45th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130291570 | METHODS AND DEVICES OF ACCELERATED COOLING - A device cooling an item having a cooling chamber having a cooling cavity with a top opening sized and shaped for receiving the item, at least one cooling element which cools the cooling cavity during a cooling session, an elevation mechanism for lifting and lowering the item, from and into the cooling cavity, via the top opening, and a control unit which controls the elevation mechanism according to at least one of a measurement of a temperature in the cooling cavity during the cooling session, a measurement of a temperature in the cooling cavity after the cooling session, and a duration of the cooling session. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291571 | METHOD FOR REDUCING TRANSIENT DEFROST NOISE ON AN OUTDOOR SPLIT SYSTEM HEAT PUMP - A method for reducing perceived defrost noise in a heat pump is provided. The method may include energizing a fan configured to urge a heat transfer medium across a heat exchanger, and initiating a defrost cycle to warm the heat exchanger. Initiating the defrost cycle may include de-energizing a compressor fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger, and delaying for a first delay period with the fan energized and the compressor de-energized. Initiating the defrost cycle may also include energizing a reversing valve after the first delay period, to reverse a flow of a refrigerant flow between the compressor and the heat exchanger, and delaying for a second delay period with the fan energized, the compressor de-energized, and the reversing valve energized. Initiating the defrost cycle may also include de-energizing the fan. The method may also include defrosting the heat pump during the defrost cycle, and terminating the defrost cycle. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291572 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOL DRYING A GAS - A device for cool drying a gas in the direction of flow of the coolant includes a closed cooling circuit with successively a compressor, a condenser and an expansion device and an evaporator that is the primary part of a heat exchanger and that has a secondary part through which the gas to be dried is guided. A bypass pipe in the cooling circuit can be closed by a bypass valve with a valve element and a pressure-sensitive element acting on it that is exposed to a local control pressure in the cooling circuit. A control pressure pipe connects the pressure sensitive element to the closed cooling circuit upstream of the outlet of the evaporator. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING COMPRESSED GASES - A method maintains, in a compressed gas dryer, working through condensation of moisture contained in the air and with dryer thermal load demands, an operation that keeps the temperature of the evaporator, near the outflow of the compressed air, in range between a value sufficiently high to avoid freezing the moisture in the compressed air and a value sufficiently low to avoid compromising the effect of moisture condensation generated by the decreased temperature. This objective is achieved with a compressor by-pass conduit on which is mounted a selectively controllable adjusting valve. The operation includes: measurement of the evaporation temperature (Tev), and verification the temperature is higher than a preset value (Set_Tev); starting the compressor; opening the valve for a preset time, and then closing it; verification that the temperature is higher than a preset value; if the time elapsed is longer than a predetermined time, then the valve is opened. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291574 | Cooling Systems and Related Methods - Cooling systems using adsorption are described. The cooling systems use an adsorption cycle without continuous heat input and over a long duration. The cooling system can function by vaporizing a liquid at a reduced pressure. The cooling systems have applications in developing countries, in both arid and non-arid regions, allowing, for example, for the operation of refrigerators and small air conditioners without electrical input. The cooling systems can be used for cold storage. The cooling systems can present a greener alternative to conventional cooling methods in developed countries. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291575 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An air conditioning system for appropriately controlling the air conditioning capacity by preventing occurrence of cavitation of a refrigerant pump and a method of operating the system are provided. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291576 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND INITIATION CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An air conditioning system includes a plurality of air conditioners to which electric power, temperature detection sensors for respectively detecting interior temperatures in air conditioning regions corresponding to the air conditioners, a temperature storage section for storing control temperatures of the plurality of air conditioners and the detected interior temperatures, a power restoration detection section for detecting that power supply is restored after power interruption, and an initiation timing setting section for, in a case where power restoration is detected, comparing the stored control temperatures with interior temperatures detected after power restoration or before power interruption and stored in the temperature storage section, and setting initiation timings of the air conditioners such that the air conditioner corresponding to the air conditioning region having a larger air conditioning load based on a difference between the temperatures is initiated earlier. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291577 | Air Conditioning Device for Vehicle - A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided that can extend the mileage of a vehicle by reducing the power consumed by the operation of a compressor and a heater. When a required quantity of heating Q_req is acquired, the minimum power sharing ratio between quantity of heat release Q_hpof a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 22 and quantity of heat release Q_htrof a water heater 32 is calculated, which allows the power consumption W_total to be minimized, and a compressor 21 and the water heater 32 is operated based on the result of the calculation. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291578 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THREE-PHASE INVERTER - A voltage-command correction-value computation unit outputs a correction value for correcting a voltage command value according to a bus voltage. A multiplier calculates a voltage command value acquired by correcting the voltage command value based on the correction value. A voltage-command generation unit generates and outputs three-phase voltage command values based on the corrected voltage command value calculated by the multiplier and a phase. A PWM-signal generation unit generates six drive signals corresponding to switching elements of an inverter based on the three-phase voltage command values outputted by the voltage-command generation unit and a carrier signal. The PWM-signal generation unit outputs the generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the three-phase inverter, to cause the inerter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291579 | EVAPORATOR AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - An evaporator ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291580 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle having air conditioning unit with a condensate drain and at least one water reservoir for a water using unit, especially a water injection unit, with an supply line to the water using unit. The motor vehicle allows a solid filling of water reservoir the condensate of the air conditioning unit to be filled into the water reservoir. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291581 | HEATER-LESS ICE MAKER ASSEMBLY WITH A TWISTABLE TRAY - An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 10 | 2013-11-07 |
20130291582 | HEATER-LESS ICE MAKER ASSEMBLY WITH A TWISTABLE TRAY - An ice maker assembly is provided that includes a tray having a plurality of ice-phobic recesses. The recesses may possess a total water volume of 70 cc or greater. The tray comprises metal material and can be formed with a substantially uniform strain distribution. The ice maker further includes a frame body coupled to the tray, a driving body that is rotatably coupled to the ice-forming tray, and a processor that is operatively coupled to the driving body. The processor controls the driving body to rotate the tray in a manner that flexes the tray to dislodge ice pieces formed in the recesses. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291583 | TWISTABLE TRAY FOR HEATER LESS ICE MAKER - An ice maker is provided that includes a tray having recesses that can include ice-phobic surfaces. The ice-phobic surfaces may include ice-phobic coatings, textured metal surfaces, hydrophobic coatings or other surfaces configured to repel water and ice. The tray can be formed from metal material and may exhibit a fatigue limit greater than about 150 Megapascals (MPa) at 10 | 2013-11-07 |
20130291584 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BOX SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a box system for keeping medicine and other payloads at a desired temperature for prolonged periods of time. The system generally includes three or more insulating materials between a refrigerant and the payload so that the payload is not cold-shocked by the refrigerant but instead maintains a desired temperature range during shipment. An advantage of the box system of certain embodiments of the present disclosure is that the system allows a shipper to use a temperature controlled system that is effective in controlling temperature without the need for any expensive phase change materials. A box having foldable tabs for securing the materials to each other is also disclosed herein. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291585 | Installation and Method for Producing Liquid Helium - The invention relates to a method and an installation for producing liquid helium, said installation comprising a cooling/liquefaction device comprising a working circuit that subjects a helium-enriched working fluid to a thermodynamic cycle in order to produce liquid helium, said circuit comprising at least one working fluid compression body and a plurality of heat exchangers. The installation also comprises a plurality of fluid recovery lines having respective upstream ends to be selectively connected to respective reservoirs, and a first collection line having an upstream end connected to the recovery lines and a downstream end connected to a receiving body that can supply the working circuit with a working fluid. The installation is characterized in that it comprises at least one second and one third collection line that each have an upstream end connected to the recovery lines and a downstream end connected to the working circuit, the upstream ends of the second and third collection lines being connected at separate determined positions of the working circuit, that respectively correspond to separate temperature levels of the working fluid in the working circuit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291586 | DUAL FUNCTION BRACELET - A dual function bracelet is formed of a first layer of a resilient flexible material shaped with a width-wise arc; and a set of first tick marks disposed on a bottom surface, the first tick marks being spaced and indicative of standard length increments. The first layer presents a linear orientation in an extended configuration, and presents a coiled orientation when in a wearable configuration initiated by deforming the width-wise arc. The dual function bracelet is dimensioned to encircle a wearer's wrist in the wearable configuration, providing a decorative function. Additionally, the dual function bracelet presents a ruler in the extended configuration, allowing the dual function bracelet to function as a measurement device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291587 | INVISIBLE SETTING AND METHODS AND TOOLS FOR EFFECTING SAME - A mounting holds a grooved gemstone invisibly to a setting. One end of the mounting has arms or extensions to receive the gemstone and protrusions extending inwardly from the arms to fit in the grooves of the gemstone, the mounting further comprising a holding configuration for holding the mounting to the setting. Insertion of the mounting into the setting may in one version distort the holding configuration and levers the arms to press harder into the groove. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291588 | REMOVABLE JEWELRY SETTING - The present invention provides an improvement in an article of jewelry of the type in which the ornamental portion of the article is secured or released selectively from the support portion of the article. The removable jewelry setting provides a simplified construction which is used readily by the wearer of jewelry to assemble a particular combination of ornament and support selected from a wide variety of such combinations made available by the improvement. The construction also enhances the ability to tailor a jewelry article to a particular style of dress without unduly multiplying the number of expensive ornaments required to provide a wide range of ornamented articles. The construction enables ease of interchange of the ornamental portion of an article of jewelry. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291589 | Silicon Carbide Princess Cut Gemstone - The instant application discloses, among other things, a specific set of cutting proportions tailored for the optical characteristics of Silicon Carbide (“SiC”) Princess cut gemstone. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291590 | HOLLOW MICROSPHERES AND METHOD OF MAKING HOLLOW MICROSPHERES - There is provided a method for making hollow microspheres by means of dispensing the feed using vibratory energy, preferably ultrasonic energy, hollow microspheres made using the method, and an apparatus for making hollow microspheres. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291591 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR RECOVERING WASTE FROM CONTINUOUS FIBRE PRODUCTION INSTALLATIONS AND FOR DIRECTLY RECYCLING THE RESULTING GLASS - Method for treating continuous fibreglass filament waste, including comminuting the waste to obtain comminuted fibre pieces of predetermined size; continuously feeding a feedstock of comminuted fibre pieces to a heat treatment; and heating the feedstock of comminuted fibre pieces to cause, in succession, the elimination of any moisture content, the evaporation of volatile components of an organic coating of the continuous fibre, and the combustion of residual components of the organic coating. The feedstock of comminuted fibre pieces is fed to the heat treatment as a web of material. At least the combustion of residual components of the organic coating takes place in a tunnel furnace including heat sources provided above and below the web of material. During the heat treatment, the feedstock of comminuted fibre pieces moves continuously forward, and is brought, in a progressively rising way, from a starting temperature to a final heating temperature greater than the softening point of fibreglass. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291592 | METHOD FOR HEATING GLASS SHEETS - A method for heating glass sheets includes alternately loading on a conveyor system two different sets of glass sheets with the glass sheets of each set having different properties than those of the other set so as to require different heating than each other; conveying the alternately loaded sets of glass sheets on the conveyor system along a plane of conveyance through a heating chamber having a heating system; and controlling operation of the heating system to provide two different sets of heating zones alternating along the direction of conveyance and respectively moving with the two sets of glass sheets so as to provide heating in the heating chamber of each set of glass sheets as required and in a different way than the heating of the other set of glass sheets. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291593 | GLASS SUBSTRATE LASER CUTTING DEVICE WITH REAL-TIME BREAKING DETECTING FUNCTION AND GLASS SUBSTRATE BREAKAGE DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A glass substrate laser cutting device according to the invention includes: a working table that has a plurality of vacuum absorbing grooves; a laser cutter; a pressure sensor that measures a pressure sensor when suctioning the glass substrate in a vacuum state; a calculation processing unit that compares the vacuum pressure measured by the pressure sensor with a predetermined threshold pressure and determines whether the glass substrate is broken; a laser cutter that includes a leaser head moving along the cutting direction of the glass substrate and emitting a laser beam; and an optical sensor that is attached to the laser head so as to move together and is disposed at a point in front of the laser beam emitted to the outside so as to detect the breakage of the glass substrate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291594 | LOCALIZED HEATING OF EDGE SEALS FOR A VACUUM INSULATING GLASS UNIT, AND/OR UNITIZED OVEN FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to edge sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques for providing localized heating to edge seals of units, and/or unitized ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a unit is pre-heated to one or more intermediate temperatures, localized heating (e.g., from one or more substantially linear focused IR heat sources) is provided proximate to the peripheral edges of the unit so as to melt frits placed thereon, and cooled. In certain non-limiting implementations, the pre-heating and/or cooling may be provided in one or more steps. An oven for accomplishing the same may include multiple zones for performing the above-noted steps, each zone optionally including one or more chambers. Accordingly, in certain example embodiments, a temperature gradient proximate to the edges of the unit is created, thereby reducing the chances of breakage and/or at least some de-tempering of the substrates. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291595 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH PURITY POLYSILICON USING ELECTRON-BEAM MELTING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGH PURITY POLYSILICON USING THE SAME - Apparatus and method for manufacturing high purity polysilicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber maintaining a vacuum atmosphere; first and second electron guns disposed at an upper side of the vacuum chamber to irradiate electron beams into the vacuum chamber; a silicon melting unit placed on a first electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the first electron gun and in which powdery raw silicon is placed and melted by the first electron beam; and a unidirectional solidification unit placed on a second electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the second electron gun and connected to the silicon melting unit via a runner. The unidirectional solidification unit is formed at a lower part thereof with a cooling channel and is provided therein with a start block driven in a downward direction. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291596 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING POLYSILICON BASED ELECTRON-BEAM MELTING USING DUMMY BAR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYSILICON USING THE SAME - Methods and apparatus for manufacturing high purity polysilicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber; first and second electron guns disposed at an upper side of the vacuum chamber to irradiate electron beams into the vacuum chamber; a silicon melting unit which is placed on a first electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the first electron gun and to which powdery raw silicon is fed and melted by the first electron beam; and a unidirectional solidification unit placed on a second electron beam-irradiating region corresponding to the second electron gun. The unidirectional solidification unit is provided therein with a start block driven in a downward direction to transfer molten silicon in the downward direction and is formed at a lower side thereof with a cooling channel. The start block includes a dummy bar having a silicon button joined to an upper portion of the dummy bar. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291597 | METHOD OF CUTTING STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE - A method of cutting a strengthened glass including a front surface layer and a back surface layer in each of which a compression stress remains, respectively, and an intermediate layer formed between the front surface layer and the back surface layer, in which a tensile stress remains, the method includes: cutting the strengthened glass plate by heating the intermediate layer at an irradiation area of a laser beam at a temperature less than or equal to an annealing point while transmitting 70.0% to 99.8% of the laser beam having a wavelength between 800 to 1100 nm injected into the front surface and moving the irradiation area of the laser beam at a speed greater than or equal to 1.0 mm/sec, so that a crack, which penetrates the strengthened glass plate in a thickness direction of the strengthened glass plate, follows the irradiation area. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291598 | METHOD OF CUTTING STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE - A method of cutting a strengthened glass including, a front surface layer and a back surface layer each having a remaining compression stress, respectively, and an intermediate layer formed between the front surface layer and the back surface layer, having an internal remaining tensile stress, the method includes heating the intermediate layer at an irradiation area of a laser beam at a temperature less than or equal to an annealing point to generate a tensile stress less than a value of the internal remaining tensile stress of the intermediate layer or a compression stress at the center of the irradiation area for suppressing the propagation of the crack. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291599 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PROCESSING VACUUM GLASS MEMBER - The present invention discloses a device for continuously processing vacuum glass member. The device comprises a loading table, front-end auxiliary vacuum chambers, a main vacuum chamber, a back-end auxiliary vacuum chambers and a unloading table sequentially along the advancing direction of the glass; the device also comprises a glass plate conveying mechanism and an electric control system; the glass plate conveying mechanism is used for conveying glass plates in the processing device; the vacuum chambers are independent from one another and are provided with a vacuum obtaining system and a vacuum detection device respectively, the vacuum degrees of the front-end auxiliary vacuum chambers and the back-end auxiliary vacuum chambers are equal to or lower than the vacuum degree of the main vacuum chamber, and the two auxiliary vacuum chambers provide a transition vacuum space at the front and rear ends of the main vacuum chamber respectively; a plate combining device and a sealing device are arranged in the main vacuum chamber, the two devices can perform plate combining and sealing operations on the glass plates in the main vacuum chamber; and the electric control system is used for performing the system control for a vacuum sealing process and an equipment operation flow. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEATING GLASS - Glass is heated from above and below while the glass resides on rolls ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291601 | GLASS BASE MATERIAL ELONGATING METHOD AND GLASS BASE MATERIAL ELONGATING APPARATUS - A glass base material elongating method of sequentially feeding rod-like glass base materials hung by a glass base material feeding mechanism into a heating furnace, and pulling a glass rod with a smaller diameter by a pulling chuck at a lower part of the heating furnace, includes: aligning, by an alignment guiding device that guides the glass rod, a guiding center of the alignment guiding device with an axis of the glass rod, the alignment guiding device guiding the glass rod between the heating furnace and the pulling chuck. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291602 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an optical fiber preform manufacturing method including: exposing a soot-deposited object to a high temperature of 1000 to 1300° C. in a chlorine-containing atmosphere to dehydrate the soot-deposited object, the soot-deposited object being formed by deposition of silicon dioxide soot; and vitrifying the soot-deposited object into a transparent glass by exposing the soot-deposited object to a high temperature of 1300 to 1600° C. in an atmosphere containing inert gas and fluorine compound gas, but not containing oxygen, the fluorine compound gas does not contain carbon. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291603 | OPTICAL FIBER ARTICLE FOR HANDLING HIGHER POWER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING OR USING - An optical fiber preform, and method for fabricating, having a first core, a second core spaced from the first core and first and second regions, the first region having an outer perimeter having a first substantially straight length and the second region having an outer perimeter having a second substantially straight length facing the first straight length. One of the regions can comprise the first core and the other comprises the second core. The preform can be drawn with rotation to provide a fiber wherein a first core of the fiber is multimode at a selected wavelength of operation and a second core of the fiber is spaced from and winds around the first core and has a selected longitudinal pitch. The second core of the fiber can couple to a higher order mode of the first core and increase the attenuation thereof relative to the fundamental mode of the first core. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291604 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FIBRE GLASS PREFORM - A method of manufacturing an optical fibre preform includes: producing a core rod having a core rod diameter; inserting the core rod into a glass fluorine-doped intermediate cladding tube so as to form a core assembly, the intermediate cladding tube having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is larger than the core rod diameter, the radial difference between the inner diameter and the core rod diameter defining an annular gap; and applying a negative pressure inside the annular gap; and forming a core preform by heating the core assembly to collapse the intermediate cladding tube around the core rod while maintaining the negative pressure, wherein heating includes moving a heater outside the intermediate cladding tube and along an axial direction of the same, and forming an overcladding region surrounding the core preform so as to form an optical fibre preform. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291605 | LOCK AND THE APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention discloses a lock and the application thereof. The lock is applied on a base having an inner surface and an outer surface. The lock comprises a locking plate and a motion module. The motion module has a curved surface facing the locking plate. The curved surface has a first surface and a second surface. A main feature of the present invention is that the lock has a close status and a far status. The locking plate contacts with the first surface and has a first distance from the base in the close status, and contacts with the second surface of the base and has a second distance, which is greater than the first distance, from the base in the far status. The invention has the advantages of low cost and simplicity, and solves the long lasting problem of the prior arts. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291606 | PANIC LOCK - Panic lock for building into a door ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291607 | BIO SUPER VEGETABLE GARDENS (BSVG) - The Bio Super Vegetable Gardens (BSVG) obtains the highest bio-productivity of some cash vegetables crops per unit area by planting them utilizing a friendly environment technology, through the addition of organic waste to the soil, e.g. plant wastes (rice straw and compost) and animal wastes (chicken manure), Bentonite or Biochar, Mixture of natural minerals, biopolymers and efficient micro-organisms (EM). Thus, improving its chemical, physical and biological soil properties and hence increasing its productivity. Furthermore, the soil is surrounded with plastic sheet to keep essential nutrients and water from leakage. After that, the BSVG are cultivated with 4 rotation cycle by different kinds of vegetables. A 40% higher yield output and a savings of 60% of irrigation water is achieved compared to traditional untreated soils. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMASS DIGESTION - Provided herein are systems and methods for biomass digestion and products formed thereof. The products include one or more biogases, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classified Class A Biosolids, and pathogen reduced organic liquid fertilizer. Through the digestion of waste materials using sequential phases in an efficient digestion process, enhanced biomass conversion efficiency and improved output of products (in quantity and/or quality) are obtained with a significant reduction in dwell time in each phase. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291609 | ELECTRIC CYLINDER SYSTEM - An electric cylinder system includes: an electric cylinder; and a control section that controls the electric cylinder. The electric cylinder includes: an outer cylinder; a rod configured to be capable of extending and retracting in an axis direction from an opening on one end side of the outer cylinder; a bearing provided on the inside of the outer cylinder; a rotating shaft rotatably supported by the bearing and driven to rotate with driving force of a motor; a screw mechanism that converts a rotary motion of the rotating shaft into a linear motion of the rod and transmits the linear motion; and a load detecting section that detects a load in an axis direction applied to the rod in a position where the load is transmitted from the rod through the screw mechanism. The control section controls the electric cylinder on the basis of a signal from an encoder of the motor and a signal from the load detecting section. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291610 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE BENDING ANGLE OF A SHEET - An apparatus ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291611 | GAS COOLING METHOD FOR CAN FORMING - A cooling gas system for a can bodymaker tool pack is provided. The cooling gas system uses a compressed gas to cool a punch and/or a die pack. That is, a compressed gas is delivered to at least one location adjacent the punch and die pack. A nozzle assembly directs the compressed gas toward a selected location. As the compressed gas passes through the nozzle assembly, or immediately after passing through the nozzle assembly, the compressed gas expands. As is known, an expanding gas cools as it expands. Thus, a cool gas is directed to the surface of the punch and the die pack. The cool gas absorbs heat from the punch and die pack thereby cooling the heated components. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291612 | DIES FOR SHAPING CONTAINERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - A method of manufacturing a die for shaping metal containers comprises providing an expansion die for manufacturing metal containers and peening at least a portion of the work surface of the expansion die. Another method of manufacturing a die for shaping metal containers comprises providing a die for narrowing a diameter of metal containers and peening at least a portion of the work surface of the die. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291613 | Forming Tools Having Textured Surfaces - A manufacturing method forms components having a desired shape. A contoured surface is defined for a forming tool for forming a metal blank into the desired shape, wherein respective portions of the metal blank flow over the contoured surface during forming. An intrinsic material flow pattern resulting from the contoured surface is compared to a desired flow in order to identify regions of the contoured surface having an insufficient flow that creates areas in the formed metal blank receiving less than a desired amount of metal. A surface microtexture is applied onto the contoured surface in a pattern selected to increase metal flow along the identified regions by providing a friction in the identified regions that is reduced relative to adjacent regions of the contoured surface. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291614 | MOLD FOR PRESS FORMING - A lightweight mold for press forming is presented. Molds are characterized in that design forming portions thereof, these design forming portions making contact with a workpiece at the time of press forming and thereby forming a target design on the workpiece, are constructed of rod shaped members (design forming rods). By having the design forming portions be constructed of rod shaped members, the weight of the mold is reduced. It is preferred that the molds are further provided with supporting rods which support the design forming rods, these rod members constituting a framework structure. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291615 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF STIFFENER FOR CENTER-PILLAR - Disclosed herein is a manufacturing apparatus of a center pillar stiffener having a closed section, including: a fixing shape plate; a concave cavity formed on a bottom surface of the fixing shape plate on which a blank is seated; a movable shape plate configured to slide on the fixing shape plate; a convex shaped core formed on the movable shape plate and configured to press and bend the blank toward the cavity; a mandrel inserted into the cavity to fix the bent blank; and a plurality of shape plates configured to slide over the blank and bend both ends of the blank protruding from the fixing shape plate to form a closed section. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291616 | Hot stretch straightening of high strength age hardened metallic form and straightened age hardened metallic form - A method for straightening an age hardened metallic form includes heating an age hardened metallic form comprising one of a titanium alloy, a nickel alloy, an aluminum alloy, and a ferrous alloy to a straightening temperature of at least 25° F. below the age hardening temperature, and applying an elongation tensile stress for a time sufficient to elongate and straighten the form. The elongation tensile stress is at least 20% of the yield stress and not equal to or greater than the yield stress at the straightening temperature. The straightened form deviates from straight by no greater than 0.125 inch over any 5 foot length or shorter length. The straightened form is cooled while simultaneously applying a cooling tensile stress that balances the thermal cooling stress in the metallic form to thereby maintain a deviation from straight of no greater than 0.125 inch over any 5 foot length or shorter length. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291617 | LIQUID LEVEL AND COMPOSITION SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING EMF WAVE PROPAGATION - An automotive urea solution monitoring device is deployed in conjunction with the urea tank of a selective catalytic reduction vehicle. An RF signal of a constant frequency may be generated across a resonant circuit, which may be comprised of an inductor and a PCB trace capacitor, or the like. Electromagnetic radiation is propagated into the automotive urea solution in the urea tank. The conductivity and dielectric properties of the liquid change the impedance of the discrete/trace capacitor and or the discrete/trace inductor. These changes are proportional to ammonia content, temperature, and/or level of the automotive urea solution in the urea tank and are preferably detected by a microcontroller, or the like, and then transmitted to a selective catalytic reduction vehicle engine management system, or the like. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291618 | CALIBRATABLE SENSOR UNIT FOR REACTION VESSELS - The present invention relates to a calibration method of a sensor unit connected to a reaction vessel, wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one sensor device configured to be calibrated, at least one compartment containing a calibrating agent, and a housing. The method comprising inserting a sensitive element of the at least one sensor device into a compartment of the sensor unit containing a calibrating agent, withdrawing the sensitive element from the compartment; inserting the sensitive element into the reaction vessel and locking the sensor device in position, wherein the steps of the method are irreversible. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BIDIRECTIONAL METER PROVING SYSTEM - A bidirectional sphere prover is used to check the accuracy of a custody transfer meter when fluids, such as crude oil or gasoline are bought and sold. The bidirectional sphere prover of the present invention uses a straight calibrated section of pipe between the detection switches, the straight calibrated section of pipe being free of welds, flanges and elbows. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291620 | RE-CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS - A pressure differential meter ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291621 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A control device includes a force detector configured to detect a force in a normal direction and a force in a shearing direction of fingertips of a robot hand device respectively as a normal force and a shearing force, and an object detector configured to calculate a friction coefficient using the normal force and the shearing force detected by the force detector and to detect whether or not a thin-film object having a maximum friction coefficient different from a maximum stationary friction coefficient between the fingertips is grasped between the fingertips on the basis of the calculation result. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291622 | GAS FLUX MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gas flux measurement system comprises gas collection means, operable to collect gas for analysis, and gas analysing means, operable to analyse the collected gas. The gas collection means has at least one elongate tube. The, or each, tube has one or more gas collection openings to provide gaseous communication from outside of the tube to the inside of the tube. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291623 | SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICAL SAMPLING AND EXTRACTION TRANSFER METHOD AND APPARATI - An apparatus for collecting semivolatile organic chemicals (SOCs) from an atmosphere comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet and at least one diffusion denuder contained in the housing. The diffusion denuder having a plurality of capillaries coated with a stationary phase for capturing gaseous semivolatile organic compounds (SOCs). | 2013-11-07 |
20130291624 | Speaker Leak Test System and Method - A speaker leak test system which quickly tests if a speaker enclosure is sealed properly. The speaker leak test system tests for air leaks in the speaker enclosure, which air leaks degrade the acoustic performance of the speaker. A vacuum (or pressure) source is connected through a vacuum hose to the speaker enclosure and vacuum is drawn. After a test vacuum level is reached, the mass air flow through the vacuum hose is measured. If the mass air flow does not exceed a pre-determined speaker dependent threshold for the speaker under test, the speaker is declared to be leak free. A bypass solenoid may reside in parallel with a mass air flow sensor to reach test vacuum quickly. This speaker leak test system is intended to be used in a prototyping and production environment and tests the speaker enclosure for leaks both quickly (e.g., less than five seconds) and accurately. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291625 | METHOD FOR LEAK TESTING AND LEAK TESTING APPARATUS - For leak testing closed containers ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291626 | AUTO-CODED ANALYTE SENSORS AND APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SAME - In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided. The analyte sensor has a plurality of fuse members associated therewith. The fuse members may be burned in sequence and the burn values (related to current, voltage, or time) may be used to extract/decode information. The decoded information may include calibration constant, expiration or manufacture date, counterfeiting codes, warnings, etc. Systems and methods for burning and detecting such burn values of the plurality of fuse members and decoding the coded information related to the sensor are provided, as are numerous other aspects. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291627 | FIN-FET SENSOR WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY - The claimed invention is directed to a fmFET biosensor with improved sensitivity and selectivity. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to finFET biosensor arrays, methods for operating fmFET biosensors with improved sensitivity and selectivity, and methods of operating finFET biosensor arrays. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291628 | MICROPARTICLE DETECTING APPARATUS - A microparticle detecting apparatus is disclosed and includes at least one detection unit, each of which includes: a first sieve having at least a first mesh, a separator stacked on one side of the first sieve and having a separator hole, and a second sieve stacked on one side of the separator and having several second meshes. The diameter of the second mesh is smaller than that of the first mesh, and the first and second meshes are misaligned with each other in a vertical direction of the first and second sieves. The detection unit further includes at least a sensor aligned with the first or second mesh for detecting microparticles trapping into the first mesh or passing through the second mesh. Therefore, the microparticle detecting apparatus is suitably used for detecting or counting any microparticles with different size, to effectively shorten the detection processes of sample fluids. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291629 | ENGINE WEAR DETECTION SYSTEM - An engine wear detection system includes (a) detector for generating a signal correlated with the rotation of a rotary member of an engine; (b) a processor for processing said signal to determine the number of rotations performed by the rotary member; and, (c) a cyclometer display for visually displaying the cumulative number of rotations. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291630 | FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST - Whether or not an electrically heated catalyst is normal is detected by accurately detecting whether the temperature of the electrically heated catalyst has gone up. To this end, provision is made for an air fuel ratio control device that adjusts an air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas flowing into the electrically heated catalyst to a rich air fuel ratio, at the time of starting of an internal combustion engine, a downstream side detection device that is arranged at the downstream side of the electrically heated catalyst and detects a concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, and a determination device that determines whether the electrically heated catalyst is electrically energized, based on the time at which the oxygen concentration detected by the downstream side detection device changes to a value indicating a rich air fuel ratio at the time when the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is adjusted by the air fuel ratio control device to the rich air fuel ratio, after starting of the internal combustion engine. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291631 | VARIABLE INJECTOR MOUNTING - An injector test stand for fuel injectors includes: a holder for fixing a fuel injector an injection chamber which is positionable relative to the fuel injector, and a variable injector mounting which includes a rotatable insert having at least one adjustable clamping jaw is accommodated in the holder. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291632 | VESSEL INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods for processing a vessel, for example to provide a gas barrier or lubricity, are disclosed. First and second PECVD or other vessel processing stations or devices and a vessel holder comprising a vessel port are provided. An opening of the vessel can be seated on the vessel port. The interior surface of the seated vessel can be processed via the vessel port by the first and second processing stations or devices. Vessel barrier, lubricity and hydrophobic coatings and coated vessels, for example syringes and medical sample collection tubes are disclosed. A vessel processing system and vessel inspection apparatus and methods are also disclosed | 2013-11-07 |
20130291633 | Retractable Assembly - A retractable assembly, comprising: a housing; an immersion tube, which is axially movable between a service position and a process position. A first inlet facing away from the medium and a second inlet facing the medium. The immersion tube is moved from the service position to the process position by supplying the first inlet with energy, and the immersion tube is moved from the process position to the service position by supplying the second inlet with energy. A first mechanical blocking member shifts against a spring bias, and the blocking member engages in a first groove on the immersion tube. The first groove is located in the movement direction. The spring bias is so embodied that supplying the second inlet with energy releases the blocking member from the groove, whereby movement of the immersion tube from process position to service position becomes possible. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291634 | LEVEL GAUGE - The present invention relates to a level gauge, and more particularly, to a level gauge provided on a device such as an engine or transmission of a vehicle to discharge aft from the device and prevent a foreign substance from being introduced therein. In addition, the level gauge and an oil net can be integrated into a single module, to thereby save costs. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291635 | MONITORING AND ANALYSIS METHOD OF THE CONDITIONS OF A PIPELINE - Monitoring and analysis method of the conditions of a pipeline, comprising: providing an inspection device ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291636 | Electronic Pitching Trainer and Method for Determining the True Speed of a Sports Projectile - A sensing device obtains range-related data—such as Doppler data or pulse time-of-flight data—from a sports projectile during flight. The time course of the range-related data is employed, in light of predictable characteristics of the projectile trajectory, to determine and output an accurate determination of the projectile speed for one or more points of interest in its flight. Such determination of speed may, for instance, be the speed at the time of projectile release, even though range-related data is gathered later in the flight, when the projectile is traveling neither so fast, nor straight at the sensor. Such sensing device may employ inexpensive short-range acoustic Doppler, and be incorporated into a target device that automatically displays to a pitcher-in-training the speed and ball/strike condition of each pitch. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291637 | System and Method For Monitoring Mechanically Coupled Structures - A system for monitoring a mechanically coupled structure with a first sensor configured to determine at predetermined times its orientation relative to Earth's rotation axis as a first measurement. The first sensor is connectable with a first part of the mechanically coupled structure with at least one second sensor which has a known first orientation to the first sensor at startup of the system and which is configured to determine a rotation rate or an acceleration as a second measurement. The at least one second sensor is connectable with a second part of the mechanically coupled structure with a central unit and with a communication network over which the central unit is connected with the first sensor and the second sensor wherein the first sensor is configured to transmit the first measurement to the central unit. The second sensor is configured to transmit the second measurement to the central unit and the central unit is configured to monitor the mechanically coupled structure by means of the first and second measurement. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291638 | VIBRATING ELEMENT, GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - First vibrating arms extend along a first direction from a base portion. Second vibrating arms extend along a second direction from the base portion. First suspension arms extend from a fixed portion and are connected to first connecting parts of the base portion. Second suspension arms extend from the fixed portion and are connected to second connecting parts of the base portion. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291639 | VIBRATING PIECE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE VIBRATING PIECE, GYRO SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOBILE BODY - A vibrating piece includes a driving arm at least partially formed by a piezoelectric body, the driving arm including a first surface spreading along the direction of excited vibration, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first side surface configured to connect the first surface and the second surface, and a second side surface arranged on the opposite side of the first side surface and configured to connect the first surface and the second surface. The vibrating piece includes first electrodes arranged at least on one surface side of the first surface and the second surface and second electrodes arranged on at least one surface side of the first side surface and the second side surface. The first electrodes are provided asymmetrically with respect to an equally dividing plane of the driving arm orthogonal to the direction of the excited vibration of the driving arm. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL ULTRASONIC INSPECTION USING PHASED ARRAY PROBE AND DISTANCE-GAIN-SIZE FLAW SIZING - An industrial ultrasonic inspection system is capable of scanning for discontinuities in relatively thick solid objects such as solid core steel alloy turbine shafts. A phased array probe located on the turbine shaft periphery transmits ultrasonic pulses in a sector-shaped scanning field within the shaft that includes the inner 50% core volume that is of special interest in non-destructive evaluation and inspection. Staggered pulse firing alone or in combination with variable pulse repetition frequency (PRF) may be utilized in order to balance image quality with inspection speed. Discontinuities are identified by analysis of reflected echo waveform energy. Discontinuity size and position within the inspected object is correlated with an equivalent reflector size (ERS) by the Distance-Gain-Size (DGS) method. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291641 | INTERNAL STRINGER INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED STRUCTURES - An inspection apparatus and method for inspecting an interior surface of a hollow composite part. The inspection apparatus may have a first plug, a second plug, and a trolley positioned between the first and second plugs. The first and second plugs may form a leak-proof seal against the interior surface of the hollow composite part. The trolley may support at least one inspection probe for testing the interior surface of the composite part. A method of inspecting the composite part may include the steps of inserting the inspection apparatus into the hollow composite part, pushing or pulling the inspection apparatus with an elongated actuation element to a desired area to be inspected within the composite part, then filling a space between first and second plugs with a liquid. Finally, the method may include a step of inspecting the interior surface of the hollow composite part with the inspection probe. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291642 | Fibre Optic Distributed Sensing - This application describes methods and apparatus for fibre optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) where microstructured fibre ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291643 | DETECTING THE DIRECTION OF ACOUSTIC SIGNALS WITH A FIBER OPTICAL DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS) ASSEMBLY - A directionally sensitive Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) fiber optical assembly comprises adjacent lengths of optical fiber (A,B) with different directional acoustic sensitivities, which are used to detect the direction (a) of acoustic signals relative to the lengths of optical fiber (A, B). | 2013-11-07 |
20130291644 | PIEZOELECTRIC VACUUM GAUGE AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - A piezoelectric vacuum gauge includes an actuator with a flexible portion, an actuating unit, a sensor unit, a signal input terminal and a signal output terminal, and a fixture unit having a base portion and a cover portion. An external signal is generated by a signal generator. Receive and transmit an external signal to an actuating unit by the signal input terminal so that the actuating unit has a vibration. Prompt a flexible portion by the actuating unit to produce a first resonant motion when the actuating unit having the vibration. The first resonant motion converts into a second resonant motion because the flexible portion is subject to a damping force of ambient air. Prompt a sensor unit by the second resonant motion to cause a shape transformation of the sensor unit to generate a detecting signal. Output the detecting signal to an external instrument by a signal output terminal of sensor unit to calculate a vacuum pressure value. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291645 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GAUGE - A pressure gauge including a hollow cylinder, a first housing member having a first pressure inlet disposed at a first end of the cylinder, and a second housing member having a second pressure inlet disposed at a second end of the cylinder. The pressure gauge also includes a piston slidably disposed in the first housing member. The piston includes a remote indicator coupled to an end of the piston. At least a portion of the remote indicator extends into the hollow cylinder. A spring is disposed in the cylinder abutting the remote indicator and urges the remote indicator toward the second housing member. An increased pressure difference between the first pressure inlet and the second pressure inlet causes the remote indicator to move away from the second housing member and toward the first housing member, and the remote indicator provides a measure of the pressure difference relative to indicia included on the pressure gauge. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291646 | SENSOR - The invention relates to a measuring apparatus for measuring a measurement variable of a fluid, particularly a sensor, such as a pressure sensor or a displacement sensor. The measuring apparatus comprises a housing, a diaphragm arranged in and/or on the housing, and a resilient element formed in the manner of a leaf spring for restoring the diaphragm. A signal transmitter is operatively connected to the diaphragm and/or the resilient element, and a signal receiver cooperates with the signal transmitter. The resilient element is fastened on the housing at the edge of the resilient element, more specifically in particular only at parts of the edge. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291647 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FATIGUE STRENGTH OF ENGINE COMPONENTS - A method for determining fatigue strength of engine components, comprising the steps of -providing an engine component, -loading at least part of the component to a level below its tensile strength and measuring its resulting deformation, -determining at least one magnitude on the basis of the load applied and the deformation measured, -providing a predetermined relationship between measured fatigue strength of components and the aforesaid at least one magnitude determined on the basis of the ratio between load applied to engine components and their deformation, -determining the fatigue strength of the engine component provided,on the basis of the at least one magnitude determined and the predetermined relationship. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291648 | WINDING TESTER FOR COMPOSITE WIRE ROD-TYPE SPECIMENS - It is provided a dedicated winding tester for composite wire rod-type specimens for effectively measuring the minimum winding radius of the wire rod-type specimens being made with carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites in various diameters or textures via automatically gripping specimens, tightly winding, and sequentially proceeding sustained load in time, thereby supplying test data and design consideration in actual use and transport of the wire rod-type specimens being made of carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites that comprises a shield, a specimen receiver and a winding device being arranged within said shield, as well as a programmable controller being arranged outside the shield. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291649 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METER SUBSTITUTION FOR CO-LOCATED FLOWMETERS - A system and method for ultrasonic flow metering. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic flow metering system includes a plurality of ultrasonic flowmeters. Each of the ultrasonic flowmeters includes a flow processor. The flow processor is configured to maintain a plurality of velocity bins, each of the bins corresponding to a flow velocity range for the flowmeters. The flow processor is also configured to maintain, within each of the bins, a value indicative of past average velocity of fluid flow through a given one of the flowmeters associated with a given one of the bins. The flow processor is further configured to determine, responsive to one of the flowmeters having failed, an estimated average fluid flow velocity through the system based on the values maintained within the bins. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291650 | Ultrasonic Flowmeter with Internal Surface Coating and Method - An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a meter body including a flow passage having wetted surfaces through which fluid flow is to be measured. The flowmeter includes a non-stick coating adhered to the wetted surfaces of the meter body. The flowmeter includes a first transducer and at least a second transducer arranged around the flow passage to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy. The flowmeter includes an electronic unit designed to generate and receive electronic signals from the transducers and to process the signals in order to compute information related to the fluid flow rate through the passage. A method for measuring fluid flow with an ultrasonic flowmeter. A method of making an ultrasonic flowmeter. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291651 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN AIR MASS FLOW FLOWING THROUGH A RAM AIR CHANNEL - A method and a device determines an air mass flow flowing through a ram air channel having disposed therein a feed device adapted in a first operating state of the ram air channel to feed air through the ram air channel and further adapted in a second operating state of the ram air channel to be set in rotation by an air mass flow flowing through the ram air channel. The method includes the step of detecting an actual operational characteristic of the feed device that is characteristic of the air mass flow flowing through the ram air channel in the second operating state of the ram air channel as well as the step of determining the air mass flow flowing through the ram air channel on the basis of the detected actual operational characteristic of the feed device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291652 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type - A measuring transducer serves for producing vibration signals corresponding to parameters of a flowing medium comprises a measuring transducer housing having housing ends and, extending within the measuring transducer housing between its housing ends, a tube arrangement formed by means of at least two tubes. Of the two tubes, at least one tube serves as a measuring tube conveying flowing medium and the other tube is mechanically connected with the tube by means of a first coupling element to form an inlet-side coupling zone and by means of a second coupling element to form an outlet-side coupling zone. At least the first coupling element has in a region extending between the tubes a slit having at least one closed end. Slit has a maximal slit width and a maximal slit length, which is greater than the maximal slit width. Placed partially within the slit is a connecting element, which contacts a slit edge enclosing said slit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291653 | THREE-AXIS LOW PROFILE LOAD CELL AND SENSING BEAM - This disclosure describes techniques for using a “low-profile” load cell to sense a force exerted by a load upon a target object in one or more of a first, second, and third directions relative to the target object. The techniques include using a plurality of sensing beams disposed between a sensing node and a base of the load cell, where each sensing beam is configured for sensing the force exerted by the load upon the sensing node in one or more of two directions relative to the load cell. For example, each sensing beam may include a first section configured to deform in response to a component of the force that corresponds to one of the first, second, and third directions, and a second section configured to deform in response to a component of the force that corresponds to another one of the first, second, and third directions. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291654 | RIBBED FORCE SENSOR - In one embodiment, a force sensor apparatus is provided including a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and a strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs, a proximal end of the tube portion that operably couples to a shaft of a surgical instrument that operably couples to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, and a distal end of the tube portion that proximally couples to a wrist joint coupled to an end effector. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291655 | PRESSING TYPE INPUT DEVICE - To provide a pressing type input device including: a load sensor which outputs a signal corresponding to an operation load from an operation member; a biasing member which generates an initial load with respect to the load sensor; a pressing member which presses the load sensor by receiving a biasing force of the biasing member; and a support member which oscillatably supports the pressing member, in which the pressing member has a pressed portion to receive the operation load from the operation member and a press portion to press the load sensor, and the operation load applied to the pressed portion causes a force to act on the press portion in a direction to reduce the initial load on the load sensor, in a position supported by the support member as fulcrum. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291656 | System For A Pedaling Torque Measurement Device - A system for measuring torque while cycling can be retrofitted to an existing crankset. A sensor member is placed in between a chainring and crank arm, interconnecting the two. At least one strain gage is placed on the sensor, and is connected with known resistors to form a bridge circuit, specifically a Wheatstone bridge. An electronic package including a battery, strain signal amplifier, an analog-to-digital signal converter, a microprocessor, and a wireless transmitter allows the strain of the strain gages to be measured and converted to a torque value. The torque value can then be wirelessly transmitted to a receiver on a display, itself mounted to the bicycle. Different types and arrangements of strain gages can be used to measure tension, compression, and shearing of the sensor member, providing inputs and a more accurate torque reading. The sensor member can be a unitary body or split into individual sensor members. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291657 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON CONTACT SENSING OF FORCES AND MOTION ON ROTATING SHAFT - A sensor system for analysis of forces and motions on a rotating shaft using non-contact magneto-elastic sensors with the ability to measure any one or more of the following parameters of the shaft: (1) torque, (2) rate of change of torque, (3) shaft speed, (4) shaft position, (5) bending moments in the shaft in 2 directions, (6) axial force, (7) shaft power and/or system efficiency. The sensor system generally includes a magneto-elastic sensor patches fixedly applied to the rotating shaft, and a magnetic field pick up surrounding both said shaft and said magneto-elastic material but not in contact therewith, said magnetic field pick up comprising a clam-shell toroidal collar incorporating a combination of a magnetic field sensors. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291658 | DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL WITH A LOW MODULUS OF ELASTICITY - The present invention relates to a device for characterizing mechanical properties of a material (S) with a low modulus of elasticity, comprising an application surface ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291659 | Rapid Test Device - The invention discloses a rapid test device, includes a cup vessel ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130291660 | Pipette - A pipette for use with pipette tips in which a set metering volume is secured in that the locking body is arranged on the circumference of the annular cylindrical locking element when it is in the locking position. Through this, the transmission part which the locking element comprises on the outer circumference is held fast. The annular cylindrical locking element can be formed separately from a toothed ring for driving a counter mechanism. Thus, it is possible to perform the locking in arbitrary positions or in more selectable rotational positions than in the conventional locking equipment, where a locking element engages into the toothed ring for driving the counter mechanism. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291661 | ERROR DISPLAY DEVICE AND ERROR DISPLAY METHOD - An error display device is a device for displaying a translation error and an attitude error associated with a rectilinear motion of a machine element, and includes a reference-motion-trajectory display unit that displays a design motion trajectory, and an error magnification/display unit that magnifies the translation error and the attitude error and displays the magnified errors, wherein the error magnification/display unit calculates a translation error vector including a magnified translation error obtained by multiplying the translation error by a predetermined magnification factor, draws a translation error trajectory including the design motion trajectory and the translation error vector added thereto, calculates an attitude error matrix including a magnified attitude error obtained by multiplying the attitude error by a predetermined magnification factor, and draws a predetermined shape with coordinates transformed using the attitude error matrix and the translation error vector. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291662 | CHEMICAL DETECTION DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE FLOW CHANNELS - The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit that may comprise a plurality of first output circuits at a first side and a plurality of second output circuits at a second side of the chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may further comprise a plurality of tiles of pixels each placed between respective pairs of first and second output circuits. Each tile may include four quadrants of pixels. Each quadrant may have columns with designated first columns interleaved with second columns. Each first column may be coupled to a respective first output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective second output circuit in third and fourth quadrants. Each second column may be coupled to a respective second output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective first output circuit in third and fourth quadrants. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291663 | APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING AN OBJECT INTO A PIPE - A device for introducing an object into a pipe is disclosed. The device includes a guide that is disposed on a pipe and a positioning unit that is movably guided on the pipe in an introduction direction by means of the guide. The positioning unit that supports a carrier that can be introduced into the pipe by moving the positioning device in the introduction direction. The positioning device is coupled to the pipe with a linear one-way clutch operable in a blocked state when the positioning device is moved against the introduction direction. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291664 | Actuator That Can Be Decoupled, in Particular Having an Electromechanical Drive - An actuator having an electromechanical drive and a housing is provided. The driving torque provided by an electric motor is transmitted by gear train to two actuator outputs connected to two parts of a stabilizer. The gear train is an eccentric gear train, the drive shaft of which is driven by the electric motor. An overall eccentric driven by the drive shaft has on its circumference a drive gear having a first outer profile and a second outer profile different therefrom. In the operating state the drive gear first outer profile is connected to a first inner profile of a first one of the outputs and the drive gear second outer profile is connected to a second inner profile of the second one of the outputs, and the connection can be eliminated by changing the eccentricity of the eccentric such that both outputs can rotate freely relative to each other. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291665 | PITCHED CABLE HAVING A FLEXIBLE CORE AROUND WHICH A COIL IS WRAPPED - A pitched cable having a flexible core around which a coil is wrapped. The flexible core includes an end area which protrudes beyond the coil and passes through a hole of a carrier. The carrier bears at one end of the hole against an end of the coil, and at an other end of the hole against a stop body fastened to an end of the core. An end region of the coil is provided with a metal casting that encloses the coil and the core. Mutually abutting surfaces of the metal casting and of the carrier can be formed with a positive-locking engagement, which prevents relative twisting between the metal casting and the carrier about the core. The metal casting can be formed as a zinc die casting. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291666 | XY ALL-DIRECTIONAL PRECISION ALIGNMENT PLATFORM - The present invention provides an XY all-directional precision alignment platform comprising: an XY-axes moving platform comprising: X-axis moving platform and Y-axis moving platform; said X-axis and Y-axis moving platforms being stacked together; a θ-angle rotating platform; said θ-angle rotating platform stacked onto said carrier surface thereof; wherein said θ-angle rotating platform is driven to perform precise θangle rotation achieving 360° and is of a four-layered thickness only, achieving the goal of having a light and thin product. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291667 | XYtheta PRECISION ALIGNMENT PLATFORM - A xyθ precision alignment platform including three power units and three moving platforms is provided. Two of the power units can drive a third moving platform moving in X or Y direction. The other power unit has a worm which can drive an arcuate teeth arrange disposed between the second and third moving platforms to drive the third moving platform rotating. Whereby, since the worm is arranged to drive the arcuate teeth arrange laterally, the alignment platform is thin and the rotative movement of the third moving platform can be precisely controlled. Additionally, each power unit may be electrically connected to a controller for respectively driving and controlling each power unit. When only the rotation of the third moving platform is required, only one of the power units needs to be driven, thus simplifying the operation of the alignment platform and improving the work efficiency. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291668 | Reciprocating Pump Drive Assembly - A drive assembly for connection to the polish rod of a reciprocating pump includes a support frame fixed in proximity to a wellhead. A linear actuator includes a lower portion fixed to the support frame and an upper portion supporting two pairs of direction altering cable guides thereon. Four lengths of cable each include a first portion substantially anchored to relative to the polish rod by a pump bracket, a second portion substantially anchored to the support frame by an anchor bracket, and an intermediate portion extending through a respective one of the direction altering cable guides on the upper portion of the linear actuator between the first portion and the second portion. | 2013-11-07 |
20130291669 | LINEAR ACTUATOR AND LINEAR ACTUATING MODULE HAVING SAME - A linear actuator includes a housing, a rotary unit disposed in the housing, and a screw member driven by the rotary unit. The rotary unit is translatable relative to the housing when the screw member is driven by the rotary unit. | 2013-11-07 |