01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120001401 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT OF VEHICLE SUSPENSION MEMBERS - A method and apparatus for assembling a suspension. In one embodiment, a method includes altering a temperature of a first suspension component and then pressing the first suspension component and a second suspension component into engagement while the temperature remains substantially altered. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001402 | Bicycle Aero Handlebar Assembly - A bicycle handlebar assembly that includes a number of grip sites, forearm supports, and a number of structures that have airfoil shaped cross-sections and that provide a highly adjustable handlebar assembly with improved aerodynamic performance across the range of adjustment of the handlebar assembly. The handlebar assembly includes a pair of shim stacks that each includes a number of shims that are selectively mountable to the handlebar assembly to adjust a relative vertical height of left hand and right hand aerobars and arm pads. The aerobars and arm pads are secured to the handlebar by way of corresponding clamping assemblies such that the aerobars and arm pads are movably secured to the handlebar assembly to provide the highly adjustable aero handlebar assembly. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001403 | TRAILER - A trailer has a base and a hitch for connecting the trailer to vehicles. The trailer also has standard wheels at a standard wheel axle left end and a standard wheel axle right end, and can include a castor wheel positioned underneath the base. The standard wheels and the castor wheel provide three support points for the trailer, so the trailer can rest on only the standard wheels and castor wheel. The trailer can be used similar to a cart by moving the trailer on the standard wheels and the castor wheel. The trailer can also include handles, which can allow a user to lift one end and use the trailer similar to a wheelbarrow. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001404 | Fifth Wheel Slide Rail - An improved slide rail for a fifth wheel hitch assembly is disclosed that has T-shaped cross-section with a horizontal top section and a vertical base section. The horizontal top section includes scalloped edges, and the vertical base section includes weld pockets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001405 | AIRBAG MODULE - Provided is an airbag module of which the weight is reduced, the assembly process is simplified, and the design can be easily changed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001406 | NON-ELECTRICAL METHODS FOR ILLUMINATION OF AIRBAG EMBLEMS - Methods for illuminating (backlighting) an emblem on a steering wheel cover or other indicia within a vehicle include the use of a material that is self-illuminated without electricity. This can involve using self-luminous microspheres or phosphorescent additive materials. Such materials will not be illuminated during the daylight, but when night falls (or other periods of relative darkness), they will illuminate the emblem or other indicia. These materials may be added directly to the plastic that is used to make the emblem. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001407 | VEHICLE CURTAIN AIRBAG - A post-deployment, position-stabilized curtain airbag has a top edge from which an inflatable safety cushion is supported by a vehicle for deployment into a vehicle passenger compartment between occupant and occupant enclosure. A fill chamber is secured to the top edge of the safety cushion. An inflatable structural member is mechanically connected to the safety cushion. The fill chamber directs pressurized gas into the safety cushion and the structural member. The structural member deploys into the passenger compartment between the safety cushion and occupant enclosure limiting outboard displacement of the safety cushion. The structural member fully deploys after the safety cushion. Another structural member deploys along the top edge of the safety cushion limiting pivoting of the safety cushion there relative to the fill chamber. Pressurized gas enters each structural member through auxiliary passageways having oppositely directed entrances and outlets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001408 | AIRBAG MODULE - An airbag module comprising an inflatable airbag cushion that includes a vent hole and a vent pocket, an inflator for inflating the airbag cushion, an actuator, a vent member configured to fill at least a portion of the vent pocket to selectively cover the vent hole, and a tether having a first end and a second end. The first end of the tether is coupled to the vent member and the second end is coupled to the actuator. When the actuator has not been activated, the vent member remains in a first position covering the vent hole under a tension applied by the tether to thereby prevent inflation gas from escaping through the vent hole. When the actuator has been activated, the tension is reduced enough to allow the inflation gas to move the vent member to a second position uncovering the vent hole thereby allowing inflation gas to escape through the vent hole and through the vent member. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001409 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An inflator that supplies gas in the event of a vehicle emergency and a curtain airbag that is inflated and deployed by gas introduction from the inflator are included. The curtain airbag includes an airbag body obtained by sewing a pair of base cloths together. The airbag body has, in the portion in which the gas is introduced from the inflator, a sewn part obtained by sewing a pair of edges of the base cloths. The airbag body further includes a protective cloth sewn to each of the pair of edges along the sewn part such that the sewn part is covered from the inside of the airbag body. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001410 | BOOKMARK WITH HIGHLIGHTER - A combination bookmark and highlighter device composed of a flat and thin bookmark body that may be marked with text or images. This bookmark body will have a head end and a back end. The head end of the bookmark body will have highlighter attached, often positioned within a slot in the head end of the bookmark body. The highlighter portion will usually contain a protruding highlighter tip positioned so that a user may grasp the device and use the tip to mark other objects. The bookmark portion of the body will be both thin and relatively stiff. Most of the portion of the bookmark body will not be occupied by the highlighter, so that the majority of the thin flat portion of the bookmark portion may be used as bookmark, leaving only a small portion of the bookmark body and highlighter body protruding from the book. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001411 | Security Document Comprising At Least One Combined Image and A Revelation Means, and Associated Method - A security document ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001412 | Surface Modified Optically Variable Product for Security Feature - Surface modified optically variable product to provide security features in packaging materials and currency notes to prevent counterfeiting. Surface modified optically variable product is optionally readily functionalized to disperse them in organic and aqueous inks. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001413 | LAYER STRUCTURE AND FILMS FOR ID DOCUMENTS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR LASER ENGRAVING - The present invention relates to a layer structure having improved properties for laser engraving, to particular embodiments of said layer structures in the form of co-extrusion films, and to security documents, preferably identification documents comprising said layer structures. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001414 | Fitting for Thick-Walled Pipes and Method for Its Production - A fitting for thick-walled pipes, having a contact region and a pressing region, the pressing region being arranged on the side of the contact region facing towards the pipe insertion opening, and the wall thickness in the pressing region being at least in sections less than the wall thickness in the contact region. The invention also relates to a method for producing a fitting for thick-walled pipes, in which a thick-walled pipe is radially widened in a fitting region arranged at one pipe end so that the internal diameter of the fitting region corresponds substantially to the external diameter of the pipe and the wall thickness in the fitting region corresponds substantially to the wall thickness of the rest of the pipe. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001415 | QUICK COUPLING FOR FLUID PIPES - The invention relates to a quick coupling for fluid pipes, comprising: a connector with a connecting piece and at least one connecting pipe transversely projecting from said connecting piece, the connecting piece being of the type that can be introduced into a receiving opening of a counterpart in a sealing manner and brought into latching engagement with said counterpart by means of a latching means; a securing means that can be converted from a locking position in which the latching engagement is secured against unlocking to an unlocking position in which the latching engagement can be disengaged; and a fastening means to which said securing means can be fixed in at least one position. To improve a quick coupling of the kind as mentioned above in such a manner that the securing means, after having inserted the connector into the receiving opening of the counterpart, can be mounted to the connector more easily, the fastening means is located, according to the invention, on a side of the connecting pipe facing away from the connecting piece. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001416 | Retractable Rod Structure - A retractable rod structure includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe and a positioning unit. The positioning unit includes a sleeve and a resilient engaging plate located in the sleeve. The sleeve has a side wall formed with a first threaded hole and a second threaded hole for engagement of a positioning bolt and a fixing bolt. The sleeve further has a pair of grooves formed on an inner wall of the sleeve close to two sides of the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole. By turning the positioning bolt clockwise or counterclockwise, the resilient engaging plate is controlled to engage with or disengage from the inner pipe for adjustment of the inner pipe. The present invention provides a stepless positioning effect, without wearing the retractable rod, and can be used as a multi-function retractable rod. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001417 | COMPLIANT MATERIAL - A device including a first member joined to a second member, the joining being carried out via a compliant material having an alloy with at least two materials selected from silver, gold, and palladium, the second member being a shrink ring of the first member. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001418 | Connector - A connector comprising a receiver, a nut threadably engageable with the receiver, the nut comprising a nut conical surface, a jaw comprising a bead extending radially inward into a jaw bore, the bead for engaging a pipe groove, the jaw having a conical surface for cooperatively engaging the nut conical surface, and a spring disposed between the receiver and the jaw for urging the jaw conical surface into engagement with the nut conical surface and the jaw bead into engagement with the pipe groove. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001419 | Connection Arrangement For Connecting Two Components - A connection arrangement for connecting two especially cylindrical oil-containing components contains two receiving rings, each having a hollow connecting piece attached radially to the outside of the receiving ring with a passageway that ends at the inside of the receiving ring. The outer end section of the passageway contains a thread, wherein the pitch of the threads of the two connecting pieces is different. The two connecting pieces are connected by a hollow screw having two threaded sections. The thread of one threaded section corresponds to the thread of one connecting piece, and the thread of the other threaded section corresponds to the thread of the other connecting piece. The receiving rings are connected to the components such that a fluid connection is provided between the inner chambers of the two components through the two connecting pieces. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001420 | SEALING STRUCTURE FOR CYLINDRICAL BODY - A sealing structure for a cylindrical body has an O-ring holder in which a planar O-ring that provides a seal in the planar direction and a radial O-ring that provides a seal in the axial line direction of the cylindrical body are incorporated in the crossing direction provided at both end parts of the cylindrical body; a pressing means for pressing the O-ring holder in the axial line direction of the cylindrical body via a pressing lid; the O-ring holder is pressed against a tube sheet of the fluid chamber via the pressing lid by the pressing means to press the planar O-ring onto the tube sheet, whereby a fluid tight seal is provided between the fluid chamber and the outside; and the radial O-ring is pressed onto the outer periphery of the cylindrical body to provide a fluid tight seal between the fluid passage and the fluid chamber. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001421 | JOINING DEVICE - A device having a first part shrink-fitted with a first shrink ring, the first shrink ring being shrink-fitted with a second shrink ring exhibiting a lower thermal expansion coefficient than a thermal expansion coefficient of the first shrink ring. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001422 | FLUSH JOINT - A device including a first part made of ceramic material shrink fitted with a first shrink ring, in which an edge of an axial end of a cylindrical portion of the first part to which the first shrink ring is fitted and an edge of an axial end of the first shrink ring belong to one and the same transverse plane. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001423 | Connection Devices And Male-Female Connection System Comprising Them - The male connection device comprises a sleeve ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001424 | Connection Devices And Male-Female Connection System Comprising Them - The male connection device comprises a sleeve ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001425 | Fluid Line Connecting Fitting - A hydraulic coupling suitable for high pressure gas service has a male member, a female member, and a coupling member, where the male member and female member have corresponding sealing faces which mate together. The sealing face of the male member has a protruding lip member, which defines a primary seal and a second seal backwardly disposed from the primary seal. Upon application of axial force, which drives the two sealing faces together, the protruding lip member makes engaging contact with a portion of the sealing face of the female member. Upon application of further axial force, the second sealing member is deflected into a portion of the female sealing face, such that both the first sealing member and the second sealing member are in sealing contact with the female sealing face. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001426 | HYDRAULIC DETACHABLE COUPLING - A hydraulic detachable coupling, which can transmit rated torque in a manner stable to vibrations, and can fully withstand abnormal torque. For this purpose, in a hydraulic detachable coupling ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM OCEAN WAVES - A method and device for generating electricity from ocean waves. The device includes at least one magnetostrictive element and one or more electrically conductive coils or circuits. When the magnetostrictive element is deployed in a body of water, the motion of the body of water, including wave motion, causes changes in the strain of the magnetostrictive element. The electrically conductive coil or circuit is within the vicinity of the magnetostrictive element. A corresponding change in magnetic field around the magnetostrictive element generates an electric voltage and/or electric current in the electrically conductive coil or circuit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001428 | WIND ENERGY SYSTEM - A wind energy system continuously responsive to changes in wind direction and speed. The system includes a low-profile, rotatably-mounted turbine assembly. The turbine assembly includes a wind tunnel with a “cow catcher” style wind gatherer. The tunnel defines a narrowed throat portion between the inlet and outlet to increase the wind speed. A turbine mounted on a stand is fitted inside the outlet end of the tunnel, and may be movable fore and aft in response to changes in wind speed. A control system receives regular wind change forecasts from a third party, and automatically repositions the rotating turbine assembly in response to real-time predicted changes in wind vector and may also move the turbine axially relative to the throat in the tunnel in response to real-time predicted changes in wind speed. Additionally, the turbine may be turned out of the wind to avoid excessively high winds. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001429 | CARBON DIOXIDE-BASED GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Novel carbon dioxide-based geothermal energy generation systems, i.e., carbon plume geothermal (CPG) systems, and methods are provided. With the novel systems and methods described herein, geothermal energy can now be provided at lower temperatures and at locations other than hot, dry rock formations, without negatively impacting the surrounding area through use of large-scale hydrofracturing. Use of a carbon dioxide-based geothermal system further provides a means for sequestering and storing excess carbon dioxide, rather than having it released to the atmosphere. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001430 | FLOW DEVELOPMENT AND COGENERATION CHAMBER - A fluid handling and cogeneration system has an inlet conduit receiving a fluid, a housing having a inlet end, a outlet end and an interior surface. The housing encloses an inner body which together with the housing is arranged to form an annular space between the interior surface of the housing and an exterior surface of the inner body. The system also includes at least one diverter configured such that the fluid is directed to circulate around the inner body and traverse the annular space from the diverter toward the outlet end of the housing in an organized fashion. A generator is provided within the housing to harness the fluid traversing the annular space to generate electrical power. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY GENERATION - A wave energy generator is disclosed with one or more wave follower connected to a fixed structure such as the leg or jacket of a wind turbine, and an energy converter to convert kinetic energy from the movement of the wave followers into electric energy, wherein the wave follower is connected to the fixed structure through an adjustment mechanism configured adjust the position of the wave follower to move it rotationally and/or vertically relative to the fixed structure, so that the adjustment mechanism allows adjustment of the range of movement of the wave follower. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001432 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING WAVE ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC POWER - The invention concerns an apparatus for converting wave energy into electric power, comprising a closed floating element ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001433 | Fluid Driven Wheel System For Generating Electricity - A fluid driven wheel system for generating electricity has a double wheel assembly having a pair of identical wheels mounted in a vertical orientation on a horizontal axle. Fluid receptacles are connected to the wheels adjacent to the perimeters of the wheels and interconnect the wheels. Each fluid receptacle has a single opening for receiving fluid when the fluid receptacle is in a first orientation and for emptying fluid from the fluid receptacle when the fluid receptacle is in a second orientation. The fluid driven wheel system further comprises a pair of momentum wheels. Each momentum wheel is located on a corresponding side of the wheel assembly and is mounted on the horizontal axle so that the wheel assembly rotates with the momentum wheels. Each momentum wheel has a plurality of equidistantly spaced weighted members that provides a smooth, continuous movement of the wheel assembly. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF FREE-SURFACE WAVES USING CAVITY RESONATOR - A wave generation device includes a main flow channel and one or more side channels to initiate vortex shedding and generate a resonant free-surface standing wave. The main channel is a duct for the passage of a fluid such as water. The side channel or channels can be perpendicular or parallel to the main channel. Operation of the wave generation device relies on the exchange of energy between the unsteady vorticity-bearing flow in the main channel across the opening of the side channel cavity and the velocity field due to the resonant standing wave that forms in said cavity. The incoming flow of the main channel causes a cross-flow fluctuation in the separating shear layer as it is disturbed at the leading corner of the side channel, which is amplified in the streamwise direction. This fluctuation resonates within the side channels, generating the standing wave. The amplitude and power capacity of the resonant standing wave is determined by the incoming flow velocity, incoming flow depth, and side channel width. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001435 | GENERATOR POWER CONDITIONING - The present invention relates to electricity generating equipment, particularly off-shore generators for generating electricity from tidal streams, marine currents or wave motion. In a generator ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001436 | POWER GENERATOR USING A WIND TURBINE, A HYDRODYNAMIC RETARDER AND AN ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE DRIVE - An electric power generating system is provided that uses a wind turbine to generate waste-heat that is utilized in an organic Rankine Cycle drive that converts heat energy into rotation of a generator rotor for generating electricity. A hydrodynamic retarder may be provided that dissipates heat into a hot fluid by directing the flow of the fluid through the hydrodynamic retarder in a manner that resists rotation of blades of the wind turbine. The hot fluid circulating in the hydrodynamic retarder is a thermal heat source for vapor regeneration of organic heat exchange fluid mixture(s) used in the Rankine cycle, expansion of the organic heat exchange fluid being converted into rotation of the generator rotor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001437 | WIND POWER GENERATOR - Provided is a wind power generator that reduces the amount of heat input into a nacelle from the outside of the nacelle due to the solar radiation, and that improves the heat dissipation performance from the inside of the nacelle to the outside air. In a wind power generator in which a driving mechanism and power generation mechanism that are connected with a rotor head, to which wind-turbine blades are attached, are accommodated and installed in a nacelle, an outer wall surface of the nacelle is provided with, on at least a part of the wall surface where no direct sunlight is radiated, a heat-dissipation-resistance reducing portion that uses a member having a higher thermal conductivity than that of a peripheral wall member. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001438 | WIND POWER GENERATOR - A wind power generator is provided in which a reduction in weight is achieved by reducing the wall thickness of a nacelle, and an increase in the amount of heat input to the interior of the nacelle from sunlight is suppressed. In a wind power generator in which driving/power-generating mechanisms linked to a rotor head to which wind-turbine blades are attached are accommodated and installed inside a nacelle, a coating of high-reflectivity paint is formed on at least part of the outer wall that receives sunlight. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001439 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING WIND POWER TO ELECTRICAL POWER WITH TRANSMISSION - A system for converting wind power to electrical power comprising a transmission module with multiple power flows to an output and a first generator coupled to the output, wherein the first generator operates at substantially constant speed for the multiple power flows. A method is also disclosed that operates a system that converts wind power to electrical power utilizing a transmission module and comprises the steps of operating the transmission module with a first power flow to an output coupled to a generator, and operating the transmission module with a second power flow to the output coupled to the generator, wherein the generator operates at substantially constant speed for the first and second power flows. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001440 | WIND POWER GENERATOR - A wind power generator, which minimizes vortexes formed on a disc, thus efficiently rotating the disc, and which has blade type cells capable of increasing wind power, and which reduces friction load of a rotating shaft induced by the weight of the rotating shaft having blades, thus more efficiently rotating the rotating shaft, and which provides protection against a length of the rotating shaft varying according to weather conditions. The wind power generator includes a rotating shaft supported by upper and lower bearing units, a disc mounted on the rotating shaft and first, second and third wind collectors provided on upper and lower surfaces of the disc, with respective holes formed through the disc. The upper bearing unit includes an adjusting bolt having a first ball, a first bearing supporting the first ball and an adjusting nut. The lower bearing unit includes a second bearing and a second ball supported by the second bearing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001441 | AUTOMATIC LOCKING/UNLOCKING APPARATUS FOR A DRAWER - An automatic locking/unlocking apparatus for a drawer is applicable to be assembled on a fixed slide rail and a slidable slide rail of a drawer or on a drawer body and a drawer cabinet. The automatic locking/unlocking apparatus comprises a drive element disposed on the slidable slide rail or the drawer body, a main body fixed on the fixed slide rail or the drawer cabinet, a slide block slidably disposed on the main body, and a spring disposed between the main body and the slide block. By such arrangements, when the drawer is pulled by a large force, it can prevent the slide rails, the drawer body or the automatic locking/unlocking apparatus from being damaged | 2012-01-05 |
20120001442 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCKING DEVICE - A vehicle door locking device Ao is integrated by assembling a base unit A | 2012-01-05 |
20120001443 | Multi-Point Locking System and Astragal - A multi-point locking system includes a body having an upper aperture and a lower aperture therein. An upper latch pawl is disposed in the upper aperture and is pivotable about a first vertical axis between a first retracted position and a first extended position. A lower latch pawl is disposed in the lower aperture and is pivotable about a second vertical axis between a second retracted position and a second extended position. At least one actuator is configured to move the upper and lower latch pawls between their retracted and extended positions. The body can be an astragal, a vertical frame member, or the like. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001444 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO PUMP SEAL ASSEMBLIES - A housing for a seal assembly of a pump, the housing comprising a main body having a wall section with inner and outer sides, and a bore extending through the main body between the inner and outer sides, a holder protruding from the inner side of the main body, the holder having an outer edge and a bearing face which is inclined inwardly towards the inner side, and extending from the outer edge towards the bore. There is also disclosed a lifting device for use with the housing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001445 | VEHICLE INTERIOR MEMBER - A vehicle interior member that is attached to an interior side of a vehicle body, including an interior member body which is made of an unwoven fabric and exposed to the interior side; and a reinforcement band which is made of a rigid plastic and attached to a behind surface of the interior member body, the reinforcement band being provided with a locking mechanism that fixes the interior member body to the vehicle body. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001446 | TRIM COMPONENT COMPRISING FASTENING MEANS - A trim component made of injection-molded plastic, including a substantially flat part directed along a reference plane, an internal face including at least one fastening mechanism, the fastening mechanism including a bridge of mid-plane, to support a clip and including two side walls opposite with respect to the mid-plane and joined together by a clip support wall. The side walls of the bridge includes, on their external faces, ribs, one end of which extends projecting from a plane defined by an edge of the side walls which is an opposite edge to the clip support wall, and is connected to the internal face of the trim component such that a space is created between the plane and the internal face of the trim component. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001447 | Integrated Inertial Lock and Latch for Console Lid - A vehicular console storage system has a pivotable lid and a striker movable with the lid. A pawl is mounted in a fixed location for selectably receiving the striker, wherein the pawl is movable between a latching position and a release position. The pawl holds the striker so that the lid is held closed when in the latching position, and the pawl has a cam surface. A spring-loaded cam follower is at least in partial contact with the cam surface and is movable between an extended position and a retracted position to provide a first resistance to motion of the pawl from the latching position to the release position. The first resistance is easily overcome by manual manipulation by a user. A movable lever has an activated position and a deactivated position, wherein the activated position interferes with movement of the pawl from the latching position to the release position. An inertial sensor is provided for moving the movable lever to the activated position in response to a predetermined acceleration. Thus, an integrated mechanism provides both hard locking during a crash event and soft latching for easy user access without requiring a manually operated button or latch. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001448 | Dashboard Crossbar Assembly for a Motor Vehicle, and Corresponding Dashboard Device, Motor Vehicle, and Manufacturing Method - An assembly includes: two crossbars extending substantially in parallel to each other; and two securing members for securing onto the vehicle body, each securing member being secured to one end of each crossbar so as to connect the two crossbars together. The two securing members are made of the same material as the two crossbars. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001449 | Tarp System with a Universal Joint Connector - A tarp system with a knuckle arm assembly having a housing on an upper arm with a bent enclosure with a flexible torque shaft or universal joint connector substantially within the enclosure, such as an extruded tube. A first end of the flexible torque shaft or universal joint connector may be used in conjunction with a motor, preferably mounted away from the bend in the enclosure to minimize the envelope of the tarp system around a container of a container of a trailer or rail car. A second end of the flexible torque shaft or universal joint connector is attached to an axle shaft for a roller or the like that is used in conjunction with a tarp. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001450 | AIR DAM DEPLOYMENT AND RETRACTION SYSTEM - An air dam deployment and retraction system includes an air dam, a compressor, an air reservoir, a first switch, a second switch, and a third switch. The air dam is configured for moving between a deployed position and a retracted position. The compressor is configured to compress fluid. The air reservoir defines a chamber that is configured to receive a volume of the compressed fluid. The first switch is configured to selectively move between a first inactive position and a first active position. The first inactive position is configured to provide the compressed fluid to the atmosphere. The first active position is configured to provide the compressed fluid from the compressor to one of the chamber of the air reservoir and the air dam. The air dam is configured to move from the retracted position to the deployed position upon receiving the compressed fluid. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001451 | Aerodynamic Drag Reducing Apparatus - A drag reducing apparatus is provided for use with vehicles having surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes an exterior cover that forms a drag reducing shape when the apparatus is fully extended. The apparatus can be retracted to a space saving configuration. A scissors linkage extends and retracts the apparatus. The scissors linkage can be motorized, and the motor can extend the scissors linkage by turning in a first direction and can retract the apparatus by turning in a second direction. The scissors linkage can hold the exterior cover taut when the apparatus is fully extended. The scissors linkage can support the exterior cover at intermediate locations when the apparatus is not fully extended. The apparatus can include support linkages and intermediate moveable members that support the exterior cover and define the drag reducing shape. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001452 | Cage Frame - The present invention relates to a post assembly ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001453 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; a dashboard lower cross member, positioned at a front surface of the dashboard lower section, and divided into a left part and a right part; a dashboard cross member integrally formed by connecting and welding the dashboard lower cross member to a steering joint cover; and an acceleration pedal bracket fixed to an overlapping part of the steering joint cover and the dashboard lower section. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001454 | DOOR FOR CABIN IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The invention provides a door for a cabin in a construction machine, the door including a pulling handle portion to be pulled in a closing direction of the door from the inside of the cabin and preventing the pulling handle portion from misuse as a riding handle, the riding handle including a first gripped portion extending in a first extending direction to be gripped by an operator when the operator rides in the cabin. The door includes a cabin frame having an entrance and a riding handle projecting from an fringe portion fringing the entrance of the cabin frame in a specific direction. The door has a door frame vertically extending and a door glass to be attached to the door frame. The door frame has a pulling handle portion, which is attached to the cabin frame pivotally around a vertical pivot axis so as to allow the door to open and close the entrance of the cabin and projects in a direction having a component of a direction away from the door glass to be gripped for operating the door in the closing direction from the inside of the cabin. The pulling handle portion is disposed so as to be aligned with the riding handle in front and rear directions outside the cabin when the door is fully opened. the pulling handle portion satisfies at least one of the following directions: a first condition that the height position of the second gripped portion is offset upward from the height position of the riding handle; and a second condition that the second gripped portion of the pulling handle portion extends in a second extending direction different from the first extending direction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001455 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section; and a damping panel connecting to the dashboard lower section, wherein the dashboard lower section includes an upper rim flange and a front wall including a bending shape; and the damping panel includes a bead curved more gradually compared to the bending shape. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001456 | FRONTAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A frontal structure of a vehicle includes: a dashboard lower section comprising a longitudinal wall, a tilted wall, and a horizontal wall connected together; a floor frame provided below the tilted wall; a bead formed along the floor frame, wherein the longitudinal wall intersects with the bead at an upper side of the bead; the horizontal wall intersects with the bead at a lower side of the bead; and a ridge line or a plurality of ridge lines of the bead overlap with the floor frame in an upper-lower direction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001457 | HEADLINER WITH INTEGRAL WIRE HARNESS - This invention relates to a roof structure in a vehicle, wherein the roof structure ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001458 | VEHICLE SUNROOF DEVICE - A vehicle sunroof device includes a movable panel, guide rails, rear slide members, an electrical drive source, and check mechanisms. When the rear slide members are moved toward the front of the vehicle along the guide rails when the movable panel is in a totally closed state, the movable panel is changed to a tilt-up state. Check release mechanisms provided to the rear slide members are changed to an engaged state when the rear slide members are further moved toward the front of the vehicle with the movable panel in the tilt-up state and without involving operation of the movable panel. In the engaged state, when the rear slide members are moved toward the rear of the vehicle afterward, the check release mechanisms move the entire check mechanisms while switching the check mechanisms to a movable state. In the engaged state of the check release mechanisms, when the rear slide members are further moved toward the front of the vehicle without involving operation of the movable panel, the check release mechanisms are switched to an engagement released state in which the check release mechanisms are released from the check mechanisms | 2012-01-05 |
20120001459 | Retractable Car Umbrella - A retractable canvas roof for automobiles meant to provide cover from heavy rain when entering or exiting said automobile. The disclosure also comprising of a sensor to detect heavy rain. A locking mechanism to engage the roof and deploy it when the door is opened and a retracting mechanism to pull on the canvas roof when the door is being closed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001460 | DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A dynamic energy management restraint anchor device interfaces with a child seat in a vehicle, engaging common child seat attachment clip features. A device restraint anchor is operable to dynamically extract and permit distortion of load bearing deformable member(s) in order to manage the displacement of, and load transferred through, an anchor connected to a child seat. The device may be further operable to limit or prevent restraint anchor displacement and the distortion of said deformable member(s) under quasi-static load conditions in order to meet motor vehicle static load/displacement anchorage performance requirements applicable to certain anchors. Anchor retraction capability and various interlocking configurations for securing the position of an anchor, before or after having extracted, may be incorporated relative to the energy management device interfacing with both a vehicle and a child seat. An indicator may further be provided to identify the functional state of the restraint device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001461 | STOWABLE ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATED REAR SEAT HEADREST - An active headrest adapted for use with a rear seat, including a translatable, conformable, or otherwise reconfigurable shell, an active material actuator disposed within and drivenly coupled to the shell, and preferably including a linkage system fixedly coupled to the seat and/or shell, wherein the actuator is operable to cause the headrest to achieve one of a plurality of achievable positions. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001462 | Vehicle Seat - There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback including a seatback frame skeleton member covered by a seatback pad cushion member on at least a front side of the seatback frame; a headrest including a headrest frame skeleton member disposed above the seatback; and a shock absorbing member disposed further to the front side than the headrest frame and being at a top portion of the seatback, attached to the seatback frame and absorbing impact energy by plastic deformation when an impact is imparted to the top portion of the seatback from the front side. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001463 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SENSING WEIGHT OF AN OCCUPYING ITEM IN A VEHICULAR SEAT - In or for a vehicle, an arrangement for measuring weight of an occupant of a seat connected to a floor of the vehicle via a slide mechanism, the floor, in part, defining a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A support structure extends between the slide mechanism and the seat. A force sensing device is coupled to the support structure and configured for measuring force in the support structure indicative of weight applied by the occupant to the seat. The weight may be used for component control. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001464 | VEHICLE SEAT COVER - A method for attaching a vehicle seat cover ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001465 | BIOMECHANICAL SEAT CONSTRUCTION - A biomechanical seat construction ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001466 | SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENT FOR A SEAT OF A VEHICLE - A seatbelt guide is attached to a seat of a motor vehicle in the shoulder area of the seat to guide a shoulder belt. The guide includes an inner element fixed relative to the seat, and an outer element spaced from the inner element by a distance to receive and guide the seatbelt. The outer element is movable relative to the inner element in a longitudinal direction to allow the seatbelt to be removed from the guide. This may be desirable if, for example, the seat has a fold-down back rest. The outer element pivots about a pivot axis extending approximately in a transverse direction of the vehicle. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001467 | VEHICLE SEAT, ESPECIALLY UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat, especially a utility vehicle seat, includes a seat frame ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001468 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat, in particular a utility vehicle seat, has a seat frame which can be pivoted by a pneumatic spring and which can be adjusted in terms of height. An adjuster ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001469 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001470 | WOBBLE JOINT FITTING FOR AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR FOR A BACKREST JOINT FITTING - A wobble joint fitting for an adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat comprises a first fitting part, a toothed eccentric gear that has an eccentric hole and a flange, and an eccentric comprising a rotatable drive part, a control part and wedge segments, the control part comprising control surfaces that come to abut against the wedge surfaces. The fitting further comprises a second fitting part that is adjustable with respect to the first fitting part. A latching part is provided which has at least one latching tooth, biased only in an actuation position of the latching part into engagement with a latching recess, and having an actuating flank. The control part comprises an actuating portion which abuts against the actuating flank and, during a rotary movement of the control part, presses the latching tooth into abutment against the flange, and biases it into engagement into a latching recess. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001471 | Anti-Backdrive For Continuous Disc Recliner - A disc recliner includes a fixed plate having a plurality of outer teeth and a movable plate having a plurality of inner teeth meshingly engageable with the outer teeth to allow rolling movement of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate. A pair of wedges defining an eccentric is rotatably mounted between the fixed and movable plates and rotation of the wedges causes the rolling movement of the movable plate. An anchor is disposed between the wedges for rotation therewith. A lock plate is coupled to the anchor and is movable between a locked position engaged with the fixed plate to prevent rotation of the wedges and an unlocked position disengaged with the fixed plate to permit rotation of the wedges. A cam actuates the lock plate from the locked position to the unlocked position and rotates the wedges thereby causing the rolling movement of the movable plate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001472 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a headrest body, a stay and a locking member. The seatback is provided on a floor of a vehicle body. The headrest body is provided above the seatback. The stay extends downward from the headrest body into the seatback. The locking member, provided to the seatback and engaging with the stay at a specific position in a longitudinal direction of the stay, engages with the stay at a substantially longitudinal center of the stay when the headrest body is positioned at a lowest position. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001473 | Bed leveling system for dump truck - A bed leveling system for a dump truck to prevent an imbalance of the truck bed during unloading of material. The system controls the side to side tilt of the truck bed and returns that bed to a generally level orientation when the bed tilt exceeds a predetermined angle. The truck bed is pivotally affixed to the truck chassis through a hinge pin. Thus, the tilting of the dump bed is carried out by a hydraulic system that changes the tilt of the hinge pin. The leveling system includes a cylindrical tube that supports the hinge pin and which is rotatable with respect to the chassis. A roll cylinder rotates the cylindrical tube to change the tilt angle of the hinge pin. A tilt sensor senses the out of level orientation of the truck bed and activates the leveling system to bring the bed back to a generally level orientation. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001474 | METHOD OF MINING ORE - A method of open cut mining an ore is disclosed. The method comprises carrying out mining operations in an area of an open cut mine with manned resources and unmanned resources and providing separate access for these resources to the mine area at selected locations. Alternatively, or in addition, the method comprises carrying out mining operations in the mine area with manned resources and unmanned resources operating in selected, separate unmanned and manned zones, respectively within the mine area. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001475 | CUTTER ASSEMBLY CONFIGURED TO ALLOW TOOL ROTATION - A base block for a cutting drum is disclosed. The base block may have a first end. The first end may have an opening configured to receive a tool. The first end may also have a flat surface surrounding the opening. The base block may have a second end configured to abut the cutting drum. The base block may further have an internal passageway commencing at the opening configured to receive the tool. The passageway may define a longitudinal axis that is offset by an acute angle from being perpendicular to the flat surface. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001476 | INJECTION MOLDED COMPOSITE WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed is a injection molded composite wheel, including a polyamide composition including (A) about 20 to about 70 weight percent of at least one polyamide resin, (B) about 30 to about 65 weight percent of one or more fiber reinforcing agents wherein the fiber has an average length of 0.1 to 0.9 mm; and (C) 0 to about 20 weight percent of one or more polymer impact modifiers; wherein 4 mm test bars prepared from the polyamide composition have an average tensile modulus greater than or equal to about 9 GPa, and an elongation at break of at least 4%. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001477 | VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A TRAILER VEHICLE - A valve arrangement for controlling a brake system, comprising at least one spring brake cylinder and at least one service brake cylinder, of a trailer vehicle of a traction vehicle-trailer combination, characterized in that said valve arrangement includes a 3/2 way valve which, as a function of the control pressure present at its control inlet, connects either its connection, which is connected to an outlet of a control valve device in order to generate service brake pressure for the at least one service brake cylinder, or connects its connection, which is connected to a trailer-vehicle-side compressed air supply, to its further connection which is connected to the at least one spring brake cylinder. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001478 | WHEEL OF A TRACK ASSEMBLY OF A TRACKED VEHICLE - A wheel for a track assembly of a tracked vehicle, such as, for example, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), a snowmobile, a construction vehicle or an agricultural vehicle. The wheel in use is one of a plurality of wheels of the track assembly. The track assembly comprises an endless track disposed around the plurality of wheels, comprising an inner side for facing the plurality of wheels and a ground-engaging outer side for engaging the ground. The wheel comprises a wheel body comprising a hub portion, a rim portion, and a radially-extending portion between the hub portion and the rim portion. The wheel also comprises a covering on the body. The covering in use contacts the endless track's inner side. A material of the covering is different from a material of the wheel body. The wheel body and the covering may be mechanically interlocked. The covering may comprise a peripheral portion covering at least part of a peripheral side of the wheel body and a lateral portion covering at least part of a lateral side of the wheel body. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001479 | SELF-PROPELLED SHIP - The disclosure concerns a self-propelled ship comprising a shipboard electric network, a main electrical supply bus, propulsion means, a motor for driving the propulsion means, and means for supplying electricity to them. According to the disclosure, the supply means comprise a set of electric capacitors having a capacitance sized to provide, at their nominal electrical charge, at least temporarily, both of the nominal supply of the shipboard network and of the electric motor through the bus, and electrical connection means arranged on board the ship for connecting the set of electric capacitors to another electric network located at an arrival and/or departure point of the ship, for the purpose of recharging the capacitors to their nominal charge and to supply the first network during a stop at the arrival and/or departure point. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001480 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC PROPULSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An embodiment of an electrical system of a vehicle with electric propulsion achieved by at least one electrical machine; the electrical system has: a storage section provided with at least one battery including of a plurality of cells, each of which is coupled in series with the other cells and is provided with a bypass branch that is coupled in parallel to the cell and has a bypass switch; a section of traction that interacts with the electric machine and is equipped with a power electronic converter that exchanges electrical energy with the storage section; and a section of the auxiliaries, which powers auxiliary services of the vehicle, has a buffer battery and is electrically powered by the storage section; a first connector switch coupling the storage section to the section of traction; and a second connector switch coupling the storage section to the section of the auxiliaries. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001481 | POWER DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING POWER AND A METHOD FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER - A power distribution device has a number N | 2012-01-05 |
20120001482 | DC POWERED SUBSEA INVERTER - There is provided a system and method for driving AC powered subsea loads. Disclosed embodiments include a system having a rectifier and DC filter configured to be located at a surface vessel and configured to convert AC power supplied by a surface AC power source into DC power. The DC power is transmitted from the surface vessel to an inverter configured to be located remotely from the surface vessel at a subsea location. The subsea inverter converts the transmitted DC power back into AC power, which may then be utilized for driving one or more AC powered subsea loads. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001483 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENERGY STORAGE PACK - The present invention relates to a method, a control system ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001484 | AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY OVER-DISCHARGE PREVENTION DEVICE - An automotive battery over-discharge prevention device includes a controlling module, a monitoring module connected to an automotive battery supplying power to an auxiliary device and a starting device, and a switch connecting the automotive battery to the auxiliary device. The monitoring module is configured for obtaining the voltage of the automotive battery, and converting the obtained voltage to a voltage signal. The controlling module is connected to the switch and the monitoring module. The controlling module stores a threshold voltage which is greater than an operation voltage at which the automotive battery is capable of operating the starting device. The controlling module is configured for comparing the voltage output from the monitoring module with the threshold voltage. If the voltage is smaller than the threshold voltage, the controlling module opens the switch. Otherwise, the controlling module closes the switch. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001485 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE - A wireless power supply system includes: a wireless power transmitting device configured to include a variable resonant circuit having a variable-controllable resonant frequency characteristic, and to transmit electric power wirelessly via the variable resonant circuit; a power transmission control unit configured to variably control the resonant frequency characteristic of the variable resonant circuit; and a plurality of wireless power receiving devices configured to include respective unique resonant circuits having respective unique resonant frequency characteristics which are different to each other, and to wirelessly receive power from the wireless power transmitting device by a magnetic field resonance mode arising as a result of the unique resonant circuit tuning to a resonant frequency of the variable resonant circuit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001486 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - This invention relates to a power supply system comprising at least two drive units ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001487 | Load Control System That Operates in an Energy-Savings Mode When an Electric Vehicle Charger is Charging a Vehicle - A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, a heating and cooling system, and an electric vehicle charger for charging a vehicle (e.g., an electric or hybrid vehicle) operates in an energy-savings mode to reduce the total power consumption of the load control system when the vehicle charger is presently charging the vehicle. The load control system may comprise a lighting control device for controlling the intensity of the lighting load, a daylight control device for adjusting the amount of natural light admitted through the window, and a temperature control device for controlling a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. When the vehicle charger is presently charging the vehicle, the load control system automatically controls the lighting control device, the daylight control device, and the temperature control device to decrease the total power consumption of the load control system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001488 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER TO AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED DEVICE - A system and method for remotely controlling power to an electrically powered device in a simple and efficient manner is disclosed herein. The system preferably comprises an apparatus, an electrically-powered device and a controller. The apparatus preferably comprises a cord, an alternating current outlet socket, an alternating current input plug, a latching relay, a processor and a transceiver. The system preferably uses a WiFi communication signal to transmit commands from the remote controller to the apparatus. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001489 | AC ADAPTOR MINIMIZATION THROUGH ACTIVE PLATFORM POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods of managing platform power consumption may involve determining a power consumption level of a platform based on at least in part a current supplied by an AC adaptor. A power limit of an integrated circuit in the platform can be determined based on at least in part the power consumption level of the platform, wherein the power level may be applied to the integrated circuit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001490 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. Based on smart grid information received from a smart grid network, contents are played by an electronic device that consumes less power at a time slot during which a high electricity rate applies, thus minimizing electricity fees. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001491 | Device and Method for Generating Alternating Current - A solar power plant includes at least one photovoltaic module for generating power to be fed in a multi-phase grid. At least one inverter is provided for converting a direct voltage generated by the at least one photovoltaic module into an alternating mains voltage. A mains transformer is coupled to receive the alternating mains voltage from the inverter. The inverter is coupled to a primary side of the mains transformer. A direct voltage source coupled between an output of the at least one inverter and an input of the mains transformer such that a potential of the at least one photovoltaic module is displaced and that a bias voltage is set which is different from zero volts. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001492 | INCREASING THE Q FACTOR OF A RESONATOR - A wireless powering and charging system is described. The antennas can be high q loop antennas. The antennas can use coupling between a first part and a second part. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001493 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A power transmission system includes a power transmission apparatus, a power receiving apparatus, and a foreign-substance detecting unit. The power transmission apparatus has a power transmission coil to wirelessly transmit electric power. The power receiving apparatus has a power receiving coil to wirelessly receive electric power from the power transmission apparatus. The foreign-substance detecting unit detects a foreign substance which is present between the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil. In addition, the power transmission apparatus includes a voltage supply, a power supply controller, the power transmission coil, and a first measurement unit. The power receiving apparatus includes the power receiving coil and a second measurement unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001494 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Power is transmitted from a feeding coil L | 2012-01-05 |
20120001495 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Power is fed from a feeding coil L | 2012-01-05 |
20120001496 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DEVICE WITH HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE - A wireless power transfer system and power transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention include an antenna (resonator) | 2012-01-05 |
20120001497 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wireless power transmission unit according to the present invention transmits power wirelessly from a power transmitting section | 2012-01-05 |
20120001498 | SEQUENTIALLY SWITCHED MULTIPLE PULSE GENERATOR SYSTEM - A compact multiple generator system offering high voltage, high repetition rate customizable output waveforms, including rectangular waveforms and variable pulse spacing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001499 | ACTUATOR - An actuator according to an embodiment includes support mechanisms that are disposed in plural places of an output shaft in a longitudinal direction and support the output shaft in a linear direction and a rotation direction, a motor portion that is disposed in a longitudinal direction of the output shaft and drives the output shaft in the linear direction and the rotation direction, a first detecting portion that detects an angle of a rotation direction of the output shaft, and a second detecting portion that detects displacement of the direct direction of the output shaft. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001500 | Stepping Motor - Disclosed herein is a stepping motor for a slim optical disk drive (ODD). A casing which protects and covers a stator of a motor part is divided into two casing parts, and a casing part adjacent to an end of a rotating shaft has at least two insert holes in an end plate thereof. Thus, a support member which supports a center guide is fastened to the casing in such a way that the support member is inserted into the insert holes. The casing part adjacent to the end of the rotating shaft is integrally formed with the support member by insert molding. Therefore, the stepping motor of the present invention can satisfy the trend of a reduction in size and thickness. | 2012-01-05 |