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| 20100126627 | ROUTER - A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110107608 | RECIPROCATING SAW - A reciprocating saw includes a housing assembly and a motor positioned substantially within the housing assembly. The motor includes a pinion. A drive mechanism is positioned substantially within the housing assembly and includes a gear driven by the pinion, a spindle, and a connecting rod to transmit rotation of the gear into reciprocation of the spindle. A bushing is positioned substantially within the housing assembly about at least a portion of the spindle. The bushing is pivotable relative to the housing assembly to accommodate non-linear rocking motion of the spindle. A seal surrounds a portion of the bushing and includes a first lip extending radially from the bushing and a second lip spaced apart from the first lip and extending radially from the bushing. The second lip is movable relative to the first lip. Both the first lip and the second lip continuously engage the housing assembly when the bushing pivots relative to the housing assembly. | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20110079326 | METHOD TO INCREASE CORROSION RESISTANCE IN FERRITIC NITROCARBURIZED TREATED CAST IRON SUBSTRATES - A method for improving corrosion resistance in FNC cast iron substrates without the need for additional coating or painting. The exemplary methods remove a portion of the FNC coating applied to a cast iron substrate, preferably through polishing, to expose the epsilon phase portion of the compound area. The epsilon phase portion is thought to provide improved corrosion protection as compared to non-polished FNC cast iron substrates. One exemplary product that may be provided with improved corrosion protection according to the above method is a brake rotor having a FNC treatment. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110151238 | LOW-FRICTION COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of forming a low-friction coating on a metal substrate includes ferritic nitrocarburizing the metal substrate to form a surface of the metal substrate, wherein the surface includes a compound zone and a diffusion zone disposed subjacent to the compound zone. After ferritic nitrocarburizing, the method includes oxidizing the compound zone to form a porous portion defining a plurality of pores, and, after oxidizing, coating the porous portion with polytetrafluoroethylene. The method further includes, after coating, curing the polytetrafluoroethylene to thereby form the low-friction coating. A low-friction coating system includes the metal substrate having the surface including the compound zone and the diffusion zone disposed subjacent said compound zone, wherein said compound zone includes the porous portion defining the pores, and a cured film formed from polytetrafluoroethylene disposed sufficiently on the porous portion so as to at least partially fill at least one of the plurality of pores. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110181102 | FLEXIBLE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR EXTERNAL TO CAPPED WHEEL BEARING - A wheel assembly for a non-driven wheel includes a rotating wheel hub with a shaft portion supporting a bearing inner race. A magnetic encoder is mounted for rotation with the shaft portion. A non-rotating component radially surrounds the shaft portion and has a bearing outer race. A cap is secured to the non-rotating component and covers the outer and inner races, the shaft portion and the magnetic encoder inboard of the races to seal an inboard side of the outer and inner races. A sensor is mounted to a non-rotating vehicle steering member externally to, not covered by, and not extending through the cap. The sensor is configured to deflect to be biased into continuous contact with an outer surface of the cap to read the magnetic encoder through the cap without extending through the cap. | 07-28-2011 |
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| 20090139948 | Connection system for crane boom segments - A crane has a boom with a boom segment connection system. The boom includes at least a first and second boom segment each with a longitudinal axis and a first and second end, the second end of the first segment being coupled to the first end of the second segment, and at least one first connector on the second end of the first segment respectively mating with at least one second connector on the first end of the second segment. The first and second connectors each include at least one extension having an aperture there through. The aperture has an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and positioned in the extensions such that all apertures of mating first and second connectors are aligned when the boom segments are aligned. In one aspect of the invention, the first connector includes a first alignment surface and the second connector includes a second alignment surface that engages with the first alignment surface such that when the first and second alignment surfaces are fully engaged, the apertures through the extensions in the connectors are aligned such that a main pin can be inserted through the apertures of all extensions in the first and second mating connectors even if the boom segments are not axially aligned. In another aspect of the invention, the connectors include stop surfaces, and the placement of the stop surfaces on the connectors is such that, when identical boom segments are positioned such that a main pin can be inserted through the apertures in the extensions of the connectors on some chords of the boom segments, the stop surfaces cooperate to align the apertures in the extensions of the connectors on other chords when the stop surfaces contact one another. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110233165 | CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR CRANE BOOM SEGMENTS - A crane has a boom with a boom segment connection system. The boom includes at least a first and second boom segment each with a longitudinal axis and a first and second end, the second end of the first segment being coupled to the first end of the second segment, and at least one first connector on the second end of the first segment respectively mating with at least one second connector on the first end of the second segment. The first and second connectors each include at least one extension having a through-hole there through. The through-hole has an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and positioned in the extensions such that all through-holes of mating first and second connectors are aligned when the boom segments are aligned. In one aspect of the invention, the first connector includes a first alignment surface and the second connector includes a second alignment surface that engages with the first alignment surface such that when the first and second alignment surfaces are fully engaged, the through-holes through the extensions in the connectors are aligned such that a main pin can be inserted through the through-holes of all extensions in the first and second mating connectors even if the boom segments are not axially aligned. In another aspect of the invention, the connectors include stop surfaces, and the placement of the stop surfaces on the connectors is such that, when identical boom segments are positioned such that a main pin can be inserted through the through-holes in the extensions of the connectors on some chords of the boom segments, the stop surfaces cooperate to align the through-holes in the extensions of the connectors on other chords when the stop surfaces contact one another. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080301006 | Price Comparison For Travel Or Accommodations - Inter alia, methods, and means for price comparisons for travel and accommodations. One embodiment identifies an online database where users input the actual prices paid for travel services and accommodations, including any discounts, coupons, or price premiums. The database can be searched by all uses who have subscribed to the service. In one embodiment, the search criteria can any combination of vendor name, travel dates, start and end locations, booking date, flight number, etc. The users can thus determine the prices actually paid by other users for a given travel service or accommodation. This information could be valuable in negotiation better prices from vendors, or in determining if there are better times to make travel bookings. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080312950 | Tracking Frequent Flyer Miles - Inter alia, methods, and means for tracking frequent flyer miles. One embodiment identifies a user database which has a one to many relationship to an accommodations database which contains flights the user has taken along with the corresponding distance traveled in that flight. The distance traveled corresponds to the frequent flyer miles that have been earned for that flight. There is further a vendors database which contains the vendors with which the accommodation occurred with, along with an accommodations_vendors database which indicates which accommodation corresponds to which vendor. With these databases, on a per user basis, the number of frequent flyer miles per user per vendor can be determined. Two other databases allow the determination of the number of frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed for a given vendor based on the number of frequent flyer miles earned on the vendor partners of a given vendor. These two databases are the partners database and the partners_vendors database. Thus the tracking of frequent flyer miles allows the user to determine a) the number of frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed with one vendor based on the trips taken with that vendor, and b) the total number of frequent flyer miles redeemable with a given vendor based on the number of frequent flyer miles earned with all the vendors that are partners with the given vendor. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080313063 | Expense Report Generation From Confirmation Emails - Inter alia, methods, and means for automatically generated travel expense reports. One embodiment identifies an email extractor that reads travel expense information from travel reservation booking emails. The extracted information is then displayed in electronic table format. The displayed information includes travel expense details such as vendor name, trip conveyance, date of reservation/expense, accommodation name, cost, currency, etc. The expense report can be accessed and edited by the user, if desired. The user can view and download the report in other formats, such as a spreadsheet. | 12-18-2008 |
