17th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120097414 | Corrosion Resistant Muliple Tap Connectors - A multi-tap enclosure for an electrical cable includes a housing including a first wall and an opposite second wall and a third wall extending between the first and second wall. A first opening is in the first wall of the housing. The first opening defines a main cable axis for the multi-tap enclosure. A second opening is in the second wall of the housing. The second opening is located on the main cable axis. A main cable access opening is in the third wall of the housing. The main cable access opening has a frangible wall therein configured to allow movement of the electrical cable horizontally therethrough towards the main cable axis. The first opening and the second opening have frangible covers therein configured to allow movement of the electrical cable horizontally therethrough towards the main cable axis to allow the electrical cable to extend along the main cable axis through the first and second openings when installed in the multi-tap enclosure. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097415 | HOUSING FOR AN INFRARED RADIATION MICRO DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SUCH HOUSING - Infrared radiation micro device, cover for such a device and method for its fabrication, the device comprising a substrate and a cover and an infrared radiation detecting, emitting or reflecting infrared micro unit, the infrared micro unit being arranged in a cavity defined between the substrate and the cover, the cover comprising an antireflective surface texture to enhance the transmissibility of infrared radiation, wherein a distance frame formed in an additive process on the substrate side of the cover and/or the cover side of the substrate is arranged between substrate and cover. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097416 | WIRELESS RECEPTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN HOUSINGS - The present invention provides a system and method for transmitting information between a device within a housing to a second device, preferably a test or monitoring unit, outside of the housing. There are numerous issues associated with transferring information from within a sealed housing to an external device. In some cases, the use of wires inside the housing may be impractical, due to internal conditions, such as fluid flow, pressure or temperature. In one embodiment, the antenna of the external RF reading device is electrically connected to the dome of the housing. In another embodiment, the device within the housing is electrically connected to a housing component. In another embodiment, the gasket is used to pass information from within the housing to an external device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097417 | ELECTRICAL FILTER HOUSING KIT AND METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRICAL FILTER - A filter housing having a first filter housing section extending around a first space with a first central axis, a second filter housing section extending around a second space with a second central axis, and a first coupler. The first and second filter housing sections are combined with the first coupler to produce the filter housing by connecting a first end of the first filter housing section and a first end of the second filter housing section to the first coupler into a first combined configuration to define a combined space to operatively support a printed circuit board extending into and continuously between the first and second spaces through the first coupler. The second end of the first filter housing section is configured to selectively operatively connect to either of a separate: a) end fitting for a cable; and b) a second coupler through which a printed circuit board can be directed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097418 | CABLE INTERFACE FURNITURE FOR A CONFERENCE TABLE - The object of the invention is a cable interface furniture for a conference table, which cable interface furniture comprises at least a space enabling connections that is disposed below an openable and closable table hatch in the table. The cable interface furniture comprises a casing extending from the bottom upwards that is intended to be placed under and that stands on the floor resting on support means that are adjustable in their height, the top part of which casing contains a bed provided with at least lead-in apertures, above which is a space enabling connections, with at least the connectors of the connecting cables being supported in which bed, and which connecting cables are fitted when free to be disposed in the space below the intermediate bed in the casing. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097419 | Wireline Cables Not Requiring Seasoning - A cable includes an electrically conductive cable core for transmitting electrical power and data, an insulative/protective layer circumferentially disposed around the core, an inner armor wire layer including a plurality of armor wires disposed around the cable core and the insulative layer, wherein at least one of the armor wires of the inner armor wire layer is bonded to the insulative layer, and an outer armor wire layer including a plurality of armor wires disposed around the inner armor wire layer. At least one of the armor wires of the outer armor wire layer can be bonded to the at least one of the armor wires of the inner armor wire layer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097420 | Audio/video cable - An audio/video cable includes a plurality of parallel arranged insulated wires or twisted pair insulated wires each including a copper conductor and an insulation layer formed on a periphery thereof. The copper conductor includes a soft dilute copper alloy material containing pure copper, an additive element and an inevitable impurity as a balance. The soft dilute copper alloy material includes a recrystallized structure having a grain size distribution such that crystal grains in a surface layer are smaller than internal crystal grains. The surface layer includes a crystal structure such that an average crystal grain size from a surface of the surface layer up to a depth of 50 μm toward inside of the soft dilute copper alloy material is not more than 20 μm. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097421 | SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CABLE - A shielded electrical cable ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097422 | FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a flexible flat cable having high conductivity and high bending durability, and a method for manufacturing the same. The present invention is a flexible flat cable comprising conductors and insulating films applied over the conductors, wherein the conductor is comprised of at least one additive element selected from the group consisting of magnesium (Mg), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), calcium (Ca), vanadium (V), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), and chromium (Cr); 2 mass-% or more of oxygen; and the balance being inevitable impurity and copper, wherein the conductor has such a recrystallized texture that the size of crystal grains in the inner area of the conductor is large and that of in the surface area thereof is smaller than that of the inner area, wherein both sides of the conductor are sandwiched between insulating films. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097423 | COAXIAL CABLE CENTER CONDUCTOR PRECOAT LAYER - Disclosed herein is a coaxial cable that includes a center conductor. The coaxial cable further includes a precoat layer surrounding and adjacent to the center conductor. The precoat layer is configured to prevent moisture located circumferentially outward to the precoat layer from contacting the center conductor. Further, the coaxial cable includes a dielectric surrounding and adjacent to the precoat layer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097424 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURIING TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE USING PRINT-BASED METAL WIRE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - A method for manufacturing a transparent electrode using a print-based metal wire is provided, which enables the mass production of the transparent electrode as a substitute for ITO at low cost. The manufacturing method includes: the first step of forming a metal wire in a pattern set for a transparent substrate; and the second step of coating a solution type transparent electrode on the transparent substrate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097425 | POWER-SUPPLY CORD ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE - A power-supply cord arrangement structure provided to an electrical equipment may includes a cord drawing hole that is formed in a housing of the electrical equipment and is configured to drawing a power-supply cord therethrough, and load support portions that are formed in the housing as a portion of the cord drawing hole and are configured to support a tensile load of the power-supply cord when the power-supply cord is pulled. The load support portions are oppositely asymmetrically formed in cord pulling directions. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097426 | STRUCTURE FOR SHORTING LINE CONNECTING SIGNAL LINES OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - A shorting line connecting first and second signal lines arranged in parallel with each other in a flat panel display device is disclosed. The shorting line includes a first branch portion connected with the first signal line and branched from the first signal line toward the second signal line; a second branch portion connected with the second signal line and extended from the second signal line toward the first signal line; and a connection portion connecting the first branch portion to the second branch portion, wherein one end of the connection portion is connected with the first branch portion at a first angle, and another end of the connection portion is connected with the second branch portion at a second angle. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097427 | LAMINATED FILM AND MOLDED BODY - A laminated film includes a structure where each 200 layers or more of a layer composed of a resin A (A layer) and a layer composed of a resin B (B layer) are alternately laminated, wherein a relative reflectance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 1000 nm is 30% or more, tensile stresses at 100% elongation in a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the film are 3 MPa or more and 90 MPa or less in a tensile test at 150° C., and the number of layers with a layer pair-thickness of 120 nm or more and less than 220 nm is 1.05 times or more to 2.5 times or less the number of layers with a layer-thickness of 220 nm or more and 320 nm or less. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097428 | SIGNAL LINE PATH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A signal line that is easily inflected includes a laminated body including at least insulator layers that include flexible material and are laminated from a positive direction side in a z axis direction to a negative direction side therein in this order. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulation sheet in the z axis direction. A signal line is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. The ground conductors and the signal line define a stripline structure. The laminated body is inflected so that the insulator layer is located on an inner periphery side, compared with a location of the insulator layer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097429 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A package substrate includes: a dielectric layer having two opposite surfaces; a wiring layer embedded in the dielectric layer and exposed from the two opposite surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the wiring layer has solder pads, conductive pads and circuit wires electrically connecting the solder pads and the conductive pads; and a first insulating protection layer disposed on one of the two opposite surfaces of the dielectric layer to cover the dielectric layer and the wiring layer and having a plurality of openings for exposing the conductive pads, respectively. The package substrate, by directly using the dielectric layer as a base, provides a package substrate having reduced thickness and lower fabrication costs compared to the prior art. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097430 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A packaging substrate and a method of fabricating the packaging substrate. The packaging substrate includes: a dielectric layer that has an external contact surface and an opposing chip mounting surface; a circuit layer that is embedded in the dielectric layer and exposed from the external contact surface and the chip mounting surface, the circuit layer having wire-bonding pads, conductive pads, and a circuit that electrically connects the wire-bonding pads and the conductive pads, wherein the widths of the wire-bonding pads, conductive pads, and the circuit narrow gradually from chip mounting surface to the external contact surface; and a first insulating protective layer disposed on the external contact surface of the dielectric layer and covering the dielectric layer and the circuit layer, a plurality of conductive pad openings being formed in the first insulating protective layer for exposing the conductive pads. The dielectric layer is used directly as a foundation of the packaging substrate, thereby providing advantage in miniaturization, simpler fabrication procedure, and thus low cost production. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097431 | LIGHTWEIGHT CIRCUIT BOARD WITH CONDUCTIVE CONSTRAINING CORES - Prepregs, laminates, printed wiring board structures and processes for constructing materials and printed wiring boards that enable the construction of printed wiring boards with improved thermal properties. In one embodiment, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with electrically and thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the prepregs have substrate materials that include carbon. In other embodiments, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the printed wiring board structures include electrically and thermally conductive laminates that can act as ground and/or power planes. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097432 | ELECTRODE ARRAY - An electrode array is provided. The electrode array includes a substrate; and a plurality of electrodes, each of which has a first part with a first width and a second part with a second width different from the first width, wherein the plurality of electrodes are configured in compensation with each other on the substrate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097433 | SIGNAL LINE AND CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A signal line is a linear conductor provided within a laminated body. A first ground conductor is provided on a positive direction side in a z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in a planar view seen from the z axis direction. A second ground conductor is provided on a negative direction side in the z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. Via hole conductors connect the ground conductors to each other. In the first ground conductor, a plurality of opening portions are arranged along the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. The via hole conductors are provided between the opening portions adjacent to one another, in an x axis direction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097434 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE ELEMENT, ELECTROCONDUCTIVE ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, WIRING ELEMENT, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electroconductive element includes a substrate having a first wavy surface and a second wavy surface, and an electroconductive layer formed on the first wavy surface, wherein the electroconductive layer forms an electroconductive pattern, and the first wavy surface and the second wavy surface satisfy the following relationship: 0≦(Am1/λm1)<(Am2/λm2)≦1.8. Am1 is a mean amplitude of vibrations of the first wavy surface, Am | 2012-04-26 |
20120097435 | PHOTOSENSITIVE MODIFIED POLYIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are: a photosensitive modified polyimide resin composition having photo-fabrication property, which is excellent in the electric properties and adhesion as well as in the heat resistance, flexibility, bending property, low warping, chemical resistance and storage stability; a resin film formed from the composition; and a printed circuit board, flexible printed circuit board (FPC) and the like which comprises the film as an insulating protective film and/or interlayer insulation film. The photosensitive modified polyimide resin composition comprises a modified polyimide of a specific structure having a flexible structure such as polycarbonate; a photosensitizer; a curing agent; and a solvent. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097436 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes a layer. A layer of copper is covered on a surface of the layer. A through hole extends through the printed circuit board. A thermal engraving is defined in the surface of the layer, surrounding the through hole and without being covered by the layer of copper. The thermal engraving includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening of the thermal engraving faces an output terminal of the power supply, and is non-contiguous with the second opening. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097437 | Resin Composition, and Prepreg and Printed Circuit Board Prepared Using the Same - A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises:
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20120097438 | Printed Circuit Board and Method For Fabricating The Same - Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating a printed circuit board, including: stacking a second insulating layer including a reinforcement on an outer surface of a first insulating layer having a post via formed thereon; polishing an upper surface of the second insulating layer to expose an upper side of the post via; stacking a film member on the second insulating layer to cover the post via and compress the second insulating layer; polishing an upper surface of the film member to expose an upper side of the post via; and forming a circuit layer connected to the post via on the upper surface of the film member. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097439 | MODIFIED POLYIMIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED POLYIMIDE - The present invention discloses a method of producing a modified polyimide comprising a polycarbonate, which modified polyimide has excellent electric properties and adhesion as well as excellent heat resistance, flexibility, bending property, low warping, chemical resistance and storage stability; and the modified polyimide. Also disclosed are a composition comprising the modified polyimide and used thereof. According to the method in which an isocyanate-terminated oligomer comprising a polycarbonate component having excellent flexibility is allowed to react with a tetracarboxylic dianhydride to synthesize a tetracarboxylic dianhydride oligomer comprising the polycarbonate component and the thus obtained oligomer is then further allowed to react with an aromatic diamine and aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride to produce a polyimide block copolymer, by selecting the aromatic diamine from a wide range of selectable aromatic diamines, an excellent modified polyimide satisfying all of the above-described various characteristics can be produced. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097440 | METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT LAYOUT OF CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE - A method for electronic component layout of a printed circuit board includes the following steps. First, a first solder joint is formed on a first surface of the printed circuit board. Then, an electronic component is clipped on a side edge of the printed circuit board in an installation direction. At this time, a first pin of the electronic component is placed on the first solder joint, and presses against a limiting portion of the first solder joint, and a second pin of the electronic component is placed on a second surface of the printed circuit board. Finally, a second solder joint is formed on the second surface, so that the second pin is fixed on the second solder joint and the first pin is fixed on the first solder joint. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097441 | ELECTRONIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME TO CIRCUIT BOARD - An electronic element is used for being soldered to a top surface and a bottom surface of a circuit board with solder pastes, and includes: a main body, including an insulating body and multiple terminals fixed to the insulating body, in which each of the terminals has a soldering portion, the soldering portions are arranged in two rows for being soldered respectively to the top surface and the bottom surface of the circuit board, and a distance between the two rows of the soldering portions is greater than or equal to a distance between outermost sides of the solder pastes on the top surface and the bottom surface of the circuit board; and a pressing member, located at an outer side of one row of the soldering portions, movably connected to the main body, and finally fixed to the main body. A method for assembling the electronic element to a circuit board is further provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097442 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INCORPORATING FIBERS - A printed circuit board includes a cell portion which includes cells having a plurality of through bores are arranged in a base material; and a base material portion which exists around an outer edge of the cell portion. The base material is formed of a prepreg, the prepreg includes a fiber material in which fiber threads are oriented in a first direction and in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, and a resin material in which the fiber material is impregnated. The through bores are arranged along a third direction between the first direction and the second direction, wherein one side of the outer edges of the cell extends along the third direction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097443 | DEVICE FOR SPACING ELECTRICAL HARNESSES IN A TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to a spacer device for spacing electrical harnesses in a turbomachine such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the device comprising clips fastened on a support. A first clip is mounted on a harness via retention means for preventing the device from moving relative to the harness, and the device includes a strip mounted around the first clip in order to close it after a harness has been mounted in the clip, the strip being fastened to the support in non-releasable manner. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097444 | Method of splicing electrical cables - A method of splicing a power cable used to supply electricity to down hole submersible pumps uses a pair of annular armored seal members that are slid over the ends of an insulated electrical conductor being spliced together. Each armored seal member has a plurality of O-ring seals on one end thereof and a plurality of openings in the side thereof and are used to cover and protect a crimped conductor being spliced together. The method and apparatus allow a pair of spliced electrical cables to be used in an adverse environment. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097445 | Electrical Connection Device Using a Cable Gland and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - An electrical connection device is described comprising: a cable gland body defining an inner housing and at least an electric cable arranged in said housing and comprising an electrical wire and a coating insulating sheath. The electric cable has an exposed length of the electric wire without said sheath and internally arranged in the housing. Furthermore, the connection device comprises an impervious-type and electrically insulating filling material of the housing, which encloses said at least one electric cable and the exposed length by interposing itself between the electric wire and an inner face of the cable gland. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097446 | Joint For A Submarine Cable - A joint arrangement for a submarine cable, in which armoured submarine cables are joined together, the joint arrangement including a tubular enclosure into which two submarine cables to be joined are to extend and inside which conductors of the two submarine cables are joined, wherein the enclosure includes a current-carrying part arranged so as to be able of conducting at least a part of a current conducted by the armouring of the cables, and a reinforcement part provided to provide sufficient mechanical strength to the enclosure and made of a material of lower electrical conductivity than the material of the current-carrying part. The current-carrying part is integrated in the reinforcement part and forms a single unit therewith. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097447 | ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT HAVING INSULATION STRUCTURE AT WELDING PARTS - An electric equipment of the present invention has an insulation structure at a welding part formed by joining end parts of a plurality of conductors with each other, the welding part having a rectangular cross section and being coated with an insulating coating, in which the insulating coating is voidless and has a coating thickness of 50 to 1000 μm in the welding part, and in which an edge cover ratio of the insulating coating is 20% or more. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097448 | Percussion Mole - An apparatus for inserting a ground-loop for a geothermal heat-pump system comprises: a percussion mole ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097449 | Method And Apparatus For Controlling Rock Drilling - Method and apparatus for controlling rock drilling with a percussion device belonging to a rock drill to deliver stress waves to rock through a tool by pushing the tool against the rock by means of a feed motor and rotating simultaneously the tool by means of a rotation motor, whereby the maximum feed force is determined, pressure medium is supplied to the feed motor and to the rotation motor and the feed force is controlled according to the drilling conditions. The feed force is controlled on the basis of the feed speed and the rotation torque. The apparatus has a load control valve which controls the feed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS FROM IMAGES AND THE AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ALERTS - Disclosed is a method for detecting a pair of opposing breakouts in a borehole penetrating an earth formation. The method includes: conveying a downhole tool configured to perform measurements of a property of the earth formation; producing an image of the earth formation from the measurements, the image comprising a plurality of sectors; dividing the sectors into radial segments, each segment corresponding to an opposite segment; rotating the segments at least one sector at a time until a specified angle is achieved; calculating an average value for the measurements associated with each segment for each rotation of the segments; stacking the average values for opposing segments to produce stack values; determining a maximum or minimum stack value; determining if the maximum or minimum stack value exceeds a threshold value; and detecting the first breakout and the second breakout if the maximum or minimum stack value exceeds the threshold value. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097451 | ELECTRICAL CONTROLLER FOR ANTI-STALL TOOLS FOR DOWNHOLE DRILLING ASSEMBLIES - An anti-stall tool in an oil well drilling assembly that controls reciprocation of the drill bit by an electrical controller that alters weight-on-bit (WOB) depending upon measured downhole pressure or torque at the downhole motor. The electrical controller receives preset high and low working pressure limits for the downhole motor and activates a hydraulic valve system to keep the drill bit rotating by maintaining WOB during normal drilling operations, increasing WOB if sensed working pressure indicates that drill bit loading or torque is undesirably low, and reversing WOB by retracting the drill bit if excessive working pressure or torque is sensed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097452 | Downhole Tool Deployment Measurement Method and Apparatus - In one aspect, an apparatus for conveying a tool while drilling a wellbore is provided. The apparatus includes a line coupled to the tool, a conveying assembly coupled to the line, the conveying assembly located at a surface and configured to release the line to convey the tool into the drill string and a sub including a passage for the line to pass therethrough. The apparatus also includes a measuring device configured to determine a position of the tool within the drill string by determining a length of the line that is conveyed along with the tool into the drill string. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097453 | Downhole Mechanism - In one aspect of the invention, a downhole tool string component comprises a fluid passageway formed between a first and second end. A valve mechanism is disposed within the fluid passageway adapted to substantially cyclically build-up and release pressure within the fluid passageway such that a pressure build-up results in radial expansion of at least a portion of the fluid passageway and wherein a pressure release results in a contraction of the portion of the fluid passageway. The valve mechanism disposed within the fluid passageway comprises a spring. Expansion and contraction of the portion of the fluid passageway varies a weight loaded to a drill bit disposed at a drilling end of the drill string. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097454 | Apparatus and Method of Handling Rod-Shaped Components - The invention relates to a device and a method for handling rod-shaped elements on drilling gear. The safety is inter alia increased by a device and a method wherein rod-shaped elements are placed on a placement device in defined positions and under defined conditions, the rod-shaped elements are separated on the placement device while being monitored, their safe support on a gripper is checked and once the elements are handed over to an elevator this action is confirmed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097455 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF INCLUDING MATERIAL HAVING HARD PHASE IN A METALLIC BINDER, AND METALLIC BINDER COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN FORMING SUCH TOOLS AND COMPONENTS - Binder compositions for use in forming a bit body of an earth-boring bit includes at least one of cobalt, nickel, and iron, and at least one melting point-reducing constituent selected from at least one of a transition metal carbide up to 60 weight percent, a transition metal boride up to 60 weight percent, and a transition metal silicide up to 60 weight percent, wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the binder. Earth-boring bit bodies include a cemented tungsten carbide material comprising tungsten carbide and a metallic binder, wherein the tungsten carbide comprises greater than 75 volume percent of the cemented tungsten carbide material. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097456 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF INCLUDING MATERIAL HAVING PRECIPITATE PHASE - The present invention relates to compositions for forming at least a portion of an earth-boring rotary drill bit. The rotary drill bit may comprise a cemented transition metal carbide composition containing at least one precipitate transition metal carbide phase and at least one binder phase. The binder phase may comprise an alloy of at least one of cobalt, iron, and nickel having a melting point less than 1350° C. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097457 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENT - A polycrystalline-diamond cutting element for a drill bit of a downhole tool. The cutting element includes a substrate and a diamond table bonded to the substrate. The diamond table includes a diamond filler with at least one leached polycrystalline diamond segment packed therein along at least one working surface thereof. The cutting element may be formed by positioning the diamond table on the substrate and bonding the diamond table onto the substrate such that the polycrystalline diamond segment is positioned along at least one working surface of the diamond table. A spark plasma sintering or double press operation may be used to bond the diamond table onto the substrate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097458 | DIAMOND BONDED CONSTRUCTION WITH THERMALLY STABLE REGION - Diamond bonded constructions comprise a polycrystalline diamond body having a matrix phase of bonded-together diamond grains and a plurality of interstitial regions between the diamond grains including a catalyst material used to form the diamond body disposed within the interstitial regions. A sintered thermally stable diamond element is disposed within and bonded to the diamond body, and is configured and positioned to form part of a working surface. The thermally stable diamond element is bonded to the polycrystalline diamond body, and a substrate is bonded to the polycrystalline diamond body. The thermally stable diamond element comprises a plurality of bonded-together diamond grains and interstitial regions, wherein the interstitial regions are substantially free of a catalyst material used to make or sinter the thermally stable diamond element. A barrier material may be disposed over or infiltrated into one or more surfaces of the thermally stable diamond element. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097459 | WEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS - A weight measuring apparatus can ensure safety even if a trouble or deterioration of measurement accuracy occurs. The weight measuring apparatus ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097460 | HYDRAULICALLY-POWERED WORKING VEHICLE - A hydraulically powered working vehicle includes a turning section provided at an upper side of a travel unit capable of turning, and hydraulic circuits for the working vehicle. The hydraulic circuit for the working vehicle has a first actuator group including a one side traveling motor, a first variable capacity pump for driving the first actuator group, a second actuator group including an other side traveling motor and a turning motor, and a second variable capacity pump for driving the second actuator group. The second variable capacity pump is set so that a maximum value for discharge capacity per unit time becomes large compared to that of the first variable capacity pump. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097461 | MOBILE ROBOTIC VEHICLE - A mobile robot includes a robot chassis having a forward end, a rearward end and a center of gravity. The robot includes a driven support surface to propel the robot and first articulated arm rotatable about an axis located rearward of the center of gravity of the robot chassis. The arm is pivotable to trail the robot, rotate in a first direction to raise the rearward end of the robot chassis while the driven support surface propels the chassis forward in surmounting an obstacle, and to rotate in a second opposite direction to extend forward beyond the center of gravity of the robot chassis to raise the forward end of the robot chassis and invert the robot endwise. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097462 | Electric Tracklaying Gear and Use Thereof for a Self-Propelled Working Machine - The present invention relates to an electric tracklaying gear and the use thereof for a self-propelled working machine, preferably for a construction or earth-moving machine or a surface mining machine such as Surface Miner, which includes an endlessly circulating track chain which can be driven by a crawler drive that is arranged inside the path of circulation of the track chain. It is proposed to associate a cooling device with a closed fluid cooling circuit to the electric motor of the crawler drive arranged in the interior of the path of circulation of the track chain. Due to the high thermal capacity of a suitable cooling fluid such as oil or water-glycol mixture small volumetric flow rates in the fluid cooling circuit and hence small conduit cross-sections are sufficient. On the other hand, due to the closed formation of the fluid cooling circuit any dust input into the crawler drive and also any generation of dust by exhaust air can be avoided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097463 | SADDLE-RIDE TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A two-wheeled electric vehicle includes a main frame extending rearward and downward from a head pipe, a swing arm swingably supported by a rear portion of the main frame, and an electric motor serving as a drive source. In the two-wheeled electric vehicle, a battery unit for supplying electric power to the electric motor is disposed above the main frame, and a PDU for performing drive control of the electric motor is disposed below the main frame. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097464 | CONTROL OF A SHUTTER VIA BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING A SINGLE WIRE - A shutter system for controlling an airflow through a grille opening in a vehicle includes at least one louver. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the at least one louver between and inclusive of fully-opened and fully-closed to control the airflow through the grille opening. The shutter system additionally includes a slave processor in operative communication with the mechanism and a master controller in bi-directional communication with the slave processor via a single wire. The master controller is adapted to control a selection of the position of the at least one louver by commanding the mechanism via the slave processor using solely the single wire. The slave processor is adapted to respond to the master controller using solely the single wire. A method of controlling operation of an adjustable shutter is also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SHUTTER IN A VEHICLE VIA A COOLING FAN DUTY-CYCLE - A method is provided for controlling operation of an adjustable shutter configured to be operated between and inclusive of fully-closed and fully-opened positions for cooling a powertrain in a vehicle having a grille opening. The method includes monitoring operation of a fan capable of being driven at a selectable speed for cooling the powertrain. The method also includes maintaining the fully-closed position of the shutter when the speed of the fan is below a predetermined speed. The method additionally includes selecting a non fully-closed position of the shutter before the predetermined speed of the fan is selected. Furthermore, the method includes selecting the predetermined speed of the fan after the non fully-closed position of the shutter has been selected. A system for controlling operation of such a fan and a vehicle are also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097466 | BATTERY MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROMOTIVE VEHICLE - A battery unit comprises plural side connection portions which are provided at its both-side end portions in a vehicle width direction and connected to said vehicle-body member, and these connection portions are connected to a high rigidity portion of a vehicle-body member, concretely, to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where floor cross members integrally connected to a vehicle floor panel are located, to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where a torque box is located, or to the vehicle-body member at a specified position where a kick-up portion of the vehicle floor panel is located. Accordingly, the torsional rigidity of the vehicle body can be increased by utilizing the battery unit mounted below the vehicle body floor (vehicle floor panel). | 2012-04-26 |
20120097467 | POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE WITH REGENERATIVE FUNCTION - A power-assisted bicycle of the center motor type is proposed which includes an internally mounted transmission and has a regenerative function with the least complexity of the structure. The bicycle includes a transmission ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097468 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine is provided with a clamp receiver | 2012-04-26 |
20120097469 | SELF-PROPELLED ELECTRIC MOWER - The invention relates to a self-propelled electric mower. The self-propelled electric mower comprises a cutter arranged on the machine body ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097470 | STEER-BY-WIRE TYPE STEERING DEVICE - A steer-by-wire steering system includes a steering motor, a steering power transmitting mechanism for transmitting a rotation of the steering motor to a steering axle, a toe angle adjusting motor and a toe angle adjusting power transmitting mechanism for adjusting the toe angle upon rotation of the toe angle adjusting motor. A switching mechanism is provided which operates in such a manner that in the event of failure of the steering motor, the rotation of the toe angle adjusting motor in place of the steering motor is transmitted to the steering power transmitting mechanism to enable a wheel turning, but in the event of failure of the toe angle adjusting motor, the wheel turning is carried out only by the steering motor. A hollow motor is employed for one or both of the steering motor and the toe angle adjusting motor. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097471 | HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A hydraulic power steering apparatus assists in steering of a vehicle with a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic power steering apparatus includes a flow control valve, a steering torque sensor, a steering angle sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and an ECU. The flow control valve changes the supply/drainage amount of hydraulic fluid for the hydraulic cylinder. The ECU sets a supply/drainage mode for supplying/draining the hydraulic fluid with respect to the hydraulic cylinder based on detection results from the aforementioned sensors and controls the flow control valve in accordance with the supply/drainage mode of the hydraulic fluid. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097472 | HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A hydraulic power steering system includes: a hydraulic cylinder in which an interior is partitioned into first and second hydraulic chambers by a piston on a steered shaft; a variable displacement electric pump that supplies hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder; a selector valve selectively set in a mode in which the hydraulic fluid is supplied to the first hydraulic chamber and drained from the second hydraulic chamber or in a mode in which the hydraulic fluid is supplied to the second hydraulic chamber and drained from the first hydraulic chamber; a detector that detects torque, steering angle, and/or vehicle speed; and a controller. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097473 | MOTOR VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle steering system includes a steered shaft inserted through a tubular housing and a screw shaft provided on the intermediate portion of the steered shaft. A ball nut threadably engaged on the screw shaft via balls is driven to rotate by electric motors. A first bushing and a second bushing held by the housing support the first end portion and the second end portion of the steered shaft slidably in the axial direction, respectively. The central axis of the intermediate portion of the steered shaft is offset from the central axis of the first end portion and the central axis of the second end portion of the steered shaft. The central axis of the ball nut and the central axis of the intermediate portion of the steered shaft match each other. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097474 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A gap adjustment mechanism that moves an upper housing in a direction close to a worm is disposed in a fitting portion between the upper housing and a lower housing. The gap adjustment mechanism is disposed in the fitting portion on the side of the worm or in the fitting portion on the other side of the worm. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097475 | HEARING AID TIP HAVING MULTIPLE SOUND PORTS - A tip for use in a hearing assistance device has multiple sound ports and is dimensioned for placement in the ear canal of a user. The tip includes a channel portion for conducting acoustic energy which includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a central channel that extends between the proximal end and distal end. The tip further includes a tip portion having at least two sound ports in direct communication with the central channel of the channel portion to receive the acoustic energy therefrom. Each of the sound ports conducts acoustic energy from the central channel of the channel portion into the ear canal of the user. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097476 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE - The present invention relates to a device for the passive reduction of the sound vibrations in a liquid resulting from a sound source arranged below the liquid level of a body of water, the device comprising an elongate tube which can be arranged over the sound source, the tube comprising an outer wall and inner wall, wherein the tube is designed to maintain a certain desired pressure in the intermediate space between the inner and outer wall. In this case, the pressure is reduced with respect to the ambient pressure. As a result of the reduced pressure, the sound vibrations will less readily travel to the outside and the noise level in the area around the tube is reduced. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097477 | STANDING WAVE ATTENUATION DEVICE - A standing wave attenuation device is installed in a cabin of a vehicle so as to reduce a standing wave caused by external noise such as road noise. The standing wave attenuation device provides a closed loop including a feedback comb filter with a feedback loop, a microphone, a speaker, and a delay element. The delay element adjusts the phase of the output signal of the feedback comb filter such that the time needed for one-time circulation of a signal through the feedback loop matches a half period of the standing wave. An original sound including the standing wave is picked up by the microphone and subjected to processing so that the speaker produces a sound wave with the inverse phase against the phase of a sound wave constituting the standing wave, so that the standing wave is canceled out by the sound wave emitted from the speaker. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097478 | Muffler - The present invention relates to a muffler ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097479 | Baffle Arrangement for a Genset Enclosure - A baffle arrangement for a genset enclosure is disclosed. The genset enclosure may include an opening in a side of the enclosure and a plurality of baffles internally supported in the enclosure between the opening and a radiator portion. The baffles may be positioned in a sound path to reflect a sound transmitted along the sound path. A method for reducing sound in a genset enclosure is also disclosed. The method may include arranging a plurality of baffles within the enclosure between an opening and a radiator portion, the baffles being positioned in a sound path to reflect a sound transmitted along the sound path. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097480 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING AERODYNAMIC NOISE FROM AN AIRCRAFT UNDERCARRIAGE - In the field of aviation, a device for limiting aerodynamic noise from a deployed aircraft undercarriage during landing and/or takeoff. The device comprises two end plates ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097481 | LADDER ATTACHMENT - A ladder attachment includes an elastomeric member having a rigid body including a concave recess created between first and second end legs. First and second gripper wings are connected to the elastomeric member and extend into the concave recess. Each gripper wing has multiple teeth oriented away from the body. The first and second gripper wings are separated from the body by first and second slots. The first and second gripper wings elastically deflect into the first and second slots and toward the body by a force acting on the body. The body has first and second apertures including first and second body angled surfaces oriented at an acute angle with respect to a line extending through the body and perpendicular to a planar body surface. The first and second gripper wings have a maximum thickness at the first and second connecting ends, and thinner first and second free ends. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097482 | SYSTEM FOR CHECKING OIL LEVEL - An engine includes a volume configured to hold oil for lubricating components of the engine, a pump, a conduit coupled to the pump and extending into the volume, and a visual interface coupled to the conduit. The conduit includes an opening located on the conduit at a position associated with a desired level for oil in the volume. When oil in the volume is at least up to the desired level, operation of the pump draws oil from the volume through the opening and into the conduit. The visual interface communicates whether or not oil in the volume is at least up to the desired level. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097483 | Pallet positioning bar - A pallet positioning bar adapted to reposition a loaded pallet, the pallet positioning bar having a main body with a face member, a pair of fork members and a lifting flange connected to the face member at or near the top, wherein the fork members are adapted to be manually inserted into the loaded pallet with the main body flush against one side of the pallet, such that the fork tips of a forklift or handtruck can be abutted against the face member beneath the lifting flange, then lifted to raise and tilt the pallet positioning bar and the loaded pallet, enabling the loaded pallet to be repositioned by pushing against the face member. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097484 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - An elevator installation includes an elevator cage carrier movable in a travel space provided for travel of the elevator cage carrier. Moreover, a first elevator cage and a second elevator cage are adjustably arranged at the elevator cage carrier and a drive unit arranged at the elevator cage carrier. In addition, an adjusting device with a first traction means and a second traction means guided in opposite directions around a drive roller, drivable by the drive unit, is provided. In that case the spacing between the first elevator cage and the second elevator cage is adjustable by movement of the elevator cages in opposite directions. An adaptation to different story spacings is thereby possible. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097485 | PARKING GARAGE ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - The elevator system for vehicles is intended for a parking garage having a central elevator shaft ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097486 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - In an elevator system, a security gate includes a gate box body, an opening/closing member, an input section for inputting identification information of a user, a display section, and a gate control section connected to an elevator group supervisory device. The gate control section controls opening/closing of the opening/closing member in accordance with the identification information input to the input section and controls the display section to display elevator information of elevators. The display section is provided on a side surface of the gate box body on a passage side and includes a display screen provided so as to be inclined with respect to a direction of passage of the user so as to be oriented to an entrance side of the security gate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097487 | Building Sway Resistant Elevator Derailment Detection System - An elevator derailment detection system ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097488 | CALL INPUT DEVICE, ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH SUCH A CALL INPUT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR RETROFITTING AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH SUCH A CALL INPUT DEVICE - A call input device comprises at least one touch screen for entering at least one call for an elevator installation. At least one switch protrudes from at least one area of the call input device outside of the touch screen in at least one first input area of the touch screen. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097489 | DEVICE FOR MOVING AND ATTACHING A COMPONENT BETWEEN TWO POSITIONS - A device for moving and attaching a component between an operating position in which the component is rigidly connected to a structure and a non-operating position below the operating position and in which the component is detached from the structure. The device includes: a frame rigidly secured to the ground and including vertical guiding columns; a lifting table for moving the component from the operating position to the non-operating position and vice versa, the lifting table being guided vertically along the guiding columns; a mechanism locking and unlocking the component on and outside the structure and rigidly connected to the lifting table; and an assembly of four cables associated with return pulleys, wherein one end of the cables is mounted to a winch that can raise and lower the lifting table between the non-operating position and the operating position, while the other cable end is rigidly connected to the lifting table. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097490 | Retaining Bolt - A retaining bolt for attaching a brake caliper to a support is attached. The retaining bolt is hollow and includes a retaining element which is fixed on one side in a cavity of the retaining bolt, supporting a permanent magnet on a free end. When the retaining bolt is moved due to an external load, the permanent magnet moves in the cavity of the retaining bolt and the modification of the magnetic field thus produced can be measured by a magnetic sensor. The retaining bolt allows the braking power of the disk brake to be measured. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097491 | FLOATING BRAKE DISK ASSEMBLING METHOD - Provided are a floating brake disk assembling method and a floating brake disk, and a floating brake disk assembling device, wherein a washer or a spring member can be accurately attached to a coupling pin. In the floating disk brake assembling method, a coupling pin | 2012-04-26 |
20120097492 | FRICTION PLATE AND WET-TYPE MULTI-PLATE CLUTCH HAVING SUCH FRICTION PLATE - The present invention provides a friction plate having a friction surface formed by sticking an annular friction material to a substantially annular core plate and wherein the friction surface is provided with a first oil groove having an opening portion opened to an inner peripheral edge of the friction plate and an end terminating at a point between the inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge, and a second oil groove having an opening portion opened to the outer peripheral edge of the friction plate and an end terminating at a point between the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097493 | PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR SHOCK ABSORBER - A pressure regulator adjusts the pressure of a flow of damping medium in a shock-absorber valve ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097494 | STORAGE BAG WITH SECONDARY ACCESS - A storage bag including an outer casing having an inner compartment configured to store a laptop computer or laptop computer-sized item therein. The bag further includes a first access opening formed at or along an upper edge of the inner compartment and communicating with the inner compartment. The first access opening is sized to allow a laptop computer or laptop computer-sized item to pass therethrough and into the inner compartment. The bag also has a second access opening formed along a back surface of the outer casing and communicating with the inner compartment. The second access opening is sized to allow a laptop computer or laptop computer-sized item to pass therethrough and into the inner compartment. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097495 | Versatile Bag Having Removable Art Panels - A versatile bag including: a bag, one or more removable and optionally reversible art panels, and one or more devices for attaching the one or more removable and optionally reversible art panels to the outside of the bag is provided. A method of decorating the bag is also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097496 | BALL RAMP CLUTCH - An electromagnetic clutch includes a rotatable input member and a rotatable output member. A clutch plate is fixed for rotation with one of the input member and the output member. An armature plate is axially moveable relative to the other of the input member and the output member. A self-energizing actuator converts rotary motion of the input member to linear movement of the armature plate. The actuator includes a biasing member urging relative rotation between the one of the input member and the output member and the armature plate to initially engage the armature plate and the clutch plate. The self-energizing actuator provides an additional clutch engagement force once the input member is driven and also includes an electromagnet to axially translate the armature plate and disengage the armature plate and the clutch plate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097497 | PARKING INTERLOCK DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION - A transmission parking lock device comprising a gearwheel with teeth and gaps and a pawl having a pawl tooth. The gearwheel rotates and the pawl pivots about axes that are parallel to each other. The gearwheel teeth each have a first contour and tooth flanks with respect to rotation of the gearwheel. The pawl tooth has a second contour and tooth flanks relative to the rotation of the gearwheel, and the gearwheel has an outer radius. The gearwheel and pawl are kinematically linked by a linear relationship between the pivoting and rotational angles. The first and/or second contour are at least partially circular with a radius of the outer radius of the gearwheel, and the teeth and/or the pawl tooth have, in the area of the front tooth flank of the gearwheel or parking lock pawl, a crown tip relief relative to the outer radius of the gearwheel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097498 | CONVEYOR APPARATUS FOR UNLOADING PACKAGES FROM SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A conveyor apparatus comprising a frame removably connectable to an extendable conveyor and a pivoting conveyor coupled to the frame. The pivoting conveyor includes a stewing conveyor section pivotally coupled to the frame for pivotal movement about a generally vertical axis, and a tiltable conveyor section having one end pivotally coupled to the slewing conveyor section for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal axis and an opposing free end shaped for receiving objects being unloaded from the shipping container. Each section includes a conveying surface for conveying the objects from the free end of the tiltable conveyor section, and toward the extendable conveyor. The free end of the tiltable conveyor section can be moved from side-to-side by pivoting the stewing conveyor section about the vertical axis, and can be moved up and down by pivoting the tiltable conveyor section about the horizontal axis independent of the stewing conveyor section. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097499 | ROTARY TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A rotary transport system has a main track with transport(s) or shuttle(s) moving along the main track and an auxiliary storage unit. The auxiliary storage unit has a plurality of storing positions, and the storing positions are rotating around the main track. Therefore, the object, such as a FOUP (Front Opening Unified Pod) can be loaded on or unloaded from the storing positions. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097500 | Method and an Apparatus for Aligning Pieces of Food Dough - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for aligning pieces of food dough that are conveyed downstream by a conveyor so that when aligning members contact the pieces, the deformation of the pieces and the adhesion between the aligning members and the pieces can be reduced. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097501 | MATRIX SORTER SYSTEM - A matrix conveying system for intended use in sorting articles and related methods of conveying and sorting articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the matrix system comprises a plurality of first endless belt or chain conveyors extending in a first direction and a plurality of second conveyors extending in a second direction, each intersecting the plurality of first conveyors. The system may be used to sort articles delivered from one or more storage locations for distribution, or may instead be used to sort articles for delivery to one or more storage locations. In another embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of conveyors arranged in three different layers. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097502 | DEVICE FOR DISCARDING TRIMS FORMED DURING THE CUTTING OF PAPER LOGS - A device for discarding trims formed by cutting machines during the cutting of paper logs, including an advancing plane on which paper rolls (R) and trims (RT, RC) advance along a given direction (A), wherein the trims can fall through a discontinuity provided on the advancing plane. The advancing plane is formed by a first extendible conveyor ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097503 | STORAGE DEVICE AND IMPROVED TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A storage device, such as a case, in particular for storing goods, the device comprising a storage housing, characterized in that it further comprises: a rack element ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097504 | CONVEYING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CURVED CORRIDOR - The invention relates to a conveying equipment that includes at least one curved corridor ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097505 | WIDTH-ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR CONVEYOR CORRIDOR(S) - The invention relates to a width-adjusting device for conveyor corridor(s), comprising a wide gear-reduction mechanism connected to the frame ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120097506 | BALANCED LINK FOR DRY COAL EXTRUSION PUMPS - A link which defines a link body that includes a multiple of link plates integral with a link body, the link body disposed at least partially forward of a forward edge of the multiple of link plates. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097507 | ROOF SWITCH ASSEMBLY - A switch assembly for the lift-and-slide roof of a vehicle that includes a housing, an actuating element, a first pair of movable electrical switching contacts, and a second pair of movable electrical switching contacts. Each longitudinal wall of the housing comprises a cross-shaped groove including a cross-shaped guiding track. The cross shaped groove receives a projecting member of the actuating element. The guiding track receives a pressure piece carried by the actuating element. The cross shaped groove has end surfaces which form abutment surfaces for the corresponding surfaces of the projecting member. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097508 | MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FOR VEHICLE HAVING LIGHTING MODULE - The present invention relates to a multifunction switch for a vehicle and provides a multifunction switch for a vehicle in which a user may clearly and intuitively distinguish and recognize a rotating knob on a multifunction switch lever and an operating region of a corresponding rotation knob/mechanism which includes a symbol indicating a manipulating position of the rotating knob and which may enhance visibility that distinguishes respective operating regions of the multifunction switch lever and user convenience thereof. The multifunction switch includes a multifunction switch lever, a rotating knob mounted on the multifunction switch lever, and a lighting module for emitting light to the outside along an interface between a rotating knob operating region including a region where symbols indicating a rotating knob and an operating position of the rotating knob are marked and the rest of the operating regions adjacent to the rotating knob operating region. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097509 | SWITCH WITH REDUCED CONTACTING AREAS BETWEEN ACTUATOR AND INSULATIVE HOUSING - A switch includes an insulative housing, a fixed contact, a movable contact and an actuator. The insulative housing defining a receiving cavity enclosed by a number of peripheral walls each of which includes an inner surface exposed to the receiving cavity. The actuator includes a bottom portion slidably received in the receiving cavity, a bottom operator for deforming of the moveable contact and a button. The bottom portion includes a first side wall and a first rib protruding sidewardly therefrom. The first rib is slidable against a first inner surface of the peripheral walls while the first side wall is separated a distance from the first inner surface. As a result, contacting areas of the actuator and corresponding inner surface are greatly reduced, and soldering materials, such as flux, originally influencing movement of the actuator can be avoided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097510 | Apparatus and Method for Child Proofing a Personal Electronic Device - An apparatus for preventing young children from activating a push button switch while allowing adults to activate said button. The apparatus is a semi-rigid child-proof cover or cap for the “home button” or menu button on a personal electronic device or computing tablet. The cap is disposed over the push button switch and prevents young children from pressing it because the strength necessary to bend the semi-rigid material of the cap is beyond that of young children. However, adults have sufficient strength to push the semi-rigid material with enough force that it bends and thus exerts a downward pressure and activates the push button below it. A small hole may also be defined in middle of the cap that allows an adult to use a paperclip or other pointed object to activate the button, while being too small for a young child's finger to pass through and activate the button. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097511 | LIGHTED KEYBOARD - A lighted keyboard includes transparent, rectangular keys each comprising a bottom stem; scissors shaped structures disposed under the keys, each scissors shaped structure being aligned with the stem and comprising a first frame and a second frame pivotally secured together; an OLED sheet disposed under the scissors shaped structures and comprising units each including a hole; an optically transmissive rubber plate disposed under the OLED sheet and comprising units each including a resilient dome passing through the hole of the unit of the OLED sheet, the resilient dome having a conductive shaft aligned with the stem; a membrane circuit board disposed under the rubber plate and comprising a plurality of contacts each aligned with the conductive shaft; and a rectangular aluminum plate disposed under the membrane circuit board and comprising units each including snapping grooves and a slide guide groove secured to the scissors shaped structure. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097512 | IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an in-cell touch panel embedded into the flat panel display devices. The present disclosure suggests an in-cell touch panel for flat panel display device comprising: a transparent substrate; a routing part having a conductive material formed on an inner side of the transparent substrate; a plurality of sensor lines running to a first direction on the inner side of the transparent substrate; a plurality of driving lines that each driving line has a plurality of segments running to a second direction between the sensor lines; a first insulating layer covering the sensor lines and the driving lines; a connecting part linking the segments of the driving line to the second direction; and a second insulating layer covering the whole surface of the transparent substrate having the connecting part. | 2012-04-26 |
20120097513 | DUST-PROOF KEYBOARD - A dust-proof keyboard includes a keyboard main body and a plurality of keyboard keys ( | 2012-04-26 |