23rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110132094 | ULTRASONIC PROBE SUPPORT DEVICE - A mounting unit ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132095 | Sub-Surface Windscreen for Outdoor Measurement of Infrasound - A windscreen is configured for measuring outdoor infrasonic sound. The windscreen includes a container and a microphone. The container defines a chamber. The microphone is disposed in the chamber and can be operatively supported by the floor. The microphone is configured for detecting infrasonic sound. The container is advantageously formed from material that exhibits an acoustic impedance of between 0 and approximately 3150 times the acoustic impedance of air. A reflector plate may be disposed in the container. The reflector plate operatively can support the microphone and provides a doubling effect of infrasonic pressure at the microphone. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132096 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH ON-BOARD COMPENSATION - The present disclosure relates generally to pressure sensors, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for compensating pressure sensors for stress, temperature and/or other induced offsets and/or errors. In one illustrative embodiment, a pressure sensor may include a pressure sensing die mounted to a substrate of a pressure sensor package. The pressure sensor die may include on-board compensation. In some instances, the on-board compensation may include an on-board heating element and an on-board zener diode trim network, both situated on or in the pressure sensing die. The zener diode trim network may include one or more zener diodes and one or more resistive elements, where the zener diodes can be selectively activated to “trim” the resistive network to compensate for one or more offsets and/or errors of the pressure sensor. The on-board heating element may be configured to heat the pressure sensor assembly to various temperatures so that temperature related offsets and/or errors may be identified, and then compensated for with the zener diode trim network. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132097 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC BODY OF Al2O3 CERAMIC, MEASURING MEMBRANE FOR A PRESSURE SENSOR AND PRESSURE SENSOR WITH SUCH A MEMBRANE - A method for manufacturing an elastic deformation body made of an Al | 2011-06-09 |
20110132098 | STRESS GAUGE HAVING AN ACOUSTIC RESONANT STRUCTURE AND SENSOR FOR AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL PARAMETER USING SUCH STRESS GAUGE - The invention relates to a stress gauge of the type having an acoustic resonant structure, including a piezoelectric transducer ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132099 | TRIAXIAL CELL FOR THE TESTING OF GEOMATERIALS IN COMPRESSION AND IN SHEAR - The invention relates to a cell for testing geomaterials on cylindrical specimens, of rock, ground or materials manufactured on sampling sites, including at least one piston for subjecting a specimen to a stress directed along the longitudinal axis of the specimen. According to the invention, the cell has, in addition, means for shearing the specimen, capable of cracking the specimen while it is being compressed in said at least one piston. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TEST SPECIMENS - An apparatus and method to test a specimen is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a housing defining a passage having a length extending along a longitudinal axis, an anvil movable in the passage between a first position and a second position along the longitudinal axis, the anvil comprising a tapered shaft section, an expandable mandrel having an inner surface adapted to fit around a portion of the tapered shaft section and an outer surface adapted to receive a test specimen, and a first block to limit motion of the mandrel. In use, moving the anvil between the first position and the second position causes the mandrel to expand in a circumferential direction, thereby applying a circumferential tension force to the specimen. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132101 | FLOW RATE MEASURING APPARATUS INCLUDING A RECESS FOR CHANGING AIR FLOW DIRECTION - An inflow port and an outflow port of a bypass passage have openings on a front surface near a projecting end and on a bottom surface, respectively, of a bypass passage forming member. A recess portion is disposed on the front surface of the bypass passage forming member on a circuit housing portion side of the inflow port so as to extend at a predetermined depth over an entire region in a longitudinal direction of a short side of a rectangular cross section of the bypass passage forming member. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132102 | Measuring System for Determining and/or Monitoring Flow of a Measured Medium Through a Measuring Tube - Measuring system for determining and/or monitoring flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube, including: At least one ultrasonic transducer; and at least one control/evaluation unit, which, on the basis of measurement signals or on the basis of measurement data derived from the measurement signals, ascertains volume- and/or mass-flow of the medium flowing in the measuring tube; wherein the ultrasonic transducer has at least one electromechanical transducer element, which sends and/or receives ultrasonic signals; and at least one coupling layer in the region between electromechanical transducer element and measured medium, which coupling layer conducts the ultrasonic signals, and which ultrasonic transducer is acoustically coupleable with the measuring tube and at least partially fittable on the outer shape of the measuring tube and which electromechanical transducer element is flexible. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132103 | Flowmeter and method - A flowmeter for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe includes a tube having a channel disposed in the pipe through which fluid in the pipe flows. The flowmeter includes an upstream transducer in contact with the pipe and positioned so plane waves generated by the upstream transducer propagates through the channel. The flowmeter includes a downstream transducer in contact with the pipe and positioned so plane waves generated by the downstream transducer propagate through the channel and are received by the upstream transducer which produces an upstream transducer signal. The downstream transducer receives the plane waves from the upstream transducer and provides a downstream transducer signal. The flowmeter includes a controller in communication with the upstream and downstream transducers which calculate fluid flow rate from the upstream transducer signal and the downstream transducer signal. A method for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132104 | Eccentric Venturi Flow Measurement Device - An eccentric, smoothly tapered body for installation into cylindrical pipe to cause a constriction in the pipe to facilitate measuring the flow of fluid through the pipe. The body defines a flow constrictor having a smoothly tapered inner surface having a leading edge and a trailing edge and an apex therebetween. A bore extends through the flow constrictor at the apex. Pressure is measured at the bore at the apex and upstream of the flow constrictor and flow rate is calculated from the pressure differential therebetween. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132105 | METHOD FOR MEASURING MASS FLOW OF A MULTI-COMPONENT GAS - This invention relates to a method of measuring mass flow of a first gas component in a gas consisting of one or more known gas components. Typically such methods assume that certain parameters were constant, such as the gas composition, pressure and/or temperature, and likewise the heat capacity, density, etc., of the gas were presumed to be such that they could be determined to have a constant value. However, it has been found that the determination of the mass flow is associated with a comparatively high degree of measurement uncertainty, when it is assumed that the parameters are constant. The core of the invention relies on this discovery and on a method wherein all of the gas parameters that are used in the determination of the mass flow of the first gas component and that may vary considerably as a function of the gas composition, pressure and/or temperature are determined continually. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132106 | TEST DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT BY A SECONDARY FLIGHT ORDERING ACTUATOR, AND ASSOCIATED TEST METHOD - The disclosure relates to a device for testing means of detecting the loading of the secondary path of a flight control actuator of the type including a primary path and a secondary path able to take up the effort of the primary path in the event of a breakdown of the latter, wherein a tool is able to press against at least one zone of at least one element of the secondary path, as well as a lever arm which by tilting allows the tool to press against the zone so that it exerts a traction and/or compression force on the secondary path, the lever arm being mounted pivotingly on a support able to be fastened on a structure that is mechanically independent of the secondary path. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132107 | SCALE - A scale includes a stationary bracket, a movable bracket, a linear displacement sensor and a plurality of the resilient mechanisms. The movable bracket is disposed opposite to the stationary bracket. The linear displacement sensor is disposed between the stationary bracket and the movable bracket. The resilient mechanisms are disposed between the stationary bracket and the movable bracket. Each resilient mechanism includes a limiting shaft, a sleeve movably sleeved on the limiting shaft and a resilient member received in the sleeve. The limiting shaft is fixed to one of the stationary bracket or the movable bracket, and the sleeve is fixed to the other. The resilient member is elastically deformed by resisting a free end of the limiting shaft. The linear displacement sensor registers a displacement of the movable bracket. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132108 | Particle Interrogation Devices and Methods - Devices and methods are disclosed for non-contact pneumatic sampling of surfaces, persons, articles of clothing, buildings, furnishings, vehicles, baggage, packages, mail, and the like, for aerosols or vapor residues indicative of a hazard or a benefit, where the residues are chemical, radiological, biological, toxic, or infectious in character. A central orifice for pulling a vacuum is surrounded by an array of convergingly-directed gas jets, forming a “virtual sampling chamber”. The gas jets are configured to deliver millisecond pneumatic pulses that erode particles and vapors from solid surfaces at a distance. A curtain wall flow encloses the sampling area during pulse retrieval. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132109 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MICRODEPOSITIONS - Methods and equipment for forming multiple micro-depositions on surfaces from a single sample for sample analysis are provided. The device for the formation of micro-depositions of a liquid sample, includes a plurality of reservoirs, each with a through-hole, and needles, each with a tip mounted for movement through and beyond the hole, and a control member ensuring the controlled and regular formation of micro-depositions according to a defined profile. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132110 | PIPETTE DEVICE - There is provided a pipette device capable of adjusting a collection amount in a short time. A pipette device | 2011-06-09 |
20110132111 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PREVENT PUNCH LOSS DURING AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING - Automated methods and systems for punching out pieces of a porous substrate for biological samples comprising: loading the porous substrate onto a support comprising a die and an opening; moving a receptacle support in at least a z-direction to position a receptacle relative to the support so that an opening in the receptacle is aligned and substantially flush with the opening in the support; actuating a punching head so that the punching head passes through the die, thereby punching a piece out of the porous substrate; and actuating an ejector pin to eject the punched piece from the porous substrate support and into the receptacle aligned with the opening in the support. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132112 | ROTARY ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a rotary electronic component, the rotor includes a flange with the first face on which grooves are formed radially and the second face. The plate spring with a ring shape in the top view, includes resilient arms and flat parts. The upper member has the bottom face covering the plate spring and the first face, and retains the flat part such that the flat part can be attached to or detached from the bottom face of the upper member while preventing the plate spring from rotating responsive to rotation of the rotor. A spring constant of the resilient arms and the shape of the flat part are set to achieve the state such that the resilient, arms bend and the flat part is partially released from the bottom face of the upper member when the resilient arms go over a position between adjacent grooves. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132113 | TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A transmission mechanism includes a threaded fastener and a nut assembly. The nut assembly is sleeved on the threaded fastener, and includes a first nut, a second nut, and an elastic member. The first nut forms two receiving portions, and the second nut defines two receiving cutouts. The elastic member is positioned between the first nut and the second nut. The receiving portions are received in the receiving cutouts, such that the first nut and second nut move only along an axis of the threaded fastener. The elastic member is compressed by the first nut and the second nut, to generate an elastic force exceeding a component force along the axis of the threaded fastener of an external force for rotating the first nut or the second nut. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132114 | VIBRATION APPARATUS FOR A HAND-HELD MOBILE DEVICE, HAND-HELD MOBILE DEVICE COMPRISING THE VIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE VIBRATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a vibration apparatus, a hand-held mobile device and a method for operating the vibration apparatus with which the time to obtain a detectable vibration effect is reduced while still being able to provide also a strong vibration effect. The vibration apparatus comprises a first weight member; a second weight member; a driving section coupled to said first weight member and operable to rotate at least said first weight member around a rotation axis; and a coupling mechanism adapted to provide coupling between said first weight member and said second weight member so that in a first state said first weight member is rotated by said driving section and in a second state said first weight member and said second weight member are rotated by said driving section. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132115 | STEP ACTUATOR - Disclosed is a step actuator. The step actuator includes a housing; a stator installed in the housing; a rotor positioned radially inward from the stator, the rotor rotating and protruding from one side of the housing; a bearing installed at one side of the housing so as to be coupled with the rotor; a bearing cover coupled with one side of the housing to restrain movement of the bearing; a screw member coupled with the rotor to linearly move according to rotation of the rotor; and a mounting member coupled to the bearing cover to support the screw member. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132116 | SPROCKET WITH DAMPER AND COMPENSATOR - A sprocket unit comprising: a damper mounted on the first shaft with a first face defining a recess and a second face defining chambers for receiving spring loaded weights; a sprocket mounted to the first shaft with a hub defining an aperture and a slot; a front end plate mounted on the shaft with a hub defining an aperture aligned with the aperture of the sprocket; and a spring received within the aperture of the sprocket, the aperture of the front end plate, and the recess of the damper. When the first shaft rotates and firing frequency of the engine coincides with a resonant frequency of the first shaft, the spring loaded weights slide in the chambers of the damper, dampening out the resonant frequency in the first shaft and when the sprocket rotates the spring compresses and extends, reducing torsional load of the first shaft on the second shaft. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132117 | Variable torque transmitting device - A torque transmitting device uses a continuously meshed face gear and at least one pinion supported by a carrier that adjusts the position of the pinions. The position of the pinions changes the amount of self-locking at the gear teeth. Controlling the position of the pinions on the face gear varies the amount of torque transferred between the face gear and the carrier supporting the pinion or pinions. Torque transfer can be varied throughout a range between low or negligible levels and a fully engaged state without the need for a fixed relationship between torque transfer and gear ratio. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132118 | Transmission component with functional structure - A transmission component with a functional structure has a linear or crossed shaft body, a transmission structure integrally formed on the shaft body and extending in a radial direction; a sensor matching structure and a shaft matching structure formed on the shaft body so that a sensor and a bearing may be conveniently assembled on the shaft body and the size of the transmission component can be miniaturized, and a reinforcing rod which may be inserted into the shaft body in an axial direction to enhance the structure intensity of the shaft body. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132119 | Locking System for a Rotatable Part - The invention relates to a locking system for a rotatable part, in particular in arrangements in which two parts which can be rotated in relation to each other, for example a die and a punch in a stamping apparatus, have to be aligned exactly in relation to each other. In order to provide a positionally accurate mechanical locking system with a simple design, the invention proposes that a gearwheel ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132120 | FOLDING GEARSHIFT MECHANISM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A gearshift assembly for a motor vehicle includes a gearshift lever configured to engage a detent unit to select one of a plurality of gearshift positions in an operative position. The gearshift lever can be folded into a non-operative position by disengaging a locking mechanism from the detent unit, when the gearshift lever is in the neutral position. The non-operative position is selected by pressing a fold button, which causes a fold rod to engage the detent unit, and prevents accidental shifting of gears in the folded non-operative position. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132121 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING PARKING STATE OF SHIFT-BY-WIRE SHIFTING DEVICE - An apparatus for releasing a parking state of a shift-by-wire shifting device may include a housing fixed to a vehicle body, a driving screw rotatably coupled to the housing and threaded, a slider engaged to the driving screw and slidable along the driving screw, and a cable connected to the slider and transmitting a sliding motion of the slider to a transmission. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132122 | ELECTRONIC SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An electronic shifting apparatus for a vehicle may include an operator movable along at least two or more straight paths, a shift lock assembly controlling a movement of the operator, a sensor detecting changes in position of the operator, a P-switch for selecting a P-range, a safety switch receiving an input from a driver, a controller outputting a shifting signal for controlling a transmission, wherein one of the straight paths sequentially have an R-temporary point for selecting a R-range, an NR-fixing point and an ND-fixing point for selecting an N-range, and a D-temporary point for selecting a D-range, wherein the ND-fixing point is connected with another straight path connecting an M-fixing point for selecting a neutral state in an manual mode, and both sides of the M-fixing point are connected with a (+)-temporary point (+) and a (−)-temporary point (−) through another straight line to operate the manual mode. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132123 | Speed Control Device for Bicycle - A speed control device which is adapted to be used in connection with a derailleur type bicycle has one operation mode for up-shifting the speed and another operation mode for down-shifting the speed. The two operation modes can be affected by an operation lever, and with the operation lever being pivoted in a first plane for the up-shifting operation and in a second plane for the down-shifting operation. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132124 | TRANSMISSION SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A transmission shifting apparatus of a vehicle, may include a shifter movably installed along at least two straight paths which meet at one point each other, respectively, wherein at least two fixed points are arranged adjacent each other in at least one of straight paths, in which the shifter maintains a position thereof unless an external force is applied thereto, wherein the straight path having the at least two fixed points has a structure extending outward both sides of the at least two fixed points, and wherein one of the at least two fixed points in the straight path is formed to meet the other straight path of the at least two straight paths. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132125 | CARTESIAN COORDINATE ROBOT - A Cartesian coordinate robot includes a first transmission mechanism slidably connected to a second transmission mechanism, a third transmission mechanism slidably connected to the second transmission mechanism. The first transmission mechanism includes a first guide rail, a first slider slidably connected to the first guide rail, and a first driving module driving the first slider. The second transmission mechanism includes a second guide rail perpendicular to the first guide rail, a second slider slidably connected to the second guide rail, and a second driving module driving the second slider. The third transmission mechanism includes a third guide rail perpendicular to the first guide rail and the second rail, a third slider slidably connected to the third guide rail, and a third driving module driving the third slider. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132126 | VEHICLE SHIFT MODULE ASSEMBLY - A shift module assembly for controlling the movement of a vehicle transmission out of a park condition responsive to a condition of the ignition system of the vehicle and responsive to a position of the vehicle brake pedal includes a moveable swing arm adapted to selectively control the condition of the vehicle transmission. The swing arm is in a park position when the vehicle transmission is in the park condition. The swing arm is locked in an immobile position by a solenoid operated armature shaft when the swing arm is placed in the park position. The armature shaft is in direct contact with said swing arm when said swing arm is in the locked position. The armature shaft releases the swing arm from the locked position upon actuation of the vehicle ignition system and depression of the vehicle brake pedal. The swing arm includes a stress line that will cause the swing arm to break along the stress line before the swing arm is moved out of the park position if excessive force is applied to the swing arm. In addition, the swing arm is capable of both rotational and rocking movement about a common pivot point. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132127 | SHIFT LEVER VIBRATION ISOLATION ASSEMBLY - A shift lever assembly designed to isolate vibrations including an outer can having a bore and an outer wall, an inner can disposed within the bore, a vibration absorbing material positioned within the bore and around the inner can; and a sleeve extending from the outer wall of the outer can. The method of making the shift lever assembly includes positioning an outer can having a bore and an attached sleeve in a mold, positioning an inner can in the mold, within the bore of the outer can, injecting a vibration absorbing material into the mold, thereby filling the space within the bore of the outer can around the inner can, and allowing the vibration absorbing material to cure, thereby securing the inner can within the outer can. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132128 | ACCELERATOR OPERATING DEVICE - An accelerator operating device for electrically controlling the output of a power unit on the basis of the manipulated variable of a controller, by achieving the generation of a frictional resistance using a simple configuration. An accelerator operating device includes an extended portion turned upon the operation of a throttle grip; a torsion coil spring biasing the extended portion in a returning direction while the extended portion is turned; and a friction generating mechanism adding a frictional resistance to the turning movement. The friction generating mechanism includes a compression coil spring applying a pressing force to the extended portion, and a friction member brought into sliding contact with the extended portion by being pressed by the compression coil spring. The torsion coil spring and the compression coil spring are placed coaxially with the extended portion and overlap each other at least partially along the axial direction of the extended portion. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132129 | ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLY - A robot arm assembly includes a first link, a second link, and a joint rotatably connecting the first link and the second link. The joint includes an actuator mounted on the first link, a harmonic drive including a wave generator, a flex spline fitting over the wave generator, and a circular spline engaging the flex spline, and a belt drive between the actuator and the harmonic drive. The flex spline is fixed to the first link, the circular spline is fixed to the second link, and the belt drive transmits the rotational movement from the actuator to the wave generator. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132130 | MANIPULATOR AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A manipulator includes a first arm, a second arm, a joint assembly, and many connecting members. The first arm defines a first axle hole. The second arm defines a second axle hole and two openings adjacent to the second axle hole. The joint assembly is received in the first arm and rotatably joins the first arm and the second arm. Each of the connecting members includes a head portion and a fixing portion. The head portion is received in the first arm. The fixing portion connects the second arm and the joint assembly. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132131 | ROBOT WITH CALIBRATION POSITION - A robot according to the present disclosure includes a support structure and at least three main arms mounted to be movable relative to the support structure, wherein the outer ends facing away from the support structure are movable to different spatial positions relative to the support structure and relative to each other. The robot further comprises connecting elements having the same lengths by means of which the outer end of each main arm can be connected at a defined distance from the outer end of the two adjacent main arms. The present disclosure also provides a method of calibrating a robot. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132132 | Pump jack crank and method - An apparatus for cranking a shackle of a pump jack. The apparatus includes a shaft which fits through the shackle. The apparatus includes an arm rotatably attached to the shaft in proximity to a first end of an arm. The apparatus includes a handle for cranking the shaft. The handle having a locked state in which the handle is unable to rotate the shaft, and an unlocked state in which the handle is able to rotate the shaft. The handle attached to the arm in proximity to a second end of the arm. The handle extending essentially perpendicularly from the arm. The apparatus includes a locking mechanism engaging the arm at a pivot point and the shaft, the locking mechanism placing the handle in the locked state or the unlocked state by moving the arm about the pivot point to a first position where the handle extends inward toward the shackle or a second position where the handle extends outward away from the shackle, respectively. A method for cranking a shackle of a pump jack. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132133 | VEHICLE OPERATION PEDAL - It is provided a vehicle operation pedal in which a pedal sheet is integrally fixed to a sheet fixed portion of a pedal arm in such a posture that a depressed face of the pedal sheet, which is depressed by a driver, faces a driver's seat, comprising a fitting hole through which the sheet fixed portion of the pedal arm extends formed in the pedal sheet; and the sheet fixed portion being fitted into the fitting hole from a rear face that is on the side opposite to the depressed face, and a peripheral portion around the fitting hole being integrally fixed to the sheet fixed portion by welding performed from the depressed face side. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132134 | OPERATION MODE PENDANT TYPE ADJUSTMENT PEDAL APPARATUS - A pendant type adjustment pedal apparatus includes an adjustment accelerator pedal that adjust a pedal clearance by the rotation of a motor, and an adjustment brake pedal that receives the rotation of motor through a rotary drive cable. Accordingly, convenience in adjusting a pedal clearance is provided, and particularly, adjustment accelerator pedal achieves a vibration mode in addition to a foot effort mode, which is an eco mode, by an electric mode generating device, such as a solenoid or a linear motor. Therefore, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency and to provide a danger recognition function using an accelerator pedal. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132135 | APPARATUS FOR ROTATING HANDLE FRAME OF BICYCLE - Disclosed is an apparatus for rotating a handle frame of a bicycle. In order to facilitate the manipulation of a brake lever or a gear shift lever and further improve the convenience of the product, the apparatus for rotating the handle frame is mounted on the handle frame of the vehicle to allow the handle frame to rotate in a rotation direction identical to that of a handle and at a rotation angle identical to that of the handle, so that the handle frame rotates according to road conditions. A rider is protected from impact occurring according to the road conditions. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132136 | STEERING WHEEL WITH BIOMETRIC SENSOR - A steering wheel with a biometric sensor apparatus may include a plurality of sensing prominences having electric conductivity and protruding from an outer surface of the steering wheel. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132137 | DAMPER SPRING DEVICE, FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH DISK, AND CLUTCH DISK FOR LOCKUP MECHANISM - A damper spring device is provided with a first spring and a second spring retained by a stopper in such a manner that the second spring is compressed by a preload. The preload on the second spring is greater than a preload on the first spring. The first spring and the second spring have load-deflection characteristics such that the first spring deforms when an axial load acting in the direction of compression of the first spring is not greater than a load at which a strand of the first spring is at least partially compacted and that the first spring and the second spring deform when the axial load is greater than the load at which the strand of the first spring is at least partially compacted. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132138 | NITROCARBURIZED CRANKSHAFT MEMBER AND STEEL FOR NITROCARBURIZED CRANKSHAFTS - A nitrocarburized crankshaft member made of a steel that includes C in an amount by weight of 0.25 to 0.32% as a required element and an optional element that may be included, and Fe and inevitable impurities in a remaining portion. The steel-made crankshaft member mainly includes ferrite and perlite, wherein at least a portion of the steel surface thereof having a ferrite surface area of 50% or greater is imparted with a nitrocarburized hard layer. The nitrocarburized hard layer includes a surface compound layer suppressed to a thickness of 10 to 35 μm, and a nitrogen diffusion zone below the surface compound layer having a diffusion depth of 700 μm or greater. The steel includes C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Cr as the required elements and Mo, N, s-Al, and Ti as the optional elements. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132139 | ASSEMBLING MECHANISM OF A SELF-LOCKING LINEAR ACTUATOR - An assembling mechanism of a self-locking linear actuator includes a gearbox, a one-piece rear retainer seat and a casing. The gearbox is composed of two half pieces, which are mated with each other for accommodating and locating a transmission mechanism of the actuator. The rear retainer seat is fixedly held in the gearbox for supporting a bearing of a threaded rod of the transmission mechanism and bearing the stress from the threaded rod. The contact faces of the rear retainer seat and the gearbox are regular polygonal to facilitate adjustment of fixing angle of the rear retainer seat. The casing is composed of two half casings, which are mated with each other to accommodate the transmission mechanism, the gearbox and the rear retainer seat. The mating faces of the half casings are parallel to the axis of the output shaft of a motor to facilitate connection operation of the casing. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132140 | Transmission structure of meat tumbler - This invention relates to a transmission structure of meat tumbler, in which one end of drum's axle, extending toward a control box, of the meat tumbler is assembled with a gear, and a reduction machine is installed in the control box. A gear of the reduction machine meshes with the gear of the drum. A motor coupled to the reduction machine is provided within the control box. Essential benefits such as quiet operation process, effective power transmission, and prevention of improper parts stripping can be achieved by this stable transmission structure. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132141 | OIL PASSAGE STRUCTURE OF CHAIN-DRIVE OIL PUMP - An oil passage structure of a chain-driven oil pump includes three lines of oil passages for supplying oil from the center support to the torque converter, a first oil passage for supplying oil to the torque converter through the inside of an input shaft of the torque converter, a second oil passage for supplying oil to the torque converter through a space defined by the outer periphery surface of the input shaft and the inner periphery surface of a stator shaft, and a third oil passage for supplying oil to the torque converter by bypassing the drive sprocket. The third oil passage is provided on the outer periphery side of the drive sprocket and in a position where it does not interfere with the operation of a chain. Accordingly, it is possible to utilize the flex lock-up to a maximum extent, and to reduce the diameter of the sprocket. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132142 | SILICON PURIFICATION METHOD - A silicon purification method includes a solidification purification step in which metal impurities are removed by irradiating a base material made of metallic silicon with an electron beam. The solidification purification step sequentially includes: preparing the base material to be purified at one time, loading a part of the base material into a water-cooled crucible, irradiating, with the electron beam, the entire area of the part of the loaded base material that is disposed under a high vacuum atmosphere, and thereby fully melting the part of the base material; gradually solidifying the molten part of the base material from a molten metal bottom thereof toward a molten metal surface thereof by gradually weakening an output of the electron beam so that the solidification proceeds until the solidifying portion occupies a first predetermined ratio of the total of the base material; further loading the remnant of the base material into the water-cooled crucible, and fully melting the remnant of the base material by irradiating the entire area of the remnant of the base material with the electron beam; gradually solidifying the molten metal portion from a bottom thereof toward a molten metal surface thereof by gradually weakening an output of the electron beam so that the solidification proceeds until the solidifying portion occupies a second predetermined ratio of the total of the molten metal portion; and removing an unsolidified molten metal portion. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132143 | NANOMATRIX POWDER METAL COMPACT - A powder metal compact is disclosed. The powder metal compact includes a substantially-continuous, cellular nanomatrix comprising a nanomatrix material. The compact also includes a plurality of dispersed particles comprising a particle core material that comprises Mg, Al, Zn or Mn, or a combination thereof, dispersed in the nanomatrix and a solid-state bond layer extending throughout the nanomatrix between the dispersed particles. The nanomatrix powder metal compacts are uniquely lightweight, high-strength materials that also provide uniquely selectable and controllable corrosion properties, including very rapid corrosion rates, useful for making a wide variety of degradable or disposable articles, including various downhole tools and components. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132144 | Method For Producing Metal Nanoparticles In Polyols - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of metal nanoparticles, selected from the group consisting of lead, bismuth, zinc, antimony, indium, gold, nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, rhenium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, cadmium, silver and/or copper, on a rotating body, characterized in that a reduction of corresponding metal salts, corresponding metal salt complexes, corresponding metal hydroxides and/or corresponding metal oxides by polyols having a number of hydroxyl groups in the polyol of 1 to 10 and a molecular weight of the polyols of 2000 to 18 000 Da is effected. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132145 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING DROSS IN SOLDERING PROCESS - Proposed is a method for separating dross in a soldering process for a printed circuit board using a tin bath containing liquid tin. The method includes collecting dross produced during the soldering process; grinding the dross to tin ash in the tin bath for allowing a portion of tin contained in the tin ash to be melted again to join the liquid tin; and scooping up and recycling the tin ash not melted in the tin liquid. The method precludes a waste of tin resources and high manufacturing costs which might otherwise arise from directly scooping up dross of high tin content. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING INDIUM FROM ETCHING WASTE SOLUTION CONTAINING INDIUM AND FERRIC CHLORIDE - An object is to provide a method and an apparatus for recovering indium, the method and apparatus ensuring that it is unnecessary to recover indium in the form of indium hydroxide, indium can be recovered at a high concentration, indium can be recovered easily by a filter or the like without handling inferiors and also, the recovery rate of indium is greatly improved. The method includes adding a precipitation-inducing metal including a metal having higher ionization tendency than indium to an etching waste solution containing at least indium and ferric chloride, in which the concentration of ferric chloride is adjusted to 20% by weight or less to thereby precipitate indium contained in the etching waste solution on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal, then, detaching the indium precipitated on the precipitation-inducing metal from the precipitation-inducing metal by a detaching means and separating the detached solid indium or indium alloy from the solution to recover the indium. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132147 | METHOD FOR THIOSULFATE LEACHING OF PRECIOUS METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS - Processes are provided for recovering precious metals from refractory materials using thiosulfate lixiviants. The processes can employ lixiviants that include at most only small amounts of copper and/or ammonia and operate at a relatively low pH, reduction of polythionates, inert atmospheres to control polythionate production, and electrolytic solutions which provide relatively high rates of precious metal recovery. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132148 | NUT SCREWING DEVICE - A nut screwing device for screwing a nut onto a rivet which is provided on the end opposite the rivet head with a blind hole having a contour that is not round in cross-section, comprising at least one drive which is drivingly connected via a transmission to a screw-in tool that has an accommodating opening for inserting the nut, characterized in that the nut screwing device comprises an anti-rotation means having a chamber in which an anti-rotation element (bit) is movably arranged that has a head section, which substantially fills the cross-section of the chamber, a shaft section, and an adjoining end section with a contour identical with that of the blind hole, the chamber being arranged adjacent the screw-in tool and comprising a central exit opening for the shaft with the end section of the anti-rotation element and being provided on the edge of the exit opening with a surrounding shoulder as a stop for the head section of the anti-rotation element (bit). | 2011-06-09 |
20110132149 | RATCHET WRENCH - A ratchet wrench includes a wrench body having an action end with a housing space formed thereon to hold a ratchet wheel, and two siding troughs located at two sides of the housing space to hold two brake members, and a latch member located at the rear side of the housing space. A direction control member is hinged on the rear side of the housing space and includes a swinging bar, a position member and a stirring bar that are stacked in a up and down manner. The stirring bar can be turned to move the position member and the swinging bar concurrently. The position member is latched by the latch member and positioned. The swinging bar can push the slider at one side to move the brake member forwards to engage with ratchet teeth while another brake member at another side is moved rearwards to separate the ratchet wheel. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132150 | TOOLS FOR REMOVING A CAP FROM A FILTER HOUSING, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Tools for removing a cap from a filter housing, and an associated method are presented. A first tool is adapted for secure engagement with a cap of a filter assembly, while a second tool is adapted for engagement with the cylindrical body thereof. The first tool includes at least a pair of pin assemblies extending perpendicularly from the head of the tool. The second tool includes an annular plate characterized by circumferentially spaced notches adapted for receiving a cylindrical housing and particularly receiving and engaging ribs extending from such cylindrical housing. The application of opposite torques by the application of force to associated handles achieves the separation of the cap from the housing. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132151 | WRENCH SOCKET - A wrench socket for use on fasteners such as pipework fittings where closed pipework or other obstructions would normally prevent the use of a ring wrench or closed sockets has a plurality of swivel arms pivotally mounted to a socket main body. The swivel jaws can be opened and closed as required around pipework and the fastener. Formations on the swivel arms align with one another when the swivel arms are closed allowing engagement by a drive bar that locks the swivel arms together. The swivel arms cooperate with the socket main body to define a polygonal fastener receiving aperture. The socket main body can be made thin profile to allow the wrench socket to be used in close proximity to obstructions that would prevent the operation of prior art wrenches and wrench sockets. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132152 | ADJUSTABLE FLANGE WRENCH - An adjustable flange wrench is disclosed for use with variously sized flanges. The adjustable flange wrench includes a first body, a second body and a pair of pins. The second body is rotatably attached to the first body about a rotational axis and is rotatable between first and second positions relative to the first body. Each pin is engaged with the first body and extends through the second body. When the second body is in the first position, the pair of pins are maximally separated and are aligned along a first line that intersects the rotational axis. When the second body is in the second position, the pair of pins are minimally separated and are aligned along a second line that intersects the rotational axis and is offset from the first line. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132153 | ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION TORQUE DRIVER - A torque driver includes a driver arm with a pivot mounting hole formed adjacent one end, a driver spindle mounting slot or sockets spaced from the pivot mounting hole providing multiple mounting positions for retaining the driver spindle, and a locking detent. A locking element engages the locking detent, a load applicator generates a selected load onto the locking element, and a handle is pivotally attached to the driver arm at the pivot mounting hole and has finger groove for applying a tightening force. The locking detent, the locking element and the load applicator cooperate to permit relative movement between the driver arm and the handle when the tightening force applied at the finger groove is at a pre-determined value. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132154 | Wrenching Device - A wrenching device includes a driving member, a hole and at a slit defined therein, and defines an engaging portion. The slit communicates with the hole. The wrenching device further includes an actuating member moveably disposed in the hole of the driving member, and a control member including a connecting end pivotally joining to the actuating member and including first and second engaging sides selectively abutting against a wall defined on the driving member in response to first and second operating positions thereof, respectively. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132155 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE WRENCH WITH REMOVABLE BATTERY AND SYSTEM WITH SUCH A WRENCH - An electronic torque wrench ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132156 | TORQUE SOCKET ASSEMBLY - A torque socket assembly includes a base which has a receiving hole defined therein. A tube sleeves on the base. The tube has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a recess defined in an outer periphery thereof. The first portion partially sleeves on an outer periphery of the base. A torque setting unit includes a first teethed gear disposed in the receiving hole, a second teethed gear meshed with the first teethed gear, a resilient unit abuts against the second teethed gear and the second portion, and a rod passes through the tube. The second teethed gear has an indentation formed on an outer surface thereof. A securing unit includes a pin disposed in the recess. A spring sleeves on the first portion of the tube and contacts with the pin, and an outer sleeve sleeves on outer peripheries of the spring and the tube. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132157 | Electromechanical wrench - An electromechanical wrench has a housing that has a working end and a gripping end, with a driver positioned at the working end, and a handle positioned at the gripping end. The wrench further includes a click wrench emulator mechanism provided at the handle. A method of using an electromechanical wrench to secure a fastener using angular measurement without the need for establishing a zero reference point, and allowing for ratcheting, is also provided. A method of counting the number of fasteners secured by an electromechanical wrench during a wrenching job is further provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132158 | Digital Beam Torque Wrench with an Electronic Sensor - A torque wrench includes a main beam having a distal end and a proximal end, a drive element disposed at the distal end of the main beam, a stationary beam having a distal end fixedly secured to the main beam at a first location on the main beam, and having a proximal end, and a displacement sensor assembly disposed at a second location associated with the main beam and with the stationary beam to detect an amount of displacement of the main beam relative to the stationary beam. The displacement sensor assembly includes an actuating element secured to one of the main beam or the stationary beam and a sensor rigidly secured to the other one of the main beam or the stationary beam and responsive to the actuating element. An electronic component is configured to generate a torque measurement based on the generated electrical signal, and store at least one of the generated electrical signal and the torque measurement for a several positions of the main beam relative to the stationary beam. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132159 | TEMPLATE DEVICES FOR CUTTING AND MARKING SHEET METAL - The embodiments disclosed herein provide a device suitable for assisting cutting and/or marking metal, such as sheet metal, comprising a template member, and optionally, an attachment component such as a magnetic component. The template member may further comprises a solid substrate material or a solid component and an outer edge and/or a window component. The device is configured so that the magnetic component allows the template member to be affixed to a metal object so that the outer edge and/or the window component may be used as a guide for cutting the metal, and allows the component to be removed from the metal when it is no longer needed for cutting. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132160 | HAND TOOLS AND RELATED METHODS - Hand-operated tools; such as hand saws, knives, and files, having improved features for enhancing use thereof are disclosed. The hand tools include one or more recoil members and are adapted to absorb motion of the hand tool in a first direction, and to supplement motion of the hand tool in a second direction. A method for use of an improved hand tool is disclosed, the method includes hand tools adapted with recoil members. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132161 | Convertible slicing/dicing mandolin and method - The cutting device can be used to slice, make julienne strips, and/or dice food items. In dicing, preferably the horizontal slicer blade is retracted during a first pass of the slider past the julienne blades, and after the slider has been rotated by 90°, during a second pass, the horizontal blade is erected to make the horizontal cut and complete the dicing operation. A slicing width adjustment is provided with a large diameter threaded member being adjustable to support a movable platform, with an adjustable locking mechanism to support the end of the platform nearest the horizontal cutting blade. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132162 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PRECISION BLANKINGS FROM A MATERIAL STRIP - The incomplete compound die cut along the circumference of the fine-blanked part is carried out with a specially shaped cutting edge of cutting punch ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132163 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS FOR SINGULATING A UNIT DOSE BLISTER CARD - An apparatus for singulating unit dose blisters from a blister card including at least two perforations separating unit dose blisters positioned adjacent to each other and extending along a longitudinal length of the blister card is provided. The apparatus may include a perforation determiner and a blister card cutter. The perforation determiner may be configured to generate information indicative of a distance between a first perforation location and a second perforation location of the blister card with respect to perforations extending along a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the blister card and separating unit dose blisters to be singulated. The blister card cutter may be configured to utilize the received information indicative of the distance and the total number of perforations to determine cutting locations for cutting at the first perforation location, the second perforation location and additional perforation locations and enable cutting of each perforation extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the blister card responsive to sequential cutting and repositioning operations based on determined cutting locations. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132164 | PUNCHING MACHINE WITH COMPACT FRAME - The invention provides the possibility of incorporating various fixed punching stations within a single compact frame, being applicable especially to the punching of holes in the flanges of angular profiles. The punching cylinders to which the punches and punch-holders are fastened, as well as the dies and the die-holders fastened to the compact frame, allow the punching of holes at the different radial distances required in the flanges of said angular profiles. It is possible since the punch-holders and die-holders have varying eccentricities in their respective seats for the punches and dies. It is possible to select pairs of punches and dies having same eccentricity. The punch-holders and the die-holders are equipped with means for angular positioning in the respective cylinder and the compact frame. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132165 | INTEGRATED BLADE LUBRICATION CONTROLLER - A blade lubrication system for a sawmill having a blade, chain or band saw, and a control mechanism for activating said blade, chain or band. The blade lubrication system automatically activates cooling and cleaning of the blade, or band when the control mechanism is activated, and automatically deactivates the cooling and cleaning of the blade, chain or band when the control mechanism is deactivated. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132166 | LOG REST - A new log support and clamp system (log rest) for a portable sawmill, having a log rest and a log dog. The log rest features a ratcheting, quick-adjustable, self-locking clamp which improves the ability of the user to affix the log in place for sawing. Also, a portable sawmill having such a log rest. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132167 | CIRCULAR AND MITER BOX SAW - A circular and miter box saw has a contact table containing a support device that can be pivoted about a pivoting axis relative to the contact table and a base plate. The support device is pivot-supported on the base plate. The saw further has a miter box arm that can be pivoted about the pivoting axis, and a sawing device being disposed on the miter box arm, or above the contact table, respectively, wherein the sawing device can be displaced by a gliding guide device. The circular and miter box saw has a high cutting quality and a safe work piece contact surface and is characterized in that the gliding guide device is provided substantially below the base plate. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132168 | BAND SAW BLADE - A band saw blade includes multiple saw teeth having a straight tooth and right and left set teeth, and also includes a gullet portion provided between the saw teeth. A rake surface of each of the saw teeth is provided with a chip curler portion formed into an arc shape at an entire range of approximately 90° to form a chip generated at the time of cutting a work into a small rolled shape before the chip comes into contact with a bottom portion of the gullet portion. A chip non-contact surface to be kept out of contact with the chip is formed to have either a flat surface or a convex surface between the chip curler portion and the bottom portion of the gullet portion, and a dent portion is formed between the chip non-contact surface and the gullet bottom portion, the dent portion recessed from the chip non-contact surface in an opposite direction to a moving direction of the band saw blade in order to increase a radius of a concave curved surface constituting a back side of the gullet bottom portion. A flat portion for dispersing stress concentration is provided at an innermost portion of the gullet portion. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132169 | HIGH-PRECISION MICRO/NANO-SCALE MACHINING SYSTEM - A high precision micro/nanoscale machining system. A multi-axis movement machine provides relative movement along multiple axes between a workpiece and a tool holder. A cutting tool is disposed on a flexible cantilever held by the tool holder, the tool holder being movable to provide at least two of the axes to set the angle and distance of the cutting tool relative to the workpiece. A feedback control system uses measurement of deflection of the cantilever during cutting to maintain a desired cantilever deflection and hence a desired load on the cutting tool. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132170 | Constant Force Mechanical Scribers and Methods for Using Same In Semiconductor Processing Applications - A scribing system comprising a mounting mechanism, stylus, and force generating mechanism is provided. The mounting mechanism is configured to rotate an elongated object in such a manner that the object is subjected to a bow effect wherein a middle portion of the object bends relative to the end portions of the object. The stylus is for scribing the object at a position x along the long dimension of the object while the mounting mechanism rotates the object. The force generating mechanism is connected to the stylus so that the stylus applies the same constant force to the elongated object regardless of the position x along the long dimension of the object that the stylus is positioned, while the mounting mechanism rotates the object and thereby subjects the object to the bow effect, thereby scribing the object. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132171 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT NECK ASSEMBLIES - Described herein are fingerboards and neck assemblies for use with stringed musical instruments. The neck assembly can include a light-system disposed therein. The light system has a light matrix of light elements. The fingerboard is adapted to conceal the presence of the light elements when the light elements are not illuminated and to allow the passage of at least some illumination from the light elements when the light elements are illuminated. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132172 | CONDUCTOR CENTRIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND SYSTEM - The object of the invention is a conductor centric electronic music stand system ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132173 | Music-piece classifying apparatus and method, and related computed program - Audio data representative of a music piece is converted into data components in respective different frequency bands for every unit time interval to generate time frequency data pieces assigned to the respective different frequency bands. From the generated time frequency data pieces, detection is made as to each sustain region in which an effective data component in one of the frequency bands continues to occur during a reference time interval or longer. A feature quantity is calculated from at least one of (1) a number of the detected sustain regions and (2) magnitudes of the effective data components in the detected sustain regions. The music piece is classified in response to the calculated feature quantity. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132174 | Music-piece classifying apparatus and method, and related computed program - Audio data representative of a music piece is converted into data components in respective different frequency bands for every unit time interval to generate time frequency data pieces assigned to the respective different frequency bands. From the generated time frequency data pieces, detection is made as to each sustain region in which an effective data component in one of the frequency bands continues to occur during a reference time interval or longer. A feature quantity is calculated from at least one of (1) a number of the detected sustain regions and (2) magnitudes of the effective data components in the detected sustain regions. The music piece is classified in response to the calculated feature quantity. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132175 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS - A user interface apparatus for displaying areas having vocal or instrumental unit signals that are included in an input musical tone signal. Display locations, for display on a display screen that has a localization-frequency plane, are calculated for the input musical tone signal based on localization information of each frequency band. Then, the primary level distributions, in which the levels of the frequency band corresponding to each display location are expanded and obtained using a specified distribution in each of the frequency bands, is calculated. The secondary level distribution is calculated in this manner by aggregating the frequency bands for each respective display location. Said secondary level distribution is displayed in three dimensions (the localization axis, the frequency axis, and the level axis) and viewed from the level axis direction. Therefore, the areas, in which the vocal or instrumental units exist in a grouped state, can be easily identified. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132176 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SCROLLING MUSICAL NOTES - The present invention relates to a system for displaying and scrolling musical notes and a method for a user to perform music using such a system. In particular, the system includes a tempo detector for detecting the user's tempo, so that musical notes are displayed and scrolled in synchronization with the user's actual tempo. A group of tablet-shaped display devices incorporating such a system can be used to display musical notes for multiple instruments, which may be the same or different instruments, to a group of users. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132177 | MUSICAL TONE SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A musical tone signal processing apparatus configured to extract musical tone signals that are signal processed for a plurality of localizations. Such an apparatus may be configured to carry out signal processing for signals that have been extracted by first retrieving processing (S | 2011-06-09 |
20110132178 | MUSICAL TONE SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A musical tone signal processing apparatus configured to freely expand or contract an acoustic image. A setting means may set a second reference localization, a first function that stipulates expansion of the boundary of one end of a direction range, and a second function that stipulates expansion of the boundary of an other end of said direction range. In addition, an output direction indicated by localization information of an extraction signal that exists in the direction range in which the conditions have been set in this manner is shifted by an acoustic image scaling means. The acoustic image in said direction range is expanded or contracted accordingly. In other words, the acoustic image formed by the extraction signal is expanded or contracted by shifting the output direction for each extraction signal extracted from within the direction range. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132179 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Phase setting section sets virtual phases in a frequency series of an audio signal. Unit wave extraction section extracts, from the frequency series, a unit wave of one cyclic period defined by the set virtual phases, for each of a plurality of time points. First generation section generates velocity information corresponding to a degree of compression/expansion, to a predetermined length, of the unit wave. Second generation section generates shape information indicative of a shape of a frequency spectrum of the unit wave having been adjusted. Variation component impartment section generates a variation component by use of the velocity information and shape information generated for the individual time points. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132180 | LASER PICKUP - The invention relates to a method for determining the pitch of a vibrating string ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132181 | Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System - A Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System that can be adopted for simulating any kind of music, anywhere, any time. As for example one can create all the benefits of the percussion instrument such as a drum kit but without the cost and burden of a drum kit. Same also applies to string, wind and other types of instruments of any nation, any culture, any motif, any era any age etc. The system includes all its constituent components including sensors, transducers, electronics, music module, pre-amps and amplifiers, wired or wireless to connections for intra and inter modules including final enjoyment by wired or wireless headphones or speakers. Also delineated is the process of creating music for the DIY enthusiast. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132182 | KEY SPEED SENSOR OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A device for accurately detecting key operation speed with a simple configuration in which a plurality of alternating signals, which have mutually differing phases, is supplied to transmission electrodes. From this, capacitance between reception electrodes and the transmission electrodes is changed by a key pressing operation, and the phases of the alternating signals induced in the reception electrodes are compared and discriminated. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132183 | ARMORING ELEMENTS FOR A STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A MILITARY VEHICLE - An armoring element for a structure, such as a vehicle, and comprising a case integral with said structure and enclosing at least two passive or reactive armoring modules, separated by a layer of shock-absorbing material, said case containing two fixed lateral walls parallel to one another and integral with a back wall intended to be positioned on said structure, wherein said armoring modules are mounted sliding on slides integral with the lateral walls of said case, and wherein they may thus be individually introduced or removed from said case via a front opening positioned opposite said back wall and delimited by said lateral walls, stop means ensuring the retention of each of said armoring modules with respect to said lateral walls when it is put into place on said lateral walls. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132184 | Boron Carbide Composite Materials - The invention relates to a boron carbide composite material comprising diamond particles and boron carbide, the composite material having a porosity of less than 2 percent by volume. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such materials, the method including coating a plurality of diamond particles with boron carbide, combining the plurality of diamond particles to form a green body and subjecting the green body to a temperature in the range from about 1,200 degrees centigrade to about 2,000 degrees centigrade and pressure or vacuum not exceeding about 2,000 Mpa. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132185 | Variable Output Hydraulic Actuator System - Methods and apparatuses of generating a dynamic variable average flow applied by a hydraulic system of a vehicle. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132186 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE PISTON CYLINDER UNIT COMPRISING A SAFETY DEVICE - A length-adjustable piston cylinder unit comprises a casing which is filled with a fluid and has a central longitudinal axis; a guide and sealing unit which seals off the casing at a first end; a piston rod which is guided through the guide and sealing unit out of the first end of the casing in a sealed manner; a piston which is connected with the piston rod and is guided in the casing in a sealed manner; a first interior portion which is bounded between the piston and the guide and sealing unit; a second interior portion which is bounded by the piston and faces away from the first interior portion; an adjustment valve arranged in the piston for optionally connecting the two interior portions to each other; a guide sleeve which is arranged for displacement on the casing and is concentric to the central longitudinal axis, the guide sleeve being secured to the piston rod at a sleeve end and comprising at least one latch opening which is spaced from the sleeve end along the central longitudinal axis; and a latch sleeve arranged on the guide sleeve, the latch sleeve comprising at least one latch protrusion for engagement into the at least one latch opening, with the at least one latch protrusion of the latch sleeve being arrangeable in the at least one latch opening of the guide sleeve for arranging the piston cylinder unit in a secured position so that the displaceability of the guide sleeve connected with the piston rod relative to the casing is blocked. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132187 | HYDRAULIC STORED-ENERGY SPRING MECHANISM - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a hydraulic stored-energy spring mechanism for a high voltage circuit breaker. The spring mechanism includes a working cylinder situated in a working cylinder housing, at least one spring and at least one compression piston. The compression piston is slidably displaceable in a storage cylinder. The at least one storage spring pressurizes fluid located in the storage piston via the compression piston. The storage spring is held in a form-fitting manner by a support tube unit in the preloaded state. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132188 | MULTI-PART PISTON CONSTRUCTION FOR A BRAKE CALIPER OF A DISK BRAKE - A multi-part piston for a brake saddle of a hydraulically and/or mechanically and/or electromechanically actuated disk brake is described herein. The piston is a pot open on one side and including a base and a wall attached thereto in one piece. The base can be impinged by brake pressure coming from the inside of the pot so that an outward-facing abutting surface of the base can be pressed against a brake lining. The inside of the pot receives at least one pressure piece associated with a parking brake mechanism. For simplified manufacture in the form of a modular piston system for use in various applications, it is proposed that the pressure piece and the base comprise conical surfaces facing one another for transferring braking pressure. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132189 | Vibration/Shock Resistant Stud Housing - A brake stud housing assembly and method of construction of such assembly for vehicles that exhibits increased shock resistance and vibration reduction capability, allowing for increased durability of a brake housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a vibration dampening layer having an adhesive material that provides a permanent connection between the housing shell and reinforcing plate, which transfers both tensile and compressive loading forces between the housing shell and reinforcing plate in order to reduce vibration and stress. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132190 | PISTON MACHINE FOR USE AS A VACUUM PUMP FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - The invention relates to a piston machine ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132191 | ADSORPTION DRYING APPARATUS AND ADSORPTION DRYING METHOD - An adsorption drying apparatus, in particular for drying a compressed gas, includes an adsorption chamber ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110132192 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEPARATION OF FEEDSTOCK COMPONENTS - Separation systems can utilize a combination of forces to separate constituent components of a working fluid from each other. Some separation systems utilize one or more of centrifugal and gravitational forces in the purification of hydrogen gas. Some separation systems can utilize one or more of electromotive and magnetic forces in the purification of hydrogen gas. | 2011-06-09 |
20110132193 | MAINTAINING LOWERED CO IN A CO2 PRODUCT STREAM IN A PROCESS FOR TREATING SYNTHESIS GAS - The invention involves a process for maintaining a low level of carbon monoxide in a carbon dioxide product stream and also for keeping the carbon monoxide out of the fully shifted synthesis gas. The overall process is a process for treating both fully shifted and partially shifted or unshifted synthesis gas. The carbon monoxide is separately removed by a carbon monoxide stripping column and returned to the partially shifted or unshifted synthesis gas which can then undergo a shift reaction to convert the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. | 2011-06-09 |