52nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090315237 | Button actuated detent system - A detent system that includes a plurality of detent recesses formed in a first component, a detent pin that selectively engages at least one of the detent recesses, a linkage connected to the detent pin, and a detent button that is associated with a second component. There is preferably a slot formed in at least one of the detent button and the detent pin, where each slot slidably receives an end portion of the linkage. The detent system is preferably configured and arranged such that applying a force to the detent button to move the detent button in a first direction causes the linkage to move in a second direction, which is different than the first direction, thereby resulting in disengagement between an engaging portion of the detent pin and a relevant one, or more, of the detent recesses. Such disengagement allows for relative movement between the two components. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315238 | Modular Adjustable Vise - A modular adjustable vise is provided. The modular adjustable vise includes a base and a plurality of vise units mounted to the base. The plurality of vise units are spaced apart. Each vise unit includes a pair of jaws movable toward and away from one another to form an adjustable gap therebetween. Each of the vise units are independently adjustable such that the adjustable gap of each vise unit can be adjusted independent of the gap of the other vise units. A method for configuring a vise is also provided that includes machining a clamping surface of a jaw of the vise unit after the jaw has been mounted to the base. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315239 | Clamp Device and Clamping System Using Such Device - In a reference block ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315240 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a processing unit configured to cause a sheet processing unit to execute a sheet processing including a folding processing and a trimming processing on a printed sheet by executing a job, a determining unit configured to determine whether a fold line of a sheet folded by the folding processing is cut out by the trimming processing, and a control unit configured to perform controlling such that the fold line of the sheet folded by the folding processing is not cut out by the trimming processing if the determining unit determines that the fold line of the sheet folded by the folding processing is cutout by the trimming processing. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315241 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus configured to bind a sheet bundle includes a folding portion configured to fold the sheet bundle, a sheet processing portion provided upstream of the folding portion and configured to form a groove at a fold position of at least one sheet of the sheet bundle, and a controller configured to control an operation of the sheet processing portion. The controller controls an operation of the sheet processing portion such that a width of a groove formed on a sheet located on an outer side of the folded sheet bundle is larger than that of a groove formed on a sheet located on an inner side of the folded sheet bundle. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH CAPACITY STACKING AND STITCHING IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for high capacity stacking and stitching in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include determining if an image production document is to be stitched, wherein if it is determined that the image production document is to be stitched, sending the image production document along a first paper path to a first stacking tray to be stitched and stacked, and if it is determined that the image production document is not to be stitched, determining if the image production document requires a higher quality registration stacking than the stacking provided at the first stacking tray, wherein if it is determined that the image production document requires a higher quality registration stacking than the stacking provided at the first stacking tray, sending the image production document along a second paper path to a second stacking tray to be stacked in a high quality registration manner, and if the image production document is determined not to require a higher quality registration stacking than the stacking provided at the first stacking tray, sending the image production document along one of the first paper path to the first stacking tray to be stacked and the second paper path to the second stacking tray to be stacked. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315243 | SHEET FINISHER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A sheet finisher connected to an image forming apparatus, includes: an aligning unit having an aligning plate which aligns in a primary scanning direction a recording sheet that has been conveyed from the apparatus; and a controller which receives any one of correction information of an image forming position and detection information of a recording sheet edge for each sheet feed tray on a side of the apparatus, and determines an alignment position by referring to any one of the information. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315244 | DOCUMENT FEEDER FLAG ASSEMBLY - An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315245 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING ASSEMBLY - An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315246 | INSERTER - The inserter including a storing unit, a sheet-feeding unit; a conveyance unit; and a controller that determines for every sheet a conveying speed of the sheet to be discharged to the downstream side device by the conveyance unit, in which the controller determines: the conveying speed of the sheet, which was discharged from the image forming apparatus, when the sheet is discharged to the downstream side device by the conveyance unit, based on the conveying speed when the inserter receives the sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus; and a conveying speed of the insert-sheet, which was fed by the sheet-feeding unit, when the insert-sheet is discharged to the downstream side device by the conveyance unit, based on a conveying speed of one of a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet, when one of the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet is discharged to the downstream side device. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315247 | SHEET-FEEDING SCANNING APPARATUS HAVING MECHANISM FOR FEEDING BUSINESS CARD - The present invention relates to a sheet-feeding scanning apparatus having a business card feeding mechanism. The sheet-feeding scanning apparatus is adapted for scanning an image of an ordinary document or a business card. The sheet-feeding scanning apparatus includes a scanning module, an ordinary document input tray, an ordinary document pick-up roller assembly, an ejecting tray, a first channel, a second channel, a transfer roller assembly, a business card input tray and a business card pick-up roller assembly. The business card feeding mechanism can provide a relatively flat feeding and scanning channel for the business card such that the bending degree of the business card during transportation is reduced. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315248 | SHEET CONVEYANCE RELAY UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME UNIT - A sheet conveyance relay unit, including: a convergence unit, including: a convergence section to converge sheet conveyance paths of plural sheet receiving sections; and a first common sheet-conveyance section, which conveys the recording sheets from the convergence section to a sheet feeding outlet; a divergence unit, including: a second common sheet-conveyance section, which conveys the recording sheets conveyed from the convergence unit; plural sheet feed-out sections, which are combined to plural post-finishing apparatuses; and a divergence section, which sorts the recording sheets conveyed by the second common sheet-conveyance section, onto the plural sheet feed-out sections; and a control section which receives job information having been set, and selects an image forming apparatus to be used for a job among the image forming apparatuses and a post-finishing apparatus to be used for the job among the plural post-finishing apparatuses, whereby the control section conducts the job having been set. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315249 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET SUPPLY SUPPORTING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing system, comprises a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network and including sheet trays and a detecting section provided to each sheet tray and to detect a capacity of empty space of each sheet tray; and a sheet managing section to obtain a capacity of empty space of each sheet tray of each image forming apparatus and to compare the capacity of empty space of each sheet tray with a capacity of one bundle of sheets as a unit of supply. In the case that the capacity of empty space of a sheet tray among the plural sheet trays of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is equal to or larger than the capacity of one plural bundle of sheets, the sheet managing section notifies that sheet supply can be conducted by one bundle of sheets as a unit of supply to the sheet tray. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315250 | Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and sheet feeding method - A sheet feeding device includes a first roller that draws a recording medium at a first position and feeds the recording medium; a friction pad that comes into contact with the first roller with a predetermined contact pressure at a second position that is close to and downstream of the first position in a conveying direction of the recording medium and nips the recording medium with the first roller to convey the recording medium in the conveying direction; and a second roller that comes into contact with the first roller at a third position that is close to and downstream of the second position in the conveying direction and nips the recording medium with the first roller. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315251 | FEED TIMING ADJUSTMENT FOR SHEET FEEDER - A method for feeding media items seriatim along a path of travel includes initiating a feed of a first media item along the path of travel and detecting the presence of the first media item along the path of travel. The time value is determined between initiating the feeding of the first media item and detecting the presence of the first media item. The initiating of feed of a second media item along the path of travel is controlled based on the determined time value between initiating the feeding of the first media item and detecting the presence of the first media item. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315252 | Paper feeding apparatus and paper feeding method thereof - A paper feeding apparatus comprises a fluid-supply device; a connecting pipe communicating with the fluid-supply device; and a plurality of force units connecting to the connecting pipe, each force unit having a pressing wheel on one end thereof; wherein each pressing wheel operates in coordination with a paper feeding wheel for feeding paper. The force units output equal force according to the same hydraulic pressure so that the pressing wheels provide the same component force to the corresponding paper feeding wheel so as to improve the quality of paper feeding. Furthermore, a method for using the paper feeding apparatus is disclosed. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315253 | SHEET FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNER PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET FEEDER, AND PRINTER PROVIDED WITH THE IMAGE SCANNER - A sheet feeder includes a separation roller having a circumferential surface that contacts a first sheet to be fed first among stacked sheets and picks up the first sheet and one or more second sheets adjacent to the first sheet, a separation arm that is closer to the circumferential surface of the separation roller downstream in a feeding direction and configured to apply higher frictional resistance to the second sheets than the first sheet to feed the first sheet ahead of the second sheets, and a guide member including a guide portion that has a lower-friction surface than the separation arm and extends from the separation arm with a distal end thereof in contact with or close to the circumferential surface of the separation roller. The guide portion guides the first and second sheets along the circumferential surface of the separation roller. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315254 | CONNECTION MECHANISM, AND PAPER FEEDING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH CONNECTION MECHANISM - A connection mechanism connecting a sheet feeding unit, supplying a paper to an image forming apparatus, with the image forming apparatus or other sheet feeding unit, the connection mechanism comprising: a connection member disposed on a frame of the sheet feeding unit and rotatably supported on the frame; and an engaging member disposed on the image forming apparatus or the frame of the other sheet feeding unit, wherein: the connection member is rotated between an engaging position where the connection member engages with the engagement member and a retracting position where the connection member disengages with the engaging member and retracts from the engaging position. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A COMBINED SIGNATURE DIVERTER AND SLOWDOWN DEVICE - A device for diverting printed products is provided. The device includes a first rotating support having a first pad mounted thereon, a second rotating support having a second pad mounted thereon, a third rotating support having a third pad mounted thereon and a fourth rotating support having a fourth pad mounted thereon. The first pad has a different thickness than the second pad and the first and second rotating supports rotate together. The third pad has a different thickness than the fourth pad and the third and fourth rotating supports rotate together. A method for diverting printed products is also provided. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315256 | Miracle five game - The present invention relates to a board game in which two or more players attempt to set three or more playing elements in a row on grid based playing surface either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Players take turns either setting or moving a playing element. A playing element may be moved to an adjacent square, over a series of one or more opponent's playing elements, or along a designated path on the playing surface. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315257 | MUSICAL PLAYING CARD BOARD GAME - A musical board game and playing method that permits players to respond to playing cards both visually and aurally without requiring additional manual intervention by the game player. By incorporating computer-readable indicia such as RFID tags or bar codes in player's cards and providing a suitable computer assisted reader in the game board, it is possible to play music when enabled player cards come within proximity of a reader. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315258 | INTERACTIVE GAME BOARD SYSTEM INCORPORATING CAPACITIVE SENSING AND IDENTIFICATION OF GAME PIECES - An interactive game board system includes a game board, a plurality of capacitive sensors embedded in the game board, a microprocessor with input channels for the capacitive sensors, computer memory means, software instructions and data for directing an interactive game, one or more playing pieces with electrically an conductive portion, and power supply means. An interactive game board system includes interdigitated sensors. An interactive game board system includes capacitive sensors operating in dynamic sensing mode. An interactive game board system includes means for identifying individual game pieces. A method of providing an interactive game board system includes providing a game board, providing capacitive sensors, providing a microprocessor with input channels for the sensors, providing, computer memory means with software instructions for operating the interactive game system, providing a plurality of game pieces with an electrically conductive portion, detecting the presence or absence of game pieces in the vicinity of the sensors, determining the future direction of game play based upon the detecting step, and providing directive feedback to game players based upon the determining step. A method of providing an interactive game board system includes identifying individual game pieces. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315259 | Pathology game and method of playing same - A pathology board game includes a colored game board comprising (a) an illustration of the human circulatory system comprising organs and limbs; and (b) a colored circle or wheel comprising a plurality of diseases, each disease having its own number and color; a plurality of treatment/remedy cards, wherein each card comprises at least one treatment or remedy for a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle; and a plurality of preventative cards, wherein each card comprises at least one preventative modality to prevent a disease and is colored to match a corresponding disease on the colored circle. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315260 | Method of playing a board game - A method of play in a word-forming board game that provides a strategic blocking capability, implemented with a blocking tile that may be placed adjacent to letter tiles. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315263 | Domino Game - A method of playing a domino match is disclosed in which the players of the match play a plurality of domino games, with each game including at least one hand. The players are awarded points throughout the first domino game. The players may risk the awarded points earned throughout the first domino game in a play-by-play side wager against the other players. Players attempt to win the match by being the first player to win two or more games. Additionally, players are rewarded for being the total point winner of the match or tournament. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315265 | Target Stand - A target stand is disclosed that comprises a target frame supported on a shelf having a pair of legs mounted in spaced relation. The legs pivotal and adjustable between a storage position and a shooting position. The storage position having the target frame intermediate to and parallel to the legs. The shooting position having the legs in a generally non-parallel configuration to support the target frame in a predetermined shooting position. The target frame supporting a target either above or below the pivotal connection between the legs and the target frame. The legs adapted to be secured to the target frame thus resisting pivoting and adjusting to hold the legs in a non-symmetrical orientation to accommodate rough terrain. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315266 | Extrusion-Resistant Nose Seal - A nose seal for forming a fluid seal with a sealing surface in a bore The nose seal is particularly suitable for use in high pressure and high temperature conditions. The nose seal includes a substantially deformable sealing ring, which can form a resilient fluid seal with the sealing surface, and a substantially rigid ring, which prevents or limits extrusion of the substantially deformable sealing ring in high temperature and/or high pressure environments. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315267 | SEAL SYSTEM IN SITU LIFETIME MEASUREMENT - A sealing system for sealing between two members includes a polymer seal disposed between the two members, a measurement device, and an evaluation unit. The measurement device is at least partially disposed within the polymer seal, is configured for measuring an aspect of the polymer seal indicating sealing performance of the polymer seal, and is configured for creating a signal corresponding to a measured aspect of the polymer seal. The evaluation unit is configured for evaluating the signal corresponding to the measured aspect of the polymer seal and for determining a sealing performance capability of said polymer seal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315268 | Radial Crimp Seal - A sealed joint for a gas sensor as described which includes a sensor shell having an attachment portion and a sealing portion. The sealing portion has an inner recessed section and an outer protruding section terminating at a free end of the shell, the outer protruding section having an outer section diameter which is greater than the diameter of the inner section. The sealed joint also has an upper shield having a shell portion disposed around the sealing portion of the shell and a connector portion which extends upwardly away from the shell portion. The sealed joint includes a first radial crimp of the upper shield proximate the inner recessed section and a second radial crimp of the upper shield in the connector portion proximate the shell portion, such that the second crimp has a crimp diameter which is less than the outer section diameter of the shell. The structure described has a sealed joint between the sealing portion of the shell and the shell portion of the upper portion located between the first crimp and the second crimp. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315269 | Precompressed Sealing Tape - Precompressed sealing tape for sealing a joint has a foam strip and a foil-type wrapping, which completely surrounds the foam strip and thus holds it in a precompressed state. A first transverse surface of the foam strip is pressed against a strip-like element, which is arranged inside the wrapping and has a certain resistance to bending in the transverse direction of the foam strip. A second transverse surface of the foam strip, which is arranged opposite to the first transverse surface, is firmly connected to the foil-type wrapping. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315270 | Seal Arrangement - The invention relates to a sealing arrangement for an internal combustion engine ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315271 | Airtight magnetic seal for bearing casings - The airtight magnetic seal, in a compact single body, made of two concentric sections, an inner section ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315272 | BRUSH SEAL DEVICE - A divided brush seal comprises a base portion to shut off a sealing fluid side area and environment area, a first end portion having a first connecting face at one side divided end of the base portion, a second end portion having a second connecting face at another divided end of the base portion which connects with the first end portion, a seal brush having bristle groups to seal the sealing fluid provided parallel to a supporting face with coupling one end thereof to a fixed portion which connects with the base plate, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion comprise a first bristle groups respectively, a wire diameter of a first bristle of the first bristle groups is thicker with respect to a wire diameter of a second bristle of a second bristle groups provided between the first bristle group of the first end portion and the first bristle group of the second end portion, the first bristle group of the respective divided brush seal and the first bristle group of the other side divided brush seal adjacent thereto are sequentially arranged. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315273 | Pressure Sealing Means For a Cable Transit - The claimed invention relates to a pressure sealing means ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315274 | Gasket and pipe joint using the same - The present invention discloses a gasket and a pipe joint using the same, which can achieve airtightness with a locking torque smaller than that used conventionally. The gasket of the present invention is interposed in between two coupling faces of a first pipe and a second pipe interconnecting to the first pipe, and each of the two coupling faces has at least one annular protrudent strip. The gasket of the present invention is characterized in that the gasket has at least one annular reception/contact member corresponding to the annular protrudent strip, and that the annular protrudent strip is pressed against the annular reception/contact member to form a twofold airtight mechanism with an inner annular contact area and an outer annular contact area. Thereby, the present invention can effectively promote the airtightness of the two coupling faces of the first pipe and the second pipe. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315275 | System for Sealing a Space Between an Inner Wall of a Tubular Opening and At Least One Tube or Duct At Least Partly Received In the Opening - A system for sealing a space between an inner wall of a tubular opening and at least one tube or duct at least partly received in the opening such that a longitudinal direction of the opening and a longitudinal direction of the at least one tube or duct are substantially parallel to each other. The system comprises at least two segmental longitudinal parts for forming a sealing plug which can be received in the space. The longitudinal parts are each provided with a number of outer ribs and a number of inner ribs, wherein the inner ribs are adjacent each other in the longitudinal direction. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PISTON-ACTUATED ELASTOMER PROBE SEAL IN A HYDRAULIC COUPLING MEMBER - A female hydraulic coupling member has an elastomer probe seal molded to or abutting a ring-shaped metal base which is adapted to exert a compressive force on the probe seal when exposed to hydraulic fluid pressure. The compressive force causes the seal to expand in a radial direction thereby increasing its sealing effectiveness. A retainer nut for holding the seal in the receiving chamber may have a angled surface which acts to urge the seal in an inward, radial direction when an axial, compressive force is applied to the seal. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315277 | Rubber seal for semi-dynamic and dynamic applications - A resilient seal element for use in an annular groove of dovetail configuration comprising, in cross section, a base and two sidewalls of equal length being connected by a convex arc. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315278 | Measurement Systems Having Seals With Pressure Relief - Embodiments of systems include primary and secondary seals, and pressure-relief devices that are configured and positioned so that the secondary seals can have maximum rated capacities substantially less than those of the primary seals. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315279 | SELF TIGHTENING CHUCK WITH AN AXIAL LOCK - A chuck with a generally cylindrical body having a tail section configured to receive a drive shaft of a driver and a nose section having an axial bore formed therein. A plurality of jaws is movably disposed with respect to the body. A threaded spindle is rotatably connected to the body and operatively engages the jaws. A first ring is fixedly mounted about the body and has a first plurality of teeth. An inner sleeve is rotatably mounted about the tail section and has an open portion. A second ring that has at least one protrusion that mates with the corresponding open portion and extends outwardly from the inner sleeve and the ring has a second plurality of teeth. An outer sleeve is placed concentrically around the inner sleeve and contains a lock groove that the protrusion of the second ring is situated inside the lock groove. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315280 | CHUCKING FIXTURE WITH DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A CHUCK AND A TOOLHOLDER OR WORKHOLDER - A chucking fixture for a tool or a workpiece, comprising a chuck and a toolholder or workholder matching the chuck, wherein the chuck has posts having bearing surfaces for orienting the tool or workpiece in an X and Y direction and having end faces for establishing a plane perpendicular to the Z direction, wherein devices for measuring the distance between the chuck and the toolholder or workholder are formed in the bearing surfaces and in the end faces. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315281 | DEVICE FOR FAST ASSEMBLY OF TOOLS ON A SUPPORT - The device for fast assembly of a tool on its support comprises a bolt attached to said support and disposed within a bore with a through hole and a mandrel, which is attached to the tool as such and disposed within said through hole and interacting with said bolt. At the junction between the tool and its support, the device comprises centering and locking means which consist of a set of the tenon and mortise type, which set extends perpendicularly to the mandrel and thus forms a T-shaped structure of the assembly, which confers high rigidity to the tool. Said assembly device is in particular suitable for tools such as actuators or pliers, i.e. tools which are utilized in machines for packaging flasks, bottles or the like. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315282 | VEHICLE WHICH CAN TILT IN TURNS, IN PARTICULAR TRICYCLE - The invention relates to a vehicle which can tilt in bends, in particular a three-wheeled vehicle, which has a rear wheel ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315283 | MOBILE CARRIAGE SUPPORTING A TOOL OR IMPLEMENT - A mobile carriage for supporting a tool, the mobile carriage comprising a first frame and a second frame, the frames generally having a Y-shape, with a support coupling the first frame and the second frame. The support elevates an end of the second frame. The second frame has at least one retaining member positioned along the second frame, the at least one retaining member retaining the tool in place and relative to the second frame. A plurality of moving means positioned at terminal ends of the first frame. The mobile carriage includes a handle depending from one of the first frame or the second frame. The mobile carriage may further include a control altering the distance between the first frame and the second frame. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315284 | CONVERTIBLE LUGGAGE CASE AND CART - A luggage case which is convertible between a first configuration similar to a suitcase and a second configuration similar to a wheeled cart. The luggage case may have wheels and a pivotal handle. The pivotal handle may be supported by a strut pivotally fixed thereto at one end and arranged at the other end to slide along a groove in a guide track fixed to the luggage case. The strut may be entrapped to stop at a predetermined location along the groove with the handle fixed at an angle suitable for pushing the luggage case on its wheels. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315285 | Low Profile Tool Carrier Apparatus - A low-profile tool carrier. The tool carrier has a body with a rectangular, horizontal plate and vertical sides extending upwards from each side of the horizontal plate. A pair of horizontal flanges extend from the top edge of opposite vertical sides. Each of the horizontal flanges is attached to at least one ground engaging member, such as a wheel. The height from the ground to the flange is just greater than the length of the vertical sides, enabling a low profile for enhanced ease of use. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315286 | MOBILE POWER GENERATOR APPARATUS - Mobile power generator apparatus includes: left and right wheels attached to a frame having a power generator mounted therein; three guide rollers provided for each of the wheels for rotatably supporting the rim of the wheel at three positions of the rim; and mounting sections for respectively mounting the three guide rollers on a side wall of the frame, so that each of the wheels is rotatably supported by the three guide rollers on one of the side walls of the frame. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315287 | Mobile Cart - A mobile cart that may be used to carry a computer and/or a secure medication storage compartment. The mobile cart includes a multi-wheeled base, which may include two or more omni-directional, locking swivel casters and one or more non-swiveling, self-leveling wheels. The mobile cart is also height-adjustable. When used as a bedside medication cart, the mobile cart includes an auto-closing and auto-locking medication storage compartment that can be accessed through an electronic password, or manually via a standard key-operated lock. The mobile cart may also include a computer in addition to, or in place of, the medication storage compartment. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315288 | DOLLY AND TRACK SYSTEM - A dolly and track system is provided that includes a dolly assembly configured to enable tripod-mounted camera angles as well as low profile camera mountings. The camera plate can be positioned at prescribed locations on the dolly assembly to enable optimum view angles without concern for capturing the track or dolly in the field of view, particularly when shooting from a low profile. In this manner, the system provides users with multiple filming options, to include tripod use and low-profile filming, in a compact system. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315289 | Folding table cart - The present invention comprises a cart for collecting, moving and storing folding tables. The cart is generally comprised of a front panel, back panel and two side members. The two side members connect the front panel to the back panel in a rectangular frame shape. The front panel has a receiving edge that is shorter than the height of a conventional table top. Each side member has an outer table bed runner and a backrest runner that meet at a wedge. The outer table bed runner slopes downward from the receiving edge of the front panel to the wedge. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315290 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL CASTER ASSEMBLY - A multi-directional caster assembly comprising a rotatable caster pivotable about a shaft that is pivotally connected to a base and that may be reoriented within a predefined conical volume. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315291 | TRAILING ARM FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE REAR INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION - The trailing arm ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315292 | LIGHTWEIGHT, POLYMERIC AUTOMOTIVE STRUT SUSPENSION UPPER MOUNTING - A strut top mount utilizing a mount dome including lightweight polymeric material for the primary structural member as a replacement for the steel material that is traditionally used. The utilization of the polymeric material is possible because the factors associated with strut top mount stresses are successfully managed by a strategic geometric arrangement of the components thereof and the body structure to which it interfaces, as for example by the mount dome being configured to seat in abutting relation to a support shell of the strut tower, wherein the polymeric material is placed under compression. A load bypass is provided in the event of a maximum jounce event. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315293 | RUNNING DEVICE, AND BRAKING CONTROL METHOD FOR THE RUNNING DEVICE - A parallel two-wheeled vehicle including a braking mechanism to directly brake two wheels that includes: a body; a pair of drive units coaxially mounted to the body; a T-shaped handle to be gripped by a passenger; a longitudinal inclination detecting device of the body; and a brake lever. A brake detecting device detects operational information of the brake lever. The body includes: a vehicle speed detecting device to determine a vehicle speed based on a relative angular velocity between the body and the wheels, which is detected by the drive units and based on an angular velocity detected by the longitudinal inclination detecting device; a target speed setting device to set a target vehicle speed based on an output of each of the brake detecting device and the vehicle speed detecting device; and a stabilization control device to control the vehicle to stably follow the target angle/target angular velocity/target vehicle speed. Further, powder brakes are incorporated in the drive units, respectively. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315294 | Vehicle - A vehicle with two or more wheels including at least one or more surfaces on which it is possible to position one's feet and to exert an alternate force by pushing the heel or the point of the foot on said one or more surfaces; and motion transmission means connected to said one or more surfaces and to said one or more wheels of the vehicle itself. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315295 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASABLY SUPPORTING A VEHICLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY - An axle for removably retaining a wheel on a vehicle. The axle comprises a rotary-type connector at a first end thereof; a cam assembly operatively connected to the second end, the cam assembly including a cam having an axis of rotation; a lever operatively connected to a second end of the axle, said lever being rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the cam, between an open position in which the axle is removable from and mountable on the vehicle and a closed position in which the axle is retained on the vehicle; and a cam assembly operatively connected to the second end; and a lever stop ensuring that an angle of maximum rotation for the lever from the closed position is less than 180 degrees | 2009-12-24 |
20090315296 | SUSPENSION FOR MOUNTAIN BICYCLES - A rear wheel suspension for bicycles has a link connecting the chainstay, or swingamm, to the lower damper or shock absorber mount. This link allows the requirements of the rider to manipulate the suspension and geometry available for various conditions. In this way, the suspension characteristics, such as spring rate, rising rate, and wheel travel, will automatically change in accordance with the rider's needs. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315297 | TRAILER - Improved trailers (e.g., semi-trailers) are disclosed. The trailers may include a floor having a top surface and a bottom surface, where the top surface is adapted to transport a payload, and an elongated shell connected to the bottom surface of the floor, where the elongated shell defines a portion of a substantially closed torsion-resistant chamber of the trailer. The trailers may have a torsion resistance that is substantially higher than conventional trailers of similar size and/or load capacity. The trailers may weigh substantially less than conventional trailers of similar size and/or load capacity. The trailers may realize a bending resistance that is at least equivalent to the bending resistance of conventional trailers of similar size and/or load capacity. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315298 | Method and assembly for drawbar retention - An assembly for drawbar retention from a hanger bar on the rear of a tractor includes bottom and top capture plates spanning the intersection of the drawbar and hanger bar, front to back and side to side, and held together by four bolt and nut fasteners that are passed vertically through the four corners of the two plates such that there are two bolts on either lateral side of the drawbar and two on the front and back sides of the hanger bar. A pair of spacer blocks are provided across the front and back edges of the hanger bar releasably captured between the cover plates by the bolts. Cutouts in the spacer blocks can receive tongues on wear pads to permit pads to be captured between the top cover plate and hanger and/or the hanger and the drawbar by the bolts and spacers. The method is the arrangement of top and bottom cover plates with spacers and fasteners as stated, with or without wear pads. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315299 | Folding Stroller, Such as a Buggy, Comprising a Fixing Cross Bar System - The invention relates to a folding stroller such as a buggy having a seat. The frame of the stroller includes a pull/push rod; right and left front wheel rods, each provided with a front wheel; and a cross bar system provided between the front wheel rods. When the stroller is unfolded, the cross bar system fixes the distance between the wheel-carrying ends of the front wheel rods. The cross bar system is constructed such that when the stroller is folded, the distance between the wheel-carrying ends of the front wheel rods is less than when the stroller is unfolded. The cross bar system includes a right part, a left part and a middle part, which are provided with an interlocking member which, on rotation of the middle part, pushes the left and right parts apart and mutually fixes them. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315300 | Stroller and Shopping Cart - A stroller for carrying a user or multiple users may include a first and second front frame member for supporting a seat or seats and back support member, a first and second back frame member being detachably connected to the first and second front frame member, an expandable base member which connects between the first and second front frame member and the first and second back frame member. The expandable frame member may move between an extended and a retracted position to provide a storage area. The first and second back frame member may include handles, and the first and second front frame members may include an upper section and a lower section. The upper section may pivot with respect to the lower section, and the first and second back frame members may pivot with respect to the extendable base member. The first and second front frame members may pivot with respect to the extendable base member. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315301 | Scooter luggage - Globalization has created a culture of frequent air travel. This has in turn required the luggage to be optimized for effortless transport and sized to conform to storage compartments available on airplanes. The Roll On wheeled luggage that is sized to fit in the overhead bins in the plane has become popular with the short stay frequent traveler since it eliminates the time involved in checking in the luggage for storage in the plane undercarriage. The current invention, called the Scooter Luggage is for the needs of the extremely mobile and agile population. Scooter Luggage converts the conventional Roll On wheeled luggage to a three wheeled scooter. It integrates a third wheel, a platform to stand and a steering mechanism that enables the user to use the luggage to scoot from terminal to terminal. The design is foldable so that the luggage still conforms to the air plane overhead bin format. It also has a miniature fork lift feature so that the Scooter Luggage can be loaded with other items for transporting. The Scooter Luggage is configurable for airport shopping convenience. The Scooter Luggage retains the functionality of a conventional Roll On luggage | 2009-12-24 |
20090315302 | POWER GENERATION - A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating power in a castor. The apparatus includes a wheel arranged to rotate about a wheel axis when the castor moves over a running surface, a drive belt arranged to be driven by rotation of the wheel and at least one generator unit arranged to be driven by the drive belt to generate power. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315303 | MECHANICALLY ATTACHED LAMINATED SEAMLESS AIRBAG HINGE SYSTEM - A system and method for controlling the deployment force of a vehicle airbag that facilitates airbag deployment, militates against fragmentation of the trim panel and deployment section, and is lightweight and cost effective. The system includes a trim piece, an airbag housing, and a reinforced sheet. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315304 | Device For Snap-Fastening An Airbag Unit In A Subassembly Of A Motor Vehicle, Especially In A Steering Wheel - A device is provided for snap-fastening an airbag unit in a subassembly of a motor vehicle, especially in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, snap-in elements that are associated with each other being provided on the airbag unit and on the subassembly of the motor vehicle. In order to be able to snap-secure an airbag unit both to a plate-shaped subassembly and to a subassembly having a lateral wall, at least one snap-in hook is provided on the airbag unit or on the subassembly of the motor vehicle, at least one pivotable plastic snap-in clip being associated therewith on the other subassembly. The snap-in hook engages with said clip in at least one section thereof when in the snap-in position. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315305 | Vehicle Seat Side Air Bag - A vehicle seat includes a seat back frame, a cushion, and an air bag assembly mounted upon the frame within a hollow provided in the cushion. A trim cover includes a side panel facing the side of the vehicle and a front panel facing forwardly, the side panel and front panel being joined to one another at a vertical extending seam. The side panel also has a lower horizontal extending separable seam, an upper horizontal extending separable seam, and a forward vertical seam that may or may not be sewn to the front panel. On inflation of the air bag, the inflating air bag forces the side panel outwardly causing separation of the separable seams and inflate forwardly, upwardly and downwardly through separable seams of the side panel. In addition, a rear vertical extending seam can be provided that would extend between the upper and lower horizontal extending separable seam. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315306 | ACTUATOR FOR A HORN OF A VEHICLE - An actuator for a horn of a vehicle, comprising: an emblem; a bezel fixedly secured to a first side of a deployable portion of a cover of an airbag module, the bezel movably securing the emblem to the cover and the emblem being capable of movement between a first position and a second position with respect to the bezel, the second position causing activation of the horn; a backing plate secured to the bezel at a second side opposite the first side of the deployable portion; and a tether secured to the bezel, the tether retaining the actuator with the cover after deployment of the airbag module. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315307 | GAS GENERATOR INCLUDING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL FILTER - The invention relates to a gas generator ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315308 | SOFT TRIM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND RELATED COMPONENT | 2009-12-24 |
20090315309 | TONGUE LATCH WITH PROTECTION - Disclosed herein is a tongue latch with protection comprising a metal part ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315310 | Gradually adjustable wheels - A easy stand bicycle, motor-cycle, scooter, or electric-bicycle include a regular one of them, and at least two adjustable wheels with control system attached on them, so that, rider does not need standing on ground to support them on stop position. Also, main parts of a motor-cycle, scooter, or electric-bicycle with a car alike body can be made in a two wheels car, at least two adjustable wheels attached on the car, so that, rider can adjusts the adjustable wheels to support the car on stop position, and balance/support the car while making a turn. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315311 | VEHICLE END PORTION STRUCTURE - A front end portion of a side member functions as a crumple zone during a collision with another vehicle or the like. A radiator support is attached via a bracket to this crumple zone. When another vehicle or the like collides with the side member, the radiator support separates from the side member. When another vehicle or the like collides with the radiator support, external force applied in the rear direction to the radiator support is transmitted to the side member. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315312 | SEATBELT PRETENSIONER FOR A VEHICLE - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a seatbelt pretensioner is provided. The pretensioner comprises a cylinder having a proximal section which defines a gas chamber that forms at least a portion of an interior space defined by the cylinder. Extending distally from the proximal section is a guide section. Disposed within the interior space is a piston that is moveable toward a distal end of the guide section. The piston has a proximal portion and a distal portion that extends from the proximal portion. The proximal and distal portions are disposed respectively adjacent to the proximal and guide sections. The distal portion is configured for attaching to an anchor that is coupled to webbing of the seatbelt. In fluid communication with the gas chamber is a gas generator. The gas generator is configured for generating gas to move the piston, tensioning the seatbelt. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315313 | Blank book and archiving system - A system for archiving books of varying types and sizes for ease of identification and retrieval comprising, in combination a book and a sleeve adapted to cooperate therewith. The book is of the type that includes a plurality of pages bound to a spine between front and back covers and wherein at least a portion of the book proximate the spine is magnetized or is magnetic. The sleeve comprises a front sleeve section and a back sleeve section and a centrally positioned spine sleeve section and wherein the spine sleeve section is connected to the front sleeve section on one side and is connected to the back sleeve section on the opposite side and further, wherein at least a portion of said sleeve is magnetized or magnetic such that when said sleeve is positioned so that the front sleeve section, back sleeve section and spine sleeve section overlie the respective front cover, back cover and spine of the book, the book and the sleeve are maintained in connected relation by magnetic forces of attraction. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315314 | Glue strip, bundle of glue strips and methods related thereto - The invention relates to a glue strip ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315315 | BOTTLE ADVERTISEMENT - An advertising device including a container configured to hold contents; and a label removably adhered to the container; the label including indicia thereon identifying one of a product complementary to the container contents, and a product related to the container contents. A method of advertising including providing a container configured to hold contents; providing a label removably adhered to the container; and providing indicia on the label identifying one of a product complementary to the container contents, and a product related to the container contents. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315316 | METHOD OF GENERATING A LASER MARK IN A SECURITY DOCUMENT, AND SECURITY DOCUMENT OF THIS KIND - The invention relates to a method of generating a laser marking in a security document by means of at least one laser beam, the security document having at least one laser-markable layer and also at least one reflecting layer which overlaps at least partly with the at least one laser-markable layer and has opaque regions. The at least one reflecting layer has at least one transparent region and, at least visually, is not significantly altered by the laser treatment of the laser-markable layer. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315317 | DESTRUCTIVELY REMOVABLE BARCODE - A label is provided having three parts separated by separation lines. Two of the three parts have pull tabs to allow them to be easily removed. The third part is a narrow strip between the separation lines that does not have a pull tab. When the label parts that have pull tabs are lifted off a product, the label separates at the separation lines, leaving the third narrow strip on the product. This narrow strip is then removed with a scraping action that tends to destroy the narrow strip. This makes it difficult to reconstruct the label after it has been removed from a product. In other embodiments, the label has two parts made of material that stretches when the parts are removed from a product. The stretching distorts a barcode graphic printed on the label making the barcode unreadable. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315318 | Personalizing ID Document Images - A security feature for an identification document comprising a document substrate, a first security feature applied to the document substrate, and an image of a bearer of the identification document transferred over the first security feature. The image includes a knockout portion in which selected areas of the image are not transferred to the substrate. The selected areas expose the first security feature and selected areas are in the form of personal information of the bearer of the document. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315319 | SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND METHODS OF DETERRING COUNTERFEITING - Apparatus and methods are described for a security document comprising a border formed at least partially by a plurality of microprint characters. At least a portion of the microprint characters are arranged in a curvilinear pattern, and at least a portion of the microprint characters are not substantially reproducible via a digital imaging device. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315320 | INLAYS FOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS - Secure inlays for secure documents such as a passport comprising an inlay substrate may have laser ablated recesses within which a chip module is installed. Channels for an antenna wire may be formed in a surface of the substrate. Instead of using wire, the channels may be filled with a flowable, conductive material. Patches homogenous with the substrate layer may be used to protect and seal the chip and interconnection area. The inlay substrate may include two layers, and the antenna wire may be between the two layers. A moisture-curing polyurethane hot melt adhesive may be used to laminate a cover layer and the additional inlay substrate layers. The adhesive layer may include metal nanoscale powder and ink for electromagnetic shielding. Additional security elements may include material that is optically changeable by an electromagnetic field. Ferrite-containing layers may be incorporated in the inlay substrate. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315321 | DATA STORAGE CARD HAVING A LENTICULAR IMAGE FEATURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A data storage card having a lenticular image feature and a method for fabricating a data storage card. The data storage card can include multiple material layers that are heat laminated so that the data storage card resists delamination of the material layers during use. A lenticular lens array is printed on a front surface of the data storage card, whereby an interlaced image is visible through the lenticular lens array and through an underlying optically clear substrate to create a lenticular image feature. The data storage card can be an identification card, such as a financial transaction card. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315322 | Fire Engine Hose Connector - A fire engine hose connector system and a method for using the system are reported. The system allows for rapid connection between the fire hose and the fire engine, and more importantly the system enables even more rapid disconnection. The fire engine and fire fighting personnel may make a rapid escape form an overtaking wildfire. The ability to rapidly disconnect and escape from the fire scene allows the fire engine and personnel to access hydrant supplies that would otherwise not be available due to safety procedures that preclude connection when the long disconnect time requirements of prior art connectors place the escape of the fire engine and personnel at risk in a rapidly moving fire. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315323 | GLASS-LIKE CARBON DEFORMED MOLDED ARTICLE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND JOINT STRUCTURE FOR JOINTING A CONNECTING MEMBER TO A GLASS-LIKE CARBON HOLLOW MOLDED ARTICLE - Provided is a process for producing a glass-like carbon deformed molded article having a deformed section (typically, an elliptical section or a section composed of partial circles and linear portions), such as a glass-like carbon member in a deformed pipe form or a bent pipe, with relative ease and a good dimensional accuracy. The process comprises the step of molding a thermosetting resin to yield a thermosetting resin molded article, the step of deforming the thermosetting resin molded article plastically in the state that the article is heated, so as to yield a thermosetting resin deformed article, and the step of carbonizing the resultant thermosetting resin deformed article. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315324 | END CAP FOR A HYDRAULIC FITTING - An end cap for an open end of a hydraulic fitting having a peripheral flange can be provided by a threaded ring and a threaded insert. The threaded insert can be rotatably engaged with the threaded ring to move axially back and forth. The threaded insert has a forward end face which can engage the open end of the hydraulic fitting to close the hydraulic fitting end or to couple with it. The threaded ring includes a locking member to embrace and engage the peripheral flange. The end cap can be used to prevent loss of oil from the hydraulic fitting during service of equipment on which the hydraulic fitting is utilized, and for other purposes. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315325 | Female quick coupling fitting element for pipes - A female element ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315326 | UNIVERSAL INLET ADAPTER - There is provided an inlet adapter for use with a fluid integrity test device for testing a fluid system. The fluid system includes a primary inlet collar defining a primary collar inner periphery. The inlet adapter includes an adapter body having an adapter inlet face and an adapter contact face. The adapter contact face is disposable in contact with the primary inlet collar to form a fluid tight seal with the primary inlet collar. The adapter contact face defines a contact face periphery that is circumscribable about the primary collar inner periphery. An adapter inner wall is disposed about an adapter axis and extends between the adapter inlet face and the adapter contact face to form an adapter channel. The adapter channel is in fluid communication with the fluid system when the fluid tight seal is formed between the adapter contact face and the primary inlet collar. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315327 | Anti-rotation locking device for tube unions - An anti-rotational assembly for a union fitting is disclosed having a hexagonal cental portion non movably covering the hexagonal cental portion of a union fitting and having deformable tubular sections sections covering the nuts of the union fitting and which are crimped onto properly compressed nuts on the union fitting to prevent any further rotation of the nuts. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE CRANKING - In a method of operating a starting system coupled to a crankshaft of a vehicle engine, during engine starting, torque supplied by the starting system to the engine is continuously adjusted to provide more than two levels based on operating conditions of the vehicle or engine. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315329 | Variable Speed Synchronous Generator - An input shaft rotates at variable rotation rates and is driven by a variable speed source of energy or power such as by the propeller of a wind-driven electrical generator. The input shaft is connected to a first rotor which electromagnetically interacts with a second rotor to create a torque to cause the second rotor to rotate. The interaction of the first rotor and the second rotor may be varied electrically to vary the torque and in turn the rotation rate of the second rotor. The second rotor interacts with a stator to produce AC electrical power. The rotation rate of the second rotor is controlled so that the generator supplies AC power at an essentially constant frequency. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315330 | FACILITY FOR REFUELING OF CLEAN AIR VEHICLES/MARINE CRAFT AND GENERATION AND STORAGE OF POWER - A facility for the generation of electrical power and products for the refueling of clean air vehicles (CAV's) and marine craft and for use by the facility and/or general market. A host of electrical power generation devices including solar panels, solar collectors, wave action generators, reverse osmosis water purification apparatus, high density capacitor electrolizers, hydrogen/oxygen purifiers and compressors, storage units, fuel cells, AC/DC motors and generators and the various connectors, gauges and networks used for interconnecting and dispensing the products of a combined source system are used jointly and severally in a land/marine site. In addition to the generation of DC electrical power, gaseous products such as may be marketed for their intrinsic value or used in the production of additional power via fuel cell operation are also marketed or used/consumed on site. Unique improvements are made in the ability to store energy through use of capacitors. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315331 | Hydroelectric Device for the Production of Electricity, Particularly from Tidal Currents - A hydroelectric device, for the production of electricity in an aquatic environment with currents, includes a frame supporting a rotating member having a number of bearing surfaces that cooperate with the currents to generate a rotation of the rotating member. An electromechanical device produces an electrical current from the rotation. The hydroelectric device also includes a device for adjusting the position of the rotating member with reference to the surface of the aquatic environment. The latter device includes a tank having a variable opening positionable under the surface of the aquatic environment for modifying the water filling rate of the tank. The rotating member may be mounted on the frame by means of a shaft extending along a perpendicular direction to the currents, which facilitates the coupling thereof to one or two similar hydroelectric device shafts arranged at either end of the first, in alignment. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315332 | WIND ENERGY SYSTEM WITH WIND SPEED ACCELERATOR AND WIND CATCHER - The present invention is related generally to power generation, and more particularly, to an apparatus for generating power from wind energy by accelerating winds captured by a wind catcher module. According to a first aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine and a wind catch opening, in which there is a pressure-gradient force that accelerates the movement of air into the wind catch opening and onto the wind turbine. According to another aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine and a wind catch module that redirects wind from outside the wind energy system to the wind turbine in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wind turbine. According to yet another aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine, where the moving parts of the wind turbine are not exposed to humans, birds or other similar sized wildlife during normal operation. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315333 | PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FROM LOW-TEMPERATURE ENERGY SOURCES - The invention relates to a system for producing energy from a coolant ( | 2009-12-24 |
20090315334 | Vehicular Movement Electricity Converter Embedded Within A Road Bumb - A system for converting vehicular movement into electricity while serving as a road hump at the same time. The linear motion of the vehicles is transformed by the device into rotational motion and finally converted into electric power. The system comprises a semi-flexible cover strip lying across the path of vehicular traffic, covering the rest of the system, which is encapsulated within a housing embedded in the ground. The cover is connected to a generator via a wing or wings and a mechanism or mechanisms comprising a fly wheel, a rotor, a stator and a clutch. Passing vehicles push the cover strip down, causing the wings to depress, and engaging a clutch that transfers a rotational motion to the rotor, eventually, the rotor drives an electromagnetic generator. The electromagnetic generator converts the rotational motion of the rotor into electrical power. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315335 | ENERGY HARVESTING BY MEANS OF THERMO-MECHANICAL DEVICE UTILIZING BISTABLE FERROMAGNETS - An inventive energy harvesting apparatus may include a ferromagnetic material and/or a shape memory alloys to convert thermal energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy. The apparatus is subjected to a thermal gradient to cause beams to bend thus creating stress/strain in a piezoelectric material, or creating magnetic flux in a magnetic path. The charges created in this process can be transferred to electrical batteries. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315336 | Renewable energy generation system - A plurality of exercise machines each have a generator with a rotating element for creating a current flow. A primary electrical cable is between the input and output ends. A plurality of feed lines couple an associated generator with the primary electrical cable. A diode is in each of the feed lines. Current is allowed to flow from the generators to the primary feed line and any back flow is precluded. A regulator coupled to each feed line is adapted to regulate the voltage of each machine and to maintain such voltage at a constant level. An inverter is coupled to the primary electrical cable. A combiner/controller along the primary electrical cable between the inverter and the feed lines is adapted to combine the current from the generators being fed to the inverter. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315337 | Method and Apparatus for Direct Energy Conversion - A method and apparatus for direct energy conversion employs modulated static magnetic flux emanating from the pole of a permanent magnet. Photon Cooper pair breaking is used to force a quantum state in Type II superconductor thin films by modulating a vortex channel made up of a bundle of vortex tubes isolated from each other for channeling static magnetic flux. Flux quanta are pinned inside the vortex channel by the magnetic interaction of the Meissner effect, atomic elastic forces, and an effect of electrons moving on the surfaces of the vortex tubes, and a massive shift in the permeability at the front of vortex channel. Static flux conducted through the vortex channel while in a superconducting state is modulated by forcing a quantum state of the Cooper pairs to toggle the vortex channel in and out of a superconducting state, which modifies its permeability up to 1×10 | 2009-12-24 |
20090315338 | Mobile Energy Systems and Methods - Mobile energy systems including a frame, an axle supported by the frame, a wheel mounted to the axle and in contact with the ground, the wheel being configured rotate about the axle when the frame translates relative to the ground, an energy storage device supported by the frame, and an electricity generator operatively connected to the wheel and electrically connected to the energy storage device, the electricity generator being driven by rotation of the wheel and generating electricity when driven. Mobile energy methods including rotating a wheel by moving it along the ground, producing electricity as the wheel rotates by driving an electricity generator, and storing at least a portion of the electricity produced by the electricity generator in an energy storage device. | 2009-12-24 |
20090315339 | FITTING DOOR FURNITURE - A door latching system according to the invention is substantially conventional save in having a circular face plate (and corresponding striker plate) rather than the conventional rectangular form. A counterbore | 2009-12-24 |