| 26th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20090158786 | CABLE WRAP SECURITY DEVICE - A security device a plurality of cables which are securable about an item of merchandise with a locking member and a cable-tightening mechanism each connected to the cables in a spaced apart manner. The locking member includes a key portion for unlocking the tightening mechanism when the cable is removed from the item. The tightening mechanism includes a spool and a ratchet mechanism. Alternate embodiments for locking and unlocking the ratchet mechanism are disclosed. The tightening mechanism carries sense loops which if compromised actuate an onboard audible alarm. The cables are part of one or more of the sense loops. The device is configured to sound a security gate alarm upon passing through the gate and upon simply reaching a certain distance from the gate. The tightening mechanism includes a housing having a flip-up handle for tightening the ratchet mechanism to tighten the cable. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158787 | ANTI-THEFT DISPLAY CARD STRUCTURE - An anti-theft display card structure comprises a hanger portion, a connection portion and a stopper. The hanger portion has a fixing seat at an end thereof for the connection portion to clamp thereto and the fixing seat has a stop surface at each of two sides thereof The hanger portion has a clamping slot for receiving and securing the stopper. The clamping slot includes a receiving slot with a larger slot size, an engaging slot with a smaller slot size, and an arcuate seat formed between the receiving slot and the engaging slot. The arcuate seat is an engaging structure formed on two sides of the receiving slot, having arcuate surfaces, and tapering in one direction from the receiving slot towards the engaging slot, so that the stopper can only be pushed into the engaging slot from the receiving slot for being secured against theft. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158788 | UNIVERSAL BOX LOCK - A universal box lock for securing a meter box including a first clamping means, a second clamping means operatively connected to the first clamping means. The second clamping means being movable relative to the first clamping means. The box lock also includes a biasing means for urging the second clamping means toward the first clamping means to secure the box lock to a wall of a meter box placed between the first and second clamping means. Moreover, the box lock includes a body portion, which selectively engages and secures the first and second clamping means to a meter box wall. The first clamping means includes an aperture configured to allow a portion of the second clamping means to extend through the aperture facilitating the attachment of the inventive box lock to a side wall or a bottom wall of a meter box. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158789 | LOCKABLE SHUTTER ASSEMBLY - A lockable shutter assembly has first and second shutters mounted operatively to a building and movable between open and closed positions. The locking assembly includes a bracket member that extends longitudinally along a gap formed between the shutters when in the closed position. The bracket member is mounted at its respective ends to top and bottom portions of a shutter opening via mounting plates. The bracket member includes at least one through bore formed along the length of the bracket member. A selectively releasable interlock member is slidably received in the through bore. The locking device can releasably engage the bracket member and/or the interlock member. Another interlock member can be used to secure the locking device to the bracket member. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158790 | Vehicle Immobilization System - A vehicle immobilization system having a controller and a brake system that is capable of maintaining the vehicle brakes in an engaged position to prevent rotation of the wheels. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158791 | TAMPER-RESISTANT HOSE BIB LOCK - A tamper-resistant hose bib lock is disclosed. The tamper-resistant hose bib lock may be utilized in connection with a hose bib having a threaded end and a narrow region proximate the threaded end. The hose bib lock includes a sealing cup having internal threads to engage the threaded end of the hose bib. The hose bib lock further includes a first mating jaw and a second mating jaw connected by an intermediate hinge. The hinge enables the mating jaws to be positioned in an open state and a closed state. The mating jaws, when in a closed state and positioned around the sealing cup secured to the threaded end of the hose bib, form an enclosure to surround and prevent access to the sealing cup. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158792 | PADLOCK - A padlock includes a lock body and a U-shaped shackle fitted in the lock body and movable between a released position and a locked position. A bolt member is disposed in the lock body and cooperates with a turnable force transmission member and the shackle, when the shackle is in the locked position, to retain the shackle in the locked position when the force transmission member is in a first position and to permit the shackle to move to the released position when the force transmission member turns to a second position. A key-actuated cylinder lock mechanism includes turnable locking discs and a control member which acts directly on the force transmission member for turning the force transmission member from the first position to the second position when a lock cylinder is turned from an opening position to a locking position. A spring is effective between the lock cylinder and the force transmission member. The spring is loaded by turning the lock cylinder to the locking position, whereby the spring exerts a force urging the force transmission member back to the first position. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158793 | KEY MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158794 | Lock device - This invention involves a lock device, including housing with a center through hole and a core that matches the center through hole. There is a center through hole engagement groove in the wall of the center through hole and there is a core engagement groove opposite this center through hole engagement groove. The lock includes a fitting ring and elastic part. The fitting ring and elastic part are between the center through hole engagement groove and the core engagement groove, within the core engagement groove. The advantages of the aforementioned lock are that assembly is convenient and use is not easily affected by assembly. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158795 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL ARTICLES, IN PARTICULAR OF LIGHT ALLOY - An apparatus for manufacturing metal articles, in particular of light, alloy, which comprises a die including a pair of portions which can be separated to each other, which, in the closed condition, delimitate forging cavities having a shape corresponding to one or more articles to be forged, and a furnace adapted to melt the metal and to control the reaching by the molten metal of the hollow impressions of the die, as a result of overflowing through a duct connected to the furnace. A portion of the die comprises, for each hollow impression, a movable punch adapted to apply a predetermined pressure on the relevant article during the forging step. Each punch is moveable in a manner independent from the others punches, and the apparatus comprises a controller for controlling the pressure applied by each punch during the forging step, which allow to level the pressure applied by all the punches on the relevant article. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158796 | BENDING BRAKE CARRIER LOCKING MECHANISM AND METHOD - A bending brake includes a rotating carrier that is rotatable about a rotation axis. The carrier has first and second upper jaws connected thereto at different angular locations about the rotation axis. A locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the carrier during operation of the bending brake includes an endplate forming a pocket, the endplate disposed adjacent to a distal end of the carrier. A latch having a trigger portion is pivotally connected to the endplate and located within the pocket such that the trigger portion protrudes from the pocket. A toothed cam wheel rotating with the carrier has at least one tooth formed thereon that engages the trigger portion of the latch to prevent rotation of the carrier in one direction at preselected angular positions corresponding to the first and second upper jaws. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158797 | LASER SHOCK PROCESSED PILGER DIES - A pilger die construction having a laser shock processed area. The processed area includes at least one of the following pilger die locations: the taper, the flank, the sizing area, the tread, the groove. A method of laser shock processing a pilger die by controlling the application of a transparent overlay on the surface of the pilger die is also disclosed. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158798 | SPIRAL ROLLER MACHINE - Rolling the linear strip of single and laminated (multilayer) plates to produce a spiral shell, constituting part or whole wall of a cylinder and tubular element, is a procedure performed by using the forms and moulds. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158799 | Metal Pipe and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A metal pipe according to the invention has a plurality of ridges that have different heights, extend in the axial direction, and are arranged in the circumferential direction at its inner circumferential surface. If the Reynolds number changes and the streak structure and the scale of a hairpin vortex change, the streak and the hairpin vortex each match any one of the ridges. Therefore, the fluid friction can be reduced in a wide Reynolds number range. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158800 | COIL FORMING METHOD, COIL FORMING DIE ASSEMBLY AND COIL MANUFACTURED THEREBY - A coil forming method, a coil forming die assembly and a coil manufactured by the coil forming method are disclosed. The coil forming method comprises conducting preliminary forming work on a coil under a linear state before conducting bending work on the coil. The preliminary forming work including conducting compression work on the coil under the linear state to compress the coil in a region covering a rounded corner portion formed when bending work is conducted to decrease a dimension of the coil in a widthwise direction. The dimension of the coil is decreased in the widthwise direction by the nearly same dimension as that of the coil bulged in the widthwise direction when bending work is conducted in the absence of the preliminary forming work. This prevents the occurrence of bulging of the coil during bending work with an increase in lamination factor. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158801 | Installation Part for Receiving a Roll Journal - In an installation part ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158802 | Prestressed Rolling Mill Housing Assembley With Improved Operational Features - The present invention provides a Cluster mill which utilizes a Cluster mill gauge control system, has a high mill stiffness, a large work roll gap for threading, a rapid work roll gap opening, accurate roll force computation, side to side tilting, and utilizes work rolls over a much wider diameter range. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158803 | Method of Manufactring Ring-Shaped Member - The yield rate or the percentage of the weight of the ring-shaped member with respect to the weight of the raw material and the yield rate or the percentage of the ring-shaped member with respect to the blank are improved to achieve the cost reduction. A half-finished article | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158804 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING LINEAR GEAR AND THE METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a system for and a method of manufacturing a linear gear (rack gear), in which a forming roll and a guide roll are used to form gear teeth in a sequential manner so as not to require a high load, thereby enabling to easily manufacture the rack gear. A system for manufacturing a rack gear according to the invention includes a forming roll having a convexo-concave portion formed on a part of the surface contacting with a linear bar, a guide roll adapted to roll while facing the forming roll, and at least one support member for supporting the linear bar so as to allow the linear bar to linearly move. A method of manufacturing a rack gear according to the invention includes a first step of passing a linear bar through between a pair of rollers provided in front of a forming roll and a guide roll, a second step of charging the linear bar into a charging hole between the forming roll and the guide roll, a third step of rolling the forming roll and the guide roll to partly form teeth on the outer circumferential surface of the linear bar, and a fourth step of rolling the forming roll and the guide roll forward or backward to discharge the linear bar. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158805 | Asymmetric incremental sheet forming system - The present invention relates, in general, to sheet material forming technology and the forming of structures there from. The invention relates to incremental forming of sheet material ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158806 | Method For Bending Tubular Articles With A Relative Ratio Of The Bending Radius And The Outer Diameter Of The Finished Pipe Which Is Less Than 3 - Method for bending tubular articles with a relative ratio of the bending radius (R) and the outer diameter (D) of the finished pipe which is less than 3, comprising the following steps: forging an article made of material with a predefined composition depending on the final use and with a predefined length (L) in the longitudinal direction and an outer diameter (D); providing a die having an asymmetrical bottom die half with seat for the pipe; and a top die half with punch asymmetrically arranged in the longitudinal direction (X-X) with respect to the vertical centre axis of the die; heating the article in an oven to the required temperature for forging depending on the specific composition of the material; positioning the article inside the bottom die half in the longitudinal direction; closing of the two die halves so as to start bending of the article; opening the die; and extracting the bent article. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158807 | CENTRIFUGALLY-CAST TUBE AND RELATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING - An improved centrifugally-cast tube is provided, along with a related method and apparatus of making the tube. The tube includes a plurality of grooves and bosses that are mechanically machined into an interior surface of the tube, such as by a broaching process. The profile of grooves and bosses may be defined by a plurality of intersecting concave and convex radii. The tube is resistant to creep, carburization and metal dusting. The tube also has an enhanced heat transfer rate, and a desirable surface roughness. A method of making the tube is also provided. The method essentially consists of mechanically deforming the interior surface of the tube by passing a series of cutting inserts on support rings having incrementally-differing dimensions over the interior surface. An apparatus is also provided which includes a telescoping shaft upon which is mounted at least one cutting tool that has a plurality of cutting inserts and is adapted to form a plurality of grooves and bosses in the interior surface of the tube. The grooves and bosses may be straight or spiraled. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158808 | Method for Manufacturing Ring-Shaped Member - The yield rate or the percentage of the weight of the ring-shaped member with respect to the weight of the raw material is improved to achieve the cost reduction of the ring-shaped member. A plurality of longitudinal annular blanks | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158809 | HOG RING FASTENING DEVICE - A hog ring fastening device is disclosed. The hog ring fastening device includes a body, a magazine attached to the body, jaws pivotally supported on the body, a main pneumatic cylinder for turning the jaws, a teed pneumatic cylinder fixed to the body and adapted to be retracted when the jaws are turned away from each other, a moving plate attached to a piston rod of the feed pneumatic cylinder, a push spring for pushing the moving plate in a feed direction with respect to a body of the feed pneumatic cylinder, a feed member provided at the moving plate, and a stopper attached to the body of the hog ring fastening device for preventing a hog ring assembly loaded on the magazine from moving in a direction opposite to the feed direction. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158810 | DIE CUSHION DEVICE OF PRESSING MACHINE - In a die-cushion device of a press machine a controller controls an opening degree of a proportional flow-rate control valve to an appropriate opening degree in order to control the flow rate flowing out of a lower chamber of a hydraulic cylinder supporting a cushion pad before a slide collides against the cushion pad using a die-cushion pressure command commanded from a commander in advance and a slide speed signal inputted from a slide speed detector. By this, generation of a surge pressure when a slide collides against the cushion pad at a high speed is restricted. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158811 | Apparatus and method for inspecting sensor module - The present invention provides, as one aspect, an apparatus for inspecting a sensor module including at least one held sensor in a housing having a plurality of outer surfaces. The held sensor detects acceleration or angular velocity. The apparatus includes a holding unit that has an apparatus-side surface and holds the housing in a state where one of the outer surfaces of the housing serving as a housing-side surface contacts the apparatus-side surface, a driving unit that moves the holding unit, a first obtaining unit that, in a state where the housing-side surface contacts the apparatus-side surface, obtains an output from the held sensor, at least one reference sensor that has a detection axis and is provided such that a direction of the detection axis matches a direction of a reference axis of the held sensor, and a second obtaining unit that obtains an output from the reference sensor. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158812 | AIR FILTER FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL SYSTEM - In an aspiration flow measurement system, a flow channel | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158813 | Monitoring Of Exhaust Gas Oxidation Catalysts - The present disclosure is directed at a method, system and apparatus that may include an oxidation catalyst, a first sensor positioned upstream of the oxidation catalyst, a second sensor positioned downstream of the oxidation catalyst. The first and second sensors may respond differently to the concentration of NO and NO | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158814 | Method and Configuration for Testing a Particle Filter for an Internal Combustion Engine - A particle filter for an internal combustion engine, in particular a soot particle filter, can be tested. The filter is subjected at the inlet side to a hot gas flow which is laden with particles. The particles are supplied to the hot gas flow from a particle storage container by means of a dosing device. The quantity of particles which is introduced into the hot gas flow during a predefined measurement time period is determined by weighing the particle storage container. There is also provided a configuration for carrying out the method. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158815 | MULTI-STAGE INJECTOR FOR FLUID ANALYSIS - The present invention generally recites a method, system and apparatus for fluid analysis and more specifically recites a method system and apparatus for multistage injection of a fluid to be analyzed into a fluid analysis instrument. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158816 | KNOCKING DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND KNOCKING DETERMINATION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knocking judgement method for an internal combustion engine, in which an engine ECU executes a program judging whether or not such ones of integrated values calculated by integrating the output of a knock sensor at every five degrees of a crank angle are larger than a tentative knock judgement value, in vibrations of a fourth frequency band containing the resonance frequency of the engine, tentatively judging that a knocking has occurred, in case the integrated value larger than the tentative knock judgement value is a predetermined number or more, and judging that no knocking has occurred, in case the integrated value larger than the tentative knock judgement value is not more than the predetermined number. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GAS TRANSMISSION RATE OF SEMI-BARRIER MATERIALS - A method and apparatus is provided for measuring the oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of a material, such as a perforated film packaging material. The method and apparatus can use a fiber optic oxygen sensor that does not consume oxygen and does do not require any flowing gas during measurement of the OTR. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158818 | Method of Discovering Leakage in a Heat Exchanger - A method of discovering leakage in a heat exchanger, wherein the method is carried into effect on an intact heat exchanger which, together with surrounding conduits, is filled with water. The heat exchanger preferably has requisite pressure indicators mounted between each section, as well as requisite shut-off valves. The method comprises applying in each section of the heat exchanger an excess pressure on one side which is enclosed there, while the other side is at normal pressure. The pressure is enclosed during a period of time and is monitored during this period of time. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158819 | Probe or Sonde for Investigating Fluids - A probe or sonde ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE ANALYSIS - Advanced remote self-contained chromatographic systems and techniques for analyzing a mixture comprising components having a wide range of boiling points. The chromatographic systems and techniques can utilize components and techniques that allow staged, simultaneous, and/or sequential vaporization of an analyte to facilitate rapid analysis. The chromatographic systems and techniques can also utilize components and techniques that focus eluents from a first separation stage prior to reduce characterization time in subsequent stages. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158821 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUSPENSION - A device, method and system for measuring one or more ultrasound parameters of a suspension comprising particles dispersed in a liquid carrier comprising, an immersible devices, comprising, one or more ultrasonic probes; a reflector having staggered reflective; a housing having an opening into the housing to allow the suspension to flow into the space between the probe surface and the reflective surface; an ultrasound wave generator/receiver device; and a signal processing device. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158822 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIOMATERIAL IN A SUSPENSION - A system for measuring one or more ultrasound parameters of a suspension comprising particulate biomaterial dispersed in a liquid carrier comprising, a bioprocessor for processing the particulate biomaterial; an immersible device comprising an ultrasound probes and a reflector; a housing, that fixes the probe and the reflector at positions with a space in between the probe surface and the reflective surface, comprising an opening into the housing that is of a size sufficient to allow the suspension to flow into the space between the probe surface and the reflective surface; an ultrasound wave generator/receiver device; and a signal processing device. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158823 | Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer - The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustically manipulating one or more particles. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158824 | Method for certifying composition and property variables of manufactured petroleum products - The present invention uses the one or more on-line process analyzers that monitor the manufacture of petroleum products, such as gasoline or diesel fuel, to analyze and/or certify that the manufactured product meets regulatory and/or contractual requirements. The analysis is performed by re-introducing a manually or automatically collected sample that is representative of the manufactured product back into the one or more process analyzers. The results obtained for the representative sample from the on-line process analyzers are then used to represent the quality of the manufactured batch of petroleum material to certify that the manufactured batch meets regulatory, specification and/or contractual requirements. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158825 | FLUID TRANSPORTATION BY A SHEET OF MATERIAL - Apparatuses and methods are provided for transporting fluid to a sheet of material. Typically, the sheet is immobilized on an upper surface of a support structure. A container holding a fluid is provided along with a conduit having a fluid-conveying lumen that extends from the container to one or more terminal opening facing the lower surface of the sheet. Optionally, a porous medium is placed in fluid communication with the fluid-conveying lumen and in contact with the lower surface of the sheet. The apparatuses and methods provide a variety of interfaces that facilitate controlled fluid transportation from the lumen against gravity for absorption by the sheet. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158826 | MATERIAL TESTING APPARATUS WITH NON-CONTACT SENSOR - A non-contact sensor is attached to the indenting module with its working range encompassing the tip of the indenter. The sensor directly measures penetration depth of the indenter during scratch, wear or instrumented hardness testing. During the test, the non-contact sensor records the height of the surface as the indenter penetrates the surface of the testing specimen. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158827 | CORROSION TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method as described in the specification and drawings for parallel high throughput corrosion testing and electroplating testing of test coupons. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158828 | Scanning Probe Microscope - In the case of measuring a pattern having a steep side wall, a probe adheres to the side wall by the van der Waals forces acting between the probe and the side wall when approaching the pattern side wall, and an error occurs in a measured profile of the side wall portion. When a pattern having a groove width almost equal to a probe diameter is measured, the probe adheres to both side walls, the probe cannot reach the groove bottom, and the groove depth cannot be measured. When the probe adheres to a pattern side wall in measurements of a microscopic high-aspect ratio pattern using an elongated probe, the probe is caused to reach the side wall bottom by detecting the adhesion of the probe to the pattern side wall, and temporarily increasing a contact force between the probe and the sample. Also, by obtaining the data of the amount of torsion of a cantilever with the shape data of the pattern, a profile error of the side wall portion by the adhesion is corrected by the obtained data of the amount of torsion. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158829 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM AND ENGINE MISFIRE DETECTION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The internal combustion engine system of the invention calculates a time constant of a high pass filter for eliminating a resonance component of a damper as a distortional element from a rotation speed of an engine, and sets the high pass filter with computation of a transfer function from the time constant. The set high pass filter is applied to a 30-degree rotation time representing a rotational variation of the engine to obtain a filtered 30-degree rotation time with elimination of the resonance component of the damper. The occurrence of an engine misfire is detected, based on a 30-degree rotation time difference and a misfire detection base difference computed from the filtered 30-degree rotation times. This arrangement ensures highly-accurate detection of the occurrence of a misfire in the engine constructed to output power via the damper as the distortional element, irrespective of the rotation speed of the engine. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158830 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ENHANCED MISFIRE DETECTION SYSTEM - A system and method for misfire detection in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine system includes an engine-speed activated artificial neural network (ANN)-based detection function. An input vector includes a plurality of engine speed derivatives attributable to a respective cylinder, and also includes engine speed and load values. The input vector values are updated each combustion cycle. A conventional misfire detection block is used when the engine speed is at or below an engine speed threshold. An ANN-based misfire detection block is used when the engine speed exceeds the threshold. The ANN-based block is configured to emulate a plurality of distinct ANNs each of which is conditioned by a respective set of weights and biases to correspond to and detect when a respective cylinder has misfired. The ANN-based block includes an output signal for each ANN indicating whether the respective cylinder has misfired. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158831 | Engine Management - An in-cylinder pressure sensor obtains a high resolution pressure curve for each cylinder cycle allowing the various data to be derived for improved monitoring and control of operation of the engine. A more accurate measure of work done by the engine is obtained allowing more accurate estimation of the vehicle torque and hence real torque control. In addition, engine losses can be more accurately calculated and the estimates corrected yet further by obtaining an accurate top dead centre position for the engine cylinders. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158832 | Method and apparatus for detecting a stroke of a 4-cycle internal combustion engine, based on changes in rotary engine speed - A stroke detection apparatus performs a stroke detection of 4-cycle engine based on a rotary engine speed when a throttle opening is large. A first crank-pulse time interval between a crank pulse inputted before a top dead center by 30°, and a crank pulse of the top dead center is measured by a pulse-interval calculation unit, and at the same time, a second crank-pulse time interval between a crank pulse inputted after the top dead center by 60° and a crank pulse inputted after the top dead center 90° is measured. An interval difference calculation unit calculates time-interval difference by subtracting the second crank-pulse time interval from the first crank-pulse time interval, for two continuous top dead centers. A stroke detection unit determines whether two top dead centers are a compression top dead center or an exhaust top dead center based on magnitudes of the time-interval differences. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158833 | FUEL INJECTOR MALFUNCTION MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A fuel injector malfunction monitoring apparatus designed to monitor a malfunction of fuel injectors which are installed in cylinders of an internal combustion engine and work to spray fuel in response to a fuel injection command signal. The apparatus comprises an injector operation disabling circuit and a state monitoring circuit. The injector operation disabling circuit works to disable the fuel injection command signal to place a selected one of the fuel injectors in a non-injection mode during operation of the internal combustion engine for inducing a change in state of the engine arising from stop of spraying of the fuel. The state monitoring circuit works to monitor the state of the internal combustion engine upon placement of the selected one of the fuel injectors in the non-injection mode for use in determining whether the selected on is malfunctioning or not. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158834 | Method for Testing Tires - The invention relates to a method for testing tires, for measuring the radial and lateral forces which the tires of motor vehicles will exert on a road. According to the method, a load-application wheel is forced with a predetermined force against the tread of the tire which is filled with air, the tire rolling off on the load-application wheel. The test is carried out in both rotational directions of the tire. After the first test the rotational direction is changed and the second test is carried out. The method is characterized in that the force with which the load-application wheel is forced against the tread of the tire is reduced during change of the rotational direction. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158835 | Vertical Wind Tunnel With Viewing Facility - The invention refers to a wind tunnel designed to operate in its vertical section that is to say, air currents generated by appropriate means meeting in a vertical area at the end of which the air current is capable of lifting objects in this vertical area. At the same time this lifting effect may be seen on the outside as it has been built from translucent materials. The viewing and lifting of bodies in this device allows both their display and measurements to be taken. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158836 | Dispensing measurement device and method of measuring dispensing - A dispensing measuring device. The device correlates the relative proximity a Hall effect sensor and a magnet. One is held stationary, while the other is in response to ordinary actuation which occurs during dispensing. Detection of in the proximity are correlated to the amount of material dispensed. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158837 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO PEFORM DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION EVALUATION - A system for testing a subterranean formation penetrated by a well includes a downhole tool configured to be coupled to a work string that includes a tool body having a longitudinal bore for circulating a fluid and at least one aperture configured to receive at least one module. The system further includes a plurality of modules that are each configured to engage the at least one aperture and at least one cavity configured for receiving a probe, and a plurality of probes that each include at least one orifice configured for testing the formation, wherein a first of the plurality of probes has a first configuration and a second of the plurality of probes has a second configuration. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158838 | MEMS STRUCTURE FOR FLOW SENSOR - A MEMS based flow sensor is disclosed which generally incorporate isolation between a sensing structure and the sensed media. An internal flow channel can be configured by attaching a backing structure with flow openings to the back of the sensing structure. The sensing structure can be composed of a insulating layer with heating element and a dual sensing element which comprises of resistive thin films positioned in a Wheatstone bridge configuration over a backside cavity. The dual sensing element and its associated wirebonds can be isolated from the sensing media by directing the fluid through the internal flow channel. The completed sensing structure can be over packaged with standard processes such as epoxies and seals. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158839 | Method for ascertaining and/or evaluating fill-state of a container containing at least one medium - A method for ascertaining and/or evaluating the fill-state of a container filled with at least one medium, wherein high-frequency, electromagnetic, measuring signals are emitted by a fill-level measuring device and received back as wanted echos reflected at an interface of the media. The electromagnetic, measuring signals are received back as an end echo reflected at a measuring range end, wherein, from the received wanted echos and the end echo, an echo curve is formed as a function of travel-time and/or the travel-distance, wherein, by means of a search algorithm integrated in the fill-level measuring device, number, existence and/or position of individual wanted echos and of the end echo in the echo curve are/is ascertained and applied for classifying the currently present fill-state in the container relative to predetermined, stored, fill situations in the container. On the basis of the classified fill situation in the container, with a distance value of the fill-level and/or a distance value of the separating-layer are/is associated belonging travel-times and/or belonging travel-distances of the individual wanted echos and/or end echo in the echo curve. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158840 | PERCOLATION TESTING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A storm water run-off percolation rate test system includes a turbid water generator having a silt or sediment source providing silt into a mixing tank. A pipeline carries turbid water from the mixing tank to a test pit or test site. A flow meter measures the amount of turbid water moved into the test pit. Detectors detect a water level in the test pit. A controller automatically controls the turbid water generator and flow of turbid water into the test pit, and records data on the amount of turbid water provided into the test pit over time, to determine a percolation rate. In a method for determining a percolation rate, turbid water is created and used in the percolation rate testing, to more accurately simulate run-off. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158841 | Sensor for the contactless detection of the level of a liquid and adhering high-conductivity meduim, especially blood, through a non-metal wall of a container and corresponding method - The invention relates to a sensor for the contactless detection of the level of a liquid and adhering high-conductivity medium, especially blood, through a non-metal container wall. The sensor has a pulse generator ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158842 | HTA Fluid Level and Fluid Type Measurement - Apparatus for measuring an amount of ablation fluid circulating in a system for ablating tissue comprises a plurality of electrical contacts located within an ablation fluid receiving chamber of the system, the contacts being located at various heights and a data processing arrangement coupled to the contacts to receive data corresponding to electrical conductance between pairs of the contacts, the data processing arrangement determining a height of fluid in the chamber based on the measured conductance levels and determining based on the determined height, whether an amount of fluid circulating through the system is within a desired range. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158843 | FLUID LEVEL SENDER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING A FLUID LEVEL SENDER ASSEMBLY - A fluid level sender mount assembly includes a first mounting member having a chamber and a second mounting member having an elongate docking portion. The docking portion may be sized to slidably fit and rotate within the chamber to permit positioning the second mounting member at a plurality of different linear and angular positions with respect to the first mounting member. The second mounting member may be affixed to the first mounting member to retain the second mounting member in a desired position W/R/T the first mounting member. One of the first and second mounting members may be adapted to be attached to a fluid container. The other of the first and the second mounting members may be adapted to be attached to a fluid level sender. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158844 | Kitchen bowl - A kitchen bowl is disclosed having a bowl portion formed of material with a first color, and indicia molded into a side of the bowl portion, the indicia having a second color that is different and contrasting to the first color, and the indicia being viewable on an interior of the kitchen bowl. Preferably, the bowl portion is molded with openings formed therein, and the openings are filled by a second molding step via injecting a different colored material into the openings. Preferably, the different colored materials are the same polymeric material with different colorants added thereto to provide contrast between the indicia and the bowl portion. The kitchen bowl may be provided with a handle, which may have a gripping surface thereon, and may be provided with a covering to provide a grip surface to the bottom, sides, or edges of the bowl portion. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING THE OPERATION OF AN ACCELEROMETER - A method of verifying the operation of an accelerometer is provided. The method includes channeling a high frequency signal through a positive lead of the accelerometer, and detecting a signal at a negative lead of the accelerometer. If the detected signal is substantially similar to the high frequency signal channeled through the positive lead, the integrity of the accelerometer is verified. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158846 | Measurement by gyroscopic system - A gyroscopic system is disclosed comprising at least a vibrating gyroscope, a first means of angle measurement, designed to provide a first measurement of angle values according to a measurement axis; and—a second means of angle measurement, designed to provide a second measurement of angle values according to said measurement axis. First angle values through the first angle measurement means vibrating in a current vibration position and second angle values through the second angle measurement means are provided simultaneously; and from these second angle values corrected on the basis of a comparison of the first and second angle values are deduced. Then the vibration position of the first angle measurement means is changed from the current position to another vibration position. First angle values through the first angle measurement means and second angle values through the second angle measurement means are then provided simultaneously; and from these first angle values corrected on the basis of a comparison of the first and second angle values are deduced. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158847 | Angular Velocity Sensor | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158848 | Methods for Using Resonant Acoustic and/or Resonant Acousto-EM Energy to Detect and/or Effect Structures - The present invention makes use of resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy applied to inorganic or biologic structures for the detection and/or identification, and for augmentation and/or disruption of function within the biologic structure. In particular, the invention provides a method of generating resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy in biologic structures such as virus, bacteria, fungi, worms and tumors for the detection and disruption of these structures. Moreover, the invention provides a method of augmenting functions of biologic structures such as bone through the generation of resonant acoustic and/or acousto-EM energy in the structure. Systems are also provided for the generation and detection of resonant acoustic and/or resonant acousto-EM energy. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AN ACOUSTIC TEST FIXTURE - A body has a first portion whose exterior surface is similar to that of a corresponding, first portion of a portable media device. An acoustic aperture is formed at a location that is similar to that of a built-in earpiece, speaker, or microphone aperture in the media device. An acoustic port is formed in the exterior surface of the body, and is adapted to be coupled to a sound test tool. An internal cavity acoustically couples the acoustic port to the acoustic aperture. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONICALLY INSPECTING PIPES - An apparatus for inspecting a pipe comprising a body adapted for passage through the bore of a pipe to be inspected, a main transducer array comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced transducers for transmitting ultrasound energy, the transducers being mounted on the body for movement between a retracted position, wherein the body can freely move through the bore of the pipe, and an extended position wherein the plurality of transducers are pressed into operative contact with the inner wall of the pipe. An actuator selectively urges the plurality of transducers to their extended positions. A control transmits ultrasound energy into the pipe to propagate a guided wave within the pipe walls in at least one longitudinal direction along the pipe when the transducers are in their operative position and receives the propagated wave and analyzes the wave to determine the presence or absence of defects in the pipe wall. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIR-COUPLED TRANSDUCER - An air-coupled transducer includes a ultrasonic transducer body having a radiation end with a backing fixture at the radiation end. There is a flexible backplate conformingly fit to the backing fixture and a thin membrane (preferably a metallized polymer) conformingly fit to the flexible backplate. In one embodiment, the backing fixture is spherically curved and the flexible backplate is spherically curved. The flexible backplate is preferably patterned with pits or depressions. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158852 | Contact Sensing Flexible Conductive Polymer Electrode - A contact sensing catheter system includes a catheter shaft having a distal end; a flexible conductive polymer electrode located at the distal end of the shaft; and an electromechanical contact sensor positioned at least partially within the electrode. The sensor outputs an electrical signal in response to a mechanical force acting thereon. The sensor may be a piezoelectric sensor, a strain gauge, a fiber optic sensor, or another suitable electromechanical contact sensor. The electrical signal output by the sensor typically varies in response to variations in the mechanical force acting on the sensor. An output device may receive the signal output by the contact sensor and present to a user of the system an indicator of contact between the electrode and a tissue by assessing, for example, the amplitude or periodicity of the signal. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158853 | DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE MEASURING CELL ARRANGEMENT - A diaphragm pressure measuring cell arrangement has a housing body at least partly made of sapphire material and a planar sapphire diaphragm with a peripheral edge joined by a first edge seal to the housing body to form a reference vacuum chamber. An outer surface of the diaphragm is exposed to a medium to be measured. A ceramic supporting body is attached to the back side of the housing body by sealing glass and includes a surface area overhanging that surrounds the housing body to form a first sealing surface. A tubular sensor casing incorporates the measuring cell for mounted the ceramic support body, the casing including an inside second surrounding sealing surface corresponding to the first sealing surface. A metal ring seal is between the sealing surfaces and a pressing member presses sealing surfaces together. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158854 | CAPACITANCE SENSING CIRCUIT FOR MEMBRANE PRESSURE SENSOR - A capacitance sensing circuit for a membrane pressure sensor is provided. The sensing circuit has a controller, two switches in signal communication with the controller, a charge amplifier and a charge injector. The charge amplifier is connected to the switches via a sensor capacitor C | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158855 | Aspiration tube vacuum sensor,connector and connector assembly - The apparatus relates to a membrane based pressure sensor placed on an aspiration tube to determine a more accurate vacuum pump pressure within the aspiration tube, and to the connectors and connector assemblies for use with the pressure sensor. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158856 | CAPACITIVE STRAIN GAUGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and methods of a capacitive strain gauge are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a conductive element of a capacitive structure attached to a surface. The conductive element is comprised of an elongated member. An additional conductive element of the capacitive structure is attached to the surface, and the additional conductive element is comprised of an additional elongated member. The system includes an electrode coupled to the conductive element that applies a voltage to the conductive element when a capacitance is being determined. The system further includes an additional electrode coupled to the additional conductive element that receives an amplitude to determine a change in capacitance caused by a shape alteration of at least one of the conductive element, the additional conductive element, and a space between the conductive element and the additional conductive element. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158857 | ANTI-ENTRAPMENT SYSTEM - An anti-entrapment system for preventing an object from being entrapped by a translating device includes a sensor positionable adjacent to or on the translating device. The sensor has a non-conductive compressible jacket with a cavity, and first and second conductors positioned within the cavity opposite from one another. In response to an object pressing against the jacket, the jacket compresses from a non-compressed state in which the conductors are not in electrical contact to a compressed state in which the conductors are in electrical contact. The sensor has a compressible support either inside or outside of the cavity. In response to the object pressing against the jacket while the jacket is compressed, the support compresses to allow the jacket to compress further in order reduce pinching of the object by the translating device when the object is between the jacket and the translating device. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158858 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING VARYING PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL INCIDENT ULTRASONIC SIGNALS AS USED IN CORRELATION BASED FLOW MEASUREMENT - According to the present invention, a method is provided for sensing a fluid flow within a pipe having a lengthwise axis to determine a parameter of the fluid flow. The method includes the following steps: a) providing an array of more than two ultrasonic sensors, each sensor having a transmitter and a receiver; b) disposing the transmitter and receiver of each sensor orthogonally relative to the lengthwise axis of the pipe; c) receiving ultrasonic signals using the receivers, which received signals result from initial signals transmitted from the transmitters of the ultrasonic sensors; d) processing the received signals from each sensor by projecting the received signals against a sine function and a cosine function, high pass filtering the projected signals, and using the high pass filtered projections to create an arrival vector within a complex plane, wherein the high pass filtered arrival vector is a rectified frequency doubled signal; and e) determining the parameter of the fluid flow using the arrival vector. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158859 | Micromachined Thermal Mass Flow Sensor With Self-Cleaning Capability And Methods Of Making the Same - The current invention generally relates to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) thermal mass flow sensors for measuring the flow rate of a flowing fluid (gas/liquid) and the methods of manufacturing on single crystal silicon wafers. The said mass flow sensors have self-cleaning capability that is achieved via the modulation of the cavity of which the sensing elements locate on the top of the cavity that is made of a silicon nitride film; alternatively the sensing elements are fabricated on top of a binary silicon nitride/conductive polycrystalline silicon film under which is a porous silicon layer selective formed in a silicon substrate. Using polycrystalline silicon or the sensing elements as electrodes, an acoustic wave can be generated across the porous silicon layer which is also used for the thermal isolation of the sensing elements. The vibration or acoustic energy is effective to remove foreign materials deposited on top surface of the sensing elements that ensure the accuracy and enhance repeatability of the thermal mass flow sensing. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158860 | Weight Sensing Device For Vehicles - A weight sensing device providing an accurate measurement of only a passenger's vertical load without an interference of moment and lateral load caused upon sudden braking and a variation in traveling conditions of a vehicle. The weight sensing device includes a sensor body having a center hole for fastening of the sensor body with a seat frame, a diaphragm provided around the center hole, a pair of fixing holes provided at opposite sides of the center hole and arranged coaxially with the center hole for fastening of the sensor body with a slide rail, supporting planes containing the fixing holes and located at opposite sides of the diaphragm, and a mounting recess defined between the diaphragm and the supporting planes, a semiconductor strain gauge and a printed circuit board attached to the diaphragm of the sensor body, and a connector electrically connected with the printed circuit board, to transmit a value output from the semiconductor strain gauge to an airbag controller. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158861 | Pipette - The invention relates to a process for producing a pipette ( | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158862 | SAMPLING PROBE, GRIPPER AND INTERFACE FOR LABORATORY SAMPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A self-contained sampling probe characterized by a drive module and a syringe module removably coupled coaxially to the drive module to allow for different syringe modules to be interchangeably coupled to the drive module. The coupling is effected by quick connect and disconnect devices, and the syringe module may carry an identifier. The probe is engageable by a gripper or insertable in an interface device, both of which provide for communication of the probe with other system components. The probe has a dimension that is 8 mm or less in at least one projection coincident with an aspirate/dispense axis of the probe | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158863 | AUTOMATIC LOADING OF SAMPLE TUBES FOR CLINICAL ANALYZER - A module for staging sample tubes and mixing the samples contained in the sample tubes for an automated clinical analyzer. In one embodiment, this module comprises a mixing drum, which is capable of mixing the contents of a sample tube in an end-over-end manner. The mixing drum is capable of mixing samples in the sample tubes without separating the solid components of the sample, e.g., red blood cells from the liquid components of the sample, e.g., plasma. A device for elevating the sample tube in the sample tube carrier can be used to enable the cap of the sample tube to be punctured by a piercing element in a piercing assembly. After the cap of the sample tube is punctured, a probe for aspirating the sample from said sample tube can obtain the sample in the receptacle of the sample tube through a bore in the piercing element. The piercing assembly can include a resiliently biased element for ejecting the sample tube from the piercing assembly. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158864 | Robot Skin - In a skin of a robot, it is configured to have a plurality of tactile sensors discretely installed on a base, a first member disposed on the tactile sensors, the first member being continuously formed, at its surface facing the tactile sensors, with projections which are tapered toward the respective tactile sensors as viewed in cross-section to be capable of pressing each of the tactile sensors, and a second member that is disposed on the first member and is made of a material being lower in rigidity than a material of the first member. With this, the skin is equipped with the second member as a soft skin surface and it becomes possible to reliably detect a point of action or distribution of a load applied through the skin surface, thereby enabling to reliably estimate a point in contact with an external object. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158865 | MODULE AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTICLE, AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THIS MODULE - A control module including means for controlling an article, means for regulating at least one parameter of the article control means, and means for driving the article towards the control means. More specifically, the module is movable and includes a releasable means of connection with a fixed frame. Preferably the drive means includes a carousel having at least one cell for housing the article, for example a glass bottle. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158866 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE OF A CLUTCH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A hydraulic control unit is set up to hydraulically actuate a starting clutch of a motor vehicle and gear selectors of a transmission of the motor vehicle by use of hydraulic valves which are integrated in the hydraulic control unit and which have in each case at least one control element. The hydraulic control unit is characterized in that the integrated hydraulic valves are aligned in the hydraulic control unit in such a way that a movement direction of a vibratory element of a hydraulic valve which controls only the starting clutch differs from the movement direction of vibratory elements of the other hydraulic valves, and is aligned to a lesser extent with the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158867 | Transmission Arrangement Of An Agricultural Or Industrial Utility Vehicle - The present invention relates to a transmission arrangement of an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle, in particular of an agricultural tractor. The transmission arrangement comprises a drive transmission, which can be driven by an engine of the utility vehicle, and a PTO transmission. The drive transmission has a rear-axle transmission output for driving a rear axle of the utility vehicle. The drive transmission has a front axle transmission output for driving a front axle of the utility vehicle. The PTO transmission serves to drive an implement adaptable to the utility vehicle. The PTO transmission can be driven via a PTO transmission output of the drive transmission or independently of the drive transmission via a shaft driven by the engine of the utility vehicle. The transmission arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the PTO transmission can be coupled to the front axle transmission output of the drive transmission, in order to couple the output speed of the PTO transmission to the speed of travel of the utility vehicle. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158868 | Crank-Type Linear Actuator - A crank-type linear actuator may be used to provide linear actuation, for example, in a vehicle system. In general, the actuator may use a crank assembly to convert a unidirectional rotary drive motion into a reciprocating linear actuation motion. The actuator may also use magnetic elements and magnetic sensors for non-contact position control of the actuator. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158869 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES - In practical application, it often happens that a large number of motion sensors and control mechanisms is required in order to carry out controlled movements, e.g., of welding tongs. The object of the present invention is to provide a solution for controlling the movement of a pair of welding tongs in the most efficient and economical manner possible with a minimum of electrical and mechanical expenditure. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158870 | Linear Actuator - A linear actuator orderly comprises an inner pipe, a middle pipe and an outer pipe, and the pipes are pivotally connected with each other. Each pipe is formed with at least three arc-shaped portions and three guiding portions, and the pipes abut against each other. The outer pipe is axially formed with a screw and two positioning rods that are passed through the middle pipe and the inner pipe, respectively. One end of each positioning rod is fixed with a pulling member, and one end of each pulling member is fixed to the inner pipe. The middle pipe is axially formed with a pushing post threaded with the screw. The pushing post and the middle pipe are pivotally disposed with a guiding wheel for rolling the pulling members, respectively. The pipes can be moved by the relative motion of the screw and the pushing post by cooperating with the guiding wheels and the pulling members, such that the pipes can be extended or retracted synchronously. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158871 | Driving Device for an Extendible and Retractable Actuator - A driving device for an extendible and retractable actuator comprises a first rod, a second rod, a third rod and a motor. The first rod is screwed with the second rod. The second rod is screwed with the third rod. By such arrangements, the motor can drive the first and the second rods to move while driving the third rod to rotate. After the third rod is engaged with the second rod, the first rod can be also driven to move. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158872 | Shift device of a power take-off transmission - A shift device is provide for a power take-off transmission of an agricultural utility vehicle. The shift device comprises an input shaft that can be driven by an engine of the utility vehicle, and an output shaft. The input shaft is connectable to the output shaft by way of three gear pairs, in order to transmit torque from the input shaft to the output shaft via one of the three gear pairs. Three gear wheels of the gear pairs are assigned to the input shaft. Three gear wheels of the gear pairs are assigned to the output shaft. One gear wheel of a gear pair is rotationally fixed to the input shaft or the output shaft and the other gear wheel of the gear pair is rotationally fixable to the output shaft or the input shaft by a gearshift sleeve. The two gear wheels of a gear pair intermesh with one another. The output shaft has a recess, in which a PTO stub shaft can be reversibly introduced. A mechanism, which can be actuated by a PTO stub shaft and which serves to actuate a gearshift sleeve, provided on the output shaft and rotationally fixed to the output shaft, is provided on the output shaft. The gearshift sleeve in one shift position of the gearshift sleeve is rotationally fixed to a gear wheel of a first gear pair. In another shift position of the gearshift sleeve no rotationally fixed connection exists between the gearshift sleeve and gear wheel of the first gear pair. By means of a further gearshift sleeve a rotationally fixed connection can be established with a gear wheel of the second gear pair or with a gear wheel of the third gear pair. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158873 | Roller Screw with a Circulating Structure - A roller screw with a circulating structure mainly comprises two circulating members and a return pipe. Each circulating member includes a return path that is rotated relative to a tangent plane tangent to the circumference of the helical groove of the nut, and the cross section of each return path is square-shaped. The return pipe is formed with a guiding route having a square-shaped cross section, and both ends of the guiding route are connected to the return paths of the circulating members, respectively. The return paths are connected to and tangent to the helical grooves, and an angle between the tangent surfaces is approximately 90 degrees. By such arrangements, the cross section of the roller screw with a circulating structure is continuous and complete, such that the rollers can be circulated in each path smoothly | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158874 | Ball screw - A ball screw includes a screw shaft, in which a thread groove is formed in an outer peripheral face thereof, that includes a small-diameter portion with a diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the screw shaft formed integrally at one end of the screw shaft; a nut, through which the screw shaft passes, having a thread groove formed in an inner peripheral face thereof; a plurality of balls disposed in a ball passage formed by the thread groove of the screw shaft and the thread groove of the nut; and a ring-shaped stopper, immovably fitted on the small-diameter portion, that prevents the nut from moving. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158875 | STARGEAR ASSEMBLY - A multi-piece stargear assembly comprising a hub, a pair of arcuate toothed segments, and a lock ring, the hub having an internal bore, a keyway in the bore, and an external radially extending flange adjacent one end, the ring being configured to fit on an end of the hub opposite said one end, said segments being arranged around said hub, said flange and segments having mutually interlocking surfaces that enable the flange to resist axial and radial movement on said hub of said segments adjacent said flange, said ring and segments having mutually interlocking surfaces that enable the ring to resist axial and radial movement on said hub of said segments adjacent said ring. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158876 | MODULAR GEAR TEETH AND GEARS EMPLOYING SAME - A group of networked elements for controlling the equipment of a building, when the elements are in a learning mode, can be assembled by a pair of actions. The first action exerted by an installer on one of the elements should be interpreted as an interrogation concerning the state of membership in the group (for example, as included or excluded) of one of the elements of the group. The first action triggers the emission of an information signal regarding the identified element's state. The following, or second, action exerted on the chosen element is interpretable as an order for modifying the state of membership in the group of the chosen element. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158877 | PARK INHIBITION SOLENOID ASSEMBLY - A Park inhibition solenoid assembly for preventing the undesirable shifting of a transmission from an out-of-Park mode to a Park mode includes a follower and an armature slidably disposed within a valve body/housing and within a solenoid. The follower is moveable between an out-of-Park position and a Park position and the armature is moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The follower and armature include detents for supporting a bearing. The armature and bearing prevent the follower from moving from the out-of-Park position to the Park position when the armature is held in place in the lock position by the solenoid. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158878 | Positioning Mechanism for a Spherical Object - A positioning system for a spherical object which adjusts orientation thereof in azimuth and elevation comprising first and second drive rods threadably engaged with respective first and second brackets secured to the surfaces of opposing left and right hemispheres the object The first and second drive rods include a first coupling configured for imparting co-rotation to the drive rods and a second coupling configured for imparting counter-rotation to the drive rods, and a clutch for selecting operation of either coupling. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158879 | Constrained tri-sphere kinematic positioning system - A scalable and adaptable, six-degree-of-freedom, kinematic positioning system is described. The system can position objects supported on top of, or suspended from, jacks comprising constrained joints. The system is compatible with extreme low temperature or high vacuum environments. When constant adjustment is not required a removable motor unit is available. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158880 | Multi-Piece Steering-Column Cover - The present invention generally relates to articles for masking internal components of a motor vehicle steering column from the view of an occupant when the steering wheel is titled, or extended. Some embodiments relate to methods for making or using masking articles, or to methods for masking the internal components of a motor vehicle steering column when the steering wheel is titled, or extended. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158881 | BICYCLE CONTROL DEVICE - A bicycle control device is basically provided with a mounting part, a first actuating unit, a second actuating unit and a first operating member. The first actuating unit includes a first actuating member that is connected to a first component part and a first positioning mechanism that selectively maintains a position of the first actuating member with respect to the mounting member. The second actuating unit includes a second actuating member that is connected to a second component part and a second positioning mechanism that selectively maintains a position of the second actuating member with respect to the mounting member. The first operating member is operatively coupled to the first and second actuating units to operate the first actuating unit when the first operating member is moved in a first direction and to operate the second actuating unit when the first operating member is moved in a second direction. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158882 | Handlebar tape - The present invention provides a handlebar tape attached to the handlebar of the bicycle. The handlebar tape comprises a body layer, an elastic layer, a connecting layer, and an adjoined layer. The body layer has a first surface and a second surface. The elastic layer is fixed onto the second surface. The connecting layer is fixed onto the elastic layer. The adjoined layer has a third surface and a fourth surface. The adjoined layer is fixed onto the connected layer, wherein the fourth surface of the adjoined layer is adhesive. When the adjoined layer is wrapped around the surface of an object, the handlebar tape is capable of being firmly attached to the object. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158883 | GRIP ACTUATED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Grip actuated control system to provide operational control of vehicle functions at a gripping surface of handlebar equipped vehicles. The system can be provided as original equipment and as an aftermarket addition or replacement for existent vehicle controls. The system includes one or more grip controls positioned adjacent a user's fingertips in a grip or glove assembly which are in communication with a control module. The control module is connected to existent or provided vehicle wiring and thus to respective operational equipment such that user actuation of a grip control induces the control module to provide a corresponding output to activate/deactivate or regulate the operation of the respective vehicle equipment. Communication between the grip controls and control module can be wireless for increased flexibility in installation and placement of the module on the vehicle. Combinations, sequences, and relative timing of the grip controls can provide numerous distinct control functions. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158884 | Positioning assembly for gripping tube of handlebar - The present invention provides a positioning assembly for a gripping tube of a handlebar. The positioning assembly comprises a gripping tube sheathing the handlebar, wherein each of two ends of the gripping tube is positioned by a fastening ring, which has an annular shape, a slit, an outer ring periphery and an inner ring periphery. Therein, a prominence radially raised and two increased-thickness portions are provided on the inner ring periphery so that when the slit of the fastening ring is narrowed, the fastening ring can tightly embrace an outer surface of the handlebar with the prominence and the two increased-thickness portions. | 2009-06-25 |
| 20090158885 | Pedal extension apparatus - The invention relates generally to a pedal extension apparatus for use with a mechanical control lever. In embodiments of the invention, the pedal extension apparatus includes a platform configured to rest on a top surface of a pedal; and a vertical retainer coupled to the platform, the vertical retainer and a bottom surface of the platform configured to circumnavigate the pedal, the vertical retainer thus configured to secure the pedal extension apparatus to the pedal, the pedal extension apparatus not including a fastener. | 2009-06-25 |
