40th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150275888 | HOSE PUMP WITH GUIDING-OUT DEVICE - A hose pump for the conveyance of a fluid conducted in a hose, with several squeezing elements and with a hose bed, which has a hose inlet, a hose outlet, a guide surface, and a counter support, in which the hose is placed lying on the guide surface and is pressed by the squeezing elements against the counter support for the conveyance of the fluid found in the hose when the hose pump is operated in a conveyance direction. The hose pump has a guiding-out device for the automatic guiding of the hose out of the hose bed, and the guiding out of the hose takes place by means of the guiding-out device during the operation of the hose pump opposite its conveyance direction. For the development of an as low-cost as possible but nevertheless reliable guiding-out device, an elevation, located on the hose outlet of the hose bed, is provided, which protrudes over the guide surface and via which the hose is conducted. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275889 | PUMPING SYSTEM WITH PLUNGER HAVING A SHAPED EDGE AND COATING - In one aspect, the present invention provides a surface unit for a pumping system. The surface unit may include a conduit that is reciprocatable to pump produced fluid from downwell to the surface unit and a flow line in fluid communication with the conduit such that the produced fluid may be collected from the conduit. The surface unit may also include a pump barrel that separates the conduit from a well tubing and a diluent line in fluid communication with a space between the pump barrel and the well tubing. The diluent line may be sealed from the conduit and the flow line such that a diluent or lubricant may be delivered to the space between the pump barrel and the well tubing via the diluent line without contaminating the produced fluid. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTEGRATED PUMP AND ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM - A system for controlling an integrated pump and energy recovery system is disclosed. The processor-based device is configured to receive a position signal representative of a measured position of a piston assembly movable between a top dead center and a bottom dead center of a hydraulic cylinder and a pumping cylinder, from the position sensor. The processor-based device is also configured to receive a pressure signal representative of a measured pressure of at least one of a fluid medium fed from the pumping cylinder to a filtering device, a hydraulic fluid fed from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic cylinder, from the pressure sensing unit. The processor-based device is further configured to generate a control signal based on the position signal and the pressure signal, and transmit the control signal to the hydraulic power unit to control measured position of the piston assembly and a pressure of the fluid medium. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275891 | INTEGRATED MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY - A pump assembly that includes a crankshaft having main journals and crankpin journals, rods operatively coupled with the crankpin journals, reciprocating members operatively coupled with the rods, and an electric motor operable to rotate the crankshaft. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is directly connected with the crankshaft and is operable to rotate the crankshaft to move the plurality of rods and reciprocating members to move a fluid. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275892 | FUEL PUMP FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine is described. The high-pressure fuel pump includes an improved configuration that beneficially simplifies certain features of the high-pressure fuel pump. More specifically, the disclosure provides for an inlet check valve positioned along an inlet fuel circuit and an outlet fuel circuit of the high-pressure pump that provides a path for a low-pressure inlet fuel flow to and a path for a high-pressure output fuel flow from a pumping chamber of the fuel pump. Because of the configuration of the inlet check valve and the outlet check valve, the complexity of high-pressure fuel pump is beneficially reduced, decreasing the cost of components and assembly and improving the life and reliability of high-pressure fuel pump. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275893 | ROTARY PISTON PUMP HAVING DIRECT DRIVE - The invention relates to a rotary piston pump comprising a pump housing with a pump chamber, an inlet and an outlet opening, a first multi-lobed rotary piston arranged in the pump chamber and rotatably mounted around a first axis and a second multi-lobed rotary piston arranged in the pump chamber which is rotatably mounted around a second axis spaced apart from the first axis and meshes with the first rotary piston, wherein the first and second rotary pistons, by rotating around the first and the second axis respectively, create a fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet opening, a drive unit which is mechanically coupled with the rotary pistons in order to drive the rotary pistons. According to the invention, the drive unit comprises a first electric drive motor, which is mechanically coupled with the first rotary piston for driving the first rotary piston, and a second electric drive motor, which is mechanically coupled with the second rotary piston for driving the second rotary piston. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275894 | ELECTRIC PUMP - An electric pump may include: a motor unit including an end cap attached to a motor cover, and a power supply bus bar integral with the end cap; a pump unit including a rotor having a vane groove for receiving a vane and connecting to the rotation shaft and a pump plate; and a cover covering the pump unit from a side opposite to the motor unit and provided with a connector box surrounding an insertion recessed portion into which the power supply bus bar is inserted. In the electric pump, the pump plate has a penetration hole through which the power supply bus bar can be inserted, wiring is inserted into the power supply bus bar inserted through the penetration hole, the wiring protrudes from a front end side of the penetration hole, and the wiring is electrically connected to a connection unit provided in the insertion recessed portion. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275895 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotary compressor includes: a compressor body including an airtight container that has a refrigerant intake opening and a refrigerant discharge opening, a refrigerant compression unit that has a cylinder and a rotary piston housed in the cylinder and that is provided in the airtight container, and an electric motor that drives the rotary piston and is provided in the airtight container; and an accumulator configured to separate a refrigerant suctioned into the refrigerant intake opening into gas and liquid. The accumulator and the refrigerant intake opening are connected via a refrigerant intake pipe, a suction opening of the refrigerant intake pipe is arranged to be opened to the inside of the accumulator, an injection pipe for pouring the refrigerant into the rotary compressor is inserted into the accumulator from above, and a discharge opening of the injection pipe is drawn to face the suction opening of the refrigerant intake pipe in a refrigerant gas space of the accumulator. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275896 | ABUTMENT ROTARY PUMP WITH REPELLING MAGNETS - A rotary pump device includes a stator chamber with a cylindrical inner wall having intake and exhaust ports and an abutment mounted therein, and a rotor eccentrically mounted on an axial driven shaft for rotation within the chamber. The rotor keeps continuous wiping contact with the chamber wall while repelling magnets exert pressure on an abutment which maintains contact with the rotor to partition the intake and outlet ports. The repelling magnets act as a spring to assure contact of the abutment on the rotor while the pump is running or on standby. The repelling is caused by locating magnets positioned with similar facing poles in a pocket positioned against an abutment. A full intake/exhaust cycle takes place every 360° of rotor travel. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECOMPRESSING A COMPRESSOR - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatus are disclosed for decompressing an air compressor. The methods including compressing air, the compressed air flowing through a first path through a first non-return valve to a first receiver; and in response to determining to take the air compressor off-load, closing an air inlet valve of the air compressor to stop air from entering the air compressor, opening a second path from the air outlet of the air compressor to approximately atmospheric pressure to lower the air pressure at the air inlet of the air compressor, stopping a first flow of oil from the first receiver to the air compressor, wherein the first flow of oil is for cooling the compressor, stopping a second flow of oil from a separator for a working air to the air compressor, and flowing oil from the first receiver to the air compressor for lubrication. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275898 | LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A compressor including a shell, and a compression mechanism disposed in the shell including a first scroll member having a first spiral wrap and a second scroll member having a second spiral wrap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap. A drive shaft has a first end engaged with the first scroll member for moving the first scroll member relative to the second scroll member, and a bearing assembly including a bearing housing rotatably supports a second end of the drive shaft. A base is secured to the shell, and a mounting feature formed on either the bearing assembly or the base orients the bearing assembly relative to the base. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275899 | MODULAR CROSS FLOW FAN AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - A modular cross flow fan comprises a housing, a cross flow fan and a motor. The housing has an upper wall, a lower wall and two side boards. The housing is formed with an accommodating space, an inflow opening and an outflow opening The direction of inflow and the direction of outflow lie in a line. The cross flow fan is disposed in the accommodating space. The motor is disposed at the housing and connected to the cross flow fan. Furthermore, an air conditioning device is provided, comprising modular cross flow fan, a flow channel and a heat exchanger. The flow channel is joined to the inflow opening The heat exchanger is disposed in the flow channel proximal to the inflow opening Ambient air can flow horizontally through the flow channel, the inflow opening, and into the housing. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275900 | Noise Absorption Device for Air Blower - An air blower is provided with an upper resonant chamber including an upper cover having an opening, an upper casing having an inlet engaging the opening, the upper casing secured to the upper cover to form a first chamber, first apertures through portions of the upper casing other than the inlet and communicating with the first chamber, and a first noise absorption material in the first chamber; a lower resonant chamber including a lower cover, a lower casing secured to the lower cover to form a second chamber, second apertures through the lower casing and communicating with the second chamber, and a second noise absorption material in the second chamber. The upper casing is on the lower casing to form a flow path. An impeller is in the flow path. In response to resonance, noise can be absorbed by the first and second absorption materials and converted into heat. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275901 | HEAT DISSIPATING MODULE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device with a heat dissipating module includes a chassis and a fan mounted in the chassis. The fan includes a top panel and a bottom panel. A first airflow inlet is defined in the top panel. A second airflow inlet is defined in the bottom panel. An area of the first airflow inlet is greater than an area of the second airflow inlet. A thickness of the fan along a first direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the fan is less than a thickness of the chassis. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275902 | VACUUM PUMP - The present invention relates to a vacuum pump | 2015-10-01 |
20150275903 | ROTOR OF A SUPERCHARGING DEVICE - A rotor for a supercharging device may include a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel. A sealing disc may be arranged the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel. The sealing disc may include a first side interfacing with the compressor wheel and a second side interfacing with the turbine wheel. The compressor wheel and the turbine wheel may each define one of a holding contour and a counter-holding contour, which respectively interact with a corresponding one of a holding contour and a counter-holding contour defined on each of the first side and the second side of the sealing disc. The respective holding contour may correspond to the respective counter-holding contour, which may engage in one another and secure the compressor wheel, the sealing disc and the turbine wheel to one another. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275904 | MOTOR AND FAN INCLUDING THE MOTOR - A motor includes a stationary portion and a rotary portion. The stationary portion includes an armature, a circuit board, and a base portion. The base portion includes a bearing holder, a central tower portion configured to support the bearing holder and a wall portion which surrounds the circuit board at a radial outer side such that a radial gap is defined between the circuit board and the wall portion. The circuit board includes a through-hole defined at a center thereof, and the central tower portion supports a periphery of the through-hole. Filler material is filled at upper and lower sides of the circuit board, and the circuit board includes at least one exhaust hole. The radial gap and the at least one exhaust hole communicate with each other through an axial space between a lower surface of the circuit board and an upper surface of the base portion. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275905 | ELECTRIC DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC FAN - An electric device having a casing with an air-outlet, and a main unit disposed inside the casing, includes a first temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature inside the casing, a second temperature sensor installed in the vicinity of the air-outlet, and an electric fan configured to generate an airflow from the air-outlet toward the inside of the casing at the time of the low-temperature startup such that the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor is lower than a preset first threshold value, and the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor is higher than the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275906 | THIN FAN, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THIN FAN - A manufacturing method of the thin fan includes the steps of: providing a plastic material containing a plurality of metal particles; processing the plastic material to form a housing; removing a part surface of the housing and forming a layout area and an extended circuit on the housing, wherein one terminal of the extended circuit connects to the layout area; disposing a first signal connecting structure on the housing, wherein the first signal connecting structure connects to the other terminal of the extended circuit; and disposing a metal layer on the layout area and the extended circuit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275907 | Axial Flow Air Circulator - A cylindrical air circulator has a telescoping base handle section that is spaced from the cylindrical wall and extends between handle supports. Optional wings on the handle supports serve as a cord wrap. A connector secured to a downstream end of an expandable tube enables a user to secure that end to a structural member. An optional plate/tube combination provides a plurality of tubes that can be directed in different directions. An optional pivotable connector can be used to suspend the tubular wall off the ground. Locks enable a user to secure the connector in a multitude of positions, enabling the cylinder to be locked in a variety of rotational positions about multiple axes when the air circulator is suspended off the ground. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275908 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR INLET GUIDE VANE CONTROL - A method of positioning an inlet guide vane assembly before start-up of a chiller system including a compressor, a condenser, and a cooler is provided including receiving a first input form sensors located in the cooler and the condenser. A saturation temperature is calculated based on the input from the sensors. A second input indicative of a minimum speed of a motor coupled to the compressor at start-up is received. Using the calculated saturation temperature and the second input, an allowable position of the inlet guide vane assembly is determined. The inlet guide vane assembly is then moved to the determined allowable position. and determine which is greater. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275909 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device, applied to a fan, including a first temperature sensing circuit, a second temperature sensing circuit and a driving circuit. The first temperature sensing circuit is arranged to output an enable signal when the temperature is higher than a first threshold temperature. The driving circuit is enabled by the enable signal, and arranged to output a driving signal with a first driving voltage level to drive the fan. The second temperature sensing circuit is arranged to adjust the driving signal output by the driving circuit from the first driving voltage level to a second driving voltage level so as to adjust the rotation speed of the fan. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275910 | THRUST PLATE ASSEMBLY - An aspect is a thrust plate assembly for an air cycle machine. The thrust plate assembly includes an annular body defined by an outer rim and a main bore. The annular body includes a nozzle side and a thrust bearing side. The nozzle side includes a nozzle region proximate the outer rim and a turbine rotor region proximate the main bore, where the outer rim has an outer diameter. The thrust plate assembly also includes a main bore seal installed in the main bore. The main bore seal has an inner diameter, where a ratio of the outer diameter of the outer rim to the inner diameter of the main bore seal is between 3.94 and 3.96. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275911 | COMPACT TURBOMACHINE WITH MAGNETIC BEARINGS AND AUXILIARY BEARINGS - A turbo-machine for compressing or expanding a fluid comprises a housing ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275912 | Split Ring Having a Self-Regulating Throttle Gap - A self-regulating sealing element for a throttle gap between a rotating and a stationary components is provided. The sealing element includes a split ring located in the throttle gap between the rotating component and the housing and preferably configured as a U-shaped element that both axially overlaps a portion of the stationary housing at the throttle gap and provides an annular space between the split ring and the stationary housing. The split ring's axial overlapping regions provide a labyrinth seal effect, while the medium in the annular gap provides a self-regulating damper to accommodate eccentricities between the rotating and stationary components. The split ring may be a bi-metal split ring that is configured such that when at operating temperature the axially-overlapping portions of the ring generally conform to the axial faces of the stationary member portion at the throttle gap to further minimize medium leakage across the split ring. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275913 | Hydraulic Turbines with Exit Flow Direction Opposite to its Inlet Flow Direction - The invention introduces a hydraulic turbine that extract the energy from the hydraulic kinetic and potential energy through passing the fluid inside the turbine wheel. The fluid enters the wheel heart almost perpendicular to its axis in almost tangential direction, decelerates in diffusers and change direction to almost radial. The flow is them changes direction from almost perpendicular to the axis to axial, then to almost perpendicular to the axis again but in opposite direction to its entrance. To exit, the flow accelerates in nozzles and change its direction to exit almost tangential and opposite to its very beginning entrance. In brief the exit direction in the very end is opposite to the entrance in the very beginning the transfer from the inlet passage to the exit passage is also associated with almost hundred eighty degrees change in direction, and the flow is subjected to deceleration and acceleration. All of these actions produce torques in the same direction to be utilized to generate power. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275914 | VACUUM PUMP - A vacuum pump comprises a screw groove exhaust section including a rotor cylindrical section and a stator; a base; an inner stator forming an inner gas discharge path between an inner peripheral surface of the rotor cylindrical section and the inner stator; an outer stator forming an outer gas discharge path between an outer peripheral surface of the rotor cylindrical section and the outer stator, and being thermally coupled to the inner stator; a communication opening formed on the rotor, and allowing the outer gas discharge path and the inner gas discharge path to communicate with each other on an upstream side; an exhaust opening discharging the joined gas of the gas passing through the outer gas discharge path and the gas passing through the inner gas discharge path from the screw groove exhaust section toward the exhaust port. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275915 | HOUSING OF A CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER - A housing of a centrifugal blower for use in an air conditioner is provided that includes a rotatably supported fan wheel, an inlet opening disposed in the axial direction of the fan wheel and an outlet opening disposed in the radial direction of the fan wheel. A widening diffuser is disposed downstream from the outlet opening in the flow direction, and the fan wheel is disposed in an inner volume of the housing. A crossover area formed from multiple openings is provided on at least one housing wall which delimits the inner volume. At least one chamber is disposed on the outside of the housing, the chamber completely covering the crossover area and being fluidically connected to the inner volume of the housing via the crossover area. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275916 | COMPRESSOR VARIABLE VANE ASSEMBLY - A variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine compressor and method of manufacturing same is described. A plurality of projections the inner and/or outer shroud which protruded into the annular gas path such as to ensure that a radial clearance gap, defined between the projections and a vane airfoil overhang portion, remains substantially constant throughout a substantial portion of the vane pivot arc of the variable vane. The method includes forming one cavities within the shroud, the cavities isolated from the annular gas path and disposed radially beneath at least each of the projections, and providing one or more structural reinforcing elements within the cavities. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275917 | Centrifugal Compressor - A centrifugal compressor includes a housing, an impeller, an annular diffuser passage, and an annular movable member. The diffuser passage is defined in the housing by a shroud-side wall surface and a hub-side wall surface, which face each other. The movable member is configured to be projected from one of the shroud-side wall surface and the hub-side wall surface into the diffuser passage and to be retracted from the diffuser passage. The movable member has a through hole with a passage cross-sectional area smaller than that of the diffuser passage. The other of the shroud-side wall surface and the hub-side wall surface has an abutting portion against which the movable member abuts. When the movable member abuts against the abutting portion, the upstream side and the downstream side of the movable member in the diffuser passage communicate with each other via the through hole. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275918 | DIFFUSER COLLAR - A fan assembly and a method of assembling a diffuser collar in the fan assembly are disclosed. The fan assembly includes an impeller including a plurality of blades. The impeller has an impeller diameter. A duct is configured to receive an outflow provided by the impeller. The duct has a duct exit diameter that is larger than the impeller diameter. The fan assembly further includes a diffuser collar extending from the impeller toward a duct exit. The diffuser collar is configured and arranged to radially expand the outflow provided by the impeller. The diffuser collar has a first diameter at a first edge disposed a first distance from the impeller. A contour extends from the first edge toward a second edge having a second diameter. The second edge is disposed a second distance from the impeller. The first distance is smaller than the second distance, the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter, and the first and second diameters are smaller than the duct exit diameter. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275919 | Drainage Device with a Low-Noise Radiator Fan for Air-Conditioning Equipment - A drainage device with a low-noise radiator fan for air-conditioning equipment is disclosed to include a housing, a motor, a radiator fan, a drainage shell, and a drainage blade. The motor is mounted in the housing. The radiator fan includes a plate member, fan blades arranged at a bottom side of the plate member around the border area, and a ring cap covering the fan blades at a bottom side and having an air passage hole at the center thereof. Thus, the ring cap forces hot air to flow through the air passage hole of the ring cap into the inside of the radiator fan to prevent wind shear disturbance, enabling the intake flow of hot air to be further guided by the fan blades to the atmosphere to significantly reduce the level of air exhaust noise. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275920 | Electric Motor-Driven Compressor Having A Heat Shield Forming A Wall Of A Diffuser - An electric motor-driven compressor includes a housing assembly comprising a motor housing and a compressor housing mounted thereto. The compressor housing contains a centrifugal compressor wheel that is mounted on a shaft of the motor rotor and also defines an air inlet that leads air into the compressor wheel, and a volute that collects the compressed air. Air bearings rotatably support the shaft. Cooling air passages are defined in the housing assembly for supplying cooling air to the air bearings. A diffuser between the exit of the compressor wheel and the volute serves to diffuse the compressed air. The compressor includes a heat shield formed separately from the compressor housing and the motor housing and disposed between them. The heat shield defines one wall of the diffuser and also cooperates with the housing assembly to define part of the cooling air passages for the cooling air supplied to the bearings. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275921 | IMPELLER SHAFT - A connected impeller and shaft is provided. The shaft has a first part which provides a threaded portion carrying a thread which screws onto a corresponding threaded portion of the impeller. The shaft also has a second part which provides an abutment surface for engaging a corresponding abutment surface of the impeller when the threaded portions are screwed together, thereby tightening the threads to provide a rotationally fixed connection between the impeller and the shaft. The first part is rotationally fixed relative to the second part at a joint. The threaded portion of the shaft is axially spaced a first distance from the abutment surface of the shaft. The threaded portion of the shaft is axially spaced from the joint by a second distance which is greater than the first distance. The threaded portion of the shaft and the joint are on the same side of the impeller. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275922 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A centrifugal fan is provided having a blade configured by bonding two members having plasticity to each other. The centrifugal fan has high durability and permits easy formation of a positive pressure surface or a negative pressure surface of the blade having a complicated shape, which advantageously results in enhancement in performance of the fan. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275923 | FAN AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT ELEMENT - A fan, in particular an axial fan, comprising a support element with a wall ring and an electric fan motor which is mounted in the wall ring and comprises a fan rotor. The wall ring has on its outer periphery a hinge consisting of a first hinge part that is connected to the wall ring and a second hinge part that can be pivoted about a hinge axis relative to the first hinge part, wherein the second hinge part is designed as a terminal box for receiving electrical connectors. The invention further relates to a support element for such a fan. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275924 | VEHICLE SUPPLY SYSTEM AND USE OF A THERMO-HYDRAULIC UNIT IN A VEHICLE - A vehicle supply system including a reservoir for storing a fluid; and a supply circuit arranged for being in fluid communication with the reservoir. The supply circuit is such that it includes a thermo-hydraulic section configured for generating a temperature difference between a first portion and a second portion of the thermo-hydraulic section, the temperature difference being capable of causing evaporation in the first portion and of causing condensation in the second portion such that an oscillating flow is generated between the first portion and the second portion. The supply circuit is such that it is configured for using the oscillating flow for sucking fluid from the reservoir. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275925 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The invention relates to an system for supplying a hydraulic circuit with hydraulic fluid. The system includes a working reservoir and an auxiliary reservoir connected to the working reservoir by a hydraulic line. An air pump has an inlet connected to a suction line that opens into a liquid-free portion of the auxiliary reservoir so that a negative pressure can be built up in the auxiliary reservoir relative to the atmospheric ambient pressure. The air pump inlet is also connected to a control line, which comprises a control opening which is covered by the hydraulic fluid in the working reservoir, at least before the air pump is started up. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275926 | RESERVOIR TANK - One embodiment provides a reservoir tank, including: a reservoir main body having a reserving chamber which reserves a hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic fluid pouring port which is provided at an upper portion of the reservoir main body, and a hydraulic fluid supply port which is provided at a lower portion of the reservoir main body. A groove-like recess portion is formed on a bottom surface of the reservoir main body. As in a projection in which the hydraulic fluid pouring port is projected onto a bottom surface side of the reservoir main body, the recess portion is disposed between the hydraulic fluid pouring port and the hydraulic fluid supply port. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275927 | ELECTRO-HYDROSTATIC ACTUATOR DECELERATION RATE CONTROL SYSTEM - Presented is a system and method to control hydraulic fluid flow, more specifically throttle hydraulic fluid flow, to achieve actuator deceleration rates greater than the maximum deceleration rate of an electrically driven pump. Electric machines and electric machine inverters generally have a maximum torque and current limit beyond which they cannot be operated at. To decelerate a large inertia load for example, high electric machine torque and inverter current are required to provide the braking torque, opposing the fluid flow and pressure generated by the load and hydraulic system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275928 | PUMP APPARATUS AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - A pump apparatus includes: a pump that ejects a hydraulic fluid; and a selector valve that switches a direction of a flow of the hydraulic fluid to be supplied to one of a first chamber and a second chamber into which a cylinder apparatus is internally partitioned by a piston, the first chamber extending during a stroke of the piston for extending the cylinder apparatus, and the second chamber extending during a stroke of the piston for shortening the cylinder apparatus, and the selective valve has, at a channel connected to the second chamber, an orifice that is narrower than a channel connected to the first chamber. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275929 | PUMP DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - A first case accommodating a first check valve of a switching valve switching a flow of hydraulic fluid to one of a first chamber and a second chamber of a cylinder device, an inside of which is segmented into the first chamber and the second chamber by a piston, and a second case which is stacked on the first case and in which a first actuation valve of the switching valve is accommodated to be displaced in a direction of stacking the first case are provided. A first valve chamber, accommodating the first actuation valve, of the second case has a pressure receiving surface on which pressure of hydraulic fluid that acts on the first valve chamber acts toward the first case. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275930 | PUMP DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - Provided is a pump device and a hydraulic actuator that can reduce the number of steps of performance measurement. The pump device includes: a switching valve for switching a flow of oil to a first chamber or a second chamber of a cylinder device, the inside of which is segmented into the first chamber and the second chamber by a piston; an up blow valve (first chamber-side relief valve) that relieves pressure of a first chamber-side flow path connected to the first chamber; and a down blow valve (second chamber-side relief valve) that relieves pressure of a second chamber-side flow path connected to the second chamber. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275931 | TURBINE VALVE ACTUATOR - The invention relates to a turbine valve actuator ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275932 | TWIN PRIORITY VALVE - A hydraulic system for a work machine including a first and a second hydraulic actuator, and a first and a second hydraulic machine for providing hydraulic fluid to at least one of the first and the second actuator via a first and a second priority valve respectively. The first and second priority valves are controlled by a pressure drop ΔP over the inlet valve of the first actuator such that when ΔP is lower than a first threshold value T | 2015-10-01 |
20150275933 | VALVES WITH METERING SLEEVES - A valve includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A spool is fixed within the housing and defines a flow window therethrough for fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. A piston is slidingly engaged in a piston compartment of the spool. A sleeve is slidingly engaged with the spool on an outer surface of the spool. The piston and sleeve are operatively connected for common motion along a sliding axis relative to the spool and housing between a first position in which the sleeve occludes the flow window to inhibit flow from the inlet to the outlet, and a second position in which the sleeve unoccludes the flow window to allow flow from the inlet to the outlet. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275934 | Safety Block - An illustrative embodiment of a safety block may include an actuator bracket pivotally engaged with a pivot arm. The actuator bracket may be configured to engage a master actuator having a first end moveable with respect to a second end. A secondary actuator may have a first end engaged with the actuator bracket and a second end engaged with the pivot arm such the secondary actuator may cause the pivot arm to move between a first position, in which first position the pivot arm prevents the master actuator from retracting, and a second position, in which second position the pivot arm allows the master actuator to retract. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275935 | CRIMPLESS PISTON-SLIPPER ASSEMBLY - A piston-slipper assembly and method for assembling a piston-slipper assembly for use in a hydraulic apparatus such as a piston motor or piston pump. The assembly contains a piston and a slipper, and at least one of the piston or the slipper includes a ball and the other includes a socket. The ball is retained in the socket without crimping, swaging or bending of the socket. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275936 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A hydraulic mechanism is mounted on a forklift. The hydraulic mechanism has a control valve and a pressure compensation circuit for compensating pressure within the hydraulic mechanism. The pressure compensation circuit has a relief pressure valve and an unloading valve for releasing pressure within the pressure compensation circuit to a discharge oil passage. Upon instructed to perform cargo handling operation, the unloading valve is switched to an open state, and the relief pressure valve is thereby actuated, so that rapid increase of pressure within the circuit is avoided. Further, the unloading valve is switched to an open state, and the pressure within the hydraulic mechanism is thereby released to the discharge oil passage, so that the cargo handling operation by the tilt cylinder and the lift cylinder is restricted. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275937 | HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - A hydraulic excavator is provided which can allow the cooling device to be arranged in proximity to a rear wall of a cab. The rear wall of the cab has an upright wall part extending in the vertical direction and an inclined wall part inclined to the rear upper side with respect to the upright wall part. The outer surface of an oil cooler has a front surface facing the upright wall part and extending in the vertical direction and an inclined surface inclined to the rear upper side with respect to the front surface. The upper edge of the front surface is arranged below the height position of the other edge of the inclined wall part. An angle formed by the upright wall part and the inclined wall part is more than or equal to an angle formed by the front surface and the inclined surface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275938 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes a turning-regeneration-use switching valve that opens when a pressure detected by a pressure detector reaches a turning-regeneration starting pressure, so as to introduce the working fluid from a turning circuit to a regenerative motor, an operating-state detector that detects an operating state of a fluid pressure cylinder; and a cylinder-regeneration-use switching valve that opens based on a detection result of the operating-state detector, so as to introduce the working fluid from the fluid pressure cylinder to the regenerative motor. When the turning regeneration is performed alone, the working fluid from the turning circuit is introduced into the regenerative motor without pressure reduction, When the turning regeneration and the cylinder regeneration are simultaneously performed, the working fluid from the turning circuit is reduced in pressure, joins the working fluid from the fluid pressure cylinder, and is introduced into the regenerative motor. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275939 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hydraulic circuit changeable between a state of executing a regeneration action and a state of stopping the regeneration action. The hydraulic circuit includes hydraulic pumps; a plurality of hydraulic actuators; a plurality of control valves provided for respective hydraulic actuators; a regeneration line through which return oil returned from a specific hydraulic actuator of the hydraulic actuators to a tank is supplied to a regeneration target; a regeneration valve; a meter-out valve; and a flow-path selection device selecting a flow path for the return oil from a first flow path supplying the return oil to the regeneration line to cause the regeneration action and a second flow path supplying the return oil to the control valve for the specific hydraulic actuator to stop the regeneration action. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275940 | LIQUID TRANSPORT DEVICE - A liquid transport device includes a channel, a substrate, and a light radiation unit. A liquid containing ions is transported through the channel. The substrate is disposed at a position where the substrate is in contact with the liquid. The light radiation unit radiates light toward the substrate. In the liquid transport device, an asymmetrical temperature distribution in a direction in which the liquid is transported is produced on a surface of the substrate by the light radiated by the light radiation unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275941 | FASTENER MEMBER - A fastener member ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275942 | Adapter For Flush Mount Receptacle Bases - An adapter for mounting a mounting structure on a flush mount receptacle base. The adapter includes a mounting base and an anchor. The mounting base is formed with a rigid base having a mounting structure extended therefrom, and a threaded bore formed therein and communicating with a contact surface of the rigid base. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275943 | HOLDER MECHANISM - A holder mechanism for holding a handheld device is provided which includes a holder base and a gripping assembly. The gripping assembly is movably mounted on the holder base. The gripping assembly includes an elastic element, a first gripping module, and a second gripping module. The elastic element has a first end fixed to the first gripping module and a second end fixed to the second gripping module. Whereby, the second gripping module can move relative to the first gripping module to grip the handheld device when the elastic element is elastically deformed to apply a resilient force to the second gripping module. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275944 | Screwed Assembly - A screwed assembly consists of at least one pre-punched, upper and an unpunched, lower component, an intermediate layer arranged in between, and a plurality of self-drilling fastening screws which are introduced via a pre-punch hole in the upper component and screwed to the unpunched component with the interposition of the intermediate layer. In order to effectively prevent in a simple manner any still uncured intermediate layer material from flowing out of the upper component surface when the fastening screws are screwed in, the pre-punches in the upper component are designed as blind holes which are closed by a thin-walled web. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275945 | BIDIRECTIONAL MODULAR ASSEMBLY CLIP - The present invention includes a multiuse clip assembly which can be employed to secure objects or panels to one another. It incorporates both the male and female features into each clip for greater versatility and durability over conventional clip systems. The unique universal and expandable mating system does not limit the orientation, position, or number of objects or panels that may be secured to one another. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275946 | STRUCTURE FOR SHAFT, MALE MEMBER, AND FEMALE MEMBER - A shaft structure including: a male component having male spline parts and male spline bottom parts on an outer peripheral part; a female component having female spline parts and female spline bottom parts on an inner peripheral part configured to allow the male component to be slidably inserted in an axial direction; and an elastic member arranged on the male component covering a surface of the outer peripheral part of the male component, wherein, in an initial state where the male component is inserted into the female component, the female and male components have first gaps between: sides of the female spline parts; and sides-facing portions of the elastic member, and when the male component is rotated, a time from the initial state to a state where the sides of the female spline parts abut on the portions of the elastic member, has predetermined time differences along the axial direction. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275947 | MANUFACTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING STRUCTURES AND THE STRUCTURES RESULTING THEREFROM - A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has an L shape and may feature a double L shape. A portion inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another portion extends into the other hollow member for attachment thereto to form a sturdy joint without welding. Pairs of clips may be used at each corner. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275948 | CONNECTOR - A connector is capable of being fitted to, and extracted from, a partner-side structure along the vertical direction. The partner-side structure is provided with a lock housing extending upwards. The connector is provided with a housing, and an operation member formed separately from the housing. The operation member is capable of rotating, about a rotary axis parallel to the vertical direction, between a release position and a lock position. A locked section protruding in the radial direction orthogonal to the rotary axis is provided to the operation member. The locked section allows the connector to be fitted to, and extracted from, the partner-side structure when the operation member is at the release position. The locked section interferes with the lock housing and prevents the connector from being fitted to, and extracted from, the partner-side structure when the operation member is at the lock position. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275949 | SHEETROCK WALL ANCHOR - A sheetrock wall anchor has a hollow body having an axis and a head on one end, and arms which are spaced from one another circumferentially and pivot to extend from one end to the opposite end of the body when inoperational, to extend in opposite direction for insertion of the anchor through a hole in a sheetrock wall, and to extend transversely to the body for abutting against a rear surface of the sheetrock wall, and a bush is placed on the body and push onto it by a threaded bolt with a nut. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275950 | CONCRETE WALL ANCHOR - A concrete wall anchor has a hollow elongated body, a plurality of ribs extending along the body, and a plurality of spreadable anchoring legs narrowing laterally and downwardly, such that the driving tool can drive the anchor in a concrete wall, and the spreading tool can spread the anchoring legs in the concrete wall. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275951 | Universal Fastener for Decking - A fastener for attaching grooved decking planks to a support member has a body defining an attachment opening spacing apart opposing legs extending from a shoulder. The legs have at least one frontward extending prong. The rear end of the body includes a bend transitioning to a lip. The front end may have downward extending teeth. A nose may extend from the front end while a tail may extend from the rear end of the body. Adjacent fasteners may be joined by their respective noses and tails to form a collated series of fasteners. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275952 | PLUG-ON PART FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a plug-on part for a plug connector ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275953 | BLIND TACK BOLT WITH HIGHER CLAMP-UP STRENGTH - A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275954 | SET SCREW APPARATUS - In various examples, a set screw apparatus includes a set screw including a set screw body. An abutment extends radially outwardly from the set screw body and longitudinally separated from a threaded set screw area of a first length by an unthreaded set screw area of a second length of the set screw body. A block includes a bore. A threaded block area includes a third length, wherein the abutment inhibits movement of the set screw past the threaded block area and removal of the set screw from the bore. The third length is shorter than the second length so that an entirety of the threaded block area can be disposed within the unthreaded set screw area, such that the set screw is freely rotatable within the bore, but retained within the bore, if turned in a first direction with respect to the block. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275955 | LOCKING APPARATUS FOR NUT - A lock nut includes a lock tab washer for fixing thereof. One or more tab plates are provided for fixing to a flank face of the nut. The tab plates have a radially inner tab to prevent relative rotation thereof, and provide a secondary locking function. Bolts attach the tab plates, and have individual lock washers. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275956 | CYLINDRICAL OBJECT LOCKING DEVICE AND METHOD - A securement device includes a pair of plungers movable within a housing. The plungers act as quick lock mechanism to engage and secure a threaded rod (or other object) that passes into a hole that runs through the housing. The plungers are spring-biased to position themselves toward so as to provide a radially inward force, for example to engage a threaded rod or device in the through hole in the housing. A spring within the housing presses the plunger pieces toward a portion of the housing where the outer surfaces engage other surfaces to push the plungers inward. The device includes a disengagement feature or mechanism that is used to push the plunger pieces out of engagement with the threaded rod. The disengagement feature may include a disengagement tool, and may include wings, such as on the plungers or on carriers for the plungers, that protrude out of the housing. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRELOADING A BEARING AND ALIGNING A LOCK NUT - A lock nut system includes a nut, a keeper engagement with the nut to inhibit movement of the keeper relative to the nut, and a keeper retaining member. The keeper has a radially inner side configured to engage a shaft to inhibit rotational movement of the nut relative to the shaft when the keeper engages the nut and a radially inner side engages the shaft. The keeper retaining member is secured to the keeper and is engageable with the nut to hold a keeper axially such that keeper is engaged with the nut. A cover member is located on an opposite side of the keeper retaining member relative to the nut and engaged to the keeper retaining member to inhibit a separation of the cover member from the keeper retaining member in such that that the separation of the cover member from the keeper retaining member provides a visual indication to a user. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275958 | Hook Device - An elastic cord terminating in a pair of hook devices, each hook device made from a continuous length of wire. The continuous length of wire at one end has a hook bend having a hook tip, and at the other end a cord attachment. The hook bend and the cord attachment are separated by a straight shank length of the continuous wire into which there is bent a closed finger loop. The finger loop is sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger. The finger loop has a hook proximate surface that is separated longitudinally from the hook tip and toward the cord attachment by a selectable clearance distance. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275959 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNALLY SUPPORTED SHAFTS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for transferring a rotational force. For example, apparatus may include a shaft member that may include a first end configured to receive the rotational force from a first mechanical component. The shaft member may be configured to receive a torque in response to receiving the rotational force at the first end. The shaft member may also include a second end that may be configured to provide the rotational force to a second mechanical component. The shaft member may further include an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an internal volume of the shaft member. The apparatus may also include a support member that may be configured to transmit the torque. The support member may include a plurality of lobes that have a spiraled geometry. The support member may be coupled to the shaft member. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275960 | CRANKSHAFT - A crankshaft of an internal combustion engine includes a crank journal, a crank pin, and a crank web. The crank journal is to be supported by a crankcase and to be rotatable around a crankshaft axis. The crank pin has a crank pin axis substantially parallel to the crankshaft axis to support a connecting rod which is rotatable around the crank pin axis. The crank web is provided between the crank journal and the crank pin to connect the crank journal and the crank pin. The crank web has a hole which extends from one side face of the crank web and passes in a vicinity of a connection section between the crank pin and the crank web when viewed in an axial direction along the crankshaft axis. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275961 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR LOWERABLE POLE - An environmentally robust joint for use in a lowering pole assembly comprising a lower pole section and an upper pole section. The joint includes a lower adaptor comprising a lower pivot member defining a first central wiring passage and an upper adaptor comprising an upper pivot member defining a second central wiring passage communicating with the first central wiring passage. The upper pivot member is rotationally coupled to the lower pivot member, and sharing a common axis of rotation. At least one of the lower adaptor and the upper adaptor comprises a pole adaptor mounted at an operative angle to the axis of rotation. The pole adaptor includes an open end for receiving an end of a pole section, and an internal wiring tube communicating with the first central wiring passage and the second central wiring passage. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275962 | MOTOR - A motor which includes: inner ring having upper end surface, outer ring, and balls between inner ring and outer ring. Pressurizing spring, into which rotary shaft is inserted, is located between core and bearing, and provides bias forces in the axial direction of rotary shaft. Outer ring is pressed to fit into bearing holding part. Inner ring is fitted onto rotary shaft with gap therebetween. Upper end surface of inner ring is in contact with pressurizing spring. Pressurizing spring applies the bias forces of different strengths onto a surface in which upper end surface contacts with pressurizing spring, along a circumferential direction with the axial direction as a center. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275963 | SLIDING GUIDE RAIL - A sliding guide rail ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275964 | Magnetic Bearing, Shaft and Shaft Mounting - A magnetic bearing for the mounting of a shaft ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275965 | MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING, TURBO MACHINE AND METHOD - A thrust bearing comprises an electromagnetic stator with a stator surface and a rotor disk with a rotor surface facing the stator surface. The rotor disk comprises a radially inner portion made of a first material directly and exclusively connected to a radially outer portion made of a second material. The first material is a corrosion resistant metal or metal alloy and the second material is a ferromagnetic metal or metal alloy. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275966 | ROTORS FOR ROTATING MACHINES - Rotating machines and rotors therefor are disclosed. The bearings may be magnetic bearings configured to magnetically levitate the rotor. The rotors may include a hollow fiber-reinforced composite shaft and a magnetic bearing rotor core disposed on the shaft and configured for use with the magnetic bearing. In some examples, the rotating machines may be electrical machines. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275967 | OIL-FREE TURBOCHARGER BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING CONICAL SHAFT SUPPORTED ON COMPLIANT GAS BEARINGS - This invention provides a turbocharger bearing assembly having foil bearing assemblies ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275968 | SPACER FOR ROLLING BEARING, NOTABLY USED IN A WIND TURBINE - The spacer for rolling bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of angular contact rollers disposed between raceways provided on the rings. The spacer comprises two opposite faces | 2015-10-01 |
20150275969 | SPACER FOR ROLLING BEARING HAVING AT LEAST A REINFORCING BEAM - The spacer is adapted for a rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of contact rollers disposed between raceways provided on the rings. The spacer comprises opposite first and second portions | 2015-10-01 |
20150275970 | CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARING - A cylindrical roller bearing includes a flanged outer race having two inwardly extending flanges. One of the flanges is a flange ring separate from the outer race and fixed to the outer race. Cylindrical rollers are mounted between the outer race and a flangeless inner race, and retained by a retainer which are located radially inwardly of the pitch circle of the cylindrical rollers. With this arrangement, it is not necessary to reduce the widths of pillars of the retainer even if the load capacity is increased by increasing the size or the number of the cylindrical rollers, so that it is possible to increase the load capacity while ensuring strength of the retainer. Also, even if the inner race is separated from the bearing, it is possible to prevent separation of the cylindrical rollers as well as the retainer, which retains the cylindrical rollers, from the outer race. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275971 | ROLLING BEARING COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE MULTIPART RING, NOTABLY FOR A WIND TURBINE, AND ASSOCIATED MOUNTING METHOD - The rolling bearing provides an inner ring | 2015-10-01 |
20150275972 | ROTATING ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE - A rail segment for a rotating assembly of a machine is provided. The rail segment includes a first surface configured to face a support structure of the machine. The rail segment further includes a second surface configured to face a roller of the rotating assembly. The second surface includes an arcuate shape along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation axis of the rotating assembly. Furthermore, the second surface is substantially parallel along a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis of the rotating assembly. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275973 | BEARING CAGE & ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING - A bearing cage for retaining rolling elements of a rolling element bearing, the bearing cage having at least one first ring structure to which at least one first cage bar is connected. The bearing cage also comprises a second ring structure to which at least one second cage bar is connected, whereby the at least one second ring structure is arranged to be located radially inwards of the at least one first ring structure. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275974 | CAGE UNIT AND TAPERED ROLLER BEARING EQUIPPED WITH CAGE UNIT - Provided is a cage unit including a cage having a small diameter side annular portion, a large diameter side annular portion arranged so as to be spaced apart in an axial direction from the small diameter side annular portion, and a plurality of cage bar portions that connect the small diameter side annular portion and the large diameter side annular portion; and a tapered roller accommodated in a pocket, which is a space surrounded by the small diameter side annular portion, the large diameter side annular portion, and the cage bar portions. A lubrication groove lying along a circumferential direction is formed on an inner end face of the large diameter side annular portion that faces a roller large end face of the tapered roller, and a circumferential length of the lubrication groove is designed such that the lubrication groove overlaps the roller large end face in the circumferential direction. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275975 | BEARING FOR WIND TURBINE - A bearing has a circular element normally fixed with respect to ground. The circular element associated with the ground element is permitted to idle in rotation, so as to distribute wear around the circumference thereof. Various means of controlling and causing idle rotation are disclosed. Rolling elements are preferably provided between inner and outer races of a bearing assembly. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275976 | FULCRUM BEARING DEVICE FOR PULLEY ARM - In a fulcrum bearing device for a pulley arm, a sleeve is inserted in a shaft hole formed in a boss portion of a pulley arm, washers are fitted on the outer peripheries of small diameter tube portions formed at the respective end portions of the sleeve, and the sleeve is fixed to an engine block by means of a bolt inserted through the sleeve and tightened, so that the pulley arm is pivotally supported. The shaft hole is formed at its respective end portions with seal receiving recesses having large diameters. Each seal member includes a cylindrical portion provided on its outer peripheral portion and press-fitted in the seal receiving recess, and a radial lip extending obliquely inwardly and provided on the inner periphery of the seal member. The distal end portions of the radial lips are kept in elastic contact with the outer diameter surface of the sleeve. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275977 | LINEAR BRAKE OPERATED BY MEANS OF EXTERNAL ENERGY - The invention relates to a linear brake (LBR) for attachment on a slide that can be moved along a guide rail (F), having a brake housing ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275978 | SHAFT CLAMP ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A shaft clamp assembly has first, second and third members. Each member has respective first and opposite second ends, and an annular body extending between the ends. The second member has a radially outwardly extending flange at its first end, and a radially inwardly extending flange at its second end. The third member also has a radially inwardly extending flange at its second end. The first, second and third members are disposed concentrically in sequence, with a threaded portion of the first member being threadingly engaged with a corresponding threaded surface on the shaft, the second end of the first member presses against the second end flange of the second member, the first end flange of the second member presses against the first end of the third member and the second end flange of the third member presses against the object to thereby secure the object to the shaft. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275979 | Cooling Assembly and Method For Providing Cooling Air Flow in Region of Constant Velocity Joint - An cooling apparatus and method for providing a cooling air flow in a region of a constant velocity joint. The constant velocity joint has a housing comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first and second housing portions are coupled together by fasteners. The cooling device comprises a load-distributing portion and a fan-blade portion. The load-distributing portion is located between a head of each fastener and either the first or second housing portion, with each fastener inserted into a respective hole in the load-distributing portion. The load-distributing portion distributes a load applied by the fasteners to the first or second housing portion. The fan-blade portion is coupled to the load-distributing portion. The fan-blade portion is configured to create a current of air when the constant velocity joint housing rotates. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275980 | FIXED TYPE CONSTANT-VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Track grooves of an outer joint member include first and second track groove portions. Each of the first track groove portions is formed into an arc shape having a curvature center at a position offset to an opening side with respect to a joint center. The first track groove portions are inclined in a peripheral direction of the outer joint member with respect to a joint axial line and adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction with their inclination directions opposite to each other. Each of the second track groove portions includes a linear part and is connected to the each of the first track groove portions at a position on the opening side with respect to the joint center. Track grooves of inner and outer joint members are formed to be mirror-image symmetrical with respect to a joint center plane at an operating angle of 0°. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275981 | UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY METHOD AND UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - A universal joint includes: a pair of yokes each including a pair of arms in each of which a bearing hole is formed; four bearings each including a bearing cup press-fitted into the bearing hole and a plurality of needle rollers; and a joint spider including four shafts respectively supported by the bearings. A clinched portion that hinders the bearing cup from slipping out of the bearing hole is formed at the peripheral edge of the bearing hole. In the universal joint, the clinching amount for forming the clinched portion is set in accordance with a radial clearance, which is formed between the shaft of the joint spider and the needle rollers, to adjust the size of the radial clearance. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275982 | CLUTCH APPARATUS - A clutch apparatus includes a clutch outer, a clutch inner, driving friction plates, driven friction plates, a pressure receiving plate, a pressing plate, a movable cam member, a fixed cam member, clutch springs, and a swollen portion. The clutch outer is connected to an input power member. The clutch inner has a first ring plate portion extending along a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of an output power shaft and boss portions extending in the axial direction from the first ring plate portion. The clutch inner is connected to the output power shaft to rotate with the output power shaft. The driving friction plates are connected to the clutch outer. The swollen portion is provided at a base portion of each of the boss portions and swollen from opposite sides of each of the boss portions along a circumferential direction of the clutch inner. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275983 | CLUTCH FRICTION DISC - A clutch friction disc ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150275984 | CLUTCH - A clutch comprises an input side and an output side, which are disposed rotatably. First frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the input side and axially movable and second frictional partners are non-rotatably connected with the output side and axially movable. Furthermore, a compression device is provided to compress the frictional partners axially, in order to provide a torsional connection between the input side and the output side. Both sides are decoupled axially from the respective frictional partners with which they are engaged. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275985 | WET FRICTION DISK - A wet friction disk that can achieve a further reduction in the drag torque, which includes a ring-shaped core plate having a wave shape in a circumferential direction thereof, a friction member disposed on a principal surface of the core plate so as to being substantially shaped into a ring with a plurality of oil grooves, and the oil grooves each have a shape with a groove width that is narrowed from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side of the core plate. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275986 | CLUTCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A clutch management system has a ramp actuator, an inner plate housing, an outer plate housing, and a clutch assembly. The clutch assembly may have a motor, a ratio adaptor, a primary sun gear, a secondary sun gear, a primary planet carrier and a secondary planet carrier. The primary sun gear is in contact with the ratio adaptor and primary planet gears. The primary planet gears are in contact with a ring gear. The primary planet carrier forms part of the ramp actuator. The second sun gear is connected to a housing and a secondary planet gears. The secondary planet gears are also in contact with the ring gear. A secondary planet carrier is connected. to the first plate of the ramp actuator. | 2015-10-01 |
20150275987 | ONE-WAY CLUTCH AND SHEET FEEDING ROLLER - A one-way clutch includes: an inner ring provided with an inserting opening for permitting insertion of a rotation shaft and rotatable integrally with the rotation shaft by being engaged with the rotation shaft; an outer ring engaged with an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and rotatable in one direction relative to the inner ring and non-rotatable in a direction opposite to the one direction; and an elastic metal plate member, engaged with the inner ring, for limiting movement of the inner ring relative to the outer ring in a rotational axis direction of the outer ring. When the rotation shaft is mounted in the inner ring, the elastic metal plate member includes a leaf spring portion positioned and elastically deformable in a gap between the rotation shaft and the inner ring. | 2015-10-01 |