50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120312554 | Insert Gas Lift Injection Assembly for Retrofitting String for Alternative Injection Location - An insert device can straddle an existing production string port into the annulus such as through an open sliding sleeve so that annulus access into the production string is available. An injection string is associated with the insert to allow placement of the injection fluid at the desired location even if that location is below an isolation packer. The port can be part of an existing ported sub such as a sliding sleeve. Alternatively, the port can be created at a desired location and the insert supported with an anchor so that spaced seals straddle the port that is created to allow injection access from the annulus into the production tubing. The produced fluids pass around the injection tubing and through the insert body to get to the surface. The insert can be removed if needed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312555 | CONTROLLABLY RELEASABLE SHIFTING TOOL - A shifting tool having a release mechanism of predictable deforming radial character. The tool may be utilized for activating any of a variety of different types of downhole actuators. Once more, due to the controlled and predictable manner of deformation employed in the release mechanism, load pulls directed at the actuator may be significant without undue concern over unintended or uncontrolled tool breakage. So, for example, a stuck actuator arm engaged with the shifting tool may be safely pulled at substantially greater loads thereby increasing the odds of dislodging. Thus, the occurrences of added follow-on interventional applications addressing stuck actuator arms may be reduced, resulting in tremendous time and cost savings. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312556 | Seal - An annular sealing element to seal between metal surfaces for use in flanges, joints, packers and the like, located in oil and gas exploration and production equipment. The sealing element has inner and outer metal deformable surfaces joined at ends, defining an interior volume which is entirely filled with a plastic deformable material. The surfaces are arranged such that on compression of the element from the ends, the element will deform in a controlled manner on a cantilever principle. The volume of filler and the interior volume remain substantially equal during compression so that delamination does not occur. Thus the sealing element provides a seal combining the flexibility of elastomer seals with the integrity of a metal to metal seal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312557 | SLEEVED BALL SEAT - Apparatuses for restricting fluid flow through a conduit comprise a seat sleeve disposed in a housing, the housing being disposed in a tubular member. The seat sleeve comprises a seat and one or more ports in fluid communication with a seat sleeve bore. One or more seat bypass fluid flow channels are disposed in the housing and are initially placed in fluid communication with at least one of the seat sleeve ports. Landing a plug element on the seat blocks fluid flow through the seat, but fluid flow is permitted to flow through the seat bypass fluid flow channels, through the seat sleeve ports, and into the seat sleeve bore. Movement of the seat sleeve downward closes the seat sleeve ports. Thus, a plug element can restrict fluid flowing through an area of the apparatus that is larger than the plug element. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312558 | Radial Flow Valve - A radial flow valve is disclosed which includes a plurality of flow openings, a first piston and a second piston, the first and second pistons being independently actuable relative to one another, and a sleeve operatively coupled to the second piston, the sleeve adapted to be positioned so as to cover the plurality of flow openings. A method is also disclosed which includes positioning a radial flow valve in a subterranean well bore having an upper zone pressure and a lower zone pressure, increasing a pressure within the valve to a value above the upper zone pressure to release a first piston within the valve and, after releasing the first piston, reducing the pressure within the valve to a value that is less than the lower zone pressure to thereby cause a second piston within the valve to move and thereby permit fluid flow through the valve. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312559 | EXPANDABLE SEAL WITH CONFORMING RIBS - Expandable seals have one or more conforming ribs to facilitate creation of a seal to a sealing surface disposed in the well. The conforming ribs comprise a core of material either capped, partially covered by, or entirely covered by a ring. The ring can be formed of a metal that is softer than the metallic core material of each rib. Suitable metals forming the rings include copper formed by metal spun methods. Disposed adjacent to the rings are one or more sealing elements. By moving the rings into the sealing surface during expansion of the expandable seals, the rings close the extrusion gaps between the internal surface of the casing and the expanded tubular member ribs. The rings better conform to the sealing surface of the casing, thereby facilitating the creation of the seal between this sealing surface and each of the sealing elements. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312560 | SEALING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A SEAL IN A SUBTERRANEAN WELLBORE - Disclosed are apparatuses useful for forming a seal in a subterranean wellbore and methods for using the disclosed apparatuses for forming a seal in a wellbore. The apparatus is a part of a system that provides a wellbore seal that is capable of communicating the status of the applied seal to the user | 2012-12-13 |
20120312561 | TUBULAR ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a downhole tubular assembly for sealing an opening in a well tubular structure in a borehole downhole, comprising a first tubular part made of metal having an inner face, an inner diameter, an outer diameter and a first length in an unexpanded state, and a second tubular part having an outer face, an outer diameter and a second length, being arranged inside the first tubular part in an unexpanded state. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole system for sealing an opening in a well tubular structure in a borehole. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of sealing an opening in a well tubular structure in a borehole downhole and to a manufacturing method for manufacturing a downhole tubular assembly. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312562 | METHOD FOR FIGHTING AND/OR PREVENTING FIRES IN LITHIUM ION CELLS AND LITHIUM ION POLYMER CELLS - A method for fighting and/or preventing a fire in one or more battery cells, preferably lithium ion cells, using a hydrous solution of calcium salts and a fire extinguishing gel. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312563 | COOLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SPRINKLER SYSTEM FIRE PUMPS - A building sprinkler system includes a pump having an input for receiving water and an output that is connected to selectively feed a plurality of sprinkler heads. A driver is operatively connected to the pump for driving the pump. A cooling arrangement is provided for cooling the pump during pump testing operations. The cooling arrangement includes: a heat exchanger with a primary loop formed by a flow path for delivering water from the output of the pump through the heat exchanger and back to the input of the pump, and a secondary loop formed by a flow path for delivering coolant from the heat exchanger through a radiator and back to the heat exchanger so that heat is transferred from the water to the coolant via the heat exchanger and from the coolant to air via the radiator. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312564 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUENCHING OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN TANKS - Method and device for quenching oil and petroleum products in a tank in which a fire-extinguishing mixture is fed through a floating sprinkler surfacing above a burning liquid surface. A floating sprinkler connected to a discharge pipeline via an opening-closing device with an injector is installed under the burning liquid layer. After a fire alarm signal is sent, the opening-closing device on the injector is opened, and the fire-extinguishing mixture is fed through the pipeline and the floating sprinkler under the layer or onto the surface of the burning liquid in the form of compact jets from the center to the periphery. The floating sprinkler surfaces above the surface of the burning liquid. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312565 | FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A flame mitigation device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312566 | Portable Apparatus for Generating Foam - This invention is directed to a portable foaming apparatus for a handheld fire suppression system having a container holding a foaming agent, water and a pressurized gas, a foam generating assembly having a snorkel, a gas re-directional opening defined in the foam generating assembly allowing gas to enter the re-directional opening from the container; a nozzle in fluid communication with the gas re-directional opening and included in the foam generating assembly downstream of the snorkel so that gas entering the re-directional opening is inserted in the foam generating assembly downstream the snorkel; and, an outlet defined in the housing ejecting foam produced from the foaming agent and the gas when a foam nozzle attached to the foam generating assembly is actuated. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312567 | Arcuate Shields For Compactor Wheel Assembly And Compactor Using Same - A compactor wheel assembly includes a substantially cylindrical wheel surface having a plurality of compactor wheel tips extending radially therefrom. The wheel surface and the plurality of compactor wheel tips define an overall diameter. A plurality of arcuate shields are coupled with the wheel surface and define a substantially cylindrical wrapper around the wheel surface. The wrapper includes first and second bands. The first band has a diameter greater than the overall diameter and defines a substantially continuous surface for engaging the ground. The second band has a diameter less than the overall diameter and defines a substantially continuous surface for engaging the wheel surface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312568 | SOIL TILLING AND PLANTING IMPLEMENT - A mount for carrying a plurality of field-conditioning implements selected from trash whipping implements, rolling baskets and coulters for connection to a planter or other multi-row implement is disclosed. A height and force adjustable mounting system is also disclosed that enables the force of such an implement on the soil to be modulated as desired. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312569 | Tillage Implement - A tillage implement includes a main frame with adjustable toolbar sections thereon which each support respective tillage units thereon for engaging the ground. According to one aspect of the invention, the toolbar sections are angularly adjustable about a pivot head at one end thereof while also being slidable in a longitudinal direction of the toolbar section to maintain alignment of the tillage units. The pivot head is elongate in a direction transverse to the toolbar section to resist moments applied to the toolbar section by the tillage units engaging the ground while the toolbar section remains adjustable. In another aspect of the invention, the tillage units each comprise a trailing arm supporting the respective coulter disks thereon. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312570 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - A hand-held power tool, in particular to a screwing device, includes a control device for controlling and/or regulating the tool movement of a tool holder and/or of a tool. The hand-held power tool has an interface for communicating with an external adjustment device. The interface is configured to be connected to the control device in such a way that signals may be transmitted for the parameterization of at least one tool movement sequence. The tool movement sequence includes a plurality of sequentially-progressing tool movements. A method for parameterizing at least one tool movement sequence of a hand-held power tool includes parameterizing the at least one tool movement sequence with a separate setting device in a remote-controlled manner via an interface of the hand-held power. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312571 | HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR POWER TOOL - A handle assembly for a power tool is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a base adapted to be mounted to a body of a power tool, and a handle having first and second mounting portions pivotably mounted to respective ends of the base. An elongate torsion spring has a first part mounted to the base and a respective second part mounted to each mounting portion such that pivoting of the handle relative to the base member causes twisting of the torsion member to resiliently oppose pivoting of the handle relative to the base portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312572 | HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR POWER TOOL - A mounting apparatus for mounting a handle to a power tool is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base for supporting a handle and engaging a body of the power tool, a flexible strap for engaging the base at first and second locations to form a loop for retaining the support in engagement with the body of the power tool, and a clamping mechanism comprising a pair of wedges for engaging the base and the flexible strap, and a bolt for retaining the wedges in position relative to the base. A knob enables movement of the wedges relative to each other in a first direction to reduce the size of the loop and in a second direction to increase the size of the loop. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312573 | ELECTRICAL POWER TOOL - An electrical power tool may include a tool housing that is formed by connecting an outer circumferential surface of a motor housing containing a motor therein and a proximal end portion of a handle. The handle has a grip portion provided to a portion close to a distal end portion thereof and having a trigger switch to activate the motor, Power-supply cords of the motor arc introduced into the tool housing through a power-supply cord insertion portion that is positioned in a portion of a proximal end portion of the handle. A distribution path of the power-supply cords is positioned in a portion other than the grip portion of the handle. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312574 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING A FLUIDIC MEDIUM IN A POWER TOOL - A system for conveying at least one fluid medium in a power tool includes at least one structural element for forming a frame and/or a part of a housing of the power tool. The fluid medium is conveyed by at least one fluidic connection in the power tool. In the structural element there is at least one channel for forming the fluidic connection and through which the fluid medium can be conveyed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312575 | Electric Component and Method of Making the Same - A method of making an electric component includes: (a) stamping a metal stock plate to form a plurality of conductive terminals that are partially connected to an excess portion of the metal stock plate; (b) bending each of the conductive terminals to form a bended portion; and (c) forming a housing body over the conductive terminals by insert molding the bended portions of the conductive terminals in the housing body, each of the conductive terminals having an internal portion that is disposed within the housing body and that includes the bended portion, and an external portion that extends out of the housing body and that is connected to the excess portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312576 | MOUNTING PLATE HAVING FACEPLATE GROUNDING MEANS - A mounting plate for a control device is adapted to be coupled to an electrical wallbox and is made of a non-conductive material. The mounting plate comprises at least one faceplate screw opening for receiving a faceplate screw such that a faceplate may be coupled to the mounting plate during installation. The mounting plate further comprises a ground wire. The ground wire is adapted to be coupled to earth ground and is also positioned to overlap a portion of the faceplate screw opening. During the installation of the faceplate, as the faceplate screw is inserted into the faceplate screw opening of the yoke, the faceplate screw contacts the ground wire as well as the faceplate. In the event that the faceplate is made of metal, the faceplate will be coupled to the ground wire, and thus, safely grounded. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312577 | COVER AND HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A cover assembly includes a base, a cover and a hinge coupling the cover to the hinge. The hinge includes a body coupled to a rear face of the base and extends outwardly from a side edge of the base. The hinge has a leg oriented to contact an edge of the cover when the cover is pivoted to the open position. The edge frictionally engages the leg of the hinge to hold the cover in an open position and limit rotation of the cover. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312578 | CYLINDRICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP AND COAXIAL CABLE HAVING THE SAME - A cylindrical electromagnetic bandgap to reduce electromagnetic interference of a cable and a coaxial cable having the same includes a conductor patch having a curved surface to be spaced apart from the surface of the cylindrical cable to an outer side by a predetermined gap distance, and a via connecting the surface of the cylindrical cable to the conductor patch. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312579 | CABLE JACKET WITH EMBEDDED SHIELD AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A cable jacket that comprises first and second jacket layers each formed of a jacket material. At least one shielding tape is embedded between the first and second jacket layers. The shielding tape is formed of a substrate material and the substrate material has at least one conductive segment. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312580 | SILANE-CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN INSULATED WIRE - A silane-crosslinked polyolefin insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulating cover layer extruded on an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulating cover layer includes a silane-crosslinked polyolefin to be cross-linked by reacting water with a polyolefin having an alkoxysilyl group as a side chain. The insulating cover layer further includes a guanidine derivative having a boiling point of not less than 170° C. and a melting point of less than 190° C. in an environment at 760 mmHg as a crosslinking promoter to promote crosslinking of the polyolefin in an amount of not less than 0.05 parts by mass and not more than 0.5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312581 | SILANE-CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN INSULATED WIRE - A silane-crosslinked polyolefin insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulating cover layer extruded on an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulating cover layer includes a silane-crosslinked polyolefin to be crosslinked by reacting water with a polyolefin having an alkoxysilyl group as a side chain. The insulating cover layer further includes an amine compound having a boiling point of not less than an extrusion temperature in an environment at 760 mmHg as a crosslinking promoter to promote crosslinking of the polyolefin in an amount of not less than 0.03 parts by mass and not more than 0.5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312582 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION FOR ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE AND ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE USING SAME - The invention relates to a flame-retardant resin composition for an aluminum electric wire, the resin composition comprising: a base resin containing (A) 75 to 95 parts by weight of a resin composition containing 45 to 65 parts by weight of an olefin-based resin having a tensile modulus of 1000 to 1500 MPa, 10 to 30 parts by weight of an olefin-based resin having a D hardness of 40 to 55, and 5 to 15 parts by weight of a maleic acid-modified resin and (B) 5 to 25 parts by weight of a flexible resin, and (C) 90 to 150 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide blended into 100 parts by weight of the base resin. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312583 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTERCONNECTION MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INTERCONNECTION MEMBER, MULTILAYERED INTERCONNECTIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE ARRAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A method of manufacturing an interconnection member includes forming on a substrate a wettability changing layer containing a material in which critical surface tension is changed by giving energy; forming a depression part in the wettability changing layer by a laser ablation method using a laser of an ultraviolet region; and coating the depression part with an electrically conductive ink to form an electrically conductive part. At the same time when a pattern of the depression part is formed in the wettability changing layer, a pattern of a high surface energy area is formed as a result of the critical surface tension being changed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312584 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A package substrate includes a core board, a first dielectric layer, a second circuit pattern, a first solder mask and an insulating layer. A first circuit pattern is disposed on a first surface of the core board. The first dielectric layer covers the first circuit pattern. The second circuit pattern is located on the first dielectric layer and the second circuit pattern includes an interconnection circuit pattern within a chip mounting area. The first solder mask covers a portion of the second circuit pattern outside the chip mounting area. The insulating layer covers the chip mounting area and the interconnection circuit pattern. A plurality of embedded bump pads are located on an upper surface of the insulating layer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312585 | Soft Electrode Material and Manufacturing Method Thereof - There is provided a soft electrode material including an electrode layer containing a mixture of carbon black and at least one selected from carbon nanotube and graphene, so that the soft electrode material can facilitate various transformation thereof in response to physical transformation of an electrode, such as warpage, elongation, and the like; prevent the rapid reduction in electric conductivity of an electrode while maintaining flexibility and elasticity of the electrode at the time of the transformation; and provide excellent reliability, and thus, electrical-mechanical energy conversion efficiency of a soft electronic component such as an actuator including the soft electrode material, can be increased, and electric conductivity of the electrode layer can be improved as the electrical-mechanical conversion efficiency increases. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312586 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD - A flexible printed board includes a base material, first conductive pads arranged along an imaginary line on the base material and extending with a first width from front end to rear end on a front side of the imaginary line, second conductive pads arranged along the imaginary line and extending with a second width from front end on a rear side of the imaginary line to rear end, first wiring patterns provided between the second conductive pads, and extending with a third width to front end connected to the rear ends of the first conductive pads, and a reinforcing layer for reinforcing a reinforcing area over the first conductive pads and the first wiring patterns, and having a front edge on a front side of rear ends of the first conductive pads and a rear edge on a rear side of the rear ends of the second conductive pads. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312587 | PATTERNED CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT - A patterned conductive element includes a substrate having a surface, an adhesive layer located on the surface, and a patterned carbon nanotube layer located on the adhesive layer. Part of the patterned carbon nanotube layer is embedded in the adhesive layer, and the other part of the patterned carbon nanotube layer is exposed from the adhesive layer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312588 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board includes a circuit substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the circuit substrate and a patterned circuit structure. The dielectric layer covers a first surface and at least a first circuit of the circuit substrate. The dielectric layer has a second surface, at least a blind via, a second intaglio pattern and a third intaglio pattern connected to the blind via. The patterned circuit structure includes at least a second circuit disposed in the second intaglio pattern and third circuits disposed in the third intaglio pattern and the blind via. Each third circuit has a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The materials of the first conductive layer and the second circuit are the same. The line width of the second circuit is shorter than that of each third circuit. At least a third circuit is electrically connected to the first circuit of the circuit substrate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312589 | Laser Resin Activation to Provide Selective Via Plating for Via Stub Elimination - An enhanced mechanism for via stub elimination in printed wiring boards (PWBs) and other substrates employs laser resin activation to provide selective via plating. In one embodiment, the resin used in insulator layers of the PWB contains spinel-based non-conductive metal oxide. Preferably, only insulator layers through which vias will pass contain the metal oxide. Those layers are registered and laser irradiated at via formation locations to break down the metal oxide and release metal nuclei. Once these layers are irradiated, all layers of the PWB or subcomposite are laid up and laminated. The resulting composite or subcomposite is subsequently drilled through and subjected to conventional PWB fabrication processes prior to electroless copper plating and subsequent copper electroplating. Because metal nuclei were released only in the via formation locations of the appropriate layers, plating occurs in the via barrels only along those layers and partially plated vias are created without stubs. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312590 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER WIRING SUBSTRATE, AND MULTILAYER WIRING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring substrate having a principal plane of the substrate and a rear plane thereof, having a structure such that a plurality of resin insulating layers and a plurality of conductor layers are laminated, and a plurality of chip component connecting terminals to which chip components are connectable are disposed on the principal plane of the substrate. This method has a feature including a plating layer forming process in which product plating layers which provide the plurality of chip component connecting terminals and a dummy plating layer on the surrounding of the product plating layers are formed on the surface of an exposed outermost resin insulating layer at the principal plane of the substrate. This method permits a thickness dispersion of the chip component connecting terminals to be suppressed and permits a connection reliability thereof to the chip components to be increased. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312591 | Printed Circuit Board and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board including: an insulating layer including a stopper layer for trench formation disposed in an inner portion thereof and trenches formed to expose the stopper layer for trench formation; and circuit patterns formed in the trenches. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312592 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOR STICKING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE-SHIELDING FILM AND AN OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL FILM, AND A DISPLAY PANEL FILTER ELEMENT CONTAINING SAME - A pressure sensitive adhesive for sticking together an electromagnetic wave-shielding film and optically functional film, wherein a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. is 7.00×10 | 2012-12-13 |
20120312593 | DAMMING DEVICE FOR CABLE SEALING - A damming device for a conductor in a cable gland connector is described herein. The damming device can include a first portion having a first thickness of a flexible elastomeric material disposed between a first diameter and a second diameter. The damming device can also include a second portion having a second thickness of the flexible elastomeric material disposed between a third diameter and the second diameter. The damming device can also include a hole having the third diameter. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter, and the second diameter is greater than the third diameter. Further, the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The damming device can be disposed, under tension, within a slot formed between a top portion of a compound chamber and a bottom portion of a union body. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312594 | LID LOCK WITH MAGNETIC ANTI-TAMPER FEATURE - A latch for a washing machine or other appliance provides two interengaging elements on a lid and housing each having a magnet oriented for mutual repulsion. Proper repulsion of the magnets is necessary to signal that the lid is properly closed such as may be used to determine if the appliance may be locked and safely operated, for example, in a clothes spinning mode. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312595 | WIRING HARNESS ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE - Core shield pipes and one collectively encasing braided shield tube are fixed and electrically connected using a metal bracket and a metal clamp. The metal bracket has two semi-circular members formed by dividing a circular plate sized to be covered by the collectively encasing braided shield tube into two parts. Semi-circular pipe insertion grooves are provided side by side at intervals on facing sides of the semi-circular members to face each other and the core shield pipes are inserted respectively into the pipe insertion grooves. The collectively encasing braided shield tube is mounted to cover the outer periphery of the metal bracket formed of the semi-circular members and the metal clamp is fastened to the outer periphery of the collectively encasing braided shield tube. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312596 | WIRING HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an electric wire | 2012-12-13 |
20120312597 | SWAGING CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A swaging structure is provided, allowing to secure connection reliability or strength though a tubular metal foil member made of metal foil is included in its structure. The swaging connection structure is the one that a ring-shaped swaging member is swaged so as to include an area of main contact with a plurality of points or plurality of lines and an area of main contact with area, and thereby to electrically and mechanically contact the tubular metal foil member and a tubular connection part. The swaging connection member is also made a connection structure arranged such that an edge of a circumferential edge part of the ring-shaped swaging member is arranged not to contact with the tubular metal foil member. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312598 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE DATA OF A COMPONENT OF AN EARTH-BORING DRILLING TOOL - Components, such as a cutting element for an earth-boring drilling tool include an ultrasonic transducer coupled therewith, and configured to transmit an acoustic signal therethrough, and transmit a data signal to a data acquisition unit in response to receiving a returning echo of the acoustic signals. An earth-boring drilling tool, comprises a bit body including a plurality of components, an ultrasonic transducer, and a data acquisition unit operably coupled with the ultrasonic transducer. The data acquisition unit may be configured to receive the data signal and determine a temperature distribution of the component based, at least in part, on a time-of-flight of the acoustic signals and the returning echoes. Methods for forming such components and measuring a temperature of such components may relate to coupling and implementing such an ultrasonic transducer with a component of an earth-boring drilling tool. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312599 | CUTTING ELEMENTS COMPRISING SENSORS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS HAVING SUCH SENSORS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a generally planar volume of hard material attached to the elongated body, and a sensor affixed to the elongated body. The sensor may be configured to sense at least one of stress and strain. An earth-boring tool includes a cutting element disposed at least partially within a pocket of a body. Methods of forming cutting elements comprise securing a generally planar volume of hard material to an elongated body, attaching a sensor to the elongated body, and configuring the sensor. Methods of forming earth-boring tools comprise forming a cutting element and securing the cutting element within a recess in a body of the earth-boring tool. Methods of forming wellbores comprise rotating an earth-boring tool comprising a cutting element and measuring at least one of stress and strain. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312600 | ROTARY JOINT FOR SUBTERRANEAN DRILLING - A rotary joint for use in directional control of a subterranean rotary steerable drilling apparatus. The rotary joint is formed by mated spherical-shaped sockets, each of which is connected with a hollow rod. By virtue of this arrangement, a continuous passageway is provided for fluid to flow through the rotary joint, which fluid may be used for cooling the rotary joint during operation of the rotary steerable drilling system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A CLAMP FOR A SAMPLE BOTTLE ASSEMBLY - Clamp for a sample bottle assembly. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are apparatuses including a first drill collar section. The first drill collar includes: a first outer surface; a pocket accessible through an aperture in the first outer surface; a bottle assembly disposed within the pocket; and an intermediate clamp coupled to the first outer surface and spanning the pocket, the intermediate clamp at least partially retains the bottle assembly in the pocket, and the intermediate clamp has an axial length less than an axial length of the bottle assembly. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312602 | HIGHLY WEAR RESISTANT COMPOSITE ROTARY SEALS WITH WEAR LAYER AT INNER DIAMETER AND/OR OUTER DIAMETER EMBEDDED INSIDE OR BETWEEN RUBBER LAYERS - A composite journal seal for use in a roller cone drill bit may include a substantially ring shaped elastomeric body having at least two axial, radial, or canted sealing surfaces, at least one of the at least two axial, radial, or canted sealing surface being a dynamic sealing surface, and at least one reinforcement layer embedded at least 0.005 inches from the at least one dynamic sealing surface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312603 | OPTIMIZATION OF DRILL BIT CUTTING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is method for designing a fixed cutter drill bit comprising: (a) defining initial primary placement parameters for primary cutter elements; (b) repeatedly: selecting back up placement parameters for back up cutter elements; applying to a simulated formation a bit design having the combination of the defined initial primary placement parameters and the selected back up placement parameters; using the combination in the simulation and generating a value representative of a first design criteria of interest (such as resultant force on a cutter element, total out-of-balance force on the bit, resistance to slip stick, and resistance to bit vibration); comparing the generated value to a first predetermined acceptable value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312604 | SEAT LOAD DETERMINATION DEVICE - A seat load determination device includes a load sensor, which is provided at at least one of plural support portions supporting a seat, mounted to the support portion provided at one of right hand side and left hand side at the seat, and detecting a load applied to the support portion, a lateral acceleration correlation information determination portion detecting an information value having a positive correlation with a lateral acceleration which corresponds to an acceleration in a vehicle width direction as a lateral acceleration correlation information value, and determining whether an absolute value of the lateral acceleration correlation information value is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and a determination portion determining a seat load based on the load detected by the load sensor when the absolute value of the lateral acceleration correlation information value is equal to or less than the predetermined value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312605 | COMMODITY SEARCH DEVICE AND COMMODITY INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A commodity search device includes a storage unit, a measuring unit, a number input unit, a unit average weighing value calculator, and a first commodity search unit. The storage unit stores commodity information including a reference unit weight determined for each commodity. The measuring unit measures a total weight of commodities placed at a predetermined weighing position. The number input unit allows inputting the number of the weighed commodities. The unit average weighing value calculator divides the total weight of the commodities weighed by the measuring unit by the number input by the number input unit to calculate a unit average weighing value per one commodity. The first commodity search unit searches for commodities falling within a weight deviation from the storage unit using the unit average weighing value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312606 | Robotic Walking Apparatus - A bipod robotic walking apparatus consisting of two feet on the coupler link of a spherical four-bar linkage, for movement in a forward or rearward direction by repeated motions of the four-bar linkage. Three four-bar linkages may be connected in tandem to form a hexapod with three points of contact with the ground. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312607 | Mine Resistant Armored Vehicle - The present disclosure is directed to a blast-resistant armored land vehicle configured to operate on a surface. The vehicle may include a body comprised of sheet materials, the body having a centerline and a bottom portion. The vehicle may further include a grid portion suspended below the bottom portion, the grid portion including one or more slats on each side of the centerline, wherein the one or more slats are oriented at an angle less than 90 degrees relative to the surface. Alternatively, the grid portion may include one or more vanes, each of the one of more vanes defining a V, with the apex of the V being rounded and directed towards the bottom portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312608 | Motorized Hub Including Coupling and Uncoupling Means - A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312609 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION DEVICE OF SADDLE-RIDDEN ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle approach notification device of a saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle that outputs a notification sound for notifying the approach of a vehicle. The saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle includes a front cover that covers the periphery of a head pipe of a vehicle body frame. The sound emission device is located inside the front cover, the front cover has an air opening for taking in air from an outside, and a ventilation passage that is a passage of the air from the air opening and is used for cooling at least one of a power engine of the saddle-ridden electric-powered vehicle and electric components, and the sound emission device is arranged in the ventilation passage. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312610 | BATTERY COOLING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a battery cooling structure for an electric vehicle which can cool a plurality of batteries mounted in the electric vehicle by forming a cooling channel around the batteries and blowing air therethrough. In the battery cooling structure for an electric vehicle disclosed herein, a first battery pack is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, between a first-row of seats in the vehicle, a first battery housing is provided which is configured to allow through the first battery housing from the interior of the vehicle and is formed in the longitudinal direction to accommodate the first battery pack, and a first fan is disposed in the first housing to force the air in the vehicle into the first battery housing to be discharged to a trunk after cooling the first battery pack. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312611 | VARIABLE-BIAS SHUTTER - A variable-bias shutter system for controlling an airstream through an entryway includes a plurality of louvers. Each louver has a pivot axis and a louver face that includes a first portion arranged to one side and a second portion arranged to the other side of the respective pivot axis. The shutter system also includes a mechanism configured to select a position for the shutter system by rotating in tandem each of the plurality of louvers about the respective pivot axis. An area of the first portion that is exposed to the airstream is smaller than an area of the second portion when the shutter system is substantially closed. Additionally, the area of the first portion that is exposed to the airstream is larger than the area of the second portion when the shutter system is not closed. A vehicle employing the variable-bias shutter system is also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312612 | STRUCTURAL ENCLOSURE FOR PACKAGING POWER ELECTRONICS FOR VEHICLE BATTERY MODULES AND METHODS OF SERVICING AND MANUFACTURING VEHICLES USING SAME - An apparatus for a vehicle is provided that includes a structural enclosure configured to attach to both first and second spaced battery module housings while spanning the gap between the spaced battery module housings. The structural enclosure is configured to support power electronics and is configured to allow connection of the power electronics to the battery modules through the structural enclosure. A method of servicing vehicles and a method of manufacturing vehicles is also provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312613 | BATTERY ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A battery is arranged at a specified position which is located on an outside of a front side frame in a vehicle width direction and between a front wheel and a crush can in a vehicle longitudinal direction. Accordingly, the battery can be positioned properly at a front portion of a vehicle so that the battery may not receive any improper thermal influence from an engine or a motor and not hurt the function of impact absorption in a vehicle frontal collision. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312614 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power supply apparatus includes a plurality of battery modules, a support plate, a plurality of first reinforcing projections, and a plurality of second reinforcing projections. The support plate supports the battery modules and includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate thermally contacts bottom surfaces of the battery modules. The second plate is placed on a bottom surface of the first plate to define cooling spaces between the first and second plates. A coolant is to flow in the cooling spaces. The plurality of first reinforcing projections is provided on at least one of the first and second plates. The first reinforcing projections project into the cooling spaces and extend in a first direction. The plurality of second reinforcing projections is provided on a top surface of the first plate and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312615 | Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield - An improved protection system for a battery pack mounted between the passenger cabin floor panel of an electric vehicle and the driving surface is provided, the system utilizing a ballistic shield mounted under the electric vehicle and interposed between the battery pack enclosure and the driving surface, where the ballistic shield is spaced apart from the enclosure bottom panel. A layer of a compressible material is interposed between the ballistic shield and the battery pack enclosure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312616 | VEHICLE TRACTION MODULE AND RESPECTIVE TERRESTRIAL VEHICLE - Vehicle traction module ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312617 | Articulated Transport Equipment and Trailer for Articulated Transport Equipment - The present invention relates to removal of excavated rock material in mine and underground as well as surface excavation, and particularly to transport equipment suitable for transporting excavated rock material. The transport equipment suitable for transporting excavated rock material according to the invention comprises a trailer connectable to a body of the transport equipment by a fastening articulation, the trailer comprising a body of the trailer, a transport box of the trailer, and a plurality of wheels of which at least two are arranged to be steerable wheels. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312618 | MOTORIZED DRIVING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a motorized driving device for mounting on a frame of a bicycle. The bicycle includes a pedal drive mechanism coupled to a chain for transferring a drive force to at least one chainwheel. The drive device includes a power source of rotary power and a power transmission mechanism for coupling between the pedal drive mechanism and the chain. The power transmission mechanism further includes a first unidirectional power transmission module and a second unidirectional power transmission module, such that an auxiliary power transmitted by the power transmission mechanism from the power source to the chain is independent from an pedal power transmitted by the power transmission mechanism from the pedal drive mechanism to the chain. A method of installing a motorized driving device on a standard bicycle is also disclosed. The motorized driving device in the present invention is suitable for installing on the frame of any ordinary bicycle, without having to alter the frame structure of the bicycle. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312619 | EVAPORATED FUEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLES - There is provided an evaporated fuel control device for a saddle-type vehicle in which an air supply passage is laid out without being disposed at a higher position than a fuel tank. The fuel tank | 2012-12-13 |
20120312620 | DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a drive train of a motor vehicle, comprising a front axle ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312621 | MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a motor vehicle, comprising a body and a drive train, wherein the drive train comprises a front axle ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312622 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVE TRAIN WITH A LATERALLY ARRANGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A motor vehicle ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312623 | WHEEL MODULE AND WHEELCHAIR USING THE SAME - A wheelchair including a seat body and at least one wheel module disposed at a bottom of the seat body is provided. The wheel module includes a motor, at least one wheel, and a transmission unit coupled between the motor and the wheel. The transmission unit has at least one one-way bearing. The motor outputs a first rotating moment and a second rotating moment with opposite directions to the transmission unit. The one-way bearing transmits one of the first rotating moment and the second rotating moment to the wheel to drive the wheel to roll, such that the seat body is in linear motion, or so the wheel module rotates relative to the seat body in the directions of the first or the second rotating moments. The shafts of the first and the second rotating moments are perpendicular to the rotating shaft of the wheel. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312624 | POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY - A power steering gear assembly | 2012-12-13 |
20120312625 | Hydraulic Power Steering System - A hydraulic power steering system for a ground vehicle includes a closed-center control valve, a fluid supply line and an exhaust line extending into the control valve and first and second motor lines extending out of the control valve to a fluid motor. An additional flow line extends from each motor line to the exhaust line and contains a check valve that allows flow in the flow line only towards the motor line. The additional flow lines enable manual steering in the event fluid supply is lost without leakage loss during normal on center operation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312626 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering column that is swung around a tilting spindle during tilt adjustment, a fixing bracket that supports the steering column through the tilting spindle, and an electric motor that is supported by the steering column and used as a steering auxiliary. The fixing bracket includes a pair of side plates facing each other with the steering shaft therebetween in a vehicle width direction and a connection member through which the pair of side plates are connected together. Either one of the pair of side plates is provided with a first restraining portion that restrains the steering column from rotating in a first rotation direction around the tilting spindle. The remaining one of the pair of side plates is provided with a second restraining portion that restrains the steering column from rotating in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312627 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - Disclosed is an electric power steering device capable of applying a prescribed steering assist force to a steering assembly, even when a torque sensor is out of order and the electric power steering device is in a state of being unable to sense steering torque by the torque sensor. Using an angle of rotation of a rotating element, which is detected by a resolver that serves as a rotating element angle of rotation sensing unit of a motor, a steering angle and a steering angular velocity are estimated, and a prescribed steering assist force is applied to a steering assembly by the motor, on the basis of an estimated steering angle and/or an estimated steering angular velocity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312628 | DEFORMABLE EAR TIP FOR EARPHONE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A removable component for use with an earphone is disclosed. As an example, the removable component can be an ear tip. According to one aspect, an improved ear tip can be provided for use with a headphone. The ear tip is suitable for in-ear operation and can have a cosmetic deformable outer member. The deformable outer member can enable the ear tip to readily conform to a user's ear. The ear tip can also include an inner member to structurally support the outer member and to facilitate attachment to a headphone. Methods for forming such ear tips are also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312629 | EXPANDABLE CHAMBER ACOUSTIC SILENCER - The expandable chamber acoustic silencer may be installed at the inlet or outlet of virtually any mechanism that processes air or other gas flow therethrough, to reduce the audible output of the gas flow. The silencer may be used to reduce the noise produced in an air conditioning system, in the inlet or outlet side of an air compressor, or as a muffler for an internal combustion engine, among other applications. The device includes an expansion chamber having adjustable walls driven by actuators installed within the walls to adjust the cross-sectional area of the chamber, with a portion of the walls being formed of a flexible or resilient material to enable such expansion and retraction. One or more microphones are installed at the outlet and/or inlet ends of the silencer and communicate with a controller that operates the actuators in accordance with a predetermined algorithm. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312630 | EXHAUST PIPE - An exhaust pipe including an inner tube for introducing exhaust gas, and an outer tube fitted on the inner tube. Projected portions obtained by radially inwardly projecting plural parts of the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube in the circumferential direction, and extending the same in the tube axis direction, are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube. A plurality of air chambers partitioned by the projected portions are formed between the outer peripheral surface of the inner tube and the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube, and an intermediate member is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the inner tube and the projected portions. In the exhaust pipe a sufficient noise reduction effect and a prevention effect for reduction of the temperature of an exhaust gas can be obtained even if the exhaust pipe is bent. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312631 | MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSIT PANEL FOR NOISE MITIGATION AND METHOD - The invention is directed at methods, materials, and articles for sound mitigation. The article for sound mitigation is a multi-layered composite article comprising a reinforcing substrate layer and a foam layer. The reinforcing substrate layer includes a fiber phase and a polymer phase. The fiber phase preferably includes one or more natural fibers. The natural fibers may be present at a concentration of about 60 wt. % or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. The polymer phase is preferably a continuous phase and preferably has a glass transition temperature sufficiently high so that the panel maintains its stiffness at elevated temperatures. The concentration of the polymer phase may be about 10 wt. % or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. Preferably both the foam layer and the reinforcing substrate layer are effective in reducing the transmission of a sound. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312632 | EXTERIOR ACOUSTIC LOUVRE - An exterior acoustic louvre comprises an internal structural mounting element which is adapted for mounting the louvre to an exterior mounting element, and which has a longitudinal sound-energy baffle extending in a front-to-rear-edge direction of the louvre and at least one lateral sound-energy baffle extending in a top-to-bottom-surface direction of the louvre. At least one sound-energy absorption element overlies at least a majority of the upper and lower surfaces of the longitudinal sound-energy baffle. A sound-attenuating baffle cavity is provided between the upper and lower surfaces of the longitudinal sound-energy baffle, the sound-attenuating baffle cavity extending across at least a majority of a lateral extent of the longitudinal sound-energy baffle. An exterior solar-shading system for a building, comprising a plurality of such exterior acoustic louvres is also provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312633 | Roof Strap Anchor Safety System - Disclosed is a new fall prevention and roof safety device, comprising an elongated strap adapted to span between two gutters and run along a roof surface. The strap employs a pair of ratchet straps, a central D-ring positioned at the strap midlength for placement over the ridge of a pitched roof, and a pair of gutter hooks at each end of the strap. The D-ring is adapted for attachment of a safety line, while the gutter hooks comprise substantially C-shaped hooks and an opening to secure around a gutter, securing against a roof soffit without placing load directly onto the gutter. Optionally, a gutter wedge, comprising a block adapted to fit within the gutter interior, may be used for structures that do not have adequate soffit attachment clearance for a gutter hook. The disclosed safety device can be quickly installed and removed without using nails, screws, or other permanent fixturing. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312634 | Article Storage Facility - A work platform on which a worker can ride includes a suspended portion supported above a floor surface, the suspended portion being movable by a movement rail provided upwardly of a movement path, and a platform portion provided in the form of a plate on which the worker can ride, the platform portion having a base end connected to a lower end portion of the suspended portion to be pivotable about an axis along the direction of lateral width of the movement path. With pivotal movements about the axis, the platform portion can selectively assume a riding posture wherein the platform portion extends along the movement path so that the worker riding on this platform portion can move along the longitudinal direction of the movement path and a folded posture wherein the platform portion is folded toward the suspended portion to extend along the vertical direction. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312635 | Ladder Guard - A ladder guard secured between the rungs and stringers of the ladder to prevent use of the rungs as footholds or handholds and deter ascension of the ladder, especially by children. The ladder guard is constructed from compressible material of a desired resiliency allows an adult to deform the invention for insertion or removal between two adjacent stringers. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312636 | DOUBLE-DECKER LIFT INSTALLATION - An elevator has an elevator car supporting frame that can travel in a travel space provided for a journey of the elevator car supporting frame. The elevator installation is also provided with a first elevator car and a second elevator car arranged on the elevator car supporting frame. Furthermore, a hydraulic moving element is arranged in a lower end region of the travel space. In this way, the first elevator car can be moved in relation to the second elevator car, by the moving device, in the lower end region of the travel space. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312637 | METAL ROPE, ELEVATOR PROVIDED WITH METAL ROPE, AND USE OF LUBRICANT FOR LUBRICATING THE METAL ROPE - The object of the invention is a traction sheave elevator and a rope that contains metal as a load-bearing material, such as the suspension rope of an elevator, which rope comprises at least one or more strands laid from metal wires and which rope is lubricated with a lubricant. Another object is the use of the aforementioned lubricant for lubricating the rope. The lubricant comprises at least oil and thickener, which thickener in the lubricant comprises at least 10% or more of the mass of the lubricant. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312638 | ACTUATOR FOR A SPEED GOVERNOR OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An actuator for a speed governor of an elevator system includes a governor wheel equipped with at least two flyweights. The governor wheel can be driven by a governor cable looped around it. An actuator wheel is stationary in a basic position. A coupler engages the actuator wheel when the governor wheel attains an actuation speed and thus couples with the governor wheel so that the actuator wheel is caused to rotate. An elastic material, preferably transmitting a high degree of friction, is provided between the coupler and the actuator wheel. The actuator wheel has a lining or tyre of the elastic material and/or the coupler is equipped with the elastic material. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312639 | FLOOR POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A floor position detection device of an elevator system includes a first sensor unit having a first Hall sensor and which is provided to detect at least one floor position characteristic, and an evaluation unit which is provided to evaluate the floor position characteristic for generating a floor signal. The sensor unit includes a second Hall sensor and the evaluation unit evaluates at least two floor position characteristics for generating the floor signal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312640 | ELEVATOR, GUIDE RAIL BRACKET, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - Elevator, which includes a guide rail line, which includes a plurality of consecutive guide rails, which are supported on the building with guide rail brackets fixed to the building, which guide rail brackets comprise a frame, a mounting base and structure for pressing the guide rail against the mounting base, which guide rail bracket essentially prevents at its point lateral movement of the guide rail in relation to the fixing point of the guide rail bracket and permits longitudinal movement of the guide rail in relation to the fixing point of the guide rail bracket. The aforementioned mounting base is fixed to the frame of the guide rail bracket movably in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312641 | Bicycle brake device - A bicycle brake device is provided with a torsion spring on each of two brake arms, and the torsion spring has one end fixed to the fork tube of the bicycle and another end abutted against the brake arms to restrict a pivoting angle of the brake arm. The bicycle brake device is easy to assembly and capable of adjusting the position of the brake shoes as desired. In the case that the steel cord is broken, the bicycle brake device is further capable of preventing the brake arms from pivoting too far and getting stuck in the wheel, so as to improve riding safety. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312642 | Friction pad spreader, assembly including same and method of mounting thereof - A friction pad drag reduction assembly for reducing drag between a rotor and friction pads, wherein the assembly comprises one or more pad spreaders that upon a removal of the braking force, urge the friction pads away from the rotor. The invention is also directed to the pad spreaders themselves and to methods of assembling friction pad drag reduction assemblies that includes one or more of the pad spreaders. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312643 | Disc Brake - A pneumatic disc brake has a brake caliper extending over a brake disc, wherein a brake cylinder, to which compressed air can be applied, and at least one further functional part are fastened on a flange of the brake caliper. The brake cylinder is provided with at least one indentation at least in the overlapping region with the at least one functional part. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312644 | BALL RAMP CALIPER BRAKE - A caliper brake including a housing and a rotating actuator received in a bore in the housing, the rotating actuator having a head positioned within the housing and an outer tapered surface located outside the housing. A lever includes a bore with an inner tapered surface that mates with the outer tapered surface of the rotating actuator. A threaded nut is received over a threaded end portion of the rotating actuate and applies pressure to the lever to rotationally secure it to the rotating actuator. An inner stator is positioned adjacent to the head of the rotating actuator and an outer stator is spaced from the inner stator, the stators being axially movable. A plurality of ramped depressions are provided in both the head and in a backing plate of the inner stator, and a ball is positioned between each of the ramped depressions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312645 | MULTI-PRESSURE VALVE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM - A vehicle braking system includes a brake associated with a respective wheel of the vehicle, a multi-pressure valve associated with the brake, and a controller electrically communicating with the multi-pressure valve. The multi-pressure valve receives fluid at a first pressure at a supply port and is capable of delivering the fluid at a delivery port at a plurality of pressure profiles. A control signal is transmitted to the multi-pressure valve. The multi-pressure valve delivers the pressurized fluid to the brake, via the delivery port, at one of the plurality of delivery pressure profiles based on the control signal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312646 | DISC ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A disk rotor assembly for a vehicle may include an adaptor adapted to be mounted on a hub and to receive torque of a wheel, a disk rotor generating a braking force, a transmitter engaging the adaptor with the disk rotor and adapted to transmit the torque received by the adaptor to the disk rotor or to transmit the braking force generated by the disk rotor to the adaptor, and engaging member for engaging the adaptor, the disk rotor, and the transmitter altogether. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312647 | LIGHTWEIGHT BRAKE ROTOR AND COMPONENTS WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS - One embodiment of the invention includes a method comprising: placing a first insert and a second insert in a casting mold and wherein the first insert and second insert comprising a plurality of connecting post extending inbetween so that the first insert and second insert are in spaced-apart relationship in the mold, each of the first insert and the second insert comprising a first material; casting a molten second material into the casting mold so that the second material flows between the first insert and the second insert and solidifying the second material to provide a product comprising a cast over body portion with the first insert and second insert and so that the second material is mechanically locked or metallurgically bonded to the first material and so that one or both of the first insert and the second insert provides working surface for the product. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312648 | VALVE STRUCTURE OF SHOCK ABSORBER HAVING VARIABLE FLOW CHANNEL - Disclosed herein is a valve structure of a shock absorber which forms flow channels in two directions of working fluid passing through the valve structure so as to slow change of damping force when the moving velocity of a piston is changed between a low velocity and a middle and high velocity and forms one of the two flow channels as a variable flow channel to improve ride comfort of a vehicle. The valve structure includes a piston valve assembly installed at the end of the piston rod and operated to generate damping force varied according to moving velocity of a working fluid, and a variable valve assembly moving together with the piston valve assembly to vary damping force to slow change of a damping force curve when the flow velocity of the working fluid is changed between a low velocity and a middle and high velocity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312649 | Shock Absorbers - A motion damping device, such as a shock absorber, has a damper valve having a valve body ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312650 | HYDRAULIC DAMPER ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a hydraulic damper including a valve housing ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312651 | Rewindable Electrical Cable Extension Device - A rewindable electrical cable extension device includes a housing having first and second exit ports, and a cable having first and second ends defining opposing extremities of first and second contiguous cable sections having a common junction anchored to a rotating spool. The first end protrudes through the first exit port, and the second end is fixedly mounted in association with the second exit port. The first cable section is wound on a spool that is configured to rotate within the housing. The second cable section is wound in an opposite direction to the first section so that pulling on the first end unwinds and extracts the first cable section from the housing and uncoils the second cable section within the housing without rotating the second end of the cable. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312652 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE - A method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include generating a first synchronization force between a shift gear of a target gear and an output shaft to shift gears from a current gear to a lower gear set as the target gear in response to deceleration of the vehicle, so as to form a first synchronization, removing the first synchronization force between the shift gear and the output shaft after the generating of the first synchronization force, and generating a second synchronization force between the shift gear of the target gear and the output shaft after the removing of the first synchronization force, so as to form a second synchronization. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312653 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE - A method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include beginning synchronization between a speed shift gear of a target gear and an output shaft to shift gears from a current gear to a lower gear set as the target gear in response to deceleration of the vehicle, after the synchronization between the output shaft and an input shaft by the speed shift gear of the target gear has been completed, maintaining the synchronized state therebetween for a predetermined time period, and completing engagement with the target gear to complete the shifting of the gears after the maintaining of the synchronized state. | 2012-12-13 |