECTRIC POWER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225173 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER RECEPTION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEPTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device controls a power transmission device in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power from the power transmission device to a power reception device through electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil. The power transmission control device includes a power transmission driver control section that controls drive timings of a plurality of switching elements of a power transmission driver that drives the primary coil, the power transmission driver control section variably controlling the power to be transmitted from the power transmission device to the power reception device. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225174 | Wireless Power Transfer Using Magnets - A wireless power transfer scheme is disclosed with moving permanent magnets for inducing current in conductive coils. Preferably the magnets are rotated about a line that is perpendicular or parallel to the axis of the coils to deliver substantial power at low frequencies. In one embodiment, three phase power may be so delivered. The technique may be used for powering medical implants and nanoelectronic circuits. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225175 | WIRELESS POWER BRIDGE - Described herein are embodiments of forming a wireless power transfer system which include locating a source high-Q resonator on one side of a solid object, where the solid object may be an object from the group consisting of a solid non-conducting wall, or a solid non-conducting window, locating a receiving high-Q resonator on the other side of the solid object, aligning a first position of the source resonator with a second position of the receiving resonator, and using the source resonator to create a magnetic field, and using the receiving resonator to receive the magnetic field, and to produce an output that includes power based on said receiving the magnetic field. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROTECTION CIRCUITRY TO SELECTIVELY HANDLE MULTIPLE CABLE-TYPES THROUGH THE SAME PORT - This is generally directed to providing protection circuitry to selectively handle power-providing cables and headset cables that can couple to the same port of an electronic device. In some embodiments, the device can include a Headset Rx chip to communicate with the headset cable and a Power Rx chip to communicate with the power-providing cable. As the Headset Rx chip and the Power Rx chip can be coupled to the same contact of the device's port, these chips may prevent one another from operating correctly or may damage one another. Accordingly, in some embodiments, it can be determined whether a headset cable or a power-providing cable is coupled to the device. When a headset cable is coupled to the device, the protection circuitry can disconnect the Power Rx chip. Similarly, when a power-providing cable is coupled to the device, the protection circuitry can disconnect the Headset Rx chip. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225177 | SWTICHING PHASE OFFSET FOR CONTACTOR OPTIMIZATION - A system and methods providing for minimizing the arc energy delivered to the pads of a plurality of contactors using a single control coil based on monitoring the electrical sine waves of the three alternating current electrical poles and calculating the instant to energize or deenergize a single control coil. The remainder of the contactors will make or break based on an offset in time from the making or breaking of the control contactor. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225178 | Laser power distribution - This invention obviates the need for expensive high-tension towers and wires for the wholesale distribution of electricity. Instead, a laser beam is transmitted, which, when received and converted from photons to electrons by a remote site's photo-voltaic-array, can be distributed as electricity. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225179 | LINEAR MOTOR WITH REDUCED COGGING - A linear motor is provided including a magnet track including a plurality of permanent magnets, and a coil assembly including a plurality of laminations. The coil assembly defines a plurality of teeth having slots therebetween. The plurality of teeth include (1) two end teeth and (2) at least one non-end tooth arranged between the two end teeth. Each of the two end teeth defines an end profile including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are separated by a step which is substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the plurality of magnets. The linear motor also includes a plurality of coils at least partially disposed in at least a portion of the slots defined by the plurality of teeth. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225180 | LINEAR MOTOR - There had been a problem that the installation area of a linear motor becomes large when a plurality of linear motors are arranged in parallel in the travel direction of a mover. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225181 | INJECTION-MOLDED STATOR - An injection-molded stator has a stator core, a coil winding having a head, an end insulating plate having a first groove, and a connector. The end insulating plate is disposed on one end of the stator core, the connector is formed by the head of the coil winding and a power lead electrically connected to each other, and the connector is fixed in the first groove via sealant. The connector is conveniently installed, firmly fixed, orderly distributed and not easily corroded or oxidized, and features simple processing and good sealing effect. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225182 | ELECTRIC FAN - A fan casing, webs, and a motor casing are integrally formed of a resin material by injection molding to configure a fan housing. An electrically grounded electromagnetic noise guard and a bearing holder to which an outer race of a ball bearing are electrically connected by an electrically-conducting path member provided in the fan casing by means of insert molding. Thus, the ball bearing may sufficiently be prevented from suffering electric corrosion in an electric fan of which a fan housing is made of an insulating resin. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225183 | STATOR COOLING STRUCTURE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING MACHINE - Disclosed herein is a structure for cooling the stator of a superconducting rotating machine. The structure includes a stator coil. Slots are axially disposed at the stator coil to support the stator coil, and a space is defined between the slots to allow the stator coil to be partially exposed. A stator yoke is disposed on the slots such that a space is defined between the exposed portion of the stator coil, the slots and the stator yoke. A cooling tube is disposed in the space defined between the exposed portion of the stator coil, the slots and the stator yoke, thus simultaneously cooling both the stator coil and the stator yoke. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225184 | SERVO MOTOR WITH IMPROVED HEAT DISSIPATION EFFICIENCY - A servo motor includes an enclosure defining airflow passages in the outer surface thereof, an end cover attached to the enclosure, a rotor shaft accommodated in the enclosure and having an end protruding out of the end cover, an encoder attached to the protruding end of the rotor shaft, an encoder cover attached to the end cover and covering the encoder, a fan duct covering the end cover, and a fan attached to the fan duct. The end cover, the encoder cover, and the fan duct cooperatively define an airflow space communicating with the airflow passages of the enclosure. The encoder cover includes a guiding portion gradually shrinking toward a small end which is away from the end cover. The fan duct includes a guiding portion gradually shrinking toward an end to which the fan is attached, thereby to guide the airflow smoothly flow toward the fan. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225185 | STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A pair of connecting wire hooks are disposed on both sides of a nozzle receiving groove in an extended slot space (a first extended space) to sandwich an extended portion of an extended virtual space (a third extended space). In this configuration, the pair of connecting wire hooks are not located within the third extended space. Thus, in the stator for rotary electric machine, the space factor of the winding portion may be increased in a situation where the connecting wire hook is disposed within the first extended space. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225186 | MOTOR FOR TREADMILL - A motor for a treadmill, containing at least a housing ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225187 | SPINDLE POSITIONING MEANS OF LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator includes a base having a positioning post and a motor fixed on one side of the base. A spindle positioning means includes a spindle, a seat and a fixing element. The spindle protrudes from the motor and penetrates the base. One side of the spindle away from the motor is formed with a free end. The seat includes a cylinder and an extension plate protruding outwards from the periphery of the cylinder. The extension plate is provided with a trough. The cylinder is connected to the free end of the spindle. The trough of the extension plate is located to correspond to the positioning post. The fixing element passes through the trough to fix the seat on the positioning post. Via this arrangement, the breakage of the spindle caused by a lateral force can be prevented efficiently. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225188 | AXLE GUIDE POSITIONING STRUCTRUE OF LINEAR ACTUATOR - In an axle guide positioning structure of a linear actuator, the linear actuator includes a machine base, a motor fixed onto a side of the machine base, a cover covered onto the machine base and formed on another side of the motor, and the axle guide positioning structure includes an axle protruded from the motor and out of the machine base, a cylinder formed on the cover and disposed at a position corresponding to a free end of the axle, and a cap accommodated in the cylinder and sheathed to a free end of the axle, wherein a gap is formed between an external edge surface of the cap and an internal wall of the cylinder, and an adhesive is filled into the gap and solidified for a coupling effect. The axle guide positioning structure can effectively prevent the axle from being broken, cracked or damaged by lateral forces. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225189 | Starter - In a starter with which a pinion movable body with which a pinion gear and a one-way clutch were united moves on an output shaft, a holder is attached to the one-way clutch. A seal component having the shape of a ring is provided so that an end of an outer circumference of the seal component is fixed to a nose part of a housing and an end of an inner circumference of the seal component slidably contacts an outer circumferential surface of the holder. The holder is provided so that relative rotation to the one-way clutch is possible. Since the holder doesn't rotate relative to the housing, wear of a seal component is reduced compared with the case where the seal component contacts the one-way clutch which rapidly rotates whereby the sealability preventing a foreign substance or water from infiltrating into the inside of the starter can be maintained. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225190 | Generator - A generator includes a body and at least one drive unit. The body includes at lease one winding portion and one magnetic pole portion. The winding portion is formed that is wrapped with windings, while the magnetic pole portion is rounded with a magnetic pole around the circumference of winding portion. Both the winding portion and the magnetic pole portion may run freely. The drive unit drives the winding portion and the magnetic pole portion, making the winding portion and the magnetic pole portion run reversely. Thus, the drive unit may drive the winding portion and the magnetic pole portion run oppositely for heightening the frequency of magnetic pole cutting to increase flux, and then increasing the efficiency of generator. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225191 | ROTOR HAVING EMBEDDED PERMANENT MAGNET - A structure for arranging a permanent magnet suitable for a rotor core having a thin, circular, hollow ring section and a structure for reducing the amount of the permanent magnet are provided. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225192 | Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same - A permanent magnet rotor of a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor, in which cogging torque ripple and electromagnetic vibration noise transferred to the permanent magnet rotor can be blocked and a motor's power-to-weight ratio can be improved. A conventional BLDC motor has to use an electric steel sheet core so as to maintain the maximum magnetic flux density of the permanent magnet rotor and to minimize a rotating electric field loss. As a result, cogging torque vibration is unavoidably transferred to a load side through the motor rotary shaft. However, the rotor can enable stable driving of the BLDC motor by innovatively blocking the cogging torque vibration and the electromagnetic vibration noise and can greatly reduce the motor's weight by using a plastic or non-magnetic material instead of an electric steel sheet core. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225193 | Coils - The present invention provides an improved single-layer coil | 2010-09-09 |
20100225194 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - The present invention relates to an electric commutator motor ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225195 | Armature Core, Motor Using It, and Its Manufacturing Method - An object is to enable simple manufacture of a motor, especially, a stator core or a field without impairment of motor characteristics. The motor includes a shaft, a rotor fixed to the shaft, and a stator including a stator core that faces the rotor with a certain space therebetween and coils that are attached to the stator core. The stator includes a back yoke, and the stator core having a plurality of teeth that are circumferentially placed in an axial end face of the back yoke so as to stand upright axially of the back yoke, and that are formed of a dust core made of pressed magnetic powder. The above-mentioned teeth are buried axially to a certain depth in the back yoke. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225196 | ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine that includes a permanent-magnet rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of poles, each pole having a leading edge and a trailing edge relative to the direction of rotation of the rotor. The leading edge of each pole is thicker than the trailing edge in a direction normal to the rotational axis of the rotor. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225197 | STATOR CORE - A stator core that includes a pair of poles separated by an air gap. Each pole includes a first side adjacent the air gap and a second opposite side remote from the air gap. A pole arc is formed in the first side and an arcuate mounting recess is formed in the second side of each pole. Additionally, an electric machine that includes the stator core. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225198 | ELECTRIC MOTOR - An electric motor has a pair of brushes for transferring power to windings of a wound rotor by making sliding contact with a cylindrical commutator. Each brush has a body with a pair of end surfaces, and a contact surface extending between the end surfaces and configured to slidingly contact a cylindrical circumferential surface of the commutator. The extending direction of the contact surface is inclined relative to the axial direction of the commutator, and the contact surface is V-shaped when viewed in the extending direction thereof. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225199 | NANOPOROUS MATERIALS FOR USE IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to volume and/or shape memory systems for which the volume and/or shape can be adjusted by controlling one or more variables such as applied voltage and temperature. In one embodiment, the volume and/or shape memory systems of the present invention are controlled and/or adjusted by way of a temperature mechanism. In another embodiment, the volume and/or shape memory systems of the present invention are controlled and/or adjusted by way of a voltage mechanism. In still another embodiment, the present invention provides a device that contains, in part, a smart volume and/or shape memory material that exhibits high energy densities, and can provide large displacements over broad temperature and/or voltage ranges. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225200 | Monolithic integrated CMUTs fabricated by low-temperature wafer bonding - Low temperature wafer bonding (temperature of 450° C. or less) is employed to fabricate CMUTs on a wafer that already includes active electrical devices. The resulting structures are CMUT arrays integrated with active electronics by a low-temperature wafer bonding process. The use of a low-temperature process preserves the electronics during CMUT fabrication. With this approach, it is not necessary to make compromises in the CMUT or electronics designs, as is typical of the sacrificial release fabrication approach. Various disadvantages of sacrificial release, such as low process control, poor design flexibility, low reproducibility, and reduced performance are avoided with the present approach. With this approach, a CMUT array can be provided with per-cell electrodes connected to the substrate integrated circuitry. This enables complete flexibility in electronically assigning the CMUT cells to CMUT array elements. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225201 | Electroacoustic Component - An electroacoustic component that includes a substrate made of monocrystalline LiNbO | 2010-09-09 |
20100225202 | Acoustic Wave Device - Provided is a highly reliable acoustic wave device wherein deterioration of electrical characteristics due to deformation of a protective cover is suppressed. A method for manufacturing such acoustic wave device is also provided. The acoustic wave device has a piezoelectric substrate | 2010-09-09 |
20100225203 | DRIVING DEVICE - A driving device | 2010-09-09 |
20100225204 | PIEZOELECTRIC STACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIEZOELECTRIC STACK - A piezoelectric stack ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225205 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component - A piezoelectric multilayer component includes a stack of piezoceramic layers and electrode layers arranged one above another. At least one piezoceramic layer is printed with a layer structured according to a predefined pattern in a piezoelectrically inactive zone of the stack. The structured layer has at least one connecting element by which piezoceramic layers that are adjacent in the stacking direction are mechanically connected to one another with a first strength. The structured layer has interspaces filled at least in part with piezoceramic material of the adjacent piezoceramic layers. The adjacent piezoceramic layers in the interspaces are mechanically connected to one another with a second strength, which is less than the first strength. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225206 | POSITION SENSING DEVICE AND MOTOR USING THE SAME - A position sensing device for a motor, the motor has a stator having a coil winding, and a rotor, and the position sensing device including a fixing frame, including a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion, a third fixing portion, and a fourth fixing portion, multiple Hall components, and a PCB board. The position sensing device is connected to the stator via the first fixing portion whereby detecting a position of the rotor, the second fixing portion operates to fix a power lead connected to the coil winding of the stator, the PCB board is disposed on the fixing frame via the third fixing portion, and the Hall component is disposed on the fixing frame via the fourth fixing portion and connected to the PCB board. The invention features simple structure and is capable of being firmly connected and fixed to other electronic components such as a power lead, a PCB board and so on. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225207 | ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine that includes a stator and a Hall-effect sensor. The stator includes a pair of asymmetric poles and the sensor is oriented such that the plane of the sensor is substantially parallel to armature field lines passing through the sensor. | 2010-09-09 |