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Brian J. Eckerle, Petoskey, MI US
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| 20090101455 | SELF-ADJUSTING TORSION LOCK PARKING BRAKE - A park brake includes a brake arm movable about a pivot. A release cable is associated with the brake arm for unlocking the brake arm relative to the pivot. A release mechanism is associated with the brake arm, and is positioned about the pivot. A self adjusting mechanism is associated with the brake arm and release cable. The self adjusting mechanism is positioned about the pivot. | 04-23-2009 |
Brian J. Eckerle, Mancelona, MI US
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| 20080236987 | PARKING BRAKE WITH SEPARATE PEDAL PIVOT - A park brake includes a brake lever that is movable about a primary and secondary pivot. The brake lever selectively rotates about the primary and secondary pivots changing a ratio of rotation of the brake lever relative to a cable. | 10-02-2008 |
Brian John Eckerle, Petoskey, MI US
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| 20090025505 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL SYSTEM WITH RATIO MODIFIER - An adjustable control pedal includes an upper arm and a lower arm carrying a pedal. The lower arm can be selectively moved relative to the upper arm to adjust the position of the pedal between a forward position and a rearward position. A control pin is operably connected to the upper arm for rotation with the upper arm to supply a control signal when force is applied to the pedal. An adjuster is operably connected to the control pin to adjust the position of the control pin relative to the pivot axis so that a ratio of a distance between the pivot axis and the pedal and a distance between the pivot axis and the control pin remains constant as the pedal is adjusted between the forward position and the rearward position. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090250285 | BREAK-AWAY PEDAL ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes a first structure, a pedal pivotably connected to the first structure for pivoting between rest and fully-applied positions, a control attachment connecting the pedal to a vehicle system to be controlled, a second structure located rearward of the pedal, and an engagement bracket connected to the pedal to engage the second structure upon rearward movement of the pedal during a vehicle frontal collision. The control attachment is connected to the engagement bracket and disengages from the pedal so that the pedal pivots independent of the control system when the engagement bracket strikes the second structure with a predetermined force. There is a constant distance between the engagement bracket and the second structure as the pedal pivots so that the position of the pedal does not affect the disengagement of the control attachment during the frontal collision. | 10-08-2009 |
John Eckerle, Basel CH
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| 20100219786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A FIELD CURRENT IN BRUSHLESS ELECTRICAL MACHINES - A method and an apparatus are described for determining a field current through a field winding in an electrical machine with a stator and a rotor. The electrical machine includes a field-circuit transformer to produce, by induction of an electrical current on the rotor side, field current with which a field winding is energized in order to generate an excitation magnetic field. The method includes driving the primary side of the field-circuit transformer to produce a field current in the rotor, which is derived from the current induced on the secondary side in the field-circuit transformer; measuring one or more phase currents in one or more primary-side phases of the field-circuit transformer; determining a maximum value depending on the one or more measured phase currents; determining the field current through the field winding depending on the determined maximum value. | 09-02-2010 |
Joseph S. Eckerle, Woodside, CA US
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| 20100271746 | ELECTROADHESIVE DEVICES - Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off. | 10-28-2010 |
Matthew W. Eckerle, Oakland, CA US
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| 20090203067 | Photobioreactor Systems and Methods for Growing Organisms - Photobioreactors and systems for growth of a photosynthetic organism are provided herein. The systems and photobioreactors can comprise features and modifications in order to improve photosynthetic growth efficiency and light energy utilization. Also provided are methods and systems to improve the cost-effectiveness of a photobioreactor system for growth of a photosynthetic organism. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100145623 | Methods and systems for using ultraviolet index data in plant evaluation applications - Methods and systems for using UVI data in plant evaluation applications avail themselves of the correlation between PAR and UVI to estimate PAR based on UVI and apply the PAR estimate in a plant evaluation application, such as a plant selection or plant heath diagnostics application. A UVI-based PAR estimate may be used, for example, to dramatically reduce the time that an environmental probe must be deployed at a plant site by normalizing a sensor-based PAR estimate generated from short-term measurements taken by the environmental probe to produce a faster, more accurate and more reliable plant evaluation. | 06-10-2010 |
Patric Eckerle, Rheinau DE
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| 20090173146 | Temperature programmed low thermal mass fast liquid chromatography analysis system - A temperature programmed low thermal mass fast liquid chromatography system capable of high throughput and low power consumption includes a straight or curved short reloadable low-mass tubular heater with a capillary column extending inside. If the capillary column is long enough, it is coiled to form a coiled capillary LC column (the length of which does not exceed 0.2 m-1.0 m) packed in a singular module package with a heating wire and a temperature sensing wire extending along and in proximity to the LC capillary column. A tubular heater, e.g. a steel tubing, incorporates the LC capillary column, along with the heating wire and the temperatures sensor and is coiled to form a miniature power saving LC module which may be attached outside a chromatography oven. Capillary lengths extend inside the oven between the inlet and outlet of the LC column module and mobile phase source and detector, respectively. An electronic temperature control block is positioned outside the oven cavity and controls the heating of the capillary LC column, as well as other heated zones in the system. | 07-09-2009 |
Peter Eckerle, Weinheim DE
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| 20100201038 | METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF STRUCTURAL DATA, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The invention relates to a method for transferring structural information into a functional layer, the functional layer being provided on a support layer in a first step. In a second step, energy is transferred locally through the support layer into the functional layer, so as to cause a modification of the physical and/or chemical properties of the functional layer in the region of this zone. The invention furthermore relates to a device for carrying out the method. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110163278 | MODIFIED PARTICLES AND DISPERSIONS COMPRISING THESE - The present invention relates to particles which have been modified by a modifier and a dispersion medium comprising the modified particles. | 07-07-2011 |