20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090121419 | SKEW ADJUSTMENT OF PRINT SHEETS - Systems and methods for reducing sheet skew in a document processing device are disclosed. A document processing device may include a plurality of nips, a sheet skew measurement system, a feedback controller and an actuator. Each nip may include an idler wheel and a drive wheel. The sheet skew measurement system may be configured to measure sheet skew for a sheet. The feedback controller may be configured to generate a control signal in response to the sheet skew measured by the sheet skew measurement system. The actuator may be configured to adjust a loading force applied to a sheet by an idler wheel for at least one nip in response to the control signal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121420 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A saddle stitching portion which can bind the center portion in the conveying direction of a sheet bundle by a stapler and fold it by a pair of folding rollers and a pushout member, includes an end stopper which receives the downstream end of a sheet conveyed by a first conveying roller in a first receiving position on the downstream of the first conveying roller by a length not buckling the sheet on the downstream of the stapler or the downstream end of the sheet conveyed by a second conveying roller in a second receiving position on the downstream of the second conveying roller by the length on the further downstream, wherein the receiving position of the downstream end stopper is selected according to the length in the conveying direction of the sheet. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121421 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing apparatus having therein a stacker that stocks sheets temporarily and an ejection device that ejects a plurality of sheets stacked on the stacker from the stacker wherein the ejection device has an ejection claw that pushes up the plural sheets and a moving device that moves the ejection claw along the stacker, the ejection claw has a contact surface with which the aforesaid plural sheets are brought into contact when the plural sheets are pushed up, and the contact surface has plural protrusions protruding toward the plural sheets. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121422 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet of paper is conveyed by a convey roller to a print receiving member and pushed forward thereon while being supported by ribs and pressed downward by pressing members so as to keep a predetermined distance between the paper and a recording head while an image is printed on the paper. Since the pressing members press respective side portions of the paper, the paper can be bent downward outside the outmost ribs and prevented from rising at the side portions. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121423 | Roll sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating same - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device forming an image on a recording medium wound into a roll, and a roll sheet conveyance device unwinding and conveying the medium to the image forming device. The roll sheet conveyance device includes a roll sheet feed device, a torsion detector, and a control device. The roll sheet feed device includes a drive device including upstream and downstream shafts in a drive transmission direction to rotate the medium, and a feed device to feed the medium. The detection device includes a torsion coil spring provided between the upstream and downstream shafts, and a pair of an encoder and an encoder sensor detecting the torsion amount at the opposite ends of the torsion coil spring. The control device controls the torsion amount on the basis of a signal from the detection device, and applies a given back tension to the medium. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121424 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH OUTPUT TRAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image forming apparatus, a sheet is discharged onto an output tray. The image forming apparatus includes a ranging sensor which measures a distance to an object from a position located away by a predetermined distance from a bottom surface of the output tray in a sheet loading direction on a line in parallel with the bottom surface of the output tray and orthogonal to a direction in which the sheet is discharged. In the image forming apparatus, discharge of the sheet onto the output tray is stopped when the distance to the object measured by the ranging sensor is lower than a specific distance. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121425 | Instant lottery game ticket and method of playing same - An instant lottery ticket game wherein a scratch-off material is removed from a first playing area of the ticket, and if three or more like kind outcome indicia are revealed, the ticket is a winner; however, if three or more like kind outcome indicia are not revealed in the first playing area, a scratch-off covering material is removed from a second playing area to reveal a “Bonus” prize award, so that every ticket is a winning ticket. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121426 | WHEEL SPINNING SURPRISE WATER GAME - A chance-based water game for randomly spraying none, one or multiple individual players includes a housing with an inlet for a pressurized water source; a disc-shaped selector, and a trigger. The housing also comprises a series of tubes and nozzles for directing the pressurized water at the players. The trigger is connected to a valve for permitting a predetermined amount of pressurized water to pass through the device. When the trigger is activated, water travels from the pressure source, into the housing, past the trigger valve, and into a manifold where the single stream of water is channeled through a valve and gasket to none, one or multiple individual circuits corresponding to none, one or multiple nozzles. The selector determines the circuits, if any, through which the water passes. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121427 | Game apparatus and method - A dice game and method of playing a dice game is disclosed wherein provided are ten dice, a dice box having a score pad and bonus card holding area, playing chips and chip holders, a score payout card, and instructions for playing the game. Players take turns rolling the ten dice in the dice box, and if three like kind or more dice of the same suit are rolled, such dice are placed on the score pad and removed from play, after which the player must decide whether to reroll the remaining dice or bank the point from the initial roll. If on a subsequent roll in a turn a dice of the same suit is not rolled, the players turn is over and all points accumulated in such turn are lost. If three like kind or more dice are not rolled on an initial roll, the player selects a “bonus” card and is awarded the designated number of points on the card, and the dice are rolled again. After a play becomes the “winner” by being the first to achieve 122,000 points, each other play will have a final turn in which to attempt to achieve an even higher score, with the player achieving the highest score becoming the “high roll winner”. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121428 | Apparatus and method for viewing face-down playing cards - Disclosed are apparatus and method that allow a card player to identify the face of cards that are dealt face-down to the player and while the cards are maintained face-down. The dealt cards maintained face-down are slid into position onto a transparent window portion in the top planar surface of the apparatus where at least an identifying portion of face-down cards is exposed downward onto a reflecting mechanism which then reflects the image of the identifying portion of the card upward and in normal orientation for viewing by the player. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121429 | Card delivery shoe and methods of fabricating the card delivery shoe - A playing card delivery shoe for a casino table card game and method of fabricating such shoe. The shoe has an adjustable limiter and removable protective cover. The position of the card feed limiter sets a gap size of an opening though which cards pass. The card feed limiter may have openings therein through which a card reading sensor can be accessed. The card reading sensor can be accessed without substantial disassembly of the shoe. The removable protective cover provides a protective shield for the card reading sensor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121430 | Card for bingo game type dice game - To provide a card for a dice game capable of simply and conveniently enjoying a game substantially similar to a bingo game by using a dice in place of a numeral lottery machine, there is provided a card used in a dice game of a bingo game type using a dice, in which a surface of the card is provided with vertical 4 columns and horizontal 4 rows of boxes, and numerals indicating sums of numerals of pips on dices and pairs of equal numerals which come out when two pieces of dices are cast once or one piece of a dice is cast twice are described in the boxes. Any 4 kinds of the pairs of equal numerals in 6 kinds of pairs of equal numerals of 1 and 1, 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4, 5 and 5, and 6 and 6 which come out when the two pieces of dices are cast once or the one piece of dice is cast twice may be aligned to describe in a diagonal line direction of the boxes, and remaining 2 kinds of pairs of equal numerals may be described in the boxes of corner portions on both sides in a diagonal line direction different from the above-described diagonal line direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121436 | COLLECTOR-TARGETED, MEMORABILIA-BEARING TRADING CARD SET WITH BORDERLESS EDGE PORTIONS - Disclosed is a collector-targeted, memorabilia-bearing trading card set. Each comprises a plurality of cards originating from and assembleable into a set. Each card is formed from at least two layers of material, a first layer being at least a portion of memorabilia having a visual attribute exposed on one side of the card and a second layer that comprises a substrate providing an opposite side surface of the card. The opposite side surface has indicia conveying information related to the memorabilia of the first layer and associating it with the set from which it originated. Each of the cards has a perimeter, at least a portion of which includes a cut edge of the first layer with a borderless appearance. The memorabilia attribute is positioned to have a portion of the attribute divided between at least two of the cards and extending across adjoining, cut edge portions of at least two cards of the set. Indicia may also provide an identifier unique to each card that facilitates the identification of all cards in a unique set made from a previously-unitary visual attribute. Also disclosed is the use of a separate, electronically-stored image of the complete set, such as a digital photograph taken prior to the attribute being divided, remotely viewable by a collector and associated with the unique identifier of each card of the set. A remotely-accessible registry of the unique identifier of each set and each associated card thereof allows a collector to register ownership of a card and subsequently transfer registration of the card to another collector and may facilitate the location and exchange of cards so that multiple cards from a unique set may be reassembled into a collection of a single collector. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121437 | Five Card Omaha played againest the dealer - A card game with an optional side bet and methods for playing this game. The method comprises the player placing an ante bet and a blind bet to enter the game and optionally placing the optional side bet. The dealer deals a plurality of Hole cards to the players, and the players are then given the option to place a first play bet or check. The dealer deals a plurality of community cards, turning at least one of the community cards face up, and the players are given the option to place a second play bet or check. The dealer turns the remaining community cards face up, and the players are then given the option to place a third play bet or check. The dealer receives a plurality of dealer Hole cards. After the dealer Hole cards are revealed, the hands are determined by combining two dealer Hole cards with the community cards to form a dealer's hand. The ante, blind, play and optional bets are then resolved, the optional side bet resolved according to a predetermined criteria. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121439 | Web or Grid for a Darts Game Board - A web or grid for a game board for use in playing a combination of darts and a card game with sets of darts, has a plurality of elongate members disposed parallel to each of two mutually perpendicular axes, to define a plurality of rectangular openings. The web or grid, when provided over a main surface of a body of the game board divides the main surface into a plurality of target areas. A game board for the combination game has a body which defines a substantially flat playing surface into or against which a dart is receivable, and a web or grid which divides the playing surface into target areas in each of which is provided a representation of a respective playing card. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121440 | Dry-running piston rod sealing arrangement, and method for sealing a piston rod using one such arrangement - The invention relates to a dry-running piston rod sealing arrangement ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121441 | DUAL CONFIGURATION SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTATIONAL ASSEMBLY - A seal assembly for a rotational assembly includes a first seal, a second seal and a crossover support. The crossover support includes a first geometry that interacts with the first seal and a second, different geometry that interacts with the second seal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121442 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RING-SHAPED MEMBER, BACKUP RING AND SEAL STRUCTURE FOR FUEL INJECTION VALVE - To provide: a method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member that can efficiently manufacture a stronger backup ring that reinforces a seal member disposed in a pressure introduction chamber of a fuel injection valve; the backup ring; and a seal structure for a fuel injection valve disposed with the backup ring. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121443 | Sealing Device - To reduce a shaft insertion load and prevent extrusion of a seal ring to the low pressure side, a sealing device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121444 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION - There is provided a vehicle suspension. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, there is provided an apparatus including an actuator system having a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wherein the actuator system provides force between the sprung mass and an unsprung mass of a vehicle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121445 | Immobilizer For Shopping Trolleys - Disclosed is a principle for alternately activating and deactivating a blocking device by means of a magnetic field. A further developed embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the deactivating magnetic field can be smaller than the activating magnetic field. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121446 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE TRAIL OF A CYCLE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY, A WHEEL EQUIPPED WITH SUCH DEVICE, AND A METHOD OF USING SAME - The invention encompasses a device for adjusting the trail of a cycle front wheel assembly including a hub for a wheel, the hub being adapted to receive an arrangement for tightening the wheel on a fork of the cycle and an interposed mechanism for adjusting the position of the fork center distance with respect to the transverse axis of the hub. The adjustment mechanism axially extends the hub and is configured and arranged to engage with a portion of the cycle fork so as to provide fork support as well as a predetermined setting of the position of the hub transverse axis with respect to the fork center distance. The invention also encompasses a wheel having such adjustment device, as well as a method of adjusting the trail. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121447 | REINFORCED SKATEBOARD DECK - A skateboard deck is provided with a first lower layer and an upper layer coupled to an upper surface of the first lower layer. The upper layer includes a top surface provided in part by a fiber-reinforced layer and in part a side barrier. The skateboard deck may further include one or more additional lower layers affixed beneath the first lower layer. The fiber-reinforced layer may be inlaid within the side barrier, which may be an outer portion of a wood veneer or thermoplastic sheet. The fiber-reinforced layer may be formed substantially of woven para-aramid fibers encased in an adhesive matrix. The fiber-reinforced layer and the side barrier may be die cut, the die cut removing a central portion of the wood veneer or thermoplastic sheet to provide an opening in which the fiber-reinforced layer is inlaid. The layers may be press molded together with the fiber-reinforced layer and the side barrier held together prior to the press molding by an adhesive tape. The skateboard deck may also be provided with a spacer layer fitted to the central opening of the upper layer and adhered to a bottom surface of the fiber-reinforced layer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121448 | System to control the trim of motorcycles with three or four wheels - It is described a system to control the trim of motorcycles with three or four wheels, including for each couple of wheels a system of levers ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121449 | Overmolded magnesium - A method of manufacturing an assembly, including a structural member and an appearance feature formed therealong, is provided utilizing first and second molds. The method includes the steps of: injecting magnesium into the first mold to form the structural member; removing the structural member from the first mold; placing the structural member in the second mold; and injecting thermoplastic material into the second mold to overmold the appearance feature along a portion of the structural member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121450 | DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus for converting a substantially linear driving force to a rotary propulsive force, the apparatus including a pedal assembly for accepting a substantially linear drive force and fixed structure assembly for converting the substantially linear drive force to a rotary propulsive force. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121451 | SEAT SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF A BICYCLE - A seat support structure of a bicycle comprises a seat supporting tube; a seat supporting rod received in the seat supporting tube; a lower lateral side of the seat supporting rod having a first inclined surface; the seat supporting rod being formed with an upper hole and a lower tapered hole; a tightening assembly received in the seat supporting tube; the tightening assembly having a tightening unit, an embedding unit; and a stud; in assembly, a screw post of a stud passes through the upper hole, the lower tapered hole, the stud hole of the tightening assembly and the embedding hole of an embedding hole so as to combine the tightening assembly to the seat supporting rod; then the seat supporting rod and the tightening assembly are placed within the seat supporting tube. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121452 | Extension Coupling With Angle Adjusting Retainer For Use With Trailers - An extension coupling for interconnecting a trailer to a tow hitch with an angular opening including a mount securable to the trailer and an elongated arm having a proximal end portion rotatably attached to the mount and an opposite distal end portion. A connector pin is disposed on the distal end portion and adapted to releasably mate with the tow hitch. A retainer is mounted to the elongated arm and includes a head assembly operative to engage the angular opening of the tow hitch thereby to resist rotation of the arm relative to the tow hitch. The head assembly includes first and second faces respectively oriented at an angle with respect to one another. The faces are movable with respect to one another so as to change the angle between a larger angle and a smaller angle to correspond to the angular opening in the tow hitch. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121453 | Snowboard for rails - A snowboard consisting of a board on which two bindings are mounted on the surface of the board, at a distance apart approximately corresponding to ⅓ of the board's length. The board is designed with inwardly curved edge portions and has upwardly curved tips ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121454 | Grip Device, Particulary for Pushchairs, Prams ans the Like - A grip device, particularly for pushchairs, prams and the like, comprising a connecting body provided with a plurality of connecting elements, which comprise two connecting ends, coupled to a respective connecting element formed at a respective side of a frame for pushchairs designed to pass from a closed or collapsed condition to an open or extended condition and vice versa; the grip device has at least two connecting portions, which are articulated to each other and connect the two connecting ends, and a device for locking at least one pair of connecting elements when the frame is in the extended condition. The grip device comprises at least one locking device, which acts between a pair of contiguously arranged connecting elements to lock on command the rotation of one connecting element with respect to the other, a remote actuation device for the locking device being provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121455 | JOGGER - The invention relates to a jogger, in particular a child's rehabilitation jogger, with a framework ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121456 | Luggage trolley - A luggage trolley comprises a baseboard, a pull handle and running wheels. The running wheels are respectively rotatably fixed at two ends of an underside of the baseboard. The pull handle is fixed on the first baseboard periphery and its extending direction and a running direction of the running wheels are in a same plane surface. A foldable board is pivotably connected to a second baseboard periphery. A supporting axis which is parallel to the axle is disposed at an underside of the foldable board. A movable supporting stand is rotationally fixed on the supporting axis. One end of a spiral spring is fixed on the supporting axis and an opposite end thereof is fixed on a hook disposed on the movable supporting stand at a predetermined distance from the supporting axis. One end of the movable supporting stand near the supporting axis is disposed with a stopper which stops further rotation of the foldable board by pressing against the underside of the foldable board when the movable supporting stand rotates around the supporting axis to become perpendicular to a board surface of the foldable board. The present invention is simple to use and transports articles securely. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121457 | Occupant Restraining Device - An occupant restraining device | 2009-05-14 |
20090121458 | KNEE AIRBAG HOUSING ASSEMBLY - A knee airbag housing assembly including a cover panel, a box case, and a lower panel. The cover panel has an upper support portion and a lower support portion extending transversely from a cantilevered support portion. A tear seam formed between the upper cover and lower cover portion. A lower support portion extends transversely from a cantilevered support on the lower cover portion of said cover panel. The box case supports an airbag module and has a lower wall with a distal end lower wall extending towards the cover panel. The box case is fitted in the space between the upper support and lower support portions such that the distal end lower wall of the box spring is disposed closer to the cantilevered support than the terminal edge of the lower panel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121459 | Lighted airbag module - An airbag module includes an airbag cushion, a cover configured to break open to allow the airbag cushion to deploy into a vehicle occupant compartment, an emblem attached to the cover, and a light source connected to the cover and/or the emblem. The light source can provide a safe aesthetic airbag lighting option. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121460 | Airbag and Airbag Apparatus - An airbag and airbag apparatus in which a venthole is closed or opened by a small amount until an occupant hits the airbag, and the venthole is opened or opened by a large amount when the occupant hits the airbag. Inner panels | 2009-05-14 |
20090121461 | Airbag and airbag apparatus - An airbag is constructed such that a gas-discharging amount from a venthole becomes largest when an occupant contacts a center portion, in the left and right direction, of an occupant-facing surface of the expanded airbag. In the airbag, a hanging strap couples a center portion of a front panel and a rear panel. A lid body covers an open-and-close venthole from outside the airbag, and the hanging strap is coupled by a tether. In a case that the airbag is expanded, the hanging strap and the tether are tensed, and the lid body is brought to a state to close the open-and-close venthole. A loosening amount of the hanging strap and the tether becomes largest when an occupant contacts the center portion of the front panel to retreat, and an opening amount of the open-and-close venthole also becomes largest. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121462 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR FRONT VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - A restraint system is provided that includes, but is not limited to at least one airbag module having an airbag having at least one chamber for front vehicle occupants in a vehicle, a space at a distance from the windshield between dashboard and front vehicle occupant being fillable using the airbag by unfolding. To improve the vehicle comfort and the passenger safety according to the current and future requirements and provide more interior space, the airbag module is fastenable to a vehicle body structure forming the front vehicle interior, the restraint system being implemented using an airbag enlarged by a depth (T) of a dashboard. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121463 | Air Bag Device - A floating type air bag device able to prevent backlash of a module cover and easily position the module cover with respect to a steering wheel without dispersion and a sacrifice of an operation feeling of horn sounding is provided. The air bag device has a retainer ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121464 | Gas generator - The present invention relates to a gas generator including:
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20090121465 | Gas generator and assembly with a gas generator - A gas generator has an elongated outer housing, the wall of the outer housing surrounding at least one gas carrying inner chamber. An axially extending end section of the wall of the outer housing, which is separated from the inner chamber of the gas generator with regard to flow, is constructed as a fastening section and has at least one fastening structure for connecting the gas generator with a carrier part. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121466 | Releasable holding mechanism and method of use - The invention relates to a releasable holding mechanism which may be used to hold and release a roll bar in a roll over protection system. The roll bar is often made part of the seat structure of vehicle, or a part of the chassis of the vehicle. The releasable holding mechanism will be fastened rigidly or slightly loose to the roll bar frame, seat frame or the chassis of the vehicle. Between the roll bar and the releasable holding mechanism there will be a connection element that is rigidly or slightly loosely fastened to the roll bar. The arrangement of fastening the connection element rigidly or slightly loosely depends on the tolerances for positioning the actuator towards the roll bar. The connection element is locked or released by the releasable holding mechanism. The releasable holding mechanism is locked/-engaged when the roll bar is pushed downwards whereby the connection element is forced into the releasable holding mechanism. The releasable holding mechanism is to release the connecting element when a signal is sent to the release element of the holding mechanism. The releasable holding mechanism can be activated by one short duration pulse, for instance a pulse from an electronic control unit for activation of airbags in a vehicle. The system can be activated with low energy demands. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121467 | ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING GENERATORS ON TRUCK RIGS - An assembly for attaching a generator to a truck chassis with members that define a generator support surface and distal ends with at least one that defines a first opening. An elongated member for each distal end with an opening has a first bearing surface and an offset second bearing surface and an opening. The elongated member is disposed with the first bearing surface contacting the distal end attachment portion and the second bearing surface contacting an interior surface of the flange of the C-beam. The fastener extending through the aligned openings rigidly attaches the members to the C-beam. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121468 | SPINE ELEMENTS FOR USE WITH ALBUMS - Spine elements for use with albums are described. An example album includes a first spine element and a second spine element that is substantially similar to the first spine element. The first spine element is adjacent and removably coupled to the second spine element to form an album spine. Additionally, the first spine element and the second spine element each include a binding gap positioned toward the interior of the album to receive and couple an edge of at least one album sheet to the respective spine element. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121469 | Book with embossed leaves - A book includes a book body and at least one leaf. The book body is provided with two spaced folding lines to divide an outer side of the book body into a front face, a back face, and a spine interconnecting the front and the back face, and an inner side of the book body into a first and a second inner surface corresponding to the front and the back face, respectively, and a connecting surface corresponding to the spine and interconnecting the first and the second inner surface. The leaf is attached to one of the first and the second inner surface, and includes an illustration printed on a top surface of the leaf, a first embossed portion corresponding to the illustration, and at least one second embossed portion spaced from and higher than the first embossed portion to protect the latter against collapse by external pressure. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121470 | Wallet Size Bank Card Booklet - A wallet size bank card booklet is provided, and a method for forming the same, having a cover and a booklet insert. The cover has a width dimension ranging from about 4¾ inches to 5¼ inches and a height dimension ranging from about 3⅜ inches to 3⅜ inches. A transverse fold divides the cover into a front cover panel and a rear cover panel. The booklet insert in the form of a number of leaves has dimensions substantially the same as the dimensions of the cover, the leaves also having a transverse fold and forming pages. An opening is formed in the front cover panel. An adhesive layer is applied to the inner surface of the front cover panel and a transparent sheet is adhered to the inner surface of the front cover panel, the transparent sheet being larger than the opening, but shorter and narrower than the front panel, leaving an L-shaped marginal adhesive along two adjacent edges of the inner surface of the front panel. A pocket is formed by a first leaf being sealed along two edges to the L-shaped marginal adhesive area on the inner surface of the front panel, with a third edge adjacent the fold and a forth edge remaining open. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DOCUMENTS, WEBSITES, AND THE LIKE HAVING SECURITY FEATURES - A system for generating secure documents includes a station for generating a plain document and a security image generator that generates a security image. The security image is then incorporated into the plain document. Each security image consists of a plurality of secure elements, each secure element being defined by two sets of parallel lines. Each secure element defines an alphanumeric character or other unique image that is visible only under certain conditions, i.e., when inspected through a viewer. The technique can also be used to provide security images on a web page as a means of indicating that the web page is genuine. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121472 | UV-Visible-IR Multi-Wave Length Laser Marking Process - An anti-counterfeiting method and apparatus causes a first mark to be produced on an object such as a pill in a package and then causes a second mark to be produced on said object while also producing said second mark on the plastic package cover over said object. A first laser beam producing means produces a first laser beam, preferably in the IR spectrum, and produces said first mark on the object when the beam passes through said cover. A second laser beam producing means produces a second laser beam preferably in the UV spectrum. The second laser beam also passes through said cover and produces said second mark superimposed on said first mark on said object. The second mark is always different from said first mark. Continued passing of said second beam through said cover causes said cover cloud up and form said second mark on said cover also. Accordingly, it is possible to determine if said object is in its original packaging by comparing the second mark on the object with the mark on the plastic cover and, if the objects are separated from their original packaging, when and where the object was made from the information embedded in said second mark on said object. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121473 | Optical Structure, in Particular for a Security Document and/or a Document of Value - The present invention provides an optical structure, in particular for a security document and/or a document of value, the structure comprising:
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20090121474 | Skill based gaming ticket device - A system for providing a higher level of security, entertainment and reliability in distributing treats to children, a method for producing skill based gaming ticket sets including taking sponsorship orders from multiple sponsors who pay promotional consideration for their product's exposure to be included on individual skill based gaming ticket formations contained within a set, and a fundraising method which raises funds through the distribution of sets of skill based gaming tickets. The systems and methods include utilizing a skill based gaming ticket device comprising skill based game indicia, prize indicia, and a plurality of answers or solutions affixed to the surface of the device, a means for dividing up the plurality of answers or solutions into selected areas arranged so that each of the answers or solutions are individually in one given area, a removable coating secured to the surface of the device beneath each of the individual answers or solutions, at least one identification code which distinguishes a winning outcome from a non-winning outcome beneath the removable coating, an outcome reward system wherein a player's skills are tested and the outcome of the game is always under the player's influence, whereby choosing the correct answer or answers by a recipient would result in a prize being awarded; choosing an incorrect answer or answers by a recipient would result in a prize not being awarded; the prize compromises a predetermined redeeming value that is reduced from the cost of a predefined object, and the value is a selected one of a predetermined amount of money, a predetermined percentage of money, and the full price of the predefined object. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121475 | DELIVERY PIPE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF SOLID MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING A DELIVERY PIPE - A delivery pipe for transporting solid material has a tubular body provided with a coupling collar on each end. The coupling collar includes a free space on its inner circumferential surface at the end distal to the end face. A sealing body is arranged in the free space. The invention also relates to a method for securing a coupling collar to an end of the tubular body of a delivery pipe by adhesion. The method is characterized in that a sealing body is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the tubular body, and an adhesive is applied upon the outer circumferential surface between the sealing body and an end face. The coupling collar or the tubular body is then caused to rotate about the longitudinal pipe axis, and the coupling collar is pushed over the end of the tubular body, or vice versa. The sealing body is finally pushed into a free space of the coupling collar. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121476 | Microfluidic Bus for Interconnecting Multiple Fluid Conduits - The present invention relates to a device for interconnecting multiple fluid conduits in a microfluidic environment. The device is typically used to make a low-pressure fluidic connector system for microfluidic applications. A male connector component containing an array of conical nozzles having through holes is connected to fluidic tubing. A female connector component supports an elastomer membrane having an array of receptacles complementary to the nozzles. Through holes through the female connector and membrane are also connected to fluidic tubing. The conical nozzles are aligned with membrane receptacles and a connecting mechanism evenly distributes a compressive force between the male and female components to establish a fluid-tight seal between the nozzles and the membrane. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121477 | Conduit Having a Variable Rigidity - The present invention relates to a flexible pipe adapted in particular for transporting fluids or powder materials, the pipe comprising at least one leaktight and flexible tube within which a said fluid or a said material can be conveyed, the pipe comprising a clamping device covering said leaktight tube over at least a fraction of the length of said pipe, preferably over all of said pipe, said clamping device comprising at least one sheath and clamping means for clamping said sheath, said sheath and said clamping means being adapted, at rest, to preserve the pliability and the flexibility of said pipe, and when a determined stress is applied, to stiffen said pipe and freeze its position over the length of said pipe covered by said clamping device. An actuator for such a pipe is also proposed by the present invention. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121478 | Male-Female member assembly - In a female member | 2009-05-14 |
20090121479 | Device For Use in a Dispensing Apparatus - The present invention relates to a device, suitable for use with a beverage dispensing apparatus for dispensing a beverage said device comprises a first opening at one end adapted to cooperate with a control flow faucet having a first dimension, and a second opening at the opposite end of the device adapted to cooperate with a shank having a second dimension to provide a flow path for dispensing a beverage from said shank through said control flow faucet. Also presented is a dispensing apparatus comprising the device disclosed herein. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121480 | GARMENT FOR USE IN PUMP THERAPY FOR ENHANCING VENOUS AND ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of an impulse therapy garment for use in pump therapy for enhancing venous and arterial blood flow. The garment may be advantageously fitted to a human foot, and may include a rotationally positionable heel-strap, an air inlet connector, separate dorsum straps, or other features. For example, other garments may include a washer having a center hole locatable around the stem and configured to be forcibly retained against the outer surface of the fabric by snap-fit using annular stem protrusions extending from an external surface of the stem. In further embodiments, a garment may include a bladder retention fastener configured to retain an end of the bladder to the fabric to allow substantially differential movement between the fabric and non-retained portions of the bladder during inflation and deflation of the bladder. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121481 | AQUIFER FLUID USE IN A DOMESTIC OR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION - Fluid is moved from an aquifer to a higher elevation, and is used at the higher elevation for a domestic or industrial application. Subsequently, the fluid is allowed to return from the higher elevation to the aquifer. Kinetic energy of the fluid returning to the aquifer is converted into electrical energy. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121482 | VARIABLE SPEED POWER GENERATOR HAVING TWO INDUCTION GENERATORS ON A COMMON SHAFT - A variable speed power generator system, includes a primary power induction generator ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121483 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATORS - Methods and systems for reducing heat loss in a generator system are provided. The generator system includes an electrical generator and a power converter. The method includes generating electricity in the generator at a first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a second power factor in a first mode of operation and generating electricity in the generator at a third power factor wherein the third power factor is greater than the first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a fourth power factor wherein the fourth power factor is less than the second power factor in a second mode of operation such that the power output of the generator system in the second mode of operation is substantially equal to the power output of the generator system in the first mode of operation and the generator currents are facilitated being reduced. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121484 | Wind energy conversion using the magnus effect - The invention comprises a wind energy conversion device. It is able to convert a far greater percentage of the pressure energy of the wind into electricity than by using an airfoil or even a sail. A Flettner Rotor is mounted atop special support structure which is far enough away from the Rotor to minimize turbulence around the Rotor. Thus the performance of the Rotor is enhanced. Energy conversion occurs as the Rotor is made to operate gears attached to an electric generator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121485 | WIND POWER FACILITY HAVING ACTIVATION CIRCUIT FOR A SPEED-LIMITED AND VOLTAGE-SOURCE-PROTECTIVE OPERATION OF A PITCH -DRIVE SERIES-WOUND MOTOR AT GENERATOR TORQUES - A wind power facility includes an activation circuit for a speed-limited and voltage-source-protective operation of a pitch-drive series-wound motor at generator torques. The activation circuit can comprise a pitch-drive series-wound motor, in which armature winding and exciter winding are connectable separately from one another, a load resistor R | 2009-05-14 |
20090121486 | Tidal Power System - Systems and methods for harnessing energy from ocean tides use the rise in water level to lift a buoyant mass to an elevation and then use the weight of the mass to pressurize a working fluid, such as water, used to motivate a turbine generator to produce electricity. The extra weight of the buoyant mass pressurizes the working fluid to greater pressure and velocity than possible using only the static head of the tide. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121487 | CONVERSION OF ENERGY IN WAVES AND IN TIDAL FLOW - An energy conversion system comprising a support structure upstanding within a volume of water subject to the occurrence of both wave motion and tidal flow, a first apparatus mounted from the support for deriving usable power from the tidal flow, and a second apparatus operationally supported relative to the support structure for deriving usable power from the occurrence of wave motion independently from that derived from tidal flows and power transfer apparatus for facilitating the transfer of such usable powers to a land based location, or for making some alternative use of such power elsewhere. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121488 | Electric power generation system driven by solar flux and geocooling - A system for generating electric power by utilizing solar heat flux. The system comprises a heating sub system and a cooling loop. The cooling loop circulates a coolant through a heat exchanger with an expanded second refrigerant which has been heated by the heating sub system thereby heating the coolant. The cooling loop includes a pipe buried in the ground at depth, D. A soil surrounds the length, L, of the pipe and a wrapping material defines and maintains a radial soil annulus width, δ | 2009-05-14 |
20090121489 | Energy converter, flag type energy converter - An energy converter comprises a flexible plane unit | 2009-05-14 |
20090121490 | Oscillating-Wing Power Generator with Flow-Induced Pitch-Plunge Phasing - A new method for converting the kinetic energy of wind or water flows into electric energy, comprising wings or sails which are mounted on swing arms or on guide rails in such a way that the air or water flow induces an oscillatory wing or sail motion with a phase angle between the wing's or sail's pitch and plunge motion of about ninety degrees. Stroke reversal of the oscillatory motion is initiated by a purely aerodynamic/hydrodynamic mechanism such that the air or water flow induces a pitching moment on the wing or sail which rotates the wing or sail and thereby reverses the lift acting on the wing or sail. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121491 | Wind Turbine Comprising Enclosure Structure Formed As A Faraday Cage - The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising a rotating part including a rotor with at least one blade and a wind turbine hub with at least one enclosure structure or similar wall structure, and a stationary part including a nacelle with at least one enclosure structure or similar wall structure. At least one of said parts comprises a conductive film layer of said enclosure structure with connection to a ground potential, where said film layer forms a shield enclosing said part or parts and protects against electromagnetic fields. The invention also relates to a method to manufacture said enclosure structure. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121492 | SOUNDPROOF ENCLOSED TYPE GENERATOR - Reduce noises emitted from inlet and outlet of cooling air of a soundproof enclosed type generator. An inlet | 2009-05-14 |
20090121493 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATOR - An electrical energy generator that converts kinetic energy harvested from voluntary motor activity of a human or animal to electrical energy. The electrical energy generator includes a housing, a coil of electrically conductive material, a reciprocally movable electromagnetically active mass, springs connecting the mass to either the housing or to adjustment means engaged with said housing, and, optionally, means for constraining non-linear motion of the electromagnetically active mass, and/or means of mitigating motion retardation of the electromagnetically active mass within any existing housing atmosphere. The electrical energy generator may be associated with a carried item, such as a backpack. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121494 | ELETRICAL ENERGY GENERATOR - An electrical energy generator that converts kinetic energy harvested from voluntary motor activity of a human or animal to electrical energy. The electrical energy generator includes a housing, a coil of electrically conductive material, a reciprocally movable electromagnetically active mass, springs connecting the mass to either the housing or to adjustment means engaged with said housing, and, optionally, means for constraining non-linear motion of the electromagnetically active mass, and/or means of mitigating motion retardation of the electromagnetically active mass within any existing housing atmosphere. The electrical energy generator may be associated with a carried item, such as a backpack. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121495 | Combined cycle power plant - Combined cycle power plants and related methods are disclosed here. In the plants, a mediating thermal energy storage unit is used to store waste or residual thermal energy recovered from a heat engine employing a top thermodynamic cycle of the combined cycle power plant, so that the stored residual thermal energy may be used as an energy source in a bottom thermodynamic cycle of the power plant. In the combined cycle power plants described here, the heat engine employing a top cycle may comprise a Brayton cycle heat engine and the heat engine employing the bottom thermodynamic cycle may be a Rankine cycle heat engine. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121496 | Power control system and method - A power control system comprises a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device is coupled with the prime mover and the generator wherein the control device ascertains a power level of the generator and varies an output power of the prime mover according to the power level. The control device measures a duty cycle of a generator output power controller to ascertain the generator power level and generates a signal to a prime mover controller so that the generator duty cycle remains within a pre-determined range. The power control system may include a transmission wherein the control device operation may be conditioned on a state of the transmission. The power control system may include a speed converter coupled with the prime mover wherein the control device converts a speed of the prime mover according to the generator power level. The control device may operate to control an output power of the generator concurrently with controlling the output power of the prime mover. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121497 | Door security system - A security bar system for physically preventing unwanted opening of a door. The system preferably comprises an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod that is adapted to extend in front of the door between a pair of mounting brackets. The door bar is adapted to axially penetrate, and be restrained by and between, the bracket members. The door bar is an elongated, rigid, generally cylindrical rod adapted to extend across and block the door. The bar is adapted to be received at opposite sides of the door within suitable brackets through which the bar may be axially extended, and from which the bar may be axially withdrawn when desired. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121498 | Door Lock with Adjustable Mounting Posts - A door lock includes a casing mounted in a bare of a door. The casing includes inner and outer coupling seats to which inner and outer mounting plates are mounted respectively. The outer coupling plate includes two diametrically opposed slots located outside the bore of the door. The inner mounting plate includes a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposed holes. The inner mounting plate is rotatable relative to the inner coupling seat to a position in which one of the plurality of pairs of holes is aligned with the slots. Two mounting posts are extended through the slots and through two through-holes in the door. Each mounting post is slideably received in one of the slots, allowing the mounting posts to move toward or away from each other until a spacing between the mounting posts is equal to that between the two through-holes of the door. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121499 | RELEASABLE TRAILER DOOR - A system of locking a door is disclosed. The system according to the present invention comprises a releasable keeper that secures a door locking mechanism to keep a door secured to an enclosure in a locked position. A release mechanism that is operated from the interior of the enclosure releases the releasable keeper from the enclosure and enable the door to be opened and prevents people from becoming trapped within the enclosure by a locked door. In an exemplary embodiment, the release mechanism is operated by a lever that operates a pulley system to disengage the release mechanism from the releasable keeper. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121500 | DOUBLE LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A double latch assembly for a motor vehicle having two pivotably mounted closure members is disclosed in which a sequencing lever is used to release first and second pawls used to hold first and second rotatable claws in respective latched positions. A single actuator A | 2009-05-14 |
20090121501 | ASSEMBLED CHOPSTICKS - A chopstick assembly has a handle and a gripping portion with a connecting positioner therebetween. The connecting positioner has an external cylindrical member and a screw seat. A reduced diameter portion is received in a hole at an end of the handle. The screw seat is fitted within the external cylindrical member. The gripping portion has a stud and a columnar portion extending from and end thereof. The stud is threaded secured to the screw seat. The columnar portion is fitted within a wide diameter portion of the external cylindrical member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121502 | Animal litter collector - An animal litter collector, comprising a foldable board and a foldable bag having an opening, wherein the foldable board is thin, flat and elongated having a receptacle portion at one end for receiving animal litter, a handle portion in the middle for holding with the human hand and a fastening portion at the other end with a fastener for closing the opening of the foldable bag by fixing it in place; one side of the opening of the foldable bag is fixed onto the fastening portion of the board, and the fastener of the fastening portion is in shape and position that can engage with the other side of the opening to fix it in place and keep the opening closed after animal litter is disposed inside the foldable bag. The present invention is to provide an animal litter collector which is portable, simple and easy to use, and is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture and an affordable price of sale, and can effectively pick up and hold the litter for disposal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121503 | Waste retrieval and disposal device and method - A waste retrieval device including a frame having a head portion, a member extending rearwardly therefrom and a retaining element, and a bag for containing at least partially the head portion, the bag including interconnected top and bottom panels sized to respectively extend over and under the head portion, a rear edge of the top panel being attachable to the frame by the retaining element, the top and bottom panels defining side portions providing extra bag material extending beyond the head portion when the bag at least partially contains the head portion to allow the bag to be inverted by moving a rear edge of the bottom panel under the head portion away from the member and back toward the member over the head portion and top panel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121504 | CORRUGATED STORM PANEL CARRIER - The present invention is a lightweight carrier related to manually lifting and transporting corrugated panels, such as hurricane storm panels, by a single individual. The storm panels are carried manually from a storage area to the location of the house where a user typically installs them, such as a window or door entry into the structure. The carrier further allows the person to carry them up a ladder and to safely place them on an angled roof as the apparatus is designed in such a way as to provide better friction than that of the panels for safe placement during installation and removal of the panels. The hurricane storm panel manual carrier allows an individual to lift and carry one or more small or large hurricane storm panels with ease. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121505 | BATTERY- POWERED TELESCOPIC GRASPING APPARATUS - An apparatus for grasping items located at a distance from the operator, the apparatus comprising: a hook; a power means; an actuation means; a telescoping barrel in communication with the hook; a handle in communication with the telescoping barrel; an extending means contained within the telescoping barrel and in electrical communication with the actuation means and the power means, wherein the extending means extends the telescoping barrel and the actuation means optionally actuates the hook according to user input. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121506 | Snow shovel expander - An extra wide snow shovel blade which may be affixed to existing, narrower conventional snow shovels. This is accomplished very quickly by simply inserting the blade of the conventional snow shovel into the “V” shaped pocket on the back of the extra wide snow shovel blade, and then looping the elastic cord around the back of the shaft of the conventional shovel and hooking it to the eye bolt on the front of the blade. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121507 | Apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular for use in a drilling machine - An apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular includes a body element defining a central cavity along a longitudinal axis. Disposed within the body element is at least one engaging member. In one aspect, the engaging member has an upper gripping element and a lower gripping element. The gripping elements are designed to be movable with respect to one another. A rod is pivotally attached to the engaging member. The rod moves the engaging member radially inward or outward with respect to the longitudinal axis of the central cavity. In one embodiment, a slewing device is coupled to one end of the body element. The slewing device is moveable with respect to the body element along the longitudinal axis. The rod includes a first end and a second end. The first end is slidably and rotatably connected to the stewing device, such that the first end is radially moveable relative to the longitudinal axis as the stewing device is moved along the longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position. An engaging member is pivotally connected to the second end of the rod. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121508 | Interior Trim Assembly and Method for Operating the Same - An interior trim assembly for a vehicle includes a trim component having a first panel; a second panel opposite the first panel; and one or more side panels joining the first and second panels, wherein the first, second and one or more side panels define a cavity; and an acoustic transducer disposed within the cavity, wherein the acoustic transducer is located adjacent an interior surface of one of the first, second and side panels. A method is also disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121509 | Mobile Cleaning Units and Systems - Mobile restoration vehicles are provided having at least one axle, with the vehicle comprising a base supported by the axle; walls extending vertically from the base of the vehicle; and a roof supported by the walls, the base, walls, and roof defining at least a portion of the perimeter of the vehicle. The first wall can define an opening configured to receive materials to be restored. Within the perimeter along a second wall an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus can be placed. Along a second wall, opposite the first wall, a contaminated material staging area can be placed. The vehicle can include an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus placed along one wall within the trailer, a staging area along another wall within the trailer, and drying shelves within the above bed portion of the trailer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121510 | Frame structure for vertically mounting integrated package - The present invention relates to a frame structure for vertically mounting an integrated package, which can improve mountability of the batteries and structural rigidity of the integrated package and a vehicle body. To this end, the present invention provides a frame structure which comprises: a rear floor frame disposed behind a rear seat of the vehicle in a transverse direction of body of the vehicle; and a pair of guide frames are installed in parallel with each other behind the rear floor frame in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121511 | CORNER RAIL EXTRUSION - A corner rail extrusion ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121512 | PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, is provided having a dashboard, which has a lower cover connected thereto, and having a carpet laid out in the foot well of the vehicle, which is situated raised up from the foot well floor in the area of a forward front wall of the vehicle. In this passenger compartment, the carpet is provided with at least one molded-on support for the forward area of the cover of the dashboard in its raised area. A simple, and also secure mounting of a lower cover for a dashboard, which is rapid to mount, is provided in this way in a motor vehicle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121513 | Visor and Method for Making a Visor - A visor assembly includes a first core pad facially secured to a second core pad by a plurality of first connecting members of the first core pad engaging a plurality of second connecting members on the second core pad. A frame is secured to at least one of the first core pad and the second core pad. A cover material covers the exterior of the first core pad and the second core pad and is secured by a plurality of retention members. The retention members are located on an interior surface of at least one of the first core pad and the second core pad. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121514 | Covering Frame for a Tarpaulin Structure - The invention relates to a covcring frame for a tarpaulin structure, comprising a number of bows, which can be displaced along lateral longitudinal beams ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121515 | VEHICLE INTERIOR DOOR PULL HANDLE ATTACHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention is directed to an apparatus and method that includes a bracket that attaches the bottom end of a vehicle interior door handle to a door panel in a rigid manner, the bracket including a first wall and second and third walls that extend, generally perpendicular to the door panel, from the first wall toward the door panel, and first and second flanges extending from the second and third walls respectively that are attached to the door panel. The second and third walls flank control components within the armrest such that the bracket is compact and provides a rigid connection. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121516 | Vehicle Tailgate Arrangement - A vehicle tailgate arrangement having an upper tailgate lid and a lower tailgate lid. The arrangement is operable between a closed position and an open position to thereby access a load area in the vehicle. During opening, the lower tailgate lid is arranged to be brought into overlapping relationship with the upper tailgate lid so that the lower tailgate lid can be carried by the upper tailgate lid during pivotal displacement of the upper tailgate lid. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121517 | FALSE DIVISION BAR FOR MINIMIZING WIND THROB NOISE - A false division bar assembly for minimizing wind noise generated during movement of a vehicle including a retractable rear window. The assembly includes a division bar mountable in a vehicle rear door window opening to create at least two air passages on opposite sides of the division bar within the vehicle rear door window opening, to thereby minimize wind noise generated during movement of the vehicle when the vehicle front windows are closed with the vehicle rear windows being opened. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121518 | VEHICLE WITH SPACE UTILIZATION - A utility vehicle with space utilization features is disclosed. The space utilization features provide storage and access to components. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121519 | Vehicle Hood Reinforcement Structures - Vehicle hood reinforcement structures as provided to reduce impact in collisions. In one embodiment, the structure is to include a lower reinforcement panel configured to mount to a vehicle chassis and an upper reinforcement panel welded to the lower reinforcement panel wherein the deflection of a front deformable wall of the upper reinforcement panel is configured to trigger deflection of rear deformable wall of the lower reinforcement panel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121520 | Enhanced Functionality Vehicle Closure Panel Assembly - A closure panel assembly is positioned within a through-opening of a vehicle body and provides access to a cargo area. The closure panel assembly has a hinged panel that pivots within the through-opening, a window portion that stows within the hinged panel, and an engagement device for selectively coupling the window portion with the hinged panel. The window portion connects to a surface of the vehicle body adjacent to the through-opening when the window portion is not stowed, and the hinged panel is pivotable irrespective of whether the window portion is stowed therewithin. A frame portion defines the through-opening, and the closure panel assembly is a midgate separating a passenger compartment from the cargo area. The engagement device has a ball detent assembly, and the window portion is connectable to the vehicle body using a push-push type connector. A drive motor positions the window portion and the hinged panel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121521 | Frame Structure for Working Vehicle - Rigidity of a frame of a working vehicle is improved by a simple structure and production costs are reduced by reducing the number of parts of a working vehicle. Pipes | 2009-05-14 |
20090121522 | VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER FRAME HAVING SMALL HEIGHT FROM GROUND - According to a vehicle V equipped with a passenger frame having a small height from the ground level of an embodiment of the invention, the vehicle is equipped with a passenger frame F, to have a height (vehicle height) from the ground level smaller than a vehicle equipped with a common frame F′ that is disposed at a distance from side sills S and side frames f of the passenger frame F of the structure are inserted in spaces formed under the side sills S that forms the sides of the bottom of vehicle V. Therefore, the length of the passenger frame F protruding to the ground level is reduced, which reduces the height (vehicle height) of vehicle V from the ground level that is determined by the passenger frame F. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121523 | CONVERTIBLE PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY - A passenger seat assembly and method for converting the seat assembly between a three-seat configuration and a two-seat configuration includes a seat assembly base and first, second, and third seats mounted on the seat assembly base. The first and third seats define outboard seats and the second seat defines an inboard seat disposed between the outboard seats. The seat back of the inboard seat includes an upper portion movably mounted to the lower portion. The seat bottom is removable and repositionable between the three-seat configuration and the two-seat configuration to form a convenience area between the outboard seats. A power console movably mounted on the seat assembly base supports the seat bottom of the inboard seat and provides at least one power outlet for supplying electrical power. In particular, the inboard seat is convertible between a seating configuration and a non-seating configuration. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121524 | Temperature Adjustable Seat - A temperature adjustable seat is disclosed. The temperature adjustable seat comprises a seat and air being blown into an inside thereof a thermoelectric device for heating and cooling the air, an air-blower for blowing either heated air or cooled air by the thermoelectric device through the inside of the seat, and control device for controlling the thermoelectric device. The control device calculates a required heat quantity, the required heat quantity being a sum of a first heat quantity required for a seat surface temperature of the seat reaching to a target seat temperature and a second heat quantity that is given and received between the seat and an ambient environment and the control device controls a temperature of the thermoelectric device so as to supply the required heat quantity to the seat. | 2009-05-14 |